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TTTE OMAITA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, ATRIL 27, lOOfi. Tim Omaiu Daily Bee. E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PCBLISHF.D EVERT MORXINQ. TEAMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Im (without Sunday), on jfr.M Illy If and Sunday, on year JW Illustrated Dm, on year Sunday Bee, en year ffj Saturday Dm, on year -M DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Daily Sea (Including Sunday), per week.l7o ally Be (without Sunday), per week. .11a tvenlng Be (without Sunday), per week o Kvenlng be (with Sunday), par Wk..lOo Sunday He, per copy & Addrea complaint of lrretrularttJe hi de livery to City Circulation Department orncES. Omaha Th Be Building. South Omaha City Hail Building. Council Bluflfa Pearl Street. ; Chicago 1S40 Unity Building. New York ISO Horn 14f In. Building. Washington 401 Fourteenth Btreet. CORRESPONDENCES. Communication relating; to new and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Be. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expr or postal ordr payable to Th Bee Publishing Company. Only t-cent ctamp received a payment of mall account. Personal check, except on Omaha or eaatern exchange, not accepted. THE BEIfi PUBLISHING COMPANT. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Dougla County, . : C. C Roaewater, general manager of Th Ben Publishing Company, being duly (worn, ay that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed during th month of March, 190C, waa a follow: 1 ..-,...lU,MO, IT 8,1 2 , ..Sl.WlO lg ttn.VOO X ,....8a,iao is a 1.400 4 8A.0OO 20 31JSBO I.,' Sl.-AttO a 81,124) 81,470 21. 81.S20 7 . i ,eao , e. juwv.to .31,83 24 82,120 .81,870 35.:....... 80,160 10 .88,000 i 28 81,210 11 .80,100 ' - 27 81,080 1 B1JWO S 81,840 13 83M70 29 at OHO u ...,Jiir4i to si,aoo IB 81,16 11 88,130 IS 81,484) Total 7,4SO Lmi unaold copies 10,741 Nat total sale Uttft.TOH Dally averag , 81,161 C. C. ROSEWATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before m thl Slat day of March, 19m. (Seal) , i M. B. HUNQATE. Notary Public WRKlf OUT OF TO Wit. aferlhr leaving; (he city tea. porarlly hoal4 fcnve Th Be ail th. Addrea villi be ; m eften mm reeaeated. It will always be to the credit of Omaha that the hungry were not aV lowed to pasa through its gates unfed. Are you registered? If not, make a note that you muat register Saturday or lose your vote at the city election. The house devoted one day to eulo gizing farmers Just to remind members of congress that un election is due In 8 short time. ' ' .' ' ; Th tree planting, holiday must have given Attorney General Brown the In spiration for putting the axe to the Lumber tfust, ' " '"" The senior yellow and. the junior yel low are accusing' 'eacji" other of cam paign mud slinging, and each seems to be making out a pretty good case against the other. It Is presumed that before approving checks of. depositors ' Ban Francisco bankers will have assured themselves of the security of those vaults which prudence keeps closed. The suggestion that the unemployed of San Francisco be given work at the navy yard may make residents of that city experience a high labor market ready to rebuild the town. ' ' New let the nation see a real race be tween San Francisco's rebuilding and the Panama canal. "The amount of money to be expended is as great and no ruins to move' on the Isthmus. With Nebraska filing suits against the "Lumber trust' and Texas attack ing the "Beef trust" the same day, it will be interesting to see which state first reaches the end of Its litigation. ( With American athletes winning most of the prixes In Athens, It would seem that the Olympic champions were rather overdrawn or the modern Greeks fail to equal the records pf thoir sires. Tli at scientist who ha predicted a tidal wave for Havana should make ar rangements to return to bis native Aus tria, before the date assigned If be would keep out of trouble in case the waters fail to rage. "' Work of caring for the needy at San Francisco will probably jrlve the. quar termaster's dcimrtment of the army better drill than' all the maneuvers which will be held between now and the next war. " , The effort to force Irophet Dowle Into involuntary bankruptcy will not bo hailed' wilb pleasure by- those who hope to realise par on their Investments. Zion securities. seem to stand or fail with their maker. The democrat of Kansas have had to draw on the populists for a candidate for governor, selecting the last populist Tutted States senator from that state, Th democrats of "Nebraska might do worse than follow, the example. Tb lesson of San Francisco, supple menting several' leasona nearer home. admonishes the people of Omaha that they must have building Inspection that Inspect and can take no chances on a building Inspector who is Incompetent ud unqualified for tbe position. Nebraska grain men may now take satisfaction In having the company of the Nebraska lumbermen as defendants of an tl trust suits. Out In the smaller towns, however, the grain man and the lumberman are one and the same per son, who ts simply having his grief doubled up MA te rials tor sew CITT. Tbe apprehensions now being ex pressed lest there be Insufficiency of building materials or lest they be not forthcoming in lime" for the exigency at San Francisco are in part fanciful and unwarranted. There is no sound reason whatever to believe that the industrial resources of the country are not ade quate to supply the materials and facili ties) for the rebuilding of the city with sufficient promptitude and In accordance with every substantial need. With re spect to structural steel and the Innu merable forms of metal employed In modern construction, as well as of all other materials, the country never be fore 18 Its history was in so good posi tion to supply an unusual demand. Nor Is It likely that excessive prices will have to be paid. On the contrary the Strong probability Is that everything necessary for construction will be avail able at reasonable prices. It Is a fair assumption that the spirit of helpfulness so universally and conspicuously dem onstrated by the banks In accommoda tions, by insurance companies In liberal adjustments and by commercial houses In credits will equally manifest Itself In the policy of the great Industrial con cerns which manufacture and deal in staple materials for construction. One of the chief elements of cost of such materials Is transportation, and the railroad companies have been among the first to show a liberal and helpful policy. Beyond mere sentimental con siderations, some of the greatest trans portation corporations are as vitally In terested as the people of San Francisco themselves in the speediest and most advantageous rehabilitation possible, and as they have It In their power prac tically to determine price through car rying charge on such freight there Is this sure check, in addition to many others, upon undue expense as well as delay. In a large view there Is In truth more cause for fesr of undue rapidity than of delay in rebuilding. With abundance of materials at reasonable prices there will be tremendous temptation to1 build hastily rather than securely and solidly. Such was tbe experience of Chicago after the great fire where, although the new structures were better than the old, yet miles of frontage was so hastily and Inadequately built that before long it had to be removed for better Work. Unless San Francisco has great wisdom and self-control the chance for quick profit 'by quick though unsubstantial building may cause tnuch of Its great opportunity to be wasted. JVO MORE FREE SEED. Unless congress reverses the action of the house committee on agriculture, which it la not likely to do, there will be no more free seed distribution.' Hav ing originally a valid reason, the dis tribution had for decades degenerated Into a fake and a graft Under the con ditions in which congress at first pro vided appropriations for the purpose of making available to our people varieties of rare, foreign or otherwise unobtain able seeds, the system was both prac tical and beneficial. But since then we have had not only a revolutionary ex pansion of the seed business In private and corporation hands, but also the ag ricultural colleges and government ex periment stations. But the obsolete seed largess held its place year after year In the appropri ations because it afforded the meana by which congressmen could without cost to themselves even for postage produce evidence of their remembrance and in terest In gullible constituents. Practic ally these diminutive franked packages containing a pinch of seed were worth less, although they" cost tbe government a pretty sum In the aggregate. They did, however, afford a profitable market to certain seed bouses for their leftover stocks which were no longer merchant able In regular business, and which were often worked off on the government The better class of reputable seed houses, however, are opposed to free seeds as an unwarranted Interference with legitimate trade. It is worth while to note that the free seed package does not go primarily because It was a fake and a graft for the free seed statesman long ago knew Its true character, but because it has become a publla Joke. ; It is discarded because It is useless, not for agricul tural but for political purposes. The reform Is simply the effect of publicity. JXSURAyct REFORM LEGISLATION. Agreement between the two houses of the New York legislature on the alight amendments to the bill relating to per jury and forgery practically, completes the nerles of new measures for the regu lation of life insurance, aa most of th bills have already been approved by the governor and all remaining ones al ready passed will be duly signed by him. These new measures practically cover all the abuses and . violations of law which were disclosed In the memor able Armstrong investigation, and ex cept by th absolute breakdown of pub lic administration and complete default of public opinion should render Impos sible recurrent1 of the system of wrong which had grown up to the hurt of pol icyholders and the corruption of gov ernment These reform, measures, some of which are severely elaborate statutes, revising thoroughly the old law and adding a great number of new provi sions where it was weak or altogether wanting, go much further than merely safeguarding the Interest of policy holders and prohibiting evil practices In the management of life insurance. All thl field is covered as tbe abstracts these measures published from time of to tlin show. But very much of the new legislation Is of a general character reg ulating In the public Interest the meth od of ail corporations as well as In- sura nee. The prohibition under heavy penalties of contributions to pollticsl parties, for lobbying and all other Im proper purposes Is not confined to In surance companies. likewise the means and requirements for publicity of cor poration doings are Immensely broad ened and strengthened. Hereafter the officials of life companies and other cor porations of like trust will Juggle with books and records, concealing the truth as. to the disposition of millions of dol Isrs, as was so flagrantly done for years, only with penitentiary doors wide open before tbera upon conviction for the crime. Altogether the result Is one of the most notsble achievements that has been accomplished in a generation for subordinating corporation management to Its legitimate purposes, it is espe cially notable and Instructive because of the corporations Immediately affected, being the wealthiest, the most, powerful and the most strongly Intrenched, and demonstrates that no corporation power or combination can successfully defy public power when the people are thor oughly Informed and aroused. ITHE.V "JIM" STARTS HIS RIDISQ SCHOOL. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., hung around th cowboy corral all day. lie wore a broad -rimmed cowboy hat and amused himself by 'chewing straw, whittling sticks and talking horse. For a long Um "Teddy" and Stanley Bullock, th ion of Beth Bul lock, th leader of the cowboys, sat up in an old buggy and discussed western life. "Teddy" said Jie wanted to have a taste of It. just a hi dad did, and asked Bul lock if he thought there wa still a chanca for a man to make money at ranching. With a big crowd looking on. But fw knowing who he waa, Teddy mounted Jim Dahlman's fin bay and white pinto, and, under th charge of Bill Vane of Texas, the crack roper, took a few lessons In riding and lassoing. He mad good work of his riding and wore off some of th awkwardness Incident to his first trial rope. Van said he would made a good one If he( had chance enough, and asked him to come down into hi country and try hi hand at ranching.. The above Item was reproduced in the local democratic organ from a dispatch to the Chicago Tribune, dated Washing ton, March 6, 1806. With such a dis tinguished pupil to start with the riding school which "Jim" proposes to estab lish in the rotunda of the city hall as soon as he is -Invested with official title as mayor should become a famous in stitution. Only the elect Of course, will be allowed to make their trial on the bay and white pinto, but all comers who qualify will have a chance at roping and lassoing. When fJim" starts his riding school, the mayor's chair will be reserved for Jim himself, and after once being roped in will be tied down so that no other ambitious lasso wlelder can ride away with It , When "Jim" starts his riding school hungry democrats who want smaller Jobs in the city hall will be taught how to encircle them and before long th official horse dragoons will be picketed on Fa mam street within easy call when ever "Jim" sallies forth to the city' gates to extend hospitality to the stranger Ranching will not be In It with the city hall when "Jim" starts his riding school. EXPENSIVE BILL BOARDS. The verdict of $15,301 Just rendered In favor of ex-Mayor George F. Beuila against th city of Omaha for dam age growing out of injuries sustained by the collapse of a billboard reinforces all that The Bee has said from time to time about the billboard nuisance. The toleration of billboards along our streets, not only unsightly to the eye and disfiguring to the general appear ance of th city, but ' also . positively menacing to life, and limb, is an expen sive luxury for our people. Other cities have taken up the prob lem of the billboard and grappled with it successfully, forcing abatement of the nuisance. We know of no place where the billboard protrude Itself so flagrantly as It does in Omaha, without let or hindrance, and no one la at fault but our own citisens, who alt by with out effective protest Ex-Mayor Bemls, who baa been crip pled for life, cannot get reparation even in this large verdict, and should an other billboard accident result In sim ilar injury or loss of life, the pity would be Justly held responsible for not tak ing action after this notice. Is it not high time for Omaha to rid out all dangerous billboards T Ordinarily The Bee Is opposed to the us of the schools for the solicitation and collection of contributions for any purpose,' tfut the gifts of the school chil dren for the relief of the earthquake sufferers evidence a commendable spirit of true philanthropy, which the public school should Inculcate. The child who contributes his or her mite to alleviate distress will be all the bet ter for It when grown Into a man or woman. Tbe World-Herald does not appear to be quite satisfied with tbe democratic state convention call. It want the con vention to take action on the United States senatorship anyway, although the delegates will not be chosen with that object in view. To show bow this would give any representative voice to tbe rank and file of the party will re quire a diagram. The World-Herald is putting up more straw men to knock them down. It has discovered that some one has whis pered that "Jim is running a bucket shop" and ruKhe bravely to the front to enter a denial Th performance of Don Quixote with th windmills Is ntjt a circumstance to it. There are two representative of or ganised labor on tbe republican coun cil manic ticket E. A. Willis from the First ward and George L, Hurst from the Sixth ward. Both are ssld to be In good standing among their trades union assoclstes. Omaha Is a strong union city and it Is only Just that the unions should have representation through their members in the msnsge ment of city affairs. The report that the church building Is too small for those who would hear th evidence In the New York heresy trial may mean that people want to know how far their ideas maj, be permitted to stray and still be considered orthodox. Hlttlasr the Water Tank. Minneapolis Journal. Mr. LaFolIette touches a tender spot when he insists that $8,000,000,000 of water shall not be considered In making rate for land transportation. Psm It Along. Chicago News. Railroad official are trying to devls way to lessen the number of accidents. Without pretending to know much about railroading we are convinced that this Is a good Idea. WwHi't It Be Fanny. 1 New Tork Tribune. Th senate would certainly have tb laugh on Ms constitutional lawyers If, after all, the Hepburn rate bill should be sent back to the house of representative un amended. ' Saw, All Toaretherl Brooklyn Eagle. Misfortune make those of us whom it passes by conscious of the common broth erhood with those whom It afflicts. Let us prove that consciousness in the case of San Francisco. Who Cares for Tomorrow. Indianapolis News. Meantime the anthracite strike gnet steadily on. You may forget thl amid other stirring event of the time, hut it will be recalled to your notice when you come to lay in your next winter supply. Pa Him I p. New Tork Sun. Tf it la possible to identify the corporal who reduced the price of bread from 75 to 10 cent a loaf at the point of th bayonet In a San Francisco bakery, he should hear of something to his ad van tag in chevrons from th colonel of his regiment. '. Dancer In Plain Speaking;. Chicago Record-Herald. China s minister at Washington may get Into trouble because he accused a member of congress of being untruthful. It is properly considered unpardonable for a diplomat to use such undiplomatic lan guage. The Chinaman' should have been content to insinuate that the congressman indulged In terminological inexactitude. Bisaaillsg In Generosity. Philadelphia Record. The Chicago relief fund amounted to about $5,000,000. For San Francisco there has already been, raised more than douhle that amount, and systematic collection has only begun. Then we were thankftU to get help from England; now we are glad to bo Independent pf foreign aid. W are richer than We were thlrtv.flv va,n nn and It la not unreasonable to believe that w are also more generous. AS THE MOKE LIFTS. St. Paul Pioneer Press: Some obscure prophets will now. rise up to declare that th end of the world is at hand, with the San Francisco disaster as a beginning. Th way th nation bas : risen to the occasion make It- look decidedly like the millen nium. New Tork Tribune: "AH gone but cour age," read the telegram of a San Fran ciscan. With courage left, and sustained by the sympathy and generous aid of a nation, San Francisco can and will con quer adverse fate and face the future smilingly again. . Baltimore American: It Is said that Chinatown in San Francisco, with Its pe culiar laws. Its criminal mysteries and It undetected murders, has been practically obliterated, as It will never again be re stored. Thre are few such things in hu man experience a unmixed evils. Kansas City Journal: General Funston has been relieved of command at San Francisco, but not until after San Fran cisco had been relieved by Funston. He was the man of the hour when th situa tion called for prompt and vigorous action, and his successor, cheerfully gives him all oredlt: Philadelphia Record: While the highest examples of self-devotion and humanity are witnessed In the San Francisco catac trophe, there are some sad example of a different spirit. In on instance the sum of $60 an hour wa demanded for the use of a local express wagon. The authori ties simply Impressed the wagon and fixed their own rat of freight. Springfield Republican: The fin work of th army In San Francisco Is cordially recognised by everyone. But some mili tarist sealots are seeking to make capital out of th affair by asking what we should do if ther wer no army at all? Do not these emergencies, even In time of peace, they ask, show how valuable th army 1st But somehow this lacks point, tn view of the fact that nobody ha been demand ing that th army be abolished. Our army could never be put to a better us than It ha been th last Ave days In California. Th performance a a whole wa better than winning some battle In war. PERSONAL ROTES. - , King Alfonso and Princess En ar both descendants of Mary, Queen of Scots, as 1 very monarch In Europe, excepting th king of Sweden and th sultan of Turkey. Th death of D. J. Sullivan, chief of tho San Francisco fir department, wa an epi sode distinctively pathetic. No braver man ever directed a braver set of fir fighters. Gorman's chair In the United State sen ate wa formerly occupied by Stephen A. Iougla of Illinois, Lincoln's great antag onist and the man who made Gorman, when a lad of 11, a senst page. F. S. Pearson of Great Harrington, Muss., ha purchased 1.500 acre of forest land in that vicinity, including part of Bear moun tain, and will permit th timber to grow tor th added beauty and benefit of tb ectioa. Th kUling of a bridal couple in a San Francisco hotel In th earthquake suggest the endlea material for tragic drama and romance In the incident of of th cata clysm. No Action could be mora sensa tional than th actual occurrences. Few presiding officer of the senate have been aa popular as Vice President Fair bank with the official of the senate. 11 ha co-operated with, them so a to expe dite the busineaa of th senate, and that i aa Important matter to the clerk, who desire to have the business closed up every day. Senator Pettus of Alabama ' wa riding through the atat on a campaign tour. He la tt year old and hi eyesight la not a good aa it once wa. He reached a cross road and ouuld not make out th signboard. "Can you tell me what that sign says?" h asked of a man seated on a log by the roadside. "I can not." the man answered. "I'm like yourself-I had mighty Utile schoolin' when 1 wa young." ED moil -LLwJ. (bream PURE-WHOLESOME-RELIABLE MADE FROM CREAM OF TARTAR DERIVED SOLELY FROM GRAPES, THE MOST DELICIOUS AND WHOLESOME OF ALL FRUIT ACIDS . i . . i Its superiority is tmqaesfionecJ Its fame vof Id-vide Its use a protection and a guarantee against alum food Alum baking powders arc detrimental to health Many consumers use alum baking powders in perfect ignorance They are allured to the danger by the cry of cheap ness, and the false and flippant advertisements in the news papers Alum baking powders do not. make a "pure, wholesome and delicious food" any more than two and two make ten Their manufacturers are deceiving the public. If you wish to avoid this danger to your food LOOK UPON THE LABEL and decline to buy or use any baking powder that is not plainly designated as a cream of tartar powder. ROIND A BO IT NEW YORK. Ripple on the Cnrrent of Ufa In the Metropolis. Little old New Tork may be pardoned for patting Itself on the back occasionally. "A great many unpleasant things," ays the Tribune, "have been said about New York recently, but much that la good may be saM about -a city which raises nearly a million dollars In a day at the call of humanity. Well and rightly said. The great metropolis ha the mean to do it and a large heart, when rightly stirred, to prompt th doing. -Vp to last Monday night the total i contributions to th San FrancUco relief fund totaled $2,167,447.67. And the fund was being swelled at the rate of a quarter of a million a day. There is nothing the matter with New York when it camp on the right road. "Rnort nf the hesxtlessnes of auto- mobllleta who run down pedestrians and, scurry away without watting to see whether their victims were badly Injured are frequent enough," say a New York letter, "but vastly worse as well as start Ungly novel was the conduct of automo- blllst after automobllist over on Long is land on last Sunday, for It Is said that not until vain appeals had been made to ten nf them was on found with heart enough to take to the nearest hospital a young woman who wa lying by the road side with a fractured skull and to all ap pearance at the point of death. Aa it hap pened, she Tiad herself been thrown from an autnmnhll that had collided with a telegraph pole, and the other automobll- Ists might have been expected to nave shown special sympathy for one suffering from an accident which could befall them selves any day. But seemingly they did not have a special sympathy, or any sym pathy at all. ' Instead they howed, ac cording to report, a strange coldness and brutality almost unknown among human kind." Ernest Chapman, a carpenter, picked up, at Wall and New streets, a bank book lost by a messenger of Wolf Bros. A Co., bankers and brokers at 100 Broadway, which contained a check for $1,000,000, and other checks tor amounts aggregating $7SO,000. AH of them were payable to the National City bank, relate the Sun. He went to the Mutual Life building, where he wa employed on work In the Northern Pacific offices, and asked the railroad officials what to do with bis find. They pointed out the addres on the bank book, and there the carpenter went. "They led me past a lot of cubby hole Into a little room In the corner." said Mr. Chapman, discussing hi experience after ward. "There at the desk sat a man who didn't as much as turn around to look at me. The man who was with m told him I'd found something. "Has h got It?" said the man at th desk: not looking tip for a minute. 'He has, th other man eaid, noticing me pull the book out of my pocket. " "Give It to me, said the other msn without turning a hair. And. seeing from the way of him that he was the goods, turns over the book. They're all right." says he, acting If they were of no consequence whatever. 'Here, give him this.' And with that he hands a ten-dollar bill over hi shoulder and the other man get It and gives It to me and the big man never looks up an never says 'Thank you' or 'Where did ou find It? or anything that you'd most ex pect, and I goes out and come back to work, wondering If I want that ten-dollar bill o much, after all." Slowly but surely th legal profession in Nw York City I being purged. Following a long list of lawyer who have been con victed there during the last few months, William O. Miles, one of the leader of the Kings county bar, was deiclarod guilty of having conspired with some of hi ofllc fore In trying to cheat th city of Now York by attempting to collect fraudulent ewer claims. Two of his clerks. Frank M. Wamlell, Jr., and Charles M. Wells, are also declared to be guilty with him. There was a great mas of very damaging testimony presented to the Jury, reflecting upon the lawyer and bis aSHlstants. Witness after witness swor I i)W o jjsaras if that claims put In over their nam wer exaggerated and swollen beyond all sem blance of th real Injury uttered. A man who lost $200 by an overflow sewer would find his claim swollen to $2,000 Snd mayb more. There wa so much of this, and It was traced so directly to the office of Mr. Mile, that hi conviction was a foregone conclusion before the Jury retired. The whole swindle was astounding In It mag nitude and boldness. A steady Stream of New York lawyers I being brought be fore the bar for dishonest practice. Tha conviction of Mile la another Incident In the general war that is waging upon "graft." In New York every forty seconds an emi grant arrives; every three minutes soma one la arrested; every six minute a child 1 born; every aeven minutes ther I a funeral; every thirteen minute a pair get married; every forty-two minutes a. new business firm starts up; every forty-eight minutes a building catches fir;', every forty- eight minutes a ship leave the harbor; J every fifty-one minute a new building la erected; every fifty-two second a passen ger train arrive from some point outeld the city limits; every one and three-quarter hour some one Is killed by accident; every seven hours some one falls In business; every eight hour an attempt to kill soma one I made; every eight and one-half hours some pair Is divorced; every ten hour soma one commit suicide; every two day soma one is murdered. A remarkable demand upon the corpora tion that controls th Coney Island reaort. Dreamland, ha been suggested by labor leaders. The great white tower at Dream land wa built by nonunion labor. It la an expensive a well as a beautiful piece of work. Because all the men who worked on th tower did not belong to organised tabor th union men last cummer boy cotted th resorf. Now the walking dele gate have proposed as 'a prelmlniary to lifting labor'a boycott upon the enterprise that the building should be torn down and erected anew with exclusively union labor. More Foreala-ht, l.esa Hindsight. Philadelphia Press. Some of th smart people who claim to have predicted the earthquake disaster In California might now turn to and tell where and when the next will happen. It would be a great advantage to know these things before, not after. Is It Your OwnHair? Do you pin your hat to your own hair? Can't do it ? Haven't enough hair? It must be you do not know Ayer's Hair Vigor! Here's an introduction ! May the acquaintance result in a heavy growth of rich, thick, glossy hair! And we know you will not be gray. The best kind of a testimonial- Sold for over fey th . e. Ay O., LwU, Xsm. AUe ataaulMtarare mt ATBE BCHghkT PKCTOEAX aicom. AtH'R GU8 CCRAorillan as an. mvmr MERRY JIKOLES. Mrs. Kornr How did you our Tommy of hi habit of running away to attend ball game? Mr. Crosrway By doing a llttl' timely work with th stick. Cleveland Leader. Dealer How doe your wife like tb sew ing maohln you bought for her? Young Husband She hasn't learned how to operate It ymt. She had an Idea It worked something like a typewrlterx-Chlcago Tribune. "Whafa that?" demanded th timid pas senger as the fuse blew with a loud report. "That,' responded the obliging conductor, "Is a signal thst somebody on board has Hot paid up. Fare, plea." Philadelphia Ledger. You can always please, a fat woman by telling her that unless a girl Is plump she ha no attraction for you. Somervill Jour nal. 'Ton say that the sun rises at I o'clock now In thl country?" "Yes. about then, and on minute earlier each morning." "Just to think, and I It light enough to ee It T" Brooklyn Life. Dr. Cutter I wa planning to operate on you tomorrow, but I fear I would better operate today. Patient Why? Doctor You ar tmprdvlng so rapidly that you may be well by tomorrow. Kansas City Journal. "Oayman ha so many girls now he has had to buy a typewriter to keep up his cor respondence." "I suppose he can write half a dosen let ter now in the time It took him to write one before?" "Yes, he write on letter and manifolds It."-Phlledelphla Pre. TUB MEADOW LARK. American Mag-asln. I'v heard ye sing when non seemed nigh To listen, till I've thought perchance The meadow fairies standln' by Hav coaxed a carol for their dance. Could I but make y understand now aear ye are, yet precious ining. Ye'd come and perch upon the hand That heeds not labor while ye sing. In golden, sunshine-flooded Jun,' Beneath th shade where Bephyrs play. Barefooted I, from car Immune, First learned to love thy roundelay. If this great farm were your and mln No bird should be molested here. All timid creatures welcome dine. And find a refuge from their fear. Th shriveled heart and sordid rnlnd That would destroy a bird thai sing, Of every Joy would rob mankind, And pluck th angela of their wings. sixty years J