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Subscriber leavta; th elty tea. porarily shonla Stay Th Be aallcd t them. AddrM will chaased aa oftea aa rjat. The scene of action on the rate bill will now be transferred temporarily to the conference committee. By opposing a federal election law southern democratic congressmen show they are miU "conservative" despite radical utterances. Having postponed the Smoot case again senators must be waiting to see if the retirement of the Mormon church from business is bona fide. The Slmplon tunnel la open for traffic after seven years' work. The next International traffic celebration thou Id be the opening of the Panama canal. Unless business Is better in Constan tinople than it seems from this dis tance . foreign corporations will save money by refusing to Invest in Turkish securities. Perhaps, as democratic senate leader, Senator Bailey felt chagrin at seeing Senator Tillman always In the renter of the stage but he was placed there by republicans. American consul in Asia may be expected to insist on higher wages or shorter hours If American methods are to succeed Asiatic methods In the man agemcnt of the offices. Mr. Garfield's oil report has caused as much comment as his "Beet trust' statistics, but not In the same quarters The "immunity bath" Is evidently not ao easily prepared this time. If the czar is shrewd he will take greater care with his reply than with his address to the Duma, as this docu merit will probably Join the issues be tween the court and country. "Uncle Joe" Cannon seems to be the only prominent statesman not excited over the climax on the rate bill, but the speaker's opinion of the upper house Is probably unchanged. With earthquakes in California, dy namiter in Idaho and forest fires In Michigan the claims of the Missouri valley as the home of men who want peace and prosperity must be conceded Sir Henry Campbell-Banner man de clares himself a couvert to the doctrine of female suffrage, but says he cannot lead his party on that issue. Sir Henry evidently thinks discretion the better part of valor. Alexander Berkman, who served eighteen years la prison for assaulting Mr. Frlck, says he is not to become .-th leader of anarchists In this coun try. This is doubtless true, as the real anarchist could hardly submit to a leader. One thing may as well be accepted as settled In advancethe republicans of Nebraska are In no mood to endorse a candidate for United States senator who has the corporation label blown in the bottle no matter whether he lives in Omaha or seme other part of the state. As might have been expected. Colonel Bryan's Commoner is turning all sorts of fantastic fits over the al leged "surrender" of President Roose velt in his railroad rate regulation pro gram. After all the bouquets Colonel Bryan had thrown at the president It was necessary to Improvise some sort of terminal facilities to land the denv ocratlo leader once more where he :ould criticise Mr. Roosevelt from a partisan standpoint,. RAISE TUff STAyDARD. . While it is yet early for the nonil oatlng convention which are to name the candidates for the state and legis lative offices to be voted for in Ne hrsska this fall, it is not too early to urge upon republican the desirability of raising the standard all along the line. There is no call for undue alarm, but It Is none the less true that th tendency toward Independent vot ing has greatly increased in recent years, and that the character of the candidate and his qualifications for the position to which he aspires have much more to do now with success at the polls, as distinguished from the fact of party nomination, than they formerly did. ' Nebraska Is, to be sure, strongly re publican. At the last election, how ever, scarcely a county in the state went solidly republican down the ticket from top to bottom. The popu lar demand is for better ability and greater trustworthiness In public serv ants of every class. Men of real abil ity and unquestioned integrity are wanted in the legislature as well a In the state executive offices, and even more as representatives in the two houses of the national legislature at Washington and the people are looking back of the party label to see what Is there. The disposition to set up higher standards has already been manifested to a certain degree by Nebraska repub licans, but the aim must be ever still higher. Nebraska republicans have among them men of known ability and tried loyalty who will compare favora bly with those in public life in other and older states. These men must be put to the front, so that Nebraska may take Its true rank among the progres sive states of the union. THE GEWRAPHT OF HEROISM, The Carnegie Hero Fund commis sion last week made twenty-one awards for acts of heroism performed by various persons deserving of special recognition. The distribution of those receiving these awards, when summar ized, shows that ten reside in Penn sylvania, six in Ohio, three in New York and one each in Connecticut and New Jersey, respectively. Not a hero discovered west of the Great Lakes nor south of the Ohio river. Only five states out of the forty-five constituting this great na tion on the map of heroism. Surely there must be something wrong with the geography consulted by the Car negie Hero Fund commission. One explanation of this visual per version might be that because the fund is administered from Pittsburg deeds of self-sacrifice arising In the state of Pennsylvania or the adjoining state of Ohio would come In more easily for notice. That the mere Intimation that heroes are bred only in the small area close to the source of the Carnegie for tune is so preposterous as to carry its own refutation on Its face, Surely heroism does not consist in claiming a reward. Heroism is being developed every day in every state in the union. There is heroism on the farm and In the field as well as In the mine and factory in the everyday walk of life on land as well as in the precarious vocations on water. The geography of heroism is a world-wide geography rather than one confined to the narrow limits ot a half dozen state all of which together could be swallowed up In the one commonwealth of Texas. The administration of the Carnegie hero fund will have to broaden out if It wants to avoid becoming a mere local institution for the place where Its headquarters happen to be established. CIVIL SERVICE ORQAXIZATIOS. The permanent organization of the civil service commissions throughout the country which baa Just been formed at Washington cannot fall to be beneficial, as regards both Improve ment of the system and growth of sen timent In favor of maintaining It. The meeting of representatives of the state and municipal civil service commis sions at the national capital in connec tion with the United States commis slon has served to call public attention to the rapid extension of the merit system which has been accomplished for the most part quietly and in spite of innumerable obstacles. Coincident with the various act of congress and executive orders by which the great bulk of the federal patronage has been brought within the classified service Important progress has been made In recent years for Including state and municipal appointments within a si ml lar rule, but the results have been sporadic. The popular notions of the reform derived from the federal classified service are generally vague. The con ditlons therefore call for a comprehen sive organization ot all the widely sep arated state and municipal agencies The field for it usefulness is almost boundless, particularly under munici pal government. In which the tendency toward nonpartisan service is distinct and strong. The merit system. In deed, ha a vital relation to the uni versal demand tor radical general re form In municipal politics. Concentration by organization of all the civil service commissions ought to have equally Important effect In Im provement of the classified service It self, which is conceded to be imperfect In some important respects. Its meth od do not always provide adequate teat ot merit. Th most effective weapon of Its enemies have been drawn from the arsenal ot its own shortcomings and no greater service could be rendered by It organized official guardians than by perfecting It rule so that they would more cer tainly ascertain merit and fitness. The- great measure ot success which the reformed system has already achieved In protecting appointing power from the pressure) of mere po litical workers Inspired by hunger for spoils Is Its abundant vindication. There is room, however, as its most Intelligent friends realise, to raise far higher the quality of ellglbles from which appointments and promotions shall be made in the public service. Upon the success of the organized tal ent now employed in supervision in accomplishing this very much depends the further extension of the merit system. 'ELASTIC C I'll RE AC IV Prof. Taussig of Harvard university. In his recent address before a meeting of New York bankers, has done valua ble service in combatting the emphasis which in some quarters is put on the necessity of a more elastic currency as a safeguard against serious panic or recurrent money market stringency. There may be substantial reasons for a conservatively guarded currency of greater flexibility than our system af fords, but this Is by no means what 1 aimed at by those elements loudest in demanding "a more elastic currency." As a matter of fact those Interests are mainly speculative and what they want is a method of suddenly expand ing the currency when excessive pecu lation causes the demand rate ot inter est to go high. But, however high it may mount, the fact almost invariably remains that the rate of time loans, which is the rate that concerns com merce and business, is not much it at all affected. The rise ot the demand rate, though it may be severe on the reckless speculators, is In reality a wholesome restraint on speculation, which otherwise would go to lengths disastrous to universal business and Industrial interests. So far as those interests which em brace the public welfare are con cerned, no one has brought out more forcefully than Prof. Taussig the point that what is heeded is not bo much currency reform as banking reform. The last decade has witnessed a vast alteration, particularly in the east. whereby strictly commercial banking institutions, acting independently and semi-Jndicially on business proposi tions, have been steadily supplanted by the idea of direct or indirect iden tification with promotion and specula tion. Various kinds of banking, too, which were formerly conducted Inde pendently ot each other, are now con centrated In one hand, or one set ot hands. Commercial banks, state and national, are closely associated with investment houses, with large private banking firms that undertake to finance and promote great ventures in new business fields; with trust com panies and with individuals whose pri mary interest is not In banking. While such a combination means economy in management expenses and makes It possible to earn two or three profits Instead of one, it also makes certain a greater locking up ot capital. With greater risks and commit ments, the tendency is to smaller ac tual reserve, however It may be con cealed, less ability to meet sudden de mands and greater danger of embar rassment if the unexpected happens. Clearly the schemes which have been proposed for sudden currency Infla tion upon sudden emergency could not obviate this fundamental defect of banking, but would rather Increase the danger by encouraging the prevailing tendency ot banking. A wide field ex ists for restrictive legislation concern ing state banks and trust companies as to cash reserves, reports and exami nations, but after all the main reliance is prudent and conservative manage ment. It is noteworthy that almost universally western bankers, who have not been carried away from the Ideal of Independent banking as eastern banker have been, are more and more enforcing the vital necessity of conserv atism and turning a deaf ear to the plea for such makeshifts as most forms of "elastic currency." THE COUNTRY HIGftTTATS. Coincident with the effort to secure through public control equal rights and fair charges on railroads, another long neglected phase of transportation I coming notably to the front, namely. Improvement of the common high way The movement la general and In the more progressive states 1 be coming practical. ' It 1 significant that two state as widely separated by distance and gen eral conditions as Missouri and Penn sylvania should at the same time be disposed toward extraordinary action. Many reasons have been assigned for special sessions of the legislatures, but it is unprecedented for a governor to consider seriously, as Governor Folk Is doing, the calling of the legislature solely to deal with the problem of good country roads and to propose constitutional amendments to secure the power necessary to a broad and thorough solution ot It, and for the state press and public opinion to favor such action. This I hardly more ex traordinary, however, than the project endorsed by the governor of Pennsyl vania and enthusiastically supported In the state, to build a great macad amized highway between Philadelphia and Pittsburg, a trunk line country road, as it were, with branches through more remote region. These propositions, perhaps the most notable among many of similar character, do show how popular Interest I centering on the carriage of freight outside of railroads. It is high time that attention should be compelled to the fact that a large part of the prodigious tonnage ot the railroads ha to be moved over country roads. They are practically a half century behind the requirements ot th tint. Financisl resource and en- glneerlng and mechanical skill during that time have been concentrated on only that fraction of transportation which relates to railroads nd deep water navigation. Thus while the long railroad haul has been amazingly cheapened, the enormous economy that might be effected on the country road haul has been neglected, so that wagon carriage for a few miles fre quently costs as much as rail carriage for as many hundred miles. The first step toward solution of the problem obviously must be legislative provision of up to date means. The rond law of most states sre antiqua ted and in some, like Missouri, the con stitutions stand in the way of better ment. No system of law will meet the case which does not facilitate the employment of capital in n large and permanent way, as the last session of the Virginia legislature realised wheu it wiped out the futile and obsolete poll tax method and authorized county and township bonding operations for solid highway improvements. Discussions which the last year or two have occupied so much of the time of farmers' Institutes in Nebraska and other western states have resulted In very considerable road Improvement, but their chief value has been educa tional. The exigency calls for radical reform. The growth of rural popula tion and freight, the extension of ru ral mail service, the application of mechanical motors to country road vehicles and many other causes are pointing the way and irresistibly pressing for an economy of transporta tion off the railroads scarcely less im portant In a long view than that which ha been accomplished on them. The multiplying signs of popular realiza tion of this fact are most auspicious and should mean a revolution within a few years in the means ot country travel. TKCHMCAL TRAISIXG- While complaint continues ot over elaboration of the American high school curriculum in connection with the comparatively small proportion of the school population availing them selves of it, the experience of the manual training schools and institutes of technology is to the exact contrary. The number of young men crowding these schools was never so great as the statistics of attendance now being pub lished show it to have been the last year. Until very recently the technical graduate had to face the same preju dices In practical life that confront the mere college graduate, but that has all given way to the demonstrated effi ciency of his training. There Is now demand for him in every, industry in volving mechanical science and skill, and rapid promotion follows practical experience. Popular appreciation of these facts lie bark of the remarkable movement in technical education. At the same time it is beginning to come fairly home to the average mind that the field for the applied sciences Is Illimitable and that the industrial opportunities are multiplying with .in credible rapidity. While the west, which the young man was admonished to seek a generation ago, is in some sense narrowing, the institutions for technological instruction are, by spe cial training and adaptation, opening to youth a wider prospect which has no limitation ot east or west, north or south. Several big life insurance companies have reduced the maximum line of lia bility they will assume on any one life. One company which was formerly will ing to issue a life policy for as much as a million dollars, now proclaims Its policy for the future to be to refuse applications for more than $250,000. This Is only another indication ot the return to sanity on the part of the over-reaching life Insurance companies called to account by the Armstrong in vestigation, who found most of their troubles growing out of the eagerness for limitless business at any cost. Safety in life insurance, as in any other kind of Insurance, rest on the number of risks rather than on the size of the risks. Railway earning for the first four months ot the present year show an In crease over the same period ot last year, aggregating more than IS per cent. The difficulties besetting the tax bureaucrats in their efforts to make out a case of poverty for their employ ers In order to bold down the valuation for tax purposes are steadly growing. Three new places are to be filled on the state ticket this year by the nomi nation of candidates for state railway commissioner. For these places only the strongest men should have the call men in whom the people may have confidence that they will give a square deal to the shipper and to the railroad alike. A rate war In ocean tourist traffic 1 now In prospect, which reminds us that before government regulation of In ternational transportation rate can be had some more effective way ot getting the nations upon common ground than the present difficult system of treaty arrangements will have to be devised. Walter Wellman will take automo bile sledges with him on his trip to the pole. Heretofore the sledge dogs made fair food when all else failed, and the present explorer may find it to have been a ' wise policy which tarried emergency (ood on foot. Pennsylvania rallror.d officials who are surprised to learn that subordi nate received sratultles from coal companies are only equalled In lack of knowledge of their business by Stand ard Oil managers, who know nothing ot rebates. SKCI I.AR SHOTS AT THB PI I.PIT. Cleveland Iead-r: Th apostle business has reached a disheartening stag when Elijah IViwIe Is ordered into court to show his credentials. Rattlmore American: It appears that the chaplain of the United States aenat is lncllnd to humor. He quotes the scrip tural text, "Blessed are the peace makers" at a time when there seem to be no peace makers In the woods. Philadelphia Record: i he ecclesiastical court which tried Dr. Crapsry of Rochester has found thst a man who does not believe In the virgin-birth or the bodily resurrec tion of our Lord Is incapable of reciting the apostles' creed with the necessary de gree of sincerity, and is out of place as a clerygyman in a church which maintains that rreed as one of its standards. The Protestant Episcopal church tolerates con siderable latitude, hut feels that It must draw the line somev.here. Philadelphia l.dgor: An Indiana preacher seeks divorce largely' upon the allegation that his wife has a habit of sitting in the congregation and "making faces" at him just at critical points in his sermon. There can be no denial that such conduct on the part of the lady would tend to distract the thoughts even of an earnest paor. Would it not be wiser for her to make up her face before enter ing the church? This Is a practice not perhaps to be commended, and yet not without precedent. Chicago Chronicle: Rev. Dr. Moffat t in his speech at the Presbyterian banquet on Tuesday evening criticised his church for devoting too much attention to doctrine and said that was the reason that it had 'not prospered as the Methodist church had. He may be right about it. but history proves that doctrine is the life of religion and of sectarian power. Every great relig ious movement the world has ever, seen has centered around some one doctrine. In Paul's day It was the doctrine of the resurrection, in Luther's day it was jus tification by faith. In John Wesley's day it was regeneration, and In Jonathan Ed wards' day It was the doctrine of hell. The Methodists have prospered by con stantly preaching free will and the possi bility of certainty in regard to salvation. The trouble with the Presbyterians is that Instead of preaching their theology they devote much of their time to undermin ing it. PER AOS At. AMD OTHERWISE. Th gaekwar of Baroda carries around the burden and dignity of thirteen titles. and smiles the while. The prevailing activity and publicity about graduation gowns dlsccdlts reports that late frosts injured the peach crop. Just to kee? history umW ... 1 it should be mentioned that the explosion of the maga slnes In Connecticut was not due to the combustion of muck rakes. It ia not difficult to understand the right eous indignation of companies owning lux urious slopping oars at being officially desig nated aa "common carriers." The president of the Syracuse college evidently esteems John D. Rockefeller as a knight of the old school. Day follows the Knight with a contribution box. People who think official pie promotes indigestion can obtsin important informa tion by writing to the Mayor-elect of Omaha. Write promptly and avoid the rush. In issuing instructions to school children on how to keep the tplne on straight. New York hopes to "get Its back up" at some future date. It is time a beginning was made. Suspicion pointing to a redheaded man as the champion slugger In Chlcagw caused th barbers of the town to work overtime producing less luminous lints for police Inspection. The most amasing revolution in the hospi tality of the old Kentucky home la the de cision In favor of dry Sundays. Kentucky as a Sahara one day In seven Is worth go ing to see. Pelng somewhat doubtful of the usual money vaults, a Chicago man converted his hat into d-posttory. But in an evil moment an ill wind whisked through the lid and neighborhood kids scampered off with the bills. Considering the trouble Russia has In getting its constitution on straight, as an act of national friendship this country might honor a draft on some of the consti tutional lawyers of the senate, t'nole Sam aims to please. With the characteristic alacrity Missouri shows the world that the chief actors are not the only people who get into troubls at a wedding. A St. Louis policeman lout his star by accepting a tip for guarding a house in which a wedding occurred. A noted Russian biologist adds to mascu line gaiety by recommending hot air treat ment to restore gray halra to their natural color. He neglects to explain why, under such treatment, whiskers and mustaches take on the silvery tint of age and high living. Master of Two I.aasaae. New York Evening Post. The late Proiy Price of Columbia the most competenr jf Judges once said that Mr. Schurs's mastery of English was the most astonishing Intellectual feat that ha had ever known. It was not simply that this German had learned to speak English without mistake or accent, nor that he had acquired a rich and varied vocabulary. The amasing thing was that ha appeared to have penetrated the very spirit of the sllon speech. Its idioms seemed native to him. Among Its living growths he moved with ease and certainty. His crisp pronuncia tion, his flexible handling of phrase and Instinctive building up of sentence and climax made listening to him a blending of delight and wonder. We hear frequent boasts of bi-ltng-ual achievements, but they relate ordinarily to th restricted speech of travel or social Intercourse or diplo macy. Mr. Schurs could In either tongue b playful or powerfully argue, soar or thunder, and do it with the facility and grace of one to the vernacular born. Dlvldlnc the Spoils. Chicago Record-Herald. The present per capita circulation In this country Is 132.33, so it will be seen that if every man has whst Is due him he can buy a ton of coal, pay for a pound or two of beef, get the baby a new pair of shoes, purchase a sack of flour, put up 111) on his month's rent and still have enough left to do something for the Tobacco trust by in dulging in a t-cent cigar. Straight abootlaar. Ntw Yoik rot. "Young men for wsr, old men for coun sel," was Illustrated at last night's dinner of the Founders and Patriots of America, when Admiral Dewey flt told of the tariret practice on the Missouri, when a round of shots wsa fired, without a miss, at a target 1.700 yards away by a gun crew of an av erage age of !1. I aaataral Repose. Chicago Inter Ocean. The sultan of Turkey is threatened with ennui. For two whol day he has received no ultimatum nor hay the powers threat ened him with a demonstration. Oa itaator t asafartabl. Chicago Record-Herald. Somehow it is Impossible to consider Mr. Aldrich of Rhode Island without thinking of lb cat that at tb cariary. A harge At my More mean thM you can purchase anything you vilsh'lQ the Jewelry line and pay for It In amount and at (Intra thai suit your own own convenience that' all there Is to It, $1.00 a Week BUS THIS WATCH Fr this week only I will sell IS Jewel watches. Wal tham or Elgin movements, O site. 'JO year case, $26 value. Bale PRICK 13.00 ai :. i M fl TA H ITVIdVTT TmTrTTv 7 immi mum mmmmmvm m i. .LLrajt m jwi ui ui uj ui n vj i 1522 rARNAM KRRHOMI BOILED DOWN. He csnnot reach earth who does not touch heaven. Platitude in the pulpit make Tharisees in the pews. Star gazing will never make you shine as the stars. The two-faced never have more than half an outlook. Many a man thinks he Is busy when he is only bussing. The man who will not waste his love al ways wastes his life. Dreams of heaven do not come in slum bers in the church. Hell Is never far from him who thinks that all men are demons. The heart that Is hot with passion may have an Icy face for the poor. Heavenly mansions cannot be leased with the rent from reeking tenements. The only worth while kind of aspiration is that which gets up a perspiration. The wave of speculation always makes more splutters than the rock of faith. The more of a bore the sermon la the less of a hole It makes In the walls of sin. It Is by no means certain that you can lead men Into light because you love the limelight.. The bottom would speedily fall out of the fortunes of some church saints If the city nailed the lid down. It Is better to give a hungry world the most old-fashioned loaf than the latest thing In theological logic. The only men who ever complained of God's service were those who sought his payroll for their own promotion. Chicago Tribune. LOVE OP LIBERTY. Trlhate to Carl Srhors by the Paper He Once Edited. New York Evening Post. In the natural course of events, and by the general suffrage. Mr. Schurs came to be known as thev leading Independent In American politics, it was a position which carried stings with its honors. Yet the very mixture of taunts with welcomes that he received from both political parties alternately during the past twenty years, was the most strlking tribute possible to the unselfishness of hi course and the genuineness of his Influence. When his simple uprightness could not endure the Blaine taint, the republicans called out after him that he was only a morose and fantastic crank whom nobody regarded; but when they were ahle to exhibit him again on their side in the contest for hon est money, they promptly discovered that his eminence of character and soundness of political judgment was beyond dispute. Latterly, the old animosities had happily become dulled, and Mr. Schurs was ac cepted ungrudgingly as our best type of unbending Integrity and clear honesty of speech. This is what makes his loss no sore. Personal mourning, such as th Evening Post must feel In the departure of one who was for a tima Its editor, ami wbo always maintained his friendly Inter est In It, yields to the sense of public bereavement. When Daniel Webster died. Motley wroto to his father: "As for thinking of Amer ica without Webster. It seems like thinking of It without Niagara or th Mississippi." Mr. Schurs could not so be described as a great elemental force or a towering na tional figure. His removal, however, will long leave us with a sense of "something that is gone." It Is as If the American sunshine were for a time dimmed; as if we could not see moral issues in so clear a light; as If our dubious and dark political problems could not so easily have flashes of truth snd eourage thrown upon them. That buoyant and blithe spirit has left us; that life-long Indignation against tyranny, whether in Prussia or the Philippines, is quenched; but the virtue that went out of Mr. Schurs to animate good causes and spur on lesser men, will long remain a cherished memory and a oontlngous power. The SoAc Is On VALUES UNEQUALED Any man wbo pays 117 for a piano without seeing the Nsw Riddle, which wa sell (or $145. will probably lose $50. And man who pays $250 for a piano without seeing those special new style A. D. Cramer pianos at $190 will probably be $60 out. Any man who pays $300 (or a piano without seeing that special new style K. Irving, which we sell at $210, will probably be $90 worse off. Any man who pays $325 or $350 for a piano without critical ex amination of the new scale special 1906 Kimball piano, which we sell at $260, will probably be out (rom $80 to $100. And so It goes. The Hospe one price, noncommisslon plan of sell ing pianos is providing far better goods at lower prices than It is pos sible (or any other concern to give you, no matter what the conditions or the proposition may be. Convenient terms o( payment of $6, $7, $8 and $10 a month, with no advance charge, make it possible for anyone to own a good new piano. v SEE HOSPE NOW A. HOSPE & CO., 1813 Dougla St.. Omaha Pianos Tuntd and Rplrd Naw Sheet Musi Account ail.60 week Buy this beauti ful diamond ring set in a solid 1 4 k a r a t gold mounting. PRICE $29 0V Ji'T" 91.00 a Week Buys this hand some brooch : is set with 41 good else pearls In 14 karat gold mount ing. You'll like It PRICE $17.51) 75c a Week Buys this elegant cluster ring larga size opal surrounded by many small dia monds. , PRICE $12.50 frlLEAIMNG JDVELER sxvs DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. - Mrs. I'psome The people that have moved into the house nest door to ours spend about half their time peeping at us through their luce curtains Mrs. Chllllcon-Kearney How did you find It out? Chicago Tribune. Him Darling, you don't know how beau tiful you are! Her Goorge. I have a very good mirror and am not blind. What I don't know is how rich you are. Cleveland iader. Tess Did he actually kiss you? Jess Yes. Tess Gracious! Jess The Idea! He was not. I think It wrs I who was gracious to lut him. Philn-' dulphia Press. Mrs. Glen Viller How do you Ilka my new spring hat? Mrs. Wade Parker Lovely ! Who made It over for you? Cleveland Leader. "That door bell of ours doesn't ring at all," growled Poorman. "I'm going right down and make that landlord fix It. right away" "Oh! don't be in a hurry, dear," Inter rupted his wife. "Let It go for a week or so. This la about the time for the install ment man to ba coming around." Chicago Tribune. May Roxley (at the telephoned-That you. Jack? You know you promised you'd speak to father today. Jack Lovett Yes. I er spoke to him this morning at his office. May Roxley Oh! What did he say? Jack Lovetl Why er I didn't welt to hear all of it. Philadelphia Catholic Stand ard. "Tom's a fool!" "Why, Margery! I thought you liked him." f "Well, we were sitting on thn sofa last night, and he bet me that I couldn't whistle. And I turned to him and puck ered up my lips to start, and" "Well?" "Well, he let me whistle!" Cleveland Leader. GOOD MORIXG. T. A. Daly in Philadelphia Catholic Standard Day dawns, and bids the blushing sky "Good Morning!" The flute-voiced birds take up the cry; "Good Morning!" And nearer home, beneath the eaves. The gnarled old maple's tender leaves That vhlvered in the midnight rain, Now whisper at my window pane: "Good Morning!" The genial sun peeps o'er the hill And laugha across my window silL Kyes quiver under sleepy lids This is the King himself who bids "Good Morning!" I rise and open the window wide. The sun-kissed breeses charge and rids Straight through the breach in merry rout. And scale the walls and fairly shout: "Good Morning!" They make me captive to th King, They pluck at me and bid ma slug Their paean to the Golden Day. , Whose conquering slogan Is their gay "Good Morning 1" They frolic here, they scamper there, They clutch the singing birds in air. On all tha world their music beats , Until the captive world repeats: "Good Morning! Heart calls to heart. The surly wight. Who scorned his neighbor yesternight. With smiling visage stops to greet That neighbor In th busy street: "Good Mornlnfc!" j ' ' Ja. O! joyous day! O! smile of God, . To hearten all who toll and plod. We hail thee, conquerer and King! Wa hug our golden chains and sing: "Good Morning!" B01EVUE COLLEGE will fce Open to Boarders July 7 Rstes lor Adults : $5.50 to $8.00 Per Week For rartkalsrs Address: BELLEVUE COLLEGE BELLE VIE. NEBRASKA