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. WHEN OlT OF TOWH.
Snbaertbera leavlnc tha'elty tern
pomrlly aboald bare The Be
BiaCled them. Address will be
ehaDarid as often requested.
After Ohio has exhausted the "Bridge
trust" other games may also be ta
booed. It may be easier for the ciar to dls-
aolve Parliament than to grant Its de-
mands, but he may have the trouble
of doing either or both.
New York proposes a monument for
Carl Schurz
ii win sureiy oe ount
If residents of other cities come for
ward with the necessary money.
J; Now that "record making" time has
arrived in the house of representa-
- tlves It Is a poor congressman who
cannot shine before his constituents.
The DcJitical aitimtinn in i.i i.
becoming hotter and hottr n,i hv th-
1st of August, when the republican
state convention meets. It should be
fairly sizzling.
Betweea the lines of the reDlv of
the czar to the Duma may be read the
, willful Ignorance which has proved
the ruin of absolute monarcha since
me dawn or history. ,
The example set at Des Moines Is
bearing fruit. Reformed and United
rresoyienans taking steps to amalga-
mate, but so far there Is little danger
oi a religious trust."
With an Increase of approximately
80 per cent In its clearing house busl-
,ess over the corresponding week last
u, cuu iuoa. mrwara to me
. ik. 1
-u.uu,., ,,u,, Bean wuq pieasure.
At
Evirtentlv Nnluim nn nA
,
It hotter .n.,i ,v. , . , , ...
L " '.b. to flght-and
In doln thele h tn rn.v- JZL
LthUn? J ul ! . M , P
fighting as unpopular as It Is dlsrepu-
.ua kduci u.1 a i ii ill i ( t will wmn Tnam iht i
,.vi. i
When St . Louis gets through with
.alleged council bribers living in Kan
sas City the town at the mouth of the
Kaw may be sorry It didn't leave the
metropolis to the efforts ot home
talent.
Commander Hobson says he spent
nearly $7,000 to defeat Representative
Bankhead for congress. Mr. Bank
head is doubtless wondering where his
successor expects to get the worth ot
his money.
President CaHsatt's sudden decision
tl return tri A marlin mnv la InanlvnH
by desire to fasten down hi. inter-
cuts la tho Pennsylvania railroad be
fore his subordinates turn their abili
ties in that direction.
It would be fate in Its most Ironical
mood which would permit Senator
6 moot to loie his seat by the vote ot
Senator Depew. Fortunately for him
the matter now promises to to over
to the next session of congress.
The decision of the senate that fresh
nieat intended for food in the United
States shall be inspected by govern-
inent officials if subject to Interstate
commerce is an Indication that legls-
ir. . hiinin to ronreda th
folks at home are entitled to the same
safeguards as foreigners.
The Standard Oil company has de
clared a nuarterlr dividend of oer
cent and the prospect is good that the
rn. fn, iha remainder of the vear
will not fall below that for any quar-
Am TfriA iAmr.snv niiarhi tc hAVA
Msrhad'a' nolnt now where it Is no
i . Arn on little
.Mn.. ilk- rafimi rebate recouA
itit from loba.
THE CAMPAIGN IN NEBRASKA
The first republican county conven-1
I tlon, preliminary to the 1906 cam-
paign In Nebraska, will be held this I
meek. It Is of the utmost Importance
that republicans throughout the state I
.vn . . . . . I
lltlcal situation and covern themselves I
accordingly, with a view to Insuring
party success In the fall.
,v, .
state ticket will he put In nomination
ftt the convent,on ,u August. Including,
pesiaes me governor ana omer state i
.n.... 11 tkroA
commissioners and a candidate for
United States senator. Candidates for
congress will be nominated at separate
congressional conventions and voted on
at the same time and a legislature will
be chosen by the various representa-
tive and senatorial districts.
There Is no question but that on the
Issue of Roosevelt republicanism Ne
braska will be recorded squarely In
the republican column. Despite all at
tacks upon the president, the great
majority of our voters are today more
strongly attached to him than ever be-
rore. and eager, not only to give mm
the loyal support in congress that he
deserves, but also to follow up the
work he has been doing with work
along the same lines in the state house
and In the legislature.
The thing of prime Importance, then,
for Nebraska republicans is to put to
the front men. not only of character
and ability, but also thoroughly In har
rnony with what Is known as the Roose
veiin nroeram. This has ancclal
reference to known devotion to the
Pbc interests and freedom from cor-
poratlon strings. Democratic opposl-
advantage of every mistake the ro-
puoncans may commu. i ue
publicans may commit. The wiser
course Is to give the democrats no op- L
portuntty to make political capital.
The rank and file of Nebraska re-
publicans are Imbued with the right
Ideas and need Only to be aroused to
t. n.t . ,,,, thom 1n Palirll.
the point of enforcing them In caucus
and convention. If they but Uke con-
trol the republicans will not only con-
tinue ascendant at the etate house, but
they will also have a solid Nebraska
delegation at Washington to reinforce
President Roosevelt in his champion
ship of the people's rights.
STRUCTURAL MATERIALS FOR 'FRISCO.
Apprehension lest the rebuilding of
San Francisco be delayed for lack of
supply of building materials, and es-
pecially structural steel, about which
so much was said a, few weeks ago,
turns out to be unfounded. There is
a bnrei nosslbllltv that some foreign
tieel may be used, but, If any at all. it
i. rftrtin to be verr little. A local
Investigation, whose reliability Is un-
questionable, shows that practically the
entire tonnage will be supplied by the
mills of the United States at reason-
able prices.
Building steel will not be required
as soon as It was assumed would be
necessary, it transpires mai 11 win ue
W months before heavy materials
cau DeRm w UBea DecBUBe OL luo
work of clear,n ru,ns and the tlme
required for elaboratiag a new general
plan for the city, as wen as ior me
aeparate large buildings, indeed, tne
actual f construction will run
through several years, Dusiness nrms
In the meantime using temporary
suuciures. iuus tae bibbi uuminmr.,
although they were already crowded
with orders, will have time In which
to meet the demand, and so far as it Is
urgent they have given tne aan ran-
Cisco orders precedence over all otners.
Their refusal to take advantage oitne
emernency to extort excessive prices is
hn line with the spirit which the public
universally showed towad the stricken
city.
The very fact that Ban jnrancisco nas
I
wisely resolved to rebuild sonaiy ana
on a scheme of street ana regulations
... . .. .
in iniarri mrsinst fire ana earmausKe
operBte8 to prevent the expected short-
. ... , . . . i i
aKfl 01 D,oteMaI8 Rna l lne m9 lUD"
the result illustrates the enormous pro-
rm.rra of our own country.
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PRESBYTERIAN UNION.
The union which has Just been con-
summated between two branches t of
the Presbyterian church represents a
tendency which is manifesting itself
among all the evangelical churches,
Indeed, Its inspiration 1b drawn in large
part from the spirit of the age, which
la practical and employs perfected or-
gacliatlon and centralized direction,
whether in the industrial, the political
or the evangelical field.
Naturally this tendency ia notable in
drawing together the groups into
which the adherents ot the general
Presbyterian doctrine and polity have
at Tarlou" Um" nd cc8ton8
rated. The pendulum Is now swing-
ing toward unity and centralization as
attention Is more and more directed to
the waste and burdens of maintaining
duplicate denominational machinery.
It Is noteworthy that the arguments
which have been emphasized in the
process of the fusion ot the old school
and the Cumberland Presbyterian
churches are largely ot a purely prac -
tlcal and economical character. Their
weight bears on the advantage of one
consolidated organization for mission-
ary and all church work. And pre-
cisely the saiae considerations He back
the further efforts which are being
made to bring other still separate
branches of the Presbyterian faith Into
the' union. ,
There is still deeper significance, for
undoubtedly such emphasis on organi
sation marks a leateufng of the im-
pcrtance put In these days on details
of doctrinal difference. It was in-
sistence upon the latter that caused
I aT t ft ITI denominational subdivision.
Thus the practical spirit of the age
I E-rma hand in blind with the broad
suirlt thr.t looks to fundamentals as
basis for association. The result can-
not fall to be Important In the eduea-
tional, charitable and benevolent fields
of church effort, as well as In the more
strictly evangelical field.
More broadly still, the tendency
which fuses varieties of one great de-
4ii .,i i .. m
duclng the barriers between the larger
divisions whose policy of matntaiqto.g
In the same celghborhood separate or-
-i, ,ti sk v.
and ill-supported, is more and more
felt to be unnecessarily burdensome
ana mine, especially in tne imaii
tnm nt Boar.,!,, nnnnl.ln,) illelrlfa
It Is all evidence of a growing spirit
of fraternity as well as of a clearer
perception of the duty to conserve re-
ligious energy and devote It to more
practical ends
PUBLIC SCHOOLS BAST AND WEST.
The recent celebration of the centen
nial anniversary of the first public
school established In New York City
has called attention to the fact that
the public school system there is less
than 100 veara cdd. because even the
flrgt 8chooU that were caed .. bHc
.chool... wora not tha Dllbllo
hnnlm tnAmv lth fraa BttanAanpt,
to all qualified to enter. The school
that has Just been the scene of the
celebration was in Its Inception a free
school only for children whose parents
were too poor to educate them and
was supported, not out of the munici
pal or state treasuries, but from the
subscriptions and tuition paid to a
private association called "The Public
Education Society." Not until much
later did the so-called public schools
,R the ea8tern gtateg become free pub.
arlinnla wlthmit diRPHmination of
any kind between the pupils.
In the progressive states of the west,
th r,th-r hand states like Ne
. . T v Bnni
. . , th dyent of the
nAPm)!ru,nt whlta inhabitAnts.
... .. nioreove, from
e,,-,,,,!-- v v... t-aa ..,1,11a
the,r foundation, have been free public
Bchoo,8 and they have not oniy kept
abrettst con8tant, of educat,onRi
pr0(reB8f but have been ftlway among
the first to expand Into wider fields, to
adopt new and improved methods of
Instruction, to Introduce new equip
ment and to aim In all things to keep
In close touch with all classes of the
people.
The nubile schools of the West
occupy a much more Important place
thftrt in the east, because the demo-
cratic sDirit is much more deeply en-
ttenched, to the exclusion of the spirit
0f txcluslveness, which has multiplied
nPtvate schools lu the east. The in-
ranHvA for a Aii m t Inn and renrflssloil of
illiteracy are both strongest where the
nnKii on.! v.tm has its fullest
away. It Is not mere accident that
the average of Intelligence of the west
8COres higher in the scale than In the
e&B it ia because the system of pub
hie school education has been carried
to Its logical limit and provision for
instructing the young is held to be
the first and highest pudiic amy.
IWQHES and LIFE insurance aoewts
It Is a suggestive circumstance that
Cnarieg E, Hughes, who conducted
vrilh guch distinguished ability and
th Armstrong: insurance In
vesuKation, should have been accorded
go enthUBiastic and appreciative a re-
ceptjon M the guest of honor' at the
dlnner of tho ufe underwriters' asso-
latlo whlch lg comDOsed of the life
ina.,niA amenta of New York. These
me manv of whom felt that their
. t t e beln want0nly sacrl
fl d h the investiKation benan to
. ,,.,. Me Mi.w w rnint
t
methods inslde outi now loolTat the
in m A,mnt ,lirht ftnd rea,lze
Lk , ti,n,h nninfni haa
..u thoir tm in.
4 VUli; w.u M' uaa.u w . . -
tereBt M to that of policyholders and
th Eeneral nubile
line general yuuni-
t. .- . u, - J i - J
ur, nugoea in ms uuurew suuuiwu
th t the dl8Ci08ure. had to be mftde
under circumstances in which It was
lmpos8,ble t0 preveot a,armmg many
J .... . .. a .
wno are lnteresicu m iuuruio ouu m
temporarily interrupting the work of
agents, declaring: "I tell you, gentle-
men, that when a physician is perform-
ing an operation which Is Imperatively
demanded he has no time to indulge In
beautiful discourses about the general
health and appetite of the patient.'
nd he received most significant ap
piauBe when he piled up the proofs
that the outcome ot it all has been to
establish the business of all honestly
conducted concerns on a sounder and
aifer basis. "The interests of the life
insurance agents," he said, In conclu
Bion "must square with the Just rights
0l the policyholders. The cost of ob
talnlng new business must be meas
red by what reasonably can be ex
pended for that purpose. I think it
mj t,0 found that the conservative
apent who writes business that remain
ulon the books, the man who has the
confidence ot his constituency, will be
the gainer, and not the loser, by the
legislation that has been enacted."
1 rne expressions ot the agents them
(elves likewise made it clear that they
1 sre already experiencing the goo
effect ot Investigation and legislation
whlch it produced. Public aentlmen
u directed by the obvious tact that
it ts better to take insurance as now
managed and restricted by law than
under the old abuses. They could not
h,aTe gone on -without . precipitating
catastrophe. That has now been
averted by exposure which brought re
form and saved the busirecs.
Colonel Bryan's Commoner show
Its devotion to formr Senator David
B. Hill by giving publicity to the fact
that the New York Bar association, In
1 vestlgating his relations as attorney
for the Equitable, has reported la M
Hill's favor. It couples with it. how
ever, en extract from the proceeding
j specially calculated to put Mr. liiil ia
a bad light. If Mr. Bryan Is figuring
on getting Into the next democratic
national convention he must be count
ing on having the New York crowd
against him.
VRAL mail service improvements.
Adjustments In the I'ostofllce de
partment make it clear that the rural
delivery service Is entering upon a
ew stage of development. Heretofore
Iti main effort has been to Install serv
ice, and so Immense was the demand
a the farming communities, that until
recently every energy of the depart
ment was insufficient to establish new
routes as rapidly as called for. No
brhiich of the government has ever
had so amazing a growth as this serv-
lco which, having a total appropria
tion of only $50,000 In 1898, requires
28,200,000 for the ensuing fiscal
year.
But the policy of the department
will henceforth turn more to the
efficiency of the service, although that
ha not been neglected in the rapid
extrusion. The major part of the agri
cultural regions requiring service has
already been covered by carrier routes,
but the records of the fourth assistant
postmaster general show that service
hai been Installed In not a few cases
where It is not warranted. These will
be weeded out, or rearranged, or senr
Ice reduced, while at the same time
new routes will be steadily established
a tne ctrcuaistances require.
But it Is to be anticipated that the
department will be more rigid In super
vision and In requirements upon
patrons. Where they fall to show ap
preclatlon of the advantages of ' free
delivery by lack of patronage and
neglect of the public roads the service
will be curtailed or abolished alto
gether, while it will be improved and
extended to neighborhoods that do ap
preciate and use it.
The great mass ot the farm popula
tlon Is keenly sensitive to the benefits
of the Bervlce, whose popularity In
creases with its growth; and, having
now got free delivery in operation In
most of the rural field, the department
proposes to spare no effort or expense
to make it the best In the world.
Senator Carmack ot Tennessee
recognizes in the expression at the
democratic primaries, which resulted
in a vote of preference for ex-Governor
Taylor rather than for himself,
the verdict ot his party and will grace
fully make way for his successor. The
example may be in point here in Ne
braska if candidates for senator are
nominated at the party conventions
and submit their names to the direct
vote of the people at the coming elec
tion. The senate will not take action in
the Burton case until It reconvenes
next December, giving the supreme
court opportunity in the Interval to
pass on the usual motion for a rehear
ing. By thus enabling Mr. Burton to
draw a few months' unearned salary
his colleagues will be contributing
generously to the payment ot his law
yer's fees and court costs without
reaching Into their own pockets.
Professional courtesy Is becoming
strained in New York, with a Judge
announcing from the bench that the
the statement ot a lawyer would have
no effect upon him unless supported
by evidence. Are the traditions of the
court to follow those of congressT
The allegation that railroad agents
in Ohio are in the employ ot the Stand
ard Oil company may point to more or
less understanding between railway
employes ot Ohio and Pennsylvania
but so far no Standard Oil stock is
missing.
According to the report to the State
Banking board deposits in the state
banks of Kansas are said to have in
creased this year at the rate of about
11,600,000 a month. Plainly nothing
is the matter with Kansas now.
A new book receutly published is
said to contain a description of more
than sixty different kinds of railroad
rate discriminations. Some of the
expert rate makers evidently etlll have
something to learn.
Threatened Family Rivals.
Washington Post.
The portrait of John Paul Jones is to
adorn the new 10-cent postage stamp and
the Bmlths will now begin to fuss about
it until some member of that family Is
similarly honored.
Puttings the Load on Consnmera.
Philadelphia Press.
It doesn't make much difference whether
there Is a strike on or not the price of
coal goes up Just the same. This Is the
trust's way of making the dear public pay
for Its losses during the miners' recent
period ot Idleness.
Varying- the Old Excuse.
Chicago News.
Secretary Taft has been visiting a circus
to see how It cares for Its army of helpers
with a view to getting suggestions for use
In managing the army. That Is a much
better excuse than going with a borrowed
Infant.
Baggeatlve rostasr Stamp.
Philadelphia Record.
In connection with the suggestion that
the picture f John Paul Jones be put
on a postage stamp, It Is mentioned that
only two of our naval officers have ever
uppefcred on' postage stamps. But this
may be due to the fact that our naval
men are so hard to lick.
Therapeutical Insanity.
Chicago Chronicle.
The doctors veritably threaten to leave
us with nothing on earth fit to eat or
drink. The Uteist raid on the works of
the Almighty Is by a Buffalo doctor, who
proclaims that the strawberry, that most
toitbnome and delicious of all the little
fruits. Is a breeder of Insanity, which, he
says, Increases largely during the straw
berry season. If so It must be among
those who can not get any. The "strsw.
berry season" begins In Cuba and Florida
in early winter and ends up ot Hudson's
Day about August. The Insane season In
America U therefore almuet perjtiua.
KRMOSS BOILED HOW.
Oily phrases heal buns of the worlds
wounds.
When humanity meets trouble It reve.iis
Ita divinity.
No man saves himself by running c way
from the lost.
People who are always crowing are cflen
chicken hearted.
It takes more than lumber and Blue to
make the tree of lite.
The fact that Noah Is your uncle will
not keep you dry shod.
Tou do not need to chew the bake tin
to set the bread of life.
Many a preacher mea.iurea his power by
the noise of his exhaust.
It woven always Is unreal to the man who
entertains hatred In his heart.
The minister who haa money In his eye
will never be able to see men.
It's the religion you wear rather than the
religion you are that soon wears out.
This world can bear almost any sorrow
If It will but kill out our selfishness.
It will take more than dreams of heaven
to make this world a paradise for men.
Some folks think It an act of charity to
get their old rags carried away for noth
ing. There Is no virtue In the elation over
finding a fault that makes you forget to
fix It.
A good muny people think that being con
scientious means being utterly uncomfort
able. The blatant liar may. do no more barm
than he who speaks truth with bated
breath.
It Is not always the preacher who talks
the most poetry who Is doing most to make
life a poem.
PERSONAL ArtD OTHERWISE.
San Francisco is giving an exhibition of
the simple life in an unusually strenuous
manner.
The mendicant exception clause of the
rate bill can be stretched to cover a multi
tude of free pass sinners.
The Cleveland grand Jury put the hooks
into the local Ice trust. The managers are
warm, but not enough to melt the price.
Chicago points with pride to "the most
truthful detective on the force." Creating
class distinction tends to undermine police
discipline. '
"The world do move," surely, when a
New Jersey town pounces upon a street
railway company for Jarring publlo nerves
by using flat wheels on Its cars.
In order not to Increase the embarrass
ment caused by the hearse drivers' strike.
New Yorkers are admonished to refrnln
frm dying until the trouble Is adjusted.
One of the things revealed by the earth
quake on the coast Is that California wine
growers turned out a superior article of
French labels to adorn their bottled goods.
Slnoe the revelations of graft among rail
road officials at Philadelphia members of
tho political gang forcibly retired from tho
public crib now solemnly admit that they
were mere novices In the fame.
The fact that eastern railroad officials
on moderate salaries scooped ln from
110,000 to 180,000 a year on side lines goes
to prove that old opportunity did not have
to knock twice before being taken In.
A Chicago university professor gives a
soothing twist to the Justly celebrated lake
breese cavorting on the Midway by de
claring that this old world of ours "will
be habitable for a million years to come."
People troubled about the future are now
at liberty to sleep It off.
President Baer of the Reading railroad
system and the Anthracite Coal trust Is1!
horrified by the doings of his railroad
neighbors, and declares with characteristic
unction that his lines are free from taint.
The Investigators might accept the chal
lenge and let him prove It.
The emperor of Japan has sent as a gift
to President Roosevelt a pleoe of ancient
steel armour elaborately embellished. It
will be placed in the White House. The
armor formerly belonged to a feudal Japa
nese lord named Odasaqara, prominently
identified with Japanese history 300 years
ago.
Since Attorney General Wade Ellis of
Ohio began a legal war on the oil com
bine several companies operating as inde
pendents hurriedly emptied their tanks and
rolled in under the Standard Oil canvas.
The Republic and the Vacuum companies
have acknowledged the Rockefeller corn
and quit masquerading. This action la
heralded .as "a remarkable victory" for
the attorney general.
DISCOl'RAGIXQ PENALTIES.
Liability of People Who Solicit
or
I'se Free Passes.
Chicago Tribune.
Probably some abuses will be practiced
under cover of the liberal exception
clauses. Men who are not Indigent, but
whom railroad officials wish to put under
an obligation or to whom It is Inexpedient
to refuse favora, will be carried free s
If they were homeless or Indigent. If a
big thlpper can get rebates In no other
way he may contrive to get occasional
small rebates in the form of passes.
Thfre Is, however, a provision calculated
to discourage the acceptance of free trans
portation by those who would otherwise
grab at it. It is that any person, other
than those In the excepted classes, who
uses, or solicits, or accepts for himself
or another Interstate free transportation
shall be liable to a penalty of not less than
$100 nor more than $2,000. The men who
have been persistent beggars for passes
will not care to put themselves in the
power of railroad officials by soliciting
them. Those who, when traveling, have
ostentatiously displayed their passes that
fellow travelers might see that they be.
longed to the superior order of deadheads,
will not care to advertise the fact that
they are lawbreakers. Congressmen and
Judges will do less free riding.
The proposed antl-psss legislation Is
more severe than that on the statute
books and probably will be more effective.
The rallroids themselves sre becoming less
liberal. They have found out thnt they
have not been getting value received for
many of their passes. They rut off the
congressional supply at the beginning of
the year, and now that a rnte regulntlon
bill has pissed they will not be Inclined
to go back to the old practice.
POWER MI ST BE CVRBEO.
Favoritism In Ratlrond Ilnetnes Mast
Be Abolished.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It should be dear by this time to every
one that there Is a public dantser In tlia
power that Is possessed by enormous rail
road combinations, and that If It Is not
curbed by rste blPs It will have to tie
curbed in soma other way. There will be
either a thoroughly effective control by
the government, which will abolish favorit
ism of every description, or there will
be ownership by the government. Already
thousands upon thousands of people In
this country believe It would be-fcetter to
take the chances of ownership thin to
trust a system that Is so thoroughly
vitiated cs the rresnt one. Whether there
nil ill be more converts tn the lrt f1"
pends upen the future conduct of the rail
road managements. By accepting genuine
regulation, obeying the laws and treating
the general public fairly they may check
a hostile agitation that has gained more
ground In the lost ten years than In all
the previous life of American railroad cor
potation.
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SECILAR SHOTS AT THE Pl'LPIT.
Boston Transcript: Bishop Fallows would
enrich the prayer book with a petition for
blessings on editors. ,For this relief much
thanks.
Philadelphia Press: Rev. OVorge Porter,
an evangelist out In Indiana, said in a
sermon that the Bible was a "dead letter."
His congregation Immediately proceeded to
make the question a live issue with the aid
of a large assortment of eggs, and at last
accounts the preacher was still going.
Chicago Post: In spjte, of the opinion
delivered by Rev. Newton Mann of Omaha
that only four of the epistles of Paul are
genuine, the public may be safely advised
to go light on reading them. For, even if
they are not Inspired, they are what is
known In Journalistic parlance as "good
stuff" and may successfully defy the blue
pencil. Paul's epistles are to be accepted
as we receive Shakespeare's plays we are
mighty glad to get them, no matter who
wrote them.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: In Boston last
Sunday one of the leading divines of that
city, Rev. P. 8. Hanson, who preaches In
Tremont temple, said some very scathing
things about the modern church pew. It
Is the pew with the high back and the soft
plush cushions and Dr. Henson In his un
complimentary reference calls It an Inven
tion of the master of sheoU and all because
it Is an Incentive to sleep. Ho doubt the
worthy pastor la right to a oertaln extent
In his tilt against the . high -backed pew.
oft cushions and angles that nicely fit the
human spine are decidedly - conducive to
slumber, but there may be other reasons
to make the Insidious approach ot the
sandman welcome. If the high pew with
the soft cushions could talk back It might
In some instances demand that the pulpit
Itself Bhould assume its rightful share of
the somniferous responsibility. i
GATHER FLOWERS FQR SOLDIERS.
Gather flowers for the soldiers.
Strew them o'er their graves again,
Kindling anew the memory
Of the deeds of those brave men;
Men who fought to save the country
In tho awful hour of doom
When, was heard like distant thunder
The destructive cannon's boom.
Gather flowers for the soldiers.
Weave them Into garlands rare.
Let their fragrance like sweet Incense
Rise upon the summer air;
Let them lie like angel kisses
On the turf above their clay.
Thus our gratitude expressing
On this dear Memorial Day.
Gather flowers for the soldiers.
Let them tell the story true
In their own exquisite language
Of the boys who wore the blue;
Of the boys who bore our banner
On to victory's summit high.
There to float in matchless glory
Underneath the azure sky.
Gather flowers for the soldiers,
Let the world around us see
In this patrlotlo action
Our deep love of liberty;
That the stars and stripes are precious
To the hearts that In us beat;
That to die aa their defenders
If demanded would be sweet.
Gather flowers for the soldiers,
Timo with us Is hastening on;
Boon to us who now are living
Will Memorial Day be gone;
Gsther flowers, fairest flowers,
Pcatter them with lavish hand
Where our soldier boys are sleeping,
Soldier boys who saved the land.
-GEORGE W. CROFTS.
West Point, Neb., May, 18U6.
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always keeping la mind the Ideal piano toward
which they have woraea. nu-y vr K-1.
goKl as now. We are factory distributer. We sell .J beau
tlful new Knabo for $430. Convenient terms of settlement
if you choose.
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1513 Pouglaa Btreet. .
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BUY WHETHER YOU
NEED LUMBER OR
DIG BARGAINS All nice clean
stock, at cut prices. Great Clearing Gale.
Have to movo to new yards. Take It quick,
our loss is your gain. Everything for building.
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made up, have you?
uAjueur-i.ifi, dui no just tnat way.
We made up first Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Naybur How are you getting along
with your housecleanlng?
Mrs. Cross way Well, I have made a
food start. I've got rid of that laxy, good-or-nothing
oousln of my husband's that
has been living with us for the last thru
months. Chicago Tribune.
"I presume you spend all you makef"
"No. I don't spend a tenth of It."
"Then you must have a nice little balance
In the bank?"
"Nope, not a cent." '
"Shake, old chap, I'm married myself."
Houston Post.
"She Thinks her husband Is one man In a
thousand."
"Yea and what's more, she thinks he Is
not only the 1 In the 1,000. but that nil the
others are represented by 000."Pb!ladelphla
Ledger.
"Mr. Bpotcash," sold the bookkeeper, "I'm
to be married at noon tomorrow and I'd
like to have the day off."
"That will be all right, Mr. Addemup.
But aren't you going to take any wedding
trip?"
'Yes, sir. We're going to the ball game
in the afternoon." Chicago Tribune.
"O. George!" pouted the deer girl,
haven't you spoken to father yetT"
"Why er yes," replied Mr. Tlmmld, 'I
spoke to him when he was on his way to
the office this morning"
"O, George! Tell me about It! What did
you say? What did pa say?"
"Why er I said 'good morning and so
did he." Philadelphia Press.
Politician Your brother-in-law, big Mike
Callahan, has applied for a political Job.
Can you aafely reoommmend him?
Costlgan Well, Ol couldn't safely do any
thing else, Judge.
"Tour flancee Is quite deaf, Isn't she?"
"I should say so. I hod to shout so loud
when I proposed to her that two old maids
living In adjoining flats are suing me for
breach of promise." Philadelphia Press.
"Marie, can't you play tennis without
making all that noise?"
"No, ma, who In the world ever heard of
any one's playing tennis without raising a
racquet?" Baltimore American.
"Ah," sighed the lovelorn youth, "may 1
hot hope that you will be mine forever and
forever?" . . .
"Why. yes," replied the cruel girl, with a
yawn, "you may hope that long If you
wish." Indianapolis News.
Holiman House Cigars 5c
Regular price per box
of 60
...4.00
Now per box
of 50
...2.50
We always have cigar bargains.
This week surpasses them all. We wer
fortunate enough to buy 12,000 10c
stialght Hoffman House cigars of a
jobber that wanted to close out ths
line at a very low price. They all go
this week at 6c straight If you smokg
domestic cigars don't miss this sale.
Dealers will do well to take advantage
o fthls sale as the prices are away be
low wholesale prices.
Myers-Dillon Drug Co.
16th and Farnam Streets.
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