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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1906.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
E. ROSBWAtER, EDITOR
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REMITTANCES.
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payahla to Tha Bee publishing Company.
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niall aecounta Peraonal checks, except on
Omaha or eastern exchangee, not eceptea.
THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANT.
STATEMENT OT PUBLICATION.
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C C. ROSK WATER.
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 4th day of June, 10.
(Seal) M. B. HL'NOATE,
Notary Public.
WHEN OUT Or TOWN,
abserlbers leavlagr tae city tern
porarlly ahoald bare The Be
taalled ta them. Address will be
ehaaaMd as aftea aa reqaeated.
Nebraska postmasters and sweet
girl graduates have the call in Omaha
this week.
By the way, Upton Sinclair's experi
ence may drive to .desperation those
authors who have paid for their adver
tising. Democracy cannot be
united on the Nebraska
said to b '
leader until
Uncle Henry Cassoway Davis returns
to the reservation.
Chancellor Day la not going to let
the University of Syracuse be forgot
ten when the distribution of "tainted
money" takes place.
Illinois lurnleb.es the. .first of the ac
cidents from firecrackers this year, but
from now until July5 the tetanus ba
cillus will have a busy time.
Baccalaureate sermons all around
us, but for some unaccountable reason
Chancellor Day seems to have a mo
nopoly on the sensational outbreaks.
Kentucky has furnlshd a genuine
surprise for "home-coming week." A
Breathitt county murderer has con
fessed and Judge Hargls has not been
rearrested.
Soldiers returning ' from Asia to
Russia aresald to be so disaffected
that they are being Isolated from the
people. Foreign travel always did
broaden ideas.
With the majority and minority re
ports in the Peed Smoot case before
them, United States senators can be
certain of only one thing and that Is
that there wan a hearing.
From the decision of Judge Wade
not to f un for congress the inference
Is irresistible thr.t not as much demo
cratic sentiment has been created In
Iowa V Ms been alleged.
Intimation Is given that the Duma
wiy adjourn In July, 'but as the word
does not come from the members it
doubtless means that the cxar will try
to send them home to a disgruntled
constituency.
Members of the new democratic city
administration are called upon to re-1
member the pledges made for them as
candidates- for office. The danger is
thaf they will take It all out In simply
remembering.
Lightning seems to have taken up
the work of regulating the supply of
Texaa and Kansaa oil. 'Lightning rod
men now have a fertile field In which
to demonstrate the effectiveness of
their devices.
If the father-in-law has so much In
fluence over the democratic organ that
he can wheel It Into line for himself
aa a candidate for republican prefer
ment, might he not be held responsible
for 'not wheeling it into line Jn the
past for other republican candidates?
Now that the Kansaa "hoodoo" sen
atorial succession haa been Oiled, fate
will probably devise a new sensation
for the Sunflower atate, but the great
est surprise would be to have the in
cumbent break the record by filling his
term of office with honor k himself
and advantage to his atate.
The solicitude of the "anils" for the
tight of Individual republican voters
waa not so great when they proposed
to agree to a ready-made atate conven
tion delegation 'without waiting for
the aid or consent of anyone else on
the ' single condition that they be al
lotted U -.aw half the delegate.
REPLIES THAT PO fiOT ASSWrER.
The response made by President
Cassatt to the forrrl of questions sent
to all officers and employes . of the
Pennsylvania by ,the special Investi
gating committee appointed by its
board of directors, touching holdings
of stock or any interest Id coal and
other corporations having business
dealings with the road, will certainly
attract, universal i attention and excite
varied reflections. While the state
ment has the air of frankness, and
while Its strict accuracy need not be
Impugned, the fact nevertheless re
mains that It falls very far short of the
kind of publicity which both the stock
holders and the patrons of the road In
general are Interested In and will prob
ably Insist upon, nor can any Investi
gation under authority of the road
Itself proceeding by suth methods go
to the bottom of the subject.
The answers show that President
Cassatt "at present" owns extensive
holdings of the stock of steel and other
companies which have large dealings
as sellers of their products to the
Pennsylvania Central or as shippers
over its lines, although they deny In
general terms wrongful relations be
tween them and the road or on his
part. That may, Indeed, all be true,
but precisely the same protestations
were made at the outset by the presi
dents and high officials of the big New
York life Insurance companies on their
own behalf with respect to collateral
corporations. If the matter had ended
there the real truth exposed by drastic
official investigation would never have
been publicly known.
Voluntary general statements of this
character, especially when defensive,
are one thing, but It Is quite a differ
ent thing to throw upon such a subject
the limelight of compulsory, thorough
going, independent Investigation, with
witnesses under oath and under such
cross-examination as Charles E.
Hughes administered on behalf of the
Armstrong committee, and with power
to probe and test every detail of books,
records and documents.
By contrast President Cassatt's
statement will be likely only to sug
gest and enforce the necessity of an
official Investigation as -thorough as
that of the Armstrong legislative com
mittee Into life Insurance. The reve
lations in the brief and fragmentary
testimony before the Interstate1 com
merce committee are of such character
that nothing less than completely turn
ing things inside out can exonerate the
management, even If the truth be to
its credit. Its very choice of a method
of inquiry, which In the nature of
things cannot be conclusive. It at this
Juncture rather auspicious than reas
suring. BCSISESS BE FORK ADJOCRXMEXT.
The most cursory examination dis
closes the great amount of business
that la immediately before congress or
waiting. Among the Important and
time-consuming subjects are statehood,
the Reed Smoot case. Panama canal,
the District of Columbia bill, the omni
bus public building bill, the pure food
bill and the railroad rate aud meat in
spection measures. Nearly two weeks
have been almost continuously occu
pied by the sundry civil appropriation,
and It la not yet disposed of by any
means. At the same time several
other important appropriation bills
which of course would have the right-of-way,
are not yet in shape even to
bring before the house. There is in
addition a variety of measures in a
more or less advanced stage, which, al
though not to be compared with rate
control and meat inspection, are yet of
large Importance and demanded by the
country.
It is noteworthy that with the mid
dle of June almost reached there Is
yet no sign of congress getting ready
for the final week or two of "rush"
work that usually marks the close of
a session. In spite of the fact that
members have rarely been more anx
ious to get back to their districts.
CHANCELLOR DAT AG A IX.
Chancellor Day of the Syracuse uni
versity. In his sensational outbreak
against the president a few weeks ago,
gave some Intimation of what might
be expected from him by denouncing
the president of the United States as
"an anarchlut." But few dreamed
that, after the criticism which he then
received from the public almost uni
versally and especially from leading
clergymen and the religious press of his
own denomination, he would have the
foolhardiness to renew the assault In
aggravated form in hia annual bac
calaureate sermon.
A man who professes to see In the
existing temper of the public mind
which welcomes and respond! to the
fearless, aggressive and progressive
leadership of President Roosevelt noth
ing but recklessness of rights, and
only pruriency in the demand and ap
plication of publicity, simply adver
tises bis own extraordinary obtuseness.
ine revou against long-standing po
litical, social and business wrongs Is
simply a great mora) awakening to
the necessity of applying to conduct
the cardinal rules of ethics. From no
other class in the community is co
operation and leadership demanded in
so memorable a revivaj at from the
clergy and all who rs teachers and
exemplars have specially to do with
conduct and morals. It ii fair to say
that, with extreme'y rare exceptions,
thev do Jala with hearty sympathy in
the 'movement for higher standards In
public and business life.
Chancellor Day does himfce'f most
of all 111 service by ratlin, at the re
sults that .have been attained and
groat! j. caricaturing the purposes
which actuate the president and the
great ,roa of the people whom
v,
rrprenta. Their purpose ta construc
tive i and soundly conservative.
Nothing could be more prepos
terous than to Impute mischievous In
tent when the object Is to relieve great
corporations from universally conceded
and self-ronfeeaed abuses which de
moralize business and debauch govern
ment. The body of the people are sound
at heart, alert to the need of reform
and absolutely sincere. To class them,
as Chancellor Day does, with the de
based muckraking fragment and mere
yellow sensatlon-monglng degeneracy,
Is a blunder which a man of his po
sition and profession ought to have
been the last to perpetrate.
OMAHA AKD THE VTATE.
Too many state papers are accus
tomed to disparage Omaha on every
possible occasion. The only explana
tion of this is that they are imbued
with a mistaken Idea that the Interests
of Omaha and of Nebraska are at vari
ance, when as a matter of fact Omaha
is built upon the prosperity of the
whole state and In turn, as the market
town for its products and the base of
supplies for Its needs, materially as
sists in maintaining that prosperity.
It Is gratifying to find editors of
outside papers coming to take a broad
gauged view of the relations between
Omaha and the state. The Blair Pilot
a short time ago gave expression to
this pointed survey of the situation:
The fellows who are continually howling
about Omaha are small bore. Omaha has
the distinction of being the, lnrgest city In
Nebraska and It should have the hearty
support of all Nebraska In Ita upbuilding.
What Is good for Omaha Is good for the
rest of the state and If Omaha were boosted
till It were twice its present sise all Ne
braska would reap a material benefit. If It
were not for Omaha and South Omaha,
then Nebraska would have to look to Kan
sas City, St. Louis, Chicago and Minne
apolis for Its market center, and that cer
tainly would not be very Inviting. Omaha
Is no worse than any other city In Ne
braska and is no more of a hog, but by
being In a class by Itself It has received
not Invited the unfavorable criticism of
many Nebraska" towns and people. The
Pilot is proud of Omaha and Isn't afraid to
say so. It likes only one town oetter ana
that town Is Blair. When we read of
Omaha getting a boost we are an happy as
though we lived right there. We like
Omaha so well that when business shapes
Itself so that we can "get away" we In
variably head for Omaha. Let's quit
knocking and begin to boost and we will
find that honors are about evenly divided.
Along the same line Is the following
comment on the achievements of the
Omaha Oraln exchange taken from the
Columbus Journal:
Omaha Is forging to the front as a grain
exchange. More favorable freight rates
and a demand for a more direct shipment
from the place of production to the large
distributing centers have combined to cut
down the grain business of Chicago and to
build up that of Omaha. This Is a condi
tion which will benefit directly the farmers
of Nebraska and will result In bringing Into
closer harmony Omaha and the inland
towns of Nebraska. It Is time for people
to appreciate the fact that what helps Ne
braska helps Omaha and what helps Omaha
helps Nebraska,
These citations indicate that the
spirit of friendliness to Omaha Is
growing throughout Nebraska among
those who are naturally, brought In.
contact with us In a business or social
war. This Is a spirit that should be
cultivated and encouraged.
The proposed establishment of a
ferry across the Missouri river at Flor
ence recalls ancient history in these
parts when the Mormon expeditions
were paddled across the river at that
point to make their winter quarters
there while outfitting for the long
Journey across the plains and moun
tains with the break of early spring.
Some of the Mormon patriarchs still
living might revive interesting memo
ties by voyaging the Missouri again in
a ferry boat driven from shore to
shore.
The democratic state convention
will have a membership totaling 866,
of which only 66 are allotted to Doug
las county. The republican state con
vention will have a membership to
taling 857, of which 83 will come from
Douglas county. The relative weight
of Douglas county In the republican
and democratic party organizations,
respectively, can be figured out from
this with mathematical precision.
Kansas City hss a new snd magnificent
union depot, coating 125,000,000. all nicely
built on paper. Chicago Tribune.
Omaha will also have to confess to
having built altogether too many new
and magnificent structures on paper.
But that is a very common falling
among American cittea.
The local democratic organ has also
taken up the cry of "Get together."
Its admonitions, this time, are directed
to the newly elected democratic mayor
and democratic councilmen engaged
in a family quarrel that exposes all
the democratic soiled linen.
South American republics are said
to be indifferent to the convention at
The Hague. Manufacturers of muni
tions of war are sure of patronage
across the line for some time so long
as they are willing to take a risk on
getting their pay.
President Cassatt wants It distinctly
understood that he paid cash for all
his cool mining stock, which is more
ciedlble because he had nothing per
sonally to do with the distribution of
cars and the purchase of fuel.
Colonel Bryan may declare his boom
for the presidential nomination sud
den, but the chances are be will never
receive as great a political aurprlse as
when he walked off with the nomina
tion in 1896.
Hrary Hurrah for Rill.
Ixiulsvillr Courier-Journal.
The Courier-Journal accepts the attustlon
heartily. It is a democrat, pure and sim
ple. It nurses neither sores nor scrres.
Nothing haa ever
has ever entered the head of it
SDout Mr. iiryin wnicn ii aia nor long ago
kick out at the heel, and it proposea to
lot earnestly and unceasing! ' te auake
his election an accomplished fact, enter
taining the while the liveliest and largest
hope. I t i
Wurtk I, Ankles lata.
Washington Post.
Next we will be hearing about the gv
ernment prowling- around trying to And mit
what the cheap restaurants have been put
ting In the hash.-
We Thrived Homeaew.
Chicago Inter Oen.
When everything is considered when we
take Into account the dreadful things that
re happening to us at every turn the
wonder is that any of us are alive to read
the horrible story. And it is a greater
wonder still that most of us are so healthy
and happy.
And the Doctors. Tool
Springfield Republican.
Graft In the medical profession Is to he
found st but one point, according to the
new president of the American Medical as
sociation. As he describes It: "The one
crying evil of our profession Is the com
mission given whereby a doctor refers his
patient to some specialist and divides that
specialist's fee." Cannot Mr. Roosevelt
have this stopped?
A ranrlncla Jolt.
Philadelphia Record.
It la claimed by the bureau of corpora
tions that It has evidence ef 2.000 distinct
violations of the Blklns sntl-rebatlug law
by railroads In connection with the Stand
ard Oil shipments. If all the alleged In
fractions should he provable and the maxi
mum fine of $10,000 should be imposed for
each offense, even the most arrogantly
wealthy transportation companies would be
made to suffer a penalty which they would
feel. A $20,000,000 Jolt to their pocket nerves
might convince them that the law is not to
bo trifled with.
Reetless I ader Prosperity.
Wall Street Journal.
Secretary Ehaw says that the American
people grow restleaa under prosperity.
This Is a profound observation. It ex
plains why it la that these years of une
qualed American prosperity have been
years of social unrest. But It la a good
thing for a people to' become restless un
der prosperity. If they were contented
with material success they would become
sordid. It is the restlessness and the dis
content which lead to higher and better
things. Nevertheless Secretary Shaw does
well to cell attention to the fact that If
this restlessness Is carried too far It may
undo cur prosperity.
Commencement Seasea Advice.
Boston Herald.
Let the young man go forth from the
lecture hall and the campus to breast the
world that Is, cherishing the high Ideals
that have there been implanted, but e
teeming himself only one of the millions,
most of whom have not enjoyed his op
portunities, but who have an equal vote
In determining the destiny of tha nation.
He will find that he will be measured by
his practical wisdom and by his ability
to make it available for service,' not to
scholars merely, but to merchants, manu
facturers, farmers, artisans and laborers,
who want advanoement as he wants It.
It is for him to learn of them as well
as to teach them, for they know some
things much better than he does.
LIBERTY FOR FORTT DOLLAR).
Admission ef Immigrants Based oa
the Wealth.
New York Globe.
On the Bartholdl Statue of Liberty,
whose torch is the first light seen by the
Immigrant as he beholds New York harbor,
are engraved these noble worda fronj. the
pen of Emma Xaru:
Not like the brass glast of Oreek fame.
With conquering itmbs astride from land
to land. !'
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall
stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned ightnlng, and her name
Mother of Exiles; 'from her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide. welcome; her mild eyes
commsnd
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities
frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!"
cries she
With silent Hps. "Give me your tired, your
poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe
rree.
The wretrhed refuse of your teeming shore;
Bend these, the homeless, tempest-tost to
me.
I lift my lamp heelde the golden door!"
Haa the time arrived to blunt this Inscrip
tion and to subatltate therefor, In accord
once with the provision of the Lodge bill,
one which shall read In dull prose:
"No matter what his personal virtue, his
intelligence, or his aspirations, no one can
pass this statue's base unless he has forty
dollara."
Many are the grave problems connected
with Immigration.. No people are more
keenly alive to them than those whose rela
tives and friends are now on the water, or
have recently crossed the threshold. But
exclusion achieved, by a prohibitive tax
measuring manhood and womanhood by the
amount of gold In the pocket this Is ab
horrent to the spirit of the time and every
generous Instinct of 'Americanism.
HI'GB IMSTITtTIOJI.
Growth af the Festal Service la
- ' Treaty Years.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Twenty years ago the totel ordinary ex
pense of the Vnlted States for all pur
poses was $34 ,000,000.'' This year the post
office appropriation bill alone carrlea nearly
$200,000,000. as against a little over $0,000,000
In 1886. Thus, though the country has In
creased in population not more than tf.
per cent, the postal buslneaa has increased
four-fold. Nothing else gives a better In
dex of the growth of prosperity In this
country.
There Is an annual deficit of from $10,
OuO.000 to $15,000,000 because of the peculiar
lawa and the extension of the free rural
delivery service. If the government paid
a fair price to the railways for transpor
tation of the malls there would be a sur
plus. Instead It continues to pay at a, rate
fixed forty yeara ago, although the tariffs
for ordinary freight snd express have
declined about one-half In the meantime.
Also the aecond-class matter of the govern
ment Is carried at ridiculously low postal
rales. There Is neither a political, social,
ethical nor psychological reason for the
preaent divisions of mall Into second, third
and fourth classes. It is arbitrary and
co is the government $27,000,000 a year in
lost receipts or more than the total of the
department in 1870.
The rural delivery service now costs
about $30,000,000 a year and is being so
rapidly extended that five yeara from now
It Is likely that practically every Inhabitant
of the country, except In the wilds of the
Rockies, will get free . delivery, and the
coat Is estimated st fifty millions. It Is
a curious fact that the people In the small
towns and villages alone have no free
delivery, but that la probably no burden,
since the postoffire ia the social meeting
place in such communities snd the burden
of going for the mall Is not great.
. The point to be made Is that, whereas
twenty years ago the cost of mall service
to each Individual of the country waa less
than a dollar. It la now much more than
$2. When we get a decent postal package
expreas the service will be much greater
and the benefit to the public tnpre than
rorrekpondtngly increased In value. H
Is such features that are making country
life more enjoyable and are sending thou
ands oi sreuna, sua back to th farms.
ARMY OOSSIP HI WtUHMOTOi.
(arrest Events Rleaaed froaa the
Arsa) aad Navy Register.
A post exchange will be constructed st
Fort Omaha. Neb. This Is a decision
reached Isst week by the quartermaster
general, who found he had funds available
for the purpose. The plans snd specifica
tions have been drawn tip and the contract
will be awarded nt once In order that the
work msy come within the funds svftllsble
during the current flacal year. It was In
tended that the post exchange should be
built at another post in the west, but It
waa found Impossible to carry out the
project at that place. For thla reason Fort
Omnha will get the new post exchange.
The chief signal officer of the srmy has
adopted a useful telescope holder, a simple
arrangement which w ill fill a long-felt -want
and which was designed by Captain George
B. Oibba. Thla holder permits perfect ma
nipulation and control of the Instrument
and Is so designed that It may be lined
under almost any circumstsnces In the field
where a support msy be obtained. It can
be affixed to a tree trunk, a fence rail, a
stick driven In the ground for the purpose
or adjusted to the top of he standard
heliograph tripod, which artlch. Is always
available to signal corps men. The holder
will accommodate any telescope which can
be quickly buckled Into place.
Instructions are belns sent out to the
army paymasters not to deduct hereafter
12V4 cents per month from the pay of the re
tired enlisted men of the army. That In
dividual fraction of monthly pay formed
the contributions of the retired men to the
support of the Soldiers' home, and after
this the institution will lose the sum from
that particular source. This Is the result
of the recommendation of Paymaster Qen
ersl Dodge some months sgo to the effect
that the Soldiers' home support Itself on
its Inoome or by special appropriations
from congress and that there be no further
deductions from the pay of the soMlers to
be turned Into the home fun Th.
"ltlon did not find favor with the home
commissioners, who reported against It.
The recommendation of General Dodge,
however, brought out the fact that the re
tired enlisted men were not entitled to the
benefits of the home and far tMai
the commission said, the deduction of pay
In the case of retired . soldiers should be
discontinued.
The War department will purchase an
other lot of trunk lockers Intended for
issue to enlisted men of the army. These
are of the type which waa recently adopted
by the quartermaster general and a de
scription of which has been printed In
these columns. There has been a con
tract let for the furnishing of 6.000 of
these lockers and the next contract will
call for a like quantity. The lockers will
first be issued to those troops departing
for the Phlllpplnea and to troops which
have occasion to change station. Event
ually, and aa soon as the quartermaster
general can spare the funds for the pur
pose, all the troops will have these lockers
one for each man In the service.
For some time the War department
authorities who have to do with army re
cruiting have been desirous of learning
which of several systems of publicity
yielded the best results; whether, in other
words, csndldates for enlistment were at
tracted to the recuitlng office by the news
paper advertisement, recruiting poster, re
cruiting circular or tha display of the re
cruiting flag. Accordingly blanks have been
sent out to recruiting officers by the mili
tary secretary of the army with a view to
having the number of applications for en
listment classified under each method of
advertising, with also a record of the ap
plicants who present themselves not as a
result'of advertising.
The secretary of war has approved the
design for the "housewife" Intended for
the soldier's kit. Several samples of a
possibly suitable article were obtained in
New York and submitted by the commis
sary general of the army. The adopted
housewife will be made of khaki-colored
canvas, bound and tied with tape, that
material and color being conaldered the
most durable, enconomical and In li r.
spects suitable for the purpose. The house
wife will contain scissors and assorted but
tons, thread, needlea, pins and aafety pins.
It will weigh four ounces and Its coets, ac
cording to the estimates obtained from the
maker, will be Z7 cents. Every soldier
will be furnished one of these receptacles.
An Interesting test is In progress In
the army signal office, where electrical
communication in typewriting has been
under trial In comparison with the telau
tograph, the Instrument used extensively
st the coast artillery forts. The claim of
the advocates of the new system Is that
it la more economical and more accurate
than the existing method. The officers are
also conducting a competitive test of
typewriting machines with a view to se
lecting a machine for Issue to th signal
corps generally. There are about 600 of
these machines used in the corps at various
stations. In the present test the competi
tion Is confined to what la known as
visible writing machines.
The campaign and merit badgea, the de
sign of which has been approved by. the
secretary of war, will be made at the gov
ernment mine In Philadelphia inatead of
by a private contractor, with whom ar
rangements were made originally to design
and maufacture the emblems. It was
found that much better results could be
obtained by turning the matter over to
the artist Millet and his associates who
could be depended upon to make these
designs of tha badges proposed by the
general staff, and also those for the civil
war and for the Indian wars. Arrange
ments, satisfactory to all concerned, have
now been made by the War department
and the making of the badges, after some
minor changes in the approved designs, will
be done at the Philadelphia mint.
Some few rhangea have been made In the
scheme of srmy and militls mobilisation
so far as affects the assignment of reg
ular troops to the seven ramps of con
centration, towsrd which the cavalry, In
fantry and light artillery commands are
destined to move on July 15. The changes
in the schedule, aa printed In this paper
last week, embrace the headquarters and
ten eompanlea of the Twenty-eighth in
fantry which were on the list to proceed
to Fort Riley Inatead of which the com
mand will go to Fort Benjamin Harrison!
One other change Is in regard to com
pany B of the Ninth Infantry, which will
not be of the mohllsed body but will art
as guard at the McKlnley tomb at Canton,
O. It has been decided to assign officers
of the general staff to the various rampa
of concentration and the chief of staff
has before him a list of the general staff
officers to be saslgned to this duty, which
list will be submitted to the secretary of
war for his approval.
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PERSONAL XOTKS.
A Chicago man who lost the power of
speech twenty-one years ago surprised his
family recently by exclaiming: "Is It hot
enough for you?"
Christian Scientists follow the doctors In
convention st Boston. Despite double
treatment the patient is getting along as
well as could be expected.
Joe Tung Lee, a Chinese Junior In New
Tork university, took second prise at an
"oratorical contest" there. A young Jer
sey man named Umouie took first; be Is
a licensed Methodist preacher and Is work
ing his way through.
With the garish headlines, verbatim re
ports, adorned with picturea and cartoons
of Philadelphia papers carefully filed away,
the Quaker City reporter who calls at the
Broad Street station for "the usual cour
tesy" will go up against the real thing.
Really there Is an unnecessary ado about
the fact that a Vanderbllt is serving on a
Jury. No reason exists for thinking that a
Vanderbllt may not be wholly competent.
John p. Long, ex-secretary of the navy.
Is very much opposed to the proposed new
system of spelling. He says: "To spell
well is the distinguishing mark of a scholar,
as much as good msnners are of a gen
tleman." In connection with the attempt on the
life of King Alfonso It la recalled that
Emlllo Castelar, the great Spanish states
man, once expressed the opinion that "the
bomb-throwing anarchist is a degenerate,
whose brain has been excited br de
bauches or ideas." This theory seems to
be borne out by the description his rela
tives give of Manuel Morales, who made
the attempt on the life of King Alfonso.
It is to be noted that while the autopsy
showed the brain of the murderer to be
well formed, the frontal lobes were found
to be "prodigiously developed.''
ANYTHING FOR RESULTS.
One Direction In Which Pace gbaald
Be Slackened. .
Minneapolis Journal.
One of the auditors for a tlg Chicago
packing company Interviewed by an east
ern financial publication says that tha
trouble with the Industry Is that It has
gone insane over "results." The watch
word Is "results," and to get "results" is
the aim and purpose of every foreman,
manager, superintendent or heed of de
partment. In every branch of the business.
Competition betm-een department heads Is
keen. From the center of It all, from
the fountain head, comes, with ever re
curring distinctness, the warning, "Get
results." As an auditor this observer
naturally had to dissect the business, in
the accounting way, and prepare tables
showing the relation of one thing to an
other In cost of operation. He saw the
effect of the fierce competition maintained
between the department heads snd saw
how callous they became after, a time.
when "results" meant promotion and
higher compensation and failure to get
them meant a frown. There are. 700 book
keepers putting it sll down in the books
and the central voire calling for reaulta
is swelled by fifty traveling auditors, esch
one at parting leaving behind the echo of
the warning to "get results."
How Long Will Powell Play
The Hospe Piano in Myers
& Dillon's Show Window?
Nearest gness and you get the Piano abso
lutely free tne next nearest guessers will get
prLr.es ranging in value from $25.00 to $100.00.
For the purpose of advertising the "Hospo Plano,V and the fact
that we are the only one-price, non-commlssion-paying Piano House In
the city, we offer one beautiful sWOO Upright Cabinet Grand Hospo
Piano, absolutely free, to the person guessing the nearest to the num
ber of hours and minutes Prof. Frank K. Powell will play continuously
on the Hospe Piano, exhibited and played In Myers &; Dillon's. Dug
fttore window, lth and Farnam Street. HeaHniilna; Tuesday, May
12th, a H p. m.
SECOND PRIZE $ 100 certificates to apply on a Ilk Hospe Piano
to as many guessera who will tie the first prlre. Alphabetical order
will be rule.
THIRD PRIZE Fifty $50 certificates to the net fifty nearest guesserg
to apply on any new Piano or Piano Player in our store.
FOURTH PRIZE One hundred $25 certificates to the the next hun
dred nearest guessers to apply on any new Piano or Piano Player
In our store, at 1515 Douglas 8treet. Easy terms can be arranged
on Piano purchases. .
RULES, ETC.
All guesses'must be tr.r.rked with name, address and tlme hours
and minutes which you ,'udge he will play the Piano. The guees
must be deposited before 6 o'clock p. m. Wednesday, June lJth, at
A. HoBDe Co.'s Piano Store, 1618 Douglas Street. In case, of one or
more ties the guesser whose name Is nearest the top of the .alpfcfcuet
receives the first prize, which Is the $300 Piano. The next guesses
tielng the time, each receives a Hundred Dollar Certificate to apply
on a Piano like the $300 prize given away. The next fifty nearest
guessers receive a Fifty Dollar Certificate, to apply on any one Piano
or Piano Player In our warerooms at 1413 Douglas Btreet.
Only one Certificate applies on each Piano or PJano Player.
ONE UKKS TO EACH PERSON'.
HOW LONG WILL HE PLAY? :
My answer is Hours Minutes.
Name ,
Address
Please ansaer the following questions. ; .
Have you a Piano or Organ? Makers name..'.
How long has it been used Years.
Fill ThU Out and !eliver at Our Store.
A. HOSPE CO.,
POUTED REMARK.
"Why do you ysll at a bass ball (timer
"Bcaus. answered ths man who Is ev.
dsntly dignified, "I dislike to hesr th
yelling of other people. I sacrtflrs mi
throat to save my ears." Washlngtor
Btsr.
"My! How offensive!" exclaimed the vis
Itor. "Why don't they kesp things clennei
here?"
"Whst's ths tiss. ma'am?" said the fore,
man. "This Is ths soap. making depsrt
ment." Chicago Tribune. ,
"Tsr honor," protested ths seedy prls
oner, "dls Is Jlst a esse o perlirs persecu
tion. Dey'se tryln' ter keep xn aiwn, yet
honor. Tou ain't goln. tsr. let 'm keep
me down, are yer?
"Csrtstnly not." replied ths msglstrste.
"I'm going to send you up for ninety days.
Philadelphia ledger. .
"Bo you're going to marry Miss Dieting
ton? I thought you ssid whew yoo and sh
quarreled Isst winter that, you'd never
forgive her for the way she treated you."
"Yes, but I didn't know then thst she
knew how to get up a rood, satisfying
mesl without using meat. Chloago Rec-ord-Uerald.
"Do you think that municipal ownership
would eliminate greftt" .,
"1 am not quite sure," answered Senator
Sorghum, "whether It would eliminate it
or simply originate a new kind." Wash
ington Star. .,
"Is ths new bookkeeper strietlyVhonest
and trustworthy?" asked the silent partner.
"Tou bet he la!" said the business man
ager. "He saw so much graft and cor
ruption in the last place where he held a
lob that he aoqulred a large disgust for
all kinds of crookedness. In fact. I con
sider him almost offensively straight.
Chicsge Tribune. -
OPTIMUM.
Blackwood's Magaains.
Tou may reap your harvest of wheat and
Toumsy gather your cockle and barley,
Tou may husband a harvest of Joys and
cares. ,
Laboring late and early;
The grain of gold -And
the poppy bold
And the corn flower blue for adorning;
But the fullest ears of the seven fat years
Will be gleaned by the gleaner nest morn
Inc. " -'.!T ls-!ty ;'
Tou may draw your nets, you may draw
your line.
Find silvery fish In plenty:
Tou may angle for honor, hook titles fine,
And of places snd posts fill twenty;,
The flsh of weight
Swsllow up your bait,
Tour lures snd your wiles not seeming;
But the lustiest trout, there's no manner
of doubt, . ,
Will be caught by the fisher net morning.
Tou msy think out thoughts that are witty
and wise,
Tou msy think some deep, some shsllow;
Tou may store your brain with truth or
Tou may lei your brain lie fallow
Thought Is good.
Be it understood;
But this fact on your mind must be borne
In.
That the Istest thought that mankind can
be taught ' ,
Will be thought by some thinker neat
morning.
Tou may cling to this world of time and
sense.
Tou may think of snother rsrely;
Tou msy sigh, ah, whither? and ask. ah,
whence?
And nnd life pustllng. fslrly.
Tet life Is sweet. '
We still repeat.
On this desr old arth we were bom In.
Oood bettered to best changed Into blest
When we wske to God's cloudlesa next
morning.
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