THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. JUNE 14. 1906.
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General Manager.
Euhacrlbed In my preeence and sworn to
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at. B. HUNUA'IU
Notary Public.
WHEX OCT OF TOWN,
abeerloera leaving: tho city tem
porarily ahonld hava Tha Ba
aallod to then. Addraaa will bo
t'hausd aa often aa raneated.
All roads In Omaha lead to the post
office this week.
Gunpowder must be more powerful
than gas in Delaware, although the
odor ia not so pungent.
Aa another Hargls has been arrested
for murder in Kentucky it begins to
look as if time were having little effect
on the feud output. . , .
The experience of Attorney Patrick
hows that a legal education ia not
always wasted. It has already added
four yeara to Patrick's life.
Russian landlords who would save
their own estates by sacrificing those
of tha ciar in .Siberia may not find a
warm response at Peterhof.
Tha famous backbone of Mayor
Dahlman Is still on exhibition at the
city hall and scheduled to perform once
a week at each regular meeting of the
city council.
Now that former ctty officials are
being tried at Philadelphia the extent
to which . Mayor Weaver'a rebellion
was baaed on legal evidence will be
demonstrated.
"Mars Henry" Watterson la always
at his "best when he turns his thoughts
from the much abused star-eyed god
dess of reform and dwells upon the
glories of Kentucky.
Farmers planning to control the
price of farm products will probably
find that the farmer who attends
atrlctly to producing all his farm will
raise will have the most money in the
long run.
From proceedings In the house it
appears that the time allowed for mak
irg political medicine will be less than
usual, which may have no ill-effect on
the candidacy of present members for
re-election.
Tne passing or populism in Ne
braska is best shown by the fact that
It takes four deleiates for each 100
votes cast for a populist presidential
elector In 1904 to make up a conven
tlno of S00 people.
The rata or'The Jungle" should
lead historical novelists who care for
their reputations for veracity either to
cast their plots in days beyond the
memory of living men or to feature
their work aa pure fiction.
With customs receipt In excea o
any year In the history of th United
States tariff rippers must admit that
some genuine trade reciprocity has
been inaugurated by the United States
while they were talking about It.
Th United States district attorney
for Wyoming apparently faces th al
ternatlve of proving that he did not
Influence the district Judg to dupll
cat th Nebraska sentence for illegal
fencing or to seek employment in prl
vat life.
The new city council la following in
th footsteps of previous city councils
in planting new street lamps right and
left, ' Plants that bear electric bulbs or
incandescent gas lamps differ from
other plant in that when once set out
they never die nor cease bearing.
Something must b wrong with the
report et th meeting oi th populist
stat commltte which says "very little
s pooch-making was Indulged in."
th populist ommHte can get together
without Indulging Id apeech-makiag
th times must b materially changlo
axothkr pori'Msr swKfuvir.
The populist state committee has
called another populist state conven
tion to be held at the tame time and
place as the democratic state conven
tion and go through the forms' and
motions of promulgating a platform
and nominating the same candidates
that are nominated by the democratic
state convention.
It was supposed that Nebraska had
seen the last of these political circus
farces. The call contemplates an ap
portionment that would make a con
vention of more than 800 delegates
when the chances are that not 100 will
respond to a roll after the convention
l in order. The last so-called populist
state convention did not contain seventy-five
regularly elected and duly ac
credited delegates, and the prospects
are. that no greater interest will be
taken by the remnant of the party this
year than heretofore.
The scheme Is simply one to give the
democratic nominees tjje prestige of
the populist name and pat hem on the
ticket with two party labels Instead of
one. Sincere populists, who went into
the movement originally out of devo
tion to principle rather than hope of
spoils, will surely deprecate the. misuse
of their psrty machinery and party
name for the sole purpose of barter
and sale with the old democratic machine.
ISSCltAltCF, OFFICIALS 1XDICTED.
The finding of Indictments against
some of the highest officers of two of
the big life insurance companies In
New York makes it certain that the
criminal character of their acts re
vealed In the Armstrong Investigation
will be tested. Tho indictments, bring
the grave charges of forgery, perjury
and grand larceny against men who
until recently were presidents and vice
presidents.
The testimony before the joint legis
lative committee disclosed not only
appropriations by officers of Insurance
funds of so gross and extravagant a
character as in some Instances to war
rant the Inference of collusion to rob,
tit also manipulations of accounts
nd official reports regarding them.
mong the most serious disclosures
as the fact that Immense sums were
thus abstracted and used for maintain
ing great lobbies and otherwise unduly
and, presumably, corruptly Influencing
legislation, because the real object and
transaction were deeply covered up
from public authority and the policy
holders by falsely charging the
amounts to accounts which on their
face were Innocent.
It will hardly avail in defense against
indictments for forgery and grand lar
ceny to plead that such practices have
been common heretofore. They are ob
viously gross violations of duty which
have caused enormous loss to the pol
icyholders, and It Is believed they are
distinct violations of the letter as well
as the spirit of the law which can now
be punished. - Vigorous prosecution
will at least admonish administrators
of great corporation trusts to beware
how they yield to the temptations
which are Inherent In such trusts.
XEBRASKA POSTMASTERS.
The postmasters of Nebraska are
holding the annual convention of their
state organization in Omaha and
Omaha extends them a hearty welcome.
The postmasters know what the gen
eral public, however, hardly fully ap
preciates that the postofflce Is one of
the best organized business concerns
in the world and at the same time one
of the most uplifting educational fac
tors in the development of popular in
telligence. As the head and front of
he work in his particular jurisdiction
the postmaster comes in contact with
all the different elements of the com
munlty and Is in position to learn the
sentiment and meet the demands of
the patrons of his office for prompt and
efficient service.
It is a safe assertion that the post
offices of Nebraska in all history of the
state were never before manned by a
more capable and conscientious set of
postofflce officials, nor by any who take
more pride in the satisfactory per
formance of their duties. The post
masters of Nebraska make up a rep
resentatlve selection of the leaders of
their various Vlties and towns and re'
fleet the -progressive spirit and pros
perous condition that pervades all
parts of the state. '
The convention of the association of
Nebraska postmasters Is intended to
be valuable to the members not only
In the way of personal contact and as
sociation, but also In the instructional
help afforded by the addresses, report
and other exercises. The present meet
ing Is sure to be successful in every re
spect. The postofflce guests are in
vited to make themselves at home and
to come back as often as they will.
PACKEHS" RF.BATK VIOLATIOSS.
The latest manifestation of the activ
Ity of th Department of Justice to
enforce the law against railway dls
crimination Is the conviction at Kan
sas City of four of the big packing
companies on Indictments for accept
Ing rebates In violation of the inter
stat commerce act. There is no ques
tlon as to the main facts In these cases
but the defense rests upon th legal
point that a shipment from Kansas
City via New York to Liverpool on an
export rate of 49 cents per 100 pounds
for th whole distance, of wh'.rli the
packers paid 23 cents from Kansa
City to New York under contract with
the railroads, whereas the published
rate was 35 cents, is not within the
interstate commerce law. Judye Mc
Pherson held against the defendant
on th point of law, and the jury foun
that th whole transaction was a devi
with intent to receive a rebote.
Not th Wst Important oint is the
derision of the, court that the law fau
0,ot be nullified 'j); a' t,ntra.t bet .. ?v.t
railroad company and shipper at' 23
cent from Kansas City to New York,
even though that were the published
rate at the time of making the con
tract, and then publishing a 15-cent
rate to operate on the shipping public
while the favored shipper has the bene
fit of the lower contract rate. The
court sensibly holds that such arrange
ment Is simply a rebate and the contract
Illegal, being designed to take advan
tage of the law to defeat Its essential
purpose.
If the decision is upheld by the su
preme court of the United States,
where these esses will be carried, a
long step will have been taken in en-
forcing upon great shipping nnd trans- ten mlIp!, an hmir conMdered. and con
porting corporations and combines the aiders hlmrif. perfectly competent to run
ancient court-made common l?.w rule. I an automobile fifty ml'.ra nn hour and that
which is the ensence of the purpose of ,b P'ntion of many an automobile
. . . . . jii' accident,
the Interstate commerce lnw and all j
like legislation, that common carriers'
charges must be Just and reasonable. !
rnoroszi) sa tR.iscist tt i,m.t,
The proposition WniCn tne UUSineSS ,
: iiMiinrunvu in .i . ...
mnlty of San Francisco has taken 1
.
to urge upon congress and the
comm.
steps
president, thht thp government shall j
loan money or credit to thei extent of
$100,000,000 or more to pld the re-i
building of that city, is not favorably
received hv the nress of the country. '
'
It is an ill advised move for San Fran- j
cisco to present me cneme r.i aan
lngton, since It is not likely to be
aHnntPrl and nuts San Frr.nclsco In a i
false light
There 1 no lack of sympathy for
San Francisco ia its great calamity, as
the instant nnd generous aid sent from
all over the country so signally
demonstrated. Nor has the government
ever before reached so deeply Into the
treasury to relieve dlMvess. The nation
heartily approved of the liberal ap-
roprlatlonR to meet the Immediate ne
cessities of the sufferers by flie and
earthquake. But it has been hereto
fore universally understood that the
general government could properly
provide only emergency relief. On that
basis it has acted in great emergencies,
like the fires at Chicago, Boston aud
Baltimore, the Charleston earthquake
and the Galveston tidal wave, but on
no occasion hr.s It undertaken to fur-
Ish capital for rebuilding operations.
San Francisco Iihs Indeed suffered
grievously, but its immediate distresses
aving for the most part been relieved
y generous voluntary donations and
government help, there remain for Its
rehabilitation the Insurance, the se
curity of real estate and the extensive
accommodations which the whole busi
ness and financial world Is disposed to
extend. Bacjc of these, too, there are
the credit and resources of the muni
cipality and of the state of California,
as well as the vast accumulated private
wealth of the city left Intact by the
disaster.
The prevailing Judgment appears
clearly to be that to use the national
treasury or credit as an Insurance
fund In such cases would be a prece
dent that ought not to be set. either
as a matter of public policy or of prac
tical need.
A committee of the Omaha Com
mercial club has made personal in
spection of the packing houses at
South Omaha and brought in a report
to the effect that the processes of meat
packing there are in every way sani-
ary and clean and safeguarded against
objectionable features. The report Is
signed by five of Omaha's most promi
nent business men, who have a reputa
tion of standing for business Integrity
and whose names in themselves should
carry great weight." It should be noted
n addition that In all the charges
made against meat packing methods
the complaints were directed at abuses
in Chicago packing plants and that
none of them have been directed
against those at South Omaha.
Passenger traffic in and out of
Omaha Is already crowding to the limit
the facilities afforded by the Union
station, which when built only six
years ago was supposed to be large
enough to meet all demands for a gen
eration. It is Just possible that Omaha
will some day pull down both of the
beautiful little stations now used and
erect one large commodious union pas
senger station for all the railroads cen
tering at this point.
The County Board of Equalization is
in session, but the chances are that
little besides routine business will come
before it. Property owners in Omaha
and Douglas county are gradually be
ing educated up to the new standard
of assessment and come to the conclu
sion that County Assessor Keed and
his deputies are exerting their best en
deavors to arrive at the correct figure
in the first place.
The city of Omaha ia retiring some
of its outstanding 5 per cent bonds.
This is good business policy to tt ex
tent that it reduces high interest bear
ing obligations when the city has bor
rowed money as low as 4 per cent. The
tnunlclpal credit of Omaha ought to be
the best and tbe taxpayers should have
the advantage at all times of the low
est market rate for money.
A, suggestion to the postmasters
The next time a meeting is to be held
at Omaha why not arrange to have the
Iowa postmasters meet at tho same
time at Council Bluffs and get together
for one or two Joint sesBloiia wuu u
Invitation to the postmaster general to
addrt-s the assembled postmasters of
two states?
Uaardlaa of tb Orient.
Boston Transcript.
Jacob H. 8h'ff retains from Japan with
the conviction that while the Japaneae will
not even attempt to reatrict trade, they are
det-rniiiied tit dominate the far east, to Ite
4 its girt: oo"v i wlin n mat tee ijiu nil-
j r ik. Oti.-.-r vlnixn and tuUeii of
Japanree affairs have, come to the conclu
alon whli h Mr. Sc hlfT st teraely sixes up.
It'a Time for Teara.
Pittsburg Dispatch. '
How It mill pain the members of con
gress to cut out the anti-pas provision (
from the rate bill and acrcpt those passes , rpond'nte. It will hv recalled that at
which make their mileage clear graft: ; tempt to monopolised coal l.mils In In-
1 ' Indian Terltory waa balked by Senator La
Who Holds the Hemtoerf Pollenr's exposure a few weeks ago. That
Chicago Record Herald. fact R1.ollllwl officials to the Importance Of
What are the Interests that are opposing ' . nrlvate nwnerahin of the remain.
the pure food law? Ninety per cent cf the
people are In favor of such a law. Why
ahould congress he n the least doubtful
concerning the proper thing to do?
Cava nnl KITect.
PhllndetphU Inquires
Many a man who would not bt. trusted to
run a freight locomotive at the 'rate cf ftf-
Modern Xeeesltee.
Chicago Record-Herald.
. . . ..i . A one r- . V. n
, Just been launched. The mensgement
.ehot.ld have It provided with a seeing the ,
e.np .imuuuc, ro ium ynmwm
. - . .
d',,'r f"v " fom one end to the other
without being compelled to overexert them,
elvw ,
Tnnehlnar a Sore Spot.
Chlcngo Pecord-Herald.
Bishop Potter, who has Just returned
from Europe, says the English people bava
only sham love for us. To lve candid, we
t,,.. ,.. .K,.i.. f.,-iiv,. '
, 'J LXr" !
for us to cause them to stand back and I
idly watch Americans secure trade Bny. j
where
A Shorn Reminder.
Cleveland Tlain Dealer. ' Roosevelt used the phrase, "from hoof to
The president has warned one of his west- ! 0"n " That describes accurately the scope
em appointees that the latter stunt of of rroposed Inspection of the prepara
catchlng wolves nllvi at a nubile entertain- ,lon of ,"''st f"1 produc ts. Hiving credit
ment will net go. "All right In a prlvnto
hunt," says the president, "but In public
It la too nn.ch like the show business."
Ne?dWs to say this rule won't apply when
hunting the octopus. 1
1
More l.lcht on Human Valnea.
Chicago Chronicle. '
A medical scientist with a turn for so
ciology and figures has tabulated an es
timate showing that In dollars -and cents
a mnn Is worth to aoclety at the age of 21 !
years M.36S.S3 and at 70 only H7.18. The
calculation would b more lnteret',ng If
we knew whether the medical mathema
tician took Into account the very large
proportion of men .who are not worth ft
cent to anybody from birth to burial. That
factor would obviously enter heavily Into
the calculations.
Sticking to the Plow.
New York Bun.
One more glory for Kansas, the mother
of many geniuses and originalities. Farmer
Cohurn decline to be a Cnlted States sena
tor. He. had rather b secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture. As a Sunflower
poet sings: . .
Fill up the Jorum;
To Cohurn here's "How:"
He won't have the forum.
He sticks to the plow.
Ha slicks to 'the plow; a genuine Cln
clnnatua. The old Roman populist of that
name waa a faker. He took tbe nomination
and left the plow.- :
MICH POVBR IX FEW WORDS.
Rebates by Any Other Name Smell
Alike ; Conrta.
Chicago, Tribune.
- Rebates were declared unlawful and
many railroads 'aVo'pted ' paying ' them
under that name.w Vftead of paying "re
bates" they paid "commissions," and re
joiced In the thought that they had cir
cumvented the law. The Wisconsin Central
and other railroads got the trade of a
Milwaukee brewery which had handed over
the routing of Its product to a "refriger
ator transit company." The majority of ita
stock la owned by persona Interested In
the brewery. The railroads paid that com
pany commissions of from 10 to IVri per
cent on the beer shipments. The brewery
company did not benefit by the transaction,
but some of the stockholders who were
In the "refrigerator transit company" wera
In tha ling made considerable money.
The judgea before whom the parties to
this peculiar transaction were brought re
fused to be hoodwinked. They easily de
tected the old evil under the new name.
They refuaed to give weight to the argu
ment that the law agalnat rebating did
not mention commlsaiona. The law makes
Illegal" 'any device whatever' that accom
plishes the condemned result."
In some instancea shippers hava pre
tended to give their freight business to a
broker. He has received tbe rebatea, called
"commlaaiona," and has turned them over
to hi employer. In other Instances tha
broker has acted as the agent of tha
shipper to collect "overcharge" or "claims
ror gooda damaged in transit. ines
wera all disguised rebatea. In the Mil
waukee caaa there waa grafting a well
aa rebating. A few stockholder in tha
brewery company got the profits of illegal
transactions when tha profits, according to
the code of gentlemanly lawbreaker, ahould
have beeu divided among all th stock
holders. The lawyer who give counsel to railroad
manager as to how they can break the
anti-rebate law with safety have got to the
end of their tether. They cannot get
around the word which make Illegal
'any device whatever." It doe not mat
ter what name railroad may giva to re
bate, they will be punished If caught pay
ing thera.
Why Worry About
Your Children?
Right Ko4id (Joes Far To Keep Them
Strong and Healthy.
Give your children plenty of good, pure
food, rich In nutrition, but easy to digest
and let them romp and play out doors to
their hearts' content and you need not
worry about their health thla Summer.
Wa know of no other food ao good, ao
pure, ao rich In all tbe nutrition that little
folks need, and so very eaay to dlgeat, aa
Malta-Vita, the dellcloua malted whole
wheat food. ,
Multa-Vita give children tha hlgheat
possible degree of nourishment that their
young bodies need, but doe not tax tha
strength of their stomach or overheat
their blood. All the valuable food ele
ments contained In thla crisp, dellcloua
flaked whole wheat food are practically
predlgested and are taken up quickly by
the syatem, forming pura red blood and
giving vitality to tha body and mind ayka.
It I the ideal food for every one all the
year around, but, most especially, it la th
one perfect food for children in the Sum
mer. A bowlful of Malta-Vita with milk or
cream, and pvrhapa a little freab fruit or
fruit juice, mukea the Ideal breakfast for
little folk, and it goes far toward making
the complete, ideal breakfast for Ihe rest
of the family. Such a breakfast start
you off on the day juat right. It glvaa
you the life and vigor to accomplish tblnga
and enjoy yourself. It I a aafeguard
againal indigestion, and positive Insurance
of foci health. All .grocer aell Malta-
J Vita. 'ow iu cents.
BIT OF t AHIGTO I.IFB.
Minor Beenee aat Incldeata Sketched
en tbe Spot.
Another Important move to preserve teal
land on the public domain from fuel com.
t,in , announced by Washington cor-
Ing coal lands on the public domain. The
result Is that Initial steps has been taken
with that end In view.
There are about 4i.i0 acres of gov
ernment coal lands situated throughout the
western states and tenltorlea In Colorado.
Washington. Wyoming. Oregon. Idaho. In
dian Territory. New Mexico and Arliona.
and lesser tracts elsewhere. It Is estimated
that the present bituminous fields of pro
duction In Ih east nmy become exhausted
within the lifetime of persons now living
and already the coal combinations have
their eyes on Ihe undeveloped millions of
i acres to the west.
j The plan, which prohnbly will be enun
i elated fully In the regular executive mes-
,..,. , lat .ov,rnmnt ,nll r).
of
icoai isnos. ioneortr
, ,nM(id slltnorv w, ,
i , .,.i.
to lease tbcm on such
coal lands.
None of them Is to be sold, but
b sought of congress
terms aa the goven
ment may prescribe. As landlord, the gov
ernment can put any proviso into a lease It
pleases, and while not actually operatlnR
the mins. the leases can nia.l" revocable
for failure to live up to Its terms.
1" a fine thing to ne president or tne
ways than one. For
lt Is a fine thing to he president of the
"""" "T 11 "rP-
mbinatmn of words that hits the popular
mnry you get crcnn tor it, wneiner u ia
your due or not.
j In bis message the other day President
when he knows where the credit Is du Is
one of the things thrt marks the president
from some other men. He. however, has
no idea where the. phrase originated. Hut
It Is so pat that he approprlnted It, and It
threatens to displace the "hoof to block"
expression.
The older description does not fit mod
ern conditions, because the very important
part of slaughtering now Is the preparation
of things that are put Into cats, and their
number Is legion
It Is In the prepnrntion
of them that the disregard of common de
cencies hna occurred.
Once In a while even the lawyers of the
senate are reminded that they do not know
all the law that are to be found In the
statute books. The other day when the
naval appropriation bill was before the
annate the matter of securing discharge of
enlisted men of the navy came up. One
senator said that while the enlisted men
of the army could purchase their discharge,
those of the navy did not enjoy the
privilege. This led Senator Bpooner to say
that he did not know of "any statutory
authority under which an enlisted man
buys bis discharge from the army."
Senator Hale also declared that there wa
not, so far aa he knew, any rule In the
army or navy by which a man can buy
hla discharge. Senator Warren of Wyoming
came to the enlightenment of his colleagues
and muat have astonished them by showing
that the purchaae system was established
In the army by the act of June 16, 1S90,
Some of the national legislation In Wash
ington are becoming alarmed over the fact
that the present la by far tho talklest of
which there is any history. The flfty-flrat
congress was some on language, but the
fifty-ninth, which la the present aggre
gation, has It lashed to the mast and'
screaming for mercy. On May 19 In the
flfty-flrat congress the statesmen had put
forth some 4.628 pages of talk aa registered
In the congressional record. On Saturday,
which waa May 19 for the fifty-ninth con
gress. the record bulked 7.300 pages of
speech and the end I some diatance off
yet.
The lemonade season began officially at
the senate end of the rapltol last week.
The smell of cut lemon pervaded the corri
dors and black messenger tntt-d big pail
of the beverage to the committee room and
the press gallery. The senate lemonade
expert haa had an easy time of It. Thla la
the first June congresa haa been In aesslon
for four yeara and he hasn't had to do a
lick of lemonade making In that time.
Now he will be buy until adjournment.
The aenate make good lemonade and
lota of H. The best lemon real lemons,
not bottled juice or acid substitutes are
used with fine loaf augar and mineral
water. The senator drink It copiously.
Taking the first "lemonade day" a a
pointer, Waahlngton weather prnpheta are
saying that congress will adjourn by July
I. But congress still haa statehood and
the rate bill on Ita hand, and all signs
are liable to fall in a hot session Ilka this.
Observer Cannon's prognostication that tha
session will end somewhere between June
1 and August 1 itill holds good, however.
During a lull In the beef Investigation be
fore the' agricultural committee In Wash
ington Congressman Lo rimer dug up a
tory about the late "Phil" Armour. Ona
time the millionaire waa so well pleased
with the work by a branch of hla office
force that he told the clerks to order atiita
of clothes and send the bills to him. One
young fellow ordered an 190 suit and when
the bill came In Mr. Armour sent for him
and asked: "I this bill correct? Pld you
order an $80 suit of clothe?" "Tea, air.
the clerk replied. "I did. Tou told me to
get a ault and I got that kind of a suit."
"Well," aald Armour, aa he turned nway,
"I want to say that I have packed many
hog, but I never dressed ona before."
"I would like," wrote an anxious con
atltuent to a western representative, "to
know all about the recent supreme court
decision on divorce where the parties re
side In different states. I think the man In
the case Is in the same condition aa t am,
and I would Ilka to know whether I have
one wife or two.
"ConHdentlally," continued the writer. "
think that In most casea ona la too many.
Pl'TTISG O THE I.ID.
Federal I.ar Prohibit lagr Campaign
ratrlhatlaa.
Philadelphia Record.
The bill haa passed the aenat pro
hihltlng corporation organised under
federal authority from making money con
tributions In conectlon wtth any election
on any political office, and forbidding all
other corporations from making any money
contributions In conectlon with any election
at which presidential electors or a rep
resentatlve In congress la to ba voted for.
or any election by any atat legislature of
a United States senator. A fine not ex
ceedlng $5,000 1 imposed upon corporation
and a fine not exceeding tl.000 I Imposed
upon offlrials of corporation convicted
of violating the law.
It ta to be hoped that this act may find
a place on the statute book In such form
aa to maka It readily enforceable. The
vast contributions of corporation to the
campaign chests of political parties are a
national acundal. The uae of money to cor
rupt the electorate, to buy unjust legis
lation and to prevent the enactment of Just
legislation l as become ao common in the
Cnlted Utate that It ba brought th na-
lon into repruach.
PIAWO PLAYING and PIANOS
Arc Your Children to Learn ?
Many people having two or more children who aro to study piano
music believe that the bolter way Is lo buy a low-priced piano at. first for
them to "bang out" and then Rive them a Knabe'. Kranlch & Bach or
Kimball when they shall have learned to play.- ... ....
There Is some sonse In this contention, but the low-priced piano
must be rluht, else tho pupil acquires nn erroneous touch and method
that must be unlearned when the high-grade piano Is bought later.
Mainly for this reason the Cramer excels all others that we know.
Weight of touch, dip of key. elasticity, response, repetition, are all simi
lar to the higher priced pianos. It will stand hard punishment for ten
years and still be a good piano, for which you will get a good allowance)
in exchange for a high-grade piano. And the Cramer piano costs only
190.
It is perhaps the only piano at this price in this country that Is
free from the defects that you should avoid. Pianos equal to th
Cramer are not sold elsewhere In this city for less than $250, $300
and $350.
Pay for it $10 down and $6. $7 or $8 per month.
THK RF.KI lTS OK THE PIANO UVF.SSINU CONTEXT WIt.L
HE ANNOUNCED IN THURSDAY EYENINWS PAPERS
A. HOSPE Co., 1513 Douglas Street.
rEROXAL OTES.
Universal disarmament is beautiful in
theory, but 11 Is to be remembered '.hat
Miss Krupp Is about to be married and wPI
need the money.
Dr. Joseph B. Bryant, who has been
elected president of the American M-ilictl
association. Is an eminent surgeon and was
recently president of the New York Stat
Medical society.
One professor recently accorded the e-irth
MO.noo.OOP yeara more, and a second has ex
tended the term at lonst tenfold. Member
ship in "Don't Worry" clubs may be ex
pected to Increase at once.
Pronson Alcott. the Concord philosopher,
once made a strong and almost unanswer
able plea for cannibalism. "If you are
going to eat meat at nil.' argued the Yan
kee Pinto, "why not eat the best?"
Oeorge Eastman of Rochester has sub
scribed J1.000 annually for three years to
carry In th research work In photography
at the Terkes observatory. The Investi
gator Is It. James Wallace, photophyslcist
at the observatory.
A heroic equestrian statue of George
Washington, to be erected at the Prooltlyn
terminal of the New Williamsburg bridge,
has Just been cast In bronie. It wss mod
eled by Henry Mcrwln Shrady. and Wash
ington Is represented In continental uni
form and as he appenred at Valley Forge.
Colonel B. O. Olfford of Jasper county.
Indiana, Is perhaps the only man In the
country who owns a railroad, hullt chiefly
for his own use, paid for with his own
money and operated independent of Ihe will
of any other living man. The road la
called the Southern Wabash Valley, Is
thirty-five miles long and runa through
half a dozen or more prosperous villages.
Ex-Mayor Edwin Stewart of Philadelphia.
who has been nominated by the republican
convention for governor, earned the title
of the "great unklssed" long before Glad
stone Dowle waa ever heard of In Amer
ica. Stewart Is a bachelor of precise and
rigid hablta. Hla friends declare that never
In h's life has he been kissed save by his
mother. In hla younger daya he wa some
times called "Blushing Ned."
RRGIXATR THK PI XI. MA RATES,
firoaada of the Pablle Cirlevaaces
Against tbe Company. .
Waahlngton Star.
It would ba highly abaurd for congress
to pass an act for the regulation of rail
way ratea and specifically exempt from
It provision the Pullman company or
any other corporation which maintains spe
cial oar services to which the public I ad
mitted. There I no more complete monop
oly In the United State than the Pullman
company. It may not be, a Senator
Bailey says it la, "the only absolute mono
poly on earth," but It la pretty near it.
There Is virtually no competition what
ever, aa far a the Individual passenger
Is concerned, for, as a rule, he muat take
the road at band, and he can And no
chance to lower the cost of hla Journey by
resorting to a rival of the existing parlor
or aleeplng car system, tie Is taxed an
exorbitant pr!c for accommodation of a
character by no meana In keeping with the
tariff. For the privilege of sleeping In a
bed one' night he pays a rate that would
gladden the heart of any hotel keeper,
considering the amount of room he Is allot
ted and the quality of tha equipment he
enjoys. Thank to the possession of pat
enta which cover the field almost com
pletely, the Pullman company I In a posi
tion to dictate term to the railroad com
panies, and to perpetuate Ita contract.
Therefore, the railroad corporation them
selves are unable to grant relief to pas
sengers and Induce travel by rendering the
peclal aceommodatlona leaa expenalve and
more attractive, If they were Inclined to do
o.
If the rate bill I passed by congress
with the Pullman company exempted there
will be a strong public sentiment In favor
of the adoption of an amendment next year.
Such an omission, however, would be In
excusable.' The matter is germane to the
measure In hand, and thla Is the proper
time for the adjustment of all tha detail
of rate regulation. Ia congress willing to
acknowledge that thla ona corporation haa
more Influence with It than all the railroads
In the United State combined?
Browning, Ming & Co
OIIGINATOBS AMD SOLE MAKEIS Of lALf IUX. IN CL0THIN0.
S SHIRT TALE
It is stock taking time again and as usual we have
a few odds and ends from our bis shirt stork which' wa
do not wish to inventory and we nave marked them so
to Insure their quick sale
75c
Bom of these shirts sold as high ss 13.00.
. ENOUGH SAID.
Fifteenth and
DouQlasSts.
Braadway aJ SX4 Btraat sVZTW
Ft. hf.x or ri ji.
;;Does your on graduate this month?"
On, no. lie haa another, year on th
track team."-Cleyeland Pialn Dealer.
The .tolceamlth had returned from a con
vention of his kind.
"Catch onto anything new?" asked a
friend.
"No." he responded. Vbtit I got hold of
ewnw beautiful antiques." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"There never ought to be a failure In
the flg-niaking business."
"Why not?''
"Because It deals 1n goods that are al
way going up." Baltimore American.
Tommy-What Is the" "height of folly,"
pa T
Pa Your sister's beau, my son. Me Is
MX feet two. Columbus Dispatch.-
Baldwin Rambo, you don't mind my sav.
Ing that you are particularly offensive
when you sre drunk, do you?
Hambo Shert'nly not. I' fel'r. ToiJ
don t ah'pect me o' beln" drunk now. dti
you, ol' fel r? Chicago Trlbuno.
The Book Reviewer The plot of this
novel was stolen, sure.
The Police Reporter -Ah! A second -etory
Job, evidently! Puck. .
"Don't walk de floor when you'a In trou
ble, said I'ncle Eben. "You'll Je' wear de
carpet out an' not meet anybody data
gwlntef offer you either money or, good
advice.' Washington Star.
Hick For goodness sake! look at Crab
be. He Just got up and actually gave that,
old lady hla aeat. I never ww him do
that In a car before.
Wlckes Crabbe's changed his ways..
I showed him an article In tha paper the
other day about an eccentric old ladv
who left $2R,fl0O to a young man who waa
polite to her In a street car. Philadel
phia Catholic Standard.
THE BRIDR'S PROCESSIONAL.
Wallace Irwin In Woman's Horn Com-
nanlnrr
Flrst in Importance tha bride amen-her1 Z" J
dresses. rs
Ribbons and laces and feelings and fluffs
Fit of her bodice, and curl of her tresses. '
Trousseau and trinket and powder and
puff.
Frills In abundance, tuck In redundance.
Blushes In companies, squadrons, bri-"
gadea.
Ever-renewing (Cupid reviewing
Stand like a general flanked by hi aides).
Next come tha presents In regiments'
splendid.
Duplicate Ice pitchers, perry sets, spoons.
Sliver, for heaven-knowa-what-all-lntended,
Clocks, lamps, decanters In solid platoons.
Cartloads and i. van loads, drayload and
manloade.
Useful and useless, ugly and fair;
Piles of 'em, miles of 'em, myriad style
of 'em
Join the parade with a mlltant air.
Next come her relatives uncle by dnxen.'
Sisters by marriage and numerous aunts,
Multiple nieces and fractional cousins,
Chiefs of the clan, you can sea at a.
glance;
Friends of her mother's, chums of her
brother's.
Bevies of bridesmaids (efficient aa blush
er); Next come the pastor, of knot the grand
master.
Then in Importance we notica the ushers.
Next In the order of rank the musician 1
Cornea In thla nuptial function of June, ,
Wafting abroad from hla lofty position
Lohengrin' quite indispensable tune. .
Next In the
function tha butler's grave
unction
Marshala the servants
through palm-
covered bower.
Welcoming blandly, ordering grandly
Men with refreshment and Icea and
flowers.
Laat In Importance there stand a young
fellow
Cloae to th bride a she enter the
room
Let him look happy or dasxled or mellow;
No one will notica he's only tha groom!
IVhcn
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