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WHEJI OUT OF TOWN.
Habscrlbera leaving the city tem
porarily shoal4 bare Tbe Be
ailed to them. Address will be
ebaaged oftesi us requested.
Stenographers looking tor sinecures
are fighting shy of the White House.
If Walter Wellman succeeds in find
ing the North Pole, hot air of more
than one variety win be justified.
The publicity bureau of the Asphalt
trust may now resume operations
President Castro is again la office In
Venezuela.
Senator Oalllnger certainly has the
logical side. of the question In objecting
to the use of the Irrigation fund for
draining swamp land.
BiaIy8t,ok may supply the incident
needed for the salvation of the Russian
autocracy. Race prejudice Is often
stronger than patriotism. -
Congressman Wadsworth's expressed
opinion is that he can prepare 'a bill
more nearly embodying the president's
idea than the president himself.
The endorsement of the action of a
democratic governor by a prohibition
convention leads one to believe that
the age of miracles Is not past In Mis
souri. President Roosevelt seems not satis
fied with making history, but evinces
a desire to write it at the same time,
probably desiring to keep the record
straight
The decision of western railroads to
discontinue elevator allowances must
signify that the. officials prefer to avoid
the appearance of evil in these days of
Investigation.
"Work has begun on the Philippine
railroads and exponents of high finance
are doubtless laying plans to Juggle
the government's interest into their
own pockets.
Through his resldcuce in Colorado
and experience In politics. Senator Tel
ler in discussing canal affairs should
be an expert on both rock blasting and
mud slinging.
In the light of "parliamentary in
quiries" Great Britain may yet adopt
its Asiatic ally's war diet of rice and
fish. Japan Is one country not affected
by the beef exposures.
Secretary Wilson presents the
unique spectacle of a public officer who
is willing to assume responsibility for
disregarding the letter of the law in
the interests of the public
The commencement, addresses this
year for the most part turn upon the
tendencies of the times as shown in
the demoralization of social and bus
iness life resulting from the excessive
centralization of wealth ta private
hands. The commencement address is
always timely if nothing else.
Colonel Bryau's Commoner is in
sisting loudly that the Chicago plat
form still lives. So does every other'
platform live In the historical archives.
But platforms, like the events they
deal with, pass into history except
o far as they enunciate principles that
are applicable to sew conditions as
they arise.
Investigation of packing houses by
special committees of commercial and
industrial bodies continue to raport
everything in spick-span condition. But
an ouuee of government inspection
would go as far as a pound of private
investigation for re-establishing public
confidence- in the parjty of packing
bouse products.
rRESCSllSO OX POPULAR 1QVQRASCK.
Dy order of court procured br the
opponents of Edward Rosewater's can
didacy for United States senator every
republican in Douglas county 'who
wants to have a voice in the choice of
the party's candidate for that high of
fice will hare to pick out elghty-tthree
names from a list of more than 200 on
a rotated ballot and make eighty
three cross marks opposite the names
of the delegates who stand for the can
didate whom he favors. To vote for
the congressional delegation he will
hove to make 118 additional cross
marks, or a total of 201.
The purpose and object of inflicting
this outrage upon the republicans of
Douglas county by a perversion of the
primary election law Is to so confuse
the voter and to make It so difficult for
him to mark his ballot according to his
Intent as to prevent an effective ex
pression of his will and defeat the very
aim of the primary election law, which
Is to assure every voter the same voice
In the choice of his party nominees
that he has at the polls for election
after nomination.
Under the circumstances only one
thing Is left for Douglas county repub
licans to do, If they do not want to sub
mit to being disfranchised by a trick
of jugglery with the primary ballot.
Every republican must make up his
mind to record himself at whatever
cost of time and effort at the coming
primary by complying with the onerous
conditions of the rotated ballot. A ro
tated ballot means one printed with
changing position of the names upon
It so that an exact duplicate sample
ballot will be Impossible. Every voter,
however, will be entitled to take into
the booth with him a list of the names
for whom he wishes to vote and to
compare the same with the official bal
lot In making bis cross marks and to
take all the time required to exercise
the franchise. If It is a physical possi
bility for those who favor Edward
Rosewater for United States senator
and are persistent in it to mark their
ballots for every one of the eighty
three delegates filed In his interest no
more and no less they will do so in
spite of the vicious ballot. If we mis
take not their temper.
Another thing, should be distinctly
understood In this connection. The
Idea of forcing a rotated ballot at the
coming primary springs largely from
the knowledge that Mr. Rosewater has
always been specially strong with the
foreign-born voters, the supposition
being that these naturalized citizens
are specially subject to make mistakes
in voting a complicated ballot. If the
foreign-born voters could be disfran
chised at the primary the enemies of
Mr. Rosewater think it possible to com
pass his defeat for nomination and that
they could then coddle the foreign
born voter with soft words to make
him forget the indignity before the
election In the fall.
These people presume altogether too
much upon popular Ignorance. The
rank and file of Douglas county repub
licans are not such fools as they take
them to be, whether American-born or
foreign-born, and they will assert them
selves at the primary to resent the out
rage and rebuke its perpetrators.
ADAMS OS COLLEGE METHODS.
The Phi Beta Kappa address of
Charles Francis Adams at Columbia,
wherein with characteristic bluntness
and force he assails the elective sys
tem of studies and the tendency of the
American coUeee to tnero bulk of stu
dent attendance rather than rounded
development of the individual student,
is entitled to the serious attention of
all engaged or Interested in educational
work. The widening of the . gulf be
tween teacher and student as a result
of the increase of the mass of the col
lego class, rendering practically im
possible the direct and intimate rela
tion that Is vital in the most impres
sionable and critical period of life, is
a fact that has long been universally
recognized and deplored by thoughtful
observers, but for which no thorough
going remedy has, so far been provided
or'even seriously discussed. The small
college, while in some respects avoiding
the extreme of the big college, Is gen
erally so straightened as to endowment
and other resources that the deficiency
shows even there on some scale, so that
the tendency Is to make the average
student merely one unit in an imper
sonal mass.
It sounds little short of revolution
ary to hear-Mr. Adams, himself a grad
uate of Harvard and for twenty-four
years an active member of Its board of
overseers, deliberately declare that. It
it were in his power, he would discon
tinue absolutely, and wholly break up.
the traditional academic system and
have a number of colleges, all inde
pendent, a limited In size that Individ
uality would be not only .possible, but
a necessary part of the system, the
master of each collegia giving tone and
character to it and to each individual
student in it. While no such radical
leactlon Is at all probable, a point has
undoubtedly been reached at which the
futility of the competition among col
leges for mere moss ol attendance is
boginnlng to be realized. This has
been perhaps an inevitable stage in the
development of our higher educational
Institutions. It will be fortunate if
effort shall be more concentrated to the
end of reaching and developing the in
dividual student, which will infallibly
require the breaking up of vast classes
luto small grot-ps, a correspondingly
larger rtaff of real teachers rather than
mere lecturers, or a system of tutorship
like that at the British universities, or
some equivalent, all of which involves
immense change in current methods.
Mr. Adams' hostility towards the
elective system, particularly as de
veloped at Harvard, the pioneer in
abolition of the old Procrustes bed sys
tem which he does uot defend, is not
less uncompromising. He characterizes
the elective system In its present form
as "crude, ill considered, thoroughly
unscientific and extremely mischiev
ous, and would substitute for it com
pulsory schemes of study which would
take into account both the aptitudes
and the deficiencies of each student.
Many will regard as an overstatement
Mr. Adams' unqualified denial that the
average youth of 18 has any well de
fined aptitudes, or, haviog them, that
he Is at that age in any sufficient de
gree qualified to Judge of them or of
Ibe training most calculated to develop
them. As a matter of fact the stu
dent's election ordinarily represents
not only his own Judgment, but as well
that, of his parents, of his intimate
friends and of his teachers In the pre
paratory schools who may have known
him from childhood, and their collec
tive opinion Is presumably at least as
likely to" be rlsut as that of the col
lege faculty under the disabilities of
existing methods which Mr. Adams
does not paint in too vivid colors.
The substance, however, of Mr.
Adams' trenchant criticism Is true.
College training does fail In vital adap
tation to the" average student, and tho
elective system does let down the bars
for him to neglect the very faculties
which he needs most to strengthen,
giving too much play to Ignorant
caprice or uncontrolled perversity. If
the Ideal of college education be to
cultivate all sides of the mind, so that
the intellectual, like the physical,
athlete should be evenly developed,
far-reaching alterations of method are
indeed necessary.
LIMITATION OF PRIVATE FORTUXES.
It Is not at all probable that arbi
trary limitation of the amount of
money or property an individual may
lawfully acquire will become a prac
tical question, at least for a long time,
if ever, although a judge of the Wis
consin supreme court. In a public ad
dress, advocates 'it with sensational
posltlveness. His proposition, It Is to
be observed, Is essentially different
from' the president's recent tentative
suggestion of limitation by taxation of
the estate which the owner may at
death transfer to another. The more
pertinent question with which public
attention Is now and is likely long to
be absorbed Is the meaus by which
wealth Is accumulated.
The organization and production of
wealth through the form of incorpora
tion has been developed with incom
parably greater rapidity within a
period covering only one or two gen
erations than adjustment of results to
fundamental rules of human conduct.
In final analysis popular complaint
touching acquisition and use of wealth
for the most part rises out of the
growth of Incorporations. Accordingly
the Issues that are uppermost in our
politics bear upon the point, not of so
cial revolution, but of subjecting cor
porate wealth to the fundamental rules
developed under our traditional sys
tem. - When the old common law rules
embodying average Ideas of honesty,
fair, dealing and public Interest as to
Individual and partnership wealth are
equally enforced as to corporation
methods, there Is not likely to be more
complaint of tho peril of great fortunes
than there was in the past, or what
ever peril there may still be can then
be removed by remedies of the class
which the president has suggested,
which are far less radical than was
the abolition of primogeniture or the
earlier enactment of the statutes of
mortmain.
When the public is engaged in so
arduous a struggle along the lines of
practical reform of abuses in methods
of acquisition of wealth, and especially
when the struggle is proceeding so
hopefully and successfully aa it Is at
this time, it la a detriment to moot lrn
practical remedies, which can only tend
to divert attention from the business
In hand.
SHOXTS' CUKE FOR SOCIALISM.
Among many admirable commence
ment addresses on vital current social
and economic topics few have been
more forceful and significant than the
one delivered by Theodore P. Shoots,
the chief executive officer In the Pan
ama canal enterprise, at Drake univer
sity. In which be attributed much of
the present unrest and incipient an
archy to departure from the old stand
ards of honest and patient accumula
tion in a mad rush for wealth.
Mr. Shonts, himself a wealthy man
and experienced in large corporation
affairs, insisted that the primary re
sponsibility is upon those who control
the great corporations and combina
tions which modern Industrial condi
tions In his view render inevitable and
hlch, If conscientiously and faithfully
conducted, are potent for great good
for the masses. But the real trouble
grows out of the fact that rich and
powerful men have been violating duty
and the law and escaping the conse
quences, to which Mr. Shonti attri
Lutes the spread of socialistic and gen
erally unsettling doctrines. "The evil
consequences of this state of mind," he
declares, "can only be avoided by a
convincing demonstration that there Is
the same law for the rich as for the
poor, the same Justice for the trust
magnate as for the penniless man.
Mr. Shonts therefore welcomes the
present moral awakening which
though it may go to extremes in some
Incidents. Is a condition precedent to
social safety and health. For If the
mass of sincere people are convinced
that impartial Justice exists or Is in
course of being fairly approximated
the mere disturber and destructionlst
will be powerless for rerious mischief,
The supreme court of Illinois has
just handed down a decision affirming
the right of Governor Dlneen to ro-
tain for himself and his assistants
$2 40,000 collected as fees during his
eight years' service as a state's at
torney for Cook county. This ought
to be a sufficiently shining example of
the evils of fee perquisites to Induce
Illinois lawmakers to make sure that
n the future fee offices are abolished.
and salaries established for all public
servants gauged according to the value
of their services.
James m. wooLvranra
With the death of James M. Wool-
worth has passed another Nebraska
pioneer, who by his ability and his
works reached a position of national
renown.
Chancellor Woolworth, as he pre
ferred to be called, stood at the very
fore-front of the legal profession, not
enly of the Nebraska bar, but of the
American bar as well. In the period
of his prime and . power no western
urlst was recognized superior to him
as a thorough master of legal history
and legal principles. Mr. Woolworth
was especially strong in the ground
work of the English common law, for
which he was an acknowledged au
thority, and In Amerloan constitutional
aw, which he did much to develop in
several celebrated instances of litiga
tion.
The high record which his abilities
commanded among his associates was
fittingly demonstrated by his elevation
to the presidency of the American Bar
association an honor thoroughly In
keeping with his talents and prefer
ences. Although the most important
public office held by Mr. Woolworth
was that of member of the convention
that framed Nebraska's state constitu
tion, he would, without doubt, have
made a matchless judge of any high
tribunal.
His loyalty to the west and his spe
cial devotion to the people of Omaha
and Nebraska, among whom he was
just rounding out a residence of full
fifty years, made Mr. Woolworth pre
eminently one of our distinguished
citizens whose, departure will be felt.
COMMITTEE "HEARINGS."
It may well be questioned whether
the complaints now being made so em
phatically and generally against the
character of "hearings" before con
gressional committees, go to the root
of the matter. It Is true that some of
the hearings are farcical, evasive or
unnecessary, and that a vast amount
of time is thus wasted and other harm
done. Not a few committee hearings
during the present session are cited
where the prime purpose Is plausibly
alleged to have been, not to inform
congress what it should do. but to
manufacture excuses for doing what
should not be done, or for denying ac
tion which public sentiment and inter
est clearly demanded.
But so far as the house at least is
concerned the difficulty runs back to
the practical necessities created by
sheer bulk of membership and busi
ness. It is simply Impossible for such
a body to consider in detail on the floor
the business which It is called upon to
transact, and thus the work is neces
sarily thrown back upon the commit
tees without the safeguards which reg
ular parliamentary procedure has pro
vided. It Is Imperative, in many im
portant cases, that the committees col
lect special Information and take testi
mony so as to put a subjsct In shape
for intelligent action by the full legis
lative body, and some of the best work.
as in the house hearings on the free
denaturized alcohol question, is done
In this manner where there is good
faith and competency.
The essential point is that the shift
ing to committees of so great a part of
what the house Itself once did or more
directly supervised has not been ac
companied by corresponding systemiza
tlon and regulation of committee meth
ods, chief among which must be pro
vision for more complete publicity.
What does this mean, coming as it
does from the Lincoln Independent,
which has usually been recognized in
tbe past as the official organ of the
populist party in Nebraska:
The railroad political agents are work
ing overtime now-a-days. They have their
pins set to capture several delegations to
the democratic state convention. They will
fall if the democrats turn out to caucuses
and allow no passholder or other doubtful
person to represent them In county con
ventions. Can It be possible that the railroad
agents are inside of the democratic
campT One would Imagine from the
popocratlc press that all tbe railroad
political agents were centered in an
effort to control the republican party
and had their hands full there. It
must be either that they are trying
to control all parties or that they
have come to the conclusion again, as
in the past, that the popocratlc bunch
Is more easily handled than the re
publicans.
The promotion of Major Church
Howe from the position of American
consul general at Antwerp to the more
Important post of consul general at
Montreal Is a handsome endorsement
of his work in the consular service,
particularly In view of the well known
policy of the administration to recog
nize efficiency as tbe sole test of merit
for advancement. Whatever may have
been the differences of opinion as to
his part In Nebraska politics. Church
Howe has certainly "made good" as a
commercial representative of our gov
ernment abroad, and every foyal Ne
braskan rejoices when a Nebraskan
"makes good" in a responsible position
of official honor and trust.
Former City Attorney Breen now
declares that he must have been mis
taken when he officially advised City
Clerk Elbourn that the law did not re
quire ballot rotation at tbe late city
primaries. Wonder whether the fact
that Mr. Breen was a candidate for
nomination on that ballot and that
by his ruling his name gave him a
supposed advantage in position on
the ballot over his opponent whose
name began with the letter further
down In the alphabet helped him to
be mistaken T
Whatever else may be said about the
arrangement for the opening of the
Russian Duma, there is no question
but what an ample array of photog
raphers was present and properly lo
cated to snapshot the royal procession
at every step of the proceedings.
In adjourning the investigation of
Missouri oil companies until September
Attorney Hadley has an opportunity to
take advantage of the facts developed
by the Interstate Commerce commis
sion, but the companies will also have
time to prepare their defense.
Harper's Weekly, which has been
endeavoring so assiduously to promote
a boom for President Wood row Wilson
of Princeton for the democratic presi
dential nomination should take the
bint and send Its preferred candidate
on a trip around the worm.
After all. It seems to be a question
of the number of locks on the Panama
canal, nature having made an open
waterway Impossible, and it seems to
be the opinion of the majority that the
greater the number of locks the safer
the enterprise.
Nevada stands with California in
threatening to bar from the state in
surance companies which will not pay
their San Francisco losses in full.
Other states may do well to remember
the repudiators.
Unwarraated Reflection
Chicago Post.
After Mr. Bryan has studied the durna
how tame a democratic convention will ap
pear to him. '
Real Mean Suggestion.
Detroit Free Press.
People who admire the June bride don't
stop to think that the young woman's
mother has been working since last De
cember on the details.
qaeesed Between.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The corporations," says Chancellor
Day, "are the worklngman'a best friends."
Where does the middle man who works on
a salary or practices 'a profession come in.
The Ideal and the Practical.
Washington Post.
Some of our college graduates could
make a hit this year by cutting out the
"Italy Lies Beyond tho Alps" song and
dance and giving the public an erudite es
say on "What Shall We Eat?"
"Dsr'l" Tapping Outlawed.
Buffalo Express.
Both houses of congress have now passed
the bill prohibiting political contributions
by corporations In national elections. It
is one of the good acts which has been put
through without making much noise over it
Vegetarian Favorite.
Cincinnati Tribune.
The vegetarian has a right to live and
promote Nhls Idea, and tbe administration
has been of remarkable assistance to him
of late. Mr. Roosevelt Is entitled to the
vegetarian nomination for president In
1908.
Tarred with flame Stick.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
It Is noted with some degree of sarcasm
that a Pennsylvania railroad clerk saved
176,000 while working on a salary of 1126 a
month. What of ltt The railroad mon
archs who have their millions did not save
them out of their stated compensation.
. Hard Job Pnshed to a Finish.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
While other cabinet officers may cherish
more or less well founded plans for suc
ceeding to higher place, Secretary Hitch
cock plods along at the congenial task of
sending land thieves, large and small, but
the large slses preferred, to the place
where they belong. 1
Redaction la Foreign Postage.
Boston Qlone.
The reduced rates on foreign postage
will go Inta effect October 1, 1907. Then It
will be necessary to remember that while
the unit of weight between Great Britain
and the United States la one ounce, the
unit of weight between the United States
and other countries will be 20 grams. In
all cases the rate for tbe first unit will be
5 cents and for each other unit or fraction
S cents.
ECILAR SHOTS AT THE FCLFIT.
Minneapolis Journal: Prof. Charles A.
Brlggs has been moved to write a defense
of Dr. Crapaey. Here is a fine case of
two theological tlck'jt-of-leave men back
ing one another up.
New York Post: Those Boston Christian
Scientists who gathered by the roadside,
after being spilled from a sight-seeing au
tomobile, and sang Mother Eddy's latest
hymn, "Shepherd, Show Me How to Go,"
spoke too late.
The Congregattonal'.st: Scotch Presby
terian scholars and laymen as well are
having fun chuckling o.ver Prof. Lindsay's
remark In his lately Issued "History of the
Reformation," that Erasmus' personal ap
pearance suggested "a descent from a long
line of maiden aunts."
New York Bun: Rev. Dr. Robert F.
Coyle of Denver has been convinced that
Mr. Bryan will be the next president be
cause he Is reported to have preferred go
ing to church on Sunday In Japan to din
lng with a hospitable governor. Perhaps
Mr. Bryan had a tip that he would be In
vited to preach.
Chicago Chronicle: Old, 111 and broken,
It is still Impossible to deny the force and
power of John Alexander Dowle. He may
be a charlatan, a quack and a hypocrite,
but he Is the Intellectual superior, ten
times over, of the men who are trying to
pull him down and establish themselves In
bis place. And this U all the more true
because the Issue Is not one of righteous
ness on the one aide and Iniquity on the
other, but of unadulterated selfishness on
both sides. The fight for the control of
21 on la a fight for the loaves and fishes
Indianapolis News: The dedication of the
great Christian Science church In Boston
with members present from all parts of
the country and from foreign lands, callk
attention In a striking way to the extra
ordinary growth of this new cult. It' Is
evident that it responds to the needs and
aspirations of certain people or It could
not have made so great progress. What
ever outsiders may think of Its founder
and Its faith, the fact of Its succesaful ap
peal to Increasing numbers of people and
of the fervor and devotion of Its disciple
cannot fail te ue woadur and admira
tion,
AW
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IERMOKS BOILED DOWN.
Time amends a good many prayers.
Upright walking Is the strongest talk
ing.
A deaf heart soon makes a dead con
science.
Virtue Is none the worse for a few
vouchers
The ruddy eyes do not get the rosiest
outlook on. life.
The walls of the house of happiness are
built of sacrifice.
Hearts of gold do not come by setting
the heart on gold.
No man is civilized until he has learned
to live with himself.
The troubles we meet are as nothTng
compared to those we manufacture.
The end seat hog does not become a
lamb because he gets into a church pew.
The road that cuts through right to
riches has a down grade extension to ruin
In the kingdom of darkness might makes
right; in the kingdom of light might but
adds to responsibility.
Don't count too much on the virtue of
owning up when you know you're on the
verge of being found out.
It's no use talking about the way you
bear the cross If you're unduly anxious
to get hold of the little end of the log.
Chicago Tribune.
PERSONAL, AND OTHERWISE.
The exit of ,Mr. Addlcks from the Dela
ware situation Is sufficient excuse for Tom
Lawson to break into' print.
The lordly Pullman porter cannot count
himself a masterful tipster until he gets
his hook on the Pennsylvania coal com
panies.
The Standard Oil people, having cornered
the oil and the rubber markets, are In po
sition to catch, automoblllsts "a-comtn" and
a-goln'."
Two members of the Toledo (O.) Ice trust
have been convicted of holding up consum
ers. They didn t use a gun, but tney got
the coin Just the same.
'Immediate municipal ownership" con
tinues a day dream In Chicago, but the
nightmare of cable cars Is going and trol
leys are multiplying. This Is the hour of
reform in the Lake City.
Jimmy Hobson, a matinee Idol, has the
stags all to himself in a Philadelphia cell.
He deems himself safe there. Outside the
walls are six wives and six pairs of hands
Itching to caress his locks.
Hearst papers insist that Tom Taggart
should resign as chairman of the demo
crats national committee or close up his
French Lick gambling shop. At last ac
counts Taggart was too busy stroking the
kitty to hear the call.
A word of sympathy and encouragement
Is due the June bridegroom. He Is In tbe
Drocesslon. though barely visible. He Is
sociable, happy and absorbs the reflected
light. He isn't saying a word for publica
tion. His spell comes later.
Every sound-hearted man will sob a sob
or two for the Illinois girl who fractured
her plump right arm while buttoning her
shirt waist in the back. Orlef Is made
keener because the accident was needless.
Still, some women will take the risk rather
than have a helpful man around.
Pianos Here $190 Zy Elsewhere $250 ,
Pianos Here $210 Elsewhere $300
N
On Terms of $10 Cath, $6 and $7 Monthly
A customer says he sees this announcement so often upon this
page, p.nd asks how we can sell these planes so much under the price
of other dealers. One reason Is:
In the manufacture of pianos fixed charges, like rent, light, power,
superintendence, office help, etc., remain about the same, whether the
factory la busy or dull.
If the manufacturer Is equipped to make, say, ?C pianos a day
and has orders for only 15, the fixed charges over tie n pianos will
be as much as If be made the 20.
We take advantage of this by giving him orders during Ms doll
days, thus getting them for less than such pianos cost in the 6pen
market. And, besides, we pay spot cash and save the discount.
"Why don't other dealers do that, too?" Because they haven't
the capital or their trade doesn't warrant It.
Aimcnn Cf 1513 Doughs Street.
. IlUSrfc LU. OmaJux, Neb.
153 Premiums Distributed on the Piano Playing Contest.
JUNE WEDDING GIFTS
Ml Art Pictures Nicely Framed You
Can Gel Them for $t50, $2.50, $5.00,
$10 and as high as your tasfe dictates.
A. H0SPE CO., 1513 Douglas St.
ES
bride,
afford
It charged. Your cn-dit is good.
Diamonds
Advance
I received word yes
terday from New York
Importers that dia
monds would positively
advance 10 per cent
July 1st. You can still
buy them from me at
the old price.
A Dollar or Two a
This Diamond
Ring $23
$1.50 a Heck
Buys this benu
tlful ring, it's
as goid as a
g o v e r n m ent
bond. Are you
wloeT
Week Will Do
LEADING
JDVDLER
DOMESTIC PLFASAM'RIKS.
"Sir, if you offer to kiss me I'll scream."
"Of course, my dur lady, I could not
risk a disturbance."
"And 1 am suffering:, too, from a very
weak throat. Philadelphia Prens.
"Every once in a while," said Hrideman,
I notice my wife cutting wedding notices
out of the papers. I wonder what she docs
with them?"
"Probably," remarked Henpeck, "Rhe
castes then in a 'scrap' book.'1 Cleveland
Leader.
Hicks What are you growling about T
Wicks Doggone it! I asked my wife to
sew a button on my coat
Hicks And didn't she do It?
Wicks Yes but I've discovered that she
cut the button from the vest. Phlludelpiii.i
Ledger.
Employer Whose funeral do you want U
attend?
Office Boy Do umpire's. New York Sun.
Yeast I was talking to your wife today.
Crlmsonbeak How did that happen?
"How did what happen?"
"That you were doing the talking?"
Yonkers Statesman.
She He married her for her money.
Wasn't that awful?
He-Did he get It?
Bl.e-No.
He It was. Judge.
"I'll wager Nell will pot give herself away
this summer the wny she did last!"
"How wua that?"
"She and Dick had their heads together
so much that Nell got freckled on only one
side of the face." Detroit Free Press.
Podd The Marmaduke children are ter
rors, aren't they?
Purdy They certainly are; but you can't
blame Marmaduke.
"Why not?"
"It Isn't his fault What can a mere
parent do against two sets of grandpar
ents?" American Spectator.
"Dear," she said, and she threw her
shoulders back and loolted him squarely In
the eyes, "is It because 1 Inherited a for
tune from my grandfather that you wish
to marry me?"
"Darling, how can you dream of such a
thing? I would marry you regardless of
where you got your money." Milwaukee
BeuUneL
HLSIO IN MOONLIGHT.
Richard Watson Glider In the Atlantic
Was ever music lovelier than tonight!
'Twas Schumann's "Song of Moonlight;"
o'er the vale.
The new moon lingered near the western
hills;
The hearth fire glimmered low; but melt
ing tones ,
Blotted all else from memory and thought,
And all the world was music! Wondrous
hour! . .
Then sank anew Into our tranced henrts
One secret and deep lesson of sweet sound
The loveliness that from unlovellness
Outsprlngs, flooding the soul with poignant
Joy,
As the harmonious chords to harsh succeed,
And the rapt spirit climbs through pain to
bliss;
Eternal question, answer infinite;
As day to night replies; as light to shade;
As summer to rough winter; death to life
Death not a closing, but an owning door,
A deepened life, a prophecy fulfilled.
Not In the very present comes reply,
But In the flow of time. Should ths song
cease
Too soon: ere yet the rooted answer blooms.
Lo, what a pang of loss and dlssonsnce;
But time, with tho resolving and Intended
tone
Heals all, and makes all beautiful and right.
Even so our mortal musicmakers frame
Their messages melodious to men:
Even so the F.tern His mighty harmonies
Fashions, supreme, of life, and fate, and
tima.
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