TTIK OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 14, 1000. B Tux Omaha' Sunday Bee. POfNDF.D BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. EMered at Omaha postofnce a second class matter. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. r'ally. Bee (without Sunday), one year. .M OO HUlr bee and Sunday, ona year Ji u9 Sunday Bee, ona year '. IM Bat urdu j- Brr. one year li D1ERKD DT CARRIER. lally Bee (Including Sunday), per week.. 150 Dally ilea (without Butiuay), per week...lt)c Evening Be (without Sunriay. per week o Evening I!ee (with Sunday), per week...lc Sandfly Uce, per ropy..., J Address complaint of irregularities in de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee building. South Omaha City Hall building. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl streeJL Chicago-) (MO lr.it;- building. New York-IMS Home Ute Inn. building. Washington 61 Fourteenth street, i CORRESPONDENCE ' Comrnunlcatlona relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha lies, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing eompeny. Only J-cent stamps received s payment. of timll accounts, Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY-. STATEMENT OP CIRCrLATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as: Charles C. Konrwater. general manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly worn, eays that the actual number of full fid complete coplea of The Dally. Morning Kvening and Sunday Bee print ei'. during the month of September, 11M6, was as fol. lows: 1 84,430 18 .30,670 I ..0,30 IT 30,680 I ....31.080 II 30,710 4....... ..10,880 13 30,890 I.. 30,370 20 30.0B0 30,730 11 30,060 t .30,480 22.... 31,140 30,940 . 2t 30,410 30,470 24 30,710 10..., 30,080 21 30,890 11 ....30,340 24 30,40 It 30,430 27 3S150 II...; 30,360 21 04,670 14 30,600 it 35,600 II.. 30,860 10 30,600 Toti.1 .837,350 Less unsold coplea ,80 Net total sales 807.843 Daily. average 30,930 CHARLES C. ROSE WATER, General lanagor. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before roe this 1st day of October, 180 (Seat) M. B. HUNQATE, Notary Public WHEI OCT OF TOWS,, fceerlbers leaving- the city trm perarlly ahe14 hare The Bee saalled to them. Address will be changed aa oftea as requested. Ooyernor Mickey will pray today to fortify himself for bis bout with his Ouraha Fire and Police commlasloners this week. Former Mayor Van Wyck must have lost considerable prestige in New York since even Mr. Hearst can afford to decline his support. Scientists who ruth to the defense of Mont Pelee should remember that It doesn't do to stand responsible for volcanoes nor politicians. ' That Hudson river collision was brought off Just in time to show those Interested in Missouri river traffic that accidents are not confined to railroads. Count VUte'B determination to re tire from Russian politics would have been more startling had he not waited until Russian politics retired from him. Kentucky feudists who exchanged sixty shots without hitting a man may find the game too expensive if they are not run from homo for disgracing the state. . A peonage prosecution in Arkansas has been postponed until the alleged "peons" can prosecute a suit for dam ages. The "peons" can have nu vote la that district. Mayor Jim's far-famed backbono must be in danger of eclipse. He de clares himself irrevocably against a second telephone system, but sign the franchise just the same.-. - If the French are right in asserting that Emperor William threw Russia Into their arms thfcre . Is probable grounds for a case, of malicious as sault before The Hague tribunal. It would appear to the layman that the use of words like "Neufchatel" and "Champagne" ion American goods is not misleading, providing therv,piace of their manufacture Is plainly stated. With Mr. Hughes and Mr. Hearst both declaring that they do not -desire to be considered partisan candidates, the resurrected mugwump should have the time of his life in the Empire state. . Secretary Root' admits having re ceived' gold plate from naval officers -of Pefu4 but t will regulre future de velopments to discover how many "gold bricks' be received during his trip. Pacific coast training la reflected in Hearst's denunciation of the' Chinese, but, seriously, residents of the land of Confucius areu worthy, of bettor- com ment than "men of low intellect and still lower morals." Let Americans b. Just, even It ungenerous. Candidate "phaJienborger, is indulg ing in all kinds of reckicsa statements, but he .has not yet denied the charge that after having promised when seek ing votes for congress to accept no passes he afterwards rode to Wash ington on free transportation and then collected mileago from the govern ment. It there were any idea behind those who prompted tho Douglas county dec laration of Independence from the state convention nomination of 'sena tor that aa overpowering public senti ment would Immediately develop here In favor of a last ditch fight for a Douglas county man regardless of a breach - of faith. ' these expectations hav been- sadly .disappointed.- I . , .V HOXOll DOVltD. . - No matter what double-meaning resolutions or confusing pronuncla mentos they may have been inveigled Into making, the republican legislative candidates in Douglas county and for that matter in all counties are in honor bound when elected to vote fop Norris Brown for United States sen ator. By virtue of being the choice of the republicans of Nebraska repre sented in state convention,, Norris Brown as the party nominee has the same claim upon their support that they have upon the votes of other re publicans upon whose ballots their own election or defeat at the polls will depend. Every time the party lever is pulled down on the voting machine) or a cross placed in a top circle for a straight republican ticket it will record a preference for Norris Brown as the regularly nominated republican candidate for United States senator Just the same as for the republican candidates for legislative places. Every such vote will also constitute an in struction upon the legislative candi dates to see to It that this expressed preference is given vitality and force in the joint session in which the commis sion to represent Nebraska in the United States senate for six years will be Issued next winter. It is not to be doubted that the people of Douglas county would like to retain the senatorship nor that they can present many good reasons to justify and support such a demand. This question, however, was settled in the nominating conventions of the two political parties, one of which pledged Its following to Norris Brown of Kear ney and the other to W. H. Thompson of Grand Island. To contend now that these conventions, in which Douglas county took active part, had no right to express themselves on the senator ship or to bind legislative candidates to their qhoice la too much like plead ing the baby act. Had a Douglas county man been the nominee for sen ator, our people would have expected legislative members of the same party allegiance all over the state to abide by that selection and would not have been slow to characterize truly any manifested disposition to refuse recog nition to the successful convention nominee because he came from Doug las county or upon any similar pre tense. It Is a poor rule that does not work both ways. Every candidate who al lowed his name to be voted for in the state convention for United States sen ator is in honor bound 'to yield the field to the winner, if his victory was fairly won, and every legislative can didate who accepts a place on the same ticket Is in honor bound to see him through. We believe every republican legislative candidate In Douglas county will take this view of his party obliga tion before the time arrives to vote for United States senator. FARM VALUES. Rarely, If ever, has there been ap auspicious a showing of any industry as the bureau of statistics makes of agricultural prosperity in every part of the country. The result of the Inves tigation is the more satisfactory be- cause it compares the total values of farms, including buildings, In 1900 and 1905, separating them Into ten classes according asj the farms are de voted to cotton, rice, sugar, hay and grain, live stock, dairying, tobacco, fruit, vegetables and general farming. Thus the total value of the farm plant, in round numbers, increased from tie. 600,000,000 in 1900 to $24,700, 000,000 in 1905, an astonishing incre ment In half a decade of $8,100,000, 000, or over 50 per cent. The contrast of these totals would be incredible if the inquiry out of which they arise had been less detailed and thorough, but even if large deduction be arbitrarily made from the 1905 figures the in crease of value during the five-year period is without parallel In all his tory. The causes assigned are manifold, and. although in some localities land values are reported to be speculative, they appear In the main reflective of genuine present and prospective uses. Intensive farming and the general in troduction of scientific methods, growth of urban population and bet ter communication between town and farm, irrigation and dry farming are cited among the conditions which have enabled the farmers to respond to the demand for their produce. The contemporaneous activity in all me chanical and commercial employments has gone far toward establishing an equilibrium in exchange of agricul tural and industrial commodities on an enlarged scale, in which, of course, ex pandlng sales of the latten In foreign markets is a potential factor. There is substantial reason to be lieve that the growth of farm values Is for the most part legitimate and abiding. Large allowance must, in deed be made for the vicissitudes of the seasons and also tor the equally Inevitable industrial reactions which affect the farms. Nevertheless, the fact remains that the main causes of the uplift marked by the farm totals of 1890 and 1905 are permanent. No forecast can ignore the continued growth of the uonfarmlng population, massed in cities and towns, both In our own and in the other great in dustrial countries. On the other hand, the possibility of greater farm produc tion through improved methods and cultivation of yet unoccupied land Is growing rapidly in the light of science and discovery. Reassuring and Inspiring as the outlook Is tor agriculture in general, no section, has firmer ground for con fidence and hope, as this report strik ingly demonstrates, than the great in terior valley region which is adapted to general farming, and la no part of this section more than the younger states of Neb rn ska, Kansas and the Dakotas. THK LIMITS OF KMPLOT VESJ. It is certainly amazing that in this era of enlightenment a Judge on the bench should find it Incumbent upon him to protest publicly against the re peated declarations of jurors that they could not render impartial verdicts based upon the law and the evidence before them because of bias created by thlr corporate employment. Assum ing that these Jurors have been truth ful In their answers, It Is Incomprehen sible how any free-born American citiJ ten, when called to perform duties of citizenship upon a jury, can consider himself in any way obligated, to as sume the point of view of his em ployers as If they, Instead of he, were passing upon the case. The Bee maintains, as it has always maintained, that if the laborer is worthy of his hire the employe who does his work faithfully and conscien tiously and receives payment at the agreed rate owes his employer nothing further. The employer has no more right to dictate or demand that his em ploye shall vote the same ticket at the polls that he votes than he has to re quire him to worship God In the same church In which he worships. The employer has no more right to expect subserviency to his interests In a Jury box than he has to require an employe to enlist for him. in the army or to serve for him In the navy. After the employe has finished the task for which he is paid he still has responsi bilities of citizenship to discharge which may or may not be identical with the desires of his employer, but as a citizen 'he must be guided by his own conscientious convictions rather than by what he thinks his employer would like to hate him do. The limits of employment may be hazy and ill-defined, but they stop far short of the ballot box and the jury room. An employe would be ungrate ful who sought willfully to injure his employer, but should it become a choice for him between patriotic citi zenship and subservient employment, patriotism must always be paramount. TRANSFORM ISO IBO.V XSTO GOLD. 3. 3. Hill of the Great Northern has transferred to the United States Steel company lands supposed to contain about 600,000,000 tons of iron ore. The accepted estimate of the entire realizable ore deposits of the country is 2,600,000.000 tons. As the steel company already controlled 1,000, 000,000 tons before the Hill transfer, it is now master of three-fifths of our total iron ore resources, an economic fact which, since iron ore is a basic clement in Industry, will bear very serious pondering. The Iron ore lands embraced In the Hill transfer, it is safe to assume, were acquired at a trifling original cost, the title for. the most. part coming either through railroad land grants or through private entries under the na tional land laws by methods now pretty well though not favorably known. At any rate these tracts, con taining a fifth of the country's work able iron ore deposits passed from the government, the trustee of the people, for a mere song. Under the contract, however, the Great Northern is to re ceive a minimum price of 85 cents a ton for the ore, which is to be cumu latively Increased 3.4 cents per ton per year, so that in a period of fifty years the total price Is estimated at about $850,090,000. In addition the road is to get 80 cents a ton for haul ing the ore to the docks at Duluth, netting another handsome profit. In view of these facts it would be vain to deny that, though tho philoso phers failed In ages of search, we have by corporation manipulation discov ered an alembic in which base metal is Infallibly transmuted into gold. HIK LOOT OF CUBA. The sensational flight of Manuel Silvelra from Havana with funds esti mated from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 belonging to New York firms incident ally directs attention to the looting of the Cuban treasury through alleged Soldiers' clalni3 which bids fair to de velop into a great scandal and which is especially Interesting at this June tore. The New York banks for which Silvelra acted as an agent have been en gaged since the island republic was set up in business in extensive and Im mensely profitable operations in claims for arrearage pay on account of service In "the army of liberation," the enor mous aggregate of $57,500,000 having so 'far been paid therefor out of the Cuban treasury and $3,600,000 more appropriated. By far the greater part of these claims are well understood to to have been utterly fraudulent, but the financing of the gigantla system of loot was mainly engineered from New York, the pay warrants having been bought up for as low as 5 per cent ot their face and rarely higher than 10 to 15 per cent. The American speculators, while making large allow ances to their Cuban agents and con federates, still reaped for themselves millions of profit. On their part the latter organized popular clamor and irresistible combines ot lobbyists to put the bonding measures through, whereupon the warrants long before bought up for a trifle by powerful American speculators were converted into cash at par with Interest. When It Is recalled that arrearage pay claims of over 50,000 alleged In surgent soldiers were formally ap proved, whereas careful Inquiry by the United Mates authorities tailed to dis close rWe than 7,000 men in arms, some jdea of the magnitude of the loot can byj formed, but on top of that there la tb'j fact that practically no authentic original -records existed on which to base the claims. They were allowed on the unverified lists made out by officers who, there Is reason to believe, were often hand in hand with the looters and who also dominated the new government In spite of the pro tests of the honest but weak President Palraa. It may well be donbted that the tenth part of the $67,500,000 soldiers' claims already paid was legitimate or that anything like the tenth part of tho money ever reached original claim ants, whether honest or fraudulent. The bulk of it was absorbed by specu lators and plunderers who succeeded In making the Cuban masses their dupes and the Cuban government their tool. Through It all Senor Silvelra Is shown to have been a potential factor and the treasure with which he has now absconded to have been in his hands in pursuance of these opera tions. The disclosures already made Imply more of the same character to follow and pour a flood of light on Borne peculiar phases of "Cuba Libre." FACTS Or rVVLlG tXDEBTEDNESS. The compilation of public indebted ness by the census bureau shows a re markable decrease, so far as national and state governments are concerned, but a corresponding Increase In the case of cities, villages and townships. The per capita county indebtedness has been nearly stationary $2.4 7 in 1880, $2.32 in J S90 and $2.50 In 1902. But the per capita national Indebted ness fell from $60.46 in 1870 to $11.77 In 1902, having been $38.27 in 1880 and $14.22 in 1890. Likewise, there was a decrease In state and terri torial indebtedness from $9.15 in 1870 to $2.98 in 1902, the figures being $5.48 in 1880 and $3.38 In 1890. On the other hand,' the per capita in debtedness of cities, vil.ages and town ships increased from' $8.57 in 1870 to $17.66 in 1902, having been $14.09 in 1880 and $11.89 in 1890. It is evident that collective enter prise under municipal and other strictly local forms has'enormously In creased. While the sphere of the na tional government has expanded, the local undertakings of the people for public Improvements and services have multiplied at an incomparably greater rate. In the light of these facts the dangers which tome Imagine from centralization in the national govern ment, usurping the functions of local government, largely disappear. RIGHT SCHOOL RESULTS. The response to the great enlarge ment this year of night school facilities in Cleveland; O., which has been fore most in developing this species of edu cational opportunity, is reported to be surprising to the school authorities. 1 he night schools hve heretofore been overcrowded, but the abrupt doubling of the supply; instead ot ac commodating the demand, as was confidently expected, has only stimu lated it and raises at once the ques tion of further extension. The effect of the night schools In cities where the experiment has been most thor oughly tried has invariably been bene ficial in marked degree and has found a large and growing element to which they are an inestimable blessing. The very fact that such numbers of youth who labor during the ordinary school hours deny themselves rest and pleasure in order to attend these schools at night is proof positive that the system meets a real want. Such zeal, too often lacking In the more fortunate attendants in the public schools, also assures that public money so Invested will not be wasted, and. In deed, that It yields the best returns In all school expenditures. Such an in terest manifested not only by youth, but also by adults, In some cases per sons of foreign birth and in many others working men who in youth were deprived of educational advantage, de serves profound sympathy and from every point of view Is worthy of more practical consideration than it has yet generally received. Senator Whyte of Maryland calls upon southern democrats to cut away from Bryan and Hearst and stand for "traditional democracy." As the sena tor has been an active, voting demo crat for more than sixty years he is qualified to speak of "traditions" and might collaborate with Henry Gasso way Davis on an Interesting volume of democratic history. Richmond P. Hobson says that Japan could take Hawaii and the Phil ippines tomorrow, because the United States navy Is so small and impotent, but reports of conditions on those Islands indicate that Japan would be willing to give them back the very next day. Candidate Moran ot Massachusetts seems to be chiefly interested In show ing the voters that he is not connected with either the New York or the Ne braska presidential aspirants, but until he announces his attitude toward George Fred Williams, Bay state voters may stand aloof. That minister who confessed to de serting from the navy after the statute ot limitations had barred prosecution doubtless secured the desired publicity without paying advertising rates and his conscience la of the kind which knows how to sting at the right time. Though not couched in exactly the same language, Cubans and Filipinos may draw similar inferences from the remarks of Secretary Taft on the sub ject of American occupation and resi dents of both territories should begin to practice self-control. Now that Uncle Sam's experts have told prospective settler how to treat land under Irrigation, the men who have been farming In arid districts for years have an opportunity to learn how little they know of the subject. Aa Overworked Fapalty. Baltimore American. Although man Is born unto trouble he has a great faculty for Increasing his natural store. Cleveland Leader. Perhaps certain events of lost summer will cause the people to keep a little closer tab on the Ice crop this winter. A .tnyoas Bast I s, Kansas City Times. What reconciles everybody with news that the Bridge trust in Ohio has been forced to go out of business Is the number of tin bridges It has turned out. Mlltentnni Apnronrhlnar. Washington Post. Secretary Wilson assures us that we will have pure food after the new law goes into effect on January 1. Still, most of us will hardly care to restrain our appetites that long. Knocker Lands a Job. St. Paul Pioneer Press. The latest from Cuba Is that the defeated candidate who starts a revolution must bo given a government Job. This Is a new and brilliant addition Jo the old spoils system. Schools for Railroad Men. St. Louis Republic. ITarrlman Is to found a school for the employes of Ms railroads. Tt Is to be hoped that he will have a special course to teach brakemen how to pronounce the names of stations Intelligibly. Same Old ftp ramble. Cleveland Leader. Spectators who expect that tinder the new rule, the foot ball games thev witness this fall will look' like pinochle are doomed to disappointment. Even now It cannot be played In evening clothes. Wattrrson Sticks to Bryan. Louisville Courier-Journal. And bo, we shall continue tn Biinii mi on Bryan. He may not be aa smooth aa Roosevelt, nor as rich as Hearst, but he has worn very well, all things considered. In spite of a rent or Iva In htm .,.t n.i.A.A may be mended In time for 1!8. and In any ecnt, aa me monkey said when he pointed the cat tall with a brhsh made out of the eagle s wing, "What's the good of hav ing a cat that ain't -ky-blue?" A Cheerful Taker, Philadelphia Record. Mr. Rockefeller bemoans his Innhllltv to so distribute his riches to nersons anllrltoila of his charity as to be sure that he will noi 0.0 more harm thnn good. As a conse quence he has turned over the bulk of his almsgiving to a syndicate, reserving to mmseir the pleasure of left-handed nrt unasked-for benevolence. But It mny bo doubted whether Mr. Rockefeller hna thrown his soul Into the task of distributing his wealth as he did Into the task of gather ing tt In. As a cheerful elver ho h on- quired some deserved reputation, but as a cheerful taker he is simply magnificent. IIO.VESTV IN ADVERTISING. Trend of the Times' Decidedly for a Square Deal. North American Review. That advertLHfns nava I ta erally recognized, but it Is still an open question whether truthful advertisements proauce results equal to those of an nouncements which. If not oulta deceitful are nevertheless obvious exaggerations. ine nrst exponent of paid-for publicity on a large scale was a famous mn na circuses to whom was accredited the cynical observation that "the American people love to oe numDugged." It la a significant fact, however, that the practice of that able showman did not conform to his preoept, ana mat tno continuance of his success waa really due to the excellent r hia re ductions. Doubtless, he was as well aware or mis truth aa anybody else, and merely chuckled over the additional advertising obtained at no cost, th much A wlvrv nh. servatlon that could not fail to appeal to me American sense of humor. Second only to the showman in usinar what aoemeit tn v. a daring innovation was the nuhiiahAe n a story paper, who, also, always gave more man ne promised. Not a few ambitious emulators of tha pioneers mistook the true cause of their successes and endeavored to achieve similar benefits by mere pronouncements, xvithmir regard to accuracy, to discover that lasting gum couia not be obtained In thl manner, and year by year they have become more heedful of the Injunction that, irrespective of Us inherent merit, honeety Is the best policy. BEClXAn SHOTS AT TUB PIXPIT. New York World: The Rev. Richard Smith, a British harvest festival preacher, has attained world fame by a phrase. "Man," says he, "make more noise driv ing one motor car through the streets of earth than the Creator makes driving His whole army of stars through the streets of heaven." Fine, but based on an as sumption. How does the Rev. Richard presume to measure the sound of that harmony of the spheres which not even the most advanced science has as yet been able to detect? Cleveland Plain Dealer: If we may ac cept the expert opinion of the famous son of a famous father pulpit eloquence has suffered a decline. According to Rev. Thomas Spurgeon, son of the late Rev. C. It. Spurgeon, the sermon of today is no longer the power it was. It is possible the modern sermon may be couched In equally forcible language, but Its Influence can not be compared with that wielded by the exhortations of a generation or more ago. The pastor today faoas a very different audience, an audience that is at once critical and largely unimpres sionable. It doesn't ask for rhapsodies. tt Is Impervious to warning lessons, It refuses to have its feelings harrowed up. This was not the congregation the old time giants of the pulpit faces. They were not handicapped by such considera tions aa temper the eloquent (light of the preacher of today. Brooklyn Eagle: A clergyman of Ot tawa has frightened his town and his people by advocating the confessional as an adjunct of the Presbyterian church. Yet there need be no occasion for alarm. In the nrst place, the Presbyterian or ganization lacks the temporal authority of the Roman hierarchy, so that no com municant would feel compelled to own up to Ms pastor; but, In the next place, there are doubtless thousands enrolled in the Protestant denominations, or unen rolled In any, to whom confession of sins would be not a duty, but a joy.. Many men and more women long for the privi lege of unburdening minds made heavy with conscience and seeking advice, or even Inviting reproof and penalty. Haw thorne's Miriam, the New England Pur itan, seeking the confessional In Rome as .an ease to her soul, is no unnatural picture of what many would choose to be and do were the confessional provided In the other churches, as it la in those of the Cathollo faith. In some of the Church of England establishments that perpetu ate a "high" ritual the coufesslon is not dlseeuragod. It cannot be claimed aa a right by the Protestant clergy, but It might be claimed aa a privilege by the members el the Protestant congregation. I SAVE A DIAMOND WIN A . HEART I JUST A DOLLAR OR TWO A WEEK AT MANDELDERG'S will give you the pleasure of owning a beautiful, rich diamond, a good watch or any other article in the jewelry line. Open a charge account with me now. YOTTB CMDIT XI GOOD. Price $12.50 The best American mouuicnt. A great value; one that has made Mandolberg's "The Watch Store." HOLIDAY GOODS . are arriving dally; each express brings many new novelties suitable for gifts. It would not be a bad stunt to have something layed away for you now. It's not too early. Pay a small amount earh week and by Christmas you can give a present worth while. 1IDJX IT OTEB. 1 SERMONS BOILED DOW. The cure for our own cares Is care for others. There Is nothing heroic In a homemade heresy. Only a dead creed can be embalmed to phrases. The secret of being a saint Is being a saint In secret. You cannot lift up the people on whom you look down. No man loses any of his own light by kindling It in others. A man's sensitiveness usually Is In In verse ratio to his service. They seldom transgress any law who follows where love leads. It's no use looking like a lemon when you talk of loving your neighbor. The people who are praying to be nothing are answered before they begin. The only way to make sure tt a clean heart la to watch against the little amuts. Most of 11s would rather do a lot of regu lation abroad than practice a little) right eousness at home. .. Many think they are defending faith when they axe only .fighting against the necessity of thinking." - ;:- It's a wise old world that waits for the indorsement of every -day honesty On the checks of extraordinary holiness. It's no use spending Sunday praying the Lord to enter your heart, when you are spending the week barricading it with bad business. Chicago Tribune. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Almost 200 white girls are married to Chinamen in Chicago. Doubtless they did the best they could. Educational circles In Indiana are worry ing over the question, "Can a school teacher play poker1?" Just watch 'em. The Sox and the Cubs may jangle as they will, but the Jingle of the money In the till proves that it pays to play winning ball. The aomlo opera government of the I e of Pines keeps Its preBs agent in good humor with the proceeds ot weekly ice cream socials. Merely as a foreword the statement la made that the turkey crop Is all right and cranberries are tinted to match the gob bler's comb. The whirligig of the season brings amus ing changes. Here la the ice man, so roundly berated a few weeks ago, chortling Joyfully as the coal man steps on the griddle. "Let us help thoe who have not as much as we have," said young Rockefeller to his Sunday school class; ' Then he cautioned the members to bring their own lunches to a plcnlo he had arranged. In spite of the pure food law, Philadel phia hams prarved in boric acid have been discovered. .Whatever the faults of boric acid may be. If it preserved Philadel phia hums it must be mighty good stuff. A Chicago man who left a will for his children to contest also left a distinct im pression of his wonderful thirst. Hia valet testified that he "took to Ms room nightly Ave or six bottles of beer, a' quart of whisky, a bottle of buttermilk and two bottles of mineral water. These were usu ally empty In the morning," be added, without cracking a smile. Let Us Put Our Over Your Which One Ought Yon to Buy? How Much Should it Cost? Of Whom Will You Buy It? If you know wbat It means to buy a piano tbat Is reliable and that you can depend upon you will appreciate the benefits of the Hospe one price, lowest price, no commission plan. Take care tbat some third party is not too much Interested in TAKE CARE ise of a commission which they are ashamed to take openly, which they know Is wrong to take secretly and which they know Is taxed against you when you buy under that system. - Take care and do not buy at a store where they have a sliding price. You never will know what your piano is worth then, and you'll be almost certain to find some one who bought one like It for less money. The Responsibility extends no farther than the buyer and seller. You can't buy pianos of good character and quality as low as we sell them. We sell $200 pianos for $145, we sell $250 pianos for $190, and $300 pianos for $210, etc. Payments $6.00, $7.00 and $8.00 a month. Don't fail to see US. A. HoSpe I $1.00 A Wi ek DOMESTIC PI.KASANTIUKS. tiwennoien now uo you likn the new spelling, "klst?" Eftmeralda It's too short. Four letters don't besln to convey an lilea of the thrill when you when you are that m Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Keene Have all the other women ai rived? r The Maid Yes'm you're the last one. Mrs. Keene-Well, you'd better ntinouncs me so that they can get throiiKh tnlking about me before I go In. Cleveland Leader. "I suppose, said the friend, the iluv after the wedding, "It was rather hard to Iom your daughter. " - ' "Wil, no," replied the hrlde's fatlmr. "It did seem as If It was going to be luird at one time, but she landed tlilB fellow Just aa we were beginning to lose, all hope." Baltimore American. "That new bride la always eating fudge. She says hur husband thinks It looks cut.'." "He's a wise Johnny. He knows that long as her mouth Is filled with fudge she can t talk." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "For goodness sake!" exclaimed Mrs. Skrapps, "what are you always complaining fort You haven't anybody to blame for your trouble but yourself." "Oh, 1 admit I proposed to you. You needn't be throwing that up to me," re plied her husband, savagely. Philadelphia Prees. "Yea, Indeed," said Mr. Staylate, bot fully, 'I always 'a.v as I go" "Really?" replied Miss Patience Oonne, Stlflinc & yawn, "and do vnup crelli.r,.a never complain about having to wait so tongr rniiaaeipma catholic Standard. A BACHELOR S SOL1LOGUY. To wed, or not to wed; That Is the question. Whether 'tis better To remain single. And disappoint a few women For a time; Or marry, And disappoint ona woman For life? Llpplnoott's Magazine. TELL ME, YE WJSUEI) WI.DS. Charles Mackay. Tell me, ye winged winds. That round my pathway roar. Do ye not know some Bpot VV 1 1 1 r M mitrtul, U' . . n I... ...a w 1 Some lone and pleasant dell, Some valley In the west. Where, free from toll and pain. The weary soul may rest? The loud wind dwindled to a whisper low, And sighed for pity aa It answered: "Nu.'' Tell me, though mighty deep, Whose billows round me play, Know'st thou some favored spot. Some island far away. Where weary man may find The bliss for which he sighs Where sorrow never lies. And friendship never dies? The loud waves, rolling in perpetual flow, Stopped for awhile, and sighed to answeri "No." And thou, serenest moon, That, with such lovely face. Dost look upon the earth, Asleep in night's embrace; Tell me, In all thy round Hast tnou not seen some spot Where mlseruble man May find a happier lot? Behind a cloud the moon withdrew In woe. And a voice, sweet but aad, responded: "No." Tell me, my secret soul, O, tell me, Hope and Faith. Is there no renting place I From sorrow, sin and death? Is there no happy spot Where mortals may be blest, Where grief may find a balm, And weariness a ruet? Faith, Hope and Love, best bonds to mor tals given. Waved their bright wings and whispered! "Yea, In heaven!" Heads Together New Piano If Price V If $25.00 V. Per Week II where and what you buy, because there's many a person who doesn't like this store because we don't pay commission. They are too clever to tell you Just why they don't like us, but If the truth were known you'd find that it's the prom TAKE CARE ' D8 Street 7