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tate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ai
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The political tremors at San Fran
cisco promise to be as exciting, If not
as damaging, as the earthquake. -
Now that. thoBe Ute Indians are In
humor to talk, they will probably And
United States army officers In humor
io act.
Ohio Ice trust managers who are
making a hard fight for liberty prob
ably want to see another crop har
63ted before becoming wards of the
state. ,
The attack of Kaisoull on Insurgent
tribesmen of' Morocco tends to shot
that the captor of Perdlcaris wants no
rSvals.aml.fQr .once at. least he has
the approval of civilization.
Boas Croker's defense of Tammany
hair came only after he had settled
his suit for damages' In Dublin. The
settlement might have been more dlf
ficult had he spoken sooner.
canaiaatcs tor tna legislature so
eager to he elected that they will "lie
up" with railroad tax shirkers should
expect no votes from those who are
paying the taxes the railroads evade
New York clearing house banks
again show less cash on hand than the
law requires, proving that unless the
law be changed, leading financiers
will be technical lawbreakers much of
the time.
Germany's friendship for America
will have a cloud on it as long, as It
prefers to compel its subjects to eat
horses and dogs rather-than permit
them to buy wholesome meat from the
United States.
The public will at least, feel kindly
toward, the duke and duchess of Marl
borough, who have set the Castellanes
an eia.ni pie in the matter of arranging
family affairs without taking the world
into their confidence.
Russian a expectation of a celebra
tlon of the anniversary of the consul
tatlon will appear strange in foreign
eyes, as a day of mourning for be
reaved. homes would seem more In
keeping with the facts.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Lauo evidently desires honest replies
to questions, preferring refusal to eva
sion, but as long as a grand jury stands
ready to read the testimony he may
find difficulty in securing facts.
Japan is trying to make a treaty
with Russia In accordance with th
terms of the agreement at Portsmouth
la time it may learn that the way to
Cet that premise - fulfilled was when
the Muscovite was still in the trap.
The objection to adult coaches for
boy foot ball players Is the severest
(ommentary which could be made
upon the character of the men in that
position; but perhaps' those who con
dor.m want to be her.rd at any price
In every campaign speech he 1
TuaLiog the treacherous Williams 1
raid to be trying to explain his per
nay. but relates a different story
every time he tells it. It takes a man
with a trained memory to be a sue
cesaful liar.
ExpeiU who have studied trade con
ditlor.it during the lust week hav
failed to find evidence of cessation of
buelntss pending the election, showla
that the idea of "lot well enough
aloce'f baa Impressed -Uself pretty
thoroughly uou the average dlUen
If the railroad cappers and paid
lobbyists who forced the nomination
of Shallenberger for governor over
Berge In the last democratic state con
vention could explain their action by
saying that it was not that they loved
Shallenberger more, but that they
ated Berge most, the democrats
might insist they were not to blame. ,
If the continuance of . the railroads
bend their energies for Shallen-
berger in the campaign as against
Sheldon could be explained on the
round that they hnd no claims on
Shallenberger, but; wefe afraid of
Sheldon. Shallenberger and his demo
cratic friends might Btill Insist that
they were not to blame.
If the railroads saw fit. as they
Hve, to tip off the pass favors en-
oyed heretofore by candidates on the
republican ticket and to cover up the
pass favors enjoyed by candidates on
the democratic ticket, simply because
convinced that their roads would fare
better under the democrats than un
der the republicans, the democrats
might Insist that they were ' not to
blame. 1 . -. -
But when the chairman of the dem
ocratic state committee begins already
to pull railroad chestnuts out of the
lire by enlisting all the democratic
legislative nominees with the rail
roads to fight against equitable taxa
tion of railroad property, the cloven
hoof is clearly shown and conclusive
proof is furnished that the arrange
ment between the democrats and the
ailroads are reciprocal. .
The railroads are, by agreement, to
help the democratic candidates and
the democrats are to help the rail
roads. The railroads can afford to put
all that Is necessary into the demo-
ratic campaign if the democrats grant
them immunity from municipal taxa
tion, which means a tax burden of from
250,000 to $300,000 a year shifted
fiom the railroads, where it belongs,
property owners in all our Ne
braska cities and towns.
This, however, .must be only one of
the clauses in the reciprocity treaty
between the democrats and the rail
roads. If the democrats have taken
the contract to protect the railroads
gainst 'terminal taxation, they have
also, without question, agreed to pro
tect the railroads in the other privi
leges they enjoy by defeating all legis
lation in the Interest of the people
when that might affect the railroads
adversely. The compact must be a
complete offensive and defensive alli
ance by which the election of the dem
ocratic ticket and a democratic legisla
ture will put the railroad bosses in
absolute control of the state house
and state government for two years
to come and leave the people at their
mercy.
THE SAX PRaACfSCO CRISIS.
A lawjcss situation in San Francisco
has reached a climax, rivaling In dis
grace and peril to the city that which
produced the extra legal but effective
vigilance committee half a century
ago. .There was a natural explanation,
both for , the riot of crime and the
high handed and irregular proceedings
by which it was ended, because San
Francisco, then isolated from civilized
connections and only a straggling
camp recruited largely from the
world's adventurers, had not yet be
come a normal and stable community.
But that the Pacific coast metropolis,
one of the greatest cities on the con
tinent, should now be under a crim
inal reign of terror, and especially that
the machinery of the law should in
vital parts be notoriously prostituted
to league with organized crime, rises
above tha intolerable local outrage to
the height of a national scandal.
An issue is raised which San Fran
cisco must on peril of irreparable
harm meet forthwith. The disaster
by earthquake and fire early in the
year-was a tremendous blow -to ma
terial Interests, but the city could In
time hope to recover from its effects
through wise policy as the basis of
outside credit. That basis would be
undermined unless worthy and virtu
ous citizenship now shows itself strong
enough to cope with the corruption
permeating and largely controlling the
local government. With life and prop
erly insecure and nothing safe but
crime,, it would be insane for Sao
Francisco, amidst its other misfor
tunes, to hope to rebuild or even not
to retrograde , from its present bad
state. 1
It seems a paradox that a community
which In the very face of the memor
able catastrophe of quake and con
flagration a few months ago could pre
vent crime should so soon be found
at the mercy of criminals protected and
tbetted by the palico and the higher
local authorities over them, and that
the first step In restoring the law
must be to battle with officers en
trusted with its enforcement.
IKE rJVtRCt CttSQHESa' BILL.
' The bill drafted by the so-called di
vorce congress, whose members were
appointed by President Roosevelt
nearly a year ago, will be disappoint
ing to many who are zealous for di
vorce law reform because of some of
the- causes recognized aa grounds either
for divorce or for" legal separation, but
It may prove more rather than k-bs
valuable on that account. The central
aim of the congress was not merely
ldeallbm, but uniformity of divorce
legislation. The congress, which is
composed of eminent legislators, law
yers ard clergymen, who bad studied
tba subject as a practical problem,
had to consider the vast range of dif
ference between those states whose
laws are at outright offense to moral
sentiment and other states, the ultra
stringency cf whose laws is not ap
proved by the average sentiment of the
country. ' It would be palpably futile
to viouae tor a uniform law uy
draft of an extreme character In either
direction.
The measure will be conceded to be
an immense Improvement upon di
vorce provisions in the majority of the
states, being a thoroughly digested
system and embodying the bptter fea
tures of many existing statutes, but
especially valuable in its tendency to
avoid evils of mere court practice,
which indeed are among the worst
connected with the whole subject. The
authority with which it comes should
at least stimulate discussion and help
to secure needed amendments to the
laws of many states.
Save in this indefinite way, how
ever, it is problematical how far the
uniformity which is desirable will be
promoted on the basis of the divorce
congress model draft, unless, indeed,
a more imperious public demand than
now is heard snail manifest itself. Na
tional legislation which might secure
uniformity Ib constitutionally impos
sible. The wide variation of. local
sentiment and the opposition of ex
treme opinions to many provisions of
the proposed system are not unlikely
to prevent its general incorporation in
state legislation, at. least for a long
time to come.
TELErilOyE FR08 tiVD COSS.
The people of Omaha will vote at
the coming election on a franchise
proposition that will determine
whether this city shall have a second
telephone system or continue with a
single telephone system as at present.
That there are advantages and disad
vantages of dual telephones goes
without saying, so it remains for those
who are to pass on this question to
judge whether the advantages or the
disadvantages weigh most.
Theoretically, the single telephone
in its perfection would bring us the
pinnacle of verbal Intercommunication.
If we could havo one telephone system
by which each telephone user could
talk to every other user with prompt
ness and facility and at reasonable
rates for the service, nothing more
could be desired. Two telephone In
struments to do the work which one
could do would be a superfluity and a
waste, as well as an annoyance.
The people of Omaha, however, are
confronted with a condition rather
than a theory. The complaints against
the present tele-phone system, ignoring
those of unsatisfactory service, which
prevail everywhere, are two-fold.
First, that it charges excessive rates.
Second, that it deprives us, in the na
ture of things, of intercommunication
with a large number of telephone users
on independent "lines throughout the
state.
On the question of rates, the pro
posed new franchise makes some con
cessions, guaranteeing full metallic in
dividual line unlimited telephones at a
maximum of $2.50 per month, as
cgalnst $3 per month now charged,
and full metallic individual line un
limited business telephones at a max
imum of $5 per month, aa against $7
now charged. In addition to this the
new franchise provides for free con
nections with ttonth Omaha and a roy
alty of 2 per cent on gross earnings to
the city. That this would be a con
slderable financial saving to the pub
lic,' if it could be made effective upon
the present service, is self-evident
But it is also the teaching of experl
ence in other cities where the dual
telephone system has been tried that
tho installation of a second telephone
forces a large portion of the telephone
subscribers, , especially the business
and professional men, to uso both tele'
phones, and that the charges upon this
portion of the telephone clientage for
double rentals as a rule makes their
burden heavier, although, of course,
with some compensation In the form
of increaBtd cervice.
With reference to the promise to
bring Omaha into communication with
independent telephone users outside of
Omaha, tho management of the exist
ing telephone service la Omaha pro
fesses willingness to connect up
with any outside system on mu
tually satisfactory terms, unless
competing with one of its own ex
changes. The larger number of in
dependents who have refused such con
nections arc In close relationship with
the independent systems barred out by
this proposition and bound by their
agreements with them not to accept
such an offer, regardless of terms. We
therefore have this situation, that the
independents, clamoring for communi
cation with Omaha, will consent to
communicate only through an inde
pendent telephone exchange. The ques
tion, then, is simply whether or not it
would pay Omaha to grant a second
telephone franchise for the purpose of
getting Into closer touch, commer
cially, with users of independent tele
phones in our trade territory, who can
iot be reached by existing telephone
connections. '
To the laboring men and nontele
Iihone users the new franchlee propo
sition holds out tho prospective' in
vestment of approximately $1,000,000
in the construction and equipment of
a second plant. This money would
be largely spent here and be distrib
uted through local channels of busi
ness. On the other side, it muat be
remembered 'that capitalists would not
Invost this money unless they expected
to get It back and that tho profit must
tome out of the community which
their telephone system would serve.
Outside of all this, the pending
franchise contest must be regarded as
one of tho skirmishes in the gigantic
battle engagement going on over the
country for majtery between the
old entrenched telephone interests and
the new independent telephone com
panies. Omaha is a strategic point of
hUbcit lmportani'O on the telephone
map. Its exclusive possesion by the ex
isting telephone system constitutes an
almost Insuperable obstacle in the way
of the continued progress of the Inde
pendent tHephop movement. The
opening of Omaha by th voting of a
second telephone franchise would fur
nish a needed link of the transconti
nental tiunk lines which are slowly
but surely pushing themselves from
ocean to ocean and which will eventu
ally enable people to talk to one an
other from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Whether this highway shall belong to
the old telephone Interests or shall be
shared by the new Independent inter
ests when this development shall have
been completed will be determined in
the present contest and by many is re
garded as really more important than
the strictly local questions in issue.
llSTKRKATIoyAL VBUQATIQSS.
The peril of disturbance of good re
lations between the United States and
Japan because of discriminations
against Japanese under the California
school and labor laws emphasizes once
more the anomalous situation of our
government In Its foreign relations.
It wub intended to be the national
organ In international interests and
obligations, and yet it was left by di
vision of powers with the states im
potent to enforce upon our own citi
zens obligations which It demands
that foreign governments shall enforce
upon their subjects. It enters into
treaties guaranteeing to foreign resi
dents the same protection and priv
ileges our citizens are to receive
abroad, and yet it is powerless to pun
ish infractions either by Individuals
or local authorities to the extent and
in the manner that we have insisted
that foreign governments should do
under treaties in like circumstances.
Ordinarily, the consequences have so
far not been serious, as even in so
flagrant a case as the lynching of Ital
ian subjects at New Orleans ten years
agv the national government paid lib
eral damages, although it could not
punish the perpetrators. But thore
might be the greatest danger in dol
ing with a paople of such intense na
tional sensibilities as the Japanese,
who would resent unjust treatment or
discrimination in violation of treaty
rights, and who are in position to make
their resentment effective. The case
is Just the reverse of that of the pow
erless Chinese. ' Even though a ten
sion might not be created that would
precipitate war, in which Japan would
be a most formidable antagonist, it
might still be disastrous to our com
mercial and material Interests, because
it ha3 keen demonstrated that the Jap
anese are perfectly aware of the ad
vantages of their position and resolute
to employ them. .
With the disabilities . under which
our national government labors, the
main reliance must ba upon an en
lightened public sentiment that will
prevent local . prejudice and wrong
from going to extremes against for
elgners of any race or color who may
be lawf ally sojourning here. Fairness,
liberality and toleration are all the
more vital now, that our external re
lations . and interests have become
world-wide - and must grow in im
portance unless we, as a nation, are to
c:ue to grow.
Candidate Hitchcock is trying to
lay claim to a patent right on the
proposition for a postal savings bank.
The fact is, the postal savings bank
ho 3 been advocated and agitated by
The Dee for a quarter of a century(
and its persistent hammering upon
that subject has had. as much, If not
more, to do with bringing the ques
tion finally to the front as any other
one agency. It is a further fact that
Congressman Kennedy's advocacy of
postal savings banks dates back about
as far as Candidate Hitchcock's, and,
more than that, through Mr. Ken
nedy's effort an official Inquiry has
been started to secure authoritative
ti; formation about the operation of
postal savings banks in other coun
tries that promises to bring the mat
ter soon to a focus. The campaign
handbook issued by the national re
publican congressional commitee In
cludes postal savings banks in the list
of enumerated pressing pending meas
ures, while the democratic handbook
has no reference whatever. In a word.
the election of a republican congress
promises consideration of the postal
savings bank project, but the election
of a democratic congress gives no as
surance that the subject will ever get
on tho legislative program.
It is reported that Postmaster Gen
eral Cortelyou will resign the chair
manship of the republican national
committee before be takes charge as
secretary of the treasury. Has anybody
beard of a prospective resignation
from Chairman Taggart of the demo
cratic national committee, who clearly
tomes within the proscrlptlve rule
inundated by Colonel Bryan, that no
cue officially connected with a privi
leged corporation has any right to oc
cupy a position in the councils of the
democratic party.
The republican legislature holds
out promise of relief to city and
village taxpayers through the taxa
tion of railway terminals for munici
pal purposes. A democratic legisla
ture means the perpetuation of the
present system of tax shirking, by
which the railroads get all the bene
fits of city government la Nebraska
without paying for them.
Trust Buster Worrall begged off
from telling the Interstate Commerce
commission just how much he got for
settling with his former partners in
crime. We do not mind informing the
commissioners that it was 113,000
and the profits on his book.
Colonel Bryan declares in his Can
ton speech that to have been defeated
twlca by such a maa as McKJalay
"will always give me a sense of. com
fortable pleasure." . To have won out
over a man like McKInlcy, however,
even once, would Lave always Riven
him a much deeper sense of comfort
able pleasure.
If the new Independent telephone
franchise should be voted the city will
have twelve free telephones. Which
Inmates of the city hall shall get
them will probably be determined
cither by a foot race or a roping con
test, with Mayor Jim himself as ref
eree. Looking: Forward Cheerily.
Boston Transcript.
Tbla la tho time of year when Cape Cod
looms large on the national horizon. Its
cranberry crop la an Iniporfng factor In the
country's yield, which thla year la ttttlmnted
at l,0u0,000 buhela, 400,000 of which will be
needed to accompany tha Thanksgiving
turkey.
- Careleaaaeaa la Buying.
Philadelphia Pres.
When American girls buy dukea and other
things It might ba a good Idea to pay the
cash down with tha understanding that all
payment end there. With the money part
of. the transaction left opcm there la gen
erally trouble, and the Installment plan is
not a success.
'Write for ClreaJara."
W&shlngton PoaU
James J. Mill warna Americans that In a
few year there" will not be farms enough
to supply the demand. By lending your
address to Mr. Hill's office you can get a
neat folder describing the attractiveness
of the farm lands that are for sale ulung
the llnea of his railroads.
Preliminary Gratltade.
Philadelphia Record.
The Thanksgiving day declaration la out,
and on the 29th day of November the peo
ple will have more to give thanks for than
the president deemed It Judicious to enum
erate and more than the governor of thla
state will feel grateful for. A good deal of
public gratrtude will be expressed on the
day after the election.
Admonition for Footballers.
Chicago Chronicle.
"We should be reverently thankful for
what we have received," says the president
In his Thanksgiving proclamation, "and
earnestly bent upon not turning It Into a
means of destruction." This seems to hava
an admonitory flavor addressed to' the i
Thanksgiving day foot bailers, who cer
tainly go forth bent upon destruction.
Shadowy Precedent Shattered.
Baltimore Newa
The notion that It is unconstitutional for
tha president to leave the country rents on
tradition that has no solid foundation, and
Mr. Roosevelt's coming trip to Panama will
bo apt to crack It past mending. He will
remain under the American flag and tech
nically within tha Jurisdiction during his
trip and during most of his atay on the
Isthmus. But when he goes to President 1
Amador's palace for an official reception he !
will be In a foreign country, although only
a mile and a half from the sone line. -
PROHIBITING REMARRIAGE.
Good Points of a Role Adopted by a
New York Court.
Minneapolis Journal.
Ona of the New Tork courts has estab
lished a new rule In divorce proceedings.
It requires that a divorced person shall not
marry the co-respondent named In the case
during the lifetime of the former husband
or wife. The decree of divorce is made to
carry this condition, and If the condition Is
violated then tha decree becomes void.
There cannot be any sound objection to
such a rule. Defendants In divorce cases
often make no appearance, because they are
well satisfied to get their freedom, in order
W marry the person responsible for the
break-up of the family. The new rule will
not reach a majority of such cases, for
the causes mentioned In the suit are often
not tha real causes, and to save salacious
proceedings in court the complaint Is
brought on grounds of "cruel and Inhuman
treatment" or desertion, which occurs by
mutual consent. Often, too, the offending
party brings the complaint and gets a
divorce In order to marry some one else,
whose name does not , appear before the
court In these cases the court cannot stop
remarriage without a sweeping order pro
hibiting tt during tho lifetime of the former
partner, and thla Is generally considered too
drastic. But the plan adopted by the New
Tork court has Its good points, and should
not be condemned merely because it can
not refok-m tha whole practice. It looks to
be worth a trial In other states.
PERSONAL, AND OTHERWISE.
Look ' ahead to Thanksgiving day
and
revel In tha Joys of anticipation.
Tho advent of George Cortelyou as sec
retary of the treasury lends Impressive em
phasis to tba saying, "Silence Is golden."
People within his sone will concede that
Medloina Hat can do a stunt equal to the
Gulf of Mexico. Bam Dies are unnecessary.
This task of reducing railroad fares
come at an inopportune time. Rebate fines
come high, and it takes real money to pay
them.
'He put his arm around me, but ha
neer squeesed ma," complained a Chicago
woman In court. If the unfeeling wretch
gets his dus he'll go up for life. '
Ths advance of woman in the gainful
occupations formerly monopolized by men
goes obj aimce. A woman has been ar
rested In Arkansas on the charge of being
a moonshiner.
.One by one tha lordly privileges enjoyed
by soma men are vanishing. An unfeeling
court in New York sent a man to Jail be.
cause he permitted his wife to support
him. What next?
A fsw old-fashlooed politicians still linger
oh the soil of Pennsylvania. One of them
wants a bunch of money from a candidate
who advertised the offended trim's ttU'-nt
for mixing public- dough with his own,
Tom Edison again announces that the
horse will be retired permanently In a few
months. If Edison had seen the Omaha
Horse Show he would have realized the
wisdom of the saying. "Don't prophecy
unless you know."
Tha Gtlhooly record of leaden justice In
Chicago has been on I footed by tha tUies
trial. In which liO men have been ex
amined and seven jurors secured. Sue la
president of the fighting teamsters. Ull
hooly la In the pen.
That absconding Cuban banker explain
that ha merely went to Venetuelu lor hlx
health. For almllar reason Paul O. 8n in
land hr.stetied from Chicago to Tajigl"r,
yet ha finds tha atmosphere of Jolltt u
pretty fair nude io a pinch.
Tba curiosity aroused by tha arrival In
New Tork of two atorka conetgned to the
White House has been appeased. A twenty
two pouud baby arrived at the home of
Ike and Jennie Lubarsky and two blrda
wrre needed for the Job. Thereupon the
birds went on their way rejoicing.
Tha New York siata MoKlnley monument
at Buffalo Is practically finished and will
be dedicated next spring. The monument
Is a severely plalu shaft of white r.iarble
rising 100 feet, buttressed with four marble
lions of heroic slse. It stands In the tenter
of Nlegara square, where four streets con
, verge. yjoUJ cost fit,
When you buy a ljlainond simply because you are bound to realize on your
Investment. Plamonds are constantly advancing In value and are now paying
20 per cent dividends.
If all the young ladles really knew how easy tt la to own and enioy a
diamond by my Susy Payment Plan of a dollar or two a week, I could not
supply the demand.
A diamond la the emblem of culture and refinement. It Is policy for you
to wear one and appear at your beet. Vou own it to yourself, your mother,
sister or sweetheart. Don't wait any longer buy one now front nw.
This Wstch $15.09
$1.00 II."
Week
The best Amerlran move
ment In a 20-year guiian
ieed rase.
CO
How about Your Eyes ?
My optical work Increases. The testing of eyes with me Is not a mat
ter of guesa work, nor ia it a matter of trying on ready-nuule glasses
There Is no guess work simply because It's free, nor are you under any
obligations to purchase. If your eyes need glasses I can fit you with,
the proper kind in many casea aa low a& ft. 00 a pair.
8ERMOX9 BOILED HOWS.
The faithful are not fretful.
Quiet lives are often eloquent.
No Ufa Is lost that la lived tor love.
, Things not right can never be religious.
' Tho love of wealth sKals wealth of love.
Bigotry put blinders on tho best of men.
Submission Is the first step to sovereignly.
Love never knows hardship, even when it
meets it.
When men pray for harvest, they of Un
get a plow.
It's the common virtues that make uncom
mon saints. ''"''.
The principle ' of expediency expels all
other principle.-
Whatever is saved By selfishness Is lost
to the true self
A man's holiness is to be measured by the
happiness he creates.
Tho only wealth you can possece Is that
you have in the heart,' "' ' -,"
Faith Is greater than creeds, as the stars
are greater than astronomy.
It's a common sin to substitute scruples
about our own eating for the feeding of the
hungry. ...
Borne people will never get. to Paradise,
because they will insist on reforming Peter
before they go any fart her. Chicago Tri
bune. SECULAR, SHOTS AT THE PIXPIT.
Boston Transcript: Clergyman must now
pay full fare on almost all railroad lines.
What they lose In cash, however, they
ought to gain in srMf-rerpoct.
Brooklyn Eegle: Hereafter clergymen will
have to pay full fare on nearjy all railroad
lines. True, their salaries are small, on
the average, but ao Is the average man's.
Confession of ability to pay only half rates
Is humiliating, and this humiliation will be
spared to our mlnipters hereafter.
Baltimore American: In support of the
theory that people are what they eat.
Bishop Fallows declarer that producers c4
crime In the way of diet are plea, pickles,
doughnuts and cream puffs. It is hard for
-the would-be bollever In his kind to receive
this theory, and then watch tho tremendous
preponderance, of potential criminals In
every hotel and reelaurant he may waMer
Into.
Brooklyn Eagle: The official organ of the
Episcopal churoh In this country proposes
to fight Mrs. Eddy with her own devices.
It wante to medlclnallze In unction. But
Mrs. Eddy will reply that It is not oil that
can cure apoplexy, corns, appendicitis and
broken legs; tt Is faith in the curative prop
erties of anything that cures. And it is
cheaper to have faith in words than in ma
terials. Chicago Chronlclo: In a sermon to Tulw
men Rev. Lyman Abbott said: 'The rem
edy for industrial evils Is a substitution of
the ambition for service for the ambition
for acquisition. It would be a good plan to
put the golden rule up in our factories." If
employers wera to preach ambition for
service to their employes the tatter would
strongly suspect the presence of a svlfish
motive behind the preachment and would
be likely to suggest that the employers
teach by example rather than by precept.
MX & BACH TMM
Other Pianos arc sold at $500 or more,
simply because of the Kranick &
Bach standard of value,
The Kranlth & Bach makes the market. Because of
the superlative worth or a Kranlth & Bach it brings $376
upward. Beeauso there is a piano of such universally rec
ognized value, others attempt to classify their warm with
the Kranlch & Bach by simply asking the same price, thus
securing a greater profit and wider margin for trade and
time allowance, the buyer paying the penalty.
A Krsnlch & Bach is always curling in qitulity, like
the work in precious metals. All the styles are of the
amue Intrinsic staii'lard of value, the only difference being
In the form neceasary to meet your personal want. The
Kranlch & Bach Nonpareil Grand, the nupreme small grand,
the smallest real grsnd, 620; Knabe Cabinft Grand, su
perior to the grands of other makers, $37 5. Time' If.
wanted; fair exchange.
Ao Mospe Co
1515 Douglas St.
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It's Just Like
Finding Money
i
This Diamond
Rina $25.03
Mounted In a solid
gold TIITnny eettltig-;-
pure, while stone.
aO a Va
This Gold
Brooch $20.09
A brilliant stone
set In a solid gold
mounting some
thing very fine.
t. IS Weak
DOMESTIC PI.EISAXTRIKS. .
Teas Thty may s;iy "ignorance ls bllKS,"
DUt
,lcs What's the matter nowT
Toss Why, Oeorgo gitvo me my pngaa'
ment ring last week and I sltuplv can't
find out what It cost lilm. Philadelphia
FrrES.
' "My dear, these are not n bit like tho
plea my mother used to make."
"Of course not. But would you tnlnd
telling nie f they are so very dllt.-rent ?','.
"As different ns day from "night. Yours
are lit to eat." Baltimore American. . .
"Oh, James!" exclaimed Mrs. Plttle, "do
let's move to the country and keep cows,
so we can have nice fresh beef tea every
morning!" Cleveland Leader.
Mr. Jawbnck It is evident, madam, that
you didn't know me when you married me
Mrs. Jawhax-k I should say it was evl
dent! Anybody can see that. Chicago
Kecord-Horald.
Esmeralda now did jacK ever nappen u
marry poor, dear. Gladys?
Owendolon It didn't hrt.rrx'n. lf fpunl
out after tiny were married that It .will
Intent ional. Chicago Tribune.
"She has everything she wants."
"VvarufKlnB.' . - . '
"Positively everything.'
"No wonder she is discontented." Pitts
burg Post.
Knlcker Thrice armed Is he who hath his
quarrel just. '
Booker I surtKe that means lie has to
take the girl thre bones of candy to maka
up. New York Bun.
"But. denrewt," he said, "do you really
think I'm good enough for you?"
"You are good enoueh for the best "woman
on earth she arcniy repneu. v leveiana
Plain Dealer.
"Tell me," said hfr father, sternly, "how
often did he kiss yon?"
"Father." reiMd the fair girl. "It Is trtta
that I carried oft the tirlze for mathematics
et colleee, but vou ask too much of me."-
Philadelphia Press.
"Whv did youse Jilt him, Mavme?"
"I t'ought mayl he'd shoot at me or
omethtn'. But shucks, dere ain't no such
t'lng as a paMlnnate lovo dese days.'
Louisville Courier-Journal.
THHE50DT. '
Last Poem by Richard Henry. Stoddard. ,
Early or late, come when It will.
At midnight or at noon,
Promise of rood or threat of 11!)
Peath always comes too soon.
To the child who is too young to know,
(Prav heaven he never may!) .
This life of ours Is more than play
A debt contracted long '
Which he. perforce must pari , ,
And the man whose head Is gray,
And sad. is- fsln to borrow.
Albeit with added pain and sorrow.
The comfort of delay;
Only let blm live today
There will be time to d'e tomorrow!
X tlmr. im next nn hnlir in Hnua.
Under the uncertain sky. . . .
Pave to pluck rimes for the hair
Of the loving and the fair.
And the kisses following these,
IJVe s swarmln Hive of bees
That soar on high,
Till, drunken wl'h their own sweet wlna,
They fall and die.
When dear words have all been Bald
And bright eyes no longer ehlne
(Ah, not thine!)
Clos thet-e weary eyes of mine.
And bear me to the lonolv bed
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lirrv iiii.ioi,",... -
While the tardy years so by, .
Without question or rep.y
From the long-forgotten dead.