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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1906)
TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; DECEMREU 2.1. 100(1 1 Tim Omaiia Sunday lira FOCNDKI) HV EDWARD liUSKWATF.lt. VK'Ton IIOHCWATKH, EDITOR. Enlered at Omaha pnstofrico as seond ciaM matter. TKiisis of Ft nscnirTioN. rally Hivb (without ftinday). one year. .14 "0 luliy lien mid Hunday, on" ear r'" Blind y Hen, one year 2..V) Saturday Km, one year 1 DFUVKltF.U HV CAHRIKR. rnHy He. (Including Bunday, por wefk.-lG':1 I'aliV Hps (without Htindavi. per week . .loe. Evening Be. without H'ireiav). per week. fi ' Evening Ho (with Pundsyt. per week . . . .1e Address complaint, of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulating l' partment. OFFICES. Omaha Th Hm building. South OiTih lty Hall h.illdtng. Council HluPr in penrl street. Chicago K4i t'nlty building. New York - l'm Home I. If. Ins. building. Washington i'.r1 Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to tif" and edi torial matter should b. addressed: Omaha Dee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or pontal order, payable to The life Publishing Company. Only 2-cent mump received ns payment of mall accounts. Personal chocks, except on Omaha or enstern exchanges, not accepted. THE HBK PCHUSHINGI COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCI I.ATION. Btnte of Nebraska, Douglas County.ss: Charles C. Roscwater. general manager of The He. Publishing company, being d.ily worn, snvs that the actual number of full nd complete copies f The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday He" printed during the month of November. 1906, wm a follows: 1 33,740 1 31,180 t 3i,6co 31,990 t 31,860 II 30,600 4 30,500 1 31,420 I 31,070 20 31.770 33.163 21 31.400 I 33,580 It 31,160 1 33.450 IS 31,300 31,330 24 31.680 10 33,030 25 30,450 11 30.E60 26 31,400 12 31,550 27 31,850 It 31,040 28 31,480 It 31,380 29 31,680 It 31,320 20 31,830 Total 861,10 Leie unsold coplea f,878 Net total iralea ....42,032 Dally average 31,401 CHARLES C. ROSE WATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me thla 1st day of December. 19o6. (Beal.) M. B. HCNOATE, ' Notary Public. WHEN OCT OF TOWS. nb.rrlbers IraTlna: the city Irm. por.rlly should have Tla He. mailed to them. Address will be changed aa often as reveated. The last call for holiday shopping. A rougtarlder has declined office. "The colonel's" precedent breaking record is Infectious. The weuther man will have to got a move on himself If he is to give us a white Christmas this year. As the etrlke of miners at Goldfleld is accompanied by no disorder, the Cripple Creek Incident may have its compensation. It is a safe guess that the sentence this time will not be six hours at the Omaha club in the custody of the United States marshal. If the man who shot Captain Mack lln is found an explanation of the Brownsville affair may be forthcoming as a sentence sometimes opens mouths. President. Hoosevelt Is to have a present of some pure bred Angora cats. They certainly should be tame enough pets for the winner of the Nobel prize. The controversy between church and state in France seems to have reached the "nothing to arbitrate" stage, so a solution is not beyond the bounds of possibility. An eastern paper adds Insult to in jury by printing the news of the ver dict in the land fraud cases at Omaha under a flaring headline, "Cowmen Convicted." Now that a New Jersey corporation has its eyes on the ice trade of the west, local ice "trusts" will look tame unless the "basis of consolidation" is satisfactory. Japan's readiness to put 750,000 soldiers in the field would be more alarming if its ability to borrow money to maintain such an army Indefinitely were ampler. As a writer James Uryce will be wel come at the White House, but his opin ion of golf compared with tennis may fix his real status in the affections of the occupant. The Philippines Is making good as a source of scandal in more ways than one, and tlhe commandment against bearing fabo witness seems to have suffered more than the others. John D. KockeMler's remarks on the Inviolability of court orders show that he has higher respect for such process than that iheld by some of the men more active In the management of his affairs. Judge Grosscup is still charmingly indefinite as to plans to change the present industrial system, and so far his effort have failed to shake Wall street quotations, but he may tell the people what he means when the time arrives for the disclosure. An Iowa employe of the Great West ern, hauled into court ou the cba-ga of padding payrolls, offers to give evl dence that the road has granted re- bates to shippers. The employe seems to be unable to distinguish between downright dishonesty and mere "bus! ness transactions." It is tuggested that the short ses sion of congress Ja alw ays a "Job" ses sion of congress. The prospects are however, that the present session will be kept so busy with appropriation bills and regular routine that it will not have much time to put through many "jobs" even if so disyosod. rLAlS&li TALK OX THE WATIH WUHKtt. The Hee's analysis last week of the wntnr works situation has, at least, started Home people to thinking and precipitated a discussion that warrants still plainer talk on this subject. The controversy Is nbt, a.4 appears on the surface, a personal one between tho officers of the water company and the hired attorneys of the water board, each accusing the other of trying to perpetuate a salary, but Involves the most vital Interests of the taxpaylng citizens of Omaha and of the whole community. The people who pay the water bills are not so much concerned with the verbal fulmlnations between these two Bets of self-constituted de bators as they are with the accumu lating costs of litigation and the in creasing embarrassments of the water service, all of which they will have to pay for in the end. They would like relief at the earliest possible moment on the one side from an excessive schedule of water rates, fixed twenty five years ago, and on the other side from the paralysis which prevents ex tension of the water system to meet the needs of our expanding popula tion. The ridiculousness of the propo sition to proceed with the construc tion of a new water works system and Invest several million borrowed dollars In pumping machinery and pipe mains while the suit to compel the purchase of the existing plant under the ap praisement already made is still pend ing and thereby take a chance of having two water works systems on our hands, has already been pointed out. The quibble about excluding that part of the mains and hydrants within the limits of South Omaha is likewise not worth considering because it will be eliminated before long by the con solidation of Omaha and South Omaha under one municipal government. Lawyers on both sides of a case are usually over-confident, especially where a big fee is in sight, but It must be remembered that one side or the other must lose. Assuming the most favorable position claimed by the water board's legal luminaries and that the city should win out against the demand for court affirmation of the appraisers' report, where would that still leave us? In their answer filed in this case the water board's attorneys set forth that on the return of the alleged appraisement the water board refused to acquiesce in it and appointed one Mortimer E. Cooley as a new engineer to represent the city in a second appraisement, at the same time calling upon the water company to name Its representative so that the two might choose the third engineer and proceed to a reappralsement. Ig noring the pending litigation, they fur ther allege that the refusal of the water company to respond to this in vitation within twenty days, as stipu lated by law, must be taken to have forfeited altogether whatever right to sell Its property to the city the water company had derived from the tatter's election to buy under the purchase clause. In other words, all that the city originally contended for was that it had a right to set aside the ap praisement brought in by two of the three engineers and to proceed to an other appraisement; for no court Is likely ever to hold that the water com pany lost its right to sell by falling to name a new engineer within twenty days when it was at that very time pursuing its remedy in court lu an other way, as it thought was its privi lege. The best the city can hope for, then, out of the suit it is resisting in the federal court is an order setting aside the appraisement and providing for a new one, putting us back substantially where we were four years ago. Even with such a victory, the city would be no more able to command the position and dictate terms than it is now be cause if an appraisement can be set aside when the city's engineer falls to agree with his colleagues it may be set aside again when the water corn- pony's engineer falls likewise to agree with his colleagues. Under such a de cision existing condition could be per petuated, but no appraisement could be reached that would be binding un less satisfactory to both sides. Tho legal spokesman of the water board intimates that tho officers of the water company do not represent the real owners of the water works. That may or may not be true, but it is becoming plainer and plainer that the water board and its hired attorneys no longer represent the sentiment of the people of Omaha, who would be the real owners if the plant were ac quired by the city. The people of Omaha are the sufferers in the present situation. They would like to have tho matter settled at some early day. If, however, anyone Is to negotiate successfully for them with the real owners of the water works, it will have to be a volunteer committee of bus! cess men and property owners, neither blinded by personal bias nor swayed by selfish interests. If such a com mittee, made up of men thoroughly In the confidence of the community, bhould agree with the real owners of the water works on an alternative proposition for the termination of all this litigation either by the sale of the plant to the city at a reasonable price or by an extension of the con tract with material reductions In rates to private consumers and prices for hydrant rental, the proposition would receive serious consideration and would be ratified in one form or the other if submitted for public approval Andrew Carnegie now declares that he never said that a man who died rich died disgraced, but that all his utterances on this subject were quail fled with conditions based on effort during the lifetime of the millionaire to benefit his fellows and Increase hu man happiness. It Is to be noted, however, that even before this correc tion no appreciable brake was put by Mr. Carnegie's preachment upon the quest for disgraceful wealth. J A MPS PRYCE. No other Englishman would be more welcome. In the United States than James Bryce, whose appointment Is an nounced as successor of Sir Mortimer Durand as ambassador at Washington. It Is not merely high character and recognized abilities as a statesman that will give warmth to the reception of Mr. Bryce, but rather the thorough Insight into American Institutions and sympathy therewith which he has manifested through a lifetime. Few foreigners have shown such a grasp of our political and social life as Mr. Bryce In his famous work, "The Amer ican Commonwealth," and other writ ings, and he has supplemented this evidence of his interest by frequent prolonged visits to the country. James Bryce is one of the conspicu ous figures in British politics as well as In literature, having frequently held high places in the government and being now secretary of state for Ireland. A staunch supporter of Gladstone, he is still an ardent be liever in liberal home rule for the Irish, a fact which has increased his popularity in this country also. The selection of men of the first rank by the great powers for their diplomatic representatives at Wash ington undoubtedly signalizes the rapid growth the last few years of the United States as an Influence in world affairs. The appointment of Mr. Bryce will, In addition, be interpreted as a compliment and as proof of special desire on the part of the Brit ish government to strengthen rela tions which are already friendly and highly satisfactory. FREIGHT CARS HEEDED. The testimony of A. B. Starr of the Pennsylvania, who Is acknowledged to be one of the highest expert authori ties, before the Interstate Commerce commission puts the car shortage in very strong light. While according to him the car plants fchould be able to build at least 270,000 new cars a year In order to keep up with the develop ment of the country, their total ca pacity is only 180,000 a year. In ad dition, however, of the 1,800,000 freight cars in operation in the United States, 180,000 have to be rebuilt every year, so that about twice as many are needed an nually as the chops can turn out. If, as J. J. Hill and many other railroad men whose Judgment carries weight assert, the needs of existing business call for doubling the railroad mileage and greatly increasing terminal facili ties, in order to increase efficiency of rolling stock, a real emergency would seem to have been created or cannot long be averted. The fact appears to be that the rail road companies have only within a year or two begun to realize the magnitude of the country's growth, or have not been permitted by the financial inter ests controlling them to take sufficient measures to meet it. Those Interests are notoriously timid and eager for immediate profits. The car shops, re sponding also largely to the same pres sure, have adjusted their capacity too much to average demand according to past experience. The last year or two, however, they have been overwhelmed with demand for new cars, and it Is a well known fact that their capacity is already under contract for a whole year, while immense orders are not given at all because they could not be filled. If expert opinion Is to be ac cepted It Is utterly Impossible for car supply to meet needs for years to come. RAYING VITAL TO INVESTMENT. The lesson which the people of this country need to learn at this time is not so much that of earning and producing as that of saving. Our in vesting power, great as it is, Is not so great as it might be, and it will cer tainly become proportionately smaller still unless the tendency to extrava gant expenditures is checked. The recent showing of stupendous Increase of property values made by the census bureau, Indicating that at tho rate during the four years follow ing 1900 the total valuation would more than double in twenty years, in duces many to assume that Investing potency is correspondingly increasing, but no such result necessarily follows. The difference Is between opportunity improved and neglected. But the evidences multiply on every hand of a popular disposition to increase spending with earning, and in many cases even more rapidly. The habit of our people contrasts strikingly with that of the French, who out of far smaller earnings are actually adding at a greater rate to their surplus, which every year swells the fund available for investment, so that they are surprising the world, which has to resort to them more and more to finance enterprise. How comparatively slow is our process cf accumulating fluid Burplus capital in proportion to our larger op portunity is suggested by the calcula tion that if our people would save only 5 cents a day each the result in one year would be the acquisition of al most $ 1.500.000,000, or nearly three times as much as the bonds and other securities held by the national banks of the United States. Yet in no other country is the demand for capital, on account of abundant undeveloped re sources and the active genius of our people, so great as it is here. The one great instrument of pro duction with which all others can be supplied is adequate roinmandahle capital, and the only way In which any community can secure it is throuch the habit of persistent and systematic saving. Nor Indeed would It be possible for such prosperity as we have had to be Indefinitely main tained, even If equal crops should con tinue and no great reverse should come, If the yield Bhould be consumed and no portion sot apart to enlarge the scale of Industry, because a point would In time be reached at which enterprise would have either to stop or to borrow abroad from those who had been wiser and more economical. We are bustling enough, and to spare, but the danger of the hour is lest out of It all we forget that saving Is Just as vital as earning. SETTING A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. In debarring from further appear ance In the so-called Coal trust case3 the principal attorney for the de fendants, Judge Sutton threatens to set a dangerous precedent. Irrespec tive of the character of the supposed offense or of the personality of the at torney, every person accused of crime Is entitled to have a legal representa tive secure for him the benefit of every protection accorded him under the law. It Is the place of the trial Judge to see that no error is made, to maintain discipline In his court and to keep the lawyers before him within the bounds fixed by the code of professional ethics. It Is tho right and duty of the attorney, however, to make the best fight he can for his client, subject to accountability for misuse of his privileges. Even should a lawyer by misconduct subject himself to court discipline, tho penalty should fall upon him rather than on his client. Law and custom have prescribed that in every disbar ment proceeding, as in criminal prose cution, the accused should be first in formed specifically with what acts of commission or omission he is charged and should have an opportunity to enter a defense. In this case the at torney Buffering displeasure seems to have been ruled out of his profession without any charges being preferred or any hearing granted and without any opportunity to appeal or Becure redress in any other way. It is quite possible, and even prob able, that the defendants in the other coal cases, counting upon the services of the same attorney, will be not only handicapped in their trials, but pos sibly prevented from asserting their rights in the most effective way and thus deprived of the even-handed Jus tice to which each and all are entitled, guilty or innocent. Without expressing any sympathy for the indicted coal dealers or even taking up the cudgels for the attorney in ques tion, who is amply able to fight his own battle, The Bee still protests against such arbitrary action, because it sees to what it might lead in other cases. The judge Bhould be above the law no more Chan lawyers practicing before him or litigants seeking justice. If a Judge could arbitrarily and without no tice annul the right of an attorney to practice before him. he would occupy the position of an autocrat at complete variance with our free institutions. Whether it be lawyer or editor or pul pit orator who offends the Judge by criticism, he should have his day In court before an Impartial tribunal be fore being Irfllcted with punishment. MR. BRYAN VS. SECRETARY ROOT. In the self-assumed capacity of op position commentator-in-chief upon the course of political events, Colonel Bryan feels Impelled first to misunder stand the tenor of Secretary Root's re cent address and then to paps upon it a criticism which in fact Js tenfold more applicable to the most important position he himself has taken on a public question since the famous "slx- teen-to-one" episode. Secretary Root did not "make an argument in favor of the transfer of all power to the fed eral government," or in favor of trans ferring any unconstitutional power, as Mr. Bryan Implies, but he called atten tion impressively to this fundamental fact: "It is plainly to be seen that the people of the country are coming to the conclusion that In certain Im portant respects the local laws of the separate states which were adequate for a due and Just relation and control of the business which was transacted and the activities which began and ended wichin the limits of the several states, are inadequate for just and due control of the business and activities which extend through all the states, and more power of regulation and con trol Is grndually passing into the hands of the national government." The last session of congress was practically one continuous and notable Illustration of this process of national assumption of power, embodied In the memorable series of laws for "regula tion and control" of railroad rates and services, meat inspection, pure food, etc. Not one of thete great acts in volves assumption of unconstitutional powers or an attack on "tlhe doctrine of local self-government," but the chief necessity for every one of them arose from the neglect and failure of the states severally to use their power to control business within their bor ders whose evil effect was felt in other states. If each state had provided and enforced proper laws regarding meat Inspection, pure food and railroad cor porations, there would have been no such Irresistible popular demand that the national government should em ploy Its constitutional powers as the remedy. Neither did Mr. Bryan, while these measures were pending in con gress, raise his voice to protest that they were unconstitutional and a usurpation of the rights of local gov eminent, nor does be do so now, nor is It rot-ailed that he has in any practical way all thesp years Identified himself with efforts to secure through local self-government the redress which would have rendered national Inter position In large part at least unneces sary. The most far-reaching and epoch making extension of national author ity has been under the constitutional grant to regulate commerce between the states,' and yet tho solo complaint that Mr. Bryan has been making Is that congress under President Roose velt's lead did not go far enough, and that Instead of regulating and con trolling the railroads the national gov ernment should own and operate them outright. He thus swallow at one gulp the camel of centralization at which both the rankest Hamtltonians and Jeffersonians balk, while strain ing at an Imaginary gnat. The call for a meeting of tho Ne braska Government Ownership league is signed by a "provisional" president and secretary. Everybody Is supposed to be a "provisional" member until he refuses to sign the membership roll. The report that .Secretary Shaw is to become president of the Mutual Life Insurance company will not be received with pleasure by the Wall street oper ators who want quick cash for specula tive deals. If a South Dakota senator succeeds in passing a service pension bill he will have removed a rock from the road of Kansas politicians, more of whom have fallen on this stumbling block than on any other. ( - - - The "car clearing house" Idea might be a good plan to stop conges tion in traffic, but such nn arrange ment might also violate an anti-trust law which often strikes where least expected. Willing to lie Miintn Chicago Tribune. Congress Is willing to be convinced, how ever, tliut I'ncle Sam aliould follow; Hie ex ample of other large employers and raise the salaries of his faithful workmen. Worth the Price of Admission. Indianapolis News. The country Is Just full of people who would be willing to pay pretty good money for a front scat to see Harriman, Hill and the Rockefellers in a three-cornered railroad fight. ot aa Fnsy aa Pictured. Washington Post. During tho last year 8,193 Indictments have been returned against the Standard Oil company by various grand Juries. All of which goes to show that even grand juries know an easy mark when they see one. Activities of Opportunity. Baltimore American. To say that opportunity knocks but once at every man's door is false, for not a day of oui- life but opportunity pulls the doorbell of hope, reason and action, and it Is our own fault if we do not wake up and grasp the skirts of passing for tune. Sorrow Frlimed With Joy. Chicago Chronicle. Regret at the passing from public life of William A. Clark of Montana will be ameliorated by the announcement that Hon. Simon Guggenheim of Colorado is about to lend lusler to American statesmanship by permitting; himself to be elected to the United States senate. Arcades ambo. PKIISOXAL AXI OTHERWISE. Down in Texas all trust indictments are done in oil. The Omaha man who Intends presenting his wife with an airship evidently abandons all claims to the last word. Edward H. Harriman Is esteemed a far sighted man, yet lie Is unable to see "Keep Off the Grass" signs in Jim Hill's, pasture. The priie consumer of raw eggs Is laid up in a St. Louis hospital dividing- his time between a stomach pump and a mustard plaster. The top-notch price for property in Phil adelphia was reached the other day when, 5,000 a foot front was paid for a lot on Chestnut street. Kansas City Is struggling courageously to hold down the saloon lid between 1 and 5 a. m. Ftours hours of drouth Imposes a mighty strain on a Missouri thirst. A Chicago professor strikes a popular chord at last. He finds that street car straps are hiding places for varloUB husky dlseuse germs. This puts the board of health up UKalnst it. If tho straps go, Chicago's hold U lost. A remarkable feature of various trials and Investigations going on U the failing memories of sundry witnesses. In Pitts burg the disease is epidemic. A dozen i ouncllmen successively admitted they couldn't remember a thing. President Gall of the Iluard of Fire Com missioners of Baltimore softens the sugges tive harshness of his patronymic by rare generosity. Unable to induce his associates to raise the salaries of firemen, he turned in his own salary to supply what the board refused. SEHMOM BOIIl.I DOW. Lazy folks never have any leisure. Oreatness la revealed In gentleness. Every soul either serves or shrinks. You do not acquire mural muscle by dodg ing duty. Concentrated Ignorance is only a slothful blasphemy. Working for men is the best way of wait ing on God. This Is a sad world to him who looks at it with sour eyes. People who always have bones to pick go through life looking famished. There Is a world of difference between a tender heart and a soft head. Tho sermon of the man is mightier than even His sermon on the mount. A man must be Judged not alone by his uttalnments, but by his Ideals. The chesty mun seldom has accommoda tions for a full grown heart. Many men who are talking alout their visions are referring to nightmares. Every time you do a worthy thing you make it easier for others to lie worthy. Man was not made for the sake of morals, but morals for the making of the perfect man. Many a door of opportunity is closed to a man on account of his Imagined chest measure. Small wonder some go to heaven slowly when they are crawling as "worms of the dust." The only reason some have m tender con science on Sunday Is because they keep It In cotton batting ail the week. Chicago Trlbuna Glorious Christmas Gift NOTHING BUT BARGAINS ON MONDAY AND WE WILL DELIVER THEM IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS SAVE MONEY AND GET TIIE BEST Ten Dollars Will THE BEST PLACE THE HIGHEST GRADE fooo ncariy $300 nearly ; i-;.y ff - j You buy any of these pianos on small payments; you pay only the price marked in plain figures on the tag; you pay no com mission, you pay not over $200 for the $5 por month piano (others charge $o00). A safe place to buy a piano or piant) player or organ or stool, bench and scarf. A0 HS 1513 DOUGLAS ST. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "I hone, Oorpfl, dear, your fellns were not hurt by papa's objection when you wont to ak for my hand?" "No. dear. I wasn't hurt: I Haw In time that he had a kick coming." UiUtlmuri.' American. "So that forclftn nobleman ha ceased his attentions to that tflrl?" "Yes," answered Mlsa Cayenne. "8he to d him her face waf her fortune, und he paid that under the circuniFtanees he deHinrd to be classed as a fortune hunter." Washing ton Star. "What would you say," he nsled. "if I wtre to proxiso a trial marriage to ynii?" "Well, Hhe replied, "n Kod deal woti'd depend on the amount of alimony you wer willliiK to settle en me at the end of the term." Chicago Record-Herald. "Jack, have you spoken to papa yet?" "Yep. Spoke to him at his office this morning." "I hope he ended your suspense." "He didn't, Maynie. He made It worse He said, 'Great Scott! Is that what you have been hantrlng around my heuse for?' " Chicago Tribune. Mrs Housekeep Why did you leave your last place? Pretty Maid The master kissed me. MrH. Ho,UBekeep And your inlstretw found it out? I'retty Maid No, hut me "stealy com pany" did and he made mo quit. Philadel phia Ledger. "I wuli to kntiw." asked Tommy's anxious patent, "if ni boy's knowledge of geogra rownisig, ORIGINATORS AND SOLE MAKERS Things to House coats and lounging and bath robes are in mighty attractive patterns, and ours, we think, are tastefully selected. Canes, umbrellas, mufflers, scarfs, gloves, suspenders, links, studs, fobs, bags, suit cases in an in finite variety. We have just received a new supply of the popular leather collar bags in all prices. In clothing there is everything from the suit for business or even ing dress to the rain coat or fur lin ed coat. Only one more day. R. 6. WILCOX. Mgr. FUteenth and JXW OMAIIA Douglas Sis. W7 NED rrosaway mi S2a S treat Send One Home TO BUY A PIANO AND LOWEST PRICES now nuarje riano -lll now Kimball Piano, ony...S215 $H00 nearly now Hospe Piano only $225 $L)0 nearly now Weser Piano only S$215 $300 nearly new Sweetland Piano only..$215 $250 nearly new Whitney Piano only.. .$200 $2,")0 nearly new Weser Piano only $190 $11)0 nearly new Cramer Piano only... $123 NEW PIANOS. The best eastern make n-to-ilate Piano (tho good cheap kind) for the money great bar gain SI sr. 510 Send3 One Home. Aow (iilhort Pianos $1-15 Xew Jiidtlle Pianos $1G5 New (Vainer Pianos $198 New Weser Pros. Pianos $235 New Kimball Pianos $260 New ("able-Nelson Pianos $275 New P.ush-Iine Pianos $350 New Kranich & Hack Pianos $375 New Knabe Pianos $450 Pes' Ll L3 phy Is iurh that he knows the limits of the various cour.trles." "Your sun's Interest In those matters," answered tho cautious teacher, "I can say' with truth Is pricllcally unbouiidod." BaJ tlmoro American. HER CHRISTMAS GIKT AM) Hit. Minnie Irving In New York Herald. Siio sent H by a niessengKr on Christ mas Kve, 'Twus tied With yards of satin ribbon red; Her e:ird was tucked Inside. I raised it from its dainty bed ot tl.sMi paper while, A fluffy thinn of silk and lace, With golden spangle bright. I ta keii it on my chamber wall. And nightly since I sit Itefore it while 1 vainly try To get the hang of it. And though she sent the gift to m A year ago or more. I've never learn d exactly what It was Intended for. I bought a costly Christmas gift To send the maiden 1 adored. (What mutter If I walked to wortt And fallid to pay my weekly board?) It was a slender chain of gold, A tliiely wrought and dainty thing, From which an oval locket hung. With tiny diamonds glittering. She thanked tin- with a dazzling smile Hhe let me clasp It on her neck, She promised me that day and night The jeweled toy her throat slioulij deck. Put wiio can re id a woman's heart? Not he. alas! who seeks to win It, She never took the locket off, Hut wore my rivsl's picture la It. King & Co Olf HALf SIZES IN CLOTHINO. Remember TTJ7HATEVER remains to ' be done of the Christ mas shopping for the men and boys of the family can best be done here. X' YORK Tmtfimry, Capx a