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' STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Btnte of Nebraska, Douglas County, m:
Charles C Roewatr. general manaaer
of The Bee Publishing company, being- duly
worn, anya that the actual number'of full
and complete contra t,t The Dally. Mornln.
Evenlnr. and Sunday Ree printed during the
iiiijiii.ii 11 r niriiH r, iwi, nn n . luuun
l a l.eoo
t 31,800
I 80,100
4 81,030
6.,.. 81,880
Sl,! 0
$ 33,120
1 31,860
f 3a,uo
19 80,450
11 81,780
It 31,970
13 31,840
14 81,840
16 31,880
... . 31.890
IT 8O,3S0
1$..... 38.830
It 88,010
10.......... 33.880
Jl 83,470
21 S8,4C0
2 a 33,060
24 30,630
J& 33,080
t 81360
31 83,080
22 33.130
Total 898,730
Less unsold and returned copies.
8,763
Net total 886,837
Dally average 31,677
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. ehasged mm often at requested.
It is a taietake to conclude that rail
roads are competing juet because their
lines "are parallel.. '
Dr. A. Conaa Doyle, the author of.
Sherlock Holmes, is seriously 111. He
ought to send for Dr. Watson.
Argentina has' a crop (allure this
year. Argentina Is playing the part
that Kansas had in the old days.
Germany Is said to be excited over
the new. American navy. That ought
to provoke another Dewey, interview.
The announcement that soup Is go
ing out ot fashion will have to be dis
counted. A supply of It must always
be kept for the politicians.
The German strain In President
Roosevelt's makeup ought to be urg
ing him right' now to get after that
newly formed sauerkraut trust
- More than 43 per cent of last year's
bumper crop remains In the cribs of
Nebraska farmers, a most encouraging
Indication of the prosperity ot the
state.
That Virginia man who has invented
a magic process by which he claims to
be able to bring the dead back to life
might try hts hand on the free silver
corpse.
'Two more men have been killed in
the war between Honduras and Nicar
agua. War down there 1b almost as
dangerous as. railroad riding Jn,
America.
Sheriff McDonald will enjoy the
feeding graft until the end of his pres
ent term. The nest sheriff will not
have this opportunity for" dipping into
the public purse.
Senator riatt saya he cannot under
stand why Senator Spooner resigned,
and doubtless Senator 8p6oner cannot
understand why Senator Piatt does
not follow suit:
Much enthusiasm was required to
lead a Nebraska faxmer to experiment
with fertilizers, but the crop yield he
has secured seems to have Justified
his undertaking.
Mr. Harrlinan says he is going to
talk more freely with newspaper men
about his railroads.. All 'right, .Mr.
llarriman, is it true that' you have
bought the Reading?- . .
President Roosevelt Insists that he
will not again accept the presidency,
but he' would doubtless like to have
hU policies and principles permanently
located in the White House. .'
The opening of bids at army head
quarters for supplies for the destitute
Utes .calls attention to the fact that
the utility of the Omaha Indian supply
depot has never btAn overworked.
, Secretary Cortelyou has ordered the
employes of the Chicago subtreasury
not to. talk ,about the disappearance of
that 1173,000. That will be embar
rassing if any clerk knows where. the
money is.
There's robin for an amusing Infer
ence in the statement pf Postmaster
General Meyer, late ambassador to
Rusbfa, "Conditions In Russia have
been much improved since I left Et.
Petersburg."
Senator Depew, ' having declared
that President Roosevelt should ac
cept another term, probably now Is
waiting tor the pretildeot to return the
compliment by denlerlng that. Senator
Depew bhculd have another term.
THK HAlLlfOAb'thAO OF TBTrff. '
wane Mr. E. ii. llarriman must
have the credit for opening the nego
tiations looking to a peace protocol
between the contending forces of the
government and the managers of the
transportation facilities of the coun
try, J. Pierpont Morgan is the real
bearer of the flag of truce, apparently
authorised by a council of war of the
captains of Industry, to make the best
possible terms of surrender to the
commander of the administration
force at Washington. Mr. Morgan
has said another visit to the White
House, asked for a cessation of hos
tilities and arranged for a conference
at which peace plans will be discussed.
President Roosevelt,' assuming at
least for the purposes of argument a
"Let-us-have-peace" attitude, has ac
cepted the overtures and In . a. few
days will meet the' presidents of . four
or five of the big railroad systems of
the country for the purpose of a gen
eral discussion of the situation. -
Mr. Morgan, explaining his visit to
the White House, says he acted upon
the request of "many business men"
in asking the president to meet the
railway presidents and (confer with
them "as to what steps might be
taken to allay the public anxiety now
threatening to obstruct railroad in
vestments and construction so. much
needed, and especially to allay the
publlo anxiety as to the relations be
tween the railroads and the govern
ment. The president said he would
be glad to see .the Kentlemen named
with this end In View."
The statement of Mr. Morgan was
supplemented by one from Mr. Yoa
kum of the Rock Island-'Frlsco sys
tem, to the effect that "the agitation
and legislation in various states re
garding 2 vent fares and the reduc
tion in freight rates have made It al
most Impossible for the railroads to
negotiate loans on their securities."
Mr. Morgan and Mr. Yoakum have
simply put in different words the con
fession made by Mr. Harrlman a few
days ago. that the railroads have been
pursuing a mistaken policy, have seen
the error of their ways, due to the
storm of protest throughout the coun
try, and are now ready and anxious to
alter their course and adopt a' policy
for the future that will embody proper
regard and respect - for the rights of
the smalt stockholders, the shippers
and the general public. They now re
alise that the anti-railroad legislation
In the various states is the natural
and logical result of their high-minded
methods In 'Ignoring .the quasi-public
character of the transportation facili
ties of the country and their persist
ence in operating them for the benefit
of the captains of industry, the Wall
street cliques, the participators In
mergers: and syndicates, with utter
disregard of the rights of patrons who
have made railroad prosperity possi
ble. , , . ... (
. The railroad managers are Justified
in fearing that .the legislative reaction
against their methods will go too far.
Excess follows naturally upon action
due to anger and the outrage of rights.
It will require some time to ascertr'n
whether the railroad managers have
too long deferred the Introduction -of
their program' of conciliation. They
have, every reason to hope and believe
that President Roosevelt, whom they
have abused for his radicalism, will
grant them consideration which the
country in its present state of resent
ment against railroad abuses will be
Blow to think they deserve. .Whjle
the president has been the prime
mover in the campaign for reform in
transportation matters, his every mes-
sage and' utterance on the subject has
contained the assertion that the need
of the country was to secure such con
trol 'and regulation of corporations as
would prevent them from Injuring tha.
public, at the same time doing nothing
to discourage legitimate institutions
doing a legitimate, business.
Unquestionably thla Is -the attitude
the president wMI take In the coming
conference with the railroad presidents
Investigations during the last four
years have furnished him with a flood
of data relating to the transportation
abuses and the evils ot high finance In
railroad management, so that he will
be in position to gauge the sincerity
of the railroad presidents in their pro
testations of a determination to aban
don their "publlo be d-r-d" policy. If
he 'Is convinced of the sincerity of
their claims there is little doubt that
he will tender his services In a pro
gram of co-operation for the public
good.
LKSsoir or rns LoxDoy klectiosx.
Opponents of the doctrine ot mu
nicipal ownership have been very act
ive In circulating documents designed
to ahow that the result of the recent
election in London waa a repudiation
ot the municipal ownership policy
which the London County council has
been supporting; for the eighteen years
the radicals have had control of that
organisation. The contention Is made
that the radicals, or progrcHslves, as
they were designated officially, have
plunged London into debt through the
operation of the municipal ownership
policy and placed unbearable taxation
burdens on the people. A closer view
of the situation, however, forces the
conclusion that the municipal owner
ship doctrine had very little. It any
thing, to do in influencing the result,
which appears to have been a revolt
against the socialists, who controlled
the eouncll, and their operation ot
municipal ownership rather than
against the principle of that doctrine.
Careful search of the London news
papers and their accounts of the
progress of the most exciting cam
paign fails to disclose a hint of argu
ment or protest against the municipal
ownership doctrine. The entire fight
of the moderates was directed agslnst
the waste and extravagance of the
party that has so long been in power
In the council. It was charged and
proved that the socialists bad wasted
In amusements money that had been
voted for public improvements; that
they had bought poorest kinds ot ma
terial at the highest prices; that
waste had marked the progress of all
public work and that the tax rate
had been increased 14 per cent In
five years. In effect socialism was
substituted for municipal ownership
and the municipal government was
shown to be as corrupt and inefficient
as that of Philadelphia and some other
American cities under ring rule. The
revolt of the rate payers of London
against this condition of affairs drove
the socialists out of the council, leav
ing them but thirty-four members
where they formerly had eighty-three
In a total membership of 180.
The result of the London election is
simply another backset for the ex
tremists who recently suffered a sting
ing defeat In the German elections
and whose losses In political strength
elsewhere shows that the tide ot the
world thought Is turning against pa
ternalism and socialism.
collkoes or couBTsfiir,
The spirit of reform is after Cupid
thla time. Prof. Charles E. Hender
son, the University of Chicago sociol
ogist, has been thinking the matter
over and has decided that a crying
need exists for the establishment of a
college of courtship in order to reform
the love-making methods of the na
tion. He seems to be very serious
about it and points out many defects
In existing conditions in support of
his contention that something should
be done for the instruction ot those
who are smitten with the illusions of
love. Sociologist Henderson declares
that hasty marriages, divorce and mar
riages of convenience are the results
of "barbarism" into which courtship
and marriage have fallen. Flirting,
boasting of conquests, extravagance,
acceptance of costly presents and
courtship without Intent to marry are
among the particular evils of modern
love-making as Prof. Henderson sees
it, '
Prof. Henderson is ahead of his
time. The country has been taking
very kindly to different reform plans
that now embrace about every line of
human activity, but there are some
old-fashioned notions that the people
will refuse to give up. The doctors
may tell us what to eat and the tailors
dictate what we shall wear; faddists
may 'explain what germs we should
cultivate and those we should shun;
law-makers may place limitations on
conduct so far aa It affects the public,
but when, it comes to the question ot
courtship, the selection of the girl, or
by the girl, and the adoption ot rulea
for Its progress, love will add Dr, Hen
derson to the locksmiths and the list
of other things it laughs at.
' ATTRACTIVE STREET fJOWH.
The action ot the city council requir
ing all signs extending across the side
walk space to be at least twelve feet
from the sidewalk surface la a long
and commendable step toward civic
beauty, always desired and ever diffi
cult' to obtain. Following upon the
removal of the overhead telegraph,
telephone and electric wires, compli
ance with the ordinance Just passed
will do much toward making the
streets f Omaha more attractive and
paving the way for remedying other
abuses that still disfigure our streets
to the annoyance and danger of pedes
trians. ....
American cities have been very slow
In framing regulations for the placing
of street signs, the construction ot
billboards and other forms of street
advertising. The advertiser, left to
his own resources, almost invariably
evolves something hideous and man
ages to locate it in position that fur
nishes a constant emphasis to its ugli
ness. Improvement, however. Is be
ing made in thla direction eufflclent to
give promise of action that will follow
plans adopted in foreign cities, where
street advertising, ao far aa tolerated
at all, la made really attractive.
A . recent consular report explains
the system in use in Berlin, where
street advertising is carried on by a
special municipal system. Over 700
circular columns, twelve feet high and
three feet in diameter, stationed at
street intersections, bear advertise
ments which are artistically designed
and must not be placed in position un
til approved by the authorities. The
city erects the pillars and receives a
rental of $95,100 a year from their
use. The regulations prohibit sprawl
ing displays, such as face Omaha cltl
sens from billboards on every vacant
lot and from the walls of new or un
used buildings. The owner of a build
ing must secure permission from the
authorities before allowed to paint
signs on his walK In shbrt, every
sign designed for street display must
be artistic and first approved by the
authorities. .
It is not expected, ef oourae. that
the Berlin system will be adopted In
Omaha or any American city soon, but
the time is overripe for steps that will
remove from our streets some of the
existing forms of hideousness. The
sidewalks belong to the people and
have too long been used tor warehouse
purposes or for the display of trunks,
sandwich signs and other objects that
impede travel and offend the eye.' Re
form has been too long delayed and
should now be promptly carried into
execution.
' It takes a good deal of nerve to ask
that the Pullman monopoly be allowed
to pursue Its rapacious" course un
checked. Patrona of the Pullman
cars, no matter where located, will
cheerfully unite In any reasonable ef
fort to reduce the charges made by
this most grasping and conscienceless
of all monopolies.
Debate on the primary bill Is bring
ing out very forcibly the fact that not
many members believe In allowing ad
herents of one pollt'cal party to nomi
nate a ticket for another. Participa
tion In a nominating convention has
always Implied an obligation to sup
port the candidates chosen by that
convention, and participation in a pri
mary should have the same effect. No
hardship is worked on any man
through asking htm to declare with
which party he expects to affiliate.
The primary law without this pro
vision will be deficient
The marshaling of the railroad
forces at Lincoln ought to be sufficient
answer to their persistent allegation
that they have no interest in terminal
taxation. It wonld seem that no sin
cere investigator of the proposed law
could longer be deceived by the rail
road assertion that terminal taxation
will Impose no added burden on the
railroad, but will work a hardship on
the rural communities. In its final
analysis the railroad campaign of de
ception will fare in this aa it alwaya
has when put to the test.
John L. Sullivan Insists that David
and Goliath fought for a stake and
that Goliath should have been awarded
the contest on a foul. The significant
feature in this is that it shows some
one has been reading the Bible to
John L.
The Nebraska railroad commission
has made Kb first report While the
details may be interesting, the general
situation was patent before the Investi
gation started. A remedy for the dif
ficulty Is needed more than the loca
tion ot the cause.
Senator Whyte says he Is going to
retire and he believes that no man
should remain In the senate after he
Is 84 years of ate. Senator Pettus,
86, and Senator Morgan, 82, each re
elected for another six-year term, may
file a minority report.
Mr. Morgan asks the president to
suggest some means whereby confi
dence In railroad securities may be re
stored. Just as a starter. It might
help some to open the waste cock and
let the water run off.
District Attorney Jerome has been
threatened with assassination for his,
prosecution of the Thaw, case. The
threats do not come from the Thaws,
who doubtless feel more like tendering
him a vote of thanks.
. The spectacle, of Tom Benton and
Frank Ransom pleading for leniency
to a corporation la not novel in Ne
braska, but the Influence of these gen
tlemen seems to have waned since the
heyday ot their glory.'
A Kansas man declares ' that the
Garden of Eden was located at Yazoo,
Miss. If he is right the world
will quit blaming Adam and Eve for
moving.
Macaatea Headed (or WatahfnsTtoB.
Washington Herald.
Once, In ancient times, a warning was
eunded against certain persons bearing
Sifts.
Knowledge la Power.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The great advantage enjoyed by the
alienist over the mere alibi witness Is that
no arand jury knows enough ' about his
peculiar brand of lying to indict him for
perjury.
Dntr Nearlected. '
Kansas City Times."
Warrants have been Issued for sixty mem
bers of the Kansas ' house tf representa
tives who went home too soon. Some ap
propriation bills have not yet been passed,
and there waa danger of money being left
unspent
. Ne Mollyeoddle Interior.
New Tork Sun.
If the Hon. George Bruce Cortelyou
makes his luncheon of a salmon sandwich,
a bit of jnltice pie, and a mug of half and
half he has an interior strength which is
more than sufficient for the demands of
bis place. A heroic, meal, which -shows
that he, too, Is no mollycoddle.
PERSONAL NOTES.-
Justice Bhiraa, retired, : of the United
States supreme court, has made photo
graphing of wild animals a hobby and
study, and he la aaid to have been the first
person to make a picture of a wild animal
by flashlight.
Tho will of Orson D. Munn,- who was ono
of the founders of the Scientific American,
has Just been filed for probate in New
York. The eetate is believed to be very
large, as it includes Mr. Munn's borne and
scientific collection at Llewellyn Park.
The coat of the sultan of Turkey's food
does not exceed tS.OuO a year, as he lives
moKlly on eatrets and boiled ege"s- But to
feed the numerous members of his house
hold and pay all domestic expenses lessens
his annual Income of tio.ouu.ou) by J91.000 a
week.
Regis Henri Poat of Bay port, L. I., who
is to be governor of Porto R'co, has been
secretary of the Insular government since
190i He is a Harvard graduate, aa well aa
a graduate of the law department of the
I'nlverslty of New Tcrk. He belongs to an
old Long Island family, bolng descended
from the Poata who settled In Southampton
in 1MB.
J. A. L. Waddeli. a bridge engineer of
Kansas City, Mo., has received from the
Grand Duchess Oiga, sister of Emperor
Nicholas of Kuaala, notification that ha has
been elected a member of the Society of
Benefices, because of his services In con
nection with preparing plans for the Trans-Alaska-Slbertan
railway. The duchess
founded the order.
Among long terms to the national house
of representatives mey be mentioned that
of Colonel Ketcbem of New Tork. recently
deceased at the age T4 years, after thirty-three
years' strvlce. Speaker Cannon,
now Tl years old. 4u served thirty-two
years. The bite William B. Hulman of In
diana, died at the age ot 71 ysara, after
'flirty years' aervlce.
ABIBH OF tORPOR ATIO POWER.
Poveerfal Arralaameat of Maaaatea
Wit Esplolt Pablle favors.
New Tork Journal of Commerce and Com
mercial Bulletin.
The plea Is often heard that the able, far
seeing and venturesome magnates who pro
mote our great railroad enterprlnet and
direct their management are entitled to the
vaat fortunes they make on account of the
benefits which flow to the public as the re
sult of their success. Icy opening up new
fcectlona of the country, providing means of
transportation where they are larking and
Increasing those that exist, they multiply
Industrie, promote lncrae of population
end trade and contribute largely to the
proaperlty enjoyed by the communities di
rectly, served and by the country as a
whole. For these remits, by which many
people and many Intertsts, are benefited,
they are entitled to large rewards for their
foresight and energy and for the risks they
take. That they are entitled to liberal re
wards earned by honcet and upright meth
ods and reol mrvlces nobody denies, but
the personal factor of thesu men. though
important, perhaps essential. Is apt to be
rrestly magnified, especially by themselves.
What they accomplish Is not alone the ro
sult of Individual ability, but still more of
corporate power, intrusted to them by law
for public advantage snd not for unre
srafnd personal gnln. It enables them to
Use espltal contributed by hundreds and
t&ousands of others toward whom they hold
a relation of trust, without which they
ould accomplish nothing, snd to exerolss
powers conferred by law upon a corporate
organisation such as no Individual could
wfeld by his own energy. Without this
po-rerful agency provided by public au
thority in behalf of the people In order to
secure beneficial results Intended for the
community at large, they could do none
of the great thing which are so often
credited to them and for which they are
always so ready to take credit. Their
ability, foresight, energy and skill in man
agement are unquestionably of great value
and the incentive of self-interest Is neces
cary for the publlo service expected of
them. Consequently they are entitled to
liberal compensation for the successful
exercise of these qualities, a reward ade
quate to the service actually rendered hy
personal effort and devotion to the tasks
assumed.
But the power they wield, the Instru
mentalities and corporate organisation, are
not their own, and without them they
could achieve no great results and secure
no great rewards. They are bound to use
these for the equal capital, with due re
gard for the publlo Interests which cor
porations are created to nerve, and to be
content with a fair return upon their own
share of the capital and a reasonable
compensation tor their services as officers
and managers of the enterprises of which
they have charge and direction. Being
intrusted with the power, the resources
and the credit of corporations, which are
not agencies of their own creation and do
not belong to them, if they take advantage
of these for personal profit to themselves
over and above the legitimate return upon
Investment and compensation for services
the are guilty of a gross betrayal of trust
and of the robbery of other Individuals
and of the community for their own en
richment. ' Thalr operations become a crime
on a par with blackmail, plracr. and brig
andage, for what they obtain by Illegiti
mate means is not earned by any kind of
service for benefit rendered, but Is ex
torted from others and from the community
generally by the abuse of a power which
Is not theirs and has not been intrusted
to them to exercise at will for the. utmost
gain for themselves. .
When these men. placed In a position of
trust as corporate organisers and man
agers. Issue securities for obtaining capital
In excess of the needs of their enterprise
and manipulate their distribution for their
own profit; when they use the power, the
funds or the credit of their corporation In
schemes which are not for the advantage
of the corporation Itself and its business,
not for the equal benefit ot all who bold Its
securities or in the Interest of ' the publlo
from which the power Is derived, but are
for their own personal gain at the expense
of all these; when they use the corporate
power and tesources in buying and selling
stocks of other corporations that they may
gain by It; when they hold back informa
tion as to the state of the business, tho
earnings and expenses, the resources and
liabilities of the corporation they direct and
manipulate a division of profits in the ".ark
so as to affect the market value of stocks
anl then speculate In theae for their per
sonal -profit, then they are engaged In oper
ations which are equivalent to cheating and
stealing, for what they gain thereby Is
taken from others without equivalent con
sideration or any consideration at. all. It Is
not only obtaining by underhand and In
direct means what rightfully belongs to
others, but It Is done by a flagrant be
trayal of trust and the abuse of a power
that Is not theirs. Huge fortunes of rail
way magnates amassed In a few years by
such means are the prooeeds of colossal
larcony and may be Justly denounced aa
robbery. These men belorg to the type of
the robber barons of the middle ages snd
the promoters of a later time who blew
South sea bubbles, fitted out . privateers
men to prey upon commerce and were the
backers . and beneficiaries of piracy and
brigandage.
They have been tolerated, as those were
tolerated, by the sentiment of their time
callous to the ethical quality their action,
blinded by the glamour of their wealth or
Intimidated by their power over the ma
terial, social and political Interests upon
which the multitude depend. They cannot
be restrained by a law until law Is shaped
and enforced by a public sentiment and a
public Judgment that Intelligently dlatln
gulshes the moral quality of thalr deeds
and treats them aa they deserve. When
the stage Is reached and such sentiment
Is developed and boldly expressed restrain
ing and punitive laws will be leas needed,
but will become more effective so far aa
they are needed. The first requisite Is to
place theae deeds In their proper category
aa crimes against the social and political
body and visit upon them the Judgment
with such offenses against the common
weal merit. Glvs them the repute they de
serve, cast upon them the opprobrium
proper to their character and make of their
perpetrators pariahs and outcasts. Instead
of bowing down to their daxillng wealth
and shrinking before the arrogant power It
gives them, and they will be consigned to
the moral and social grado to which they
rightly belong and gradually dwindle and
shrivel until Integrity, honesty and moral
sense dominate where unscrupulous greed
was wont to lord It over society.
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doe
the
Bfcalifast-Eell
mean in
yotst ,
kotfscIioIcJ"
Liglit, whole
some Biscuit
made with
B. PRICE'S
Balling Powder?
or unwholesome food made vttk aa
slum baking powder?
is worth your white to inquire.
NEBRASKA'S TWO-CENT RATE.
la the Rlabt Dl recti oa.
Springfield (Mas.) Republican.
Apparently the railroads of Nebraska In
tend to abide by the new 2-cenf maximum
rate law, for they have Issued orders cut
ting oft all 'special privileges aa to tho
clergy and all special rates of the excur
sion kind. This la In the direction of mak
ing the road what they were Intended to
be common and not special carriers. It
is only the comparatively small number
of privileged persons who will ootn plain of
the present action of the road a
peelnl Prlvtleae Cat OS.
Pittsburg "Dispatch. .
The Justification of this action (annulling
special rates) publicly made la that if the
ability of the railroads to charge mora
than J cants a mile in certain oases la
taken away they will not be able to con
tinue carrying the classes that have been
getting transportation for less than I cents.
If that Is true then the people who hav
been paying the higher rata have had to
contribute to the cost of carrying the oth
ers at the lower rates. In that case a
grossly unjust discrimination has gone on
for years, and on that theory the law Will
cure the evil.
Eqaal Rights for All.
Minneapolis Journal.
It will be hard on fairs and conventions
and other Institutions which have long
been favored with special rates and could
not have succedded without them, but
there Is nothing quite so Important In the
whole rate readjustment business as that
common carriers and public servants aha II
play no favorites. There may be no fa
vorltlmn in a special reduced rata open to
the public, , but even - such a desirable
privilege ought to be weighed carefully as
against the good of. an even flat rate for
everybody all the time, and no favors, to
see that It Is not overestimated.
la a Bad Temper,
St. Louis Republic
The people of Nebraska are told, "You
wanted a S-cent per mile rata and here you
have It. No more round-trip tickets st re
duced rate. The old soldiers, union and
confederate, going to their camp fires and
reunions must pay I cents a mile to get
there and t cents a mile to get back.
County fairs and even the state fair are
not occasions of exception to the rule, and
prieat and parson are to Toae their time
honored privilege of riding at half price."
All this may be very well and Is very
These Pianos Must Be
Sold and Moved Out
Our Clearance Sale an Absolute Necessity
1 Because we have overbought and overstocked, and because ot
vthe unusual number of Pianos we took la exchange upon Angelus
and Knabe Pianos.
Savings of $50 to $150 on a Piano.
Don't forget the Three Special Bargains in new Pianos.
ti - i nn e;i.
nnirp in nirce tinKPV pi.no
:
$5.00 Sends a Piano IIome-$5.00
Beeldea these you should see the Special Bargain In Used Piano
at prices that will appeal to you. Note the names: Knatx. Kmerson,
Krcll, Kimball, Herltch, Colunibui, lfalues, Whitney, etc., etc
A new Stool and Cover with each Piano.
A. IIOSPE CO., ' DouU. Street.
The ONE Price llano House Paying NO Commissions.
Write for Catalogue.
Spring AanoiiDcemenl 1907
We are now displaying a most
Complete line ot foreign noveltls for
spring and summer wear.
Your early inspection Is Invited,
as it will afford an opportunity of
choosing from a large number ot ex
clusive styles.
We Import In "Single suit
length," and a suit eannot be dupli
cated.
An order placed now ma be de
livered at your convenience.
-fey i
well If to render proper service to Its pas
sengers the railroad company must enforce
the 2-oent rate as a minimum as well aa a
maximum. But the companlea have set
about It In a bad temper, and a bad temper
nearly always' leads to a bad way. . : .
Essence of In fairness.
Indlannpolls News.
The railroads ought not tc carry anybody
free nor for any fare less than they carry
everybody. And If they have not .the
strength or virtue to take this position,
as the roads of Nebraska have taken It,
they should be compelled to do so by law.
Half-fare excursions are purely business
features of the roads themselves, to be
adopted or refused as business acumen
suggests. But all reduced rates to classes
and. froe passes are of the essence ef gross
unfairness to . tha roads and - to . publlo
standards of good conduct.
' LINES TO A LAUGH.
"What on earth Is that queer sound In
the roomT"
- -"If It lan't your new sutt of clothes. It
muat be the bed ticking." Baltimore Amer
ican. ''Pa Is an exaggerated ego a craiy manf"
"That's hard to say, my son. It's a man
who thinks he's It'. Baltimore American.
"You point with pride to the fact that you
were never Inventlgated."
"Certainly," answered Senator Sorghum,
"It shows that I have not been careless."-
Washington Star,
"Mah goodness!" exclaimed little 'Rastus
Johnslng, "I wlsht I was lalk de 11 1 boy
In dls hyar story book."
"Whuffer?" asked his mother.
"Kase hit say he went to bed wlf de
chickens." Philadelphia Press. ,
"Why are you so antagonistic to govern-
ment ownership?"
"Because I would rather limit some of
these merger nmnate to finance than talc
a chance on them In politics." Chicago
Record-Herald.
Commodore Barry heard there waa to be
a statue to him In Independence squaru.
"It's a special honor." his friends told
him; "there's no other there."
"Alone In the squarel" exclaimed the Jolty
old tar; "then John Paul Jones won't be
in It with me." Philadelphia Record.
"Do you think members of ' congress
fully appreciate the value of tlmeT"
"I should say we do," answered Senator
Sorghum. "Don't you remember how con
venient the hour of adjournment proved aa
a subject for filibustering?" Washington
Star.
"That young man Is no account. I thought
you told me there waa good stuff In hlmT''
"Well, I saw - him . eating lobster anA
drinking champagne." Cleveland Leader.
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