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t 81,860
t 30,100
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B 31,680
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7 33,130
t 81.660
83,130
JO 30,450
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14 31,640
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jl 33,470
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24 30,630
5 33,080
S 31,860
17 33,050
IS 33.130
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Less unsold and returned copies.
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The grass Is trying hard to put on
green la honor of St. Patrick.
Insanity, It would appear, 1b not a
disease at all, but Just a matter of ex
pert testimony.
The redemption of the terminal tax
pledge seems to bo approaching the
legislative terminal.
"Women lack determination," says
a St. Louis editor who thus writes
himself down a bachelor.
The announcement that Hearst has
left the democratic party does not say
how much of It remains.
A Philadelphia man is preparing to
bring 'suit for title to the entire state
of Delaware. Addicks tried that, but
lost out.
Frank Rockefeller declares that he
bas lost all his money. He might
start a college and make an appeal to
Ms brother.
Russian revolutionists have decided
they will ignore Premier Stolypln, who
will probably be glad to lay aside his
coat of mail.
It may have been Just a coincidence
that Berlin had a stock panic the day
J. Plerpont Morgan sailed from New
York for a visit to Europe:
"Avoid a man who habitually drinks
alono," writes Henry Clews. Not
necessary. The man whb habitually
drinks alone does the avoiding.
' New York engineers who have ris
ked Panama report that the canal can
be dug in eight years. This, however,
furnishes no bint as to when It will be
dug.
South Omaha will now see to what
extent Its first Sunday under the new
police board will be different from Its
last Sunday under the old police
board.
Fifty-five women filed divorce peti
tions In Denver during the first ten
days of March. The record may seem
large to those who do not know Den
ver men.
Five "Uncle Tom's Cabin" com
panles are playing !n Texas and the
people have not had so much fun since
the Bailey Investigating committee
finished its work.
Dr. Wiley, chief chemist of the Ag
ricultural department, says he does
not know how to designate blended
whisky. He'll get It It he calls for
"little of the same." '
The committee ot , railroad presi
dents picked by Mr. Morgan has de
cided not to call at the White House,
President Roosevelt has the advan
tage at least. In being able to say he
did not invite them.
The raising of a 120,000 building
fund for one of the worthy hospitals
ot the city has been undertaken by
a group of public-spirited women
Wonder if Mayor "Jim" will come to
the rescue with another "Jar loose
proclamation?
In an appeal for a booster's rlub to
get busy on plans for attracting new
people to the state the cartoonist of
Denver paper pictures a group of
prominent citizens, ' each carrying
sledge hammer, around a striking ma
chine with 1,000,000 population for
Colorado" at the top ot the scale. It
is simply Impossible to think of
Denver man without a hammer.'
BTASD1SO IX THEIR OWN LIGHT-
Mr. Harriman admits that most of
the troubles of the railroads have
come from their own tuUtakcn policy
of leaving to lawyers and subordinates
the Important questions arising be
tween the railroads and the govern
ment and the people. Nowhere has
the truth of this assertion been so
strikingly exemplified as here in Ne
braska. The railroads have, doubtless, been
arbitrary and autocratic In other
states, but In no state have they been
so narrow, so foolish and so reckless
of consequences as they have been
here. Accustomed so long to have
their own way unimpeded, to defy
ubllc sentiment with Impunity and to
control subservient public officers,
these "lawyers and subordinates" have
been unable to realize the changed
conditions. The most flagrant exam
ple of their short-sightedness was
their bat blind refusal to pay their
taxes for three successive years, end
ing' with a decree of the United 8tates
supreme court ordering them to pay
up in full, with interest and penalties,
aggregating thousands of dollars.
That foolhardy procedure cost the
railroads doing business In Nebraska
In loss of prestige many times the
amount of money at stake and many
times the cost of their disastrous liti
gation. If the men In control of the railroad
Interests In Nebraska would profit by
the example set by Mr. Harriman in
is endeavor to get closer to the presi
dent and to the people they would re
verse the tactics they are pursuing
before the legislature at Lincoln. In
stead of keeping a retinue of paid lob
byists at the capital .and importing a
small army of pass favorites and re
bate beneficiaries to manipulate the
members of the two houses, they
would take their hands off and come
out In the open. Instead of resorting
to doubtful persuasives In dark corri
dors and back rooms to block and up
set the party's reform program, which
the governor and legislature are In
duty bound to see executed, they
would meet them half way and with
draw all obstructions to measures
clearly demanded In the Interest of
the people. Instead of Inviting re
prisals they would ask for nothing
more than a square deal and rely on
the governor to protect them from
anything palpably unfair.
The men in control of the railroads
in Nebraska should not again make
the mistake of imagining a temporary
victory achieved by purchase or coer
cion to be worth having at the cost of
popular resentment. They should re
member that the reform movement In
this state is only now coming Into its
own. They should remember that
within two months the State Board of
Assessment will be making another
assessment of the railroad property
the first since the XTnited States su
preme court declared that the Judg
ment of that body is final. They
should remember that within a very
few weeks a new state railway com
mission fully vested with plenary pow
ers will be ready to listen to com
plaints presented by the people. They
should take Mr. Harriman's keynote
of harmony to heart rather than cre
ate further antagonisms. In a word,
they should wake up to the fact that
they have been standing In their own
light and they should set themselves
right with the public as fast as they
can.
THE STATES AND ALIEN LABOR.
Attorney General Bonaparte has
aroused a storm of Indignation
throughout the south over his decision
that states have no right to send
agents abroad to attract immigrants
or to enter into any arrangement by
which the passage of foreigners may
be paid under condition that they
seek employment in the Btates which
have made the advancement of travel
ing expenses. The decision followed a
question that had been raised by the
action of the labor commissioner ot
South Carolina, who had used funds
raised for the purpose to pay the ex
penses of a shipload ot immigrants
who had been engaged for employ
ment in the field and factories of his
state. Secretary Strauss of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor held
that the contract labor law had not
been violated, but the Department of
Justice ruled otherwise, holding that
the states have no more authority than
individuals in the matter of respecting
the contract labor law.
The question is an Important one in
the south Just now. The. planters and
manufacturers agree that the negro
can no longer be relied upon to supply
the demand for labor under the pro
gressive conditions in the south and It
is Imperative to divert to the south the
tide of immigration that has long been
going to the west and northwest. To
meet this demand several southern
states have adopted the plan of send
ing agents to Europe supplied with
funds and arguments sufficient to in
duce immigrants to locate in the
south. Promoters ot this plan con
tend that the spirit of the contract la
bor law ha not been violated. The
law was passed In the early days to
prevent railroads and mining compa
nies from Importing cheap foreign la
bor in competition with American
workmen. The south contends that no
such competition is contemplated In the
present movement, but that the immi
gration Is solicited for the purpose of
supplying a demand for labor that
cannot be tilled in this country. The
question is an interesting one, as the
south is not alone In its scarcity of
laborers, and it only serves to show
the wisdom and necessity ot th action
of the recent congress la appointing a
commission to study the entire prob
lem of Immigration and make recom
mendations that may enable congress
to enct legislation that will meet the
demands of the new conditions that
prevail throughout the' country.
a novelty ix horse shows.
Boston proposes to bold a horse
show soon In which entries with
docked tails w ill be barred, gilded har
ness and rubber-tired buggies will not
count and fancy steps will lower the
percentage rating of the performer. It
will be a work-horse parade and the
program docs not contain anything
promising that it will be supplemented
by a display of beauty and millinery In
the boxes.
The promoters of the parade offer
prizes for the teamsters whose horses,
regardless of age, are In the best con
dition for work and in the docile and
gentle state that Is the surest guaranty
that they have had kindly treatment.
The merit of the proposed show la as
great as Its novelty. The work horse
has borne more than his share of the
world's toil and has been content to
munch his oats and see the glory go
to the show horse. He has been a
captain ct equine industry and has
left the attractions of the tanbark
parlor to the pampered pet ot the
equine Four Hundred.
It Is proper that an occasional re
versal of the order should furnish
recognition of the horse that does
things.
COLLEQE-BRED' it EX IX DEMAND.
More than passing significance at
taches to the action of the manage
ment of the Pennsylvania railway in
advertising Us desire to get in touch
with college graduates and bright
young men in the undergraduate
classes for the purpose of inducing
them to become apprentices In rail
road work. Only a few years ago the
managers of commercial and industrial
enterprises were wont to scorn appli
cations by college men for positions.
Their contention was that the training
of men for their service should begin
In boyhood and that the young man
who had spent his youth in securing a
college education would be hopelessly
handicapped in a contest in trade or
industrial enterprises by the men who
had gone into the work as boys and
"learned the business from the ground
up." Then, too, the "self-made" man
always proud of his handiwork
was ready to look upon a college edu
cation as a waste of time and to point
to his own success as the proof.
The new demand for college-bred
men in railroad and industrial work
Is due to existing and prospective con
ditions. The supply of men educated
in engineering, electrical science and
general, mental, training Is tar below
the demand. New positions of re
sponsibility ' are being created con
stantly by the development of the
country that are highly desirable tor
men of technical training, and the
next decade promises enlarged and in
creasing opportunities of this kind.
While the urgent demand Is for col
lege men who have had technical
training, the Pennsylvania railway
officials frankly admit that owing to
the limited supply they have no hope
ot securing the number ot thus
equipped men they need. Accordingly
they are anxious to secure recruits to
their service from men who have had
the college education without special
technical training. They argue that
the man who begins his "apprentice
ship" with the mental training essen
tlal to his success in college makes
remarkable progress in the mastery of
technical details and soon outstrips
the apprentice of the old school who
entered the shop as a boy.
The law, medicine, the ministry and
the teacher's chair will no longer fur
nlsh the only careers in which the
college-bred man predominates. Com'
merclal and industrial conditions are
demanding and forcing a readjustment
of the educational system and making
room for the college graduate in the
ranks ot the captains of Industry.
THE SAOE BENE FA C TIOX.
"The Improvement of social and liv
ing conditions in the United States" la
announced as the purpose of Mrs. Rus
sell Sage In giving $10,000,000 to the
establishment ot the Sage Foundation.
In a general way the $500,000 annual
Income expected from the Investment
of the donation in a permanent fund
Is-to be used in making mankind hap
pier and better, but the plan accom
panying the donation calls tor research
and investigation that opens the way
for combining sociological and char
itable work. The trustees in charge
ot the fund are authorized to inquire
"Into tho causes of adverse social con
ditions. Including ignorance, poverty
and vice," and to co-operate with ex
lsting organizations or establish new
ones In bestowing charity.
The field opened by the plan of Mrs.
Sage is so large that the $500,000
year will hardly be felt, if the attempt
Is made to devote any considerable
portion ot It In relief work in response
to the demand for charity In cases ot
ascertained need. The trustees will
have to adopt the course of using the
fund largely in research work, in as
certaining the causes of existing social
dUtress and suggesting and Instituting
remedies. Many of the causes of "ad
verse social conditions. Including ig
norance, poverty and vice," are Inborn,
as old as the race and will not be elim
inated until human nature Is changed.
Laziness, improvidence and vice are
sometimes natural heritages and will
not be cured by any use of charitable
funds, however lavish, but the trustees
may accomplish a great good If they
can devise plans that will secure bet-
ter co-operation among charitable or-i
ganlsations and prevent the waste that
now attends misguided charity and
systemless aiding the poor. Any part
of the appropriation employed for this
purpose will be money well expended
and will result in the accomplishment
of good. One of the great needs in
charitable work In this country today
Is education In the art and method of
helping, the adoption of some system
which will prevent liberal-hearted men
from gorging the needy at Christmas
and Thanksgiving and allowing them
to starve the rest of the year.
An Intelligent use of the Sage Foun
dation funds will undoubtedly disclose
many causes of social distress that
may be removed or cured. Practically
there Is no limit to what may be ac
complished by a campaign of Inquiry
and education in reforms In the mode
of living of the poor. Tenement
house evils, the checking of infant
mortality, sanitation in the homes,
hospital accommodations for the poor,
the care and support of helpless old
age, furnish a field for this sriendld
contribution in a noble cause In which
humanity for its own salvation must
continue to fight. - In this Cold the
fund may be used to aid tboss nnable
to help themselves the provisions for
such relief being now hopelessly inad
equate in every large city.
THE EASTER BONNET.
While mere man may be worrying
himself into a nervous state over the
president's conference with the rail
road magnates, the preliminaries of
the base ball season or the price of
stocks on Wall street, feminine Inter
est the country over Is centered on a
more pleasing, if not less expensive,
problem. Fashion has made her an
nual speech from the throne and the
Easter bonnet Is the object ot every
woman's waking thoughts and the
subject of her dreams. The Milliners'
National association has concluded its
deliberations and announced that the
world is scheduled to witness the most
glorious Easter bonnets this year
ever conceived. They will not be
mere Jumbles of lace and straw and
ribbons and flowers this year not by
any means. The woman who Is una
ble or unwilling to afford a "creation"
for the adornment of her crowning
glory this Easter will be poor Indeed
and be made to feel her poverty.
Just to Berve as a notice and warn
ing to roan, the milliners' association
has disseminated the Information that
"hats are going to be more or less ex
pensive this year." The keeper ot
the family purse has no recollection
of the time when women's hats were
especially cheap and rather hoped that
the law offered in Missouri's- legisla
ture fixing a woman's, limit at two
$1.98 hats a year would be passed and
become general. But the bill died an
Ignominious death and man can only
ponder and estimate the financial
value of the "more or less expensive'
clause in the milliners' proclamation
He is getting a little light gradually
as he learns that the $7 affair, which
he thought rather stunning last year,
has been marked up to $10.48 and
that "creation" of last spring put out
as a feeler at $20 Is out on the bargain
counter now it $3 5, while the re'al
thing Is kept in a glass case and
tagged at from $40 to $50. By coach
ing at home and by observation the
head ot the family learns, too, that it
is almost profane .to compare one ot
the beauties ot bulk and brilliancy
with sordid money. If he has any de
sire for peace he will merely express
his opinion on the artistic effect and
never think of the price until the bill
is rendered.
As a reason for the increased cost
of Easter bonnets there is a great
scarcity of silk, mallne and chiffon,
and the women insist that because
they cannot get these materials they
must have more of them. No woman
wl)o does not want to "look Jike
frump" will take a second squint at a
hat with less than eighteen or twenty
yards of chiffon and all the mallne the
traffic will bear. A hat Is "simple'
when it has less than 600 separate
sprays of forget-me-nots, while a real
rainbow creation Is made up ot "Co
penhagen blue, Alice blue, Congo
brown, American Beauty, champagne
four shades of green and three shades
of roses.".
All this data is being furnished by
tbe press agents ot the milliners' asso
ciation for the - purpose of breaking
the news gently to father.
The Tennessee legislature has or
dered the mayor and council of Nash
vllle cited for contempt for passing a
resolution denouncing as a "willful
falsehood and. malicious slander"
statement by tbe speaker ot the bouse,
Insinuating that the -councllmen were
in the pay ot a telephone company,
If contempt cases had grown out of
every, charge made against recent
members of Omaha's city councils that
they were In the pay of franchlsed cor
poratlons, our courts would be clogged
with the trials and our county Jail
might have a few star boarders.
Senator Foraker has started his
presidential campaign by ordering
$2,000 worth of photographs for dls
trlbutlon. If this is to be a beauty
contest for the nomination the presi
dent will be sure to adhere to his de
termination not to be a candidate.
Should a conference of western gov
ernors be called to consider questions
involving the relations ot the railroads
to state government, Governor 8hel
don would not have to take a back
seat for any of them.
Of the big Issues Involved In the
platform pledges that proved decisive
In the last Nebraska campaign, the
senate has only he primary election
bills yet to consider. The -prediction
that all the party promises will be re
deemed befora adjournment is In a
fair way of coming true.
The men who were designated to
talk over the railroad situation with
President Roosevelt doubtless declined
because they have had. experience only
In operating, railroads on land and
could not discuss Intelligently the
Wall, street method at operating them
on water.
Toalng t'p far the Tasals.
Chicago News.
President Roosevelt feels In rerfect con
dition to meet the railroad presidents, but
he may hit the punching bag a few more
tapa before the Interview takes place.
Problem of tho Season.
Indianapolis News.
The Easter bonnet Is the neit Important
problem .to be decided. To the man who
pays for It and the woman who selects It,
It Is quite as vexatious a question as ship
subsidy or railway regulation.
Tho Capsbeaf of Fame. ,,
Baltimore American.
Ban 'Juan has now a double fame. It
will go thundering down the ages as the
place where Rough Rider' Roosevelt made
his historic charge up the hill and where
Speaker Cannon danced at a birthday party.
Compensations of Old Age.
John Burroughs In Circle Magaslne.
How nice It Is on the part of nature to
make Age In love with Its privileges and
outlook as Touth Is In love with Its! Touth
pities Age, and Age In a way pttles Touth.
The morning has Its delights, and Its
enticements; the noon has Its triumphs and
Its satisfactions, but there Is a charm and
tranquillity and a spiritual uplift about
the close of day that belongs to neither.
Provocation for Jndge Lynch.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
There la much wisdom In the assumption
that It Is best under all circumstances to
do things In an orderly and legal fashion,
but when everything Is shaped to help the
criminal, when the laws are defied In his
Interest, when men elected to offices refuse
to administer them except as commanded
by grafters, the serious question arises
whether we have not ceased to have any
law to which we can look with the faintest
hope of It affording redress for our griev
ances. SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
Love never remains when reverence bas
departed.
Righteousness Is more than ability to keep
out of Jail.
The saddest thing In this world Is a self-
satisfied souL
The hope of the race depends on our
bopes for the race.
The ear does aa much to circulate scan
dal as the tongue.
Nothing keeps people faithful better than
your faith in them.
It's tetter to smile at nothing than to
frown at everything.
Tho more mulish a man Is the more will
his express end be developed.
No body of religious truth Is complete
without the religion of the body.
There Is a good deal of apparent poverty
that needs your time more than your dime.
'The man who la hunting for a martyr's
crown never has head enough to hold one
up.
You are not likely to cheer the hearts of
others by looking down In the mouth your
self.
Your homeln heaven may depend on
what you are doing to make your home
heavenly.
The man who says he will be guided by
the voice of conscience often means that
he is listening to a phonograph record of
his desires.
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.
Cleveland Leader: Philadelphia Metho
dist ministers passed a vote of censure
upon the late congress. But several peo
ple beat the preachers to that stunt.
Baltimore American: An Atlanta minis
ter declares that John D. Rockefeller Is
going to heaven, but the announcement
need cause no general alarm, aa that Is
something In which everybody can organise
a trust.
Chicago Chronicle: . Dr. Parkhurst de
clares spitefully that modern newspapers
devote more space to freaks than to any
thing else. Obviously he has been em
ploying a press clipping bureau to send
him. personal mention.
Minneapolis Journal: Dowle waa a
swindle. Nothing that he did stands. Even
his Industrial schemes were poorly thought
out. The capital he got without Interest
he wasted, partly on chimeras, partly upon
riotous personal expenses. Ha has gone
and left to other" men the dismal task of
restoring order and saving the miserable
remains of the princely patrimony his fol
lowers showered upon him so freely.
Baltimore News: The death of Dowle
will be followed by Increased bitterness In
the fight waged for the control of the
money Interests he created. The closing
years of Mrs. Eddy's life are marked with
a battle over the pecuniary profits of the
faith she founded. There is significance In
tha trend of the creeds founded by the
self-styled apostles and prophets toward
the commercial In life and In their prac
tlcal attitude toward the spiritual life as
good earthly Investment. Holy poverty Is
no part of the scheme of the modern In
ventions In religion. Their Inventors have
realized vast fortunes from tha credulity
ot their followers.
PERSON 4L AND OTHERWISES.
Only twenty-four of the lis counties In
Kentucky remain securely wet They are
soaloed by tha Ohio.
Tha activity of, Its eons, sunspots and
floods gives Pittsburg a choice position on
the front pagn r.ext to pure reading mat
ter.
The great variety of spring neckties In
tha shop windows affords tho shrewd bet
ter half a flowered path to the wherewith
for an Eastern, bonnet.
Tho Massachusetts doctor who discovered
the weight of local souls to bo ana ounce
merely proved that codfish balls lend
neither "heft" nor loftlneas to the human
spirit.
Tho Colonial club of New York, composed
of women. Inaugurated Its club house with
tha simplicity of ancient dames plus mod
ern trimmings towlt, a colonial luncheon
for f) 26.
"The shallows murmur, but the deeps are
dumb" In tho Chicago subtreaaury, and
that wad of flO.Ouo bills continues out of
sight. In this Instance the adage, "Money
talks," proves a mocking myth.
Notwithstanding reports to the contrary
Improvement In the moral tone of Gotham
Is noted In spots. A debt of 140, twenty
years old, and another of H0, fourteen years
old, were settled In one day recently.
Philadelphia's hoodoo house, untenanted
for twenty years, bears the ominous num
ber U1J A somewhat similar superstition
permitted the occupants of graveyards to
vote at elections. But graveyard lids have
been nailed down.
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DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Towne I don't see why you refer to her
as your "old flame." You re still calling on
ner, aren t you 7
urowne-tes, ana i m still burning money
on her. Philadelphia Press.
"Orover Cleveland Is doing a great work
In his reproof of bachelors.
That s right, answered Air. AleeKton,
"the married men oughtn't to get all the
lecturing." Washington Star.
"Are you engaged?" asked the young
man, thinking he had noted a lack of wel
come. 'Yes." replied the girl, "but for this
evening only. There's my engagement ring
now, she added, as the electric aoorbeu
sounded. Philadelphia Ledger.
"Tes, really," she declared, "you are the
first man that ever kissed me.
"What a wonder Voff willTe 'With Ti little
practice." Chicago Kecord-lieraJd.
"How Is It that so mystic a poet can
afford such high ideals of life?"
His wife takes la washing. -uammor
American. ,
"Mr. Oldbeau told Miss Gadabout In a
pretty speech that she reminded him of a
fountain."
"That's because she's. so gushing." Balti
more American. ' ,
"Jack' Rlchley was very near proposing
last night," said Miss Koy. "I could tell
that by the way he fidgeted about the par
lor." "What would you have done If he hod?"
Inquired Miss Ascum.
"AVell, 1 was undecided whether to turn
him down or the light." Philadelphia
Press.
"Bhorry I'm sho late, m'dear," began
Dingle, apologetically, "but ehome fresh
jokers stopped me an' wouldn't lemma
go"
"Indeed V interrupted his wife. "Why
didn't you take the brick out of your hat
and hit them with It?" Catholic Standard
and Times.
A Flood Tide o! Piano Bargains
The HOSPE store, as never before, is dispensing Piano
Bargains. In no other store in the United States are good ,
pianos sold tor less money. In no other store In this coun
try can there be found so large and varied a stock of pianos
of every grade and quality. The well known HOSPE ONE
PRICE PLAN Insures every man, woman and child the same
price and the? best treatment. The HOSPE KO COMMIS
SION PAYING PLAN guarantees that there is no scheme or
trick In pricing pianos for the benefit of commission-takers.
We save this commission to you. We have many extraordi
nary good values. We will mention Just a few. Don't fall to
call and look through the stock. '
Newest "SCHULOFF" Upright Piano, large size, regular price ,
Oar One Prioe
Newest "IM FERIAL" Upright Piano, large size, regular price l"5
Our One Price flsa
Newest "CRAMER" Upright Piano, large else, regular price $275
Ne"it,"W ESER"' ' Upright ' Piano, iarge size, regular price $385
Oar One Prloe $350
Newest "KIMBALL" Upright Piano, large slse, regular price )350
Onr One Prloe ....faoO
Newest "CABLE NELSON" Upright Piano, large size, regular Pr'c
1375 Onr One Price fa"5
Newest "HUSH & LANE" Upright Piano, large size, regular Price
450 Onr One Price B375
Newest "KRANICH & BACH" Upright Piano, large size, regular P'ic
1500 -Our One Prloe .S4w
Newest "KMAHE" Upright Piano, large size, regulor price $600
Aim's t n w"KM R ALL"' Upright Piano.' in 'flne'shape' 'regular Price
350 Our One Price .gaao
Almost new "WHITNJOY" Upright Piano, beautiful tone, regular
ririi-e $335 Our One Price
Almost new "HEKL1CH" Upright Piano, a great bargain, regular
rice $300 Oar One Prloe '
Almost new "KHAN KLIN" Upright Piano, good for any home, regular
Drlre $275 Our One Prloe
lit"!." style "COLUMBUS'' Upright Piano, parlor size, regular Prlcs
Stmfl5""" FREE.' ' Bmali'sum' down and '$5 'to '$10 "per month will
pay the bill.
A. HOSPE CO.. 1513 Douglas Street
WBXTB TO CATAXOOUB
Spring Announcement 1907
We are now displaying a most
Complete line of foreign novelties for
spring and summer wear.
Your early Inspection is Invited,
as It will afford an oppdrtunlty of
choosing from a large number of ex
clusive styles.
We Import in "Single suit
length," and a suit cannot be dupli
cated. , ,
An order placed now may be de
livered at your convenience.
PRICE REDUCED LUMP OR ECC $7.00
SHERIDAN OM.
Best Wyoming Coal Clean, Hot and Lasting-No Soot.
VICTOR WHITE COAL CO., 1605 Farm m -Tel. Doug. 127
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Ull it to you &t lower 1 f
jewelers. All you pay i & 3
$100
WEEK
$2.50 A WEEK
THE SHAMROCK.
Thomas Moore,
Through Krln's Isle,
To sport awhile.
As Ive and Valor wander'd.
With wit, the sprite.
Whose quiver bright
A thousand arrows squandered;
Where'er they pass,
A triple grass
Shoots up, with dew drops streaming,
As softly green
As emerald seen
Through purest crystal gleaming.
O the Shamrock, tho green. Immortal
Shamrock!
Chosen leaf j.
Of Bard and Chief.
Old Erin's native Shamrock!
Bays Valor, "See,
They spring for me.
Those leafy gems of morning!
Bays Love, "No, no,
For me they grow.
My fragrant path adorning."
But wit perceives
The triple leaves,
And cries,, "Ohi-do not sever .. .
A type thaf blendM .' , . - v
Three godlike friends, .''
Ijove, Valor, . Wit, forever!" . . . 1
O the Shamrock, the green, Immortal
Shamrock!
Chosen leaf
Of Bnrd and Chief,
Old Erin's native Shamrock!
. So firmly fond.
May last tho bond
They wove that morn together.
And ne'er fall
One drop of gall
jn Wit's celestial feather!
May Love, an twine
Ills flowers divine,
Of thorny falsehood weed 'em!
May Valor ne'er
Hl standard rear
Against the cause of Freedom!
O the Shamrock, the green. Immortal
Shnmrock!
Chosen leaf
Of Bard and Chief.
Old Erin's native Shamrock!
Guekfrt 6b
McDonald
TAILORS
317 South 15th St.
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