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The Bee Publishing Company, helng duly
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and complete copies of The D1lv, Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of March. IW7, was as follows:
1 S9.050 IS MJM
I M.910 II..... 33,390
30.800 10 33,930
4 39,190 tl 33,340
t 33,190 It 33,390
31.970 II 83,90
T 8130 14 30,490
31,990 II 84,040
I..... 81340 II 33,990
It 30,400 It 33,950
11 33,370 II 33.790
J 31,370 21 34,130
II 33,890 10 33,880
14 33,840 II 30,860
1 38,080
14 33330 Total 1,008,660
It.. 30,410
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WHBN OUT OF TOWS,
abaerlbara leavta the elty tem
porarily should have Tna Be
nailed to them. Address will be
chance aa often as reqaested.
Chicago Is demanding, "sand chauf
ftcrB." Sober onea might help some.
Th advent of the base ball microbe
calls for an ordinance to keep It mux
sled. "The czar la a humane man. I have
had five interview a with him," says
Editor Stead. No further proof needed.
"The country needs ballast," said
President Roosevelt, and Secretary
Taft arrived the next day from
Panama.
John Temple Graves of Georgia
should be Qualified to tell which pollt-
leal party is the best. He has tried
them ail.
Colonel Watterson 1b serving notice
'upon Mr. Bryan that the solid south
haa been annexed to "the enemy's
country."
"I shall make but three speeches In
umo, says secretary rait. He evi
dently looks upon Senator Foraker as
small game.
Eugene V. Debs has been trying so
hard to keep still that he may be par
doned for protesting against being
classed by Mr. Roosevelt with E. H
Harrlman. ,
A murder case in New York has
been tried In two days. The police
must have reported that the prisoner
did not have the price of an "Amer
lean a dementia."
John Temple Qraves says that Mr.
Roosevelt could elect Bryan or Bryan
could elect Roosevelt "by a word
What's tho use, then, of worrying over
campaign funds T
Corporation managers may as well
understand that while President
Roosevelt is to start on his vacation
early In June, ho expects his policies
to stay on tho job all summer.
St. Petersburg reports that 300,000
Russian farmers are preparing to
start for America. Nebraska farmers
will hop m few of them may get here
In time for the wheat harvest.
A New York court has decided that
there Is no. law to prevent "a lady
from getting drunk. On the contrary,
that Is one case In which the "unwrlt
ten law" applies with great force.
Mr. Bryan is Quoted as having de
clared that he will not be a candidate
If Mr. Roosevelt decides to run again
Mr. Bryan Is either misquoted or he
is learning the futility of useless et
fort.
The adjournment of the Rhode
Island legislature without electing a
successor to Senator Wetmore leaves
Senator Aldrlch with but one vote In
tho senate now. Instead of his custo
mary two.
Champ Clark of Missouri says he
will take tho democratic presidential
nomination it no one else will accept
It Chmp understands he" could not
get it if anyone else cquld b Induced
to accept it "
Members of tho Douglas delegation
in the legislature) have been fated by
tho local Crodlt Men's asoocUUoa as a
testimonial to the enactment of the
bulk sale Jaw. Who says that rsouh
lies ars ungrateful!
Ttit. rntstbKiiT AT JAMBSTOWX
President RooneveJt's address at he
opening of the Jamestown exposition
Is marked by a keen appreciation of
the significance of the event, the cele
bration of the anniversary of the land
ing and establishment of the first Eng
lish colony In America, the primal step
toward the winning of the new world
for our civilisation. His address, there
fore, Is appropriately devoted to a re
view of American history, a summary
of national achievement In the solution
of problems which have faced Ameri
can civilization in the making. The
theme Is an Inspiring one, furnishing
opportunity for consideration of the
peculiarly striking development of the
national Idea, resulting from a blend
ing of thoughts and people of all
classes and conditions Into a fabric
that is the envy and marvel of the rest
of the civilized world.
After reviewing the record of the
nation's achievements In the past the
president reverts to the problems now
confronting the people and upon the
proper solution of which the future
welfare of the citizens of the nation
largely depends. Hie declares that the
greatest problem before Americans to
day Is "how to exercise such control
over business use of vast wealth, indl-
Idual, but especially corporate, as will
Insure Its not being used against the
Interests of the public, while yet per
mitting such ample, legitimate profits
as will encourage Individual Initiative,"
adding that "it is our business to put
a stop to such abuses and to prevent
their recurrence, without showing a
ptrit of mere vlndlctiveness for what
has been done In the past."
With the Department of Justice at
Washington and the machinery of the
federal courts In the different states
busy in the preparation or pushing of
prosecutions against ' corporations
charged with Infractions of the
federal law, the president's utterances
at Jamestown will be read with Inter
est, as Indicating the attitude of the
administration toward corporate
wealth. A note of consolation for cor
poration managers and holders of great
wealth may be found in this assurance:
'We are unalterably determined to
prevent wrong doing in the future. We
have no Intention of trying to wreak
such an indiscriminate vengeance for
wrongs done in the past as would con
found the Innocent with the guilty.
Our purpose Is to build up rather than
tear down."
The president's attitude In this
matter will, we believe, meet with gen
eral popular approval. White the pub
lic has suffered from the extortions and
exactions of trusts, railroad syndicates
and other forms of combined wealth,
the disposition is to forgive, it not to
forget, many past offenses, but to In
sist Upon an elimination of present
abuses and the adoption of leial safe
guards against recurrence. '
1MMIQRAST8 AKD THS LAW. .
The congressional and . executive
commission, authorized by congress to
make an exhaustive study of the 1m
migration law in all its phases, will
meet In Washington in a few days to
outline Its program for the summer.
Senator Dillingham of Vermont, who
will be chairman, proposes tp send
subcommittees to a dozen or more dlf
ferent European countries and to sup
plement their Investigations by an In
Qulry Into the immigration situation
at home, particularly with reference
to better methods of distributing the
Immigrants upon their arrival In
America. "We want to get the facts,"
says Senator Dillingham, "Just as the
Industrial commission did six years
ago."
Senator Dillingham's reference to
the work of the Industrial commission
Is not particularly happy or encourag
ing, if the Investigation of the lmml
gratlon question is to be conducted
along similar lines. The industrial
commlslon took a great mass of testl
mony, which was printed In fourteen
large volumes averaging about 800
pages each and there is nothing to
show that the country has ever bene
fited any by these protracted investi
gations. Something more should be
done by the immigration commission
than mere piling work up for the print
ers and bookbinders employed by the
government. The existing laws re
lating to immigration are a hodge
podge, a collection of amendments and
revisions, full of confusions and con
tradlctlons. The need is for a study
of conditions and existing laws by the
commission and a report of the sue
clnct facte to congress, with recom
mendatlons for legislation that will
simplify the ' whole system. Neither
congress nor tho public will be bene
fited by a multl-volumed report of the
testimony taken by the commission.
Most of our restrictive immigration
legislation was passed by congress at
the Instance of the labor forces of
America, at a time when work was
scarce and the demand for protection
from the competition "of the pauper
labor of Europe" meant something.
That condition no longer prevails and
many exasperating provisions of exist
ing immigration laws have become ob
solete. Within the last two years more
than 1,000,000 immigrants have ar
rived in the United States, and news
from Europe indicates more immi
grants than ever this year. It is
estimated that nearly 1,000,000 immi
grants will come tq this country this
year from Russia, Austria-Hungary
and Italy alone.
Tho industries of tho country are
ready to welcome these newcomers,
provided . only . Jhey csol be properly
distributed. Every state In the union
Is bidding for workmen and the labor
demand seems fair to be far In excess
of any possible supply. With Intelli
gent enforcement of the laws pro
hibiting the admission of criminals,
diseased and Insane persons, the coun
try at large need not worry about the
Immigration question.
PRACTICAL AID TO TRtK CVLTVRE.
Not only Is Nebraska the home of
the Arbor day movement, but Ne
braska exteids practical aid to tree
culture In another and substantial way
of which few people have cognizance.
Realizing the necessity of encouraging
the planting of trees to break the
prairie wastes, the framers of Ne
braska's constitution inserted in their
draft of our fundamental law a pro
vision looking to the exemption of
such property from taxation. The
wording of the provision which Is ad
ded to the clause relating to tax ex
emption for educational, religious and
charitable property Is as follows:
The legislature may provide that the In
creased value of landa by reason of live
fences, fruit and forest trees grown and
cultivated thereon, shall not be taken into
account In the assessment thereof.
The revenue laws of Nebraska en
acted pursuant to the authority thus
vested in the legislature carry out this
Idea and make tax free all growing
timber, fruit and shade trees, so far
as they add to the value of the land
upon which they are located. A wide
spread sentiment for tree culture out
of love of nature Is a good thing, but
a little practical aid like this should
help it along.
C11ARACTRIST1C
Probably the real cause of the financial
failure (of the grand opera In Omaha) could
be found in the taste-of the community.
Put a big- brass band In one end of the
Auditorium and fill the arena with tables
and chairs, with a suitable brew on tap,
and It would be necessary to call out the
police force to line up the crowd seeking
admission. Mr. Conrled's error Of judg
ment was geographical rather than finan
cial or artistic Lincoln Journal.
This is characteristic of the small
bore newspapers published at the state
capital, who proceed constantly on the
theory that the only way to build Lin
coln up Is to pull Omaha down. Lin
coln's natural plan of getting grand
opera would be to have It subsidized
out of the state treasury so that the
taxpayers in Omaha and throughout
the state would be compelled to pay
the bills. The prospective transforma
tion of Lincoln's alleged auditorium
into a 10-cent theater probably re
flects "the taste of the community."
cures for car shortage tvjha.
Shippers throughout the country will
rejoice to learn that the railroad com
panies have decided to Join forces with
them in devising plans to remedy exist
ing car shortage evils. . The American
Railway association, which has just
closed its spring session in Chicago,
has adopted a plsn which will be
worked out and put in force in Sep
tember, expected to remove one of the
greatest sources of complaints from
shippers. It was decided by the as
sociation to increase its fees for the
use of cars by other roads. The Penn
sylvania company, for instance, re
ported that 80,300 of its cars were out
on the rails of other lines, which In
stead of returning them, were using
them in their local business. As the
earning capacity of a freight car is
figured at about $10 a day and the
penalty for failure to promptly return
It to its owner Is but 25 cents a day,
railroads with a car shortage readily
pay the penalty and keep the cars of
other companies in their service In
definitely. The railway association has
decided to increase the delay penalty
from 25 cents to 15 a day, and the
managers are confident that this will
procure prompt return of cars sent
with freight to destinations on other
roads.
In return for this effort on their
part the railroads will ask shippers to
make concessions which will lessen the
evil of using the cars for warehouses
at small stations instead of Keeping
them employed in the business of
transportation. An effort will be made
to so Increase demurrage rates that
shippers will find It more profitable to
unload cars speedily when consigned to
them. The Interstate Commerce com
mission has assured the railway man
agers that any movement "to stop the
using of cars as warehouses and limit
their use to purely railroad purposes
will have our hearty co-operation.
Results of recent investigations show
that the cause of car congestion is due
as much if not more to a lack of car
movement as to a lack of cars. Re
sponsibillty for this condition Is not
one-Blded, but Is apparently divided be
tween the railroads and the shippers.
The action of tho railway managers
In taking decisive steps looking to the
remedy of their share of the car short
age evil will doubtless bo warmly ap
proved by the shipper and should be
met in a spirit of co-operation for the
purpose of ending an abuse which has
wrought much damage to the shipping
and transportation interests of the
country.
The emergency clause tacked on to
tho law requiring foreign corporations
to maintain an agent in Nebraska is
making lota of trouble. This Is an
other case where no emergency was
presented such aa contemplated by the
constitution and where no harm would
have been done by letting the law take
the usual course of waiting three
months before becoming effective. The
Indiscriminate use of the emergency
clause on legislation is a growing
abuse that requires attention. The
governor could make a hit by giving
notice to the next legislature that he
will veto every bill carrying the emer
gency clause unless It really belongs
there.
A local committee 1b appealing for
contributions to help relieve the fam
ine sufferers In China. "While China
Is a long way from home, the charac
ter of the committee membership gives
ample assurance that any contribu
tions mado by our philanthropic cltl
zens will be put In the way of accom
plishing the desired object most effec
tively. Senator Tillman Is asking his audi
ences to vote on the question as to
whether the white people ara superior
to the negro and the result la Invaria
bly In faror of the whites. Tho sena
tor should test the question in Wash
ington, where a white man, so long as
he behaves himself, Is considered as
good as a negro.
It has been Judicially decided by an
Omaha Judge that the tips given by I
auuuB jk a uiruL-uiaumilg voiauuou-, ,
ment do not belong to the individual '
who does the work, but to the proprie
tor of the place. If this becomes gen
erally known It is likely to have a dis
astrously depressing Influence upon
the volume of tips In the future.
Thirty-five leading railroads of the
country report earnings of $9,658,6M
for the second week In April as oom
pared with 18,482,529 for the corre
sponding week of 190S. The profita
bleness of railway operation is curing
the railway managers of their fear of
the future.
The Bureau of Labor at Washington
has spent months compiling statistics
to prove that the price of living In
1906 was the highest for a period of
seventeen years. The bureau might
have saved time by Interviewing a few
housewives on the subject.
Iowa authorities are at a loss to un
derstand how the Union Pacific can
return its Iowa mileage as losing
money while the road's mileage as a
Tthole Is earning good profits. The
Iowa authorities are not on to the In
tricacies of railroad bookkeeping.
Our Nebraska supreme court has
been so accommodating on so many
occasions that It is no wonder some of
the taxeaters on the state pay roll are
tempted, to appeal to it to resurrect
for their benefit all the old appropria
tions lapsed by limitation.
The exposition gates are open at
Jamestown. The turnstiles will have
to revolve fast If the stockholders are
to get back half as much as was re
sumed to those who put up the money
for the. Omaha exposition.
Senator Bourne says "President
Roosevelt cannot refuse to run again."
When the senator gets better ac
quainted with Mr. Roosevelt he will
be more chary of his use of "cannot"
in speaking of the chief executive.
The good people of Lincoln are to
enjoy the novelty of a grand Jury.
Here is a chance for the denizens of
the state capital to do some moral
house cleaning on their own account.
lJkTgn Market for the Goods.
New York Tribune.
The man who can make dead ashes burn
as well as fresh coals may learn something-
to his advantage by communicating
with those enterprising spirits who are
talking about reorganizing the democratlo
party.
Keeplnsr Things MovtnsT.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Those who blame the president for talk
ing so much should remember that he has
much that la Interesting to say, and that
If he kept quiet there would not be the
nreaent aDDrectatlon of him as a statesman
and patriot. Many men are keeping quiet.
waiting till the president gets urea ana
they have the field to themselvea That
condition, though. Is not likely to be ar
rived at aoon. ' .
Hammering- Grasplasr Knockles.
Indianapolis News. '
The president's determination to do all
he can to preserve what remains of the
natinn'a heritage In coal lands and forests
for the whole body of the people and for
the benefit of future generations cannot
too highly be commended. Too long the
looters In and out cf office have been al
lowed to grab and appropriate by hook or
crook whatever of the government's pos
Binna their covetous eyes encountered.
It was high time that the land thieves were
brought t book.
MINICIPAL. IMPROVEMENTS.
Volume of Improvement Bonds De
notes Great Proarreas.
Wall Street Journal.
One of the significant Indications as to
the business situation Is seen in the large
number of towns, counties and other muni
cipal units In various parts of the country
which are issuing sewer bonds, bridge
bonds, school bonds, street Improvement
and other varieties of bonded Indebtedness.
With the growth of private wealth and
the general expansion In businees there
has corns an increase In taxable property
through which the public revenues have
been enlarged and new resources developed
for publlo Improvements. Not only are
large towns extending their municipal
works In new districts where population
has required It, but many small towns ars
Inaugurating public service facilities fur
the first time. Still others are In the mar
ket for money to provide In one form or
another for Improvements which an In
creased Income amply Justifies.
These are proofs of Improved conditions
of comfort. It Is not as If they were under
taking constructive projects on the old
btsls. There la no straining of credit and
no lavish outlay, but a necessary response
to the needs of the communities In which
the Improvements are made. From this
source some of the most active demands
have been coming for the past few years
for electrical, mechanical and other finished
products, together with large quantities of
building material, sewer pipe and other
requisites of municipal progress. The
present Indication Is that tha current year
i will not fall behind that of lis predecessor
j in this respect.
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OTHER LANDS THAN Ol IIS.
China presents at the present moment
two remarkable contrasts. On one side la
the harrowing specter of famine; on the
other a tense activity In reorganising the
nrmy of the empire. While the people of
the United States are contributing funds to
relieve the starving millions, the empire
presses on with the gigantic task of or
ganising, drilling and equipping an army
of 1,500,000 men. But China Is so vast In
area that the prevailing distress la a
shadow of meager proportions, unseen and
unknown to a majority of the Inhabitants.
Famine Is temporary. A modern army In
Chlnn Is a factor to be reckoned with In
the future, snd Its development is being
watched with keen Interest by the world
powers; which heretofore have laid violent
hands on some of the choicest seaport cor
ners of the kingdom. In an extended re
view of new army reorganization a writer
In the New York Times presents a most
convincing picture of "the significant and
portentous transformation now taking
place within the borders of China." It Is
frankly avowed that the purpose of the
regeneration Is to "resist foreign Insult or
put down Internal dissension." The edict
authorising an army of l.BOO.Ono men Is pro
nounced a compendium of modern military
wisdom and philosophy. The scheme of
reorganising the army Is Japanese, with
certain modifications to suit Chinese condi
tions. Instructors are chiefly Japanese,
with a few Gorman and English drill
masters, all under Chinese officers. The
work is well advanced and will be com
pleted within five years. Revenue to sup
port the army Is provided for and orders
for equipment placed. The determination
with which reorganisation Is pressed is sig
nificant of the mighty awakening of the
sleeping giant of Asia.
.
The scheme of Increased Inheritance taxes
proposed by the British chancellor of the
exchequer far exceeds tho most radical
proposal made In the United States. Under
the present British law, for Instance, the
estate of William Waldorf Astor, now a
British subject, usually estimated at $150,
000,000, would yield the English treasury
$13,000,000, though most of It Is real estate
In New York City. In England, under the
law now proposed. It will pay on the first
$5,000,000 a tax of $400,000. On the next
$6,000,000 It will pay $500,000 and on the
$140,000,000 left It will pay $21,000,000. In all,
under the new English legacy duty, Mr.
Astor'i estate of $150,000,000, before It goes
to his direct heirs, will pay the state, be
cause he Is living In England, $21,900,000.
Under Mr. Asqulth's law, large English
estates over $5,000,000 will pay the heaviest
legacy taxes known. The increased revenue
Is to be used to provide pensions for the
wage earner who reaches old age without
any support.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Times, who Is generally recognized as a
well Informed and competent observer,
writes: "There is much random talk about
approaching reaction, based more on what
has happened before at certain periods of
French history than on a careful study of
the probable future. That future would
seem to promise a return to a more con
servative republican regime than that at
present In existence, one which would dif
fer from previous conservative epochs of
the republic, inasmuch as it would rally
many socialistic radicals who have lost
their Illusions and are beginning to realize
that moderate socialism Is too weak an
element to hold Its own In this country.
Anti-militarism and the revolutionary char
acter assumed by the labor movement .have
had the result that might have been ex
pected and detached from the socialists'
cause many advanced republicans who are
opposed at once to the demoralization of
the army and the destruction of the ex
isting social system. No nation In conti
nental Europe ever had more liberty than
France during the last decade, unless It be
Switzerland. It Is remarkable that In both
countries the labor movement has taken
a revolutionary turn, Its promoters advo
cating more or less openly social revolu
tion. The republic In France Is too strong,
and there are too many able men, promi
nent In both chambers to Justify pessimistic
forecasts, but the turning of the tide, if It
comes, may be accompanied by some ex
citement, if only because the extreme so
cialists are so confident of victory."
Recently published statistics of crime In
England, during tha twenty years preceding
19u5, have led the London Tribune to the
conclusion that the number of murders
bears little. If any, relation to the death
penalty. Dividing the twenty years into
four quarters. It finds that the average
of death sentences In each period of five
years was 30, 23.4, 24.6 and $2.4. The number
of murderers sentenced to death per annum
rarely exceeds thirty, the largest number
being forty-one, in 1(W3. During the ten
years, 18:16-1906, those sentenced to death
were disposed of as follows:
Penal Respited
Sen
tenced. .... S3
.... 14
.... 27
.... 29
.... 20
.... a
33
.... 41
.... 28
.... $2
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7
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This shows clearly that there Is, if any
thing, a steadily growing tendency to
mitigate the death penalty.
Efforts are being made to establish the
ship-building Industry in Australia on a
scale which will enable the commonwealth
to build its own warships. Eight coastal
destroyers and four first-class torpedo
boats are now projected, and, while one
vessel of each class will be built In Eng
land, it Is hoped that the remainder may
be constructed in Australia Itself. In a
memorandum to shipbuilders In the com.
monwealth on the subject, the acting minis
ter of defense says: "These proposals are
designed to attain a measure of self
dependence In the provision of war vessels.
Briefly, the department desires to know if
anything Is lacking to make this much-desired
end attainable. The price la a suffi
cient one (in England) to ensure large
profits to builders. What Is there to pre
vent Australian bulldeis. with the advan
tage of poaltkiu, aud of acting In pursuance
av2imi
by the use of Royal
Baking Powder is con
Royal is economical, because it pos
leavening power and
of a policy desired by the government,
from supplying these vessels? Your views
regarding the employment of any of our
workmen In workshops at home In order to
gain experience while pattern boats are
being built wilt also be acceptable. Build
ers In England have expressed themselves
as very willing to employ Australian work
men with this end In view."
POLITICAL DRIFT.
For a third time Frank Potter, mayor of
Maroa, 111., won the office by drawing the
lucky "straw" and settling a tie vote.
Having failed to extend his foreign trip
around the world. Colonel Henry Watter
son pushes away the suggestion of running
for the democratic nomination for presi
dent. By reason of a decision of the Illinois su
preme court former state treasurers and
auditors as far back as 1872 are liable for
fees illegally iockcted. The amount In
volved Is $321,0n0.
The funniest feature of the graft dis
closures In city council of Pittsburg was
the disappearance of a roll of $70,000 on the
way to Itching palms. Some heartless
pickpocket swiped It from the messenger.
In a more or less friendly notice of Sena
tor Heverldge of Indiana a southern paper
refers to him as "the oratorical brainstorm
of the Hooster state," adding that he Is
"the kind of a wise man who would run all
around the baecs on a foul strike."
One of the officers who had something
to do with the furnishings of the Pennsyl
vania state house admits that several mis
takes were made. One of them seems to
be that only $9,000,000 of the $12,000,000 sur
ptus In the state treasury as thrown to
the birds
In the search for a southern democrat to
be nominated for president, or vice presi
dent next year, certain democrats have
hit upon Governor Edwin Warfleld of
Maryland. Governor Warfleld, his demo
cratic advocates remark, Is territorially In
an advantageous position, as he could ap
peal with equal force for northern and
southern support, with confidence that any
lingering friction between the northern and
the southern organization men of the
democratlo party and with the rank and
file would be obliterated.
It Is highly probable that one of the
first United States senators from the new
state of Oklahoma will be an Indian' and
Colonel Robert L. Owen of Muskogee, Is
likely to be the man. Calonel Owen Is a
Cherokee Indian, and the people generally,
think it would be appropriate to elect a
representative of the five civilized tribes
as one of the senators. He Is well known
In Washington as he has appeared before
the United States suupreme court as at
torney In many cases In which his people
have been litigants.
Who'a Afraid of Third Term
Kansas City Star.
. Governor Cummins wants President
Roosevelt to reconsider his determination
not to become a candidate for a third
term. Governor Cummins really can't see
anything wrong In the third term Idea and
he' Is already several months along in his
third administration, as governor of Iowa.
n
THE MARK OF THE MAKER
BSEKVE the
made in our own factory and under our own eyes.
. Our label on our hats and furnishings carries
the same guarantee.
Browning Ming i Co
m. W IXC
Spring and Music
Go Hand in Hand
so the poets say. In the spring Is the time to buy a Piano The Plana
haa now become as much o a necessny as any other art d , of fu?nltur?
I ".i " kn"w what '! mu.ro is to domestic bapplnes.? It
soothes the weary, smoothes out the frown of the worried
raa'nr1 Kit wYYtV:11 'U,Kl U" ' Planrt'oayou'wHl
realise that what we say is true. There is no one article that you can
put in your home, which will please every member of the familynd M
such a source of entertalnmant and eomfurt as a Itano. It will create In
your children an appreciation of the greatest of all ar;s. It will certl'n y
factfonndVy Jtractlvene f. yur "1 S've you unending sails-
What Piano to Duy and Where
iVfJ'SwVJ? ?'."fUn a" lat'orbt"- THE HOSPB ONK-PRICE. NO COM
ftilfniUN i LAN provides the economy and the better Piano It is a
guarantee that your money la worth aa much as anyone's else It tells
yuu frankly and fi-arlesly the character and value of each Piano You
do not have to understand music or pianos In ortter to feel sure that you
will get the right inatrument for your money. It diean't argue well for
the reliability of a I'lano house If you are not able to get the right prli e
on an Instrument except through the intervention of an outsider and
Judging from the experiences we meet day by day we are of the opinion
that nine limes out of ten the so-called friend and thu dealer connived to
gether to deceive you aa to the real value of the Piano. In the end. In
stead of the friend being of any asxlsiance to you, he or she is a hinder
ante because Invariably a nice little sum Is held out as a communion.
Now, If you would positively avoid every suggestion of such dealing you
will come to ui fur your liiuiu.
We sell the bept P'anos In the world. Including the KRAKAl'KR at
13.10, the KHANIl ll & TiAt'H at $376. the K I Mi'.ALI. at li!u. the Bl'HH
& LANK at IS75, the CARI.K NKI.Si N at $75, the WKHKH at $Z5U, the
KE.NHINU'i'llN at $2i!5. the CKAMKR at 110. We carry a stock of 200
Pianos from which to make a selection. Call or write to us at once.
A. MOSPE CO.
1513 Douglas Street
if
goes further.
SINN V GEMS.
"Why do you let that rich uncle of yours
give you such a wigging?"
"Because, don't you see, I'm his heir."
Baltimore American.
"You can't paint the Illy."
"Well, woman IS beginning tn hold office
In somo stales. Can you whitewash the
lily ?" Washington Herald.
The hobo had unloaded a wdid tale ol
Woe upon the man at the stre.-t corner.
"Take that story to the Suml.ir i.titor,"
said the man, w ho happened to !.- ,i news
paper reporter, "and he'll give .;u column
rates for it." Chicago Tribune.
"Kid you ever buy a gold brick?
"Yes. answered Fanner Corntor
but
when I hear those big financiers com j. . ,4j ,
on now tney ve neen aone up in vwiu ;r,-t
deals I don't feel worried over a llttii t!.ln
like a gold brick." Washington Star.
"Wal," said Farmer Korntop, "thar nin't
nothln' thet Kube Medders loves more'o
newspaper notoriety."
"Whut'e he bin ti-doln now?" asked I n
wife.
"1'alntln' his hnrn nglri. an thar ain't
no occasion fur It, 'cept tew git his nann
In the paper." Philadelphia Press.
"Life Is short," remarket! the thin man.
"It Is so," assented the fat Individual.
"That being admitted, hew about a little
life Insurance? I have here, etc., etc.
etc." Washington Herald.
"Prisoner, you are aocused of stealing
three revolvers and a gun. What have you
to say?"
"I am a public benefactor', your honor."
"How do you make that out?"
"I am a self-nppolnted member of the dis
arming committee of the Internatinnnl
Peace society, your honor' Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"Come on down town, Grace."
"But I have no money." '
"What's the dlff? Two can shop as
cheaply at one." Washington Herald.
"Father," said the small boy, "what Is an
optimist?"
"An optimist, my son, Is a man who be
lieves the weather bureau when Its pre
dictions are favorable and who congratu
lates himself on Its unreliability when they
are not." Washington Star.
THE GOLDEN WAV.
Baltimore American.
If you want to be looked on as learnea
and wise,
Don't talk:
If to test your real knowledge a man slyly
tries.
Don't talk;
For this world Is run in a contrary way,
And 'tis likely to Judge a man as suge
or Jay,
More by what he doesn't than what he
does say,
So don't talk.
When people around you discuss some
fine point.
Don't talk;
Your silence with wisdom your view will
anoint;
Don't talk;
Just listen to all with a painstaking care.
And noie. to jumall you aa learned will
QHre.
If only you take a superior air,
And don't talk.
If you want nothing quoted against you
for 111,
Don't talk;
If you wish all your friends to believe In
you still,
Don't talk;
If you try of the ladder to reach the top
rung,
Just barrel your speech and don't wasto
at the hung;
To fool them, Just look wise and then
hold your tongue,
Don't talk.
label in our suits the
mark of the maker as good a guaran
tee as the sterling stamp on silver.
The hidden parts of a garment, the
interlinings and stays, the hand tailor
ing and all the details that go to the
making and shape-holding clothing
these are all guaranteed in the garments
OX, Manager.
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