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TIIE OMAHA DAILY DEE: FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1007.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCUI-ATIOrf.
Btate of Nebraska. Douglas County, a.
Charlea C. Rosewater. general manager
Of The Bee Puhllahlng Company, being
duly aworn, nay that the actual number
of full and complete copp of The Deity,
Horning, Evening and Sunday Hee printed
during the month of April. 1907, was aa
follow:
I 94,670 IT 36,090
? 84.090 II 89,090
34,110 1 34.840
i 34.390 10 8B.010
1 34,330 21 33,380
34.330 21 85,090
T 31.400 21 35,300
I S4.8R0 I' 4 36,430
; 84.460 25 85,470
10 34.6O0 it boJ40
11 34,410 2T 36,630
12 35.7A0 28 34,800
11 35,690 29 35,610
14 38,400 10 36,660
16 34.690
If . 34.820 Total 1,038.410
Leas unaold and returned copies. ,84
Net total
Dally average
, 1,098,640
84,884
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn to
(Seal.)
mis sum gr or April, ipur.
M. a. HUNUATH.
Notary Public.
WIIEH OCT OF TOWR.
abecrlbers tearing the city tern
porarlly ahoald have The) Dee
Mailed to them. Addresa will be
chanced as often aa requested.
"What will Becretary Taft do next?"
asks the Chicago News. Senator For-
aker, If he can. .
The fool that rockB the boat la again
swelling the. mortality lists a sure
sign of an early summer.
These Chicago Board of Trade spec
ulators have killed nearly all the crops
that hate not been planted.
Naturally, the failure of the Wash
ington club's percentage column to
grow any will be blamed on the
weather.
The news Hem headline, "January
Will Leave In July," refers to a crim-.
Inal case in Kansas and not to a
weather report.
John W. Gates probably quit Wall
street because the limit In the game
was reduced to a point which made it
look like penny ante to him.
Kansas is again in the throes of a
prohibition war. Prohibition has done
about everything In Kansas except to
stop the consumption of liquor.
Scientists now assert that broken
hearts may be healed by chemistry.
Heretofore they have been healed by
alimony or breach of promise verdicts.
Interest that now attaches to re
ports about the ice being all out of the
rivers will be soon transferred o the
announcement that It is all out of the
refrigerators. t
The undertakers are showing
neither surprise nor protest over the
Statement that 3,000 of the 4,000 phy
sicians graduated each year are not
qualified to practice.
All the doctors assembled at the
meeting of the State Medical associa
tion agree that "rabies" is a real dis
ease. But our old friend Dr. Miller
Will remain unconvinced.
Bishop Coleman of Philadelphia has
decreed that women must wear, their
feats at a church wedding. 1 aat Is
ene way -to distinguish a church wed
ding from' a theatrical performance.
"Americans have no ears for any
thing but the clink of the dollars,"
ays Editor Stead. The error of the
Statement 1s proved by the fact that
Americans have all heard Stead and
laughed at him.
Judge Farrar of New Orleans has
written a letter to the president in
j which he says congress has the power
j to regulate railroads. Congress will
Surely be pleased to learn that It has
acted in a legal manner.
The democrats carried the city elec
tions in Baltimore and Lincoln on the
same day. If this entitles Lincoln to
furnish the head of the presidential
ticket, Baltimore should have an equal
claim to f'urnlBh the tall.
' The Omaha Water board has Issued
tea orders la the four years that its
members have been drawing pay out
' of the city treasury. Any clever mathe
matician ran figure out how much each
; order cost the taxpayers without any-
; tiling to offset the expense.
' Douglas county finances are on a
( caiih basis, as a consequence of which
; no warrants whatever are being regis
! tered to draw Interest It is up to the
i people to see that this condition Is
made permanent by insisting on bust
1 cess-Ilk methods of county adminis
tration for all future Urn.
HOMK OF TIIK "SQCAHK DKA
In his tour of the country for the
ptirposo of ascertaining the state of
public sentiment on presidential and
other political questions, the Washlbg
ton correspondent of the Chicago Trib
une has made the discovery that
Massachusetts and New England, un
der cover of being opposed to a third
term for any president, are really
aligning the friends of "vested Inter
ests" against a continuance of power
for President Roosevelt or of anyone
pledged to his policies. Writing from
Boston, he says:
Pres'ticn Roacvelt Is an eastern man.
Ho Uvea In New York. Ills Ideaa were orig
inally framed up for him by a long aeries
of Knickerbocker ancestors. He was of the
Harvard cult. His on Is now at Cam
bridge. Ills Intimate friend, Henry Cabot
Lodge, la now a senator from Maesiirhu
setta. Yet It Is evident to any persistent or
painstaking observer that President Roree
vrlt and his policies are much less nt hme
In New England than In Nebraska.
The correspondent quotes many re
publican leaders In New England as
being so radically opposed to the third
term Idea that they are predicting the
defeat of President Roosevelt if he ac
cepts a nomination. They consider him
out of the list of presidential possibil
ities and no longer conceal their in
tention to line up in behalf of a decla
ration of party policy more favorable
to "vested interests" than that of the
present administration.
That "President Roosevelt and his
policies are much less at home In New
England than in Nebraska" Is the
natural and logical result of the en
forcement of his "square deal" policy.
It follows the determination to exercise
government control over railway and
industrial corporations that the bur
dens as well as the benefits shall be
shared alike by all the people regard
less of sections or geography. The
"vested Interests" now lining up
against the president's policies have
fattened for years on profits drawn
from Nebraska and other western
states through the manipulation of
transportation stocks and combinations
in other industrial and commercial
lines, all having for their purpose the
enrichment of the "vested Interests"
at the expense of the consumers and
shippers of the west. The enactment
of the railroad rate bill - was forced
through an unwilling congress by pub
lic demand, not from the east, but
from Nebraska and the west. Nothing
resulting from the president's policies
has worked any injustice to ihe
"vested Interests' except by prevent
ing these Interests from continuing a
policy of injustice toward their pa
trons and Investors.
Whatever success may attend the
anti-Roosevelt propaganda in New
England, the signs all portend that the
next republican candidate for the pres
idency will have to stand on a "square
deal" platform and be pledged irrevoc
ably to a continuance and strengthen
ing of that policy.
HO P)CKKTBOOK PEACE.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie may under
stand the Scotch, American and Pitts
burg character, but he seems to have
made a serious error in his estimate of
the Latin-American. Moved by the
failure of the diplomatic authorities of
the United States and Mexico to pro
duce a brand of peace In Central Amer
ica safe to leave out overnight without
an armed chaperone, Mr. Carnegie con
ceived the idea of endowing peace
something as he would a library. He
selected Senor Diego Mendoza, some
time minister of Colombia at Washing
ton, and engaged him at a salary of
125,000 a year to make a tour of South
and Central American countries and
teach the ruling authorities there the
beauties of disarmament, arbitration,
hands-across-the-sea, the golden rule
and other primary lessons in the school
of universal peace.
Over this enterprise Latin-American
diplomats at Washington are all
stirred up. Senor Cortes, the present
Colombian minister at Washington,
has had a hint from his government
that if Senor Mendoza starts on the
mission outlined for him by Mr. Car
negie it will be Senor Cortes' duty to
notify the other Latin-American coun
tries that Senor Mendoia is officially
discredited in Colombia and .that any
reception to him not marked by frosty
decoration would be looked upon as an
open and studied affront to the dignity
of Colombia. It appears that Senor
Mendoza, after he was tobogganed out
of his position as Colombian minister
at Washington, moved over to New
York and published a lot of pamphlets
criticising President Reyes and his ad
ministration, with the result that be
(Mendoza) is Dow looked upon as an
exile and, should he return to Colom
bia, would be met at the wharf by a re
ception committee composed of the en
tire police,, force and a few squads of
regulars. By the same token, any
Latin-American country that receives
him in an official capacity would be
inviting the enmity of Colombia.
As already Indicated, the awkward
situation Is due to Mr. Carnegie's fail
ure to appreciate the Latin-American
character. The genuine South or Cen
tral American official will cheerfully
enter into any convention or agree
ment looking to the advancement of
commerce, art or science, and will
dicker like a Connecticut Yankee over
trade concessions. To that extent he
has yielded to the commercial instinct
that comes near dominating the rest
of the world, but he still retains his
pride and refuses to allow his Inalien
able right to Insurrect or revolute to
be placed on the bargain counter. He
is ready to make concessions upon any
point except his sacred privilege of be
ing his own Monroe doctrine, Hague
conference and general manager la
quarrels with his neighbors. Senor
Mendoza may get $25,000 a year from
Mr. Carnegie, but he will also get more
than that. In a different kind of coin,
If he attempts to visit Colombia and
other Latin-American countries with a
peace bird bearing the "Made-ln-Pltts-burg"
label.
FOT A GOOh COMPARISoy-
Some of the railroad tax agents who
are endeavoring to persuade the State
Board of Assessment to reduce the
taxable valuation of Nebraska rail
roads are citing Wisconsin as a state
whose experience in taxation should
serve us to good purpose. Wisconsin
unquestionably occupies an advance
position In the movement for tax re
form, but the comparison of Wisconsin
and Nebraska in the matter of railroad
assessment and taxation cannot be
very favorable from the point of view
of the railroad tax agent.
The report of the ' Wisconsin tax
commission for the year 1907, Just
Issued, gives some figures which are
very much In point, but which are not
being quoted by the railroad tax agents
at Lincoln. The value of Wisconsin
railroad property as fixed by the tax
commission for the last three years,
for example, Is as follows:
1904 $218,024,900
IMS S.Sin,fW0
1906 7.239,690
Here we have In three years an in
crease of railroad values in Wisconsin
amounting to nearly $20,000,000. The
railroad taxes paid in Wisconsin for
the same years were as follows:
1904 12.494.2S2
1905 2.579.10
1906 2.700,237
Here we have an Increase of taxes
paid by the railroads in Wisconsin In
three years amounting to more than
$200,000.
When it comes to the amount of
taxes per mile in Wisconsin as com
pared with Nebraska, the figures are
even more disastrous to the conten
tions of the railroad tax agents. Ac
cording to another table In the same
report the amount of railroad taxes
per mile of line in Wisconsin is $331,
while the amount of railroad taxes per
mile of line in Nebraska is only $224.
Wisconsin is one of the two states
which has had a special physical val
uation of railroad property made un
der direction of its tax commission.
The other state which has valued its
railroad by engineering appraisement
is Michigan, where the railroad taxes
reach $338 per mile.
Our Nebraska railroad assessments
have not been changed materially for
the last three years owing simply to
the fact that the taxes had been tied
up by Injunctions procured by the rail
roads and the indisposition of those
looking after the state's interests to
do anything to change the Issues In
volved In the appeal which had been
carried up to the United 8tates su
preme court. Taken all In all, the
figures in the Wisconsin tax commis
sion report are much better calculated
to support a demand for a substantial
increase rather ' than what the tax
agents are asking for.
A BAK ON JUSKKTISQ.
The public will approve Secretary
Taft 's decision to take no congressional
party with him on his coming visit to
the Philippines. He explains, briefly,
that he proposes to make the trip
purely on business for the govern
ment and will have no time to devote
to entertainment of guests, whose
presence could lend nothing to the so
lution of the business problems, but
might, on the other hand, interfere
with his efforts and consume time that
he can not well spare.
This Is a radical departure from the
policy adopted by the secretary of war
on the occasion of his last visit to the
Philippines. At that time he was ac
companied by the largest party of con
gressmen and friends that ever com
posed an official Junket. The avowed
purpose at that time was that the con
gressmen might study the Philippine
situation at close range and be won to
the support of Mr. Taft's measure pro
viding for a removal of the tariff on
Philippine products. The party spent
some weeks In the Philippines, reveled
In entertainments that cost the Phil
ippine government a large amount of
money, rode to and from Manila on
government transports and returned to
the United States to announce the en
gagement of Mlsa Alice Roosevelt,
daughter of the president, to Nicholas
Longworth, a congressman from Ohio.
That seems to have been the net re
sult of the Philippine Junket. When
the Philippine tariff bill was brought
up, nothing developed in the debate to
indicate that any member of the party
had gained any Information about
Philippine needs or Philippine rights
by the visit to the archipelago. The
Philippine tariff bill is still pending in
congress.
While congressional Junkets have
become distressingly common In the
last few years, the record fails to dis
close that any Important congressional
legislation has been Influenced by
them. Two senatorial parties have vis
ited Alaska, but the Alaskans complain
that they have been unable to secure
any legislation protecting their forests,
game or other resources, although no
open opposition has been offered. The
Junketers have simply forgotten to
press measures they promised to sup
port Several congressional parties
have visited Panama and Porto Rico
and returned with different Ideas as to
what action should be taken on prob
lems affecting those countries and ap
parently without any great addition to
their stock of information. At the last
session of the congress the Junket
habit was carried to the extreme of
sending out the entire house commit
tee on public buildings and grounds to
examine proffered federal building
sites at Boston, Pittsburg and other
cities.
The cost of the congressional Junket,
a very considerable Item, might be ex
cused If results Justifled it. The en
tire atmosphere of the Junketing party,
however, is not conducive to the study
of questions demanding legislative con
sideration. The excursionists enjoy
banquets and receptions, have a good
time and return without having had
opportunity, if they had the Inclina
tion, to make the study and Investiga
tion which furnished the excuse for
the trip. Secretary Taft's refusal to
have his work hampered by an official
entourage on his trip to the Philip
pines Is an effective argument against
the Junket system.
The suicide of a young girl at South
Omaha, who had been taken from her
mother by order of the Juvenile court,
although charged with nothing more
serious than head-strong wilfulness,
suggests that the Juvenile court may
be going a little too fast In breaking
up families and separating children
from parents on slight pretexts. .The
long accepted rule that the best place
for children Is In their own homes is a
good rule to follow except under most
extraordinary circumstances.
Mayor "Jim" says he will appoint
his committee to Investigate the Jail
accommodations furnished city and
county prisoners characterized by him
as "a disgrace to the community."
Such a committee would doubtless
recommend a city workhouse, but
whether It would give the mayor's par
don record a clean bill Is quite another
question.
While in no position to say whether
or not a contest of the mayoralty elec
tion In Lincoln would be warranted by
the facts, a varied and multiplex ex
perience with election contests In
Omaha supports the assertion that
they seldom pan out according to ex
pectations. Secretary Wilson hopes to see the
time when the United States will grow
all the tobacco now imported from
Cuba and Sumatra. Many smokers
suspect that most of the imported
Cuban and Sumatra tobacco Is already
being grown in Connecticut and Penn
sylvania. Had a single life been lost in
Omaha's latest building collapse the
whole community would have been
thoroughly aroused. That no lives
were lost was purely accidental in
fact almost miraculous. What are the
authorities going to do about It?
An eminent Chinese authority in
sists that the shamrock Is a Chinese
plant. Possibly, but American Chinese
had best be careful about wearing
shamrocks along about the middle of
March unless they want to make a col
lection of real rocks.
The campaign to put Omaha's
streets In good repair should be ac
companied by a campaign to stop the
various misuses of the streets by
which the pavements are needlessly
ruined. Prevention and cure should
go hand In hand.
According to a Chicago paper, that
city pays double prices for all its Im
provements. Chicago fares better, at
that, than Philadelphia, which pays
more than double prices for improve
ments and then does not get them.
' South Omaha may yet have to seek
annexation to get the benefit of
Omaha's dog-muzzling ordinance and
put an end to the outbreak of vicious
dogs with which our neighboring city
on the south seems to be afflicted.
A New York poet's wife Is suing for
a divorce because her husband wanted
her to cook a meal at 3 a. m. The
average poet's wife is glad enough to
cook a meal at any hour her husband
will supply the materials.
The financial stringency in New
York has been explained. The New
York Herald announces that more
Americans are shopping In Paris than
ever before at this season.
Is It a Square Dealt
Kansas City Journal.
Kansas is moving- Its saloons to Missouri
and Missouri bucket shops are. migrating to
Kansas. Which state is r.iUng the better
of the exchange Is a matter of opinion,
Kevlvlnat Old Memories.
8t. Louis Republic.
The occasional train hold-up In the far
west is about all we have to remind us of
the days when the buffalo, the bear and the
redskin disputed with the pioneer pros
pector and bad man the possession of that
glorious domain.
. Treason, B'neshl
New York Post.
This vii "the enemy's country" to Mr.
Bryan In 1896. yet on Saturday he told an
association of law school alumni that In a
lawsuit Involving popular rights "they had
to go to Vew York to get lawyers to rep
resent the people, because all the lawyers
available nearer at hand had been bought
up."
Protection Poller In South Afrlra.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
The people of the Transvaal are not dis
posed to permit Great Britain to adjust
their tariff for them. They propose to levy
duties In their own way and through their
spokesmen plainly Indicate that It hi their
determination to reach a position of self
dependence In Industrial matters. It Is
curious how all peoples with aspirations
for the future Incontinently reject Cob
den's great scheme for making England
the center of the universe, and It Is also
noteworthy that all patriots bellevs that
commercial and political liberty cannot b
ae.rted without sacrificing: both.
TIIK rRR'IDFSTIAl. FIRI30 MSB
Pointed Remarks on Third Term and
Aspirin rnndldntea.
New York Times (Ind).
The letters we have been publishing from
republican editors showing the overwhelm
ing popularity of Mr. Roosevelt, and from
members of the national democratic com
mittee, exhibiting the unchanged loyalty
of thnt imrty to Mr. Bryan, reveal a .mj
rlous psychological, we might almost say
pathological, condition of the minds of a
very large part of the Amerloan. people
and of their lenders.
Republican editors the country over wrote
that Mr. Roosevelt's strength was undi
minished; many of them said he was
stronger than ever. The demand for his
renondnstlnn next year appears to be well
nigh universal. Yet there Is the so far
unbroken tradition against a third term.
Has It so far fallen Into disrepute that
It has no Influence upon the popular mind?
Apparently It does not count so much as
by a feather's weight against Mr. Roose
velt. Twenty-seven years ago it counted
heavily against General Grant. Mr. Roose
velt's popularity triumphs over It.
The minds of the people appear to be
shut, also their eyes and ears. They are
thinking about nobody but Mr. Roosevelt
and Mr. Bryan. They ' will listen to the
mention of no other names, they see no
other possible candidate. A. man from Mars
would conclude there were but two great
living Americans.
i
Third Tersa Tabooed.
In answer to a direct Interrogation of the
Boston Journal and the Washington Times
as to his authority for saying that he ac
cepts Mr. Roosevelt's word touching his
renunciation of a third term, Henry Watter
son prints the following in the Courier
Journal of May 5:
"Most willingly we answer. Except that
the editor of the Courier-Journal had direct
and precise Information, he would have
made no such statement. It came to his
knowledge last winter that In a company
of Journalists many in number the presi
dent said:
" 'I know that you do not trust me, but
why can't you trust me? Why can't you
believe me have faith In me? I tell you
now, upon my honor, that If the next re
publican national convention nominates me
and adjourns It will have to reassemble,
because I will not accept the nomination:'
"This came to Mr. Watterson straight
from Washington. It came from two
responsible sources of Information., It
was coupled with the assurance that those
who heard It, and who had believed the
contrary, went away convinced that the
president meant It and would abide by It.
and hence they took him at his word ami
dropped their former opinion.
"As there was a number of Journalists
present and the Incident happened In Wash
ington, the Washing-ton Times at least
should have no trouble In verifying the
truth of It. Anyhow, the editor of the
Courier-Journal believes It and accepts It
as final, and hence he, too, has amid he
'takes the president at his word.' "
Taft and Other Caadtdates.
Chicago Tribune (rep.).
We do not like to See Secretary Taft,
In person or through deputies or brothers.,
engaged at this early day In a campaign
for the presidential nomination. - It seems
to us unbecoming and unworthy of him
as a great officer of state. We have been
accustomed to think of Mr. Taft as a big
man, unselfishly devoted to the discharge
of his duties as secretary of war and
"colonial secretary" and Influenced little
by personal ambition. We have asso
ciated him with high ideals of self-sacrifice.
' devotion to public duty, patriotism,
and all the qualities which distinguished
the great public servants of former days.
He Is going down a peg . or two when
he Visits Ohio to promote his personal
campaign under the thin guise of address
ing an "alumni meeting" or when he allows
his brothers to travel about the country
in his political Interests, or when he per
mits Mr. Burton to advocate his nomina
tion to the presidency in a speech In New
Jersey.
Roosevelt and Bryan.
Washington Post (ind .
If the electorate should hold Its present
temper there Is no doubt that Roosevelt
will be. by large odds, the strongest man
his party can nominate, and long ao the
republican party mastered the art of dis
covering its strongest man and nominating
him.
That is what Is the matter with these
worthy gentlemen, who have shown con
clusively that Roosevelt cannot be a can
didate. Show them that he would be beaten
by a "safe and sane" democrat and noth
lng would please them better than Roose
velt's nomination.
It Is amualng and must be stimulating1 to
the president's sense of humor. What will
they do If they are forced to choose be
tween Roosevelt and Bryan?
California and Third Tersa.
San Francisco Call (rep.).
The Call's preference nt this crisis might
be for a man of the Lincoln type, calm but
determined, with a reputation for such high
Integrity that the meanest marplot and
mischief maker would never dare to whis
per a suspicion of his motives. We need
a man with all the force of Roosevelt, but
loss Impulsiveness. We need a man who
understands our laws and the fundamental
principles of our government. We need to
get back again to first principles, to the
spirit breathed by the Declaration of in
dependence, and tell the story of our birth
and Infancy to a robust people who have
come to forget But where Is there another
better, stronger or wiser than Roosevelt?
fUHSOXAL NOTES.
A handsome young woman In New York
steered her automobile over two men,
fatally wounding one, and hurried on with
a merry laugh.
Paderewskl, the great pianist, is a keen
poultry fancier, his wife being equally en
thusiasts over the fad. They bave a
big poultry farm at Morses, Lake Geneva,
and Mme. Paderewskl is president of the
Poultry club of Bwltserland.
M. SafanolY, the Russian conductor, never
uses a baton, though that weapon Is usually
regarded as Indispensable by men In his
position. Instead he waves his . arms,
clenches his flsts and fights the air In a
manner rather disquieting to the ordinary
concert goer.
BJahop Warren Candler of Georgia eould
probably be elected governor of California
by acclamation, If he wanted the Job. Writ
ing from Japan and of the Japanese, the
bishop says: 'They are a thieving, rot4lng.
i selfish, mercenary, and conscienceless set.
and the truth is not In them."
There are still some' Scotchmen who' re
gard the union of their country with Eng
land aa a mistake. A notable example is
the earl of Stair, who recently refused
to attend a dinner oelebratlnc the
bicentenary of the union. In a publlo speech
nouns time previously his lord whip dspre
oated the teaching In Scottish sotvools of
the earlier history of Dnaiand.
In connection with the Pennsylvania capN
tol scandal, which now seems to be bollrng
so fiercely that somebody must be blown
up before long, politicians In the keystone
state are recalling a remark made by the
late Senator Matthew Stanley Quay. An
Intimate friend asked him for aid In getting
In on a fat contract and Mr. Quay replied:
'Better keep out of that altogether. All
those connected wtth the state oapttol busi
ness will be In the penlteutuuy before they
are througb wlta It."
MRS. A, M. HAGERMANN
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that I am able to attend to my duties. I wish every suffer-in woman
would try Lydia K. FlakharVs Vsg-etabl Oempowd and so what relief
it will five them."
Mrs. Plnkham's Standing Invitation to Women
Women soffertnjr from any form of female Illness are favftod to writ
Mrs. Pinkhatn. at Lynn, Mas, for ad vie 8b Is the Mrs. Ptnkham who
has been advising stole women free of char re for mom thn
years, and before that she assisted her mother-in-law Lydia E pink
ham In advislnr. Therefore ah Is spooiaJly well quail fled to rnlde
. " vj a acnvag, grg 14 w; sj VU
HAIR-SPLITTING DECHIO.
Mlehlsran Court Draws flue Dlstlae
tloa la Mnaletpal Ownership Case.
8t Paul Pioneer Press.
The long, earnest fight which the peo
ple of Detroit, Mich., have made for bet
ter street railway conditions has been
watched wtth no little interest by other f
cities. In Detroit practically every prob
lem connected with alleged perpetual
franchise rights and other features of the
relations between the companies and the
municipality have been threshed out, as It
seemed, to a solution. The final outcome
was ths adoption of the principle of
municipal ownership of the tracks, and
the proposed leasing of these to the high
est bidder, on the assumed basis of Koent
fares, aa In Toronto. The money had
been voted to build some hew tracks. But
then the railway corporation Invoked the
aid of the courts to prevent the consum
mation of the scheme, on the ground that )
the constitution of Michigan, adopted fifty
years ago, forbids the state to engage
In ths construction of Internal Improve- i
ments; and that what the state could not j
do the municipality could not do. Strangely
enough, in both ths circuit and the su
preme courts, this doctrine was upheld;
though in each Instance only by a majority
vote of the Judges; ths dissenting opinions
being remarkably vigorous. In one of these
It waa shown that the same courts had
sustained the legality of a contract made
to the city to place concrote foundations
under the tracks of the existing i-ccnt
lines. It is a nice distinction. Indeed, which
permits the making of such an Improve
ment as the laying of foundations, but
forbids the further Improvement of put
ting tracks thereon!
JVUT FOR FIN.
"I have frequently seen $10,000 In the
pot." ...
"Where?'
"In the poker story." Washington Her
ald. Mr. Saphedde Do you think men have
descended from monkeysT
Miss Caustlque Not very far. -Philadelphia
Record. .
"The man who succeeds," said the ear
nest cltlsen, "is the one who holds to
his opinion in the face of all opposition."
"I don't know about that," answered
NEW PEMH0BI
Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove
Because it's clean.
Because it's econom
ical. Because it saves
time.
Because it gives best
cooking results.
Because its flame
can be regulated
instantly.
Because it "will cot overheat your kitchen.
Because it is better than the coal or wood stove.
Because it is htptrftcted oil stove.
For other reasons see stove at your dealer's,
or write our nearest agency.
Made in three sires and fully warranted.
wtth latest Improrsd burner. Mads of brass throughout
and beautifully nickeled. Aa ornament to any room,
whether library, dininf -room, parlor or bedroom. Every
lamp warranted. Writs to our nearest agency if not at
your dealer's.
OTANDASTD ODL COMPANY
(laoear-eaATCB)
'3&&C!ZZTii,m 7si in
Possible for Every Home to Own a Piano
W bar Just received several lines of particularly fine Pianos,
upon which we have put prices which are sure to prove attractive to
you, prices so low that they will cause the Instruments to move
quickly, as people have opportunity to examln them. ,
Prominent smonf the Bargains are the Kensington Pianos, I
beautiful oak, walnut and mahogany cases, of very latest and richst -design.
After critical examination and Inspection you will acre
that these Pianos are equal to the sort most stores sell at f 300 and
even more. You may have your choice at IStS, paying ft per month
If you prefer.
A tine lot of especially selected Whitney and Dunbar Piano are
- also marked with bargain prices. They are the best of the make
being the largest size and having the very latest cases. The instru
ments, too, ar being sold at lower price than equal (redes of goods
can be bought for at this time.
We have a little less than a carload of the makes and they '
won't last long at the specially low prlo of $260. 7 per month
Still another Piano In this excellent offering Is a special fin styl of
the Cramer Piano that Is being sold at f 110, $& pr month. This in
' strument Is well made, has a good tone and Is fully guaranteed It
ia worthy of most careful inspection. Tou will pay t(0 elsewhere
for it equal.
The abov line of Pianos represents extraordinary quality and
character for the money. Any Intending purchaser will do well to
buy on of these Piano If be wishes to mak a saving. Come at one,
WE SAVE YOU $00 TO $60 OX A PIANO.
A. Hospo Co.. 1513 Dotintes St
ONE PRICfi Writ for
ALL WOMEN
SUFFER
froos the same phjsioal distnrbejiees,
and the nature of their duties. In
aaen cases, qn Icily drift them into
the horrors of all kinds of female
complaint, orgaaie trouble, aloe ra
tion, falling and displacements, or
perk ape irregularity or snpprsicn
eaasior backache, fterronaneaa. Ir
ritability, and alMpleeaaaas,
Women everywhere ahoald re
member that the medicine that holds
the record for the largest number of
actual euros of female Ills ia
the practical person. "A base ball umpire
doesn't get such a large salary." Wash
Ington Star.
" 'A man may smile and smile, snd be a
vllllan still," quoted Uncle Allen Sparks:
"but I've known crooked men that could
keep their faces Just as straight a any
body else." Chics go Tribune.
Brown Jones Is In favor of women
voting.
Smith Is that sot
Brown Tee, he says that If women were
allowed to vote he'd run for office snd
make his wife support him. Detroit Free
Press.
"She Is my affinity, your honor!" pleaded
the msn who had deserted his family for
a schoolgirl.
'You are mlatalten, said the senten
tious magistrate.
'work Is vour affinity.
Sixteen years at
Record-Herald.
hard labor!" Chicago
First Bulldog This is ths worst spring;
I've ever experienced.
Second Bulldog It Is backward. Bo far
I haven't had a chance at a Single tramp,
and this time last year I had the seats of
four pairs of trousers in my kennel.
Detroit Pre Press.
Biggs Did you make anything of a spring,
trip in your automobtlet
Digrs (gloomily) It was all spring when
It wasn't fall. Baltimore American.
"Why don't you make a few speeches on
that subject?" asked the admiring friend.
"My dear sir." answered Henator Sor
ghum, "maJclng a few speeches Is out of
the question. Once the habit Is acquired
It is Impossible to make a few speeches.
Just as It Is Impossible to smoko a few
Cigarettes." Washington Star. .
A MOTHER'S Q.VESTIOX.
The Bohemian.
Soft waves 'of cheetnut hair gold in th
sun
Red mouth, whoes curving lips UimpTeit
with fun;
Skin fair and soft and smooth, cheeks
tinged with rose,
Eye in whose smiling depths happiness
glows,
Never the cloud of tears shadowed tholr
blue
This waa the mother's face my baby
knew,
Hair whit ns driven snow, face seamed
and drawn.
Pale lips with grief-lines marked,' all
laughter gone.
Eyes dull and lusterless, faded by tears.
Empty arms, aching heart, all these Ions;
years.
Lor.
d. If we meet again, by Thy dear
How shah my baby know his' mother's
face?
cannot b equaled
for it briaht and
simple construction
and absolute safety. Equipped
Catalogua. mo rraruiHum.