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WREJ OCT OF TOWK.
Babscrlbers leaving; the city teat,
pararlly sboald hay Th Bee
nailed to them. Address will b
ekssced as oftea aa reqaested.
These stories about the antics of the
lodge goat may be the work of a na
ture fakir.
"What Is the greatest need of de
mocracy?" asks the St Louis Repub
lic. Votes. '
The Hague peace conference dele
gates should cheer up. Switzerland la
ready to disarm Its navy.
If the Jamestown exposition only
changes heads a few more times it will
not have any place to put the blame.
If Senator Beveridge is goingto be
married he ought to begin now taking
few lessons in the art of listening.
. Before deciding to secede Colorado,
might at least submit Its differences
with the United States to The Hague.
Mayor Schmita of San Francisco
says he has an Incurable disease. It
baa already been diagnosed as graft
ing. , Harry Orchard was not so bad, after
all. He admits that there were daya
at a time when 'he did not kill any
body. One of Senator Aldrlch's defenders
SecUres that "he never betrayed a
trust." That's one of the charges
(gainst him.
' Richard Croker insists that his'
father yWaa a gentleman. Richard
Croker'B father is making no' claims,
tor his eon.
"Will women ever dress like men?"
isks a New York dress reformer. Some
Df them are already credited with
wearing "em.
The San Francisco operators appear
to have dashed the hopes of an amica
ble adjustment of the telegraph trou
bles by peaceable wire-pulling.
Which are you reading more care
fully, the proceedings of the peace con;
ference at The Hague or the reports
of the Haywood trial al Boise? .
"You cannot serve your fellow men.
unless you touch them," says Dr. Felix
Adler. Still most of your fellow men,
try to avoid the man who tries to
touch them.
Uncle Sam was strong enough to
take twlco as much from China as the
1 country owed him and he is now show
ing that he is strong enough to give
halt of It back.
Senator Foraker may yet, prove his
assertion that the soldiers did not kill
anyone at Brownsville if he can secure
proof that those Brownsville folks
committed suicide.
Colonel Watterson Inquires: "Is
Hot the democratic party an empty
bottle without a label?" It takes a
teal Kentucky gentleman to appreciate
the emptiness of an empty bottle.
- I
"I leave your beautiful soil with
regret," said General Kurokl. The
land syndicates, whose representative
have Just been In session, also regret
havlsg to leave a little of the beauti
ful soil to the rest of the country.
In Nebraska the railroads opposed
the t-rent fare legislation because the
country was so sparsely settled. In
New York and Pennsylvania the rail
roads oppose the 2-cent fare legisla
tion because the country 'is so densely
ettUod.
btill tit Tiar old rvt.
When Mr. Harriman gave out bis
authorized interview a few months ago
promising "co-operation on the part
of the railroads on the one hand and
the public and the government on the
other," the people were led to expect
a change in the attitude of the rail
roads, or at least of the Harriman
roads. Mr. Harriman declared at that
time:
We have tried the other method. W
have left It to our lawyers to take care
of legislation hy whatever means nilclit be
the most effective and to our subordinate
to explain things to the general public. It
won't do.
While Mr. Harriman was eminently
correct in declaring that the policy of
constantly antagonizing the public
would no longer do ard that a change
was imperative, the railroads seem to
be still Jogging along In the same old
rut. They are still leaving it to the
lawyers to take care of legislation by
whatever means they may think ef
fective and to subordinates to defy the
government authorities at will with a
high and mighty band.
It would have been supposed, for ex
ample, that the railroads doing busi
ness In Nebraska would have learned
the costly lesson taught by the ex
pensive litigation resulting from their
unsuccessful appeal to the United
States supreme court to protect them
In their tax-shirking practices. But
they seem bent on playing with the
Barae Are a second time by going into
the courts again on practically the
Identical proposition rather than to
submit to taxation on an equal basis
of valuation with other property own
ers. It would have been supposed that
the railroads in Nebraska would have
accepted the anti-pass law with good
grace, especially after their spokes
men had pretended that they would be
glad to abolish the free pass altogether
and augment their - revenue by cash
fares from those whom they had been
carrying for nothing. But the "co
operation" has been entirely lacking In
this state and reluctant compliance
with the terms of the anti-pass law
has been forced upon the railroads
like distasteful gruel upon an unwil
ling child.
It would have been supposed that
the railroads, although feeling ag
grieved by the 2-cent fare law, would
have encouraged "a kindly feeling
with the public," when giving it a
trial, by smoothing down the rough
edges and endeavoring to make good
the difference by stimulating increased
passenger traffic. Instead of doing this,
however, they have sought to make it
as difficult and embarrassing as pos
sible for patrons to take advantage of
the 2-cent rate.
If the railroads of Nebraska ever
had any intention to seek "to eo-oper-erate
with the public and the govern
ment," and to cease leaving every
thing to lawyers and subordinates, no
indication of putting the preachment
into practice is yet visible. On the con
trary, they seem to be pursuing the
same old course of law-defiance, tax
shirking and disregard of public rights
which brought them Into their present
odium and keeps them in disrepute.
THE COST OF VAGRANCY.
Some rather startling statistics have
been presented to the National Confer
ence of Charities and Corrections at
Minneapolis relating to the cost of
vagrancy, the loss of life to trespass
ers on railways and the burden placed
upon taxpayers in different communi
ties by lack of system in deterring and
punishing vagrancy. Orlando F.
Lewis, one of the superintendents of
the New York City Charity organiza
tion, declared that in the years from
19,01 to 1905, inclusive, 23,964 tres
passers were killed and 25,236 injured
by railroads. From one-half to two
thirds of these, he declared, were va
grants. Railroad officials represented
at the conference offered much testi
mony showing the difficulty the rail
roads experience in dealing with the
tramp problem. The conference
adopted the following recommenda
tions, looking to a solution of the
problem:
Greater co-operation should exist be
tween towns and railroads In prosecuting
and convicting vagrant. Convicted va
grants should he Imprisoned at hard labor
for considerable periods.
Trespass law should be enforced when
adequate, strengthened when Inadequate,
and adopted when none exist.
The costs of prosecution and mainte
nance of vagrant should be made a state
charge.
Individuals should refuse "kitchen-door
aid" to vagrants.
With rare exception concerted plans
tor dealing with the tramp have never
been formulated. The "move-on"
policy is followed in most cities of the
country, the, police officials simply or
dering the vagrant to. get out of town,
thus passing the responsibility for his
care to some other municipality. The
railroads, which are the greatest com
plainants against the tramp nuisance,
too often do little more than kick the
box car tourists off their right-of-way,
leaving the local authorities to deal
with them. The vagrant'8 crimes are
usually petty, often undiscovered and
municipal officers are prone to be
lenient with him.' Nearly all states
have anti-vagrancy laws, but they are
usually Inadequate or futile from lack
of vigorous enforcement. , Nebraska
has taken the lead In this matter, the
last legislature having passed a law
making it a penal offense for any per
son to be caught stealing a ride on a
railroad train. General enforcement
of such enactment would go far to
ward solving the vagrancy problem.
Law officers can offer no acceptable
excuse in these days of failure to vig
orously enforce anti-vagrancy meas
ures. In times of industrial depres
sion hoiiest and worthy workmen may
be compelled to beat their way or turn
tramps, temporarily, in their search
for work, but when there is an insis
tent and growing demand for labor in
every branch of Industrial and com
mercial activity the able-bodied roan
who systemati-ally shirks work in
stead of seeking It should be given
short shrift by the authorities.
REMITTING TUB INDEMSITT.
President Roosevelt has evidently
determined to give some of the powers
an object lesson in national morality
by asking congress to remit the mil
lions still due us from China as our
share of the Indemnity awarded for
the Boxer outrages in 1900. When the
United States Joined the other powers
In the march on Peking, to protect the
lives and property of foreigners living
in China, the expenses, of course,
amounted to many millions of dollars,
and after peace had been restored the
nations agreed upon the Indemnity
that should be asked. The share of
the United States was estimated at
$25,000,000, which, with Interest for
the forty years for which bonds raised
for the purpose were to run, would
amount to 154,000,000. Since the
award was made, the officials at Wash
ington have been figuring up the cost
of the American expedition to Peking
and find that It was about $11,000,
000. The president has notified the
Chinese minister at Washington that
he will ask congress to waive the claim
against China for all but $11,000,000.
about half of which has already been
paid.
The president's action promises to
be rather embarrassing to the united
powers, all of which put In large bills
and forced China to agree to them be
cause in no position to refuse. It is
generally admitted that the bills pre
sented were largely in excess of the
actual loss sustained. The president's
action is one of strict Justice and
should have a potent influence in giv
ing the United State an Immense
prestige in its future dealings with
China. It will be interesting to note
the effect upon other nations of this
application of the square deal princi
ple to China.
THE JVE1T COLLEGE GRADUATE,
The tendency toward the practical
in twentieth century education is
demonstrated forcibly by the charac
ter and tone of the addresses by stu
dents and professors In the commence
ment exercises crowding the days of
June. It Is estimated that about 60,
000 young men and women are being
graduated this month from the higher
Institutions of learning in the coun
try, not counting the large number
receiving diplomas from academies
and training schools of various kinds,
and . there is abundant evidence that
the graduates of the year are better
prepared to begin their larger course
of study in the university of the world
than their predecessors have been. The
typical old-time graduate, the "clois
tered student pale," has succumbed to
the environment of a generation that
demands men and women whose eyes
have been opened by education to an
appreciation of their duty to the
world, rather than merely crammed
with outworn knowledge and imprac
tical theories. The prodigy of book
learning Is now almost an extinct
species and the colleges and universi
ties are doing their utmost to make
his elimination complete.
The average college graduate today
Is a rather practical fellow, who has
kept In touch with actual affairs of
life during bis academic course. .He
leaves the campus with a clearly de
fined Idea of his own shortcomings and
limitations and a reasonable compre
hension of what the world, from which,
he Is going to ask employment, will
expect from him. The outdoor sports,
incident to the college career of the
day," have bronzed his cheeks and har
dened his muscles and made him
physically fit for the contest. The
courses of study have reached out into
practical affairs of the world and the
graduate Is stronger for It. He has
encouragement, too, In the knowledge
that the professional, commercial and
Industrial world are holding a wel
come for hira,, offering special induce
ments to the college-trained man will
ing to devote his energies and acquire
ments to the advancement of world
conditions.
Never before in the history of the
country has the active modern life
been so ready and eager to assimilate
this yearly accession of energetic and
enthusiastic young men and women.
There is room for all of them. May
they all be useful, successful and
happy.
THE W7ID OFSTEB.
Students of nature, men and women
who find delight In studying the habits
of animals, learning the innermost
secrets of their ambitions, longings and
passions, , owe a debt of gratitude to
Attorney General Jackson of New
York, who has come valiantly to the
front, braving nhe ridicule of an
Ignorant public, and declared that the
oyster Is a wild animal. In a letter
to the Tax department of New York.
General Jackson goes on record with
the assertion that he can prove that
the oyster, in Its native state, Is a
ferocious denizen of the deep and no
more amenable .to tax laws than the
tiger of the jungle or the man-eating
jackrabbtt of the western plains.
General Jackson admits that the "do
mesticated, tamed or garden variety
of oyster, that has been artificially
planted and cultivated," may be con
sidered personal property and taxed as
such, but that the real wild oyster is
as free from the exactions of the tax
agent as is Hetty Green or the ma
jority of the New York millionaires.
Now that General Jackson has
broken the Ice, so to speak, we may
expect the fiction writers of the coun
try to emulate his courage and hump
themselves to the belated task of ac
cording the oyster its proper place.
They have tamed grlr.slles to eat out
of the hand, have described caucuses
of the coyotes and taught the habits
of the bobcat to the toddlers in the
kindergartens, while Ignoring the more
daring exploits of the oyster, the terror
of the deep, the scorpion of the salted
seas. We will be told the truth about
It now. The disappearance of the
lobster will be shown to be due to the
ravages of the Pulajancs tribe of
oysters that have broken away from
the reservation at the foot of Chesa
peake bay and carried ruin and desola
tion to the peaceful Inhabitants of the
brine clear up to the coast of Maine.
The whale crop is a failure because
the savage oysters have crowded the
huge leviathans out of their feeding
beds, and watched them succumb to
starvation. The sea serpents that ap
pear periodically In the vicinity of
Atlantic City are always headed south.
It will be shown that they are speed
ing for the gulf stream, the warmth of
which Is the surest protection against
the wild oysters, who fight In their
heavy coats of mail and avoid warm
climates.
When the real life Story of the wild
oyster is written, as It is sure to be,
much that has heretofore been classi
fied under the general "mystery of the
deep" will be fully explained and re
vealed. MICROBES ASD KISSES.
According to the dictum of Dr.
Knopf, a noted German scientist who
has been lecturing before the Confer
ence of Charities and Corrections at
Minneapolis, kissing is a bad thing
for the race; resulting in disease and
death, and therefore must go. Being
a scientist, Dr. Knopf is without senti
ment and he has pilloried osculation,
declaring that it produces consumption
and many other diseases and, if per
sisted In, will cause the early decay
and' downfall of the great American
nation. The most alarming feature
of Dr. Knopf's note of warning is that
it comes in the nature of corrobora
tive evidence. The American Medical
association, in convention at Atlantic
City, recently listened with approval,
or at any rate without protest, to one
member who declared that thousands
of mothers were "kissing their own
and helpless babies' lives away, caus
ing and spreading epidemics of grip
and fever."
He urged action looking to the adop
tion of anti-kl8slng laws In all the
states.
In the face of such warning, what is
the layman to do? The kiss Is as old
as the human race and, If mythology
and history are to be believed, some
33d degree experts In the art lived
back In the old days before the microbe
had been publicly introduced. Old
Homer furnishes this description of
the kiss preferred by Aphrodite,
daughter of Zeus and Plone:
Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score.
Then to that twenty add an hundred more;
A thousand to that hundred; so kiss on
To make that thousand up a million;
Treble that million, and when that Is done.
Let's kiss afresh, as when we first begun.
According to the Knopf Idea, Aphro
dite would simply have been consumed
by bacteria, with a surplus sufficient
to form several overflow meetings.
But the record shows that her health
was exceedingly good and that her
appetite for kisses grew by what it
fed on.
Aphrodite may have had few peers
in the kissing line, but the world,
savaged and civilised, has been filled
with her disciples and emulators. The
kiss has carried love's message from
the cradle to the grave. It has been
a balm for baby's hurts, the sign
manual on Cupid's contracts; it has
inspired romance and poetry, brought
happiness to millions and millions of
souls and dried oceans of tears. It
has played an important part in the
sentimental relations of human life
from the first day, and the plain peo
ple who have already Jost too many
of their cherished rights, are certain
to oppose this effort to have the kiss
taken into the laboratory, analyzed,
disinfected and sterilized before it is
allowed to perform its proper function.
Ordinary people will withhold their
enthusiasm for any crusade calculated
to recognize the supremacy of bacteri
ology over heart throbs. They will
prefer, undismayed and unafraid, to
agree with Dante that "kisses are the
messengers of love," rather than ac
cept Dr. Knopf's contention that they
are messengers of microbes, measles,
mumps, meningitis or murder.
In an address at the Columbia uni
versity luncheon Governor Hughes of
New York said:
We want in connexion with all these
public questions a damper put only upon
th man who Insists on talking without
thinking and having things done without
regard to their essential justice and merely
because It may be pointed .out as a thing
accomplished.
The governor might Just as well de
mand that the prevailing style of poli
tician be changed, and be done with It.
David R. Francis of St. Louts says
Bryan will receive the democratic
nomination text year, "practically
with no opposition." Yes, and he
doubtless whispered that the repub
lican candidates will be eletced about
the same way.
One of the subjects proposed for a
Joint discussion of opposing candi
dates for republican nomination for
United States senator in Illinois is a
declaration la favor ot amending the
federal constitution so as to provide,
for the election of United States sena
tors by direct popular vote. Can it
be possible there Is any serious dlffor
ence of opinion in Illinois on this
point?
Colonel Bryan's Commoner has
come to the conclusion that the new
Oklahoma constitution is "the best
constitution that there Is in the United
States today." The only possible way
of securing an Improvement on the
Oklahoma constitution Is to procure
another constitution written by
Colonel Bryan.
Secretary Taft will be out ot the
country from September 10 to Decem
ber 10, and most ot the time on the
high seas of the Pacific ocean without
communication with Washington, ex'
cept possibly by wireless telegraphy
That will be the time for the political
pipe dreamers to indulge themselves
to their hearts' content.
A ientle Reminder.
Philadelphia Press.
It Is all right for a state to have a
favorite son, but Ohio Is admonished that
the rules of the gam bar two favorite eons
from one state.
Par I n or Walk.
Washington Btar.
Railways are preparing to make a deter
mined fight on tramrs who steal rides. The
abolition of the free pass system Is evl
dently to recognise no exceptions.
Expert Talent In Action.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The latest group of sunspots Is 82.000
miles long, and the theorists who follow
them are still able to prove anything with
the facility of experts In a criminal trial.
Is It Forbidden Frnltf
Chicago Tribune.
It will be noticed perhaps that the Adams
Express company did not cut Its Juicy
melon until after President Roosevelt had
gone Into retirement at Oyster Bay and
temporarily relaxed his grip on public af
fairs. Too Mnch f a Start.
Indianapolis News.
Notwithstanding the announcement of
an Increase In wages that haa been made
by some of the railroads, the cost of living
Is not In the least alarmed. It feels pretty
sure that It has too much of a start ever
to be caught.
Expert Opinion Revised.
New York Tribune.
Squaring the circla Is an operation
which expert mathematicians have
deemed Impossible. But the opinion may
need revision. An English railroad com
pany has Just built for Us locomotives a
rectangular round house.
A Krlendlr 1.1ft.
Bt. Louts Glqbe-Democrat.
Uncle Sam think of remitting to China
the millions In indemnity in excess of the
cost of sending American troops to help
put down the Boxer outbreak. This may
be considered unprofessional In some diplo
matic circles, but look like friendly con
sideration for a troubled country.
Painful Eajoyment.
Kansas City Btar.
The railroad magnate throughout the
country have waxed facetlou In their com
ments on that part of President Roosevelt s
Indianapolis speech In which he declared
that "there ara many honest railroad of
ficlals." Tb magnates are heartily wel
come to any enjoyment which they may be
able to glean from th Information that the
public also regarded that utteranc with
some senna ot amusement.
GLITTERING GENERALITIES.
Bonrke Cook ran and HI Visit to
Colonel Bryan.
New York Evening Post.
"If the situation," observes Representa
tive Cockran, "develops a stronger man
than Mr. Bryan, he will undoubtedly com
to the front." Buch a thing It Is to be a
political oracle, adrlp with wisdom I
Similarly, If Yale develops a stronger crw
than Harvard, It will undoubtedly be first
at the finish. These sagacities are admir
able; but they do not get us forarder. Mr.
Cockran haa Just returns! from L'ncoln,
Neb., and may there have ImbtteJ his
splendid vagueness about the democratic
candidate. He reports Mr. Bryan aa still
underldd whether to "tske" th nomina
tion. Just at present, it appear, the plat
form la the chief thing under consideration
at Lincoln. But If Bryan is to write the
platform and Insist, If he does not run
himself, .upon a nominee of his own kind,
It would need a very '.rong man Indrel
to come to the front. And there Is always
that sad dlffcrenc between coming to the
front In a national convention, and In
th election. ,
THE NATION'S PEACEMAKER.
American Spirit of Good Will Person
10ed by Secretary Taft.
Broadway Magazine.
The American people are beginning to
realise that In William Howard Taft they
have a man who handles national affairs
with an Integrity and brilliancy of per
formance that stands second only to th
beloved "Teddy." He Is on of the few
large men whose ability Is commensurate
with his Imposing avoirdupois.
Mr. Taft Is the great silent stateaman,
th one man of national Importance who
has reached the stature of presidential
possibility with no political effort or cam
paigning of any sort on his own part.
Ha was born in Cincinnati In 1357, and
prepared there for Yale, where he grad
uated In 1ST8. He was chosen orator of his
class ot 121. It was here he acquired the
nickname. "Big Bill" Taft. which haa
stuck to him all through his public career.
At college he was famous for hi physical
strength and was champion wrestler of the
university.
From Yale he went to th Cincinnati Law
School, where he divided th first price for
scholarship. In 18N0 he was admitted to
the Ohio bar and, for ten years was occu
pied with state affairs. In 18W his federal
career began and he was chosen solicitor
general for the United 8tates, and then
United States circuit Judge.
Irt 1900 he began the work for which he
gained an unljue and national reputatlpn,
for In March of that year he went as
president of the Philippine commission and
turned his wonderful executive ability to
the tangled affairs of our new possessions.
He Is the great American peacemaker.
On the Fourth of July, ISul, he was ap
pointed first civil governor of the Philippine
Islands. In 1903 he waa made secretary of
war by President Roosevelt, but he has
never lost his interest In th 'Islands h
reconstructed.
During his Illness In th Philippine there
waa a daily Interchange of cablegram be
tween Taft and the White House. At last
th mighty governor cabled-"Much bet.
ter: rode thirty miles Into th Interior
yesterday." Thl proved too strong a
temptation for his friends In Washington
and Secretary Root replied: ''Congratula
tion, but how about th horse T"
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SERMONS BOILED DOWS.
The religion that produces no sunshine Is
moonshine.
It takes a strong man to stop doing
weak things.
Tou must master your own moods before
you can master men.
Half of success is In seeing the signifi
cance of small things.
To set a child's face toward gladness is
to Incline him to God.
Faith I not built by falling to take fair
account of all th facta.
Red letter daya are not made by looking
on the blue side of thlnga.
Salvation often means making man over
according to one'a pattern.
Many a preacher says he is seeking souls
when he Is chasing statistics.
You cannot weld folks to the good by a
frosty smile at the church door.
The possession of the vocabulary of vir
tue often Is mistaken for Its practice.
Convert preachers to absolute sincerity
and you can convert people from their
sins.
It's easy to build Ideal castle If you'll
let the contract for the roada to them to
others.
When your face Is an advertisement of
failure It's no use talking of the glory of
your faith.
A lot of Sunday religion would put up a
better front if it waa backed up by week
day reality.
Th Important thing about a sermon Is
not th impression it makes on you but th
expression you give to It. Chicago Tribune.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Tou can't convince an Iceman that there
I any romance In the question. "I It
warm enough for you?"
Th statute of limitation doubtless pre
vented th prosecution from showing that
Orchard 1 th man who struck Billy Pat
terson.
A physician says that hot water will
cur anything. Thl accounts for th seal
of coma people in keeping their neighbors
soaked.
Indiana factories are making light of
expert testimony by turning out fuel gas
at 16 cents a thousand?: But consumers
cannot e that figure In their bills.
An unknown savant contributes to th
gayety of the season by knocking at Me
thuselah's age. Muck rakers must be des
perately hard up when they tackle dead
subject.
Japan haa concluded to put In operation
an Indirect but no less effective method
of collecting damage from thl country.
The current price of tea ha been raised
to a substantial figure.
Massachusetts follows Missouri In out
lawing the buchetshop business. In Boston
and St. Lout It Is still possible to place a
piece of money on the weather, but the
quality is too popr to rouse sporting blood
beyond the nickel limit.
With characteristic Indifference to cus
tom and tradition Kansana handed diluted
lemon Juice to th officer and crew of th
battleship Kansaa. Th tart tipple waa
softened by a magnificent llvr service
presented by th state.
A women progress Into the domain of
man and catch on to his caprice they do
a turn a deftly a any of the lords. Tes
timony In a Chicago court brought to light
th payment of liberal rebates on millinery
when husbands foot th bills.
A Chicago girl candidly admltUd In
court that ah did not object to kissing,
but will not permit any male cannibal to
chew hor cheek. This Is the first time
Chicago cheek has been esteemed a con
fection. There 1 no accounting for taste.
Now that the newspaper have picked
out th most beautiful woman In the
United Statea, makers of complexion pow
ders and other toilet essentials can obtain
valuable information nd cholc positions
by applying to th respective business office
An Honest Tale Speeds Best Plainly Told
Shakespsar.
Bo it Is with the Hospe store. What
ever w have to tU can b plainly
told.
Of our business ways w can talk
plainly, because they are simple, hon
est way. Whatever we say of our
Pianos is plainly said, because each Is
the product of a well known, reliable
factory. The prices on our Instru
ments can be plainly quoted, bncaud
we have hut one price for each.
And so It la whatever Is told you In
the Hospe stor you may rely on. W
depend on our straightforwardness to
bring us trade. We do not give your
friends and acquaintances secret com
missions for recommending our ri
anos, nor do w ask any other person
to commend our goods tn the knowl
edge that such praise will be of finan
cial benefit to them. To he hrTI-f, we
absolutely do not pay commissions.
Whyt
The answer to this, too, can be
PLAINLY TOLD. Commissions srn
Unfair to the customer. The di-aler
who gives them adds them to the real
price of the Planes he sells, thereby
making an Instrument cost ynu more
than It should. A stor that pays
A. HOSPE CO.
1513 Douglas Street
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SECULAR SHOT AT THE PUI.PIf
Brooklyn Eagle: A Philadelphia Metho
dist minister deputed his wife to fill hi
pulpit on "Children's Day." A proper rec
ognition of masculine limitation I pe
cullarly admirable In a minister of th
gospel.
Buffalo Express: A church with a press
agency suggests conditions not usually as
soclated with religion. Whether religion
In this case will benefit by the contract la
a matter ot doubt with the Imagination
of a press agent and the limitation of a
church.
Chicago Record-Herald: A Boston min
ister announces that In eight year th
reign of the devil will come to an end.
This Is Important if true, and we could
name several gentlemen who would like
to know whose presidential administration
Mr. Satan's reign Is to end with.
Leslie's Weekly: The subject of miniate,
rial relief was one of the most prominent
and Important ones considered by th re
cent Presbyterian general assembly. Th
average salary of preachers In that great
and strong church Is only $700 a year. In
speaking on this subject Rev. Dr. Agnew
of Philadelphia referred to the preacher
as Idolized at 30, criticised at 40, ostracised
bt 60, Oslerized at $0, and canonized at 70.
He said that an endowment fund of
16,0110,000 was needed. A hod carrier, who
learns his trade In a day, can earn mora
In a year than the- preacher get on the
average, though the education of the lat
ter costs them years of study and thousand
of dollars of expense.
DOMESTIC P1.EASAM1IIES.
Mrs. Jawback rm surprised at youl Re
fore we were married you told me yon
never used profanity.
Mr. Jawback 1 didn't. I wasn't ever mar
ried before. Cleveland Leader.
"I wouldn't be afraid to trust my husband
anywhere," aald Mra. Henpeck.
"Why? Doesn t he care for women?"
"If he does he never shows any sign ol
It when I'm around." Chicago Record
Herald.
"I wonder If Croker will wear It?"
"Wear what?"
"I didn't read the article, but the head
lines In the paper said something about hi
winning a derby?" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"What did nana mnv when vnu tolri him
you wanted to marry me?"
"tie just laughed. Houston Post.
"TlnkletoD tells his wife evervthlnor ha
knows."
"I notice he hasn't much to say to her."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tess There goes Hess Mugley.
Jess Yes, Blie played the part of th
heroine In the privalu theatricals at our
church
Tess The Idea! Did she have th face t
play the heroine?
Jess No, but the costumer fixed on n
for her. Philadelphia Press.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT.
When looklike folks get sick a bit,
'1 hey send tor airs, not science
Grand Dr. Airs ha looks like It
Has won their firm reliance.
He looks so stylish, smart and wise,
So skillful, charming, sunny,
Him they trust well, pay any prlc
To him who look for monay.
When hale, their potluck principle
Seems look or lockout muter;
In politic Invincible
It rules like old ht. Peter.
On pulpits, fairs, In clannlc chairs.
Conventions stunts of note, sir
Th plain chaps, lacking lordly airs,
Are kept below by vole, sir.
They look so common, don't w knowj
Bo cheap, or out of season.
And common things, at last, rank low
As look-folks rise to riason.
Swell dignity, thy nose and chin
Htld up be yet our penate,
By hook or crook may you slip la
From Sing Sing to the senate.
Hall look-like, millions' guiding star, '
In strains of "Yankee Doodle;
Appearances deceptive are
No more from prlrue or poodle.
Your shine comes strong from peak to Bit
Illumines IiIk und small things
"It, he, she don't, or looks like It."
Thl earchlight goes through ail thlnga,
. . K- MARTIN TE1QEN.
Minneapolis, June, 107.
commissions rarely sells th beat Pi
anos and cajinot b depended upon to
give you the full worth of youf
money.
When you buy a Piano you want to
be confident that no other person can
get more for th money than you
don t vniit Ynu ui.A - i .
the nous hi question will not take
advantage of your Innocense. because
you Happen not to have a technical
knowlJg of Pianos. i short, you
want A syUAht DKAL.
Your reason should tell you this !
lmpoaslbltt In stores that have a slid
ing scale or prices and corrupt your
friends by offering them money, to at
tract you to their establishment.
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