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VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR,
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elaaa miner.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas county, aa:
Charles C. Roaewaler, general manager
ef The Bee Publishing Company, bolng
duly aworn. aaya that the actual number
f full aod complete copies of The
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bea printed
during the month pf June, 1907. was aa
follow:
1 38.130 IT . B,480
SS.SOO II M,4
I , Se,3 It 84,460
4 44,440 tO 84.J10
t g,410 88,810
....... se,sie is, ae,eio
T,.,. ... 84,830 t 85,788
6,B00 SI 36,800
t ....... . 80,400 IS 88,880
It 36,440 2 88,850
11 36,830 27 34,470
II 88,880 21 34,470
It 34,440 29... 34,340
14 34,980 10 39,450
II 8T.170
II 39,300 Total: . .1,044,880
Less unsold and returned coplea. . 10,389
Nat tout 1,083X31
Daily averse 33,187
CHARLES C. ROREWATBR,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me thla let day of July. 190?.
ISeal) M, B. HUNUATE,
, . ' Notary Public
f WHIR OUT or TOWN,
Sabecrlbere leaving; ha city tem
porarily' ahoala hay The Be
sailed ta them. AddreM will ba
changed eftea aa requested.
July need not try to make up for all
the beat missed in May and Juna.
The Jlttla green bug nan evidently
served its usefulness and had Its day.
Whatever the railroads think, about
It. i cents seems far enough to the
passenger.
Judge Landis might have varied the
program by asking Mr. Rockefeller to
make a noise like a rebate.
. J acta kindly announces that It has
no objection to' allowing Uncle Sam's
battleships playroom . In the Paclflo
ocean.
That Washington weather bureau
official who declares that too much
sunshine is harmful must be a bull in
the corn market.
The local messenger boy who was
robbed of 10 cents and a telegram Is
congratulating himself that the robber
did not take his novel.
Sir James Barr of Liverpool ex
presses alarm because the British head
is growing smaller every year. Of all
things a swelled head la an abomina
tion.
Some one has referred in print to
our old friend, Richard L. Metcalf, as
"the real editor of Mr. Bryan'a Com
moner." What has Mr." Bryan to aay
to this?
A story is going the rounds that a
man who refused to give bis name lost
$1,000,000 at faro in Pittsburg. It ia
possible that John W, Gates travels
occasionally Incog.
It might eav the expense of sending
thw battleships around the Horn if the
government should get Harry Orchard
to the task ot patrolling the Paclflo
and keeping out the Japanese invad
ers. 1
"Roosevelt ! fr and away the most
popular man in this country," says
John W. Gateg. There are other mil
Uonaires who wonld agree with Gates
if they were certain of the "far and,
away" part.
Tgls talk of a duel between Senator
Tillman and Senator Dolllver ahould
not alarm their friends. Both sena
tors are doing the lecture circuit and
appreciate the box office value of real
press agent work.
Japan expresses a desire to show
friendliness for the United States la
tome effective manner. Japan can do
11 by calling off all war talk until the
officials at Wabhington return from
their summer vacations.
William H. Newman of the New
York Central ia a director of 119 cor
porations. His nearest competitor la
Chauncey M. Depew, who ia a director
in elxtyfour corporations, not count
ing the United States aenate.
It ia no reflection on the healthful
r.es of Texas that many life Insurance
companies are leaving that state. The
location seema to be very healthful for.
everybody except life insurance folks
who cannot gwallow Texaa lawa.
Suppose the railroads net oaly sab
mit to the 2 -cent (are laws enacted la
the various western states, but also
put In a 2 -cent interstate rate without
losing money by the change where
would that leave Governor Hughes ot
JIcw Tork with bla I -cent far veto?
time CQMFAST LAW-DtriAVCK.
All v the . expres4 companies doing
tuBineas In Nebraska bave undertaken
by concerted action to ignore the rate
reduction legislation enacted by the
last slate legislature, which has just
gone into effect, and to defy all author
ity over tbem vested in the State Rail
way commission. This is not an en
tirely unexpected play on the part of
the express companies and it will prob
ably lead to a sharp conflict in the
courts to determine whether this class
of corporations is or is not subject to
state regulation, so far as their busi
ness within state boundaries is con
cerned. The attitude of law defiance as
sumed by the express companies Is
more readily understood in the light
of their origin and present makeup.
These express, companies are simply
rings within the railroad ring the
railroads in disguise. For the most
part they represent nothing but con
tracts with railroad companies for ex
clusive rights to do business over their
respective systems, capitalized into
millions and owned either outright by
the railroads or under cover by the
men who control the railroada. Some
times the game has been played from
the oUxer end so that the expresa com
pany owns the stock in the railroad
and in that way pours the profits into
the game hands.
By way of illustration, official re
ports show that the Union Pacific owns
2,400,000 of the $((,000,000 of stock
authorised tor. the Pacific Express
company, while the remainder of the
stock is held by two other railroads.
In a recent public address, disclaiming
responsibility for the Boston &
Maine merger. Henry M. Whitney ex
plained that the railroad stock stand
ing in his name was held by him
merely as a director of the American
Express company, "who are the largest
stockholders in the Boston ft Maine
railroad." Official rosters show that
Levi C. Weir is president of the Adams
Express company and James C. Fargo
president of the American Express
company, and both are managing di
rectors of the United States Express
company, of which Senator Thomas C.
Piatt i president. The Wells-Fargo
Express company likewise is officered
by directors of the Southern Pacific
railroad in the game manner as is the
Paclflo Express company by the officers
of the Union Pacific, who are identical
with those of the Southern Pacific.
The methods by which the express
companies do business with the rail
road companies confirm the assertion
that they fire "in and in" with one an
other. Express companies are sup
posed to pay over to the railroad com
panies for hauling their ears and op
eratives a fixed proportion of the re
ceipts rather than any fixed charge per
car or any fixed price per hundred
weight. ' A law reducing express
charges, therefore, reduces pro rata
the amounts payable by the express
companies to tfie railroada and glvea
them a mutual interest In maintaining
high rates and maximum receipts. Re
fusal 6n the part of the express com
panies, therefore, to conform to the
new laws is simply refusal on the part
of the railroad companies in a varied
form.
The issue raised by the express com
panies is the game issue involved by
other rate regulation lawa and will
bave to be fought out in the same way.
K1SQ OF THE BAlfDITS.
It Is America's turn to laugh over
the latest news from Morocco. The
outside world bad a lot of fun at our
expense in 1904, when Ralsuli, a clever
Merrocoan and recognized bead of the
Bandit trust, gobbled up and held .tor
ransom one Ion Perdlcarls, who showed
American naturalization papers. Rai
gull has an eye for dramatic effects
that would be worth a fortune to
Clyde Fitch, George Cohan or Hal
Reld. Every move be makes is planned
to produce a thriller. Old man Perdi
carls has been living in Tangier for
years, waiting to be kidnaped. Ralsuli
waited until the republican national
convention of 1904 was ready to con
vene, with nothing in sight but a rati
fication meeting. He pinched Perdl
carls, carried blm off to the desert,
demanded a ransom and drew the
famous "Perdlcarls alive or Ralsuli
dead" telegram from Secretary of State
Hay that injected the only thrill into
the republlcm convention. The case
was adjusted. Perdlcarls took the lec
ture platform and Ralsuli was made
prefect ot police.
Now Ralsuli baa pulled off (another
dramatic coup. He got into bad fa.or
with the Morocco authorities some
time ago and had to' take to the tall
timber. Of late he has been sending
In word that he wanted to reform and
intimated that be would come to Amer
ica to grow up with the country. Cald
General Sir Harry MacLean, a British
officer who is commander ot the body
guard of the sultan of Morocco, swal-.
lowed RaUull'g bait and met him by
appointment, carrying gifts from the
sultan and an Invitation to Ralsuli to
get back on the reservation and take
his regular rations. Ralsuli promptly
made MacLean a prisoner and gave
notice, to the sultaa that MacLean
would be restored to bis former field of
usefulness as soon as the sultan should
rebuild Ralsull's bouse at Zlnat. give
him $209,000 for spending money and
appoint him prefect of police and gov
ernor of Tangier and of Fans. Refusal
to comply with tbese modest demands
would be the signal tor eeadtac Mao
Lean back piecemeal, an ear or two at
a time, for a starter.
Of course this threatena to produce
another crop of "international compli
cations." MacLean still holds ailed
gate to England, while France and
Spain will be drawn into the mens by
teoson of their responsibility, under
the terms ot the Algeciras treaty, for
the policing of Morocco. This makes
Raisull'a latest achievement all the
more notable. A man who can Involve
four countries in trouble over a little
highwayman's exploit is no ordinary
bandit of the magazine writer's brand.
He is something of a genius who might
have made a remarkable record if he
had gone in for oil or railroad con
solidation or any other form of ban
ditry of the modern day. He will be
worth while watching and America
can enjoy It all the more, being in the
gallery this time instead ot on the
stage.. ,
FAiRntsa a wd risrssE.
Looking through a telescope at the
long-drawn murder trial in Idaho, an
eastern reviewer of current events de
clares that "Idaho is conducting a
perfectly fair trial, which ought to
shame a good many people who in
dulged in wild talk only a few weeks
ago," and supports'the declaration by
tbese further assertions:
Equally satisfactory la If that both
prosecution and defense have formally
expressed themselves as satisfied with (be
Jury, a body of men who, for mature
stability, sturdy common sense and lm
perviousness to passion, command thonv
selves to the country which la watching
the trial. Both aides are ao committed
both by prolonged scrutiny of the Jury
and formal approval of it that whatever
the outcome there can ba no questioning
the verdict
All of which reads very fine, but
does not follow by any accepted rules
of logic. It is possible that the trial
In progress in Idaho is being conducted
in a perfectly fair manner to all con
cerned, with no other object than to
get at the facts so as to punish the
guilty aud vindicate the innocent, but
a fair judgment on this is difficult, if
not Impossible, by any long-range ob
server relying wholly upon reports of
press and special newspaper corre
spondents. Certainly no formal ex
pression of satisfaction by both prose
cution and defense in itself stamps a
judicial trial as perfectly fair.
Everyone knows that while a case
is up for hearing, the attorneys on
both sides regularly make it a practice
to Jolly the Jurymen for no other pur
pose than to curry their favor. When
arguing for bis client, the lawyer never
talked to a Jury more intelligent, more
unbiased, more disinterested, or more
possessed of his implicit confidence.
That Is a legitimate exhibition of the
lawyer's finesse. Let him lose hla
pase, however, and hie opinion of the
jury quickly changes if he does not
discover that he knew from the start
that the Jury waa prejudiced and
wrong-headed.
Fairness Is largely a comparative
attribute depending entirely on the
point of view. In matters of court
proceedings, it also depends greatly
whether on is talking before or after
the verdict
OITJK9 names to farms.
A new law passed by the Missouri
legislature encourages the naming of
farms and protects the use ot names
adopted. It provides that upon the
payment of a fee of $1 to the clerk of
the county court the farmer in any
county may secure a certificate setting
forth the name and location of the
farm and the name of the owner, and
that when such name is properly reg
istered it cannot be used as a designa
tion for any other farm In guch county.
There Is more than a genllmental
value to this legislation. The products
of the dairy, orchard or stables of a
farm may command a commercial pre
mium after a reputation has been es
tablished. A distinctive name for an
estate is much to be preferred to the
present system, of designation by sec
tion, township and range numbers.
"The. Maple Grove" farm is more at
tractive and more intelligible than
'the east half of the southeast ouarter.
etc." The southern farmer has fol
lowed this plan for years, but in the
north, while the farmer gives names
to the roads, to bis horses, doss, cat
tle, chickens and children, the farm
has no individuality, no distinctive
designation.
Why not name the farms?
OKLAHOMA IS WAR FAIHT.
It Oklahoma and the Indian Terri
tory do not secede from the union and
send an army of b a d men against the
city ot Washington, it will be because
the people of those territories bave
greater powers of self-repression than
baa been attributed to them. It may
tave been all right for the Washington
authorities to question the merits ot
the constitution framed for the pro
posed new state and to withhold con
firmation, pending investigation and
inquiry, but the latest affront offered
would call for more radical form of re
sentmenL A new federal census is to
be taken of the two territories and
oue of the misguided and misinformed
officials of the census bureau has
decreed that no women clerks of the
department will' be assigned to the
territories, because Oklahoma Is a new
country and too wild and woolly for
the department girls. This official be
lievea, or profesaes to believe, that the
census bureau girls would be subjected
to too many hardships, and possible
indignities. It detailed to aid In taking
the new Oklahoma census.
Oklahoma has a score or more beau
tiful cities, with a society as good as
that ot Dupont circle or Massachusetts
avenue. - Oklahoma City, Guthrie,
Muacogee and other cities in the terri
tories bave splendid hotels, paved
etreete, eluctrlo lights and all the necec
aariee and conveniences of advanced
civilization. The inhabitants of the
territories are drawn from every state
la the. ttaloa. Tbe larae ara aetUsd
by men and women carving out their
fortunes in the new country. The peo
ple are honest, Industrious, wholesome
and decent and the employes ot the
census or any other department in
Washington would be benefited rather
than Injured by association with them.
It would be perfectly safe, proper and
perhaps advantageous to send the cen
sus bnreau girls to Oklahoma, but we
suggest that it would be far more
advisable for the government to send
to the territory the official responsible
for the order reflecting upon the gal
lantry of the Oklahoma men.
peace oir the rACinc.
President Roosevelt's decision to
send a large fleet of battleships to re
inforce the naval squadron on the Pa
cific Is not to be taken as a war move,
although prompted by the persistent
talk of war with Japan. No one fa
miliar with world conditions, particu
larly with the situation of affairs In
Japan, the game little bantam of tbe
orient, will give serious consideration
to the expressed and reiterated predic
tions that this country and Japan must
at an early day engage in a conflict
for the control of the Pacific. Japan
Is not seeking war, Is not prepared for
it and lta statesmen are wis enough
in their day to appreciate the hope
lessness of a conflict with America.
The international fuss over mistreat
ment at San Francisco has naturally
tried the temper ot the Japa and has
given them material for a display of
jingoism, but It does not constitute a
cause of war and ny conflict that may
arise between this country and Japan
will be due to other causes.
The hysterical literature on the
Japanese question, however, has served
to emphasize the s(ate of military un
preparedness that marks Uncle Sam's
position on the Pacific coast. In the
event of hostilities between Japan and
this country, the Japs might try to
swoop down on the Philippines and
take possession, ot Hawaii, using both
countries as a base ot operations
against tbe almost defenseless towns
and cities of the Pacific coast and In
flict terrible damage before the United
States could get into action. This has
been on of, tbe vulnerable points in
tile American naval policy for years.
We have alwaya acted aa though we
expected trouble on the Atlantic and
bave kept that ocean well spotted with
American fighting ships, while appar
ently ignoring or-neglecting the fact
that a European war, It this country
must engage in one, would naturally
be fought on the Pacific. The transfer
ot a portion of the fighting force of
the navy to the Paclflo squadron is a
recognition of the fact that the ad
ministration appreciates the respon
sibilities of being a world power and
the necessity of being ready for assault
from any quarter. The reinforcement
ot the Paclflo squadron will doubtless
be followed by a strengthening of the
defenses of Paclflo coast cities and tbe
proper fortification ot Manila and
Honolulu. The great commercial
battles of the future must be fought
on the Pacific and America will bave
to win its new victories in that line in
the orient. While the United States
is in no more danger ot an attack from
Japan at this time than It is from an
attack by Canada or Cuba, the adminis
tration will be commended for taking
precautions against trouble via the
Pacific. .
An Ohio mayor has vetoed an ordi
nance increasing his salary from
$1,100 to $1,800 a year, asserting that
be does not earn the money and there
fore ia cot entitled to it. That Chi
cago physician who asserts that the
world Is rapidly going insane should
investigate.
The declaration ot President Wood-
row Wil6on of Princeton university in
favor of imprisoning wealthy officials
of law-breaking corporations la likely
to cause Harper'a Weekly to expunge
bis name from its list of ellgibles for
the democratic) presidential nomina
tion.
Up to tiio hour of going to press no
protest iias been filed by the city of
Lincoln against Governor Sheldon
taking an Ak-Sar-Ben degree, but it
formal remonstrance may be expeeted
by special delivery any minute up to
the administering ot the sacred rites.
Colonel Bryan's Commoner haa dis
covered "that democratic prospects
instead of being gloomy are bright and
growing brighter." They will have to
grow still some to make tbe democratic
presidential nomination a prize worth
competing for. '
Wonder how much ot that $24,
000,000 dividend distribution of tbe
Adams Express company would bave
been held out if the law reducing rates
25 per cent on shipment! by expresa
between points in Nebraska were en
forced. Former Senator Peffer of Kansas
claims to bave formulated tbe first
railway rate bill offered In congress.
Perhaps, but no one is going to wade
through all those bills Peffer offered
in order to confirm or disprove bis
claim.
Every saloon in Los Angeles was
closed during the funeral of Francis
Murphy. 'o greater tribute could
bave been paid to the man who de
voted bis life to aa unrelenting yet nn
fanatical fight against intemperance.
Eugene Scbmits announces that be
will be a candidate for re election as
mayor of San Francisco and that he
believes tbe labor organizations will
stand together la hie support. ScnmiU
Is do for a rude awakealag. Labr
organizations In Baa Francisco and
elsewhere are usually united for their
common good, but they hare not yet
shown any disposition to rally to the
support of crooks or crlmlnsls.
Toatponementa Won't Go.
Washington Herald.
The president Is willing- that some of his
policiea go over as unfinished business, but
he Is rot willing to see them remain In any
such condition.
Mavcrlcka Braaaed.
Washlnglcin Star.
Definitions of the word "democrat" are
numerous but unsatisfactory. A democrat
seems to be almost anybody noV a prohibi
tionist who la opposed to the republican
party.
Tbe Millenium.
Baltimore American.
When the poor and the rich get the same
Justice In the courts of nations, the fool
and philosopher will drink from the same
cup, eat from the same plate and Bleep
In the same bed. .
A Prophet Who Knows.
Kansas City Tlmea.
Although the Pennsylvania democrats
refused to Indorse him, Colonel Bryan Is so
optimist to in temperament that he would
accept the nomination even with a prospeot
of not carrying Pennsylvania.
Vacla Sama an Ills Melon.
New Tork Tribune.
In reply to numerous correspondents we
would aay that although there la a surplus
ef ST,OOft,000 In lta treasury ths Uncle Sam
Mutual Benefit company will not Imitate
the Adams Express company by catting a
melon.
Simple, hut' Effective).
Portland Oregonlan.
Multitudes of men wheraver the English
language la apoken will have teara of grat
itude or Francla Murphy, who, by per
suaalon, Induced them to give up strong
drink. His waa a simple method, old as
the world, but effective.
The Limit.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Woman's inhumanity to woman Is almoat
universal. Two hundred Mississippi mem-
hbers of the gentler sex have signed a peti
tion asking clemency for Mrs. Blrdsong,
who merely murdered a man In cold blood.
Frotection for erring husbands la what
they seem to Insist on. ,
Army Officers and Their Oratory.
Philadelphia Record.
Every army officer who makes a speech
has to make another explaining the first.
But General J. Franklin Bell haa come out
of hla explanations with flying colors. He
aid tHe other day thnt there was a feeling
In ths army that there was something
wrong. At once the War department de
sired to know whether he made the re
marks attributed to him and If ao what ha
meant by them. . Instead of the usual ex
planation that the newspapers lied, he
admitted making the statement and said
that what ha meant waa that the pay
waa too low and there were not enough
officers. General Ball will not be court
martialed. ACCIDENT PUBLICITY.
Pelley of the Overlaad Iloata Coat
mends Pobllp Approval,
New York Tribune.
Following up the original suggestion ef
Mr. Kruttschnltt Mr. Harrlman has Initi
ated a system of publicity under which
full reports about all aocldenta on the
Union Pacific, Southern Paclflo and Ore
gon lines will ba given to the press, and
Investigations of mlahapa will ba conducted
In co-operation with, outsiders who may
attend the hearings held by the railroad
officials and make formal reports of such
character aa they ate fit. Mr. Harrlman'g
adoption of thla plan deaervlea commenda
tion, for, even though Its value aa a means
of reducing the number of railway acci
dents remains to ba proved, It will surely
help to bring about a better understand
ing between railroad officials and the pub
lic And this is an Important thing, for
mutual confidence and respect between
managers and travelers are indispensa
ble to thoroughly successful railroad oper
ation. At prnt minor employes era encour
aged In laxity by the expectation that their
carelessness will be known only to a few
superiors and that it will be leniently pun
ished. On the other hand, managers and
superintendents often suffer somewhat un
justly from publlo censure, which ought in
many cases to be directed toward an un
faithful subordinate. If all parties con
cerned in a railway accident can have
ths whole truth told to thein and about
them, discipline and ayatem will improve
with time. Man cannot, ba made perfect
by the fear of public opinion, and not until
the human factor is wholly eliminated from
engine driving, switch setting, and track
construction will accidents cease. But
there are ways ot reducing their num
ber toward the impossible sero, and the
Kruttschnltt system will probably prove to
ba one of these.
PROUIQIOVB Gl'LLIBILITY,
Prise Medal "Easy Mark'! Foand la
Ohio.
Washington Post. '
Ha is the biggest sucker ever born," aa
he waa described by ona of his despollers.
He lost something like 1100,000 In bunko
games In New York, and how he did it
was told in a magistrate's court In Pitts
burg. The "sucker" was C. C. Davis, who
is described as "a millionaire banker and
oil operator of Marietta, O." Davis testi
fied "that he was first approached by
Ranger and John' E. Curry of Marietta
last September. They told him that Thomp
aon waa the dealer in a faro game In
New York, and wanted to get even with
th syndicate which employed him. Davis
was Induoed to take 15,000 to New York,
and waa to play la the game with the
money. Thompson, it was agreed, would
deal the carda ao that Davla wonld win
1100,000." The first night after Davla arrived
in New York ha lost $3.0C. The gamblers
explained that a mistake had been made,
and that seems to have satlafled Davis,
and on October 20 be went against tbe
game again with ,135.000, and, mlrsblle
dlotu! he lost again. But all that did
not shake the confidence of thla Ohio mil
lionaire. Braced up with faith sublime, ha
chartered a train the next morning from
New York to Marietta, and, securing 12,000
more, he rushed back to New York de
termined to win this time. Needless to
aay, ha didn't win a cent, but was naatly
eeparated from each and every one of those
126.000. The magistrate who heard the evi
dence deferred a decision for acme days.
but it Is presumed that ha will dismiss
the caaa for lack of Jurisdiction. A Pitts
burg magistrate has no authority to punish
rascals for swindling in New York. The
most astounding phase of this affair la the
fact that a successful business men, cna
who had demonstrated bis capacity by ac
cumulating a fortune In trade and banking,
could ba Induced to play the fool as Davis
did. His belief that the cards war to
ba dealt ao as to make him winner of
1100.000, and his continued losing, his wild
dash to Ohio by special train to get 125,.
COO more alt this is a tale of such pro
dtgloua gullibility as would seem to have
turn possible place In the mental equipment
of a ma a of demonstrated capacity te mak
a fortune try legtUmata bualoeaa. method.
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fT- iImi eet tnem for much less than the " 'Tl," J
U ao-called "Spot Cash Prices."
I 1 Diamonds are the Ideal gifts and 'ji''
V 1 desired by every one. Here is the hjj
opportunity of becoming the pos- j
Vl eessor of a diamond without feeing
V" ' its cost. Each month sees an in-
IV crease in value. 1 Ji
IERMO.V1 BOILED DOWN.
A good many resolutions die of heart
failure.
A big shingle often hides a mighty small
business.
No man possesses more religion than ha
practices.
When fear gets into the pulpit faith goes
out of the pews.
Smiles help, but it often takes sweat and
tears to keep life sunshiny.
Some are more anxloua to forget their
aina than to have them forgiven.
Many a man la ahouting his convictions to
drown the voice of conscience.
You cannot enjoy riches until your hap
piness Is Independent of them.
A little learning is dangerous If you are
planning to get to heaven by degrees.
The saddest people in this world are those
who seem to have no sorrows to face.
The long look within ourselves will "cure
us of a lot of Impatience with other folks.
When you pray for the removal of a
mountain yeu had better say amen with a
steam shovel.
The last person to enter heaven will be
the ona whose religion has all been in the
first person singular.
We often talk a good deal about the aal
vatioa of souls In order' icr escap service
for the salvation of society.
Do not think that you have put an extra
rim on your erown whan you have paid to
centa for a to-cant supper at the church.
Chicago Tribune.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Anyhow, the valor of Young America
atood the annual test fairly well.
Old Bol was slow in breaking Into the
game, but he la getting tnere just tna
same.
Howard Gould's wife persists In telling a
dlvoroe court that she love Howard's
money better than his company.
Dan Hanna, son of Mark, haa coughed
up (300,00 for three dlvorcea. Dan is deter
mined to get the experience It It takes his
pile.
The Impression Is gaining ground in Ths
Hague oonference that dumdum bullets are
not eligible for a Carnegie medal as peace
preservers.
As an honorary member of the Amer
ican Humorists' association Mr. Rockefeller
waa in duty bound to give the prooess
server a merry run for his money.
Twenty-foot sharks and ten horse "power
mackerels open up the midsummer catch of
fish stories with a rush. If the Florida
tarpons and California tunas will now
come in, the veracity of marine' nature
fakera will be put beyond reach. ,
A New York girl committed sulolda whan
she saw the face of the man whose adver
tisement lor a bride caught her. Advertis
ing men owe it to the gentler sex to more
carefully scrutinise the mugs of those seek
ing wives In the byways ef publicity.
A proud though poor Missouri farmer
disputed the right of a motorist to ths
whole road and was Invited to go to. He
did. He went to the motorist and In 'staen
minutes changed the motorist's face so
that his mother-in-law didn't know him.
Missouri farmers may have alfalfa on their
backs, but thay get there just the same.
If ona wlahea to understand how feeble
and futile are the efforts of pature writers,
let him or her from a ridge feast tha ayes
en rural eharma of Douglas county in July
garb. For miles in every direction the ar.
tisane of nature's workahop and a shim
mering sun are developing acenes of sur
passing charm and transmuting the seed
time of yeaterday Into tha harvest ef to
morrow. As a spectacle the eolors ef ths
country challenge pen or brush.
ECONOMY! SATISFACTION!
Thesa two words express th desire of
every man in search of a piano. Com to
the Hospe store. There you will find both,
No matter where else you go, no matter
If you Inspected the stock and the prices
In every piano house In America you
could not find better opportunities for the
purchase of a safe, economical, satis
factory piano than these offered In
Omaha's big musie store.
That Is a broad assertion. Is It not? But
we stand ready to back It up as the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Read about the spools! features of the
Hospe plan of operating and then stop
moment and think. Your discretion will
tell you that no better place for the pur
chase of a piano oauld be found. Hera are
some of the thing wo do:
Buy every piano fro 10 the factories at
pot caah and sell It for one price under
the Hospe equitable One Price, Ve Oo
mission nam.
Gather under one roof as great a variety
and as high class planes as raa ho found
anywhere lo the Vnlted States. ,
A. HOSPE CO.,
Wo da txptri FUn
on Credit
DOMESTIC PLE44 4XTRIF.
ftella Did he pop the question?
Bella Only "Is It hot enough for you
New York Bun.
"Blr, I have coma to ask you for your
daughter's hand."
"Well, young man, how much are you
firepared to put into it a month If I give
I to you?" Baltimore American.
"And you will give us your blessing?"
asked the 1 eloping bride, returned to the
parental roof.
"Freely," replied Hie old man; "no
trouble about the blessing, but board and
lodging will be at regular rates." Phila
delphia ledger. ,
Grace And did you ever propose to a
girl In a canoe?
Kred Yes; and I'll never Ao It again.
The girl Jumped at my proposal and upset
the boat. Harper's Weekly.
"Paw, why does a man have to buy a
license when he wanta to get married?
"Because, my son, the lawmakers lone;
ago recognised the general principle that
it is eauier to make a man give up hie
coin when he wants to marry somebody
than it is at any other period ot his Ufa."
Chicago Tribune.
"Well, well!"
"What now?" ' .
"It la eatlmated that the sun will be
able to supply the present amount of heat
for at least 80,000,000 years." -
"Shucks! And I waa figuring on a latua
in October." Washington Herald.
"Reallv." said the coy girl. "I thin
I'm entitled to a Carnegie medal.- I saved.
a life the other evening."
'The ideal" exclaimed her friend.
"Wboee?" ,
"Jack Hansom's; he said he ooulda't.
live without me." Philadelphia Press,
"How did your wife like that new hat
you got her?
"She was speechless with delight."
"8av where can I get one Ilka It for
mine?"
Two farmers were standing on the road
aide talking over town topica, when Silas
aid J , , . . M
"I hear Mre. Jones saved her husband
from a drunkard's grave."
Hiram Inquired, rDon't aayi why, how
did she do It?" , m ,
fSlas 8ue bad him cremated. Jud go s
Library.
AS A L1TTLH CHILD.
Baltimore Bun.
As a little child they are leading him,
For Ma hair la white and his eyes are
dimj . . , ,
As a little child he is whispering low
To the phantom frlenda of long agoj
Aa a little child he Is wandering back
In fancy over the golden track; ,
In the yeara that were and the days that
fled
He la dreaming the dream of the dream
less dead I
As a little child they muat humor him.
When the hair la white and the eyes are
dim. .
Ah, do not Jeei at his peevish waya
That try one's patience through dreary
daya
He's living ovsr tha life he knew
In boyhood's valley of gold and blue;
As a little child on a mother's breast.
Ills heart is weary; ha waata to reall
As a little child he must have his way.
In this thought of youth and his dream
ot play;
He haa forgotten hla time and plaee
And Uvea in the joy of an olden grace
As a little child In the rhl)dheart spall
Ha hears the chime , of the fairy ball.
And thinks he Is young aa a boy eU
In the rosy weather and country lane!
As a little child, with his hand In theirs.
They lead him forth aa hla fancy faresi
His hair is white and his form .is bent.
And his volee is soft aa a sacrament.
When he call a the namea that are oa tTae
tomb
A a if they were sweet In the living hloomi
He haa forgotten, he dons not kjiow
He ian't a child ef long agol
i
Second childhood they pall It. Yea!
Old heart grown 'young in tha dream of
Play;
Feeble tootatep and palsied hand
Are lost in the vision of childhood lanAI
He hardly aees and ha seldom hears,
But ever the voices of vanished years
Are singing aweet aa they aang of old
In the rutes of youth and the fields 0
gold I f
Bar customers the commisaion, tester's '
profit by not offering oommisslon.
Mark each piano at the lowest eat cash
price In plain figures. .
Allow the privilege ef buying oa time
at small monthly Installments, the only
charge for the accomodation being a small
I tu te reel per annum.
Make our plan of selling so simple and
straight forward that a child uattonded
can get as great a value aa tha expert a
musician.
Do not be deceived Into believing
one can do as well for you as the
store. We mention a few of th sp
makes for which we are factory di
ulers:
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Beautiful, new upright grand
till. If yeu cannot call, write a
convenience.
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