4 THE OMAHA' DAILY BEEt THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER' 5, 1P07. The Omaha Daily Bel FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROB CWATFft. VtCTOJl P.OBlJYVATETl. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Poetofflce aa second class matter. TERMS OF SPBflCRIPTION. Kslly Bee (without Sunday), one year..M .00 Dally Bp and Sunday, on year J -JO sunuav nee, one year i w Saturday Dee. on year 1-W DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Ilea (Including Sunday), per week.. 15c Dally IIpd (without Sunday), per week..lOo Kvenlng Baa (without Hunday), par week o hlvenlng Boa (with Sunday), per wek...lOo Addraaa ail complaints of Irregularities In dollvery to City circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha Tha Be Rulldlng. Bouth Omaha City Hall flulldlng. Council Bluffs 16 Soott Street. ChlragoISM Unity Building. Naw York-rUlO Home If fnrnranco Bag'. Wastmgton-601 Fourteenth "treet. CO R R E8 PONPEN'CIl Communications relating to news arm edi torial matter ahnuld he addressed, Omaha Bea, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft. eprea or poatal order payable to Th He Publishing Company. Only X-cent atampa reeelved In payment of mall account, Personal checks, eoept on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. TATEMKNT OF CIRCULATION. Etata of Nebraska, Douglas county, : Oeorge B. Ttschuck, treasurer of Th Bee publishing Company, being- duly sworn, aya that th actual number of full and complete ooplea of The pally Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of August, 107, waa aa follow: 1 36,750 17 86,640 t 3,40 IS as.ioo I ,. 37,040 1 37 130 4........ 36,00 20 87,000 S 37,440 21 36,640 36,830 . 22 36,390 1 36,700 23 36,960 8 36,880 24 36,880 8 96,660 15 38.600 10.. 36,880 I 36,780 11 88,880 2T 36,680 II 37,840 SS 36 480 II 37,110 19 36,800 14 36,700 10... 36,840 154 36,770 11 36,140 l 88,860 ' Total 1 1,138,330 Lieaa unsold and returned coplea. 11,346 Net total ..1,186.974 daily avrag ae,3M GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subacrlbed In my presence and sworn to before me thla Slit day of August, 1107. (Seal) M. B. HX'NGATE. . Notary Public WUE5 OCT Or TOWS, Subscribers tearing; th elty ten po rarity shoal kst Th Be nailed to them. Addrea will b cnanaeol a often a s'eo.nestcn. Almost time to put the lid on the straw lid. On the face of. the figures South Oman Is the banner democratic corner f Nebraska. It looks as If Douglas county were the only real Sedgwick territory on the political map. Coal will make just as many clin kers in the furnace as it did before Its price was advanced. Chicago's White Sox have dropped until the baseball fans are beginning to suffer from cold" feet. - ' 1 The candidate who advertised him self as "Just a common republican" proved to be too common. , Judge Sutton should know . now where to look when he wants to en rage a campaign manager. The sum and substance of Oovernor Magoon's report is that he has ordered the Cubans to take another bath. The merger of ttoe "rival, "press bureaus" under the shadow of the state house will now be In order. The country la not complaining about the kind of mud slinging now in progress on the Panama canal. The world is showing rare lack 0 concern over the report that the sultan of Morocco has been assassinated. . Some of those "next best friend" lawyers have been relieved of their de lusions about MrsEddy's delusions. Harmony must now be the watch ivord of Douglas county republicans io make sure of success In November. Alton B. Parker says he is out of politics. The people had some hint of that fact as early as November, 1904. Colonel Bryan still Insists that he believes in the referendum, even if he did suffer from It In a couple of cam paigns. Mr. Haaret says he will not sound any keynote. Mr. Hearst always travels with a band, refusing to do Kilo stunts, t . That noise like a man- falling down the cellar stairs with a scuttle of coal Is the western farmer laughing over Wall street's panic tark. Peary gave up his dash to the pole because he could not raise the wind and now Weilman is delaying his start because the wind will not raise htm. , Senator Knox postively refuses to discuss his presidential boom or to talk politics at all. .That man's popu larity should not be underestimated. William Rockefeller has exchanged all bla horse vehicles for automobiles. He has persuaded himself that he can afford It, as he makes his own gaso line. Th rpan who thinks he is indispen sable usually find a, when he returns from his vacation, that bis understudy baa done the work to everybody's satisfaction. Secretary Root might get all the ex ercise he needs by becoming a' director of the Illinois Central Instead of .pending bis time and money In train lug at Muldoou'6) more mo set for the farmers. Secretary Wilson, who has Just re turned to Washington from on ex tended tour of the west, predicts that the farmers of America will receive about 11,000,000,000 more for their crops this year than they derived from the record breaking crop of 1906. The American Agriculturist cf New Tork and the Manufacturers' Record of Baltimore have been making very careful inquiry into conditions of the crops throughout the country and both agree with the estimate of Secretary Wilson, the New Tork publication placing the gain at something more than the secretary's figures. This means that the American farm ers will this year receive a monetary return of more than 17,000,000,000 from crops, in epite of the reduced yield In certain products, the lack In yield being more than offset by the in crease in prices, due to' shortage of the crop in foreign countries and the enlarged demands both at home and from abroad. The situation is full of encourage ment for the entire country and must be particularly gratifying to the real- dents of the great- cereal producing region west of the Mississippi, which must be the largest beneficiary of the prosperous conditions. It means more money for the farmer, who is already out of debt; more business for the merchant, more employment for the workmen, more trafflejfor the rail roads, increased business for the pack ers and stockmen, and more prosper ity in all lines of activity. It may also serve to explain why the west has refused to shiver, and shuddeT over every decline in specula tive stocks or to see national disaster in sight every time some trust combi nation is brought into the federal courts to answer for its misdeeds, . THE RESULT LOCALLY. The result of the primary election locally gives the republicans a strong county ticket, which will compare more than favorably with previous lists of nominees submitted to the favor of the voters. While no slate- has gone through unchanged, the resulting combination of candidates successful at the pri mary should oome'as near to satisfy ing the different elements of the party as would have been accomplished by the most carefully guided convention. The whole "harmony" .. ticket has been ratified by the rank and file of the voters with the exception of two places, in both of which the break is to be ascribed to the large field of candidates diverting the issues be tween the real competitors. Whether Smith for. clerk of the court will show the vote-getting ability that has been demonstrated by Bingham remains to be seen. The ticket has two towers of strength in Brailey for sheriff and Furay for treasurer, while the others who have won over competitors, namely, Solomon for comptroller, Ehrlver for assessor and Davis for coroner, should give much additional force to it3 appeal to popular favor. On the Judicial ticket the renoml- natlon of Judge Sutton with flying colors was almost a foregone conclu sion. It was in the air that the Bit ting members of the district bench should be retained without discrimina tion , between them and the' Voters seem to have registered their wishes In this matter effectively. The nomi nation of the judges is equal to an election practically without opposition. All in all, the outcome of the pri mary in Douglas county ought to serve to eliminate still further whatever remnants of factionalism may have re mained and to knit the party firmly together for 1908.. , , , JOWA. EDITORS ASD DARWIN Members of the Iowa Editorial 'as sociation faced an awkward situation at their Spirit Lake convention the other day and acquitted themselves with a degree of brilliant 'that weuld qualify most of them for 'places in the diplomatic, corps. The editors had been holding a meeting, running over a week, with morning and after noon addresses by bright chautauqua lights, and then devoting ;tte evening session to a round tauleu discussion of the addresses they had heard during the day. The big day came' when the morning address was , delivered ,'by Prof. Oeorge M. Roberta of the Uni versity of Chicago and the afternoon talk by Prof. James E. Orr of the University of Glasgow. Both were to speak on topics of interest to editors and It was anticipated that they would offer food' for a lively and uplifting discussion at the evening round table. In the course of his address, at the forenoon session. Prof.- Roberts gravely informed the editors that "the principle of universal evolution, as Darwin proclaimed it. Is accepted by every university in the world," and he went on to prove It. His address waa so specific and backed up with so many unquestioned authorities that the editors promptly lost all desire to look up their ancestry, for more than a generation or so back and then ad journed for lunch.' At the afternoon session Prof. Orr, who declared that his views were shared and fully en dorsed by the entire faculty pf the University of Glasgow, gravely assured the molders of public opinion that "the theories of Darwin, notably his theory of universal evolution, have been discredited and discarded by the foremost scientists and the leading universities of Europe and America." He proved It. too, by an array of au thorities quite as formidable and Im pressive as that presented by Prof. Roberts. 1. - It was clearly up to the Iowa editors to do something in such an emer gency. The issue was as clear cut as the fight between Governor Cummins and Colonel Lafe Young, and no Iowa editor runs away from a fight. But just at that time the impression gained ground that no great profit could come out of discussing the scholastic fights over evolutionary theories and a cheer greeted a motion that the round table be waived in favor of a vaudeville per formance on at the opera house. The motion went through with a whoop and the Darwinian theory Is still unsettled. FRosPERirr or rat railwatb. The showing of railroad earnings for the month of June goes very far toward refuting the claims made by certain high financiers that the course of the federal and state administra tions in regulating railroad rates spells ruin or confiscation for the railroads. Up to date eighty-four roads have re ported their net and gross earnings for the month, representing all the big trunk lines and the Important lines In all sections of the country. The eighty-four lines show total groBS earnings of $132,060,814, an Increase of 15 per cent over June, 1908, the most prosperous month in the history of American railroading. The com plaint of the railway magnates has been that, despite the gross earnings, the increased cost of material, higher wages and other expenses due to legis lative enactments, the profits would be materially reduced. The June re port falls to support this claim. The net earnings for the month were $41, 021,559, an increase of 12.95 per cent over last year's great record. These figures are particularly Inter esting, in view of the statistics Just published by Poor's Manual illustrat ing the railroad development for the ten years ending with 190(1. The year 1896 was the first to show recupera tion from the hard times and since that time the progress has been steady and consistent. The figures given by Poor's for the decade are: Gross Net Capitalisation. Earnings. Earnings. 1S96 110,800,000,000 $1,125,000,000 $332,776,003 1906 15,000,000,000 2,846,000,000 790,187,000 The mileage of the railroads In 1896 was 181,394, as compared with 222, 635 In 1906. The capitalization, stated in round numbers, does not take Into account the market quotations of the stocks, which were very low In 1896 and very high in 1906. While railroad mileage has Increased but 20 per cent In ten years, the Investment has in creased about 40 per cent, showing the vast amount of money spent in recon struction, Improvements and the par chase of new equipment. The figures relating to earnings are particularly Interesting. Gross earn ings have more than doubled In the decade, while the net earnings have Increased mora than 150 per cent. In other words, the Investment of new capital In railroads since 1896 has earned more than two and a half times that earned prior to 1896. The earnings of the railroads for the first six months of the present year show an increase In net of about 11 per cent. Last year every railroad In the country had an enormous surplus and the gain of 11 per cent over that record stands out in bold contradic tion of the claim made by the rail roads that they have suffered from "hostile legislation" or the policy of tb.e administration. W. H. Michael of Nebraska, now consul-general to India, writes that the laborers who raise the tobacco In India get 10 to 12 cents a day, the men making the cigars 12 to 20 cents a day and the Madras firm handling them advertises its three highest grades at 2V4, 18-5 and 1H cents apiece. Nice-looking stogies may be had for 55 rents a thousand that is about 19 for a cent. Thank! are due Consul General Michael for telling us the source of our campaign and Christmas week cigars. Down at Lincoln the political aages have come to the conclusion that the primary election kept more people away from the state fair than the state fair kept away from the primary elec tion. To a man up a tree it would seem that attendance at the primary ought to be conducive to subsequent attendance at the fair, especially If the Lancaster statesmen had the price. As to the contest over Judge Sutton, the voters evidently took The Bee's advlco to cast their ballots for him if they wanted him retained on the bench, and for the opposition slate it they wanted him beaten. The returns prove that those who want to keep him on the bench are largely In the majority. New York has got rid of Its horse cars, but still has miles of cedar block pavements. However, New York may not be wholly to blame, as the appro priation for the expenses of the city's government is only $140,000,000 a year, and Tammany has to live. That scientist who Insists that the whole Atlantic coast is sinking and that New York will soon be under water has evidently been taking too seriously some observations he must have made on Wall street. A staircase has been Invented which plays tunes when walked upon. The man who has a habit of getting home a little late from the lodge will never get enthusiastic over this invention. The vagaries of the official ballot after It has passed under the voter's pencil are wonderful to' behold. Many a voter could not explain why be hap pened to decorate his ballot In t he way he did to his own sattsfactlou, much less to the satisfaction of any one else. The democratic bosses will now have a chance to rearrange their ticket through committee substitutions. The competition for places in the demo cratic procession will not be so strong as to prevent the bosses having it all their own way. Prince Wilhelm of Sweden Is said to have looked down upon Newport from a high building. Most Ameri cans look down upon Newport with out seeking any high viewpoint. ' "Virginia republicans are united for Cortelyou for president," says the Brooklyn Eagle. That means that those two Virginia republicans have buried their differences. ITnlane Rest Car. Brooklyn Eagle. A convicted prlaoner, permitted to stay at a rest cur at a cost to himself of $300 a week, presumably out of the pro ceed of hi crime, presents at least an anomalous case. Why doea John F. Gay nor differ from any other sick prisoner? Improving: Western Waterways. St. Louis Republic. With a surplus In his treasury fast grow ing toward $300,000,000. our Uncle Samuel ought to do something really handsome fur his inland waterwaya next winter. The amount would make fourteen feet of water from Chicago to New Orleans and from Omaha to the Mississippi. And the people would get the money back In a very little while. What Cuba Coat l a. Boston Herald. Bo much of our army as Is In Cuba costs us $3,554,970 more than It would have cost to maintain it at home during- the fiscal year of 1907. Such Is the report of Quar termaster General Aleahire. nparlv I? 000.- 000 of this amount being for transporta tion. We are not measuring what we are aoing or have dona In Cuba In terms of money, but It Is Just as well to know what the cort la. Brnaen Traction Swindle. New Tork Journal of Commerce. The deficiencies and weaknesses of our whole transit system are due to stock watering, gross abuses of financing and evil management In the past, and all of these have been gathered under the shield of this holding company, which In Its or ganization less than two years ago brazenly added $108,000,000 to the already bloated cap italization of the combined systems. The people of this city have a right to know all there Is to know about the methods and condition of this combination and of all Its integral parts, and the time has gone by when concealment and secrecy will be tolerated. Cheek to American Emigration. Springfield Republican. An American scarcely knows whether or not to be glad over last vear's iiiwiina e the American emigration to Canada. Dur ing me twelve months ended Julv 1. tha arrivals In th Dominion from this country numoerea M,Mg, or a decrease of 1.278 com pared with th , preceding twelvemonth. Thos of us who have felt some anDrehen- slon over the American movement across K if..., ,, - - . " uor win, 01 course, be gratified by the fact that the exodus haa annarontiv culminated, but those who feel that a strong American strain In the population of m luiure Canada would tend to nromt close relations and friendly sentiment be tween the two countries will see nothing to d particularly Joyful over. TW clearly two ways of looking at the queation. STATES ASD FEDERAL COtliTS. Judge Prltchard's Deliverance Ke- viewed and Contrasted. 8prlngfleld (Muss.) Republican. It In evident from Justice Prltchard's de cision In the North Carolina railroad rate case that, while he admit the eleventh amendment to be still a part of the federal constitution, he Is Inclined to hold that the fourteenth amendment largely super sedes and nullifies it. the former amendment th Judicial power of the United States cannot extend to a suit In law or equity prosecuted against one state of the union by citizens of another state or country. This action by a railroad cor poration to prevent ' the enforcement of a state law la In no sense a suit against the stato, says the Judge, but In any event, he virtually adda, the fourteenth amend ment, prohibitive of state action depriving any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, gives the fed eral court Jurisdiction which It will assert. Judge Alton B. Parker, In his address be fore the American Bar association Monday, spoke of tha twisting out of all semblance of Its original purpose which this four teenth amendment haa undergone. A case In point Is this which the North Carolina federal Judge Is dealing with. And In such a view of the sweep of th fourteenth amendment, how can It fall to cover a auit In the federal courts by the bondholders of a repudiating state to recovor their property? If this 1 not a case of a state depriving a person of his property with out due process of law, what la such a case? Yet It is well settled by the federal courts that such a suit falls under the pro hibition of the eleventh amendment. Let It b conceded, however, that the federal courts have Jurisdiction In these Stat railroad rate cases, and may assert It originally, and nullify state laws at pleasure. There still arises the question whether It would not be better all around to accord more respect to the states and their laws, and discourage appeals to fed eral Jurisdiction until at least the disposi tion of tha state courts to do Justice tins been tested. , It Is said that the raising of a question of rights guaranteed by the federal in stitution forces the matter Into federal Jurisdiction. But article 8 of that Instru ment aays: "Thla constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be rrado In pur suance thereof shall be the supreme law of th land, and the Judges in every state shull be bound thereby, anything In the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding." JVhlch means that the suid constitution has a standing and must be given recogni tion in the atate courts. It has 4 larger meaning than seems to be commonly ac ceptedthat the state courts aru merely to respect th specific dtjcreei and inter pretation of th United States supreme court. The latter tribunal has repeatedly as serted the competency or right of state courts to deal with federal constitutional questions, subject, of course, to appeal beyond the slate, and the genius of our governmental system of distributed powers will be better consulted If corporations having grievances against a state or Its laws should first , seek redress In the state courts, even though able to raise a federal question under the sleeping" scop of the fuurtcsnth amendment. BITS OF WAMIMRTOX LIFE). Minor Sreaes aad Incident Sketched on the Spot. The Postofllce department Is taking no tice of the activities of clairvoyants, for tune tellers, prophets and prophetesses, sev enth daughtera and thirteenth son who utilise the mull service to lure the coin of the realm from th pocket of the addle pated. Two noted dispensers of occult power In print, with headquarters In Chi cago, have been denied the us of the malls and "fraud" has been stamped on th ad dress side of all mall held up. One of the two, a professor, by the way, filed an affi davit with the postofllce authorities setting forth his occult power at great length, and forming part of the newspaper advertise ment. N Fersons responding with a remit tance of 25 cents for answer to two ques tions aro sent a circular embodying an ap peal for a further remittance of $5 for a complete life reading. Questions asked are answered in an Indefinite manner, th In spectors report, and tho remitter of $5 re ceives a printed horoscope Identical with that sent to every person born under the same sign and consisting of Indefinite and worthless paragraphs describing the char acter of such persons. The heartless au thorities failed to take the occult professor seriously and a fraud order Issued accord ing. Should this course be followed throughout the country, postofllce officials charged with the task need, not patronise a gymnasium for exercise. it' "Plant Trees on Wsste Places" Is th slogan which the American Forestry asso ciation has adopted with a view to mend ing tho awful waste which has character ized the treatment of our forested areas. "If timber cutting and timber waste goes on at the present rate," said Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson the other day, who, among other things, is the president of the American Forestry association, "and there la no forest planting In the mean time, we will In twnty-flve or thirty years be a treeless nation." Of course, the United States will wake up soma time on the subject of trees and for ests. There appears to be considerable ethical Interest throughout the eountry now, but when wood become as scarce and as high-priced as It Is In Germany, for Instance, one can depend upon it that there will be a rush to plant forests, be cause trees will be of more crop value than wheat, even on the best wheat land. But It Is the waste, unused places land that Is not considered tillable that should receive the greatest tree-planting attention. There are vast areas of Such lands In the aggregate, varying In extent from plots of a few acres to huge tracts that can be successfully planted to trees. The time Is not so far distant a the average man Imagines when the Increased price of lumber will make necessary the planting of trees even on good agricultural land. The price of timber lands Is doubling every few years. The Philadelphia Com mercial Museum Is authority for the state ment that within six years lands In the southern Appalachian timber regions have Increased from $0 or $6 an acre to $15 and $20. There Is an elderly, but well preserved clerk In one of tho departments at Wash ington, rays Harper's Weekly, whose ex tremely martial bearing, together with the red face and white hair so Intimately associated In the popular mind with th military, has on more than one occasion caused the old gentlemen to be taken for some distinguished officer. This mistake on the part of his fellow citizens I a source of much gratification to the old gentleman, and he never loses an opportunity to heighten the Illusion On their part.- Re cently this clerk was In a Pullman at tached ti a train for New York, when the usual mistake occurred. Several men saluted the distinguished clerk, which salutes he returned with military gravity. Finally, a man giving evidence of having dined a bit too freely greeted the old chap with: "How are you, general?" The old gentleman did not reply, but gave the un known a glance of great severity. Then, turning to a train boy who chanced to be passing at the moment, he called out: Here, boy! Give me a copy of the Army and Navy Register!" One of the amenities of official life Is the tresm of suK-reatlohs from wags hero nnrt there who have brlarht Ideas for the conduct of public affairs. Acting Secre tary of the Navy Newberry receivea a letter from a Mr. John A. Hill or lx Angeles, urging that more bly ships be built for the navy. T observe in the public prints." said Mr Hill, "that the government Is to be richer by the sum of $29,000,000 In fines 1m- no.ed nn the magnates of the Standard Oil company. May I propose In my modest wov Mr (Secretary, that you get noia 01 this money and build Ave more fine big bat tleships for the Pacific station? If you hxhkH t would like to propose as names for them the following: The John D., the Billionaire, the H. H. Rogera. th jonn Doe. the Rockefeller and the Judge Kene- saw Mountain Landia." it i curious coincidence that most of the "stage1 money flashed by villains In melodramas, and for which there is so hinori-lettlns: and murder In sensa tional play. Is made in Washington al- , ..iikin tu shadow of the bureau of engraving and printing. The demand for It ha caused it to develop into quit a iimi innatrv. It is widely used aa "prop erty" for regular dramatic production and also for amateur theatricals. It Is engraved on green paper, like "greenbacks. a nn,m issue of ' stage money con tained the picture of Cassle Chadwlck, whose frenzied financial manipulations landed her In prison. PERSONAL NOTES. One of the curious things about the fight ing In Morocco Is that It is going on with out the assistance of any Missouri mules. Joseph Bucklln Bishop, secretary of the Isthmian Canal commission, will have charge of a new weekly paper, the Canal Record, at Tanama, which will appear this week as the ofnclal organ of th canal authorities. Judge Lewis I. O'Neal, who has Just died In Washington, served as a Justice for forty years in that city. He was born In Maryland and served as an ensign In th federal navy on the Old Ironside,' being present at Kort Sumter when the opening shot waa fired. Prof. J. J. Btevenaon of New York uni versity and Prof. W. M. Davla of Harvard university are among the Americans who will attend the celebration of the centennial of the foundation of the Geological society, Umdon, which will take place at th end of next month. Prof. Frederick Btarr. anthropologist of th University of Chicago, left this week on his seventeenth visit to the Republic of Mexico. He will spend a month In ex amining various parta of the country, ea peclally the territory lying along the Rio Grande, Blerra Madr Paolflo railway. Thla visit will conclude his third year of study of Mexico. It Is Interesting to note, says th He brew Standard, that th secretary of Cald Maclean. Kalsuli's captive, la a Jew by name of Isaacs. He is th brother-in-law o MU'bael Bherbrooke. the actor. Th real name of Mr. Sherbrook la Shewzlk, and he la the son of Rev. B. Shewslk of Lon don. Mr. 8hrbrooke was originally trained Vji the ministry at JV collue BSE Bracing food for steady nerves Nutritive food for heal thy appetites Strengthening food for sturdy muscles The most nourishing wheat food Uneeda Biscuit In moisture and dust proof packages. , NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY m BROTHER OF JUDGE DUNN Eelative of Jurist Wlio Tried 'Frisco ' Grafter in Omaha. SANGUINE, 0VTE CITY'S FUTURE Say It Will Be Greatest In Coantry nd Only ' One that Could Have Survived 8och Calamities. J. P. Dunn of Ban Francisco, brother of 8. P. Dunn, , Judge of the superior court before whom the grafters (Schmiti and Ruef) were tried, paased through the city on the Overland Limited Wednesday morn ing, returning to Ban Francisco from New York. Mr. Dunn la in the liquor business and is one of Frisco's leading politicians. He declined to say anything about the grafters because of the position of his brother aa the Judge who passed sentence upon Schmlts. "I think we have tie greatest city In the Country out there," he said. "It Is wonderful what has been accomplished in building up the ruined city and In over coming obstacles. That proverb about misfortunes never coming singly, but all being married, and some practicing polygamy. Is certainly true. Our trouble started with the earthquake, continued with th fire, was continued In our next with the labor troubles, and haa been concluded, we hope, with th grafters. "But there can be no doubt that Ban Francisco Is going to be the greatest city In the UnlUd States. Any other olty would have been utterly crushed by th pouring down of misfortunes that w have suffered. Our people are Just as sanguine as ever. Wa ar building; as rapidly as men can build, and th structures are of a magni tude and solidity which indicate that capi tal Is not a bit afraid of San Francisco. Rents In the business district are higher than they were before the earthquake I mean before the fire. Well, yes, the two disasters did come at about the same time, but we San Franciscans don't say 'earth quake' when we can say 'fire.' It was really th fir that did the damage, any way." UNITED BRETHREN BUY HOME New Ckurota Secures Old Doliaintc Erected by First I'nlversallst Congrrca;ntlon, The. First United Brethren church has bought tho old church building built and occupied for six or seven years by the First Universallst church at Nineteenth and Lathrop streets. The building has been idle for some eight or nine years, or since th dissolution of the Universallst church membership. Th purchase price Is not disclosed, but Rev. M. O. McLaugh lin, pastor, says that when some 12,000 of improvements are made the building will be worth about 118,000. The church haa a seating capacity of 600 and is well appointed but the new owners will Improve it in a modern way and within a year or two Install a pipe organ. Until then they will use two small organs. Th location of th church. In th Kountz Place, Is regarded a Ideal. The First United Brethren church is not thoroughly organized and will not be until January 1, but K Is holding services and Rev. Mr. McLaughlin Is making an active canvass for more members. This denomi nation ha nlnety-nv churche In Ne braska, but It has never had one In Omaha before. It has an actlv on at Lincoln. POSTOFFICE SAFE ROBBED FlftyFonr Dollr Received lr ThUve Who Work at Wis. rott, Wy. FT. LARAMIE, Wyo.. Sept. l-(Speclal TelegramV-The postofllce at Wlncott, Wyo.. Just east of hr. wa robbed last night and M and som stamps wer taken from a drawer. As yet no clue as to the culprits has been located, but the government officials are now on th cas. GOOO WHAT THEY MEAN IN Good aims are necessary; good Ideals are neceaeary. No man has ever made a success of his world mark without them; no business man which lacked them has attained the confidence of the community In which he lived. Before entering a store to make a purchase do you ever atop and think whether It has any aim other than to make as much out of you as possible and whether It meet Us obligations to you as It should. The Hoape alms can be stated brief ly: First otf we have always In mind the necessity of planning to deserve more and more the confidence of the people and to merit the growth we have attained To give perfect service and to Im prove that service day by day, to make aa few mistakes as possible and to cheerfully correct those few at the ear liest opportunities; to sell the highest grade of goods at the very lowest A. HOSPE WE DO EXTtHT PIANO LAUGHING GAS. Towne Fischer seems to be hnvlnir lnr.y time on his vacation. H says hit whole occupation Is simply lying around ami fishing. Uiowne Huh! I'll bet a cookie he'll con. tlnue the first half of that occnpntlotl when he gets back. Philadelphia Trews. "Havo you devoted much time to th study of political economy?" "No." answered Senator Sorghum. "My attention has been largely engaged in keep ing down camputKn expenses. I have beer studying economical politics." Washington Star. "She seems to have a fine touch," "said the guest, "but, to save me, I can't tell what she's drlvln' at." "Why, man," replied the landlord, "she's a-playln' In dlalect.'VAtlanta Constitution. Benevolent Strnnger What are you going to be when you grow up? Johnny Investigated, . I s'pose. New York Sun. "These kisses you sold mo yesterday are hard and stale," growled a customer at the candy counter. "1 thought you claimed to keep only fresh candles." "We do generally,"' replied the fair sales lady. "Those must have come from on old batch." Llpplncott's Magazine, HIS INTERESTED FIUEXD. Catholic Standard and Times.' Eseuao me dat I don'ta mak' You welcom' here, Manor, You aee, I 'frald for mak' mcestak; I gotta stung bay fore. Ees notta many 'Merlcan 0 vera, vera few 1 Dat com' to dees pennutta-stan' An' say "Hello!" like you. You speak so line, you know so mooch, Ess hard for me to see W'at for you want be frand weeth boocU A dumba man like me. Las' week grand man like you ees com' An' maka frandly ao. I am so proud but O! so dumb 1 tal heem all I know. He ees so eenterest een me An' speak so kind, so sweet, I am so proud as I can be An' brag a leeta beet. I tal how mooch I mak' a day' An' w'at I savin', too. An' weeth my bigga mout' I say 4 More theengs dan w'at ees true. 1 Now, who you s'pose ees dees unknown. Good, klnda frand to me? Eees president for bank dat own All deesa property I Today dees klnda man he sent To me hees agent man To say I gotta pay more rent For dees peanutta-stan'. Baycauso I mak' so beeg mcestak' An' gotta stung bayfore, Escuse me eef I don'ta mak' Mooch talk weeth you, Slgnor. A HIGH M0E VARNISH AND SIAIN OOMBlHaB With a can of jap-a-LAC, you can so easily refinish the baseboards in your home, that when you're through, you'll wonder how so complete a transformation was possible, with so little effort. SIXTEtN BEAUTIFUL COLORS. sizes rRow rvf ju by AurtuTCuu HAlNT.IttRDWftOT wmjofiutxsrj KcruiC- P1HTlCAUj0r: SUKTITUTCi AIMS THE PIANO BUSINESS prices these also are alms we keep before us always. We have conducted our piano' busi ness along different lines from most stores but we honestly believe that the public In general Is In thorough ac cord with our methods, knowing they are positive assurance of economy and protection. We ask our customers to believe In us to the utmost and we absolutely keep faith in every case, no matter what the sacrifice.- . The Hospe Piano store is the larg est in the west. Ita stock of pianos la the mott extensive and most varied. It does not pay commissions and fol lows strictly the one price system. It offers the best values for the lowest possible cost and makes the purchase ot a piano easy for the smallest tncom.ee. i The truth of these statements can j not be questioned. Call upon us or write. CO. 1315 Dou1"" st TUNING AND REPAHUNO.