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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Ftate of Nebraska, Douglas county, s:
George H. Tzarlnick, treasurer of The
Hn publishing Company, being duly
sworn, says that the actual number of
full Hnd complete rnplef of The Dall
Morning-, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during tha month of August. 107, waa oa
follows:
1 3,?60
2 36,940
1 87,040
t 30,00
t 37,440
6 38,830
7 38,700
8 38,580
IT 38,040
Jg 39,800
ID 37 130
20 37,000
21 38,640
22 36,390
28 38,980
24 38,980
25 30,600
26 38,780
27 30,880
21 36 4S0
28.. 88,800
SO 38,840
81 36,140
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16.,
. . 38,660
. . 30,830
. . 35.880
37,340
. . 37.110
. . 38.700
. . 36,770
16 36,880
Total 1,138,320
Less unsold and rtturned copies. 11,346
Net total 1,136,974
Dally uverage 36,354
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WMISJf OirT OF TOWN,
Subscribers leaving the City teaa
porarlly should have The Be)
walled to them. Address will be
changed as often a requested.
Tho hazing Reason will open this
week.
Tbo oyster is also homo from bis
uu minor vacation.
Corn tasHola are Just now the most
popular flower in Nebraska.
Colonel Bryan has not decided to
run again. When did he quit running?
Germany proposes to levy double
taxes on unoccupied ground. Shades
of Henry George!
The Shrinera are due to start a pro
test against the Americana being
driven out of Fez.
The president has congratulated
Colonel Goethals, the greatest mud
thrower of the age.
The bishop of Texas denounces the
chewing of gum. Still, It Is prefera
ble to chewing the rng.
The sultan of Morocco Wears mut
ton chop whlakers. The insurrection
in that country is now explained.
Mr. Dryan is credited with having
written a portion of the Oklahoma con
stitution. That may explain much.
Richard Croker is said to have lost
his American citizenship. Oh, well,
he was never a very desirable citizen,
anyway.
The report thut Colonel Bryan is
uncertain about being a candidate next
year is probably more or less exag
gerated. "Wellman should take a good hot
air man along," says the Chicago
News which evidently does not know
Wellmun.
Fireproof writing paper la the latest
fad, but that does not alter the fact
much of the modern duy writing ought
to be burned.
The New York Sun asserts that Sec
retary Taft is now "shrunken, and
frustrated." Frustrated possibly, but
shrunken, never.
Peary's toes were frozen off in one
of his dashes to the North Pole and
Walter Wellman is showing symptoms
of having cold feet.
The cashier at the Seattle race track
absconded with 2,000 belonging to
the bookies. That's apparently "the
only way" to beat the bookies.
It Is bad enough to have to pay the
high prices now demanded for articles
of food without having Dr. Wiley's as
surance that most of tt Is adulterated.
An earthquake shock was recorded
at Washington the other day, but the
scientists have been unable to locate
It. No objection to allowing it to Btay
lost.
When it comes to postponing things,
what about Colonel Dryan postponing
his official entry into the White House
every four years since 1896, with yet
another postponement in sight for next
year?
Among other accomplishments pos
sessed by Mr. Harrlman It has been
discovered that he snores while he
sleeps. The Importance of this dis
closure Is more than appears on the
surface. A really wicked man could
sut ali soundly enough to snore.
SOJE or THE REASVXS WHY.
Although In all probability the re
turns of the primary flection when
complpted will show that Hon. Henry
T. Clarke, Jr., has been nominated by
his party for railway commissioner,
many people are expressing surprise
that he Should have encountered any
considerable opposition, to say nothing
of finding lils nomination hanging in
the balance.
Under these conditions the situation
dlsclofced by Mr. Clarke's close race
may as well be looked squarely In the
face. Had he, as the appointee of
Governor Sheldon to All a vacancy,
boeu asking for endorsement as a con
cession to any other part of the state,
except Omaha and Douglas county, it
would without doubt have been his
hands down.
The votes polled by his competitor
represent partlculaily the working of
two factors: First, the indifferent
voter, who put his crossmark opposite
the first nflnie on his ballot and, Sec
ond, the prejudiced voter whose an
tipathy had been inflamed by agitation
hostile to Omaha and Omaha's com
mercial interests.
Mr. Clarke has been peculiarly a vic
tim to the place occupied by his name
on the ticket. In all the counties in
the state, except one, the top of the
ballot went to his rival, while in the
one cpunty in which he lives and is
best known the ballot was rotated so
that his friends looking for his name
were easily confused. In Douglas
county out of nearly 6,500 votes more
than 1,200 went to Caldwell and nearly
,000 to Wallace, neither of whom
had a license to get more than ten or
a dozen votes in this county at best.
On the other hand, both the com
petitors of Mr. Clarke, residing In ru
ral districts, based their publicity cam-
algns upon antagonism to Omaha. In
waging this sort of warfare they were
actually facilitated by an Inexcusable
manipulation of the official ballot as
made up by the secretary of state, who,
instead of sending out a form similar
to that used in regular elections, trans
mitted to the various county clerks an
official ballot containing the names not
only of the candidates, but also of their
places of residence. The vote for rail
way commissioner, therefore, rep
resents as much a vote between
Omaha, Clay Center and Edgar as it
does a vote between Clarke, Wallace
and Caldwell. It is a safe assumption
that three-fourths of the ballots
marked for Caldwell and Wallace were
prompted not by special preference for
these candidates, but by artificially
created prejudice against Omaha.
The bald presentation of these un
varnished facts, with a cold analysis
of the causes, may not be very palata
ble to Omaha, and especially to Omaha
business men, but we ought to know
exactly where we are at and with this
knowledge take precautions to protect
our city's interests arid to secure a
square deal for the future.
SEX ATORtAL FADS AIW FAXCIM9.
Secretary Charles O. Bennett of the
United States senate publishes a little
book onoe a year that would come
quickly into the list of the "Six Best
Sellers" if it were advertised Judic
iously. No one connected with the en
terprise, however, seems particularly
anxious to give the volume any undue
publicity, and its charms are usually
reserved for thoBe who have learned
the merits of the publication. Mr. Ben
nett's volume for 1907 has Just been
Issued from the press under the unat
tractive title of "Report of the Secre
tary of the United States Senate." It
Btarts off in a very prosy way to show
how many bills were introduced, killed.
passed or held up in committees. The
statistical introduction Is about as un
interesting as a speech on the Bllver
question, but over In the back of the
book is Bomo reading of a highly enter
taining character.
The fascinating section of the Ben
nett report deals with the manner in
which the United States senate spends
its "contingent" fund, a modest
amount that Is Incorporated in the ap
propriation bills at the close of every
session. The report for the present
year shows that the United States sen
ators are a thirsty lot, as they con
sumed In the last fiscal year 860 cases
of mineral water, costing 14,604.70.
They aUo spent $8,025.87 for carbon
ized mineral water and $318.97 for
lemons and sugar, making a total of
$6,849.54 for harmless drinkables for
the session, and not a drop of booze in
cluded. Since there are ninety sen
ators, the per capita consumption of
mineral water for the session was
about $76.
Speculation as to whether the sen
ators had any "chasers" to go with
that amount of mineral water, or used
the mineral water to take the taste of
something else out of their mouths, Is
cut short by astonishment at the next
Item on the list: "One skirt trunk.
$26.70." Mr. Bennett cruelly falls to
throw any light oa this Item, even to
telling who the lucky, or unlucky, pur
chaser was. It is suspected, however,
that the skirt trunk went to the same
Benator who had "Coemetlque, 40
cents," charged to bis share of the con
tingent fund. Two branding Irons,
costing $3.50, are on the list, presum
ably supplied to Senator Tillman.
While the senate chamber, viewed from
the gallery, looks like the first row at
a vaudeville performance, the account
of Mr. Bennett shows that he supplied
the august senators with a variegated
assortment of tonics and preparations
for the hair. Here are some of the en
tries: Bay rum, $30.15; witch hazel,
$14; hair tonic. $31.67; brllllanttne.
$1.20. There was also a modest out
lay of $510.11 for sponges. Six sewing
sets at a total cost of $H60, and man-
leure sets valued at 1209.75 also fig
ure in the lists, while glove and hand
kerchief sets, opera bags and engage
ment pads make up a $300 total.
One disappointing feature of Mr.
Bennett's book is that the government
is trying to economize in Its printing
bills and the person who tries to se
cure one of the entertaining brochures
Is almost certain to be informed that
the "supply has been exhausted and no
more will be printed."
A PL A IV CLOTHES HERO.
A monument has Just been unveiled
at Erie to Eben Brewer, a hero of the
Spanish-American war. What won this
honor for Brewer is not recounted in
any of the histories of the war with
Spain. He was not a Rough Rider and
took no part In the charge up San Juan
hill. He was not at Las Gulsamas, nor
did he storm the ramparts of Moro
Castle. He was not surrounded by
cheering companions when he per
formed those deeds of valor and his
name does not appear on the muster
roll of either the army or the navy, but
he was a hero Just the same.
Eben Brewer went to Cuba, at the
outbreak of the war with Spain, to aid
In the establishment of a military
postal service. Upon his arrival, his
first Information was that many sick
and wounded soldiers were at the front
with but a handful of physicians to
take charge of them. IIo hurried to
Siboney and besnn work as a nurse.
For four days he took no rest; he
trudged tirelessly throiiRh Cuban Jun
gles, often carrying sick or wounded
soldiers on his back to the nearest
field hospitaL He drove his Btrength
beyond the limit and fell, dying, into
the tent of a war correspondent, drag
ging with him a seriously wounded
soldier. All efforts to succor him were
futile and he died within an hour.
Eben Brewer gave his life for his
fellow men, the greatest test of great
ness. No monument was ever more de
served than that which was raised to
him In his home town and dedicated
by the veterans of the Spanish-American
war. No deeds could have been
nobler than those of Eben Brewer,
plain clothes hero.
A UK RICA TT1XS AT TUB HAOTE.
The proposal of General Horace
Porter, head of the American dele
gation to the peace conference at The
Hague, for a declaration governing
the collection by force of contractual
debts, has been adopted by the con
ference, Switzerland alone dissenting.
This is the one important achievement
of the conference, certain to have an
Important bearing upon our future
foreign relations.
The South American states were
united In support of the Drago doc
trine, which required the uncompro
mising surrender of the rlghfof a na
tion to enforce upon another the pay
ment of contractual debts to subjects
of the former. The South .American
countries tried to force this proposition
and relied confidently upon the sup
port of the American delegates. Gen
eral Porter, however, after a consulta
tion with Secretary Root, presented a
modified proposition providing that
force in the collection of contractual
debts ehall be used only after the
debtor nation has refused arbitration
of the claims In question or created
conditions which would make arbitra
tion impossible.
Some Latin-American countries have
evidently been relying upon the United
States to protect them in the evasion
or repudiation of Just debts to foreign
powers. The creditor nations repre
sented at The Hague declined abso
lutely the Drago proposition, insisting
upon their right to use force when
debtor nations failed to meet their ob
ligations. The Porter compromise was
therefore accepted as the best means of
securing relief from the strained condi
tions that exist between certain Latin
American states and their foreign cred
itors. By the adoption of the Porter plan,
no foreign power will be warranted In
Bending its battleships to a Latin-
American country until the question
In dispute has been submitted to arbi
tration. The action of the conference
will protect honest nations, like Chile
and Argentina, from humiliation and
it will protect weak Latin-American
countries from extortion such' as has
been practiced in the past by foreign
creditors. But It will also withhold pro
tection from the international outlaws
in Latin-America, who have been Incur
ring all kinds of obligations and then
repudiating them, relying upon the
United States to protect them, under
the plea that the Monroe doctrine is
being violated. The plan adopted
simply carries out the idea of a square
deal between nations.
GE.Vf.R4t. CORBIN OX ARMY XXKDS.
Perhaps no man in America is better
qualified than Major General Corbln
to discuss intelligently the needs and
Bbortcomtngs of the American army.
General Corbln went Into the army as
a private and rose to the rank of ma
jor general, having served as chlef-of-Btaff,
the highest rank in the service
since the grade of lieutenant general
was abolished. General Corbln won
bis honors in the war of the rebellion,
spent two years in the Philippines and
was for many years head of the army
at Washington carrying the rank of
adjutant general. He knows the sol
dier, in the tent, in barracks and on
the field, appreciates his needs, his
weaknesses and his rights. Accord
ingly, attention is commended to his
views upon some changes now de
manded for the betterment of the mili
tary service. In a recent Interview
Oeneral Corbln blames most of the
present trouble In the army to the
failure of congress to take a positive
stand for the restoration of the can
teen. He declares that ninety-five per
cent of the members of congress under
stand the importance of this measure,
but under the watchful supervision of
their temperance constituents say they
are powerless to act.' The military
prisons, acccordlng to General Corbln,
are filled with soldiers who become
the victims of the dives that surround
the army posts, while the keepers of
these dives are liberal subscribers to
maintain the temperance bureau at
Washington which Is waging a success
ful war against all plans for the restor
ation of the canteen.
Behind all of this, according to the
general, Is the feeling of the enlisted
man that they are being discriminated
against. They see the c.fllcer enjoy
ing the privileges of his club, and all
other government employes are unre
stricted in their personal habits, while
the soldiers are told that they must
not touch liquor or beer on the military
reservations.
General Corbln admits frankly that
he was most bitterly opposed to the
army canteen until he saw the ill f
effects that followed its abolition. He
has seen posts equipped with gymnas
iums, libraries, coffee rooms and every
facility for the entertainment of the
men, but these places have been de
serted, as the soldiers had insisted on
going outside to get their beer. He
has found the bulk of the inmates of
the military prisons serving sentences
for drunkenness, whereat, under the
canteen system, the sergeant in charge
restricted the amount of beer to be sold
to each man and drunkenness was ex
ceedingly rare.
The expressed conviction of General
Corbln that nearly all of the defects
In the present system of army manage
ment are traceable directly to the abol
ition of the army canteen Is a sufficient
warrant for a serious consideration of
the problem by the coming congress.
BASE BALL EVANGELISM.
Rev. William Sunday, although he
prefers to be known as "Billy" Sun
day, has been written up in the maga
zines, furnishing another striking illus
tration of the real injury certainly be
ing dene to the work of saving souls,
the proper province of the churches,
by overzealous evangelists of the Sam
Small, Sam Jones and "Billy" Sunday
type. The magazine story Is prefaced
by the statement that Sunday, who Is
a regularly ordained minister of the
Presbyterian church, doing evangelical
work, has converted hundreds of thou
sands of men and women, very few of
whom have fallen from the faith. Be
that as it may, It is difficult for any
one with respect for religion in his
heart to read of Sunday's work with
out a feeling of disgust or without the
conviction that the evangelist should
be back on the ball field, where he
achieved the reputation he Btlll boasts,.
of "being the fastest runner and one
of the best ball players in the National
league." For illustration, take Sun
day's version qf the Bible scene In
which the devil found Jesus in the
wilderness and sought to tempt Him:
He says: "Bon of God, hey?" He looks
the lowly Saviour over from His weary,
sweat-stained brow to the ragged hem of
His dusty robe and he says: "Son of God!
Are you the man that's been going up
and down the country passing aa the Son
of Ood?"
And Christ, all weary and alone, says:
"Tea, thafa right."
And the devil laughs, "flay," he says,
"I'm not so easy as all that! I'm from
Missouri; you've got to show met Make
good! Turn some of these stones into
bread and get a square meal! Produce
the goods!"
Could anything be more sacrellglous?
Are not the bitterest denunciations of
the blasphemer less repulsive than
Buch mouthlngs? Sunday believes, too,
in a personal devil and, with the en
thusiasm of a base ball batsman, is
ready to denounce as a liar anyone
who disagrees with him. On the sub
ject of the devil, Sunday, in the ad
dress (it can not be called a sermon),
Bald:
Oh, but the devil ia a smooth guy) He la
right here in this tabernacle now, running
around up this aisle and down that, trying
to make you sinners Indifferent to Christ's
sacrifice for your salvation. When the Invi
tation la given you and you start to get up
and then settle back In your seat and aay.
"I guess I don't want to give way to a mo
mentary Impulse," that's the real, genuine,
blaslng-eyed, cloven-hoofed, forked-tallcd
old devil hanging on to your coat tails. Ha
knows all your weaknesses and how to ap
peal to them. He knows you. Oh, the devil
knows his business; you can bet your last
four dollars on that!
Just one more illustration of "Sun
day's" methods. The meetings re
ported were held at Fairfield, la.,
whose citizens had subscribed, or col
lected, $7,860 for Sunday's expenses
and services for a week. Because the
papers of Brighton, a town near Fair
field, referred to the revival as a
Bpecles of "graft," Sunday In closing
his meeting offered the following
prayer: ,
Oh, dear Lord Jesus, save Fairfield!
Bless Mount Fleasant, Stockport and Bir
mingham and Batavta and er bless
(the evangelist opened bis eye, turned
around and In an ordinary conversational
tone questioned his secretary: "What was
that town we went to the other day, ovar
there on the railroad, Honeywell? Oh,
yes, Eldon.") (Again closing his eyes and
resuming the higher pitched tone of ad
dressing the Almighty) Bless Eldon,
dear Lord,' and Packwood, and Kichland,
and fleasant Plain. And, Oh, dear Lord,
If Tou think lt'a any use. you might
tackle those Brighton editors. But. dear
Lord, be careful take along a bottle of
disinfectant. I don't know as You can
do much with them. Jesus, but If You
think It's worth while, try It, Lord, try
It! And if You try It. here's a pointer,
Lord, wear rubber glovea.
The prayer of church members the
world over and the wish of honest men
and women who are not church mem
bers Is for the spread of the Christian
doctrine, the gospel of love and light
and peace and good will towards men
The spread of that doctrine will be
hastened by the withdrawal of evan
gellsta.of the "Sunday" type from the
pulpit and their relegation to vaude
ville, where they belong.
Governor Sheldon will not take his
staff along on his trip with the presi
dent from Keokuk to Memphis, be
cause he has had no Invitation for the
staff. Governor Sheldon Is not up to
the game as usually played by Ne
braska governors. Neither Governor
Mickey nor Governor Ravage would
have hesitated to take the staff along
on account of any little thing like the
omission of an Invitation.
The resolution to censure President
Roosevelt for criticising adversely cer
tain decisions of federal Judges was
tabled by the American Bar associa
tion. The lawyers who favored the res
olution must want to reserve to them
selves the exclusive right of criticising
the courts.
Complaints are made that many in
ventions are suppressed after they
have been patented and the country
deprived of the use of them. There
will be no complaint against such a
disposition of the whistling piano
which has Just been Invented.
Senator Stone of Missouri has re
turned from a foreign trip and finds
his presidential boom just as healthy
as It was when he left home. It Is a
personally conducted boom and has
never been Injured by contact with the
public.
Some of the people who are now
talking loudest about selling the Phil
ippines are the very ones who In 1898
talked loudest for the treaty of Paris,
by whose terms Uncle Sam was com
pelled to buy them.
Cass county gave Judge Reese 600
majority and Clarke 450 to the good
In the recent primary. That indicates
that Governor Sheldon's neighbors are
Btlll willing to take his word for It.
Senator Foraker and Colonel Bryan
both agree that Mr. Taft is not the
man for president of the United States.
But that is about the extent of their
agreement.
The woman's page continues to print
articles on how to have beautiful
hands. From a man's viewpoint the
most beautiful hand is all aces.
Strengthening; the Touch.
Washington Star.
It needs no definite research to back up
the prediction that beefsteak, coal, petro
leum and a number of other things will
coat more this winter than ever before.
A One-Hided Story.
Philadelphia. Inquirer.
Etlll, we must remember that theso
vivid descriptions of desperate conflicts
in which the Moors are slain by hun
dreds and the French by units all come
from French sources.
Something; Just as Uood.
Philadelphia Rocord.
It is a relief to know that one patent
pill contains nothing but sugar. There
Is a good deal In the mind cure, and
sugar pills and bread pills have worked
many cures when the patient supposed
they consisted of powerful drugs and
confidently expected them to be effective.
Soldiers I'rlvllefce Denied.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The army canteen may be quiescent as
an "Institution," but it la much alive as
an "Issue," and If the next congress Is
a little braver than some of its prede
cessors, It is not improbable that tile
American soldier may recover the privi
lege, given to every other soldier, of
drinking bla beer on his own premises.
Passes I'd the Live One.
New York World.
Mr. Baer's sense of humor la Incomplete.
In justice to himself he makes Mark Hanna
the operators' scapegoat for the 1900 agree
ments to raise the price of coal. They
raised It again by agreement In 1904. Why
does not Mr. llaer lay the blame on Theo
dore Roosevelt, who Is living, or ask for
his prosecution aa the person responsible
for the Coal trust's scheme of prices?
Mission of a Journalist.
Henry Watterson In the Courier-Journal.
Intellectually the journalist can only
be the Interpreter and the historian of
the best thought of his time. If he In
terprets history truly, steadfast In his
alms and faithful to his Ideals, he has
given of his best, having fulfilled at once
his mlsslun In the world and the reason
of Ms being. To try him by any other
test Is to perpetrate injustice aa well as
to misconceive conditions and relations.
SEt I LAH tUOlU AT THK Pl'LPIT
Washington Post: The Detroit preacher
who urged his hearers to "give roses to tho
living" Is evidently unaware thut the aver
age man with a family U kept busy giving
the living bread and butter and beefsteak.
Chicago Record-Herald: A New York
preacher predicted that tha world would
come to an end last week. It will be "pretty
hard for him to retain the confidence of the
people who reformed on the strength of his
prediction.
Minneapolis Journal: Hev. O. Campbell
Morgan of London, who Is now In this
country, remarks that receptions are the
most empty things that man ever Invented.
Yea, the refreshments are usually light, for
an Englishman.
New York Post: The Ministers' union,
organised a few weeks ago at LaCYosse.
Wis., has been expelled from the Trades
and Iabor assembly because of the com
plaint of the Brewers' union that the antl
llquor crusade of the religious workers
Injured their business. For this, the brew
ers deserve to have their places taken by
the ejected clergy the very first time th'ere
Is a strike at the vats.
Boston Transcript: The death of Arch
bishop Williams was In harmony with his
life. It was a passing, beautiful In Its peace.
Its serenity and Its faith. It ended a life
that was not merely remarkable for Its
devotion to high Ideals, but was the In
carnation of them. No ecclesiastical dignity
could Invest lilm with higher moral and
spiritual Influence than that which. Irradi
ated from the man himself. Men forgot
the o'ne In admiration for the other. He
early recognised his mission. His childhood
and youth were an earnest preparation for
It, and from early manhood to benignant
old age be gave uninterrupted service to
the benefit and betterment of his fellnwmen
through those means ia whoae efficacy he
huA )mt mitflrityuo, J
Honesty
Is Our Basis for Credit
If you are honest your credit is good with me. I make
no distinction in opening a charge account between man or
woman, young or old, the wealthy employer or his honest
employee. All that is necessary for you to do is to select
your diamond, watch, or any piece of jewelry that you
may desire, pay a small amount down, wear and enjoy it
while paying the balance in small weekly or monthly payments.
$25
$1 a Week
2Z
IEHMU.XS BOILHD DOWN.
The selfish heart always Is shortsighted.
Only a dead faith lies WTapped In for
malities.
No language Is more eloquent than a life
of love.
The beautiful life loses no time looking
for a mirror.
They who never stop for littlo Joys find
no large ones.
There Is more religion in one smile than
In a score of sighs.
The ohurch Is a shelter for the sinner,
but not for his sins.
To turn from another's sorrow may be
to miss your best Joy.
If you want to set the pace, be sure
you're on the right path.
There is no harmony in any song In
which the heart does not sing.
The world never will be made clean by
folks trying to scrub one another.
They who work as If the Master was
ever near find Him always by them.
He has no real rlchea who does not put
the treasures of friendship first of all.
The world may care little for theology,
but It recognizee with Joy the heavenly II To
and love.
The man who thinks he Is weighty be
cause he Is wordy usually Is short weight
when It comes to works.
Many never write the check of success
because they wait for the world's Indorse
ment before they begin to draw it.
The people who are climbing Into the ec
clesiastical band wagon are not the ones
who are making the heavenly muslo in this
world. Chicago Tribune.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
That mvaterlous earthauake recorded by
the seismographs was pulled off on Monday,
not on the date of the Nebraska primaries.
A new version of "art for art's sake"
Is furnished by a New York artist, who
puts away his wife for a reoently-found
"affinity."
The promised immunity bath for the Al
ton road would be mightily appreciated
just now in laying the dust along the
right-of-way.
The deposed queen of Hawaii, Lillluoka-
lanl Is about to annex a husband, Prince
Arl Pal of Tahiti, a dusky tropical war
rior Of 800 pounds. He ought to hold Lll
for a while.
A New York expert on electrlo traction
lnformB Chicago that his services are worth
136,000 a month. Jurt then the celebrated
luke breeie blew and held down Chloago
temperature.
St. Louis strives nobly to view the fu
turo cheerfully, but a tightening lid and
dollar barley throws a cloud of foam on
the prospect, leaving a diminished sup of
umber tint to decorate the stein.
The Galveston Daily News signalized the
seventh anniversary of the deluge with a
boom edition, demonstrating by Imposing
etalistlcs how the city has risen from dis
aster. The showing la a magnificent tribute
to Galveston grit and gotthereativeness.
Paul Stensland, wrecker of the Milwaukee
Avenue bank of Chicago, thinks he has
lived In Jollet long enough and wants a
change of scene. If he was" let out long
enough for his victims to get at him, the
experience might change his mind, also his
face.
Our troubles and native troubles In Cuba
are In a fair Way to permanent settle
rrent. American tlupjiicks have been intro
duced Into the Island and have already
warmed the cockles of the native heart.
Flapjacks are the routing agents of peace
and civilisation.
A representative of the Trcusury depart
ment Is down In Jumestown looking after
the exposition's overdue debts to the gov
ernment. He isn't getting rich quick. But
while the coin Is scarce, the siiuahhle
among the managers for social precedence
affords sufficient diversion to keep the col
lector's mind off the box office.
Mallet &. Oavis
When you see this name on a piano you are looking at a r(K
markable instrument. Here is a letter which tells its own story.
It is written by a well known musician, and the original can ba
seen on request. .
"Having used a Hallott & Davis for fifteen year
J HAl LET-DAVlfxT
low as $300.00. Terms, to suit, too.
Bare Bargains in Slightly Used and Sample Pianos. Good
Square Pianos as Low aa $34 and $40. Buy one of these and ex.
change it later for an upright. Terms, $3 per month.
ONE PRICE. Write for Catalogue and Trices. NO COMMISSION.
A. Hospc Co., 1513 Doufllus St.
WE DO EXPERT PIANO TUNING AND REPAIRING.
READY CASH IS NOT
NECESSARY
under this plan, which makes it possible
for any honest person to have what he
may have long desired. A diamond not
only increases in value each year, but it
adds refinement and gives a prosperous
appearance to one's person.
in a As
DOMESTIC PLK A9ANTH1ES.
Miss Ixingslnce I have never yet mot the
man 1 WHntetl to marry.
Mrs. Chllllcon-Kcarney No? Tell me his
name, dear, and I'll manage, lo have you,
meet him somo day . Chicago Tribune.
"I see that sermons are being preached
In Esperanto."
"I wonder If they are equally good for
Insomnia?" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"She always reminds me of a publlu
office."
"That's curious."
"Not so very. She's continually seeking
the man, you know." Chicago Record-Herald.
"Pauline turns up her nose at offers of
marriage."
"Why so?"
"The only things she considers are abject
pleas." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Pastor (preaching funeral sermon) Yes,
my friends, our dear brother was cut down
In his prime, leaving a widow of 27 to
Widow (Interrupting) Twenty-two, If you
please, sir! Philadelphia Press.
Patience I'm going to congratulate Peggy
on her last marriage.
Pnt rice You'd better wait.
Patience Why so?
Patrice I don't think this one Is her last.
Yonkers Statesman.
Mrs. Pmit h Yes. my littlo B-year-old girl
Is a great help In my housekeeping.
Mrs. Randall Why, what can suoh a
child do to help?
Mrs. Smith She goes down and tells the
cook for me whenever we're going to have
company. Harper's Bazar.
"Mrs. Bpendlt is trying so hard to break
Into society."
"Well, she certainly has a right to be In
the push."
"Whv so?"
"Isn't her husband In the business of
manufacturing baby carriages? uaitimore
American.
"Dear me!" cried the mother, surprising;
the boys In a snuubble In the pantry over
tho remnant of pie, "what Is all this quar
reling ahoiut?"
"I Imagine, ' said her husband, taking In
the situation at a glance, "that it Is a
piece conference." Baltimore American.
Mrs. Johnston (over tha tubl Doan Ah
mek yo' a good llvln', Henry Clay Johns
ton? Mr. Johnston Tol'blo, chile tol'ble. But
yo' sh'd have seen de way mall mothah
suppohted mah fathah! Puck.
"Was papa really angry?" asked the
dear girl. ., .
"Angry?" replied her lover, "well, I
should say. I camo to the point right away
and told him we Intended to be married
In the spring,"
"And what did he sny?" '
"He said: 'What? Why not at once?"'
Baltimore American.
WHAT I LIVU t'Ua,
O. Linnaeus Banks. ,
I live for those who love me.
Whose hearts are kind and true,
For the heaven that sullies above me.
And awaits my spirit, too;
For all human ties that bind me,
For the tHk by Ood assigned me,
For the bright hopes yet to And me,
And tho gemd that I may do.
I live to learn their story
Who suffered for my sake,
To emulate their glory,
And follow In their wake;
Burds, patriots, martyrs, sagos,
The heroic of all agps,
Whose deeds crowd history's pages,
And time's great volume make.
I live to hold communion.
With all that is divine,
To feel there Is a union
'Twlxt nature's heart and mine;
To profit hy affliction.
Reap truths from HcWls of fiction.
Grow wlxer with conviction,
And fulfill each grand design.
I live to hall that season,
By gifted minds foretold,
When men shall rule by reason.
And not alone by gold;
When, man to man united,
And every wrong thing righted.
The whole world shall be lighted
As Eden was of old.
I live for those who love me.
For those who know me true.
For the heaven that smiles abovo ms
And awaits my spirit, too;
For the causa that lacks assistance.
For the wrong that needs resistance,
For tho future In tho distance,
And the good that I may do.
I can say that for durability i consider u one
of the best pianos and will heartily jecommend It
for sweetness and clearness of tone."
There is tho meat of the matter, clear
ness of tone. It does not become wiry or
metallic, but retains its original quality
after other instruments have reached tho
tin pan-tone stage. Tho price is reason
able and we will sell a llallet & Davis a3
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