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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 22, 1907.
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STATEMENT OP C tr.CULATION.
tatef Nebraska. Douglas county.
Gcfl" B. T-schu"lc. treasurer of The
Bee T'nhlUhln Pomoanv. bemr duly
worn. av tha'. the actual number
of
full and complete copltt or i ne v. J
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee prl.itel
during tha month of August, 1907, wa.
full and comnleta copltt of The
T . I . . .
follows:
i
36,750
38.940
37,040
30,900
37.440
17 36,640
U 33,800
19 3730
20 37,000
21 36.640
22 36,390
2 J 36,980
24 36,950
26 35,600
21 38,780
27 30,880
28 38 41,0
29 33,500
S3 38,640
31 38,140
36,830
7 36,700
10
11
12
13
36,580
36,600
36,830
35,550
37,340
37,110
14 36,700
16 36,770
H 38,820
Total
.1,138,320
Lees unsold and returned copies. 11,146
Net total.. i 1,130,374
Pally average 36,364
GEO. B. TZHCHUCit.
I Treasurer.
Subscribed In my prexence and aworn to
efore ma thU list day of August, 1907.
1 ISeal) M. B. HUN GAT Id.
Notary Puollo.
HUKN OI T UV TOWN.
gabscrlbere leaving the city teas
porarily should kara That Ilea
'mailed to thera. Address wl.'l be
changed aa often as requested.
( The country has rarely experienced
3aer July weather in September.
The Hague conference seems unable
to come to any conclusion except its
own.
; It is a safe assumption that the Ne
braska corn crop is well above the
frost line.
' The foot ball season is opening
auspiciously with a few advance agents
of gridiron casualitles.
Walter VVellman says he is com
pelled to wait another year. No
hurry. The pole will still be there.
Mr. Taft's enemies are seeing to It
lhat he shall not be forgotten while he
is away on that tour of foreign lands.
Oklahoma Is apparently determined
to be unique. It voted for democracy
and prohibition at the same election.
The man who has more respect for
the thermometer than for the almanac
may cling to his straw hat a little
longer.
Henry Hogg of Wardsvllle, Neb.,
bas entered the State university, Just
In time to begin rooting for the foot
ball team
That Chicago sect which claims to
possess "the gift of tongues" should
slei Senator Beverldge pastor emerl
us at once.
The roan who has been getting home
late for dinner will have to find some
other excuse, now that the base ball
leason Is over.
Nebraska farmers may feel a little
piqued at Secretary Taft's assertion
that there are too many millionaires
lb thl3 country.
It is no longer .a question of where
the Standard Oil company got that
180,000,000 a year, but a question of
what It did with It.
Senator Foraker would feel more
encouraged If he received more en
dorsements from republicans and
fewer from democrats.
The fire department has been an
swering to so many false alarms that
there la a suspicion that Senator For
aker must be In Omaha Incog.
"New York. Is not as bad as it is
painted," says the World. New York
1s not to blame, so long as it does its
best to live up to its reputation.
Those men indicted for grafting in
Pennsylvania, In connection with the
construction of the new state building,
are charged with a capltol offense.
Willie Looser la a democratic candi
date for office In Pennsylvania. He
will have little difficulty In answering
to his name in the affirmative In No-
. vember.
A Paris physician has discovered
means of putting persons to sleep by
means of electricity. The method Is
used In this country In a number of
penitentiaries.
Colonel Bryan may not yet have
formally announced his candidacy for
the democratic presidential nomlna
tlon, but no one can read his "Com
moner" without concluding thut Us
Kill tor is proceeding on the theory that
Colonel Bryan will be tha democratic
auiuine4a
THE DIRECT PRIM ART IX OPERATION.
The official canvass of the rote cast
at the first trial of a state-wide pri
mary inNebraska furnishes the means
of testing against actual facts some of
the arguments advanced for and
against the direct primary law when It
was being discussed In the legislature.
In the first place, the early report
that only
a very light vote was cast is
completely contradicted by the figures.
Last year In a well contested election,
invoivin .t,- rv,olp tint nnlv nf cnv-
'vomDS i" cnoice not only OI a gov
ernor and entire state ticket, but also
of a United States senator, the aggre
gate vote polled at the November elec
tion added up a little less than 195,000,
of which the republican candidate for
governor reqelved nearly 98,000, while
his fusion opponent received a trifle
under 85,000. At the recent primary
the total number of republican ballots
approximates 60,000 and of democratic
and populist ballots about 25,000. On
the republican side more than 60 per
cent of the active membership of the
parly participated in the nominations,
a much larger percentage than anyone
anticipated and many times more than
ever had a voice in the party nomina
tion under the old convention plan.
The democrats, although professing
speolal loyalty to the rule of the peo
ple, displayed far less patriotic inter
est, apparently less than 30 per cent
of the fusion voters getting out to
take part in nominating a ticket.
Of course, the ratio of primary vote
to total party strength has varied in
different counties and reached its max
imum in those counties containing the
largest cities and most thickly settled
population. But, notwithstanding this,
the vote of the larger cities does not
Boem to have been the determining
factor. Neither has the fear that the
candidates on the several tickets would
all be massed geographically been
realized. Quito, the contrary, the dis
tribution of the candidates nominated
to the different parts of the state turns
out to have been as fairly apportioned
as has ordinarily been done by conven
tion trading.
One feature of the primary law ap
pears to have been accentuated be
yond what was anticipated, namely,
the advantage of position on the ballot.
The successful nominee for supreme
judge has a majority of more than
7,000, yet It is a conservative estimate
that' this majority would have been
cut down at least one-half had his
competitor's name appeared above In
stead of below. The same is true with
reference to thq successful candidate
for railway commissioner, who had to
overcome the disadvantage of position
on the ticket, without which he would
doubtless have had a more substantial
plurality. At the same time, the rota
tion of the names on the ballot in
Douglas county is by no means satis
factory, working to the detriment of
the 'popular candidate and to the con
fusion and disfranchisement of the
voters. In this place more than in
any other, a more equitable method of
arranging the ballot is demanded.
So far as the Influence of the party
press Is concerned, the' trial of the
Nebraska primary law disclosed what
will also happen where public senti
ment is divided, the divergence of the
newspaper preferences producing just
that discussion which afford the best
education of the voters. It Is as little
to be expected that the newspapers of
ny party will be any more unanimous
s to the relative merits and claims of
candidates for preferment as that the
people who make up the rank and file
of the voters will be unanimous. Di
rect nominations will make it more
mportant that the individual voter
keep himself fully informed of poli
tical movements and official records of
public men, and in this campaign of
education the newspaper has a wide
field of usefulness.
TUB A LIE It 1 If FLOW.
The forthcoming report of Frank P.
Sargent, commissioner general of im
migration, Will show that for the year
ending last June about 1,400,000 Im
migrants entered the United States,
being about 200,000 more than the
preceding year. This makes a total
of more than 6,000,000 newcomers
since 1900, making an unprecedented
addition to our population for any
similar period of time. Naturally this
Influx has' given rise to serious prob
lems in some sections, but Comrnls
6loner Sargent takes pains to assure
the country that the class of lmml
grants now coming Is for the most
part very desirable, and be insists that
all must not be judged by the acts of
few criminals or disreputables. On
the subject of dangerous secret socie
ties among the Immigrants the com
missloner says:
Every Italian Is not a Black Hand any
mora than every Armenian la a Huncha
klst, but wa must have laws that will ex
clude such persons from the United States.
Italians. Sicilians and all others who are
honest, who want to own homes of their
own and till the aoll. give their children
that which they had not, an education, and
who wish to become good cltisena, should
be given every opportunity to come Into
the country, no matter what their race may
be.
An encouraging feature of the re
port is that the Immigrants are not
congesting in New York as in the past,
but are distributing themselves where
employment inducements are being
offered. In this connection the division
of Information of the immigration
bureau has been doing effective work
by collecting data from different states
as to the number of laborers wanted
and the class of work in sight. As
result the bureau is able to announce
that places are waiting. In different
states, for over 250,000 laborers, thus
leaving no excuse for the congestion
of Immigrants in the large cities. The
more widely the immlgranu are dis
tributed the more rapid will bo their
Americanization and their relief from
the temptations of the big cities.
Senator Dillingham, chairman of a
commission appointed by the president
to study Immigration conditions, has
Just returned from Europe with the
statement that certain amendments
will be proposed by the commission
placing further restrictions upon the
admission of aliens. As long as pres-
nt conditions prevail the senator will
have difficulty in convincing the coun
try that there is need for additional
bars to immigration. Every effort to
keep out criminals and dependents
will, of course, be encouraged, but with
the cry for more labor of all kinds go
ing up from every township in this
broad land, where the bread Is also
waiting to feed them, the immigrants
able and willing to work should con
tinue to be welcomed at our gates.
MIIS. IIESANT AND RACE SUICIDE-
Mrs. Annie Besant, the recognized
head of the Theosophists of the world,
as been telling Americans a lot of
things during her present visit to this
country and indulging in the luxury
of expounding new doctrines and giv
ing advice on any and all topics sug
gested for her consideration. In a re
cent Interview she declared that she
agreed heartily with President Roose
velt's utterances against race suicide
nd believed that the large, old-
fashioned family should be maintained
and encouraged. Mrs. Besant has her
own reasons for this doctrine. Ac
cording to her views the greatest busi
ness in the world la the development
of souls, and this cannot be accom
plished unless plenty of souls are
brought into the world for the purpose
f higher development.
All this Is particularly Interesting,
In view of Mrs. Besant's former attl-
ude on the race suicide problem.
Some years ago, it would be unkind to
say how many, she became the wife of
n English clergyman, a brother of
Walter Besant, the novelist. She be
came an atheist and her husband se
cured a separation and took charge of
their child. Mrs. Besant then became
allied with Bradlaugh, the famous
British atheist, and collaborated with
him in the publication of a book
called "The Fruits of Philosophy," the
purpose of which was to teach race
suicide. The book was suppressed by
the British government. However.
Mrs. Besant believes in the doctrine of
reincarnation, which may account for
her reincarnated views. It may be in
teresting, but it Is also confusing.
KINO LEOPOLD'S CVNNINO.
It Is no severe reflection upon the
missionary societies and church work
ers of America and the rest of the
civilized world to call attention to the
fact that they have been buncoed
again, to state it bluntly, by the wily
old King Leopold of Belgium. For
many years the "Congo atrocities" have
been recounted by returned mission
aries through press and pulpit until
the civilized world has been compelled
to take notice of the performances of
the Belgian king, who has exercised
control over a large part of Africa.
Volumes have been written about the
various brands of horrors perpetrated
upon the ignorant natives, until the
people everywhere have been aroused
to readiness to interfere In the name
of humanity. Before the agitation
ulmlnated in action, Leopold came
forward with a benevolent scheme to
cede the Congo country to Belgium,
thus ending his private ownership and
opportunities for personal profit. The
civilized world hailed the action as a
signal for the dawn of better days and
decided to drop its fight on the old
king. Later developments show that
Leopold, after fooling the world, has
decided to hand out a gold brick and
go on adding to his swollen fortune.
The country of the Congo was
opened through the discoveries of Sir
Henry M. Stanley, aided by Leopold In
a financial way. Stanley got the credit,
but Leopold got the real estate and the
lion's share of the spoils. He organ
ized, in 1882, the Congo Free State
and wrote the name of "freedom" over
the 30,000,000 Inhabitants of the coun
try. He expressed a burning desire to
extend the blessings of civilization to
these natives and succeeded in secur
ing endorsements of his plan from Bis
marck, the German chancellor, Presi
dent Arthur and later of President
Cleveland. "Our only program is the
work of moral and material regenera
tion," said Leopold at that time, and
the nations all believed him. But Leo
pold believed a splendid theory might
fool the diplomatic world, while the
practice might be of a very different
brand. His "benevolent supervision"
of the Congo is one of the most revolt
ing stories of avarice, cruelty and ex
tortion known to history. He played
upon the cupidity of other nations by
showing how the rubber resources of
the Congo could be developed with
great profit to 'the benefit of the be
nighted Africans whom he loved. The
bait was swallowed and the leading
public men of several nations united
with him to cash in the Congo rubber
at the point of death and mutilation to
the natives.
The scandal resulting from this
system finally became so noisome that
Leopold was compelled to appoint a
committee of investigation, which was
compelled to admit abuses which
needed to be remedied. The storm of
indignation aroused by this report
compelled Leopold to take further
action and he announced a program
that was hailed with delight by the
missionaries and organizations work
Ing for reform. He proposed to cede to
Belgium the control of the Congo, to
be managed by the Belgium Parlia
ment. But it develops that the "Do
main, of the Crown," comprising an
area of 114,000 square miles of the
richest rubber country, has been trans
ferred to a stock company, In which
Leopold holds a controlling interest.
The royal fraud has perpetrated bis
third big swindle and the interested
nations, whose seal, Is Inspired by the
demands of decency and civilization,
have all their work to do over again.
Leopold Is apparently determined that
the exploitation of the natives shall
continue for his personal benefit. ,
disposing or hie Philippine1.
The New York Herald's plan for
putting the Philippines up at auction
and disposing of them to the highest
bidder has been taken seriously by the
London Spectator, which, In a thought
ful review of the situation, urges some
objections which should settle the agi
tation so needlessly started by the Her
ald. The Spectator's conclusions fol
low: We have said nothing of the strategic
significance of the Philippines, partly be
cause we have preferred to consider the
matter on other grounds, and partly be
cause It is a matter of dispute. But It is
obvious that in the present circumstances,
when there is talk of transferring the
American navy to the Pacific, and when the
dangers to the peace of the world are
reeognliably there, the proposal to sell the
Philippines could not bo seriously enter
tained. To whom would they be soldT Not
to Japan. If strategic reasons did not for
bid that, religious reasons certainly would.
And In every other case an objection could
be discovered. Wo would even go ao far aa
to aay that a civilized power which has de
liberately undertaken the governance of an
Inferior people has no right to sell the
jountry into the possession of others. We
foresee that the question cannot become
acute for some time.
The moral obligation of the United
States to continue its guardianship of
"the inferior people" in the Philip
pines until they shall have .reached
their mental majority Is heavy enough
to prevent any bargain sale of the
islands. The guardianship may prove
expensive and trying, but it cannot, in
common Justice nor in national de
cency, be abandoned until something
better is substituted.
ANOTHER ANTI-TIP MOVEMENT.
The announcement by the American
Federation of Labor of its intention to
take up the matter of hotel and restau
rant employments to bring about an
abolition of the tipping practice will
be hailed with delight by that portion
of the eating public which has not yet
learned the extent to which the tipping
evil has extended its tentacles Into the
eating problem. The plan of the fed
eration, according to its officials, is to
force upon the proprietors of eating
places a living wage scale and then
urge employes who are members of the
federation to set their faces against
the acceptance of tips as a servile in
dulgence. An officer of the Hotel Em
ployes' association, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, en
dorses the proposed plan in these
words:
The degrading habit of accepting tips
must be stopped. The practice has grown to
such proportions during the last few years
that wage scales. In many cases, are not
considered when the applicant seeks em
ployment. In fact, his employer will tell
htm what the position la worth In tips and
base tha amount ha la to receive upon this
fact.
The theory here advanced is attrac
tive, but It will not work in practice,
unless human nature can be changed
radically. If. all men were willing to
"share and share alike" in the service
at hotels or elsewhere, it would be an
easy matter to abolish the tipping sys
tem, but men are not yet ready to meet
on such a basis. In Europe the offer
of a tip is a suggestion of servility and
its acceptance a confession of the same
and no one of higher station, can be
tendered a tip without being insulted.
In this country the tip is a bid for
preference in service, and it is invari
ably effective. The patron of a restau
rant who remembers his Waiter with a
little gratuity .at the end of each meal
may reasonably expect a return of the
favor in the way of prompter and bet
ter service. The crowd is never so
great but what a seat is found for
him, his order executed more promptly,
with a marvelous memory of his spe
cial likes and dislikes. He is served
quickly and is ready to leave feeling
comfortable, while the patron who is
opposed to tipping is fuming because
his coffee is cold and his order served
in reversed Installments.
The tipping system is all wrong, of
course, and, it would be better for all
concerned if it could be abolished, but
the patrons are to blame for it and so
long as one man is willing to give a
tip for better service than is secured
by the non-tipper, the evil will remain
and flourish. In cold Justice, the sys
tem works a double wrong, because
waiters are often employed on the
basis of what they receive in tips, their
wages being a minor consideration.
In some New York restaurants waiters
pay for the privilege of serving in the
dining rooms, their tips being suffi
cient to furnish lucrative employment
without thought of pay from the pro
prietors.
The tip, in theory, is an appreciation
to a faithful servant, a gift for services
rendered, or a bribe for favoritism. In
either case it means a discrimination
In service. While the public may re
joice at an antl-tlpplng crusade, it will
have to look for its spread to the bene
ficiaries of the system, because the
patrons will continue the practice as
long as they insist upon looking for
the best of It.
Governor Sheldon met personally
the governors of nearly a dozen states
when he made bis trip to the Puget
sound country with the Omaha boost
ers and he did not have to take a back
seat for any of them. He will come in
contact with probably a -dozen more
governors when he Joins in the recep
tlon to President Roosevelt on his
western tour, and he will not have to
take a back seat there, either.
Colonel Bryan's paper takes Issue
strenuously with almost every utter
ance of Mr. Taft, and now It also be
rates him for being silent on subjects
which it thinks he ought to discuss.
If Mr. Taft would only let Colonel
Bryan write his speeches for him, he
might get something that would suit
the "Commoner" better.
The secretary of war has decided to
station the Twenty-fourth Infantry in
New York, when It returns from the
Philippines next month. The Twenty
fourth is a negro regiment and New
York Is already protesting against It
being stationed in that state. Why
not send It to Massachusetts?
The various conventions to formu
late the several party platforms will
meet this week and draft the declara
tions that will tell us all what we are
to fight for in the Nebraska elections
this year.
The festive oyster is. supposed to
have been doing business at the old
stand now for nearly a month, but he
has not been making much noise about
It. Wonder if there is such a thing
as an Oyster trust?
The Army and Navy Register wants
the title "Secretary of War" changed
to "Secretary of the Army." It Is too
early to bother about that. Mayor
"Jim" will fix it as soon as he gets
into Bryan's cabinet.
It Is proposed to make voting com
pulsory in Cuba in order to bring the
best class of people to the polls. If It
works In Cuba it might be tried in
other places later.
These men who have had their
names in the papers during the sum
mer season as presidential possibili
ties might get together and form the
"Society of the Mentioned."
Chairman Foss of the house commit
tee on naval affairs says the navy can
be strengthened by the addition of
some new admirals, new ships and
new guns. Sounds reasonable.
The federal bureau of statistics,
which has been figuring the cost of
living, has apparently failed to take
cognlzance-ot the fact that whisky has
been advanced 2 cents a gallon.
That New York man who appealed
to President Roosevelt to help him
collect $10,000,000 from the Standard
Oil company made a mistake. He
should have appealed to Judge Landls.
Wall Fixed.
St. Louts Globe-Democrat.
A western farmer who has a patch of
alfa'lfa can not "be disturbed by predictions
of a panic or reports of new discoveries In
the Alaskan gold , fields.
Complicating; Expert Testimony.
Waahington Star.
Scientific tests to determine whether or
not a witness la telling the truth may be
all right, but there are fears that they will
merely open the way for new complications
in expert testimony.
Reciprocity'
New York World.
The government's action In ordering 100,
000 tons of Welsh coal for the navy should
quiet British discontent arising over the
purchase of 100.000 pairs of American horse
shoes for use by the British army.
Hedged by False Prophet.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
An "army man" haa made the discovery
that thla nation would be practically help
less in case of war. Thla Is alarming
enough, but not half ao disturbing as It Is
to be Informed so often by our upllfters
that we are worse than helpless In times of
peace.
Same Old Story.
Baltimore American.
Misunderstood orders" Is agaln'the ex
cuse given for the latest railroad horror.
When the time cornea for theso "mlatakea"
to be held aa criminal blunders the "acci
dents" will proportionately decrease. 'Mis
understandings" are a little too vague to
cover the waste' of life that la getting to bo
entirely too frequent and heavy.
A Wegclected Duty.
Brooklyn Eagle.
To save our forests we ought to admit
Canadian lumber and pulp free. But Can
ada is taking a longer look ahead than we
have taken, and Is considering an export
duty on Its wood, so that we shall not
get pulp and beams for nothing, in any
case. Some day, a long, long way off, we
shall awake to the necessity of planting
trees; then we shall have a few to cut.
You can not reap forever without aowlng.
even In thla blessed land.
FKRSO.IAL AKD OTUUUHIIG.
It may be consoling to retreating explor
er to know that the north pole Is doing
business at the old stand.
The defeat of the charter In Chicago goea
to show that Mayor Bus did not apply
the bedalat to the right spot.
Thomas W. Lawson prophecies as loudly
a ever, but hi voice 1 drowned by the
yells of victim of the copper road roller.
The real teat of Oklahoma' constitution
will come when that much discussed docu
ment goea against the festive boot legger.
It la up to a Chicago court to aay by In
junction whether a man must suffer In
Hence while hi wife tell him what's
what
Walter Wellman apeak confidently of an
other attempt to reach the pole, but tbe
man who Is putting up the cash isn't say
ing a word.
Any city man who wants to kick about
the weather will get what I coming to him
by registering tha kick at the home of a
live farmer.
This Is not a profitable time for corpora
tions to go Into court. A Canadian coal
company Just lost out In a H5.000.0CO suit for
breach of contract.
Masculine sympathy In large chunk will
go out to the Chicago woman who com
plained to the police that aha Is pestered
by her husband's ghoat. The peculiar
meannea of the ghoat 1 shown In the way
he hie brick at men who call on tha
widow.
Hank Rogers' physical breakdown I
pretty tough In Itself, but when you add
to It the tumble In corner and the financial
infirmities of the Tidewater railroad, the
llent genius of the oil combine may be
pardoned for giving a few thinks to the
.question. "Is Ills Wbrta living?"
Diamonds
are soaring high
Avail Yaurself of This Opportunity to Buy
Diamonds, Which Have Advanced More Than
33J in the Past Year, at the Old Price.
.YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD.
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ERMOfl BOILED DOWN
Marking time leaves no mark on time.
The proof of love Is loving the unlovely.
Truth never Is found by twisting the facts.
Wings come not to those who refuse to
walk.
We posses no knowledge until we Im
part It.
There Is no righteousness without some
self-respect.
An Ideal usually is what we want the
other man to be.
The real saints have no time to write
their autobiographies.
You cannot lead men to the divine by
crawling In the dust.
When a man bolls over quickly you soon
And out what is In him.
True piety simply Is the prosperity of
the eternal thing In a man.
You have no business with religion until
you have some religion In your business.
Many a man who would make a first
class lighthouse la wasting hla life trying
to be a foghorn.
Lots of people who talk of their Uvea as
blue are only color blind; they either are
green or yellow.
No man Is more blind that he who pro
nounces the world bad after looking In hla
own heart. Chicago Tribune.
SECULAR 8HOT9 AT THE PULPIT.
Chicago Record-Herald: Three preachers
are on trial In Ohio on for alleged heresy,
one for chewing tobacco and on for kissing
a girl. They seem to Insist In Ohio that
their preachers shall be suitable to set up
as examplea If necessary.
Baltimore American: The head of the
Theosophlcal cult declares that when John
V. Rockefeller la reincarnated' he will be
an angel. After thla Mr. Rockefeller, with
the picture of himself aa an embryo
seraph before his eyes, can hardly do less
than give a few millions to the cult, even
with that $29,000,000 fine hanging over hix
head and the prospect of bankrupting the
people of the United Btatea by the In
creased price of oil.
New York Tribune: The decline of
churches In such places as some of the
"hill towns" of New England la not sur
prising. It Is Inevitable, since the village
themselves have declined and decayed. But
In a region which Is not decaying, but
flourishing and Increasing In population
and wealth, even right within the suburbs
of thla metropolis, the decline and aban
donment of churches should be a matter
of serious concern. It Is a grand thing
for a church to be able to say It Is build
ing a new edifice somewhere In the world
every day of the year. But what of Its
congregations which are dying out and Its
buildings which are being abandoned?
DOMESTIC FLEAS AN TH1 ES.
Mrs. Ooodklnd Just got a letter from my
husband. He forgot to eend hla love.
Mrs. Chllllcon-Kearney Ah, well; that's
too perishable a thing to send through the
mails, you know, Chicago Tribune.
Charles What's the matter between you
and Florence had a misunderstanding with
James Not In the least. She has jilted
me unequivocally. Cleveland Leader.
Long Buffering Wife Avery Oayman,
you're no good on earth I
The Husband My dear, you'll change
your mind when you hear the funeral ser-
' I1IVII lllV T 1 1 1 U l' (J, vmwi.cu v . ...w w . . .
! day. Chicago Tribune.
"I wouldn't marry the best man going.'
"Of course you wouldn't. Who ever heard
of the bride's marrying the best man?"
Baltimore American.
"How aplendid it was of you." aaid Miss
Oushletgh. "Just think of carrying a lady
down an iron laaaer rrom me sixin noor.
with the flames bursting out of, tha win-
MR. OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING AT YOUR
DOOR, CAN'T YOU HEAR HIS KNOCK?
OUR SPECIAL AK-SAR-BEN PIANO SALE
W have purchased a large number of new Pianos for the coming season and
also for the Ak-Sar-Ben ftatlvitlea to show to visitors, and prospective b"V;
can buy and the moat up-to-date style. The Planoa are coining In now and we
taxing our floor pac to the limit to make room for them. Therefore we 1
rr..'. IT. ci-.- - k,.., Kn Planm wh ch we do not
..r.runn. ih.i nma in our -tore 10 dp bu s iu iva mr ' 1 J
o.cia.a m t '. Mi- i .no.. ired Pianos. U
Sto.. Uprfght 2nd BquaM Piano.: a" few "good Piano IMay. and Inside
. n .1 Nmiftra p inoi. .
Vianoe and about 20 used Organs.
We will sell them cheap. Will offer
Wa will give uoh a guarantee lone
each Piano a stool and
a scan, ana men nn
education.
Just took at the aatoniahtng price
down to:
a. IT. TTnrl.ht Plano..t
TJd Upright Piano.. SOIMarshall Wendell Upright Piano. .$
worn UpFlxRt PlanO. . .ilS I Kimball Hhopworn ,1'Prlght Piano. .. .91
Bllshtly Used Piano. .is76 Schumann Slightly Used Piano gl
Upright PImo ....... .Iiasltiell Ne fprlght Piano l
Whitney Bhop
Bush A Lane
Boudoir New U
W can ay j.illljr that no other store In the United btatea sells Planoa at
prices so uniformly low, as this store. .... , .. , . ,
And temembet our lowest price Is our cash price. It Is marked plainly on each
piano and It neither sups or sno-s.
Besides If you wish to buy on
same we charge you
la neoeaeary here to h
of each piano you may
5'?mm'","V" r-r-".,,': ,h. mlrk.t
took to Select from than In any other piano .tore In the west. .
w ra factory distributer, for the Kranlch Bach, Krakauer. Kimball,
Hallet dIvI. " BuVs? Lan" H. P. Ntl.on. We.er Bro... Cable-Nelson. Cramer.
Melville Clark. Etc.. Ete.
If you. cannot call, write for catalogue and prices.
A. HOSPE
We Do Expert Piano
dowa as you passed them! Oh, It was aw
fully heroic. What did she say when yor
at last stood on the ground and the danger
was past?"
"She looked up at me with a smile ol
gratitude and asked me whether 1 waa mar
ried." Chicago Kecord-Horald.
"Women," growled the fussy old bache
lor, "remind me of eggs."
'Must be handled with care Is that the
answer?" queried the young man.
' No," rejoined the F. O. B. ; "one can
never toll their age by their looks." Chi
cago News.
THE FUTURE.
' Alexander Pope.
Heaven from all creatures hides the book
of fate.
All but the page preacrlbed, their present
state;
From brutes what men, from men what
spirit know;
Or who oould auffer being her below?
The lamb thy riot doom to bleed today,
Had he thy reason, would he skip and
play?
Pleased to the last, he crop the flowery
food.
And licks the hand Just raised to shed hli
blood.
O blindness to the future! kindly given,
That each may fill the circle mark'd by
Heaven,
Who ee with equal eye, aa Ood of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall,
Atoms or systems Into ruin hurl'd,
And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions
oar;
Walt the great teacher, Death; and Ood
adore.
What future bliss he gives not thee to
know,
But give that hbpe to be thy blessing now.
Hope fprlngs eternal in the human breast;
Man never is, but always to be, blest.
The soul, uneasy, and confined from home,
Resta and expatiates in a life to come.
Lo, the poor Indian! whose untntor'd
Sees God In clouds or hears Him In tfF
wind; "
His soul proud science never taught to
tray
Far a the aolar walk or milky way;
Yet simple nature to his hone has given
Behind the cloud-topp'd hill, an humbler
heaven;
Some safer world In depth of woods em
braced, Borne happier Island In the watery waste.
Where slaves once more their native land
behold,
No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for
gold;
To be, contents his natural desire.
He asks no angel's wings, no seraph' fire;
But thinks, admitted to that equal sky.
His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Mineral Waters
The mineral water business has for
many yeara been a specialty with our
firm W buy our watera direct lrom the
tipriiig T If foreign water, direct from
the Importer. We are thus-able to make
the lowest possible price, and to abso
lutely guarantee freshness and genuine
ness. W sell 100 kinds. Write for cata
logue. BOUT! lCOfEBAXi WATEB FXICEB
Manltou Water, doaen, $2.00; case, 6
quart. 17.00.
Boro-Llthia Water, doren, $2. DO; caia,
10 quarts, 18.80.
Nek-rok Mthiu, dozen, $2.00; case, E0
auarts, Id. DO.
Crystal Llthla Water, 6-gallon Jug, 2.
Rublnat Berre (Spain), bottle, 36c; do-
Idanha Water, doien, $2.60; case, 60
quarts, 18.60.
Hathorn (Saratoga), doien, $2.00; case,
(8 pints, $7.60.
Pure Distilled Water, case, 12 Vs-gal
12.26.
S-ful. Jug Crystal Llthla, $2.00.
Allowance for return of empties.
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Cor. 16th and Dodge.
owi Diua coMPAjrr.
Co. ltth and Harney.
are
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pro-
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Pluvfr
i.w kuuu riauu iuj' ' -. - - - -
terms that will appeal to the buyer.
you win not oumvei .-...inn wun
yuu cnuun - - - -
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the upright piano have been marked
iOIMarshall Wendall Upright Piano, f 79
78
6C
149
payments
the price, of our pianos are the
Afford, and that on our floors I. a greater
CO.
1513 D(U3LAS ST.
Tuning and Repairing.
n nn m ror tne nrlvllere. rs. o anviuor
Id vou buy a olano remember that alao. What we tell you
depend upon aa uema """" ....... ;
. . a -i. .n exDt-nse to the customer. DON'T foruet