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'' . : Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me thle Hat day of Auffuat, 1107.
(Seal) , M. B. HUNOATB.
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whkM out or Town.
baerlbCra tear Ins tha lr tesa
rarll? hala have Th Baa
mail . taem. Adarasa will b
ckaattl aa aftast mm rqaetS.
A good, stiff breeze will, dissipate
he moth bail odor in a few hours.
Cleveland la beginning to hope that
the Tomjohns6n habit is not incurable.
It would be interesting " to know
what the Kentucky courts do between
Caleb Powers trials. ... ,.'.-.
The drouthy time at the clubs has
been postponed again, but the shadow
ot the ltd hangs over them all.
"There is no harm in dancing, if,
you dance alone," says Rev.: D,r. Clark.
And no fun iij it, either, doctor.
The housewife has caught step with
the advance in" prices in other lines
and is putting her preserves up.'
When it W44fttcMroetri about
hla fortune Air,. Rockefeller shows tl)e
big difference between gel and forget.
The New Jersey democrats have
named one Katzenbach for governor.
3ounds like an open defiance of the
lid.
A new generation has taken hold of
the management of the Standard OH
company; The needs is for a regen
vration. Delegates at The Hague conference
have refused to apply the principle of
arbitration to the adjustment of their
own differences.
The gathering of the political clans
at Lincoln is attended with much less
of fuss and feathera than in the past,
but the result will be as effective.
President Roosevelt cannot be
blamed for being interested in that
mayoralty fight at Cleveland. Every
other politician in the country is.
Latest advices are that Mr. Cortel
you shows no Indication of having re
ceived the New York World's demand
for his resignation from the cabinet.
"A New Jersey girl claims that her
broken leg was cured by faith. Her'a
is larger than ours," saya the Nash
ville American. How do you know?
"Stick to the truth." advises the
Washington Post. Times would be
mighty lively In Washington if that
advice were generally accepted there.
King Ak-Sar-Ben'a advance guard is
at the outskirts of the city and will be
welcomed with the cordial hospitality
that always has been extended by
Omaha.
Those democratic editor who are
worrying about whom Colonel Bryan
will name if he decides not to run
himself are going out of their way to,
borrow trouble.
Andrew Carnegie has told a Glas
gow audience that New York is the
best governed large city in the world.
3ttll. some folks insist that the Scotch
jense of humor is dull.
Senator Foraker is unduly alarmed
f bout the- safety of the American con
stltution. . Senator Beveridge will re
turn from Germany in a few days and
resume bis duties aa special custodian
at it. , . .
Mississippi authorities have discov
ered a well-nigh forgotten law, passed
In 18$ 4, making the acceptance or giv
ng of a railroad pass an Indictable
ffense. Inquiry shows that nearly
ivery member of the legislature car
ries a pas, ao the repeal of the obnox
lous law cannot long be delayed.
"AS JSUVSTKIAt COMMISSION.
Secretary Straus of the Department
of Commerce -and l.abor Is, taking
active steps looking lo the Organiza
tion of an Industrial peace commis
sion, with a fund ft $1,000,000 at Its
disposal for the promotion of peao
between employers and employes. Ha
has not outlined his plans fully for
raising the fund, except to explain that
it is aimed to secure the needed money
by additions to the $40,000 which the
president turned over to the com
mission, authorized by congress, from
the Nobel peace prize which was
awarded to him last year. This com
mlfflon is to consist of seven persons,
Including a justice of the supreme
court and twe members of the cabinet,
whose powers have already been de
fined by a federal law. It is Impos
sible for the commission to do any
aggressive work with the limited
means at Its disposal and Secretary
Straus propose to Increase the Roose
velt nest egg to a round tl.000.00P,
the Income from which It Is estimated
would meet the demands Of the com
mission. President Roosevelt has done much
to encourage the wider action of such
an organisation. The most notable of
coal strikes in the history of the
nation was settled by the arbitration
plan, at the president's suggestion
and the executive and departmental
Influences have several times been
exerted to bring about settlement of
labor disputes. Compulsory arbitra
tion has never been, popular in Amer
ica and the formation of such a com
mission as that proposed by Secretary
Straus seems to offer the best solution
yet suggested for the settlement of
Industrial strife. The commission, as
at present constituted, is- given the
right to offer its intervention. It may
investigate, advise and use all moral
force to bring about and preserve In
dustrial peace. Perhaps that . is all
that could be expected of such a body,
but that is much.
The importance of the work out
lined for the comml8fllon is. appreciated
both by employers and employes andj
It seems unfortunate that the country
should wait for contributions before
the fund is sufficient to enable the
commission to get to work ln earnest.
IHB COM1SQ OF.MB.'WV- '
Americans generally will be disposed
to change their minds about the' lack
of progresslveness and shrewdness on
the part of Tsl Anthe empress dow
ager of China, If she carries out her
promise to send Wu Ting-Fang back an
minister to the United States. Mr. Wu
served hla country ln that capacity at
Washington and made a record for"
cleverness that has not been surpassed
by any diplomat ever accredited to'thls
country by any power. He did every
thing th'at Americana do. He became
ft base ball crank, studied athletics in
ail their branches, knew every, member
of congress and much of the local.cpn
dltlona In nearly-eveYy eengretoBal
district in the nation. .: He. was a walkr.
ing interrogation poiirt and absorbed
information and facts like a human
sponge. After it was all over he left
the impression that he was guying the
persons of whom he bought informa
tion, for he always ended the interview
with some pungent and pertinent re
mark which showed" that he had given
much prior Ihought to the subject on
which, he was apparently so densely
ignorant.
China is considering the establish
ment of a new Parliament and Is mak
ing an apparent effort to encourage
more friendly relations with the United
States ln both a commercial and diplo
matic way. Thla program could not be
advanced more rapidly ln any other
way than by the return of Mr. Wu to
Washington, where a cordial welcome
awaits him.
LABELS OS CANNED GOODS.
Determined effort is being made by
the manufacturers of canned goods
throughout the country to induce the
secretary of agriculture to defer the,
enforcement of the provision of the
pure food act which requires the label
on canned goods to state "the sub
stance of the product and the place of
manufacture." The chief argument
used in' making the appeal 1b that the
manufacturers have already had
printed labels, costing at least $500,-
000, that would be lost by the enforce
ment of the act.
The argument of the canners will
not hold. They have had ample no
tice of the operation of the law and
all of its provisions, and it must be
their loss if they have not made prep
arations for observing the federal act.
Incidentally, the fact that their present
labels do not meet the requirements of
the law, in other wordSj.do not state
in substance the contents of the can,
is the best argument In the world for
the destruction of the labels and the
printing of new ones that will give the
customer some substantial hint of what
he la buying. The time Is past when
a manufacturer can mix a little water
and glucose and label it "Pure Ver
mont Maple Syrup," or pass canned
rabbit off for "8elect Canned Chicken."
The man or woman.who buys "Chjolce
Canned Veal" wants some assurance
that the can la not filled with goat
meat or something leas palatable.
When the purchaser pays the price for
a big tin of "York State Apples" he
does not want to be disturbed and
angered by opening It to find it filled
with parodies on the original Garden
of Eden fruit.
The label question is a simple oue.
If the manufacturers have supplies of
them that do not meet all of the re
quirements of the federal law, the
defect may be remedied by the use of
"stickers" supplying the omissions, ff
the labels' were prepared for the de-
reptlon of the customer, they should
have hover been used at all and the
sooner they are destroyed the better
for all concerned. In the matter of
canned goods, most of the Americans
are from Missouri.
Dr.LAYISO Hit MAILS.
' The request of the New York Cen
tral railway for remission of some of
the tines that have been Imposed upon
it for delay in delivering the malls
carried by it under contract calls at
tention to some of the rigorous meth
ods employed by the Postofflce depart
ment to secure prompt and proper
transit of the malls of Ihe country. In
the last year the government collected
over $830,000 from railways for their
failure to live up to the exact specifica
tions Of their contracts and the New
York Central has a'ready been fined
$37,000 for delayed mall trains In the
first quarter of the present year.
Under the contracts with the gov
ernment the railroads are subject to
fines for carelessness and negligence
ln'handllng mail as well as delay ln
delivering it.' The bulk of the fines
collected last year came from such of
fenses as not picking up pouches at
the stations, leaving the mail out in
the rain or snow, dropping It where it
would be run over and nlmilar acts of
carelessness. Some of the regulations
appear unusually seyere, but it must
be remembered that a very large pro
portion of the commercial business of
the nation is conducted through the
malls, and any delay in the matter of
transmission or delivery Is liable to
work great hardship and heavy loss
upon merchants and. men lh all lines
of business. The government is to be
commended for enforcing these .rules
and inflicting the heaviest allowable
penalties for lapses. That is the surest
guaranty of effective service.
K H-AN1KD-CLEANER STREETS.
OMAHA. Sept. 53. To tlie Editor of Til
Bee: la there any reason .why Omaha
streets should be so dirty? We aend our
trade excursions to the coast and . spend
thousands of dollars to inform the Inhabi
tants of the states and, cities visited that
Omaha Is on the map. We spend more an
nually to make the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival
attractive ln order , to bring; people to
Omaha to show them our city. We are
striving, with success, to extend our busi
ness relations to the east and west. Omana
boasts business buildings and houses un
excelled for beauty and convenience west of
Chicago. We are called the Gate City. We
think we are Important In the highest de
gree, and" we are. But our atreets! If
Omaha's homes were as dirty as Its streets
Omaha would be quarantined by the whole
United States. If Omaha's morals were aa
rotten as her streets are dirty Sodom and
Gomorrah would be religious retreats ln
comparison.
This execrable condition of our public
thoroughfares ia an unmitigated disgrace
to; a city of Omaha's Importance. There
Is no satisfactory reason for tt. It hurts
the city financially far more than the cost
of cleanliness, for it makes an intensely
disagreeable impression upon strangers
that they dd not foftot: Ana wnalt shall
be said of the annoyance and Irritation it
causes our own cltlsens? Why do we per
mit this condition of things?
. NEWMAN II. BURDICK.
- The condition Dr. Burdick com
plains of has been borne with more or
less of patience by,( .thej, people, of
Omaha for a long time, but.lt seema
that tlie limit has nearly been reached.
Several causes' exist for the unkempt
Etate of . Omaha's streets. First
among these must be listed the ineffi
cient and utterly inadequate street
cleaning 'department. In' his zeal to
reduce the tax levy Mayor Dahlman
cut his cloth much smaller, than the
garment required, with the result that
the fund for street cleaning was far
below what would ordinarily have
been needed to do the work properly.
Added to this shortage in fund is the
inefficient organization ; for cleaning
the streets. . Omaha has never had a
really first-class ' street cleaning de
partment, but the one that now exists
Is probably the worst of its kind. Con
tributing to the general result Is care
lessness on the part of the citizens;
themselves, especially the contractors
on public and private ' work. Ordi-
nances existing for the regulation of
dirt hauling, street opening and the
like are ignored with a cheerfulness
that is only equaled by the persistence
with which these people disregard the
plain letter of the law.
The time is here when Omaha must
pay more attention to sweeping and
sprinkling its streets. The broad
thoroughfares of the city have long
been Its boast, and 'much money has
been expended ln paving and otherwise
improving these streets so as to make
them worthy of the great city of which
they a, re a part. And now we are
come to the time. when- we can no
longer neglect them as they have been
In the past and are today. Mayor
Dahlman and bis fellow democrats
still have time ln which to redeem
themselves in this regard. 'It is hot
likely that they will, for they are too
busily engaged in playing the game of
peanut politics. If they will only
cease chasing "dollar gas" and other
wlll-o'-the-wlsps and pay more atten
tion to the practical questions involved
In municipal housekeeping ihey will
have come nearer to "redeeming their
pledges" than they have in all the bun
combe they have fulminated during
the past year and a half. Omaha must
have better care given to Its streets
than it has had since Mayor "Jim"
and bis associates entered office.
The Masons made a display that
must have astonished even the mem
bers of the craft. The strength of
this order, was never more potently
exhibited than in the column that
marched in celebration of the golden
Jubilee of the Nebraska grand lodge.
The Plnkerton Detective agency's
expense account for the special train
that carried Moyer, Pettlbone and
Haywood to Boise Includes the follow-
ing Items: "1 loaf rye bread. 15
cents; 1 loaf white bread, 10 cents;
3 dozen budwelser,. $9;,1 dozen bottles
whiskey, $22.60." The account has been
allowed by the court and It is too late
to kick about It, but they appear to
have been unduly extravagant in the
matter of bread:
Omaha Is ready to receive the, Ak-Sar-Ben
crowds. Visitors will find
the town somewhat torn up a condi
tion that cannot be avoided when great
building operations and public im
provements are under way but our
guests will easily excuse this state of
affairs, as it is but an evidence of the
general prosperity of the Kingdom of
Qulvera.
The Sixteenth . Infantry comes to
Fort Crook more or less a stranger to
rttnaho on ft if. nutnlo hut th offlpArtl,,lshln t0 tn Sround.
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their new neighbors have a warm spot
for Uncle Sam's army, and that here
Is one community in which the uni
form does not bar its wearer from
entrance anywhere.
The Baltimore Sun says that If Mr.
Roosevelt becomes an editor after his
retirement from the presidency the
staff will have to work seven days a
week. The staff would be without a
Job, as Mr. Roosevelt would do all the
work.
Editor . Josephus Daniels of the
Raleigh News and Observer says that
Bryan Is stronger ln the south than
any southern democrat." That would
be Important and significant If it
helped his chances for carrying any
northern state.
"The only good road ln Nebraska"
makes a somewhat surprising showing
that its intrastate earnings almost
quadruple its Interstate earnings for
the. month of July. The 2-cent fare
has not' been such a wretched bad
thing-after all.
"The cold winds of November can
cot 'chill the summer ln the soul," says
the Baltimore American philosopher.
Perhaps not, but they can chill the
hearts of those who. spent their coal
money on August vacations.
Extra nollcemen are, to be provided
for tha Ak-Sar-Ben period, but this is
more of a formality than anything else,
for the reason that Ak-Sar-Ben crowds
ln the past have needed very little at
tention from the peace officers.
Robert L. Owen, who will be one of
the United States senators from Okla
homa, says he is one-third Cherokee
and two-thirds Irish, . That's a combi
nation' to start' fun when he gets his
Irish up and goes on the warpath.
Prepare to Tarn In.
Philadelphia Press.
When the president makes his seventeen
days' disappearance ln the canebralcea of
Louisiana perhaps the wicked, corporations
will be able to get.. a deeegfetaieep. . ,
General Joe Wheeler's Hecord.
.Buffalo Express. (
The government authorised the Inscrip
tion of General Joe Wheeler's confederate
rank on his tombstone In Arlington ceme
tery. It was notto be expected that It
would rule otherwise. Titers was no dis
position to blink his old confederate ser
vice when he was fighting with the Ameri
can troops at Santiago.
What Did They Do with
Itt.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The detectives' expense account on the
train' which took Moyer, Haywood and Pet
tlbone to Boise contains items showing the
expenditure of 25 cents for two loaves of
bread and $31.60 for three' dozen bottles of
Budwelser and one dozen of whisky. Prac
tical men conversant with the custom ln
such' cases are wondering what In the
world they did with so much bread.
Farrela Pont Sure Ceaae.
Brooklyn Eajrle.
If tlie signs of the times are read cor
rectly, congress will have to consider a
federal parcels post before many moons,
and the fact that the senior senator from
this state is the head of an express com
pany, that Is in duty bound to protest
against that kind of a post,' will make no
material difference. If the-scheme were ex
perimental, the delsy in Its consideration
would be understood, but It operates so well
abroad that one la forced , to conclude that
It 'Would do almost as well here.
Claeh Beat a Gold Ulae.
Philadelphia Record. .
One result of the hearing that Is going
on In New York ought to be a sharp ad
vance ln the price of Standard Oil shares.
They have been proved to be remunerative
beyond the dreams of avarice, and the
ratio of profits run, in the language of a
lawyer in a somewhat similar case, out of
percentage and Into grand larceny. Tho
remorseless suppression of competition,
largely by combinations with railroad com
panies, enabled the OH trust to pile up
profits about equal to the national revenue
before the war.
AX APPEAL FOR THE FARM.
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Independence aid Happiness Flaarlah
oa the Moll.
Governor Hughes, In Leslie's Weekly,
When you get out where a man has a
little elbow room and a chance to develop,
he has thoughts of his own. His thinking
Is not supplied to him every night and
every morning,' and he Is less of a machine
and more of a man, ao that I do not think
that the farmers need to be' looked upon,
or want to be looked upon, aa dependents
of the state. They do not come to the
state government asking alma. They aro
aelf-rellant, they re Intelligent. What we
want in connection With agriculture Is
what we want In connection wtth every
other field of noble efrdrt. We want train
ing, w want Intelligence, we want scien
tific method, we want direction, we want
the way shown, and then the man can walk
in It. There Is no reason why the same
care and Intention and akill and scientific
consideration should not be devoted to agri
culture aa to industry and the technical
tradea. The men who are running away
from the farms too frequently make a mis
take, and some day In New Tork and rhe
day la rapidly approachlng--our young men,
ln larger numbers, will wake up to the fact
that they have a pretty good chance on
the farm, and that they may be to a greater
degree Independent and happy in life If they
stay where their liapy lots were cast in
connection with their fathers' farm or an
other which they may be able to procure.
iiorsn AiNH T m;w iobk. .'
Ripple aa tie arrent af I I e la the
Metroaall.
Summer rang down the curtain In Greater
New Tork last Saturday evening with a
succession of thrills calculated to jar the
oldest Inhabitant and the younger ones.
Hall. wind, lira and flood coneentrst'r-rt their
energies In a farewell stunt, with lightning
flash and thunder rrawh giving local color
and onorrlty ' to the scene. The storm
swept over Long Island, paid Its respects
to Msnhnttnn Islsnd. and left ita marks on
New Jersey. Steeples and flsg poles and
other high things attracted the lightning,
and it destroyed some of them. The wind
tore roofs and smashed through windows,
and the following rain did not help the
situation.
A Inrge section of the superstructure of
the eastern end of the Blackwell'e Island
bridge was knocked to pieces, the heavy
timbers falling to the ground. A bolt of
lightning ' struck the 175-foot section and
so weakened It that two or three heavy
gusts of wind brought the whole piece
A bolt of lightning- atruck the flHg pole
on the Manhattan Storage company's ware
house, at Lexington avenue and Forty
second street. The pole was nearly 100 feet
high and at least twelve Inches In diameter.
It was broken Into five pieces, which fell
Into Lexington avenue. L. J. Klckham of
1H0 East Thirty-ninth street was driving a
carriage by when a piece of the flag pole
fell by his horse's nose, and ao rloae that
a rope attached to the end of the pole
tangled up with hla horse's feet. Klckham
got down, turned his horse around and
raced buck up Lexington avenue.
Patients 4n Bellcvue hospital saw a bolt
of lightning strike tho flag pole on top of
the Cornell Medical college building at
First avenue and Twenty-seventh street.
A ball of Are stood for a moment on top
of thevpole. The Cornell flag was burned
oft the pole. The lightning ripped open a
four-foot section of the pole and a spear
like piece sailed down to the street below,
narrowly missing several people. .
In Williamsburg a bolt of lightning split
In two In midair, striking a church and a
hoRpital three blocks apart, damaging both
buildings and aettlng tlie occtrpanta In a
panic. The hospital, St. Catherlne'a, la at
Bushwlck avenue and Ten Eyck street.
The church, the German Roman Catholic
church of St. Nicholas, Is at Devoe and
Olive streets. On the hospital is a tower
170 feet high, surmounting which was a
five-foot gilt cross. This cross was hurled
Into the court yard just as an ambulance
was coming in from the Ten Eyck street
side. The cross missed the horse by th
fraction of a foot. One hundred and sixty
patients were In the hospital and It was
hard work quieting them.
Brooklyn's . hailstorm lasted about five
minutes and stretched from the business
section of the city to Flatbush. , Th hall
broke no records for else, but there was
plenty of it and it drove horses nearly
frantic The wind was almost a hurricane
in some parts of the city, and many trees
wene blown down. Traffic along the
Brighton Beach line was Interrupted for
about thirty minutes because of two big
trees that fell over the depressed tracks
near Woodruff avenue. One fell In front
of a train and brought it to a stop just
as another brushed the top of the train.
Neither did any damage to the train.
In Brooklyn more than sixty trees were
blown down, many fences Were blown away
from their ports, cellars were flooded,
traffic was delayed on all lines and two
small fires were started by the lightning.
New York's newest hotel de luxe, the
Plaia. which cost $12,800,000 to build and
11.250.000 to furnish, has 1,200 rooms and
1,900 servants, was thrown open for In
spection to newspaper men' last Saturday.
Eighteen stories above ground and four
underneath, the Plaxa, which la at Fifth
avenue and Fifty-ninth street,- aeema more
like a big' home than a hotel. And. Indeed,
home life ia one of the featurea planned
for It, for apartments have been provided
where the whole family can be housed
with as much privacy aa in a residence all'
its own. Besides, above the tenth floor
are a number of bachelor apartments.
The Plaaa will have no Inside court.
But every room will be an outside room,
fronting on Fifth avenue or Fifty-ninth
street, or looking over roofs toward Fifty
eighth street.
But It Is In the cafe arrangements that
the Plaza people think they have scored.
Two great dining rooms are on the ground
floor, with a tea room between and. a men's
cafe to one side. The dining rooms.' are
fitted with glass partitions on the tea room
sides that can be removed and make one
vast banqueting hall of the three. The
dining rooma aredone In white and gold,
with an old rose carpet, a scheme, ' It Is
declared, which will enhance the beauty
of the women diners, be they pale or bril
liant. s
The ball room Is fitted with a stage that
Can be raised and made a part of th bal
cony. -
1 Below tlie street a system of ventilation
keepa that part of the hotel as cool aa
the topmost story. ' t '
In explanation of how ao costly a hotel
could provide quarters at popular rates. It
was said that the renters of 110 and ill
apartments were expected to make up the
loss on the cheaper rooms.
Hundreds of victims of the Msrdl Gras
celebration at Coney Island have been
treated In hospitals and dispensaries for
Inflamed and sore eyes, caused by the
throwing of confetti. It is also predicted
by physicians that the rubbing of "tick
lers" on the faces of the merrymakers will
cause an .epidemic of skin diseases. Al
though the police have received strict
orders to stop the nuisance it seems to have
gone on unabated since the opening of the
celebration on Monday. For the spreading
of disease, particularly tuberculosis, promi
nent physicians of New York say that the
confetti Is an excellent medium. It. is
thrown In the faces of thousands of per
sons filling their eyes and moutha, and
when the crowd goes home the streets are
nearly an inch deep with tlie stuff. It Is
then picked up and resold, after it tun
been trampled upon and covered with dirt,
and Is again thrown inta the faces and
moutha of the people.
Mid-air love-making is the newest wrinkle
hi New Tork wooing.
etectlve Oraney discovered It when he
rushed to St. Ignatius' school In East
Eighty-fourth street ln response to a
burglar alarm from the sisters. He found
Matthew Belltleld, Swede, height C feet 4
Inches, weight 198, dangling by one hand
to an Iron girder KO feet in the air in a
building In course' of erection next door
to the school, while with the other he
wafted "spirit kisses" to his Olga, who
stood at a window of the convent.
Beilfleld explained that he waa about
to go on a job that would keep him away
from the neighborhood of the school for
a year, so he had gone to bid his sweet
heart au revolr. It was th only way, he
Lsald, because the sisters were strict.
"What is th young woman's name?"
asked Magistrate Breen in night police
court.
"I'd rather not tell." said Beilfleld. "but
It's going to be Beilfleld."
There Are Other.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Of the two prospective democratic sena
tors from Oklahoma, one la blind and the
other a Cherokee. Well, other states hav
"Injuns" In congresa, and some members
are a good as blind.
lM.lrJJr
CreamgtdSl
The finest In the world
When ordering ask for Dr. Price's by name.
the grocer, may forgel the kind you are wxmtomed ta.J
THE RAILROADS AX D THE PEOPMJ
Clarkson Herald: Some newspapers, when
they can trump up no other chargo against
a man, accuse hlti-. of being a railroad
tool. It Is a mean charge and well cal
culated to Injure the candidate it Is pre
ferred against, and the voter should In
vestigate tor himself before accepting it as
true.
Fremont Herald: Railroad station agents
at small towns. are always most always
cranky or discourteous, or both. Why Is
It? Why, simply because they are not re
quired to be otherwise, as they are In the
larger places. There are two remedies. The
company can apply one and any muscular
man who can wield a club can apply the
other.
Vtlca SurTi The republican county cen
tral committee, In session last Saturday,
passed strong resolutions In regard to the
railroad corporations delaying the railroad
commission In getting proper rates Into ef
fect and Instructing the delegate to up
hold the governor In calling a special ses
sion of the legislature" to make laws com
pelling the railroads to come to time. This
is a good move on tho part of the republi
cans of this county and no doubt would
receive the sanction of every republican
voter.
Kearney Hub: It Is understood In Lin
coln that Governor Sheldon will call a spe
cial session of the legislature ln the event
that Judge Munger gives the railroads a
permanent Injunction against the commis
sion to restrain that body from putting the
proposed reduced grain ratea Into effect.
It Is not easy to believe that Judge
Munger will grant a perpetual Injunction
In the absence of testimony as to the rea
sonableness of rates, but if he should, per
chance, do so the governor's duty would
be plain.
David City Press: The selection of Mr.
Aldrich of this city to act as advisor to
the State Board of Railroad commission
ers will give considerable satisfaction to I
not only the people, of this Immediate vi
cinity, but also to the people of Nebraska
at large. The board, however, was no
doubt somewhat surprised when their newly
appointed attorney told them in language
which could not be misunderstood that he
did not agree with what they had attempted
and that a new start should be made. From
reports received the board was rather ln
a frame of mind to agree with Aldrich.
Central City Nonpareil: In their defiance
of the authority of the State Railway com
mission, the railroads, of Nebraska have
finally crossed th Rubicon and are now
In avowed rebellion to state regulation.
It la now to' be determined who Is the
bigger, the state of Nebraska or tlfe rail
roads. .-In the language of Senator Brown
It Is time to see whether the' "railroads are
to govern Nebraska or whether Nebraska
la to govern the railroads." In the fight
nrhlnh la . nVwttit :' t r nripn thn kinta m A
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ministration can rest usureu tutti it wiu
be backed In Its efforts to establish the sov
ereignty of Nebraska by the united senti
ment of the people.
Wood River Sunbeam: When will the'
railroads ever learn that enough Is enough?
They evidently found that the fight they
put up to evade paying their just taxes
resulted most disastrously to them. Again
they found that the people of Nebraska
meant business when they elected men to
office who had the backbone to make and
enforce laws men who oould not be In
fluenced or changed one whit by corpora
tion tactics, yet the railroads still Insist
on carrying their big game of bluff to the
limit that of resorting to the federal court
for injunctions restraining the officials from
doing their bounden duties. It's carrying
the thing too far and the people of the
state won't atand for such treatment. They
have elected officers In whom they . have
the utmost confidence to enforce the laws,
and when offend rs of state lawa restrain
the officials from doing their duty It Is
time to call a. halt. . But the people of Ne
braska, have a whole lot of satisfaction
In knowing that we have state officials who
'Will call every bluff that the railroad or
any other corporation may make. If they
Insist on getting off on technicalities we
have a governor who has the backbone to
call A special session tf the legislature whj
will see to it thaWlawa are made and that
law - are enforced and they will atand the
test. It's time that the railroads of Ne
braska were beginning to see . things
through different glasses.
THOROUGHNESS!
Thoroughness in Everylhing Big or Utile
The few words tell the cause of Klin
ball superiority.
Its owners are, an army; its friends
number millions.
In the most remote corners of the coun
try the Kimball Is enjoyed.
Its popularity Is universal.
It's the piano of the peopl. one known
to possess everyessentlal of superior con
struction. Its reliability Is as famous
as Its name. It Is an Instrument that
will not fall you.
Kimball pianos are sold under th
strongest guarantee. They are better to
day than they have ever been. Fnr years
the watchword of their makers tins been
EVOLUTION. Never satisfied with what
had been done the Kimball family haa
steadily and earnestly striven for yet bet
ter achievements. The result the Kim
ball Piano is absolutely the best made
at the price for which It is sold.
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1513 Douglas Streets. r
WE DO EXPERT P1ANU TUNING AND REPAIRING
Carbon Nut 56.25, Lump $6.50
It la excellent fur rooking and lirating clean, quick and lasting. We
have aold coal in Omuha for twentjr-flvc jcure, and we know thin to be the beat
i-oal vtr offered here for tlie price. - .
We -also fll the beat Ohio and Western coals, together w)th Cherokee,
Walnut Ulotk. etc., down to $1.75 per ton.
Om HARD COAL Js the l., U A W. HCRANTOV the bent coal mined.
Also aell Arkaaaaa Anthracite and Hemi-Anthracite. ......
For genuine comfort before a cheerful grate fire burn our bard wood
chunks during, the rl
hilljr evenings aoon
specialty with s.
COUTAPJT C. SQUIRES
PEHOXAI. OTE.'
f
Robert Plnkerton left an estate of $.1,.
000.000. Evidently there is money In private
detecting.
Richard Robblns of Boston has started
a movement to mark the birthplace of Ben
jamln Franklin. ( . ,,. .
Ex-President Cleveland's trouble, accord
ing to Vt. Josph P. Bryant,' i-gout, and
hla physician says there Is no cause foi
alarm.
The kaiser when out shooting' some times
leads a severely simple life. He has a
shooting lodge near Sylttkehsmen made of
plain boards covered with bark and hidden
away in the woods.
Prof. Thaddeus 8. C. Lowe of Pasadena,"
Cal., who recently celebrated his seventy.
Ilfth birthday, was the Inventor o -the com
prcsHcd Ice machine and in 1S45 mado th
first artlilral ice ever produced ln this
country. ...
Prof. Paul Clemmen, wlio' was selected
by the emperor of Germany' to deliver a
course of lectures at Harvard university,
has arrived In New Tork. Me is widely
known as a student' of fine arts, and has
held tho chair of the history' of art and
literature at Bonn university since 1902.
Lord James of Hereford has signed an
appeal just printed In England, for sub-,
scrtptions toward the establishment of a 1
library In memory of Dlekens. He polnl
out that "the memorial will be. no mere
monument (Mr. Dickens, In his will, ob
jected to such tributes), but will be a most
valuable aid to writers and students,"
MERRY JING1.ES. ;
"I supposo It's always hog-kllllng; tlm
In your town. Miss Packer," sneered tin
New Yorker. . ... ;
"O! yes," replied the fair visitor from
Chicago, "but don't let that keep you from,
visiting us. We always protect oir guesta" '
Philadelphia Press. ' ' "
"A lyric Is so called because ln anclsnt
times It was a poem intended for use by
a lyre."
"Just like the fish story In modern Uraea,
eh?" J3alUmore American.
Patience And you say he la a deceitful
man?
Patrice Well, I should say so! Why, he
had a cap made out of sticky fly paper ' ,
.to cover his bald head. Tonkers States-.,
man. - ' '
"I don't see why Peckham should make
poor mouth all the time. He commands a,
good salary every week of his life."
"Ho may command It, bnt his wife de ,
munds It every week." Philadelphia Prosa,
He 1 1 understand you have been 'attending;
an ambulance class. Can you tell me what
Is the best thing to do for a broken hearts ,
She Oh, yes. Bind up the broken per
tlon with a good band, bathe In orange
blossom water and apply plenty of rawl
rice. Guaranteed to be well In a month.-
Judge, ...., '
First Chorus Olrl Nellie ain't feelln, well.
She's gotta sore throat.- '
Second Chorus Girl Chef, : 'the ' 1tMvr fl ""
'er putting on airs like a primmer donn,-
Kansas City Post. A ,
Mrs. Lapsllng was telling the caller all
about Johnny'a narrow escape, ,.
"I declare," she said, "I thought ha
would choke to death before we could get
the doctor. He'd got a piece of green appla
fast in hla theosopliagUH and it wouldn't go
either way." Chicago Tribune.'
WHEN ADAM GOT HOME LATE.
Chicago Record-Herald.
When Eve sat In the shade at night
And waited while the moments passed.
Of course she did not have the right
When Adam came In haste at last
To call him names or pull his hair
Or turn her back to pout or pine, ..
Because her loving husband n er
Brought any atrangers home to dine.
When Adam found that ho waa late
I wonder what excuse he made?
He could not blandly tell his mare
What I tell mine when I'm delayed;
He had no extra work to do . ;
Because some clerk had gone away,
There was a lack of lodges, too, '
In good old Father Adam's day.
He could not tell her that a train
Had jumped the track and gone to '
amnsh.
Nor that lie had remained to sain ...
A little extra bunch of cash;
He could not hand his wife a check
To bo for her exclusive use,
Thus making her fall on his .neck
Without demanding an excuse.
Tet Adam's case was not to had.
He had no boss to serve, 'tis true;
Tb extra duties that he had ' .
Were far between and very fewi
Put if upon his sleeve a hair
Py any chance was ever, blown. ' y
Fv never asked how It got there.
She alwaya knew It was her own.
That's why you hear so much about
Kimball tone. That's why you hear o
much about Kimball action. That's Why
each ciihh' Is of such artistic design.
That's why, ln short, every Kimball sold
earns satisfaction. .
Both quality and economy are obtained
by every Kimball buyer. Vou can buy
one In this store for J60. That price 1
the lowest In the United States for this
make piano. And bHldes it Is not neces
sary to pay tfie whoje amount at one
time. Eight dollars a month will buy a
Kimball here and th only charge for
the privilege of buying under the time
payment is a small interest per annum.
Besides Ktmbail,-we are factory repre-.
sentatlves for Kranlch & Barn, Krakauer,
Bush & Lane, Hallet & Davis, Cable.
Nelson. Weeer Bros., Melville Clark, 11.
P. Nelson, Cramer, etc., eac.
If you cannot call, write for catalogue
and. price.
COMPANY;
to whip, rine kindlug is also V
1406 PARNAM
Tsl. Doug. S30
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