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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBKK 27, 1907.
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Tiie Omatia Sunday Ber
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FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATEH.
VICTOK nOSKVVATER, EDITOR.
Entered at Omaha I'ostomce as second
class matter.
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STATEMENT CF CIRCULATION.
Btaie of Nebraska. Douglas county, ss:
Charles C. Roswater, general manager
cf The Uee Publishing Company, being duly
worn, says that the actual number n,
full and complete copies of The Dally
Mvrnlnfc, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
urtrlnir the month of September. Vt. was as
follows: i
1 88,700 1 88,850
J 38,640 17 8,690
36,300 18 36,680
4 38,980 19 36,500
5 36,350 20 36.296
6 38,840 II 38,870
7 38,340 ' 22 38,320
S 35,600 it 37,360
36,140 24 36,830
10 38,830 26 88,380
11 38,470 2. 36,930
12 38,270 37 36,600
It 36,030 21 36,660
14 36,610 29 36,659
36,400 10 36,890
Total 1.093,470
Lees utiaold and returned copies. 9,187
Net total
Dally average
1,083,583
36,119
CUABLE3 C. ROSEWATEH.
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn
to before ma this Join uay of Septem
ber, 1007.
(Seal) U. B." irUNGATE,
Notary Public.
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porarlly should ' have The Be
nailed to them. Address will be
changes as often aa req.ue.ted.
The New York clearing house la also
cleaning house.
Call money la bUII a little hard o
hearing In i Wall street.
Wall street Is learning that confi
dence is best maintained by punishing
those who misuse it.
An Indiana man gave a hypnotist
$600 to make his wife Insane, but it
poly resulted in mailing her mad
With the return of Governor Shel
don from hla southern trip Lieutenant
Governor Hopewell may feel ' himself
relieved.
The Knickerbocker Trust company
of New York Is to be reorganized and
strengthened. ' Going into long pants,
as it were.
An automatlo typewriter has been
Invented, but it will not look natural
In the office unless it knows how to
chew gum.
The Department of Justice has dis
covered the existence of a Spice trust.
There Is a variety of reasons why it
ehould be ground up.
George Iernard Shaw says he la go
ing to write a comic opera. Any opera
that Shaw writes will be comic, no
matter what he labels It
F. Augustus Ilelnze would have
dominated Wall street all right, ac
cording to hla original plan. If his
money had only held out.
Former Mayor Schniltz of San Fran
cisco has finally landed In the peniten
tiary. He will not ask for a second
term when his time expires.
It is to be noted that Chairman
XIayward of the republican state com
mittee Is attending strictly to business
Without any blowing of horns.
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Mr. Harrlman says that he has "lost
Interest" in the Illinois Central. He
appears to have lost some of the prin
cipal, too, as well as the interest.
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President Stahl of the National
Farmers' congress Insists that farmers
handle only untainted . money. Let
them be equally particular about eggs
and butter.
Mr. Rockefeller's contention that he
la a servant of the public la open to
Question, as the public does not ap
pear to be able to either stop his pay
or discharge him.
The people of Nebraska trusted the
republicans last year and had every
platform promise, fulfilled. It Is an
axiom of business that a satisfied cus
tomer will come again.
Those South Omaha "antls" must be
thoroughly alarmed over the growth of
consolidation sentiment. That is Quite
evident from their reckless appeals to
Ignorance and prejudice.
Taken altogether, the ticket pre
sented by Douglas county republicans
this year Is so far superior to that put
up by the democrats that no Intelligent
voter should have any hesitancy In
choosing between them.
Postmaster Oeneral Meyer la going
to change the names of all poet office
that sound slangy. Tin Cap, Tex.;
bhlnbona, Ala.j and Skldoo, Pa., have
already been given new name. Cal
ifornia may as well prepare to drop
I'uba Dam from Us vocabulary.
WORKS RATHKR THAN WORD.
The democratic campaign managers
are trying to coddle the labor vote by
a pretended contrast of platform decla
rations upon which democratic and re
publican candidates are running in Ne
braska this year.
The democratic platform has been
loaded full with a lot of honeyed
words promising support for various
measures, presumed to be of Interest
to wago earners, but which are In no
way state issues and which cannot be
directly or indirectly affected by this
election.
As against these empty offers of
democratic sympathy, the republicans
have works to show which should ap
peal most forcibly to Intelligent work
ingmen. The recent republican legislature
put on the statute books of Nebraska
several laws of vital Importance to
wage earners, repeatedly promised by
the democrats, but never delivered by
them.
The workingmen of Nebraska have
Governor Sheldon and the republican
legislature to thank for the abolition
in this state of the $5,000 limit to re
covery for death losses. This legisla
tion for the first time In bur history
entitles the widow and children of an
employe killed by accident traceable
to neglect of hla employer to mako
good the real loss as assessed by a Jury
in excess of f 5,000.
The workingmen of Nebraska have
the republicans to thank for a new
law on the statute books relating to
employers' liabilty corresponding with
the employers' liability law previously
enacted by congress. By the terms of
this enactment common carriers are
henceforth deprived of the defense of
fellow-servant neglect In personal In
jury cases, and responsibility of fellow-workers
bars recovery only in pro
portionate degree.
The workingmen of Nebraska have
the republicans to thank for a new
child labor law, which, while more
stringent than The Bee believes neces
sary, is nonetheless calculated to keep
out of ihe ranks of wage earners im
mature boys and girls who should be
at school. This Is supplemented, too,
by a more effective compulsory educa
tion law, which raises the age limit of
required school attendance.
The workingmen of Nebraska have
the republicans to thank for respond
ing to thelr demand for a fireman's
double-shift law by which the hours
of consecutive service of the men in
the Omaha fire department have been
limited to half of the twenty-four each
day.
If works count for more than words,
every wage earner In Nebraska la un
der moral .obligation to endorse the
record of Governor Sheldon and the
recent legislature by going to the polls
next-week and voting the republican
ticket.
SPANISH WAR PENSIONERS.
The annual report of the commis
sioner of pensions contains a hint that
the pension division of the government
service will soon be out of business
on account of the death rate among
civil war ' veterans. During the last
year 31,201 survivors of that conflict
died and the net loss on the pension
roll was greater than for many years,
notwithstanding the fact that many
new names were added under the new
service pension law. The number of
pensioners remaining on the roll at the
end of the fiscal year was 967,871, the
smallest since 1893. "Every year,"
declares the pension commissioner,
"now records a vast harvest of deaths
among the survivors of the civil war,
and all too soon the last man who
answered to the call of his country In
that great, conflict to keep the union
whole will be gathered to his com
rades." '
Another feature of the pension com
missioner's report will also cause some
surprise, and serve to discount the pre
diction that there will soon be no'busl
ness for the Pension department Ac
cording .to the report, already 24,000
participants in the Spanish-American
war have secured places on the pension
roll and a large number of applications
are pending for pensions for survivors
of that little war. The surprising fea
ture ia the large percentage of pensions
compared with the number of men
actually engaged In battle and also the
fact that at the beginning of the war,
when call came for volunteers, the
physical examinations were to be so
rigid that the danger of a pension roll
for causes other than actual Injuries
lu battles would be reduced to the
minimum. ,
The Fifth army corps, which as
saulted Santiago, had only 17,000 men
In It when It sailed from Tampa and
all told only about 350,000 men served
In the army In the years 1898 to 1901,
Inclusive. At the battle of Santiago
twenty-one officers and 222 men were
killed and 101 officers and 1,688 men
were wounded. If every man wounded
In the Philippines and Cuba had been
given a pension and one allowed for
every one killed, the number would
still be far short of the 24,000 already
on the pension rolls. .
The report on the regiment that was
raised In the District of Columbia may
furnish somo light on the pension fever
among Spanish-American war veterans.
This regiment contained 1,200 officers
and men. ' It spent some weeks at
Tampa and finally arrived In Cuba, just
after the fighting was over. It never
smelled the powder of the enemy and
yet 600 of the 1,200 men on the roster
have applied for pensions for every
possible cause from measles to home
sickness. Our government has been liberally
generous with 1U civil war pensioners
and no serious complaint Lu ever been
made against this recognition of the
nation's defenders. No protest will be
filed, either, against liberal pensions to
men who suffered In health or person
in the Spanish-American war, but it
would certainly seem, to be an imposi
tion on national good nature to make
every certificate of enlistment a pass
port to a pension.
A PARTISAN OF THE PARTISANS.
While the democratic campaign
managers are playing soft on "non-
partlsanshlp" in the Judiciary, it Is
notorious that the democratic nominee
for supreme judge Is a partisan of the
partisans. Everyone who knows any
thing about Judge Loomis knows that
he is a hide-bound democrat, Who prob
ably never voted for a republican In
his life, and who, to protect his party
regularity, followed along from Cleve
land to Bryan and from, Bryan to
Parker and back again from Parker
to Bryan, and would, doubtless, again
go back to Cleveland if necessary to
attest his party loyalty.
Judge Loomis has served two terms
in the state legislature and as a law
maker he constantly proved his sub
serviency to the party whip. The con
troversy with Editor Sprecher over
Loomis' backsliding on the rate reduc
tion bill, sponsored by C. J. Smyth and
M. F. Harrington, turns upon the ex
cuse offered by Loomis that the bill
was never made a party measure, while
another bill for which he voted was
equally favored in the fusion caucus.
No question Is raised as to the demand
of the public for relief from excessive
railway charges, but simply the ques
tion wi ether giving preference to the
railroads constituted an offense against
party discipline.
The most typical Illustration of the
Intense partisanship cf this great
"nonpartisan" lies in Judge Loomis
connection with the revenue bill passed
by a subsequent legislature. This bill
was drafted by a special committee, of
which Loomis was a member, and It
was introduced with his name among
others printed at the top aa one of its
authors. ' In formulating the bill, It
waa agreed upon unanimously, clause
by clause and section by section, and
had Judges Loomis' unqualified ap
proval. In committee of the whole
Loomis took charge of the bill himself
and presented the committee amend
ments to correct typographical errors
and minor omissions.
In the interval, however, the fusion
bosses had concluded that there was
a great chance to make political capital
by opposing the revenue law, and had
persuaded the fusion caucus to brand
It as a republican measure, unworthy
of fusion support Bowing to the
caucus decree, Judge Loomis faced
about and turned against his own bill.
The official record of the vote on final
passage, as printed in the House Jour
nal, contains this memorandum:
Mr. Loomis, being sick and absent from
the room, desired to be recorded "No" on
House Roll 244.
Could any more flagrant example of
submissive partisanship be found any
whereT How much "nonpartisanshlp"
could be expected from such a Judge
if elevated to the bench? Would he
reverse his Judicial opinion over night
to conform to a caucus decree? Would
he try to figure out whether a, decision
would make political capital for or
against his beloved democratic party,
and then vote his political convic
tions? In the light of a "nonpartisan"
record of this partisan democrat, these
Questions are not irrelevant
BCNDAT BASK BALL IS THE ARMT.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Taft have Invited a storm of protest
from tealoua advocates of strict Sab
bath day observance by their frank
refusal to grant a petition for official
orders prohibiting base ball on Sun
day at the army posts. In response
to the petition Secretary Taft after
consultation with the president, haa
replied that no efforts will be made
by the department to discountenance
the Sunday base ball playing. He
contends that the soldiers must have
some form of recreation and amuse
ment and that base ball is the least
harmful of any that haa been popular
with them. He points out frankly
that the soldiers and spectators at the
base ball games on Sunday are kept
Just that long out of the dives and re
sorts that have been built up around
the army posts since the abolition of
the canteen. ' The secretary also calls
attention to the fact that the army Is
already 20,000 men below Its au
thorized strength and that. In his opin
ion, the failure to secure enlistments
desired is due largely to the restric
tions that have been placed upon the
conduct of the enlisted men at the
army posts.
The refusal to comply with this pe
tition Is naturally calling for all sorts
of protests, of which this one, dated
at Albany and addressed to the New
York Sun, Is a fair sample:
What shall be done to the offloers of the
army who have permitted the custom of
playing ball on Sundays to grow upT It is
difficult to ooncelve of a punishment severe
enough for them. They may urge that the
ball games harmed no one, disturbed no
one, were played without the knowledge of
the vast majority of the public and con
tributed appreciably to making the soldiers
happy and contented. Such pleas will not
avail them. The very fact that tha nm.i
have been played on federal reservations
and in a manner calculated not to attract
general attention shows how sly and de
ceitful they are. Men capable of these
things will not reform. They cannot be
saved. The army should not be left In their
bands.
For my part I should like to see the whole
army list deprived of office and sent to jail
and the management of the military en
trusted to a committee nominated by tha
Woman's Christian Temperance Colon and
the Sabbath observance committee and
elected by saloon keepers whose establish
meutfl Una tha entrances to military recur
vation now that wine and beer are not sold
In the post canteens.
Army officers who have discussed
the matter insist that much of the dis
content among enlisted men is tracea
ble to the abolition of the canteen and
that If base ball were to be outlawed
they would have to throw up their
hands, stop trjlng to secure recruits
for the already depleted regiments and
conclude that an army In this country
based on the enlistment plan had be
come impossible to maintain. This is
perhaps an exaggerated view of the
situation, but no more so than that of
persons of the type quoted; Who would
enforce a system of blue laws at army
posts. However, the position taken
by Secretary Taft will be approved
generally by liberal-minded people
who cah see no objection to allowing
the soldier boys a healthy, manly
recreation on Sunday or any other day,
so long as its exercise does not disturb
or Interfere with others.
SCREENS.
If the effort to compel drastic en
forcement of the law prohibiting
screens obstrnctlng doors and windows
of places licensed to sell liquor were
aiming to correct any real evil It might
evoke popular approval, but coming as
it does from a source that Is bent not
on regulation but on extermination of
the liquor traffic, it must necessarily
fail to strike a popular chord. Public
sentiment, no doubt, demands stricter
surveillance of the liquor traffic than
it did a few years ago, but It Is highly
doubtful whether anyr real Improve
ment could come or will come from the
removal of saloon screens.
The law against obstructions to view
is about the same In Iowa as it Is In
Nebraska. In Iowa it Is enforced In
some cities and unenforced in others,
without producing any appreciable
difference in results. The removal of
the screens does not stop drinking, but
merely makes the drinking more pub
lic, and certain evils will only be stim
ulated by this publicity. Of course,
the old explanation will be offered that
every law on the statute books should
be enforced to the letter or be re
pealed. Yet everyone knows that
there are lots of laws on the statute
books all the time that are neither en
forced nor repealed, but remain dead
letters because there Is no call for their
enforcement nor any advantage to be
gained for the public by strict enforce
ment With a police board In control
In Omaha completely Independent of
the liquor Interests, It would seem to us
far better to leave the details of regu
lating the business of those licensed to
sell liquor to the wise discretion of the
board.
A EOViE WHILE YOU WAIT.
The building of air castles is
rather tame and tedious operation,
compared with Thomas A. Edison's
new plan for building a three-story
house for you while you are down
town attending to the day's work. Mr.
Edison's achievements In other fields
entitle his claims to certain sober con
sideration, and something like a revo
lution in the home-building business Is
In store, if his theories work well in
practice. His house will consist of
concrete and will be cast from iron
molds In one solid piece, Including
stairs and bathtub. It will be fire
proof and the same set of molds may
be used for an indefinite number of
houses. The whole plan Is absurdly
simple, when explained by Mr. TEdlson
In these words:
After the cellar Is dug the contractor
will bring his sand, cement and crushed
stone, together with his concrete mlxln
machinery, the molds and a derrick to
the spot. As fast as the concrete is made
it is poured into the molds, which fit to
gether from cellar bottom to roof -tree.
The workmen keep on pouring in the con
crete until It overflows at the top. Then
they go away, and six days later they
go back and take off the molds, piece by
piece.
This Is going to make life a lot
easier and pleasanter for people. If an
undesirable citizen moves into the
house next door all the offended resi
dent will have to do Is to call up The
House-Built-While-You-Walt company
(limited) and order a new house
erected in any locality desired, with a
forfeit fixed if the place hj not ready
for occupancy by dinner time. If the
fashion In houses changes, a new mold
can be ordered and houses built to suit
any taste or change of whims. As the
new style house is to cost but 11,200,
It will be cheaper to buy one than to
pay rent Only one objection appears
to the popularity of the proposition.
Mr. Edison's proposition starts off
with, "After the cellar la dug." As
cellars are not carried In Btock, the
delay in getting them dug 40 suit may
defer the moving into the new house
until the next morning. It only re
mains for Mr. Edison to Invent a port
able cellar and thus put a concrete
finish on hla abstract proposition.
An attempt to enforce an anti-Sunday
theater ordinance In Kansas City
failed because the indictments were
filed against "actors on the stage."
Thecomplaints had to be amended to
read against "persons found on the
stage," which can hardly be accepted
aa flattering by those who have been
posing as actors In Kansas City.
Nebraska's new law governing regis
tration gives ten days in which to
check up the voters' lists. If there
are any fraudulent registrations or
fake names on the books It ought to
be disclosed in that time and proper
measures taken to call the offenders
to account . " . "
The Indiana -bankers have decided
that cocktails shall not be served on
the occasion of their coming banquet
That la ail right, but is a banker evet
Justified In severing friendly relations
with the mint?
Hetty Green has been defeated In a
law suit costing her $18.24. As she
had to pay it In real money, she feels
the loss as much as some of those Wall
street speculators who figure their
slumps In millions.
Dr. Robert Morris declares that "ap
pendicitis ia caused from lacy habits
of life, but no more from that than
from other causes." That should put
an end to all speculation aa to the
catlse of appendicitis.
Governor Folk of Missouri says that
under no circumstances will he be a
candidate for the democratic presiden
tial nomination next year. Governor
Folk's hard common sense sometimes
gets the better hold on him.
All the aeronauts who sailed from
St Louis In their balloons have been
accounted for, but some of the bal
loonlsts who went up from Wall street
have not landed yet
The attorney general of Ohio haa
filed charges against the Plumbers'
trust. ' He might as well give up. The
plumbers can beat him every time. In
the matter of filing charges. ,
Mississippi has barred all foreign
born children from the public schools.
Mississippi will probably continue to
wonder why immigrants prefer homes
and employment In the northern states.
, Useful In Their Easiness.
Washington Herald.
Mr. E. Benjamin Andrews thinks certain
editors should be hanged; but he may rest
assured very few editors want to see him
hanged especially news editors.
Troubles of the Jnaale-ra.
Baltimore American.
When one reads of the suits which are
being Instituted by stockholders to recover
funds Juggled away by frenzied finance, it
is small wonder to hear the financiers la
menting these organised attacks on capital.
They're Looaenlaa; Up Now
Kansas City Star.
Mr. Harrlman asked the newspaper men
to get the railroads side of every story
that comes up before printing it. The
humor of this suggestion will be wholly
lost to those persons who have never tried
to pry Information from a railroad man
ager. ProeBeu Platitudes.
Philadelphia Record.
It is easy for Mr. Bryan to bs crttloally
platitudinous when he dares not be pre
cise. He says "the columns of many of
the metropolitan newspapers are for sale
to the highest bidder." But he keeps the
details of this momentous knowledge to
himself. He refuses to specify. When he
was directly asked why he would not name
the newspapers he had In mind the great
man said: "Because I won't"
Room for Improvement,
Philadelphia Ledger.
No doubt the Inventive genius that has
brought wireless telegraphy so rapidly to
Its present development will eventually
make It independent of wind and storm.
For the present however, It is just as well
that we still have the cable, secure at the
bottom of the sea, to rely upon in bad
weather. While no one need feci discour
aged by the temporary Interruption of the
wireless system, through the failure of the
land connections, this early experience In
dicates that there are still some practical
obstacles to be overcome and that the wire
less has not yet made submarine telegraphy
obsolete.
PERSONAL, AND OTHERWISE.
People who take the balloon route to
get away from St Louis assume needless
risks.
"Made In Germany" embossed on a bal
loon possesses only passings. Interest for
the nations who are holding their empty
bags.
By waiting long enough 130,000,000 came
to Alfred Owynne Vanderbllt from the
family estate. Al knew It was oomlng.
Patience did the rest.
The power and dignity . of a Chicago
alderman were rudely shaken by unfeeling
policeman who raided his saloon and
swiped a Juicy poker pot No campaign
In Chicago this tall.
Those who applaud the amount of Ameri
can liberty handed lo the Filipinos have
a different roar coming. A quiet gams of
whist for prizes was suppressed by the
authorities of Manila.
The pleasure of SLouis over the suc
cess of the balloon race would be much
keener If the bloated bags had taken other
routes than the air line toward Chicago.
That they didn't stop there affords some
consolation.
Cartoonist Davenport need not bother
about that projected exhibition of the
spead and endurance of his Arabian steed.
The celerity of Muley Hafld'e warriors in
dodging French Are is enough for all prac
tical purposes.
A siity-milo-a-mlnute automobile got
busy on a New Jersey road, collided with
a stone wall head on and broke the collar
bone, two ribs and one leg of the driver.
That machine cavorted with the precision
of human wisdom. .
SERMO-NS BOILED DOWlf.
When ambition weds avarice aspiration
dies.
The evil we remember is surpassed by the
good we forget.
The church with a head for gold usually
has a heart of wood.
The world will never be driven to God by
advertising the devil.
Inclination always furnishes the most
convincing argument.
Watch your works and your wings will
take care of themselves.
Borne men hope that a golden crown will
give them a golden mind.
Fashion le&.la many to starve the Inmates
In order to paint the house.
Where the sermon Is only a work of art
the saints are usually artificial.
No man ever succeeded In walking one
way when he was looking another.
If you sell your soul you will never be
able to make enough to buy tt back.
You can always get fine feathers with
money, but a fins face you cannot buy.
The preacher who trembles before ths
areat has cause to tremble for himself.
Many a man mistakes a stock of pious
quotations for riches of religious character.
Ths ideal that is only a dream and never
a deed la always a detriment to the charac
ter. Men of business will be in the ohurch
when the church gives them some business
there.
Many who think they are defending the
faith are only barricading truth out ot their
Uvea Chicago Tribune.
33d Anniversary
33d
PI
ano Sale
A. I10SPE CO.
fig Piano
Tou will bear Its call If you visit the A. Hospe Co. store and see the wonderful
ffeiings of the Thirty-Third Anniversary Bale.
Never In the entire west baa an opportunity been offered to buy such high grade
Flanoa at such low figures as that which now confronts you in tha big sale. This Is
ot a boast. It is a fact In former years this store has had great Sales, but none '
that compares with this one. rJ
Until Thursday, October 31st., a Straight Discount of 10 on
E?ery New Fiano-Pl&jer, Piano, Player-Piano and
Orjtn in Our Retail Stock
As our pianos are and have been plainly marked and sold at the marked prlva
(no more, no less) It will be a simple matter for the customer to know for himself
Just what the Anniversay Price Is, and no mistakes or Juggling of figures. Further,
more the dlsconnt is the same on time payments aa it Is for cash, and admits of no
duebUls or trades, but stands for ths bona fide buyer. If you have been contemplating
the purchase of a piano for tha last year, and know exactly that tha One Price system
prevails at the A. Hospe eV Co, as nowhere else, can testify, after a first visit, that a
real Souvenir ia offered.
We call attention to the remarkable bargains In New Upright Orand Pianos. The
majority of them were bought In the dullest season, when the manufacturer needs ths
money more than any time In ths year, hence the low prloes. A few of tha special
ones wa will now mention!
An extra large Upright Grand "Corliss" In double veneered mahogany ease of ths
latest design. In a special value of $145, 110 cash, 18 monthly. Thoss brand-new,
upright grand, double vsneared latest design, Ivory key, Kensington Pianos, quoted
generally throughout ths United States at 1176, are going at 1121, 110 oaah, II
monthly. Ths beautiful 1800 Cramer Pianos are selling at only 1 180, 10 oaah. Is
monthly. We have Just reoelved, also, a special shlpmsnt of fine Cable-Nelson Pianos
they are sold elsewhere for 1300 and $160 and 1400. our prloes are 225. 1376 and VJ5
and any of them may be had at $10 cash and IT monthly. In this shipment there are
not simply ons or two Pianos, but quantities to select from. Besides we are showing
ths latest creations from! ,
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Ths special bargains In used Upright and Orand Pianos, together with Square
Pianos and used Organa, also used Piano Players are on a line with the above. WB
HAVE NO BPACE3 TO DESCRIBE THE EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS WH HAVJfl
AT THIS TIMH. IT BEHOOVES EVERYONE WHO HA8 ANY THOUGHT OB
BUYING! A PIANO TO DECIDE THE MATTER QUICKLY AND BUY IT NOW.
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SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT
Philadelphia Record: Although tha mea
gerness of the Incomes of clergymen Is a
very general reproach of tha churches, a
burglar In Wilkes barre found on minister
with twenty dollars and a gold watch In his
olothes.
Cincinnati Enquireri Tf the doctors can
agree to be Just doctors, without quarrel
ing about schools or creeds," says an ex
change, "perhaps the ministers will be In
clined, in time, to do the same."' Let the
ministers alons. The doctors are dealing
with questions that work themselves out
In our mortality. The ministers are treat
ing with eternity, and must have more
latitude for discussion and division.
Buffalo Express) There ia an old Scotch
story about the minister Who' complained
that he had found golf and the "meenls
try" incompatible, and therefore had given
"It" up. "What," asked his friend, "given
up golf r "Na, na," said the reverend gen
tleman) "I have given up the meenlstry."
The story Is pretty nearly realized In the
clergyman of Worcester, Mass., who has
resigned his charge because he wants to
"loaf and play golf." But it should be ad
mitted in extenuation of the choice of this
minister that he has been in the pulpit for
many ears, and feels that he needs rest.
Philadelphia Ledger: The gneral conven
tion of the Episcopal church has once more
put off the organization of ths provincial
system which has been under discussion for
nearly a generation. Never before, how
ever, has a well-considered plan failed so
narrowly. It was adopted by the House of
Bishops and sent to ths House of Deputies
for' concurrence. The clergy voted for It
by a large majority, but the lay vote was
in the negative, and so ths whole matter
will go over to another convention. There
can be no doubt of ultimate action, because
the present organization, with nothing be
tween the single diocese and ths national
council, has become too unwieldy and
wasteful of efficiency to be much longer
tolerated even by the most conservative.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Why do you call your husband "HubT "
"Because he is the central point of my
weal." Baltimore American.
Tees May Ouscher and her husband call
each other "Birdie." Isn't that ridiculous T
Jess Oh, I don't know. She's a goose
and he's a jay. Philadelphia Press.
0e, but that girl's got a mean dis
position." Yea?"
"Uh-huh. Tou know that fellow who
bawled her out before a big bunoh last
month? She's going to marry him. Cleve
land Leader.
Stella So she dtvorced him for desertlonT
Bella Yes, he positively refused to live
In the auto. New York Sun.
"George, dear," said the girl, "you know
I Insisted on a long engagement?"
He admitted it ruefully.
"Well." ahs resumed, "I've changed my
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long engagement would be ruinous."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"He's a wonderful actor."
"Think so?"
"Yes. Notice how passionately he makes
love to the leading lady in the last act?"
"Yep."
"Well, she's his wife." Cleveland Leader.
"I hear some of your workmen struck
for fewer hours of work the other morn
ing." "Yes, and they won."
"Indeed V
"Yea, they haven't worked a single hour
since. "Philadelphia Ledger.
She Mr. Wlmbleton spoke of you in,
glowing terms last night.
He I am gratified to hear you say so. I
have always regarded him as a fine Judge
of men.
She Yes. It was one of the worst roasts
I sver heard. Chicago Record-Herald,
Nell I don't see why you call her spite
fuU I thought she was paying you a com-
llment. , . ,
Welle O! you don't know her! f I
Nell Why, didn't she tell you you wereil
looking quite yourself again?
Belle She said quite my "old aelf," with
the accent on the adjective. Catholic Stan
dard and Times.
THE LAST LEAP.
Oliver Wendell Hotmos.
I saw him once before.
As he passed by the door;
And again
The pavement stones resound
As he totters o'er the ground
With his cane.
They say that In his prime.
Ere the pruning knife of time
Cut him down,
Not a better man was found
Uy the crier on his round
Through the town.
Now he walks the streets.
And he looks at all he meets
80 forlorn;
And he shakes his feeble head.
That It seems as if he - said,
"Thsy are gone.'
The mossy marbles rest
On the lips that he has pressed
In their bloom;
And the names he loved to hear
Have been carved for many a year
1 On the tomb.
My grandmamma has said
Poor old lady I she is dead
Long ago
That he had a Roman nose
And hla cheek was Uks a rose
In tha anow.
But now his nos 1s thin.
And It rests ur his chin
Like a staff,
And a crook Is In his back.
And a melancholy crack
In his laugh.
I know It Is a sin
For me to sit and grin
At him here,
But the old three-cornered hat,
And the breeches and all thin
Are se queer.
And if I should live to be
The last leaf upon the tree
In the spring.
Let them smile, as I do now.
At the forsaken bough
Where I cling.
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