THE OMAHA SUNDAY HEK: NOVEMBER 17. 1907.
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STATF.MKNT Ol' CIRCULATION.
Slste of Nebraska. Douglas County, s.s:
Charles C. Rosewater. general mun.ir"''
of The Boe Publishing company, In .i
iluly swnrn, says that the actual numbw
rf full and complete copies of Tim Daily
Morning, Evening and Sundsy life printed
luring the. tnoritli of October, 1S07, wan us
follows:
1 36,970
I 36,680
X 36,600
4 36,360
6 66,650
b 35,600
7 36,440
8., 36,6'J0
36,700
10 36,660
11 36,490
12 36,630
IS 35,300
14 36,630
15 se.sao
16 36,930
Total
J7 36,70
1 36, 50
19 36.S40
20 40,500
21 36,650
22 36,940
23 37,353
24 36,80
Hu 1 . 38,753
26 36.00
27 35,680
28 ... 37,010
29 36,9l0
SU 36,S0
81. . . . 37,333
l,139,4b0
Less unsold and returned copies. 9,983
Net total 1,139,566
Daily average ; 36.4J7
CHARLES C. ROrfEWATER.
General ManiiKer.
' Subscribed In my presence anil sworn to
before me this 1st clay of November. 1907,
Robert him"V:r,
Notary Public.
WHEX OCT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leaving- the oltr tem
porarily should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address Trill be
changed as often us requested.
The fut turkey doubtless hopes that
these stories about the financial string
ency are true.
Money may talk, but there is a sus
picion that money Is something; of a
ventriloquist.
Brazilian troops have attacked a
Peruvian city. Now listen for the
Peruvian bark.
These poems on "Autumn Leaves"
are not timely, us autumn shows no
sign of leaving.
Chicago is acting up over its new
clearing house certificates like a child
with a new toy. Cheer up.
"Where is the democratic party?"
asks the Chicago Journal. At last re
ports it was mobilized at Cleveland, O.
"Bryan by acclamation" headline
from the newspaper of the day after
the democratic national convention.
The affairs of the New York subway
are said to be in a financial tangle.
In the language of the street, the sub
way Is "in a hole."
It is now asserted that much of the
' Bordeaux" wine sold in this country
is made from Missouri apple parings.
Just another skin game.
One consolation growing out of the
near-panic is that the literary bureaus
of the presidential candidates have
been silenced temporarily.
Scientists now assert that bad boys
may be cured by music. There Is
nothing new In that. Bad boy know
what it Is to face the music.
Every college and university is de
pending on its foot ball eleven to give
it something to be thankful for when
the duly appointed time arrives.
Everything has apparently been 'ar
rauged for the Bryan dinner In Wash
ington next week, even to the elimina
tion of cocktails from the menu.
While the republican list of "favor
ite sons" is a long one, the democratic
list of presidential candidates Is com
posed of William Jennings Bryan.
The federal union is now made up
iif forty-bix slates, it will take a little
time to get used to the new number,
but it will come easier with practice.
While the young man is curtain
that his best girl Is worth her weight
In gold, what does ho think about her
being worth her weight "in clearing
bolide certificates?
"What will the democrats do?"
asks the New York World. It is a lit
tle ea;ly to answer. Walt until they
iearn what the wrong thing will be.
Then they will do it with enthusiasm.
"Corulvou is just as much u presi
dential candidate as Cannon or Knox,"
says the New York ress. Even that
assurance will not warrant hlui lu
wistii; much Uni- nursing his boom.
('ongnssmau Champ Clark of Mis
souri "ma he has a constituent who
lioasu of a bear eleven and a half feet
long. Think what an exuse that niau
hu9 for refusing to operate a lawn
n:.jvei '
:u'i- P'au rays h' feeling ihe
fci Uahtncss !u money ma;--
!..t. il.ia mav be a hint to Man C.
Wood dial slit need noi expeit n
Christinas present from the senator
I his var.
I'r.HFhCTIUE lMFhSTTK COMMERCE
coajm sso.y.
The amended Interstate commerce
law, with Us rate regulation provision,
has now been In force long enough to
show where it fails most to accomplish
fully the desired object. The Inter
state Commerce commission consists
of seven members whose authority ex
tends over the entire United States
and who alone are clothed with power
to redress the grievances of all the
shippers of the country arising in in
terstate traffic.
The utter Impossibility of any one
commission made up of seven men to
respond to all the demands made upon
It in the regulation of railroads, serv
ing 85,000,000 of people, is self
evident. Its only parallel would be
the maintenance of a supreme court
at Washington to transact all the ju
dicial business of the United States
arising under federal laws without the
assistance of any district or circuit
courts to bring justice home to the
people and give them speedy hearing.
Th lesson of experience under the
new law is that the Interstate Com
merce commission must be perfected
by iin organization corresponding more
or less to that of the federal courts.
Instead of compelling shippers to go
to Washington to make complaint, or
forcing the commission to divide Itself
into twos and threes and scatter to the
four points of the compass to make
official Investigations, the country
should be divided geographically Into
traffic divisions, each under an inter
state commerce board of from three to
five members, clothed with authority
to receive complaints and pass upon
them subject to review by the inter
state commission sitting at Washing
ton. ,
The people who have business deal
ings with the railroads are not so par
ticular as some would have us believe
us to whether their differences with
the railroads are adjusted by state or
federal authority. Under present con
ditions the state commissions are in
higher favor because they are more
accessible and more prompt of action
for the Individual shipper or associa
tion of shippers than is the Interstate
commission. But the shippers have
already discovered, what President
Roosevelt has likewise emphasized,
that in practice almost all traffic prob
lems are problems of interstate com
merce. Even where the question at
Issue Is clearly a question of intra
state transportation and wholly within
the jurisdiction of a state railway com
mission, it almost invariably has its
counterpart In Interstate transporta
tion, which must be dealt with later
by the federal authorities.
Action by a state railway commis
sion Is but a prelude to action on sub
stantially the same state of facts by
the Interstate commission, although
one does not accept as binding upon it
the ruling or finding of the other.
W hether the state commissions would
continue long to have sufficient busi
ness to justify their existence as at
I present constituted would remain to be
. seen, but there is no doubt but that
the interstate commission when per
fected along these lines would soon
become the recognized tribunal to
pass on all the important controversies
between the railroads and the ship
pers by the natural selection of both
parties, who would prefer one final ad
judication to two piecemeal decisions.
With the accumulation of cases filed
for hearing by the Interstate commis
sion, which must be given but casual
attention or await their turn for
months, the business of the country in
its relation to the railroads is begln
! ning to suffer from impeded justice
I equivalent almost to its denial. To
relieve this situation congress should
: perfect the Interstate Commerce com
mission without unnecessary delay.
OLU CHAtt'JE REVIVED.
Undue and undeserved prominence
is being given to the charge made
recently by the editor of the Con
federate Veteran that Grant, Thomas
and Farragut, men whose names are
linked tndtssolubly with the achieve
ments of the union army, immediately
before the outbreak of the war applied
to President Davis for commissions to
serve under the confederate flag. No
records are cited to support the charge,
but there Is the usual marshalling of
rumors and allegations from "persons
lu position to know." It is intimated
that theso applications are attested In
letters in the keeping of the Louisiana
State Hlhtorlcul society, giveu by Mrs.
Davis, among other papers. The let
ters are supposed to be in a sealed
package, which Mrs. Davis daughter,
Mrs. Hays of Colorado Springs, refuses
to allow to be opened. Until the pack
age is opened and the contents of the
letters made public, the old charge will
probably be revamped from time to
time and find some believers, although
the public generally will be disposed
to brand it as absurd.
The story told by the Confederate
Veteran Is not a new one, so far as
it relats to General Thomas. That
charge was made before the close of
the war, although there was. nothing
in the record of the doughty old war
rior to indicate that he had any doubt
as to his place In the contest. Ilia
biographers havedicounted the charge
and have shown conclusively that there
was never any hesitation ou his part
as to where his duty lay in that conflict.
"Pap" Thomas Vas a native of Vir
ginia, associated in social and official
life with Jackson, ac and thoso brll
lltiiii Virginians who cast their lot with
lie south, but he piomptly decided to
lraw his sword In support of the union.
Lee held that he could not give allegl
.nce to the nation which had educated
U.n, against his .stale being invaded.
The south looked upon' Thomas f dls-
loyal; the north ( branded Lee as a
traitor, yet each is now conceded to
have been answering his own defini
tion of loyalty and supreme allegiance.
The article in the Confederate
Veteran Is the first intimation ever
made public that General Grant had
ever sought a conimlnsion In the con
federate service. Nothing in the life,
churacter or environment of the man
could furnish basis for any such re
proach upon him. Ills life, sympathies
and interests were all with the north
and his steadfast loyalty needs no
defense.
A l'AH KIS roST POIXTKH.
The propaganda of Postmaster Gen
eral Meyer for the establishment of a
parcels post system in this country has
received a decided boost by n com
plaint of Cuban merchants Just filed
with the Postofflce department. These
merchants assert- that while they
might otherwise place much larger
mall orders, they are now giving most
of their business In that line to Ger
man houses, for purely financial
reasons.
The United States has a limited
parcels post agreement with Germany,
but none with Cuba, and the result is
that American merchants suffer an an
nual loss of business. Under the Ger
man postal laws a Cuban merchant
can get a ten-pound package from
Germany by mail for 60 cents postage,
while he is compelled to pay 64 cents
on a four-pound mall package from
the United States. The difference in
postage frequently eats up the profit
involved in the transaction and the
Cuban merchant, whatever his prefer
ence, naturally patronizes Germany
instead of the United States. A ten
pound mall package would have
to pay but 60 cents If ordered
from Germany, while it would
have to pay 160 cents postage if
bought of an American merchant.
The Germans are the strongest com
petitors of the United States for the
Cuban trade and it is not difficult to
understand their advantage In the
mall order business.
There is ncm lack of argument In
support of General Meyer's plau for
the enlargement of the parcels post
system In this country. The more
the subject is considered the greater
becomes the wonder that the express
company combine has been so long
able to prevent the adopflon of a plan
so certain to result In njarked advan
take to our commercial interests.
7HK FUIiTT-SIXTII STAR.
By proclamation of President Roose
velt Oklahoma, the forty-sixth star,
bursts through the blue and finds a
fixed place In the constellation of Old
Glory. The new state furnishes an
Illustration of the rapid development
of the country west of the Alleghenles.
It Is only a few years since the open
ing of "The Cherokee Strip," about
the first land wrested from the Indians
In the territory now Included In the
new state. It Is only six years since
the opening of the Kiowa, Apache and
Comancjie lands" caused an unprece
dented rush of home-seekers to that
country. Yet today Oklahoma Is the
most populous, richest and most ad
vanced state ever added to the Amer
ican union. It has half the population
contained In the original thirteen
states when the Declaration of Inde
pendence was adopted. Twenty-three
states of the union have fewer people.
The population of the new state Is
placed at 1,500.000. and geographi
cally Is about, the size of the state of
Nebraska.
The new mate is a peculiar combi
nation, formed by bringing together
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory,
two sections that, despite their prox
imity, present marked contrasts.
While the population of the two sec
tions practically number the same, Ok
lahoma has' 160,000 children enrolled
In the public schools, while Indian
Territory' has uo public schools and an
attendance of but 48,000 in the pri
vate and Indian schools. Oklahoma
has fine state buildings, good roads
and all the lmurovements of many
older states. Indian Territory has no
roads, no public lands, no public In
stitutions and. until a year ago, was
tntirely dominated by the Five Civil
ized tribes, the Indians who have
owned all of the lands, with the ex
ception of the town sites, provided for
by congressional enactments. While
the white people have been largely in
the majority in the Indian Territory,
they have not been able to secure any
legislation favorable to the develop
ment of Its resources. The reclama
tion and advancement of this section
of the new stale will be one of the
problems for Its law-makers.
Politically, the new state must be
placed, for some time at least, in the
democratic column. The original ter
ritory of Oklahoma was normally re
publican. It was settled largely by
home-seekers from Kansas, Illinois
and other republican states in the cen
tral west. In Indian Territory, ou the
other hand, the white settlers came
largely from Texas, Missouri, Arkan
sas and like democratic strongholds.
They submitted to the lack of school
facilities and other advantages, while
the settlers from northern states re
fused to do wtthout these conveniences
and went on to Oklahoma. As a result
the Indian Territory section of the
state is overwhelmingly democratic,
and sufficiently so to dominate the
politics. The new state has already
elected it five congressmen, four of
whom are democrats, and has endorsed
ai the primaries, two democrats for thJ
United States senate. Republicans
Insist that the recent democratic vic
tories were won ou local Issues en
tirely, on questions of constitutional
provision and the districting of the
state, but Oklahoma begins as a dem
ocratic state and Is likely to continue
in that faith for some years.
jMiojif f jur. sursiHAriii.
New York has finally awakened to
the drnuT of allowing buildings of
thirty, or forty or more stories to be
erected, to the danger of the occupants
and the health of the city. The build
ing code commission, recently ap
pointed, has unanimously adopted a
regulation providing that after the end
of the present year no new buildings
shall exceed 2 50 feet In height. The
new rule aims to stop the fcverlRh race
for high buildings. It Is admitted
that a limit must be fixed somewhere
and the fire underwriting experts,
the fire wardens and the health board
all agree that the limit has already
been reached, If not exceeded. The
fire insurance companies have served
notice that they will hereafter refuse
to carry Insurance en buildings over
the height prescribed by the building
code commission. More than twenty
skyscrapers in New York exceed the
250 feet limit, but they will not, of
course, be affected by the new regula
tions. In the public hearings before the
building code commission, many argu
ments were made by friends and op
ponents of the proposed regulations.
It was generally admitted that high
buildings effect an unreasonable and
injurious encroachment upon the light
and air of nearby structures and of the
public In the streets. Health authori
ties argued that the people have a
right to a fair share of the air and
light, of which they should not be
deprived by towering skyscrapers. It
was argued 'also that the danger from
panics was increased by these big
structures, whose occupants would jam
the narrow streets, In case of a rush,
Interfering with firemen and endanger
ing human life. These arguments all
proved tame when compared with the
testimony of fire insurance experts.
The president of the New York Board
of Fire Underwriters declared that
these towering structures exposed the
fire Insurance companies and the public
to a conflagration whose destruction
would make that at San Francisco
seem small. On this subject, he de
clared: Kite experience lias taught thai n hlijli
building- of great urea nursi'S thu liotlcsl
llros. It is not only not beyond the rang"
of possibility, but the Are underwriters
fear that there Is a very strong probability
of a fire starting In tho nest of skyscrapers
and beating across streets from the win
dows on tho top floors to other buildings.
All systems of sprinklers and all attempts
at flreprooring would not avull lu the least
In an instance of this kind. The firemen
away down below could do nothing. Tho
lire would gain such headway that when
the edge of the Bkysrraper sone was
reached there would be a blaso of such
proportions as to Imperil tho whole city,
Ki'Matice cannot be placed In any Are de
partment even under the most favorable
conditions when once a fire is sweeping un
controlled. In tho event of suoh u conflagration,
even though It were confined to the dozen
blocks whore the skyscrapers are thickest,
the underwriting companies would be. so
hard pushed that or 25 cents on the
dullur would be all they could pay. A loss
of from l,00J,W,0o0 to fc!,00o,M0.d(i0 would
bo tho aggregate, and It would be felt by
title guaranty companies, mortgage con
cerns, savings banks and all the chief In
terests of the financial district. Taxable
property of suh value would bo destroyed
that the city Would feel the loss of revenues
immediately.
It was largely in response to this
appeal to the pocket nerve that the
building commission decided to adopt
the new regulations. In western cities,
with 100-foot streets, the fire risk in
skyscrapers is minimized, hut it is a
constant menace where the streets are
narrow. In spite of the pressure for
ground space In New York, the restric
tion seems wholly desirable and sensi
ble from every point of view. The
country labors under a heavy enough
burden of lire loss and Insurance
charged, and every move designed to
lighten this load should be welcomed
and encouraned.
AUuymrs bad bhkak'.
it may be necessary to revise opin
ions and estimates of young Alfonso
of Spain. His photographs show him
a fairly good-looking youth, save for
a retreating chin and a forehead that
slopes where the bulge ought to be,
and the glimpses given of him through
that "divinity which doth hedse a
king" have indicated that he waH just
a mild-mannered youth who would
cheerfully sidestep anything that
looked like trouble and would "bet;
pardon" If he found himself in the
way of his royal relatives. He be
haved exceptionally well wiien ihe
stork paid Its recent visit to the im
perial palace ut Madrid, performing
all the delicate duties devolving on the
proud father without layse, but It
stems that away from honm his eon
duet is marked either by a lack of tact
that has caused no end of worry
umoug his royal relatives, although it
has raised him tremendously In the
CHiini.it Ion of the proletariat.
According to h cable from London,
Alfonso with out hunting the other day
with the members of the royal Hush
that John Bull has been holding for
the past week and, as the day was
warm and his coat heavy, he removed
his coat and continued his shooting in
his t-hirt sleeves. 4 Worse than that,
he also removed his vest and went on
gunning, advertising to all tho iual
world the fact that his bright, new,
red biippenders were "Made In New
ark, N. J., U. S. A." English eti
quette was, of course, shocked lnex
pifstlbly. But King Edward, who is
a pretty goo;l sport himself, with the
diplomacy for which he is famous,"
laughed heartily at the young mon
arch's error."
King Edward, of course, saved the
day for the time being, but it is uo
secret that 'kings, queens, knaves and
aces who witnessed the boy king's bad
break are much disturbed. They are
worried about the future aud are cer
tain that Alfonso's education has been
neglected sadly. No doubt they fear
that he may remove a shoe, If his corns
hurt, or pull up his stockings, or do
something else In a manner that Is
prohibited In the book of king. Just
the same, the people who pretend to
nothing in their make-up but common
clay will rather like King Alfonso the
better because of his disposition to Ret
like ordinary folks.
Governor Sheldon need not ieur
eviction from the executive mansion
because the property has been sold for
delinquent taxs. An appeal to the
court of public opinion wi.ll more likely
sentence him to another term, with
rent free for two years more, after the
expiration of his present lease.
It now appears that it was Senator
Albert J. Hopkins and not Senator
Albert J. Bevcridge who said that Mr.
Roosevelt Is the greatest man of the
age. It is a relief to know that Sena
tor Beverldge has not yet been at
tacked by ingrowing modesty.
Chemists assert that the ink or the
books printed today will have faded
in twenty-seven years. It may be a
good plan to postpone for about
twenty-eight years the reading of most
of the books printed todfty.
The city council at Kansas City has
rejected a proposition to keep the pub
lic bath houses open In the winter.
The countilmen on the Kaw naturally
consider bathing in the winter un
usual, if not. extravagant.
Washington correspondents are out
lining a lot of work for congress that
will appear under the head of "unfin
ished business" after congress ad
journs early to attend the national
conventions next June. '
The esteemed proofreaders are en
titled to any consolation they may find
in the fact that Bedrosnlvo Ilanipart
zoonialnsky was recently shot and
killed in Chicago by Hnrantesvesn
Travshunjiaulushartz.
Msh for Infortunium.
Washington Post.
If Mr. Bryan wanls to make an announce
ment of genuine Importance at the dinner
In Ms honor, he should tell the assembled
guests how lie manages to keep that smile
of his from coming off.
I'roa-rean that. Counts.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
At last report there were oS.213 rural
delivery routes in operation In the United
Stales, all the growth of a ew years. No
other country has ever developed u new
postal feature to the ' same extent In so
short n time. '
The Overdue Merr.
Indlanupolls News.
The man that knows precisely what is
going to happen in tho financial world is
not very numerous, nor very conspicuous
i Just now. But wait lilt it Is all over or
under and he will appear in multitude
with his exasperating "I ttjd you so."
Keepliiw in Prime Condition.
Baltimore American.
The fact that he is taking lessons from
Japanese wrestlers how to use .liu-Jitstf,
So as to wrestle successfully with three,
or forty, men at once, may be coincident
ally slonllieant with the president's re
newed determination to light the irusts.
I i with the Pay Itoll.
Brooklyn Kagle.
Now the marine corps cannot men
enough without raising their pay. It ought
to be raised. While we spend millions on
battleships we can ufford to sentl ail oc
casional dollar on our enlisted men In nil
branches of our naval and military service.
Where a Fall l Needed.
New York Tribune.
With all the banks resorting to clearing
house cert! Ilea tea and money udiiiitleiily !
tight, food prices ought to suffer some ,
abatement. If they don't fall soon the 1
public will conclude that the law of supply j
and demand has been hypnotised by the
Meat, IV. Milk and Fruit trusts. j
I'jllMON VI. A Ml UTIIKHWIHK, 4
. Since the Wall street cyclone stripped oft
the velvet, seats In the New York Stock ex
change fell fmm JHti.iHX) to $ii,0ij0.
The New York bank teller who thought
lessly hummed the song, "Take Back Your
Gold," is now wliistling for another Job.
A Boston woman, fifty years a cook,
boasts of a baking record of Mono pies,
!,iol,(i doughnuts an I TSS.m puddings. I'n
marrletl. yes; she has always had duitgh
of her own.
Premiums on currency in Plunhutg
brought to light a 15,000 bill which a news
paper f an had tossed to his wife out of
bis August su'ary. The 1 111 boosted confi
dence several degrees.
Harvard professors are filling an Imiimis
Ina tip on the ti end of higher education.
The demand for foot ball tickets far exceed
the recjutst lor seats at the John Harvard
ten 'inlennary celebration.
A misguided man at Atlantic Clly, N. J.,
mistook a mule's tall for an electric light
cable, and gave it u wrench. The effect
was the same. The doctors hope for re
covery, but make no promises.
Courts are responding nobfy to the tusk
of defining th rights of mere man since
Woman's sphere bounded over the fence.
A leeetlf decision denies to a wife the right
to throw dishes ut her hurhund.
With tiumoi ies of "Hock, dcr KulBcr '
still In i-li. Kear Admiral Cogbluu of the
American nuvy should draft und cable a
merry message ol sympathy to Admiral Sir
Perry Scoti of his Kriish majesty's ma
rines. At luxi Chicago's Jail has been compli
mented as "u pleasant, home-Ilk" place."
A woman passed up the bouquet. After
being stripped of Iter money in the open
Hoard of Trade she found the Jail pleasant
by contrast.
Another American woman, niece of Pres
ident Van Buren, rubbed the gilt off the
idle of her husband in a foreign port and
found him lo be a noble brigand, Willi a
penitentiary record. When heiresses buy
gulJ biiiks they elic.ildii'l scn-nii! when the
package Is opened.
In a comment on exposition history, the
Chieugo Kecord-Herald omits the Omaha
exposition from Ps enumeration. Rightly
su. Ihe Omaha exposition la lu a class by
Itself. Il was an artistic and Industrial
success and paid Its stockholders t6 rent
ou tho dollar a record unapproached by
any txpOHltloo held in l.ulf a century.
Omaha Clearing House
Association Checks
Will Be Received By
Ihe Slate Insurance Co. ol Neb.
Room I. N. Y. Life Bu Iding
I-:. A. CLDAJIV. C. K. MliKKW. A .1 l.OVC.
('resident. Vice l'r iil. nl . Pec"y A Tri as
In payment of I'lre Insurance 1'remlutn snnie as (iolil. Sliver or Hi eenhneks.
DIBECTOKB.
K. A. iTIi.MIY.
Vlee prewnlent Cinlahv Packing Co.
C. V. M'llHKW.
Vice President Omaha National Hani
L. M. KKUNK,
President Fremont National Hunk.
.INO. S. HltADV,
Vice President McCord-Hnnly Co.
A. .!. MIVB,
President Hrennaii-Love Co,
" PATRONIZE HOME INSTITUTIONS
COUTANT& SQUIRES
Oar nt w Carbon Goal is tsoellcnt for cooking and hsatlur. It s
elsan, hot, quick to start, makes llttls ash, holds the fire and Is the
best msdlom priced coal In the market. Large Hut stse, 68.85; Eg-a
and Lump, $8.50. We also sell Ohio, Colorado. Cheroksa, Walnut
Block, Coke, Wood and Kindling. Onr hard coal Is the "cranton tlie
bst coal mined. Also sell the Arkansas Anthracite and Baml-Anthiaolte.
Tel. Douglas 930.
khmo noii.Kn pow.
The only way to save lime is in spend
il well.
The worst Ihlng about hell Is to be satis
fied with it.
The man of good judgment will be slow
to Judgi others.
Thu only safe argument with temptation
is a swift attack.
The mind always Is the richer lor the
stand r it forgets.
If you court one temptation you are
sure to win a score.
You cannot find happiness If you turn
your back on health.
Souls that go to sleep on sentiment do
not wake up to serve.
The glory of God Is not promoted bv
the gloom of the godly.
It we do not cause our trials to make
us they will break us.
There's a short road to heaven from
any point In a right life.
The man who works only by the clock
never will own the clock .by which he
works.
Ho makes the deepest dent on history
who has no time to think how much ho
weighs.
So long -as there Is any light in a man s
soul lie does not believe, he can do any
of his sins In the dark. Chicago Tribune.
F.CIXAH SHOTS AT THK PtXPIT
Boston Transcript: Now that n Brook
line church has tried the experiment of
using a phonograph to furnish music at
prayer meeting, what minister will use a
similar device for his part or the service?
Washington Post: "In every meeting I
have ever held," saysi Evangelist Torrey,
"someone has heard mo and has died the
next day." He Is Indeed a bold preacher
who will throw a scare like that Into his
audience.
Springfield Republican: The modernist
reply to the last papal encyclical, which
promptly called forth an edict of excom
munication against the anonymous authors,
contained one very bold yet wonderfully
tiue passage. "We are tired." wrote these
protesting priests, "of seeing the church
reduced to a bureaucracy. We ure jealous
of its remaining powers and anxious to re
gain for It those It has lost. Away with
vain political aspirations. Let the church
again be that great force making for moral
elevation which it was in primitive times."
The worst thing that could happen to Prot
estantism, regarded merely as a militant,
independent branch of the Christian church,
would bo for the modernists to gain con
trol of the church of Rome.
New York Tribune: Rev. Dr. Charles
Fleischer, rabbi of the Congregation Adeth
Israel of Boston, has caused some discus
sion In Jewish circles by the declaration
that "the ancient Sabbath day Is dead."
In keeping with his belief on the subject
he has transferred the chief religious serv
ices of the week to Sunday. Sunday re
liKious services In Jewish houses of wor;
ship have taken place for many years In
New York and Chicago, but It was always
understood that these were for the benefit
of those, people who could not attend on
Saturday, which was ' looked upon as the
real Sabbath. The Fleischer movement is
more radical, because it would wipe out
the ancient day of rest, and In comment
ing on the proposed change the American
Hebrew says: "if Judaism is to le nothing
more than L'nltarlanism, with historic
trimmings, it does not seem worth while
to keep Up separateness and the con
sciousness of a mission. To yield on the
Sabbath question Is to yield the mill at
citadel of Judaism."
Don't Hesitate
Just liecausp the money mar
ket is tight, don't he a pessi
mist, a hard-times croaker.
Don't hoard up your money and
deprive your family of the
pleasure and the good things
you can really afford.
Neither your business nor
your income will suffer from
the existing financial condition.
The country has never been
more prosperous all that goes
to make prosperity is as abun
dant today as ever.
A Piano is an investment
an investment that pays inter
est in entertainment, in clean,
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W Do Expert Piano Tuning and Repairing
NO IMITATIONS GO GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL
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VICTOR WHITa COAL CO., 1214 Farnam. Tel. Dcua. 127
. COW IX,
AttuiniN at Law.
I-:. V. 1. 1;V1S.
Treasurer Crane Co.
O. W. PALM.
Jen'! Inntrance, Lincoln.
K. K. MDWKLL.
Cen'i I n.mirHni'A.
Offlct) 1406 Farncm Srt.
l)OMF.TlC PI.KAS THICK.
"Yes. she. has a fortune In her own
right."
"Is she beautiful?''
"lli. no. her fortune is not so large an
that." Houston Posl.
Sensational Boarder Well, there's one
trust, anyhow, that can't be put out of
business. It's the loveis' trust.
old Bachelor Boarder O. yes: It i an.
Marriage knocks that Into a cocked hal.
Chicago Record -Herald.
"Mrs. I'opley was telling me about her
baby today."
"Yes? 1 met Mrs. New mater today ami
stie was telling me about her s. She s.is
It's Just the sweetest and prettiesi little
thing lu the world."
"How odd: So Is Mrs. I'opley 's. Phila
delphia Press.
"Charlie says I am the only girl lie ever
really loved."
"Yes, Charlie makes quite a specialty of
that word 'really.' "Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"I sometimes think," said Dubley, "Hut
it would be In 1 1 resting; to trace the oi Im o
of some of the common phrases of the tla .
For Instance, I wonder who originated i.i
expression 'It never rains but It pours.'
"Very likely." suggested Kidder, "it was
Noah." Philadelphia Press.
"What were Ihe best six sellei-t when
yoq were in New York?" Inquirttl the In
dlntir literary expert of his prosaic in icli
bor. "I'm blamed If 1 know." was the latteis's
reply. "As tar as I can remember we mile
visited five of 'em. an' I didn't pay much
attention to their locations." Cleveland
PlrUn Dealer.
"What a
about the
queer
lllille,"
re murk that nitiu mado
said the Hrst wedding
guest.
"What was It?" asked tho other.
"He sHld: 'How natural sho looks
don't
you think so?''
"Force of habit. He's an undertaker. "
Catholic Standard and Times, t
She I taw a hat yesterday which was
simply a dream.
He How much was It?
She Only 175. dear. '
He Then you had better lose uo thvie In
waking up. Baltimore American.
"Would you recornlse a former husband
of yours if you should meet him in tho
street?"
"I'm sure I don't know er. ves, 1 think
(.there are one or two of them that I would
know almost anywhere." Chicago lteconl-H.-rald.
"You've lost your maid!"
"Yes."
"Why. you bad her for years?'
"1 know It."
"Then why did she leave?"
"Because my hushind got a Job as trav
eling salesman and was away from home
so much." Houston Post.
THK TOKKV.
James Russell Lowell.
It Is h mere wild rosebud.
Quite sallow now. and dry.
Yet there's something wondrous in it.
Some gleams of days gone by.
Dear sights and sounds that ure to m
The very moons of memory.
And stir my heart's blood far below
Its sboit-llved waves of Joy and Wot .
Lips must fide and roses wither,
All sweet times bu o'er;
They only, smile, ami. murmuring
"Thither!"
Stay with us no more;
And yet ofttlmes a look or smile,
Forgotten In a kiss' while,
Years after from the dark will slari.
And Hash across the trembling heart.
Thou hast given me many roses,
Bui never one like this,
O'ertloods both sense and spirit
With such a deep wild bliss:
We must have Instincts that glean up
Sparse drops of this life In Ihe cup.
Whose tuste shall give up all thai we
Can prove of immortality.
K.trth s stablest things are shadows,
Ami, In the life to come.
Haply some chance-saved trill.
May tell of this old home:
As now sometimes we seem to hud.
In a dark crevice of the mind.
Some relic, which, long pondered o'er.
Hints faintly at a life, betore.
to Buy a Piano
profitable pleasure, in educa
tional benefit for your children
and our plan of selling a lit
tie down, ii little each montl1
and ii sintll interest per anmiiii
provides the best savinir
bank you could find. You gel
the use of the Piano at once.
We are factory distributers foi
Kranich cv Bach, Krakauer,
Kimball, Buh k Lane, Jlallet, v
: Davis, II. P. Nelson, Cable
Nelson, Decker Bros. Co., Mel
ville-Clark, Cramer, etc. New
Pianos ut and up. Pay a
little as monthly on some of
them.
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