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niE OMAHA DAILY BEE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1908. fire Omaha Daily Dee fOl'NDEU ET EDWAUD ROBEWATEU. VICTOU ROSE W A TEH. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Fostofflce as .econd Class matter. TERMS OF FUHSCRirTlON: pally ls (without KunCay). one year.. MM iaily Wee and Surdity, one year J"0 Sunday Bee, one jeer Halunlay ltee. on year I DELIVERED BY CAHRIER: Dally Hee (Including Hunday). per week. 15c Dally Una (wltho'it Sunday), per weeh.Uc Kvenlng Bee (without Sunday), per week 8c Evening Bee (with Hunday I, per week loc Address all complaints of irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. UFFICK9: Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 16 Bcott Street. Chicago 14V University Building. New York loOS Home Lite Insurance Building. r Washington 72S Fourteenth Street N. W. COURESPONDENCE. Communlcatlona relating to new and edi torial matter should be addressed. Omaha Bee, Editorial liepartmrnt. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to !The Bee Publishing company. Only 2-cent atamps received in payment or mall accounts, Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. 8TATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State ot Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: Oeorge B. Tsschuck. treasurer of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn aaya that the actual number ot full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of January, 1908, was as fol lows 1 36.800 17 38,300 It' 36,150 jj 35,400 go! 36.650 jX 36,410 (2 36,140 tt 36,350 Jt 30,460 26 86,540 36,130 ae,3ao 4...., 36,400 1 86,300 36,340 1 86,500 S 36,390 ... 36,360 1 36,410 11 36,330 11 38,160 II 36,430 14 36,263 If 36,360 It 36,100 II 35,100 27 36,140 21 37,130 tit 36,060 10 36,330 tl 36,960 Totals 1,133,890 Leas unsold and returned eoplea, 8,460 Met total. 1,114,840 Dally avarage. 36,963 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to Derore me this 1st day of February, 1908. ROBERT HUNTER. Notary Public. WIIE OCT OF TOWN. Subscribers leaving: the city tem porarily should hare The Bee mailed to them. Address will be changed aa often ava requested. The Gray presidential cloud is not black enough to make Mr. Bryan feel blue. An eastern man is claiming that he once whipped Roosevelt. His name la sot Parker. Senator Foraker is doubtless in full sympathy with the work of the anti- vivisection society. The button manufacturers are con vinced all right that Mr. Taft has the nomination sewed tip. The groundhog simply calls attem tlon to the fact that a few warm days In February do not make a spring. Mr. Fish is different from some rail way magnates, anyway. He announces that he will respect the decision of the court. All the South - American countries are receiving: "Bob" Evans as a vice admiral, but congress has not yet taken the hint. Eastern democrats have failed to agree on any other candidate and the presidential nomination will go to Mr Bryan by default. v - Rudyard Kipling says we should not go after wealth with both hands. Kip ling evidently does his writing with a pen instead of a typewriter. "Dam Li is the name of a laundry manln St Joseph, Mo.," eays the Bal timore News. Have heard his name mentioned in political circles. Th report that Chancellor Day will b one of the New York delegates to the i Chicago convention appears to have been at least premature. It Is reported that the Indian prince rho Recently made a flying trip to this country is suffering from mental aber ration. He also has seven wives. A .Chicago physician claims to have discovered a turkey that was suffering from appendicitis. Why not? Lob eters hav been known to have it. Having tired of waiting in the wings Xor hl cue. former. Governor Dick Yates of Illinois has announced him self a candidate to succeed Governor Deneen. "Nature is never in a hurry." says the Baltimore American, which has never seed nature doing metereological Stunts In February in some parts ot the west. As tha counties vote the opposition to Taft In Nebraska diminishes. A motion to make it ananlmous will be in order very soon after the convention Is Culled to order.- 1 The Intense activity in the British arsenals and navy yard's has been ex plained. J. Bull has heard the re port that certain Americans are trying to bay the London Times. v 'Ig" Dunn having been vouched for by the associate editor of the Com moner, nothing should now stand in his way to whatever political prefer ment he accl:s at the hands of the Bry- anltes. ' Grand Duchess Olga of Ru&sla de clares that "Americans aro the only people worth cultivating." Sorry we ran't recall Just now whether Olga has written a book or is thinking of coming over for a theatrical tour. O.y VANGBROva OBOCltD- The alumni of the I'niversity of N-1 braska have sucreded In reaching Influen tial places. Not a few of the strong men almost every community In the state re graduates of the state Institution. Could all these men and all their Influence be welded together, a Dolitlral rower would rise thnt would command the respect of ne moai aiuie. cooi-neaaea pominmi. . . . . ii.i.i. ust when a thorough attempt of this kind win be made la not known; the leaven of uch work has already appeared. vtim mis common Dona, an easy, wen- founded theme on which to practice, the I i t . . t.1 r I umni uecomcn a mncnine. imhuiiiic I one purpose, oniy. unce Douna. nowevin, . . I the machine Is expected to retain som- I thing of ita form, when It sheers from its " original purpose. Consequently the next state election may eee some ot this Influ- nce at work in the selection of state offl lals, particularly the heads of depart ments. Lincoln Btar. It will be surprising If this proposal to project the State university into politics, thus put forward by a Lincoln ewspaper, should meet with an en couraging response. In our judgment the worst thing that could happen to the university would be to have It made a foot ball of party politics. The real trouble in the past has been not too little Dolltlca. but too much poll- " tics. If the university were to organ- . , . into a "political machine" it would have to take the fortunes of war, good or bad, and in the long run it could V... I ... n n.. n,o TJnllHnol uul uul Dulic' iv" service would soon oecome tne pass- port to university favor and the entire work of the institution subordinated to the cause of politics rather than to the cause of education. In our Judgment the management of the university should aim to keep It as nearly nonpartisan as may be possl- ble and to cultivate friends everywhere irrespective of political affiliations. If the time ever comes when the univer sity's demands in the way of appro priations and legislation cannot stand on their own merits, but must be bol stered up by a "political machine," this institution, of which every patri otic citizen of Nebraska Is proud, will indeed be on dangerous ground. BTOESSEL'S PLEA FOR PARBOtf. Whatever action Emperor Nicholas of Russia may take upon the plea of General Stoessel, found guilty of cow ardice by a court-martial for the sur render of Port Arthur, public opinion of the world will be in favor of the ap peal. Perhaps the court-martial could do no less, under the Russian law, .. . , . .. ... 4V, ,, than find Stoessel guilty, but the fact h, naaipn mtiit.rv riiaciniin fnr- bids a commanding officer to surrender while yet there remains any means whatever of defense is simply another evidence that Russia has not yet fully emerged from medievalism. Civilized nations all agree now that It is the duty of a commander when he is with' out hope of relief from the outside to surrender a fortress when further re , ,a . sistance would only cause a sacrifice of human life. It will be recalled that when Stoes sel surrendered Port Arthur he had been shut off from communication with Kuropatkln for more than three months. The Japanese under General Nogl had taken "203-meter hill" and were in position to aemonsn aDsoiuteiy the fortress in a short time. The sur- . . i 1 1 f a a i a 1 render, it is true, enabled Nogl to with draw his forces and unite with Oyama in the campaign at Mukden, in which the Russian forces were overthrown In no event, however, could the fall of Port Arthur have been delayed more than a few days or a few weeks, at most, and there is nothing to indicate iui -a.,it at MnVHon wnnM Vibvp WIUV lliu been different had the Russians beeu given that additional time. The de feat at Mukden, all military authori ties agree, was due to a blunder on the battlefield by. Kuropatkln, who was completely outgeneraled, and should in no way be charged to the unrortunate Stoessel, whose heroic defense of Port Arthur stands out as the one brilliant achievement of the Russian arms in the war. ' MORE PAT rOR THE ARMY, Congressman Hull of Iowa, chair man of the house committee on mill tary affairs, has a bill which appar ently offers the most feasible solution yet suggested for meeting the demand for Increased pay for the enlisted men ,v, ,, Tha nM. .rn.ino. Ul - that enlisted men In the cavalry, artil- lery, infantry and signal corps of the army shall receive $15 per month, an . .o .v, o n ance, out It goes iunner ana manes u possible for the soldier to increase his - . rnninannnllnn atlll further hv l.nsth of service, and by special proficiency in different lines. An increase of $3 per month is provided the enlisted man's second and third enlistments and fl n mnnth ndilltlnnnl for p.ach subsequent enlistment up to the seventh. An additional 2 a month Is De Elven 8ae aY v luw ""ri" ol provided for the soldier who qualifies he Agricultural department. Proba .. . n,rv.n,n .nnthPr addition nf t.t W after these same experts have spent a month it he becomes a sharpshooter and $5 a month additional it he be comes an expert, rifle shot. The non commissioned officers are to have their pay advanced about 20 per cent. The chief merit of this plan Is the Inducement it holds out to individual effort on the part of the soldier. Under the existing system one enlisted man Is ranked with all the others and no premium placed upon efficiency. With the opportunity offered for the soldier to secure additional compensation and the distinction that comes with mem- bership in a designated class, as marks- men, sharpshooters and expert rifle- men, it is believed by the military ex- perts that soldiers will take more in terest in their work, thus inducing en- listuitnu and reducing desertions. The bill ought to couple with these induce- ments to long service and efficiency penalties In the form of loss or defer- ment of pay increase for breaches oflernment Inspection Is providing the discipline or failure to keep dp to the standard of efficiency for each grade. BHTAS Atfb THC BCSHWHACKSBI. Mr Ttrvan la roHnr nnalMa-AlV IXnCT , ,m I 111 II IB irillMl si LllTJ rjQDIXI 14 u v au w I I cratS, and to some Of thoM farther west not in full sympathy and accord .,th lm on nollcle. .nd Dart7 j ,.., . """' i In hA BflBf n i nn H ftnll.llpvln HP S- I - -v -"-" gates to tne Denver convention evi- .... . , I .v. .v...i,. i.., " " ' LUU'6 luo to tell some of his opponents what he really thinks of them. He has done this to the extent of taking all the romance out of that love feast held at Lincoln a few weeks ago with Roger Sullivan, the national committeeman . ,,,.,. . .., ...j,..., in Illinois. In addressing an audience at Springfield, III., the Other day Mr. Bryan got back to his old form and I served notice on the democrats who had opposed him in former elections or had given him but lukewarm sup- nort that ho knows their names, faces I nnil nnalnfl1ra aAAroaaam anil Will knOW I " y- how to deal w,th them In the .r.uture' in lne course OI nis laia ne eaiu; i 1 do not want delegates who will spend their time at the convention complaining because they are Instructed for me or ex- plaining that it is hopeless to try to elect I want all mv enemies in front of me. and not bGhind mv b.ck. t don't want any more fights with bushwhackers. If I am nominated I want none of the bushwhackers on guard. In the face of this announcement the democrats of Illinois act as though they were going to commit lese majeste again. They have decided, in informal I .......... . Ann,ln,.n Oaita, flnlltvan aa I national committeeman, wneiner mr. 111.,.. 11 r.A Ia InoUl tV o I J ' I as such he shall have proper recognl- tion in the management of the demo- cratlc campaign, at least SO far as it t ,. . HUCLIB 1UIUUIU. I Mr. Bryan B declaration 18 Blgnin- cant, however, in indicating an expec- lotion thoi n.iita n fo ao atom Heron- crats, convinced that they cannot pre- vent his nomination, will probably go to Denver with Drofesslons of regard f-, Mr,, t.Qln Una anH nammora fnl .. later use in tneir doois. ino one can blame Mr. Bryan for expressing a wish to havn hla enemies in front of him in- stead of behind him, but his declara- I ' I t,on that he wants "none of the bUBh- whackers on guard' during the cam- paign is notice mat in me eveni 01 nis . .nva . . election he would have none of the bushwhackers on guard" either and mat, me piums wuuiu an bo ii uiooo nnW who huA hepn with him from the , .i in bu n . Some wrUer, wou,d haye tn0U(rnt tne pro. who have reluctantly agreed to the vision -by the back of the neck if neces nomlnation of Mr. Bryan need not ary" .mart. But probably Kipling called apply to him for favors later. The old line democrats are not likely to welcome their own dispossession, especially In states where they still "i"1"" - ' exert innueuce in mo couuciibtji men party or retain control of the party machinery. They have been on guard since 1896 and doubtless feel that they are entitled to remain on guard In I spue ot me uaruiuuy-wu.u-Bu-a.Ao Proposed by Mr. Bryan nttw nnwllno. ,t lat understands hjw J(j re ded ,n th,. communlty. i . . .-i. 1 .. I Ana ratner magBveuj iuw rct" ora oi me man ne is iu iuuuw as iuo i head of Crelghton university. Omaha takes much pride in this great educa tlonal institution and pays to Father Dnwline the tribute due to merit, for h,s aamln,Btration the affairs of the wh,ch hJ ,ded 6 ... n,a. win rnlv Ulin A A ff II 1 1 V Oil Afiaoaf 11 1 na.o uut ""'j --"- but his participation in the general at- fairs of the community as a citizen has been of service. Disclosures in connection with the ioaning 0f money at usurious interest jn Omaha proves that optimistic hu- manlty Btm faUa an eagy prey to cu- pldity If the Jaw officers would pur- gue the ioan Bharks and the fake em- nlovment aeents with half the vigor r . . . .v,. j they devote to the saloon and other things, the practices now being com- plained of would have long since ceased and a great army of victims would have had protection they really need The city council is asked to call a .nwlal lection to vote bonds for Dav- -r ' . . . ing street intersections in order that the improvement campaign planned for the coming summer may not be .riDl Interferon with. If thia ;;; same u I . . 111. J V. A. 1 a. tanen up wuu raiuuow innmu, si iubi fall's regular election the expense of a special vote would not now be neces- sary in order to accomplish what was plainly necessary montns ago. Farmers of the Third and Fifth con- Sessional districts of Nebraska are to a few weeks in their new environment they will have a greater respect for the soil and climate of this state. In response to a call for a mass meeting" of the populists ot Montana to select delegates to the St. Louis con vention two men responded. One ot them owns the hall where the meeting was to have been held and the other dropped in to get warm. Gr COurse, Mr. Bryan Is not in posi- tlon to express an opinion on that pro- p0Be(i fusion between the Hearst In- dependence league and. the Tammany crowd for the control of the demo- cratic organliation in New York. Expert veterinarians having deter- mined on the efficiency of a test for tuberculosis In cattle, the butchers may now proceed under assurance that animals slaughtered are healthy. Gov- protection demanded, but the people and not the packers are paying the bills. Speaker Cannon says this forestry preserratlon business is beinir oyer- riAt. n.-.-. . ... . . . u., u-...u.uB OBUl ai vnicago a ioi or laronte sons wm ,on Ior lne "HJOer, ZZTZZ X New Yorker fell dead while laiirhlna - at o f,.nno 9.. " t"4iy o J iv;saiawi? ,, v.-., 4 ,j vi aw . t ii r v " " Shaw had nominated J. Plerpont Mor- gan for president. "aauleloaa Jadlelal Fear, Brooklyn Eagle. According to an eminent Massachusetts Physician two members of tha United Statee supreme court are in fear of burlnl tm.,, flr.t ,,,,. lh, either of the great parties Is contemplating recourae to this most august tribunal for vlce presidential candidate Pabiirity aa a Knmigant Baltimore American Tne P,ca made bv Justice Brewer for nnhllnttv In all I.... .... especially in divorce cases. Is one which everr 'dvocato . ot nd order WU aJ w.o. mmraij oeiier mm a cure 1 M ..... ror ev: " in tnsny cases a prevent ,ve- ln " or Having a sin told abroad will very often prevent the commission of the sin. Jolt for Jlagoes. Baltimore American. "The maintenance of lasting peace with 11 nations and the conservation of the rights and interests of all peoples are the cardinal objects of my august sovereign," said the Japanese ambassador on being presented to the president. Such a dis tinctly pacific and fair policy, formulated by an accredited representative of the mikado himself, ought to offset all the . . . ... luiminauona ot tne international jingoes. BOOSt Washington Post Not one bit of our natural wealth has 'en destroyed. The farms are aa fertile " b the stores of mlnerai are as great, the waters still run and the forests .tH ,. T,- r-i 1. . .u. I ----- 1 I IV HIIU II1UDVIC Ui lilt' American people are Just as clear and vigorous aa ever. Good cheer, then, and courage! Let every man face the future, I f 11 rn ! n (T h fa tiflflr 1 1 t.n , V. n - I . every hRnd turned tQ th t(uk'tnat wiu restore good times to all Connsellngr Vosng Men. Bogton TranBcrl t Mr. KiDiina-. cour.nin th v. m t Maglll university, said to them: "if I had message to deliver to a university which v ... J'' " y h'v fu" ture or tnelr countrv to mnM T wi-.nii ov th th. force at my command, do not I would .ay that whenever and ' J""1 ""r playmate, .howlng .Igns of .martness In h derly by the hand, by both hands, by the i mo nc 11 necessary, ana lovingly, Playruy. but firmly, lead him to a knowl cu Vl uigiier ana more interesting tnmgs." it just plain everyday advice. SELFISHNESS ANALYZED. I Reflections oq a 'Da-nlter Applied to a Politician. Minneapolis Journal, William J. Bryan thinks it "Intensely selfish" of J. B. Forgan, to wish that the character for conservative dealing built "p 'hgt 'n of careful flrance should be preserved to them aa an asset of their institutions. This la, of course, selfish, but tt 1. the same kind of selfishness that William J. Bryan exhibit, when he demands and recelvea twice a. much for a Chautauqua lecture as aArti a nt ha m on a u i wt u ahb i r h ts . .1. Kim other mill. IIV Ttr tt.nrv Van rtvb- ' ' ' who. without a doubt, delivers Deiier leciure man wuiiam J. Bryan for ,eM money. Mr. Bryan has built up the Chautauqua business. He Is known on the circuit. Tha mjinuni v.nt him Kabh.. they know that he Is so well advertised that they are more certain of maklna- a nmm " hhn at $280 than on some one else at If Mr. Bryan Is not .elfish on the same I . . . .... . unes as mr. morgan, ne will Immediately forego this advantage he ha. over his fel low "spielers." He will demand a law putting all lectures on an equality before the public, and guaranteeing to all man agers who employ them that there will be no loss. All of the lectures, under this act, win bs charged certain percentage of their receipts, which will go into a fund to "'T""", te.fhauta",u!n.? for th.e lo"e! th, It eatimated that 10 per cent will more than cover these losses. This mean" that Mr. Bryan will put up $26 of 1 V .uu. . . s T . infill. wuu iw inw BuamiiuQ iuna, Thu wjn nQ burJen tQ Mf Bryan ,lnce h, wm have ,eftf whlch wtll be a handsome compensation for a man of his frugal manner of living. He will have the satisfaction of knowing that there Is not a chautauqua circle that la taking a single chance on a lecturer, and that there is not a lecturer on the circuit who is not making soma money, Mr- Bryan may complain that this sys tem will attract to the chautauqua field a greKt many men who ar, not corapetent to lecture, and who have not made a aufficient study of the work to enable them to give the publio value received. This is very and u t. awt ,.m. comprint that Mr. Forgan makea against the guaran I . . teeing of bana deposits, namely, that It would reduce all bankers to the same level tl!it?S tenM,y ,eitl.h of Mr. Forgan. however. to take .uch a position regarding bankers and we reel certain that Mr. Bryan will not be misled Into taking It with regard to lec turers, WHAT IS POWER Nature supplies force. Wind tunu the windrtnill. The brook turn the water-wheel. Coal runs the engine and food runs the man. Some things contain little force, some things much. One substance full of power is SCOTT'S EMULSION Nature put the power there. It is a wonderful flesh-producer. This is not only a nutter of nourishment but of new vigor and activity in the tissues. AO DngaUtii SOs.aaa tljOO. Ol'HO ABOUT SEW YORK. Hippies oa th Carre at of Life la Metropolis. The projected Henry Hudson memorial bridge to crosa Ppuyten LHiyvil creek will have the largest single arch spaji In either stone or concrete ever planned by bridge engineers. The central span 1. to be 70S feet In the clear. In steel there already exist, a longer arch, that of the upper Niagara .pan, which measures MO feet. The design of the Hell Gate bridge calla for a thousand foot arch of steel. Cut In con crete there Is nothing like the big span which Is to link Manhattan to the main land. Tha Engineering News declares that the largest completed concrete arch is that of the Qrunwald bridge over the Isar at Munich. It Is only 230 feet wide. A better Idea of the boldness of the pro posal Is had from a comparison with the general field of masonry arch construction, since tha problems of design and erection for arche. of atone and concrete are In a measure the same. The Cabin John arch of the Washington aqueduct, 230 feet In span, built about half a century ago, waa for a long time looked upon as an excep tional achievement, being the largest stone arch in the world. Only In tho last eight years has It been exceeded, and there are now three larger spans in stone, besides the 230 foot con crete arch at Grunwald Adda. 230 feet: Luxemburg, Z78 feet, and Plauen, 256 feet. In fifty years designer, have ventured only ono-thlrd beyond tho limits set by the Cabin John arch, and only In three cases have they found It necessary. Now In one leap the present limit Is to be multiplied by two and a half. The Henry Hudson arch carries a double deck. The upper or main deck is a highway floor, SO feet wide between the railings; it has a B0 foot roadway and two 15 foot side- walks. The lower deck is to carry four tracks of a rapid transit railway, but as no such lino Is yot in prospect the lower floor system Is not to be put In place at first, but only the necesary connections provided for It. The total length of the bridge, Including the approaches. Is 2,840 feet. Its cost, ex cluding special ornamental features. Is es timated at $3,SU0,000. About one-half of this Is chargenble to the largo arch and It. superstructure. One of the best charitable Institutions on the East Side Is the Free Loan association This association loans money to the East Side storekeeper or the sweatshop worker who needs assistance to keep the wolf from the door. The term free loan algnl fie. Immunity from obligation In every respect except the return of the principal. No collateral, no Interest, Is required; no security except the endorsement of two friends of the borrower. The qualifications of theso two endorsers must be merely good intentions. When the borrower makes application ho states his reasons for ask lng the loan and names the two friends who will vouch for him. Tho association then sends a visitor to see that the appll cant is genuine. Every case is acted upon within twenty-four hours, one of the chlel benefits of the scheme being expediency, Last year the business of the association amounted to $750,000 and It loBt only one eighth of 1 per cent. One thing that makes for security to the association Is that the payment must begin as soon as the loan Is made. An old debt never seems so binding as a fresh one. Tho association obtains Its working capital by donations and private gifts. This year It received S-'iO.OOO from one donor. It Is very seldom that an applica tion Is refused. "We have only to make sure that the man has told the truth about himself," said the secretary of the associa tion, 'and that his emergency Is great enough to demand Immediate assistance." a A foreigner In our midst offers a now ex planatlon why American girls marry titled noblemen. He says American girls cannot stand for quick-lunch matrimony and that Is the reason they go abroad to get mated "They don't want their love gulped down like a noonday repast at a lunch counter," he says. "They want husbands who will make a business of love. There is too much commercialism here. It is a rush hurry, rush all the time, and the women ire left to their own amusement." The American business man seems to be up against It both ways. If ho does not hustle for business someone else gets the Job; If he does not love the girl as ar dently as her soul craves some foreigner steps In and carries her off. There is only one thing to do cut out the business. New Yorkers are a curious lot and it does not require much excitement to draw a crowd. A man's hat blew off Just oppo site the Produce exchange. It went up in the air quite a way and then dropped. Two or three chaps chased after It and at last 300 stopped In front of the Bowling Green building and Just stared. Half of that $10 had arrived after the hat had reached the ground and had been recovered, but they kept right on staring Just the same, be cause somebody else did. The typewriter girls and clerk. In the rtowllng Green building saw tho 300 .taring up at the building and In a twinkling a hundred windows were opened and -300 heads were sticking far out to see what was doing. A fresh bunch came up out of the subway station. They saw the heads sticking out of the windows and the crowd below, and they, too, began staring. Nobody knew what was the matter. "Just a little ex citement," was the only explanation of fered by several of the curious ones. Finally, when the crowd had increased to 600 a cop came along and ordered them away. A New York business man obtained a position for his son In a large commercial concern at a nominal salary. He wanted the boy to become acquainted with routine office work and to learn self-reliance. A few days ago, after three weeks of work, which the boy said he liked "first rate," he waa told that he was discharged, the rea son given to the father In a note which waa carried home was, "He ha. a well de veloped case of 'what?' When he has been cured send him back, for we like him." In further explanation to the father the merchant said that the boy had the exasperating habit of ask ing "What?" whenever anything waa asked of him. This was not because the boy", hearing was defective, but because he waa a slave to "a habit which was a tax on patience, and precluded prompt at tention to orders. This is curable In a boy, I know, and I am sure that when you In form me that a cure has been effected and I ask you to send John back here he will not say 'whatr " That much of tha present day church music has deteriorated until It 1. a dis grace U the opinion expressed by Prof. Tall Esen Morgan, choir leader at the Baptist Umpla, Brooklyn, before a Methodist min isters' mwstlng. Prof. Morgan said: "The music has deteriorated and retrograded and has lost Its. inspiring influence in many churches. Many of the so-called hymns are a disgrace to the church and to music. You wouldn't approacn the mayor of this city with a two-step rag-t!m measure of Jingles. That', what much of the church music la composed of. You wouldn't walk Into the presence of the governor of this state to the airs of the silly and unsacred music frequently heard in our churches. Surely the church should be the lat place for anything but the Ixst in mui-lc." Prof. Morgan -llluist rated his remarks by playlr.g several airs on an utxn; tWn lie f i r i i i i l 1 gJ f 1 I A IV k .... I -A t .J m jM The Tests show hUr V 1 1. I KJTsdr Daking Powder to be most purity and m mm ifFi OR mumm No AInm, No Phosphate oi Lime No alum or alum-phosphate baking powder has been guaranteed or approved by the United States or any State authorities. The adver tising claims of the alum powder makers to that effect are " faked." r-""i 1 1 m . ka. played the "Pilgrim Clioru." from "Tann hauser." 'Now, gentlemen," he went on, "do you regard that muslo a. sacred or profane?" Many of the clergymen declared that, despite the air being taken from an opera. It should be classed as sacred music. Although some block, of Fifth avenue may be threatened by race suicide, the re turns of the Board of Health do not indi cate that the danger is a very serious on 3 for New York as a whole. There were 125,126 births In the city In 1907, an Increase of 13,351, or nearly 13 per cent over 1908. The gain waa the greatest In sixty years. While the births have been Increasing by over 13,000, the death, have Increased by only 3,000. The births exceeded the deaths last year by nearly 46,000, so that If there were no gains from Immigration at all, New York would grow by natural Increase to the extent of 600,000 people between one census and another. There are few large cities In the world that can make such a .howlng. Death swallows up over 20,000 more Parisian, every year than are replaced by births. In St. Petersburg the gain Is only about half that In New York, and even In Berlin it is markedly less. The birth rate In New York decidedly exceeds that of London. There wllbe no shortage of New Yorkers In the next generation; but perhaps some old names may be replaced by new ones. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Ilereklah Wllkins, who fused the first heat of Iron made west of New York, died at Detroit recently, aged 87. H. I. Emerson, a lawyer of Cleveland, who ha. drawn petitions In more than 1,000 divorce cases, has been sued for di vorce. "Holland has 100,000 windmills," say. the Buffalo New.. Nevertheless, not one of them ha. one-tenth the fame of John Wesley Gaines. The person who contends that cupid Is being affected by the commercialism of the age is respectfully referred to the re port that thlrty-slx elopements took place from the poor house in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. Consul General James L. Bodgers of Havana, reports that the officials of the Cuban customs department are preparing an invoice form which Is designed minimize the" errors now so apparent In the paper, relating to exportatlons to Cuba. Notwithstanding the things that have recently been happening to Gould stocks, Mme. Anna Is paying more of Count Uonl's debts. The dividends must keep coming right along, even If the Wall street quotation, are not as encouraging a. they might be. Chief Noel Torn ah Lola ha. finished bis second term of four years as governor of the PasHamaquoddy village of Sebyck, Me., and like Mr. Roosevelt, he has de clared against a renomlnatlon. The Passumaqueddy Indians are among the oldest In the country and were in the same place as now three centuries ago. Prof. Rudolph Leonhardt, the Roosevelt professor lecturing In the United States this year, ia luckier than most other dis tinguished foreigners visiting this country. He has been Introduced to tho real America in a real railroad wreck, while others have simply guxed in terror at the mortality statistics. Prof. Leonhardt's Im pressions of America will be particularly realistic, If published, as the savant', frame of clay was almost moulded into a relief map of western Pennsylvania when his train left the traca at ouiibuuijt junc tion. NoSecrets AJ( your doctor tfh opprooet of thlt ptttcrlptlonfor thlnblood. tmpurt blood. Accept nil answer umnaut wiiwi. Own Music LS" The booka on your library sbelvea you own Outright. They are there an a permanency, for you to read and re-read, for your family and friend, to enjoy whenever they wish. But the music you pay to hear at concert or opera disappears as soon aa it 1b sounded. Yet you can place music on Just as satisfactory and permanent a basta as your morocco covered set of Dickens and Thackeray. THK AI'OI.IAJ IMiAYKH 11 A XO GIVKH AOCKSS TO THE GllEATKHT LIMtAKY OF'.MTSIC EVE It IlKOl'GHT TOGETHEK. Muslo In the form of Apollo Rolls is a posaesslon which logically belongs In every well appointed home. There is as much Batlufuctlon In owning music In this form as in owning printed books. You can summon Into existence your favorite musical com positions Just as readily as your favorite characters in fiction or in history. Among the many Piano Players only the Apollo has received the approval of the world's greatest musical authorities. None of its imitators possess the vital improvements, such aa the great transposing moubplece, which rep resents 95 per cent of Player value, and besides the Apollo Is the only Player Piano in the world that plays the entire keyboard of the piano. No other Player Piano In the world has an 68-note range. The Apollo player Piano is the only Player Piano that can play composi tions like the Scbulz-Evler arrangement of the Beautiful Blue Danube waltz of Strauss, aa played by artists like Myrtle Elvyn. We guarantee the lowest prices in the United States. Purchasable by moderate monthly payments. Come see us tomorrow. A. HOSPE CO.. 1513 Douglas St. llrundi HuuMi: Council liluffs, m n n t-t f 1 I II CI II Gllicial Dr. Price heallhlnlncss R? EX AM Jin milig nr.MvrtK. "Well," snapped Mrs. NngRett, "I pucsj I have a porfi-ct rlnl't to my opinions." "Of course you have," retorie l h.r run band, "and If yoil only kept them to your self nobody would question tint rlfh:." Philadelphia Press. Baldwin The doctors nay there are mo'u than fifty kinds of headache. Dj you b -lleve It? lianibo I know It. I've freqiien'ly hud all of 'em in on.- ninri Ing. Ci Icng l ilbuno. A man dat puts in de mm' of lis tire talkln' 'bout hlHsrlt," buIiI 1'iicle Elu'ii, "generally discovers dat lie's waste. 1 a heap of advertlsln' on a por-pivli' ahtfclc." Washington Slur. "Old Blllyuns Is cutting: down his si n s expenses to the limit." "Why is he cutting tliem down?" "Because he found out the young mat was cutting up." Baltimore American. "Are all you Americans fond of rl" "s you are represented? ' Inquired the tinirlm. "That depends," answered S -tint r Sn : hura, "on whether you are discussing poli tic, or pastry." Washington Star. "I takes notice," said I'nele Eben. "dat a largo tiercentaga of de luivd-luck stories proceeds from de, mnn ilat lias been !o ikl.i' fob. easy money." Washington H ur He I see. after that prison mutiny, the. board of managers ordered tiie rlnKleuders put into Irons. She Then It Is a regular Ironing bnard, Isn't It? Baltimore American. "Your recommendation say. you are as honest as the day is long." "Yes, sir." "Come back In July the days are longer then." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Elders is very anxious to alve the lin presHlon that he's atlll youthful." "Well, you know the old saying: 'There s no fool like an old fool." " "Yes, and when the old fool dyi a his whiskers there's nobody fooled but t:ie ( la fool." Philadelphia I'ress. The business agent stuck hi. head InsldJ the shop dor. A solitary man wa. at woik. "What are you d. Ing here?" he demanded. "Don't you know this Is a holiday?" "No for me," answered the solitary man, without looking up from Ids work. "I'm the boss." Chicago Tribuna. ELEGY IN A COUNTRY PRINT SHOP New York Times. He', taken thirty off the hook; if. quit ting time for "rillm;" We've closed the shop this afternoon to read the proof on him, And find It pretty middling clean, a pi line here and there. But only such a ona us apt to slip In any where; HI. ticket', on the Foreman', desk, all figured up. 1 s'pose. He had Borne fat takes and some lean, but that's the way it goes; I don't know what's hla overtime or what his check will be, I guess he'll strike tl average, along with you and me. He set the measure middling wide he liked to set that way; His work waa mostly .olid stuff, and not much on display; He ought to llvnd threescore of years, a friend of your, and mine. It', tough to think some worthless chap quaddlng out his line. He told me nigh a month ago, aa cool as anything, His dupes were cut and pasted up a mid dling longlsh string. He said he never skinned tho Shop, and guessed he'd bad his share Of overtime and double price, and maybe some to spare. He et a proof that .howed up clean, and did his work up rlttht. Ho never shirked by day so he could doulilespace the night. The Makeup's dumped his matter In, his form Is closed, you ace; His galley's empty on the rack, his slug la twenty-three. We don't know what the Cashier', desk will have to give to Slim; We'll mark a turn rule in tha proof and sav a praver for him. For him the dawn Is In the East, If. get ting light I'ptown, And thirty's taken off the hook, the last form's going down! IMIMMSJ tS J HsmsfaMkjJ tv-tvoat.' - S irJn 3 Jkol CompUU J-ormulm, Ayu't Nm-Akoholic Sanapartiia Rook Fluid Ouaoa HlrnHliU 8raaprlUa Boot, 10 Or. Snr a Sn Talluw Dook Hoot, f Ora. BmsK Cuttoolt &OOt a 1 Org Llaarlos Boot - - r. ioaro - - - 1 Or. ria.hanaUadBifk.ian. Inaid. f Potaauum 4 Ora Buaalliorn Bark a 4 Crrt. OUroaa-Ua.O I I Braiu tlllingla Boot . 4 Ora. Oil Baaaarraa BaUkWok Boot . . Ors.l'orln) Oil Wlntaifrsau Wkur-iumoiui to buh onBuaiunM, Wikatana laonul Wa puellak J.O.AiarOa. tho form Ulan of all our radi'iipa. T.owll laaaa la.; Lincoln, Neb.; Kcwut)-, Xeb
