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TILE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1908.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. ..
State of Nebraska, Douglas Coutny, ssj
Oeorge B. Tsschuck. treasurer of The
Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn,
says that the aotual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of February, 1908, was as fol
lows: l.. ......... 84,700 it. aMoo
3830O IT 36,800
I 86,180 18 80,930
80,090 19 30,730
S.m. 80,810 10 36,300
..... 36.030 21 8S.340
7. .......... 8S,0 22 30,030
30,030 ,21 3800
9..,...... 80,000 2 36,300
10........... 85.BO0 26 80,070
11 ...... 30,100 2.... 38,490
I!.m.h.mm 80,800 27 sejMSO
ltM...m 38,800 28 36.380
14.. 30,100 29, 30,850
It...,.,..., 38,110
Totals L048,0D0
Lea unsold and returned copies.. 3,437
Net total. 1,039,113
Dally average 80,831
OEORQE B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In 'my bresenco and sworn
ta before me this Id day of March, 1908.
ROBERT HUNTER
Notay public
TFHKir OUT OF TOWlf.
gabscrlbera leaving; the city tern. -aorarlly-
shonld have Tne Be
nulled to them. Address will be
a sussed as oftea as rsqaeated.
Congressman Dalsell's tariff views
need revision.
The grand Jury Is long on recom
mendations, but short on Indictments.
The present congress seems to be
laboring hard to achieve the distinction
of lndlstlnctlon.
The frightful incident at Chicago is
another reminder that the life of a
chief of police is not a bed of roses.
Strange how some people get sick
so far away from home just when they
are wanted to face serious charges in
"ourC
1 Colonel Bryan says the democratic
'party was In bard luck before he took
charge of It And the luck hasn't
changed.
Champ Clark admits that he would
(llke to bo speaker of the house. He
has been the talker of the house tor a
long time.
Senator Dick of Ohio says he prefers
,to be silent on political affairs. The
senator finds himself in a popular role
occasionally.
Mr, Justice Moody has shaved oft
his mustache and the supreme court
now stands B to 4 on whiskers. That's
the usual division.
A noiseless automobile or a noiseless
street car or a noiseless politician
would come nearer filling a long felt
want than the newly invented noiseless
, pistol.
Among the other questions to which
Wu Ting-fang has never bad a satis
factory answer Is, Why do the Amerl
, can newspapers seldom get his name
right?
Evidently the Washington corre
spondents look upon the election next
November as settled. They are now
picking the members of Mr. Taft'a
cabinet.
New York women are planning a
crusade against restaurant dish water.
The agitation should be in favor of
more restaurant dish water Instead of
against It
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The St Paul Pioneer Press an
nounces tho . death , of "Coal Oil
Johnny." The country always feels
orely grieved every time "Coal Oil
Johnny" dies.
Former United States Senator J.
.Ralph Burton of Kansas has Joined the
democratic party. Luck has been
against the democrats In Kansas for a
good many years.
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A local minister declares, "All of
ns have to labor, even the preachers."
Wonder bow the strange delusion got
abroad that the preachers occupied a
particularly soft berth.
A man who looks like Tom Johnson
has been arrested In Cleveland for
passing bogus checks. He ought to be
released. If he looks like Tom Johnson
his punishment is sufficient.
There are still 82.000 vacancies In
the army. The pay is 115 a month
with-.clothes and board. A man out of
work can join and still belong to the
army of the unemployed.
Tho school board 1 transferring
more money from the general fund to
tho VUton school building fund. Wo
thought wo voted bonds last fall to
pay for building this Vinton school.
THK KISt-tlOVH t,ATT.
Evidently it is more than, mere co
incidence that the decision of the Inter
state Commerce commission denying
the request of the railway companies
for on extension of time within which
to comply with the provisions of 'the
law limiting the hours of telegraph
operators and signal men to nine hours
should be published on the same day
with announcements that railroads
throughout the country are dismissing
many" employes, closing up many tele
graph offices and small stations and
adopting a general policy of retrench
ment. The nine-hour law is to become
effective today. '
Under the provisions of the new
law, the Interstate Commerce com
mission was given authority to extend
time for Its application in any given
case in which valid reasons were as
signed. , No attempt was made by the
railroad companies to present such rea
sons until the time had almost arrived
for the law to go into effect. Then
most of the big companies presented
arguments alleging either that it was
impossible to secure the additional
operators necessary for compliance
with the. law or that traffic conditions
did not warrant the additional expense.
The Interstate Commerce commission
has decided that neither of these argu
ments furnish sufficient reason for ex
tending the time.
While this is unquestionably an in
opportune time to impose new burdens
on the transportation companies of the
country, the fact remains that the rail
road companies could and should have
prepared for the emergency, Just as
they could have complied with the law
providing for the use of the safety ap
pliances and the other law requiring
them to dispose of their coal properties,
if they had gone to work In earnest at
the outset.
The retrenchment policy adopted by
some of the leading roads, In abandon
ing telegraph offices and closing
smaller stations indicates an evident
determination to make the burden of
the new law fall upon the public. If so,
this Is a mistaken policy and Indicates
that the railways still have an er
roneous Idea of the attitude of public
opinion. The traveling public has a
keen interest in putting the nine-hour
law Into effect, as a measure of safety,
with as little delay as possible. Aside
from the general sentiment that nine
hours are fully as much continuous
labor as should be Imposed upon rail
way telegraph operators, the main
motive for the legislation Is the pre
vention of accidents, and no plea of
hard times or difficulty in securing
operators will warrant indulgence in
enforcement of a law calculated to pre
serve human life.
CHARQtS AGAINST JKROMK. .
William Travers Jerome,, the dis
trict attorney of New York county, has
become a national character, largely
through the attention he attracted by
his spectacular campaign for re-election
and by his participation In the Nan
Patterson, Harry Thaw and Abe Hum
mel trials. But a short time ago he
was looked upon as a popular favorite,
with a hold on the people of New York
that could not be shaken by assaults of
the combined organizations of all of
the political parties. In his campaign
for re-election he hid behind him
nearly every newspaper In the city, his
support being based on his promise to
prosecute vigorously the men responsi
ble for the insurance frauds exposed
about the close of his first term.
Charges have now been filed against
Jerome and the people who were
clamoring most loudly for his re
election are now demanding his re
moval by Governor Hughes. He was
chosen because of his declarations that
he would ferret out tho parties guilty
of the insurance frauds and prosecute
them to the limit of the law. However
conscientious he may have been, the
fact remains that be has not made good
on this promise. He has failed to do the
very essential things which the people
who elected him expected him to do.
Whether he found he could not carry
out his pledges is not known; suffice
it to say that the charges against htra
are that he has not tried. Having be
come either Inactive or faced the other
way, he has fallen from his pedestal
because awakened public conscience
now demands redemption of campaign
pledges.
THE ANARCHIST PROBLEM.
The atrocious murder of Father Leo
at Denver and the attempted assassin
ation of the chief of police of Chicago
rivet attention anew on the vexed ques
tion. What shall we do with the an
archists? It has been proved rather
conclusively that 'the assassin of the
Denver priest was a fanatic, crazed
with hate of the clericals, and an effort
Is already being made to show that the
man who attempted to kill Chief Snippy
was a monomaniac on the subject of
police officials. These claims, If true,
offer no excuse, in face of the further
established facta that both murderers
were either pronounced anarchists or
In close close communion with anarch
ists. Their insanity or fanaticism must
have been excited, if not created, by
their teachings and by the work of their
organization, which baa its hand set
against order throughout the world.
It is admitted that great difficulty
attends the problem of dealing with
anarchists, at least before they become
murderers, in a country where free
thought and tree sneech are constitu
tional guarantees. But the error la too
often made of falling to take cogni
zance of the difference between liberty
and license. While freedom of speech
la guaranteed society is under no obli
gation of law or conscience or mercy
to give free rein to men who openly
proclaim war on society and law and
who adopt methods worse than sav
agery In carrying on their warfare. No
credit belongs to the rabid anarchist
who is not a murderer. The fact that
his hands are not bloodstained Is due
to his fortune or misfortune, as ho
would likely view It of not having
been selected to carry out the murder
plans of his order.
In the European countries anarch
ists are listed and marked, Just as pro
fessional criminals are known to the
police. Those who come to this country
are usually known to our police and
those who later become avowed an
archists are promptly listed. These un
desirable citizens should be deported
whence they came, with due notice to
the authorities of such countries. The
naturalized citizen who becomoa an
avowed anarchist should have his citi
zenship papers annulled. Such treat
ment. It is believed, would solve the
problem so far as Imported anarchy Js
concerned, and so far as it Is
out in the open, secret oath-
bound anarchism Is harder to com
bat. Anarchism, however, la not an
American Institution, and every possl-
blo precaution ehould be taken against
transporting it to American soil. The
law of Belf-preBervatlon justifies so
ciety In employing, to protect Itself
against such avowed enemies, any
methods that do not destroy the price
less heritage of individual liberty upon
which our republic is founded.
GRAND JURY ON SOCIAL VTIL.
The report of the grand Jury on the
social evil has. at least, the merit of
deflniteness in pointing out the abuses
that should be eradicated, although it
Is weak In its positive recommenda
tions for regulation. It says plainly
that certain features of the social evil
as prevail here are objectionable and
should be stopped, among them what
is known as the "crib system" of Inde
pendent tenants as contrasted with
so-called "houses," the soliciting from
windows, the intrusion of boys within
the proscribed area and the parasitical
men who live oft the earnings of the
women.
There la no question but that all
these features are objectionable, al
though some of them can be abated
much easier than others. It ia easy
enough to close the "cribs" If such
policy is agreed upon, less easy to
stop soliciting and keep boys away,
and almost Impossible to eradicate the
male parasites, especially where the
women are willing victims. The po
lice board is to be commended for tak
ing prompt action along the lines of
the grand Jury's recommendations. In
giving a month'B time for the "crib"
inmates to re-adjust themselves rather
than ordering more midnight raids the
boa,rd, has L shown that it, is animated
by a desire to correct evils rather than
by the cruel frenzy of brass-band cru
saders.
One part of the grand Jury report la
apt to be misconstrued, being that part
referring to the exorbitant rents
charged in the proscribed district and
declaring that they "cannot help be
ing a temptation to those inclined to
accept bribes and graft." There is al
ways talk about graft where there Is
a possibility of it, but this very grand
jury, like all others which have pre
ceded It, although especially instructed
to hunt down every rumor of graft,
has been unable to find anything to
Justify a single indictment That
does not mean absolute freedom from
Instances of petty extortion, but it does
mean that Omaha has been free from
the systematic machinery ot graft
which has fattened upon these forms
of vice in other cities, ,
So far as the problems arising out
of the social evil here are concerned,
Omaha must solve them for itself. The
suggestion of the grand jury that the
legislature be asked to give the city
authorities wider latitude for the reg
ulation and control of a proscribed
district is not likely to come to any
thing. Seven-eighths of the members
of the legislature represent rural dis
tricts or small towns and cannot be
made to recognize the need for any
material difference in the laws on this
subject as between the large cities and
the rest of the state.
Senator Foraker Is going to deliver
a three days' speech on the Browns
ville Incident The unfortunate part ot
the thing is that he is going to deliver
it in the senate chamber, when the sen
ate would much rather go on with the
consideration of live business. The
Brownsville case is as dead as the
Foraker presidential boom.
The newly appointed collector of in
ternal revenue for Nebraska says he
will make no changes for the present
In the personnel ot his subordinates in
the office. Inasmuch as every job
there is nailed down under civil serv
ice rules, that is a superfluous an
nouncement. ' The grand Jury Just adjourned
recommends a workhouse for city pris
oners. That is something Tho Bee
has been urging for years. A stiff
sentence at hard labor Is the only
thing feared by professional police
court offenders.
" The Omaha Woman's club has for
mally condemned the use of the
Christmas tree as unnecessarily de
structive ot our forests. A resolution
denouncing the Fourth of July fire
cracker may be expected about next
December.
And now comes the redoubtable
Wooster with a protest against the
slate fixed up for the democratic state
convention at the Bryan love feast
held lt January. le wants to knevt.
why, if It Is all settled la advance, the
democrats throughout the different
counties of Nebraska have boen put to
the trouble and expense of holding
primaries and conventions just to rat
ify a ready-made combination. Wooeter
should know enough not to ask such
impertinent questions.
Hoke Smith ot Georgia says he
would not accept the democratic presi
dential nomination. Unless Mr. Bryan
has changed his mind In the last few
minutes it Is a safe wager that Hoke
won't get the chance either to refuse
or accept
"Nine-tenths of the democratic
editors throughout the country are op
posed to Bryan's nomination," says
the Los Angeles Times. That Is offset
by the fact that ten-tenths of the re
publican editors are in favor ot it.
It will not do- to place too much
credence In the report that E. 11. Har-
rlman wants to go to the Chicago con
vention ror tne purpose or trying to
start a third term stampede to Presi
dent Roosevelt
"Johnson of Minnesota would beat
Fairbanks," aay8 Collier's Weekly.
The statement will have to go un
challenged, as Johnson and Fairbanks
will hardly have the chance to settle
the question.
Ia Nautical Terms.
Baltimore American.
Toft's boom is forward;, the others are
aft
Bully for Billy.
New York World. '
"Dill" Bryan's bolstering of Beckham wai
"bully" for "Bill" Bradley.
Helps Some.
Washington Star.
Criticisms of banking methods as sharp
as those of W. J. Bryan ought to divert
some of the fire of financial complaint
from the president.
In tha Wildest East.
Baltimore News.
In the vicinity of Huntingdon, Pa., bears,
wildcats and catamounts have become so
ferocious that they are attacking people.
Now, If Mr. Roosevelt Just had the time
to get up there t
Hot a Closed Incident.
Indianapolis News.
The supreme court of Texas has also de
cided that the Waters-Pierce Oil company
was properly ousted and owes the common
wealth $1,600,000; but there are still a few
Itttle formalities to be gone through with
before the Incident can be regarded as
closed.
Mine Henry is Reconciled.
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Senator-elect Is an old-lino, thor
ough-going republican, and regrettable as
it Is that a sound exponent of democracy
could not be elected, the elimination of
Beckham, both now and In the next cam
paign, clears the way for the party to kick
the remnants of the shattered machine out
of Its path and come Into Its own again.
Advance Agent of Commerce.
St Paul Ifoneer Press.
Secretary Reot has recommended to con
gress the employment of four commercial
attaches, two to be stationed In Burope,
one in Asia and the other In Central and
South America. It Is to be the duty of
these men to keep the government advised
of commercial opportunities in all parts of
the world. They are to keop In touch with
conditions in the trade centers of the var
ious nations and to watch for possibilities
for trade expansion. It Is proposed to have
at hand at all times data concerning actual
conditions In the prominent markets and to
be In a position to nable American manu
facturers and merchants to take advantage
of openings as they occur. Those trade
scouts, It Is expected, will enable Uncle Bam
to occupy a new commercial field before
his competitors wake up to the fact that
there Is a field. It seems to be a plain
case of adapting Dullness tactics to a wo: II-
wide business proposition.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Estimate of the Man Who Retires In
One Year.
Denver Republican.
A year from now President Roosevelt
will be prepared to step from the highest
publlo office that can be held by any Indi
vidual to the ranks of the private citizen
after having done his work as It was given
htm to do and to the best of his abilities.
But that work, notable as It has been up
to this time with promise of mors effectual
progress In the year to come, will not have
been finished. If he shall have less offi
cial responsibility he will have greater
freedom to do. Individuals and Influences
that have thwarted his policies need nrt
expect that his passing from the White
House will have ended all.
Some people have been bothering and
worrying themselves about a place for the
president, after next year. They ought to
know that a man like him makes a posi
tion for himself by displacement If neces
sary. But the president has answered the
anxious Inquirers In that memorable ad
dress delivered on Wednesday to the dele
gates to the National Educational associa
tion. In private life he will be a factor to
be reckoned with. He will be free to criti
cise and to old. to demand that the policies
Inaugurated by him shall be carried for
ward to their logical end. There can be no
faltering and no falling back.
Whatever publlo duties may come to clti-
cen Roosevelt he will be prepared to ac
cept; but his place and his part will de
pend upon conditions or circumstances as
they may arise. In time of peril he will
be to the forefront a loader In his right
ful place; In times of peace he will be
near with admonition and teaching. In
time of prosperity the warning hand will
be aloft.
President Roosevelt will have a position
new to the republic. He will retire In the
prime of his Intellectual and physical vigor.
He will step aside of his own volition, in
tha knowledge that a sign from him would
have meant his retention a man of trem
endous force who has had and will have
the publlo with him. Woe betldo the public
official, be he president or congressman,
who proves untrue to his trust! The man
who originated the "big stick" will be
there with a prong. Ha will be as a shield
and a buckler to the republic. We ques
tion whether there can be found a prece
dent to the position that remains for Roose
velt to hold. That he la fitted to be an
educator In the true sense Is again made
clear from his address to the teachers of
the nation which" contains tho philosophy
of tha ages with the Inherent practicability
to be found In the American who knows
and appreciates the worth of this young
nation of freemen. He does not disdain
the col te-e as does the modarn utilitarian
whose aim Is millions, and he does not
believe that learning alone can make man
or nation. Character ta what counts after
all, and the publlo school Is the great
moldsr.
NEWS FOll THE ARM T.
Jfete and Comment on Recent Msrr.
meats and Orders.
Army and Nnvy Rerlster.
Representative Blaydrn during the cur
rent debate on the army Appropriation
bill waa led the other day to express some
apprehension lest the new militia division
attached to the office of the assistant
secretary of war, and now under the com
petent charge of IJeutennnt Colonel E. M.
Weaver of the const artillery corps, was a
step toward creating on Independent bu
reau which would some day he under a
high ranking officer of the militia. It Is
autnontatively announced that there Is no
such plan In contemplation and that the
office which has been established with
special reference to the Interests of the
organised mint la derives Its value to the
militia from the fact that H will have St
Its head an officer of the regular cstab
llshment. who will nromote the Inlnt In
terests of the militia and tha reanilnr
army. .It Is recalled that at one time
some or the National guard people had a
project which contemplated a militia
branch of the War department, which
would be under a brigadier general of
the National guard. This cave promise of
a fixture for which scant favor was shown
by the War department official. The
present mltHia division of the office ot
the assistant secretary of war ban no ra.
latlon to the former schome. The object
of that division can only be fully realised
by having at its head an armv nfflrw
who is familiar with tho needs of the
militia and desirous of nramntlnar tho of,
ficlency of the state troops as the ally of
tne regular forces.
The War department Is deluged with let
ters from thosei who served In the war
with Spain and who are not now In the
military service, asking for campaign
badges. Thre can be no exception to the
rule that only those who were In the regu
lar army on January 11, 1905, or subse
qucntly, are entitled to the badges. A bill
has been Introduced this week which ex
tends the law to all those who served in
the regulars and volunteers In Cuba, Porto
Rico and tho Philippines, and probably
those who remained In camp during tho
war with Spain.
Army officers who have had some ex
perience with banks which are either fall
lng or closing their doors believe that
the present conditions Justify a revival of
the proposition to enact legislation per
mlttlng army officers to deposit their
money with paymasters. A correspondent
of the ' Army and Navy Register says
that "fully three-fourths of tho officers
situated In and around San Francisco
lost all of their hard earned savings In
the California Savings Deposit and Trust
Company's failure." Some of them lost
personal funds and others are responsl
ble for the company funds which cannot
be recovered. Most of the officers who
have any such savings have taken this
prudent step in anticipation of orders
for a change of station, and It Is this
which has been sacrificed In the failures
of the San Francisco banks. An effort
has been made in other years to obtain
legislation which would authorize army
officers to deposit their savings with the
paymasters at ratos of Interest which
should accrue when a deposit has remained
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unuitjiurueu lor a given period or lime.
Congress did not seem willing to extend
privilege to officers, although it Is found to
be of decided advantage in the case of en
listed men who are encouraged to save
their money. It is doubtful If tho question
Is brought up again by tho War depart
ment at this session of congress, but there
Is every reason why It should engage legis
lative attention for the benefit of those
officers who wiBh to avail themselves of
the security of deposits with the army
paymasters.
The plans for tho. homeward trip of the
army transport McClellun, which loft Man
ila on February 22 for New York by way of
Suez, contemplates a visit to a number of
ports enroute. The arrival of the vessel at
Singapore is reported. The other ports
which will bo visited are Aden, Sues,
Malta and Gibraltar, whence the McClel
lan will proceed directly to Now York.
Among the passengers on board tho Mc
Clollan are major general and Mrs. Leon
ard Wood. They will leave the transport
at one of the ports and General Wood will
avail himself of six months' leave of ab
sence which he will spend In travel in
Europe. Upon his arrival at New York he
will relieve Major General F. D. Grant of
the command of the Department of the
East. Another passenger on board the
transport Is Brigadier General Harry II.
Bandholtz, chief of tho Philippine con
stabulary, who Is coming to the United
States on leave of absence. The transport
should arrive in New York about April 2.
Some timo ago the War department was
advised of the arrest of a man who had
presented himself at tho army recruiting
station at Montgomery, Ala., and obtained
from the recruiting officer coffee money
and a railroad ticket for travel to Jef
ferson Barracks. He failed to make the
trip and was arrested for embeazelment
of government funds. At the preliminary
hearing in the case in Montgomery on the
22d instant, the defendant was discharged,
there not being sufficient evidence to hold
him for trial. The coffee money waa re
covered from the defendant after the hear
ing, but the railway tickot had disappeared
and the defendant claimed it was puJIed
from his pocket when other papers were
taken therefrom. The incident leads to
some special admonition for the guidance
of officers on recruiting duty, that there
may not be a repetition of this Incident.
Major T. H. Slavens, of the quartermas
ter's department, on duty In the quarter
master general's offlco, has returned to
Washington from an Inspection trip which
included a visit to Fort Barrancas, Fort
McCree and Fort Pickens. It is proposed
to carry out some important projocts at
those places at once, including construction
of roads, walks, water supply system,
wharves, and railroad terminals. Major
Slavens also visited Jackson Barracks, Foit
Jackson and Fort St. Philip, In connection
with the same class of work which will be
executed at the earliest practicable date.
First lleutenant F. A. Ramsay, U. 8. Ma
rine corps, on duty at the navy yard, Puitet
Sound, Wash., has devised an Improved
night signaling outfit and has submitted
the same to the commandant of the marine
corpa for trial. The tests will be conducted
at Washington, D. C. It Is understood that
the outfit possesses several Improvements
over those now In use.
First Lieutenant Charles m Wlllard. of
the signal corps, recently made an inspec
tion of the section of the Alaskan military
telegraph lines under his charge. This sec
tion lies between Fort St. Michael and Old
Woman, and Includes rough country which
is particularly difficult to traverse In win
ter. Notwithstanding the extremely low
state of the temperature. Lieutenant Wll
lard successfully accomplished the Inspec
tion. Lore's Labor Lost.
Washington Post.
The New York World has completed Its
.-lf-lmposod task of naming sixteen demo
crats who could poll more votes than Mr.
Bryan, but the answer remains the same:
They could, but they won't, this year If
Mr. Bryan knows himself. I
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PERSONAL NOTE.
Ex-Governor Morrill of Kansas, now
worth $600,000, was once so hord-up that
he lost a quarter section of land because
he couldn't pay the taxes.
Charles L. Boech, of the fatuity of tho
University of Vermont, at Burlington, was
recently elected president of the Con
necticut Agricultural college at Storrs.
A literary sharp has come forward with
tho claim that he can prove the Japanese
wrote limericks 1,000 years ago. But even
that Is no good reason why this country
snoum go to war with them.
William Scott Ferguson has been ap
pointed to the assistant professorship of
hiBtory at Harvard for five years, be
ginning September 1, 1908. Prof. Fer
guson has been on the faculty of the Uni
versity of California.
Prof. Max Far rand, now head of the de
partment of history in Leland Stanford, Jr.,
university, has been called to a professor
ship of history in Yale. Mr. Farrand has
signified his Intention to accept and will
take up his work at Yale next fall.
An ancient volume, entitled "Life of
Martin Van Buren," was presented to
President Roosevelt on Wednesday by
Representative Gardner of Massachusetts.
Tho book was written by David Crockett
during the bitter political campaign of
1838.
Alice Nellson. thtt nnnm alnirAr hit, h.nn
InvltM to sing the role of Zerllna in "Don
Giovanni" at the opening of tho now Colon
theater In Buenos Ayrea In May. Bho will
be the only American singer to appear at
that Inauguration. Mme. Totrazzlni and
Mme. Melba will be among the singers
who will take part In the opening.
Mrs. Caroline C. Furbush of West New
ton, Mass., has presented to the Naval
academy at Annapolis a valuable histori
cal painting by Thomas Birch of the
Battle Between the Constitution and tho
Ouerrlere." Birch was one of the first
designers of United States coins at the
Philadelphia mint. He painted his naval
battle picture In 1S28.
When his daughter died nine years ago.
Murray Carleton, St. Louis millionaire.
adopted a little Chinese girl In China
through Methodist missionaries. She was
of his daughter's ago tirj took his dausb
ter's name Lexle jOuwt Carleton. She i9
19 now, and h& iariy completed her
studios at tho mission school In Sung
Kong. Her American father is Impatient
to see her, and when she leaves school
she will tw ticketed through to St. Louis.
MIDWEEK SMILES.
"I hear," stated the real estate dealer.
that n 1 1 1 , . f ....... I- .1,1.. I I 1
....... j .... I... , ma , iviutLjr uuva re
cently changed hands."
--iep, rt'sixinoea om Farmer ronoss.
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City Journal.
'I hnA a fr-.pC'hn.nlrMl miilHnlljt,. nt In .v....
house yesterdfiy.
uo you thinii n will pay for itself 7 "
"N;n. 1 think 1 wtil nni' t,- I ...uuiv. !'-
an eloctrlo meter." Houston Post. '
Father Why don't you study co be rjro-
moted? Johnny I don't want to stir im
class enmity. New York Sun.
Harold (sUrhlnff) I have onlv mi frloni
on earth my dog. Evelyn Why don't you
gt another dog? Boston Record.
"Have you got a match?"
"Unfortunately, I have. She jroposed
to
me before I could get away." St. Lo
Louis
limes.
Miff kins I pride myself on the fact that
have never yet broken my word
Blffklns Too flexible, eh? Chicago News.
. " g WW ........ . u . . . ...ll.MIUI.lln Will
eventually In the extinction of the horse?"
"No, indeed. The more automobiles we
have the more horses will be need. Hi to tow
'em home when they break down." Kansas
City Times.
"Shakespeare is said to have been a bad
actor."
"I know that," answered Mr. Storming-
The Kimball
Own Best Mverfisemen
Every man who has a hand in mak
ing it understands this thoroughly.
The writer went through the Kim
ball factory not long ago. "How long
have you been working here?" he
asked a gray headed man. "Oh, over
twenty years," was the answer. "And
you?" to another. "All my life," he
replied. And so it went.
It's the life work of these people
the making of the Kimball piano, and
they not only work as well as they
know how, but they know how to work
well.
Today there are probably more
Kimball pianos in Omana than there
are of any other one make of plana
The favorite model of the Kimball
a. mospe: co,
1513 Doug
Lincoln, Neb.j
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ton Barnes. "But I don't attach any Im
portance to the assertion. Everybody who
plays Shakespeare Is sure to be referred to
by somebody as a bad actor." Washington
Star.
"Yes; I'm setting up In business for my
self." "You haven't had much experience, I
take It, In hiring help?"
"N6; but my wife will advise me. She
has." Louisville Courier-Journal, t
Mrs. Knlcker Thut little boy has such
beautiful table manners.
Mrs. Bocker Yes, his mother alwayi
feeds him at home before he Is Invited
out. New York Sun, f
DOES MA W1MU SHE WAS PA f
Woman's Home Companion.
"I wish 1 had a lot 'o cash,'
Sx pa, one winter's night;
"I'd go down south and stay a whllo
Where days are warm and bright.''
He aet an' watched the fnu tile
(Seemed lost in thoughtful daze),
Till ma brought in some fresh pluo knots
An' made a cheerful blaze.
"I wish I had a million shares
O' stock In Stundard Oil,"
Ses pa; "I wouldn't do a thing,"
Ma made the kettle boil.
An' mixed hot biscuits, fried some ham
An' eggs (Hiuelt good, you bet!)
Fetched cheese an' doughnuts, made tha
tea.
Then pa set down an" et!
"I wish I was a millionaire," ,
Sez pa: "I'd liuve a snap."
Next from the lounge, we heard a snore;
Pa at his ev'nln nap!
Ma did the dishes shook the cloth,
Brushed up, put things away,
An' fed the cat, then, started up
Her plana for bakin' day,
She washed an' put some lcans to soak,
An' set some bivnd to rise;
Unstrung dried apples, soaked 'em, too.
All ready for her pies;
She brought more wood, put out the cat,
Then darned four pairs 'o socks;
Pa woke, an' sez, "It's time for bed;
Ma, have you wound both clocks?"
THE NEW HAT
EVERY HAT THAT IS WOrtTH
WHILE 13 HERE.
IP YOU PREFER SOME PAR
TICULAR BRAND OP HAT. WE
HAVE THE VERY SHAPE.
WHATEVER THE PRICE,
WHETHER $3.50 OR fC, WE
HAVE THE BEST HAT IN THE
MARKET FOR THE MONEY.
YOU MAY PAY LESS OR MORE
HERE AND BE SURE OP YOUR
MONEY'S WORTH.
V Kin-;.
15th and Douglas Rta.
It. 8. WILCOX. MANAGER.
, !' .
Piano Is If
we sell for $300. This is a lower price
than this same piano is sold for by
Kimball agents in many other cities.
The saving to our customers comes
through the economy we effect by buy
ing carloads of pianos for Instant cash
and the lessened expense we have in
selling large quantities and the saving
we make customers by not paying
commissions.
The Kimball piano is made la one
of the model factories of tb,e world.
The problem of making a high class
piano with the utmost economy has
been solved here by the Kimball fam
ily in this magnificent up-to-date plant.
We sell a new Kimball (or $300
Pay $8.00 monthly. We guarantee the
lowest prices in the United Btates.
las Street
Kearney, Nb.; Council Bluffs, lowt