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t se.Mo
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36,870
38,880
7 36,190
3B.60O
38,480
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11 38,670
1J 36,800
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14 35.970
II 36,350
IT 37,560
IS 36,630
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20 38,680
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23 36,400
23 38,900
24 36,720
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WHEN OCT OF TOWN.
abacrlbers leaving; the city te
Itorarlly ahonl4 aavs The Be
' Mailed tm them. Address wUl be
- ehamajad mm af tern mm requested.
Hobson's choice is for
battleships a year.
about ten
At the same time, April
bring umbrella thieves.
showers
The Erie has been saved by Harrl
man and probably (or Harrlman.
There may be" method, but little
Methodism, in Chancellor Day's mad
ness. Who wants to be principal of the
C'aaha High school? Now, don't all
speak at once. j-
Mr. Bryan wants it understood that
bo doea not have to go to New York
to talk, anyway. . '.'
n The pictures on the packages of
garden seeds come properly under the
head of "Illustrated Fiction." "
.. Temperance crusaders refuse abso
lutely to respect the growing public
.sentiment against watered stock.
: Eddie Foy has abandoned his plans
for starring in "Hamlet." The bard
of Avon may rest peacefully once
nioie.
The house at Washington has de
cided that two new battleships will be
enough. Perhaps, with Hobson as an
auxiliary.
. Some of tho usual signs of spring
Jtre still lacking. The Delaware and
..Michigan peach crops have not been
jdestroyed yet.
"Who discovered the Ben Davis ap
ple?" asks a Missouri paper. Don't
'.know, but If he Is found he should be
4roperly punished.
The charges in the Howard Oould
divorce scandal could not have been
much more sensational it the family
had lived in Pittsburg. "
It may yet be necessary for the Ar
kansas legislature to pass a law pro-
Tiding severe punishment for citizens
that whip Senator "Jeff" Davis.
"Mr. Fairbanks will be the longest
in the presidential race," says an In
'dJiinapolls paper. "Longest" is a
word often Improperly used for
"tallest."
"For the first time since 1892,"
ays the Washington Star, "the demo
cratic party is greeted by an oppor
tunity." Yes, and its opportunity is
a knocker.
4 Another bulletproof coat of mail has
been Invented and recommended for
"use of the American army. It ought
to find ready sale among Kentucky to
bacco growers.
. William Allen White refers to
Speaker Cannon as a "vile, stupid, ar
rogant old mossback." It is also un
derstood that Mr. White believes the
speaker has other faults.
Report has it that George Gould
has asked that Prince de Sagan's past
be sent over from Paris. It will
hardly get past the quarantine station
if the sanitary, inspectors are attend
ing to their duties.
Just wait until Governor Sheldon's
tal" of gold laced colonels put them
selves on exhibition in San Francisco
and the people who see them out there
Ul b convinced that the recent panic
ever touched Nebraska.
BALVBRIOVS SKBRAflKA.
In the course of an informal talk
during his recent visit to Omaha Fresl
dent Paul Morton of the Equitable
Life Assurance society let out the In
formation that the experience of bis
company with policyholders residing in
Nebraska, as typical of the corn belt
states, showed a mortality of only 63
per cent of what the computations of
Its mortuary statisticians had led It to
expect. In Justification of the mortu
ary tables which might thus be taken
to be wide of the mark, the further
assertion was made that in some of the
southern states the mortality expert
ence is more than 100 per cent of the
statisticians' estimates.
This statement by the president' of
one of the greatest life insurance asso
ciations in the world Is the best dos
sible tribute to the salubrlousness and
healthfulness of Nebraska. It means
that the people Inhabltatlng this sec
tion of the continent live longer than
they would naturally be expected to
live and the very fact that they live
longer carries with it the corollary
that they enjoy better health on the
average than people residing in other
parts of the country. It means that
Nebraska has been endowed by its
Creator with the most favorable con
ditions for human habitation, that its
atmosphere is Invigorating and brac
ing, that its altitude Is conducive to
normal respiration, 'that its tempera
ture varying with the cold of winter
and the heat of summer keeps within
the limits most suitable to the" best
physical development, that it is free
from germ-breeding swamps, that Its
waters are pure and palatable, that Its
soil produces foods both vegetable and
animal In quality and quantity to meet
all the requirements of a sound human
body.
We who live in Nebraska are alto
gether too prone to take as a matter of
course the matchless natural ad
vantages freely furnished to-old and
young, rich and poor, alike. We are
too apt to underestimate the priceless
value of good health, long life and few
doctors bills. It Is to be hoped, how
ever, that we will be impressed more
strongly by the cold, calculating fig
ures which show that Nebraska peoDle
are valued 3 5 per cent higher as life
Insurance risks than people living in
places that fit in exactly with the
mortuary tables.
DIPLOMACY AND WEALTH.
The Tageblatt of Berlin has point
edly called attention to a fact which
appears to have been lost sight of in
the recent discussion evoked by the
question of the advisability of ap
pointing David. Jayne Hill to be am
bassador to Germany. In the course
Of the discussion it was develoDed that
one objection to Dr. Hill's appoint
ment was his lack of sufficient income
to maintain the social standing of the
embassy at the German court. It
was stated that Ambassador Tower
has spent $80,000 a year of his own
money in keeping up his social obliga
tions at-Berlin and that Ambassador
Whitelaw Reld's expenses at London
are not less than $200,000 annually;
Dr. Hill's privale income of only about
$10,000 a year, with his salary of
$17,500, would leave hlra less than
half the money spent by Ambassador
Tower.
In discussing the gossip on the sub
ject the Tageblatt safely remarks that
"American prestige does not depend
upon the number of dinners an am
bassador may give and American pres
tige Is not made tfy the court party
which Is accustomed to fill the parlors
on such occasions." That puts the
situation in a nutshell. While the
salary we pay an ambassador to Ger
many, England or France is not large,
in view of the fact that the govern
ment furnishes no residence quarters,
It Is quite sufficient to maintain an
ambassador whose chief attention is
given to the real business and nollt.
leal relations between our government
and the foreign power to which he ia
accredited. This applies as well tn
ambassadors as It does to members of
congress. Some members of congress
save money out of their salaries and
are most Influential in making thelt
impress on national legislation, while
otners are forced to retire from con
gress , because of the financial exac
tlons incident to a residence on Du-
pont circle and participation in the
social gaieties of the national capital.
METHODISTS AND DAXC1XQ.
The action of the New York Meth
oaist conference in voting almost
unanimously, for repealing the famom
amusement clause" in paragranh 248
of the book of discipline will have the
effect at least of renewing the discus
sion as to the right at well as to the
propriety of the church exercising
control of secular amusements of its
members. The question is yet to be
passed upon by the general confer
ence of the church, but the action of
the New York conference is certain to
exert a far-reaching effect in encour
aging a change of the church's atti
tude on amusements. The New York
conference, with only seven dissent
ing votes, recommended that the gen
eral conference eliminate the clause
which puts a ban on theater-going.
card playing, dancing and similar di
versions, removing the churcbly inter
dict against such amusements and
leaving them to the decision of the
conscience of the individual member.
while It is Impossible to forecast
the action of the general conference.
for much of the old feeling still sur
vives in opposition to these forms of
amusement, the New 'York vniA u .
recognition of the general change of
sentiment, by no means confined to
Methodists, in favor ot allowing the
individual and his conscience freer
ftlaw In . I ii I,. - '
. oi per
" rare
mesa days wno look upon card play
ng or dancing as intrinsically vicious
, . ,
uu iub uiu norror oi uie xneater and
the circus as a genu of Satan has long
since disappeared. The real question
before the general conference will be
whether it is better to remove a ban
which Is not effective or to weaken
e,.-. .r..slou. Discipline oy aeep-
Ing a dead letter injunction before its
"x"' '
The New York proposition is a step
In the direction of confining the dls-
clpllne of the church to things spirit
u-.. ..Ug w.e inaiviouai course ot
nuiion aimosi wnony witn Individual
temperament and Judgment The
rccommenaauon win be adopted in
time, even if the next general confer-
ut uenw.. me request, it , is m
"i"u8 n ii.ii tun growui or religious
tolerance that appeals to the heart.
the conscience and to 'Intellect rather
man 10 proscriptlve dogma.
THE JOKE OX THE DEMOCRATS
The story comes from Tom Tag
,.. . . . , . . , . luc """UL'rauc leaaers, is appar
garts home and is not denied bv thel.i.. ,t . .. .. .
citizens of hPn..k.(
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cratic national committee lost a cool
tiKonnn I- i v
$150,000 in real money by acceDt ne
- . m V . i J UCUIU-
Denver's tw km t .
IL It 1 h l0Ca 0n
, ono " "
4a " -
As the story goes, the Denver com-
mitt- had a guaranty of $260,000 in
its instde pocket and was authorized
to irn that hih -...
having the next democr ' pres.
dential candidate nominated mil
above th. M Th -
n.,inno. " " ..T.Vrt.. l"e
" '.7: -m' nowever.
v b uuis wnen a low financial hnr.
ometer rivalled .n .k. u A
wise committee from Denver decided
to bait it. hook for the first cast wiS
a nledire of lion nno.
tee swallowed the bait. hook, bobber
and sinker and voted for Denver. The
trick waa not !. ,..!
$25,000 of the ,100 000 gu 'a ,Z
been forwarded to th- .m,
mittee. with this .I,... ....
DreM. " '""
Denver h. advised the eommi..
the last 25,ono of the mooom n.,mnt h..
been forwarded. This excels any record1
record ikeUd; Jb "atl8facUon over th'
Paid up lo iv; Z.ri"P I'
that It had prepared to pay a much larger
sum.
Chairman Taggart is a verv hnnv
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VVian Vv A 1 ...Lit ' ... ...
uui uouuness ne win nnd time
to figure out how much more fun h
could have had In the campaign if he
and his associates had only held out
for Denver's best bid.
hearings being conducted by the house
wuiiumee on panning ana currency
on the Aldflch currency blll as it was
passed by-the senate will result only
in emphasizing the hopelessness of se-
curing any comprehensive currency
legislation at the present session.
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taaers or. the house frankly charge
that the Aldrich bill is full of defects I
'
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uu "'"i not aaequate to the pur-"
vi mruisuing even an emergency
currency, for which at this time there
is no need. It is the expressed pur-
pose or the committee to endeavor to
remedy some of the defects of the
senate bill, in order to put it in better
Dup uU jwrnaps 10 try to make it
tVia K A r. r. a. 11.1 . .... I
luc " "l ouuie prucucai legislation,
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nop oi sucn action nangs by a very
B.euuer mreaa, as the banking and
commercial Interests of the country
are almost unanimous in opposition to
Alaru;n measure ana it is equally
nl.ln tk.t -" .
piain mat tne senate would not. at
thia time, look with favor upon the
Fowler bill should it be passed by the
house. The house leaders take the
position which is generally sup
ported vin financial circles that the
first step toward a reformation of the
currency system should be a transfer
of the bank circulation from the credit
of the government to the credit of the
banks and the security of their re
sources. In other words, the house
contends 'that the country can never
have, an elastic currency, bo long as
government bonds are used as a basis
for bank note circulation. The Aid
rich bill proposes not only to continue
the bond-secured system of bank note
circulation, but to extend and enlarge
it by adding state, municipal and other
local bonds to those of the lilted
States government. The house lead
ers contend that this would result in
tying up bank capital and bank cir
culation with the market for a variety
of securities and benefit chiefly issuers
and dealers in such securities.
. As currency legislation is always
slow of accomplishment, the opponents
of the Aldrich bill Insist that its adop
tion by the house would place it on
the statute books where it would re
main for years, no matter how de
fective and unsatisfactory it might
prove after trial. This feeling has
served to strengthen opposition in the
house, with the result that the pros
pects favor little at this session in the
matter of currency legislation unless
it is the appointment of a Joint com
mission to study 'and investigate the
entire question and report findings
and recommendations to a future ses
sion of congress for action.
THE STUFFED LETtKR BOX.
The police authorities of New York
have unearthed and are now enforcing
law passed by the state legislature
In 1S97 designed to end an abuse from
which business men and householders
have suffered for years. The measure
makes it a misdemeanor, punishable
by a fine or Imprisonment, for any per
son other than an employe of the
United States Fostoffice department In
the disrhnre-o nf hi. ti.
I.. -
- 1 - any advertising circulars, cards, pa
pers or othar advertising matter" in
- the letter boxes in an.rtmnt hm,.-
flat or huain... . . v
I -. "w uwub-d ui mil j tivusv
In the cltv of New vrk
Similar law should be passed in
every state, or at least in every large
city, for the abatement of this nul
sance. The averaca hntiBohniHar
been long suffering in submitting to
nnding his mall box stuffed dally with
advertising matter, running from
mining stock to corn cures. In flats
and apartment houses the tenants
nromntlv dnmn thi . .v- v.,.
- floors, much to the Janltor'a disgust,
while in the business houses the waste
basket la f.rf P.rh ,i ,
lection of mhhi.h 1,1,.. v .,
I w auuauiiiam TV 1 Ul H t Ul
- w.ua nvii nuiu iiitj mall
box at the door. The mall box stuffed
with imsniirito -..hhi.h i. .
i v . uuuidu id a uuisauce
from which people are entitled to legal
relief
IX DE PE KD tXCB OF THE JCD1CIARY.
Congressman De Armond of Mis
souri, an aspirant for the leadership of
the house minority and recognized as
one of the democratic leaders, Is appar-
speed limit m get
"s r as possioie irom me
r-iiri. u . .
principles championed by the demo-
. . .
! tnn n . - ... -
i'"y in me aays wnen it was a
Ptent vng factor in the nation's
political life. In the old days the dem-
ocrauc party was ever ready with a
toW j.Zh.S h " T
? k J the ,,ne .f d.emarCa!
"u powers ana auties or
ZLTJV " legl8laUVe
r. Mr'
..uuna proposes to reverse this policy
and make conKress supreme.
Early in the present session Mr
n. . ,
De Arm0nd championed the proposal toJ
f ve the P'd;nt authority o remove
r'!?' "d dr-
ai win. ine suggestion
Z 1 D0U9e- Ue Ar"
, m . attenUon t0
the eeatIon of power it would
,D.th! f. ,h
"u,cu' " aDUBea' mnt destry the
Tf . prmc,pie 01 an independent
judiciary provided for by the framers
OI lDe con8"tUtIon.
Mr- De Armond's latest idea is em
bodIed in. a bill to deprive the Judges
ot the lower courts of the power to
dedare congress unconstitu-
trDa1, Mr' De Armond is ranking
minority member nf kn.n .!.
tee on ludiclarv and if hia nof
j v. ,ti uvuac ..tiiii 1 1 j 1
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m power, would probably be chairman
and thus in nosltion tn oncnm .
able report upon his measure which
has been rejected by the majority of
the committee.
The authors of thn fori or ol nnnotlt...
- vuiioiiiu-
tion made clear their purpose to give
the federal Indlnlarv th.
j -j u sicaicni lus-
sible independence of executive or
legislative , branches of the govern
ment. AmericKns generally look uDon
an untrammeledaand unhampered
Judiciary as the very cornerstone of
civil liberty and an overwhelming h-
HJ sentiment will oh
v ni?
mond plan of subjecting the Judiciary
to the orders of ' ithr tho
1- - - v ,uv cacv, uilVC
:
or the legislative, departments of gov
eminent
TH Easter max.
"W oman's chance will come if mere
man shows the tomoritv nu.,v
comply with the dictates of the tailors
and cloth-makers who have entered In
a consDlracv to' msVo hi. -.n.in.
""
clothes look like a scrambled sectloj
of a menaeprie m. bo
more or lee flPndiHh nio..,, t
ing fun at woman's Easter hats and
spring styles, but the modish woman
will appear as sedate as a nun this
coming Easter compared with the up-to-date
man If he dons the togs picked
out for him by the-sartorial experts.
The animal Idea seems to be pre
dominate in the colors for men's wear,
according to the Chicago Apparel Ga
zette. Tiger .yellow, zebra gray, gi
raffe tan, elephant's breath, cinnamon
bear brown, and Canadian smoke are
among some of the colors designated
as the proper thing for the man who
wants to be right In style with a so
ological wardrobe. The Easter
parade of the men, attired In the de
creed styles, would dazzle the circus
day parade and would be quite as
noisy. Altogether, it would appear
that the modest man who has to wear
his old clothes this spring should also
carry bis sldearms.
The political weather forecasters are
amusing themselves by putting down
all the delegates to the Chicago con
vention who are not committed to Taft
as "anti-Taft" men. That does not
follow by any means. There are more
delegates right now instructed for
other candidates whose first choice Is
Taft than there are delegates in
structed for Taft who have any second
choice at all.
The New York Methodist conference
has voted almost unanimously for re
peal of the anti-dancing clause of the
book of discipline. Chances are there
will be lehs enthusiasm over dancing if
all objections to It are to be removed.
A Texas prophet declares the world
will come to an enj In 1911. This
will bo a grievous disappointment to
Colonel Bryan, who doubtless has
plans all mado for being defeated for
the presidency again in 1913.
State university professors willing to
admit that they have reached the
superannuated stage may now make
application to the trustees of the
Carnegie foundation for pension allow
ances. Senator Piatt accuses Governor
Hughes of trying to build. up a new
I ' " "a IE?.'. 1IJILJJ . J I !.XJi 9fPPNW
political machine In New York. As
Senators Piatt and Dpnpw am both
products ot the old machine the pub
lic will be disposed to applaud Gov
ernor Hughes.
Colonel Bryan insists that democ
racy appeals to youth. s It evidently
means that a democratic presidential
candidate must start out while young
In order to run often enough to satisfy
himself before he dies that he cannot
win.
Statistics of Idle freight cars show
a steady decrease from 342,828 on
February 5 to 319.264 on February 19,
313,373 on March 4 and 296,035 on
March 18. That's encouraging.
Monroe Doctrine Rabbed Ia.
Chicago Tribune.
Uncle Sam cherishes no animosities to
ward Venesue:a. but he fears he may have
to take President Castro across his knee
and give him a good spanking.
Obstacles f X Avail.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
, Let us hone that the feellne- mnv nnt
run so hiRh as to prevent a girl in a
dry town from marrying a man In a wet
town, even though he may be personally
dry.
A Prec-TonKoed Insurgent.
Bprlngflcld Republican.
If WIlllBjn Allen White of Kansas were
In rongrrss, he wouldn't catch the eye ot
the speaker in 1,000 yeare. after having
called him "a vile, stupid, arrogant old
mossback."
Woald t Fill I.arge Hall.
Chicago News.
Governor Johnson savs he woul.1 not re.
fuse the nomination if it were offered to htm.
The prominent democrats who would refuso
would not fill a very large hall.
A l"tr of Hammers.
Philadelphia Record.
President Roosevelt Is an honorarv mem.
Per of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire.
men, and Miss Ethel Is to be an honnrnrv
member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. With tho president shoveling
coal and his daughter at the throttle thev
could certulnly make the engine hum.
Doea ,ot Know (he Worst.
Baltimore American.
Admiral Evans is seeking a cure for tho
gout by taking mud baths, and complains
tnat they seem to him to be a great deal
nearer a place not often mentioned in
polite society than any other place ha has
etrr visuea. But the admiral has not
had very much experience with the mud
slingers, so he does pot know the worst.
Another American Invasion.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The -progress made by the United States
in manufacturing is so rapid that even the
faddist who Imagines that Europe Is the
source of supply of the finer products is
obliged to sit up and take notice. He is
especially compelled to do so when he di
rects his attention toward stationery, for
the best papers are now made in this
country and are beginning to find their
way abroad.
Oriental Opportunities.
Chicago Tribune.
It Is easy enough to picture a future
rich in promise. The difficult thing Is to
make the picture a reality. That is the
real problem. The awakenlnar orient i
present day, Tertalnty. The opportunity
for the United States is Just as sure.
wnat . te now. wanted la the breadth of
Vision and thn wl
hleh will enable the country to use lis
opportunity to Its own material develop
ment.
SERMOXS BOILED DOWN.
The best way to work for a raise Is lo
raise your work.
He has no principal in heaven who has
no Interest In humanity.
Preparation Is the best prayer for suc
cess In any undertaking.
When a man knows he Is a martyr you
msy know that ho Is nnt
It's the religion you put out, not that you
put on, that you really have.
The man who always is figuring for him
self cuts a poor figure at last.
Some men think they must be good be
cause life tastrs so bad to them.
You never will lighten the world by
burning the candle at both ends.
Providence always seems unkind to those
who Insist on chewing their pills.
The best kind of a memory Is the one
that remembers the best things.
Idle moments are opportunities for in
vestment or avenues for Infection. .
Nothing dries up the heart quicker than
bathing It in the mists of melancholy.
The sins you hide In the subcellar always
are the ones that make themselves evident,
clear up to the attic.
Too many churches are saying: "Take
our creed on faith and we will go it blind
as to your character."
Money talks, but It ia not heard in heaven,
save when It speaks through lips which it
has stirred to grateful love. Chicago Trib
une. PERSOXAI, AXD OTHERWISE,
Just to enliven existence there the Chi
cago elevated railroad occasionally throws
a loaded car at gaping people on the streets
below.
A Kansas woman is reported to have snld
the family watch dog and Invested the
money In roller skates. Verily, Kansas Is
going some.
With E. H. Harclman takinr over IIS.
000,000 of Erie deficits the prospects of that
concern becoming a live railroad Is 115.
000,000 blighter.
Down New York way a man who per
sists In wearing a tall he Is now clsd
as a "has been." Wimt full (hi. i. t..
the venerable "stovepipe."
The movement fathered by a Massachu
setts man to induce the state department
"to place codfish in the same category as
l.errlng," comes perilously close to trea
son. The sacred odflsh a near-herring?
Perish the Impious thought.
Philadelphia has discovered thnt cltv
contractors have been favored with non
competitive "supplementary contracts," in
one instance boosting a iob nf tvi f ,,n
to $140,010. Still some Phlladeluhlans are
surprised because a few policemen -strayed
from the narrow path.
Allentown, r., Is a town of beauty and
fixture on tho man. The fact la mnh..
slied In a charming way bv an lllustraioa
booklet built on the booster plan and cir
culated by the enterprising publicity bureau
of the Chamber of Commerce. The work Is
a home product, handsome in design and
execution, with an embossed Illuminated
rover. Allentown was founded In KtB, but
does not look its yesrs In the pictures.
All the modern features of life homes,
churches, schools, public institutions, busi
ness and Industrial buildings, are attract
ively portrayed, showing what a live com
munity can do within ninety miles of New
York, fifty-seven miles of Philadelphia
and only thirty miles from the diggings of
the anthracite barons.
We arc
O ourRto.
machine,
Save You 25 to 50
Don't buy a sewing machine of any kind, or from any
one without first looking over our machines.
Our stock includes suck well known makes as
New Home, drop head . . SI 7 KO
Wilcox & Olbbs, box top isaso
New Itoyal. full cabinet. Just 'like
C1ncw ' S17.00
Singer, drop head 521.00
These are genuine bargains. Some of them have never
been out of the house. Are all guaranteed, complete with
attachments, and the latest thing the factory produces.
Second hand box top machines from $3.00 to $9.00
All complete with attachments and guaranteed, and
while they have been used, yet are in condition to give
first class service.
Nebraska ycleo.
GEO. E. MICKEL, Mgr.
Council Bluffs, la., Cor. 15th and Harney St.
334 Broadway 16B3 Bo h Phones 1GB3 Omaha. Neb.
SEC VL All SHOTS AT THE PULPIT
Minneapolis Journal: Rev. Newman
Smyth has written a punsent book, which
asserts what he has said before, that Pro
testanism has passed into decay nnd it Is
to be succeeded by a modernised Catholic
ism. This will satisfy neither Protestant
nor Catholic, so perhaps It may be a mere
opinion, after all. Other men have had
them, too.
fnlladelphia Record: Good Dr. Edward
Everett Hale is not one of these celebrities
whom the newspapers have made and yet
who affect to be above the newspapers. He
Is proud to say that he was "cradled In
the sheets of a newspaper" and the news
papers throughout the country are proud
tq repeat what he says, knowing him to be
Incapable of flattery.
Springfield Republican: Mr. Fairbanks
was defeated by a cocktail In his efforts
to attend as a delegate the Baltimore con
ference or tne Methodist Episcopal church,
and now Chancellor Day's candlducv for
the same honor Is batted hard because ha
has criticised the president and defended
the Standard Oil. Here are two arcat
Methodists (n trouble with the' brethren.
Kansas City Journal: A Chicago minister
wants to "see the streets run red with the
blood of anti-prohlbltionlsts,". and an
eastern bishop says his sympathies arj
with the Kentucky "night riders" because
tobacco is an evil. But these instances do
not prove that ministers as a class aiv
instigators and abbettors of lawlessness.
They simply show that, llko every other
profession, the ministry has its unwise and
imprudent members.
DOMESTIC IM.EASANTHIES.
"Everbody says bnby is very like me,"
said young Mis. Pnpley, fondly.
"Yes, tho cute little thing!" remarked
Miss DIrks, "what fat ankks she hug."
Phlla Record;
Gaggs (severely) Is It very admissible
for a man to pay evn the slightest at
tention to a married woman?
Taggs (cheerfully) Certainly, if sh's his
wiie.-ottiuinure American. j
"How duos It hannen thnt Rrown Is treat- I
iiik everj'Doay in siRni .'
"Why, you see, years ago he presented
his wife with a little toy bank in which
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mo iiii.ii ni I uuiu ftr-, iiicii ,n,nii-n.
"I see. And now he finds himself the I
head of a frugal Industrious family.". A
:so; now ne tlnds tne canK. r-uca.
Hooligan OI do be wor.derln' how th'
number av min in church compare wid
th' wlnimln?
Hinneesy About th' same, as th' wim
mln compare wld th' min in th' pinl
tir.chery. Judge.
"Do vou and your husband ever have
any tiffs?"
"To be perfectly candid, we never do. A
tltt " " f ,n.l,.a u nA 1 1 I anntnthlnv .......
may engage In without being physically i
rll.ohl. " IM-Icnvrt H,'rrri1-MfraM I
Tribune.
Maybe It didn't mean Just what to the
casual listener it seemed to mean, but this
PIANOBUYERS
WANT
Every day, people who have been thinking about buying pianos some of
them Tor years are now attracted to the A. Hospe Co., because of their spe
cial sale and are quick to buy. Having looked around, they easily appreciate
me special uargams inai are oiierea at tnis time. The following are anions
extraordinary opportunities In this store.
$2 50 new oak pianos, which are better than the average J250 piauo
foln at 3100
ou can pay $5.00 per month.
$225 newest, b?st. magnificent upright piano, beautiful style and
finish, more thnn compare with the average $250 piano,
going at 8145
Pay $5.00 per month.
$350 newest, latest mahogany piano, magnificent" uprlpht grand, of
latest style, elegant finish, fine tone and action only 8211
Pay $6.00 per month.
$375 newest, latest, highest grade, walnut upright piano, of latest
style, surprising good tone, very artistic, rich case de
sign of latetst, most approved style, only
Pfivr C 7 nn noi- month
These are but a few of the many extraordinary opportunities awaiting you
ar our store. There Is a great variety of used upright grandu, some of them
from the most famous makers. Prices from $.10.00 uu. Everyone fully war
ranted. Stool and scarf free. Deception Is often practised in' piano dealing.
Prices may be easily Inflated to obtain largo nrofits. So we revert
to our old saying: Vou might be pleaded with a piano bought else
where; you are sure to be If you buy at Hospe's. Why take any chances?
We are factory distributers for Kranlch & liach. Krakauer, Kimball, Hallet &
Davis, Bush & l.nne, Melville Clark. Cable-Nelson, Conway, Weser Bro3., Whlt-
nn, 1 1" ..... I ....... t,1l . . ....
We guarantee lowest cash prices, you can pay monthly $5.00 and up.
There is no time like this lo buy a piano. On many Instruments we are
saving customers from $50.00 to $200. Write if you cannot rail.
A.. HOSPE CO. J.SiiPt
BRANCH HOl'bES: Council Bluffs, I a. Lincoln and Kearney, Nab.
100 Sewing Machines
....at Special Prices....
determined to cut out of
every shop-worn and used
and will
Wheeler & Wilson, drop head,
, 818.00
White, drop head 823 00
Standard, drop head ...$24.00
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FINE
GLASSES
THE HtTESON OPTICAL CO.,
MAKE THE FINEST GLASS-
ES IX THE WEST
THIS FACT the widest
publicity you can, and every time
you make the statement, you will
help some.
The HnWson Bho'not' Invlnsibl
The Hutsson "Sho'not" Invtuslbls
Bifocal Is the best far and near
glass made.
Here In Omaha In our own factory
we are making these "Sho'not" Hlo
cal. Lenses, which not only do not
now any separatum, but do not liava
any. Just a clear single lens with
which anyone can see both for dis
tance and reading. See our Torlcurv
Lense They curve 'round the eyer
flUTESON OPTICAL CO
813 SjonUi 16th t.'
. Tactory on the Premises.
Is what the lowi farmer was overheard to
say to his wife, as they looked over the
market ri'xrts In the dally paper:
"Well, M'riur. hogs Is up, an' that means
we re wurth a good deal more today 'n we
was ylsterday." Chicago News.
MY HEAVE.
St. I.ouls Times,
l.'nhoused In deserts of accepted thought
And lost In JuriKles of confusing creeds'
My soul strayed, homeless, finding ilk
own needs
CnsRtlsfled with what tradition taught.
Tho pros and cons, the little Ifs and amis
The but and maybe.- and the this and thkt
On which the churches thicken and grow
t found but structures built on shilling
sands. B
And all their heavens were strange and far
away,
And all their hells were made of human
hate;
And since for ririth V AtA n .t.
. , .. .Boiuviiru iui sen one aay.
Of happy thoughts I built It stone by stone,
With Joy of life I draped each spacious
room.
With love's great light I drove away all
gloom,
And in the center I made God a throne.
And this dear heaven I set within my heart.
And carried It about with me alway,
And then the changing dogmas of the day
Seemed alien to my thoughts and held no
part.
Now as I take niy heaven from place to
nlace
I find new rooms by love's revealing light,
"And death will give me but a larger sight
To see my palace spreading into space.
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