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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1908.
Tim Omaha Daily Dee.
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I STATEMENT Off ClrrrULATION.
Elate of Nebraska, Dougla County, as.:
Oeorg: B. Tiechuck. treasurer of The
Be I'ubllshlnB company., being duly
worn, say that the actual number of
full and complete cople of The Dally,
Morning. Evening and Sunday Be printed
during tb month of March, 190S, waa a
follow:
88,880 IT S7JB80
'1 36.640 II S8,630
; l., seeo i 8,eoo
38,430 2 Sfl,M
1 t0,8?0 tl 36,680
3660 23.... , 36,400
T.. S,10 tl 46.900
84,600 M 30,730
"I M.480 J I 36,680
.. 8600 tl 36340
!.,,. 30,870 31 38,700
It.......... 86,600 tl 36,370
)l. ......... 86,180 II 36,350
.'4 36.170 10.... 30,890
II 30.350 II. 3630
If M0
Total 1.132 J 50
Li UJ0old and returned oopl.. 3,193
Net total 1,183,098
DUy averag aajum
UEORQS B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and awora
' to befor in tbl 1st day of April, 180..
Notary fuullo.
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TVIIBnt OUT or TOWS.
Sabaarlbara lea via; the Its- tea
tterarlly akoald kava ' Tke
u ailed t tkM. Addreaa will
Itatiejcd a ftea mm aatd.
, Nebraska lumber 6.ler8 will please
take judicial notice not to do It again.
It seems that the tornado la likewise
starting out early for his 190S cam-
Former Governor Yates of Illinois
denies that he Is s reformer. Who ac
cused him?
Although Arbor day has come and
gone, belated tree planting ' la quite
permissible.
.' The father of base ball U dead, but
his offspring la getting bigger and
stronger every year.
. The middies will see the greatest
2-year-old town in the world when
they get to San Francisco.
Paris newspapers annonnce that
Prince Helie de Bagan does not act
Ulte a married man. He never did.
The wireless motor car has been fh
rented, but real fame will go to the
inventor of the smell-less motor car.
. The Llmburger trust has dissolved,
ft was & rank undertaking In the first
place, in. bad odor with the law and
the public.
, Boumania has decided to shut out
the Standard Oil .company. Rou
rcanla need expect no more sympathy
from Chancellor Day.
An arbitration treaty between Spain
and the United States has Just been
signed. It was ten years too late to
do Spain much good.
The republicans have determined to
nominate a candidate in every congres
sional district in Arkansas this year,
even if they have to import a few.
1 A California Judge has decided that
It is impossible for a dog to Inherit
money. Still, this will not prevent
foolish: folks from throwing money to
them.
"Oovernor Hughes has a good many
delegates here and there in other
states," says a New York paper. They
will do no good unless he can assets
ble them at Chicago.
It is announced that Mrs. Yerkes-Mlzner-Yerkes
Is going to marry a
young pianist. The element of har
mony has ben lacking in her former
matrimonial alliances.
TL trust has decided to apend
J 100,000,000 improving its plant at
Gary, Ind. Tfco company thinks
, enough of the futt.ua to Invest a for
tune la underwriting it.
Congressman MurJ tck f f Kansas
wants a pipe organ ::itallrd In the
bouse chamber. Th'j Is tbe first Inti
mation of the neert of ar.y more wind
instruments in tongress,
4ti4a la se'id to have made the
greatest adva&ces In the conquest of
thtt air. The air Is tbe only field left
for Russia, having failed to make good
on either land or water.
The Water board lawyers may
depended upon ' to do their best
keep that appraisement case hanging
up In the courts, giving us more time
and thus at the aame time prolong!
ng
their pull on the payroll.
"How to beat tbe ice man" Is the
subject of a lengthy article In the New
York Tribune. It must be renlem-
bertd, however, that the Ice man
takes a lot of exercise and It isn't
very amateur that can beat htm.
ORG A HIZATIOH.
Nebraska democratic organs are en
titled to all the solace they can get out
of the fact that the republicans are
already setting about the work of com
pleting and improving their party or
ganization with a. view to the coming
presidential campaign. Organization
counts In political battles, as in mili
tary battles, and the superior organ
ization of the republicans in Nebraska
as contrasted with that of the demo
crats is to be credited in large part for
the steadily growing republican ma
jorities. As long as the republicans
keep as far ahead of the democrats in
the matter of organization as they are
now there will be no question about
Nebraska's position in the republican
column.
If there is anything unusual about
the action of the republican state man
agement In pressing at this time for
organization work it Is due solely to the
fact that the new primary law comes
n direct conflict with all previous
precedent and practice. In the presi
dential campaign four years ago the
republican state convention was held
in May and the state ticket and the
state committee made up at that time,
putting everything in readiness to do
business as soon as the national ticket
should have been nominated. Under
the Nebraska primary law It is Impos
sible now to have the state ticket nom
inated or the new state committee
commissioned before the end of Sep
tember, and It would plainly be the
height of folly for any political party
to sit back and do nothing in a presi
dential campaign until the last five
weeks before election. The present
action of the state committee with
reference to perfecting organization Is,
therefore, a sign only that the present
republican state chairman and his as-
societies are alert and active, and deter
mined not to overlook any of the en
Bentlals to continued republican suc
cess. UK. HOBSOIfS CANDIDACY.
The announcement from Alabama
that Congressman Richmond Pearson
Hobson Is planning to be the demo
cratic nominee for the presidency In
1912 is fraught with more significance
to the American people than might
appear at first flush. Politically, the
disclosure of Mr. Hobson's plans may
not b" much of a disturbing factor in
the coming campaign, but many peace-
loving citizens will sleep easier on the
strength of the Hobson assurance that
the nation will still be In existence as
an independent country in 1912, In
stead of being a Japanese province like
Corea. '
. Mr. Hobson has made no explana
tion of his reasons for believing the
country will be all right in 1912, and
It 'will be necessary gratefully to ac
cept his assurance . without -.asking
questions. Since he took the oath of
office as a member of congress he has
been working himself into a perspira
tion in an effort to arouse the Amer
ican people to a realization of their
danger from -a foreign foe. He has
located Japanese spies in all the forti
fications and in roost of the homes of
the land. He has proved the ineffi
ciency of the American navy and
taught timid folk to shudder at his
picture of the ease with which the
Japs might swoop down on us and
take us into bondage. Now his calm
announcement that he will be In the
presidential race In 1912 comes as an
assurance that in some way the cal
amity has been averted and national
existence has been extended for at
least four more' years. Gratitude
alone should lend considerable sup
port to the Hobson 1918 presidential
boom,
UW VNRVLY CASTRO.
President Castro of Venezuela la ap
parently determined to force .the
United States to adopt some drastic
method of forcing a settlement of the
differences between the two countries.
While Secretary Root and the senate
committee on foreign relations have
been trying to devise some plan of se
curing an amicable adjustment of the
questions at Usue, Castro Is climbing
new heights of absurdity by defying
Uncle Sam to do his worst and prom
ising him a terrific licking should he
dare interfere with the plans of Ven
ezuela's ruler. In addition to openly
refusing to arbitrate any claim pend
ing against his government In favor
of Americans Castro has decided to
make a personal warfare on tbe presi
dent. His official organ at Caracas
recently contained a lengthy editorial
denouncing president Roosevelt, from
which this excerpt Is quoted:
Whence, then, can originate the idea of
searching for alight Incidents to create
conflict with VanesuelaT From the chief
of this legation who la called the secretary
of atata In Washington and who la turn
cannot but b under the direct Influence of
Prealdant Roosevelt T If th aspiration of
Ilooaevclt. president of the United State,
aglt the tradition which tmpoaa th
union of tha American people among them
selves ha a a basia tha abdication of the
territorial sovereignty of the people or
tha nullity of their code, just because of
tha pretension of a few cltlsen who do not
and cannot reprent tha will of tha Amer
ican people, It I then high tlm that this
horrible truth be known ard that tha peo
ple of thejjew world know whether In the
government of th United States they have
a friend or a capriclou dictator.
Question of the friendship of the
United States for Venezuela comes in
rather poor taste from Castro, who
must remember the part thle country
took In saving Venezuela from a
richly-deserved trouncing by Great
Britain In President Cleveland's ad
ministration. Since that time Uncle
Sam has acted as a sort of an Interna
tional policeman for the Latin-American
countries and saved more than
one of them from punishment by for
eiga nations. All of this aside, how
ever, the record Is conclusive that
Americans hsve grievances against the
Castro government and It is our duty
to see to it that they receive protec
tion ami reparation.
These rases have nothing to do with
the asphalt controversy. The public
sentiment is rather pronounced in fa
vor of letting the Asphalt trust stew
In its own pitch. But this should not
prevent Castro from being brought to
time for the high-handed manner In
which he has deprived other Amer
icans of their property and has per
sistently refused to submit to arbitra
tion, as he waa morally bound to do in
accordance with former agreements
between Venezuela and the United
States. The pending proposition in
the senate to give the president full
authority to deal with Castro offers
the most promising way out.
EXTRA SESSION IN NEW YOHK.
Governor Hughes of New York has
called an extra session of the law
makers, to begin on May 11, to con
sider measures previously recom
mended upon which action was re
jected or deferred. While the gov
ernors proclamation gives no Intima
tion of the purpose, It is well under
stood that he proposes to urge again
the anti-race track betting bills, the
primary law and the bill enlarging
the powers of the public utility com
missions to include telegraph and tel
ephone companies, ferries and stage
lines.
The ground of battle between the
governor and the legislature is clearly
marked out. Republicans and demo
crats alike have united in opposition
to several of the measures he has
recommended and It Is claimed that
this opposition will be as. determined
at the coming extra session as at the
regular session Just adjourned. The
race track bill was defeated in the
senate by a tie vote and, while the
measure would probably pass If con
sldered. on Its merits, it has been
linked with other Interests and noth
ing In ' the conditions indicates the
prospect of a changed vote on it at
the extra session.
Perhaps the real fight hinges on
the opposition to the governor's plan
to extend the power of the utilities
commissions to the telegraph, tele
phone, ferry and stage companies.
The governor Is employing his charac
teristic methods to overcome the op
position, Just as he forced the original
utilities bills .through without giving
heed to the advice of thj party lead
ers, and apparently without thought
of the" effect upon his own political
prospects. , . ;
The call for the special session to
consider measures which the lecisla
ture has refused to adopt has already
aroused renewed opposition -among
the politicians. It has resulted In de
priving the Hughes presidential boom
of enthusiastic home support and has
aroused antagonism to suggestions for
his renomlnatlon for a second term
as governor. It Is quite possible, If
not probable, that the opposition of
the legislature may force hlrn to seek
an endorsement of bis record by go
ing before the people for another term
In the executive chair at Albany.
TERMINAL TAXATION SPREADIN G.
The reason why the railroads were
so uncompromising in their fight
against the terminal tax law, enacted
by the last Nebraska legislature, is
now developing. Much as terminal
taxation means for Nebraska, where
the railroads had been escaping prac
tically all the burdens of local govern
ment, it means comparatively little as
against Its adoption in all the states In
which the railroads do business.
At the time the contest was on here
The Bee emphasised this phase of it
and ventured a prediction which is al
ready beginning to come true. A
movement for terminal taxation in
Iowa has Just been started by the Com
mercial club of Council Bluffs, which
is endeavoring to enlist the support of
all tb thriving towns and growing
cities in the Hawkeye state. The cir
cular letter stdt ouL by the Council
Bluffs people might tfe easily mistaken
for one of the appeals used here In
Nebraska during the progress of our
five years' fight for terminal taxation,
which finally culminated successfully
a little over a year ago.
When Iowa people want pointers on
the terminal taxation proposition Ne
braska will be the place they will come
to.
Dakota's direct primary law ". has
successfully run the gauntlet of the
courts with the exception of a few
minor provisions. Here In Nebraska
we are still waiting for that oft
promised attack upon our primary
law by former United States Senator
Allen. But perhaps tbe former popu
list senator has reconsidered.
The Wisconsin courts have held that
a dealer must refund the money for a
gun when a man buys It with tbe In
tention of committing suicide and it
falls to do the work. While the de
cision may be good law, it Is hardly
complimentary to the. man who
wanted to kill himself.
Today is registration day for
revision of the lists of voters entitled
to participate la the special election
called for May 6. It you are not sure
that you are properly registered from
your present place of residence, better
go before the registration board and
have it fixed up.
County Assessor Ehrlver'a public
notice that he intends to list for taxa
tlon all recorded chattel mortgages
has produced a plethora of relinquish
meats. Mr. Ehriver la entitled to a
credit mark for this, even though he
may not add much by it to the tax re
ceipts.
Does anyone imagine that the show
ing made here in Omaha to back up
the demand tor tbe development of
river navigation and water transporta
tion could have been made in the days
when the railroads held the whip hand
with their rebates to favored shippers?
The Jacksonlans and tb Dahlman-
ltes will both go to the Denver con
vention In special trains, but not in
the same special train. It does not
appear whether thts edict has been Is
sued by the health commissioner or
th police department.
Illinois is tor Bryan- by grace of the
same Roger Sullivan of whom Mr.
Bryan said less than two years ago
that he would not feel complimented
by any endorsement given by any con
vention composed of Roger Sullivan's
friends.
Roger Sullivan of Illinois, even if he
does belong to "the old Parker gang
that aided in betraying the party four
years ago," has kept the terms of the
compact made with Mr. Bryan for the
delivery of the goods in Illinois.
Mr. Bryan says he refused an offer
of $25,000 a year to act as attorney
for a corporation. Mr. Bryan will ac
cept do position that might bar him
from his accustomed pastime of run
ning for the presidency.
Mr. Bryan says the only hope for a
young man is to learn to use his
tongue, and yet Hans Wagner has Just
signed a contract by which he will re
ceive $10,000 for playing ball for
Pittsburg this season. ,
It is now explained why William
Allen Whit called Speaker Cannon
a vain, arrogant, stupid old moss-
back," Mr. White gets 20 cents a
word for his contributions to the mag
azine.
Sclf-Coatradlctecl.
Kansas City Star.
"I'm no plutocrat," declared Mr. Bryan
In New York, Still Mr. Bryan must admit
that what the lawyer term "the prepond
erance ef evidence" la all against him. He
is a farmer and an editor.
Had Alaroiu IlanUhed.
Chicago News. ,
' Because the sultan of Turkey has seen
tha error of; his way the Italian fleet will
not be ssnt Into Levantine water and war'
wild alarums need not disturb love' young
dream so far as the duke and th senator's
daughter are concerned.
A liDd of Opportunity.
St. Ix)uls aiobc-Democrat. '
Mr. Bryan denle that his income Is
t'5,000 ft year, but It Is known that he re
ceived last year $52,5C( from hls lecture
manager. In the early part of 1893 Mr.
Bryan wa glad to get job aa newspaper
correspondent, and In July of th aame year
he was nominee for president. Waiving
tho exact amount of Income, this la cer
tainly a land of opportunity.
When Itooaevelt Leave White llouue.
St. Paul Fioneer-Fr.
Thosa who worry about what President
Roosevelt will do after he leave th Whits
House should ccae to borrow troulUu.
They should remember that he la a member
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.
It is now stated that Mis Ethel Is to be
made an honorary member of the Brother,
hood of Locomotive Engineer as a result
of httr feat In piloting an engine ninety
mile recently. Wtb a fully qualified en.
glne crew In the fanilly, the Koosevelts
should be ablo to get along until (tithcr
gets a better Job.
Organic disturtxwoes of the femin.
in eyatem act like a firebrand on
the nerves of women, often driving
them fairly frantic.
A nervous, irritable woman is a
source of misery not only to herself,
but to all those who cojne tinder her
influence,. That such conditions cart
bo entirely overcome by taking
LYDSAEaPlMKElA'S
VEGETABLE CQtfPOUKD
ia proven by the following letters.
Sirs. Mary 'Wood, of Christiana,
Tenn- writes to Mrs. linkham :
I had the worst form of female
troubles and my nerves were all torn
to pieces sometimes I suffered so much
that it seemed as though I could not live.
"I began to take Lydia E. link
ham's Vegetable Compound and pow I
feal like a different parson. Your oiedt.
cine is worth Its weight in gold, and I
cannot say enough for your advice, "
Mrs. Wallace Wilson, Thompson,
villa, Conn, writes to Sirs. I'inAhain ;
" I was all run down, nervous, and
eould not rest nights. Doctors failed,
to help ma Lydia E. PinVham'e Vcjr
table Compound restored me to perf oet
health."
FACTS FOR SICK WGMZM.
For thirty years Lydia E. link
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, haa b&en thi
standard remedy for fenialo UU
and has positively cured thousands oi
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, u'cera.
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backache. Why don t you try it ?
Mrs. IMnkbara Invites all sick
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OTIIEIt LANDS THA3I OCRS.
The death of Sir Henry Camptjell Ban
nerman, late premier of Orent Britain, I
generally ascribed to physical breakdown
due to over work. Coming to the mnet re
sponxlb office of the British empire at
the age of 70, Rlr Henry assumed duties
and responsibilities taxing to the utmost
his physkal and mental powers. The cares
of state alone would suffice for a strong
man, but In addition he had the reanonsl
bllitle of political leadership, with all the
familiar demands on his time. A recently
published diary of his varied, activities for
even days showed an average of eventeen
hours of work a day, leaving seven want
hour a day for rest and recuperation.
Only a man possessed of an Iron constitu
tion could stand uch a strain at thro
score and ten. Oiadstona was U when he
became premier for the last time In Wl
but he was an extraordinary man, men
tally and physically, thoroughly versed In
statecraft and familiar with the duties of
tha office. Gladstone gained experience a
premier In hi rrlme. He had won fume
long before 70. The late premier's oppor
tunity for distinction found him In the
winter of life, when the physical man re
bels against the strenuous, life. Sir Henry
was so constituted tempermantally that he
would not limit the demands upon his time.
Party duties became more onerous than
pnblio duties and the strain proved too
great for hla strength. Popular leadership
carrle with It the well meant, but re
morseless, exactions of the people, and Blr
Henry's death is readily traceable to that
cause.
'
Emp,?ror William of Germany Is In posi
tion to appreciate the forehanded wisdom
of the American congress In choosing for
an Advance of salaries a seas.-m of the
greatest prosperity. The emperor some
time ago suggested to those who control
the purse strings that an Increase of his
stipend would greatly Increase the com
fort of his majesty and chase the wolf from
tho palace door The request was given
due consideration, but failed to create en
thusiasm. Indeed, the more consideration
wa prolonged the greater became the num
ber of knockers. Thes'o disagreeable per
sons pointed out that the hurtpet for the
navy was growing at an amnxing rate and
military expenses were equally corpulent.
At the same time public revenues were
decreasing, Increased taxation Imperative
and prosperity afflfcted with the tired
feeling. "If we Increase the emreror' sal
ary," remarked an economical statesman,
"we must do Justice to all officers of the
government from the highest to the lowest.
Where will the money oome from?" The
question wa a poser. Quietly, but firmly,
the emperor wa Informed that owing to
the prevailing hard times and the pinched
condition of the public revenues he would
be obliged to struggle along on hla present
salary of H.STS.a,';;. with fifty-two castles
and country homes thrown In.
The publio roads of France, projecled
and constructed by the firt Napoleon f?r
military purpose, under the development
of auton.io'blle transit have become nearly
a great a menace to puhllc peaoe a the
military ambitions of the Corsican. Splen
didly built and sept In flrat-class condi
tion, they tempt motorist to hurst of
peed rivaling railroad trains. The conse
quence, la a succession of accidents to the
hot pacers and Innumerable Injuries, often
times death, to less strenuous persona.
Severe penalties are Imposed on reckless
motorists and adequate damages exacted
for tha Injured persons, but the law Is
not as wlft a the pace of the motorists,
and many of them, having ruptured tha
law and ditched a alow-mavlng native,
put on more speed and dash over the bor
der Into Bolgium, Germany, Switzerland
or Italy. 'An rffort is now being mada,
with every prospect of ucce, to enact
uniform law which will reach beyond stats
boundaries and corral the runaway motor
ist. An accident of any kind constitutes
one offense and running away a separate
offense. Should each state agree to this
plan and honor requisitions for the run
aways, motor racer will experlenc a
series of thrill a exciting as those they
give their victim.
"
Frequent mention Is marie In dispatches
from the orient ' on an understanding be
tween Ruxsla and Japan In regard to the
control of Manchuria by China. That an
understanding exists between thea power
recently at war ia not improbable. Colar
I given the assumption by a notably con
ciliatory speech delivered In the Russian
Duma by M. Isvolsky, minister of foreign
affairs. The occasion wa a proposal to
raise the Rulan legation at Tokio to the
rank of an embassy. The minister argued
that Russia had not been hurt very badly
In ths war. Considering the many Im
portant questions arising for settlement
from th Portsmouth treaty, It wa neces
sary to recast Russia's relations with
Japan. That was what he had in view.
There were many examples In history of
peoples who' had learned to respect each
other after a war and had found scope for
good and iincere relations and for work In
common In tne spread of civilization. That,
however, was only possible when neither
ef the two parties uffered loss In Its his
torical patrimony, which its ancestors had
won through their own sacrifices, and aa
the natural consequenee of national devel
opment. However distressing might bo tho
sacrifices made In the Portsmouth treaty,
It must (till bo acknowledged thnt Russia,
hud through the war with Jaran lost noth
ing of It historical inheritance, but only
what not long ago belonged to Japan, and
geosraphlcally and economically gravitated
towards that power, like South Sakhalin,
or else the result of enterprise ml con
sonant with Russia' actual strength, like
the enterprise In South Manchuria or the
Kwong Tung penireula. The heroism of
Russian cldlcr still remulned Intact, tho
unity of riuiiBla was (UU unimpaired
Therefor, there was really ' nothipg to
prevent Huia from entertaining the moat
friendly feelings for Japan.
In connection with Thursday' diipatche
from Homo Indicating a pnhalhle ou(ili nient
thiougli lay association of the disposition
of certain church fund Involved In the
French separation set. a recent peorh da.
Uvered in the French senate by M. Rriand.
minister of pub!;c worship, 1 significant.
He uld: "A time will come when the
rplrlt of conciliation will gtise, and. I be
lieve that none of u will have to (iv long
to see the church avtill iuclf of the law
of 11-ud a U tot safeguard. We or (ill)
in a period of battle, of mme or le vague
hope of some revenge or other. You cling
tenaciously to thla Uln, always hoping to
provoke in the national conscience ionic
trouble by mean of which you will in
crease your numbvr in Prllunu'nt. It U
a ft;)s calculation, and you will I Ind i
out. Vhen through the h.b!t of
liberty there bit been formed in thlf coun
try a French clergy, a clergy respectful of
Catholic dogma, but Jcalou as well of ii
Independence from the national point of
view, u clergy possessing it pwn Initia
tive, the preeunt date of thing will eea;.
I do not dinpuie the grandeur of the
church. It attlun ha been 'HjUy bound
up with the development and grandeur )
the country, and I will even fid that
Catholic by birth a I am, although not a
practicing one, I annot behold, without
som ssdnes th disintegration that it
going pn under our t. Th' state of an
archy of th Catholic r)!fton not In ti
luterest of th republic. Th dlre of th
republic Is to t th cllisn of til coun-
when eating, that your food Is of
highest wholesomeness that it has
nothing In it that can Injure or
distress you makes the repast
doubly comfortable and satisfactory
This supreme confidence you
have when the food is raised with
Tho only baking powder made
with Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
There can be no comforting confi
dence when eating alum baking pow
der food. Chemists say that more or
less of the alum powder in unchanged
alum or alum salts remains in the food.
try freely practicing their faith, and It
would he absolutely deplorable If, through
lark of organisation. Catholic consciences
should not be ablo to receive their spiritual
food."
FOLITirAL DRIPT.
Oregon's direct prltuarle for United
States senator took the Cake on the first
throw.
A St. Paul paper noteB the preparations
for Denver going on In that town. Demo
crats sleep fourteen In a bed.
Captain Roland Amundsen, who discov
ered the northwest passage, has sailed from
New York for home. It Is throe years
since he left Cliri'-tiania.
Tha graveyard cynic of tho Philadelphia
Inquirer feelingly remarks, "One of the
finest things about being a United States
senator are the grand speeches t,hat are
made over you when you are;dead."
The popularity of whisker In New York
state fills J. Ham Lewi with the Idea that
Illinois Is just dying to behold his whiskers
In the governor' chair. J. Ham can pull
a fine article of chin music through hi
aeolian harp.
In cleaning up the belated bills pasBcd by
the New Jersey legislature. Governor Fort
put twenty-six measures to sleep with hla
little veto. What the author of the dead
bills think of th governor no editor ha
ventured to print.
PLEASANTLY PUT.
"If you'll notice," aaid Flnnlck, "the
poet invariably refer to the earth as
she.' Why should the curth be consid
ered feminine, I'd like to know?"
"Why not?" replied Sinniek. "Nobody
seeniM to know just how old the earth
I." Philadelphia Press.
Investor (angrily) See here! you told me
I'd surely clear between five and six
hundred dollars on that deal.'
Broker Wel?
Investor Well, J cleared Just SS.75 on It.
Hroker Then you've got no kirk.
That's between J5 and isn't It? Phila
delphia Press.
"Do you believe posterity will recognise
whnt you have done for your country?"
"I don't know," answered the gloomy
statesman. "Even if it doe it will prob
B-fowidiig Kieg fk Co
CLOTS UNO, FURNISHINGS and HATS
BOYS!
F we could cloth all the boys In
this city, wq know well enough
where their fathers would buy
their spring suits.
It's really interesting to observe
in how many families we have the
names of three generations on our
books.
That must mean something. It certainly is a
guarantee to you, if you will accept this as a
personal invitation to sea our spring stocks.
15th and Douglas 05iV 1?t1 an Dul
Streets s SfCw Street
, R. S. WILCOX, Mar.
SATURDAY'S'
At A. HOCPE CO.'G Piano
Salesrooms
will give the Piano buyer many agreeable disappointments. We put
on sale tine new l'ini In each class at s discount equal to tea per
cvQt off our best cssU price (time or ch.
This to the first customer of any of the sixteen different piano
factories we repreBent-vis:
The New fl5 I'iano (any wood), Saturday, only S130.50
Terms 110 cash; tC per month.
The New $100 Piano (any wood), Saturday, only. . .' S171
Terms $10 cash; G per moiith.
The New $250 Pisno (sny wood), Saturday, only 225
Teruis $15 caah; $7 per month.
The New $300 Piano (any wood), Saturday, only $270
Terms $25 rash; $8 per month.
And so on up to the $1,000 Apollo Combination Piano I'layers.
1'sed Pianos from... gyg, 395, yHQ. 3120 1 up
Remember now is the accepted time If you expect to charge
residence, May 1st. to make your selection. Make a s:nall deposit aud
the bargain Is years. Our one price no iommi:.lo4 paying pro
tects you and us. Hemember Saturday, and get her
A. IIOSPE CO.
I t
ably misspell or mispronounce my name
and circulate portrait which do not r
semble me." Washington Star.
"Are you going to marry for love?"
"if I nm lucky; but the man to whom t
nm at present cugaKcd la 0 and a mil
lionaire." Houston Post.
The ladv huir uttered a snueak of delight.
The paternal bug looked around and noticed
that she wa staring up at an overshadow
ing toadHtnoi.
"Oh, papa." she cried, "see what' here!
It's u 'Merry Widow' hat!' "Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"What would you say If your party
leader were to come to you and say your
country railed you?"
"If I were sure they spok with sin
cerity." replied Senator Sorghum, "I should
exhibit great reluctance."
"Kven thoug-li they besought ylou?"
"Certainly It's only when they are be
seech lug '"" that It is safe to s'uow rc
luctanrc." Washington Star.
THE SMOKERS' SAD LOT.
Chicago Post.
The man who smokes 10-crnt cigars
Or two-fern, stogies, or a pipe,
Who puffs inside the smoking cars
The smokestack' human prototype.
(Perhaps that simile' not right,
Eut "pipe" ha none too many rhymes)-
I apt to hear this day or nlsht
Till through his memory It chimes:
"You smoke too much."
If he complains about his health
And says that his digestion's bad.
They drop tho hint on him by stealth
And for the opening re glad.
If he observes that time are hard
And that he cannot save enoush,
With this remark they'll Interlard
His constant rhythmic draw and puff:,
"You smoke too much."
It gets so when he mlsse tralns.V
Or buys 8 suit that doesn't fit.
Or when his taste for drama wanes.
Or when he rhows n caustic wit,
Or when h! hair 1 falling out,
Or when his teeth begin to ache,
Some critic then Is sure to shout
And this remark Is whet he'll make:
"You smoke too much."
No matter what the poor man does.
No matter whnt he doesn't do,
No matter what the poor man was,
Nor what hard luck he struggles through J
If ho should have ingrowing nails.
Or If his eyes are getting weak,
Or If his voice In singing falls,
Somebody els is euro to speak:
VYou smoke too much."
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