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jO TTTE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MAY lfi, 1008. I I I:. r : i. - 3. y- Tr Omaha Daily Bee. FOUNDED HT EDWARD ftOPEYVATKK VICTOn KOSBWATEil, EDITOR Fntorrd nt Omthl rnntofflca aa cond Clans matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Fatly la (without Punrtny), one yar..H-JJ ; Pally and Sunday, one ypar J on . Sunday Bf, on yr f ' Saturday Ro, nn year l w DELIVERED RT TARRIER: ' Dally Rp (Inrlurtlna; flunrtav), Wfk.lSr I"allv Ree (without Bunrlayt, per Wrek..!'! : Evening li (without Sunday), per week o 1 Evening Bee (with Purda;;. per week...1"c i Addrra all rnmnlalnti of lrrfrnlarltlo i I delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES: Omaha Th Ren Rnlldlna-. Pouth Omaha-City ITall MiilMlnc. Council fihiffn-18 Fontt Street. Chicaxo nt Unlverelty rtnllrllp. . 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TVschuck, treasurer of Th Be Publishing company, being; duly swam, says t ' that the actual number of full and complete " . copies of The Dallv, Morning', Evening and J.', ' Sunday Ree printed during the month of 2 , npiii, jyus, was1 an rjiiowa; 1 36,90 :f 36,950 2 36,900 S 39.75C 4 37,010 6 38,800 37,510 7 37,340 37,040 37,140 13 37,00 11 37,090 12 37,050 IS 37,340 II 37,330 15 37,180 , 36,600 i 37,140 II 36,950 20 36,820 21 36,930 J2 36,460 H 6,660 24 36,860 25 36,550 2 36,600 27 36,760 2 36,930 29 36,990 10 36,970 Total 1,108,630 Less unsold and returned copies.. 11,341 Net total 1,097,179 Dally average 38,673 GEORGE D. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subecrlbed In my presence and sworn to befoie me this 1st day of May, lVO. (Heal.) ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public WHEIf OUT Or TOWN. abaerlbere tearing the city tem porarily aboal hare The Be mailed to them. Address will be chanced a often aa requested. Congress has practically agreed to "bkidoo" on May 23. "Where does our coffee come from?" asks the Chicago Record-Herald. From the coffee grounds, of course. The Dundee voters promptly threw their support to Winston Churchill as bo s they learned he was an expert go! Lajole says too many baths have "weakened some of the players on his team. Still, the country demands clean baee ball. . The matter might be settled by al lowing the different nations to file competitive bids' for the privilege of spanking Castro. The Philippine assembly has passed a bill establishing a public library at Manila. It Is not explained how Mr. J Carnegie came to overlook Manila. The house has passed a currency bill end sent it on to the senate. It has j hot been determined whether the sen ; ' fcte will pass it on to the White House or pass it up. . All of the base ball teams were Soaked by the rains last week and the Washington team was the only one that, offered no complaint. It is used to being soaked. . The ameer of Afghanistan lays all the blame for the recent uprising in bis country upon his brother-in-law. He must have been reading the history Of the Gould family. An Indiana man has been arrested for' leading a double lire on lis a 1 week. He ought to be rewarded if he will give the world a recipe for liv ing a single life on that pay. Rather convincing proof that Mrs Gunness is dead will not prevent ama- teur sleuths from locating her in dif ferent parts of the world whenever there is a lull In thrilling news. Admiral Schley intimates that he would like to bo secretary of the navy In Mr. Bryan's cabinet, but is afraid he would not be able to work in har mony with Secretary of War Dahlman Secretary Taft has succeeded In con vinclng Panama and Colombia that . they should not go to war over their boundary dispute. The secretary of war is also making a record as Secre tary of peace. Once, at least, in the history of Ne braska the office of governor is going begging, bucn modesty as that ex hibited by Governor Hopewell and Governor Saunders is rare indeed, and deserves much greater recognition than it is likely to get. - The appropriation of $600,000 made by the house to pay increased salarie to the letter carriers has been stricken 'out of the poutoffice appropriation bill in th hou6. Th reason has not tmt-u offered, but the fact remains that no public servants have more hardly earned an increase in compensation than tha letter carriers. There ned be no further discussion of the democratic national platform to be adopted at Denver, Colo. Colonel Henry Watterson has framed it Ilk this: So, let the welkin ring- with tha refrain 'Putriois to the front, wildcats to the rear, down with the black flag of faction .and up kllh the slar-flowend banners cf democracy, uuteriUlcd and undefined!" Mit. flRrjjrs moral nsfc In one of his series of letter-writing contests with Rotter Sullivan of Illi nois Mr. Bryan declared that his great est political asset was the confidence the people placed In him as an honest man, one who rotild not be Induced to sacrifice moral principles for political allurements. It Is true, beyond tjues tlon. that Mr. Bryan has Inspired the people with much confidence of that brand, a confidence that threatens to be rudely Jarred by the developments of the pending effort on his part to se cure the necessary two-thirds vote of the delegates to .the national demo cratic convention to be held at Denver in July. While the country has been led to believe that Bryan's nomination at Denver is a foregone conclusion, there are some indications that this may not be the case and, if it finally so results, that the accomplishment of the end has been secured by concessions on Mr. Bryan's part that are in direct vari ance with his oft-reiterated claim to the possession of unalterable moral convictions on political issues. It has not yet been made clear what Interests are behind the candidacy of Governor Johnson of Minnesota, or Judge Gray of Delaware, or behind the agitation for unlnstructed delegations from the south and east, but It has been made clear that Mr. Bryan has been suffi ciently perturbed by this opposition to make most humiliating concessions to some of the democratic leaders whom he formerly denounced in most scath ing terms. He has always bitterly op posed the element of democracy led by Colonel Guffy of Pennsylvania, but just at this time he is making most persuasive overtures for terms by which the Keystone delegates will give him their votes at Denver. Appar ently and ostensibly opposed to Tam many and all that organization rep resents In politics, it is known that Mr. Bryan and his agents have been assiduously busy in New York in an effort to dull the opposition of "Fingy" Conners, Murphy, "Big Tim" Sullivan and other members to quote Mr. Bryan's Omaha organ of "the old Parker gang that aided in betraying the democratic party in 1904." The compact by which Mr. Bryan greed to admit Roger Sullivan to the council of the leaders in the Denver nte-conventlon plans is an apt illus tration of the changed attitude of the Nebraskan toward former opponents in his party. Mr. Bryan denounced ullivan at St. Louis and, In July, 906, wrote this concerning him: Mr. Sullivan's presence on the committee contradicts all that we can say In tho party's behalf. His corporate connections ould harm the party far beyond his power to aid the organisation, but this could be left to some future convention to deal with If he were actually the choice of the demo crats of Illinois. The fact, however, that he htflds his office by fraud and against the express wishes of a majority of the tate convention makes It Impossible for honest democrats to associate with him as member of the committee. If he refuses to resign and thus puts hla ambi- Ion or his business before the party's suc- ess the sooner he is ejected from the com mittee the better. The Illinois democrats, in state con vention, refused to comply with Mr. Bryan's demand for the repudiation of Roger Sullivan and, on September 13 &06, Mr. Bryan issued a statement from his home at Lincoln, in which he said of Roger Sullivan: He is offically connected with a favor- seeking, franchise-holding corporation, and the question Is whether the democratic or ganisation should be paralyzed by the In fluence of men whose private Interests make it Impossible for them to be guardl ans of the public. Roger Sullivan has not changed. lie la still connected, with the same corporations he was when he was de nounced by Mr. Bryan as a menace to the. democratic party. Friends of Bryan and Sullivan have had confer ences and no effort is now made to conceal the fact that Bryan and Sulli van are working in harmony. Sullivan is to lead the delegation with fifty-four Bryan votes from Illinois to the na tional convention at Denver and has even been prominently mentioned as a running mate of Bryan on the national democratic ticket. The nomination of Mr. Bryan, due to the aid of Sullivan, Guffy and "the old Parker gang," Is certain to cause vot ers to wonder what has happened to the supremacy of the moral idea which has been kept so persistently in the limelight in the Nebraskan's former campaigns for the nomination. Guffy, Sullivan, Murphy, Conners and Parker bave not changed. Is It possible that Mr. Bryan has been converted and ia going into the next fight under a new flag? "MORAL SUASIOS." The Omaha Commercial club and the Omaha Grain exchange present the interesting spectacle of organizations using their combined efforts to con vince a recalcitrant railroad that its established business course is not the right one. . For a long time the Rock Island and its ally, the 'Frisco, have persistently discriminated against Omaha and in favor of Kansas City. During all this time the Omaha com mercial organizations have been ar rayed in the attitude of protectants morn or leaa militant It would not do to say that these or ganizations have boycotted the offend ing corporations, for a boycott is an unpretty thing and very much con demned by the courts at the present. Yet executive officers of the Omaha Commercial club and the Omaha Grain exchange write to tho membership, calling attention to the fact that the attitude of the Rock Island and 'Frisco lines toward the Omaha market have not recently undergone any change and. consequently, are still subject to the same objection as brought on theni the displeasure of the Omaha business men! The thanks of the local com mercial organizations are given to the business men who have so loyally sup ported the attitude of tho Commercial club and Grain exchange in thelf ef forts to bring about a change of heart on tho part of the contumacious rail road officials. This is referred to as merely indi cating the extent to which certain practices that are at other times very much reprehended can be carried when occasion seems to demand. "Moral suasion" is a great factor in modern business life. irjrSTERA' GUVEHXOHS REBUKED. The first net result of the conference at the White House for the considera tion of ways and means for the conser vation of the nation's natural re sources end their development for the wholo people instead of for the n rlchment of syndicates, is the cheering revelation that the entire nation has apparently become aroused to the im portance nnd necessity of a thorough and vigorous forest preservation pol icy. In the addresses by governors of the different BtateB at the Thursday session of the conference executives from New York, the Carollnas, Mis souri and other states where the tim ber supply is natural and still large demonstrated the fact that the people of those states are enthusiastic in their support of the president's forest policy and have scant sympathy, or even pa tience, with the efforts that have been made by certain governors and other state officials in the west to check the pluns that have been made by the fed eral government to prevent further de struction and waste of the timber sup ply of the nation. Governors Brooke of Wyoming, Good ing of Idaho, Butler of Utah and Toole of Montana made a show of protest against the methods pursued by the fed eral government in the regulation of forest reserves, but the sentiment of the members of the conference was overwhelmingly against them. Gov ernor Gooding's contention that the re sources lying within the borders of a fctate should be left to the state, is in perfect keeping with the protest of Senators Borah and Heyburn of Idaho against the existing forestry policy of tho administration. It was, in effect, an announcement that the officials of Idaho are willing to sacrifice the inter ests of the future by allowing re sources which belong to the whole peo ple and should be conserved and devel oped for their benefit to be used by private interests for their own benefit. Fortunately, this sentiment finds no sympathetic response with the people of Idaho or the country and the senti ment developed at the White House conferenco doubtless will convince these officials In certain western states that the welfare of the whole people must be considered above tho wishes or plans of special Interests. It is pleasing, in this connection, to note that, despite the bitter tirades of certain western senators, the senate has passed the Agricultural depart ment appropriation bill, Including $1,000,000 for the forestry service. This is official and final notice that the federal government Is determined that In the scheme for progress of the na tion, the latent national resources must be conserved and developed for the benefit of the whole people. The west has more to gain than any other section of the nation by the encourage ment and prosecution of forestry reservation plans and It ill becomes governors or. other officials from west ern states Ux attempt to place obstruc tions in the way of carrying out a pol icy that holds so much promise of benefit to every citizen of the west and Indirectly, to the bettermenf of the condition of the people of the entire nation. The state officers of Nebraska are nearly all at home now, and with Gov ernor Sheldon's return on Monday the annual assessment of railroads will be taken up. The job this year will be of more than usual interest owing 'to the application of the now terminal taxa tion law. Not only the people of Ne braska, but those of other states, are watching the operation of this statute and the outcome of the sittings of the state board will ba of unusual impor tance. The government is advertising for 550 horses for cavalry and light artil lery use. The advertisement st!pu lates that the horses must be bay black or brown, although a few sorrels and chestnuts will be taken. The democrats ought to be able to supply the demand for high-grade dark horses from tne supply that was trained for exhibition at Denver and then turned back in the pasture. Western Nebraska communities are expecting much benefit from probable extensions of the Union Pacific to be paid for out of the new bond issue Whether this hope will be realized is uncertain, but It is certain that Mr Harriman could build many miles of track in Nebraska and not exhaust th possibilities of extending the service for the great Overland route. Republican Leader Payne and Dem ocratlc Leader Williams spent several hours in the bouse filing charges and countercharges relating to the use of money in political campaigns by both the big parties. The net result of the controversy is pretty convincing evl dence that both Payne and Williams told the truth. The Ohio supreme court has refused to affirm the finding of lower court j which bad. sent a woman drucgiit to jail for refusing to give testimony howlng where she buys drugs at rates allowing her to undersell her competitors. Her success may be due to the fact that she tises plnln white twine Instead of the highly colored and expensive brands tised by her business rivals, The Northern Pacific is being sued because one of its freight cars had a faulty door lock which could not be opened by a traveler from the inside. Railroads should be more careful about rovldlng accommodations for their box car passengers. A magaslne writer has an article in hlch he tries to prove that no man should work more than six hours a day. His argument furnishes con- Inclng proof that he did not work more than six hours the day he pre pared that article. The local response to the relief fnnd for tho tornado sufferers has been as generous as it is spontaneous. On the theory thnt he glvea twice who gives uickly, the subscribers have so far, at least, doubled the aniounta set down. Senator Burkett has Bhown tho world that under stress the legislative heels of congress can be made to turn rapidly. The money for the rehabili tation of Fort Crook was urgently needed and speedily forthcoming. If the South Omaha experiment should bear fruit, the professional tank" will find himself forced into nwelcome reform. The difficulty presenting itself in this case is that prohibition rarely prohibits. Chicago necord-Herald. Since the nomination of Taft is assured. why wait until after the convention to start the boom? Motto with an Emphasis. Brooklyn Eagle. 'Eet us alone" is a very Brood motto which will be adopted with tremendous em phasis by some very bad people. I nchanaed Fashions. Washington Post. The umpires have already noted with re gret that the styles In pop bottles have not charged any since last season. A Strategic Chance Lost. New York Post. The Japanese, having; omitted tho op- portunltj to dash Into San Franclsro har bor and run away with our battleships while the men were parading, can no longer be regarded as living up to their reputation. Why Should lie, Indeed f Louisville Courier-Journal. Elnce It is stated on print paper that plain, blunt "I nele Joe" Is a couple of times a millionaire why should he favor removing; the duty on wood pulp and mak ng It cheaper to publish more stories about his wealth? Push Versna Fallback. Philadelphia Record. The date of the probable adjournment of congress keeps edging along- toward June. The president is full of fight, while he house keeps in fine pull-back condi lon, anxious to get away, but loath to give way to executive push. May 2i is now named as the time of adjournment with the dubious addendum ''if there are no complications." Look Pleaaant, Please. St. Eouls Times. The east Is with the west on the pros perlty idea. While that part of the coun try. In common with the central region, knows that prosperity cannot be made by mere wishing process, it realizes that a cheerful outlook Is more helpful than dreary; that a pleasant race gets more business than a frowning brow. The re Sources of the United States are such as to encourage any reasonable hope for ma terial prosperity. There has been no real panic, and no occasion for one. Most of the disturbance has been in the mind, and, this being true, the mind will help to clear the way to a better understanding and complete restoration of confidence. GOVERXM EX T I X FORM ATIO V. Era of the Press Agent Cannot Be Ignored by 4 'on Kress. Washington Post. , The senate has very properly stricken from the agricultural appropriation bill the language which prohibited the forest service from using money for the prepara tion of Information for publication. As the provision now stands, the service merely prohibited from using money to procure the publication of such Informa tlon. There would have been no danger o such misuse of government funds, even If there had been no prohibition; but It would have been unwise to Impair the usefulness of the forest service hy preventing It from Issuing Information as to Its operations The controversy regarding this part of the forest service work arose from the fact that Forester Pinchot has been using up to-date methods In "preparing matter for publication." He has employed practica newspaper men and caused them to prepare the news of the service hi newspaper fash ion, and to get it before the public while 1 Is fresh. This Is a revolutionary proceed ing, as compared with the old plan of pre paring highly technical reporta and pub lishing them three or four months after they have ceased to be of Interest. The forest service has been widely noticed in the presa, while other bureaus which cling to the old method of disseminating Informa tion have found their publications gather ing duBt In the basements of the depart ment buildings. The newspapers are eager to publish news, and Mr. Pinchot has taken advantage of this tact. That, aa we understand It, is the sum of his offend ing. The era of the government press agent is here, and congress may as well recognize tha fact. If money Is to be devoted to the dissemination of useful Information gathered by the government, it should be wisely expended. Information gathered by the government may be of Immense im portance to the business Interests cf the country, but It must be fresh, or It will not be Information. The people, aided by the newspapers, are first-class gatherers of information on their own account. They re apt to learn everything useful In a government report long before the report can be elaborated, bound, and put In cir culation. A government report has a limited circulation at best, while informa tion disseminated by the press 'reaches every one. The senate by its tacit approval of the employment of skilled newspaper men aa clerks In preparing Information for the prcsa, proves that it Ja keeping abreast of the tiniks. It is to be congratulated upon It recognition, at a, aigoiticvct step for- wajrd. OTHER I.An THAU OURS. Crltlis of the muok-raking variety fre- tiently lament the frequency of graft andala In our public life and point to Europeans aa exemplars of public honesty. The comparison is untrue. As a matter of fact, public and private graft knows no national bounds or race lines. Italy fur nishes am earthquake scandal rivalling hat of San Francisco. An Investigation Into the distribution of the fund raised for the relief of the sufferers from the earth quake In Calambrla, September 8, 1, shows that out of IS.flno.noo contributed, $3, 200.000 were badly distributed. Rich people were not ashamed to take gifts meant for the poor. Well-to-do landlords played the shabbiest part in the scandalous business, putting up flimsy temporary structures and drawing out of the relief fund exorbitant rents for houslmg the unfortunates. In London, where municipal administration is accounted nearly perfect, several office holders corresponding with American alder men, recently were shown to be grafters of no mean order. They were caught with th goods on, conslstlr. of household fur niture, wearing apparel and toilet article, which were charged up to the public. Sur passing either of these In wretched cupidity stands the distribution of the loot realized from the sale of the confiscated church property In France. Europe puts up as fine a grade of graft as can be found under the sun, but the light of publicity does not always reach the ocean. The Irish university bill, which passed the second reading in the House of Com mons hy a vote of 34 to 31, appears to be satisfactory solution of a perplexing problem, and Is reasonably certain to be come a law. It Is a cleverly constructed compromise measure, designed to allay dis oontent occasioned by the monopoly of government favor enjoyed by Trinity col lege, Dublin. Tho measure creates, first, Dublirj university, which is to include new college at Dublin and the present college at Cork and Galway; secondly, a Belfast univerlsty, which Is to be evolved out of Queen's college, Belfast. No re ligious test will be authorized at either In stitution, but the senate of the Dublin uni versity will consist of twenty-nine rtoman Catholics and seven Protestants, while the Belfast senate, though mainly Protestant, must include one Roman Catholic. The revenue of the existing colleges will be In creased by a grant of JIOO.OOO from the Im perial treasury, but none of this money ! to bo spent in denominational teaching. The new college at Dublin, Intended mainly for Roman Catholics, will be erected and will receive a grant of $750,000 from the government. Tho essence of the measure is to create a college for Roman Catholics at Dublin and a college for Presbyterian at Belfast, leaving the Episcopalians In un disputed control of Trinity college. Re ligious antipathies were thus disarmed, party lines "vanished, and Its enactment into law Is assured. Power, honor, leadership, the control and direction of a nation's policies were a greater lure for the late Sir Henry Camp- bell-Banncrman than, an extension of lifu purchased by relinquishing the premiership of Great Britain. The highest honors which crowned his public career came to him late in life, and, like most public men. ho preferred death In the harness to rust ing out in private life. The Glasgow H. r- Id relates on good authority that afUT his first heart seizure In November last Sir Henry, who was a naturally robust man, might have lived on for some years If ho heeded the first warming. It was at an Important speech at the Colston banquet at Bristol which brought on the beginning of the end. During the Illness which followed the premier asked his doc tor to tell him frankly how long he might expect to live. "If you live restfully and give up your public duties, perhaps six or seven years." "And if I remain In pub lie life?" "I fear not more than two." Then I will remain' where I am," said Sir Henry. As a mater of fact he lived only a bare six months. Antonio Mangano, an Italian resident of New York, who recently visited his native land, relates In the May Charities and the Commons many Instances of the demoraliz ing effect on Italian communities of the exodus to the United States. The records of the town of San Demetrlo is a type of all. The first emigrant party, consisting of five persons, left the town In 175. San Demetrlo then had a population of 6,233. Now the number is barely 2,000. There Is scarcely a family In the town that has not some member In America. Mr. Mangan says the desire to emigrate is exceedingly strong. The effect on the country'a wel fare Is very Injurious. Hands are wanted In 'every line of work. Fifteen years ago there were no less than 6,000 sheep and goats pastured on the hills and fields of that locality. Today less than 2,000 can be found. "Men now refuse to be shepherds and live In little straw huts, out In all kinds of weather, for 15 or 25 cents a day. Wages now are from 40 to 50 cents a day." The success and comparative affluence of their kindred In America inspires a uni versal desire to emigrate and every possi ble sacrifice Is made to obtain sufficient means to follow the crowd. In the last six months, however, the tide has turned sharply, and the homecoming multitude Inform the discontented natives that for tune is not picked off the bushes In this great land. The principle of protecting home Indus tries Is embodied in a simple but effective way in the patent law of Great Britain, which went Into effect on the first of the year. By the terms of the law patnnts already granted may be revoked If a show ing Is made, satisfactory to the comp troller, that the patented article or process Is manufactured or carried on "exclusively or mainly otitelde the United Kingdom." The aim of the law Is to compel foreign manufacturers of patented articles, who desire protection of the law, to manufac ture at least enough of the protected goods to s.ipply the home market. Otherwise the foreisn patentee Is at the mercy of any Rritifh imit.iter. Furthermore, all patents granted to foreigners heretofore are limited to four years, hence those issued In 1M nd prior theieto expire next August, and can be renewed only on condition of local manufacture. There have been about S.Of'O of such patents Issued, some of them very valuable.. In many Instances owners of valuable patents, chiefly Amerirana and Germans, are preparing to establish branch factories In the kingdom, nnd fully IO.uhO British workmen, it Is hellevfd. will find employment by reason of the law before the year ends. Strife ut a Tie luaulii. Philadelphia Press. They have a great mlxup In Arkansas with piore governors thun the state hat any need of. The man who was elected governor has been ill for two years, un able to attend to his duties, but he doesn't resign. Meantime the president of the sen ate has been acting, but he is now in Washington attending a convention, and so the speaker of the hmjse takes charea of the arlmlr.iMrati.jii. As the latter is not friendly to the acting governor, a Wholesale change In public office Is looked for. Since all these parties are enemies of his. Senator Jeff Davis gravely an nounces that he doesn t care what hap pen! and certainty nobody outside of Ar- 1 kinui carta. Maliesihe most nutri tiouo food and the most dainty and delicious. The only Baking Powder mado from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar No fussing or fretting over the biscuit making. Royal ' is the aid to many a cook's success. NO ALIBI-NO HUE PCOSPDATES. i POLITICAL DRIFT. Three aldermen of Rockford, III., have been Indicted for bribery, have admitted their guilt and been punished by fines which were less than the bribe profits to them. Vice President Fairbanks, W. J. Bryan and Governor Johnson of Minnesota trav eled on the same train from Chicago to Washington last Monday, and tho train, stuck to the rails all the way. Mr. Conrad of Montana Is distributing marked copies of friendly press notices as reminders of his readiness to accept the democratic nomination for vice president. The Montana man has a large barl. Of the various presidential candidates, republican and democratic, now In the purllc eye, six of them were newspaper men Fairbanks, Bryan, Taft, Governor Johnson, Secretary Cortelyou and Senator Philander C. Knox. President Roosevelt- has tentatively prom ised to be a guest at a barbacue to be held at Point of Pines, Revere, on July IS, under the auspices of the Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk and Plymouth clubs, all republi can organizations. It Is proposed to maki the occasion a ratification of the Chicago convention, and It Is planned to have the nominee of the convention present. If Bryan becomes almost a certainty at Denver quite a large number of New Tork delegates to the democratic national con vention intend to remain at home. Their places are to be taken by their alternates There are democrats In the delegation so Irrevocably opposed to Brygn that they will not place themselves In the position where under the unit rule they may be compelled to vote for his nomination. The solemn democratic prophet of the vintage of '73 assures his brethren In In diana that Bryan has r.o show at all. He is hoodooed. "I have noticed," says the Hoosler seer, "that thirteen appears all along the Bryan horoscope. To start off with, the letters of his name, William J. Bryan, number thirteen. He halls from Nebraska state, thirteen letters again. He was once nominated by the populist party thirteen letters and so it runs." After this showing, what's the use? 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Every instrument we sell is the best value In the United States for the money, and we win not sell a poor piano at any price. We back every piano we t?ll and the pianos make friend here That I the dpcret of our Biiecess. We are experts in the piano buHlness and know pianos through and through. In choosing a piano simply suit your own taste and pocketbook, rely. Ing upon our Judgment as to quality at the pile. A visit to our salesroom, a view of our vaat array of beautiful pianos and an lntight Into our way of doing buinebs will convince you that Hospe's Is the place to buy a piano. The Hospe plan Is founded on the only right principle of doing business, and that'g why our store has such distinctive character. Our line of planes la unequalled. We are factory distributers for the Kninich & Bach, Krakaufr, Kimball, Hallet & Davis, Bush It Lane, Cable-Nelson, Melville-Clark, Weser Bros., Burton, Cramer etc. We gave you from $60 to $160 on a piano. We sell at the easiest terms. It will pay to get in touch with us. A. Hospo Co. 1513 Douglas St. The Complete Music House. Sraacb, Houee Lincoln, Kearney, York, JXsfc.i. CouacU Vlutl. It, tl l u c.iino OAs. "Does your husband play poker?" "I don't think so," answered young Mrs, Torklns; "but some of the men he meeu at the card tables do." Washington Star. Correspondent May I ask, senator, how much your campaign cost you? Eminent Statesman As to that, young man, I make it a rule to follow the scrip tural Injunction, not to let my left hand know what my right hand doeth. Besides, sir, it's none of your blankety blank busi ness. Chicago Tribune. "Are you raising you baby scientifically ?" "No. That would be Impossible. His grandmother lives with us." Chicago Record-Herald. "Does your father know I love you?" "No. Papa isn't very well, and we've kept It from him." Harper's Weekly. Bobbie Say. where are the flannel cakes? We always have m for Sunday break fast. Mother Not In warm weather. They're too heating now. Bobble But couldn't we have 'em If rook would make 'em thinner? Philadelphia Press. THE ILL WIXD. 8. E. Klser In the Record-Herald. We used to live where we had stalra 'nd an attic of our own, And I step' In a back room on the second floor, alone. And nearly every night I'd seem to hear things overhead, Or dream that they was ghosts that come and stood beside my bed. Ma told me It was on account of wicked things I'd do. And every night I'd wish I had a little brother, too. Like Willie Jones has got, because It doesn't scare you so To hear the noises when you ain't In bed alone, you know. Pa loaded up with stocks last spring It'a on account of that We sold our house, and now we all live In a little flat. And pa and ma sleep right across the nar row hall from me. And I don't have to go upstairs to bed alone, you see. Ma frets around a lot because they robbed pa of his pile; She has to cook the meals herself, and wa can't live in style; But I ain't sorry that we ain't got things we had before. For I don't have to go upstairs to bed alono no more. $15 to $35. 15th and Duglaa Streets t t
