TTTE v OMATTA DAILY BEE: SATUKDAY. MAY ?0, 1908.
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WHEN OCT OF TOWN.
S-bacribera lea-ring the city tem
porarily should kave Tb Be
mailed to then. Addrese will be
changed aa oftea aa requested.
Congress has apparently found
change for a currency bill.
Some of the newly elected bishops
may not be generally known, but
Bishop Smith's name sounds very fa
miliar. '
Double shotted editorials In the local
hyphenated organ nearly every day
now-a-days.' "How long, oh. Lord,
how long?"
The Presbyterian general assembly
treated the negroes white by voting
$300,000 to aid in their education in
the south. v, ..V 1 '
Near-corn is bumpltg along toward
$1 a bushel in Chicago. Real corn is
also alnio&t as valuable aa "old wheat
In the bin."
It is time for one or both of the
Va,ter board lawyers to announce an
other trip to Europe with Omaha tax
payers footing the bill.
Mr. Bryan says the bosses will not
run the Denver convention. In other
words, he serves notice that he wiTl
require no nelp on the Job.
The Methodist general conference
will adjourn soon, and then the
weather man may fee warranted lu
giving his rainmakers a vacation.
"No man ever had a greater desire
to be president than James C. Blaine
says the Washington Post, a newspaper
that has never understood Mr. Bryan
The roster of the survivors of the
War of the Rebellion Is , being fast
shortened by the Orini Reaper's
scythe, but Memorial " day will live
on forever. f
" hy do not the Parisians forget
Count' Boni?" asks the , New York
World. Well.. one reason Is that he
till owes them something over
va.oooooo-. -.
Of the 200 members of the senior
class at Princeton, forty assert that
they never kissed a girl. This higher
education apparently falls to come u
to the advertisements.
A scientist now insists that measles
and scarlet rash are caused by eating
lettuce, and the Kansas City -Star
promptly urges the formation of a new
"Lettuce Alone" club.
Congress has appropriated $1,600,
000 to make an exposition exhibit at
Tokio in addition to the other millions
voted for battleships to make an ex
hibition at Tokio and other foreign
capitals. '
The assessment levied on the Ne
braska delegation to Denver for head
quarters expenses should yield $3,600.
Will Mr. Bryan also Insist upon pub
licity of receipts and expenditures for
this fund? '.'
A New Jersey man recently cleaned
an old cistern and found $50,000
worth of railway bonds that had be
longed to his father who died fifteen
years ago. This Is the right season of
the year to clean your cistern.
According to -the Commoner, Mr.
Bryan already has (11 of the 6 73
delegates needed to nominate at Den
ver at the hour of going to press, and
several more have been added alnce
that time. The Bryan nomination l
osi Easy street.
MtMORlAL VAT.
Each recurring Memorial day finds
the obserTanre of th anniversary
serving a wllr purpose than tbat,
which Inspired its creation. Originally
set aside a day for placing floral
tributes on the graves of the men who
gave their Urea to preserve the union,
Its spirit was In danger of being mls-
nterpreted and abused by making It
feast day and a gala occasion for
thletlc contests of all kinds. Re
vulsion of sentiment has for several
years past brought the observance of
the day more Into keeping with the
purpose that gave It recognition as a
generally observed holiday.
The broader scope of the day's ob
servance i due to the efforts of the
surviving members of the Grand Army
Of the Republic. Realizing that their
ranks are being rapidly thlnped, the
veterans have sought to keep alive the
plrit of patriotism and loyalty that
led them and their heroic comrades
to do battle for their country, hy en
listing the vast army of American
school chldren In the work of perpetu-
tlng their beautiful Memorial day tri
bute of the living to the dead. Each
year on May 80 the old-ever-new story
of patriotism, loyalty and undaunted
courage of the million men who bore
arms In the country' defense Is told
to the yfjuth of the land and will be
told by them long after the last partic
ipant in the struggle has answered
the final roll call.
As the years go on another change
must mark the spirit of Memorial day
observance. In the earlier commemo
rations of the day the chief partici
pants were those whose grief found
ts origin in the flower-decked mounds.
Time is softening these griefs or re
moving them, and eventually the spirit
of the day will be one of Joy over the
national greatness made possible by
the sacrifices and services of the sol
dier dead.
SIQHJF1CAKCE OF A BOSD SALE.
'The sale of a block of Omaha muni
cipal paving and park bonds at what
Is considered an extraordinary good
figure under existing conditions on a
bid by a local bond broker is slgnlfl
cant in several ways.
First and foremost, It indicates that
notwithstanding apprehensions and
forebodings Omaha's credit is not only
unimpaired but, if anything, better
than ever before. Even the overhang
lng cloud of a slx-mlllion-dollar pur
chase price for the water works has
not affected this credit seriously.
Omaha municipal bonds are gilt edged
and will find buyers so long as there
Is a demand for municipal bonds.
In the second place, the purchase of
these bonds locally means that they will
be taken" up for investment in small
amounts by our own people, and in all
probability win not go through the
usual eastern bond markets at all. It
used to be that such, " bonds tfad no
special attraction for Omaha inves
tors, but the amount-of money here
waiting for sure rather than big re
turns is gradually growing with the
accumulation of trust funds, and for
such investments Omaha bonds are
unexcelled. .
It is doubtful whether the new cur
rency legislation, making municipal
bonds available for emergency note
lftsu.es, has had any effect on this par
ticular bond sale, but it is calculated
to steady and strengthen the demand
for our municipal bonds in the future.
THE FILIPINOS, AT DEKVEB.
Even after Mr. ' Bryan aimounces his
platform and selects his running mate
for the 1908 campaign' the democratlo
convention at Denver will have an In
teresting question to settle relative to
the party's recognition of the' Philip
pines as a part of the United States.
The democratic -party in the Philip
pines has elected six delegates to the
convention at Denver who will be on
hand with their credentials clamoring
for recognition.' Their votes will not
be needed, as was the vote of the
Hawaiian delegate at Kansas City lu
1900, so the democrats in convention
will be In position to consider the
party's attitude toward them dispas
sionately. ' '
The congress of the United States,
the supreme court of the land and the
people at the polls, both In 1900 and
in 1U4, nave recognize j tne sov
ereignty of the United States in the
Philippines, but Mr. Bryan has not yet
acquiesced in the action. Democrats
In congress opposed - the ' measure
placing a duty on Philippine products,
contending that the constitution fol
lows the i flag and that accordingly
congress could not consider the
Philippines' as alien territory subject
to the operation of the tariff laws ap
plying to foreign nations. They in
sisted that congress had no more right
to place a tariff on Philippine products
than to levy a tariff on the products
of any state In the union. While the
democrats in congress were clinging to
that argument, the democrats in con
vention at St. Louis adopted a report
of the committee on credentials which
gave Porto Rico six delegates, but shut
out representation from- the Philip
pines. The distinction snd the reason
for the discrimination wag never made'
clear, but the report was accepted and
the national committee in making the
oall for the 1908 convention at Denver
followed the St. Louis precedent and
excluded the Filipinos.
Colonel Bryan and other democratic
leaders are constantly clamoring for
action by this government assuring im
mediate Independence to the Philip
pines, yet in convention calls the re
fuse to recognize the Philippines as a
United States dependency. Their law
and their logic appear to be sadly
mixed, but the convention at Denver
will be given another opportunity to
define the party's attltnde on the
Philippine status.
AKOTHF.R BISHOP FOR CM AH A,
It is now definitely fixed that Omaha
will be the official residence of one of
the newly elected bishops of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. Bishop Nucl
eoli Is to be assigned to this district.
Although he Is not personally known
to many of our people, he may count
on a welcome none the less hearty.
The re-establishment of the Metho
dist bishopric here will emphasize
Omaha's Importance In the organiza
tion of this great church an Im
portance which has already been recog
nized bf other denominations. When
the Methodist bishop shall have taken
up his residence in Omaha we will
have among us bishops of the three
strongest churches In this country.
This means that the people of these
denominations in our surrounding ter
ritory will look to Omaha as the re
ligious center from which their khprch
work radiates and the activities of
these arIous organizations in fields
allied to their religious teachings will
likewise And their head and front at
the episcopal seat.
Recognition of Omaha's growing im
portance to the church organization is
apace with its growing Importance
generally, and should do much to help
make the city continue to grow
stronger and more prosperous.
hOLDlHO VP STEEL PRICES.
The United States Steel corporation,
familiarly known as the Steel trust,
has added a new topic for discussion
in business and economic circles by
deciding to make no reduction of
prices from the level of flush times. In
support of its attitude it offers a series
of arguments to show that prosperity
can be compelled to return by the
maintenance of steady prices, whereas
the financial and industrial depression
would be prolonged indefinitely by
lowering prices of steel products. The
argument resembles that of the rail
way presidents insisting that freight
rates be Increased at a time when
there is little traffic to be carried. In
bulh casea the law of supply and uO
mand is ignored or an effort made to
suspend its operations. Prof. Edward
S. Meade of the University of Pennsyl
vania discusses the Steel trust's posi
tion at great detail in the current
Quarterly Journal of Economics. In
replying for the Steel trust to its
critics. Prof. Meade says:-
For seven ycara we have maintained
table Trices in those branches of the steel
Industry which we nre able to Influence.
During; this period there have been re
peated occasions in 1902, In 1905 and
1906-07, when, without exciting any com
ment, we could have exacted much higher
prlcea than those which we actually
charged. ' To be apeclflc, rails sold in 1899
at 135 per ton, whAi there was no trust
we nave maintained for seven years a
fixed price of 2S per ton. Wire nails went
to JTO per ton In 1898; wa' have rpalntalried
therrt between H0 and IS8 per ton. Again
the price of pig iron, the baste product of
the Industry, we do not control, and the
price of pig Iron for Immediate delivery
has several times daring the last five
years equaled the price of ateel rails,
There have beetr" times within the last two
years when we could have added 30 vtr
cent to tne price or every one or our
products without causing a ripple of ex
citement.
This makes a rather effective argu
ment for the steel company and is
calculated to inspire the Corporation
to demand a vote of thanks for not
taking greater profits when it had the
opportunity. The company's quarterly
reports, however, show that it has been
doing tolerably well in the matter of
earning dividends.
Prof. Meade proceeds with the argu
ment that the policy of the trust has
been to treat all customers alike
Prices have been established so that
every , customer, from the , hardware
dealer at the crossroads town to the
biggest steel using concern in the coun
try, might know just what prices were
to be and could make contracts and
future arrangements accordingly. On
this score any reduction in prices at
this time ,would simply serve to un
settle conditions. Whether or not the
argument appeals to the public as pan
ticuiany sound, it furnishes pretty
good proof that at least one of the
greatest Industries of the nation is
completely dominated by a single or
ganization. Under no other circum
stances could a price level be main
tained against a demand reduced as
much as 50 per cent in some lines. If
the steel business were in the hands
of competing concerns, prices would
fluctuate with the market, as does the
price tof every other uncontrolled
commodity.
The redeeming feature of the situa
tion is the apparent assurance the
steel managers feel of a speedy im
provement in Industrial conditions
export trade in steel has Increased
materially m tne last three months
and the domestic demand is growing
1 ne refusal of the trust to scale down
prices indicates their conviction that
business will soon again be normal
Through the Commoner Mr. Bryan
declares that the chances of the demo-
Liaia irrjing abw ip.rK tms year are
particularly bright. The record shows
that Mr. Bryan got 46 per cent of the
votein New York in 1896 and 4 5 per
cnt of it in 1900. McClclian, Greeley
and Parker are the only democratic
presidential candidates who failed to
do better than that in the Empire
state.
According to the latest reports the
German car Is now in the lead In the
New York to Paris automobile race
When the German car was in Omaha
Its driver declared that he did not
care whether he reached Paris first
or last, so long as he arrived, and the
prospects then were that he would be
one of the tallenders. Cross-continent
automobile racing must be as uncer
tain if not as exciting as politics.
- Delegates to the democratic national
convention from Nebraska have been
asaesied 1125 and alternates $100, to
pay headquarters and incidental ex
penses at Denver. If the assessment
Is uniform and every one pays in, this
levy will produce $3,600. What kind
of plutocratic entertainment does our
Nebraska democrats propose to put np
at DenverT
The Philadelphia Record says it will
cost $5,000,000 to repair the battle
ships after their return from the trip
around the world. Admiral Evans says
the ships will be In better condition
when they return than when they
sailed from Hampton Roads.. The
Record professes to , be a democratic
newspaper.
Congressman J. Hampton Moore of
Philadelphia has Introduced a bill
making It a misdemeanor for a laun
dryman In the District of Columbia
to use acids or to mangle the linen of
customers. That's an issue that ap
peals and it isn't too late to get be
hind Mr. Moore with a vice presi
dential boom.
The annual assessment of the prop
erty of the private car lines by the Ne
braska State board, which, on the car
mileage basis, merely nominal, sug
gests that there must be some "twi
light zone" between the , states In
which these profitable concerns prac
tically escape taxation altogether.
"Mr. Bryan will soon go to the
White House to stay longer than three
days," says the Birmingham Age-Herald.
This is the first intimation that
President Roosevelt has invited Mr.
Bryan to come down and be his guest
for a week or more. -
Governor Johnson of Minnesota is
-
reported to have turned a double
somersault from a spring board into
the water at Old Point Comfort the
other day. It is doubtful if Mr. Bryan
could do that and it is certain tbat
Mr. Taft would not trv.
The grand jury which is in session
here has jurisdiction over all of Doug'
las, county, which includes South
Omaha, Florence, Benson and Clon
arf, as well as Omaha. Is it possible
that there is no iniquity in Douglas
county outside or omaha?
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is said to have
made an arrangement by which she
will be paid $1,000 a month from the
Thaw family fund as long as her con
duct is decorous. She might have been
satisfied with a smaller amount, un
hampered by annoying restrictions
1
No one has yet volunteered a satis
factory answer tcitta question, What
is tne difference oetween a "blood-and
thunder" play and a "blood-and-thun-
der" yellow Journal for starting young
people on the road to the bad?
The grounds surrounding-the state
house at Lincoln are to be . equipped
with benches to rest the weary. The
also-rans for state office' should have
first call on the benches.
Mr. Hearst Is going to Europe, but
promises to return in time to scatter
a little broken glass and some ru'sty
nails in the path of the Bryan auto
mobile in the eastern states.
Mr. Bullett of Kentucky is going to
try and start a stampede for Cannon
in the Chicago convention. Cannon
and Bullett would make a ticket that
would be beard from in any campaign
There's the Rab.
Minneapolis Journal.
The bankers understand what Mr. Bryan
means by their guaranteeing one an
Other, but what they want to know
is
whether the presidential candidates
are
prepared to do as much.
Actor Paasea, History Remains.
St. Iiula Times.
The last survivor of the Libby prison
escaping party has joined his regimen
on the other aide, but the story of un
believable hardships .. goes marching
through the pages of history.
All Together (or the Trial.
Ijouisville Courier-Journal.
If everybody who employs labor will
make things whirr Juna 1, "Employment
Day" may prove to te the signal of
rebirth of national prosperity, in fact
a sesame to humming Industries and com
merclal optimism.
Proyheelra that Are Vala.
Baltimore American.
Another acientlat has come forward wit
the announcement that the aun la gradu
ally cooling oft and that poaterlty will
freese to death: but it is very difficult to be
very much impressed with such prognostl
cations when the summer and the icema
are both approaching.
Too Murk tacle Joe."
Minneapolis Journal (Rep.).
What ails the republican party and will
cause It mora trouble in the coming cam
pxlgn thbn anything else, la too much Joe
Cannon. For that long Hat of important
measures neglected or defeated, the prln
clpal, and in moat caves, the aufflcien
explanation la too much Jos Cannon.
would not be an Inappropriate or Imper
tlntnt queatlon to inquire of every re
publican candidate for congress In th
coming eectlon, whether he proposes.
eicted, to void .or Joa Cannon for
speaker.
Trick. nf the iauaett Allies.
Kansas City Times.
Having failed to control a majority of
the delegatea to the Chicago convention,
the "Allies'' are now systematically en
deavoring to undermine the Taft delega
tion by appealing to each Individual dele
gate they have the slightest reason to be
lieve might Ignore instruction or pledgee.
Thla movement la based on the absurd
theory that Mr. Taft cannot be elected, an
asaumptlon that will gain no credence
throughout the country, for. at least, Mr.
Taft la the atrongeat candidate1 th repub
lican ran um at thia time. If he cannot
be elected, then any other nomine would
rua a mil behind.
WKMOHItL nv.
Ike Rlvonvae of the Dead.
(Written on the ocrwulnn of the relnter-
mervt In Kenturky of the troops from tht
into who fll in the Mexican war.
The muffled drum's ssd roll has beat
The soMler s last tatno!
No more on life s parade shall meat
That hravn and fallen few.
On Fame s eternal camping ground
Their silent tenia are spread;
nd glory guards, with solemn round.
The bivouac of the dead.
No rumor of the foe's advance
Now swells upon th wind:
No trouble thought at midnight haunits
Of loved onea left behind:
No vision of the morrow'e etrlfa
The warrrlor'a dream alarms,
No braying horn or screaming fife
At dawn shall call to arma.
Their shivered swords are red with rust.
Their plumed heads are bowed;
Their haughty banner trailed In dust.
la now their marshal snroud;
And plenteoua funeral teare have washed
The red atalna from each dtow;
And the proud form, by battle gashed,
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing troop, the flashing blade.
The bugle s stirring biaat,
The charge, dreadful cannonade, -
The din and about are passea;
Nor war e wild note, nor glory's peal,
Shall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts that rjever more shall feel
The rapture of the fight.
ilke the fierce northern hurricane
That sweeDS his great plateau,
Flushed with triumph yet to gain
Comes down the serried foe.
Who heard the thunder of the fray
Rrealc o'er the field beneath.
Knew well the watchword of that day
Was victory or death.
Rest on. embalmed and sainted dead.
Ier aa the blood ve save.
No Impious footstep here shall tread
The herbage of your grave.
Nor shall your glory be forgot
Whll Fame her record keeps.
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
V here Valor proudly Sleeps.
Ton marble minstrel's voiceless stone
In deathless song shall tell,
When many a vanished year has flown,
The story how ye fell; . ,
Nor wieck, nor change, nor wlntei"! flight,
Nor Time's remorseless doom,
Can dim one ray of holy light
That gllda your glorious tomo.
THKODORE O HARA.
The Blue and the Gray.
By the flow of the Inland river.
xvt.'.r.'.A ti. fiAta nf iron have flea.
Where the blades of the grave grass quiver.
Asleen are the ranks of tne ueaa.
Under th sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment, nay;
Under the one, the Blue;
Under the other, the uray.
These, In the, roblngs of glory,
Those, in the gloom of defeat,
All with the battle-blood gory.
In the dusk or Kternuy meet;
tinder the sod and the dew.
Waiting the Judgment oay;
Under the laurel, the Blue;
Under the willow, me uray.
From the silence of sorrowful bowers
The deso ate mourners go.
Lovingly laden with flowers.
Alike tor ine rrieno. mi
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting tne juagmem usj,
Under the roses, the Blue;
Under the lilies, the Gray.
So, with an eaua! splendor.
The morning sun rays fall.
With a touch Impartially tender
On the blossoms Diooming :tr on.
Under the sod and the dew,
waiting thn tudement day;
Broldered with gold the Blue.
Mellowed witn goia ine
So. when the Summer calleth
On the.roresi ana neia m b".
With an equal murmur falleth
ti.o . r drlu of the rain;
Under the eod and the dew.
Waiting tne judgment uj ,
Wet with the rain the Blue,
Wet with the rain tne uray.
Sadly but not with upbraiding,
... . . - aoA u' a . done:
In the storms of the yeara that are fading.
No braver name wa won.
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting the Judgment day;
Under the blossoms the Blue,
Under tne gananaa um v.jr.
No more shall the war cry sever,
n wlnrilntr rivers be red;
. i .. ...... nnonr f n T P V T .
iney VJ- nf our
When iney isuitreu
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting ine jum""-"'
Love and tears tor tne
Tears ana love iui v-Tvi-vr
September, 1867. F. M- FINCH.
The Watch Below.
Bring blossoms for the sailor dead
Who sleep in ocean graves;
Bring fragrant lilies, pale and pure.
To float upon the. waves
And dewey purple lilacs, too. ,
From many a cottage home.
And atarry daisies, white and gold,.
To mingle with the foam.
A hundred years of heroes lie
Beneath the aeething -brine. .
Brave men who yielded up their llea
For Freedom's sake divine -From
Jones, the dashing privateer,
To Evans and his tars.
They died in pence aa well aa war
To serve the Stripes and 8tars.
Their monument are coral reefs.
Their shrouds the shifting sand;
They're scattered many a fathom deep,
And miles away from land.
No coll to quarters, loud and clear,
Across the billows blue
Can summon from their long repoaa
The navy'a silent crew.
So let ua to the rolling aea
Consign a wreath today,
A tribute to our marinera
Beneath the silver spray.
For while the angry tempests roar
And whip the waves to anow,
The nation never will forget
The gallant watch below.
MIMA 1RVINO. In Leslie s Weekly.
1'aaalng of the Boys Bine.
O'er forty years have passed away
Since peace had closed the deadly fray,
Turned In the arma and out th lights,
ind comrades of a hundred fights
Had all returned home once more.
. h t n 7 from the shore.
That tempesta past, leave naught beilde
The foam line of the angry tide.
And. home again, the Boys in Blue
Reorganised aa comradea true.
To awear allegiance to the cause
Of equal rights and equal lawa,
The union one forever and ....
The Stars and Strlpea o'er all the land;
And thua all over, near and far,
They formed the mighty O. A. R.
And this Orand Army Logan led
To blesa the memory of the dead
And keep it green while floats Ihe flag
From spar and spire and mountain crag
rtv AmmrAiin everywhere
The graves of those who placed It there.
Forthwith proclaiming noiy. mry
Have since observed Memorial day!
Before the bright, admiring eyea
Of thousanda "neath the vernal skies
They marched In grand review aa part
fit what was In each loyal heart;
They docked the mounda which angels aee
AB templea wnere men orna mr
With fragrant flowera and evergreen.
To teach what lova of country rneana!
But all along the dread decree
That earthly thlnga ceaae to be.
Has kept on thinning out the ranka
And filled the center from the flanks,
Till now the most pathetic sight
Is JuBt the old commander's plight!
His slf-deluslon brings to vfew
The passing of the Boys In Blue!
"The nost la formed, air." Thla he heara
With all the pride of former year.
"Right face!'1 and "Forward marcl
hi
word.
As If a thousand saw his sword; v
With ten he sees the dead and gone.
Their shadows bravely marching on.
Ah! here is seen In sad review
The passing of JrBURKE.
The Grave Are Green Again.
A"&ln the fivinr gri-pn t anread
upon the dwelling of the dead;
And looking up through dewy eyea.
The flowera amlle to warmer akles.
Now memory with tender grace.
Returna to view the aacred place,
Ar.d feel anew love'a lasting power.
The blessing of a holy hour.
Some dav ths heart may fondly claim.
And hajiow them with prmuous name,
Si me times for sweet communion keep
With thoughts of paat companionship.
Th love that lives through times of tears,
And faaVa not in me passing years,
Korevtr cllnaa to hone and faith.
And looka beyond the gatea of death.
It breaks tha gloom of death's cold night
With genial rays or warmwi .w ugni.
And onward, upward ever leads.
To hiaher thought and nobler deeds.
' BtLHIJLki IT. COCHRAN,
Sickness of Children
A large part of the sickness of children js
directly traceable to improper food. Many have thcif
digestion crippled for life. Sound digestive organs mean
a sound body and a sound brain.
OH
WHEAT FLAKE CELERY
H3
mm
is prepared by
who nasbeen
manufacturing
.eiry.
cnuaren, invalids ana an classes.
PRRSOXAL NOTES.
Mr. Bryan fre?ly admit that he It thn
leading candidate of hla party.
And what I so rare aa a day In June,.
Ings Anna Gould aa she picks out her
second wedding day.
Mr. Charles Dana Gibson Is going back
to work In black and white. He admits
that Rockefeller ha him skinned ln dab
bling In oils.
Thaw has mind enough left to reflect
that Matteawan hns some advantages, it
being equipped with electric fans but no
lectrlc chairs.
Losses of Chicago Investors In the col-
apse of the Amador Mining Development
company are said by the stockholders' at
torney to, exceed Jl.ono.OOO.
A young Indiana man has been refused
permission to erect bronse tablet in
scribed with the Ten Commandments on
the courthouse square In his home town.
The "Let Us Alone" movement haa evi
dently reached that place.
Daniel F. Cohalan. legal adviser of
Charlea F. Murphy, leader of Tammany
hall, nd chairman of the Law Commit
tee of the Tammany organization, was
elected grand sachem to succeed Bourke
Cochran at a meeting of the sachems of
Tammany Hall Monday night.
General Roger A. rryoi who aerved
n the Thirty-sixth congress, from Vir
ginia, but wno now Is a retiren memiu-r
of the supreme court of New York, vleited
the house of representatives last Tues
day. Carrying hla eighty year well. Gen
eral rryor remained for some time in the
house and wa the recipient of much at
tention. Speaker Cannon conversed with
him for aome time.
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
"Do you repaid Btandxrd oil a re
fined productr; .u-.
"I should call II retinea. conBiarrinn um
It ha been fined over and over. wasn
lngton Star.
Ruggles What horsepower la your new
automobile?
Ramage Two, I guess, mat me norB-
power It took to naui it. 10 mo reimn
shop when It broke down on a country
roari the other day. Chicago Tribune.
Tea." aaid the lawyer. "I can get you a
divorce with or without publicity."
Which would be more expeneivei .
No difference. It cost about as much
to get pePle lo lnau' inein
to keep still." Philadelphia Ledger.
I see that a Rembrandt has been found
in Chicago."
"Its funny how tnese foreigner manage
to travel around. What a he doing there.'
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
What a flat situation that new house
haa which Mr. Plungit. the bold speculator,
ta building for himaelf."
"Yea It la flat, and yet he bunt it on a
bluff. 'Baltimore American.
'Nature makes nothing In vain," kaid
the philosopher.
Fernape. answerea ixuonei eiiiuweu,
though I ran t quite explain the presence
of a great big, beautiful mint bed in a
local option county." Washington Btar.
"f)er, you air!' cried her father, angrily,
how dare you show your face, here
again?"
well, replied tne nervy suitor, l mignt
have worn a mask, that's true, but that
would have been deceitful." Philadelphia
Press.
Figure This Out
Mr. and Mrs. Piano Buyer
A plus B plus C is greater than A' plus b.
A equals manufacturing cost of a Piano.
B is the other dealer's operating expense and profit.
b is the operating expense and profit at Hospe's.
0 is the commission the other dealer pays any one who
brings a piano customer. ' A
b at Hospe's 6tore is smaller than B at other dealers V
because we have less operating expense in proportion
to the immense business done and are satisfied with
less profit on each piano than are the other dealers.
A plus B plus C is the other dealers' price even after"
he gives you an inside price.
A plus b is the Hospe price. Enough said.
We sell the best Pianos at the lowest prices and easiest terms
in the Unltd States.
. Cramer Fiano. . ,
Burton I'iano . .
Kensington Piano
Cable-Nelaon Piano ........
Weser Bros. Piano
Kimball Piano
ItuHh & Lane Piano
Kranicli I lath Piano S
Make your selection now
lars.
A. Hospe
Bran Hon Idacoln, Kan7,
maul ruk ins, TnZn lllliailhlilllllllHIllllll
II "T-.Vi B I YU will lee! coolcl if you wear
BEST RETAIL TWDE ! . LOOSE FITTING
B. V. D.
CQ1T CUT UKDERSHIRTS ud KREE IEHCTH DRAWERS.
No pulfeM el a pmeintiaa Miked umia
M 1VL. cUitic liucUo. l th. ukk
cut ot th r hun tt luuU : a U mo
EvT B. V. D samaaal loui w it it hd been Uilottd ptrilljr
U th. wu. They tt. mU JK"t'!i"f.K:n r?Kl J I
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ERLANGER BROTHERS.
WORTH 4 CHURCH STS. NEW YORK
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a physician and chemist
nearly half a century
pure food products for
78
THE PARTING VOLLEY.
With arms reversed the rank pun on,
The muffled drum marks faltered tread
A muster roll reads simply, "Gone."
One more Is numbered ulth the dead
A crash: The parting volley rolls
A requiem among earth's souls.
The flag hang drooping from the mast.
Faint frboes come and go and die;
Tears fill the eyes, welled from the past,
of those who see a comrade He
Where memory must be a name.
And tahlctn praise a hero's frame.
What then? A soldier gives his life
For lov of country, valorous deeds,
And lies as one whom carnal strife
Marked for its own among Its seeds,
Ah. yes! ere yet a flashing blade
Was drawn or sheathed hia grave was
made.
Who calls the namea of those to fall?
Ask of the God of battles, who?
But they are known., and some of all
Who go to war to dare and do
Know that the piercing shot will bring
To him hia altar's offering.
Some meet the shock within the fray,
Some fall within Ihe nurse'a tent.
Maimed, wonk and gaunt they waste away,
Yet to its end each way Is bent;
The end? Deserved promotion call
To higher life each one that falls.
-CLIFFORD KANK STOUT.
The Pesalmlst I'm off.
The Optimist You look It.
THE WEEK END
If you are going away for
Pocoratlon Day rcmerubor
that the things you need In
the way of wearables
Clothe)". i.e !,. .i . .
HatB '
Shirts ,'
and a hag to put them In
are all here of the best
antVon the minute.
We shall be open Friday
evening and close at f o'ciovk
Saturday, and remain closed
balance of day.
pI?S Company
Fifteenth and Douglas Su.
OMAHA
It. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
2SO
Stool and Scarf and
Instrumental lidok Free)
with every Piano.
EASY PAYMENTS.
$275
$1250
$300
S:t7r
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II you can't call, write for partlo-
Co. 53Dst
York, Msn, and CooncU Bluff, low.'
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