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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. 1P08. , The Omaha Daily Bee. ; FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATER , VICTOK B06EWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Fostofflc seoond clssa matter. TERMS OF HUB8CRIPTION: Pally Be (without Sunday), ona year.. MM Dally bra and Sunday, en rear JW Sunday Km, on year JJJ Saturday Be, on year DELIVERED BT CARRIER: Dally Be (Including Funday), Pr week.iSe Ially Bee (without Sunday), per weak.. 109 Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week o Evening- Bee (with Sunday), per weeK...10o Addreee all complaint ot Irrerularltle In delivery to City Circulation Department. . OFFICES: Omaha Th Be Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluff-16 Scott Street. Chicago IMS Marquette Bldg. . New York-Room 1101-1102. No. S4 Waat Thirty-third Street. ... Washington 72S Fourteenth Street N..W. CORKESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Be. Editorial DepaitmenL I REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, e-gpress or postal order payable to The Bea Publishing Company. Only J-eent atamp received In payment of mall account. Pereonal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION: State of Nebraska. Dougla County, .: George B. Tssanuck, treaaurer of The Bea Publishing company, being duly iwcrn. ye that th actual number of full and complete roplea of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during th month of May. 1908. waa a follow: 1 3S.S40 IS 36,100 3S.B80 17 86,050 a ,7oo la ,830 4 , ae.eao is ,...3,6o a ..,.3,M0 BO...-, r 38,830 a. ...... ..,.36.680 SI 36,930 7. ..36,610 AS 86,880 8 3670 83 38,800 S 66,130 84 ,. 86,100 10 36,800 B8 36,000 11... 86180 B 88,800 ia. ....... ...64io ar sa,eo 18 86,180 88 ..86380 14 86,080 B 38,880 IS 80.860 SO 86,460 81 86,808 Total ..1,18080 Let uneold and returned cople.. B,880 Nat total 1,110,710 Dally average 86,839 GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed in my pretence and aworn to before m this 1st day of June, 1908. M, P. WALKER, V. ,. 1 Notary Pvblio. WHEN OCT OF TOWN. Sabserlbera leavlas; tka city tem porarily should have Th Baa mailed t them. Addreaa will b ehaagred a-a f tea aa recreated. Georgia Is feeling better since It be came sane and sober. The poet's expression, "Knee-deep In June," has a particular significance this year. A good many Frenchmen have never forgiven Major Dreyfus for proving his innocence. A personal item from Washington Is a reminder that a certain promised Omaha residence was never erected. Senator Jeff Davis was defeated for 4elgate-at-large to the Denver con vention, 1ut'Ue will be at large Just the same. ' ' ' i, It appears to be a case of "Too Late" Johnson Instead of "Too Much" Johnson, so far as the governor of Minnesota Is concerned. Why not, name Hoke. Smith ot Georgia for second place on the ticket at.Deuver? He's getting used to be ing whipped at the polls. Colonel Ryder's suggestion that Fourth of July spouters boost tor the y Corn show as well as the flag is a good one and ihould be carried out. "Mr. Bryan has been training for the presidency for twelve years," says the Dallas News. There Is a strong suspicion that he has overtrained. Many Wall street men are announc ing that they do not expect to have time to take their usual European trips this summer. Time is money. It Mr. Sheehsn really sent that $15, 000 to Nebraska to carry the state for Parker, ha must feel that he got mighty amall returns on his Invest ment. 'Tranklln Murphy of New Jersey Is talked of for vice president," says the Baltimore News without- explaining who waa the other party to the conver sation with Mr. Murphy. The Poetofftce department haa nego tiated a parcels post agreement with Uruguay. The department seems to be able to make- postal agreements with everybody except congress. Hoke Smith declined to be a candl date for. the United States senate from Georgia because he thought It his duty to serve the state another term as governor. The) Jok 18 on Hoke. . , Governor Cummins has no consum log love for Senator Dolllver. but would doubtless Join in any movement that promised to make the senator a nominee for vice president at Chicago i Confidence la returning, but some ot it is being misplaced. Joseph O. Can non ot -Illinois has rented a aulte of rooms In- high-priced Chicago hotel aa headquarters for hla presidential boom. Mayor-Jim Bays the Bedentary life f the city hall does not agree with him. As a matter of. fact, his honor has never been la the city hall long enough at any one time to give its con ditions a real trial. ' The State Fair board haa decided that It will encourage Improvement In the breed ot men as well as other ani mals. Jut tow far the $100 prise list will aid in this Is yet to be estab lished, but the Bute Fair board might better leave the fostering of athletics to the seheol aud colleges. - rLtASiso cbcp rnusrECT . The preliminary estimate by the government of the acreage and yield of aprlng wheat contains the pleaBlng prospect that the wheat crop for the year will be very considerably in ex cess of that of 1907, with the prospect that it may even exceed the bumper yield of 1906, when we harvested close to three-quarters of a billion bushels. The government report shows a total of ' 17,710.000 acrea of spring wheat, or more than 631,000 acres more than for last year, with the condition much better than that of a year ago and sev eral points blghr than for the ten year period. The reported cdndttlon on winter wheat shows a alight - de cline from the May 1 report, but about equal to the normal average. The acreage of winter wheat is 322,000 acrea larger than for last year. Careful investigation of the winter wheat, crop in the different sections indicates a heavier average yield than lest year. Rust and the Hessian fly have wrought some damage In Kan sas and In some .sections the floods have destroyed portions of the crop, but the outlook as a whole is for a larger harvest in 1908 than ever be fore. The Canadian yield Is estimated by railroad expert8 at 100,000,000 bushels, so that if the forecasts now being made are realized America, in cluding Canada, will come close thla year to raising a round billion bush ela of wheat. With every prospect that prices will continue close to their present range, the Inevitable re sult will be the addition to the wealth of the country of a volume of money that will hasten a complete restora tion of business In all lines. ( It is too early yet to speak with confidence of the corn prospect. The continued' wet weather is generally considered prejudicial to prospects, but a wet soil and midsummer heat form a good combination, and H is never time to worry about corn until it is found that the sun is not hot in July and August When the warm weather comes, the farmer will, of course, have an unusually heavy fight with the weeds, but there is still abundant time for the production of a bumper corn crop. It must be remem bered, too, that what corn may lose Jby moisture is gained by hay, a crop that was valued last year at $750,000, 000, or more than the value of the nation's cotton crop. The hay crop is already assured, and there Is yet ample time for the corn crop to hurry along and arrive on schedule time. The corn production last year was valued by the Department of Agricul ture at $1,336,901,000, or one-third more thac-vo appropriations of the last congress for all the expenses and enterprises of the federal government and Its colonial possessions. ' With a record corn, wheat and hay crop, the great west will do Its share toward giving the nation" the most prosperous times It has ever known. THK ASTI-BRYAN FIASCO. The democrats of Maryland have furnished the latest demonstration of the Inherent weakness of the move ment within the democratic party to defeat Mr. Bryan for the nomination at Denver. The anti-Bryan forces were oxpecting great .things from Maryland, and not without reason. The state la the only, one in the south that has persistently and consistently refused to accommodate its views on national issues to Mr. Bryan's. The state gave a majority to Mr. McKlnley In 1896 of 32,000 and over, and went republican in 1900 by over 13,000. In the meantime, the state officers were democrats and the party has had con trol of the state since 1872. In 1904, with a gold standard democrat at the head of the national ticket, the repub licans carried the atate by the close squeeze of fifty-one plurality and divided the vote in the electoral col lege. Since then the state haa elected another democratlo governor and haa a 2 to 1 majority in the state legisla ture. Senator Rayner and other leading democrats of the state have been elo quent for several years on the neces sity of divorcing the democratic party of the state from the vagaries of Bry- anlsm. Nearly alt the state leaders are anti-Bryan and yet, when the con vention waa held to select delegates to the convention at , Denver, - the antl Bryan forcea aought cover. They de tested. It is true, a .resolution Instruct lng the delegates to support Bryan, but quit at that .When it came to the selection of delegates-at-large both ot the United States senators pleaded Eu ropean or vacation agreements and It looked for a time as though it would be necessary to resort to the draft to secure men upon whom the honor could be thrusted. The governor, the attorney general, Murray Vandlver and J. F. C. Talbot were finally chosen in default ot more prominent democrats who absolutely refused to serve on the delegation. . The anti-Bryan forces simply surrendered and agreed not to Impose the unit rule, so that tour votes out of the state's sixteen could be de livered to Bryan. The Maryland backdown shows the collapse of the aerloua opposition to Mr. Bryan'a nomination. If there had been any excuse for carrying on the contest, Maryland, the leader of antl Bryan sentiment, would 'doubtless have sent a fighting delegation to Den ver to oppose hla nomination. t The leaders In the movement In the east have apparently taken their share of the game In talking Instead ot fight ing. They have been all along con vinced ot the hopelessness of demo cratic victory with Bryan aa the nom inee and they have now become con vlnced of the hopelessness ef defeat ing Bryan for the nomination. Under the Circumstances, the " disposition ot the eastern democrats, as shown by the action of the Maryland convention, appeara to be to allow the selection at Denver and at the polls In Novem ber to go by default. TIHBLKS, too. The voluntary sacrifice of the irre pressible Tibbies haa not availed to exculpate Mr. Bryan from the suspi cion that attaches to the contribution alleged to have come from Ryan to aid in th Nebraska campaign. The Inexpressible Thomas confesses that he had $5,000 one-third of the total for the Influence of his paper. Thla s the only real reflection yet made on the wisdom of Mayor Jim in the ex penditure of the money in question, although Mr. Tibbies eays himself that he gave the national committeemen value received. But the ugly fact still remains that the boodle sent from the east waa ex pended In Nebraska by the men who were most Intimately associated with Mr. Bryan, and who were in charge of the administration of the party's affairs in Nebraska because they were close to Mr. Bryan and were trusted by him. These men are still close to Mr. Bryan and still have his confidence, and it is the contemplation of this con dition that causes surprise when Mr. Bryan boldly disclaims any knowledge of the receipt of the money or its ex penditure. Tibbies' gallant rush to the rescue s picturesque, as might be expected from this stormy petrel of politics, but is not of sufficient moment to attract attention from the main question. Mr. Bryan, as a champion of publicity for campaign contributions, Is being given a remarkably Illuminating, if not effec tive, example. AQAIXST "QVX TUTISG." The International Association of Police Chiefs, in convention at De troit, adopted a number of resolutions embodying some very timely sugges tions that are worthy of consideration by the lawmaking authorities of the different states and cities. One of these was an appeal urging the presi dent, congress, the governors and the legislatures of different states to en act a uniform law governing the man ufacture and sale ot deadly weapons. It was recited by the chiefs that the adoption of such a system of uniform ity of regulation of this traffic in fire arms would not only be of great aid In leading to the detection of crim inals, but would result In even better service as a preventive of crime. The proposition of the police chiefs Is not new, but it has too long failed to attract the attention It deserves. Texas, we believe, Is the only state that haa a law, licensing the sale ot firearms and requiring a registration of purchasers. The law haa been in force but a short time and its results are not yet generally known. Some cities have a license system, requiring dealers to keep a record of the pur chasers of firearms, Just aa druggists are required to keep a record of the sales of poison. Chief of Polfte Shippy of Chicago Is authority for the state ment that the plan has worked ad mirably and has already been the means of capturing several murderers through the records kept by dealers. No reasonable argument has been offered against the enactment of such legislation as that recommended by the police chiefs. The man who haa a valid reason for carrying a revolver is not Injured by having the fact made a matter of record. The man who car ries a revolver without ample reaaon for It, the protection of life or prop erty, Is a dangerous character and his possession of the firearm should be open to the knowledge of the police authorities. There is less need than ever before in this country for carry ing weapons of defense, and the man who habitually carrlea a "gun" prac tically admits an ulterior motive against the consummation of which society haa a right to every possible protection. , In the absence of federal and state legislation on the subject always a tedious process there Is reason for general adoption by cltiea of the Chi cago plan of regulating the traffic by ordinance. The fee to be paid by deal- era may be made merely nominal, but the penalties for failure to keep a proper registry, giving the name of the maker, the number of the gun, the name ot the dealer and the name and address of the purchaser, should be severe enough to force implicit com pllance with the wishes of the police to secure all available data concern lng the firearms traffic. If the Juvenile court inquiry into the conditions that surround the exist ence in Omaha of the Greek bootblacka will lead to the establishment of Droner ways of living It la not In vain. No eapeclal objection will be urged to the presence of these industrious young descendants of Achillea and Agamemnon In the event they are given the opportunity to live like Christians. ' The question of the disposition of convict labor la pressing in Nebraska. It la absolutely necessary that aome form of employment be provided for the men who are confined In the state's prison, but this employment should not take any form that provides profit for a private contractor. If any bene fit la to be derived from the sale ot convict labor the atate should get It. The Maryland convention failed to Instruct for Mr. Bryan, but be has not explained w hat corporation or "special Interest" was responsible for the fail ure. He might also explain what rep resentative ot predatory wealth pre vented Senator Jeff Davis, a most ar- dent Bryanlte, from being selected as delegate-at-large from Arkansas. ' It waa hardly to be expected that the republican national committee In session at Chicago would settle the contests before it to the satisfaction of the democrats. The howls that are going up from the opposition party are the surest evidence that the commit tee la proceeding along lines that mean good for the republican party. At the annual election of one of the biggest life Insurance companies in the nation the other day 118 votes were cast, compared with 143,000 cast when the Insurance scandals were on two years ago. Either great reform in in surance management has been accom plished or else policy holders have short memories. The Kaw river Is again forcing itself on public attention In a very unpleas ant way. It woufd be a good thing for Kansas and the rest of the country if this vagarious stream could be sup pressed along with some other things that were once enumerated under the general head of "What's the Matter With Kansas?" Mayor Jim says he will have to get more exercise or he will not be able to go through the work ot the campaign. Well, he might take a trip to New York and pay Mr. Ryan and Mr. Shee han another visit He always gets through a campaign In better shape after that kind of exercise. The Omaha boosters, having made a trade trip to Colorado and Wyoming, and later having taken Ak-Sar-Ben'a personally conducted tour around the world, may now settle down and attend to some real business. They have seen about all that is worth seeing. ' "Who will write the Denver plat form?" ask8 the St. Louis Globe- Democrat. Not certain, but It is sus pected that careful inspection would reveal some Ink stains between the first two fingers of Mr. Bryan's right hand. Thomas Fortune Ryan might settle the question by a plain statement that he did not contribute that $15,000 for the specific purpose of helping Mr. Bryan in the Nebraska campaign In 1904. Mr. Ryan Is not saying a word. Sereno E. Payne Is said to be very much opposed to the tariff plank as outlined by Mr. Taffs friends in Chi cago. Nothing"' Is now wanting to make the Taft .'tariff plan extremely popular. The largeat order for ateel rails ever given, for 1,000,000 tons, has Just been placed with the Pittsburg mills bv the Russian government. Russia's contribution to American prosperity Is appreciated.' i ' ' Danger In Repetition. Pltsmirg DlBpatch. re TnVn liavi ' Htrmond really start a raid on the vice presidential nomination ...v.. oanrfiHate nm v find It necessary to call In a few Boer and have him arrested. Filling l.on Felt Want. Washington Post. An enthusiastic advocate of certain re forms claim that when thee have been brought about "we hall die les frequent i.. it.- Ai.a-Yit tn interest neonle who have Khe deplorable habit of dying more than once. Hopeless. Philadelphia Record. ' The nuestlon of the currency Is not Mr. Bryan's stronghold. Twice he ha been repudiated at the poll largely because of hla looo financial view. But h remain unconvinced and Incorrigi ble. A Shame to Take the Money. Ft. Lou I Globe-Democrat. A liberal allce of Parker'a campaign run waa aent to Mr. Bryan's manager In Nebraska In 1904, and yet the Par ker vote In . the state was 60,w lea than Brcan's. a slump of over one-half. Wasn't it a shame to take the money? Organised Labor In the Campaign. Washington Herald (Ind.). it ihr would keep itself absolutely in4.n.mi.nt. It would easily swing the balance of power In th United States, and politician would -neea us rigiueuua -.ii with abundant grace. It oulil be the maater, and it may come to be al- thmirh It nrohablv ahould not want 10 ba Jut exactly that. It I, however, a .intirinnt elan of the times that laDor leaders are pleading now with the rank and file for Independence in uauoung aa It never Dleaded before, and this agita tion may result In a congre iext tim that will surprise some or irtose not now even so much aa cognisant of the rumbling afar off. A WINN1MU CANDIDATE. Oregon's Champion Mixer and Vote (letter. New York Bun. Hon. Qeorga Earle Chamberlain, a Ml sisaipplan educated In Virginia and trans planted to Oregon In 1876, haa a genius for popularity. He haa been in the northwest only four yeara when he wa elected to the Oregon legislature. He waa also a district attorney In the 'm. In 1x91 he wa appointed and 192 elected attorney general. In 1900 he waa again elected a district attorney, and before his term was out he waa elected governor. Re-elected In 1907, he Is now the choice of a majority of the voters of hU state to succeed Hon. Charles W. Fulton as a senator in con gress. Mr. Fulton's term expires March 1 1908. Mr. Chamberlain s term as gov ernor ends In 1911. Surelya fortunate poli tician, who can't serve hlu time in one of fice before another Is thrust upon him. Governor Chamberlain Is said to have much of Clay' and Blaine's extraordinary gift of remembering names and facea, a gift of rather more use than any other to a politician In this world of vanity. Yet he la no mere "mixer" and handshaker." He la a man of cultivation, a sound lawyer Aa governor he has introduced reform and order In tha atata institutions. Ill appoint ments have usually been excellent, w be lieve, and hla not Infrequent choice of re publicans for office has strengthened him among the friends of "nonpsrtlsanshlp." theory which haa helped him a good deal la a republican state and has perhaps hum bugged, not to say buncoed, the re pub 1 1 can brethren there. On the whole, Qov ernor Chamberlain seems a winning candl data In every sens ROt ( ABOI T KW YORK. Ripples on the Current of Life In the Metropolis. The new law of New York state, plac ing bankrupt flnnecial Institutions In chargn of officer of the atate banking department and dispensing with receiver appointed by the courts, did not come Into operation In time for the business oc casioned by the October panic. But It Influence Is felt mightily In checking greed which has made New York receiverships little short of legalised robbery. The Im portance of the change Is shown In on Instance, where the State department of ficial settled up the affairs of an em barraxfted Institution at an expense of $1,100. This modest sum affords a striking con trast with the old looting system Just re vealed In court. The receivers and counsel for the Knickerbocker Trust, having finished their task, put In bills fer 7&,- 000 each, a total of $300,000 for five months' work. Th court cut the bills to $,0OP each. Justice Oaynor, speaking for the Court, said: "The clslm that the court had no Juris diction to fix such compensation and ex penses Is without foundation. But the amount allowed was so grossly excessive as to amount to spoliation of the as sets of the company, and the order must b reversed or else modified for that reason. To allow It to stand would Im plant general distrust of the administra tion of Justice. The temporary receivers served or.ly for five months. The allow ance of $75,000 to each for compensation nd the same sum to their counsel, In all the great sum of $300,000, la so dis proportionate as not to wear the appear ance of unhampered Judicial discretion and Judgment, but of having been ar ranged by agreement between the tem porary receivers and tha directors of the trust company and adopted by the court l:iadverently or without the exercise of its controlling Judgment and discretion." The Corn Exchange bank of New York paid the .receiving teller of Its branch at Forty-second street, Charles T. Muir, a salary of $1,600. He had been with the bank twenty years, was 37 years old, a man of good habit and had a family. On be ing promoted to the post of paying teller he shot and killed himself, leaving a not saying that he was short in his accounts to the extent of about $9.0000, which had been taken from the bank little by little over a period of ome five years. It I stated that thla money went to meet nec essary family expenses, the salary being Inadequate even for the cost of a very modest living. Even as It was, Mr. Mulr's wife did all the housework and made the clothes for herself and children. Interviews with bank officials, secured by the New York Evening Post Indicate that they are considerably moved by Mulr's sad case and concede tht bank tellers and subordinate bank employes In the metrop olis are generally underpaid. This one who killed himself held a responsible position, worked long hour, handled great sums of other people's money, and was under a nervous traln all the time from tho ex acting character of hi work. Yet he was paid less than the average high-grade me chanic and waa compelled by the nature of hla position to draas as a mechanic Is not compelled to. Shall the elevated railroad atalrways In Brooklyn be widened to accommodate the Merry Widow hat, or shall the Brob- dlngnaglan headgear be sawed off a few feet all around to fit the stairways? The Brooklyn Rapid Transit company and the South Brooklyn Board of Trade are Just now obsessed by this double-barreled prop osition. -- If appears that long line of Brooklyn commuters have been held up while rushing for morning trains by Merry Widow hats getting Jammed between the uprights on the elevated stairways. Men who have recklessly tried to get by these obstructions have suffered injury to their throats from the saw-edged brim Ot the hats and have fallen back wounded and defeated. Now the matter haa come be fore the South Brooklyn Board of Trade. When It come down to the question of a thirst, New York puts every other city In the United States Into the kindergarten class. Government figures, which have Just been published. Justify this rating. During the last fiscal year New Yorkers sent abroad for 286,793 dosen quart ot cham pagne and sparkling wines. This year they spent $4,&e,702 on the same object. Fearing that this would not be sufficient wine with which to quench the thirst of visitors from the country and still have enough left over for home folks, 3,469,804 gallons .of still wines In casks were Imported at a cost of $1,822,182, together with 360.179 dozen quarts In bottles, to which a value of $1,635,780 was attached. Orders during the year were sent to foreign countries calling for 354, 635 gallons of brandy, for which $906,491 was paid. In addition. 1,315,061 gallon of other spirits were brought in. for which $1,977,- 124 wss paid. It may be that Phlladelphlans run over to New York to assist In de pleting this sea of alcoholic solace, for the figures show that the City of Brotherly 'Love does not believe In bringing It Into Its own bailiwick. During the same period that city imported only 8,059 dosen quarts of the prcduct of the grapes of France, for which It paid $100, It came up a little better on the still wines, buying 102,870 gallons in casks and 185.868 quarts In bot tles. For these two purchase Phlladel phlans paid close to M40.000. . The triple speed record of tha Cunard Line's big turbine steamer Mauretanta was tha topic of discussion among a group of bronxod skippers In front of the Maritime exchange the day alter It docked. One of the "salts," who referred ta It as the big gest steamer afloat, wa contradicted, and a lively argument followed. "I am right," aid the man corrected. "The Mauritania and tha Lunltanla are the two largest steamer afloat. There li no steamer b g?er In length, beam, depth or tonnage, and I will give this crisp $10 bill to the man who proves I am wrong." The skippers went Into tha exchange and consulted the records, and the man who "butted In" took the $10 bill. He showed that the White Star liner Baltic and Adriatic have each a greater net tonnage than ha either the Lusltanla or the Mauretanta. The Mau retanta' net tonnage la 8,986. the Lusl tanta's 8.515. th Adr,atlc's 15,637 and the Baltic's 15.295. rtHSOVAl, NOTES. J. Plerpont Morgan has purchased a beautiful Greek bas relief In Rome repre senting Antlnous. which waa discovered In the course of excavations In the Campvgna. Ha paid $30,000 for It. Young Connellua Vanderhllt declares: "The happiest time In my life was when I was wearing overalls In the Baldwin locomotive works In Philadelphia -one hut summer a few year ago studying loco motive construction." The eightieth anniversary of the birth of Count Leo Tolstoi will be marked by th municipal council of Moscow by the open ing on September 10 of a public library In Moscow and by giving the count's name to the school he attended In hla youth. The Southern Pacific Railroad compan, of which E. H. Harrlman la president, has recently completed a new central offlc near Louisville, Ky., at which the annual meeting of the stockholders are held as the company Is a Kentucky corporation. Thla structure, in which stockholders rep. resenting hundred of million gather n in Takoma Biscuit adelicacy of the choicest kind. Their possibilities and delights IB unuy n men mi - part which they caa and should play in the diet of mil- lions of families, flaky enspness. unusual navor. More nutrition than any other cracker. Takoma Biscuit are made from nutritious flour for whiteness till all the nutrition baited la modern ovens by Loose All Loose-Wiles Biscuit comply yearly, was built at an approximate cuxl of $100. It l! Just outside the city limits of Louisville, in the suburb of Beeclimont, where J. B. Weaver, assistant secretary of the company, lives. The new building bears more resemblance to a real estate agent's office In a suburban tract or a chicken coop than the home of a $30,0t O.Ot 0 corporation. One of the most conspicuous characters to attend the democratic national conven tion at Denver will be Congressman M. R. Denver of the Sixth Ohio district, who will be one of the delegates-at-large from the Buckeye state. Congressman Denver Is the only son of the late General James W. Denver, In whose honor the city of Denver, Colo., was named. Modest Altschuler, conductor of the Rus sian Symphony society of New York, haa received new from St. Petersburg that Frank Seymour Hastings Is to be decorated by the emperor of Russia with the Order of St. Stanislaus for his activities in pro moting Russian music In America. Mr. Hastings has been president of the Rus sian Symphony society for the last, three years. LINE? TO A I.AtOH. "Do I have to pay thla bill for gas that I never usedT" "Not unless you choose. There I no com pulsion about 11. We merely shut off your gas It you don't pay It." Chicago Tribune. "What's the matter with you?" de manded Bo rem, hotly, "I've got a right to air my opinions, haven't 17" "Oh, of course," replied Brlghtley. "They're so stale and musty they certainly need something of that son." Philadelphia Press. "Ha that titled son-in-law of yours any Dusiness sense r "Yes." answered Mr. Dustlnstax. "I must say I admire his foresight and saga city. He absolutely refused to take any chances on my regarding him as a poor relation.!' Washington Star. Kidder Come to town to see the sights, eh? Well, you don't want to miss the big mirror in the lobby .of this hotel. Farmer Wayback Do tell? Somethln worth seeln', eh? Kidder Yes, Indeed. You won't see all the sights unless you take a look at some thing like that. Philadelphia Press. "Do you have any trouble In your force with the drink evil?" asked tho temper ance crusader of the superintendent of the slreet-sprlnkllng department. "Not a bit," responded the latter, cheer What a Grocer Said. A reporter dropped In on one of the prominent grocers of the city this morn ing and asked him what he thought of tha E-C Girl campaign that the EGO-O-SEE Cereal Company had on here recently. To use the grocer's own language: W11, there's nothing to it That EGO O-SEE crowd is about "the livest bunch that we do business with. In the first place, they make the best goods on the market, and then they let the people know about It. "That E-C Girl business was simply great. I don't suppose I ever ate two dishes of breakfast food in my whole life before she came here, but Z got interested and I want to say to you, that that E-C is tha stuff. "That's about the best eating X ever got hold of. I am for it now, regular every morning, and we are selling more of it than all the other brands put together. "I tried to get rid of a few packages el another kind that I had left over, but my customers won't take anything else. They simply insist on E-C, and X don't blame 'em." SimpleSafe, antl Satisfac tory Piano Buying at Elospe's , It is a simple matter to buy a piano at Hospe'a because all you have to do la to pick out the piano that In beaut of tone, and case design suits you. It is safe to buy a piano at Hospe'a. because we are piano experts; and will not sell a piano that doesn't come up to our high standard. Each piano we sell is the beat In its class, and Is guaranteed against defective work manship. If we ahould make a mistake In Judgment we would not let you suffer for It. It Is satisfactory In every way to buy at Hospe's, because there is no mystery about price In our store. A. Hospe Co. 1513 D"i&s s- BBAXCU IIOV8KS; Lincoln, Kearney, York, Neb.; Council lUuMs, Iowa. mix i5 X tested selected, tot bolted Is lost. Taktua Biscuit are - v lies' exclusive method. 1 nat IS why tney are always (rood-always fresh. .Accept no substitute. Ask your grocer today. , , . Look for the Triple Proteo-' tion Hlu fel -cent . package lor convenience 10-cpnt packag lor S economy. lopSE'ViXE3, OMAHA with Nebraska Pure Food Law. fully. "I can truthfully assure you. niHiUm, all my men are on the water WHgon." Baltimore American. The piisonrr, charged with homicide, had entered the plea of Insanity. "And how long were you InSaneT" asked the court. "Just three minutes." 1 "That wasn't long." "I found It long enough for mv pAirpoae, answered the prisoner with dignity. Phila delphia Ledger. .... Short I guess you couldn't let me have $t0 for a week, could you? r ' Long Say, you ought to be able to make a fortune at the racetrack. Short Why. lyong You are uch good gunser.-- Chlcago News. CONTRASTS;.' New York Sun! Number One wa hustled In To this weary world of aln 11 And the Golden iRule waa taught him as a kid; As he'd like to be done to And at every opportunity h did. -, , He was generous, you bet!. Gave to every one he met When he didn't have the cash ha 'gave a chock; Then when he was down and out,. All his funds gone up the spout. Say, but didn't he just get It In the neck! Over on the Island he ,. ' Was as wretched as could be And at last ha died pf heart ache and the rest; Then they stowed him safe aray , Vp In potter's field one day, . ... With a ton or so gravel on his chest. Number Two came to this shore' , '' Without knowinsr any more. Then the fellow who'd been (aught tha Golden Rule, But his pa and ma were wise And they opened both his eye And admonished him to never play the So he held to what he had ' Though It made bi.omradeav.mad And he stowed kway his savings Yn the bank; But his neighbors oft would say, "He'll be. very rich some day," And they honored him with toadyism rank. When this stingy chap grew old, Ho was revelling In gold And he lived a life of comfort and of eaae! Then upon his marble tomb There was found sufficient room For a tender, touching tribute If you please I Every piano we sell haa the one lowest price marked plainly upon It. No oris can get a better price than you All your money goes Into piano value, for we pay no commissions to anyone. Our selection of planoa is unequalled, snd you can find what you want, though your taste be ever ao exacting. We are factory distributers for the Kranlch & Bach, Krakauer. Kimball, Bush Lane, Hallet Pavls. Melville Clark, Cable-Nelson, Weser Bros., Kensington. Burton, Cramer, etc. Our values are the best in the United States. If you can't call write far particulars. 1 r Arj
