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1 n THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 2, 1003. Tim Omaha Sunday Ber FOUNDED BY EDWARD R08EWATER. VICTOR ROBE WATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflce aa second elajia matter. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: Pally B (without Sunday), ona year 4 00 Dally Bee and Sunday, ona year 00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. III Bee (Including Sunday), per week. .1(0 Dally Be (without Sunday), per week. ..IV Evening Bee (without Hunday), per w'k o Evening Bee (with Sunday),, par week.lOo Sunday Bee. one year t ill Saturday Bee, one year 1.19 Address all complaints of Irregularities - In delivery to City Circulation Department OFFICES. Oraaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluff It Scott Street. Chicago 1641 Marquette Building. New York Roomi 1101-1102. No. 14 West Thirty-third Street Washington 725 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCH. Communication relating to newa and editorial matter ahould be addretsed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Be Publishing Company. Only Z-cent stamps received In payment of mall account. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not ac cepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Ftate of Nebraska, Itnuglae County, as.: Oeorce B. Txschurk. treasurer of Th Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete rorles of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday liee printed during the month of July, 1908, woa aa f n 1 Inua follow 1 38,780 2 38,740 3 38,710 4 86,100 6 88,800 6....'. 30,400 7... 38320 8 86,030 38,860 10 88,400 11 36.100 12 86,100 11 36,080 14 36,330 IB 86,380 It 36.1SO 17 36,400 18. . , 38,180 19.. M.OOO 20 36,400 21 35,880 21 asoo 23 38,780 24. 38,800 8B.M0 25.. 28.. 2f.. 28. . 29.. . 30. . 31. . 3S,60 38,880 38,980 36.380 38,790 80,180 Totals Lass unsold and returned copies .1,118,460 8,043 N total 1,109,418 Dally average 38,788 GEORGE B. TZ3CHUCK, . .... Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and eworn to before m thl 1st day of August, 1808. (Seal) ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public WHEW OUT OF TO WW. orarlly shoald have Tae Bee nailed ta them. Addreaa will fee b.aed a vftea aa requested. Anyway, the campaign poetg ahould bo thanked for their forbearance. It remains to be seen how many words Mr. Bryan will use In saying "Yes." It is necessary for a $10,000 sub icrlptlon to turn up before It can be turned down. Society folks are generally agreeing that the dlrectolre gown Is not what '.t la cracked up to be. A man named Zero was drowned In Pennsylvania last week. Zero should keep out of sight In July. Our immigrants are coming back from Europe. They are the true ad vance agents of prosperity. Congratulations to dear old Boston. The town has not been shot-up by bad men for more than a week. Referring once more to names, ludge Flnellte of New York has passed lentence upon John Llghtflne. Hearst refuses to get on chummy terms with any other political party. He Is the Castro of American politics. Mr. Bryan says the Hearst platform Is democratic. He doubtless regrets that he cannot say as much of Mr. Hearst. Washington has started a crusade against unsanitary lunch rooms. The ossified doughnut and the denatured pie must go. Lightning shocked ten persons at Pittsburg. It is Interesting to learn that Pittsburg people can be shocked by something. Tom Watson has challenged Mr. Bryan to a Joint debate. Mr. Bryan will probably accept and select phono graphs as weapons. European crops are much below the average, except the revolt crop, which ia even larger than usual In Turkey, Persia and Portugal. "Mr. Kern's whiskers will grow on the public," says an Atlanta paper. Hope not. It is bad enough to have them grow on Mr. Kern. The New York Evening Post an nounces that "a republican plot has been discovered In Portugal." Can Frank Hitchcock prove an alibi? On account of the public sentiment against the consolidation of railroads Mr. Harriman has decided to change his methods and to amalgamate them. King Edward stopped at William Waldorf Astor's place) long enough to drink a cup of tea. Thirst frequently makes a man careless about his asso ciates. ' The aultan of Turkey has granted amnesty to some 60,000 Armenians now In the United States. H must have an Idea that the Armenians en Joy a Joke. The farmers who are being asked to glvo $5 to Mr. Bryan may do so, as tbey are generous souls and have the money to spare, but they will give their votes to Mr. Taft. "Flngy" Connors declares that Gov ernor Hughe Is "a cheap politician." "Flngy" also recently declared that he could bay all the brains he wanted at Ilia week. H ought to buy some. COSSTITVTWHAL AM ESDMWfiTS. If the two amendments to the state constitution, pending before the voters cf Nebraska, are to be adopted, the preliminary step must be taken at the forthcoming primary election. It transpires from examination of the dl rect primary law that the determlna tion whether straight party ballots shall be counted for or against these amendments must be made by tho voters of the respective parties at the September primary Instead of as here tofore by platform declaration through their state conventions. To be more explicit aa to procedure, the two constitutional amendments will be printed In brief upon the offi cial primary ballots of each party with space to permit the voter to record himself for or against, and the canvass of the returns disclosing a majority of votes on the proposition one way or the other, will place the amendment upon the official ballot for the regular election as being endorsed or rejected by each political party. Endorsement at the primary, therefore, means giv ing the amendment the benefit of all straight party votes at the election, and rejection at the primary means count ing all the straight party votes at the election against them. Whether this is a good method or a bad method for amending the constitu tion is not now up for discussion be cause all that can be done Is to empha- slxe the fact that it is the method pro vided by law and will be controlling In the present initance. The rejection of the6e amendments at the primaries by more than one of the big political parties would undoubtedly kill them, while endorsement by more than one would insure their ratification and en dorsement by one and rejection by the other would leave the result In doubt, subject to the disposition of the voters who ar loosely bound by party ties. The two constitutional amendments pending in Nebraska should, in our Judgment, both be adopted. One of them enlarges the field of investment for the permanent Bchool fund by add ing the school district bonds of this state to the present list and permitting the legislature to designate other se curities from time to time. This amendment is absolutely necessary to enable us to keep our school fund In vestments at home and to put a stop to the loaning of these moneys to dis tant states which happen to offer the only legal iecurlties under existing constitutional limitations. The other amendment proposes to enlarge the supreme court from a bench of three Judges, aa now, to a bench of aeven Judges, and to increase judicial compensation from uniformly S2.500 to 14,600 for supreme court judges and (3,000 for district court judges. All are agreed as to the neces sity of supreme court enlargement, al though there la some difference of opinion over the method of inaugura ting tha new departure. The only ob jection ralaed ia to the plan propoaed by which the new shortrternt Judges will be appointed in the first instance by the governor. This objection, aa The Bee has already pointed out. Is of a merely temporary character and will be completely obviated in the course of a very Bhort time as tb appointed Judgea gradually make way for full- t.rm successors by election. ine speediest abolition of the unsatisfac tory makeshift Supreme Court commis sion, now filled by appointment, should more than offset possible scruples about appointing Judgea to fill t cancles. Attemota to secure desirable consti tutional revision In these two respects have several times before failed in Ne braska because either of Indifference of the voters or of almost insuperable difficulties in the way of ratification. These objects may now be safely ac complished if our voters will give them the necessary attention. 1,0 BD CROMER'S IMRWIffO. Lord Cromer's warning, in a speech In opposition to the passage of tha old age pension bill, that England Is mak ing a fatal error in depleting its treas ury for civic purpose when it ahould be saving money for a wa which seems more or less probable In the not distant future, Is causing much com ment and discussion, not only In Eng land, but In the diplomatic circles of the world. The hint is not new, aa magazines and British newspapers have been full of similar warnings for some months, but it carries special signifi cance, as Lord Cromer la one of the few men in British public life whose words command attention. He is the first of the British officials to place In direct words the facts about condi tions that other officials have spoken of only In evasive terms. Lord Cromer makes a formal and em phatic protest against the course of the liberal government in deplet ing the resources of the exchequer when there is a prospect that the awful day may soon come when every English shilling that can be raised may be needed for the defense of the empire. Sir Charles Dilke, who posea aa an expert in foreign affairs, has attempted to counteract the effect of Lord Cromer's address by declaring that Great Britain is at peace with the world and that there is not the slight est cause for apprehension. In spite of this, the English people are re ported to be seriously aroused to the possibilities of which Lord Cromer has hinted. Lord Cromer did not name the power which might cause England to enter upon a terrible war, but every intelligent British subject un derstand that Germany was meant. Despite the blood relation of the rulers of England and Germany, there Is a feeling of antagonism between the people ot tha two empire aad their destinies and ambitions clash at every turn. Only a few day ago a member of the general staff of tha German army Issued a bulletin In which h made an estimate of the probable cost of the next European war. He placed the cost to Germany at 11,600,000,000 a year end showed that O-rmany would bo able to put 4,740,000 men In the field for such a conflict, of which 800,000 would probably be killed, if the war should laat for two years. No one will contend that England Is prepared for such a war. The em pire has an Insignificant army, com pared with, the thoroughly drilled forces of Germany and indications are that within another five yeara Ger many will have the greatest navy in the world. German military expert figure that the emperor could send an army of 200,000 men to England and still have a reserve force large enough to keep France and Russia sufficiently employed to prevent them from going to England's assistance, should they feel so disposed. While there is ap parently no reason for a conflict be tween Germany and England, history shows that no power In .Europe has ever reached the military supremacy which Germany has attained without being compelled to either attack or be attacked by England. Bourbon France, Napoleonic France, Spain, Holland and Russia have had this ex perience, and If there Is to be another war it would appear to be Germany's turn. History and experience suggast that England should heed Lord Cromer's warning. THE trOSKTARY COMMlSSTOX. With all of the furore that was In dulged in over the Aldrlch-Vreeland currency law passed by the last con gress, indications are that no . need will arise for the employment of the law In the production of "emergency" currency. The demand ror money to move the crops has been met without any serious drain upon the resources of the banks. Financial institutions in the east, where the depression has been felt most keenly, are gaining In strength each day. The bank clearings In eastern cities are getting back to about normal conditions, while the west has been able all along to take care of itself. Under the circumstances, the new law will probably become a dead let ter, aa the Currency commission ap pointed by the congress is already in dustriously engaged in collecting data and preparing to make a report to con gress this winter embodying recom mendations for a law thoroughly re vising the currency aystem of the country. The commission has fceei divided into threa subcommittees, one of which will go abroad to study financial laws, another will visit Can ada to examine the banking conditlona In that country and the third will re main In New York, making a study of American conditlona and receiving the opinions and testimony ot bank ing and financial experts in this conn try. The entire commission will meet In Washington in November to frame It report to congress. The currency problem Is one of the most Important before the country, and it is gratifying to note that the republican congress has paved the way for its prompt and intelligent con sideration. THE MAIL CARRIER'S TROUSERS. The rights of an Idaho woman, pre sumably young and beautiful, and the rule of the Postofflce department at Washington have clashed and other more or less important questions be fore the people may well be put aside until this case is settled and settled right. It appears that the government called for letter carriers out in the Idaho country and held the usual civil service examinations for applicants. The young woman in the case took the examination and passed with the high est percentage, thus being placed first on the list of ellglbles for appoint ment. The appointment waB as good as made and the young woman was get ting ready to assume the duties of the position wheu Borne discerning clerk in the department at Washington dis covered that the regulations pre scribed that all letter carriers should wear trousers. More than that, the regulations describe the trousers minutely, setting forth the size and lo cation of the pockets, the color and texture of the garment and all the details of their ornamentation. Tak ing It for granted that the woman would not agree to wear the regula tion trousers, the postmaster general cancelled her rating and ordered a new examination. The young lady objects. She has studied the regulations of the depart ment with marked carefulness and has offered the contention that while the department demands that trousers be worn and has described the kind of trousers essential to the appoint ment, there Is not a line in any of the postofflce rules or regulations specifying that the trousers must be worn in full view of the audience. She insists that as the rules do not com mand that the trousers shall be worn aa an outer garment, she la able and ready and willing and even anxious to comply with the department regu lations, even to- the hip pockets and the stripes down the Bide. She con tends that she has complied with all of the regulations of the department and has established her qualifications and fitness for tha position by passing a better examination than any of the sex that wears. Its trousers outside of its other garments. The matter of wearing trousers as outer garment or modestly concealed Is one of taste or custom and, aa the lady eloquently argues, 1b one problem which tha reg- illations fall to cover. The argument ;nd public sympathy will all be found on tha young lady'a side ot the case. It I perhaps unfortunate that the question was not raised In time to have either of the many political or ganisations have a platform declara tion on the subject. TBS WVMBft Or TVRKMT. The spirit of revolt among the peo ple of Monastlr, the storm center of opposition to continued despotism In Turkey, has accomplished one result for which missionaries and friends of humanity have labored for more than a century. It has led the women of that part of Turkey to throw aslda their veils, the wearing of which is enjoined by the Koran. The custom has been followed for ages, the Moslem Insistence upon its observation being so emphatic that the woman who vio lated the rulo was either killed or subjected to the most degrading hu initiation. The veil hae been the badge . of woman's inferiority and her acc3ptanc of it for centuries Is explained oaly bv'her belief and conviction that it was a part of the Moslem religion. The "Young Turkey" organization of reformers has played a master stroko by offering a new interpretation of the Koran by which It is asserted that the wearing of the veil wa not made obligatory by the Koran, but has been used by the rulers to keep the women of the empire in subjection and to deprive them of their rights. The women have accepted the new teach ing. The dispatches describe them as throwing away their veils and going about with smiling faces, while tho people generally accept their emanci pation as one of the most encouraging signs of the progress of reform. History shows that the progress of civilisation In all nations nas Deen gauged by the degree of liberty of thought and action granted to women. China's most rapid progress has been made since the decree of the dowager empress against foot binding, a cus tom that has prevailed in China Bince the dawn of history. Throughout the world, particularly In tha orient, the larger measure of freedom and liberty vouchsafed to women hae marked the advancement of nationa and the eman cipation of the women of Turkey la the strongest-indication of the passing of despotism in that country and the world-wide growth of the principles of liberty. TRK HAZKRS At WEST TOlBT. Eight West Point cadetB have been dismissed for forcing a few despised "nlebea" to catch some nice fat anta, count them, call the roll of an ant hill and report whether all the Insects were present or accounted tor." Tha dis missed cadet and their friends an nealed to tha secretary ot war, who expressed sympathy with them, but de clared that ha had no recourse. Now an appeal for their reinstatement will be made to congress. Tfia layman's first impression would ba that the punishment is excessive. While the prank doB not reflect any high order of genius on the part ot those who devised it and no hint ot military greatness is found in ordering an uninitiated plebe to gather an even 100 nice, fat ante in hi cap ana to wear them in his cap until auch time aa it pleaaed his superior officers to have them counted, still with all that, the prank wa not more harmful than those played by boy in chool and colleges everywhere. The other side of the proposition, that taken by the officials, la that the duty of an officer la to be a gantle- atnd frrtm man. every coi the day ot hi admission to West Point, to conduct himself in a manner oecom Ing aa officer and gentleman. Tha first duty ot the soldier, officer or private, la obedience to order and the orders at West Point positive! ypro blblt haring in all itfl forms. This was made necessary by abuses that grew up Borne yeara ago resulting in the actual death ot several of th hased plebes and the mutilation and disfigurement of others. When the officials of the War department and the officers in charge ot the academy placed the ban on basing it was expected that th cadet ot all classes would obey it. The old West Pointers may say that the abolition of haslng 1b mollycoddling the eervlca. but from the official stand point, there appears to b nothing left but expulsion for the festive cadet who figured in the .antatching episode. A THBrIB CAB SHORTAGE. One of th most encouraging fea tures of the business situation is found in the fact that the talk in rail road circles over the number ot Idle cars that have been lying on the side tracks throughout the country for some months has been succeeded by serious talk of a car shortage later In the year, when the crops begin mov ing and the delayed mercantile ship ments are being hurried to their des tination. Freight movement is al ready increasing- rapidly, tn spite of the usual midsummer dullness and all Indications are th business will soon be on with a rush. Discussing this feature ot th situation. Chairman Knapp of tha Interstate Commerce commlsalon. In an interview on Friday, said: All tha railroad men with whom I hava talked assure tne that buslnes la getting better, rawer ears and locomotives ar Idle. When harvesting Is over It will develop that during tha period Of short revenue railroads hava been scraping along on th smallest possible mainte nance. This charge against railroads may apply to lines In the east, but inquiry develops that it ia not correct so far aa it relate to road serving Nebraska and th western eoantry. It 1 known that several ot th road la thl Mo tion have added thousand of new freight car to their equipment during the period of depression and that one road alone saved more than 1 1,000, 000 by placing its orders at bed rock prices. The roads of th west generally report that they hava had their rolling stock thoroughly repaired and ar In better shape than ever be fore to handle th expected rush of business. The movement of live stock has commenced earlier than usual. The coal shipments, usually mad in April and May, have been delayed un til now and the volume of this busi ness will make a heavy drain on the Idle cars. This, with th grain move ment from th west and the merchan dise movement from eastern Jobbing and manufacturing centers, makes a serious car shortage possible within the next few months, but developments will show that the western roads have done remarkably well, under the cir cumstances, in preparing for expedl tions handling ot the large business that must necessarily come. Guess Poor Lo is not getting wise very fast. The Indians of the Fiv Civilized tribes tentatively agreed to sell their lands at a very low price If the allotment restriction were re moved. Every land speculator In four states joined in bringing pressure on congress and succeeded In having the restrictions removed. Now the Indi ans have increased the price of their lands something like 600 per cent. The coroner at La Porte, Ind., has decided that Mrs. Guinness died of poisoning. Some of these Cheefoo correspondents who are finding Mrs. Guinness In different parte ot the coun try should Interview her and find out how she liked It She who was the widow of John B. Steteon has married a Portugese count nsmed Alexlo de Qulrlos Rlberlo de Soto Major D'Almelda de Vascon cellos. Looks like she bad tied up with a string of Pullman sleeping cars. West Virginia democrats declare that it is a crime to allow the negro to vote. In most of tne bohq soum mo- democrats give the negro to under stand that it is suicide for him to at tempt to vote. The democratic state convention of West Virginia has declared for negro disfranchisement. However, this Is one of the topics Mr. Bryan has de clined to discuss until after Novem ber 3. The Universal Peace congress, in session at London, sees signs of world wide peace. The congress ahould try to find out what Japan nd Brazil are going to do with all those new battle ships. Neglects te Reciprocate. Washington Herald. Notwithstanding tha court ,ot appeals decision, it Isn't trua that Mr. Rockefel ler will put down th price of oil, Keeplaa Him Near tae Earth. Minneapolis Journal. Mr. Bryan haa been Initiated Into a so ciety whose name la Nebraska spelled backwards. Mr. Bryan has that feeling about Nebraska. It has been Ak-Sar-Ben to him sine 1898. nape for Kvery Hastier. Washington Poat. Every American boy cannot hope to ba president, but at the rate the new par ties are springing up it may soon be pos sible for every on at some, time or other to be a candidate for the office. Can We Lose Jlmf Indianapolis News. Omaha would have It understood that It can, on occasion, be Just as nonpartisan as anybody; but at th same time It re serves the right to do aa It pleases In No vember, if It can dodge Jim Dahlman. Big Risks fa Mlllloas. Baltimore American. If has been pointed out that during the last twenty years there ' have been thir teen divorces in the Vanderbllt family. This would seem as If th family were an unlucky ona to marry Into, but there 1 no doubt that as long as the nam stands for millions there will be a lot of persons who ar willing to take the risk. TJaelo Sam and tha Saow Lady. Pittsburg Dispatch. Though Canada and the United States occasionally make faces the real, under lying sentiment of cordiality has been bet ter shown In the Cruebec tercentenary cele bration. Th people of thl country and that are more like one people than those of any other lands divided by national boundaries, and they have more genuine affection for each other. KEEP COOL. ReasoaabVe. Carefalaeae Baalafeaa Perils of Hot Weather. Collier's Weekly. August is already here. Perhaps on fact will help to keep ou cool. It la sta tistical, stable a granite, and cold aa an Iceberg. It is this: Both the death rate nd th disease rate In our modern cities for July and August, Instead of being above th average for tha year, ar dis tinctly below It. They are from 20 to SO per cent below that for th lat winter and the early spring months. Sunstroke, dysentery and the whole brood of trop ical diseases are not one-tenth as deadly as tuberculosis and pneumonia. Th actual death rat by sunstroke, for Instance. In tha United States, Is about one-twentieth of that for measlea. Tha general death rata from nearly alt diseases, and at all ages, shows a marked decline during the summer, with the single exception of in testinal disturbances In children under fiv. Tha only real danger to health In summer Is not heat directly, but Its secondary ef fect on food- Th on serious cauae of summer slaughter of children Is milk that Is spoiled or dirty. If adults will be care ful to avoid eating or drinking anything which la tainted, they will avoid eight tenth of "summer sickness." and also of much depression and discomfort usually charged against tha heat. It Is when par tially spoiled, or when Infected with dust, or with the disease germs carried by the ver-preaent fly, that food does Its deadly work. Wage osaseless war against tha fly, eat a tnodorat amount of clean and wholesome food, and don't be too much alarmed by th newspaper habit of at tributing so many summer deaths to beat. Prink plenty of water without lea, and don't werry about the temperature. "Wives, mothers and daughters who realize that self-preservation is the first law of nature, are willing to disieuso with some luxuries in order that a part of the family income may go for a Life Insurance Policy which guarantees pro tection. THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE 80CIKTY. Strongest In the World. X. B. KM&Y, Manager. OMAHA, NUB. 8ERMOX9 BOILED DOWN. There Is no gaining without some fore going. An absentee God accounts for a prodigal world. It take more than a home-made halo to make a hero. Work Is alwaya weariness when it goal Is only wages. Wisdom is In aging the head and keeping the heart youthful. Th best of all tha churches la the temple In your own breast Love Is that which roots In sacrifice, grows In service, blooms In Joy. It's no use believing In angels In heaven If you cannot discover any here. It often takes tha barrenness of the desert to teach us to look up to the star. The pessimist I the man who always goes straight for the chair with a pin on it. Every time you beat your neighbor you nay be aura your adversary has beaten you. A man has no greater rapaoity of heaven than he has power to create heaven about him. Morality because It pays to be moral Is Simply the Immorality of civilised selfish ness. It la a good deal easier to know th lives Of all the aalmts than It is to show the life of on. There's a lot of difference between taking faith as a shield In battle and as a cloak In business. ' Th finest lubricant for th machinery of our human living Is the recognition of vir tues and values in other people. Chicago' Tribune. FHRSON All AND OTHKHW1SE. Though decidedly a warm guest, July bowed Itself out gracefully and graciously. Th Tlpperary admirers of th winner of th Marathon race very properly crown him "th hero of tha OXymplan games." In the light of tha home score, It seems a gross waste of time and money for au tomoblllst to go abroad to kill themselves. Turkish women ar said to be shedding their veil and donning "Merry Widows." No wonder th sultan welcomes a new con stitution. 'Twas ver thus. Pittsburg strives to safeguard a horn by chaaing a woman out of town, leaving tha man to go his way re joicing, mora or less. Tha assurance of a preacher regarding th defective hearing of the recording angel will help soma when the "also rana" out loos as tha returns coma 'In. What hurts th British sports is the per sistency of Americans In trimming th lion Whan th world looks on. Tha habit ac quired In '78 can't ba shaken off. The crusade for th suppression of un necessary noises turned up In Washington Just as the senators ar crowding New York out of the bottom of the scorecard. A resident of Phoentxvllle, Pa., Inherited (10,000 three months ago, and proceeded to buy "a good time." Evidently he got the goods, and left enough to pay funeral ex penses. Some officials have been discovered In Portugal who drew their salaries twenty yeara in advance. Some old world ways make the new world blush for Its back wardness. Th estate of former President drover Cleveland Is now valued at $260,000. How Insignificant this fortune sppears When compared with tha assertions of his party enemies In 'M and later years. Tha city physician of a New Jersey town hits the natives above and below the belt by Insisting that six beers are too much for any man, and leaves experts In the air as to whether tha six means schooners or kegs. A marked Increase In race suicide is feared aa a result of the Quebec celebra tion. Th prince of Wales wore a style of hat that cannot be found In the local shops, condition that makes Ufa for the Johnnies hardly worth living. Thomas Kelly of Ballygawley, Tyrone, Ireland, who at 107 climbed a ladder and repaired his own roof, according to the London papers, is the latest centenarian to give to the world his recipe for old age, which Is made up of "plain food, early ris ing and hard work, a sparing use of alco hol and plenty of fresh mountain air." Hitting tho Thlasr Aboat Right. Ban Francisco Chronicle. Mr. Bryan Is figuring on obtaining enough electoral votes from the middle west and th Pacific coast states which. added to bis strength In the solid south. will give him a majority In the electoral college. Mr. Bryan Is acquiring great proficiency In calculations of this kind and may be regarded as a sort of an authority; that Is to say, tha observant parson, by carefully noting Bryan's predictions and "coppering" them, will hit tha thing about right. HOSPE'S KRANICII tm BACH. KIMBALL. DUSH OX LANE. PIANOS Included with these the many other makes we represent. It's' easy to figure out how we can sell $250, $300, up to the $500, $600 WHAT IS THE APOLLO? It is a culmination piano with inner player which plays antj music, in any key and plays every key on the piano there ard 88 keys. This piano is always ready piano is played. A. Hospe P. B. This It the time to have the piano tuned. SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT Louisville Courier-Journal: The efficacy of prayer depends somewhat upon (hu character of the petitioner. Iniquitous New York rrayed for a breeae to abate th heat, and got one from over In Jersey, tojrethrr with about three billion hungry mosqutt.irs. Chicago Post: Bishop Fyson of Hok kaido, Japan, tells of coming across a Jap. anese. soldier who had been converted to Chr'stlanlty through having been ovcij from death at the hands of a Russinn, simply because he chanced to be wearlnaj a little silver cross that had been taken from one of the Russian dead. New Tork Tribune: In an appreciation cf Blahop' Potter, contributed to The Iins ton Transcript by the Rev. Ir. LelKhtnrj Parks, rector of St. Bartholomew's rhurrli, this city, this story Is told: "It In known to a few that while still a young mni Dr. Potter was called upon to deal with a parishioner who had become intemperate! In .the course of the conversation the man remarked, 'But you also drink wln," t. which came the quick response, 'If y.i, will promise never to touch Intoxlcan' again so will I., The double pledge h given, and never broken On either side, and this at a time when nr. Potter was pointed at by the comic newspapers as a 'wine bibber.' " DOMESTIC FLUASA.VTR1ES. "Rrt von thlnlr thev'r tint m.i.j I thought you always declared that mttche are maua in neaven. "Yes, but In this case there seijns to have been a mistake In delivering the goods." Philadelphia Press. "My wlf haa a new maid." "What's she llke7" "She's an old maid." Houston Poet. "What's the matter darling? You loch as if some great sorrow had come to you.7 "Mrs. Watterson came over to see tha baby this morning and she Insisted that ha looked the- very image of you. "Chicago Record-Herald. . - "They say that the girl you broke your engagement with was engaged to several Other men." "I guess she was. When I requested her to return the ring, she asked me to call and Identify It." Philadelphia Ledger. "Does your husband ever praise your cooking. Bertha?" asked the young wife elderly aunt. "Oh, yes auntie." "What does he say when he doesT" "Well er he doesn't say much, you) know but I can alwaya tell when th ooofc. ing pleases him. He doesn't swear at it. Chicago Tribune. 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