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George B. Taacbuck, treasurer of The
Bee Publishing company, being duly
worn, says that the actual number of
full and complete copies of The Daily.
Morning. '"Evening and Sunday Bee printed
eurlng thu month of July. was as
follows:
1 M.7B0 17... ,4O0
S 88,740 II 38,50
t U.710 It M.000
36,100 10 38,400
S6.SO0 21 30,950
96,400 1J 30.800
7 35,880 21 30.7G0
1 38,030 84.... 30,800
35.M0 2t 35,860
10.......... 38,400 ft 35,660
11 38,100 7 3580
IS 38,100 !S 35,960
II 36,020 21 36.880
14 38,330 10 35.780
1 33t0 II 38,150
1 36,100
' Totals 1.118,460
Lass unsold and returned copies. . 8.043
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Daily average 33,788
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"The Devil" is meeting with great
Success in New York as usual.
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Anyway, that Yellowstone park ban
dit beat the summer hotels to it.
The London Chronicle insists that
"fat men get all the good things of
life.'-- That'B too thin. .
A Kansas man is writing a book on
alfalfa. He should dedicate it to J.
Worth Kern or J. Ham Lewis.
"Captain Mains mind is blank,"
says a New York paper. Too bad his
cartridges were not of the same brand.
Indications are that General Pros
perity will begin enlisting an army of
Idle men every day after September 1.
The summer has not been without
Its compensations. Cyrus Townsend
Brady has not written a book since
April.
Anyway, Candidate Hlsgen has the
consolation of knowing that the own
ers, of the other bandwagons have to
use his axle grease.
"Poet takes his life out west," Bays
a New York paper. Naturally, he
would not leave his life in the east
when he started west.
Speaking of the statesmanship of
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma,' be 1b
one of the niftiest writers of campaign
poetry on the Job this year.
cable from Sydney tells of an
American sailor falling into Wooloo
mooloo bay. He doubtless pronounced
it about that way as he weat down.
Mr. Bryan has refused to speak at
the New York State fair because an ad
mission fee is charged. It makes a
difference who gets the admission fee.
Perhaps Mr. Bryan is asking the
people to contribute to his campaign
fund because he saved them a lot of
money by not being elected president,
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If Chicago society is as bad aa J.
Medlll Patterson has painted it in his
new book a lot Of folks there will feel
like moving to Newport or Pittsburg.
There seems to be a conflict in the
reports from New York that there is a
(amine of chorus girls and that the
"fatted calf" crop is unusually large.
The latest report is that Harry
Thaw is suffering from tonsllitis. That
man might recoup his fortune by fur
nishing a medical college with clinic
, subjects.
The New York World has tern
porarllyv withdrawn its "Map of Bry
anism," but it will be available for
recording the election resulta on and
after November S.
Baron Murani is slated, for appoint
ment to succeed Baron von Steruburg
as German ambassador to Washington.
This is certain to incite the jealousy
of Baron Pomery Sec.
A dishwasher in Washington is said
to have fallen heir to $50,000,000. It
is evident that the Washington police
have not been wholly successful iD
their campaign against the opium
Joint.
Stock, dealers In Wall street are
charged, with' having conducted
"matched" sales among themselves.
Why worry about that so long as they
bunco each other Instead of fleecing
the lamUl . .
BRTAlt TUB REAL POSlt'OXtR.
When Mr. Taft outlined his position
on national issues prior to the nomi
nating conventions Mr. Bryan under
took to dub him "The Great Post
poner," because he went on record for
leaving tariff revision to a pocial ses
sion of congress to be called Immedi
ately after the inauguration of the new
president. Mr. Bryan tri?d to make
political capital by declaring that if
tariff revision were needed it bhould
be rushed through congress at once.
Mr. Bryan is not now accusing his
republican opponent of beln; "a post
poner" because it might Incite com
parisons not to bis "own advantage.
When the people ask who is the real
postponer they can readily find the an
swer In Mr. Bryan's platform and ac
ceptance speech.
Mr. Bryan Is for tariff reduction, but
wants to reduce the tariff schedules
gradually only a little at a time.
Mr. Bryan Is for free trnde in the
guise of a revenue tariff, but only after
first experimenting a few years in
piecemeal reduction.
Mr. Bryan is for putting trust-made
products on the free list, but inly after
he has tried various other cures for
trust evils and found them useless.
Mr.. Bryan is for licensing corpora
tions engaged in interstate commerce,
but only after they get big enough to
control 25 per cent of the product. He
Is for extirpating them altogether, but
only after they get big enough to con
trol 50 per cent of the product.
Mr. Bryan is for an income tax, but
only after the federal constitution
shall have first been amended.
Mr. Bryan is for government owner
ship of railroads, but only after he
shall have tried regulation, which he
says he feels certain will fall.
Mr. Bryan is for a postal savings
bank, but only after he makes sure
that his deposit guaranty scheme is
Impracticable.
Mr. Bryan is for making the Filipi
nos independent, but only after a sta
ble government Is established. He
was sure that a government stable
enough for him was established ten
years ago, but is not so sure of it now.
Mr. uryan is ror a lot or other tnings
that he has likewise favored from time
to time, some of them as paramount
Issues, but which he is now postponing
until after they shall be Incorporated
into Borne future democratic platform.
The one overshadowing issue which
Mr. Bryan has been compelled o gainst
his will to postpone several times, but
which he does not want to postpone
again, is the exact date, of his occu
pancy of the White House.
CALLS FOR AN INQUIRY.
The State department at Washing
ton has received an appeal from an
American citizen that recalls some of
the stirring Incidents of the war with
Spain and throws light on Spanish
methods of treating prisoners that is
repugnant to every American with a
sense of fair play and froedom of
thought and speech. The appeal cornea
from Rev. Peter Kershaw, a native of
Florida, who has been in a Spanish
prison at Cartagena since the close of
the Spanish-American war and still has
eighteen years of a sentence to serve.
Details of the case have not been
given out officially, but It appears that
Rev. Mr. Kershaw, an American, was
doing church work in Cuba at the time
of the Spanish-American war nnd be
came in some way involved with Gen
eral Campos, the successor of General
Weyler in command of the Spanish
forces at Havana. At the close of the
war the minister was arrested on a
political charge and thrown into Jail
under a twenty-elght-yeat sentence.
His daughter was taken in charge by
the Spanish authorities and placed in a
school in Spain. For nearly ten years
Rev. Mr. Kershaw was "incommuni
cado," and his Florida relatives had
given him 'up for dead. A friendly
priest smuggled out a letter which has
been received by Georgia relatives.
The prisoner appeals to the State de
partment to intercede in hla behalf or
to at least rescue his daughter and re
store her to her own people in Georgia.
The United States government has
always taken a decided stand cgalnst
the Imprisonment of men for political
offenses and has steadfastly refused to
surrender aliens charged with such
crimes after they have obtained refuge
In this country. The government has
always been ready to extend a long
and strong arm for the protection of
Its citizens, wherever found, as was
illustrated In the case of Raisuli, cap
tured by the Morocco bandits a few
years ago, and by numerous other in
stances in the past. The case of Rev.
Mr. Kershaw will appeal to he sym
pathy of all liberty-loving Americans,
and, if he has iwlted facts, should en
list the services of the State depart
ment to secure his release.
THE CHAMFIU.S MK.1A MAX.
The diamond belt for meanness
should go, without dispute or argu
ment, to a citizen of Newark, N. J.,
who Is defendant in divorce proceed
ing brought h,y his wife. Every com
munity has its meanest man, and wheu
one of them develops some really novel
streak of cussednesa his fellow towns
men have a foolish sort of pride in
him and are committed to him when
claims to the possession of the cham
pion mean man are made by other
towns. But all these claims will have
to be waived in favor of the Newark
man. Here are some of the things
which, aa reported in the Washington
Post, were alleged by the wife in her
action-for divorce:
He limited the number of cups of tea ajid
coffee that hla family should use daily; he
numbered the eggs, apples and onions as a
check against extravagance; he weighed
all the grocerlea to keep tab on their con
sumption, keeping a set of scales under
lock and key; he raised a tremendous fuss
whenever a thick apple pie appeared on
the table, arguing that a thin one would
do Juat aa atu. be counted las sUckj f
macaroni to guard against the use of too
many at one meal; when his wife asked
for more thsn the allowance of tl a week
for household expenses generously granted
by him he packed 'his suit esse and left
home; but not before he hud violently
quarrled with his wife because she re
fused to punish their S-yesr-old son for not
tsklng longer steps, as his father com
manded In the Interest of saving of ahoe
leather.
Unfortunately, the wife docs not
tell the whole story, but the rest of it
can be imagined. It is a 8a'e wager
that the husband belongs to a few se
lect and expensive clubs, smokes the
finest imported cigars and ia a "good
fellow" and extremely liberal with his
money when his personal 'desires are
to be gratified. Inat 1b almost in
variably the style of the man who is
brutaTTy stingy in his allowances for
the ' support of the household. The
story Is not a pleasant one, but it may
have its moral and teach a lesson. It
may cause some young women matri
monially inclined to be warned by it
and get a line on their prospective
husbands' ideas of household economy
before It is everlastingly too late. The
case Is apparently without a mitigating
circumstance, except the fact that the
man- had to live in New Jersey, but
even making all proper allowances for
that, other claimants for the champion
mean man belt will be advised to keep
still until they can make a record.
A BVMTEH GOLD CROP.
The farmers are not the only per
sons who are promised a bumper crop
this year as a result of their devotion
to Mother Earth. Informal reports re
ceived by the Treasury department at
Washington foreshadow a gold output
for 1908 far ahead of all previous rec
ords. Advance information received
by the director of the mint shows that
every gold-producing section in the
United States will produce a yield of
greater value than last year and
equally promising reports come from
the gold fields of foreign countries.
The enlarged gold output promised
for the year in this country is not due
to the opening of new fields, although
some rich discoveries have been made
In the Nevada desert, but largely to
steady working and absence of labor
disturbances In the metal mining re
gions. The gold production in Colo
rado and California will be fully 20
per cent greater than in 1907 and the
Alaskan yield will be far in excess of
that of laBt year. In the Colorado
field the greater development of the
mines has disc rosed the fact that an
average gold production of 130,000,
000 a year may be relied upon for the
next quarter of a century. Alaska la
expected to produce about $26,000,-
000 this year and the area of the
fields already figuring in the gold pro
duction in that territory assure a
pretty steady output for generations to
come.
South Africa continues to hold the
record as a gold producer, the yield
from the Transvaal country amounting
to more than $150,000,000 a year and
experts figure that $5,000,000,000 of
gold ia! how practically in sight in that
region.' Mexico and South America are
known to be rich in the yellow metal
and will yet add enormously to the
world's yield of gold. . s
With the greatest gold fields of the
world reliably counted upon to con
tinue their heavy yield indefinitely,
there is the comforting assurance of
permanency to the lifting effect of
more gold upon the general level of
priceB. The certainty of an ample
supply of the basic money metal of civ
ilization will be a potent factor in the
promotion and development of indus
trial and commercial expansion and
the betterment of the lot of the world's
workers.
PETS AS GERM PEDDLERS.
If the bulging-browed scientists and
the laboratory physicians can accom
plish it there" will be little peace or
pleasure left for the people. Dr. Wiley
of the Department of Agriculture has
been busily engaged in finding poisons
in foodstuffs until there is hardly any
thing left for people to chew except
the rag, and now comes an eminent
London physician all London physi
cians are supposed to be eminent
and places the domestic pets in the list
of disease transmitters. In an address
before the London Society for the De
struction of Vermin, Dr. Louis San
born declared that the pet cat, the dog,
the parrot and the canary are four of
the greatest foes to the health of man
kind. According to this authority, the
canary and the parrot transmit tuber
culosis, while the "harmless, necessary
cat" Is loaded to its whiskers with the
germs of diphtheria, as well as tuber
culosis and scarlet fever. -The pet dog
ia not a specialist, but carries in its
shaggy coat a full assortment of germa
guaranteed to cause any disease which
happens to be popular at the time,
from mumps to appendicitis. The cat,
however, is the greatest source of fan
ger to the family, according to Dr.
Sanborn's way of thinking. The cat,
being something of a privileged char
acter in the house, goes unchallenged
into the sick room, loads up with a
few choice germs and then hikes to
the nursery to have a romp with the
baby and fill its little system full of
disease. The only redeeming feature
of the case is that the doctor does not
charge the cat with doing its stunt
with "malicious Intent. Attar getting
a full breath, the doctor adds a few
more counts to the Indictment against
the cat by charging It with carrying
the germs of measles, mumps, chicken
pox, whooping cough, influenza, mange
and ringworm and transmitting them
to the babies.
With the cat out of commission, the
doctor turns to the parrot and charges
that parrots and canaries nearly all
have consumption, which is easily and
promptly transmitted to their owners
and caretakers. He declares that con
sumption ia common to all caged ani
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BKK: AUGUST
mals and to all domestic pVts. He
charges that the spread of contagious
diseases may he laid almost wholly at
the doors of the household pets.
It Is probable that much truth 1b
contained in Dr Sanborn'B statement,
but it is more certain that his warning
will not be generally heeded. The dog
and the cat and the silver-throated
canary are too firmly established in the
affections of the home folks to be
classed as pests, instead of pets, at the
dictum of any man.
A MOSS-VOVF.RKI) DOCTR1XE.
In his discussion of the tariff Mr.
Bo an insists that the democratic
party, which, of course, is Mr. Bfyan,
aims to secure "Justice In taxation."
He defines his Idea ot Justice in taxa
tion to be to require that each individ
ual contribute to the support of the
government "in proportion to the ben
efits" which he receives undor Its pro
tection. While this statement Indi
cates that Mr. Bryan is not very clear
In his ideas of taxation, It unquestion
ably means that he adheres to the
moss-covered and long-discredited ben
efit theory of taxation.
The ground work of the benefit the
ory lay in the notion that contributions
to the tax gatherer were in the nature
of exchanges or purchases by which
the taxpayer bought something from
the government to be returned to him
pro rata in the way of service. The
benefit theory of taxation, . however,
failed to square up with actu.il condi
tions and if It was ever unqualifiedly
maintained by anyone it has certainly
been rejected by every political econo
mist or student of finance of recog
nized authority for the last fifty years.
The benefit theory of taxation would
make the weak and dependent who
require the most aid from the govern
ment pay more than the powerful and
Independent who could get along with
little government assistance. It would
make the poor man with a large family
of children pay. a bigger school tax
than the rich man with no children.
It would denounce as unjust all ex
emptions of any kind and require a
fixed rule of proportion so that the
man with twice the income or wealth
of another should pay exactly twice as
much into the public treasury.
It goes without saying that the ben
efit theory of taxation, as outlined by
Mr. Bryan, is not defended by any
school of political economy or finance.
It is quite likely that it would not be
defended by Mr. Bryan, himself, and
that he did not -realize what he was
saying and did not mean what he said.
It shows, however, his ignorance of
the teachings of political economy and
his looseness of thought and expres
sion two serious deficiencies for a
man aspiring to be chief executive for
a nation of 80,000,000 people.
PASS1SG OF IBB "PLVQ."
Even in staid old London where
precedent rules almost every action,
the Independent, spirit of the age has
manifested itself Bo strongly that the
high hat', or the "topper," as the Lon
doners are pleased to call It, is becom
ing conspicuous by its withdrawal
from everyday display. It is true that
some Americans who were Invited
guests at a recent reception given by
King Edward were refused admission
to the palace grounds because they
wore straw hats with their otherwise
correct evening dress, but the average
Britisher is emulating the American
example by wearing clothing that is
comfortable rather than customary.
ine true Briton refuses, however.
to abandon a world-old custom with
out a struggle, and a determined effort
was made by smart Londoners to re
vive favor for the "plug" hat during
the recent Olympic games. Thousands
of men, apparently engaged by the haf-
ters, appeared in the stadium, eae?i
wearing the very newest thing in'syk
hats. Impressive as the display was
the result wbb not very satisfactory.
Half of the time the weather was as
hot as it gets in Arizona and the rest
of the time it was raining, und a plug
hat is a sorry thing In a rainstorm
and its wearer an object of commisera
tion when the thermometer is up In
the 90s. To add to the complications,
the straw hat men arranged a counter
demonstration and even the rtlcklers
for precedent had to admit that the
straw had the better of the argument.
With the growing disposition -of
men everywhere to dress us they
please, the silk hat must be content
to show Itself only in cool weather
and when dress occasions require the
use of such head covering.
Voters of all parties who participate
In the coming Nebraska primiry will
be called on to register their approval
or disapproval of two constitutional
amendments. One of these amend
ments provides for the enlargement ort
the supreme court to seven Judges ani
the abolition of the clumsy Supreme
Court commission to which litigation
has been sidetracked for yeara past.
The other amendment adds to the list
of securities in which the permanent
school funds of the state may be in
vested, for which, under present limit
ations, an outlet must be sought in
bonds Issued by distant states, notwith
standing the fact that the money could
be judiciously Invested In home securi
ties. These two constitutional amend
ments should both be unanimously en
dorsed, as they pave the way for two
much-needed reforms. Endorsement
at the primary will make all the
straight party votes at the regular elec
tion count for the amendments and
thus insure their ratification.
This congressional dibtrlct is one of
the few with more than one nominee
from which a choice must be made for
presidential elector on the republican
ticket. The republicans are fortunate
in hadng an opportunity to Import
this Important, though unremunera
live, duty upon Howard H. Baldrige,
.10. 1908.
who consented to serve only ht airgent
solicitation. When voting at next
Tuesday's primary be sure to vote for
Mr. Baldrige for presidential elector.
If the city of Omaha ever acquires
ownership of the water works It will
have a big business enterprise on Its
hands, whose management will call
for the best business ability wallable.
The Water board Is, or should be, a
business proposition, and while The
Bee has with good reason found fault
with a great deal of Its work to date
In connection with the compulsory
purchase proceedings. It freely con
cedes that Isaac E. Congdon, the out
going member who Is standing for re
election, is a professional man of high
standing and wide business experience
and the kind of a man business men
would employ to look after large in
terests. From all that we can learn.
Mr. Congdon has been a sort of bal
ance wheel to the board, nnd if re
tained by re- election may be expected
to exert an influence for conservative
action and a rational effort to get the
city out of the maze of costly litigation
In which it has become Involved.
A New York' dispatch tells about
"the strawboard heads" being charged
with mismanagement of the affairs of
a company. It Is difficult to under
stand why the management of a com
pany should be left in the hands of
men with strawboard heads.
Five out of the nine places on the
republican state ticket In Nebraska
are uncontested because the candidates
are officers with satisfactory records
seeking a Becond term. That ia a
pretty good record In itself.
lKoklngr Ahead.
Indianapolis News.
The nlan tn haul t ruin. in... - uA T, i.i
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by electricity generated from nearby water
f " " ' """"n mat mr. riarnman proposes
to conserve a few natural resources himself
mints iney are cneap.
Souvenir llanters Scared OAT.
Chicago Tribune.
That lime highwayman with the tun. how.
ever, has assisted materially in conserving
tno natural resources of Yellowstone park.
It will be safe from visiting vandals and
souvenir hunters so long as he Is at large.
Justice Lands Again.
Washington Post.
Justice Is not so blirjd after all. An ice
dealer in this city waa fined the other day
for giving his patrons short weight. After
that, we may hope that rioters and Night
Riders In other cities will eventually get
theirs.
JMnkes for fence.
New York Post.
Government tests of his noiseless rifle in
dicate that Mr. Hiram Maxim will soon
carry (the world a few inches nearer tn
peace. A weapon which can kill a man at
long range without any more fuss than a
puff of gas and a hammer click helns not
a little to convince disputants that arbitra
tion is the bettor part of patriotism.
Coming Over the Wire,
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Inventors of the wireless telephone declare
they will aoon be holding conversations be
tween the top of the Eiffel tower and the
roof of the Metropolitan building in New
York. When all the connections are made
students of French language and art may
sit in their own homes in America and get
all the polish, If not the wickedness, of the
boulevards.
Perils of Hefnslnir a Tip.
Philadelphia Record.
An entirely new problem In the ethics
of organized labor has been raised in New
York. The occasion of it was the un
precedented act of a waiter who refused
a tip of $1 which was only 10 per cent
of the customer's bill on the extraordinary
ground that his employer paid htm well
and he never took tips. The walking dele
gate of the Waiters' union heard of this
remarkable incident and rushed to the re
freshment establishment and demanded
the waiter's dismissal, failing which he
threatened to call out all the waiters on
a, strike. This independent waiter, by the
way, la not a free-born American citizen,
but a German, who says he will return
to his home In Dresden if he shall b dis
charged. Expediting; Justice.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The recommendations of a committee of
the American Bar association with refer
ence to delays In legal procedure are In
accordance with the opinions frequently ex
pressed by many distinguished Jurists.
Justice Brewer, for example, has spoken
repeatedly on this subject, and upon nearly
the same lines as those laid down In the
present report. Too many appeals or writs
of error are granted upon purely technical
grounds, when there is no reai question of
truth or justice involved. It is not against
the right of appeal, but against its flagrant
abuse, that the proposed reforms are urged.
A limitation of appeals In criminal cases is
needed really for the better administration
of Justice and to insure a greater confidence
and a truer respect for the' law.
MARItlAGiK A.D DIVOHCE.
Three Avenues of Hueceasful Reform
Pointed Ont.
St. Louis Times.
Bishop Greer, the new head of the Epis
copal diocese of New York, succeeding the
late Bishop Potter, Is home from Kurope
with the discovery that America is the
most divorce-ridden country in the world.
The bishop is aroused to what seems to
him to be a necessity for immediate ac
tion. He would make divorced persons
subject- to social disgrace. In this con
nection he says:
"The engrossing material, the avid pur
suit of wealth and the equaUy feverish
pursuit of pleasure have weakened do
mestic ties. The divorce evil has flour
ished because it has not been sufficiently
condemned.
"Divorced persons are not made to feel
any inconx enience'or disgrace."
We are by so means sure that Bishop
Greer la right in hla conclusions. There
can be no question .on the score of his
discovery. Divorces are too numerous In
America; they are too easily obtained and
too lightly considered. To say, however,
that badly mated women and men should
go through life wearing the yoke and
bearing the burden evenly is hsrdly fair.
One great offender rhould not atilft half
of his responsibilities to the shoulders of
another. There is small reason for the
punishment of two for the sins of one.
Bishop Greer Is quite right in scoring
the frequency of divorce In the United
States, but he seems to go the wrong way
about in seeking the cure. The remedy Is
In the church and In the achool and In
the home, As long as marriage la taken
lightly , divorce will not b a matter of
stiiou toosideraUon.
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9ECILAH SHOTS AT THE PtLPIT
Boston Advertiser: The old Idea that a
minister ahould occupy a place apart from
hla charge has In large measure given
way to the sentiment of a "practical age"
and the so-called Institutional church of
the cities ia but one manifestation of this
Idea. In the city the method by which a
minister may come most closely to his
people Is a complicated matter, for the
people under his spiritual guidance are of
many occupations and many activities. In
the country the question Is a more direct
one. Here the congrwutlon Is of one mind.
Of one line of thought.
Springfield Republican: When the Salva
tion Army general, William Booth, bade
farewell to a great gathering of the army
at London's Crystal palace as he waa go
ing to leave for South Africa-he said: "I
am expecting to come back again. Even
when I cross the Jordan. I shall expect
to come back, for I do not think I shall
rest In heaven without coming down to
see how you are getting on. I may be
oversangulne, overoptimlst'c-I should be
of precious little use if I were not a little
In that dlrectton-but I am hoping that
God Almighty is going to permit me to see
the hopea and expectations of my life car
ried Into effect." And then the thousands
of the army sounded "volleys." it is a
brave old soul.
' Indianapolis News: There are no Infidels.
They are as extinct In the Twentieth cen
tury aa the dodo. They began to die out
when the strenuous atyle of preaching
that used to bang the Bible and beat the
dust out of the pulpit cushion began to
lose vogue. As the fires of eternal tor
ment ceased to flame, began to burn lurid
and finally went out, the figure of the In
fidel faded, and in the broad light of day,
where religion ia now finding itself, the in
fidel has vanished like a wraith. God'a
sunshine haa shown that there was noth
ing to him. It waa only in the artificial
light of a terrible and terrorizing theology
that he was visible. Conditions changed,
and as they changed people ceased to see
What thev werA n,i. liAL-l.. . .
.wmug, iui, 0(j con
ditions here have changed, humanity is
safe, "God relsrns. and "th i-ni-;.-..
Washington still lives.' , .
FURSONAL AND OTHERWISE. '
1 It seems to be settled that Ahd-ul-Atla
Isn't. . t
New Yok applauds the presence or two
"devils." The Job is too much for one
.Abraham Ruef of Ban Francisco haa a
collection of seventy-nine indictments and
not a conviction in sight.
Iowa's chestnut crop is ripening. One en
thusiastic resident hiked to Chicago with
the news that Bryan will carry the state.
A sure sign of the coming "melancholy
days" is the report that the crannerry crop
la a partial failure. Any old excuse serve.
for a boost of prices.
Notwithstanding successive failure of the
..... . L. , .
-"-" fcawu ciup iubi spring, me or
chardlst managed to market 2,W).(K)0 bushels
and rake In an equal number of dollars.
'One of the victims of the lone-man hold
up in Yellowstone park mav be i,i..ntm..i
as the author of the sentiment, "What
funny things we see when we haven't a
gun."
A frisky kid of 81 years, who ha mr.
vived several rounds of Chicago climate,
threw an unwelcome visitor out or hi.
house for his own satisfaction and thj
exercise.
The New Jersey farmer who muted t.,i
robbers and secured 123 and a watch rnin
them can connect with a profitable Job by
communicating with the management of
Yellowstone park.
The discovery of a French rjhvsiclan that
hypnotism induces tightwads to loosen up
might be given a practical demonstration
by the Omaha park commission in the
Carter park negotiations.
F. Plnnev Earl, the affinity arll.t. I.
lannnl.hlnB- In inll at nk.h.n .XT V
charred with lambasting hla sd'jl mat.
with bare knucklea. Soul mates should
Insist on base ball mitts.
Colonel Guffey of Pennsylvania. . h.a
stricken art glass and politics from his
list of diversions and ta diligently gather
ing in spouting oil wells in Texas. The
colonel loves a spoutcr that delivers the
goods.
PIANO WAR NOW ON
A. Hospe's Price Letting-Down
Astonishes the Piano Purchaser
Come Early and Get Best Selection
For 10 days we expect to clean out fifty Pianos at .
less than competition offers. Don't buy until you have
seen our immense let down figures.
A few good ones herewith:
$300 Upright Piano, mahogany, new
$400 Upright Piano, oak, new
$275 Upright Piano, walnut, new
$750 Grand Piano, mahogany, slightly used .
$1,000 Player Piano, mahogany, alightly used.
$350 Upright Piano, mahogany, new
$600 Grand Square Piano, rosewood, used...,
$400 Upright Piano, walnut, ussd
$450 Upright Piano, walnut, used ,
$275 Upright Piano, mahogany, usd
$10 SENDS A PIANO HOME $10.
$6.00 and up per month pays for It.
Scores and scores of bargains, besides the few ve
have mentioned above, are ready for your inspection. If
you can't call, write or call
A. HOSPE CO., LSlg-Douglas St.
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BEKMOXS BOILED DOHA,
The hypocrite is only the chronic living
liar.
Nothing is sacred 'without some mrrlflrl.il
Service.
Experience ia the best internretee nt nv
theology.
Paralysis of conscience Is often mistaken
for the peace of God.
It takes more than the hatred of certain
sinners to make you a sulnt. ,
Many a mnn who prides himself on hi
poise ought to regret that he Is so pulsel s.
Our own sins grow fnst behind our barks
while we are gaslng at the faults of our
neighbors.
The man who brags of his self-reopect H
often raying his respects 'to a mighty
small object.
It's a pour faith that values Its creed
by Its virulent power to hurt the iheep of
some other fold.
It la better occasionally to do a foolish
act of charity than to commit the folly
of an uncharitable life.
The man who can make children sniils
does not need to worry over his Inab llty
to preach sermons.-Chlcago Tribune.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES..
He was having some words with" her
chaperon. 'Tll-Tn kiss her rlsht undr
your nose." he said defiantly, "on, well "
said that lady, "xhailous kix.lng like thst
1 can see no objec tion to. "-Houston Past.
He (anxiously) Dearest, 1 love you, but
I am poor man. Can you do wlt'.iout
even the necessaries of life?
She (confidingly i-oh. yes. If I nly hal
the luxuiies.-Ualtlmorc American.
JIlT-;1 bclpvr ' and change this
S"hnn,or ano her.' It doesn't harmonlu
with my complexion.
Fan-You foolish thing: Go and rha:ig
your oomp exlon. That won t take you half
as long.-Chlcago Tribune.
"And Is there no hope for me? " dejectedly
asked the rejected suitor Jiraiy
lots of girls In the world who are not
"8 particular as I am."-Phlladelphla Press.
...!Tha beCRm? of that puritanical old
uncle of youra from New England?'
1 he comnnr'a car.ti.t .u. i-. , .
- ' ' ' ' . waa uiui lie OlCu
from natural causes."
''Dear me! What happened?"
.. , ? to!'.to Investigating the electrical
'Naturally, he was shocked to death."-
.unci it. c i:.
Husband-I wish to speak to you about
your hair.
Wife tou used to say my hair was the
most gloi inns feature of inv beauty
Husband -Yep, yes. dear, nnd that' is why
I want to economize it when you are
cooking.-tit. Louis Times.
"Young folks are certs Inlv sill-' I heard
young Jinx telling his sweetheart last mglit
that he wax in lve with her betore he
had ever seen her."
. VJ'l",1 WMS no mre ' figure, speech; t
told him abiiut her and how much money
she hud. "-Cleveland Leader.
your "ook?"heard 0U "ay anytnln bout
"Nope."
.'"Does she never leave you""
Poit.0,,e: 1,11 niarrl,d lo er ."-Houston
Mother Don't tease me, Johnnv. Can t
you sen I'm In a lot of trouble? The boiler
has sprung a leak.
Johnnie What makes It leak?
.,5P.rrBp.causR n,y rt"y t home.
our father has asked two men to dinner,
the cook has left and the butcher hasn't
come with the meat. Now run and piay.
Brooklyn Llfu.
THE HAlNTED BKOTIIERS.
F. L. Stanton in Uncle Remus' Magaiine
D'AW l,owl lHk' he " Wao de dead.
De Thunder holler loud.
Twel de Moon she put de stars ter bed
An klvcr 'um wid a cloud. -
An' I shake an' shiver
An' say my pra'i
Ie Thunder knock.
An' I say: "Who dar?
In' task Is took
Fer ter go yo' ways
I ain't been home
Sense de Freedom days!"
De Win' In de chimbly sing en shout
Ter dis trimblln' soul er mine;
"I coma fer ter blow dat fire out,
An' you better rise an' shine."'
An' here de word
What I answer buck:
"I des can't shine
Ksse niy face too black!"
An' de Win' he sav
Ter de Thunder-Night:
"Weil skeer dat sinner
Twel his face tu'n white:"
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