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1 10 THE OMAILV ; DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. DECEMBER 5. Mflfl. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. DECEMBER o, 1008. The Cmaha Daily Bee, roVNDED HT EDWARD ROflFTWATER. VICTOR nOWBWATER, EDITOR. Kntered at Omaha postofflce aa aecond- lass matter. TKR.lt S OF SUNSCRirTION. Ially lie (without Bund?), on jrear.MW Dally Bee and Bun da jr. one Tear .0O DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Tally Pi (Including- Runday), rr week.. lie Dally Bee (without Sunday). per wek..10o Evening !) (without Sunday), per wk to Kvenlna; Be (with Sunday), pr week. l'V B'inda.v B. onn year UM Saturday Be, ono year l.W Addri all complaints of Irregularities In delivery to City Clrrulatlon department. offices. Omaha The rte Itulldlnr. South Omaha Twentjfc-fonrth and N. 'rmnrll Bluffs 15 Brott Street. Lincoln 61X Uttln Building. C'hlcair'v-IMS Marquette Building;. New York Roome 1101-1102 No. 34 West Thlrty-thlrd Street. Washington 725 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. r'nmmnnlratlons relating to newa and edi torial matter ahnuld be addressed: Omaha lice, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order pa.VHble to The Ilea Publishing Company. Only 2-cont stamps received In payment of mall accounts. I'oraonal check, except on Omaha or eastern exohanRea, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Slate of Nebraska. Dous;l as County, es : Oeorge B. TzRchuck. treasurer of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says thut the actual number of lull and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday B"e printed during the month of November, 1908, waa as follows: 1 44,000 38,100 3 48,850 4 64,650 T. 43,360 r, 39.630 7 33,380 X 37,400 H 37,940 1 37,810 II 37,730 12 37,880 1? 37,390 14 37,530 15 38,600 1 37,960 17 37.190 18 36,870 19 38,890 20 37.310 21 37,000 22 37.060 23 37,010 2 4 37,090 26 37,070 28 36,940 2T 37,140 28 36,890 29 36,700 30 37,310 Total 1,181,370 Lesa unsold ftnd returned copies. 11,187 Net total 1,180,103 Dally average 38,336 GEORG3 B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and swurn to before me thla 1st day of December, 1D08. (Seal) M. P. WALKER, Notary Public. WHEW OCT OF TOWN, Subscribers tearing the city tem porarily anonld have The Dee mailed to them. Address will be changed aa often na requested. It begins to look as though Speaker Cannon were ready to be revised. I'erils are among the other "Made In Germany" products which are not popular in England. A Harvard professor declares that he has discovered "the rule of sex." We all know which sex rules. The Haytlen revolution was a little late this year. Probably It was "post poned until after the' election." Hack once more to the subject- of nanwti Jjoih 'Lake and Champaign counties in Ohio have gone dry. A Haytlen general has been killed .by a mob. The Haytlea army was probably taking his lunch at the time. Some young men. are apparently wondering why colleges are kept open after the close of the foot ball season. .la pan and the United States have determined that there shall be no cracked China on the International "ta ble. This appeal for n increase of the duties on funeral goods seems to be running the tariff question into the ground. Eastern matrimonial misfits are much annoyed to learn that they can no longer get divorces between trains at Sioux Falls. Silver has dropped to 48 cents an ounce. Who was It said that silver would always remain on a parity with the price of wheat? Champ Clark says he has no hopes f being elected speaker of the house. He has chosen himself, however, as a talker of the house. Klo is to displace Esperanto as a universal language. It is stated that one man speaks it already, even if he does not understand it. Owing to the failure of the Greek olive crop, this country's supply of Greek olive oil will come from Cali fornia and Texas, as usual. An elephant ran amuck In New York the other day, but did not get us far a the elephant which ran amuck lu the Tammany districts on November 3. It has cost 1180,000 to build an Heuhunt house in New York. ' It cost Mr. Hitchcock nearly ten times that amount to get his elophant into the house. John D. Rockefeller admits that he owns $170,000,000 worth of Standard Oil stock. That, added to the $1.50 be received in witness fees, makes a very tidy amount. Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Archbold both insist that the oil business is hazardous. Those who have tried competition with the Standard have found it extremely hazardous. A prominent physician says that standing stimulates the brain and pre vents drowsiness. As a last resort, the minister might ask the congrega tion to stand during the sermon. Our quarterback, Steffen, is the beBt dodger in the country," says the coach of the Chicago university foot ball team. Don't know about that Have been reading, the testimony of Mr, Rockefeller aud Mr. Archbold. POSTMASTERS An CIVIL SERVICE. President Roosevelt, by authority vested in him by law, has inade a rad ical order, placing 15,488 fourth-rla3s postmesters under the civil service law. Thfe order applies to fourth-class postofflces In all of the states from Maine to the Mississippi, north of the Ohio river. It Is explained that It Is tho purpose of the president to finally extend this transfer to all fourth class postofflces In the country, num bering 54.S12, but the work Is of such magnitude that It has been deemed best to do it sectlonally. It Is also proposed to extend the order later to Include the rural free delivery car riers. Democratic editors are already de nouncing the order as an attempt on the part of the president and the re publican administration to make the Postofflce department a part of the re publican political machine. Whether It is advisable or not to have the fourth class postmasters selected by an exam ination and protected, after appoint ment, by civil service rules, the fact remains that 6uch action will result In the practical removal of the fourth- class postofflces from politics. Under the proposed plan it is the purpose to have examinations held in as many centers as possible and to invite com petitive trials by as many candidates as possible for specified offices. It Is expected in this way to secure a list of eliglbles for each postofflce. Before taking an examination, a candidate muBt have tho endorsement of at least five of the citizens of his community and the guaranty of the men who, In case of his appointment, will become his bondsmen. Everything being equal, the man standing at the head of the eligible list of the postofflce, where a vacancy exists, will be ap pointed, regardless of his political af filiation. Once appointed, the post master can be removed only for cause, after a hearing. Congressmen will doubtless take varying positions on the plan, and they will have an opportunity to show their attitude when the appropriation neces sary for carrying the plan into effect Is up for consideration. To some con gressmen patronage is their very life and sustenance; to others it is a nuisance, and in the old days -the fourth-class postofflce was a recruit ing station for the congressman's po litical forces. The proposed change is not so strik ing as appears on the surface, so far os it relates to fourth-class postmas ters. When Mr. Roosevelt first be came president, he decided, upon the recommendation of Mr. J. L. Brlstow, then fourth assistant postmaster gen eral, to make no changes in the per sonnel of fourth-class postmasters where their services had been satisfac tory. This policy has boon pursued for seven years, so that congressmen have become accustomed to being re fused when they have filed requests for a change of postmasters in their districts on purely personal or politi cal grounds. THE REViriXO IXDUSTR1ES. From Pittsburg, the center of the Iron and steel manufacturing indus try, come encouraging reports of a general resumption of business, in re sponse to orders booked for delivery early in the coming year. The reports show that in many lines, in spite of the depression of tho earlier half of the year, the production has been con. slderably in excess of that of 1907. The tonnage of structural steel, tin plates and wire has been considerably larger than in 1904 and the only loss In the industry has been in steel rails and steel plates. This is considered particularly gratifying, as the earlier part of 1907 was a boom period in all of the industries. The tin plate trade is reviving rap- Idly, all of the plant3 having resumed ouerations with full forces. In the rail mills orders have been placed by railroads that promise practically full time and full capacity operation, be ginning with the new year. The Pressed Steel Car company has orders for 3,000 cars, booked since the elec tion, and one firm at Erie has orders for 2 50 boilers. The locomotive works at Philadelphia, Schenectady and Richmond huve resumed operations, aijd all indications are that th'i new year will find every branch of the steel and iron industries operating at full blast. ROBlilXd THE FOSTUFFUES. The stealing of $18,000 worth of stamps and currency from an Indiana postofflce serves to call attention to the report of tho Postal departmait showing that this kind of thievery has been growing rapidly for a number 06 years, ill spite of the most "determined efforts of the secret service to stamp it out. During the last year there were 1,802 such robberies, an Increase of 231 over the preceding year. The government assumed losses by rob bery of postage stamps amounting to $72,984; postal funds, $15,627, and money order funds, $12,711, a total of about $102,000. In the course of the year 372 post offlce burglars were arretted and all but a half dozen were convicted. The government never ceases its pursuit of these thieves, who are mostly profes sionals and make a specialty of rob bing postofflces. One feature of the case, always puzzling to the govern ment officials, is the readiness with which business men in high standing will purchase hundreds of dollars' worth of stamps from persons not con nected with the postal service, and without either asking questions or re porting to the authorities. These stamps are necessarily sold through a "fence" and t a liberal discount, aud tho government secret service men contend, with some show of reason, that merchants -who buy their stamps In large quantities from unknown men are making It easy for the. postofflce burglars to go on with their work. The loss in such cases falls on the postmaster, who, while he may be re imbursed by an act of congress. Is al ways compelled to wait a long time for the adjustment of his claim. Re-centl'.- congress has authorized the postmaster general to settle minor losses, where the facts are satisfactory to the inspectors, bnt in cases of large loss, like that in the Indiana town, the postmaster must wait for his reltfr" in special legislation. STATE AXD FEDERAL AUTHORITY. The state of Louisiana Is apparently determined to make another test of the states' rights doctrine in the su preme court of the United States. A constitutional amendment, passed by a special session of the legislature, has been overwhelmingly approved by the people. It bars those who have begun suits at law In the state courts from transferring them to the United States tribunals. There Is little reason to doubt that in view of tho dominant position of the national government that the Louis iana enactment will find short shrift in the federal courts. It has been long recognized, both In the interpretation of the federal constitution and in the highest decisions on that document, that the federal judicial authority Is paramount where any supposed state right may conflict with it. It is clearly established that no citizen or litigant can be barred by a state law from seeking relief, protection or benefits in the national courts, where a federal Issue is involved. The Louisiana en actment is already being tested In the federal court at New Orleans and will doubtless be carried ' to the United States supreme court for final disposi tion. THE IiCILDIXa VRDIXAXCE. Another dispute has arisen between the city council and the building in spector. Without going into the mer its of the present case, the general proposition involved is that the build ing ordinance should not be evaded under any conditions. It Is easily un derstood that a temporary structure of combustible nature may be erected within tho prescribed fire limits under proper provisions, but why a perma nent structure of this nature should be permitted does not appear. Omaha has enjoyed a very healthy building growth for a number of years past and the ordinance requiring substan tial construction has been enforced with reasonable effectiveness. It if confessedly to the advantage of the builders, themselves, that their con struction be of the most durable char acter. ' One of the paradoxical features of modern commercial life in America is that laws are required to compel the construction of buildings that may not stand as a menace to surrounding property. The annual tribute paid to the red destroyer each year has reached stupendous figures, and yet there are in every community men who are willing to disregard all no tions of safety as taught by experi ence and erect flimsy and easily con sumed structures for business pur poses. This attitude Is one the build ing ordinance is intended to correct. The Omaha laws on building, are not rigidly restrictive, nor do they operate onerously against private enterprise. The enforcement of these laws has been, if anything, too lax and should be made stricter in the future. It is not to work a hardship on any indi vidual or firm, but to protect the prop erty of other individuals and firms that the law exists, aud it should be obeyed. A Lincoln newspaper has dug up a letter alleged to have been written by A. C. Shallenberger during the lasl campaign, in which the then candidate for governor pledges himself to sign a county option bill, if such be passed by the legislature. This is merely supporting the charge made by The Bee again and again during the cam paign that Mr. Shallenberger was promising one thing in one part of the state and another in another, and it is going to take considerable diplomatic maneuvering on the part of the in coming governor to redeem both his pledges. The passing of John McCreary re moves another of the figures that loomed big in the early history of Omaha and Nebraska. Mr. McCreary was one of that band of intrepid spir its who helped build an empire from a wilderness, and whose numbers are growing fewer and fewer each year, but whose work is more and more un derstood and appreciated. A cut used to illustrate a street car sign company's advertisement is an excellent illustration of - the general value of that sort of effort at publicity. The people who are portrayed as rid ing in the car are looking in every di rection save at the signs. The Douglas county delegation is now discussing Omaha charter amend ments with the charter revision com mittee, but no further sign of "home rule" is apparent. That seems to b one topic the democrats are anxious to avoid just now. The World-Herald's present great est cause for complaint seems to be that a republican governor has de clined to appoint democrats to office In Nebraska. This Is too bad, of course, but it will probably have to stand as it is. ' A hard-hearted Jury at Salt Lake refused to discriminate between the corporations aud the individuals Mho were charged with consulraty ant found them all guilty. Some day 1' will come to be understood that law are jneant to be obeyed by giant cor porations and their employes the same s by other persons. The Lutheran semi-centennial cele bration Is another reminder that Omaha is a very young community, as well as an evidence that the Luther ans were as aggressive in their mis sionary work fifty years ago as they are today. Tho bonded indebtedness of New York City is now larger than that of the United States. The rest of the country has shown Its wisdom in quar antining against the spread of Tam manyism. A Urarlona t'nnreaalon. Baltimore American. Cuba will allow the Americans to direct their own evaluation. It certainly la both grace and gratitude to recognize that the evacuation la wholly voluntary, and that unlike the former possessors of the Island, we do not haVe to walk Spanish. "A Jolly Uaod Fellow." Boston Globe. Judging from the tone and temper of Mr. Hnrrimnn's only after-dinner speech, It'a rather a pity that he Isn't heard from In that role more frequently. His merry quips and f.K"et loudness nt the expense of hla distinguished critics set the tables In n roar and promoted digestion. la Uncle Andy a Una-Been? Washington Herald. And now some of the younger steel mag nates say "Uncle Andy" has been out of tho game too long to appreciate its needs. Perhaps Mr. Carnegie argues the matter somewhat after the fashion of that Turkish sultan who was willing for his successor's harem to be abolished, but balked at the abolition of his own. On the Tobosjsjmn. Boston Herald. Poor old silver dollar! With the price of the metal very close down to the lowest price It has ever sold, the intrinsic value of the silver coin is as low or lower than ever before In its history, being now Just about 40 cents. Meanwhile the output of the Bold mines continues to increase, the lutest record being at the top. Amertenn Towers of Battel. W. Z. Ripley in the Atlantic. In a slnglo block in New York there aro 1.400 people of twenty distinct nationalities. There are more than two-thirds us many native-born Irish in Boston as In the cap ital city, Dublin. With their children, mainly of pure Irish blood, they mako Boston Indubitably tho leading Irish city In the world. New York Is a larger Italian colony today than Rome, having 500,000 Italian colonists. It contains no lees than 800,000 Jews, mainly from Russia. Thus It Is also tho foremost Jewish city in the world. Pittsburg, the center of our Iron and steel lnduatry, is another tower of Babel. It la said to contain more of that out-of-the-way people, the Servians, than the capital of Servia Itself. MASD.ITKS OF TUB 1'ItlM ARIES. The Question aa It Affects Election of United Stntea Senators. New York Tribune. In Oregon the popularly chosen candidate for senator la of a different party from the majority of the legislature. In Kansas and Missouri he is of a different faction of the same party from the majority of tho legis lature. That la urged as Just as good an excuse aa exists in Oregon for violating the will of the people expressed In the primary law. Frauds are alleged. If the election were to be held over again, the public is told that the result would be different; therefore the legislators are ad vised to let the defeated candldato's friends interpret for them the second thought of the electorate. In the Kansas legislature, out of 118 members only thirty-nlx, if not bound by the result of the primary, would be supporters of Brlstow. The others are Urged to "obey the federal constitution" and vote according to their "consciences." In Missouri the Folk legislators outnumber the Stone legislators two to one. In Illi nois the outcome of the senate primary Is regarded as not necessarily binding upon the legislature, and in North Dakota also the contest is to be carried into the legisla ture. Probably such contests are Inevitable, for the system is new and the custom Is not yet established of abiding by the results of the primaries. But it is to be observed that the direct primary system was created In response to a demand by the people. Viola tion of It will probably be hazardous for the party that Is responsible and extremely dangerous to the Individual legislators who are persuuded by the kind of arguments we have rehearsed to break their pledge to their constituents. Probably the talk of Ignoring the primary results will come to nothing. If it avails and the primary sys tem falls to secure to the people the right of selecting their senators, a new Impetus will be given to the movement for a con stitutional amendment providing for the election of senators by popular vote. POLITICAL UltlFT. The mayor of prohibition Atlanta says he takes a drink whenever he feels like it, but doesn't tell where or how he gets It. Tom Lawson contributed $1,000 to the campaign fund of Governor Johnson of Minnesota, but hla name does not appear lu Norman Mack's publicity roll. Pennsylvania's majority of 2,994 for the republican national ticket blankets the Texas democratic majority of 151,0! and leaves several yards to tuck under the mattress. The official count shows that Mr. Taft carried Ohio by a plurality of 69,591 figures excelling the record made by William Me Kinley in both of hla campaigns for the presidency. Tom Taggart ot Indiana says ho could get the United States senatorshlp "Just as easy as rolling off a log," but magna nimously concedes the prize to Kern. The family wins going and coming. I Koger Sullivan ot Chicago threatens to become a reformer. He expresses the opln- I ion that public money is being wasted in Cook county. Roger's trouble is nut deep enough to call for a surgical operation to save the patient. Occasionally a Pennsylvania officeholder throws custom to the winds and astounds patriots In the trenches. The treasurer elect of Bradford county announces the regular salary is enougli for him and that the fees will be turned Into the treasury. C. S. Thomas, candidate for presidential elector on the Colorado democratic ticket, schedules his expenses at 158.50, among them two novel Items one for ten cents "to the . government of the United Plates for postage stamps on letters replying to the solicitations of gentlemen harboring tho delusion that I waa a cabinet officer In embryo," and $75 "to cash for an over coat to replace one of which I was re lieved by an enthusiastic supporter of W. J. Bryan (name unknown) on the occasion of that gentleman's vlkll to lAnur on October li. A. 1. tnilKU LA MIS THAN OtH, Tho fate decreed by the caucus of the peers has been meted out to the liquor license bill by the British House of Ix.ru. Scant courtesy w;is shown the most Im portant of liberal party measures- sent tip from the House of Commons by a two thirds vote. The antagonism aroused by the proposed reforms sprung (rm two In terested sources the holders of llrer.sra and the makers and wholesalers of liquor, whose business would be seriously affected If tho measure became a law. It proposed to curtail not only the number of licenses Issued, but also annulled tho property right In licenses which ft former ministry sanc tioned. Both law and custom now makes a license property, which cannot be taken without compensation. Under the new bill this properly right In license would cense at tho end of fourteen years, and a license annulled beforo the end of the term, com pensation prorated by years, was to be allowed. The vital principle of the bill was to restore to the government the right to restrict and regulate the liquor truffle at will. The House of l.ords conld not see. even with a magnifying glass, the outlines of a moral or temperance reform, In a liberal party measure. To the exalted lieers the bill was an attack on property and an indefensible assault en the liberty and rights of the people. They might stHnd for an attack on property If It came from conservative sources, but they would not stand for a measure which restricted tho privileges of tho people. So the members of the upper chamber were gath ered from far and near, from the high ways and byways, for the purpose of giv ing the bill an imposing funeral, and they did the Job by a vote of 272 to iltf. A great moral victory for the peers, but not suf ficiently complete to sustain the boom In brewery stock and license values. The government is facing a revenue deficit of 100,0"),ooo, and I;H,0o0,ooo of this sum Is to be raised from Increased taxation on the liquor traffic. The lords cannot change a revenue bill, a fact which puts a silver lining on the ministerial cloud. "The fall of feudalism In Ireland," wus Michael Davltt's terse designation of tho first land reform measure extorted from the British Parliament. The results flow ing from that halting measure have been of Incalculable benefit to all the people. It was an experimental attempt to solve the problem of Irish grievances, to Jar loose tho leechlike grip of alien landlord ism, which ihas Impoverished the peoplo for ages. Up to May last, under tho present law, agreements for the purchasing of land representing 38,000,000 in value have been mado between tenants and own ers. The government advances the pur chase money wherever tho landlord de mands cash down, the new owner paying back the loan In a specified number of years with 3 per cent interest. The sum total sot apurt by the government under the act waa 2 100.000.0u0, but more than half of It has been tied up with red tape and vexatious delays. The supplemental meas ure introduced last week by Mr. Birrell, chief secretary for Ireland, sweeps away the obstructions raised by landlords undei ' tho Wyndham act, and by providing foi compulsory sale strikes at the root of tht evil. Regarding the financial features of the bill, Mr. Birrell stated that the original estimate of 100,000,000 to satisfy the hunger of Ireland was entrely inadequate and must bo almost doubled. Pending transactions representing an aggregate of 32,000,000, and to complete those with the least possible delay, leaving about 100,000,000 to be dealt with later, was the object of the Birrell bill. To raise the necessary money for cur rent emergencies the chief secretary pro posed an issue of 3 per cent bonds, and in Justification of imposing a loss of about 6tit,ti0G a year upon the British treasury which sum would be lifted off the should ers of the Irish rate-payer ho contended that the land purchase act had done mar vels In Ireland. In this connection he said that about half the agricultural land in Ireland already had passed or was In tho course of passing from landlord to tenant, and that to arrest progress in tills direc tion would be an economic and political blunder of the first magnitude. The bill marks a decided advance toward the goal of Irish land for the Irish people, and s gratifying evidence of ministerial good faith. While applauding the Intent, It Is well to remember that the measures must run the gauntlet of Inveterate fo.es In the House of Lords. Unrest in India has evidently reached a menacing stage to Justify the energetic repressive measures adopted by the author ities in the disturbed sections. Assaults on Englishmen are becoming frequent, and tho revolutionary bomb, exploded here and there, proclaims the desperate spirit aroused against British rule. A writer In the Atlantic Monthly, discussing the causes of the unrest, points out that foreign rule is worse for the people than that of the natives. "The government of India," says the writer, "is as complete a bureaucracy as Is that of Russia. Indeed It is no exag eration to say that, as a bureaucracy, it Is as autocratic, as arbitrary In its methods, as reactionary In Its spirit, as far removed from sympathy with the people, as de termined to keep all power in Its own hands, as unwilling to consult tho popular wishes, or to listen to tho voice of tho mos enlightened portion of the nation, even when expressed through tho great and Only 17 More Shopping Days! 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It Is notorious that the very best govern ment In India today Is not that carried on by the British, but that of several of the native states, notably Baroda and Mysore. In these states, particularly Baroda, the people are more free, more prosperous, 'more contented and are making more pro gress than in any other part of India. Note the superiority of both these states In the important matter of popular education. My sore is spending on education more than three times as much per capita as is Brit ish India, while Baroda has made Its edu cation free and compulsory. Both of these states, but especially Baroda, which has thus placed Itself in line with the leading nations of Europe and America by making provision for tho education of all Its chil dren, may well be contrasted Willi British India, which provides education, even of tho poorest kind, for only one boy In ten and one girl In 144. The truth is, not one single fact can bo cited that goes to show that India cannot govern Itself reason ably well at first, excellently well later If only given a chance." An American tourlBt writing from Damas cus to a friend in New York says: "Where shall we go for the real antique the old untouched by the new? Surely not here, for although we may walk in the ancient footsteps we see the modern everywhere. Electrlo light In an ancient castle, a trolley line In the streets through which the patriarchs of old walked, motor boats on tho canals of Venice, are modernisms which make the poet In the average man rise up and swear. This little fellow in me received a Jolt a few days ago when I saw the first Dead sea steamer start on Its first business trip. A Jew and an Arab ian sheik are the owners of tho vessel, which will make regular trips between the east and west shores of the Dead sea. It is sixty-five feet long and sixteen feet wide, and arranged to carry grain and other freight, but I can see that it is only the first step toward steamboat passenger business." LAUGHING GAS. "When a man goes Into politics he has to do queer stunts." "In what way?" "Why, If he starts to run for office he has at the aame time to stand for so many thlngi." Baltimore American. "What Is this peculiar key on your type writer? I never taw It on any before?" "Hist! My own invention. Whenever you can't spell a word you press this key and it makes a blur." Birmingham Age Herald. Castro had gone to Europe to have a malign growth removed "Can it be done?" he asked, anxiously, Ttie surgeon shook his head. "If I were to remove It all." he said "there would be nothing U-ft to hold funeral services over." Philadelphia Ledger. "Wlgglesworth haa gone broke, has he? I thought he succeeded In raising some ' aluable buildings lots his father left him?" 'He did. He raised a crop of wild oats on thetn." Washington Star. Mrs. Grammercy You look all tired out. Mrs. Park No wonder. It'a so trying to find, out from your friends what they'd R. S. Wilcox, Mgr fineit biscuit, fw(( 6 '6 tJ4 I AT if j TV 4 like V have for Christmas without con veying the Impression that they muy ex pect It from you. Smart fM. W1IF.KK WOl I.I) MA CJKT OFF! Nashville American. If she could talk In public. Proclaim things in a hall Tho way she talks in private, Psv, wouldn't men look small? 1eiiver curtain lectures To voters from the stump. Then wouldn't man, tho marvel. Look like a shriveled chump? If she could rise In meeting And there lay down the law As when In home contentions She agitates her Jaw. She'd make In Just a minute Important noisy gents 1Ook as they sat and listened Like less than thirty cents. For there is something doing In language, less or more, Quite pointed and emphatic When mother takes tho floor. And in the family circle No one attempts to scoff When she Informs each member Where he or she. gets off. fo If In public places To argify she rose And to affirm some question Then woe be to the "noes," Provided she was feeling Quite well and in the form She uses on the homefolks To quell a family storm. One-Fourth to One-Third Off IVIokes Piano Prices Ctieap nnfffifT&iT&iPSi Alteration Piano Sale Shows Just Such Reduction This is the talk of the town and the country. Already many Pia nos, Organs and Flavor Pianos have found homes, rtlipra nro nut. nsido for jj Christmas presents. l nere is no wonaer at in is wnen good, new dependablo Pianos worth $250, $300. $400, etc.. sell at HoBpe'g mile for $131), ? 1 ."1, f 17H, $108, $iKJ. $'jnO, $200, etc. Elegant cases in oak, mahogany, walnut, Freuch walnut, artiHtlo colonial and art cases, tho latest patterns on the market. 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