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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, aa:
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OEORQ2 B. TZ8CHUCK,
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Bu!crtbed In my preaenc and aworn to
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(Seal M. T. WALKER
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WHEN OCT or TO WW.
Sabeeribeee leavta tk eltr
eorarlly seoeld ki? Tee Baa
aallc te fh.es. Aaareea will ft
cfcaaarra aa efteei aa reeeeetea.
Only fourteen moro days tor buying
em.
It appears to e
bosses In Haytl, too.
a bad year (or
It la apparently easier to reYllo the
tariff than to revise ft.
Chiropodists should be specially In
vited to the Corn show.
If there is any tariff on holly and
mistletoe It should bo removed.
Medicine Hat may hare Its cold
wave back at any time it desires.
Mr. Rockefeller jaya,..-h has never
'Ived beyond his income. How could
1e?
The weather bureau is making lt
telf popular with the winter wheat
crop.
Most of the resolutions made about
year ago have been worn to a
frazzle.
Captain Hains says he does not re
member killing W. E. Annla. Neither
can Annls. ' 1
ChriBtmas crowds are gathering in
the streets, but the big crush can still
bo avoided.
Woman's share in the Corn show,
like woman's share in everything else,
Is expanding. "
Do your Christmas shopping early
and earn a present of thanks from
the shop girls.
Mr. Bryan is said to have bought a
free fruit farm in Texas. He has had
experience In the. lemon industry.
A scientist asserts that a caterpillar
ejtts 0,000 tlnie its own weight every
year. It has an' appetite like a school
boy.
The Standard Oil company is about
the only big corporation In existence
that does not count good will as one of
Its assets.
"What ails Buffalo." asks the Buf
falo Express. Thought it was all
right since "Flngy" Connors had gone
to Europe.
The Princess do Sugan testifies that
Count Bonl cost her $10,000,000.
None will claim that he was worth
the money.
Prof. Starr of tho University of Chi
cago says; he cannot see why people
should not eat cooked dog. That's
the wurat yet. ,- V . ,
A London paper announces that Mr.
Hearst will bo elected . president in
1911. It seems impossible for some
folks to .eep a secret. :
President.. Woqdrow . . . Wlloon of
Princeton says there la a crying need
for "moro women who will apeak their
minds." Noticed any need of that
kind? ' x :
Tho prizes won by tho Nebraska ex
hibitors -at tho Chicago Fat Stock
show are- not surprising the homo
folks, but are proving to tho world
that Nebraska Is still more of a state
than baa. generally boon accorded.
Hon. Web Davis arises to express
his fear that tho world will not bo ablo
to endure . much longer. Ho need
have bo fears. Tho world has pot up
with him for about fifty years and now
doubtless, feels that it can stand any
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
President Roosevelt's last annual
message to the congress, considered
purely at a state document, will rank
all of its predecessors in point of pre
paredness and real force. It shows
evidence of deep thought and study
of the problems touched upon, even
to care In' wording them, which has
not been pronounced in former mes
sages by Mr. Roosevelt. In his earlier
messages, the president was pursuing
an aggressive policy, outlining work
for congress and the administration,
and he gave more attention to rugged
sketches of the legislative program
ho had in mind than to calm discus
sion of details. With most of his great
work finished, he has devoted much
of his present message to retrospect,
to a review of wont accomplished
and to a markedly conservative and
thoughtful consideration of work left
to his successor in the furtherance of
what hare come to be known as "the
Roosevelt policies."
Study of the work of the railway
rate law, one of the greatest achieve
ments of the Roosevelt administra
tion, has only strengthened the pres
ident's conviction that the railways
should be removed from the domain
of the anti-trust law and placed com
pletely under the Interstate Commerce
commission. He urges that the com
mission should have absolute power
In the matter of fixing rates, and
should also be authorised to have su
pervision over the issue of securities
and other financial operations of the
transportation companies. Authority,
he urges, should be given to the rail
ways to make traffic agreements and
combinations, subject to the approval
of the commission, the purpose being
to see that the railroads do justice to
the public and that no injustice be
done the railroads. This attitude of
the president meets the approval of
the expert students of transportation
problems and the leading railway
managers, aa well as the best In
formed shippers of the country. It is
being generally conceded that the leg
islation proposed by the president of
fers the surest solution of the problem
of transportation and the relations of
the railways to the public.
With the prominence given to the
labor question in the recent cam
paign fresh in mind, the president
devotes a very liberal portion of his
message to the labor question and its
relations to capital and the courts,
offering suggestions and criticisms
that may not be pleasing- to either
labor, capital or the Judiciary, but
may result In wholesome benefit to all
three. He urges a general extension
of the laws providing compensation
for persons injured in the government
employ and In interstate commerce
service. He reviews the attacks made
by certain labor leaders in the last
campaign against the republican party
and the congress and shows, by offi
cial records, that the claims made by
these leaders - were untrue and - their
purpose unjust, in that It sought to
ceato class legislation and class con
sciousness. Excuse is found, however,
for this radical attack on the courts,
In the attitude of some judges who
"have lagged behind In their under
standing of the great and vital
changes in the body politic, whose
minds have never been opened to the
new application of the old principles
made necessary by new conditions."
This reference is directed at decisions
by certain courts which have been ex
ceedingly detrimental to the rights
of wageworkers and the president
urges legislation designed to check
the abuse of the issuance of tempo
rary Injunctions. He suggests that
notice should issue before injunctions.
In all cases except where it is clearly
shown that Irreparable injury would
result otherwise and in such cases
hearings on the merits of the case
should bo promptly held. The presi
dent criticises the, courts for their
marked inefficiency in dealing "with
corporations.
Other recommendations of the mes
sage afe In keeping with former doc
uments from Mr. Roosevelt. He asks
enlargement of the army, and navy;
the establishment of the postal sav
ings bank system; the admission of
New Mexico and Arizona; the making
of provision for the improvement of
Inland waterways and a general for
ward movement in the furtherance of
the policies inaugurated in the . last
eight years for the benefit and ad
vancement of the welfare of the whole
people.
RKFORStJSQ THff LORDS. '
The committee of the BritlsS House
of Lords on the reform of that body
has made a report on the demand
that has been growing In the British
empire for a change in the Lords that
would make that body more respon
sive to the sentiment and will of the
people. The House of Commons has
openly advocated that the House of
Lords be abolished or radically re
vised. The Lords have barkened to
the demand for revision, but, like
some tariff agitation in another coun
try, they propose to have the revision
done by their friends.
Tho report of the committee sug-
gests that a House of about 350 mem
bers be created, of which 100 shall be
elected from the peerage by the body
of peers; ISO to service by right of
heredity, qualified by public service;
10 to bo elected by the bishops from
their number and 6 to servo as Judges,
II is rurtner recommended that
twenty yeara' service in tho House of
Commons bo rewarded by elevation to
tho peerage and membership in tho
House of Lords.
There Is no prospect that this ree
iruimcuujimu win meet with any
marked approval among those who
have been advocating a reform of the
Lords. It makes no provision whatever
for giving the people a voice la the
selection, of members of tho body and
comes no nearer being an elective
proposition than would appointments
by the king. The recommendation
contains a shrewd bid Tor the support
of some of the older members of the
House of Commons by holding out to
them the prospect of a peerage and a
membership in the upper body of the
British Parliament. How far this will
tend to lessen the demand In the
Commons for the abolition of the
House of Lords remains to be seen,
but the whole proposition viewed from
the American Idea of political reform
borders very closely upon the ludicrous.
FADS JX TBS SCHOOLS.
The Board of Education has acted
wiaely In turning down the proposition
to equip the Omaha public schools
with a numerous corps of medical in
structors, whose time should be de
voted to the care of the children at
tending school In the city. While tho
reason assigned : is one of sufficient
weight to justify the action at present,
there is back of the objection a still
more potent reason, and one of such
gravity aa to challenge careful consid
eration at present.
The complaint has been, made dur
ing a number of years that the public
schools of the country were tending
too much toward fads and fadistn and
getting away from the practical pur
poses for which the schools were in
stituted and are maintained. The
idea of education at public expense Is
to train the children for the duties of
citizenship, and In this the cost of
maintaining the school Is merely an
Investment in the interest of good
government. This simple proposition
has been twisted to sdpport the intro
duction of a number of experiments
along the line of public education.
Some of these experiments . have
proven merely expensive, while others
have shown themselves to be of doubt
ful, if any, value. The cotst, however,
has been met from the public coffers
In each instance. While the , health
of tho children attending the public
schools Is a matter of. concern to the
people at large, It is a duty that de
volves moro on the parents than on
the public to see that their children
are properly cared for. s
The proposition Just rejected by tho
School board' would reverse the nor
mal relations between the schools and
the patrons and would shift onto the
public responsibility that properly be
longs with the parents. The state has
already accepted a great deal too
much In the way of making provision
for the individual. It is not merely
conservative, but it is also wise and
prudent, that a check be placed on the
alleged progress that merely amounts
to aubBtitution of state for individ
ual responsibility.
THE NATION'S EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
The annual report of Charles H.
Treat, treasurer of the United StateB,
shows that the treasury deficit on
June 30 last was $58,070,021, as
against a surplus of $84,236,586 for
the preceding year. Mr. Treat has
nothing to do with the making of lawB
or the spending of money, except to
keep track of the receipts as they
come in and pay the bills authorized
and ordered by congress. He explains
that the deficit for last year was not
due so much to decreased receipts as
to Increased expenditures. While busi
ness Increased for the fiscal year end
ing in June, 1908, the congressional
appropriations were larger than ever
before.
Mr. Treat's report will servo to call
renewed attention to the question of
revenues, the most important problem
that will have to be met by the con
gress that comes into existence next
March. The receipts of the govern
ment even during the period of de
pression show an actual increase over
former records. This Increase may be
expected to continue, as the nation's
foreign and domestic trade is devel
oped, but no increase from customs
and internal revenue will be suffi
cient to meet the Increased drains
upon the treasury for governmental
purposes. The problem to be settled
by Mr. Taft's administration will be
to either provide a new source of fed
eral revenue or adopt some method of
reducing federal expenses. Difficulty
will attend efforts in either direction.
The demand for extension of the govT
ernment policies in many directions,
in public buildings, In river and har
bor Improvements, in forest preserva
tion, in irrigation and a!l along, the
line is persistent and almost impossi
ble ' to resist. No congress has ever
shown a niggardly disposition with
the public funds and the people have
never really protested against federal
expenses, except in the course of polit
ical campaigns. It will require states
manship of the . strong-backbone
variety to determine where tho reduc
tions shall be made, If a policy of re
trenchment is decided upon. It cannbt
well be In the matter of conservation
or development of the natural re
sources and bitter opposition will fol
low, from many sources, any attempt
to reduce either the army or the navy.
No cheese-paring policy can be pur
sued In making provision for the en
forcement of the corporation and anti
trust laws and every policy inaugu
rated in the last eight years all of
which have met with popular ap
provalcalls for money for continua
tion. The reaK problem would appear to
be the devlsion of means for increas
ing tho national revenues, either by
tho Income or Inheritance tax, the in
crease of internal revenue taxes or
somo other method which- congress
and the courts may decide upon as
wise and le-"'
'The democrats are now insisting
that their support for the supreme
court amendment was given as a re
sult of a bargain made with Governor
8heldon. Is It possible that the dem
ocrats of Nebraska must be bribed
Into supporting what is generally con
ceded to be a needed amendment to
the constitution? Could not they
have honestly supported the proposed
change because it was right, and not
because they expected to get the lion's
share of appointments?
The World-Herald Is Insisting with
much vehemence on the election of
the Board of Fir and Police Commis
sioners for Omaha. And it has only
been a very few years since the editor
of the World-Herald was clamoring
with equal insistence for the removal
of tho police force and fire department
from politics as far as possible!
One democrat appointed to office by
Br'er Shallenberger is inclined to balk
because the holding of the office car
ries with It residence In Lincoln. It
is too bad that there should be even
this small fly In the ointment that Is
otherwise so sweet, but the law will
not likely be changed even to suit a
democrat.
An eastern paper says that the last
latest defeat of Mr. Bryan
shows that the democratic party can
not win under radical leadership, and
a western paper retorts that the de.
feat of Judge Parker shows that the
democratic party cannot win under
conservative leadership. Both papers
are right
Elbert Hubbard declares that Julius
Caesar died from "compulsory vacci
nation," thus spoiling the Impression
and general report that he died while
Drs. Brutus, Cass! us and Casca were
performing a "successful" operation
on him for the removal of an enlarged
ambition.
On Friday the regents of the Uni
versity of Nebraska will meet in
Omaha for the purpose of selecting a
chancellor. The field Is still open,
but the hope is that the new head for
the great Institution will be a man big
enough to fill the job.
Thus far the Washington corre
spondents have succeeded in selecting
only George von L. Meyer, Theodore
Burton, Senator Knox, Whltelaw
Reid and Francis R. Bacon for the
position of secretary of state in Mr.
Taft's cabinet.
James Hamilton Lewis declares
there will be no tariff revision at the
next session of Congress. Mr. Lewis,
it may be remembered, is the man
who carried every state in the union
except Pennsylvania for Mr. Bryan
last' October. '" "
The reports coming In from the
state institutions to the governor
show that the snperlntendents have
had their hands full' during tho last
two years, and prqy$ ,tfiat. here,, at
least, publlo office is,, not : a private
snap. ...... i : y I,.?.. . i
The Omaha police are going
through their annual target practice,
which is not a bad thing,' as experi
ence has shown the general result of
a police fusillade is usually more seri
ous to the innocent than to the target.
Poultney Bigelow 'refers to Chan
cellor von Buelow as "a poodle pup
without a backbone," which shows
that Bigelow, in addition to his other
faults, is a nature fakir.
France is said to be threatened with
a mutton famine. The matter is not
of local significance, as most of our
French mutton chops come from
Wyoming. ,
If the Corn show jsvlll only result in
bringing back the good old-fashioned
"johnnycake" and "corn dodger" It
will not havo been held In vain.
laaratltode.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Shocking to hear the charge made that
the Sugar trust has cheated the govern
ment. However, an humble citizen re
cently gave a wayfarer shelter, and the
beneficiary ran away with the trousers
of the benefactor.
Why Bother A boat Trifles f
St. Louis Republic.
Mr. ' Archbold knew nothing1 about the
$:.00O,0OO that Standard Oil loaned to P. 8
Trainor, just as If Mr. Archbold could take
tlmo from his agreeable occupation of
letter writing oartifioata - of deposit In
closed to pay attention to such trifles.
A Vtarca el' Welder,
St. Louis , Globe-Democrat.
The plutocratic -agrioolUts of the west,
who have full granaries and plethoric bank
accounts, are wondering what the apecial
commission will be able to da to make
farm life more attractive, unless it be to
advise the farmer to move Into town.
Discreditable Tact lea.
Philadelphia Record. '
It Is to be hoped that the woman suf
fragists In thla country will not make the
mistake of borrowing the methods of
agitation In vogue In London. Appeals to
reason are much mora likely to win than
rowdy tactics and aena&ttnnal tricks of the
politico-melodramatic order.
Assailing; Mae's Defeases.
Baltimore American.
A suffrage club In phlo demands feml
nine juries and judges to try women, on
the ground that a woman Is entitled by
law to a trial by her peera and that man
la not the peer of woman. Now, what
has the effete masculine-made law to
say to that? If the women's request Is
not granted, a legal wrong Is perpetrated.
If it la granted, a great principle is given
UP- . . "
A peoyedlesi Spectacle.
New Tork World.
The blue blood of France! What mem
ories the words awaken of chivalry and
courtesy and knightly honor, of proud
names that were the very flower of the
world's nobllUy, gentlemen - without fear
or reproach I But are these the scions of
that old noblesse who are now quarreling
like coatermongera In a Paris courtroom
for the remnants of a foolish American
girl's fortune? Are these the compatriots
of the Montmorencies and Condes who ara
bespattering themselves with abuse through
the medium of hired advocate?
SOME HAITIE PRESIDENT.
actarle at the Aard Kara Alemle la
Ilia Ella!.
New York Sun.
Old Nord Alrxla, with a French flag
wrapped about hit ahrunken flrrur as an
aegle, struck at by a vengeful nercresa
with a knife, pommelled by one of hit
black suhjecta, and leaving- , a bos of gold
behind on the wharf In Ills panic. Is a
groteeque picture of fallen greatneaa, but
he fared belter than some of his predeces
sors In the chair of state.
The exiled prealdent in hla time has seen
a good deal of history made In Haytf. it
the brawling and blood letting of Ita politi
cians In that "paya de barbarea." aa Na
poleon III called It. can be called history
Moat of Its rulers have been Ignorant,
vain, brutal, despotic, sordid and eorrupt.
but not all of them. If Nord Alexia verges
on W, as they say, he waa born In the
administration of a clean handed, patriotic
and energetic prealdent, Jenn Pierre Boycr,
who ruled from 181S to ISO, and well on
the whole bowing to inevitable and aavlng
himself by embarking- on the British aloop
of war Scylla. Boyer, aurrounded by of
fice holders of twenty-five yeara tenure
like hlmaelf, auccumbed to the young
bloods, leaving $1,000,000 In the treasury,
an Infirmity that makea. him a marked
man In the annals of Haytl.
For color, so- to apeak, Jean Jacques
Desaallnea, the only native governor gen
eral, has had scarcely a peer among Hay
tlan administrators. An ex-elave and a
red-handed veteran of the war of Inde
pendence, Dessallnes waa naturally unre
fined, masterful, bloody minded and Im
moral. Hia rule began with a decree of
massacre, his subjects being encouraged to
enjoy "the luxury of shedding the blood
of those in whose presence they had
formerly trembled." Ha took a hand in
the business . himself, and the only sur
vivors were some French prleata and
physicians whose usefulness waa recog
nised. Dessallnne plundered the treasury,
but waa liberal. To a favored subordinate
he said: "Plumes la noulp. mala
grade qu'elle ne crle." He waa crowned
emperor when Bonaparte elevated hlm
aelf to the throne, but would have no I
nobility about him. To a general who aug
gcated the thing he aald, "I am the only !
noble in Haytl." Aa a murderer and po
ly gam 1st there have been few statesmen
remarkable as Desaallnea. Ha nerlahed
by the aword, or by a musket shot, In a
rising in the suburbs of Port au Prince.
ine presidency of Haytl really begin
ith Henri ChrlstoDhe. also an n.il.v.
who had been kins; In the northern nmw.
Inca of Cap Haytlen, where he built the
paiace or Bail Soucl, whose ruins are still
the wonder of travelers. rwi.r.H .nn.ti.
tutlonal president of Haytl In 1808 Chrls-
pne nve yeara later proclaimed himself
ft-ing- Henry I, created a nobility and aet
up a court that became famoua for bar
baric display. A revolution ended Chrls-
iopne ana ne went Into exile.
FUStln SOUlOUatie. a varo Klol. .-
blacker hearted president, who took office
on March 1. 1847. did not suit them as well.
He could endure the presidency for five
years only, when he made himself em
peror, bought a crown for $10,000 and re
galia for $150,000. and create tnr
among them Bo bo. later condemned by
mm aa a conspirator, flfty-nlne dukea. and
as many marqueses, counts and barons aa
there were Hay tlan generals. Boulouque
ruled with a rod of iron. hi. .ki.r
Judge and other troublesome subjects shot,
but waa gracious to forelgnera. In putting
down revolutions he waded through blood
lu peace. Destroying captured insurgent
leadera in aquada, but In the end he had
to accept sanctuary from a British trana
port captain and retired to Jamaica In
1859. '
Of this incotpplete list of the earlier
Haytlan president only Boyer and Oeff
rard were reapectabla flmro. ,
well of their country. Their successors
.mv occasionally been men of the type of
Boulouque ond Salnave-thera were, for in-
. Ul
African birth, and Oeneral Bolomon-but
more-onen men of some patriotism and
much native ennm Ilk. -mi .
Boisrond-Canal, Blmon Sara and the late
aepartea word Alexis.
OKLAHOMA'S INCOME TAX.
An Intereatlaa; Field for Exercise ef
State Power.
Arkansas Gazette.
There will ba mnwii into..., .u.
- . v . t w ,ii mo
Oklahoma Income tax. Tht t hh
be collected until next year, ao the test
nas not come yet. As soon as Oklahomans
who have a good share of thi. .khh'.
goods are called on for the Income tax
mere may be things doing.
This law providea that all in.,... i
exctss of $3,500 a year, derived from sala
ries, tees, trades, .professions or property
upon which a gross revenue or r.i
haa not been paid, shall pay a tax ranging
..m o muia on me dollar of Income from
$3,600 to $5,000, to 33 mills on the dollar on
all gross Incomes of more than $100,000.
Thua a man with an Income of $3,500 will
pey an Income tax of $17.60. Plutocrats
who are so careless aa to nermlt thir i.
ccmee to go aver $100,000 a year or are ao
careiess Ub to permit that fact to get to
the tax gatherer will pay more than $333.33
aa Income tax.
The Income tax is hard to collect, and.
we believe, la not levied by any nation cf
the world save as a result of abaolute
noceMlty. The Boer war made the Brltlah
Uxpayer groan under thla Impost. But If
an Income tax la to be levied why do ao
many people, and etpecially democrats, n.
sist that the federal rnv.rrmnni hnii i
it? Will not Oklahoma do better to keep
Its income tax receipts at home than u
see tnoae receipts Bent to Washington and
probably apent In New YorkT Have th
states ao much revenua that Ih.v .kAM
invite the federal government to come in
ana tax ihelr cltlxens?
PERSONAL NOTES.
The people of Missouri are desirous of be
ing represented In President Taft's cabinet
and 'are In favor of the appointment of
Charles Nagle of St. Louis as secretary of
me interior.
Itev. Dr. William Reed Huntington, rector
of Grace church. New Tork, will turn back
into the work of the church the $10,000 pre-
sented to him by his parishioners on the
twenty-fifth anniversary of hia rectorship.
An Iowa man named Owena haa written
a letter In which he endeavora to prove by
eight passages in the Bible that "the centra
climatic point of the grape species east of
the Rocky mountains" Is In Callahan
county, Texas.
Senator Burrows Uvea In Kalamasoo, and
it w&a the editor of hia home paper who
telegraphed htm the newa that hla aeat in
the chamber Is coveted by Congressman
Townsend. "In reply to your telegram,"
wires back the senator, "I have to aay that
I do not see how I can aujiport him."
Sister Gregory of the Little Sistera of the
Poor, Seattle, Wash., is possessor of a cer
tificate which entitles her to practice as a
stationary ' engineer. She recently passed
examination before the board of engineers
and is authorised to operate steam plants
with' not more than fifteen pounds pres
sure.
Miss Grace Reed of Chicago has a new
Idea, 'on the suffrage question. She horri
fled a great many alsUr suffragists oa Sun
day by saying that the saloon business Is
a legitimate business, and that If women
had the right of suffrage men would not
LzqBZ.
Mid I '.
Why these grapes ? Because from the
healthful grape comes the chief ingre
dient of Royal Baking Powder, Royal
Grape Cream ot
Hum-phosphate powder
and must be avoided.
snealc off by themselves to their saloons,
but would take their wives and children, a-
they do In Germany.
Dr. Charles Flnley, who ia one of the besi
known physicians In Cuba, has been ap
pointed by Governor Magoon honorary chief
of the National Department of Sanitation.
in recognition of his discovery of the mos
qtUto theory ot yellow fever. The appoint
ment Is for life and carries with It a salary
of $2,500 per annum.
THK DAXGEK.
Baltimore American.
Oh, Teddy, dear, be careful
When you write to women folks.
For they've got no sense of humor.
And they can't enjoy such Jokes.
Your remarks on being lukewarm,
They will loudly tulk about.
And the auffragettea will get you
You
Don't
Watch
Out.
It would be awful, Teddy,
If they rose up In their mlRht
And stormed you In the White House,
Putting you to hasty flight,
As they did to England's premier
When at rear way he got out,
And might chase you out your back door,
You
Don't
Watch
Out.
It was rash to write that letter,
For they've got you dead to rights;
When you snld 'twas small importance.
You might know there'd be some fights.
Put back Loeb on picket duty.
Get a secret service stout
Or the suffragettes will get you
' f..V YOU. ... . 1 :.
" Don't .
Watch '
Out.
LINES TO A SMILE.
"The face of that woman who passed
us Just now Is very familiar. Where
have I aeen her?"
"At my house, probably."
"At your house! Do you know her?"
"Yes, she's our conk, but she doesn't
notice me on the street." Washington
Post.
"Your son will get a varsity letter, and
that Is all he will have to recall his foot
ball days.
"Oh my, no! Jack will limp as long aa
he lives." St. Louis Republic.
"What a striking looking man you have
for a driver of one of your coal wancns,"
observed the customer.
"Yes," said the dealer; "he used to be a
cowboy."
"How Came he to drift Into this kind of
work?"
"Well, he aald he wanted some Job In
which he could use his vocabulary." Chi
cago Record-Herald.
The Lady Look here! you aald that If
I'd give you your dinner you'd mow the
lawn for me.
The Tramp I'd like to do it, ma'am, but
I gotter teach yer a lesson. Never trust
th' word ot a total stranger Judge.
"Julius Caesar'a literary attalnmenta were
truly wonderful," said the student.
"Oh. I don't know," answered the dis
contented youth with Inky fingers. "Any
body could get his stuff published with a
pull like Julius Caesar's." Washington Star.
"Even though you may not favor tariff
revision," aald one statesman, "you will
admit It Is a topic wrrthy of discussion."
"Certainly," answered the other.' I al
ways favor dlscuslon. Sometimea the
only wav to postpone something la to go
on discussing It." Washington Star. ,
Samson was carrying away the gatea of
Gasa.
"The worst of It Is." he said, "that aome
other man will get the credit of having
Rheumatism Caused
By Dyspepsia
So Claim Many Eminent Doctors ITpon
Recent Scientific Investigation.
A large school of physicians which ia
constantly increasing, claims that the
eating of too much animal food creates
an over supply of protelds, which are
composed of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen
oxygen and aulphur, and that when such
protelds are imperfectly dlgeated and go
into the uiooa mey tionio vi quantiue
of nitrogen which the. "oxygen from the
lungs cannot neutralise and hence results,
uric acid and rheumatism and acores of
other diseases. ,
These protelds do not permit the as
similation procesa to take place properly
and poisoning results all through the
blood.
However, if such protelds are perfectly
digested they form a most valuable part
of our food and are absolutely necessary
to life. , ,
The fault' then reata with the stomach
and the dlgfrstlva apparatua.
Hence it t claimed by these latter day
authorltiea that rhetunatlam arises In the
stomach or throagh the atomach and not
In the kidneya ae some medical author
ities teach.
Stuart's Dyspesla Tablets cure dyspep
sia, reduce protelds to their natural con
dition beat taken up by the ayatem, give
strength to the blood, rest the stomach
and Invigorate '., and renew the gastric
fluida, pancreatls 'Juice and the digestive
organs in general.
Forty thousand physicians usa these
little digesters, and every druggist aells
them, 60c per box or send u your name
and address and we will send -you a trial
package by mall free. Address, F. A.
Stuart Co., 160 Stuart Bid., Marshall,
Mich. y
If
11
lartar. Ii
are made wua Jutrin rnlnerU acids . B
... . . a . .
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been the first to establish the opfln door
policy."
But Samson was wrong. That wasn't
the worst that happened to him. In conse
quence of his going to Gasa.-;hlcuo
Tribune.
The June bride fruwned. "
. "These tomatoes," she snld, "are Just
twice as dear as tho;e across the street.
Why Is It?"
"Ah. ma'am, these" and the grocer
smiled "these are hand-picked." ,
Pile OIUKIIfMl.
"Of course," she said, hastily; "I might
have known. Give me a bushel, please."
Harper's Weekly.
Why Pay $250?
$159 Buys II
On Easy. Payments.
Beautiful Pianos
'n oak, mahogany and walnut, sell
ing fast at the A. Uospo Co's. AN
.eration Sale, on small monthly
payments of $5, $6, 1, J8, f 10
and up. -' ' '
Guaranteed pianos of tho finest
makes, highest grades aud most
durable workmanship. ' ',
To move quickly
The balance of the stock repre
senting Kranich & Boh Pianos,
Kimball Pianos, Krakauor Pianos,
Hallet & Davis Pianos, Bush-Lane
Pianos, Cable-Kelson Pianos, Cra
mer Pianos, Burton Pianos, Rospe
Pianos and many other well known
good brands of art cases, colonial
cases, modern styles of pianos re
called at $350, $500, 9100, $350,
;JOO and $i25.
These Pianos are placed on sale
at this great pushing out stock
sale on small payments, or for
cash, $130, $150, $178, $10N,
$237, $20, $287, $333 for good,
new pianos.
In fact, you will find pianos
which are nearly new : at $J1,0,
$120, $130, etc. Ten dollars takes
one home; 5.00 per month pays
for it. .
Elegant new Grand Pianos sell
ing at $325, $550, $575, etc.
This is the $1,000 kind in Mahog
any, Oak or Rosewood cases.'-
Player Pianos, meaning a perfect
piano, just like the regular style.
Plays by hand or automatically
uy a pedal device. Easy to manipu
late by the most Inexperienced
without instructions, giving you a
live piano and music-' when you
want it. This class of pianos re
tails regularly at $(150, $750, $sso
and $1,000 we put them on this
sale at $290, $375, $150 and up,
monthly installments it you desire.-
.....
Our Parlor Organs, Cabinet Or-,
ans, Chapel and Church Organs,
manufactured for us by the Klnila
Co., the Swan Co., the Great West
ern Co., and others, the regular
$50, $00, $70, $80, and $100 Vlrid.
We are selling these Instrument,.
I at $15, $20, $25, $30, $35, $10,
etc., on ou tviit per week pay
ments.. . .
A full guarantee of from 5 years
to 10 years goes with each and
every instrument. You take no
chances; now. hurry, don't let the
choice of the best bargains slip
away. You save 75, 1100. U6
In some cases 1 160, by purchasing
nw. . ..
AHospe Co..
1513 Douglas Street
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