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TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 3, 1909. The Omaiia Sunday Deb FOUNDED BT EDWARD rtOSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflce as aecond claaa matter TEJUli OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally H.e (without Sunday), one year..H.OO Dally B. e and Huniay, one year t.W DEUVERED WT CARRIER. Dally Hee ( nclud.ng Sunday), per week..Ho L'aily tiff- (w.ltlijt Sim.iay), pT week.-l'ic Evening line (without 8unUa, per week 6j Kveiilng H-e (with Humlay;, per week.loc Hunilay Be, one year Saturday Bee, on year 1-5" Address all comph.ln.a of irregularities in delivery to City Circulation department. OFFICE Omaha The 13. e Building. ' Hnuta Omaha Tweniy-f.mrth and . Council HlufflG Scott Btrect. Lincoln 618 Ltttle UuilJ.i g. Cnirag- 164 Mai queue Ujilillng. New York Ktioma 1101-lWi! No. U Weal Thlrly-tliird Street. Washington iJa Fourteenth Btreut, In. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter ahould be addreaaed: O.naha Bee, Editorial Department. ',, REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expiexs or postal order payable to Tno Bee publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received in payment of mall account. Personal checka, except on Omaha or east, m exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Htate of Nebraska, Douglas County, Ueurge 13 Tmuck. tieasuivr of ine Bee Publishing company, be.ng duly sworn, say that th actual number of full ami complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and (Sunday Bee printed during tiw month of December, 111 t. was aa follows: 1 .. 37,780 11 37,370 2.'..' 3710 Is 38,800 3 37,370 1 38,90 4 37.090 80 37JJ50 5 37,630 iil 36,860 6 37,350 22 37.010 7 ....37,940 it 37,030 8 37,040 24 3.000 8 38.S10 25 38,450 10 38,790 28 36,930 11 43,330 27 37,180 12 38.660 2S 36,830 1J ,...37,100 29 40,730 14 38,710 30 48,900 15 37,460 31 43,860 16 37,170 ' Totl X,m.470 Less unsold and returned copies. . 9h4S , Net total WS'2f Daily average j"" GEORQE B. TZ3CHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st dny of December, 1SKH. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. -WHEN OUT OF TOWN. Subscriber lea v las; the city tem porarily shoald kava The Be aaalled to them. Addreaa will be chaaaed as often aa requested. There'll be more room on the water wagon in a few days. The Standard Oil company Is now trying tor show Missouri. It is evident that the base ball rumor did not swear off on January 1. "Where is this Nord Alexis person?" asks the Buffalo News. What differ ence does it make? Aeroplanes are quoted at $5,000, but it is expected that they will Boon be going up still higher. The worst that can happen to the Pittsburglars is to have to spend the rest of their lives in Penn. Physicians now assert that alcohol ism can be cured by hypnotism. It can also be cured by abstinence. It would be interesting to know Just what the Venezuela generals do for a living between revolutions. Mr. Bryan's Commoner makes Its New Year's bow under date of "Jan uary 1, 1908." Still living in the past? The latest message addressed to congress by President Roosevelt is on the way but not necessarily the last. Another Nebraska legislature is about to meet at Lincoln. Be prepared for the worst and hope for the best Colonel (Joethal's reports that the Gatvin dam is all right again, having fully recovered from its recent sinking spell. General Canal, one of the leaders In the recent Haytlen revolution, has been banished. General Canal Is in deep water. Abe Kiief will carry his case to the higher courts. Ruef's share of the sweg must have been satisfactory to the lawyers. Perhaps it would be well to recall or modify some of the harsh things said of Governor Vardaman. He ad mits that he was born in Texas. A California man hts been sen tenced to eight years in Jail for steal ing eight pennies. California - courts apparently Tiave no patience with petty thieves. A man has been arrested for going to sleep In a St. Louis flat. A man who can sleep in a St. Louis flat should be congratulated rather than arrested. Statistics show that the French people add f 1,000.000,000 to their Barings every year. This may be due to the fact that they have almost quit raising children. " President Roouevelt is receiving al together too much advice on Africa from persons, whose knowledge of Africa was gained by reading Kipling and Rider Haggard. , " The army hag decided to make many experiments with, -tabloid food this year. The soldiers would welcome any change that would; give them the can teen even in pill form. Th city council of a good-sixed town la Illinois has voted to restore the hitch rack to the principal business treeta. The hitch rack may not lend a metropolitan air to a busy mart, but It Is sure sign of sociability. rOXSTITUTtOS CHAXriISO. Although few realize it, the adop tion of two amendments to the Ne braska constitution at the recent elec tion marks an innovation in the meth ods of constitution changing that goes to the very foundation of our funda mental law. These two amendment were adopted by counting as a vote yes" every ballot cast for a straight party ticket. It is . true that a some what similar method was employed wo years ago for the amendment cre tins; a State Railway commission, but he state-wide direct primary has in- roduced further modification for the first time this last year. The beginning of this system dates back to 1901, when the Nebraska leg islature enacted a new ballot law con taining a novel feature, devised by John C. Sprecher, now editor of the Schuyler Free Lance, who as member of the bouse and of a special commit tee to frame a new ballot law secured the adoption, practically without hange, of the bill he had introduced. This bill provided that the state con vention of any political party might by resolution incorporated into its plat form take a stand for or against any pending constitutional amendment, in which case every straight party ticket hould be counted for or against the amendment, according as the party bus declared itself. By a complete reversal of former practice every voter casting a straight ballot was to be counted as voting for an amendment endorsed by his party unless he spe cifically recorded himself against it, n stead of being counted as voting against the amendment unless he spe cifically marked Mb ballot for it. This feature of the Nebraska law was afterward appropriated to itself by Ohio. Nebraska and Ohio are so far the only two states In which it prevails, and in both of them the law has been upheld by their respective supreme courts. Aa already indicated, the direct pri mary has introduced still another ele ment by bringing it within tho prov ince of the party membership by vote at the primary to commit the party for or against a pending amendment o the constitution. In other words, although the constitution itaelf re quires for its amendment a clear ma jority of all votes cast at the election, an amendment may secure party en dorsement entitling it to all straight party votes by a majority of a mere fraction of the party voting on the amendment in a primary. How the di rect primary has operated to carry the two amendments submitted in the state last full may be seen by the fol lowing table: SEPTEMBER FRIMART ON AMEND- MENTB. Schcol Fund.- Supreme Court For. Against. For. Attaint. Parties. JiepuMican ..R1.127 5.570 28,153 7.S24 lemncrnt ...15.51S 4,335 U.718 Populist I,b3i 662 1.375 Prohibition .. 4 66 371 Socialist 218 80 171 6,47 DOS 302 Totals 4!,440 10.603 40.788 , 14,885 Total vote. PS.318. NOVEMBER EDECTTON ON AMEND MENTS. -School Fund.- Supreme Court For. AirMinat l.1.!. Ao-uln. AH partles..213.000 14.3: 214.218 16.271 Total vote, 271,461. It happens that there was a com paratively large vote at the primary, aggregating 98,318, and yet one of the amendments had a bare majority of the votes cast and the other fell considerably 6hort of a majority. Tn the final election, by counting all the straight party ballots in tho affirma tive, one of the amendments had 214,- 218 votes and the other 213,000 out of a total of 271,491. In other words, every vote cast for the amendments at the primary was equivalent to five votes for it at the election. Those who voted against the amendments in the primary evidently voted against them again at the election and the negative vote was at the same time materially Increased. Our experience in Nebraska with the new method of constitution chang ing snows us strong and its weak points. It has given us three constitu tional amendments which could not have been otherwise as easily secured, if at all. The defect of the new method lies in the easy road it opens to constitution changing and the temptation it offers to the submission and certsin adoption of all sorts of proposed amendments for which a noisy following may be drummed up, inese mree amendments rum th most important defects in our state constitution and, while a few other changes are doubtless desirable, they are by no means vital. Havintr achieved the main purpose, it is a serious question whether the dangers involved in a continuance of thla method of counting the votes on con stitutional amendments do not out weigh possible advantages. The whole subject is one that deserves careful study and thought to determine whether or not this experimental law should be repealed. CIIAXOE IX LAXD ItEQCLATlOXS The commissioner of the general land office has issued an order that will be variously approved or con demned in the public land states, ac cording to the viewpoint of the parties interested. The order requires that hereafter timber aud coal lands re maining in the public domain shall be sold at an appraised valuation, instead of the 12.50 an acre which has here tofore been the rate. The order is designed to head off the operations of the syndicates which have bteu ac quiring vast tracts of government land for their own uses, in disregard of the intent of the original liberal land laws, which' was that, these public lands ahould go to bona fide settlers. ' The government has been really prodigal la giving away Its land, until the discovery is made that little de sirable public land remains. This property has. however, increased in value and the government official take the position that it should bo sold at something approximating its actual value. Preference. In the disposition of the little land remaining-will be to the actual homesteader Instead of the syndicates. The new regulation is a step in' the right direction and serves to direct at tention again to the need of a general revision of the law governing the sale of the public domain. The west has changed and the conditions now ob taining in the public land states make the laws considered satisfactory a score of years ago impracticable at this time. THE FAR.M CVRE FOB TRAMPS. Following along lines adopted and tested with much success in several European countries, the officials of New York state have determined to test the farm cure for vagrants and tramps. The legislature will be asked to make an appropriation to purchase and equip a large farm where habitual tramps and vagrants will be required to work summer and winter, until cured of their "wanderlust" by being con vinced that they have to work for their living. The tramp problem exists in every large city, but is perhaps more acute in New York than elsewhere. Long experience has taught the officers of the law that Jail sentences have no terrors for professional vagrants. On the contrary, the veteran hobo Is very prone to commit some modest misde meanor from time to time In order to obtain a clear title to Jail bed and board. The stone pile has been tried in many parts of the country with some good results, but this work can not be carried on well in the winter, and in addition Is more expensive to have rock broken by hand when It can be done so much more cheaply by machinery. To impose a fine upon the vagrant and suspend it, as Is often tried, on condition of leaving town in an hour is a makeshift, because the tramp thus driven ont of the city has his place promptly taken by another who has Just been ordered out of a neighboring town. The New York plan provides for commitment of habitual vagrants for an Indeterminate term, with a maxi mum of two years. It is proposed to require men thus sentenced to do good, hard work that will teach a trade, or tha knowledge that life means work. It is proposed that the men be given good food and proper housing and be subjected to a system of grading for efficient service that will enable them to earn a little money above their keep. The measure has the endorsement of all the leading charitable organizations and is being warmly urged by the railroad man agers, all of whom have much trouble with the tramp nuisance. . If New York's experiment serves the purpose of lessening the tramp nui sance in the cities and at the same time trains men for intelligent work on the farms, for which there is al ways an excessive demand, it Is cer tain that other states will hasten to follow the example in dealing with an evil which has become a burden and menace in every section of the coun try. PAT OF TIIE PRESIDENT. The bill pending in congress for the increase of the salary of the president to $100,000 a year and the expressions from Washington indicating a strong prospect of favorable action on the measure have started a general dis cussion in the press concerning the president's income and the financial drain made by his official duties. The question Is interesting, al though It is difficult to ascertain even the approximate expense to which the president Is put on account of the hazy line between official and personal ex penses in the up-keep of the White House. Most foreign nations make provision for a lump sum for their rulers out of which all expenses are paid. The czar of Russia, for example, receives $10,000,000 a year for the maintenance of his family and his court. The sultan of Turkey receives $7,600,000 and Austria-Hungary, Ger many, Great Britain and Italy follow In the order named, with appropria tions running from $6,000,000 to $1,000,000, even the little kingdom of Portugal allowing its ruler an annual salary of $567,000. The president of the United States receives a salary of $50,000 a year, but this by no means represents the allowance placed at his disposal by the government. The president pays for his personal staff of servants, the mar keting bills and the horses intended for his personal use, but the govern ment pays the cooks, messengers, waiters, ushers and domestic staff of the White House. The flowers used at the White House come from the government gardens and the govern ment furnishes conveyances for the White House corps while on official business. In case of receptions and special functions at the White House the music is furnished by the Marine band and extra help is frequently de tailed from other departments. Notwithstanding all this, the drain upon the president's purse Is very heavy. He must pay for all entertain ments at the White House, both pri vate and official. The state dinners, of which several are given each year, are costly and during the season con slderable entertaining Is required. The formal receptions, of which there are five or six each year, do not entail any particular expense, but there is rarely a day In the year when the president does not entertain from two to twenty persons at luncheon or din ner. For distinguished foreign guests the entertalament must bs in keeping with tha rank and dignity of the guests and, as congress makes no pro- vision for this, the burden falls on the president. While the government throws In no few extras, the president of the United States Is lucky if he keeps within a salary of I BO. 000 a year. 4VaaBBBJBBJBBBBJBBMBBVHBBBJ4HBJBBBBSBBBBBSeaBBBBBBJ STILL ttOLVlXQ THE MYSTERY. Starting the new year looking back ward, that nnlque publication known as Mr. Bryan's Commoner is still im mersed In an effort to solve "the mys tery of J908." Unable to solve this "mystery" itself, it has called upon its readers for help and is devoting a page of its valuable space in each issue to responses from inconsolable followers. If any one wants the key to "the mystery of 1908," a variegated assortment is here spread out before him. Among other explanations why Mr. Bryan encountered his third de feat we have the following: I am very doubtful of the ability of the democratic party ever to get control of the national government under that name. Hereafter reformers muBt adopt Mate and national prohibition. No hope for democracy aalde from this Issue. Liquor defeated Bryan. What shall we do now? If va were right. Just keep right on. Shall we ever get InT Not until the democratic party reforms. I believe democracy should require edu cational qualifications to all voters or tax-paying qualifications. This would eliminate about all the purchasable vote. Democracy could then legislate a little for the interest of the common people. The democratic party can never elect a president until It has the loyal sup port of at least half of the newspapers of the country. Working against every advancement of the nation are three elements of human character prejudice, avarice and fear. It la a question whether the democratlo party will ever get control of the fed eral government again. There are thou sands of republicans who have the ut most confidence in William Jennings Bryan and sincerely believe In the re forms and principles he has advocated, but they do not look with confidence upon his party. No doubt you were far and away the most popular candidate in the Held and deserved success. It seems very evident you were beaten In your third race by the same influence that beat you in the first and second race and will likewise beat you again. It Is very plain that this country must follow In the footsteps of Mexico, Russia and Turkey. There you have it. The mystery of 1908 has been fully solved. If you do not like one solution, help yourself to another. I ANOTHER BOYCOTT DECISION. It is at least an Interesting coin cidence that just as tha decision is made by the federal court in the Dis trict of Columbia punishing certain labor leaders for violating a court or der against the boycott, another fed eral court order is made to prevent the employment of the same weapon to carry for a contrary purpose. Judge Saunders of the United States district court in Louisiana has in structed the federal grand Jury at New Orleans to inquire into the charge that certain race track promoters In that city are seeking to boycott the New Orleans Times-Democrat because of its opposition to racing. It had been rep resented to Judge Saunders that these race track men had entered into a con spiracy to destroy the advertising patronage of the newspaper. In charg ing the grand jury, Judge Saunders said: If such a conspiracy exists, and I am told that it does, and is attempting to destroy the business of this paper, then the conspirators are violating the lews of the United States In attempting to break up a business. Tho Times-Demo crat is engaged In a legitimate business and In selling its goods, not only in New Orleans, but has a large circulation In the southern states. The cone would fall directly under the decision of the United States supreme court in the case of I,-we against Lawler, more generally known as the Danbury hatters' case, and reported in 209 United States reports. I cannot imagine a greater crime than this, os the criminals are trying to destroy the free discussion of questions of interest to the welfare of the city. We cannot permit a quasl-crlmlnal element to dictate what the papers of the city shall say, and If there is such a conspiracy I hope you will investigate, so that If the guilty parties are found we can enforce the severest penalty that the law may yto vlde for the guilty. In this case the race track pro moters are charged with a secondary boycott, by trying to Induce others from patronizing the newspaper, Just as the labor leaders in the Washington case were charged with attempting to induce others to withdraw their patronage from the stove company which figured in the original case. In both cases, however, the courts have undertaken to make it plain that the boycott has no recognized place in law or business. The mikado has addressed the Japa nese Parliament, promising an eco nomical administration of the affairs of the empire. It would be real re lief to- find some mikado or governor or mayor making an annual address in which he would promise to spend everything in sight and throw econ omy to the winds. Governor Hughes has entered upon his second term as chief executive of the Empire state. Keep your eye on the governor of New York. He will oc cupy a bigger place on the public stage during the next two years than he has during the last two years. Senator Tillman is opposed to edu cation of the negro. That is the log ical sequence of democratic dlsfran chisement laws in the south, pretend ing to bar out the blacks by prescrib ing an educational qualification for voters. That story about a Pennsylvania rocster stealing a 300-mile ride on a car truck is not surprising. Getting something for nothing seems to come natural In Pennsylvania. "The modern world cannot afford to neglect the study of Greek life," says a famous college professor. Per haps not, but the modern world is ac customed to doing a lot of things It cannot afford. Mrs. Eva Fay's husband recently shot himself and Mrs. Fay says the shooting was accidental. It would seem that a mind reader should be more careful about getting his thought waves mixed. Count Bonl has lost his suit for possession of his three children. The result would be wholly pleasing were it not for the fact that the children are placed under the control of Prince De Sagan. If history repeats itself, Mr. Bryan will have lecture dates at remotely distant points just at the critical turns In the work of his democratic legisla ture meeting under the shadow of Falrview. It is stated that Mr. Roosevelt will wear hob-nailed shoes on his big game hunting trip. Some members of con gress have an Idea that the president hns been wearing that kind all the time. A new species of flea has been dis covered In California. It has six teeth and is a high Jumper. Let the ways and means committee put a prohibi tive duty on the California flea. In the Same Boat. New York World'. Measured by the standard of her grand mothers, it is possible that the modern woman shows signs of deterioration, but It would be difficult nevertheless to prove that she has deteriorated more than the modern man. An Impressive Peacemaker. BoBton Herald. The Japanese emperor's satisfaction in contemplating peaceful relations and growing friendliness with all the treaty powers is all the more Impressive, coming as It does to a ruler who has the men and the moans behind him to upset peace If necessary. Stability by Peraaaston. St. Louis Times. Sooner or later the small republics south of us will acquire stability of government from the American example all through the processes of American intervention. Di plomacy has taken on a new meaning since John Hay Introduced his Idea of a full and frank understanding rathrr than the Becret service method formerly existing. 11 amor of the Rich. Baltimore Star. We are now living in a time of leono clasm. Our pet theories are being upset. Our old beliefs are being shaken. For instance, It has long been a consola tion among ordinary mortals that great Andrew Carnegie bubling over with life and happiness even in the dismal presence of a tariff committee, making fun of sa cred republican doctrines and shocking the aober-faced protectlonista. He has thjs buoyancy of a boy instead of the gloom of a person afflicted with 1350,000,000. Really It almost makes us think that a man with a lot of money can also have some fun. SERMON S BOILED DOWN. Faith is seen In fair dealing... High living often brings the life to a low level. Joy In religion Is but another word for genuineness. Small ambitions are the enemies of gTeat achievement. Appetite is the first letter In the alpha bet of atheism. The counter without the altar Is the curse of many a life. It may be that the greatest heroes are the ones that fall. Hearty boosting today Is the only safe way to boast of tomorrow. The faith that Is thrust down the throat never gets Into the heart. We get no higher work until we put the higher motives Into that we have. A good many of the bruises on our hearts come from climbing over conscience. It is wonderful how sure you can be to the facts If you will keep one eye shut. People will soon know It If the man who lifts up his Hps lets his life run down. There's nothing of heaven In your re ligion unless it lights up your home with Joy and love. It's a good thing to plan things to their end, but there's always danger of ending it planning. Chicago Tribune. SECULAR SHOTS AT THE Pl'LPIT Charleston News and Courier: At the New England dinner the other night a very good story was told about President Had- ley of Tale university, who was asked by a distinguished clergyman, who had gone to Tale to preach on an Important oc casion: "How long shall I preach?" "Just as long as you wish," Dr. Hadley promptly replied; "the way Is open to you and you may preach aa long aa you like; but I would Bay that there Is a generally ac cepted tradition here that no souls are saved after twenty minutes." The bearings of these observations, so far aa they have any bearings, aa our brethren of the cloth will possibly perceive, is In their applica tion. Philadelphia Ledger: There is more and more recognition among enterprising church denominations of the fact that mere doc trinal abstractions or dogmatic discussions do not deeply Interest young folks. The Imaginative and luminous mind of youth needs the poetry of things, somewhat of Its own flavor and kindred. The kernel none the leas still continues to be the truth, though enveloped In attractive guise. What should be the exact limit of such attrac tiveness will always be a matter of dis cussion. That It may and very readily be carried U) excess la obvious. Among preach ers, aa among laymen, there will always be those inclined to the spectacular and the eccentric. .Latitude, with these, means occasional wide flights of fancy, sxcesslve Intermixture of sentiment, display and moral print 'pie, and Insufficient devotional extrclse. New York Post: A little book on "A Practical Study In the Art of Money-Raising" has lately been puMiahud in England. It is designed prlmf.iily for the use of churches. They te.'lalnly are often, com pelled to rival, college presidents In the Ingenuity of their appeals for funds. One highly novel shift was recently attempted In an advertisement in the London Morning Post, it ran aa follows: "To Bridge 'lay ers On the 1st of Dec, mber next, the birth day of our gracloua queen, will you give one-twentieth of your bridge winnings that day. to assist in building an extra aisle In St. Paul's church, Winchester?" This is moderate. One would have expected that at least the scriptural rule of one-tenth would be enforced. But possibly the au thors of the advertisement feared that any allusion to the scripture might lead someone to demand the Biblical authority for asking gamblar to build Chun, tea. MONDAY, JANUARY - 4th WE START OUR AtltlUAL JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE and for tho next 30 days will give n 25 discount on all purehiiecs of Watches, Diamonds, Cut Glass, Um brellas, Silverware, Plated Ware, Opera Glasses, etc. Gorham silver the only exception. Here's an opportunity for shrewd buyers to pur chase good, reliable, guaranteed merchandise cheaper than ever offered tho Omaha public before. We must have cash. Our loss is your gain. Hero are a Few of the Many Bargains $75 Diamond Kings. .$56.25 $50 Diamond Kings. .$37.50 $25 Gold Watches. . .$18.75 $'20 Gold Watches. . .$15.00 $10 V-z doz. Cut Glasses $7.50 $15 Gold Seal Kings. $11.25 Nothing will be reserved 25 discount. Extra special We have 50 dozen Rogers' Knives and Forks that we will sacrifice this week only. They are Triple plated and hand burnished. They have always sold for $4.00 a dozen; our special price, remember, this week only, nn nn for 12 pieces, 6 knives and 6 forks, only MheUU HSMWI u)MMWnsiiiMiMi nuii-mi miss ii m sum i.wiiinrW r i' -nr" mm IrnwmsrZiisZZiiiijal DOMESTIC FLKASANTKIES. Miss Gushing Why, how do you do, dear? I didn't think you wouM remember ni. It's a whole year since we met. Miss Cutter I dMn't recall your face at first, but I remembered your dress. New York Herald. "There is a great difference between courtship and marrltige." "I don't know. Before, you go to court and give her money, and after, you go to court, iind give her alimony." ilulUmoro American. "I love you for yourself alone." "Of course; I know that." . "I am so glad." "What else could you love mo for? I have no money." "Yes. bUt you, have a large and sociable family." Philadelphia North American. Tha vonnir hiifch:inVi ram was aflame with a deathless devotion. "Pulsatilla, he exclaimed, clasping her to his heart, "I'll wear It, no matter what the boys at the office say! And Ml smoke em ir tney Kin me: inicago iriuune. Wife Would it please you, dear. If I learned another language? Husband Yes, It would delight me In finitely. . Wife Well, which one shall I study? Husband The sign language. Btnart Bet. l3e Fiain FROM THE BRANCH STORE AT YORK, NEBRASKA, IS SELLING FAST AT HOSPE'S 1513 Douglas St. All the Pianos and Organs shipped in to Omaha from the York store last week have been repolished and refin ished. They are brand new goods, as none of them are to exceed four months in stock, others only four weeks. The finest makes of good Pianos upright, cabinet grands and parlor and baby grands, as well as cabinet and chapel organs comprise the stock. Many in" rich mahogany cases, others in quartered oak, antique, colonial and the latest Boston fall board and duet music desk designs. All large full size parlor pianos. Beautiful Pianos selling regularly at $250, $275, $300, $325, $350 and up are put in this sale at half price. Some at one-third off, others for less. For instance brand new mahogany finish, full size case, handsome design, duet music desk, Boston fall board, fully guaranteed piano, for the little price of $129. You pay $10 cash and $5 per month. Nothing better or cheaper known at this price. Think of it. This elegant piano stock contnins Kimball pianos, King pianos, Conway pianos, Weser Bros, pianos, Melville Clark pianos, Chickering Pianos, Kensington pi anos, Imperial pianos and many others fifty instruments. In addition fifteen Parlor and Cabinet Organs running at the low prices of $20, $27, $32, $38 and up, on payments of 50c per week. Parlor grand and baby grand pianos in this lot repre sent the world's best Kranich & Bach pianos, the Krakauer pianos, the Kimball pianos, the Bush & Lane, Cable-Nelson, Victor and others. $1,000 grands at $575; $1,200 grands at $050, etc. Our easy payment plan makes it a comparatively light matter to own und use good pianos and pay but little every month until paid for. We must sell this York store stock at once, for it crowds the space iu which the alterations are being made and we intend to have them moved before January 10th, so make haste and get first choice. Every instrument fully guar anteed for from five to twenty years. $10 takes one home. I A. Hospe Co'. 1513 Douglas Stroot $20 Gold Urooches. . .$15.00 $25 Heavv Gold Lockets for $18.75 H0 (.old Cuff Buttons for $22.50 $::5.(K) Scarf Pins $26.23 everything will be sold at this wcok only 3 KKKI' IM.AYIX3. Hrrlert Kaufman In Everybody's. If you're onto the gamo and you're wise to t lie rules. Kiep playing. Buck through the renter and give It a rnm, Smusli on and crash on, you'll aqujrin through thu jam. If their trick is a film, let your trick be a flam: Don't welch just because you've received, raw hmd slam. Even if you are down, they've not counted you out. When you're rested, go back to the bunch with a shout. Get your wind, grit your teeth, you're not hurt for a damn Keep playing. Suppose you are last, there are more laps ahead. Keep running. Many a victory Is snatched from defeat; While there's breath In his body, no man can be beat. Don't you know you've a chance to the very last heat? -Brace up there and put some speed In your feet. . . If you try hard enough, you'll catch on to the way; Chances are that tomorrow Is your spe cial day; Screw vour cnurngp up tight, twist some grit In your meat! Keep running. Stock : w-J