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, 4 THE BKK: OMAJtA. FKIDAY. APRIL 0, m. TiiE' Omaha Daily Bee rTl"NDFlD BT EDWARD ROSRWATER VICTOR ' ROBEWATER, EDITOR. "TnlfrM st' Omaha postofflce as second ! matter. .TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. Tsilv n (without ItunAay), on year...4 "uf ttrm ni Munaay. on rear .u " O.SLI VERED BT CARRIER. T0'r Be (Inclttdlng Sunday). pr week li Pally fie (Without Sunday), per week.. 10c Evening He (witnnat Sunoay). r week c Kwnhtg Mm fwun mmrfavl. ner week.. Inc. ffumiky Bee, ens .. .- WW Hajurdily BMi one year..:... IM Afldresw all oorBptatri't. f irregularities In q.uvery to city. rrrulatlOB .uepartmeni. ". -orricES. nmaha-.The.it Building. fouth Omaha T went y-fnurtn and N. Conner! ,Bufe IS Scott Streat. Mncolh-kU Little Building. "h1cago1M Marquette Building. Nf York-Rooms llM-llO No. U Weat Thirty-third Street. Washington ra Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to nawa arv edi torial matter should be addressed: Omsli Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Rejnlt by draft, espreea or postal order, psvahle to The Bee Publishing Company. Only. a-isnt stamps received In payment of mall accounta. Personal checke. capt on Omaha br eastern exchange, not accepted. 8TATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, touglaa County, aa: Oeorge B. Tsachuck. treaeurer of Th Bee Publishing company, being duly ewom, aaya that the actual number of full and complete oplee vf Tho Pally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tb month of March. !". wai aa follows: 1 . . . . 2 . . .;. 7 . . . . .. - 10.'.'.', 11.... 12.... 39.BM IT.., M,M ..... 3t.lM It ,30 S9.M0 . M 38.S90 M,rio ,mo MOO 39, 1 S,000 t 3,3S0 21 ! 1! 21 8T.BS4 30.980 3g,070 SS.830 7I.N0 tt.MO ta.BM 37,400 .. II.. 2T.. 28.. 38,70 lt..:....... a.ioo t ,oao H 37.SOO 15........... 33.M0 to. li 3170 43,380 lti... 3890 - ; Tout' . . ... . .'. , Less unsold and returned coplea. Net totaV'.;.-'.-.:.'.1;:. . .M0T.4O0 . 10,389 . ..1,197,138 . . . 33.017 Dally average utURQE B. TZSCHUCK. Treaaurer. ubacnbed In my presence and ewom to before me this lat day of April. 10. , M. P. WALKER, Bal) Notary Public ! e . I. - t WBEfl, OUT, OF TOWN. ' a bsr fibers tearing tka eltj tea orarlly aaonld kaee The Be to them. Addreaa will MKe m nftea a rcnaeaten. As to that famous demo-pop legis lature the least said the better. It s nuts for Siouxlty. Kansas City, the Twin "cities, to say nothing, of Council Bluffs. The east is coming to the western plains for wool.; '"It has discovered that not all the., shearing Is done on Wall street. A southern editor remarks he would rather be Balaam's ass than a con gressman. There Is a possibility that he might be both'., ' Mayor Jim is not mealy-mouthed in expressing himself about Governor Sballenberger, antT even then doesn't say half what se'ttllnks. The commission on the governor's staff repudiated by Colonel Fanning should be reissued at ones la the name of Colonel Elmer E. Thomas. . A- vaudeville artist has a one-act play entitled "The' Naked Truth." Scant clothing Is not unusual in vau deville, but this Is pressing the limit. A Chicago man was blown 100 feet by the wind the other dsy and landed uninjured. Nothing like being used to having he zephyrs toy with you. The Maine legislature has adjourned without changlbglthe gams laws.' The same number. of deer and hunters are permitted to be killed as In the past. The lid has gone down at 7 o'clock in Lincoln for the past year. That's why those- Llscolnites are so anxious to close down Omaha and stop the dls JDtrlty. , And now a Missouri farmer has dis covered a plan for lifting another burden which makes farm life Irk some. ''He uses a phonograph to-call the pigs. ' $t. and Mrs. Eggs of New York have petitioned the court to change their natres, They have carried the ji am so long they can no longer pass as fresh .eggs. . From" the praises heaped upon the Standard Oil company by . Attorney Mllburn one would Imagine the com pajtx was Incorporated in heaven In- steadj; of to NeWj Jersey., ...... , , A Missouri boy has been sent to tta reform school for embetellng a postage stamp. That is where be made his mistake. The amount is too small to enable him to hirers good lawyer. , Three colonels have responded to the call for Omaha, appointees to sur render commissions given them by tlovrnor Sballenberger. , it is notice-, able no salaried jobs have been passed up .-' The district court clerk has a new bill of fees for filing papers in that office. There is nothing In It. how ever, to prevent lawyers from continu ing to file esses there on contingent fees. Philadelphia . counailmtn are ac cused of stealing blbf. Philadelphia councilmen have a reputation of going pretty strong, but.il was not supposed their pickings hsd ben reduced so low as that. t Frederick Weyerhauser, tb lumber king, complains that the lumbermen are overtaxed locally. For a man who has been taxed to death Mr. Weyer bauser has done right well In the mat ter of accumulating money. Senate and Tariff. . With the tariff bill largely formu lated so fsr ss the house Is concerned Interest will center next on what the senste Is likely to do with the mess ure. tn tht connerMon the utter- snces of. Senator Aldrich sre entitled to mors than ordinary weight..' Mr. Aldrich Is not the senate, hut for sll that, by virtue of his position as ths hesd of the finance committee, his long service snd Influence in (hat. body, his opinions sre significant. Me Is quoted ss saying that the bill as it passes the senate will be a revenue producing measure and also that it will provide for a reduction of duties on the necessities of life, as compared with the rates in the present Dingley tariff. The first prerequisite of producing more revenue is in line with th ne cessities of the government-. With a treasury deficit of approximately $100,900,000 staring congrexs In the face more revenue Is essential. Ex penditures may be curtailed and ex travagances eliminated but the coun try Is growing, Its necessary expen ditures sre increasing and If financial embarrassment Is to be avoided in come must be Increased. The demands for development of the nation's vast latent resources, making arid ' lands productive, improving waterways and harbors, In addition to the ordinary expenses, . require sums that would have made the statesmen of a few generations ago gasp for breath, but they muat be met if the government performs its duty to the people. The proposal to lift the burden as far as possible from, necessities car ries with it the alternative of laying it on the luxuries. If this is accom plished ihe'bill will have met the ex pectation of the people and fulfilled the promise which , the republican party made in the last campaign. That the 'senate comprehends its responsi bilities In this respect is Indicated by the utterances of the leaders in that- body and the course - pursued so far In dealing with the question. Ths real crux of the question will come when the bill has passed the senate and gone to conference. Here the divergent opinions of the two houses must be fought out and the finished law given to the nation. What this will be can only be judged from the past. In a.ll recent financial and revenue legislation the senste has played the preponderating part. Few if any careful observers believe the present bill will have a fate different from its predecessors. The senators represent, larger constituencies and are, therefore, liable to eliminate many concessions to purely local Interests injected by Interested house members. In the narrowed field of the confer ence committee the compromises will have to be made and the law rounded out Into completeness.. Competition in Corn. ' The, American farpier.has rested secure' in the belief .,t that no matter what happened he was supreme in the production of corn.' Yet not only hss a rival appeared, but he -Is pushing that rivalry into the American farm ers' own market. . Shipping corn to ths United States is csrrylng coal to New castle with a vengeance, but that is just what is happening'. ' ' With the settlement of South Africa has come the opening .of a country of whose resources the world knows little and whose possibilities are as yet but scratched.. , The latest develop ment is the receipt in New York of a shipload of corn said to be the equal in qua'lity'of any 'grown' on the vest em ' prairies. Native corn on the New York market at present prices brings 74i cents and the African product laid down In New York cost 58 Vs cents. Of course, no amount of corn which South Africa could at present market would be sufficient to have any ap preciable effect on current prices. ,The fact of Its importation and that Corn can be grown successfully In that country emphasizes the necessity of the American farmer being awake to the necessity of adopting , the most improved methods to Increase the yield per acre and decrease the cost of production to mske sure of retaining his acknowledged supremacy. Good Roadt Movement. The propaganda for good roads Is bearing fruit in all sections of the country. . The , .enormous waste in transportation over the existing pub lic highways of the country is being driven home to the. people, who suffer in consequence. In a desultory way communities all over the land are seeking to "remedy conditions and' many large schemes hsve been discussed which sre beyond the capacity of the. local communities to carry out. Ia the early days, before the advent of the railroad, the general government and the states engaged In road building on a large scale, for the wagon Toad was the' only means of communication, and under, the most fsvorable conditions was slow, but with' the advent of 'the railroad tbls was stopped. ' The state of Pennsylvania la the first to resume roadmaking on a large and consistent scsle.- A bill has-passed both branches of the legislature ap propriating $3,000,000 as a starter on a program which ultimately compre hends the expenditure of $10,000,000 for a great cross-state highway, from which the various communities through which It passes are expected to run laterals costing In the aggregate much mors than h main trunk line. 'The sum mentioned will, of course, pro vide good roada for only a small por tion of the state, but the object les son is expected to be contsgious and within a comparatively few years to produce a system of tilghwsys which will save millions in the transports tlon of the tonnage which passes over them. A railroad company whose trackage was ss wasteful of time and motive power ss the average American high way would be in the hands of a re ceiver before a year has elapsed and yet the tonnage which passes over the public roads is greater by far than that transported by the railroads, and It Is a problem for the next few de cides to stop this wsste. If They Are Illegal. And now comes the official spokes man of the Water board, who for years has been drawing a salary out of the city treasury for doing nothing, with this declaration: The Illegality of tlio 13.000.000 of water bond authorised by a vote of the people In 1900 has been notorious among those at all acquainted with the water situa tion. How or why the $3,000,000 of water bonds voted In 1900 are illegal Is not explained, but If these bonds sre Ille gal, what of the legality of the whole proceedings for the "immediate and compulsory" purchase of the water works, begun In 1903 and not yet finished? The very creation of the Water board arid the action of the other city authorities for the acquisition of the water works are ail predicated upon the legality of these bonds. Water Bill No. 1, out of which all our water works troubles have grown, begins as follows: Section 1. In any rlty of the metropol itan claea. which haa heretofore voted or may hereafter vote bonds fdr the con struction or purchase of a water plant. It shall be the duty of the mayor and council, and the mayor and council shall, within thirty days after the election at which such bonda are or have been voted, or. In case such bonds have been hereto fore voted, then within thirty days after this act ahall take effect declare by ordi nance that It Is necessary and expedient for such city to construct or purchase, aa the case may be, a system of water works. Further along another section reads: Section B, In each city of the metropol itan class owning and operating a mu nicipal water plants or which haa hereto fore voted or may hereafter vote bonds for the construction or purchase of a mu nicipal water plant, there ahall be a water board conalsting of six members. Such appointment shall be made within thirty dttyi after the election at which bonda ahall have been voted for the con struction or purchase of a municipal water plant, or If auch bonda have been heretofore voted, or If such city has heretofore acquired auch a municipal water plant, then within thirty days after this act shall take effect. While it is. true that the defects of tbls first law are supposed to have been cured by Water bill No. 2, en acted two years later, all the jurisdic tional procedure 'in the water works case was had under the first law. If the $$,000,000 of bonds voted In 1900. were not legally voted, then the governor had no right nor authority to appoint the first Water board, be cause, he derived that authority only from the presumption that the city of Omaha had already voted water bonds. " If the $$,000,000 of bonds were not legally voted, then the mayor and council in electing to purchase, aa re quired by the law, were laboring un der a misapprehension and did so un der duress, which In ordinary business transactions would void the act. If the $3,000,000 of bonds were not legally voted, the appraisers were not legally appointed and could not have made a legally binding award. If there is really a question as to whether the $3,000,000 of bonds were legally voted, why have not the attor neys for the city seen to It that this question were raised la the pending litigation? Fornrer Congressman Neville, who represented the Sixth Nebraska dis trict in congress for a few years as a populist, has died in Wyoming, where he has been living .inconspicuously most of the time since his retirement to private life. Mr. Neville was an other of our Nebraska statesmen car ried up by the wave of populism of the '90s and there is a sort of coincidence that he should pass away almost at the same moment with ex-Governor Poyn ter, the last of our populist governors. A young woman who was refused a marriage license in Omaha because she was only 16 years old secured the coveted document in Council Bluffs the same day on affirmation that she was 16 years old. This is the first recorded Instance of a street car trip from Omaha to Council Bluffs con suming a whole year's time. The report of the Department of Ag riculture on the condition of winter wheat shows, both encoursging and discouraging features. While the con dition of the crop in all states is be low the average, Nebraska and Kansas make a better showing than the other big cereal-producing states. We'll see now whether the temper ance forces appreciate It enough to give Omaha all the Epworth league conventions, Sunday school confer ences, state teachers' meetings and similar gatherings for whose delegates or members a tight lid Is supposed to be attractive. The water-logged mariner of the Water board questions the good faith of an attorney who appeared before the legislature committee because the attorney's son Is "employed by the wster company." That's good, com ing from an ex-employe ot the water company. South Dakota haa a decidedly orig inal complaint to make against one of its officials because he turned in a hotel bill which looks too small. The auditor Is not objecting to the economy practiced, however, but Is unable to figure out bow the official could have traveled, over .the stste during every working day of the year on a hotel bill of $391.16 and railroad fare of $496.80. Possibly he adopted the old time printers' custom of "tarrying the banner." The Minnesota legislature has passed an antl-clgaiette law. Here after when Minnesota people want to commit suicide they sre expected to try some method less offensive to the survivors than the cigarette. French newspapers have expressed uncomplimentary remarks about Roosevelt. The writers were discreet enough to restrain themselves, how ever, until the big stick was ou the seas enroute for Africa. l Hope for the Blenrfcera. Philadelphia Press. Some day this country Is going to elect a president, who plays base ball Instead Of tennis or gnlf, and then there will be a hurrah. Bmt Talk I Cheap. New York World. There mayf be some quest Inn as to how much revenue the Payne bill wUl produce, but one week ot debate on It In the house resulted In an output of BOO.non wnrcla. A Consoling; Offset. Cleveland Leader. Government deficits are the rule In Eu rope, and this country Is gaining an un wonted familiarity with them. But sav ings banks gain on both sides of the Atlantic. Ready fop the Inspection. St. Louis Qlobe-Deinocrat. All of the big captains of Industry pre dict that 1909 will be a record-breaker In tho matter of proaperity. The rank and file will be glad to see the old general march ing back and forth along the line. Example of I. earn I Courage. Cleveland News. Attorney Kellogg said right out In court that cerUIn men making up the Standard Oil group has conspired to monopolise the oil trade. That is one of the hardest things said of the big corporation since Judge Landls murmured, "Pay $29,340,000." Tho Canal Kttert. Philadelphia Record. In those southern portions of the lend where" prohibition prevails contraband stills are rising like mushrooms. But the secret brewing of beer In tlve recesses of the mountains Is quite another thing. The prac tical effect of prohibition, therefore. Is to encourage the distilling of moonshine whisky at the expense both of the mild product of malt and hops and of the pib llc revenuea. What We Are Coming; To. San Francisco Chronicle. A SOO-foot tower for wireless telegraphy a about to bo erected at Anapolls. The springing up of theae watchtowars of the world suggests thst the aspect of the coun try may one day be strikingly affected by them. Already, In view of the advent of airships, the question of private ownership of the atmosphere Is being discussed. The weird ultry-sclentiflp world of the future which has been pictured by various lm aginative novelists may be largely real ised after all. LIFE 1NSI RANCH LIMIT. ' i ' Sew York Law I pbeld hy State 8n- : lire me t'onrt. Philadelphia Record. The aupreme court of New ork having upheld the constitutionality of the lsw limiting to 150,000,000 a year the amount of new insurance any life company of the atate can do, one of the great companies has discharged 1.0U0 of Its field agents; and one of Its vice presidents says U has already reduced the number of Its offices in New York City from forty-six to ten. He says rather bitterly that no bank or other enterprise except life Insurance Is limited to the amount of business It may do. This Is true, but there is no other busi ness that Is at all like life Insurance. We are not unqualifiedly In favor of the limi tation of whose necessity Governor Hughes became convinced while he waa the coun sel of the Armstrong committee. But whether the reasons for this limitation be conclusive ,or. not, there are reasons for it. It may not be the only or the best remedy for the evil at which It ia aimed, but there la no doubt about the evil. The evidence given before the Armstrong com mittee showed that In their- intense com petition, In the struggle of the companies to Increase the amount of tholrv insurance, In the pressure applied to agents to pile up big totals, th companies were paying more for business than it was worth. In getting new policies they were impairing the value of the. old ones. Something had to be done to protect existing policyholders. The preposterous opinion of one of the company presidents that policyholders should be altruistic enough to suffer cheer fully some loss of their own Interests fnr the sake of extending the benefits of In surance to others did not commend Itself to the public Judgment. PERSONAL NOTES. The National Editorial association pro poses to visit the canal. lVsMbiy some i f thrm could give the constructors points as to tho throwing of dirt Dr. Munroe Smith of Columbia univer sity, has been appointed as a delegate on the part of the Cnlted fltateB to the In ternational Cmgrest of Public Instruction In the modern languages to convene In Paris April 14 . Herr von Bohlen und Halbach. whose wife waa formerly Lertha K'nipp, has had notlcea posted throughout the Koaen works decferlng on behalf of himself and his wife Chat the report of the probability of a di vorce between lliem ia a baseless inven tion. What is said to be the first concurrent resolution ever Introduced in pny legisla ture in any atate of the union directly de nouncing prohibition la that of Senator Price of California, now In the hands of the committee on fruit and vine interests, of the atate senate. The advocates of equal suffrage both In America and Kngland are toasting Hon. H. B. T. Ptrangways. formerly prime min ister of South Australia. It seems that th) anlia of Kngland have been di-lugiug the former prime minister with letters and circulars asking him to allow the use ot his name aa a member of their oiganlia tlon. This he refused. A three-word cablfgram received st Wln chendom. Mass., from the barren Isle rf Molokal, Hawaii, ani.ounced ths death of Mra. Walter R. Brinkerhoff, formerly Mia Nellie White of that town, who three years ago gave up tho pleaaurea that wealth and assured social standing ran bring to assist I. er huahand In caring for the lepers among mhom he had cast his lot. Appomattox Forty-fourth Anniversary e,t the Close of the War of the mebellloB. To the riders of today, whose memories span the years since the civil war, and to thoae who participated In that mighty struggle, the anniversary of the surrender at Apt nmattox court house must ever re main a source of dwp patriotic emotion. Forty-four yenrs ago. on April 9. Mm, Gen eral le conceded the hopelessness of the southern cause and ixgan negntiationa for the surrender of his army to the victorious northern troops, under General Grant. oringing io a nose the greatest Internecine in imp worms nistory. The locality of the surrender has sn abiding flace in history. That is all. Ap pomattox court house, the county build ing, was destroyed by fire fifteen years ago, and was not rebuilt In the same place. Some of the village houses remain, but In an advanced atate of dilapidation. Only two or three of the houses are inhabited. The others stnre st one with broken doors snd windows. Porticos have collapsed and roofs are falling. Pome hsve fallen. Where the court house building stood there sre mounds of charred brick and ashes, and what was the court house square at the time of the great surrender is grown up In scrub pines. The changia hlm mvt taken place in the olu buiiie ground ae liiiettsuiiaiy described by uhfrai josmm Lnatnuenuin, tne Maine man who was in command oi the puraae and other formalities attending, the aurrenuer of the confederate oitlcers and soldiers, torty-four years ago. In "Appomattox Kevlaitcd." Ueneral Cham berlain says: "i found everi thing In ruin and designed forsakenness. fcven the roads arc chan8ed. I could not find that by which Sheridan switched off my com mand from the main column a mile out from the station, to strike Gordon's left then prcsHing back our cavalry. The fancy of marking field boundaries had wiped this out. "The county seat is removed to Ap pomattox station. But on the old ground tho court house Is burned down; the Jail standing, over-tall. gaunt and lean, fit for no use except to Intensify solitary confinement. The Mclean house, where Giant and Lee first met for conference before the aurrender Is torn down; most of the old houses sre still there no Im provement and no addition, all looking un cared for and forlorn. "Still further along the crest, near the spot where this flag tthe flag of truce; was received, the boy who was my driver for this excursion. Jumped off to pick up a grapeshot half showing Itself above the ground, which having been origlnslly de livered, thus satisfying the essential con ditions of the law of property, I felt authorised to take into personal possesion. "Crossing the Richmond rosd In front, we come to another tsblet, bearing this inscription: "rth.'" pot 0-nerals Grant and Robert E. Lee met to confer as to the de tails of the surrender, April 10, I860. "This tablet Is 011 the ground btween my two lines as they stood at the moment of the final cessation of hostilities. Leu came In on the Richmond road, from where the rear of Longstreet's command then was, three miles away, confronted by our Second and Sixth corps. He passed near whero 1 was In the saddle waiting the com mand to resume hostilities. , "After the truce of three hours Grant came a little later by another road, a roundabout country road leading Into the town near my center. Both rode past me to the court house. On the following morn ing they had a final meeting, on the ele vated ground In front of my right. "Over the Appomattox now, "as then, a stream not more than bootleg deep, run ning swift and clear a mile perhaps up the opposite slope, in the edge of the wide woods, stands another tablet. It reads: "On this spot General Robert E. Lee wrote his last order, taking leave of the Army of Northern Virginia, April 10, 1S5. "The scarcity of formal recognition ot the more vital sites at Appomattox is re markable. The only distinctive and Impos ing structure has been furnished 'by the people of North Carolina. It is s stone monument which commomoiates the serv ices performed at Appomattox by the sol diers from that atate, especially of those men who fired the ast volley. It stands In a little clearing of a part of Appomattox which la denaely covered with a growth of pine. At the time of its erection there was considerable discussion ever the propriety of that part of the Inscription which contained the words 'valor, endur ance and patriotism.' North Carolina, how ever, stuck to Its guns snd the Inscription went as It was composed. So much by this late day have old feelings been dropped that there is no further objections to the Inscription. "Here It is In full: "At this place the North Carolina Rrigade of Brigadier General W. R. Cox of Grimes Division fired the last volley, 9 April. 1. Major General Bryon Grimes of North Carolina planned the last battle fought by the Army of Northern Virginia and com manried the Infantry engaged therein, the greater part of whom were North Carolinians. This Stone is Erected by Authority of the General Assembly of North Carolina In Grateful and Perpetual Memory of the Valor. r?ndurance and Patriotism of her Sons Who followed with unshaken fidelity the Confederacy 10 the closing scene. Faithful to the end. K-rcted April 9. 19UV North Carolina Appomattox Commission 1 1. A. Ij-mdon. E. J. Holt. W. T. Jenkins, Cyrus S.- Watson, A. D. McGlll." On the opposite face of the monument is this inscription: "North Carolina First at Bethel Farthest to the Front at Gettysburg nnd Clilckamauga Last at Appomattox." The spot where the litter bearer of Uen eral Grant found General reclining on a blanket on the ground by the roadside, under sn spple tree, la marked by a woi.iicn signboard. The apple orchard has disap peared. That was the only foundation ofr the apple tree legend of Appomattox. The1 spot covered by General Ie'a t-nt when he wrote his farewell to the army Is also marked by a rude signboard. j It was somewhat of s surprise to General Chamia 1 lain. In his recent rarnMea 1 .- the old battlefield, to find markers on tin location wtiich in lj6 the Fifth corps Iibii occupied. Keeling his wuy through th. underbush of the detolate region, he d" m nded an elevation which was eoveren with stubbly growth of three decades and came upon this extremely Interest'im bronze tablet: Near this spot waa established the left m the line of the Ft rut division, Fifth corps, formnd to receive the surrender of the arms of the Army of Northern Virginia on tne 11th day at April, laiio. And a little farther, near the ruins of tlx old court house, General Chamberlain foun l a second marker, in which he also had a great personal Interest: Near tills spot rested the right of the First Division, Fifth Corps, to reeelva the Give your servants GOLD DUST to clean with, treat them rightly and you will have few occasions to insert a "help wanted- ad They say a good workman is known by his tools. You cannot expectyour maid to keep everything ship-shape unless you give her every modern help. To keep house without GOtD DUST is to do work by hard, old-fashioned methods. .. Por clean ing everything and anything about the house from cellar to attic GOLD DUST is worth its weight in gold. It cuts grease and dirt like magic, does away with scouring and scrubbing", and saves time and tempers. 3 v -v- - Your servant can KJJ V ? go more and better work and keep sweet with . the aid of GOLD DUST in all household clean ing. Made by THE N. K. Makers of FAIRY surrender of the Army of Northern Vir ginia, on the eleventh day of April. !(. It msy be explained thst on April I Grant and Ie signed their sKnement of surrender, but two day elapsed before the ceremony of laying down arms was car. ried out. POINTED PLEASANTRIES. "Your gardener's work Just now is a perfect bull." 'What do you mean?" 'Tie is makfnff- iif,h haniiiitv 0,11. 11.... footpath." Baltimore American. Clubman il imriAt-atttrwi tM . . - ....... v., via, in.k VUU began life as a newsboy. Guest of the Evenlng-I fear some one Infant. Philippine Gossip. W 11 V . Old min " .V.nln...l I, . ,, torgot to put your laurel on this morning " , 7r0l nothing." replied Caesar bitterly. - ' oe mi oarret. When Jeffries talks about snatching laurel from the brow of Johnson, I quit." Philadelphia lrir.r 'Hhadbolt. did vou ever hsv m inn.h nr anything like the appendicitis?" Tjnce, nave you forgotten. Dlnguss. that ,uu were operated on ror it vou touched me for an even hundred?" Chi cago Tribune. number wasn't In sight, said lie wss using his badge to hold up his trousers." "Then the judge should have found him I notice thst a Massachusetts chauffeur who waa arrested because his personal guilty and g.ven him a auspendered sen tence." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Oh, whst a nice little piano? May I ask how much you paid for it?" "Certainly; we got it for $J8." "Impossible!" "Not at all. That's exactly what we paid for It at the time. .That waa three vears ago. We're er still paying for It. What a dreary day this Is. Im't it? Think it's going to rain?" Chicago Tribune. "I've alwaya been something of a free trader," said I'ncle Allen Sparks, glancing at the display In the milliner s front wln- Orchard & Wilhelm 414'I6'1S South I6th Street is creating an unusual amount of interest; there is a very good reason the assortment is so much greater and the rugs themselves arc much choicer than any previously shown. This is a personally chosen lot selected from a $300,000 stock and in this sale are values extraordinary. No matter whether it be a small rug, a runner, or a room size rug, we can show you in this sale a large line of better pieces at better prices. Extravagance is not necessary to good printing. The best work depends upon the good taste and capability of your printer A. L Kwt, Ucernaratoal, 121012ia Howanl SitmI Spring Announcement 1909 Wa are now displaying a dim core plate Una of foreign novelties for spring and summer wear. Tour early Inspection la Invited, aa it will afford an opportunity of obooa tng from a large number of exclusive tylea. W Import la "Hingis sutti lengths," and a auit cannot be duplicated. An ordr placed now may be deliv ered at your rontrenlenca. j 1 m s, . . "lMOm OOl.n DrSTTwiHt 'mewnrO" FAIRBANK COMPANY SOAP, the oval cake. dow and passing on. ''hut I'm ready to vole for a prohibitory tariff on coal soottles. waste baskets and . beehives." Chlcsgo Tribune. "Alas." sighed Weary. Wiggles, saslnil dejectedly upon his torn and tattered trousers. "I'm sfrnld these here pants is on their last legs!" Uppincott's Magaslne. "A mule." said I'ncle F.ben, "Is wus dan sn automobile. He ain't even got de po liteness to 'honk' when he's out to do damage!" Washington Star. Mother Alice, did I not see you kiss Mr. Brace when you came home from the theater les night ? Alice Vcs, ma, but it wao through my veil. Puck. THE LOVE LETTER. New York Sun. She took it from the postman with a nerv. ous, trembling hand. , A sort of trepidation she could hardly un derstand ; Of course she knew he loved her, so why falter In this way -When a letter wss due her and knew Just what 'twould say? She took it to her boudoir, not because she csred to hide The postmark or' the writing 'or the verse or two Inside, But because she was a woman with a gen tle woman's heart; She yearned to feel the rankling, by her self, of Cupid's dart. Alone beside the window she observed the dainty square. Addressed, ss is the custom, with an eys-de- ludlng care: - , She smiled to think how useless was this effort of Ms hsnd When, of course, the sweet Inclnsure was by him and for her planned. With thrllllngs still reluctant she at last removed the seal, ' Observing how ecstatic such a moment makes one feel: . . Then she spread the page before her and her head spun like a top It was only an announcement from a swell new butcher shop. ur Big Special Sale of Oriental Rugs Guckert McDonald, Tailors in Sooth Fifteenth Street ESTABLISHED 1SS7 i i ft : i O 4 r i i A i t i 1 ? A