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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. APRIL 22. 1909. Tim ONfAiiV Daily Bee rOlTNIED BT EDWARD ROBEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. Entered nt Omaha postofflce econd clas matter. TERMS Or BUBBCRIFTTON. rIly Br wlthat Bandar). year...M Dally B and Sunday, on year DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Be (Including Sunday). per week 1S Dally Bee (without Sunday). per (.. lee Evening Bra (without Bunoay). per week kvenlng Baa (with Sunday), par week.. 11 Runday Bra. ona year SIM Saturday Br, ona year I Addraaa all complaint of IrreguUrltlea In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFTICES. Omaha The Be Building. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluffi 1 flrott Street. Lincoln Us Llttie Building. Chicago )6l Marquette Building. New York-Room 1101-UOt No. 14 Weet Thirty-third Street. . Washington 716 Fourteenth Street. K. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new an edi torial matter shoula he aMr4; Ona alia Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, rahle to The Bee Publishing Company. nly J rent stamps received In payment Of pall account. Personal ehecke, eicept an Jmaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OP CTRCTJIATION. Hate of Nebraaka, Dou1aa County. : George B. Tsschuck, treaaurer of The Bee ubllshlng company, being duly rworn. aaya hat the actual number of full and complete nplea ef The Dally, Morn Inc. Evening and lunday Pe printed during the month ef Vfarch. IP i. waa at follows: 1 MMN IT . t MJM II I IMN 1 , 4 MM II Ot,M .... ; SSSt 1 CT.SS4) .T1 II..... , T. ......... STM II I. m,m t4 ssao t M,1M .11.. M.M4 10 tM ' t StSM II M.C30 ST it,5a0 12.... s.aT -ii rr,4ao i J ,io it w.oao (4 rrjoo io ss,s7 '- M.eaa II 4A34W I IMM Total .XJT.4W Lass unaold and returned oople.. lOtaaa Nat total WtT.15 Dally aver SS.UT GEORGE B. TZSCHTJCK. Treaaurer. Subscribed In my pieeence and swera te before m this lat day ef April. U0. II. f- WALKER, Bel) Notary Publlo. WHM OUT or TOWN. Saaserlber teawla; tt) city taa persrlly aal atM Tk Be nailed te the. Addreea will be caa a aftea a raatdl. In spite of Patten, yeast Is still necessary to make bread rise. Bli id tigers have a queer faculty of (eelng the approach of officers. The mayoralty election at the Klka fair will not be In It with the real thing on election day. .Governcr Bhallenberger says that he was hot offended but merely misun derstood. .Let H go at that. It is suggested the weather man Is trying to make the spring as bad as some of the season's poetry. ' Congressman Scott of Kanaaa wants wheat put -on the free list. It lacks a whole lot of being free at present. ' Broker Patten has reached the cli max ot his woes. The camera men follow him even when he goes to church. . If you don't want to plant trees, plant shrubbery or flowers, or some thing else that will grow Into verdure and beauty. Oklahoma mobs have one peculiar ity, in that they make no class dis tinctions. They take everything from tramps to millionaires. Nebraaka democrats are now busily doing a juggling act trying to ascer tain which end of the liquor queatlon poker is the warmer. 'r If Noah Webster should come to life and start In on the sporting page what a time he would have trying to figure out what it all meant. A' Colorado teacher whipped a boy pupil and the boy's father whipped the teacher. It is now up to the court to say which gets the odd horse. No. grand Jury for Douglas county this spring. What a relief for the professional venders of well-defined rujaors that can never be verified. Those democratic nominees for po lice commissioners will have to be ac companied by a biographical diction ary to introduce them to the voters. We are glad to be informed of the long Hat of things which the editor of The Bee has. been "allowed" to do This must be a free country, after all If Nebraska voters want to know just what the discount rate is on democratic promises they have only to study the record of the democratic legislature. It Is now proposed to put meters on telephones. If the plan is adopted the stern parent will probably have something to say about telephone zourtahlps. - - John Temple Graves says that "to love a widow ia a liberal education Possibly, but many times a liberal ed ucation may be secured cheaper In tome other way. "Drinking cupa on trains abol ansa, or everynoay ms own can rusher," la the title of a new edict of he State Railway commission. The uurtoonlat will row find a substitute Weary Willie. A Seattle police judge sentenced a masher to thirty days on the chain gang. If be Improves his opportunity to labor iaduatrioualy be may acquire a habit which will render him of value v community. "Plant Trtt.m" Arbor day Is peculiarly a Nebraaka Institution. Here the Idea had Its birth, though Its sentiment and Its practicability has so appealed to all that now It Is observed in every state In the union and in many foreign lands. What more fitting than that It should be made a memorial to the late J. Sterling Morton, who Is credited with giving the Idea to the world. All his life long he preached the gospel of "Plant trees" and he practiced his precepts as assiduously as he preached. Arbor . Lodge and the groves all over Nebraska are as grand a monument as the world possesses. Mr. Morton waa not alone in the work, however, for Dr. George L. Miller, by voice, pen and example, waa a no less powerful factor in the tree planting propaganda. The pro phetic vision of these two pioneers looked out over the fire-blackened and leak prairies of the west and gave to the world one of its most beautiful and useful cuatoms.. Where once the winds swept unchecked the landscape la dotted with groves which are things of beauty to delight the eye and add to the comfort and profit of the suc cessor of the homesteader. While the lumberman was de vastating the great natnral forests of other sections of the nation and driv ing the country face to face with a great problem the Idea of Arbor day Is laying the foundation for those to follow with the work of building up what unthinking greed had destroyed. The lumberman reaped where he had not aown. The founders of Arbor day reaped only the satisfaction of a good work done and generatlona yet un born will garner a rich harvest. Verily, these pioneers bullded wiser than even they knew, ' "Plant trees." Another Chance for Bryan. Information la given out that as a consequence of a conference with the governor an appeal has been issued by one of the legislative champions of Nebraska's new deposit guaranty law asking state bankers to raise a fund to employ special counsel to aid in the defense of the bank guaranty law,. If taken Into the courta as threatened. But why should the atate bankers be taxed to pay for special counsel to uphold the deposit guaranty law, which is popularly supposed to have been forced upon them not for their benefit, but) for the protection of their depositors? If anyone , is to put up for a legal defense fund the beneflci-' arles ahould be the ones to contribute and the beneficiaries would divide themselves between the depositors In shaky banks and the democratic pie- bite rs who expect to connect with the liberal Jobs carved out by the new law. . But why hire a lawyer at all? It Is notorious that the Nebraska deposit guaranty law is one of Mr. Bryan's pet legislative measures. It would never hare been put through except for the cracking of the whip in bis hands. ' It was a crumb thrown to him to satisfy his Insistent demand for some kind of a law of which he might boast as com pliance with the democratic platform pledge. If this is Mr. Bryan's pet measure, why not Invite him to come to lta defense in the courts, it need be? He is a lawyer, admitted to prac tice and the case Is not unprecedented. Mr. Bryan volunteered a few years ago to help repulse the attack that was made on the maximum freight law and made the argument for the state In the United 8tatea supreme court. It Is true that he lost that case, but he might do better next time. We are sure that no more enthusiastic advo cate of depoait guaranty could be re tained and bla services ought to be available without raising any defense fund at all. Talking About "Backbone." Men count. Indeed! They count for the backbone they have; they count for the loyalty that Is in tliem; they count for the cot. v lotions they cherish; they count for the red corpuscle in their blood, the courage In their hearts, the Ideaa In their brains. World-Herald. Talking about backbone, the repub licans of Omaha who are presenting Mr. Breen for mayor, can challenge the record of "Cowboy Jim." Mayor "Jim" was notoriously elected three years ago by a combina tion of public service corporation and liquor Interesta, who contributed their votea and put up the money that carried him into office. The main asset of Mayor "Jim's" campaign was his vainglorious boast that he pos sessed backbone. The first thing the cowboy mayor undertook to deliver was the wide open town that he promised the saloon keepers. He issued a written order directing the police to pay no atten tion to open doors, front and back, on Sundays or week days, morning, noon or night, but in two days his "back bone" weakened and he rescinded the order. The next demand for a display of "backbone" came when he bumped up against the Independent telephone franchise. Mayor "Jim" had allowed the Bell company to spend its good money for him and led its managers to believe that be would not be found wanting when they needed him. But when it came to signing or vetoing the ordinance granting a competitive telephone franchise, hia "backbone" collapsed and he threw down his friends without even offering to return them their money. On still another occasion the Civic Federation bunch applied to him to enforce the Sunday blue laws, par ticularly against Sunday amusements. He had played the Sunday base ball vote to a finish when he was running for office. Yet here again, hia "back bone" could not be located. Did be turn the Sunday puritanical folks out of his office and tell them to mind their own affairs? Not at all. He promptly went back on his friends by ordering the lid nailed on everything In sight. "Backbone" is a great thing and so is loyalty to friends, but when the "backbone" is like a jelly Ash and the loyalty lasts only so long as the friends can be used for personal ad vantage, it Is not the kind that counts. Uncle Sam in Turkey. With the political aspect of affairs in Turkey the United States has only an academic interest and Is more than content to let the old world settle Its troubles. On the other hand, there are American intetests involved, per sonal and pecuniary, to protect, which the administration has made it plain that nothing will be left undone. Our ambassador to Turkey and also our consular representatives have been In structed to take energetic measures in this direction and they are to be backed up by the immediate dispatch of a naval force considered ample for the purpose. It Is simply a case of "Speak softly, but keep the big stick handy." Turkish officials have had numerous Illustrations of the fact that the United States, with no political irons in the Turkish fire, was In a position to enforce a respect that other nations hesitated to demand and the present case Is no exception: That some dam age has -already befallen Americans during the great upheaval is doubtless true, but It is a safe prediction that with the administration taking the energetic stand It has all contending factions will use their best endeavor to minimize them. The course taken will also serve as notice to other na tions that our present government at Washington will protect American interests in all parts of the globe. There Is neither politics nor partisan ship back of it, but the united sentl ment of the American people. Irish Homecoming. "Ireland for the Irish 1910. Meet me at Kilkenny" Is the call that la going out to the sons of Ireland all over the world. It Is planned to make this a grand homecoming of the ex patriated sons of Erin scattered all over the world. The Irish present a spectacle not to be compared with any people In the world. With only a fraction of their numbers residing in the land of their nativity, yet wherever they wander their heart still yearns for and their fondest hopes are centered around the native home of the race. Wherever civilization Is, there Is the Irishman, and under whatever flag he has found his home he has been a loyal subject. Few, indeed, are they who have any desire to return to their native land as an abiding place, even though its independence were secured. Still fewer are the number who are not impelled by a constant deaire to aid their countrymen who remain. It is thla sentiment which gives birth to the homecoming idea. What an object lesson In migration It would be If all who have left the Emerald isle should return. The "Standing Room Only" sign would be hung out and possibly some extensions made necessary in order to accommo date the crowd. If worse comes to worst, the sultan of Turkey will depend upon the Amer ican commander of his private yacht to get him out of the country. Buck man Pasha has several times saved the sultan'a life and says he is able to do it again. A Yankee skipper is a good thing to have In times of stress. The Water board spokesmen have not yet made It clear what they pro pose to do with the $3,000,000 of bonds voted In 1900, which, together with the $6,(00,000 now asked, would place $9,600,000 at their disposal. It is time to quit rnaking fun of the Chinaman's method of dress. A Seat tle Celestial was recently saved from the clutches of a highwayman because the holdup man could not find his pocket. If it ia a free bridge between Omaha and Council Bluffs that Is wanted, why not find out whether the passenger bridge that is already built could not be bought and made free to the public? Mr. Harriman would aurely enjoy his summer trip to Europe better if he should leave word behind to go ahead with the erection of that long delayed headquarters building for Omaha. Cincinnati people propose to greet President Taft in an airship on the occasion of his first home visit. It will take an airship of large displace ment to float the president.- Xhe proceedings of the convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution offer another illustration of how aweet it is for sisters to dwell together In harmony. So much dust thrown in the air by the water bond boosters threatens to obscure the fact that there are some fire engine house bonds likewise to be voted up or down. - Now that James J. Jeffries has promised to step in and settle the race queatlon, we ahall aoon see whether the fist Is more potent than the pitch fork. A 11" ( Talk Worth While. Chicago Record-Herald. If you wish to talk to the people on Mars Prof. Pickering of Harvard sayt you can do so for tlO.ono.OOD. Borne cltisens may think thla la a high price, but the man w)iom site is accustomed to call him up on the long-distance lalMboue and forget the flight of time will not consider It rmrhltant. Kfflrarr ef the Ioaa. Baltimore American, fatten corner thousand of bushel of wheat with greater ease than aome poor men corner a tingle loaf. Models f Brevity, Philadelphia Tree, rresident Tuft a message to congress are models of brevity. He knowi what he wants when he want It and he Just eays so. react Ice W ill Help .tme. Chicago Tribune. With a little practice you may become accustomed to eating a smaller I cent loaf of bread than heretofore, and with a little self-denial you may aucceed In, making It go Just as far. A Prematere Oatbarat. Boston Transcript. The publication of Taft's plana for the further regulation of railroads today Is a severe blow to those Journalists who had Just sent out the story that the Roosevelt pollclea had been ditched by his unsym pathetic Successor. A Man Wlthoat a Party. New Tork Sun. We have no aort of doubt that Secretary Dickinson will be glad to hear Mr. Bryan doe not consider him a democrat. Mr. Dickinson Is In the position of a great many thousands of men all over the country, though especially at the south, who shrink from nothing as much as from Mr. Bryan'a approval and Indorsement. It Is perhapa true that If Nebraska sets the pattern he Is not a democrat. The question I whether Nebraska Is going to furnish the models for the party any longer. Loyalty to the Peerleaaa One. New York Tribune. The Hon. Frank Clark of Florida, haled before the i state legislature for speaking disrespectfuully of Mr. Bryan, told that body that although he had no great regard for the Nebraskan as a statesman or a party leader, he would cheerfully fall In line and work for the perpetual candidate In 1012. Mr. dark thu effecttlvely vindi cated his "regularity" and "loyalty." Democratic politicians are generally for Bryan about the time a national conven tion meets, no matter what they may aay about him In "off" seasons, when oratory doesn't count. COtERM A DREAM. Mr. Bryaaj and the Nebraaka Senator ah Id. New York Bun. The quizzing of Mr. Bryan about the suc cession to Senator Burkett of Nebraska Is a little premature, since the term of neigh bor Burkett has almost two years to run. Not until a year from next fall will the people be called upon to indicate their choice. The consciousness that It would be unbecoming for a thrice defeated candi date for the presidency to covet the aena torshtp embarrasses Mr.' Bryan when sounded about the matter. Hence his characteristic but not Invincible diffi dence: "I will not say I will not under any clr cumatances be a candidate, but I would prefer not to be. There Is no foundation for the report that I have decided posi tively to enter the race. I would rather have some ona elae nominated. We have a number of excellent democrats who are worthy of the , place, and r would rather see one of them elected than hold the of fice myselfi' n . , Does Mtl Rrya deceive himself and not know his own mind? He must be modestly aware that lie la the moat oxcellent demo crat on the eligible list, and If he will atudy his symptoms he cannot fail to per ceive that acute disappointment would rend him If one ot the complimented unknowns were preferred to himself. CORKERS IN NECESSITIES. Way of Reaching Grain Monostotic Through late I.awa. New York World. tVlth wheat and flour soaring in price, with loaves of bread diminishing In size and with an Increasing publio demand upon the president and congresa for action, the man responsible for the present eltua tioln In breadstuff vehemently deniea that he haa cornered the market. He ia merely a merchant. He foresaw scarcity. He did no forestalling. He almply bought wheat when he knew It was cheap and he now has It for sale at a profit. Bo aay they all. Few of the daring oper tor who have attempted with more or less success to monopolise markets have been willing to admit that they contem plated a corner, and the one now In evi dence Is not likely to do so. There are laws In Illinois against foretelling and against corners. There is a law also, which has been upheld by the supreme court of the state but rarely enforced, prohibiting deal ing in futures. Gamblers In wheat are shrewd enough to point to the high price of cash wheat that Is, real wheat as proof that their speculation la not responsible for the ad vance in futures, but if It had not been for the manipulation pf future there would be no such demand now for the actual grain. These operators probably have bought and sold msny times over all the real wheat that there la in the country By auch methods they have gained con trol of a great proportion of the visible supply. It I not so essy to see how the national government can reach these evils, but statea which permit manipulators to mon opolize food and filch unearned millions from the pockets of the people are shock Ingly remiss in their duty to themselves and their neighbors. A Hard Day's Work It has been said that "a woman's work, is never done." The thousand and one household cares and duties which crowd on the shoulders ol very housekeeper soon sap ambi tion and wreck the delicate adjust ment of the nervous system. Pafcst Extrad being an extract of rich barley malt and choicest hops, will help you to conserve your energy. Being pre digested, it is easily assimilated. It builds strength and health and. at the same time Induces peaceful sleep. restoring the nerves to their normal state. ami Uf-t I Bn'af Pmirt E Doaaa from You Local Druggist wTiTkfii.- r M Around New York XUpple ta Owrreat !' a ea la the ret Amarteaa Metro pells freza Bay t Say. There is one thing about the corporation of the city of New York, which commands admiration. Ita backbone la made of the right stuff and has knobs all over It. On ome occasions It etiffena up In a curved altitude beyond the reach ot the pull of plutocrats. Though a rare exhibit. It covers, like charity, a "multitude of sin." Kor years past the gret avenue of pluto cracy. Fifth, lined with palaces. Institution, have encroached on the atreet. some times a foot or two, but enough to encumber the walks. At last the city claimed Ita own, and has served notice on all trespassers to clear off the obstructions, or In city' crowbar and ax brigade will get busy on My 1. Most of the property owner heeded the warnings, and all along the avenue the workmen are busy. A few, however, after fighting the matter through the courta and losing, are plan jng to resist the City's wreckers when they make their appearance, and lively times are looked for. All along both sides of the avenue, between Thirty-third and Forty-seventh streets many residence remodeled Into business buildings retain stairways, and these must be removed. Sunken area ways must be filled and offices which occupy front basements will In seversl cases he considerably below the side walk level. Three hundred patients, many of them reclining on stretchers or propped In wheel chairs, witnessed a three-round bout 1n the ellnlo amphitheater In Bellevue hospital last Friday night. The boxing match was only one feature of a varied program given for the entertainment for patle.nts by the Protestant Bplacopal City mission. It waa a weird sight as the halt and the lame, the partly blind and the maimed, both men and women, assembled In the room ordinarily used for operations to witness the merrymakers. In other parts of the hospital lay the sick and dying, hut the thick walls shut off all sounds from the amphitheater. Two 18-year-old boys furnished the boxing diversion. They were Introduced as "Kid" Bmlts and "Kid" Smally. It was announced that they weighed 116 pounds. After the lada shook hands they went at It hammer on tongs, and at the end of the third round Omits had a cut lip and a bleeding .nose. T'ne bout was then declared a draw. Two hundred physicians and nurse mingled with the ratlents. "You read about that Iron worker being killed by a fall from the Manhattan bridge last Monday, didn't youT" asked a con tractor, quoted by the Tribune. "Well, do you know, those 'cowboys of the sky.' the structural iron workers, bate Monday. They do, surely. It's their hoodoo day. they aay a real 'blue' Monday. Why? Well, they will tell, you that the greater part of the accidents In their trade happen on Monday, and they'll cite you figures to prove It Yes, It may be due to unsteady nerve after a Sunday free to do as they like, but I don't know. I do know this, though on a job of bridge work I had up the state every eertou accident we had happened on Monday. ty It to anything you want to, but the facta are the same. Friday ain't In It with Monday for bad luck In our kind of trap work." Four men. big, strong fellows, were given a lesson In courage Sunday evening by a 16-year-old boy, who shamed them all before a crowd. The men were watching a (-year-old boy drown, without making a single effort to save him, when a half grown lad plunged Into the water and brought the sinking youth ashore. Tnomaa Murtha. H years old, of MS East Twenty-ninth street, fell from the pier at the foot of the street. He dropped Into the turbulent water with a scream. Charles Weber, 15, of 604 First avenue, was shooting marbles at the far end of the pier, sixty fset away. At Murtha'a cry he looked up, but seeing nothing unusual, continued his game. The next moment there waa another shriek a Murtha rose to the aurface. Thla time Weber saw him and ran down the pier, his pockets full of marbles Jingling as he ran. Pushing his way through the group of Inactive men, and without taking off even his coat, he plunged In a Thomas sank the eecond time. Murtha rose again some yards from Weber, who struck put for him just as his curly head was disappearing. Weber seised him and held him up. Then began a battle against the tide, which was run ning swiftly. Weber had only about twen ty-five feet to go to reach shore, but weighted down by hia clothe and the al most lifeless form of Murtha, the cour ageous lad had a hard struggle. He kept hia head, though, and finally got to land, exhausted. Mrs. Murtha had been told of the accident, and as Weber landed she took her half conscious son from his res cuer's arms and ran with him to Bellevue hospital, where It waa said the child would be all right in a few days unless pneumonia developed. Weber followed the woman to the hospital, where Mrs. Murtha almost overwhelmed the lad with her gratitude. Weber Instantly became em barrassed and ahy and started to run away, Someone asked him to tell about the res cue. "Aw. It's all right. I Just got him out, that'a all. Lem'ma go." With that he fled through the hoapltal galea and ran home. A dream that he waa back In his child hood days awoke John McDonald, an aged caretaker, and h saved from death Kd win and Elmlna Smith, children of Harry R. Smith. McDonald, who was the only person In the house with the children on High street, Orange, smelted gas as ha awoke. He found a Jet open In the room where the children were sleeping, and the room waa full of gas. He opened the win dow and tried to awake the child, but without auccess. A doctor treated them, and tonight he pronounced the children out of danger. In the supreme court in Brooklyn Wed nesday the value of a man's three fingers was placed at just twice that of another man's life. John Weloh, who liad hi finger cut off by a machine while at work in the Waterbury Rope works, got a verdict of I7.O0Q from a Jury. But n Jury in another part of the court awarded to the widow of Thomaa F. Carlln, who was crushed Jo death while working for the New York Dock company, a verdict of only $3,600. The widow had sued for t-(.uUu damages. Object luaable Keatare of Trasta. rtillsdelphla Kecord. ' Mr. Ellis, assistant to the attorney gen eral of the United States, takes an Intel ligible view of the trust problem wben he ays that the objectionable feature 1 not the combination but the power to control price There aeem to be no way of pre venting the combination, and In the case of the Industrial truata there is no way of preventing the control of price except to see that competition eaiata. And this means that where domestic competition has been suppressed some foreign com petition would be a wholesome thing. BAKING PERSONAL ROTES. A cross-eyed Kentuckian wants a pardon on the ground that, as he can't see straight, he shot the wrong man. Boston projects an exposition In 1W0. to commemorate the three hundredth anni versary of the landing of the Pilgrim. Sixty-six students at Lebanon, Tenn., have been expelled for going to a circus. That doesn't seem tn be giving the students a show. Against the official assurance Of Secre tary Wilson that wheat cannot be cornered 1 the circumstance that Chicago bulls are busily boosting. Prof. Barnes asserts that children under 12 are liars, but he kindly refrains from citing the circumstance that men are but children order grown. Members of the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution Inherit the principles, of their forefathers, who were notable as scrappers In their day. Former Vice President Fairbanks, ac companied by his wife and daughter, are expected to arrive at Honolulu April 23 and remain until May 11, on their way to Japan. CHEERY CHAFF. "Anv fimhllnr tnlnr ,n tn thla nm now?" asked th customer who had Just bought a plug of tobacco. answered the customer who waa she-king dice for the cigar. Chicago Tribune. "Your hat," said the statesman. "Is over- trimmed and unreasonable In expanse." "It would seem," answered his wife, serenely. "to resemble certain tariff speeches that I have heard." Washington Star. lAsy Jackaon Look-ah heah. man son. wa t would yo do ef o had rio muddah an' no faddah to auppoaht you'? Money Jackson Why. Ah d a t married. of cou'se. Judge. "Doe a roan who steers a boat have necessarily to be a man of determined charnoter?" Yloodnes grsclous. no! Whatever out such an idea Into your heed?" "Nothing, only I thought from his loca Thousands and Thousands ot Pictures Will be on Sale Monday, April 26th, 1909. A. Bospe Company, 1513 Douglas Street. ' Our 3d floor has been re-arranged as a bargain square, containing several thousand salesman's sample pictures that will be sold at one-tenth to one-twentieth act ual value. Also our entire well known stock of framed and un framed pictures comprising original water colors, French and German Carbons, original Oil Paintings and the choic est of various kinds of prints will be on sale at from one half to one-tenth of regular prices. Your one great opportuntiy to beautify home, school or club, at a price that it would ordinarily cost you to pur chase ne single picture. Talking Machine Dept ssS1" band Instruments. "Gibson" "Washburn" and "Bur ton" mandolins. "Genuine Old Violins a spe clalty." Strings for all Instruments. Piano Department Piano Auction Sale by Mail at llospe's The highest bidder gets this beautiful renowned $500 KIMBALL PIANO now on display at our 1513 Douglas street warerooms. Over 188,000 in use, no other Piano factory in the world has this record. Make your bid. If when piano is allotted to the highest bidder and the piano is not as represented, you will not be compelled to take it. We will sell this piano to the highest bidder on our regular terms, cash or easy payments. Fill out the coupon and mail your bid today. M. A. Hospe 1513 Dauglas Street. Eva ry thing In An and Muaio. da. ssfaflatafe JUtvM&Au The finest, most tasteful and wholesome biscuit, cake and pas- ' try are made with Royal Bak ing Powder, and not otherwise. Royal U the only Baking Powder mad from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar tion on th boat h would have to be a man ot atern purpose. "-"Baltimore Ameri can. "Surely." began the yjrg politician, who waa about ; to proticse. "you trui realise what my freouent visits here mesn?" "Why. no." replied the bright girl; "since you are a politician I naturally conclude that your visits were without significance." Catholic Standard and Times. One day an earthqijuake' and a rase ol ague chanced to meet. We are related, I believe," said thft earthquake. "We are," replied the case of ague, "al though we have never met before." "Khake!" they both exclaimed simul taneously. Baltimore American. MAKING IT CLEAR. New York Times. -I like the tariff speeches, for The more I read of them th more I do not know and thus I ran Roly upon my congressman. I'pun the vory slightest hint He gets unending leave to print. And when he prints a speech yu c H take and mails It out to .me. He makes it very clear Just, how If I pav more than I do now For socks and gloves and baby dresj, While 1 pay more, they cost -me less. And then he shows me where. I lose By paving somewhat leas for shoes. For, though I pay less than before, My shoes they really cost me more. He makes It very clear to me That wiiat I lose I gain, you aee, And on such things aa clothes and shoes I seem to gain, but really lose. Thus, If I buy my socks too low, They'll still he higher, don't you know, And shoes I thought were high last fall Were really low shoes after all. You see, If I pay Jess for shoes Or hats, the maker has to lose. And If he loses, then you see He charges up the loss to me. Now, when I have to pay hhn more, He reckons profits to his score. And thus there Is a ahare for me In all of this prosperity. The speeches shed a radiant light t'pon the theme aid make tt hTlght; I merelv road thm o'er and o'er And find mri-e's lesi. ant less is more; In buying hat or coat or vest. , Desr's cheap and cheap Is dear at best, High'a low, low high; far near, near'. Light's dark, white s black and ther yoa are! "You don't need to guess what the Victor is" you can actually know. You can easily satisfy yourself that it is a perfect musical instru ment and It won't cost you a cent, for we win gladly play Grand Opera, popular songs, band music and anything else you want to hear at our Victor rooms. A Victor for every purse, $10 to $500. To get best results use Victor Records only.' New double-faced 10-inch. records ...... . 75 New double-faced 12-lnch records $!. 25 We are headquarters for "Holton Hottpe's Auction Committee; My bid ia I on the Kim- ball IMano. Address '! 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