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TIIE BEE: OMAIIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1909.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraka, Douglaa County, as
Oearge B Tiachuck, treasurer Of Th
Bee I'ubltshlng Company. Selng duly
sworn, aaya that th actual number of full
and complete coplea of The Daily. Morn
ing, Kvenlnc and Sunday Bee printed flor
in the month of May, 10, waa aa fol
lows: X 44,760 It 40,10
t 43,000 It 40,130
S.i 48,400 SO 40,140
4 49,00 81 40,480
5 48,80 88 40310
40,380 83 38.8O0
T 40,540 84 40,180
8 40,460 85 3,40
8 37,400 80 40,080
10 40,180 87 40,100
11 40,410 88 40,440
19 40,310 88 41,070
13 40,160 30 SS.840
14 4070 31 40,350
16 40,610
10 37,800 Ttal..lB6,00
IT 40,840 '
Returned icoplae . .. 8,888
Net total 1,848,818
Dally average 40.81
GEOROS B. TZ8CHUCK.
Treasurer.
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M. P. WALKER,
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chanaed aa oftea as requested.
Hogg have again hit the top notch
on the market four-footed ones.
An offensive and defensive alliance
of the trade boosters and Ak-Sar-Ben
is invincible.
Are the tariff Jugglers simply prac
ticing up for up engagement on the
vaudeville stage.
The hog 1b breaking a few records
himself Just to show wheat that It is
not the only champion.
The New York World wants to know
if the senate is crazy. It hasn't out
lined Its defense as yet.
No wonder eggs have been high
when Mrs. Howard Gould testifies that
she spent $10,000 per month for
chicken feed.
Spain wants Cuba topay part of Its
national debt. The trouble with Spain
Is that its hypothecation of colonies
was not voluntary.
Porto Rico has, all told, fewer tele
phones than the city of Omaha. Fuss
ing with central evidently is too stren
uous for the Porto RIcans.
A Hawaiian scientist declares that
he has discovered the origin of life
In volcanic fire. The professor has
stumbled onto a hot atorv.
. United States senators are striving
for the hammer record in the tariff de
bate. Several of them have demon
st rated they are ambidextrous.
An' African chief has driven out an
American missionary. ' Since hobnob
bing with ex-presidents those Africans
are becoming entirely too particular
The statistics of building operations
show that Lincoln has fallen oft aa
compared with a year ago. Can that
dry spell have produced a shrinkage
so fast?
Great Britain paraded $450,000,000
worth of warships recently In
Plymouth harbor Just to show Ger
many that It Is not half so badly scared
as it looks.
The runic stone recently discovered
In Minnesota has already gone to Join
the celebrated Cardiff giant In scien
tific oblivion. The manufacture of
artificial antiquities is not as profits
ble as it used to be.
An aeroplane constructed by a 14
year-old Los Angeles boy carried him
to a height of . twenty-five feet and
circled three times around the school
groundB. Young America is pretty
swift when he sets out to do things.
Boston is boasting that it secured
the western wool this year Instead of
its going into the Omaha storsge ware
house. But the warehouse forced
Boston to pay the price this year, and
that is the difference to th wool
grower.
No one' has heard of any national
banks in Nebraska moving to give up
their charters and become state banks
in order to get the benefit of that won
derful deposit guaranty law. Strang
how. obtuse to their own interests
those bankers are.
When Mayor Jim had his pi coun
ter bout, with the council three years
go th demo-pop World-Herald was
by no means so brash In urging th
council to yield to th mayor.1 If It
had a democratic council bow it would
fc alnslnc a different tune.
Premature.
If anyone were Inclined to giv
credence to the circuitous announce
ment of Mr. Bryan's determination to
become a candidate for United States
senator from Nebraska next year the
words of the oracle himself must be
taken to Indicate that he is no more
of a candidate now than he has been
all the time, and that he will not be a
candidate unless he Is satisfied Ip ad
vance that the prize will be bis for the
asking.
Mr. Bryan was an avowed candidate
for United States senator In 1894 and
a covert candidate again In 1904. The
redeeming feature of the Oregon plan
of choosing United States senators,
which has been transplanted to Ne
braska, is that It permits of no dark
horse candidates and that anyone as
piring to the senatorshlp must come
out at least three months before
election and more than six months be
fore the legislature casts its ballot.
Under this system no candidate tor
United States senator can be drafted,
but be must take bis gun in hand and
himself go out after the game.
Of course the declaration by Mr.
Bryan that he Is not "now" a candi
date for United States senator and
does not expect to be does not fore
close him from becoming a candidate
ater if he thinks conditions warrant.
His statement of his position with ref
erence to the senatorshlp is very much
like similar statements emanating
from the same source with reference
to the presidency, and although he
would say that he Is not now" a
candidate for a fourth presidential
nomination, It would not be safe to
wager that he -will not try again.
The possible senatorial candidacy of
Mr. Bryan must be kept In view by re
publicans who think that Nebraska
Ihould have representation in the sen
ate in accord with the principles of the
republican party and who have no
sympathy with many of Mr. Bryan's
peculiar doctrines. The Bryan candi
dacy Is to be like a sword of Damocles,
suspended by a thread over our heads,
ready to drop at any moment and yet
with no assurance of dropping at all.
Complexities of the Tariff.
The tariff seems so simple, but, In
fact, Is the most complex problem in
fiscal legislation, for its effects are not
necessarily what they seem on the sur
face. A question In point Is the much
discussed sugar schedule1. Of the vast
importations of sugar, only 15 V per
cent last year paid the rate, of duty
prescribed in the Dingley tariff bill.
Special treaties, exceptions and provi
sions of law, meaningless to all except
experts In the trade, account for the
discrepancy. The rates from different
countries and for different grades of
sugar are so Involved that the lay
man Is lost In the maze, and it Is al
most impossible for anyone to state
Just what the rate of- duty paid on
refined sugar averages.
There Is scarcely a, schedule of an
important article of Import which is
not more pr less .confusing for the
same reason. Wool, for example, In
which the west is interested, Is as com
plex as any, inasmuch as it comes in
such varied conditions of partial prep
aration for manufacture that even tar
iff experts have been unable to frame a
law in the past which would maintain
a perfect ratio between the classes.
Mixtures of dutiable articles in one
fabric' or manufactured product, each
bearing a different rate, often defeat
the object of the law and to prevent
the practice rates on a minor consti
tuent are often made excessive to pro
tect the larger Industry. In this com
plication of conditions, it is no won
der that few are well enough posted
to discuss the details of more than
one tariff schedule Intelligently.
Investor! Holding Stocks.
The developments of the specula
tire stock markets show that invest
ors learned a valuable lesson In the
1907 panic. When speculators were
compelled to throw over gilt edge
stocks held on margins they were
rapidly absorbed at panic prices by
people who mistrusted the -bonks.
The distribution of stock holdings
has been emphasized by every annual
statement of the big corporations
since that tlmo, showing a great in
crease in the number of share owners.
The course of the stock market of
late proves that these stocks are not
held by the class that usually buys
during flurries to unload when the
storm blows Over, and prices go up.
Neither bull nor bear raids have sue
ceeded In shaking them out and the
speculative market Is largely stripped
of really gilt edge stocks. Such a
condition works for stability and is
an encouragement to the managing
heads to devote themselves to (level
oping the properties instead of mak
ing them the football of speculation,
which has wrecked some of, the most
promising corporations in the coun
try. Diversity and permanency of
stock holdings In the great corpora
tions is one of the most promising
signs of the times.
' Harriman and Public Opinion.
Some Interesting sidelights' on E.
H. Harriman are contained In an In
tervlew with Julius Kruttschnltt, one
of his chief lieutenants. According
to Mr. Kruttschnltt, Mr. Harriman
will be credited with maintaining a
nation wide clipping' bureau of his
own charged with collecting and
briefing newspaper comment.', inter
views and speeches of public men and
every , scrap of information showing
the trend of public opinion on sub
jects of immediate interest t him.
Most of Mr. Harrlman's predeces
sors either Ignored or defied public
opinion, but their defiance was a po
tent cause of the awakening , which
threatened to swamp those wljo stood
In Its way. Mr. Harrtman has perhaps
yielded to publlo opinion no more
than necessity and prudence com
pelled, but the Infinite pains he takes
to ascertain its drift is a tribute to
his genius. Mr. Harriman, like others
of his class, has frequently circum
vented efforts to secure concessions
to the public, but seldom lit recent
years has he openly fought an en
trenched publ'c opinion.
if Mr. Harriman finds it useful and
profitable to keep a finger on the pub
lic pulse, it is certainly apparent that
the .public must keep fully Informed
as well as Insistent and persistent.
The railroad managers may be de
pended on to be alive to every situa
tion and to take advantage of any
lack of vigilance on the other side.
Mr, Harriman is not the only one to
recognize the potency of properly di
rected public opinion, for there hsa
been a common plea for getting to
gether and for encouraging a better
understanding. 1
Federal cr State Begulation.
That rate regulation has come to
stay is admitted by the railroad man
agers and their principal concern now
Is to secure a workable system. The
first endeavor of the railroads was to
make regulation ineffective, and as
state commissions were thought more
tractable than the interstate commis
sion, railroad managers expressed
preference for state regulation. Prac
tical trials demonstrate that state
regulation leads to confusion, and the
railroad men now turn to federal
control for relief from conflicting
state laws. They insist that state
and interstate traffic is so interwoven
that every state commission ruling
starts a chain of readjustments which
keeps the rate clerks busy And ship
pers are confused. The federal courts
are to be appealed to to directly decide
the question of state -'control, where
rates have an Interstate bearing', and
the Nebraska law has been selected as
the medium for the test.
If the railroad contention were sus
tained, it would speedily result in leg
islation greatly enlarging the powers
of the Interstate Commerce commis
sion as a first step toward complete
federal control of transportation mat
ters. While this has been the trend
of both thought and practice, no such
radical Innovation has yet been at
tempted as a decision for the railroads
In this case would produce. The
present powers of the Interstate Com
merce commission would be totally In
adequate to meet the condition and
its administrative machinery insuffi
cient. A victory for the roads would
remove restraint temporarily, but that
exemption from state regulation would
be quickly followed by stricter federal
control. The ultimate result would
be ,to make the Interstate commission
the most important administrative
body of the government.
The new depository law governing
deposits of city money In local banks
Is a good graft for the bonding com
panies, for which the taxpayers foot
the bill. The banks are supposed to
compete for these deposits by offering
the city the most advantageous inter
est rates, but there Is no competition
whstever and the rate is the lowest
which they pay, on any of tholr interest-bearing
accounts. The excuse for
this is that they have to pay an addi
tional percentage to the bonding com
panies for the bonds. The city knight
Just as well accept a deposit of ap
proved securities and let the taxpayers
have the benefit of the money which
is now gobbled up by the bonding com
panies. Because W. J. Bryan is advertised
to deliver an address At a wedding on
a train eastern papers are commenting
on . this as the Commoner appearing In
a new role. They are mistaken. It
is recorded that Mr. Bryan was the
orator of the nuptials of Nebraska
democracy and populism, even before
he officiated as ringmaster In Omaha's
society circus:
The latest local organization on the
list is to go under the pretentious title
of "The Progressive Liquor Dealers'
Association of Omaha." The first
item on the program Is to abolish th
free lunoh coanter. If this is progres
sive, what would constitute backslid
ing! E. H. Harriman Is credited in Mex
ico with the Intention of extending his
railroad system through, that country
and the central American .states to
Panama. If Mr. Harriman takes hold
of the international project there is a
prospect it may become something
more than a dream.
No fault will be found with the re
publican councilmen for trying to get
recognition In appointive places for
republicans but they will get little
sympathy if they burn their fingers
trying to pull chestnuts out of the Are
for either end of the democratic fac
tions. Ex-President Castro evidently
planted his revolution on barren soil
and it speedily withered. Uncle Sam
Is not In the business of incubating
South American revolutions.
Chicago papers are unnecessarily
agitated because a man was robbed in
front of the police station while the
officers were sitting inside.. The police
certainty have a good alibi.
. The, announcement of Mr. Bryan's
candidacy for United States senator Is
denounced as a fake. Hardly neces
sary, considering the newspaper that
bad sprung It.
Washington Post.
Crowded Off th Vlrlagr Lla.
Th Standard OU company can now re-
cover Its breath while the sugsr truet
nd th beef packers are on th firing
line.
Another Wlreleaa Trlatnpa.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Another disaster at aea has been averted
by the use of the wireless telegraph. Italy
would have good reason to be proud If
she had dona nothing noteworthy during
the past forty years In addition Xo pro
ducing Marconi.
Accords with t'ommoa Sense.
New York Tribune.
The oeclaion of the federal court at Pen
ver the other day Concerning fraudulent
us of the malls commends Itaelf to com
mon sense and Justice. It la certainly a
fraud to write to a man offering him em
ployment when there la none for him
and It la not intended to give him.
Volcar Ostentation.
Brooklyn Eagle,
Th exaggerated self-esteem of Chau-
chard, the Paris dry good merchant, was
manifest after death in the vulgar osten
tation of his funeral. American mer
chants in the same line of business do all
their advertising before they die, and go
to their' rest modestly, as befits gentle
men.
One Way to Lose an Army.
Cleveland Plalndealer.
"Almost any country could land an army
In New York, San Francisco or Seattle."
say a naval officer. Perhaps. If any
country has an army It has no further
us for, let her land It as suggested.
America can promise It a cordial reception
and a hilarious, though brief, period of
excitement. ,
Restoration of Good Will.
Baltimore Sun.
The' recent trip of the battleship Mlasls
slppl up to Natches, the cordial fraternity
of Captain Fremont and his officer with
the leading cltlsens of Loulaana and Mis
sissippi, the great celebration at Peters
burg In which North and South Joined
hands, the visit of President Taft to Vir
ginia and North Carolina and the mingling
of the blue and gray at Memphis all point
to a restoration of the Southern States to
their rightful place In the nation.
Another Conference of Governors.
Springfield Republican.
Another conference at Washington of
the governors of th states of th Union
Is said to be contemplated for Jan
uary next, and the president will
Issue the call, as a result of the sug
gestion of the national clvlo federation.
The present Intimations are that the civic
federation's program for the conference Is
very ' comprehensive. Including interstate
oommerce, marriage and divorce, child
labor, employers' liability and commercial
paper legislation, the object being to pro
mote uniform laws In the various states
along these particular lines. Congress will
be in session next January, but the gov
ernors' conference Is expeoted to last but
three days.
WORKSHOP OF TUB WORLD.
Contributions of America to the V'p
llft of Other People.
New York World.
There could be no more fascinating
romance of International trades than is
contained in the overnment report on the
distribution of American manufactured
articles. '
. American reapers and mowers now go to
seventy-five countries and colonies and
are In use from Chill to the fields of Boa.
The Turk, the Russian moujlk and the
New Zealand? is tour-, ploughs and oul
tivators; the French play billiard with
American billiard ball. How far our
candle throw their beams literally from
China to Panama.. The Blames and the
Dutch In th East Indie ride in our auto
mobiles. Our clock keep tlm the globe
around. Our street car run in fifty coun
tries. The Haytian and the African raise
bread with our . baking-powder. The
variety of articles of luxury or necessity
with which w supply the world ranges
from fly-paper to false teeth, from cotton
loth to cash-registers.
- From our 156,000,000 of manufactured ex
ports in 1870 to the 1469,000,000 In 1908 Is a
wonder-story of Industrial growth. Yet
with America now th world' workshop,
with It processes of manufacture cheap
ened and economies of production effeoted,
and while the foreign consumer buy our
goods at price below those obtained In the
home market, the manufacturer pleads or
higher and yet higher protective duties
His exhibition of greed in the face of un
precedented profits Is th blot on th
bright page of American trade triumph,
TRIUMPH OK THE WIRELESS.
Hainan Progress la Mastering the
. Perils of the Sea.
' SDrincfleld Republican.
, It ia the boast of th Cunard steamship
aompany that in the many years of Its
operations on the sea It ha never lost a
passenger by' shipwreck. Two or three
years ago several passengers on one of Its
vessels lost their lives or were Injured
tbrtough th falling of a giant wave on
the upper decks, but there was no ship
wreck and would have been no loss of life
but for the daring or carelessness of the
parsons who suffered. The company , ex
perlences Its usual good fortune In the
wreck of the Slavonla on a hidden reef
extending out from the westernmost Island
of th Aaores group, but as In the case of
the steamer Republic of the White Star
line, we are left to conjur what would
have happened had wireless telegraphy
been nonexistent.
The two cases appear to be closely par
allel, ao far at leant as ooncems the work
of rescue. Urgency messages wera scat
tered out upon the ocean from the Slav
onia as from the Republic, and they
were picked up by two ships in this case
aa by several In th case of the Republic,
which was wrecked In a more frequented
lane of th ocean. There Is the same ruh
to th assistance of the endangered people
now as then, and the same effective work,
in removing them to the rescunlng vessels.
Th Blavonla was close by land when
wrecked, while the Republic waa seventy
flv miles or so away from the land; and
If ther had been no wireless telegraphy
oonnected with th Slavonla to summon
help from the ocean, rescue would doubt
less have been effected by way of the land,
for a sea no heavier than to admit of the
transfer of th passengers to other ships
would likely have permitted their landing
with the help of those on shore. But the
coast ther I rocky and precipitous and
landing In a fairly smooth sea would have
been attended by greater dangers than are
Involved In transfer to other vessel.
Again, therefore, It must be said that
wireless telegraphy has played an impor
tant part In saving life from marine dis
aster, and demonstrated Ita priceless value
In Improving th safety of ooean transpor
tation. It la all very Impressive of human
progress In mastering th powers of the
natural world for the protection of life as
well a for th Industrial service of men.
No vessel carrying pasesngfra can longer
be excused for failure to be equipped with
wireless apparatus, and it Is not to be sup
posed that many or any vessels so tacking
have been going to ea sine th Republic
dlsastes.
Bryan for Senator?
Sdltore Seriously Discuss the -port
ef th Candidacy of th
rrlss One" far th Beast.
Valor Wlthoat Discretion.
St. Louis Times (ind.).
In rnak'ng through Mr. Richard L.
Metcalfe, editor of the Commoner, official
announcement that he will be a candidate
to succeed Senator Burkett of Nebraska,
Mr. Rrvan rl.llh.r.t.l v renlat-ea himself In
ctlve politics. Yet while we admire his
valor, we cannot laud his discretion.
Well Wishes.
New York (dem).
Regardless of any political difference.
The World wishes Mr. Bryan well In his
candidacy for United States senator from
Nebraska to succeed Mr. Burkett, whose
term expires In 1911. We say this without
modifying In any way our opposition t
many of the policies that he has advo
cated or, our dissent from many of th
principles that he upholds.
Lively Fight In Prospect.
Baltimore American.
A senatorial contest upon a direct pri
mary principle Is a weak effort beside the
masterful selxures of high place formerly
attempted by the great democrat. Yet
even In such a contest he may Instill,
nay, he will instill, more animation to
the square -yard than has been brought
Into a senatorial fight In recent years. It
Is too early to felicitate Mr. Bryan upon
his election, and this Is doubtless a deli
cate subject, In view of past defeats from
prophesied victories. But the country takes
off Its hat to the runner and pucker its
mouth for a Hoopla Bryan. .
Conditions He Woald Fare.
Washington Post (lnd.).
But If Mr. Bryan should see his latest
ambitions realized, he must be prepared
to face some condition such as he has
not "been called upon to meet In recent
years. Ife will find that memories cling
about the halls of the capltol very much
as Ivy clings to old towers, and that the
men gathered there have not forgotten
him since his salad days, when, as a
member of the house of representatives,
he was widely famed as the boy Orator
from the Platte. In all likelihood he will
have to take up the burden of statesman
ship again at about the point where he
left off in the early nineties. He will not
find In the senate, as he has found In the
political field and on the lecture platform,
audiences made up solely to hear Mr.
Bryan. The magic of his voice will not
carry far with the men he find there
unless it Is backed with something more
substantial then tuneful sound. To the
strong, men who have sat In that cham
ber and made the country' laws for a
cor of more sof year he would not be
the peerless leader, the oracle whose
tongue glveth commandments to the demo
cratic hosts and sways multitudes to
exaltation with the wine and honey of
words. He. would be merely the new
senator from Nebraska.
Bad of Hero Worship.
Chicago Inter Ooean (rep.)
Mr. Bryan, the senator, would not appeal
so powerful to th Imagination of people
as the Mr. Bryan of today. He mlghht be
a much more useful man.' But the loss of
prestige would be great. In the senate we
would have the real Mr. Bryan. Thousands
now see the mythical, heroic Mr. Bryan.
We mean no reflection on Mr. Bryan by
this. It follow from what every one
knows of human nature. For year he has
occupied a position admirably calculated
to make him a striking, a dominating
character.. He has had no chanc to make
errors In 'publlo service. He ha been able
to speak dogmatically without being con
tradicted by any one of equal authority
In his party. He ha had no rival. He ha
been "the whole show."
In the senate the landscape would have
other figure. His admirers would hear
hi utterance challenged by men equally
capable. What he said would b subjected
to th acid test of criticism. The very
qualities which make him a. great popular
orator might prove defects in th senate.
He would no longer be a single, striking
figure. He wotfld be on of several.
Could hero worship be' expected to sur
vive these scenes? Hardly. The prophet
who discusses I lost. Th Idol that for
sakes It pedestal Is broken. Th figure
on the mountain top Is lost In the dusty
level of th plain. Th hero surrounded
by equals, buffeting and buffeted, changes
complexion.
Mr. Bryan presumably will alway hav
a large reputation. But in th dry light of
real public buslnes the mth and glamour
wculd be lost. Ther would be little to
fetter the imagination nothing to Inspire
a popular demand for his leadership.
On th day that Mr. Bryan becomes
senator the presidential stock of Governor
Johnson, Judson Harmon and certain
rther able and intelligent leading demo
crats will take an upward shoot.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Th New York autolst who has been In
structed by a Jury to pay $20,000 for th
pleasure of Joy-riding over a surprised ped
ertrlan does not think th experience was
worth the money.
It t one of the Humors of our Civilisation
that many a man Who Is not quite sure as
tn where hla next week' dinner ar com-
-lng from has probably contributed hand
somely to the $200,000 with whicn a new
York hotel waiter retires to private Ufa.
Henrv 8. Dewey of Boston, alleged libel
and brought against his dlatractora a suit
for damagea In $78,460,000, of whtcn amount
the Jury awarded only the cipher. A lios
inn remitatton la a precloua thing, but It
seems that too high an estimate may be
placed upon It.
Un Charles Rounds, wife of a farmer at
Wlldwood Harber, Mich., the victim of
many chicken robberies, painted the legs
of her chickens red, and then kept close
ih on the market. She was not long In
discovering the poultry with painted legs,
and th identity of the fellow who sold ine
poultry was easily ascertained.
a kni City Dollce Judge accepted the
.nni nf a man on trial before him for
larceny because he had red hair. Th
Judge aid: "Your red hair Is your sal
vation. During th three years that I
nriited over this court I have bad
only six red-headed men before me. None
was found guilty. You may go."
SALT SULPHUR WATER
also the "Crystar Lithium" water from
Excelsior springs, mo., in o-gaiion
sealed Jugs.
6-gallon Jug Crystal Lithla Water, .fa
o-gallon Jug Salt-Sulphur water fi.'M
Buy at either store. We sell over,i00
kinds mineral water.
Sherman & McCoonell Drug Co.
Sixteenth and Voif Sts.
Owl Drag Co.
Sixteenth trtd lltrncy Sts.
, K) INTERS ON OMAHA.
Schuyler Free Lance: Mayor Jim Dahl-
man Is the biggest man tn Omaha and re
quires no argument to bark up the state
ment. It's a little tough on Omaha, how
ever. Grand Island Independent: Ther ap
pear to be Omahans who believe that the
recent ecllps of th moon about 8 o'clock
in the evening waa th result of th final
enactment of a certain bill, to veto which
Omaha tried In vain to Indue Governor
Shallenberger.
Beatrice Express: If Cudahy builds' a
packing house in Lincoln, a reported
likely, that city may become a real com
mercial rival of Omaha. And ther is
room In Nebraska for mor than on big,
nourishing wholesale center. There la
room for several, and Beatrice ahould be
on of them.
Beatrice Expreas: Th city council of
Omaha has passed an ordinance fixing a
fine of $100 to be Imposed on anyone who
yields to a burst of profanity while talk
ing over telephone lines. If a man wants
to treat another to sulphurous language
he ahould make an appointment with him.
and not be permitted to suddenly break
out through the telephone to the horror of
"central." And by the time he meets the
object of hla wrath he will have properly
oooled off and tamed down. It Is refresh
ing to note that Omaha Is taking a few
steps toward th Improvement of Its char
acter. Grand Island Independent: Th breth
ren of the Omaha presa will unquestion
ably wast no time tn playing up the fact
that even the undertakers of ' the state,
although they are accustomed to all man
ner of dead things, don't want to go to
Lincoln for th next state convention In
stead of this progressive, live and pretty
little city of Grand Island, even though
we might hav a little touch of wickedness
here and there and are not as good all
over as some would like us to be. We
have It as a straight tip even from Dr. E.
Arthur Carr, that Grand Island Isn't nearly
a bad as some people over the state make
It out to be.
Laxnrlee of High Llvlna.
Baltimore American.
Now that the enormou profits of trusts
and big corporation re In th public
eye, the detailed cost at which a multi
millionaire's household is run and his
family's personal expenses, as .brought
out in the Howard Gould suit, will prob
ably Intenslf popular Interest in those
profits arur hav an effect In their final
regulation under legal supervision. It is
certainly awkward to have th public
attention called to this luxury of living
Just at this particular time.
Pre-Inventbry
ale
We take our semi-annual inventory
on July 1st, and we find we have about
250 suits (broken lines) which we would
like to close out before then. .
These suits sold up to $35 and we will
place, them on sale Wednesday 1 morning
at 8:30 o'clock at the low price of v ;
I5o00
Every one of these suits was made by
Browning, King & Co. in their ownfac
tory (a guarantee of style, workmanship
and fit.)
This lot of suits i includes two-piece
outing suits as well as regular suits
Don't fail to take advantage of this
sale. Look for our advertisement of boys'
suits on ahother page. Goods on display
in Douglas street window.
"BrowninaKing & Cq
PLAYER PI ANO
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$ BUTTONS - It
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The Apollo's "Human Touch"
To Apollo is the only Flayr-laa who mnslo sounds perfectly natural, a.
ea h Apollo alone he a bamaa touch. Every riaals knows that th
aV wsyte cause th plan nammers to strike the string larth natural way
Is hy a w war stroke apoa the piano key.
The Apollo 88-Note Player-Piano
oea strike Sown on the toy of the keys. Other players either
tripe up on the sticker of tha action or under the keys at the
back, both of wbloh methods are entirely unnatural and caa only
pradnoo unnatural, mechanical must,
aw we A not aspect you blindly to share oar faith and that of the Waging
msBloal authorities la tha superiority of the Apollo 88 not Ylay.r-rtaao, hat
will yew net aall ne Say this wk and Investigate thla most modera ef la
truaaant. We will take your present piano ar old style SS note-alr-aotor
player piano la traSa on. an Apollo at a fair valuation. Whatever yew to,
not lav In a player plane until you and hear th ApoUo. . Coapllaaontary
ae as oa stations Sally. Bvoryone welcome.
A. Hospe Company
I51 DeuglM trt.
sauLnro torts.': v
That young man at tha'cltr hall ther (
tell me, is something of n acrobatic tnar-
V"y'; they say he ran even mak hi)
books balance. "-Paltlmor Annrli.n,
Visiting 8trangerIt's . c"-i" . "J11
strong hold thla sport of be"- on
Fan-It isn't snort! If long drawn
Out gony! Chicago- Trlun. I ,
"How dj you recognfxe an lnfnt In-
":Like moat infanta." hMwerd Senator
Sorghum, it Is recognised by th .amount
of nolae It makes when t ;-. Snta to h
noticed." Washington Star.
"Young man," said the merchant, "J hr"
you've been kicking becauae you'v got o
much to do." ... ;-.'...
"Well, yes, sir," replied th clerk: "I do
think that "
"H'm! wail have to giv -yeu-o) much
more to do hereafter that you w-on't have,
time to klck."-Cathollo Standard and
Times. - : '
Rastus (exultlngly) Gues I knocked
finest posaum In Oeorg Is time.
Better Half-Oolly, Rst. you' rtrJ
send him to Mlatah President Taft.
'Rastus Hannah, dah am a limit t6 pahtjr,
fealty. Judge.
"I don't know what to-do.wtth this
poem," said the discouraged wooer of th
muae. "Kven the magaiina editor pro
nounce It slush."
"Old man, you'r In luck," replied 'h
horse reporter. Have It set to muele ndi
start It down the pike as a popular song."
Chicago News.
THE COUNTRY CHILD.
Katherlne Tynan, In th Spectator.
Th country child has fragrance
via h,..th Nn, i him ha aoeat
Clear eyes that look at dlstanoea.
And in hi cheek tn wuaing rose.
The sun. the tun "himself VllI stain
The country face to hi -ewn red,
The red-gold of th rtpenlna grain.
And Dieacn to wnue lue curiy anu.
He rises to th morning lark.
Sleep with the evening primroses.
Before the curtain of the dark
Lets down It splendor, starred with bees.
He sleeps ao sweet without a dream
Under brown cottage eaves and deep.
His window holds one stray moon beam.
As though an angel kept ht sleep.
He feed on honest country far.
Drinks the cleer water of th spring,
Oreen carpets wait him everywhere.
Where he may run, wher he may sing.
He hath his country lore by heart.
And what Is friend and what I foe;
Hath conned Dam Nature' book apart.
Her child since he begin to stow.
When he la old, when be goes sad.
Hobbling uoon a twisted knee.
He keeps somewhat of toy be had
Sine an old countryman l he.
He keeps his childhood' Innoeenote,
Though hi old bead 1 bleached to snow.
Forget-me-nots still hold hi eyes.
And In his cheeks old rose blow.
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