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STATEMENT OF C1KCUI.ATION.
State of Nebraska, Dougiaa County, ss.!
Oeoire R. Tsnchuck. treasurer of The
Bea Publishing Company, being duly
worn, aaya that the actual number ot
full and complete coplea of The Dally.
Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed
during the month of September, ISO, waa
aa follows:
1 4t,t70 I ,900
1 40O 17 43,700
41.710 l.v 43JB0
4 41.M0 It .
I 3S.S00. tO 43,40
43,140 II 48,660
7 41.S30 tt 43,360
43,000 I J 44,040
41,1.00 24 43,030
10 43,300 ii 43.310
11 41,790 . 2 40.JO0
13 40.000 27 ' 4380
11 43,140 il 43,00
14 Mlt 29 vi.aoo
1 . ,.43.iSO 0 43,340
Totut
Returned cujilee
,.1,36480
,085
Nt to;al 1JI66S
kally average 41.87S
(iUORQE B. TZSCIIUCK.
1 Treasurer.
fiubscrlbad In my presence and a worn
to before tua thU 30th Uey ot Septem
ber, IsOy. M. P. VVALKUK,
tBeal.j Notary public.
Mabaorlbera leavtaat tka city tern
purarlly skoal, have Tka Baa
dialled to theaa. Address ertll be
baaared attca a reiaeated.
Jlavlug crossed the Rio Grantle,
each president advanced toward home.
There is no question about it now
that the foot ball season Is past the
kick-off.
But of course In newly financing the
Walih roads the Vanderbllta will use
their own money.
There la probably no truth in the
rumor that when Mr. Taft stepped on
true border line he bent It.
Too base ball writers may now re
tire to their igloos to study up some
new slang for next summer.
Revelations in the James H. Eckels
estate show that in the financial world
all that passes curr&nt Is not gold.
. The author of "liandb Across the
iea" may now put out a revised ver
sion, "Hands Across the Rio Grande."
The snapshooting at Cook's Mt.
McKlnley high-flown record does
pretty good execution for a single
Darrill.
Those who look upon a glass darkly
will be suspicious of the report that
Taft and Dlai had a cordial exchange
behind closed doors. .
Government advices that there Is no
failure of the Nlcaraguan revolution
ary crop shows that there are some
things that always escape the drouth
The hospital nurses who went on
strike to demonstrate that the super
intendent was wrong in calling them
fools, may have proved their point,
and proved the point of the superin
tendent at the same time.
The Illinois Federation of Woman's
Clubs has gone on record in favor of
race suicide. aa a rebuke to man for ex
isting industrial oondltions. Just as
though King Stork were a monarch
that could be resolved or legislated
out of office.
The flippant epitaph of the show
girl who lured a prosperous lawyer
into bank robbery and suicide, that he
was a "fine chap, free with money,"
is a modern commentary on the an
cient proverbs of Solomon for . such
cases made and provided.
Now that the state is taxing forest
lands, all the farmers In Massachu
setts are chopping down their woods,
and the old song is being changed to
"Assessors, Spare Those Trees." As
a conservator of natural resources the
special tax is not a Plncbot. ,
Chairman rtaywara nas made a
good start at producing a political die
tlonary. Those nonpartisan demo
crats must appreciate the definition
that describes a "nonpartisan" as a re
publican who votes the democratic
ticket, while the democrat who votes
the republican ticket is still
"traitor."
The democratic wire-pullers are try
ing to estimate how many populists in
Nebraska are going' to be fooled into
voting the democratic ticket as a re
sult of the polite perjury by whlpa the
democratic nominees have taken oath
that they affiliate with the populist
party in order to get their names
printed on the official ballot labeled
once as democrats and a second time
as populists. Intelligent populists
, ought to be on to this time-worn, trick
UOs time,
City Flanning.
According to a writer in a newly
launched periodical, the American
City, there are two Important phases
of city planning, cities planned largely
In advance of population and estab
lished cities replanned or remodeled
to meet new conditions.
A city laid out for a particular pur
pose and with a view of meeting
future requirements would naturally
have advantages over a city developed
by fortuitous circumstances from a
village or town whose founders had
no notlou what was to come. The de
liberately planned city is the excep
tion, although we have numerous not
able examples, such as Washington
designed to be the national capital,
our own Nebraska state capital named
after Lincoln and Gary, expressly built
to be the center of the steel Industry.
Omaha was originally laid out as a
townsjte upon a scale that looked to
Its eventual development into a great
city, but unfortunately the far-sighted
ideas which animated the origin U6rs
were temporarily lost by those who
came after, with the consequence that
the' additions to the original townslte
are not fully in keeping.
The second class of cities spring up
almost without guidance, and have to
be remodeled from time to time to
meet the ever-changing . demands.
Nearly all of the cities of the old
world, and a vast majority of the
cities on this side of the Atlantic, be
long in this class. In fact, so rapid
has been the population growth of our
large urban centers and so tremendous
the strides of science in devising new
solutions for city problems that even
those cities built from the start ac
cording to plans and specifications
find now and then that avoidable or
unavoidable mistakes have bee.i made,
and that they, too, are under the
necessity of adapting themselves to
new conditions.
The real difficulties, therefore, con
fronting the American city, even more
than the old world city, arise from
failure to plan far enough ahead, both
in original designing and subsequent
remodeling. We have usually gone
about it on piecemeal and patchwork
order and a hand-to-mouth system of
municipal housekeeping, leaving it to
the next generation to undo and do
over. Fortunately, there are indica
tions of a gradual awakening, and
here and there practical beginnings
toward a resl city plan. Washington,
aa tho national capital, with unlimited
reHOurces, is still our municipal model
for the physical aspect, but other
cities are also taking steps toward the
location of civic centers, the cultiva
tion of municipal art, the creation of
traffic approaches, the development or
parkways and boulevards and the
clearing of waterfronts in such a way
that the work will be reasonaW per
manent. This movement should be,
and eventually will be, taken up by
all the great American cities that have
a future before them. , The city that
refuses to plan for future needs and
neglecte its opportunities too long will
fall , Irretrievably behind In the pro
cession.
Evils of Divorce.
. The obvious lesson of. the census
bureau's report concerning its special
investigation ot marriage and divorce,
Is that a uniform and rigid law on the
subject for all the states would re
strict thai tendency of the divorce, fate,
which, In the language of the census
report, is "to Increase like the velocity
of a falling body." Broadly speaking,
the greatest Increase is shown as the
Investigation proceeds westward, which
Is accounted for by the fact that many
of the western states have by liberal
laws Invited the importation of impa
tient matrimonial partners In the east
who sought secluded and easy means
for severing their bonds.
The report, covering the last twenty
years, indicates a much higher ratio
with each five-year period. The fact
that of late the agitation against easy
divorce has been widespread and ex
traordinarlly active, together with the
fact that several states have amended
their Jaws In the direction of reform,
is very likely to show, when another
five years shall have passed, that the
crest ot the wave has been reached and
that the awakening of the American
conscience, to this problem has pro
duced measureable results.
South Dakota, the most notorious
resort for easterners eager for quick
sundering of marital ties, has by legal
enactment' closed its doors on the dl
vorce colonists, but there is still work
to be done in spreading the restriction
policy among some of the other lax
states. Nebraska's share in rendering
the divorce situation more wholesome
has been marked by increasing the
term of residence required froa six
months to one year for causes arising
within the state and to two years for
causes arising out of the state. This
would effectually operate against the
mere divorce colonist. In addition,
Nebraska now stipulates that a divorce
shall not be operative until the lapse
of six months after the Issuance of a
decree,, which 'would deter those intent
upon remarriage from securing accom
modation divorces. Thus the pleaders
for restricted divorce laws have made
a distinct gain.
Another gain for their cause is
shown by the new Nebraska enact
ments requiring county judges to fur
nish to the state a detailed record of
all marriages, and requiring also from
clerks of the district courts specific
returns in all divorce cases. An un
fortunate omission is shown in the
marriage statistics act, in not requir
ing inquiry as to whether either party
to a marriage had been divorced. The
divorce statistics requirements are
more thorough, including detailed
enumeration ot all causes alleged for
annulment. An excellent stipulation,
too, Is the detailed return of the num
ber of children affected by the decree
because therein Is suggested the great
est problem of the divorce evil.
Neglect of the children Is one of
the glaring offenses following the
average divorce. With the home
broken up, and the mother tn most
cases having to earn her living, the
children are subjected to influences
from which home life would shield
them, and too many of them either
commit some offense or become de
pendents and either find their way
Into the Juvenile court or reform school
or else have to be sheltered by some
charitable institution. It is because
of the children especially that most
Judges regard the ordinary divorce
with displeasure. But as a rule only
one side of the case is presented to
the court, that of the applicant, the
suit Is not contested, and the evidence
Is such aa the lawyer In the case has
Indicated Is likely to warrant a de
cree. The opinion of observing Judges
that the majority of divorces result
from family quarrels which In most
cases could be adjusted, Is probably
well founded, and Is an argument for
the making of every effort to'get both
sides of the controversy presented be
fore the court.
The Food Teit.
Trying to solve the Cook-Peary polar
putzle is now the popular game. In
the current Outlook George Kennan,
who has had some experience In con
troversies Involving veracity himself,
applies the food test to Dr. Cook's
claims, and the deliberately formed
and solemnly . rendered Judgment is
that "the story of the alleged achieve
ment must be dismissed as tn the high
est degree Improbable, if not absolutely
incredible and Impossible."
It must be conceded that Mr. Ken-
nan's application of the food test is
decidedly Ingenious and worthy of
comparison wth Dr. Wiley's laboratory
tests on the efficiency of various forms
of nutriment. Mr. Kennan starts out
with the list of supplies which Dr.
Cook says he took with him on the two
sledges with which he made hlB final
dash to the pole, and proceeds by quan
titative analysis to show that these
materials would not have sufficed to
maintain life for the men and dogs
with the degree of energy needed to
make the trip over polar courses for
eighty days. The advantage of the
food test as supplying the necessary
evidence entirely extraneous from the
testimony of the Eskimos, whose truth
fulness might be questioned, is self
evident, and accepting Mr. Kennan's
premises and his methods of deduction
there is no getting away from his
conclusions.
And still, Mr. Kennan's food test
depends on a question of human ver
acity because It Is all built up by tak
ing as correct the list given by Dr.
Cook detailing the contents of the two
sledges. If Dr. Cook Is not to be be
lieved as to the polar dash, how is
his list of supplies to be accepted with
out verification? And what is to stop
him from amending his story by find
ing some additional food hidden some
where at the right place in the nick
of time, or moving up some musk
oxen and polar bears which came in
so handily to be killed on the return
trip. Mr. Kennan says no man ever
went eighty days In the polar altitudes
on the limited supplies Dr. Qook says
he had, but there is Dr. Cook staring
us In the face, alive and healthy, and
quite able to deliver all the lectures
for which he has engagements. "
The food test Is doubtless scientific,
and must have afforded Mr. Kennan
wholesome entertainment In' working
It out mathematically, but even with
the answer corresponding to that given
In the back of the book It still leaves
the puzzle as tortuous as before.
The Musical Invasion.
Rivalry In cities where grand opera
is an established thing has grown to
such proportions as to constitute a
warfare of enthusiasm; invasion of
other cities Is the order of the day;
everywhere the demand for hlgh-grads
music is increasing; and America may
be said to be undergoing a musical
awakening which it Is to be hoped
will lead to permanent results. The
hunger for grand opera is being sat
isfied In New York, Philadelphia, Bos
ton and Chicago. Such cities as St.
Louts are being listed for considera
tion as likely to support a permanent
winter season. Des Moines and lesser
cities are eagerly subscribing 115,000
or more for a single night of the great
artists. The musical world Is agreed
that the demand for opera throughout
America ampunts almost to a craze.
Is it not, then, the time to consider
the feasibility of established opera,
not only in the great cities, but also
In every city of more than 100,000
people? Extravagant grand opera is,
of course, out of the Question, but ex
perienced stars are agreed that Eng
lish opera of a high grade is possible
in American cities just as native opera
is a success in the lesser cities abroad.
In a recent interview Mme. Gadski
endorsed this view. She sees every
opportunity for music to flourish
here. "American girls astonish me
with their marvelous voices," 6he said,
"and what a pity it Is that thay can
not use them without going to Europe.
There are six -American singers now
in grand opera In Berlin, and wher
ever I go in America I find votes that
should be In opera. But It costs
money for European study, and there
Is danger for the girls so far from
home. Produce grand opera in your
little cities, where the young people
can go and sing and do something
with their voices, and your big cities
will draw from them instead of going
to Europe tor their best talent. Amer
ica can support grand opera from her
own resources. You have the voices
awaiting development. You have the
means you have more money than
Germany, and you love music no less.!'
From the fact that enthusiasts for
native opera are springing up in every
city cf size In the country, under the
Inspiration of the gteat musical awak
ening that has spread over the land.
It la likely that another season, given
Impetus by the subscription series
promised In various centers this win
ter, will find serious attempts at or
ganized English opera being promoted
In cities which a few years ago looked
upon such entertainment as a luxury
beyond hope.
Misplaced Modesty.
Destruction of one's "children of
the brain" has been depicted by mod
ern playwrights with tragic force, but
no stagecraft has equalled the con
vincing sense of loss which the world
feels when an author condemns to
ashes his unmarketed fruits. Crema
tion of manuscript has been a familiar
literary tragedy since the days when
Collins burned his odes. The poet's
frenzy Is sometimes a mlsguldod one
and the artistic temperament on occa
sions has wrought a destruction of
mental product that Is a lamentable
loss to mankind.
Minds eager under the stimulus of
imagination often body forth the
forms of hidden things which at a
later period they deem unworthy of
Introduction to the world, and so de
stroy them. This mistaken modesty
invariably afflicts the wrong men. Pro
lific writers there are from whose
works much could have been jpared,
but those geniuses who produce noth
ing but gems of rare degree are the
ones who make the world the loser by
their self-rejection.
Charles Warren Stoddard wrote lit
tle, but what he wrote and published
was palpitant with life and sclntlllant
with purest ray. A book from Stod
dard's pen was at once a beacon and
a shrine for the cultured and discrim
inating reader. In his last days he
wrote a number of poems which he
read to friends and they pronounced
them exquisite. To the dismay and
grief of , his followers he had them
consumed on the hearth the Imper
ishable perished. Likewise George
Meredith destroyed the manuscripts of
three novels shortly before his death,
depriving a mourning world of much
that would have been a solace to his
devotees.
In the light of an experience com
mon to authors, It has proved to be a
mercy that the end came so swiftly to
Robert Louis Stevenson, For hal he
regained consciousness after he was
stricken, and had he lingered, he un
questionably would have made away
with his fragment of "Weir of Hermls
ton," which, Incomplete as It is, .re
mains hla masterpiece. '
Men are not the best judges of their
own ' works. Seasoned and critical
comrades who have lived in the at
mosphere of creative genius always
exist In the case of such men as Stod
dard and Meredith, and It Is a pity
that when the despondent mood for
destruction comes upon these falsely
modest creators of real literature some
interfering hand Is not alert to let the
letters live fn the flaming word Instead
of perish in the blaze of coals.
Hands Across the Border.
To the American citizen the inter
change of presidential courtesies over
the international border line of the
United States and Mexico is significant
as emphasizing the stability and the
guarantee of American ' institutions.
Were two European monarchs to
meet similarly, the peoples and press
of all nations would be disturbed . for
weeks in speculation over the signifi
cance of the occasion, and the ex
change of a few words at such a con
ference might alter International des
tinies. But the whole world has
viewed with equanimity the meeting
of President Taft and President Diaz
for what it la, a pleasing expression of
sentiment, of no political moment.
The form of government of the United
States of America and the form of gov
ernment of the United States of Mex
ico, modeled after our own, alike pre
clude the possibility of any alliance
or unity of policy resultant from the
two presidents making a distinguished
guest of each other. , What was said
in the privacy of their greetings need
disturb no one; at the most it could
have been only the informal assurance
of esteem in the accustomed language
of diplomacy and good breeding. Two
neighbors whose families had been on
good terms for a long time, but who
had never called upon each other,
might thus break the Ice of social
amenities without involving in any
way the separate family interests.
In the absence of any direct political
significance the event becomes a man
ifestation of good fellowship, which,
nevertheless, will have its influence in
establishing a more neighborly feeling
on each side of the boundary line.
The moral effect obtains without any
embarrassing entanglement. And be
cause it is good to have the respect
and good will of people, and to feel
respect and good will for others, the
Taft-Diaz handshake across the bound
ary is a notable and encouraging Inci
dent in the lives of the two vigorous
neighbor nations. Both peoples are
big and growing, and in their execu
tive representatives are personified
those great and fine qualities of sol
dierly spirit and broad statesmanship
which will leave a wholesome and last
ing Impression on both sides of the
bolder.
One particular manifestation standi
forth by contrast that will appeal to
the fundamental American faith in
simplicity, just aa It has stood forth
whenever that simplicity has , been
brought Into close relationship with
the display and pomp of foreign cus
toms. The quiet dignity of the gen
tleman in plain black was as effective
In comparison with the official uniform
and golden medals of the Mexican
president, as was Franklin's plain
dress amid the glitter of the European
courts.
The United States has done an im
pressive thing In the eyes of all na
Hons In Its straightforward and un
ostentatious exchange of presHntlal
courtesies over the Mexican border.
Mr. Bryan gives as another reason
for side-stepping the proposed tariff
debate with Senator Bailey that he Is
"unwilling to assume that there Is no
one among Mr. Bailey's opponents in
Texas competent to represent those
who differ with him." That opens the
way for Senator Bailey, if he really
wants to debate with Mr. Bryan. All
he has to do Is to come to Nebraska
and assume that no one here can speak
for Mr. Bryan as well as the sage of
Fairvlew.
What prodigious fun the college
larks afford this year! The humor of
tarring and feathering a freshman and
leaving him to shiver in the open
prairie is at once apparent; and the
idea of leading a nervous girl Into the
depths of a dark and lonely forest and
then abandoning her till daylight is
bound to generate glee. How consid
erate of the faculties not to permit
studies to interfere with such Joy
giving mirth!
The argument of the New Jersey
Judge, who set aside a Jury's verdict of
damages against a railway company
for the loss of a little girl's leg, that
"the verdict failed to give due weight
to the skill with which mechanical
surgery adapts an artificial limb," may
be good law, but it will not strike a
popular chord with parents of children
who have to cross tracks.
Having gone through the rigors of
polar climate unscathed, nothing like
a volley of open letters and sworn affi
davits Is likely to tease Dr. Cook.
Quite the contrary this additional tree
advertising must be welcome as fur
nishing grist to the box office mill.
Getting; Ifnt.
Chicago News.
By going to bed while his ona suit ot
clothes was getting dry President Taft
snuggled close to the public's great, throb
Ing bosom.
War lie Fell Uom,
Kansas City Times.
Charles R. Crane lacked one requisite of
a uccesaful diplomat: H bad never learned
the knack of using' language to conceal
what ha waa trying to nay.
Hurricane Dodared a Few,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
That hurricane which wreoked ao many
cigar factories at Key Weat kindly left
many other places where they make near
Havana cigars, undisturbed and ready for
luslnesfi.
The War to Find Oat.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Sir Edward Seymour's declaration that
Emperor William Is the only person who
knows whether there will be war between
Germany and England Indicates that it
might be money saved for England to send
someone to ask htm about It.
Supremacy ef the Bit; Stick.
Providence Journal.
Twenty-five thousand dollars Is the price
paid for tho privilege of printing the first
narrative of Dr. Cook's discovery of the
pole. By comparison with tha dollar-a-'
word rate for East African adventures, this
seems like mere hack hire.
Faced the Moale Bravely.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Mr. Crane of Chicago loaea tha Chinese
mission because he talked too much to a
newspaper reporter, and It muat be added,
to hla credit, jthat he did not try to save
hie office- by declaring, as politicians gen
erally do, that the reporter had mlsrepre
aented him.
Where Hraralatloa la Needed.)
Philadelphia Record.
Tliia whole business of exploration haa
got to be regulated by law. There is atill
one pole to discover, and there are several
highest mountains to be climbed.' Perhaps
an International bureau of exploration
might be created which would preaerve
aome portions of our too small planet for
the enjoyment of future explorers, and
i,iiv wonM enforce auch regulations of
exploration that the controversies now rag
ing over one pole and two mountain anu
not be repeated.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Coal ahovels are brightening up
October put tha trimming on the pumpkin
all right.
Even the proofreaders cannot agree on a
uniform apell of the names of Cooks
Eeklnjoa.
The coming comet l doing pretty well
aa a flyer, but look at the sailing qualities
of chewable beeft
It Commander Peary would hit the lec
ture box office for a few of thoee S6.000
bunchea he would feel bettor.
"I,ook out; I am going to ehoot" said a
Philadelphia boy to hla cousin. He dl A
funeral followed. lxcal authorities said It
waa accidental and let It go at that.
The Romany revivalist holding forth In
Chicago complains that the sinners he is
polishing are a cheap lot. They are crowd
ing the contribution box with coppers.
The first conaplcuous offender to feel the
mighty fist of the anti-smoke campaigners
in Chicago are sWklng cars on elevated
traina. They have been put out of busineea.
The melancholy fate of eouthern cities
torn by furious storma Is trifling compared
with the soul-rending of Detroit and Pitts
burg as Ty Cobb and Hana Wagner recede
from the spotlight.
Rich and varied aa the list of divorce
reaauiia are. there la room for more. A
Milwaukee woman Insists she cannot live
with a husband who will not wear a neck
tie that matches her gown.
Announcement of a yla famine In New
York, owing to a strike bi tha pie foundries,
haa not had tha fUghteet effect on the
rush to the political pla counter. The
hungry are Jumping on each other.
Fashion Is pretty quick, but not quick
enough to catch Evanatonlana napping. At
sooo as tha elevated toque cast Ita shadow
In tha distance the fashionable suburb of
Chicago began putting Its trees In order,
and wearers of the new U4 art not obliged
te Auoav
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
Take rare of your lelaure and your life
will take rare of Itself.
Some revMals plan i cure all tils by
throwing folks into flU.
He who has no time to b grateful haa
no power to enjoy a blessing.
How hard would be all our hearts but
for our nardffhlpn and sorrow.
When a faith Is dead It Is customary to
embalm It In obsolete phrases.
Opinions about the past can never take
the place of work for the future.
Success depends not on what a man
makes, but on what success niakos of him.
No man has any better World before him
than he la seeking to make about him.
When a man's religion la all hot air the
only thing he thlnka about is going up.
When men make a mockery of sin their
alna are sure to make a mockery of them.
Many a man who Is berating the devil
has no objection to boarding free with
him.
A damning heresy la to let the forms of
any truth atand in the way of Its facts
and life.
There's no use saying "Oet thee behind
me, Satan," when you put him In your
hip pocket.
Most of those who are worried Ipst we
lose the liberty to go wrong would be out
of business If we all went right. Chicago
Tribune,
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Washington Herald: "Is hell a bore?"
Inquires a Chicago minister. No doubt It
Is; and so, likewise, Is the minister who.
asks auch a fool question.
Buffa'o Express: The mm'ster who be
came a street car conductor In order that
he might earn an honest living ought to
know a thing or two about collections.
Washington Star: The New York clergy
man who haa declared against ladles who
wear lialr not all their own evidently
foels the need of doing something to keep
his congregation from becoming too large.
Charleston News and Courier: A western
minister declares: "If I had a little girl
and thought aha would aver live In Chi
cago, I would kill her with my own hands
before she had the chance." If he only
had a little girl, perhaps, be would have
more sense.
Baltimore American: A troman minister
in Pennsylvania has resigned because she
finds the combined duties of fulfilling her
pulpit obligations and running a boarding
house too much for her. Saving souls
while serving hash certainly does seem a
trifle Incompatible.
Brooklyn Eagle: A wasnerwoman gave
$40 to convert tha heathen at Dr. Simp
son's missionary meeting in Manhattan.
Heathen Chinese washermen are making
$18 to 12S a week in New York as against
$9 a week earned by tha average Chris
tian washerwoman, and yet we never hear
of a Chinaman spending ISO to spread the
doctrines of Confucius.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"So you consider Old TItewad a good
match, do you?"
"I sure do; he's got Brlght'a disease,"
Cleveland Leader.
"I don't believe you, Orlando," she said,
"when you tell me you never cared for any
other girl."
"My word!" exclaimed the indignant
youth.
"I don't believe that, either." Chicago
Tribune.
fihe (angrily) That chimney does beat
met
He (mournfully) Yes, I wish I dared do
what' that chlmnejr does.
Bhs (aharplyr What? ; r
He (meekly) Smoke tn spit of you.
Baltimore American.
Mrs. Brooke Have you any faith .In. Ufa
Insurance 7
Mrs. Lynne Tea, Indeed; I've realised
I1U0.000 from two husbands, and they
weren't very good ones, either . Ji1ge.
Scott The married man who takes his
stenographer to dinner is an Idiot.
Mott Yes; he's the Idiot who rocks the
boat on the sea ot matrimony. Lite.
"That's right, rail and carry on because
I spend an evening at the club. I don't
expect to be able to make you see what
attracts a man to a club."
"No, you don't make me see It, but you
make me smell it, all right." Houston
Post
A PRAYER.
Marjorla Plckthal, In Scrlbnars.
Above my head the shields are stained with
rust,
Tba wind has taken his spoil, the moth
his part.
Dust of dead men beneath my knees, and
dust.
Lord, in my heart.
Lay Thou the hand of faith upon my fears.
The priest has prayed, the silver bell has
rung,
But not for him. O unforgotten tears,
He was so young.
Shine, little lamp, nor let thy light grow
dim.
Into what vast dread dreams, what
lonely lands,
Into what gnets hath death delivered him,
Far from my hands?
Cradled Is Ha, with- half his prayers forgot.
I cannot learn the level way he goes,
He whom the harvest bath remembered not
Sleeps with the rose.
Shine, little lamp, fed with sweet oil of
prayers;
Shine, little lamp, aa God's own eyas may
shine,
When He treads softly down His starry
stairs
And whispers, "Thou are Mine."
Bnine. little lamp, for love hath fed thy
gleam.
Sleep, little soul, by God's own hands set
free.
Cling to His arms and sleep, and sleeping,
dream,
And dreaming, look for me.
ip n a
Tlie 3 Epoch Making Discoveries
la the manufacture of Grand Pianos ar
FIRST The) French repeating action, 181.
SECOND The full Iron frame and overstrung scale, 1859.
THIRD The Mason A Hamlin tension resonator, lttOO the most Im
portant of the three, as it pertains to tone production.
A technical description of this epoch making; discovery In "The
Scientific American" of October 11, J 902, contains the follosrlng:
"One Imperfection in the modern piano forte, found even in
the instruments made by Standard makers, has been the loss
in tone quality, due to the inability of the sounalng board
to retain Its tension. The problem seems at last to have been ,
satisfactorily solved by a most simple and ingenious consfruc-
Hon embodied in the plsnos of Mason & Hamlin ot Boston,
. . U. 8. A." w '
Catalogue of the Mason & Hamlin Pianos and a copy of Tba
Scientific American article will be
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HOT HOW LITTLE
" BIT HOW MFJCH
lifo insurance ran I carry for
the protection of my family"!
is the question every married
man shoultl ask himself. And
the amount is a secondary
consitierauon 10 mat or the
rieht company. (.
We leave the amount to
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Equitable ti the best Com
pany as well as the safest.
$100.00 n year, or less than
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; H. D. NEELY, Manager
Merchants Hat. Bank Blag.
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