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GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed la my presence and sworn
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Itltf. U. P. WALKER.
. Notary public.
Sabarrlbrra leaving the city tea
orarlly should fcftv Tk Bee
mailed to them. Address will ke
changed aa fittest as retiaested.
Now, perhaps Governor Hughes will
agree to Bhave.
In its grief the world is still laugh
ing at Mark Twain.
Thus far Governor Patterson has not
lifted his voice for the disarmament
policy.
If Jeffries watAs the real punch let
biro, try the one the colonel used at
Cairo.
Anna Held says she will quit acting
to raise potatoes. At 20 cents a
bushel?
Thomas ..Dixon says "innocence is
utterly unki.own In New York." Who
la Thomas Dixon.
Two Missouri kids, he 75 and she
68, have eloped' ajid married. Who
couia nave oDjectcar .
Uncle Jim Wilson has got out twenty
cook books, and not one of them is on
that five-foot shelf of Dr. Eliot's,
Mr. Tagai't goes into the light with
his sleeves rolled up. What he wants
to watch is the other fellow's sleeves,
Mr". Roosevelt has not yet' hastened
to add that he meant nothing personal
by his allusions to race suicide in Paris
Mr. Bryanays he is happier than
President Taft. ' Strange now a man
Will fight to make himself unhappy.
The king of Slant is coming to the
United States with only forty of his
wives. Likes to travel alone, probably.
It probably will not become neces
sary, though, to put up the bars
asalnst wholesale desertion from the
a-eaate.
Home cares, about which the club
women and suffragettes speak so anx
lously, seldom keep them away from
the convention. v
A herd of elephants raiding Dan
Ville, the home of Uncle Joe, looks a
bit ironical. Even Insurgents should
know when to stop.
And it anyboJy doubts Mr. Bryan's
assertlou that the chances of demo
cratlc success are always good, let him
turn toward Indiana.
A sapient writer In a magazine tells
nt that the only way to exterminate
rats is to starve them. Will he kindly
tell how that is done?
This is the season when you can put
two evils out with a single stroke. Use
the hookworm for bait and catch your
own fish and break the meat trust.
"Possibly Mayor Oaynor goes to the
ball game to tee' how many from' the
rlty hall are there," says the Boston
Herald. Yes, or maybe he goes to see
the game.
With one general being thrown
from au automobile gnd another from
a horse, safety for army heads' seems
to lie between the plebeian trolley car
and walking.
It Is not surprising that a man
named Plucket would see danger In
the agitation against high prices. Mr.
Pluckwt is president of the Association
of Cotton Goodg Makers.
"I believe a nun must be a good pa
triot before he can be a good cltlien,"
aid Colonel Roosevelt and Paris went
wild. Did not the people of Franco
" that lmj'lo truth bet oral
State Conservation.
Secretary Wilson's advice for each
state to organize to. conserve the fer
tility of the soil commends Itself. If
an equilibrium In the law of supply
and demand is ever to be attained it
must come through somo process that
will Increase the productivity of the
farm and until that is brought about
It will be useless to try to combat high
prices, for they will come as a natural
consequence. State conservation would
not only not conflict with national, but
would give It greater effect.
The secretary of agriculture has
called attention to the ruinous Bystem
of robbing the soil of Its vitality, a sys
tem practiced so long in the east,
where land Is now low In price as well
as potency. The people of the east
need to understand that they-cannot
escape the penalty of natural laws by
fleeing from their impoverished farms
and taking up maiden soil in the west.
The country Is rapidly coming to the
time when it will require active duty
of every acre of its land, east or west,
north or south. A system of fertiliza
tion, of conservation, must be intro
duced In the east where the soil has
been so long cultivated without help.
The country cannot afford to retire
that, land.
This he&lra to the west has already
had the effect of running prices up In
some cases too high, not for the pleas
ure of the west, but for the good of the
easterner who buys and for the people
as a whole. There Is still much land
In the east that might be nurtured and
made to yield more and there are great
areas in the south still in their maiden
heath that could be bought cheaply.
The west stands with open arms al
ways to receive Its newcomers and
urges them to come on, but this land
in the south must also be employed if
the country Is to accomplish the best
results comprehended In this schem&
of conservation. .
Some of the eastern railroads,
though rather late in the day, have
come to realize the necessity of soil
conservation and are offering Induce
ments to got farmers along their lines
to take up Intensified farming. The
west has Bet the example In this great
movement and the older sections of
the country should not delay longer In
following.
Keeping Faith with the Filipino.
Another evidence that the United
States is keeping faith with the Fili
pino is shown in the fact that trade
between these countries has increased
65 per cent since the new tariff law,
removing duties on all domestic 'mer
chandise passing between the Islands
and the United States, became opera
tive last August. The value of goods
shipped from this country to the Phll
lipplnes from July 1, 190$, to March
1, 1910 (all under the new tariff ex
cept for the month ot July), was $10,-
151,276, as compared with $6,871,764
for the corresponding period the previ
ous jnear. The value of goods shipped
from the islands to the states for the
same period was $11,420,475, an in
crease of more than $4,000,000.
This increased trade is as great as
the increase with all other portions of
the noncontiguous' territory of the
United' States for that period. The
fact, no doubt, strikes the Filipino' as
final proof that the Taft policy of the
"Philippines for the Filipinos" was
made in good faith. Mr. Taft as gov
ernor general of the Islands promised
the people that he would exert his best
Influence to obtain satisfactory recip
rocal relations for them, but neither
ho nor they could have counted on
exactly the influence that has come to
him for his use in making god on that
promise.
Not since William McKinley enun
ciatod his doctrine of "benevolent as
similation" has the United Stat taken
one backward step in the progress of
its determination to help the Filipino
to help himself. It has matched the
blessings of civil government with
those of commercial and Industrial
prosperity and will not recede from its
original promise in either department
of life.
"Get Thee Behind Me."
When Senator Rayner led Senator
Dolllver up on the mountain of tempta
tion and promised him all the riches
that lay below If only he and his in
Burgont associates would come into the
camp of democracy, he did not specify
which of the Idols the republicans
should worship, as arrayed before the
eye they stood, these time honored
paramount issueei free silver, tariff
for revenue only, government owner
ship of railroads, evacuation of the
I Philippines and scores of others. Must
they rail down Derore uaal Herlth,
Baalzebub, Gad or Zephon?
It was a trying hour, but Senator
Dolliver came oft more than conqueror,
forcing the tempter behind Min.
Whether Senator. Rayner had a seri
ous thought in this studied bit of stage
craft, or whether it was merely an op
portunity afforded the Insurgents of re
affirming their position, matters not
beside the fact the Iowan'g answer to
the Marylander must be taken as the
answer of this whole Insurgent move
ment In Its relation to the democratic
party:
So far as making an alliance with the
democrats is concerned, that is the only
handicap we have ever had In the course
we ars pursuing. It (the republi
can purtv) Is larpe enough and good enough
to curry on t):e fl;ht for good jrovern
nient; tut If I ever dlj fool any te:nptft-
tlon to leave It, I would have to look oxer
a good rnnry things Jjeforo I would pitch
n-.y tent with the democratic party.
It Is gratifying to note that republi
can Insurgents are not deceived as to
the democrats' motive in doing whatj which he collected rents Is placing the
they may to foment and foster fac. I responsibility wIhto It properly be
tloual dUcord lu tue republican ranks, j longs. When a luudlord becomes as
Rayner g invitation, 3!ve?ted of its
cant, betrays the whole scheme.
While It is time for closer harmony
between republicans, there Is and has
been no irreconcilable differences be
tween them, and the fact that all are
committed to the fulfillment of the
Taft program is tha best assurance
that they will be standing on the same
platform when congress adjourns and
they go back to face their constituents
for another campaign. Of course, if
the democrats could force a wedge In
between Insurgents and regulars be
fore election that would, in fact, split
them; it would be a splendid thing for
democratic success.
May Be Some Fruit Yet.
Weather has a great deal to do with
a person's feelings. A few days ago
when the thermometer was below freez
ing and the snow clouds hung heavy
ab'out every other man you met had
something to say about the total de
struction of the fruit crop, but when
the mercury ran up and the sun came
out and the air really became spring
like the same sort of change became
apparent in people's minds. "Oh, I
do not think the fruit Is all destroyed,"
men would say as they passed the
day.
And perhaps the latter version is
correct. Undoubtedly the official
weather bureau was correct In saying
vast quantities of fruit had been de
stroyed. Yet there Is always a chance
that even the weather bureau may be
in error and everybody knows how
often these preseason predictions of
a "total loss in fruit" fall to come true.
We have had them before and then
harvested fairly good fruit crops. Na
ture has a way of repairing most of
her losses and she many even re
pair this one this year. At any rate
news has not come of the loss of Cali
fornia's fruit crop and Nebraska still
has a chance left for a corn crop, so
the country may be saved after all.
A Great Training School.
Among other services which the
Union Pacific has performed during its
existence has been the training of a
very large number of high-grade rail
road men. One man after another has
come up from the humblest position
on this great railroad through the
gradations of rank until- he has
reached the point where the Union Pa
cific could no longer advance him be
cause the higher offices were already
ably filled. Then this man has stepped
from a subordinate position with the
Union Pacific to the head of some
other great railroad. Scarcely a rail
road of importance In the United
States is without a strong executive
officer whos has obtained his railroad
education in the training school of the
Union Pacific.
Mr. W. L. Park is the latest of these
experts to be graduated. He began as
a brakeman and filled each position,
step by step, until he was general su
perintendent of the system, whence he
goes to be the responsible head of the
Illinois Central. The list might be
extended indefinitely, but the passing
of Mr. Park serves to emphasize this
point, which is rot generally recog
nized. The Union Pacific is a- great
railroad, serving a great country,
splendidly managed and able at any
time to furnish experts in railroading
who can take hold of another system
and bring it up nearly, if not quite,
to the established Union Pacific stan
dard. We earnestly hope that our fellow
citizens in Lincoln will not hide their
light under the bushel in the discussion
of their municipal problems in cal
cium. The open debate that has been
in progress in the capital city con
cerning the ethics of banners and the
desirability of buildings of more than
two stories In height has been most
edifying and we are sure that the gen
eral temper of Nebraska citizenship
has been greatly Improved thereby.
We fear It would be something In the
nature of depriving the state of its
vested right if the city authorities
should now retire behind closed doors
and reach a conclusion without let.
ting the public know the process
whereby the end was attained.
The suit at Cheyenne alleging that
certain mine promoters defrauding
stockholders out of $7,000,000 to $10,
000,000, should be watched with In
terest, and If sustained the claims
should establish another obstruction
to that species of criminality that en
ables a set of men to take money from
credulous persons, giving nothing In
return but some nicely embossed
paper. Cheyenne and Wyoming courts
have a chance to Bet a precedent for
the mine fakir.
The gathering of republicans of Ne
braska at the dinner in Omaha next
month will be the prelude to the In
troduction of a number of booms that
are being carefully incubated. Get
your tickets early. The game Is open
and anybody can play. -
A Custer county man advises dis
contented city workers to come to the
farm, where there are eo many oppor
tunities for growth. But until the
farm carries electric lighted, asphalt
paved highways Its lures Is not golug
to be irresistible.
t
The State Commercial Clubs now in
session at Columbus have a fine op
portunity to devlop much that Is of
real Interest and benefit to Nebraska.
The program for the present session
Is an attractive one.
Fining a landlord because of unsan
itary condition of the premises for
Interested in the care of his property
as he Is In the revenue he derives
from It much that Is now being com
plained of will be remedied.
"Public sentiment," says Governor
Folk, "turns not so much to the demo
cratic party, but to the things the
democratic party stands for." If Mr.
Bryan can get any comfort out of that
he is welcome to it.
Jarrlnar Loose.
Indianapolis News.
The packers have made a slight reduc
tion In the price of pork, the butter trust
has made a reduction of t cents a pound,
and even pig Iron Is lower. Eat hearty,
consumer!
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Bolted Down.
Washington Herald.
Considerable cable expense might have
been avoided had the colonel's Paris speech
been wired in, "Be good, and you will be
happy." And that would have told the
entire story.
Well Baaed Confidence.
Kansas City Star.
If Governor Hughes rules as soundly on
the bench as he did In the vetolngf the
2-cent fare bill, he will fully justify his
elevation to the supreme court of the
United States.
Too Much of st Good Thin.
Baltimore American.
A young plunger In Wall street
be-
came melancholy over the fact that he
always won in his venttircs, and finally
killed himself as the money came too
easily. The same feeling which made
Alexander the Great miserable because
there were no more worlds to conquer, re
appears in this irodern phase.
Why Scientist Crow Weary,
Chlcngo Tribune.
Mankind is slow to avail Itself of the dis
coveries of science. It has been proved be
yond a doubt that a human being can
exist In comfort without a stomach, thereby
escaping many aches and pains Inseparable
from the possession of that organ, yet In
stances in which a man has parted volun
tarily with his stomach are exceedingly
rare, If indeed there are such instances on
record at ail. No wonder our scientific In
vestigators become discouraged at tlmea;
so much of their work goes for naugbt!
HEME'S HOrlNUl
Injury to Fruit Crop Likely to Be
Exaggerated.
Springfield Republican.
It Is probable that the reports of damage
to fruit in the middle west from the cold
and snow will prove to be greatly exag
gerated. Rarely does the fruit crop of any
section escape being killed by Croat at least
once every spring killed in belief and re
port at the time of the happening. One oft
the western agricultural experiment sta
tions has found that apple blossoms In
the pink stage can stand cold down to 20
degrees above zero; In full bloom the ther
mometer can fall to S6 degrees without do
ing material injury. For pear blossoms in
the same stage the limits of cold endurance
are given as 20 and 87 degrees; and for
peach blossoms 23 and 2S degrees. The
lowest temperature reported from the cen
tral west In the storm which Is said to have
done damage amounting to $39,000,000 or
more among fruits and vegetables was 28
degrees.
TARDY VIWTJIOATIOW.
Hot
Bread Given rO!d Place
In Xa-
tlon'a AlTfeVtlons. .
Washington -Times.
The secretary of the Department of Ag
riculture has Issued a bulletin In defense
ot hot bread. This form of pabulum has
long been regarded as marking the bound
ary between the north and south more dis
tinctly than did the rod and chain of
Mason and Dixon. The steaming roll and
the risen biscuit. In which the willing but
ter melts, like summer rain In the parched
earth, have been regarded as typifying
the warmth of the hospitality which of
fered them. They savored of the home and
the delicate hands of the housewife rather
than of tha commercialism of the bakery.
They made and stlH make in the land
where they are Indigenous, a positive Joy
of the morning meal, rather than a hasty
expedient for bridging over the work of
the early hours.
They were too delicious not to come under
the ban of the grave scientists who, like
the physician of Pancho Panza, delight la
forbidding us to eat the tempting things
set before us. They have been made the
text of hyglenlo sermons and held up as a
ready agency of certain suffering. Nobody
except the scientists and their echoes
seemed to know Just why hot bread hould
be full of Indigestion and misery. It was
accepted as a fact, while the disciples of
hot bread calmly continued, until a green
old age, to enjoy the repast.
Secretary WHsonu, who comes from the
west, may be regarded, from a sectional
point of view, as nn Impartial arbiter, and
he has laughed away a nation's fears. Hot
bread, he tells us. Is as wholesome as any
other kind of bread. It makes brawn and
brain and conduces to the spirit of cheer
fulness. He Is already the dean of the
cabinet. By acclamation the snutn win
nominate him to his present position for
life.
Our Birthday Book
April S3, 1910.
AVllllam Hayward, secretary of the re
publican national committee and chairman
of the republican state committee, was
born April 2. 1S77, at Nebraska City. He
is a graduate of the University of Ne
braska and (s famous as a foot ball player,
a practicing lawyer, a former county
Judge, served In the Spanish war and car
ries the military title of colonel. Inci
dentally, right now, he is running for con
gress In the First Nebraska district.
Ixrado Taft. the famous American sculp
tor. Is Just 50. He was born at Klmwood,
111., and 1.1s work has taken prises In many
national art exhibitions.
Harry Payne Whitney, millionaire and
sport, was born April 2D, H72, In New York.
He last figured prominently as the person
to whom Lr. Cook confided his secret on
his return from his Polar expedition.
Tom S. Kelly, state manager of the Trav
eler's Insurance company, with offices in
The, Bee building. Is celebrating his 4.1th
birthday. He Is a Mlnsourlan who has to
be shown.
John Urlon, cashier for Armour & Co. at
South Omaha, wa born April 19, 1871, at
Elmer, N. J. He was in the banking
business at Fargo, N. D., for ten years
prior to accepting his present position In
IW7.
Frank It. Gullck, piano tuner, Is 87 yesrs
old.-He was torn In Mount Carmel, Pa
and educated In the Omaha public schools
and Crelghton college. He has been In the
piano business as salesman and tuner for
eighteen years. y
August Borglum, irfsnlnt and music
teacher. Is celebrating his 4M birthday to
day. He was born In B'ar hake C'ty,
IJaho, finishing Ms musical education In
Ixindon and Paris. He Is vAm secretary
of the Omaha May Festival aoclal.lun.
Washington Life
gtome Interesting Fnaaea
and Oonditloas Observed
at tbe jratloa'a Capital.
In the last half dxxen years vigorous
newcomers from the west have shattered
the senate's tradition Imposing on i new
members respectful silence for an Inde
finite time. Senator 1m. Follette was the
first Insui gent against the unwritten rule,
and what the Wisconsin senator left of It
Senator Cunimln sent to the cemetery of
has-beens. Nowdays the elder statesmen
do not "view with alarm" the maiden ef
forts of new members. They' sit up and
take notice, eagerly measuring the breadth
and depth of the new force. Senator Pur
cell of North Dakota delivered his
"maldon speech" last Monday, his theme
being the pending railroad bill, and was
listened to with flattering attention. "Sen
ator Purcell," says the Washington Times,
"Is a big man physically and has a big voice,
It is not an unpleasant voice, despite Its
great volume. His delivery Is good but he
gave no suggestion of finished oratorical
accomplishments. For nearly an hour he
dissected the railroad bill, finding fault
here, giving a little praise there, but on
the whole contending; that the measure was
not exactly what the country wants. After
he had concluded democrats and republi
cans like congratulated him."
"The sad case of Mr. Bollinger Is an
other exemplification of the truth of the
old saying about the Ingratitude of re
publics," writes the Washington cor
respondent of the Brooklyn Eagle. "Mr.
Balllnger gave up a lucrative law practice
to come to Washington. He didn't want to
come, he says, but yielded to the per
sistent pleadings of Mr. Taft. Immediately
he became a target for attacks all over the
country which have grown fiercer month
by month.
"Now he Is spending the money he had
accumulated against the future In a
struggle against odds to save his reputa
tion. It Is asserted by friends of Mr.
Balllnger that the end of the present In
vestigation will leave him bankrupt. If
not In debt. He has the highest priced"
attorney in the south and the best pub
lic land lawyer in the west. Both men
have assistants, and they will spend at
least elx months on this case. Their fees
will be high.
"Mr. Balllnger saya he made a terrible
mistake In first accepting office under Mr.
Roosevelt. He got a telegram from Mr.
Roosevelt one day of nearly 1.000 words,
telling of the imperative need that he
should accept the position of commissioner
of the land office. After long hesitation
Mr. Balllnger agreed to serve one year.
He says he went Into the Taft cabinet after
similar persuasion."
Official guides, those who wear conspic
uous badges and conduct the uninitiated
around and show them the sights of the
capltol and the library are artists when
It comes to acoustics, reports the Washing
ton Times. They know they must talk In
order to appear to earn their 60 cents a
head and they know also that there are
some places wKere they cannot talk. One
of these places Is the chamber of the senate
of the United States. Notwithstanding the
talk goes on.
The guide arranges when he has con
ducted a party Into one of the senate gal
larles to take a position In front of his
charges. He holds a concave derby hat be
fore his mouth and the sound of his voice
is reflected backward. He technically vio
lates the rules, but he gets away with It:,
the lecture . of the ;gulde on the senate
members, la Interesting. It runs something
like this:
"Now, ladies and gentlemen, this la the
senate chamber. That Is the vice president
presiding. The assistant secretary Is read
ing a bill.., Yes, those are the pages seated
around the vice president. And now, ladles
and gentlemen, you see many senators of
fame before you. There Is Senator Root
on the left, among the democrats. Not
room on this side. Yes, with hair bsnged
In front. Former secretary of state, yoU
know. And there Is Senator Bailey, the
orator. He la one of the greatest orators
wo have. Right behind him is Jeff Davis
of Arkansas. You all know about him.
Everybody does. Made a speech once on
running an oil pipe line from here to hell.
"On th right there, those two talking
together, they are Senators Aldrlch and
Hale. They run the senate. They are lead
ers of the senate I should say. Right next
there Is Senator Lodge. Yes, the one with
curly hair. Right back of him Is Senator
Dolllver. He ts also a great orator. No,
I don't know when he Is going to make a
speech. Nobody ever does.
"Across overe there is tho press gal
lery. That's where the reporters work.
Some people say they work. Can't prove It
by me."
i
It must have taken a lot of nerve for a
man to start In the restaurant business
right under the nose of Dr. Wiley ana his
pure food bunch, observe the Washington
Times. When the Department of Agricul
ture, however offered a shack free of rent
and a clear field for the patronage of the
government clerks at noon hour they found
a man to tackle the Job.
The shack Is only a small affair left
there by a contractor. Its position Is the
most significant point, for it-sits right
between the offloes of Doc. Wiley and the
legal food sleuth, Solicitor McCabe. So
here beneath the thumb of the eminent
pure foodlst, In danger of having hla lemon
pies nabbed If the meringue doesn't show
direct and Immediate descent from a hen,
and of being hauled before the courts If a
speck of 20-mu!e-team borax Is found hid
ing In a cream puff here must be the
Ideal pure-food hang-out If such there be In
all the land.
Well, the man has prospered In his ven
ture In a small way. There are no com
petitors near him and he gets the trade
from most of the employes. Some there
are, however, who will not be convertfd.
It seems natural that there should be some
ono whose love of the familiar war cry,
"one egg, draw one black" must keep them
to the cherished and maligned quick and
germful haunts where men feast at noon.
But that such a one should be Doc.
Wiley passeth the understanding of the
whole department. Scorning the germ
less pie, the pasteurized coffee and the
boiled ham. Doc. Wiley generally walks a
half mile from the office to an obscure
little eating house. Its patrons speak of It
as "The Dirty Spoon."
The government's chief chemist was re
cently dlscoverrd at the Dirty Spoon
Fletrherlilng a "ham an" " In perfect con
tentment. Inquiry of the proprietor re
sulted In the Information that Doe. Wllry
was one of his best patrons though they
didn't know he was.
Crafts oq NeTvapaprr Trees.
Bprlngflrld Republican.
Colonels Bryan and Roosevelt rail them
selves newspaper men. Mr. Bryan' believes
that the newspapers will grow In power as
time goes on, and he Is right Mr. H ioie
velt regards the Outlook as a side Issue,
while with Mr. Hryan the Commoner Is
his reliable staff. But both colonels are,
afier all. but grafts on the plain old news
paper tree.
A Combination Offer
on EdUon 'Amberol Record and the
attachment for playing them on your
Edison Phonograph
The cost of an Amberol attachment for an Edison riionograph
of the Standard type Is 5.00.
The cost of ten Amberol (four-minute) Records, at t0 rents
each, Is 5.00. This makes a total of $10.00
For a limited time any Edison dealer Is authorised to put
an Amberol Attachment on a Standard Phonograph and furnish
ten specially made Amberol Records, all for $0.00 a clean
saving of 4.00. For all other types of Edison "Phonographs
the prices are proportionate.
This offer, which practically fives you ten Amberol Records
free, is made to put these new, long-playing Edison Records
within reach of all Phonograph owners, making their Phono
graphs available for playing both the Standard and the Amberol
Records.
Go to the nearest Edison Dealer
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Amberol Records, whlrh rannot be had In any other way; see thesttarh
tnent and how It operates, rhaaglng from two-minute to four-minute
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Then yon will want to bring yonr Phonogmph np to dte and enjoy
II the entertainment new offered by the great array of Rdlaon stars.
Rdlaon rhonorrnpha. . . . flt.M to tiWti
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rViinon Amberol ReeoM (play twice as lonc aoc
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Nebraska Cycle Co. represents the National Phono
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Phonographs, including the models mentioned in the
National Phonograph Co's announcement on this page
today, as well as a stock of over 100,000 records.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
Jane Addams of Hull Houie Is the first
woman to be honored by election to mem
bership In the Chicago Association of Com
merce. Since Croker has decided to live In New
York again probably he regards aa out
lawed that old question, "Where did you
get It?"
Germany has opened Its doors to the
American hog, but at prevailing domestic
rprices the hog cannot afford to go abroad
Just now.
Among other signs of approaching sum
mer Is the report that a 13-year-cJd boy
shaves dally and that a 6-year-old girl has
two heads. Work on the sea serpent Is
progressing rapidly.
The claim in behalf of the automobile
tires that they are cheap because they "go
so far," recalls' tho explanation of Wash
ington's being able to throw a silver dol
lar across the Potomac on the theory that
a dollar went farther In those days.
Chicago's husky girl emblematic of "I
will' chuckles merrily and applauds the
live one who went after husband's "affin
ity" with a rolllngpln. Surely that's the
short and ugly weapons In such emer
gencies. For a square deal, , though, the
chasing should not be limited to the affin
ity. Cardinal Merry del Val received his early
education In England at a private school
near Slough, where his propensity for
playing practical jokes procured for him
the punning nickname of "Merry Devil."
The cardinal secretary of state Is one of
the few members of the Sacred college who
can speak English with fluency, and Is the
only cardinal who plays golf.
Anthony Mestrick of near Hastings, Co
lumbia county, Pennsylvania, appears to
be the champion potato farmer of western
Pennsylvania. He still has on hand 4,000
bushels of potatoes of last year's crop
which altogether amounted to 8,000 bushels.
The hard winter kept him from filling
ordrs he received, and his selling price
now is considerably lower than he would
have received then.
Women's "skyscraper" heeled shoes. have
como In for another drubbing, this time an
offlcal one in Chicago. Building Inspectors
have decided, after careful scrutiny of fire
escapes on buildings where large numbers
of women are employed, that the French
heels are a menace to life and limb In case
of panic. "The slim, pointed heels would
catch between the iron slats of the steps
of most fire escapes," said one Inspector.
FIGURES FROM TIIK FAST.
Notables of Byron- Days Paaslna; Off
the Staaje.
New York World.
The obituary coliima furnish another
rorter of interesting1 figures In a great
paat.
At Portland, Ore., died Oeorge H. Wil
liams, Grant's attorney general and the last
surviving member of his cabinet, and at
Paterson, N. J., Rear-Admiral Entwlstle,
dlstinulshed for hla conduct In the battle of
Manila Bay, but mors Interesting here for
the reason that his first sea service was
on one of Farragut's gunboats. At Char
lottesville, Va., died General Thomas L.
Rosier, who was a cadet at West Point
when ordered Into the field by President
Lincoln, but who resigned to cast his lot
with the confederacy. Another West
Pointer, General 8. G. French, who had the
double distinction of being the academy's
oldest graduate and the oldest surviving
confederate general, died at Florola, Ala.,
aged 93 years.
Two ladles with a unique prestige as
war-time social leaders and hostesses have
paused away Mrs. Frances A. Scharff,
whose house at the capital was a fav
orite rendezvous In Lincoln's administra
tion, and Mlsa Julia Custls Lee, who was
prcmlnent In Washington society In the
earjy '60.4. Among war-time figures of
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lesser note was George P. Floyd, recently
dead In Minneapolis at the age of 80, who
while a friend of Lincoln, had the lin
gular distinction of driving Jefferson Davis
to his Inauguration. In this city died
Joseph W. Woods, a veteran telegrapher,
who was the first man In New York to
learn that Sumter had been fired on.
In Brooklyn, died Mrs. Luclnda P. Wil
liams, and at Whlttler, Cal., Simeon
Brownell, each of whom had assisted many
negro slaves to escapo from bondage by
the "underground railroad." The deaths
are reported of two negroes with a pe
culiar claim to notice a former slave of
Jefferson Davis, who ran away at the
outbreak of the war end became a cor
poral in the Union army, and a Hannibal
(Mo.) negro, who was taught to read
and write by Mrs. U. S. Grant.
These latter were hutnblo figures on tlio
stage of events; their roles were small,
yet It is profitable to note their passing
for tho memories It awakes of a romantic
past.
i
GENIAL JAES.
"What did you think," asked the staso
manager of the plsygolng friend, "of the
storm scene we had in the play?"
"Fine," answered the friend. "I cer
tainly was struck" by the lightning." Bal
timore American; ..'T ...)-
Wareham Long You've heerd o' the milk
o' human kindness, hain't yuh?
Goodman Gonrong Yes, but I hain't
'never seen any but woi's been skimmed.
Chicago Tribune.
Philanthropist Will you subscribe $5 to
help a poor man who Is troubled with loi.s
of memory T
Financier No, I won't. A lost memory ,
Is as good as a fortune these days. Life.
"Have you thought of the expense of liv
ing If you marry my daughter? Have you
remembered the bills?"
"Bills have no terror for me, sir."
"They haven't? Why not?"
"Nobody would trust me, sir." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"Men don't go out between the nets as
much as they used to," said the mutiny
girl.
"No," replied the old playgoer; "the
average show nowadays makes It unwise
to do so. The music by tho orchestra Is
likely to be the best, part of the perform
ance." Washington Star.
"Are you going to have a garden this
summer?"
"I think not."
"Aren't you going to try to raise any
thing?" "Oh, yes; I'm trying to raise the mort
gage." Baltimore American.
"Tha pugilist 1ms a tremendous reach. "
"Yes. but his antagonist lias thu niftiest
vocabulary." Chicago Tribune.
Janitor Who was dat whlstlln' down de
tube?
Helper Woman on de third floor front
wants more steam.
Janitor Hit do third pipe a couple '
times wit de hammer. Boston HeruUl.
"Now, your conduct during the trial inn A
have considerable effer.t on the Jurv "
"Ah, quite so," responded the ultra 11
defendant. "And should I appear Itiur
esied or Just mildly bored?" Kansas t.'llv
Journal.
WHEN WILLIE KISSES TEDDY.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Tho country feared 'twas coming from the
time he left tha swajnp
To enter upper Egypt in amimyal pomp,
But that will be as silence to the diplo
matic din
When Willie kisses Teddy at the bahnhof
In Berlin.
He made the Tllier tremble with the row
he raised In Rome,
He turned the Danube purple seeing Kos
suth In his home,
But the Spree will halt Its current and
will rail the shipping In,
When Willie kisses Teddy at the balmhof
In Berlin.
No king has dared to kiss him, for he's
got a shifty right.
Still, the kaiser Is no coward, and he will
not dodge a flglit;
But If they bite In clinches, It Is certain
who will win
Whet; Willie kisses Teddy at the bahnhof
in Berlin.
Rflay
Douglas Ot.
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