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' kubaorlbara Ititlal tha city !
liomrlly ahvald hava Th
matlaA to (bam. Aeldroaa will t
- (.liMuged aa tittaa aa reincatad.
,: Rubber ia boundlug out of sight
.'In price.
Ida Tarbel baa Anally admitted that
he world la growing better. Now for
tlie millennium.
.1 Kearney snatched a convention away
lifrom Lincoln. la this a straw showing
i;hlch way the wind seta?
.' What chance haa a poor man when a
Judge will toll his wife, as a Chicago
-Judge did, that she did right to rob
ur, nyae, wuu iuugus nearuiy. in
the course of his trial, should heed the
. old adage about laughing laat and
loudest. . ' ;
. .
t . . I uu lyiuca&u yuuug uiubu wiij uu
'gone into the buutnesa of "fake bust
ing" should have no difficulty in find
ing steady employment.
1 If Mr. Taggart had beon as good a
prophet as boss he would have seen
that this was trot the year the people
were vindicating his kind of politics.
A Missouri Judge has ruled that It is
"criminal negllgonce" to get too close
to a mule's heels. A mule can show a
man that better than a Judge can tell
him.
The killing of a rampant elephant
In "Uncle Joe's'' district must not be
accepted as ominous. It belonged to
a circus, and not to the republican
party.
Hearst declares he will not be a
candidate for governor of New York
this year. If he should be the vote
will see to It that he wiil not be gov
ernor. . Did Trpsldent Taft forget to ask
Colonel Bryan, when he waa at the
White House the other day, whom he
would like to hve appointed to the
supreme court?
Mr. Ilea rut. .Is exercised lest Gov
ernor !IUBhe befriend the corpora
tlona on the bench. Oh. well, if the
rest of the people can stand for him,
Mr. Hearst shorld.
Mr. Folk sent his agent into Ne-
treska to ask Its cldr.ens the lmpertt
nont question, "What do you think of
Mr. Folk for the presidency?" Talk
about invading the enemy's country!
Whatever position anyone may take
aa between Mayor Gaynor and Editor
Hearst, there can bo but one opinion
as to the taste of a guest forcing his
pergonal and political quarrela on a
private banquet.- '-'
The Omaha ludtnna are to be per
mitted another privilege of citizenship.
They will have to pay taxes on their
lands. This will not aerloualy affect
the Indiana, but will touch very closely
some, white men.
The nomination nf Governor Hughes to
ha associate Justice of the supreme court
must give unqullfd satisfaction to the
ahole country. Philadelphia Public ledger.
Mr. Bryan la the first and only per
ou thus far to object. Did he expe-t
the place?
Sojn eastern papers are In the
throea of a debate of the timely and
vltafty Important question as. to
whether Robert E. .Lee drew three
days salary from the) United States
after accepting a Virginia .commission
In the.ronfa1eracy. TUs matter should
be settled without any delay.
;. . Jfew York, k Safe, . - . ,
At least one of the ftr"n3; Nw
York papers predicted before his ao
pointmrnt that Governor Hughes
would not accept a place in the bu
preme court because he would not fof
aako the reform forces he Is leading in
New York at such a critical time. A
Massnchtisetts paper deprecates the
wisdom of his decision on the ground
that he has turned off the road that
would have led him straight to the
hlghcat gift of tl'O people and taken
one that leads to dignified obscurity.
Whatever may bo In the latter view
Is h matter purely of speculation, but
there seems to be no room for any
speculation In the former. Governor
Hughes had already made It plain h
would not stand for nomination for a
third term as New York's chief execu
tive; So hed he not accepted the as
soclate Justiceship he would have
stepped down ns republican leader In
his state, not as early, though, as he
doca by hla acceptance, for, while he
holds his present office till October,
he has eliminated himself from the
campaign.
Dut Senator Root Is still left and
Theodore Roosevelt is on his way
home. Theso two men can easily bo
relied on to denaturlze any plan the
undesirables" may spring for captur
ing the state and undoing what Hughes
has done or begun. Indeed, the situa
tion does not look dnrk by any means.
Colonel Roosevelt, fresh from his year
of vacation, will doubtless be in rather
good fighting form and, with the aid
of Senator Root and a few other stal
wart warriors who have already done
valiant service toward political house
cleaning in New York, will be able to
fight off the enemy and save the day.
It would be damning with faint
praise any Hughes reform to suppose
It would collapse when tb,e governor
gave way to some new leader. Gov
ernor Hughes builded better than that;
be has constructed his work on a more
enduring foundation and It Is not In
the remotest danger of disintegration,
nor Is there any ground for believing
that the unfinished part of his work
will not be carried to successful com
pletion. ' Passing of Senatorial Form.
Near the beginning of President
Roosevelt's administration the senate
contained twenty-one members who,
had served twelve yeara or more. To
day only five of these are left and two
of them, Senators Aldrlch and Halo,
have announced their intention to re
tire. But the senate haa changed not
only In personnel, but In custom and
procedure. The old Is giving way to
tha new In that as well as member
ship. Traditions are losing their hold
end cobwebs of form are being swept
aside.'
The- other day Senator Purcell of
North Dakota, one of the newest metav
bers, arose to speak at length ou a
pending bill. He paid a satirical trib
ute to the time-spept form that re
stricts speechmaklng of hew members
by toying: - - . '
I earnestly hope that whori the motives
which this day Impel me to do violence to
one of the time-honored traditions of this
honorable body are disclosed, that
the hostile criticism of my -Uniorlty will be
In' a great measure disarmed.
But this rebuke of tradition is not
nearly so timely today as it would
have been a few years ago. The new
senator no longer sits quiescent In his
peat and serves a pat'ont apprentice
ship for a year or so by listening to
the erudite utterances of hla peers be
fore presuming to Bay what Is in his
mind or apologizes for speaking. There
has be?n a refreshing decadence of
this old spirit of autocracy In the last
few years and It Is not too much to
expect that In two or three more it
will have spent Itself and parsed away
entirely. Today some of the most In
fluential senators, at least some of the
most loquacious, are among the young
est In point of service, and they refuse
to be held In check by any custom or
tradition. Which, of courre, Is a good
thing.
Local Postoffice Growth.
No matter what the result the census
may show for Omaha we have one un
erring evidence of the growth of the
city furnished by the government. It
r the development of the Omaha post
office This feature of the public uurvicc
has expanded slnco 1890 and IdOU at
a rate that Is hardly appreciated by
the citizens who are served. The mail
carrier makes his "dally round and de
livers to the patrons of the poslofi'loe
their mull, and there the public Inter
est abruptly stops. The problems that
enter Into the furnishing of this serv
ice aro seldom, if eer, considered by
the public.. The fact is that the entire
working force -of the Omaha postoffice
in 1890, clerks'aud carriers, would not
be able to sort the mail that Is now
dally handled, much -less collect and
distribute It. In 1890 there were no
substations in Omaha. In 1900 Omuhr.
had two branch postofflces, and these
were not very well p;ttronlzei. Now
there are four, all of them busy, bo
sideg numerous substation in the busi
ness district where patrons of the post
office can sucure the same accommoda
tions they would obtain a, the main
building. The force of clerks and car
rlers haa been incieaned until a small
army is dally employed In handling the
mails.
Facilities for receiving and dispatch
ing the mails from the main office
have been Increased by the addition cf
trolley car tervlce, while at the rail
road depot a large force of men Is
steadily employed In handling and ar
ranging Incoming- and .outgoing mails
so they may be dispatched In the least
posslb.a time. Wlttla sixty days, we
ar promised tbat. special mail can
wjjl bi JnstalJeJ .on, the. hirer t rajJwny.
lilies which vill iner nil thu mail
from Florence, U"i;Kon and South
Omaha to the main office and the de
pots, thus providing an up-to-date .
method of interurban collection and)
distribution. At the depots a special
building Is to In- eiett' d fltte 1 up pur
posely for the handling of mnll where
mall ean bo sort'vl and dispatched.
That will effect a saving of at least an
hour and a half in the delivery of mail
to the lobbing district, and a very con-
- ,
slderable saving in the delivery of the i
uptown mails. The service Is being Im
proved in other directions, but these
main points servo to show how greatly
the Omaha postoffice is growing In or
der to meet the requirements of a mod
ern city's business
Postmaster Thomas has worked very
diligently to provide the increased ac
commodations necessary, and Is doing
his utmost to keep the postofilre
abreast with the times, a feat' not
easily accomplished because of the rate
at which the city Is growing.
Hearst and Gaynor.
If everything Mayor Gaynor said of
W. U. Hearst lu his philippic before the
gathering of American newspaper men
in New York were true, it still would
not just.fy Mi. Gaynor In dragging
personal animosities Into a meeting of
that character. lie wus invited as the
guest of the publishers to make in ad
dress, but he used the opportunity as
r.n occasion for denouncing a personal
and . political enemy,, precipitating a
most disgraceful tumult, for which he
leaves his hosts to apologize.
Leaving entirely out of considera
tion the man who conducts newspapers
as a means of promoting lust for
power and position, often contemptu
ously unmindful of truth and Justice
or other people's rights, the mayor be
trayed a lamentable lack of good
taste and self-restraint, violating
amenities which a man of his position
and aspirations should observe. He
certainly has done his ambition no
great service, however much he must
have been provoked by the injustices
against which he inveighed.
Men in high rank, to be true, often
suffer outrageously at the hands of ir
responsible publications, but this is
one of the penalties of their success
with which they must deal 'more mod
erately than Mayor Gaynor dealt. It is
difficult to view his action as anything
than a grcss affront to the disin
terested newspaper publishers and
writer whom he sought to make par
ties to. his and, Hearst's private quarrel.
Each has his political ambitions and
the mayor should have known better
than to have hit upon this occasion for
making a stump speech that contained
so much placating-nn.I patronizing of
the publishers present.
. Fine Reward for Kern. ' , j
John W. Kern sacrificed himself as
the party's nominee for vice president
and stepped aside to- let Shjvely go to
the senate, eo' that' his endorsement
by thu Indiana democrats as their can
didate against Senator Beveridge is
simply a belated matter of fair play.
It will pacify Kern and hlo forces,
but it 'will not placate John E. Lamb
nor appease Tom Taggart. The dem
ocrats of Indiana will continue to fight,
therefore, despite that pretty speech
of Taggart's. Lamb was more candid;
he did not even promise to "be good."
But Mr. Kern, as Mr. Bryan's run
ning mate, probably will not stake
too much on these Greeks bearing
gifts, when he reflects upon those
harmony professions made in 1908 by
the Roger C. Sullivan, Charles W.
Murphy, the Hon. Fingy Connors and
a few other highly reputed and dis
tinguished democrats.
The platform adopted by the Indi
ana convention is even more patent In
its cant than this talk of harmony. It
begins with a denunciation of ."con
centrated wealth" controlling "the
fruits of the productive energy of the
world," and commits the party to a
policy of retrenchment. It embodies
what the convention 'conceived to bo
the most popular Taft policies, enacted
or pending, and condemns Mr. Taft
and his administration In general.
Bubfimely a'tdacious In its consistency.
It the democrats had a serious
thought of gaining Indiana in the fall
oleetton they seem, in all honeBty, to
have done everything they could to
defeat their chance. A fljjht on Kern
Is Inevitable and tlielr platform la such
a palpable array of platliudes and
empty promises ns to Invite ridleile.
A fine reward they "nave handed to
Mr. Kern, indeed!
The action of the court in ordering
Dr Hyde to jail and revoking his bond
can be taken only as Indicating that
Judge Latshnw is deeply impressed
with the evidence against the doctor.
But tho Interesting point is the judge's
determination to keep from the Jury
the f :tct of his action. Hyde's attor
ney;; naturally objected to the move on
the ground that U would tend t
prejudice the Jurors in favor of the
guilt of the defendant, to which the
court replied that the Jcror3 would be
kept In total iirneranee of tho matter.
Can they?
A call for an extra session of the
leri.s'.aturo aliotit corn planting time
would be very popular in Nebraska. It
ought. In tact, to tie tho crowning tri
umph to Mr. Shallonberj.er'a adminis
tration. Up to liate ho lias made but
one, break in his record cf blunders,
and that, was when he refused to call
the legislature together at the behest
of 'r. Bryan.
i The "peerless lo;'.dr" l.ns gent forth
, an Imperative call for a meeting end
J the Irrevocable adoption by Nebraska
of. fcoujQ portions of ,hls personal pro
gram hicli were rejected by the demo
cratic legislature that last sat at Lin
coln. Wonder what makes Mr. Bryan
feel that he stands any more chance
with the publlo than he does with his
own party?
Of course, everybody applauds the
zeal and sincerity of the churches in
Joining the crusade for good health,
but at least one of tile newest and
noblest edifices In Omaha ia so seri
ously defective in its ventilation prop
erties ns to make a long season of
service uncomfortable to tho wor
shiper, Churches should, above all
things, look to the sanitary condition
of their buildings as one of the flrA
essentials In giving force and effect to
its efforts for better health.
An eastern lawyer, defending the
high fees paid to some members of his
profession today, cites the fact that
Daniel Webster once was paid $10,000
for one hour's work In court. Does
that' prove anything, except that Mr.
Webster must have had a good friend
on his stuff?
"If Taft couldn't tamo tho suffra
gettes, how could ho hope to subdue
the Insurgents?" asks the Atlanta Con
stitution. But did. not he tame the
suffragettes? They sent a committee
around the next day. with a carefully
prepared apology.
That Black Hflls chicken with two
seta of feet turned In opposite direc
tions was not unlike many people who
back up as easily as they go forward
on any proposition, as best suits their
interests.
If some of these married people who
are getting Into trouble would think of
the children before they begin to cut
their dldos, there would not be so
much clamor after the crash.
Responsibility for the unsatisfactory
condition of Omaha's water service Is
being placed very close to the door of
the Water board, which cannot much
longer evade its responsibility.
Fever In the Blond.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The greatest, deliberative assembly In the
world gives way to the. greatest grame In
the world when senators postpone con
sideration of the administration railroad
bill to see New York and Washington play.
Revealing; i Sore Spot.
Sioux City Tribune.
Bryan scores severely the appointment of
Hughes Two years ago the ablest speaker
ou the republican hustings, the one who
most thoroughly Analyzed Bryan and his
speeches, was Hughes. ' More, even, than
the speeches of Taft did those of Hughes
contribute to the discomfiture of Bryan.
Short-Lived Warahlpa.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
Tha short, life of the modern battleship
is again illustrated in the announcement
that . the Texas,.; which wag .prominent In
tlje. wan with ,-Bpaln, Is to be used as a
target for-ta&s dropped from overhead.
A Warship a dozen years old nowadays Is
of little use except for the scrap heap.
Good Reason' tor m Gronrh.
New York Sun.
Tho Hon. William J. Bryan does not ap
prove of Oovemor Hughts as a member
of the supreme court. Those who remem
ber the speech In which Governor Hughes
paid his respect to Mr. Bryan and Bryan
Ism in 190N, a apech tb&t Mr. Bryan did
not even attempt to answer, will perceive
good reasons for. the Nebraskan's personal,
dlstatlBfactlon. .
No Btrlnara on IlUKhea.
Philadelphia Record (dem.).
Mr, Bryan and Mr. Hearst both think
that Governor Hughes has a too tender
solicitude for the welfare of the great
corporate Interests. Bo far as the Record
has observed, the corporate Interests have
never shown any responsive affection for
Governor Hughes. It Is the common people
who have sturdily carried him along on
their shoulders. They are not often mis
taken In their judgment.
Tha Dlaaatraement.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
There were five men and a boy in the
office when Thompson Green laid down hla
morning paper.
"That was a great speech that Roose
velt made before the Sorbone," he said.
"Borbonny," corrected the man at the
light.
"Hcrbunnay," said the man at the left
"Sorebon," declared the bookkeeper.
"Korbor.g," ahouted the stenographer.
' "Hourbun," shrieked the office boy.
Arid then .the alarmed boss ran out from
his private office and the din ceased.
Our Birthday Book
April 30, 1910.
Charles S. Fall child, former secretary of
the Interior under Grover Cleveland,- was
born AjTil 30, 1S42, at Kazenovla, England.
He Is a lawyer and a bunkr, and went
with the gold democratic crowd when the
free sllvc rites captured the organization.
William H. Ciane, th comedian, Is 65,
although, he did not look it when he played
in Omaha a few weeks ago. He was born
In Leicester, Mnss., and Is one of the old
stnnrtbys on the American stasc.
Charles H. I.oWnRler, now federal judge
cf tho Philippines and former practicing
attorney here In Omaha, was bortt April
oil, isrfl, at Lanark, lil. Judsc l.oblng'ei
has Just written a hook on popular legisla
tion. Bnins into the history of the state
col Ktlt ul Ions.
Dr. W. O. Bridges, practicing physician,
w'lh offices In The Heo building, was born
April 30, ir. He i a Canadian by birth,
mid a graduate In medicine of the medical
department of th- t'nlveislty of the City
it New York, and Is also professor of
inedlclno In the t'nlvorslty of Nebraska.
Will W. Menr'dc, employing printer, was
born April S". ISO;, at New Columbus, u.
H v us witli the old Adums McUmle
company In the 'Mh and with other print
ing firms since then, being now secretin y
and treasurer of tho McCoy & Flnlayson
iei.ip.-iny. ,
A. II. Williamson, manager of the Omsha
J'lanrh of the Aiierican Radiator company,
is ,J. lie la a native of Dayton, O, and
Ir;;.ui Iiii(mcs;; vltii tne. National Cash
lltf-IUtr tump iny and ruis been with the
Ameilci.n r.Hiltator company slnco 1X5.
J. Fred Kerr nf the Kerr ALktracl com
leuy Is cUbitlnc his twenty-eighth
btrthday today. H- attended Ikllevue ol
Wfce, of which his f.ithf-r was in-elilnnt,
ard esta&lifchtd tho Kerr Abstract company
:n lKOi
In Other Lands
Blae XJgtita en Waat la Trans,
plrlag Ansng tlie Kaar ana
ru- astlama af tna Earth.
Rubber storks are the rremler specula
tive crate In England at the present time.
A new generation has come on the stage
sine Barney Pftrnato swamped the print
shops of Ixmflon with order for gilded
South African certificates with which the
"mikes" of tha empire were stuffed fif
teen years ago. Both crates are strikingly
alike In origin and development and thera
is no reason to doubt the outcome will be
an abundant crop of wool for the pro
moters. Sources of rubber supply In South
America are far enough removed from th
guilllble In London to keep receptive vic
tims g-uctslng on thilr profits, Barnato's
lure was Fouth Africa, equally far removed
from tha feverish crowd. 8o th craze of
today, like that of yesterday. Infects the
multitude and draws unknown millions of
pounda sterling Into the coffers ef brokers
and promoters. Costly experlenc4 In the
past writes a lesson on a slate and the
sponre of greed promptly wipe It eff. The
South sea bubble and tha Mississippi bub
ble of two centuries ago differed only In
variety of games from the stock gamblers
of today. In the sporty days ef tha prince
of promoters, John Laws, companies were
floated In Rngland and France "to make
salt water fresh," "for drying meat with
hot air," "for trade In nutmegs In Con
necticut," "for Importing large Jackasses
from Spain In order to propagat a large
kind of mule In England," and another
for the Invention of melting down saw
duat and chips and casting them Into clean
deal ' boards without cracks or knots."
Civilization Is presumed to have advanced
some distance since tha tlma of John Laws.
Fewer companies ar needed to lure the
greedy, and th supply of "speculative
mlkea" seem to be just as abundant as
when money was poured out to transmute
Spanish jackasses Into English mules
where with transportation facilities might
be Improved In a fool's paradise.
Returns from the first ballottlng for
members of th French General Assambly
Indicate no marked change In th several
party groups. Owing to the larg number
of candidates contesting for the prlt, no
one received a majority vote in about
eighty districts and reballottlng must be
had. Trumpetlngs of expected landslides
for the opposing monarchists, clerical and
disgruntled labsrltes hav had no more
effect on the general result than King
Canute's edict against the rising tide. Th
electorate of France I aatlsflei with con
ditions a they are and has expressed em
phatic confidence In th ministry. The
election was remarkably quiet and orderly
throughout the country-, presenting an Im
pressive contrast to the hectic excitement
of the February general election in th
United Kingdom.
An American traveler in India, writing
from Calcutta to the Indianapolis News,
discusses native unrest and presents th
native view a expressed by a student at
a local university. The writer quotes th
student as follows: "Why (he asked) do you
come to India for unrest? Why do you
not analyze your own unrest? I It not be
cause you have been educated and your
eyes have been opened and your con
sciences quickened? You demand freedsm
from the domination of those who hav
forced themselves on you and are using
your government for their own ends. You
hav com to hav a consciousness of your
strength. '
"Education la a very dangerous thing.
No on should ever confer It on a man or
a people without realizing that It will
chang that man or people. Thes col
leges, either dlreotly or Indirectly, have
been given to us by our alien rulers. In
them we learn every sort of western Idea.,
from sciences to the classics that arc
breathing with a message of fellowship Ot
man and the equality of man. W read ol
how our own rulers gained freedom and
became strong; we read of how America
gained freedom and became great. We
read of th French revolution. Through
these colleges rings the appeal of Patrick
Henry for fraedom, and there ia BurkS's
voice and other voices speaking to us.
"We hav been given education, liberty
ot the press, a limited voice In a limited
local self-government. We hav been en
couraged to toko the western view ot
things from justice to morality. Who Is
now to command "Thus far and no
farther?"
"We have met our ruler in Oxford and
Cambridge and shown our equality If not
superiority In scholastlo endeavor. And a
smaller Asiatic people has defeated a
greater European whit power than
Great Britain. Whatever may be the form
It takes, unrest in India means a protest
against alien rule. We Asiatics hav found
ourselves. We want to rule ourselves. Thla
we consider a legitimate aspiration. And
what men that have dropped a sou into a
missionary collection box and crltlolse us?
They contributed to educate us. Her are
th fruits."
Lovers of flurns will rejoice to know that
tho Auld Brig of Ayr, which a few years
ago was apparently in danger of complete
collapse and destruction, has been care
fully repalrd and reopened to the public
In such a condition that It bids fair to re
main firm and Intact for a century to come.
There has bean no rebuilding nor remod
elling. The same old atones are still in
precisely the same old places, but new
cement has been injected Into the joints,
and th structure, while retaining all of Its
ancient aspect, even to th undulations of
the roadway and the broken backed south
arch, has thus been made as strong as
when it waa new. It is not often that an
ancient relic Is so successfully repaired,
and the achievement Is a cause of pride
to Ayr and of gratification to multitudes
throughout the world.
It is not a little significant that at the
very niomtiil when the maneuvers of tha
German aerlul fleet were being made tliu
basis of far-reaching speculations as to
the future triumphs of th airship, those
very airships were making a futile strug
fl against the elements, a struggle which
finally ended in their surrender for the
tun beii.g. This failure need not b taken
too Kerluusly, of course, it docs not por
tend tho abandonment of man's attempt at
navigation of the air, the abatement of loa
enthusiasm In tne study of the difficulties
to be overcome, or his daring in testing his
theories, liut It will certa nly put a limit
on the credulity of the average reader, or
at least tach him to take with a grain of
calt th extravagant and picturesque pre
dictions of those who expvot the Immediate
revolution of the world's transportation
methods and modea of communication
One of the policies of the Young Turk
government under th new res I in a Is an
effort tn Increase the Moslem and Jewish
population alonti the Fuiopean frotitlera of
Turkey, particularly where the boundary
touches I'.ulaarla and Greece. It is offici
ally r ported that S SuO Mnalrin and Jewlth
Immigrants from Huaula an I the Inde
pendent Balkan slates have thus been set
tled aa colon'sta w'thtn tho last year. The
Turkish government subsidise tha move
ment And the hih'h cost is likely to prove
Inlilbltlv at an early day.
For
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4f y line, rich
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B l."wCJIuaUy valuable
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Indispensable
For Home Balling
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Charlfs Evans Hughes evidently esteems
a justiceship In the hand more highly
than the presidency in th bush.
Richard Croker promises to divide his
tlm between New York, Palm Beach and
Dublin & sufficient variety of scenery to
keep him out of mischief.
Six elections for members of congress to
fill vacancies hav been held since the
present congress assembled and only one
standpatter won out. His name Is Moxley
and he halls from Chicago.
Mayor Gaynor of New York claims to
have- a plan for stopping extortion, bribery
and political corruption. The great beauty
about tha mayor's poelilon in that mat
ter, moreover, Is that he really aeems de
termined to put his plan In force.
Senator Julius Caerar Burrows of Michi
gan experiences much trouble In framing
up a return ticket without opposition. In
surgents are becoming offensively active
In reaching for his political scalp and
grave frar la felt that he will loss a
bunch of his hair, if not his hide.
Friends and admirers of Samuel J. Til
den are moving to honor hla memory by
the erection of a statue In the city of
Washington. Congress has already been
asked to appropriate fu0,M0 in aid Of th
movement, which Is receiving strong sup
port from democrats and many republicans
in congress.
Organized labor In Chicago Is opposing
the renomtnatton of Congressman James
T. McDermott of the Fourth Bllnols dis
trict, notwithstanding the fact that Rep
resentative McDermott la a union man.
John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chl
cLgo Federation of Ixtbor, has announced
his candidacy for Mr. McPermott's seat.
What Is called tha "first case of so
cialistic legislation ever signed by a Mass
achusetts governor" requires that eru
pleyrs, when advertising for employes
during labor strikes to explicitly mention
In such advertisement that a strike, lock
out or other labor disturbance exists. A
penalty of $100 goes with each violation
of the act, which becomes a law May 25.
PUT ON THE DATE.
Conanmera Shonlal Know th A are ot
Cold Moraa-e Goods.
Chicago Tribune.
. The proposed requirement that foodstuffs
L placed In cold storage shall be dated seems
to worry the warehousemen as much as It
pleases consumers. When the viewa of
middlemen and consumers clash about a
matter of this kind those of the latter
should prevail.
The objection of the warehousemen to
this legislation is that It would be mere
catering to what they call the whims and
fancies of consumers. It Is said that they
would pass by an egg which had spent rest
ful and improving months in cold storage
and give the preference to one Just laid;
that they would not buy salmon of last
year's pack It they could get some put up
this year, and that they would be ruled by
a silly Idea that poultry, unlike wines, doe
not Improve by keeping. The buyers, It is
alleged, would slight tha mora antique
goods and take th up to data ones un
lets. Indeed, an lnduoement wer held out
to them In the way of lower prices. That
la an Inducement which sellers are loath
to hold out. It would cut Into their profits.
The consumer Is not the notional fellow
the warehousemen would make him out to
be. Long keeping doe Impair the quality
of most articles. They lose flavor and
GOOD SECOND HAND PIANOS
LIKE THESE ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE
We1 have seven excellent ones rljfht now. We don't remem
ber a similar Instance during the last five years.
Buy a good second hand piano now and pay for it when you
please, next week we may not have one ot these left.
We will gladly give you the complete history of each one of
these pianos, where purchased, how old, original price, and by
whom. Every piano has been thoroughly overhauled by Mr.
George Khrcnhard, who is considered the best piauo builder ud
repairer in the west.
$400 Bush & Lane Piano, purchased by Mrs. one
year ago, traded a week ago for a Bush & Lane Player Piano.
Thla piano Is as good as new, has a 19-year guarantee on It,
and Is up-to-date in every rffspect, COOCJ
only cPJ
750 Kranich & Bach Baby Grand Piano, purchased by Mr.
three years ago and exchanged for Mason & Hamlin Parlor
Grand. This piano was in
elty and is absolutely first
only
$325 Cable-Nelson Piano, bought by Mr. from the
factory two years aso. exchanged for ono of our Apollo
Player Pianos a short time ago. The owner has never used
this piano, and It cannot, be told from a new one. C"fl '7'la
Ten-year guarantee with this piano, only ?
$3 00 H. P. Nelson Piano, wo bought from Mr. --. left tho
city. Our cash bought this
dition by our repairer, and
only
$500 Brand new Connover Piano, the only piano left from the
Swanson Co., Council Bluffs, stock. We have been asking
a little too much for this piano. Our price now QOJEI
will srll it quirk, only ?aUTIJ
$500 Knabo Piano, six years old, taken In trade from Mr.
for Krcnich & Bach Grand
has made this Instrument as
$350 Vose & Son Piano, bought
have the money. Our cash bought thla piario right, and we
will sell It with a small profit. Piano in fln 2"fJf
condition, only )iTEtJ
The name of the original owners of these pianos may be had
at our Btore. '
60 other Piano Bargains, some fine, some not so good, but every
one fully guaranteed by us. Prices up from 8 15.00
Investigate Our Piano Bargains Before You Make a Purchase.
A.. HOSPE CO.,
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some of them are apt to develop unpleas
ant peculiarities.
Let us lay down a principle: It Is that
the person to whom any article Is orfercd
by the retailer. Is entitled to full, accural
Information concerning It. If It be u coat,
he has a light to know whether It la all
wool or part cotton. If It Is salad oil, he
has a right to know whether 11 waa pressed
from olives or cotton seed. If It b
chicken he has a right to know how mu V
time has gone by since Its neck wu
wrung.
Some of his rights have been secured to
him by pure food legislation. A law re
quiring cold Hoiato goods to be dated
would secure him anoliier-'rluht. Then If
he bought musty eggs and poultry us
tasteless because of age ns basswood chips
he would do it knowingly.
LAUGHING GAS.
Cross Old Maid Sir, that miserable cur
Of yours bit me.
Dlsgrunted Neighbor Don't worry, about
him, my dear Miss i'rlm; lie hus a good
constitution and may recover. Kaltiinor
American.
Baplelgh Bah Jove, you know, an Idea
has occurred to me.
Miss Pert (mii ruptingly) Pardon me,
Mr. Sapleigh; Isn't tnat more than a mart
occurrence. I should call It an event.
Boston Transcript.
"Oh, Maud," said the other girl, "did you
notice that this seaside hotel advertises to
furnish young men escorts?"
"I know the kind," said Maud, bitterly.
"They are such silly sissies that a girl
feels like a chaperon every time she walks
out with them." Cleveland Plain .Dealer.
"Walter ask th orchestra to play some
thing different."
"Any particular selection, sir?"
"Something slower. I can't chew my food
properly In walls time." Louisville Courier
Journal. She Do you prefer an ugly woman with
brains, or a pretty woman without any?
He Madam, I prefer present company to
either.
(And she Is still wondering exactly what
ho meant.) Judge.
Parke Come on, old man, I am going on
a week's pleasure excursion. Don't car
what I do.
Dane Hut aren't you afraid your wifn
will get after you?
Parke She can't. Tho servants have all
left, and there ia no ono In th house toi
button her up. Uf.
Mrs. Caller Do you know tho woman
next door well enough to speak to"?
Mm. Subbubs Well enough? I know her
too well to apeak to. Boston Transcript.
His Wife (at breakfast) I don't see how
I can poeslbly spare the time to go to th
theater thla afternoon, but I've just got to
manage It some way.
Her Husband Is it really necessary that
you should go?
His Wife Why, of course It Is. They ad
vertise a "bargain matlnes." Chicago News.
LOVERS' LANE
'"Sarah N. Cleghorn In Everybody's.
If. April, when tho moon la full,
How many a dress of bright delaine
Goes arm in arm with some dark coat
Along th woods by Lovers' Lane.
Th newly plighted farthest roam,
And latest in the woods remain;
But brides end bridegrooms seldom Ieav
The homeward"end of Lovers' Lane.
Sometime a troop of children ttray
And follow In their parent' train,
To pick the sweet anemones
That grow so thick In Lovers' Lane.
Sometimes a lady walks alone,
With head inclined, aa If again
She heard a voice to us unknown;
(She seems at home In Lovers' Lane.)
A stranger, banished long ago
From thla graen path, forgives his pain.
And sends a little prayer to heaven
For all who walk In Lovers' Lane.
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one of the best homes of th
class
$450
piano cheap. Put in nno con
Is a fine bargain,
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