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Somehow the word, comet, is sug
gestive of comic opera.
Dr. Hyde was unable to convince the
jury that he was Dr. Jekyll.
Would it not be funny if they dis
covered that after all the comet had a
bob-tall.
The democrats have Harmon in
Ohio, but they still lack the "y" to go
with him.
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Why did not Dr. Cook think to
bring back the comet instead of the
North pole?
Those astronomers who talk up in
the millions all the time ought to
make good financiers.
Thus far Milwaukee's socialist
mayor has given that city an unex
pected surprise party.
Mr. Bryan spoke of being away from
us for six weeks in such a Bad tone.
.Well, we will try to bear up.
If Battling Nelson thinks Uncle Joe
cannot hit some let him be seated in
the house and start something.
His admirers declare that Mayor
Gaynor has saved $4,000,000 for the
city. Is that why he and Mr. Hearst fell
out?
Perhaps that storm that swept away
an Oklahoma town is the same one
that is sweeping away the governor of
the state?
A college professor has figured out
that this is 1913 and not 1910, but as
we have lost his name we cannot give
him the desired publicity.
At any rate those astronomers will
pardon us if we incline our ear the
other way from now on when they
mention the comet.
An observer remarks that Speaker
Cannon never walks, meaning that he is
not given to that sort of exercise. Yet
So one has ever heard of his crawling.
Having got his, J. Pierpont Morgan
cays the day for accumulating colos
sal fortunes has passed. Now is the
time, then to begin passing the for
tunes. Two St. Loulsans are fighting in the
courts over a coop of game corks. A good
chance for a young lawyer to win his
purs. St Louis Times.
Yes, and become the cock of the
walk.
If those t'allfornians succeed in
catching the comet by the tail, they
should summon Jack Johnson to come
and Jump aboard. Maybe that would
satisfy his craze for speed.
Although J. Warren Kelfer shook
his fist ' In the face of fate and pro
claimed that the new tariff was not
high enough, even at that, they could
not defeat him for renomlnation.
Still our anti-war senators probably
will admit that it may be better to
"lose our heads in building up a great
navy" than to lose them because some
other nation has a greater navy.
Can anybody Imagine that the most
distinguished American in the funeral
procession of King Edward did not
feel uncomfortable with those humble
flunkies shambling along beside his
carriage with their powdered wigs and
silk knickerbockers?.
The Confidential Stenographer.
The breach of trust committed by
a stenographer In the office of the sec
retary of the Interior in peddling out
information given him in confidence
has failed to strike a responsive chord,
notwithstanding his explanation that
he had been made to believe himself a
confidential clerk to the government
rather than to his superior officer. It
Is only on the theory that the end
Justifies the means that such treachery
can be condoned, and it is creditable
to the American sense of fair dealing
that even those who have no sympathy
for the victim have displayed no enthu
siasm over the recreant stenographer
w ho will probably have trouble in com
manding the confidence of a new em
ployer to the extent of being entrusted
with any information that he would
not want published to the world.
The cold reception accorded the
coup of the faithless stenographer is,
we submit, a good sign, and still more
reassuring is the extreme rareness of
the occurrence in which a stenographer
betrays confidence. There are proba
bly in this country hundreds of thou
sands of stenographers and personal
secretaries holding tae most intimate
relations with the business of their
employers and entrusted with informa
tion whose betrayal might mean finan
cial ruin or disgrace, and yet it is sel
dom, indeed, that perfidy is uncov
ered in such places. Although the
stenographer as a new member of the
industrial household has not been edu
cated up to the high code of profes
sional morals supposed to surround
therelations of lawyer
physician and patient.
and client,
priest and
parishoner, a high sense of honor and
fidelity 'is as much in evidence among
the ranks of the stenographers as a
whole as among the representatives of
these professional classes. It goes al
most without saying that Inviolable re
spect of confidence is the prime es
sence of the stenographer's work, and
that there are so few mercenary
traitors and spiesln this militant army
deserves appropriate tribute.
Fortunate Child of the West.
One of the most serious problems
perplexing the large eastern cities Is
how to protect the health 'of the child.
So many conditions there militate
against robust development that even
medical experts and scientists are up
in the air. School authorities in
particular find the task a grave one.
In New York City, with its big tene
ments and squalid quarters the peril
of childhood is grave and calls for
ceaseless vigilance from medical men
who have given deep thought to the
art of combatting conditions besetting
childhood. The simple matter of pure
air, which, of course, children of com
fortable parents nay obtain, is one of
the essentials to good health so diffi
cult to get into the lungs of the young
ster who comes from an unsanitary
home, romps only the narrow, busy
lanes of commerce and attends, per
haps, a school none too well adapted
to the exigencies of health.
Here in the west we sometimes
Imagine ourselves confronted with
problems in the health of the children
at large, but wherever that is the case
it is simply because somebody has
failed to avail himself of natural con
ditions amply adapted to the child's
well-being. We are too prone out
here in this broad dominion of "God's
glorious out-of-doors," to discount our
inherent blessings pure air, plenty of
green grass and shady trees and room
enough for armies of children. The
child of the west is the child of for
tune and If taught to appreciate and
realize on his extraordinary advan
tages In this respect, the lesson would
help make him a better child and a
more useful' citizen in later years.
The Crime of Blind Credulity.
The crime of blind credulity is one
of the oldest offenses in the category
of sin and one of the least excusable.
Wise men and ignorant commit It and
its perpetrators are its first involun
tary Victims, though society generally
helps pay the penalty, it Is the stock-in-trade
of the mountebank and the
demagogue. It thrives on emotion
and Impulse, but cannot exist against
sane, sober Judgment and deliberate
forethought.
The sensational press is one of the
products of unquestioning credulity.
It came Into being at a time when the
country was enjoying unbounded pros
perity and men were drunk with
visions of big things. Unscrupulous
promoters saw this and, being good
Judges of human nature, they saw
how prone men were to exaggeration.
how easy It would be to make things
bigger, to toy with public confidence.
They contrived a fake newspaper and
panned It off for a bona fide article.
filling it chiefly with ridiculous state
ments of its own greatness. They
found that Mr. Barnum was right
when he said the people liked to be
humbugged.
It is an element of mental and moral
weakness to accept too much on faith.
Thomas the Doubter is a stronger man
for demanding proof of the nail prints
he had not seen than the Impulsive
disciple who leaped to the conclusion
that It was bis Lord because someone
told him so. The faith of a DIdymus
that is founded upon the result of
honest Inquiry is more enduring than
the spontaneous Impulse of a credu
lous heart.
The crime of blind credulity is one
against which men must always be on
their guard if science and Industry are
to progress and the forces of nature
show us the truth. The principle of
law that presumes every man to be
Innocent until proven guilty beyond a
doubt quickly fortifies Itself by provid-
Ing a careful system of Jurisprudence
to verify or disprove this presumption.
When appearances may be deceptive
it may be well not to be over credulous.
The Royal Funeral.
The pageantry of King Edward's
funeral not only suggests the costli
ness of burying a British ruler, but
also the thought that it will require
several years more of democratic sov
ereignty to wean England away from
the ceremonies of its ancient courts.
Here is the most popular king Great
Britain has had, the most progressive
and informal, at whose obsequies every
form and custom of royal dynasties
are invoked in the expression of na
tional homage In solemn reminder of
the tenacity of tradition.
Edward VII has been referred to as
"England's first diplomat," but
whether that be true or not, he was a
potent factor In advancing Britain's
cause abroad, in promoting the princi
ple of constitutional government and
establishing world peace, and but for
his wise conservatism in the closing
months of his reign he would undoubt
edly have left the throne on trial, but
instead he had done more than any
other monarch to vindicate the system
of limited monarchial government and
stay the tide of public sentiment drift
ing toward its overthrow. And yet
not even such a life, nor the example
and influence of such a man, could
suffice to set aside the panoply of royal
mien at his own bier and tomb. As
great as had been his predisposition
toward democracy, even greater was
the indulgence of his people in the hol
low forms of the past.
Yet the ultimate lesson is a whole
some one. Edward's funeral, while
most imperialistic in outward aspects,
was at the same time the most popular
demonstration of the kind that was
ever made in historic London, and re
flects the love the people felt for their
king. Following the gilded carriages
of crowned heads from other nations
and representatives of republics, one
ex-president of the United States, came
the people, the proletariat, as it were,
bowed in a grief as genuine as that of
the nobility This, together with the
deeper significance of the entire dem
onstration a reverence for constitu
ted authority is a lesson the world
may study with profit; the lesson that
underneath the ostentation of royal
habit is the seed of true democracy
which the lamented king sowed in the
hearts of his people.
Faith Cure for the War Fever.
The nations of the world may advo
cate the limitation of armaments as
the surest step toward international
peace, but it is plain that they are not
going to cease building strong de
fenses so long as one nation has a
doubt of the other's sincerity. This is
more a matter of faith than It Is of
peace after all. When the powers can
thoroughly depend on each other's In
tentlons to refrain from war and to
carry out an agreement to limit the
munitions of war then and not until
then will they enter into and abide by
such an agreement.
But this faith is an advanced step in
economy of human progress whch
has hardly yet been reached, and until
It is reached the Mohonk conferences
and The Hague tribunals must have
patience with those practical men of
affairs who hold to the belief that
large armies and strong navies are
the surest conservators of world peace
In this day of restless ambition.
Decrying the wisdom of erecting
formidable armament as a means of
amity, we are told that "our nation is
In a better position than any other to
test the power of example in leading
the nations into the paths of peace."
Doubtless true, but regardless of
national prowess, no nation is apt to
go far in such a leadership until it
had absolute knowledge that every
other formidable government would
follow Its course. For our nation to
go it alone would be a showing of faith
unprecedented.
The Third Degree.
In his address as president of the
International Association of Police
Chiefs' meeting at Birmingham Major
Richard Sylvester, head of the police
department at Washington, was moved
to enter protest against "the wheel of
sensations" that has been made to re
volve around the so-called "third de
gree," charging upon the police of most
of our cities a systematic practice of
inhuman torture on prisoners in order
to force confession of crimes from in
nocent and guilty alike. "I am con
vinced," he declares, "that no such
barbaric acts maintain generally, or
even moderately, among the intelligent
protectors of lives and property, who,
on the other hand, have repeatedly In
these assemblages discussed the hu
mane handling of prisoners, endeavor
ing to promote kindness on the part
of the police toward children and to
secure the respect and confidence of
the good citizen' for him In whom is
entrusted the care of that which is
most valued."
While Major Sylvester is careful not
to assert that the so-called "third de
gree" Infamies have never existed, he
evidently wants the public to under
stand that progress is being made in
police organization and police methods
as it Is In all our other public activi
ties and that the inhumane handling
of prisoners is not the rule, but the
exception. Instead of being a regular
Institution resorted to on all possible
occasions by every metropolitan police
force, as people might Infer from the
lurid dramas that heve been woven
around It, the Bo-called "third degree"
atrocities are outlawed In all modern
policp departments, and are more
likely to break out among the amateur
police of small towns than among the
trained crime hunters of the big cities.
The so-called "third degree" lends
itself, however, so readily to sensa
tional treatment that we may expect to
continue to hear about ft right along,
but Major Sylvester's remonstrance
against the unfair imputation of sys
tematic police barbarism should have
a hearing.
The "Back-to-Nature' Fake.
The philosophical interludes which
Mr. RooBevelt ' sandwiches into the
narrative of his African hunting ex
periences have more than once chal
lenged our attention, and warrant al
lusion to the home thrust which he
gives to the "back-to-nature" fake in
the last installment of his serial con
tribution to Scribner's.
The notion that man is at his best
in his natural state, and that the ap
proach of the millennium must come
through the abandonment of civilized
arts and a reversion to a state of na
ture is a common preachment. It is
a remnant of the tradition that the
golden age was enjoyed by primitive
man and the conclusion that another
golden age will be ours only when we
restore the conditions of ancestral life.
Mr. Roosevelt's e'xDerlences in Africa
have evidently confirmed him In tne
belief that the "back-to-nature" cry is
on a par with the nature fake, for he
says:
It is only in nightmares that the average
dweller In civilized countries now undergoes
the hideous horror which was the regular
and frequent portion of his ages-vanished
forefathers, and which Is still an every day
Incident in the lives of most wild creatures.
But the dread Is short-lived, and its horror
vanishes with instantaneous rapidity. In
these wilds the game dreaded the lion and
other flesheatlng beauts rather than man.
Death by violence, death by cold, death by
starvation these are the normal endings of
the stately and beautiful creatures of the
wilderness. The sentimentalists who prat
tle about the peaceful life of nature do not
realize Its utter mercllessness; although all
they would have to do would be to look at
the birds in the winter woods, or even at
the insects on a cold morning or cold even
ing. Life is hard and cruel for all the
lower creatures, and for man also In what
the sentimentalists call a "state of nature. "
The savage of today shows us what the
fancied age of gold of our ancestors waB
really like; it was an age when hunger,
cold, violence, and iron cruelty were the
ordinary accompaniments of life. If Mat
thew Arnold, when he expressed the wish
to know the thoughts of earth's "vigorous,
primitive" tribes of the past, had really de
sired an answer to his question, he would
have done well to visit the homes of the
existing representatives of his "vigorous,
primitive" ancestors, and watch them feast
ing on blood and guts; while aa for the
"pellucid and pure" feelings of his imagi
nary primitive maiden, they were those of
any meek, cowlike creature who accepted
marriage by purchase or of convenience, as
a matter of course.
If the existence of the semi-savages
in darker Africa is anything like what
we would have to endure if we hould
really go back to nature, no one of
sane mind would for a moment think
of making the exchange of his own ac
cord. While gazing at the inspiring
pictures of human beatitude on the
threshold of civilization undisturbed
by the work and worries of these later
artificial Innovations, it is worth while
remembering that the man who is
nearest to nature is In all probability
also furthest from comfort and con
tentment, and absolutely devoid of all
the countless enjoyments which are
today freely In ' possession of the
humblest member of civilized society.
Charm of Buffalo Bill.
A storm of friendly protest greets
Buffalo Bill's announcement In the
east that this will be his last year in
the Wild West business. The most
conservative newspapers of New York
and other large cities editorially ex
press the hope that Colonel Cody may
yet decide to stay with the show as
long as he lives.
This is genuine and not feigned ad
miration for a man who for nearly
thirty years has gone up and down the
land and oyer the sea leading a host
of cowboys and Indians merged in late
years with rough riders from many
nations, exhibiting a congress of un
couth humanity. What is that charm
that has so fascinated the people of
the effete east and makes them reluc
tant to give up this annual festival?
How is it they have not grown weary,
as is the habit of Americans, with a
constantly recurring demonstration
that brings such rich financial returns
to its promoters?
The answer is that Colonel Cody,
while perhaps enriching himself and
business associates, has simply pre
sented to the world a picture of life in
the west as it was In the frontier days
when he, himself, rode the plains as
a cowboy. It is a picture that will
never lose its charm, nor its hold upon
the human heart. There is much in
congruity, of course, between life as it
existed on the "American desert"
thirty and forty and fifty years ago
and the representation as made in the
Buffalo Bill show, but the essence is
there, the spirit is there and there is
enough of the living realities to con
serve the charm.
They east is right; Colonel Cody, we
all may feel, should be privileged to
remain with his grand galaxy of rough
riders as long as he can ride with the
grace and ease that now distinguishes
his dashing figure. But whether he
retires at the end of this season or not,
he has earned the reward of having
always given the public the worth of
its money and he has earned the
greater reward of having kept alive,
as no other agency has done, a spirit
and a tradition well 'worth preserving
in the archives of our national affec
tion. The fact that Colonel Cody Is a
Nebraskan and started out his show
from Omaha la 1882 gives Nebraskans
additional reason to take credit In his
achievements.
Whatever may be said of the Inter
ior department stenographer's verac
ity, his sense of duty is peculiar. Thus
far what he revealed does not appear
to serve any great public good, nor
does it seem that its concealment
could have ever become a public In
jury. The fact Is violation of this sort
of trust stamps a man below the
standard of honor required in men of
such confidential position.
"Uncontamlnated soul, illustrious
leader, peerless philosopher, pure'
minded advocate of the people," that
Is what they called Mr. Bryan in New
York and he stood for it all until John
Temple Graves got up and said,
"From the tip of his eloquent tongue
he has plucked three presidential
nominations." Then he protested.
It is all right to say that pleasure
has taken its toll of Jim Jeffries in the
intervening years, but to talk about
Delilah having shorn Samson of his
locks is a little strong, since Jeff never
wore whiskers.
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Hired llonka Oat of Date.
8t. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The farmers of the west will not look at
a candidate for office who does not do his
campaigning in his own automobile.
I.onsT Distance Tonoh.
Baltimore American.
Liberia wants the United States to help
In refunding its Jl.000,000 debt. The world
seems to look upon this country as the
first-ald-to-the-lnjured gentral station. '
Pnncturtnu an Amnment,
Pittsburg Dispatch
The argument that the income tax fosters
perjury, and therefore should not be en
acted, seems to have a kick-back in It
when we. read of the arrest of eminent
citizens for swearing to false declarations
about goods they bring home from abroad.
Occupation and Longevity.
New York World. f
The deaths are recorded of a shipmaster,
aged M; a retired rived steamboat owner
and Board of Trade operator of the same
age, and a former locomotive engineer who
was 89. "The rtlatlon of occupation to
longevity is one of the things science is
slow in finding cut.
Never Had nil Imitator.
Century Magazine.
It is a tribute to Mark Twain's original
ity and spontaneity that he has never had
an Imitator. During a career reaching
back almost to the second series of the
"Blglow Papers," he has held the primacy
as master of both gentle and ironic wit.
Other humorists have come and gone, but
he has remained a standard, national and,
with all the flavor of the soil, unprovlnclal.
He was in his way as truly American as
Abraham Lincoln.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Judicial events in Kansas City' indicate
that tears shed by jurymen are not a safe
forecast of the verdict. .
What Mr. Roosevelt did for Europe Mr.
Halley did to the rest of mankind. Every
body worth while sat up and took notice.
Had astronomers fceen familiar with the
rules of the game, they might have con
nected with Mr. Halley's curves earlier in
the innings.
"Overwork." says a hygienist, creates
fatigue, stunts growth, invites disease, and
causes Individual and social depression."
Moreover, it interferes with going to the
ball game-
Four cities are rivals for the appropria
tion and the honor of the official Panama
exposition of 1915. San Francisco, Denver,
San Diego and New Orleans constitute the
melodious quartet.
Practical standpatters, who assert that a
college training doesn't pay, should get next
to the Harvard student who has mastered
the problem' of high thinking by living on
$1 a week, and then fade out of sight and
hearing, -
Assurances are given out that King
George is "onto his job" as early at 7 in
the morning. A man who pulls down a
pay check of $6,438.33 a day has good ex.
cuse for getting to his desk early and stay.
Ing late.
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.
New York World: The clergyman who
declared in Atlantic City that girla smoke
more cigarettes tnan Doys might be em
barrassed if any one asked him for proof
Because there is no proof. ,
Washington Herald: People are just aa
honest nowadays is they ever were." says
a Cleveland minister. Still, it does no
harm to hope they will be even honester
In the future assuming that there are de
grees of honesty.
Leslie's Weekly: A religious happening of
some Interest has been the controversy
raised In Germany, by Prof. Drews, as to
whether Jesus ever really lived or not
Germany is looked upon as a hotbed of
rationalism, but when on a recent Sunday
the leading Protestant organizations ar
ranged a great mass meeting to protest
against the heretlcaj views of Prof.
Drews, hour before the time appointed the
place of meeting, the Winter Circus, was
stormed by a crowd of 20,000, only a fourth
of whom could gain admittance. '
Mar 83, 1910.
Jacob Oould Srhurman, president of Cor
nell university, w as born May 22, is.il, a I
Prince Edward's Island. lie was professor
of philosophy before being promoted to
the headship of this great Institution. Dr.
Schurman has been entertained in Omaha
by the Cornell alumni and has made seveial
public addresses, always well received.
Paul Morton, president of the Equitable
Lile Assurance company and formerly tec
retary of the navy under President Roose
velt, Is 63 today. Although his parents had
located in Nebraska City, Paul Moiton
was born in Detroit, and with his brothers
maintains the old homstead as an arbora
tum In memory of their father.
Thomas H. Tibbies, now homesteader,
after running for vice president on the
populist ticket, is celebrating his 70th birth
day. He Is a native of Ohio and most of his
career ha been as a Journalist advancing
all the Isms on the calendar.
F.mll G. Hirsrh, the noted Jewish rabbi
of Chicago, was born May 22, 1401 in Uer
many. He is particularly outspoken in his
preachings and has lectured more than
once in Omaha.
George W. Wolfle, manager of the acci
dent department of the Fidelity Casu
alty company Is 29. He was born in Cincin
nati, and has been In the casualty Insur
ance business for nine years, first with the
American Accident Insurance company of
Chicago, and since 1K07 with the Fidelity
& Casualty company of Omaha,
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SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
He has no true faith in his god who has
none In himself.
The life of goodness leads to faith in tho
goodness of life.
The kingdom waits for every dav kind
ness and justice.
A crooked man is most llkelv to have n
smooth way with him.
The congregation is the best commantnrv
on the creed of a church.
It's better being one small blast furnace
than a dozen prairie fires.
It Is no use looking for wisdom on tr
without roots Ir. experience.
The best preDaratlon for a home in
heaven is making homes heavenly.
it is easy to prove your god by logic and
still be an atheist In your life.
A man is always most likely to get lost
when he is immersed in himself.
If you preach without thinking you will
find plenty to listen without doing.
The world knows the church by the kind
of people on whom she puts her Q. K.
Faith as to what may be, is mora! im
portant than conviction as to what is.
The leaders are those who work hardest
when they do not have to work at all.
No man can ' love the oppressed weak
who does not hate the strong oppressor.
Some men never make any steam save
by throwing cold water on other's fires.
Teach a child to die In the hymns on
Sunday and the temptations of the weak
will take care of the rest. Chicago Tribune.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Marjorle Didn't you see the mouse?
Madge Why, dear, I Just couldn't see it.
I had my old stockings on. Judge.
''I see that some pastor says churches
should have press agents."
"Well, If they want to compete with the
other press agents they'll have to engage
some mighty clever photographers to make
the publicity portraits of the ladies of the
choir." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Why do you insist on my going with
you when ' you ask father for my hand
again?" asked Ethelinda.
"Because," answered Claude, "1 don't
want to, give him any more opportunities
to presume because there are no ladles
present." Washington Star.
"My husband lauglud at me this morn
ii.g till I got as mad as a hornet."
"Why?"
"Just because I heard him talking of
wash sales and asked him to get me a
tub suit at once." Baltimore American.
"I cannot give you a favorable answer
until you have talked with my father."
The young man seized his hat.
"What's your hurry?"
"I take no chances," replied the youth.
I am going to see your father before you
can get to him."
And be hustled from the room. Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Rankin How did you manage to get the
ill will of Scraggles?"
Fyle You know he's been borrowing
small sums of me from time to time for
the last ten years? Well, a few weeks ago
PLAYER PIANO
A'simple explanation of the Player Piano situation that
gives you the correct basis for your investigation.
Is it not a fact that Pnderewiski or any other pianist
plays the prano by a downward stroke on the Piano keyt
Do you know what we mean by touching down on the key!
"is is not a fact that no other point contact in a player
piano is correct except that which the human fingers would
naturally seek?
IT 19 A FACT that the APOLLO is the only Player piano in the
world. In which the pneumatic finger touches down on the piano key
Just as a pianist plays the piano. We can make It very plain to you,
why no other manufacturer employs this correct method of construc
tion. This Information is bound to better qualify you to use your own
Judgment in deciding the player piano question.
Send for catalogue. Old pianos taken in exchange. '
Sold on easy payments.
A. HOSPE CO.
1S13 Doufjlos Street t)
-
$5
and upward when
mounted into ladles'
fancy rings in fine,
solid gold.
$io
nd upward when
mounted into lad
ies' car rings of
tliei purest solid
gold.
1522 Farnam
Street
VICHY
From i-ranee
Is only one of over 100 klys of Mineral
Waters we sell obtained T direct ahlp-
inentg from springs or the importer.
Crystal Lithla (Excelsior Springs) 6 gal
lon Jug, at Sa.00
Salt Sulphur, (Excelsior Springs) 6 gal
lon Jug, at Su.88
Diainonu Lithla Water, gallon buttle,
now at 40
1 dozen 94.00
Sulpiio Saline Water, qt. bottle 96e
1 diizeu. at fa. 9
Regent Water, iron, tit. bottle 86o
1 dozen, at 93.95
Caiidbad Sprudel Wasser, bottle . ...80o
1 dozen, at 99.00
French Vichy Water, qt. bottle 40
1 dozen, at 84.80
Appolllnarls Water, qts., pts. and Splits,
at .lowest prices.
Allouez Magnula Water, qt. bottle . .SSo
1 dozen, at ..88.80
Buffalo Lithla Water, ft gal. bottle . .SO
1 dozen case 98.75
Colfax Water, ft gal. bottle 35
1 dozen cade 93.80
Return allowance for bottles and jugs.
Delivery free in Omaha, Council Bluffs
and South Omaha.
Sherman & HcConnell Drug Co.
Corner 16th and Dodge Bta.
Owl Drug Co.
Corner !6th and Harney Ste.
I shut down on lending to him and began
borrowing from him. Chicago Tribune.
Peck I really think, my dear, that Miss
Brown will make our sou a good wife.
Mis. Peck (snappily) And what, sir, da
you know about good wives? Boston
Transcript.
WHY COMEST THOU I
Stephen Ghalmer.
Stranger with fiery name.
Flame eyes and jewel'd train.
Out of the sun's domain.
Why comest thou?
Waving a blazing brand,
High in thy fax-flung h-ndj
Thy hair a yellow strand.
Swept from thy brow! J"
Like to come bird of prey,
tBIotllug the sun's ray,
Circling and circling aye
Whence? Whither? Whyt
What be thy name and willt
Com'tit thou for good or ill?
Snaring athwart the hill,
Brooding on high.
Alt thou some fiendish star,
, Leaving calm fields afar,
Seeking fresh worlds to mart
Or, blown astray
Striving to find a spot.
Ancient und half-forgot,
There, in some ordered lot.
Thy head to lay?
Stranger with fiery name.
Flame eyes and Jewel'd train.
Out of the sun' domain
Why comcet thou?
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