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changed as often na requested.
The hobo problem remains a mov
ing question.
Commander l'tiary gets a promotion.
And Cook, what does he get?
t
So long as forest fires continue
there will be work for the pioneer.
1 Notice the influence on history of
that St.' Paul conversation congress?
Is Mr. Kdlson boosting for electric
light bills In telling us we all sleep
too much? "' .
Hope for the best, but count on
the worst and you will train for the
strain of life.
Sir Thomas Lipion is planning on
running for parliament, if no cup is
put up as a trophy he niay win.
Unfortunately the Portugal situa
tion offers nothing yet for Provisional
President Braga to brag about.
It does seem a little inexplicable
why costly prizes should be offered
for reckless automobile driving.
Mr. Hearst probably preferred to
run for lieutenant governor, thinking
the defeat would be more impersonal.
Have, you registered? If not, the
last chance comes Saturday, October
29. Mark it down ou your calendar.
The Wisconsin patriarch of 73 who
married a girl of 23 showed that he
Is not superstitious of the number,
anyway.
If he is not careful, someone about
next April Fool's day will spring Jas
per L. McBrlen for the presidential
nomination in 1912.
At any rate, Edgar Howard has the
corroborative testimony of Mr. Bryan
that Mr. Hitchcock deliberately mis
represents and deceives.
Things come to him who waits, but
if ho would only watch as well as
wait he might be able to dodge a few
before they reached him.
One could not blame the kaiser if
he reiterated his denial of the report
that his daughter is engaged to
Manuel, now only a has-been king ofj,nfluence exerted to force th poor
Portugal.
Somebody has expressed the opinion
that Queen Made has spared the
slipper and spoiled the crown in the
case of Manuel. But he is getting
hia now.
A pistol fight in the heart of New
York city suggests the advisability of
the west Bonding a few refined cow
boys into the wild and woolly east
to restrain It.
A Yale professor is afraid the
United States Is going to become a
monarchy. Afraid? Or just saying
bo to out-radical the Chicago univer
sity professor?
I. A. Hlx Is running for congress
on the democratic ticket in a New
York district, which ought to fix the
rhymstere who are trying to mix
something with Dix.
"Portugal see mi to have gone dem
ocratic by a decisive majority," aayg
the Houston . Post. Yes, typically
democratic fighting and tearing
down; ..but republican, you notice, in
building vp,
As to the Tariff Pledge.
Democrats are seeking to deceive
the people In the present campaign as
to the republican platform pledge of
1908 for a downward revision of the
tariff, a revision that would equalise
the cost of production at home and
abroad, and are continually misquot
ing the president in unconditional ap-p-oml
f the entire tariff law that be
came effective In August, 1909.
People who are not familiar with
the facts, or who have not taken the
pains to keep them In mind, may be In
fluenced by this deception, but those
who have made It their business to
keep Informed of events know better.
They know, of course, that the repub
lican platform of 1908 did make this
plc-s". but It did not make it to be re
deemed completely In one year, or two
years. They know, also, that Presi
dent Taft, himself, admits that further
revision of the tariff is necessary be
fore the pledge is fully redeemed, and
that the party, under the president, is
committed to a further revision
through the commission. Again, they
know that President Taft, himself, has
reiterated his disapproval of certain
schedules particularly that relating
to woolen goods in the tariff law and
declared that Improvement must be
made. The president has never at
any time given a sweeping endorse
ment of the tariff law In all its parts,
but has declared that as far as it
goes it is a substantial compliance
with the rarty's pledge and that It Is
a distinct improvement over the Ding
ley law, which it supplanted.
The fact of the matter is, as the
democrats well know, that the present
tariff law has accomplished moro of
actual beneQt to the varied Interests
of the nation than any tariff it ever
had, and yet if the republicans are re
turned to power in congress the work
thus begun will be concluded and a
finished product of tariff revision given
to the country. Of course, those vot
ers who do not want a tariff at all, un
less all the protection to American
labor is revised out of It, may vote the
democratic ticket.
For democrats to argue that the re
publicans have not kept the faith sim
ply because in one session of congress
they were unable to produce a perfect
tariff law free from flaws is captious.
The republicans did in one session
more than any party ever did before
in two. And a really important point
which the democrats are careful to ex
clude from their exhibition of cant is
that what tariff legislation has been
enacted has been put Into operation
,'j without serious disturbance of general
business conditions, but, on the con
trary, has Improved all kinds of busi
ness. That tariff, too, has yielded
more revenue, has obtained the admis
sion free of all duty abroad of more
American goods, has brought free Into
this country more imports of neces
saries of life than any other tariff we
have ever had and, more than that, it
has reduced average rates below, not
only the DIngley law, but below the
Wilson law, that last democratic tariff
denounced by the last democratic
president as "a piece of party per
fidy." And if the voters do their duty at
the polls this fall they will endorse
what has been done In the direction of
downward revision and commission
another republican congress to go on
with the work, under guidance of the
tariff board.
The Self-Sacrifice of "Jim."
A letter signed by "Jim" Dahlman
accompanying his renunciation of the
democratic nomination for land com
missioner In 1S94 in favor of a one
armed union veteran of the civil war
who had been nominated for the same
otllce on the populist ticket, has been
dug up and reprinted to impress pop
ulists and old soldiers with the debt
of gratitude they owe this heroic' self
sacrifice. The letter is interesting
and well composed, and we only won
der who wrote it for him.
The degree of self-sacrifice, how
ever, must be measured In the light of
then existing conditions. No nominee
on the democratic ticket in a three
cornered contest could hope to' get to
first base In 1894, so that what Mayor
"Jiin" gave ul was mPrfiV the privil
ege of being at the bottom of the list
of "also rans."
Another tell-tale mark In the letter
is found in its date scarce two weeks
before election. In other words,
Mayor "Jim" did not pull out until
every effort had been made and every
one-armed union veteran populist to
get off the track In favor of the able
bodied democratic cowboy. And it
should be also here recorded that
Mayor "Jim" soon claimed and got his
reward at the next turn of the wbeeel
by appointment to the lucrative Job of
secretary of the State Board of Trans
portation, in which he proved so serv
icable to the railroads.
Still another paragraph of this In
teresting letter is worthy of attention,
wherein it says in conclusion:
And now and hereafter I will be found, as
In the past, fighting for the cause of
democracy, as a democrat, t.erauae I be
lieve In Us principles ss a fighting demo
crat never having shirked the performance
of any duty however unpleasant.
This is the same Mayor "Jim" now
running as the democratic nominee for
governor who Is appealing for repub
lican votes to give him the victory and
help put him where he ran fight BtlU
more effectively for the cause of
democracy and against all republicans.
He wants republicans to forget every
thing the republican party stands for
and to overlook the Indefensible rec
ord of the democrats ilf rne state
house and vote the democratic ticket
I merely uevause uo ubs ninae a coiu-
pact with the brewers and corpora
tions to protect them against unde
sirable legislation.
The Real Roosevelt.
Roosevelt in an airship shows off to
remarkable advantage. It Is a fine
thing that he took the flight. It made
possible a clear, clean, unobstructed
view of the real Roosevelt, such as
the jungles of Africa or the storm of
politics might obscure. People may
differ with the man all they will In
any of the various fields of discussion
he enters, but It is a peculiar Ameri
can who cannot find in his fearless,
intrepid, dashing nature something to
provoke his most ardent admiration.
He has an utter Indifference to
danger, a happy-go-lucky element
about him that crops out at such times
forcibly challenging admiration.
In this instance, however, It is
barely possible that the aviator who
was so anxious to have the colonel for
a fellow-passenger had wished before
he got back to earth that he had
chosen another. He might have known
that a man who pulled off his coat
at the mere suggestion of a flight
would not sit still In the boat or keep
his hands on any one thing. Ex
perienced aviators make as little fuss
as possible when up several rods In
the air; they keep their hands and
feet and body as still as possible, but
Colonel Roosevelt has shown them
that is all useless, that if a man hap
pens to feel the impulse coming over
him to call down to his friends on
the earth and wave his hands and
arms at them, he can do so and the
skilled aviator can do the best he can
toward maintaining his own equi
librium and that of his machine.
But when did Theodore Roosevelt
follow prescribed rules, or bow to
mere precedent, either on land or
sea? And if not there, why in the
air? Mr. Arch Hoxsey probably will
go slow in Inviting Colonel Roosevelt
to make any more aeroplane voyages
with him, but in the meantime the
colonel has had another "literally
bully time."
No Danger of Disturbance.
President Taft's recent utterance
that he sees no danger of a "financial
disaster" whether the supreme court
decisions in the cases of the big cor
porations go for or against the latter,
is taken in business circles as reflect
ing not only his views, but those of
financial leaders, which have been
conveyed to him. Those speculative
Interests that may be seeking to
arouse fear or Impair confidence
ought to heed this advice. The presi
dent said:
I do not share these fears that de
cisions adverse to the corporations would
greatly disturb financial centers, would
halt general business, and would bring on
financial disaster.
It gives me the greatest satisfaction to
nay that In spite of all the rumors of
possible business stagnation our basic pros
perity Is assured for the coming year.
The Financial World of New York
says of the president's view:
We are convinced that he was voicing
the feelings of great captains of Industry
who had conveyed to him the Information
that they were not looking for disaster,
but prosperity.
Dun's Review for the last week
says:
The Industrial and mercantile outlook Is
better than statistics of actual transac
tions inuicate. business senumeni is ai-i
ways prone to outrun current trade, and
there are certain evidences of a more en-
couraglng view of the business position.
The president Is therefore con
firmed in his view that "our basic
prosperity is assured," and that the j
mere passing by the supreme court
upon the system of business as rep-j
resented in the suits of the so-called
Tobacco trust and the Standard Oil
cannot militate substantially against
the established condition of business.
The country Is on too solid a financial
and industrial footing to be over
turned by such an extraneous Influ
ence and it is but inviting a harmful
state of public mind to pretend other
wise. Senator Norris Brown has thor
oughly exposed the false and malicious
character of the attack on Senator
Burkett's votes on free lumber. When
the tariff bill was in the making Sena
tor Brown and Senator Burkett voted
together on every roll call on the lum
ber schedule. They voted for the
amendments for free lumber that were
proposed on the square and voted
against the fake amendments offered
by democratic senators for the sole
purpose of putting republicans in the
hole. In the meantime, when the
tariff bill came out of conference for
vote on Us adoption. Congressman
Hitchcock, utterly neglectful of the in
terests of his constituents, had de
camped for Europe, where he was dis
porting himself with other rich Amer
ican pleasure-seekers' who go abroad
to spend their money.
The way the democrats are going!
I
the limit in the county board and city
council to save those voting machines
at no matter what expense to the tax-'
. , -i . '
payers is pretty good proof that they
believe the salvation of the demo-
cratlc ticket in this county depends
on forcing voters to pull the straight
party lever. If that is the case, they
must not blame republicans for pre
ferring to avoid, under the circum
stances, going up against this machine.
From the Winnebago Indian reser
vation to the north of us ronies a re
port of great surprise that so many
bids were received for heirship lands
put up at public Bale, and offering
fairly good prices. If this Is true,
there Is good reason for surprise, for
heretofore all the laud-grabbers In the
vlulnity of the reservation have been
In conspiracy to rob the Indians at
every opportunity, and rather than
pay market value for the land pre
ferred to pay each other not to bid or
to reciprocate courtesies by pooling
Issues and dividing the plunder. If
the same old bunch of grafters are
still playing the game their bids will
bear close Inspection even now.
"I think that the surest way to
prevent an agreement is to indulge
in useless recriminations," says
Theodore Roosevelt, Bpeaklng of unity
in the republican ranks. To those
passionate democratic patriots who
had counted on decoying Colonel
Roosevelt Into their trap this must
be very consoling, Indeed. H cer
tainly Is gratifying to all republicans
who have the party's good at heart.
South Omaha public school teachers
want more pay. The quickest and
surest way ;o get It Is by annexation
with Omaha. If the South Omaha
schools and the Omaha schools were
under one Jurisdiction the pay of
teachers of the same grade and experi
ence would be uniform.
Down in the Fourth congressional
district Matt Miller, the doughty dem
ocratic war horse, is giving it to Good,
the perpetual nonpartisan democratic
candidate for higher-salaried office,
good and plenty. We trust the amen
ities of campaign etiquette will be ob
served. Colonel Roosevelt hit the bull's-eye
when he said that if put to a vote of
all the people tariff that offered no
protection, that Is, for revenue only
or free trade, would be overwhelm
ingly defeated In this country.
Prof. Crabtree doubtless by this
time has a more correct appreciation
of the bouquets showered on him last
winter by democratic newspapers that
are now handing him cabbages and
stale hen fruit.
Edgar Howard says It makes no dif
ference whether or not he opens a
poker game with prayer, but that the
real question Is, How much money
stolen from the state treasury by Bart
ley was pocketed by Hitchcock?
Polish I nK a "I.onloal Point."
Pan Francisco Chronicle.
Omaha Is for a San Francisco fulr. Just
give the rest cf the prairie cities time and
they will follow suit. The "logical point"
for westerners Is the Golden Gale.
A Uarland for Modesty.
New York Sun.
How many of the thousands to whom
the name of Hoko Smith has long been
familiar know the man to whom he owes
all his political success, the Insplrer and
guardian of his career, the gifted but too
retiring Poke 'Bosks?
Optimism In the West.
Minneapolis Journal.
It la the west that Is the optimistic part
of the country. We are so close out here
to the production of things that pessimism
can never remain with us long. Wall streoi
becomes blue, and the east takes Its color
from Wall street, and the west feels It In
time. Rut the west soon throwe It off, for
there are too many fertile acres out here,
too many prosperous people and too much
enterprise for pessimism ever to be popu
lar. Manners Inglorious Retreat.
Springfield Republican.
The number o( icasualtles reported from
Lisbon indicates that the royalists were
capable of desperate fighting, but the early
flight of the royal family from the 'king
dom, of course, disheartened the monarch's
supporters. A king who runs away In such
a crisis Is not . worth fighting for; and
bloodshed In support of his cause becomes
a crime. What would have happened had
the monarch been a person of some force
'and courage can pnly be surmised, but prab-
ably there would today be civil war raging
throughout the country,
lit SIS OF PIIOSPKHITY,
Nature's Houiitlful Response to Man's
Industry.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Corn Is still king of all the great staple
crops raised In the United Mates. Ac
cording to the exhaustive report pub
lished In the Knqulrer, the yield of corn
will exceed two' and three quarter billion
of bushels which at market prices ought
to produce for the farmer almost a bil
lion and a half In money. The figures
are stupendous and almost Incomprehen
sible. The total Is almost equal to the
cotton and wheat production combined.
When the magnitude of these great
staples is borne in mind it Is difficult
to conceive where the calamity howler
finds ground for the pursuit of his call
ing. These great crops spell prosperity,
and, notwithstanding the prating and
croaking of deniogogues, they prove con
clusively that the country is fundamen
tally sound and healthy. There Is a real
basis form prosperity, and neither the
basis nor the condition that It portends
can be destroyed by the drooling of
croakers.
Our Birthday Book
October 13, 1910.
Arthur Crittenden Smith, president of
M. R. Smith Co.. wholesale dry goods,
was born October 11, 113. In Clnclnnatus,
New York. He Is a graduate of Harvard
and also holds the distinguished title ot
colonel by appointment on Governor Shel
don's staff.
w- Hitchcock of Webster. llward i
Co., Insuiance, with offices In the Bee
bulldlnKi , forty-nine today. He was
born In Homer. N. V. He was In abstracts
uni1 law ln wiiber. Neb., in is, and editor
of the Alliance Times for six years until
h m m,mber uf fnmfM fjrm ,
omaha in lxys.
In this food you get all of the nutritive properties
of combined cereals Wheat, Rice, OaU and Barley.
Try it
Ask Your Grocer.
Plucking Poor Lo
Three Kspert Fletnres of the Mich
Indian, the Oreedy Lawyer and
the Great Wealth In Bight.
Francis E. Leupp. former commissioner of
Indian affairs, in a discussion of "The In
dian Land Troubles and How to Solve
Them." In the American ltevlew ot Tte
views. sketches the primary cause In these
words:
Nine attorneys out of ten who settled in
the (Indian) territory and undertook to
practice under Us medley of stntutes soon
discovered that there was more profit to
be pent from land than from law. Some of
them made a study of the protective short
comings of the various enactments, which
would enable a shrewd fellow to speculate
In agricultural property or town lots or oll
bearlng lands without getting his own neck
in the baiter, whatever might befall the
less skilful partners whom he drew into
his enterprises. In such a chaotic atmos
phere, not only the poor, Ignorant, stolid
Indians who constituted the lowest stratum
of the tribes, but also those of fair Intel
ligence, became Utterly bewildered as to
their civic status. They did not know
whether they owned anything that they
could sell, or whether they could bind
themselves or anybody else by contract.
If speculators offered an Indian 26 fr a
farm worth 12.500. he was liable to sell it
and take bis chances of ever being com
pelled to make delivery. Sometimes the In
strument he was required to sign before
receiving his money was an outright deed,
sometimes an agreement to sell, as soon as
his restrictions should be removed. Is It
wonderful that many of the Indians, bad
gered and perplexed, grew so weary of
these uncertain conditions that they prayed
the government to wind up their affairs
and divide the remnants without more ado?
Tho rens.w was not that they enjoyed any
better than ever the prospect of parting
with their property, but that they felt that
when It was gone they would at least have
peace, and that the proceeds. In hard dol
lars, would be theirs to keep, to spend, or
to throw away as they chose.
By way of Illustrating the pernicious con
sequences of mixing lobby work with reg
ular professional practice. I might cite the
case of the "Old Settler" Chcrokees, who
won a Judgment of $800,000 against the gov
ernment in the court of claims some time
in the early '90s. No sooner was the re
sult announced than It was discovered that
IL'OO.OOO of this amount was claimed by a
group of attorneys, who bad arranged
among themselves what percentage every
one was to take. As they were unwilling
to let the money be paid to the Indians
and then collect their fees from their al
leged clients, congress so worded the appro
priation as to empower the secretary of the
interior to Betlle tho amounts to be paid
the several attorneys. Hoke Smith, who
was then secretary, made a painstaking In
vestigation of their respective services. In
Borne instunces the claimants could not
show any work done, and In noma others
so little as to be unworthy of considera
tion. A few he found to have a reasonable
basis for their bills. Having. made up a
schedule which he regarded as fair, he
called In the beneficiaries and took from
them receipts In full. The reassembling of
congress, however, found the whole pack
yapping at Its doors, demanding more. One
of the attorneys had a kinsman In the
senate, to whom all ha.ids looked to see
them through. In the privacy of a com
mittee room the matter was threshed out
and nearly JSO.Oio was appropriated for the
relief of the attorneys without any visible
Justification. The total "pickings" from
that Job were not far fro.n $120,0000.
Roughly speaking, there are about 80,000
Choctaw and Chickasaw men, women and
children Interested In the segregated coal
fields, and the coal fields are regarded aa
practically of controlling importance In
the soft coal commerce of the southwest.
With this splendid estate In full view, and
a lively sense In the mind of every local
speculator that If he does not gat a part
of It Borne rival will, the present scandal
Is probably only one of many to which we
shall be treated unless a radical change Is
made in the plans for disposing of the
property. No matter how It may be sold,
the air will b thick with Insinuations, If
nothing worse, against the persons who
oversee the bargain In behalf ot the In
dians: If they are a government board, as
proposed by Secretary Balllnger's repre
sentative, Mr. McHarg, they accepted too
low a price; if private agents, they charged
too high a commis ion; In either event,
they adopted an unwise method ot sale; or
what not besides. Regardless of the ir
responsible sources of such criticism, most
of the Indians, and half the rest of the
public, will probably suspect that there
must have been something either wrong
or careless In the transaction. What Is
worse, there will be no way of meeting
these strictures; for the Indians will huve
been selling something whose value no
human mind could forecast with accuracy
while the purchaser will have bought at
best an attractive gambler's chance.
5 lTl HE GOING TO SLEEP.
Tints of Earth and Sky In Autumn
Duys. '
Chicago Tribune,
On these September days It Is good to
consider the great, silent miracle that
earth Is spreading before the eyes of those
who will see. Once more she turns the
magic ball of the seasons and summer's
biasing harmonies give place to the deeper
and richer painting ot autumn. Over the
sky is drawn a subtle veil, as If that magic
element which blesses Italy had spread
across the Atlantic, to soften our garish
American light. In the meadows masses
of boltonla wave tn the wind. Tho golden
rod Is turning to a bronze more beautlfu
than Its earlier gold, but the sunflowers
cling to the tidy yellow of their prime.
The first birds of the migration have come.
There is nu land under the sun where
autumn should be prized aa It should be
with us, because there is no land where
Its serene and sugges,.ve beauty Is more
needed to refresh the spirit. The high
keyed life of America, the hurry and striv
ing belong perhaps to a rare like ours.
Hut all the more -o we need some mo
ments of that rich thoughtf ulness which
earth ln autumn Inspires. If in the civil
isation we are making there must be, In
the main or for centuries to come, that
which belongs to the hard brightness of
our atmosphere and the clear cut outlines
of our landscape, all the more do we need
to dwell sometimes on beauty that turns
toe spirit Inward, that beckons the soul.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
So fnr as known, the Chinese senate sot
throuiih its first session without trimming
an Insurgent queue.
The determination of the Chinese to dis
pense with their queues Is likely M relieve
the tension ln fashion's "rat" market.
One of the tlnclad, hand dcconiti d safes
of a firm of New York promoters was
pried loose with a can opener. The labor
ers were rewarded w;th a find of 17 cents.
Mrs Harriet M. Martin of Newcastle. N.
H., who Is M years old. Is the oldest "office
girl" In the world. It Is believed. rot
many years she has been In charge of a
doctor's office In that town.
Magazine muckraking would seem to
have passed the safe and sane Hin t In
charging a former president of r railroad
with having resigned his position because
freight rates on his road were too high.
The official figures of the senatorial
primary election In Wisconsin show that
Sonator La Kollette carried 2.2W election
districts, and only forty gave mojorlt'rs
against him. His majority over all was a
trifle above 40.000.
One of the two wings of the republican
party In Mason county. West Virginia, is
marshaled by Mrs. Livid Simpson l'offen
berger. wife of Judge Poffenbergr of the
tate supreme court. The opposing leader
Is a mere man, who Is an object of public
sympathy.
Texas is developing Its resources and In
creasing In pnpulnt on at a rcmorkable
rate, and the city of Dallas Is the munici
pal drum major of the band at the head
of the procession. This fact Is emphasized
by the silver anniversary number of the
I'nllas News. Three states of the size of
Nebraska could be carved out of the Lone
Star state and leave considerable margin
for decorative purposes, and this vast ter
ritory of magnificent distances, Its unique
history and unlimited resources, nre
epitomized by tho News with rare skill
and accuracy. It Is a vivid mnvtrig pic
ture of the development of the great south
west, of which Iallas Is the hub.
M'I'KKMK I'Ol'HT CIIIMUKS.
Great lleionlblllly Imposed on
President Taft.
Kansas City Star.
The greatest responsibility lying within
the appointing power of the president of
the I'nlted States is ln the selecting of
Judges for the supreme bench. Winn Mr.
Taft was a candidate for the presidency
one of the strong points urged in his favor
was that ho would be especially fitted, by
his familiarity with the requirements of
high Judicial position and his exalted at
titude toward the supreme bench, to moke
the best possible appointments to fill the
probable vacancies that would occur In
the succeeding administration.
The appolntmept of Governor Hughes
to be an associate Justice and the an
nouncement that he Is to be advanced to
take the place of the late Chief Justice
Fuller have met with national favor, for
the selection was obviously fine in every
way. The other appointment made by
President Taft, that of Associate Justice
Lurton, was well received so for as the
qualifications of the Tennessee Jurist were
known. And now. with the resignation of
Justice Moody and the prospective pro
motion of Justice Hughes, two more va
cancies will be made. It Is probable, too,
that President Taft will have the ap
pointing of at least one, and perhaps two,
more supreme Judges. Even one more ap
pointment would make a majority of the
court Taft-appolnted men. No other presi
dent, except Washington, who named the
original court has had the appointing of
so many supreme court Justices. The re
sponsibility Is especially heavy because
It must be exercised at a time when great
questions affecting the relations of the
people and the predatory Interests are
passing through the tribunals of Justice
and at a time when the tradltlonul and
very necessary confidence In the courts
has been disturbed by some of the rulings
in the lower Jurisdictions.
A.H
1513 Douglas Street.
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Whoever you are and whatever YOU tvhh
to pay. Your best choice is among these:
Some of those nre more expensive thnn others. Many
of the most attractive designs are priced at very moder
ate figures. Some are ns much as $100 less than is de
manded for similar grades in other music stores. Any
one that you select will give you the greatest possible
value for the price asked. Therefore you may select in
accordance with your own idea of the price you wish to
pay, knowing you will receive the most satisfactory in
strument that amount will buy.
Bargain Department: Here are many choice
pianos worth about double the prices asked.
There are new ones of complete lines and slight
ly used instruments received in exchange. Near
ly all the famous makes are represented. Come
and see.
(Jroup of five fine upright
pianos, each with I'iano
Player and music. Worth
new up to $750. Q0Q1
Used aud cut to. . VUO i
Player Piano, latest model
brand new, free ClQT'
music Void
Easy payments allowed on any piano bouqht here.
A. Mospe Co.
1513 Douglas Street
Absolutely Pure
Tito only baking powtfor
matfo from Royal Crapo
Cream of Tartar
Ho Alum, Ho Lime Phosphate
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
"Your face Is h mass of scars, lid
you cut yourself while shaving'.'
"No, but 1 muiiHKcd to suave myself
while cutting." Cleveland Leader.
"lllghtower, the big center, doesn't pluy
th' varsity team tltjs season."
"Hurt?"
"No. He's got a weak memory and. can't
learn the rules." Cleveland littlu 1 'eoJer.
"1 was In hopes, when I married, that
I lould give my w ile every thing slio
w anted.''
" ell?"
'i didn't think her yearning capacity
would be so much greater than my earn
ing capacity." VMastilngUm Herald.
"You don't mean to tell me that you ate
going lo wear a mixture of red. brown and
jellow puffs?"
"for one evening only," replied the
bride. "1 had Ihese made from the various
locks of huir that my husband hud on
I, and when 1 married him. The original
donors will all be at the ball tonight."
VNaslungton Star.
THE UNMELANCHOLY DAYS.
W. I. Ncsblt In Chicago Post,
"The melancholy days have come" 'tis
well that lie who penned
he poem which begins iliut way long
eince came to his end.
The melancholy days, forsooth! The apples
In the bin.
The grapes that are ho full of Juice It
neai ly bursts their skin.
The puwpaw s grow ing greenish-brow n and
tat as butter balls,
The bluck-haw plumping till at last front
sheer delight it fulls.
"The melancholy days?" O, sniff the am
bient atmosphere
And get the bcent the the Jocund breeze
is wafting to us here
The pungent splciness and tang that woo
belated bees
And tell us that somewhere today beneath
the orchard trees
A copper kettle bubbles full of apples but
ter! Say!
What kind of man could say this Is a mel
ancholy day?
O, let us weep because the gorgeous pump
kin waxes fat!
There is a world of sadness In the very
thought of that,
Full soon we'll bring the pumpkin In and
cut it Into dice
And put It on the stove and boll it maybe
once or twice.
Then later on we ll sit about the groaning
board and sigh.
Because wo lack capacity to eat the whole
big pie! '
"The melancholy days have come" O, aeej
these bitter tears!
The Joyous hour for mincemeat pie wltn
O, let the wintry blizzards blow, ana xetcn
vour Killing rrosi.
But bring the mincemeat season ana the
world Is not yet lost.
The melancholy days are near oua,
brother, can't you guess
The nectar of the gods Is dripping fronj
the cider press!
Co.
Mason & Hamlin
Kranich Bach
Krakauer
Kimball
Hallet & Davis
Bush I? Lane
Cable-Nelson
Pianos.
And the celebrated
Apollo and Boudoir
Player -Pianos.
(Sood upright pianos, used
but thoroughly renewed
by our own experts, Amaz
ing values nt $125, ffOP
$115 and $0d
Hnby (Jrand Pianos, makes
well known. First class
condition values up to
$850, $450, $490 and $575.
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