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JANUARY CIRCULATION.
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Jtat of Nebraska. County of Douglas, aa:
liwlght Wllllame, circulation manager of
Tha be Publishing company, twin duly
a worn, aaya that tha average daliy cir
culation, leaa spoiled, unuaed and returned
coplea, for tha month of January, 111.
45,J6. DW1UI1T WILLIAMS,
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Btibarrlned In my preeenre and aworn to
before ma thla 1st day of February,
(8eel.) ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary l'ubllc.
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And now Wisconsin la
blow out the Match trust.
trying to
"Dr. Cook has $75,000 in
solvent bank," so we are told,
he hasn't.
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Then We move for the appointment of a
referee between "Dan" Butler and Lee
Jlerdoian.
One shudders to think of the possi
bility of fraud entering into that fraud
investigation at Danville.
Champ Clark is already beginning
to appreciate bow uneasy rests the
hand that holds the gavel.
The News and Courier of Charles
ton says somebody has written to ask
who Is Editor Bok'a husband. Jealous!
Unreliable rumor baa it that Nat
Goodwin has had a proposition to go
td Utah and aettle down to quiet mar
ried life.
"San Francisco Win Fair." Head
line in Kansas City Star. But that
does not convince New Orleana that it
was fair.
The Standard Oil knows one charge
that cannot be brought against it
again, anyway, for It holds the written
rtractioh.
New York had 40 per cent more
homicides In 1910 than the year be
fore. It it aurely a killing pace they
lire there.
It must pain the heart of Mr. Bryan
to Dote this coldness between those
two former friends, Messrs. Harmon
and McLean.
Why does Joe Bailey squirm every
time anybody mentions fraud In con
nectloa with the election of a United
States senator T
In some cities where the councilmen
ate called the city dads the bosses
might properly be alluded to aa the
city god-fathers.
When Mexican soldiers speak of
having a "brush" with Insurrectos
they should specify whether it is sage
brush or cactus.
This thing of kings suing to vindi
cate their Donor may become catching.
Here Is King Manuel of the Gypsies
bringing action in Memphis.
The fact that Governor Woodrow
Wilson forced the election of Senator
Martine, a Bryan democrat, might
hare a lot of influence on the Ne-
Nebraska delegation next year.
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The killing of a brother of the Brit
ish minister of foreign affaire by a
Hon In South Africa puts some point
on Colonel Roosevelt's jocular asser
tlon. that while he waa in Africa not a
lion did lta duty.
In a little Massachusetts town
German priest will deliver an Irish
lecture tor the benetlt of the Italian
church on Lincoln's birthday. That
la the freedom and peace and tolera
tlon for all for which Lincoln strove
Burelv th reorganised of 1913. like the
rortanlera of 1904. are proposing to lead
th democratic party Into a ditch. Mr.
ttryaa'a Commoner.
Possibly, but not the same ditch
into which the party was led in 1896
again in 1900, and again in 190S.
Henry J. Allen la booming Mayor David
on of Wichita for governor, and the pa
pars are aaklng why Henry doean't make
tu race hlmaeir.-K.anaa -iiy oiar.
. That la probably what Henry
wanted them to ask. Those inqulsl
tlve Kansans are it modest lot, you
know.
If all those constitutional amend
ments pending In the Nebraska legla
lature are eubmltted for ratification
Governor Aldrich will have a nice, big
bunch of advertising pie to cut for re
publican newspapers by grace of the
law paaaed by the last democratic leg
islature for the benefit of Qoveraor
gballenberger.
For Use or Ornament t
The task which the law-makers in
our Nebraska legislature seem to have
had Imposed on themselves is to de
vise an Initiative and referendum
measure which will respond to the de
mand for direct legislation, but which
will not be so often resorted to as to
iRcredit the whole plan. As one ar
ent advocate of the Initiative and ref
erendum expresses It, "I want the peo
ple given power to make laws by di
rect vote, but I do not want to see
them use that power." This apparent
contradiction is hard to understand,
nd yet It reflects the prevailing hesi
tation to launch an experiment funda
mental to our government, which has
to far been tried out in only two or
three states, and in none of them with
completely satisfactory results.
"Why don't the people get what
they want?" Is a familiar way of ask-
ng the question, the inference being
that they do not now get what they
want because they have no means of
eserting the popular will directly. In
this respect the experience of Oregon
most in point, because in Oregon
the longer the Initiative and referen-
um has been available the greater
as been the resort to it, until at the
ast election thirty-two Beparate and
distinct measures were submitted for
popular approval, being as many as
ad been submitted In the three previ
ous elections combined. The sugges
tion, therefore, that no attempt will
be had to make use of Initiative and
referendum powers would seem to be
illusory, particularly when active or
ganizations for the propagation of
some special subject of legislation
stand ready to back their views em
bodied In a law or constitutional
amendment year after year without
recognizing defeat as a setback.
People, therefore, who favor direct
legislation, but do not want to see it
in use, contradict themselves. If di
rect legislation is a good thins, the
more we have of it the better, even to
the complete abolition of legislatures
and law-making bodies. If It is not
inherently a good thing, the power
should be so hedged around as to
make it available only In case of un
usual emergency after the ordinary
mechanism of legislation has failed to
respond to the demands of an undis
puted majority of the people.
Distributing Immigrants.
Secretary Nagel of the Department
of Commerce and Labor has wisely
determined to place in operation the
highly approved plan of distributing
Immigrants through country districts
as a means of preventing further con
gestion in large cities. It is a plan
that ought to prove beneficial to the
immigrant as well as meet certain
other economic needs in American
life. It is a splendid combination of
the movements for better sanitary
conditions, and the improvement of
Industry as it affects both the alien
and established enterprises. The plan
haa been considered long enough to
justify Its adoption and probably, with
wise handling, will prove quite satis
factory. The system of co-operation with
state immigration authorities proposed
by the secretary will, undoubtedly,
work Out. It has as much of advan
tage to offer the states as the central
government, for states, especially
those in the west, need the infusion of
this addition to their population. It
should not only aid them In promoting
their schemes of colonization, but in
many states be a very material . re
source to the demand for labor, both
In towns and the country. Secretary
Nagel, it will be noticed, s looking
first to the middle states, such as
Ohio, Michigan Indiana, Illinois, Wis
consin and Nebraska, for co-operation
with his plan. He has sent his rep
resentative to these states to see if
they wilt co-operate with him and
other states will later be visited. It
is not to be supposed that any state
will reject such a promising proposi
tion.
Health of the Indian. -
Few people know or realtae what
this government is doing for the
health of the Indian. Moat people
know in a general way, perhaps, that
it is doing something, but it is doubt
ful if there Is any general knowledge
of the detail and progress of this
work. Under the Indian service, as a
part of the division of the com mis
sloner on Indian affairs, an effort has
long been made to care for and cure
those who are sick and to effect a re
duction in the death rate, but, aa the
commissioner's last annual report
showa, thla effort haa been extended
to include (1) an intensive attack
upon the two diseases that most serl
ously menace the health of the Indian
trachoma, and tuberculosis; (3) pre
ventlve work on a large acale by
means of popular education along
health lines and more effective sanl
tary inspection; (S) increased atten
tlon to the physical weirare of toe
children in the schools, so that the
physical stamina of the coming gener
ationa may be conserved and in
creased. ,
. Hospitals under the charge of ex
pert physicians and surgeons have
been established on several reserve
tlons for the treatment of these two
chief diseases, whose rsvages among
the tribea have been terrible. They
are producing amatlng results toward
a reduction of the number of cases
Operations are being performed aa
means of cure of some patients. Wh
the government haa had to contend
with is the Indian's ignoranco and
carelessness of the causes of these
diseases and the means of apreadlng
them. Both are infectious and con
iagluua aud find in the aborigine
natural Indifference every facility for
spreading. Just how serious the situ
ation has become may be understood
from Commissioner Valentine's state
ment that government physicians
found 20 per cent of 10,000 Indians
examined to be arrilrted with tra
choma, that Insidious germatlc disease
that seats Itself In the eye.
The' government's theory evidently
is that Its effort to Improve the eco
nomic condition of the Indian cannot
amount to much unlesa accompanied
by a systematic effort to improve blm
physically, a theory that strikes us as
eminently sound.
Bishop Bonacum.
The death of Bishop Bonacum, for
nearly a quarter of a century at the
head of the Roman Catholic church
In what is known at the see of Lin
coln, embracing the South Platte part
of Nebraska, is an Important event in
church circles. Bishop Bonacum was
the first and continuous occupant of
that office since the church Jurisdic
tion of Nebraska was divided, and the
name of a successor may be expected
to arouse more than ordinary interest.
Bishop . Bonacum, became known
outside of church circles chiefly
through the spectacular fights in
which ne engaged with subordinate
clergy, and has been almost constantly
at the focus of contention and contro
versy, the merits of which no outsider
could venture to weigh. This much of
an expression, however, may be in-
ulged that these church quarrels may
be finally Interred with the bishop, and
that with the personal element re
moved, his successor may unite the di
vergent factions and work harmoni
ously for the religious and moral wel
fare of the church and the progress
nd prosperity of the state.
The Part of the Press.
Senator Root's speech on the Lorl-
mer case throws several new lights on
election methods employed in the
choosing of a United States senator
by the last Illinois legislature, and no
doubt will give a powerful stimulus to
the adversaries of Senator Lorimer.
While the case is in the nature of a
judicial proceeding, it has also polit
ical aspects which are commanding for
it widespread attention, and naturally
enlisting the interest of all who want
our governmental agencies raised to a
higher plane.
But Senator Root's arraignment of
the whole admittedly corrupt proceed
ing, it seems to us, loses some of its
force when he digresses from the main
Issue to deny the propriety of the part
the Chicago Tribune played In the ex
position of the system of fraud in the
election of the senator from Illinois.
Of the existence of corruption in the
Illinois legislature there is now no
doubt in the minds of the people, but
we believe Senator Root is wholly
wrong in saying that "the tremendous
power of a great newspaper should
not be combined with the work of a
prosecutor" in such a. case. True, as
he declares, it is a case for the gov
ernment, but bad a powerful newspa
per not turned the searchlight of pub
licity upon thla dark spot In all proba
bility it would never have been re
vealed through any activity of the
government, and that la not neces
sarily reflecting upon the govern
ment's disposition to expose and pun
ish wrong-doing, 'except Where such
men as those who have Sought to
throttle this whole investigation may
have a controlling voice.
The distinguishing feature of this
whole case Is the part of the Chicago
Tribune, as Showing the power of a
great newspaper under shrewd and
energetic direction. It was a Titanic
task the Tribune undertook, sur
rounded on every side by obstacles cal
culated to daunt any but an Invincible
courage, involving the hazard of finan
cial and political loss. It Was not a
fight the Tribune had to make for its
private gain or influence. Indeed it
staked both these on the outcome of
a fight fraught with grave uncertainty
at every turn, for the forces it went
out to meet are resourceful and vin
dictive. The power of the press is
greater, just aa the cause of good gov
ernment is safer, becauae of what
work newspapera like the Tribune per
form as public duty to keep the foun
tain head of government unpolluted.
Ministers Opposing Fortification.
Methodist ministers of Cincinnati
denounce any plan for fortifying the
Panama canal as morally wrong and
an invitation to war. Therefore they
propose to make a nation-wide appeal
to their churches to oppose fortifica
tion. They declare the canal "should
rather stand for world peace, for
which Mr. Carnegie has given his
millions."
It would be morally wrong and
politically foolish to make canal fortl
flcatlons atand ' as an invitation to
war,' but it would likewise be a very
foolish nation that so misconstrued
the meaning of such fortifications. It
is extremely doubtful if any nation Is
quite that foolish, or quite that eager
for a war with -the United States
About the only sensible meaning, it
seems to us, which a nation might
draw from impregnable fortifications
on the Panama would be that the
power back of them was a good power
to let alone.
"If fortifications are built there it
will atand forever aa a polite invita
tion to 'come knock the chip off our
shoulders and see what will happen.' "
says the pronunciaraento Issued by
these ministers. That certainly is
straining the point. It will strike
many people as a far-fetched con
clusion, which required a lot of
jingoism to reach. If the nations of
the earth were bound together in a
contract not to engage in war, if they
had gone to the extent of abolishing
their munitions of war. then it might
be morally wrong to fortify the
Panama canal. But the nations have
not reached that Ideal stage of peace,
nor are they likely to reach It any
time soon. As long as every success
ful nation Is continuing to build up
its military and naval forces, how
could this one nation consistently do
otherwise? How could it afford to
expend hundreds of millions of dollars
on such an enterprise as the inter
oceanic canal, which opens up its
entire coastline to the nations of the
world without Insuring Its Invest
ment, to say nothing of Its physical
safety? Or why is it any more wrong
for the United Statea to fortify the
canal than it is for It and every other
nation in the world to go on building
warships, maintaining armies and
navies and providing munitions of
war? It seems to us the ministers
might employ their spare time In
more profitable pursuits, where there
Is assurance of real results for re
ligious and moral advancement.
Uncle Sam and the Insurrectos.
Whatever business those Mexican
insurrectos may have in the United
States, it would pay them to transact
in unofficial capacities. Uncle Sam's
latchstrlng is not out to them other
wise. From the inception of these
uprisings the impression has prevailed
that the rebels planned an American
invasion as a means of complicating
the situation for the Diaz government.
They certainly could have no ground
on which to base grievances against
Uncle Sam.
The War department's action In
sending troops to the frontier should,
however, be sufficient warning to them
not to attempt to drag their troubles
over our southern boundary line. It
is there American Interest in this tur
moil really begins, and It Is there it
will end, so far as Uncle Sam's deal
ings with the Invaders is concerned.
There is very little prospect of a clash
between Washington and Mexico,
though, of course, as the leaders of
the insurrection understand, the
United States wosjld have to look to
the Republic of Mexico and not a
small coterie of its citizens in revolt
for redress of any real wronga done
this nation. But it would be a weak
diplomacy that could not solve such
problem without Impairing the
bonds that bind two friendly powers.
It is evidently the purpose of the
rebels to sound the United Statea be
fore attempting to pitch their tents in
Texas or Arizona. If they are wise
warriors they will come no further
than Juarez, the last town on the Mex
ican side before reaching our outlying
post, El Paso. If they have not al
ready decided on thla, they probably
will by the time the American soldiers
reach aouthern Texas and Arizona.
The South'i Forward March.
In 1860 the south produced 850,-
000 000 bushels of corn, -which was
ii per cent of what the whole coun
try produced; 351,500,000 pounds of
tobacco, or 82 per cent of the total;
38,600,000 bushels of sweet potatoes,
or 92 per cent or the total; ail the
sugarcane and rice and 11,878,452
buBhels of peas and beans, or 70 per
cent of the total. These figures indi
cate the relative Importance of the
south fifty years ago as an agricul
tural section and the diversity of its
crops, the chief of which, as now, was
cotton. With the coming of the civil
war, of course, came a period of deca
dence from which the south barely
begun to recover in twenty years, so
that its own statisticians date its
period of ascendency from 1880.
Its progress and development since
then has been a story of thirty years
of continuously improving effort-
more intensive and more extensive
The result is that while in 1880 four
teen southern states (exclusive of Mis
souri) raised 466,825,484 bushels of
corn on 23,254,000 acres, the same
states in 1910 raised 919, 363,00
bushels of corn on 30,215,000
acres, double the volume on less
than one-fourth more ground. It
has also . done well toward reach
ing lta ante-bellum ratio In corn
production, raising now nearly 30 per
cent of the total crop, which is con
siderable when it is remembered that
the now great corn states have really
been developed since the war and sev
eral of them in less than these last
thirty years. In these thirty years
the south has also vastly increased its
cotton crop, which now approaches an
annual valuation of $1,000,000,000
All the more significant of southern
awakening and growth is this when
considered In connection with the in
dustrial advance of those states and
the fact that this billion-dollar cotton
crop Is only, after all, 30 per cent of
the south's farm products.
Population and Industry have
Jumped forward in thirty years, and
particularly In the last ten by leaps
and bounds. Birmingham, Ala., In
1880, had 3,086 population, while to
day it has 132.685. Its growth is the
story of the marvelous growth of the
coal, iron and steel industries. Last
year ten southern states mined 108,
700,000 tons of coal, which waa 30,
000,000 tons more than the whole
country mined thirty years ago. South
ern population growth In the last de
cade Is indexed by the fact that seven
leading cities Increased from 100 to
245 per cent, while ten others In
creased 60 per cent or more. The In
dustrial development could not be ad
equately aet forth without reference
to the fact that, while its cotton pro
duction goes on Increasing, Its cotton
manufacturing now consumes more
than 1,000 000,000 pounds a year, as
against 69,000,000 In 1860 and 108,
000.000 in 1810. So rapidly is this
industry growing that southern mills
are cutting deeper Into the supply of
raw material for export.
And right here arises a new problem
for the south. It must make still
greater Increase in its total yield and
yield per acre of cotton. Its planters
need to study even more carefully still
the lessons of Intensive farming. In
this, as undoubtedly In other lines of
advancement, they do well to enlist
the services of experts from the north.
A most satisfying feature In all the
south s splendid progress is that it in
volves a persistent tendency toward
the effacement of sectional differences
and shares the opportunities and ad
vantages of a very fertile land with
the people everywhere who choose to
go there. Its progress Is the nation's
progress and It has been helped on
mightily by the neighbor "at the
north."
Outcry Against Dirty Streets.
A source of common complaint in
American cities Is carelessly kept
6treets. People have come to realize
the importance or clean thoroughfares
and to demand the best attention of
them that their public servants are
able to give. It is a matter of civic
pride to some extent, but not wholly,
though such an actuating influence
would be entirely laudable. It 6hould
be chiefly a matter of sanitation. Peo
ple understand now better than they
once did that accumulations of dead
matter cannot He upon streets without
civiniy nir eerms of disease. And we
f "a n - -
have become quite Insistent on this
subject of sanitation.
In New York the other day a physi
cian protested in a letter to one of tho
newspapers because the snow that had
fallen on a Sunday was allowed to re
main on the streets until the following
Thursday. He declared it made a
filthy condition, forming a mixture of
various kinds of dirt, droppings and
automobile grease, that was not only
bad when splashed on the clothing of
pedestrians, but "aggravatea attacks
of Influenza, pneumonia and diseases
of the respiratory tracts, now so prev
alent." Coming from a medical man,
this testimony should have more
weight than if it came from some lay-
an who was "just kicking on the
dirty streets. It is time peopie were
seeing to it that this demand is met
to the full extent of funds provided
and that their street cleaning organ
ization be made really effective.
One can never tell Just "what a Mis
souri footpad will do. Now, in St.
Louis one knocked a reporter down
and took the gold out of his teeth be
cause the newspaper man laughed
when his pockets were searched in
vain for coin. But in Kansas City the
other night a hold-up man robbed a
young woman who fainted from the
shock and kindly tarried to revive her.
Many of the theological seminaries
complain of inability to .fill their
classes with college graduates, which
indicates a lowering of the standard
of the ministry, educationally. It
does not offer the brightest prospect
for the church that expects to reach
thinking men. ,
Practical rollttc la Action.
Indianapolis New.
The failure 6t the tanvlllo vote selling
probe would also Indicate that politics has
loat none of Its -practical
that section.
In
Thlac.
Boston Tranaorlpt.
t.eava it to the democrats. They hav
atudled and criticised ao long ihat of eourie
they will b ab,e. to frame a tariff bill that
shall aatlsfy everybody.
t A Professional Call.
Philadelphia Ledger,
ftoeaker Cannon after March 4, when con
gress la off his hands, Proposes to go to
Europe and Visit the crowned head. Prob
ably he has some curiosity to see what a
real ciar looka like.
NotblaaT Data at Ham.
Indianapolis New.
Knr doea tha report of the ftel trut
Indlcat that It haa been loaliig any money
on the large export buslnesa It has ben
enjoying while nothing wa doing In thla
country on acoount of lta maintenance or
price.
Indianapolis New.
In Ban Plego bay Glenn Curtis started
from the water, Balled two miles in th
tr with an aeroplane, and returned to
th water alongside a ahlp, thus demon
t rat In the further uaefulnea of th
flying machine. Not long ago, It will b
remembered, an aviator aalled from th
ahor. alighting on the dec or a amp
twelve mile out. and successfully start
ing again from the deck returned to
ahore. All of which means that tha flying
machine is at leaat being fltttd for naval
aid, and hence that there la Introduced
atlll another arm of offena that mak
fortification and varloua klnda of old
mean of defenaa useless.
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Whisper from Tkta.
Cleveland Leader (Rep.).
The president's bold and unexpected
move for wld reciprocity with Canada haa
stripped off the maak worn by many
sham advocatea of progressive pollclea. It
haa exposed tha hypocrisy of many poll
tlclana and writers who hav pretended
to b devoted t advanced principles of
government, especially tariff reform.
The men wr really Indifferent to th
abuse which had grown Into th tariff.
Their maaked purpose waa tha defeat of
the republican party and the ousting of
the present administration. They war
making us of th tariff question as en
means of carrying political schemes Into
effect.
What has happened la not at all to their
liking. On th contrary. It threatens to
upset their plans and thwart their most
cherished projects. Iienc sullen silence
or artful attempt to obscure the real
situation and deceive th publlo about the
nature of the new Issue forced upon con
gres by the president.
It Is a revelation of duplicity and parti
san trickery which will not be loat upon
the people. They will look beneath th
surface henceforth, when they ee party
leaders shouting fur reforma which caa b
made to aerv party purposes, and then
growing cold or hostile if these reforms
promts to become facts.
People and Events
If Medicine Hat could te Jamme.l out of)
Hie weather psnif. rei lpriKlty would fro
thiouRh with a whoop
Aa actor dlatlniculahed f ?r hla mntrtmon. j
Inl versallty threaten to Invade the vnude- j
Miie atase In search f a new cure for
lonellneri. To the wood, girls, and I'-dae
Keno.
Abdul Humid. Jlanue!, M-ihanuurt All
Asia and 6ther retired ai-s may be de
pended, on U plve the glad hand to fm-le
Jo Cannon during hla vlalt to foreign lands
next apilng.
In regard to the ."..OiO curkerrews hilled
to the Canadian Parliament, It is explained
that corks frees to th ne k of receptacles
In cold climates, eauetno; frequent hrcakaKe
of spiral extractor In tumy seaaons.
One of Plttaburg'a nillll inni-os 1m p.n;
to marry a telephone girl herauno aha van
alwaya polite to him on the wire. Evi
dently a I'lttaburg nilillonaii o Is not i ri
ll rely beyond the ratisa of 'iiip.it!.i tic
courtesy at home.
From a detailed dlacus' ni of tho i na
tion, "Can a person break Into Chicago
society on a 15 a week incoinc ;" Hi 3 con
clusion la drawn fr.vn ). al nev.apnpcr
that It ran be dine, b'lt -he invader will
be lurkv If he p.-u.M nlih ..II nix i-lmhex.
Tha circulation In discontented quarter ot
a report that the legislature of Nevada In
tended making one year Instead of alx
months the legal residence limit for divot ce
purpose brought a large flock of dlvor.-e
seekers to Reno, and hotels and boitrtllng
house are doing a Fourth t.f July business
every day Irt the week. K?no boos-.ers) ap
preciate a good thing and puh It alonu.
A Kansas school profo.'sor ims received
from a Jury a IUVmn iMSon on ih folly uf
trifling with the maiden palpltator of a
stenographer. The professor thought the
maid was fair enough to vel und gallantly
said to. But h failed, t-5 "eome across"
after four postponement anl four troL
seaus refitted, wherefore the Jury soaked
him for $10.ono. The Joy of the winner !
tempered by the fear that tha professor's
assets will not cover the verdict.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Brooklyn Eagle. A Tennessee pastoi" de
clares that "there Is too much watered
stock In Methodism." Perhaps the Baptists
can be persuaded to take It nt par. Who
knows?
Houston Post: A St. Louis minister an
tlclpates an unhappy life in heaven be
cause he expects to come In contact with
ao many undesirables lie deaplaes. If the
dear brother is a democrat and expect
many republicans t be there he la dead
wrong.
Kansas City Time: Evangelist Martin
offers to prove to the ministers of Kansas
City offers to prove "by Blackston and
the Scriptures" that there Is a literal hell.
If he succeeds In proving his contention
by Blarkstone, there will be a general de
mand among the lawyers for a change of
venue.
New York Post: An Indiana preacher
has sold his rural newspaper, and will de
vote all his lima to th ministry. Thla ad
mission Of Incompatibility between the
press and the pulpit haa a Serious look.
We can hardly believe that the separation
is due to dullness In the field covered by
the Four County Herald.
St. Paul Dispatch: What Archbishop Ire
land says of the Catholics might b said
In a, more general way of all religious de
nominations. Th constitution guarantees
religious freedom and the spirit of the
times Is lit entire accord with it. It is not
a man's spiritual professions that estab
lish his standing. The archbishop is right
when ha asserts that It Is merit that wins
and that America today looks for tha man
who doea things.
JAIL, FOn RICH MALEFACTORS.
I.amber Baroas tilve a Baatinet
Before Goloa; la.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Traveling In their own motor car, five
wealthy southern lumbermen have moved
from a leading hotel at Atlanta to new
quarters In the big penitentiary main
tained In that city by the United States,
where all of them will spend some time
to come for Violating the laws against
slavery, legally termed peonage.
Tha quintet fought against jail terms
for years, exhausted every technical
method known to escape sentence, and ap
pealed twice to President Taft for clem
ency, but In Tain.
On the night before beginning their cell
life, the five men gave a banquet to their
friends a a farewell. They were gams to
the end. Having exhausted every re
source, they "faced th music" with the
beat grace possible. Henceforth they will
have time to meditate upon the fact that
ther Is atlll law enough In the land to
reach the rich man a well aa the poor,
provided only It la enforced. Thera la not
ao much need for new statutes as many of
us think ther la.
Player
oft devle Is a matter left entirely to
ths dictate of th operator.
In other words, th player-plano I a piano for th beginner, for th
musician, for the accompanist, to be played In th usual manner. In addi
tion It is the piano mualo for every on to play and enjoy whether they
know anything about muslo 'or not..
If you already hav a piano and prefer a player, you can apply your
piano at a stipulated price, aa part pay toward th player-piano. Then you
hav practically two plano In one. lh difference In amount between your
oia piano ana in piayer-piauu cn u
In making th purchase of a player-plano from us you know exactly
what you obligate yourself to pay for. You hav no extras to pay for. The
player muslo I fuinUhed. free Instructions, whre needed, every expense Is
Included In on item, th player-plano. v
Th player-nlano Is Inexpenalve, Inasmuch as a sarvlceahl player-plano
will coat but 1176, and up, according to th last of ths purohajmr. Our line
of pianos consists of:
Th Boudoir nayar-rtaao ...... M ... ... . B37S
2? Whlay lay FJaaa. .. tSOO
Th lrod Flayr-Faaa irtOO
Th atlmbali lyr-luo .......,....,.. B 50, 70
Th Apollo loyr-Flji .tt60
Free music, fre Scarf, free bench, f re Instruction.
We glv you HO months tlm In which to pay for th plaver-MSnn ami
an abiHilut guarnte for th futur durability ,ml tiafactlon. Fre demon.
iratioo daily. "
A. HOSPE CO.
1813-1515 Douglas St.
38
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
ford friend Was there much rut
si'ii n( ine nn.ni'n ,-.... .1,.,.
J. -l.u t;it- i inly her englSm ' t rn,.
. 11, 'ai... . S i., ,.t' 'u i t Mi. a
' l'n-k Ye: It'a ivrii l:ei t)
Known i' '-
ijohi- mai r ast v .--el. k- ik.. 'Jiihune.
"I like a storv th.it' full of f Kht '
Then tics I'tH i w..u.d n t au.t you at
ell"
"No fcnpplnie in II, t h ."'
".No: the nero miki heroin lo not get
n-.nirlid until the ind of the last chapter.
Houston l'i st.
Husband (excitedly i M y oVnr, t'l"
women a tsllor y.n tinployed fay In this)
note It v.ju do ii."t settle your bill ha will
bring suit proinptly.
Wue tCHielesfl )-ton't worry, dear.
That man makes you wait wek. M
never Old brlnn eiiltfl promptly. faltlmo. a
Ameilran.
' t am ashamed to confess it," aaya th
fair yoiiPK thing, "but 1 te onion lor
uirirer. Had you noticed It?"
"Nit rl." aungeai the caller.
"Why, how dare you think 1 would let
ou?" Judge.
"Jlello. tlinksy," said Jorrock. "t hear
you turned up at Wlllouichby'a fancy dreea
ball.'.'
"Yes." said little Blnks.
"What did von go as?" asked Jorrock.
Why," sihl little Ulnka. "1 gathered up
my New Year's mall and went as a bill
file.' 'Havper a Weekly.
'UM i,nit know that man was trying to
aell you a sold brick?" said the agitated
. friend
ten. t-epnen f armer t orntoei.
I hen w hy did you listen to him"
".les' wanted to see how the thing was
done In case I want to go into the busi
ness." Washington Star.
Sleep waa knitting tho raveled sleeve of
care.
Why not knit the hobble skirt? Its
smaller," we suggested. Harper's I'.Uar.
"1 am polng to ask your father tonlfeht
f( r your hand In innrrlngp."
How dreadfully
In what way?
old'iuxhioned you are.
"Kon't ask him: tell hint." Indianapolis
New s.
The parlsh'oner was explaining matters
to 'the paster.
"1 don't go nut much," h said, "either
to church or anywhere eWe. I am a suf
ferer frcm Insomnia."
"I mil going to pi etch a sermon on that
subject next Hunoav morning," sni.l tha
Rer. K. Mowatt LaiKhtly. "Come and
hear it; I am sure It will bring you scm
teilef."
BIRTHDAY SENTIMENT.
r.llas Car mm in Hampton's Magazine.
Th march ng years gi by.
And hnish your garment's h'm:
The bandits by and by
Will bid you go w th them.
Trust not that caravan!
Old afl"ibi.no are they:
They'll rob you If they can.
And make you believe It's p ay.
Makj th old n'bhers give
Of ail ths spoils they bare
Their truth, to help you live.
Their Joy, to keep you fair.
Ask not for gauds n-r gold, ,
.or tame that fala-ly rinxa;
The foolish world grows rht
Caring for all these things.
Make all ycui- sw-eet demands
Kor haplinesa alone,
And the years Will fill y-ur hands
With triasures rarely kmwn.
BEFORE AND
USING
CUTIGURA
Soap and Ointment in
tht alleviation of skin
tortured and disfigured
infents and children.
Psae tails a entruted household
Bsa Ctttam m ami OtotanBt smsr.
S3-ps book oa ika beHh, rr, i
rotur Drug A Chiiaat Corp, Bota.
- Piano
S
The player-plano is a piano In looks
Ilka every other piano, It can b used
Ilk the ordinary plana for manual or
hand playing. The player-plano ha an
attachment on tha Inside of the piano and
devices on ths outside by which the piano
can be played automatically : in other
words, ths concealed foot pedals which
operate th player devle fold out. The
muslo roll I then Inserted and th piano
Is ready for automatic operation, with
out Instruction a child can produce piano
inuslc of vry class and kind.
With prattle the operator can Imitat
tha musician. Th player doea not admit
of any errors for tha muslo la pleyed
not for not with exactness. Th phras
ing, the use of th pedals, tha loud and
iwu tin on niuiuajiy agreeable terms.
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