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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCII 31, 1912. B "VI -a f 'Z Ths Oilha Sunday Bee. 5 FOfXDKD BT EDWARD ROSEMATER VIOTutt fruJSBWATKR bDITUH. I'EB BLILlMXCi. FAKXAM AXI M. Entered at Omaha posto-fice a' second class matter. , TERMS OF SL'U-CKIPTION. iinday B, one year -J8- Saturday Bee. one year ' "? Dally rh-e taitbout Sur.da: i. or,' fr La:!y Bee and Sunday, o:.- tar M DELIVERED BY CARRIER Ermine Bee (will) gun-lay). per Daily Be (uiriudinf S..nU'. P" mo..foc Dai-y Ifc-c tnithcut Sunday). rr mo. ..jc Address all compiainti' or irregularities l delivery lo Oty circulation tti'. REMITTANCES. Remit br draft, expresj or postal order, payable to Tne Bee f ur.;-sh:ue company, only 1-eeut stamps r-r-lved la payment of anuil accouti. Personal checks, ei rept on Omafc and estt-tu xcr.mge. not accepted. orrioF.s. Omaha The Ore Build. nr. south Omnra-:Si S St. Council Biu.'ff ,o Sroti .-:. lincolrt S Little BuMdlng. t'hlcaso 1M Marquette liuildinE. Kansas Ctty-illance Ilui.dms. New Ynrk-W Wi-t Thirty-third. WMhinston :3 Fourteenth St.. N. . COK REsruX DEXCE. Communn-atlons relating to news and editorial matter ehould bo addressed lima ha Bee, Editorial Department. FEBRUARY CIUI'L'LATIOX. 49,463 State of Nebraska. County of Douglas, w: Lmlxiit Wlllliiri. circulation manager of Tu Bee rubllahlng company, being duly aworn, wos that tb average dally circulation, k.-i apolled. unused and re lumed copies, fur th month of February, U H was .si DWIOHT WILLIAMS. Circulatloo Manager. Suroicribed In my presence and a worn to before ma thli ith dny ot March, 11 (Stal.J ROBERT illNTlltt, Notary Public. Subscribers leaving; tb elty temporarily shseld . bav Th ew Bulled l Iheam. AMraM will be rhaased aa often a re uested. Main continue! to treat rum aa a drug on the market. Can you imagine a better comb! , nation than Central American art it) ... n - a potion museum; ' "Shorter lisyt. Better Wages." x Headline. Our ticket to dot, no , matter who runa on it. Gee, the report! ot tbe Lorimar and 8tephenion committee muit bare chagrined thote New Mexicans. Irrespective ot the alie or shape of the new bat, no revision downward on the milliner's bill may be expected. It looks ai If It would take part of the profits of those million-dollar snows to pay tbe lossea of tbe million-dollar floods. There would be no need of worry ing about a postal deficit If we bad primary election! all over the coun try once a month. - Would a candidal foredoomed to defeat prefer to be eliminated on the first round or the second T Don't all answer at once. The average man's fondness for a . square meal not deal flnda reflec tion In the West Virginia bandit's surrender when be got hungry. Was It the stupidity ot Wilson's managers or the astuteness ot Har mon's that got the doctor's name on the populist ticket In Nebraska? , Our grand jury baa almost per suaded tbe public, to believe that It was on the point ot closing In on grafters and crooks In publlo office. Tan delegates are multiplying In number, despite the colonel an nouncement, "I will accept the nom ination for president It It I tendered me." Texas baa away been allowed to manage It own public land. But Uncle Sam has never been willing to give up control of thee choir Ne braska lands that way. Tbe commission plan of city gov ernment u no automatic dertc for Improvement and reform, lb only way to get better government la to get better men to administer It. In California they plant raisin grape vines from the "cuttings" root end up. Fortunately, a man doesn bav to stand on his bead, though, to eat th grape when tbey ar rip Men and religion tbe moat nat ural union there Is. Every man ha the Instinct of religion in him, whether latent or alive, no matter bow many different forma It takes In expression. Tb duke of Abrutxl is cow in dis grace because he failed to sink a con pie of Turkish warships. The duke seems to bav as litUe luck wltli tb god ot war a be bad with the god of iove. Nebraska hens an. get tins toe proud vn to cackle when they lay egg. Omaha Baa. tVrhaps tbat la becam there Is en Nebraekaa who Is not a ben wbe does aaouen cackling for the ataMaas Praa eiaeo ChroaJcl. Smarty. . . Why should our reform demo cratic sheriff be so eager to knock out the law that knocked ont tbe jail feeding graft? This law ha been saving onr taxpayer thousand ot dollars each year. It is a reform law it there ever was such a thing, and should It fall through technicalities pressed by cunning lawyer chasing contingent fees, it would . be re enacted on short notice. . Good Ken for Commissioner. ' The desire to Inaugurate the new commission plan of city government in Omaha with "good men" In con trol is universally professed. Yet when It come to making selections out of the varied timber a wide di vergence is found as to which ones come within that class. Every I candidate who baa filed Is doubtless 'thoroughly convinced that be would make Just as good. If not a better, commissioner than any- other. It goes without saying, too, that essential qualifications ot "good men" for these office are not re stricted to any special calling or any particular section ot tbe city. It Is not .1 residence on "nob bill" or a memberthlp In a country club that assures efficiency as a municipal off leal, or guarantee superior popu larity as a vote-getter. Familiarity with tbe men and their claim to preferment will rule out a large number who bav entered tbe lists, for what reason no one but themselves can guess. Out of the remainder It ought to be possible to find fourteen men entitled to qualify for the final election, and out of these fourteen ' candidate seven really "good men" ought to be sifted through the crucible ot public de bate and popular campaigning. But tbe expectation that all seven elected will bear tb label of any group of self-appointed slate-makers seem to us quite remote. Tbe voter for themselves will. therefore, have to apply the test, taking advantage of all tbe illaalna- tlon, suggestions and guide tbey can get. Unless sharp Issue yet de velop, and none have so far been drawn, the quest for "good men- will turn almost wholly on the per sonal equation. Jut Whistling". It Is really entertaining, and al most amusing, to see our amiable democratic contemporary. Senator Hitchcock World-Herald, labori ously whistling to keep It courage up. It Is trying to persuade Itself that the certain renomlnation of President Taft will be "a I hopeless victory," and that the opposition to him stirred up by Senator La Fol lette and Colonel Roosevelt and tbelr followers will surely lead to democratic success at tb polls la November. It doe not disguise tbe fact, bowever, tbat It offer these crumb ot comfort as "consolation for democrats" In tb midst ot tb many trouble of tbelr-own. and to Impress them nevertheless and not withstanding that, "the tkle are bright with democratic: realise.' Somehow, somewhere, w seem to have beard all thl before aot only once, but often. Tbe democratic skies have been "bright with promise" every time a presidential election baa come within tbe horlxoo. only to be overcast with clouds of detest when the votes were counted. Four years sgo, as anyone with mem ory can easily recall, lb nam World-Herald was also tolling what a "hopeless victory" tb republican nomination for Mr. Taft would be, and bow sure Mr. Bryan, whom It now loves so ardently, was to occupy tb Whit House wben vacated by President Roosevelt. The democrats were juat whistling then, and are just whistling now. Sunday Beereation. Those who disagree with tb senti ment will doubtless assert that the word were put Into Hr. Strsyer's mouth by an unreliable reporter, but w bav seen or beard of no protest or denial ot tb accuracy ot tbls dis patch: Denver, March 17. Free Sunday bate ball was advocated at a meeting of tb Mm and Religion Forward Movesoaat here br Paul Btrayar. social aarvtce ax pert, of Rochaaur, N. T. Mr. Btrayar aald Sunday should be a day for restor ing not only the spiritual balance, but the physical balance, and tbat It should be glvea to recreation aa wall aa to the church. 11a alao said the downtown churches should be used tor free moving pwture shows and eoncarta. Without going into details aa to what form of diversion or recreation Is permissible or desirable on tbe Sabbath, a lot ot good people will second the motion tbat tb day should be devoted to tb physical as well aa the spiritual balance of the man. The human body and mind simply cannot get along without some tort of periodical relief from the exacting grind and routine of dally work, and If it 1 poeslbl to afford attractive relief, to rest the mind and the body and at tbe same time give the spiritual man a free chance tor devotion, why not do It? Experience bat taught and the churches themselves admit thla that men and women penned up In factories, shop and offices six days In tbe week do not flock to the church on Sunday for their physical recreation. Perhaps mors of them should go there for their spiritual balance, but do they not need, also, physical recreation? Now, If that can be provided In auch a way as not to transgress either civil or divine law, why not? One of the glowing virtues of this age i that mea ar becoming more candid as to tb naked truth ot things. Tbey art) more witling to look at life aa it really Is and not only at It ought to be. Tbe simple fact Is tbat this country it made up ot all classes ot people and they can not b held to on fixed idea ot con duct. .When more ot the social service and religious leaders com to some such view as expressed by this Men and Religion expert they will be leading ua nearer to a practical working solution of a very difficult problem. Coal Miners and Operators. The prospect of peaceful settle ment between tbe miners and op erator Is very welcome to the con sumer of coal and tbe general bus iness Interests of the country, upon which the burden of a strike would fall heavily. It appears thst there is now little likelihood of a bitumin ous strike, and fair hope for avoiding one In the anthracite fields. Presi dent Baer's acquiescence In the miners' proposal for another confer ence at least shows response to pub Ik; sentiment favoring settlement. When there Is a mutual desire for peace greater tban the desire for trouble, and a mutual recognition of the prime Interests of the public In evitably at stake, there Is ground for substantial hope that capital and labor may get together on a better working basis, not only In the pres ent case, but In permanent inter course. It la estimated that an anthracite strike would cut oft a supply of more than 7.600,000 tons ot coal a month, representing a loss In dally wage to tbe miners of 3&0,000. To reasona ble men the contingency represented by those colossal figures calls tor sparing no effort to get together. f Remember the fly. Now is the Urn to begin the anti- fly crusade. Winter la over, spring is here and tbe passing of the snow bas left refuse upon the ground whkh. unless quickly removed, will breed ill odor and germa. Such places are where file thrive. To kill the fly that would pest yon next summer, therefore, clean away the waste substance about your yard and street and alleys now. This is something In which the people may join, privately and publicly, Individ ually and collectively. Every householder cleans house la tb spring It not oftener. She should be equally as careful ot her premise outside a In. File do not breed Inside of tbe house, orig inally; tbey com from without Down in your back yard may be some organic substance which tb snow ha bid, or la your alley. Get rid of It Do not let It lie there to rot and Invite nnsanitatlon. It is to be boped that the city will do all In Its power to clean alt ot It yard front, back and ld Imme diately; get tbe layer ot mud or dry dirt, packed down by a winter' snow, cleaned off and give the pec pi a chance. Tbls Is not simply a matter of beauty and comfort, It la a matter ot health. Clean streets are necessary to that end. Architectural Idealt. San Francisco has voted $8,000, 000 for the creation of a civic cen ter, comprising a series of public buildings. Tbe civic center Idea Is not unique with San Francisco, of coarse, but tbe feature of Baa Fran cisco's undertaking lies In Its aspir ing to definite architectural Ideal which shall eu.rocterise the whole city, distinguishing It above all other municipalities. Tbe Chronicle ex presses It thlt way: It Is proposed at on bound to put the city ot Ban Francises In the forefront of the cities ot the world In respect te the architectural expression of Its clrto life. We hope to create an architectural sym posium of civic activities and their hous ing and environment, which for its har monious relations, aobtlltjr of design and monumental character will be worth going tar to see. The natural bent ot sightly Cali fornia' aspiration Is along tb line of attracting pleasure-seeker and thl spirit crops out In San Fran cisco' splendid scheme of cine im provement but not to Its disparage ment If such a plan it perfected by the city at tbe Golden Gat It will become tbe source ot pride and in spiration to every city on the conti nent Many American cltle ar now agitating or striving at similar plans, tome limiting' tb height of business blocks, but none It quit as ambitious as San Francisco. Why should we not build aa artis tically at we build much? If w did what a model of aymmetry onr land would be. And It would show in the life of the people. But some cities ar woefully behind In thlt di rection; they do not even keep their streets clcsn and tbelr vacant -lots from looking hideous, much leas erect their buildings with say eye to architectural system and order. I It Is possible to shame them Into bet ter effort, then by all mean let San Franciaco hasten with Its plana. Federal Aid for Farm Training. The bill Introduced by Senator Pag of Vermont appropriating f 18, 000,000 annually tor division among tbe states for vocational training school, with special emphasis apon agriculture, is worthy ot careful con sideration, Irrespective whether It I exactly the measure tbat should be enacted Into law. Vocational training Is gaining in public favor, but bow far the federal government should go In promoting it within tbe state 1 a question that has not received general consi3era tion. There Is this to be said In favor of tb bill at once, that In en couraging scientific preparation la agriculture It Is turning the minds ot jousg men into the very channel that needs them most. Ttis country with all It prodigious Industrie. I till essentially an agricultural coun try, destined to even greater su premacy in tbat line than it has yet achieved, for the patent reason tbat it baa a very considerable portion of its most fertile soil yet to develop. And It doe not require the effort to attract young men to tbe trades that it doe for tbe farm. What agencies have been set to work In the effort to lure young mea to the farm have failed of satisfac tory results. It will be worth while looking Into the possible Influence ot this measure. Tb Department of Agriculture Is already promoting ed ucation somewhat la different states, though not upon any comprehensive basis, yet enough, probably, to war rant the venture. Ot course, the Page bill contemplates training In other vexations besides farming, la the trades and art most needed by tbe manhood and womanhood of tbls country. It Is bound to focus atten tion on thl very Important subject Another Feminine Reform, -Womea who bav governed their husbands by moral auaslon should give torn consideration to the cor poral punishment plsn as Instituted by the Washington wife, who adver tised in tbe want td columns ot a Seattle paper for a man to thrash a wife-beater, offering blm 110 to do tbe job. Either times are exception ally hard and many men are ldl in Seattle, or their want ads have great drawing power, tor an army ot mea of all description cam to- answer tb advertisement The fortunate youth selected out of the number re garded the job as such a map that It waa a shame to take the money, nd offered to do It for f 5. A bar gain wat ttruck, but he did It so well thst the good wife mad him take tb other five. It Is to be feared that general ap plication of thla method might lead to embarrassing complications, but In specific cases It may possess merit It certainly la better tbaa having tb husband arrested, only to be scolded or fined a dollar or two by a polio Judg afraid ot getting too far from under tb eaves ot tb law mad and provided in auch case. It la of Interest to not tbat womea rot In Washington, so w desire to call to the attention ot those cap tions critic of woman suffrage tbat here It demonttrativ proof that giving woman tb ballot doe not necessarily mean tbat tb 1 going to run rough-thod over man; th I going to blr It don, when It be come necessary, paying for It out ot tb man's own pocket, too. Perhaps thlt might meet th approval ot that eastera woman who advocate a .law dividing th butband't wages equally with tb wife. Tb Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston has received a gift of 13,600,000 to be used for the e.-ection of new buildings on a new alt. Soma on with similar plethoric pocketbook and public spirited gener osity could easily settle the question of lifting th University ot Nebraska from Its congested down-towa site and relocating It on tb roomy and tightly farm campus. New York upllftera are advocating legal requirement tor the placing of a plat bearing th ham and ad dree ot the owner on every tenement house, saloon, theater and hotel. Just Imagine that rule applied In Omaha, and th brisk traffic In real estate transfer It would create. Mr. Bryan seem to think a man cannot be a democrat, an aristocrat and a plutocrat all at one and the tarns time. Some ot them, bowever, nader oath declare that they are simultaneously democrats and popo llata for vote-getting purpose only. With eighty-seven aspirant for th seven elective place In Omahb't commission plsn of city government any school boy can figure out a ratio of a little more than twelve to on, wblcb meana at least twelve disap pointments tor every gob of joy. ' Eight peopl already killed aa a consequence of lnsurbordlnation within th walla of th Nebraska state prison. Not a pleasant record to contemplate. Bat th real prob lem 1 tbat ot thorough reorganisa tion. Braaklaa Off the Dwsf. a t. Dauia Olobe Democrat. Some people who set out te sweep the country ar kept busy removing the dust from then- area when th returns com In. t Hawaii Tbere. Pittsburgh Dispatch. Justice Hughes of the supreme court declares that he will aot permit his name to be used against Taft W do not think the Roosevelt wing will try to re call that judicial decision. Dlffereweeo ta Tatat. eX. Paul Dispatch. Tb republican members of the New Jersey eatuue have refused te sit with the democratic senator they found guilty of dishonorable conduct ta connect ion with strike trilts. Bat tt will be noted that at Washington there Is no party Una as the senate en eXephenaoai sad Lorimer. A Tie for tw teats. New York World. Th sharp rise la the Prices ot pork, bacou and lard to the Chicago market on ths announcement of the verdict ta th packers- trial suggests th possibility of a converse effort If they had bee convicted. Rodents ot the eoat-of-Mvtng Problem may spaeaiate ea te whether tt might not be solved by putting some body la Jail ThfaDav fnOmalia prom ui rux i r Mar arcttSl. thirty ears Agtr lne repubucan city primary to elect dotecatc to a city convention waa bald this evening, with a contest In nearly every ward. The names that are atlU living embodiments here include E. K. Long, W. W. Bingham. J. B. Redfleld and Martin Dunham. The closing exercises for th term at th North school witnessed aa Interesting program. Juliet W. McCuno recited TtM bod- of the blurt," and Leonora Smith recited "Nobody's Child." Other partld panta were Mabel Fonda, Harry Staler and Ida Miller In elocution; Louis Asidey, Minnie Swarsiaruler, Nellie Wlllet Li axle Richardson, Louis Cassidy, Carrie Nlchol, Augustus Btratman, Sadie Donohoe, Selma Cullee and Lulu Smith. "Curfew Mast Not Ring Ttonlght" was there in all Its gmry by Florence French. Thomas W. Keens kt giving a reper toire at Boyd's. The new court house yard It enclosed by a high board fence. . The mercury is climbing up Zlon'a hill pretty fast. John Tracy of the Union Pacific bag gage department received a pradoua lit tle piece of naggace yesterday, which ha will handle carefully enough. It was a girt. A manslve and glittering new safe, with the words "J. J. Brown" In large gold let tars ea the front, attracted much atten tion as It went up Farnam street. The ex-vlos prealdent ot the United State. Schuyler Colfax, passed through the city from Central City, where he had delivered a lecture. General Mead left for Chicago. He will he gone several days. A iarxe axprsss wagon, loaded with ducks and geese, stopped In front of Baxe'a pharmacy, with contents, consist ing of 17 gees and 17 ducks, bagged in twenty-four hours from Clarkesvllla by Hollls Hogle and Will Clary. v Twenty Veers Ago Eleven young doctor received degreea from the Omaha Medical college, whose graduation exercises ware held at Boyd theater. They were Andrew Jackson Baker of Omaha, David J. Bartletta. Omaha: Philip H. Mats, Omaha; William uak, Fairfield; U. D. Stone, Crab Orchard; J. A. Roedar, Omaha; George Roeder. Omaha; Thomas E. Barron, A. M., Omaha; M. C Chrwteneen, Council Bluffs; W. a Wlsner, North Platte; W. K. Dixon, Mead. Dr. Letnenlng, prealdent of the trustees, addressed them upon the ethics of their profaeaton. Dr. Macrae of Council Bluffs Introduced Rev. David R. Kerr, D. D., chancellor of the University of Omaha, and explained that hereafter the college of medicine would be attached to that institution. Harry Phllbla and Charles Baxe, scalp- era, were "taken In" for on tickets to California, which they bought from a smooth talker, who proved later to be a thief. The tickets were stolen sixty of them from th Burlington ticket office at Bushnell, I1L Mrs. R. T. Kosliaeman returned horns from Burlington, la,, where she was sum moned apon th death of her father. Mrs. Henry Ran died suddenly st her residence, KM Hsrney street, sfter a Bru te ring Illness of three years, Mrs. Kau died while the family was attending ths funeral ot Meyer Hellman. She waa year old and leavea three daughters, Mr. M. Hellman. Mrs. I. Oberfelder, Mrs Wlaa of Sioux City, and one son. Max A. Kau. Henry Drew, BT North Seventeenth street took a bath which cost him He left his purse, containing that amount on the stsnd while he want upstairs for the plunge end the purse vamoosed ta the meantime. A fight sprung In the Vocal democratic ranks. Euclid Martin was credited with leading an anti-Bryan faction with Pet Blrkhaueer as hi first lieutenant C. a Montgomery waa on Martin's aids. Martin and hi friends lined up as Dsvld B. Hill men. the others being for Cleveland. Teat Year Ago , H. O. Straight returned from a trip' through th strawberry aectlona of Mis souri and Aransas and reported that the crop would be extremely short The county board gave leave for Sup erintendent E. J. Bodwell to re-employ a former assistant and allowed Superin tendent ot the Court House Ed Dee an other janitor. This waa opposed by those who levered carrying out the board's pro fessions of retrenchment. Mrs. W. H. Elbourn waa given a pleas ant surprise by friends, who happened In on her and Mr. Elbourn, In token of her birthday anniversary. Mrs. O. D. Klpllger and Mrs. H. J. Penfold entertained members of the Thistle dub at the homo of the former, an South Thirty-second street The evening was devoted to cards sod th i were won by Mrs. Todd, Mrs. Jackson, Mr. Penfold and Mr. Dewar. la presentation of her daughter, Miss Edith Thomas, Mrs. J. W. Tboma bald a large reception from I to p. m. at her home on West Farnam street Kra Thomas and Miss Thomas received their guesu In th drawing room, and In th hall Misses Orcutt, Tukey snd Purvis served punch. Mrs. Wstthse, Mrs. I. T. Dale. Mrs. Charles Marsh and Mr. Peters alternately presided in th dining Among th others assisting war Mr. E. P. Savage of Lincoln, wit of th governor; Mesdame Scrtbner, War ren. Blackwell, Charles Bates; Mlasaa Mayer and Peters of St Louis snd Bav- of Lincoln. "Rich l-trlBc ia h Navy. Boston Transcript Uncls Sam feed hi soldiers and sail ors bountifully: they bav good food, well reeked and served and enough ef It Thla truth has long beea known to other nations. But tb most striking tribute to tbe dietary of our army and navy la tbe publication of tb menus ot sa American cruiser now ta English water as part of an attack on Winston ChurcbUL He. aa first lord of tho ad miralty. Is admonished to see that Bri ton's fkrs get aa good food aa their American coasln receive. Tear (aw Friar!) Omly. Indians polls News. Bat those tear which Senator Steph nasn shed to th senate were aot soars, for th tlff.OM which was Mewa an ew his election. He dossat rahst th It' th principle at tb thin. peril of Cheeriaig. New York Bun. If th Hon. WIlHssa J. Bryaa had th slightest marnaalmny la his seal be woold war th other celooel of what the cheering means. . People and Events Millinery experts contend with muc! force that the Easter hat overshadow every other eady 1 the ring, especially in six and price. The Coffin Driven union of New York, Jersey City and Hohoken insist on more wagea and promise to put up a stiff fight if the coffin bosses fall to com down. Proper selection and careful reading of political speeches enables student to acquire the technique of the vitupera tive art without th aid of a correspond ence, school. Th juror la the Chicago packers' case were so thoroughly smeared with slaugh ter hone testimony that all but two be came confirmed vegetarians before the ease waa closed. Henry PS 1 dps. the steel magnate of Pittsburgh, bas just distributed tr.uD0. among his sons. The handsome handout cheer th boys Immensely, takes quite a load off th old man's mind and remove a fine hunch ot money beyond tb reach of the Inheritance tax. Mr. G rover Clevelan- has given th dress she war kt her White House wed ding to the National museum la Wash ington, the managers of which are plan ning to preserve the costume worn by prominent women In social and official life in ths national capital. Thirty-fir Boy Scouts armed with toy rifles cut loose In a vacant lot in Brook lyn last Sunday. When the smoke of mimic battle lifted a t-year-old scout was dead, a leaden pellet to his heart Parents who permit youngsters to play with guns bid the undertaker put crepe oa the door. Chicago contracted for eLW0,M worth of voting machines and flnda them use less for the first tact The number of plutcs and plain people eager to break Into office and rule the rest of the people far outreach th capacity of the machine, and tb sovereigns of the election hour must be content with a reactionary blanket ballot . . In Its dealings with women Jersey Jus tice Is a wonder with velvet trimmings. Th other day a man waa pinched for tS,W for denying that a certain woman waa a widow, and another misguided male waa soaked for M tor calling another woman aa eld maid. Jersey men with hair-trigger tongues now go outside th stste to cut loose. Albany, N. T., supplies aa grossing In- stance of plundering an aetata without heirs. On the death ot an old woman supposed to be poor th authorities dis covered hank books showing deposits f turn in her name. Being without known relative th property reverted te the state. But did the stats get It? Not much-only KOCO, The undertaker swiped ttMl; th doctor, $l.Mt; th nurse, tow; the lawyer. IfcTM, and minor leeches ran th total up ta tu.000. How th bal ance ef Kooa escaped to th stats I on of the mysteries of Billy Barnes town. SECTJLAa SHOTS AT PULPIT. Cleveland Plain Dealer: A Massachu setts clergyman, sued tor divorce. Is called by hi wife "a doc, a hypocrite, a rat a soak and a skunk." Outside ef that one gathers, ha s a perfectly good littl minister. Detroit Free Press: A Massachusetts pastor ears that widow bav no right to set their caps tor men until sll tb girls have been provided with husbands. Then girls must find a way to equip themselves with lite Insurance money. . St. Louts Republic: "Th saddest hour ot th day come Just before sunset," as serts a Mllwsuka clergyman. This may reveal why th clergy ar not near enough to th laity. Th saddest hour of th day to on out of order Is when th alarm clock cuts loose. Baltimore American: The church of today ha temporal mission a well as a spiritual on. To cur th ills of th poor, te elevate their condition, to make life her upon earth a bit mora peace ful, a bit mora pleasant Is a task th pulpit should not overlook in Its seal to point th path to th stars. Boston Transcript: Father Keating of Brockton tells his female parishioner to marry, unless they purpose to give their Uvea te the church, but not to marry en It a week, aot te marry a man to reform htm, and not to marry if th young oouple would hare to live with the parent of either. In th absence of any recent utterance on th subject of race suicide an avrg cKlaen may be per- Tnltted timidly to remark that thl seems te him Ilk pretty sound advice. fo 7 9 EKCIIAHGED PIAfJOS Oar floor ar again erowdod with piano takaa bt xohang for onr Grauva and Player Maa. W mast clear onr stor ot tt4 piano, regardless of pric or terrrat Ilany of the ar lea than on rear old and ta good as ta day tbey left the factory. Compar tb name and price listed balow: EI11ICH k CO. Original pric M5 ow SS5.00 BiXLIT SATIS. Original pric MSO ow... tS.OO BOSTOT 11150. Original pric S50 now S100.00 1KB. Original pric ,300 now ......$150.00 XCTIXXX. Original pric $r5 now 9165.00 ataay other well known make, such as Kranlch Bach, KlmkalL Bteisway, Weber, Tot Sen. Hallet Davit, all go fa this terlle tale. SLIGHTLY USED PTJxYXB PL1H08 AT $265, J5275, $300 AHD $350 Troat t nM vary purchatwr. AB MflDSLPE a 1513-1515 DOUGLAS ST. D0XESTJC FLEASA5THIIS. HubHow vain you are! I believe wfi-n you get to heaven you'll be eontlnoaty rim " asking: "la my halo oa etrejgntr- Wife Tea, dear: and I shall be sorry that you won't be there to tell at, Boston Transcript "It was Tennyson, was It not who aald: Woman la the lesser manT " I believe It was. Evidently Mr. Ten nyson didn't read his copy before It went to the publisher." Chicago Tribune. Gladys (Just Bt This Is ray birthday. Mabelle. Guess how old I am?" Mabelle-O. I'll gueas . GladysNot very good. Four year ant of th way. . t Mabelle Well, dearie. I wanted ta te sure and be oa the safe aide-Judge. I "When that young man asked you to marry him." said Mr. Cumrox, "why didn't you tell him (o see meT' "I did." replied his daughter, demurely. "Ha said he had already seen you and that he didn't find your appearance es pecially objectionable." Washington Star. "Wasn't he surprised when aha kissed him?" "Indeed, ye: h called for help." i Ml-... JttA rii. jtnV ' "Called for witness That girl rve been gola' to see am' got no sens or numor. "Didn't aha laugh when yea proposed Houston Post "Do you believe that we ever show our real bent when we are children?" asked Blnks of th genial philosopher. "Yea," aald th genial philosopher, "t know barber In this" town who at the an of t year was th most disagreeable little shaver you ever saw, and always mixed up In some kind of a bad scraps." Harper's Weekly. liw umnvm ns lerns w - i.n th theatrical business to a remarkabl extent" "Right! I just ssw a pootopiay la three reels." Judge. "Yes I think so," answered th wit ness. "You say you think!" growled th t torney. "Don't think. Just give us th tic ts. -The Green Bag. "t tell you." anapped th spare, austere dame, "men put too much money in clothe nowadays." "Huh!" ejaculated th woman with th faded gown: "I've gone through my hus band' clothe hundred times and I never found more tban a nickel la 'em." Chicago Tribune. TEE UTILE SOD SHAUTT. Kansas City Star. The nttl od shanty tbat stood en th plain Has gone with th pratrl dog's vanished domain. . Ia gone with tb antatop' llght-fotted tread. And peasant-built housaw bav risen la stead: Tb biting wind strayed through th shanty's one room. And one glassies window brought light to Its gloom. Th water drip-dripped, when It happened to ram. Through the little sod shanty that sti on the plain. But th country bred man la those day I am told. To whom life meant more than a passion ror solo: They war rough, they were tough, they were sometimes prorano But they didn't rat manhood by barter and gain. And they stood on their own feet la all hell's despite. And they died ia their boots If they thought they were ngnt! Thar were women wb lived ia those days, I am told. Who suffered privation and hunger snd old Along with their husbands, because they believed Ia the dream that th next generation , . eenieveo So, though It has vanished, it roe not In vain. The little sod shanty that stood on th plain. Prescriptions Filled With care and by experienced drug clerks In Omaha's large and efficient prescription room which I located nnder our 16th and Dodge St atorw, away from th contutlon ot the retail bas inets. ShemantMcConnell Drag Conptny 16th nd Dodge) Sts. KospepG SECOND SPECIAL SALE -OF- .t V r m