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Show Round TWO BIG QUESTIONS About New York THK MURAL OBLIGATION" AN3 DOES IT PAY!" Gossip of People and Thing the Great Metropolis in SHOULD blt An WpARD OIL TO MAKE of a L litigation company satisfactory conclusion there will be a melon of no small proportions, Stand-Oi- l jut the management of the company does not believe the mg market price of at the securities evident from the fact the stock is down on the books at Included jluatin f 1100 a share. 000,-o- f more than $100, are assets he government bonds. high Is 00 are sharing in the Standard Oil com-r- . well as western oils a sharp advance, has served to stimulate materially. There is a pro oducers of oil sjerltf of the Eastern as witnessed pro-le- a h nounced scarcity of oils in the Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana districts, due to the enormous increase in the demand for by of petroleum, and it. Is believedproducts it will not be many years before the Standard Oil company will be depending more upon western than eastern oils. The same results can not be obtained from the as from the oils ami it will he necessary for the company to Increase its refining and pipe line capacity as It becomes more dependent uion the products of the Texas, California Kansas and Oklahoma fields. As soon as the litigation in which the Standard Oil Company is Involved is out of the way the question of increasing the capital fltock to a figure that will be more in harmony with the market valuation of the securities will be taken up for consideration. Standard Oil representatives are more confident than ever that the corporation will come out victorious in the suits instituted against it. They hold that practically all the charges against the company are based on technicalities. high-grad- e low-grad- e high-grad- e MUSICAL ANTIQUES OWNED recent Stanford White sale not more than two mln-o- f chaffering on each article belt was snapped up by eager pur-toHarps without strings went ) because they were made in nee in the reign of Louis XIV., the there was rt Italian armchairs sold giltframed US bt ws be because of the abiding faith purchasers In their antiquity, sale opened with an offering of musical ;1 rr it familiarly. A days speak altar which look-:k- e an elongated aoup Then the crowd of 15. ladle went purchasers room at the White resile saw more value In sitars and others went at $15 and $11 each. :e attendants held up an attenu-lute- ,. whose fret board stuck out the handle of a gardeners spade, was a chlttarone, English, mid-o- f 2un music he mi orlai lie it Dot , Instruments such as the the romance tli of LlAA art sixteenth century. As the o la the bottle-greelivery lifted chlttarone up to the little stand In the n IW JURR0RS id kr Losses by itioa front of the green velvet curtains he swept the strings across the buttons of his waistcoat. A mellow wail like the breath of an aeolian harp went forth from the hollow throat of the e ancient instrument The tuneful brought $135, and a brother sold for $175 because be was moulded on more outre lines. Another strange instrument was the dulcimer, a contrivance which looked like a modern zither inclosed in a giant glove box. When the attendants set It on the stand and let down the four sides of the box, each depicting delightful pastoral scenes wherein klrtled shepherdesses toyed with crooks, the creator of the stage atmosphere came again to the fore and dropped $300 before the lure Then they of those shepherdesses. sold 11 harps, most of them sans strings and partially broken by infirmity, but all antiques. The lowest price paid for a harp was $85 and $230 was r mark. the high-wate- SUFFERED long trial itie ad c. rr or ffr I'm 0 While the death of the wife of Juror Joseph lb Presumed at the outset that Holton, three weeks after the trial beere In for a long siege of It, gan, were allowed to go at the close of them had any Jdea that the of each day, helped only in ofpart. the ould extend the length of time Those who availed themselves t During the trial many of the opiortunlty to go to their offices were prevented from attending to so overwhelmed with work that it to affairs with their accustomed wub a severe strain on them. Heforc the death of Juror Holton's irity, suffered losses they can : recoup. Others fell far behind wife the Jurors, when not in the court Broad-wuwork, and it will be months room, were locked up In the ds 'M the case. Central hotel. After that they fan catch up. ad'ides this, the houses by which were given their freedom after the Each f the Jurors are adjourneach day. employed as journment JTO or In other resiionslble ca-,- e ment Invariably found the majority to their offices, found i heir affairs sadly lag-o- of the Jurors hustling financial losses that can-all- y to work until late at night. b estimated have resulted. The Jurors received two dollars for the trial. 'TO were only two Jurors .who did caeh day's service during Mrey d EASTER FLOWER BILL OF GOTHAM E one with a fondness for sta-- " C has discovered that the sum j"r Master flowers in this city l almost $1,000,000. This I based on a canvass of ta,e ! hopg and is as near the cor Wre as can bo arrived at with-- i 'ha! of time and labor bo-the task. That society more extravagant in Ofcorutlon every year is the 'lit made by one of the florists four Hundred. This same ,R5 that aside from the ,. or money spent at Easter, more money put up dally for lll'n ever before. There are more expensive flowers In the ihan there ever were before, many of the country gen-- , , """wins, with fine conserve-i- r rmstantly bringing out higher grades of flowers well as for the of raising them. For mi Pur. In-- " r' II. MrK. Twombly, who place at Madison, N. H ben the thrifty person or his wife sits down for the first time or any time with the mail order catalogue and its temptations, there are two, and only two, points to be taken into consideration. One of these is moral obligation, and the chances are that that will be dismissed as sentimental nonsense. The other is Will it pay? and to that the thrifty person will be Inclined to interpret an answer from the prices quoted in black-facefigures in the catalogue. Neither of these questions should be lightly dismissed. Moral obligation is not sentimental nonsense, and black-facefigures sometimes lie. The duty a man owes to hla own community and hla obligation to trade at home are so often reiterated in the country press that, possibly like aome of the preaching, it has a tendency to harden the heart of the sinners. What, has your neighboring town d $1,000,000 has this year brought out Une orchids. some very These orchids have been retailing for two dollars each. On tho surfaw: would It would appear that the poor of out little pleasure to get be able Is flowers at Easter, but the truth out of real more pleasure they get them than the rich. In the first place, when the poor appreciate them more thut fact they the and they get them, after do not get them until the day Hunter doen not niak them enjoy are many them any the lesa. There purpose the for special societies here flowers among the of distributing event at which poor, and after any the members used profusely, are hey them distribute and collect them institutions and among the hospitals, house dl the poor of the tenement York spends a New trlcts. Thus. If th on Easter dollars million of poor snd unfortunate of hem the next fully those of modersts day, snd It Is only left. who means gel two-third- s BURNS, uncle ro y Wise. Mr. 8keters The skectcr bold. From ether winging. Will siMin delight I' with lit. singing? Amt atrulghtwHy lie . The Will mlek Ida pu.k-H-b.- etlnger through! By the Way. CuvU Is the dressniuer'u best friend. The man In debt ulways apprt Tiales the value tf money. Fight hard; forgive quickly. Hope Is the one rosy aurora of life-thanever grows dim. The man who Is poor but honest can sleep nights, anyhow. Everything may come to those- who wult, but It Is better to go out. And meet things. Otherwise they might take the wrong road at tb.o- - outskirts of your domicile. Time may le a tomb builder, but tye wonit. erect a very big one over the remains of a man too lazy to earn a decent living for his family. 1 found the elixir of life yesterday. I ate a piece of mince pie and lay awake until morning. During that time i flopped over 71 times and Hved. 2,00 years. This is enough to make old Ponce de I .eon turn over In his grave. Michigan boasts a dressmaker 101 years old. An exemplification of the survival of the fittest, I suppose The average man wouldn't be afraid to go up In these air ships, but the coming down la dift . new-fangle- d ferent. -- - -- - nV. Vh-- A IV v, e CHAMPION. Wins Title in Fight With Jack O'Brien at Lo Angeles. Los Angeles. Tommy Burns of Los Angeles won the heavyweight championship of the world from Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien, before the Pacific Athletic club here Wednesday night, after twenty rounds of fighting that was for the most part a foot race. O'Brien ran away from Burns from the first round to the finish and only occasionally was the latter able to overtake him. Then O'Brien invariably clinched with Burns and held on until the referee pried them apart The crowd hooted and Jeered O'Brien and hurled all sorts of raillery at him But at he raced about the ring. very few blows of any vigor were landed by either man, and neither sufBoth of fered and apparent damage. O'Brien's eyes were damaged and his lips were cut open, hut Burns had scarcely a scratch. chlt-taron- - ttlng on C. Clark.) BY WHITE SOLD all of the Jurors In the not suffer seriously by the long period hw trial, who recently failed to of immurement. They are retired h verdict In the long drawn out merchants and Independently wealthy. The fact that the Jurors, from the experienced severe financial loss 01 by Alfred TOMMY tM-- iuu: 1906, d ONCE dur: tone wit: Honest Answer to These Will Keep the Trade with the Home Merchant Every (Copyrighted, earnings of the for some been establishing new high 1 The net earnings for the cur-fi-r are expected to reach a r.0(,000 and 1 100,000,-totwice the amount required dividends at last years rate of The litigation in which share. eomnany is involved Is the only Oil that prevents the Standard fL. from increasing its disburse-It is said In to shareholders. Lent CONSIDERED Time. If RECORD FOR PROFITS T0RK.-T- he sitndard Oil BE household, and that among the duties to his family and to the heirs of bis estate is that of practicing Judicious economy buying where he can buy the cheapest and to the best advanA BILL OF PARTICULARS tage. And this brings us to the see-onpoint in the argument the paramount question in this commercial age Will it payf Motion Overruled by Judge And ExBy most people an affirmative anTaken by Council- - Work swer to that question is accepted aa ception of Scouring Jury Haa Begun. the call of duty. As a matter of fact, Will it pay?" la a good test to apply to any project or proposition. There Boise. By overruling the motion of are commercial, aa well aa political, demagogues, and the man who is ap- ;he defense for a bill of particulars pealed to on the score of patriotism letting forth what overt acts, if any, or profit, duty or dollars, can scarcely '.here were, to connect the accused do better than to sit down by himself with the murder of former Governor and submit that question "Will it Frank Steutjenberg, Judge Fremout pay?" to hla own best judgment. Wood of the district court of Ada Provided always, that he goes to the county cleared the way for the trial very bottom of it. of William D. Haywood, secretary of What are the relative advantages of the Western Federation of Miners, buying at the local store and ordering from a catalogue house? Advantages, which began Thursday. Judge Wood understand, that figure in the ques- held that the request of llaywood'a tion, Will it pay?" Don't get away counsel for a more explicit statement from that question. It certainly la of the charges again the prisoner very comfortable to sit down by your came too late, regardless of whether own fireside and select a dress pattern or not It might have been entertained or a sulky plow from a printed desat an earlier stage of the proceedings. a cription and picture of the article; In cases where bills of particulars are much more comfortable, in fact, than the man who Is to preside allowable, a to town on hitching up and driving over the trials of tho accused miners raw day. A consideration more Important, declared the motions must be made perhaps, is that the printed price in before the indictmeuts are pleaded the catalogue seems, in some cases at to and before the cases are set for least, to be lower than, the price trial. quoted at the local store. Isn't that There is as yet no indication of conclusive? Let's see. The catalogue the scope of the case which the state describes the goods and quotes a will seek to prove against Haywood. It is naturally assumed, however, that Messrs. Hawley and Iloiah will seek to make the showing as to the alleged conspiracy as broad a possible, without endangering it upon appeal, assuming that there is a conviction. Discussing this phase of the case one of the counsel for the prisoners said: The broader the scope of the case offered by the state, the better we will be satisfied. FRENCH VESSEL STRIKES ROCKS Steamer Wrecked on Coast of Uruguay With Heavy Loss of Life. r houses are using to Montevideo, Uruguay. The French The fire of publicity is the medium the transport maritime steamer Poitou, destroy this community. It is up to you, Mr. Merchant, to fight tho devil with fire. By the aid of the local press you can hold him over the scorching from Marseilles, April 6, for this flames, and put a stop to his devastating competition eo far as this comport, has been wrecked off San Jose munity Is concerned. Will you not assist in the good fight? Ignacio, on the coast of Uruguay. She is understood to have had 300 passenof a the for A market it Mr. Farmer? gives price; maybe picture gers on board, and, according to late given you, 200 your produce. What has made 25 to article also, but you don't see the reports, nearly on of these have been their to this city. 50 per cent, of the present value of goods. The local merchant shows you rescued and are The vessel and her cargo will probabyour farm? The accessibility of a the goods; you may examine them ly prove a total loss. The casualty market You know what your grand- critically; he may allow you to teat list has been reported at 100, but this father did on that same farm? Drove them or t call In an expert to advise has not been corroborated. The gov his hogs and hauled his grain 30, 50, you. Is it fair to conclude that the srnment is doing everything possible maybe 75 miles to the nearest market catalogue article Is the cheaper just to succor the shlpwiecked people. San Jose Ignacio Is a small rocky town, and received prices for them because the price is lower? surrounded An element that must enter into the promontory by reefs, that would make you howl about the miles west of Cape St. trusts. And be hauled back the fam- comparison of goods and prices Is, twenty-onMarla, on the southwestern coast of ily supplies for which he paid what that In any attempt to fool the cusUruguay, and about 150 miles from monopolistic tomer, the local merchant Is decidedyou would consider Montevideo. a He what show must know at to ly Do disadvantage. you happen prices. the old farm was worth then? Well, the goods, not merely describe them. Trial of Mrs. Bradley Postponed. it lacked a good deal of being $75 or His business depends wholly upon the Washington. Mrs. Anna M. Bradlimited trading area of his town and $100 an acre. will bo brought to trial October Yes, the home town, with Its handy his ability to inspire confidence within ley 7 for to cannot afford make that of lie value circle, shooting former Senator Arthur market, has advanced the a practice of misrepresenting his of Utah at the Raleigh hotel worth Brown made and you your property In this city. Senator Brown died as several thousand dollars more than goods. was worth. The The mail order house Is not so tied a result of tho wounds a few days your grandfather home town affords schooling for your down to the maxim that ''Honesty Is inter at the Emergency hospital. Mrs, children, and perhaps social and the best policy." It has no neighbors, Bradleys defense to the Indictment of church privileges which your family no fellow citizens, no mutual Interests lie first degree murder reported by would not otherwise enjoy. The rural with its patrons. Its trade area Is the grand Jury against her will, It Is mail routes and telephone systems, wide and always shifting. Naturally understood, tm temporary insanity. itn-sconditions do not demand extraShe will be defended by Attorneys radiating from the home town, as honWells, Hoover and Weils of tho local spokes from s hub, bring to your ordinary vigilance in supplying home the greatest conveniences of est made goods. And where Vigilance bar, and Judge Orlando W. Powers, of Salt Lake City. . Is not a needed employe In the busimodern times. Have you ever noticed that the first ness he Is generally taken off the pay Defrauding tha Government newly-openeroll, which makes a saving in expense, thing the settlers of a well us cost as of in the the a It for wagon send trial of to do goods. is Pittsburg. When the reservation 1 lower prices are quoted by the cata Frank Emmett, J. J. Dunn and Charles load of mall Order catalogues? Well. hnvent. They lay out a town site logue house, may not this account for L. Close, charged with conspiracy In every six or eight miles, start two or It? furnishing defective boiler tubes to Will It pay?" Is it a matter of three general stores, Ixilld a school the government, for warships, was re a economy to buy Inferior and damaged house, a church, a blacksmith shop, aumed Wednesday Emmett, who has grain elevator, petition the depart- goods when the same ntuney, or even turned state's evidence, was (be first a start a for will little more, pay goods of the ment for a post office, and witness. Ho made the statement that newspaper. They know, from former best quality? Which course does a defective tubes thut had been stamped own to his man's first these household with things duty experience that, with the .Inspector's stamp, procured close by, life will be endurable, what- dictate? forcing a desk where the stamp Hut to get at the bottom of that by ever hardships may come. They know, was kept, were subjected to a water also, that without them they must live question, we must consider the far pressure of lint 50 pounds Instead of lives of Isolation and endure an exist- reaching general effect of mall order the required 1,000 pounds to the ence that is contrary to all natural trading. If single catalogue houses square Inch. are to be capitalized at $40,000,000, human Instincts. St. Louisians In Trouble. On the other hand, It goes without they must be reckoned with slung town beef country th with trust Standard the and Oil, average Twenty-ninthat SL Ioo1a-Ian-s IaiuIs. 8t. saying, cannot exist without the support of railroad mergers. If they are allowed have lieen summoned to appear Its tributary territory. Then, if that to suck the Mod from our country before the federal grand Jury at Denwill find town affords the advantages for the towns, your grandchildren ver to tell what they kuow of a suprural citizen that have been enumerat- conditions much the same as those of posed scheme to combine a large numan call we what may time. Their exists mar your grandfather's ed, there ber of roal land claims under the coninterdependence and a moral obliga- kets will be 30, 50 or 75 miles away. trol of some syndicate whose Identity Mr. Are detwo. will and towns the The be you. villages tion between not been has publicly established. The obto that serted, and the hubs" will be too dis- names of those Thrifty Farmer, living up subpoenaed has not do to trading send the tant when of your you radiating spokes The Denver grand ligation been revealed. house? rural mall, telephone lines snd other Jury will meet May 23. and, It Is with the mail order To this line of argument the farmer modern conveniences far Into the stated, will take up the matter aa the oblige-Uon- , result of a recent secn-- t investigation country, msy answer that his greatest conducted In St.. l.ouli. lt.Mtl.KM bhadhiIAW his Oral duty, is to his Immediate mail-orde- e , e s Ton can t catch ' fish with da y dreams. Try worms. Love is the gas man's graft. In an electric light plant they do not sell currents by the bushel, but by the shock. Married nu-1whose comings home are chronicled by a cuckoo clock will do well to tend the thing torpedo sand or chewing gum and tacks. A gossip's glasses always magnify. The moth is the greatest rag chewer of the age except . the woman who pursues the moth. Raton, New Mexico, Is a dead town because it Is in a future state. . My dentist always wants to swear when his patients come In and talk about their "gooni." It's plain ordinary "gum." I fear the South Sea Islanders will never be great church goers. They wear no clothes at all. and could not attend divine service for the sake of fxhihltlng their costumes. Intoxication. York rlub Is busily engaged In settling the exact status of a man , with seven a whisky-souand four gin fizzes under hla belt. Is the man drunk or not? If not, when Is he drunk? A New high-hulls- r are oft'tlmcw hunt of Imud.rli-llo cuIcuIhIm, I.lk'-wim- - lli one's Impropilcly Is often ull to rate "When Is a man Intoxicate?" 'dlf-- , tide explnnailonlng sufficiently obviate Much Idle ciinverautlnnliiKa upon the at- cnlinllc state: "When la a mun Intoxicate?" I think will mun la drunk wlu-- to'rd the sky lifts IiIm (iHleled Initul on high And opens wide Ilia mouth to tell Wliut sire mo- - adventures have befell And Itavln thus t'TIa quite Hlmur.l l 1. I'repNi-et- l way, can't any a word! a word or drop Ida "milt". t'an't ity IT! Or rime- Ida mouth! I fenr Ve,. there he atnmta point'd Ilka a A lie , ht-'- a "munk" Now, mark ye DRUNK! well-TII- AT MAN IB This Way Out. Touchln on and appertainin' to. the mutter of exits, there was that sly scheme concocted .by the greatest showman on earth, Mr. I'hlneas T. ltninum. Finding that people were dlsM)sed to linger around the big tent even after the grand concert was over. Mr. Itarnum had several signs painted bearing this strange device: ! ; THIS WAY TO THE EGRESS. ? : The egress, of course, must be some curious wild beast, related to the tigress or other fierce inhabitant of the jungle, and as all children wanted to see it, there would always be ft grand rush forail outdoors! |