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INSIST OIIAVIMt Tim
PAIITIHS I.tlAVlNfJ POIl TIIK SUMMCU
rnrllos leaving the city for
the niiniiiivrnil hn\o Tin *
lletHont to tlic-in rVpriilnrly
hy notifying : The IHiIIUH | -
no s olllou In PITNOII or liy
mull. TiniiililreHx will 1m
UN ofti'ii UN ilcnlruil.
Tlio nnt-lil ! > ; li Imt fiitl lias liimlly
brokcii out at San Francisco. Pretty
noon It will embark for a return trip
across ( he continent.
If waiting for soniL'thliiK inakos n person -
son uppiTolate It more when It arrive * ,
the new tariff ought to bo able to count
on' an unqualified welcome.
' The menu temperature for the year
' .may be ' depended on to fiRiire oul
' ' 'im'itty1 eloie tt > the ilverrtiw tcnlperature
of other yonra tnlc ' >
How much easier for Spain to disavow
an unnutliorlzLHl act , of hostility tluin to
a-nn the risk of a collision with a htionger
iiatlpn at a time when it has Its hniul-
more than full with Cuba.
Nebraska ex-con ivssinen appear to
be strictly in It with Hie present adminis
tration. Hut there are a few Nebraska
i > x-coiiressmcn } left still unprovided for.
Kx-Coiisiv.ssman AVIlllnm Jennings
I5o-an is one of them.
The. klnjr of Slum , \\lin Is shortly to
visit this country , carrii-s along with his
other liiKKaKc the name of Chnlalon -
koi'ii. I'mirt on this combination should
Htq made a penal offense during his maj-
.csty's stay in America.
The efficacy of tlio new emergency ra
tion designed for the United States army
linvlng been practically tested , there
HUIMUB t < be no reason why the army
sliould not grow stronger on it phys
ically If not numerically.
"With both the great commercial
clea of the country sliowlng business to
lie greater in volume and more substan
tial In character thanat any time since
181)5 ) , prosperity seems to be rapidly
overtaking its advance agent.
Now tin ? latest is a double photograph
I taken In midair. Pro try soon we shall
1)0 ) taking pictures of China in this coun
try by the aid of ! light ray.s that pene
trate the earth and give an Impression of
fthlngs on the opposite side.
. The plan of the Kansas banker who
took his life In Chicago in order to pay
bis debts with the Insurance money Is
doomed never to become popular. It Is
I n. good deal easier and less harmful to
the health to keep standing the creditors
off indefinitely.
Indications point to good fruit crops
In both Iowa nnd Nebraska. The fruit
iutorobtR of these states are growing In
variety and Importance fiom year to
year , and In the staple fruits , for their
climatic conditions , the fruit Is nowhere
to bo excelled In quality ,
Of flit * ' ' ron > lfrm > rs oxiiclletl lust ytr \
from ( JiTiimny forty-Mix wonAnu > rk'UH. :
But flii'ii thu Unltt'il Stiitt'rt iniumgi'd to |
play ovun liy oxeliulliiK nn wjntil If not ,
yix'iiteir niiinbor of Ri > rinuna whn trh-il (
to Ki't Into this country lu violation ofj ,
our ImiiilKiiitloii it'strlctloii laws.
Wo may send all the jibes we please
In the direction of the sweet girl grad-
unte , but the fact remains indisputable
that we would not dUpense with lu > r
prt'M'tH'o annually during the blooming
month of June , evun If we-could do KU
.without the slightest Inconvenience.
N \v Inheritance tax laws enacted by
eastern stale legislature * seem to be
playing In 1mnl luck. Ono was vetoed
the other day by the governor of New-
York , and now another his : been de
clared iiiicor.stltutlonal by it Pennsyl
vania court. KvtMi the man who gels
an ustatu by bcquivst and for nothing
Is loatu to divide It wiUi the tuxgath-
cnuv
cnvacn n'otiK.v
The reports madeat the various great
national churcli conventions that have
been holding their annual sessions In
various cities during the past f < i\v weeks
once more bring sharply ( o notice the
grow th of church work In Nebraska
as well ns the dlfllctlltle.s that beset the
path of the church piourcrs in slates that
arc not entirely within the thickly set
tled districts. At the convention of
the Congregational Home Missionary
Society at Saratoga , for example , the
delegate ! from Nebraska , among other
things of Interest , said : "I have been In
Nebraska nearly twenty-four years , and
the most of our 102 churches have been
organised since 1 canto. As nearly every
church In the slate has been planted
and nourished by the Home Missionary
Society , the whole Congregational com
monwealth Id a good illustration of the
work wrought under the auspices of the
society , r'rom the beginning of our one
little church of nine members In ISod ,
with Father flaylord at Its head , wo
have grown to bo a community of 102
churches with about 14,000 members ;
nearly L'0,000 In our congregations and
as many In our Sunday schools. Our
churches have been struggling toward
self-support , many of the e upon the self-
supporting list having teached that point
through great sacrifice on the part of
pastors and people , We shall never
know , much less appreciate , the priva
tions , the self-denials of our pioneers ;
those -who go before and do the work
for the rest of us. " And reports of
similar character and scope have been
laid before other denominational so
cieties and gatherings.
Church work In Nebraska has , we
must all admit , Hiiffered In common with
other interests during the yearn of de
pression , but the chinch-going people
are to be congratulated that they have
stood up as well n they have against
adverse conditions and have now
reached the point wheie their horizon
seems to be clearing. The building up
and strengthening of the churches and
church wjcletlt" gives us the nucleus
around which the law-respecting ele
ments of our communities tally when
ever their good order or good name Is
threatened and without this Influence for
morality and law-obedience Industrial
and commercial development would be
impossible. Among tlio inducements
which Nebraska holds out for the at
traction , of Investors and settlers to Its
borders , none is more powerful than the
assurance an assurance callable of
ocular demonstration that It is a great
church-supporting .state , that church
work Is on the 5ncrca.se and that the
earnustness and energy of the people are
enll.sted under the various church
organizations.
AVhile the churches of Nebraska may
have sore trials to endure and heavy
burdens to bear , .the spirit of the people
who planted them in tlio infancy of the
state and watched over and nourished
them asthey grew Is sure to give them
the place that belongs to them among the
factors contributing tci the upbuilding of
Nebraska and the great west.
M.tittiKU miMKir.iiiiH'Jtuor. TK.ICIIRKS
1 OMAHA. June 5. To the Editor of The
BCD : ' A short time since "attention was called
through your paper ( o the re-olectlon year
after year of incompetent teachers to posi
tions in tlio city schcols. I would call your
attention further to the vxUting conditions
la relation to the employment of married
women to tire exclusion of equally equipped
and competent single women.
There arc nmnj- young women in our city
who at greit Bacrlflco and expense both to
thoiLselves and parents have prepared fcr
school worlr , but who are unable to obtain
employment , while the school board year
after year retains married women hi the
schools. While I would net presume to
criticise or Intel-fare with any one's right
to obtain a livelihood in any manner they
chocoo , yet the manifest injustice of suci
a course Is obvious. The husbands of many
of these married women arcs business men ,
with sufficient Incomes- support ( Iielr
wlfo and family , while on the other hand
the unmarried women they are keeping out
of positions have to depend upon their owj
exertions for a livelihood , and often to as
sist in the care of a lao.her or younger
brothers and ulsters.
The employment of married women In city
schools , la and ahvnjs has been a cause for
widespread dissatisfaction , The school boards
of many clUes In other otates , after an Im
partial Investigation of the subject , have
almost unlvertally decided , al ! things beiin ;
equal , upon ihc employment of unmarried
women ,
It scorns to me this question should re-
cclvo Iho thoughtful consideration of all per
sons interested In iho conduct of our scboolo ,
as well pa an Impartial lnv& Wgation by the i
sdrocl board. What do you think about It ?
ASiyitlMO TEACHIJR.
Tlu > question of married wom. > n as
teachers In the public hchools heoinn to
to-appear Inevitably every time thu an
nual rc-tilcction of school teacher. * approaches
preaches , but the argument * pro and con
remain substantially unchanged. Our'
conc.spondent pleads fhe case of ilu >
I'linmrrled teacher with tin usual forrl-
blu leahons urged In their behalf , Tlii r
Is no doubt , tint plenty of cnmp'uxnt
teacliins are available to supply all the
places tit the. disposal of the school boaid
and that the wlmol.s would not Inap
preeiubly weakened by th ; exclusion of
the married women. Some advantage
might accrue also by having llu pus- !
tlons given to persons who require the
salailes for tin * support of themselves
or dependents , instead of to those who
could manage to got along comfortably
without them.
On thu other hand It must h' ' reniem-
b red Hint the ni'-ru ' fact that a wo'imn
teacher marries does not disqualify her
for school work , although as a inle mar
Huge eventually K-ads to her retirement.
Tin- work dimu hy married women as
teachers may be equal. If not Miip.'rlor , to
that of unmarrlpd women nnd they gen-
oi ally have an experience which the
now rccinit to thn teaching force liukti ,
It Is this exieilfiice that enables them
to command the higher salaries and to
cope nt an advantage with thu Inex-
prrienwd normal school graduates who
uro prising for tholr places.
It seems to us that the eases of th ?
m-UTlrd women M-hool teachers should
be considered by thu school board each
upon Us own merits. The into should he
ugahwt their employment unless tliaie
are special and urgent reasons to conni i
terbalance. If there is any preference
to lie given , other things lining equal , It
should weigh for thu aspiiing young
teachera. Such a course would obviate
to a certain extent the danger of the
teaching force becoming top-heavy with
high salaried members by admitting an
annual Increment of new teachers will
ing to work up from the lower salary
grades. At the same time it must not bo
forgotten that the public schools are not
Intended to be charitable Institutions
nnd that excellence and olllcloney must
be maintained at nil hazards.
LlltRAHY 1IOUK CKXSOHSini * .
A censorious local newspaper critic
of the action of the librarian of
Carnegie library nt Allegheny In
withdrawing from circulation the
works of certain novelists on the
ground that they are of a low rank on
the literary scale denies that public
libraries are Intended to cultivate- the
public up to a certain literary standard
nnd asserts that the chief purpose of
such libraries Is "to furnish a rest and
recreation for tired brains , and the
library that conies nearest to this is the
one the iwoplo will most liberally pat
roiilze. "
It Is very evident that this critic mis
takes entirely the function of the public
library , especially of that which is sup
ported In whole or In part out of public
funds. The library is , or should be , an
educational institution , not a place of
mere amusement and entertainment.
People who seek rest , and recreation for
tired brains In trashy literature and 1m
moral novels too frequently lack the
bialns necessary to an appreciation of
tlio opportunities offered by a well-
stocked and well managed library. If
it were rest and recreation for tired
brains that the library furnished , how
long would the people consent to pay
taxes for the support of such an institu
tion V AVoitld they not soon tell the
brainless tired persons to provide theia
selves with restful literature and tuin
the money In public library funds to
some more useful purpose ?
The truth is that it is , or should be ,
the purpose of the public library to culti
vate the public taste up to higher liter
ary standards. In n circulating library
catering to patrons of all ages and
classes it becomes absolutely necessary
to draw the line on books that are In
jurious to public morals or of degenerat
ing influence on public ta.ste. The li
brary censor may make mistakes
now and then , but because some
one calls for n book is no reason
it should be furnished nt public
expense nnd the whole community
Inoculated with literary virus. It
may be" dllliciilt to decide whether or
not iv certain book" is good for library
circulation , but whenever any number of
library patrons object to the circulation
of a particular book , the librarian will
make no mistake in withdrawing It from
the circulation shelves.
ESKIINTIAL TO COMMEHClAI * I'HOUItKSS
The I'an-Amerlcan Commercial , con
gress held in Philadelphia the past week
was of the greatest importance in point-
Ipg out to the merchants- and manufac
turers of the. Tnlted States what Is nec
essary to the. extension of our export
trade- with the conntrjcs sputh of us.
Tapers of a mo-it practical kind were
presorted by several of the representa
tives of those coimtries and they 'dealt
frankly with the conditions ) showing
where tills country is at a disadvantage
In competition with Kuglnnd aud other
European nations. Of course much of
what was said wasalready familiar.
In large part we were told tjie siuno
things at the fli t Pan-American con-
gioss some years ago. 15ut their iv-
.statemeiit at this time is none the lea , '
acceptable , since its effect must be to
stimulate public interest In the highly
important question of ways and incanu
to enlarge our trade. In a most Inviting
quarter of the world.
It was urged by several of Ihe South
American representatives that one of
the most essential requirements to a
larger trade between the United States
and the southern countries \a \ an
American merchant marine. The Ar
gentine representative made this point
prominent. He stated that the flag of
the Pnited States did not liy in the port
of linenos Ayrcs last year , while the
r.i'inbw of Utitrlish vessels tint entered
that port was 1'Jll , Oenuan . ' ! ( ) ( ! .
Italian 251. French 10 ! ) and Spanish ! ) .
The representative fiom Kcundor spoke
of the ab-oiice of American vessels from
tl'e ports of the wuth and olhens re-
f-Mred to the samef.ict. all conveying thp
ld a that this want of otir own fwl ! | .
ties of transDortatlon placed the Unlte'l '
Slates at a d cidcd di.sadvnnt.ige in com
petition with Its ( ommercial rivals. It Is
undoubtedly by far the greatest draw-
buck to tin ) extension of our cominsiTv
with ( lie siintliein countric.s and w ?
shall never b. able to secure such share
of this commi-rce n we ought to have
until we can ship our products and
bring back the products of those coun
tries In Amoiican Mtlps under the Ame I-
can Hag.
That , this Is being more generally and
strongly appreciated by our p ? ple than
over before there Is good .minon to bc-
llevt * , It WHS leferri'd to liy Koine of th : >
sipealfi'i'H at the btnquet to tha congrea * ,
notably by ex-Seerotary Ohiey , whose
remarks In thU connection wwu so
sound and admirable tluit we reproduce
them , feeling that tbpy ought to have
thi- widest possible circulation. Mr , 01-
ney.said : "If the American miiii of busi
ness wants all the world for hrs ens-
tomciM , another thing Icj wants nlnnut
as badly Is fo re.ieh tlum with his waren
without neces iiy dependence uimn th ?
marine of any foreign state. He wnnt , <
to conduct hlt : foreign trad ? in Aineilcnii
bottoirs under Ihe American flag. lie
wants to feel that the mon > he export : *
and Ihe moru hi * Imports the. moru hi > I : *
building up what should b ? the mo.it Im
portant Indcstry of the country , Kin
power , as nit ollleer af the United States
ntivy demonstrates In a recent treatise
conferring almost equal luster upon him
self and his country , H-M power is an es-
Montlal element both of national security
and national gnmtnew. The fact seems
to l > j now thoroughly Implanted In the
irapnlar mind nid | is largely responsible
for the new birth of our navy nnd for It *
rapid and steady Incrcaso In numbers
and etllclcncy. Yet It Is not to
lh\ forgotten that men-of-war for
: i nation that IH without the
vessels of commerce Is almost an
incongruity , and that the true basin of
.1 navy Is a merchant uiurluu. The busi
ness man of thls country , therefore , who
longs to see Its foreign trade conducted
to a reasonable extent at least under the
stars nnd stflpeV ; who dislikes to have
Its Hag luleome ft curiosity In
the ports . -sun ! havens of the
world ; whoblushes , to realize that
the United Stoics cannot send even its
offerings of charity to their destination
beyond the dens' * except "i sonic alien
craft ; who oUjeefs to one great power
sequestering1 tHeHilghwnys of the ocean
and who insists that his own country
oucht also to , use them aud. to have n
use for them ; , Unit man Is not to bo re
garded as a mere sentimentalist. AVhat
lie desires as matter of natural feeling is
also demanded by the welfare , the great
ness and the Ivonor of his country. "
There Is no subject requiring the ap
plication of enlightened and practical
statesmanship of greater Importance to
the material progress nnd the welfare
of the United States than this one of
n revival of our merchant marine. So
long as wo are dependent In our foreign
commerce upon foreign ships we shrtll
be at a disadvantage and besides thlrf
drawback to our commercial progress
there Is nn enormous annual drain in
payment of ocean freights which almost
wholly goes to the benefit of the Kuro-
pean whipowners. The revival of oin
merchant mailno would keep nt home ,
for distribution among our own people ,
the vast sum estimated at from § 100-
000,000 to ? 150,000,000 annually -Hut
now goes abroad and It would build
here a great Industry which would gro\\
With our commercial development. No
nation should bo superior on the sea to
this great country.
AJlllOAD.
It Is not easy.to find much encourage
ment for the Cause of International bi
metallism In recent developments
abroad. The visit of the American com
inlssioners to Krance appears to have
el eel ted nothing more than an expression
of sympathy with their mission from
members of the government. Some of
these and notably the prime minister are
pronounced blmetalllsts , but they do not
eem disposed to favor any advance
action on the part of the government.
They are friendly to the proposition for
an International conference , but they arc
not willing thaf France take fhe initia
tive. Nor , so far as appears , are they
at all hopeful of any practical result
from a conference. They know that
nothing can be done without England
and there Is not the least reason to hope
that the Hrltish government will show
any favor to international bimetallism.
The annual meeting of life British HI
metallic league at Manchester was
marked by optimistic expressions. It
was said In the report to the league that
never since IHTttihave the-'prospects for
International bUnittnlllsm been HO hope
ful as nt present and while some of the
most promlnon .njlvocates of this policy
were not present at the meeting they at
tested by lottor'thelr continued devotion
to the cause. ( One' of these said : "Our
object Avill be galnbd if the United Rtatv.s
and France wr.-f6me other .great com
uiurclaAiUuMoijijiigree to parry the mattci
through. , tfivmiwi , hont Kugluiid.If ,
this is Ihc goner.il feeling among English
bjniotajlists it is evidently not shared by
those on the continent. These are agreed ,
according to all reports , that for the suc
cess of an international agreement re-
.gin-ding silver the acquiesc'ence of Eng
land is absolutely necessary. Even so
ardent a bimetalllst as M. Molfnc of
Franco is understood to hold this < mlu-
ion. So far as we know there is no one
in Germany of < any influence who be
lieves that any plan of international bi
metallism could b nride successful w'tfi
out the support of the British govern
ment.
Perhaps the sentiment In favor of bi
metallism is as : strong today in Europe
as it has ever been , but there Is no evidence -
denco that any of the governments art-
more favorable to It. Undoubtedly if a
conference were called by the United
States no European nation which might
be Invited would decline to bi > repre
sented In It , but there is no reason to lu > -
Heve tlr.it ucli a conference would not
end as those which have been held ended
without any practical result.
In it not about time that a stop lie
pt'.t to the ve of state money to tide
n'ong ' banks on the verge of bankruptcy ?
There are plenty of sound dc-
posltoty bunks In Nebraska se
cured by gllt-fdge depository bnnd-i
able and ready , not only to take earo of
Ilia public funds In the custody of the
state treasurer , but also to return them
when needed. At all events. If a bank
Is slinky , there Is not thu slightest ex
cuse for Increasing its holding of state
money , "but , on the contrary , every
reason for drawing state money out
of ! t.
President Me.Kmley'H trip last week
was to Philadelphia. This week lie will
go to NaMivIlIo. The pi evident Is evi
dencing a disposition to comply with all
requests for his presence at great galh-
irt'ltiga which Iwi-ean-iitteiid without s"ri-
nr.sly Inconvciilei cliig the public busi
ness. He lij'oj\vajllio ! \ | people want to
BBO him and honwunts to sue tlio people.
Altogether It. | rtrfnMr satisfactory than
presidential fisnftYgJexcurMona and duck
hunts. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The state ItlWir"1 ] ureau Is trying to
collect statist/- ! / ij hotels and lodging
houses by Inquiry of the mayors of the
different cltles ° aiid towns In Nebraska ,
Statistics gatlnfKifAtJ" t k way may be
piw : > ably nccur.lttMfiur the smaller places ,
but they can nc/H / > c"reiablo ! fm1 the larg.'j1
'
towns where ( l Vi'fftIiyoni OIU1 lmvr > " °
precise InformiuiliHh-on such a subject ,
If wo me tii IrritfiPatnte-gathered stalls
tics they ought'loV' reliable.
It Is to be hoped tlio party who car
ried off the war relics of the Second Ne
braska regiment may l u persuaded to re
turn them to the sUMf house , where they
may be kept forever aceessiblu to the
public to throw light on a cliiiptor in
Nebiaska's history. , Nebraska's part In
the great conflict between the static may
not have been extensive , but it should
nut bo altogether forgotten.
Thu thapluln win ) won applause by
his opening prayer In the IllhmU leglsla-
turn a few days ago Is deserving of
promotion. He ought to have an early
call to Washington , wLwe In the larger
Held afforded by congress lift could de
liver bis Imprecation against extrava
gant appniprlnflons for public Institu
tions nnd have dally incentive for nsk
lug the Almighty lo protect the leghln
tors from the temptation of inouey.
The proclamation of nn Impending
corner on whisky came almost colncldotil
with ( he announcement that a largo Keiv
tueky distillery has been swallowed ur
In ti receivership. How any combination
can corner whisky nianufiicUued under
control of the court Is a proposition that
will require Judicial Interpretation.
With the best architects nv.illnblo in
charge of the designing of the exposl
tlon buildings , and the example of the
beautiful structures which have adorned
former fairs fo follow aud improve upon
it goes without saying thut the archltoc
tural display at Omaha lu 1803 will bo
worthy of the exposition.
The successful examinations of the
Annapolis naval cadets tills year , tht
record excelling that for any rooen
years preceding , Is iv gratifying sign tha
the boys for whose education as nava
olllceis the people are p.iylng appreciate
and utilize the opportunities placet
within their reach.
Seimtor YVoleott has boon Intervlowln
tlio preskU'tit of franco , but oiicountcrci
InjiiiK'tloii "not for publication. " /
Kootl roportt'rvvoiiltl hnvo bcuii oxpoctot
to ct tlio iiroslilnnt's views \vlthou
MndliiK lilmsulf not to tllviilKO tlifin to
tilt' world tlirouuli the columns of 111
newspaper.
With the Illinois legislature prohibit
ing six-day bicycle races ant
the Canadian senate forblddtnj ,
newspaper publication of nil reference
once to prl/.e lights , evidences nix
multiplying that the present hat
some valid claim to be called a progres
slve age. _ _ _ _
Postal congress delegates will not lit
fakon west of Chicago on their excursioi
tour of Inspection of United States' pos
tal facilities. They will not therefore
have nn opportunity to wait for the de
parture of the fast mail that wails sev
eral hours at Chicago to steam up foi
speed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Million * III
Glohe-Domociat.
The American sugar beet Uea hats this
peculiarity. There Is In It In plain sigh
$100,000,000 a year In. hard cash.
SlirplilM i > f Clalnii'iltH.
Sioux City Journal ,
The Anncke Jans heirs held a convention
In Omaha the other day. That Is the same
town claimed by George Francis Train on an
old account.
I'lvnnure TrlpN nt Homo.
Somervllle Journal.
One can have almost as much fun in look
ing over railroad guidebooks and deciding
what trips one would like to take aa In tak
ing one of the trips selected and at con
siderably less expense.
I.i > AlixcirbliiKCivilization. .
Cincinnati Commercial.
There Is no longer any doubt that the In
dian is susceptible of the highest civilization.
A full-blooded Nez Perces brave has been
arrested ttl Washington for executing some
of the 'cleverest 'forgeries ' which have come
under the eyes of the police for sums time.
I'litrlodiHtMiltTH in lli
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Now that the school directors have decider
to retain the custom of floating the national
banner In the school yards , It may as well
be admitted that wrangling over the dear olc
Hag Is hot just 111(0 fighting for it , and that
the manufacturers of bunting arc not the
gentlemen who saved our beloved country
at critical times In Its history.
Jolts ScuUlug ;
Springfield nepubllcnn.
Very curious on. Us facela the fact that
about a dozen positions under the govern
ment , worth $2,000 each , remain vacant be
cause no one can be found to flll them.
Where are the ofllcesfekera , you at > ls ? The
mystery I. ? explained when it appears that
the positions are those of skilled draughts
men In the Navy department , which call
for men who know their buslncra. Office
asekers arc not expected nDcttaarlly to
know their buslnres , and so Ibese places
will probably have to bs filled from the
rankrt of those who do not seek the govern
ment employ.
Ili-yoiKl MIIII'M IIIv4-ntlv < - PiMVff.
Ilrooklyn Stnndnnl-Unlon.
The triumph of machinery over the
old-fashioned methoJa of rapid locomo
tion will not do away with allthe
fun our forefathers knew. The cycle
and the hotiselors carriage can
make good time en a good road hod , but
neither one or thsm can takea fence at a
flj Ing leap or ford a stream , nor follow the
hound ? after the fox , over hedges and
ditches , nor give the feeling of exhilaration
that comes of the s-ympithy and c-nfldencs
between the two noblest nnd most intelli
gent creatures en earth , man and horse , in a
along the courae.
\H OK I'llO.Srl'MHTV.
( ieni'rul
In tinKIIM .
William K. CurtU In Chicago Hrconl.
Thcro has been a decided improvement In
tlio financial situation nlnco I waa lat > t in
Now York. All clacces In tbo industrial and
commercial world feel encouraged over the
outlook and expectancy lias replaced the ap
prehension that had become the habitual con.
dttion of the public mind for the last three
years. The peopla you meet In tbo banks
downtown and visitors from other part of
the country who noislp in tlm hole ! rotundas
all tell the story that , while the era of pros
perity has not yet begun , the alff'ns of ltd
approach appear In every direction , the most
Important being an almost unlveuial confi
dence that It is almost hero. Ttiero Is con
fidence In the president , that hla policy will
bo just and conservative and that ho will not
permit the country to be- plunged Into a war
over Cuba or any other cause ; there Is confi
dence that congrcaj will dlspceo of the tariff
! > ! ! ! speedily and that the rates In the nuw
schedules will not be BO blgh aa thoseof
the Dlngley bill.
Tbo crop reports are unusually encourag
ing. A telegram from President Hill of the
Great Northern railroad predicts that ( ho
wheat fields contributory to that line will
furn'ah 90,000,000 bufllicis of grain thU eea-
eon for Itn transportation , and the manager *
of the- other rallwajn contribute Intelligence
equally favorable to the general store of en-
couiagemcnt. The jobbers cay that the sup.
? ly of manufactured Roods which are necm-
sarles of life Is generally 'exhausted through
out the country , and that the people must
buy and the mills must resume operations
to moot tha demand , tUilch will bring Into
circulation Iho millions of dollars tint have
> een hoarded through the hard tlmca. Every ,
body agrettt that money la plentiful and that
prcijperlly lia come to Us an actual reality.
The water has been squeezed out of stocfcj.
Jnpiofltaulo properties have been reorganized
upon aa economical bails. Fictitious values
lave been exposed , bubbles liavo collapsed
and ttock corporatloca are nearer a rock-
jottom bait * of operation than they have
been for many years.
The owners of railway Investments are no
anger nervoca over the dissolution of the
icois , and they have decided that the passage
if a pooling law by congres * i > not as essen
tial to national proiperlty to they believed
It to l > e. They realize tuat the traoipoita-
tlon companies will be compelled to regulate
and maintain rates as a matter of self-pro
tection without the form or a contract , and
are getting together ,
GENTLEMEN" f 5 /
FOR GOOD SHOES.
In fact , they pay $5.00 here for a better shoe
than can be had elsewhere at any price Our
"College , " "Beacon" and "Bulldog" shapes be.
yond question the most popular made.
.MAROON AND TAN-RUSSIA CALF
JJLACK VICI WITH CLOTH TOPS-
TITAN CALF IN WINE , WITH 11LACK
liDGUS AND JI12KLS ,
CP16th \
16th and Douglas Streets.
SKUUI.AIl SHOTS AT TUK I'UI.IMT.
Globe-Democrat : Ten colored churches In
New Orleans have formed a league called
"Iho Church Debt Liquidating Company. "
A trUHt to pay off church debts will be al
lowed to go alicnd by common coment.
Minneapolis Tribune : The little town of
Ccntcrvlllo , la. , has had to use severe meas
ures to got rid of a so-callfd "evangelist , "
who devoted his services to abusing every
body and everything In the community in
the nanio of religion. As he left town upon
the urgent Invitation of a committee of
citizens they presented him with a basket of
ancient eggs on the Installment plan.
Chicago Chronicle : it is said that the only
reason that Father Lalne ? , the friend nnd
companion of Loyola , Yu.1 not made a saint
at Home this week was that the good father
wrote GO abominable a hand that no one
has been able to make head or tall of his
manuscripts. This shows that .Mother Neces
sity gave birth to the typewriter too late
and that her procrastination has kept this
and other good men from tha calendar.
Indianapolis Journal : The appearance of
1'opo Leo XIII. as a poet Is not more sur
prising than the subject of the poem ho is
said to have written. The pope is 87 years
old and has never been suspected of bring a
student of dietetics or cookery , yet nt that
advanced ago ho Is said to have completed
a poem of eighty stanzas on the delights of
good housekeeping nnd cooking. A brief
outline of the poem suggests that the pope
may have obtained his inspiration from sonic
good American cook book.
Philadelphia llecord : Ilev. Dr. Newton
of All Saints' churcli , New York , In his
sermon on Sunday last rightly deprecated
as unwise the present tendency to make the
community abstemious , socially pure and
honest by means of legislative enactment.
Evangelization by compulsion Is nn Irides
cent dream , as Mr. Ingalls would say. The
moment the church In Its battle with the
world , the flesh and the devil tries to push
the state forward as its substitute , that
moment it discredits Its cause and docs
Infinite harm to the interests of religion and
morality.
Topeka Mail : We notice that the clergy
of New York City are shocked at the small
per cent of the people of that city who are
church-going people , and they are wonder
ing what has caused the decrease In per
centage of church people. Our idea of the
situation Is , the churches do not keep up with
the times. It a minister branches off In a.
path which Is less dismal and more accept
able to his parishioners he is usually
churched or disciplined for It. We may be
wrong about It , but we believe orthodoxy
muat unbend itself if it catches the. rlsluc
generation. , . . ,
SAIiVATIO.MSTS IX XIJW YOIllv.
Chicago neconl : Having convicted Booth-
Tucker to vindicate the majesty of the law
Greater New York allows the Seeley dinner
prosecutions to be quietly dropped.
Pioneer Press : The decision of the- New
York courts which finds Commander Uooth-
Tucker guilty of keeping a disorderly house
has an unpleasant sound , but it will scarcely
bo damaging to the cause. The people who
have won the fight will fail nioiB kindly
towards the vanquished than they have fell
for sometime , and the army may have
learned something as to taqtlcs which will
provo valuable In future engagements.
'Minneapolis Journal : Commander Booth-
Tucker has been found guilty of keeping a
"disorderly house" In New York. The "dis
orderly house" is the Salvation Army bar
racks , whore the army sing , pray and preach.
As there are several radically disorderly
houses in the vicinage whoso trade Is af
fected by the conversions In the Salvation
army barracks , the source of the complaint
against 'Booth-Tucker Is understood. The
complainants seem to forgat that movements
like that of the Salvation airay grow stronger
under persecution.
Detroit Free Press : Coincident with the
report of thp conviction In a Now York
court of Commander Booth-Tucker for main
taining a disorderly house comes the information
mation that the cases against the persons
Indicted for participation in the notorious
Scelcy dinner last January will probably be
dropped. Such is the administration of jus
tice In Manhattan. The Salvation army bar
racks , where consecrated souls worshiped
with music and singing , is declared to be a
public nuisance and their leader Is called
upon to pay a flue of $500 or spend a year
In the penitentiary , while the shameful rev
elries of the fieeley dinner at Sherry's aio
passed over without any attempt to punish
.ho transgressors against moiallty and good
older.
AM )
People who hick about the weather non-
will elzzlo pretty soon.
Thctio who haven't the price may extract
some comfort from a ( an and a guide book
to summer resorts.
Inviting Prince Constantine of Greece to
visit 'London lo view the Jubilee racoa Is a
delicate compliment to his accomplishments ,
The attention of the party of the first part
Is respectfully called to the fact that Air.
Tom Watson has pre-empted the nitddlo of
the road ,
The spirit of liberty hallowed by the
Alamo displays a robuat constitution In the
I,0110 Star state. The luelilaturo has de
clared that one of Ihe Inalienable rights of
a 'Texan Is to take a drink of whisky whenever -
over ho feels like It.
The production of gold 'in the United
States last year was $00,000,000 , an Increase
or $12,000,000 over the previous year. If the
gold diggers did any shouting for Mexican
money , it la evident the vocal exerclso did
not Interfere with their muscle.
The rapidity with whMi an Indiana , bank
wrecker w a hustled to the penitentiary to
servo out a ton-year sentence la generally
commended aa a. refreshing specimen of
"scorching" Justice. Ht.t the fact la over
looked that the wrecktir refuaod to dicker
with the lawyers , hcnro Justice got In its
work without objection ,
Justice Dean of the supreme court of Penn
sylvania bellovfB H la within the power of
the Judges to Improve the Jury yatem. "I
would , " tie said In an address the other day ,
"take tbo banker from Ills desk , the editor
and profeasor from their chairs , the preacher
from Ilia pulpit and put them in Ihe Jury
box , I would make their shirking duty
just an odious as tkulklng In time of war.
In it t-ad of leaving to them the eolo part of
criticising and denouncing couitd and Juries ,
would icaka Jury duty us Imperative and
as certain as payment of taxes ou a liouso
and lot"
The "Association of American Women for
the Presentation of a Statue of Washington
to France , " which hut been In existence for
nluo years , has Just bean Incorporated and
organized at the home of Urn , George Meant ,
In Washington. "It la the purpose of the
women , " says Uio llalllmore Sun , "to give
an order to Daniel French , the well known
American sculptor , for t.n equestrian atatue
of Washington in bronze , to be completed In
time for erection In ParU In 1900 , the year
of the French exposition. Tbo coat is eitl-
mated at $35,000. of wWch $22,000 baa al
ready been
IIOMKSTIG II1VI.S.
Harper'a Dnxnr : Kthel-Do > ou bellove Ii
} I ' ; pl-0'i , it's nil right for n starter. If th
Boston Trnnscilpt : Clnra Tell me. did hi
pro- * your ImmlM In iu when he as-ked yoi
to he hit wife ?
. . IMIth What sin Ideal How could ho whei
I hnil both hand's clapped about his neck ?
Indlniinpollf Journal : "There Ii n xrea. '
iilfferoncc between comt : ! il | nnd miitrltnoiiy
Isn't "
there ?
"Thcio Is , surely ; one Is mostly thrills aii <
the other mnlnly bills. "
Harlem l.lfe : "t hope you appreciate ( hi
fact , sir , that In marrying my daughter yoi
miiiry n Inrcc-heartcti , goiu-roiw girl. "
"I < lo , nituvltlu vmotton ) , and 1 hope sht
Inherits * tho.se qualities from hot father. "
Brooklyn Life : She Why do you look fo
worried , Berllo ? Did papa obioct ?
Berllo No , lint hn said , "It's nil right.
1 oti'll soon flml out It'B uselt M lo kick when
Nellie's lictul Is set on anything. " "
1'hlludelphln Bulletin : . "How still they
are , " icmarked Atrt. Kosg apropos of tlio
youiiK couple In thn next room.
"Yes , " replied Mr. K. , "It reminds mo of
my nrmy days. It was always wonder
fully quiet just previous to an entrigomcnt. "
Detroit Joiiinnl : "I am told > our wlfo
would inthcr cook than cat. "
Tlie other man glanced nervously over Ills
shoulder.
They were nlorin.
"What she cooks , ye.he replied In a
lioai'sevhlfper. .
Typographical Journal : "Sec IIPIO , " mid
he , "I want It sett'ed rlRht now who IH to bo
tin- man of thu house fiom now on ! "
"Vou arc , of course , " .sunl she. "Do you
suppose I wish to bo anything so InMlKnlll-
cnnt. vacillating- , and contemptible as n
inanV" *
Detroit Free Press : "Tlio chief end of man
seems to bo to get somethlnfr for nothing "
said the youn r man who was striving to
conciliate hlbest girl's father.
"Too true , " mused the. old gentleman.
"For Instance , you're trying to get my
daughter for yourself. "
A TRINITY OP TRIADS.
15. W. Mason In National Magazine.
I.
Faith. Hope and Luvo together work In
gloom ;
What Faith believes , Hope shapes In form
nnd bloom ,
And Love sends forth to. daylight from the
tomb.
II.
The Haln.tnnt. wets the sirmnier leaves- ,
The Beam that dries , the Wind thnt hcnvcrf.
Kach gives n charm , and cad : receives.
III.
Three growths from seod.s without man's
call appear
Grain , Flower and Tree. One gives his
body's cheer ;
Ono decks his bride ; one yields his roof and
bier.
\
Or a lost collar buttoner
or any other such trifle ,
may cause any amount
of trouble to a man who
is in a hurry. It is
much betrer to have an
extra supply of such
little fixings. These
are but details , how
ever , and we mention
them only because it
gives us a chance to
say that we have every
thing that a man may
want in Furnishings as
well as in Clothing.
Our clothing this
season is , beyond comparison ,
finer than any we have ever
shown before. It is because
ive are always trying to im
prove that this is so. If you
ivant the best in clothing , and
know our store , you know
where to go.
BROWNING
,
KING & GO , |
S. W. Cor.
Ifitb and
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