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TUB CVMATIA DAlTiV I5EIS : S TNT ) AT" , ATHU'ST 'JO , 1SM ! ) . TIIE OMAIIA SUNDAY Ite E. nosnWATnn , Editor. PUBLISHED UVBHY MORNING. TBHM3 OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Uee ( without Sunday ) , one Year. . Dally Ueo and Sunday , One Year . . * Daily , Sunday and illustrated , one Year 82 ! Kuncuy and illustrated , One tear . 2 Jlluitrated Uce , One Year . ; , . Sunday l e , Ono Year . . Haturday lice , Ono Year . Weekly Dee , One Year . w Omaha : The Cc Uulldlng. , . , South Omaha : City Hall Building. Twenty- nrth and N Streets Council Bluffs. 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : 307 Oxford Jlulldlne. New iork : Temple Court. Washington : tot Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to .news and Editorial Department , The Omaha Bee. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business Utters and remittances should bo addressed to The Bee Publishing Company - pany , Omaha. Omaha.REMITTANCES. . nemlt , or postal order i by draft oxprcns . i payable to The Bee Publishing Company. In paym nt 01 accepted Only 2-cent stamps mall accounts. Personal chocK * . except on Omaha or Eastern exchange , not acccpteu. THE UEU PUBLISHING COMPANi. STATCMmT OK ClUCUfcATIOX. Btnto of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : aoorpo II. Tzschuck. secretary or The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , nays that the nctuui number of full and complete- copies of The Dally , Morning , livening and Sunday Bee , printed during the month of July , ISM , wan us follows : 1 20,0110 17 . 2 2 27,0(10 ( is . a 1,700 3 an.tio IB . a 1,700 4 25.-IOO 20 . 21,070 c 2ooro 21 . 21,580 c 2nroo 22 . 21,71:0 7 25-iio 23 . a , a53 8 25,110 z\ \ . a 1,0(10 ( 9 27t55 : 25 . atn o 10 25,21)0 ) 20 . 21,71)0 31 25,180 27 . 21,770 12 21,1)20 23 . 21tKtO 13 25,2112 25. . . . 21,810 14 25-IOU 30. . . . a , ino 15 25,000 31 . 25,010 10 20,010 Total 785,832 LCEB unsold and returned copies. . . . lo,47 Net total sales 775,10.1 Net fltilly average M'l151 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn before me this 3lst dav of July , ISM. L , E. BOYLE. ( Seal. ) Notary Public. rill-tic * I.citiliiK tnr Ihc Snniincr. Parties leaving the city for the Btimmer mayhave The Bee sent to them regularly by notifying The Bee business office , Jn person or by mall. The address win be changed as often aa desired. Affairs must bo serious in the Trans vaal when the government goes Into the mule-buying business. Asa school for the education of dyna miters the Cleveland street car strike Is achieving its greatest success. In the meanwhile Nebraska is enjoy ing the benefits of two insurance de partments , but it has yet to discover benefits from cither of them. What would the shade of Andrew "Jackson do If ho saw a cake-walk ad vertised as one of the leading attrac tions of a Jacksoninn picnic ? The holes In the state house machine skimmer nro getting so numerous that an etxra force of tinkers is needed 1 ? the leaks are to bo slopped. The writing paper trust is still gath ering in detached paper mills and it will soon be in order for the courts to gather in the writing paper trust. Iowa gold democrats are not worried over the rise in price of Ipecac. When they want an emetic the democratic state platform will answer all purposes. The eastern people now in Nebraska on the harvest excursions will see what they are looking for. The only trouble Is the corn is so Immense as to obstruct the vision. The elate house slate went through all right In the populist congressional con vention in the Sixth district , but not oven the frame was saved in the dem ocratic gathering. Henry Wuttcrhon wants it understood that while ho Is hurling no harpoons at Mr. Bryan at present , should the latter como to Kentucky ho must bring his own canteen along. Two hundred picnickers were pol- Boned at Hockford , 111. , the other day by drinking lemonade. Tills ought to bo mifllclcnt warning , especially when beer Is the same price , If not cheaper. More people are spending their sum mer-vacations away from homo than for many years. If this can bo explained on any other theory than the return of prosperity wo should like to have the reason. Now that his congressional aspirations have been smothered , Adjutant General Barry will probably find tlnio to forward - ward the list of Nebraska ofllcers most worthy of commissions In the now vol unteer regiments. Ono of the gems of the speech of Hon. Cato Sells , pro tcmporo chairman of the Iowa democratic etato convention , is the reference to William Jennings Bryan as the modern Jefferson. Before the cam. palgn Is really on Colonel Bryan will bo portrayed as a composite of Washington - ton , Jefferson , Jackson and Lincoln. The Interstate Commerce commission goes right nlong investigating charges of discriminating rates , although it has re peatedly advertised itself as powerless to offer any relief except with the con- eent of the railroads. Tills probably explains why the railroads have ceased demanding the abolition of the Inter state Commerce commission. Ono session of the Afro-American council In Chicago was devoted to the discussion of the value of the colored vote and how to use It for the better ment of the race , It is only fair to etato that the value of the colored vote for the purpose of bettering the condi tion of the race has nothing to do with the vnluo of the colored vote figured on by the political ward heelers. II , UOrRIWMKfi T. It li said to be admitted by ofllclnlq of the War department that It will be a blessing to the pcopl Cuba ami 1'orto lUco and also of tremendous ad vantage to commercial Interests of the I'liltod States If capable civil govern- meats with Independent i > o\vers were established In those Islands. It U polntod out that the affairs of the Islands as related to the United States and the commerce of the outside world In general are still In a very chaotic condition. The War dupiirtment olll- clals have been doing their utmost , uudor the military governments In Cuba and Porto Hlco , to improve tiado condi tions and not without good results , as shown by the Increased Imports and ex ports from these Islands to the United States elnco the new commercial rela tions were established last winter. But at least with respect to Cuba industrial and commercial development will bo slow until there is established In the island civil government with Independ ent powers. As the New York Journal of Com merce says , the permanent regard of Cubans and Porto Hlcans for us will bo determined by the promptness and clll- cloncy with which wo transfer the con trol of their own Internal affairs from our soldiers to their citizens. The war has been over for a year and it ought not to be very long , observes that paper , before the people of both Islands arc permitted to try to exercise civil gov- cinmcnt for themselves. A large meas ure of local bclf-govcrnmcnt ought to bo possible ut nn early day in Porto lUco and wo aio under u distinct pledge not to annex Cuba. Perhaps Ib would bo no violation of this to maintain control over the Island's exterior relations for some time , but the process of setting up local self-government should bo pushed as fast as possible. There Is reason to believe that Presi dent McKluley takes this view and that Secretary Hoot and probably all the other members of the cabinet are in full accord with the president. Of course little can bo done pending the meeting of congress , but it is likely that Mr. McKlnley will have a well-defined plan to recommend to that body. General Brooke has been summoned to Wash ington to confer with the secre tary of war in regard to Cuban affairs. At present , It appears , the government is not fully informed as to conditions there and particularly to what extent civil government is in operation , the gov ernor general having , it seems , been ratlier deiellct In reporting on the state of affairs. Colonel Kennon , however , who has been on duty at Havana , re cently gave the president and secretary of war a good deal of valuable Informa tion , stating among other things that the course which General Brooke was pursuing met with general approval , be ing of that careful and conservative na ture required by the conditions In the Island. There should be no trouble in provid ing a civil government for Porto Rico , but the question as to Cuba is not free from difficulties. General Wood , one of the most earnest advocates of giving that Island civil government , a few months ago said : "When I say that the civil government should be estab lished as boon as possible , I do not wish to bo understood as recommending its Immediate cstabllbhincnt In nil its branches , but rather Its gradual estab lishment , commencing at the bottom and ending at the top. Wo must secure good municipal government , good schools , good courts , with many modifi cations in the present methods of pro cedure , especially In criminal cases. Wo must also establish good sanitary regulations and bo sure that the poeplo appreciate all these things before wo give up the control of affairs and es tablish all the details of the civil gov ernment upon an absolutely independ ent basis. " AN IMPORTANT CUKCESSIUN. In a note to the Russian minister of finance the c/.nr has announced that Tallen-Wan Is to be a free port , open on equal terms to the merchant ships of all nations. This Is a most Important concession to the commerce of the world and an unlooked-for act of liberality on the part of Russia. While that govern ment has allowed It to bo understood that it < lld not Intend to discriminate against the commeAilal interests of other nations in the Chinese territory under its control , the general Impres sion has been that Tallen-Wan was to bo an exclusively Russian port. It was very generally assumed that Russia was unalterably hostllo to the "open door" and that her purpose was to gradually extend her tariff laws and trade ro- strictlous over all of the territory leased from China. This has been the view of that most ardent British advocate of the open door In China , Lord Charles Beresford , and of Ameiicau writers on Chinese affairs , They have urged that It was idle to ex- poet any consideration from Russia for the commercial Interests of other na tions , that the purpose of that power was to completely Russianize Manchuria and the adjacent provinces and that nn essential condition to this was discrim ination in favor of Russian trade. It was a qultq natural opinion in view of the past record of the Russian govern ment , but there Is now a more enlight ened , liberal and progressive statesmanship - ship there than ever before. The czar' ' hlnibelf has taken a leading place among the advocates of peace. Ills flnanco minister is a man of distinguished ability and Jti sympathy with the spirit of the time. Russia may still desire territorial acquisition in China , may aim to still further extend her power In that empire , but evidently she does not pro pose to do this at the risk of n conflict with other nations for the defense of their commercial Interests there. The opening of Tallen-Wan as a free port means moro to the United States than to any other nation. As the open door of northern China , where our chief trade Is , the action of Russia cannot but bo of Immeasurable advantage to this country. Our former minuter to Slam , Mr. John Barrett , says that today the marvel of business Interests In northern China Is the development of the market for American cotton goods In Manchuria He states that the great northern provinces of China now require ? 7,000- 000 worth of our cottons and there i no valid reason why they should not in ten years from now consume $20,000 , ' 000 worth. But it Is not cotton good alone that we shall sell to northern China. In the development of that vast and populous region there will be a de mand for ninny things which wo can supply. The action of Russia Is also highly im portant In its political aspect. It relieve' the Chlucso situation of a cause of ap prehension and materially simplifies n problem that threatened to be very troublesome. Russia has greatly in creased her claim to the friendship of the world. en AMI * ovKiisnoiiTS Tin ; M.I Congressman Champ Clark has the well-earned reputation of being an un compromising Jacksonlan democrat It goes without saying that ho could not have kept himself in the saddle in Pike county , Missouri , If ho had not been copju'i-distilled and square-toed on ovoiy plank in every democratic platfoim. It Is doubtlcHS only because Champ feels so thoroughly secure In his footing with his Missouri constituents that ho talked so wild and reckless at the picnic of Ne braska Jacksonlaus. In pronouncing the Chicago platform to bo a second Declaration of Inde pendence Champ Clark only re-echoes the utterances of Bryan. But when lie solemnly declares his belief that Bryan was elected president of the United States in 1800 on a fair count ho im peaches th'c courage and patriotism of the man who was nominated for presi dent on the Chicago platform. If it wore true , as lie insists , that Bryan was counted out by fraud it was the duty of Bryan to have asserted his rights to the position to which his champion says ho was honestly elected. But Bryan not only promptly and gracefully acknowl edged himself distanced In the race by sending McKlnley a congratulatory tele gram , but later offered his services to President McKinley in the war against Spain. If Champ Claik really believes that Bryan was ically elected on a fair count of the ballots why did ho not exercise Ills privilege as a member of congress to Institute a congressional Investigation into the alleged frauds ? Why does he at this late day seek to undermine pop ular conlklcnce in American institutions by unsupported charges that strike at the very root of our form of self-govern ment ? Fortunately such outbursts of rank partisanship overshoot the mark , be cause they Insult the Intelligence of the common people. TUB AMEltlOA'S CUP. The arrival at New York of the yacht Shamrock , which will race with the new yacht Columbia in October for the Amer ica's cup , will doubtless increase inter est in this International sporting event. Both yachts were specially built for the coming contest and in the trials they have had each has shown sailing quali ties and speed which promise a great race. The Shamrock Is the larger of the two and carries a great deal more sail than the Columbia. In the trials of the former she has proved herself somewhat swifter than the yacht Bri tannia , while the Columbia has been shown to be very much faster than the Defender , the winner of the last race for the cup. On this Is based the opinion In American yachting circles that the Columbia can "outfoot" the English boat--but Englishmen express strong confidence in the ability of their -yacht to win. No judgment , however , of much value can now bo formed as to the probable result. Conservative yachtsmen , it Is stated , do not look forward to any such walkover as the figures of both bides would appear to indicate. In fact , they are ready to admit that the Sham rock is a mighty dangerous opponent and apparently the best boat that has been sent over to battle for the cup. At the same tlmo it Is admitted that the Columbia Is a wonderful boat , easily superior to any yacht ever built In this country. Victory for the Columbia Is what all Americans desire , but if the Shamrock shall prove to bo the faster boat the trophy will be given up wltn- out a murmur. NEW FAOTOn FOIt GOOD ItOADH. The rapid Introduction of automobile vehicles is bringing to the front a now factor in the movement for good roads which promises to give it a more power ful Impetus , , even than that which was drawn from the rise and spread of the bicycle. What the bicyclists have accom plished In the Improvement of coun try and city roads is plainly apparent in every state in the union. By sys tematic agitation and co-opcrntivo work the bicycle riders have awakened the public authorities to the Importance of substantial and well-kept roadways and have also carried on an agitational prop aganda that has enlisted with them every one who recognizes the benefits , that accrue from good roads. Wore It not for the road Improvements already made it is doubtful whether ; ho country would be ready for the automobiles - mobiles , and now with the advent of the belf-propplllng vehicle the necessity for btlll further work In this dhcctlon Is moro forcibly impressed upon the people. Only last week nn organization was Incorporated In Now York state under the name of the Automobile Club of America for the avowed puiposo of taking an active part in promoting legis lation for good roads. It is stated that the organization will bo national In its scope and expects to have .100 applica tions for membership by October 1. In general It will seek to protect the in terests of the automobile owners every where , being modeled on similar organ izations that have been chartered in Great Britain , TraiUT , Germany Austila , S\\lt7.ctliinil and Ilclglum. No one can doubt that this otganlza tlon will be simply the foretunupr In this country of numotous clubs and so cletlcs gotten up for the snme purpose which will grow poweiful and active as the popularity of the automobile becomes comes more widespread. The nutoino- bile requires good roads and good roads are sine to como with the automobile. A COSTA' I'llMCr Various estimates have been made ol the amount annually paid by American manufacturers and producers to foreign slilponcrs , ranging from $100,000,000 to $200,000.000 , it being Impossible to obtain even approximately accurate fig ures. A few years ago the Treasury de partment estimated the amount at $200- 000,000 and the best authorities gener ally agree on this sum. The Philadel phia Press lias looked up statistics bear ing on the subject and concludes that that amount Is not far from correct , its figures being $182,000,000 as the sum paid to foreigners. The Press says that if by legislation , as proposed at the last session of con gress , wo could save one-half that sum $01,000,000 annually it can easily be scon what an enormous gain that would be to our people. "At least 00 per cent of that sum would go to labor in build ing , maintaining and running the ships. That would give employment nt $2 a day to lHO,8tO ; men for every day in the year excepting Sundays. That money would be distributed In about every trade In the United Stales. That vast army of men would support families and the additional consumption of farm products and manufactures of every kind would be enormous. " The policy of depending on foreign shipowners to carry nearly all of our foreign commerce Is certainly a very costly one In the actual money paid out , but tills Is not nil the cost. Unques tionably Hitch dependence loses us trade that we would get if wo had nn ade quate merchant marine. It would seem that if the people were to give closer attention to- this matter than they have over done there would be a practically unanimous sentiment in favor of leg islation that would give us American- built ships for carrying our foreign commerce. It Is dlflicult to undcistand how anyone capable of realizing the magnitude of the amount annually paid to foreigners can doubt the expediency of such legislation. When Governor Poynter says ho sought to enlist the support of the news papers to help him bring the First Ne braska home at the state's expense he means , of course , one particular news paper. Had the governor made an np- peal in behalf of the regiment to the press instead of Delecting one partisan organ and allowing that organ to solicit subscriptions in its own nunio ho would have mot with a cordial response from every newspaper in the stato. While all the papers of Nebraska acting to gether could not have brought the sub scription to the amount of $35,000 de manded by the railroads in the time limit , the railroad managers might pos sibly have made concessions that would have placed the project within reach. Ever since ISO. ! until last year largo tracts of school land have been Idle for the reabon that people could not bo found willing to lease them. Last year saw a marked increase in the demand for these lands and this year all that had been idle and possessed any value for agricultural or grazing purposes has been eagerly taken. The result of this should bo seen in future incicases of school fund apportionments , for all or which the fusion officials will In duo time claim credit as duo to "superior business management. " One who looks for the real reason will have no difll- culty in finding it in the additional profits to the farmer and stock raiser attendant upon and a part of the present business revival. Information from the east has it that plans are rapidly being formulated for the reorganization of the bankrupt Port Arthur route on a scheme of bond and stock Issues similar to those by which the reorganization of other railroads which went through receiverships has been accomplished. The people di rectly affected by the road certainly hope that this reorganization will bo speed ily completed. No community can gain anything by keeping a railroad upon which it is dependent in a btate of bank ruptcy. On the contrary , the only op portunity for a railroad to expand and to keep up with the demand for needed Improvements conies when it Is on a sound financial basis. The country is having an experience which was not permitted to It under democratic rule. The spectacle of work men being laid off , as was the case at Cramp's ship yards last week , was familiar enough , but the reasons were entirely different in the two cases. One was because there was no work for them , but these men were laid off because - cause the steel manufacturers were so pressed with orders they were unable to furnish steel for ships now building as fast as It was demanded. The more the Iowa democrats ponder over the speech of Chairman Cato Sells nt the recent convention the more they believe they do not know just wheio ho stands on the silver question. Cato made a noble effort at a straddle and at first glance it appeared ho had suc ceeded , but the button Immediately came off and displayed the gap at thu waistband. If the Scotch steel manufacturers are receiving orders for btcel bhipments to the United States It is not because the American steel is not superior , but be cause the American mills mo so over worked that they cannot supply the de mand. With the return of the Colorado reg iment from the Philippines another outbreak - break of fake interviews denouncing the administration can bo expected Like the rpclments which have conn before , It will not take long for tin Colorado men to find out how every thing they sny is distorted by the fakirs and things which they did not say cred ited to thorn. Several KuglMi women of high stand Ing have tecently become enamorei with Matabelc princes now In Lontloi and one has actually married n sixvnqi potentate. Can It bo possible thai American competition lias so complete t control of English ellglblrs that native born women nto compelled to go to sucl lengths to secure husbands ? Wharton Barker , the mlddle-of-thc road populist candidate for president expresses the opinion that both McKlu ley and Bryan will bo renomlnatcd am1 that both will bo defeated. Mr. Barkoi should chnngo his beverage back tt Schuylklll river water. The governor of South Dakota Is do tcrmlncd to have a competent state board of cmbalmcrs , doubtless because Its services may bo needed to preserve the remains of the populist party In that state. One Wilt-in Ulnuotpry. Minneapolis Times. The scientists In Wyoming chasing Dinosaurs saurs found that "overland trout" on tht cowboy's menu ivvns shush' bacon. ProKrCHM ut ANNlmllutlon , Chicago Chronicle. Plo for Cubans , pyjamas for 1'orto Illcans nnd projectiles for Filipinos ! There Is n illftcrcnco In our way of treating the mem bers ot our happy family. Ail Object I.CMNIIII. Boston Transcript , The kllllnc of four firemen by a live wire Is nn object lesson for Ouiaha. It ought to teach her that It Is cheaper as well as more humane to bury her wires than It Is to bury the city's defenders. Hcrc'n Your Klondike. ( Minneapolis Journal. Say 200.000.000 bushels of wheat In the three states. This means $100,000,000 , large round ones without holes In them , for the farmers. No wonder the Klondlkcrs walk back If they haven't the price. A bciiNOimlilcViiriiIne. . St. Louis Star. It Is to be hoped the piano fiends will take naming from the fate of a young man at Milan. Ho was engaged in murdering an Instrument when It lost Us balance , fell over and smashed the life out of him. Ctmtly CiiruIi-NNiicna. Indianapolis Ke\vs. By the collapse of an Improperly con structed ferry slip the Jlnlno Central rail road will have a big bill of damages to pay. The coroner's Jury finds It a case of neglect and a state law enforces the payment of $5,000 to the relatives of a victim. A Wnrrlor Dlnni-mol. Baltimore American. General Weyler IB now coming to the front as the latest victim of newspaper misrepresentation. It Is Interesting to nolo how Indignant gentlemen of his strlpo be come when they find themselves helplessly In the remorseless tolls of the cruel and conscienceless prcso. And It does not seem altogether fair to take such an advantage of a man disarmed of his typewriter. Helping the Hurricane Vlctlinii. New York Tribune. The people of Porto Rico will have their first taste of practical Americanism -when the aid so liberally offered them from all quarters of the United States begins to set the sufferers from the recent toinado on their feet. Not alone the extent and variety of the relief sent , ibut the spirit of filendly Interest which Inspired It , will be novel In the experience of these newly admitted members of Uncle Sam's charitable and sympathetic household. it Truths. Indianapolis Journal. At the annual meeting of the Ohio Build ing associations , now In session at Put-ln- Day , the president delivered an address In which ho stated that the total assets of the associations In Ohio are now $101,081,277 , the last year's receipts being about $77,000,000 , which was $6,000,000 moio than In 1S97 and $14,000,000 onoro than In 1892. "This large amount of savings , " he added , "Is duo much to the laboring classes being now employed and speaks volumes for the frugality of this class of our citizens. " Orators of the Bryan school glvo a wide berth to such eloquent 'acts as these. Sloiii-y to Mo > e the Crop * . Philadelphia Record. ( The "nood of moro money In the west with which to nwo the crops" the argu ment annually urged for the tightening of the money market falls flat this ycat * . The banks of the west are able to furnish the funds required without eastern assistance. The crop moving ibugbcar has , however , served as the flimsy cxcuso for a new issue of government gold certificates. The cer tificates are doubtless a great accommoda tion to holders of gold who do not wish to store It , and -who do not wish to part with Its ownership. To the extent , however , that the certificates prevent the free circulation of gold currency , and to the extent that un der certain circumstances they facilitate the exhaustion of the treasury reserve , the ro- Eumptlon of their issue must to deemed a mistaken policy. A"MODERN OIIUIICH. Furniture nml I'lxturo * of the ITp-to- Ditto Siiiicluary. Brooklyn Uaglo The evolution of the church from the 31m , chilly , unattractive looking barn that t was In the Puritan da > s to the handsome , : omfortable edifice that It has "bccomo " In our : ltlea has been accomplished by Blow stages and In defiance of a strong oentlment among he unco' guld that anything which minis- ered to the ease of body and tended to nake Sunday other than a day ot penance A'fis to .be discouraged. If some of our ; randfathera could arlso from their graves nd ECO the spacious houses we have erected 'or worship , with the glided T > ox o' whun- les In the corner , the lecterns of brass , the : arvod fonts , the polished rails and pew lacks , tbo colored cushions , tbo flowers , he stained glass windowe , the carpets and longings , the steam pipes and registers , the ; as and electric llgbtx , tbo decoratlona and ilctures , the holiday drees of the women , he dead poultry In their hats , the soft- ooted ushers and the vested choirs , they vould surely 'believe that they had a\\ak- ned in a most wicked world and bad pos- Ibly gone to the bad place and done with t. Yet tbo epd Is not yet. Churches are Beginning to have kitchens , so please you , nid lavatories , and libraries and reading oems , and , although that Is an Invention ibout the roof garden , the bowling alley ID i fact. And now we have a church in Columbus , O , , end a Daptlst cburch at that , vblch has retiring rooms and social parlors , ind is without a steeple , bell or mortgage , tnd It has screens to keep the fllca out , and i room for "bicycles " , and a playground for blldren , and flro escapes , and a colored nald who checks your hats , coats , canes and tmbrellas , and It has private boxes near he pulpit and there Is no charge for seat" Truly , the church Is becoming a practical iffalr in these daje. If It Is to keep Its lold Its practical Christianity mutt be as > bvlous os the Christianity that it Inculcates jy precept. nii\srs rnoit HAM'S nonjf. Care Is mental rust. Candor U the X-rny of honwty. Knthuslaam Is the badge of sincerity. Expediency dulls the two-edged * word. The shadow may be the beat proof of thi sun. . Modesty Is the snUng salt of the hlghcs genius. There nro no reserved scats In heaven foi * rich people. People who like to bo told their ( nulls nn growing In grace. Many ft great battlefield la n monument of folly , Instead of a cradle of liberty. If "flno eermons" would ha\e naxcd the world it would have been saved long ago. People say they do not like the pronchci when it Is the truth ho preaches which they dislike. It Is not necessary to have the prayer meeting below zero to keep jour faith from turning to water. SHClIi.Yll SHOTS AT T1I1J I't I.l'IT. Chicago Tribune : It would seem that the converted lulldel In Toledo who la preparing to cremate his atheistic library burns to distinguish himself. Indianapolis Journal : If the Mormon ciders In the couth are preaching mis chievous heresies and breaking up families there Is sufficient Inw to stop them without the aid of mobs. During the past two weoka fifty Mormon missionaries lm\e been mobbed In southern towns. Uoston Transcript : It Is the opinion of Rev. Sam Jones that Ingcraoll "novcr did one-half ot the harm committed by the Drlggses , the Potters , the Lyman Abbotts and others of HKo kidney. " It Is evident that the Hev. Sam Is moro ot an expert In the lower than In the higher criticism. Dtooklyn Eagle : The southerners who nro whipping the Mormon missionaries anO tearing down their buildings are not doing half so much as they think to uupopularlzo the faith of Salt Lake. Free speech Is allowed in America , and the preaching of a religion U uot a cause for violence and murder. Minneapolis Times : At New Brunswick , N. J. , Hev. G. W. Swan of the African Methodist church found his prayer meet ings were poorly attended. 1/ast week ho hit on a plan and there was a mighty out pouring of the people. Between the prayers and exhortations slices ot watermelon were passed around. The plan tired the Africau heart. Baltimore American : The aid ot the ma terial In drawing attention to the spiritual was illustrated by the resourceful strategy ot a colored minister In New Jersey , who had slices of luscious watermelon passed around between prajer and exhortation. As a result his meetings were crowded , and sermons and watermelon were equally well digested. Buffalo Express : If the minister who joined In marriage two of the parties In terested in that famous divorce suit last winter reiliv was wotried Into his grave by the talk it occasioned , this Killing of the wrorts person Is a clear case on the part Df the public of smashing the eleventh com mandment "mind your own business. " It Just wasn't any affair of the sensational newspapers at large whether this minister did right or did wrong In performing the ceremony , or whether ho was laboring 'under a mistake as to the Umo that had elapsed elnco the divorce had been granted ; If he was under obligations to any earthly [ jody to prove his general good character nnd his Innocence of Intention In this par ticular matter It was to his own congrega tion , and this company In a printed circular exonerated him from all blame In their eyes. AND OTHCIVWISE. Mrs. Langtry cheerfully admits she Is 39. How long ace , the three-times bride de clined 'to say. The theory of fireproof construction re- : elves another body blow by the burning of i stoneyard in an Ohio town. Bogus mushrooms and killing lemonade are giving the man who : ocks the boat a warm : haso for the mortuary record. A Baltimore man offered a Blanlla marine 100 for his Dewey medal. Two hours later le recovered consciousness In "the " city hos pital. The projected monument to British sol- llers In Boston common encountered nn ; arly frost. Bunker Hill is too near to bo orgotten. If Uncle Sam welcomes the sultan of the 3ulus as a brother at $20,000 a year will als assorted wives become sisters of Colum bia Immediately or later ? The Toledo acnostlo who burned all his looks on being converted Is 70 years of ago. Most men on reaching that ago strive to iiake amends for their past. Milwaukee threatens to raise a guarantee und ot $100,000 to secure ono of the na- lonal con\cntlons next year. Evidently the Jream City Is not content with the fame t has already achieved. William O'Brien is about to launch anther - > ther weekly newspaper In Dublin , to bo lamed The Irish People , by means of whfch 10 will continue the war on landlords in rclnnd. O'Brien ia now the leadlne fiplrlt n a new crusade based on the lines of tbo and league , having for Its object the broak- ng up of the grazing syndicates which have btalned control of largo tracts of land. The lurpose ot the new league Is to restore hcse lands to cultivation and divide them among small farmers. It is a crusade gainst land centralization and has already gained crcat strencth and influence. Methodist circles are much agitated over ho exposure of a crooked deal successfully nglneered by Hev. Edwin Schell , secretary f the Kpworth league. Scholl made a con- ract with a publishing house In Chicago to trint the league hymn books. In consldcra- lon of giving the house exclusive rights chell was given a commission amounting o $1.000 a year , which , with a salary of 4,500 a year , made him feel quite com- ortable. But ho made the mistake of put- Ing the contract In writing. Charges of dishonesty were brought against him and sustained , but be managed to delay sen tence and hang on to his salary. Now comes Zlon's Herald wfth an expose of the case and a demand for "Schell's dismissal from an offlco ho has dishonored , " men ix Tiiniit ow. > iiinirr. Home Indian Mnlilrnn Who Arc AVell- rixi-cl Kliiiiiit-lnlly , \ St. I uls Republic. With titled foreigners wooing and winning the American girl of the present day In ever Increasing numbers It may become necessary for the American man to look to that ofder typo of the American girl the Indian maiden If he weeks a brldo with a dowry. According to late facts and figures com piled In the Indian Territory , the daughter of Ix ) Is far from being on undesirable mate. First and foremost , In this money-loving ago , she la well fixed financially , we are told ttyat a. white man marrying a damsel of the Chataw , Chlckasaw. Cherokee , Creek or Semlnolo tribes at once comes into pos session of a largo tract of fine land and a eharo of the Indian annuity funds , frequently amounting to $50 per month. The land Is steadily increasing In aluo , railroads ore opening up tbo country more nnd more , e\en tbo annuity fund Is rikely to Increase materially. So much for the Indian glrl'a "dot. " As to her personal charms and qualifications , It Is proudly claimed that she would bo at homo In any drawing room , that he hag a college training , that she Is dainty and rc- flned In her wa > s and unmistakably pretty , "There are many perfect blonde * among thorn , " it is stated , "with roseleaf com- plexloui that many city-bred women would nvy , Ac&ln , lh complexion of the Indian brunette Is not muddy , but n clear And dcllcato fl ono would expect In a woman who has ltd the ordinary Hffl of cUIIIra- tlon. " Who could ask more thnn this n charmIng - Ing nnd cultured woman with landed rotates nnd n fixed income ? An for aristocracy , U not the tribal blood of America ns pure n * the feudal life-current of Europe ? It Is In order to consider the Indian girl with care. She may be the coming "catch" In this countrj. imis or MVIviuns. : . to He l.rnrniMl from Ontnhn't \ f Chicago llecord. The hideous accident nt Om.ihn. Wednes day afternoon , where four firemen wcra killed outright by contact with n lire wlip , convcjB lessons which are too Important to bo disregarded. The firemen were working their wny up the side of a burning building- when n wire broke , the falling end catching the men In Its descent. Firemen atork upon burning buildings are not apt to waste much time In con sidering precautionary measures for their own safety , but both on their account nnd for the welfare of the general public It should bo Insisted that further safeguards against the llvo wlro be provided. It should bo wlthlu the province ot the building and flro departments of every city to demand that live wires bo placed BO as to Interfere ) as llttlo at * possible with the movements of firemen. In every case there should bo A means of breaking all electrical connections Immediately , nnd thus rendering the wins harmless. The second and equally Important lesson of the Omaha catastrophe. Is that the further use of the llvo wire In places where It Is a menace to human life Is to bo opposed vigor ously. The worst and most common of the live-wire dangers la In the overhead trolley wire. Kvery fresh manifestation of the dcadllncss ot the live wire Is another argu ment for the nbolttlon of the overhead trol ley BJ stern. UOMUbTIU 1DVI.S. Chicago Kecord : " .Mr. Junk < ( hai nrltten a poem In memory of his departed wife. " "Is that so ? 1 hope he'll get It published bofoio he marrlca iig.iln. " Philadelphia Nortli American : "Very few marriages grow out of these summer at tachments , " said the observing innn. "No , mostly trl.il heats , " replied the horsey man. Town Topics : iMrs. Gollghtly T don't think much of Carrie's new Jiusband. .Mrs. Uikefront To toll the. truth , I never admired her taste , In husbands. Chicago iPost : "Ho proposed to you un expectedly , did he ? " "Unexpectcdlv ! " exclaimed the aweot young thing. "Well. I should say so. It was so unexpected that 1 neglected to say This Is BO sudden. ' " TJetrolt Journal : New Cook Then I am to wear your bonnets when I like ? Mistress No , tout think how largo your wages nre ! New Cook ( haughtily ) My liberty Is not for bale ! Ohlcapo Tribune : "I'll never apeak to him again ! exclaimed the joung woman In the pale blue Jacket. "Ho called mo Ma queen nnd naked If he might kiss my hand. I said yes and and after that he kissed mo on the lips without asking. " "I suppose , " said the young woman In tha yellow buskins , "ho followed nlo > ng- the Una of least resistance. " \VILCO > II ; , HAXMCIU Welcome home ! O Royal Banner ! welcome home ! Stars that outshine , the geima In Heaven's dome ; Stripes , pulsing- red with wine of martyr'a blood ; Stripes unite as souls that guard the throne of God. Blue of Olympian hills , iblue of the dawn : Fertile- with Hope that marshals vlc- on ; Ators the Faith that centurieg can prove : Red with passion of patriotic love. Hosannas swell ! Strew palm , boughs wher * It comes ! To Deums chantl nnd let exulting drums Repeat the throWblngs of the wild refrain , The Nation's heart sons "Welcome home again. " Flat ? of atonement ! Aye , within thy folds A. Savior hangs upon the cross nnd holds In wounded hands the scroll of Victory. Emblazed with heroes' names , who , even as He , Triumph o'er Death , by Love's great sacrifice : O'er Slavery's links that bind souls In the vice Of demons' cell ; o'er despots' torturous snare That pinions Freedom and unchains Despair And dying , purchase resurrection , llfo And liberty for man , while over strife 1'ho white-winged Peace descends , unbind ) And flings our peerless flag to the winds. Then kneel , Columbia ! Itlss the hem and know Thyself made whole , with Faith , Hope , JJove , that How rhrough nil thy being , from this stainless flag , true As 1he spirit braves who wave It back to you. Thrice welcome , Royal Banner ! welcome home ! Stars that outshlno the gems In Heaven's dome ; Stripes , pulsing- red with wlno ot martyr'a blood ; 3trlpo-s white as souls that guard the throna of God. THERESA BTUCICEY. In Plain Black and White. There are only a a few manu facturers of fine clothing that are also retailers in fact , there are not so very many makers o ! really fine clothing all told , We make our suits for men and boys just as well as they can be made. There is an abundance shoddy stuff in the market" . We can't afford to cheapen our goods , They have a repu tation to sustain. We back our representations with an unquestionable guarantee that goes with every garment that we make. And at the present discount of 50 per cent , these suits ought to be tempting.