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IS Te Omaha Sunday Bm 12, HOSEWATIiH, Kdltor. PUULISHED EVISUY MOHNINQ. TEIIMS or SL'USCItllTION. Dally lieu (without Sunday). Ona Year. $6.00 JJaby lk;o and bunday, Unu leur 8.09 Illustrate! Hue, One Vent 2-W Hunday Hoc, Ono Your Saturday live, One Year l-w Weekly Uce, Ono Your 60 ori'ICES. Omaha: The Uce IJulldlng. . ,, Houth Omaha: City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and N streets. Council Ulufta: 10 1'oarl street. Chicago: 1GM Unity Hulldlng. , New York: Temple Court. Washington: U) Fourteenth Street. COUHKHl'ONDKNCIi. Communications relating 10 news and edi torial matter should bo .i ldreraed: Omaha Uce, Editorial Department. BUSINESS I.KTTHIIS. Business letters and remittances should bo aiJdrcwwrt: Tho Ueo Publishing Com pany, Otnuhu. HKMITTANCKS. Itcmlt hy draft, express or postal order, payablo to The llto Publishing Company. Only Z-cont stamp nr-cepu'd In payment or mull accountH. I'ersonal checks, except on umaiia or Knstern cxchanKos, noi ucciiii:u. TIIU bi; iK PUIIMSllINCi COMl'Aftr. statkmk.yi' or oihcui.atio.v. Htato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.; Ueorgo II. Tzschurk, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly Hworn, says that tho actual number of full nnd complete conies of Thn Dallv. Morning. Kvenlng and Sunday Hee. printed during mo monin or January, 1 i: l.oiio 2 ai.rwtn 190O, was as follows: 17 2.-.200 JS 2.1.1 10 3 21,7110 19 4 li 1,780 ;o 6 a 1,710 21 C 21,1110 22 7 2.-..K70 23 8 21,7(10 21 9 21,710 23 1(? 2I.HS0 26 11 2l,7.-0 17 32 H2.-I0O 2? 13 2.1,710 29 U 211,710 30 15 2,-,.:t:io 31 IS 2 1,01)0 Total Less unsold and returned copies Net total sales Net dally .ivernpo ..:to,:i,so ..2,-,7r,r. ..2S.-1I0 ..2.', IIIO ..2.-..HI0 ..2.-,,r.:to ..2.1,71.". ..2.-.HI0 ..2.1.KK0 . .2l,.":i." o,22o 27.o:to 0,020 .HO.'J.HM.I . 0,872 7ll,OI.'t 2.. in TZSCHUCK. O. B, Sec'y nnd Treas. Subscribe,! and sworn beforo mo this 1st dav of February, A. D. 1900. (Seal) M. n. I1TJNGATR, Notary Public. Governor I'nynter Is enjoying himself viewing the sights in und around Wash ington. AVhat Acting Coventor Cllliert Is doing does not seem to be worthy of chronicling. "With nil Hie calls for "Judgment" In the Montana senatorial muddle, li Ili nlmve Hie tumult can lie heard tlie cry of Marcus Daly as he slides In home, "never touched inc." Philadelphia Is said now to he trying to compromise Its bid on which It was nwarded the location of the republican national convention. If so, this Is not very credllahle to Philadelphia. A New York theatrical manager has Just died. leaving uu estate said to be '" .to.oow.uw. ,o wonder so many actors and actresses have been going Into the bankruptcy court. Senator Allen Is quoted as saying that the rwent meeting of the populist na- ional committee was "harmonious." The man who would call such u gather ing liarmonlous certainly has an ear delicately attuned. Chicago jMilIco are trying to weed out a few of the "got-rlch-qulek" schemes which (have been operating in that city, As yet, however, It Is tackling only the little fellows. The Chicago Hoard of Trade Is still untouched. Now that .Montana senatorial elections do not require such large quantities of .fl.OOO bills many of that denomination lire to be retired by the Treasury de purtment and their places taken by thoso with smaller llgures. Tho National Association of Demo cratic Clubs will meet In September. With tho nominating convention early In July It Is hoped that by that time enough enthusiasm can be worked tip to secure a fair attendance. Senator I'ettlgrew apologize for not Introducing any resolutions of Inquiry during the last week by the statement that ho has been sick. Digesting tin replies to those already Introduced was evidently too much for his stomach. Uinperor William has given It out that ho will not visit the rails exposition That will not, however, prevent tin I'tirisiaus from laying In a good stock of lager beer with which to entertain the Germans expected to accept their hospitality. Kansas City Is said to be as happy over the capture of a national conven tion ns a child with a new doll. Of course Kansas City ought to have some. thing of this kind, because Omaha got ahead of It by eight years In entertain lng the iHipullst convention of 18111'. Tho Daughters of the American Revo lution seem to have acquired a faculty for wrangling and wire pulling equal to that possessed by many other de Fccudants of revolutionary sires. But, then, why should not tlie daughters of the American revolution bo expected to exhibit a spirit of light V Tho call Issued for the democratic na tional convention invites nil democrats woo strayed iroin tno rout four vears ago to come back and rejoin the party under promise of being good. But It gives uo assurance that any of tho ob Jectlonable planks In the platform, against which the revulsion In 1SIKI was directed, will not npionr In tho next platform. It Is announced that Secretary Porter has not been slumbering these chilly February days, but has boon busy col lecting cvhlciu'o with which to make It uncomfortable for several members of tho Board of Transportation. The trouble with Porter Is that his com rades are bomb-proof with railroad breastworks. Not a railroad man ever takes to cover when ho sees a puff of white smoke arise from the Board of Transportation butteries. t HACK 'A III) Oil FOlWAltM The keynote of the municipal cam paign, ns sounded by tho republican city platform, Is progress, With the turning of the century Omaha Is on the verge of an epoch. Cities, like In dividuals, cannot stand still. They either go forward or fall backward. They either keep up the onward inarch and (julcken the step in tho great pro cession that marks the advancing tide of Industrial evolution or they wither and fade out under the blight of re actionary elements that retard and ob struct enterprise and public Improve ment. The pace at which Omaha Is to go forward depends largely upon tho char acter nnd makeup of lis municipal gov ernment. In the hands of wideawake, up-to-date men, Imbued with local pride and public spirit, Omaha bids fair to make .strides In the next few years that will keep It in the very front line of the procession of glowing wetern cities. Stimulated by a liberal, broad-iuluded city administration every branch of In dustry will feel the Impulse and confi dence In Omaha's promising future will attract brains and capital from abroad. Willi Industrial activity must come In creased employment for the wage worker, steady demands for business blocks, dwellings and tenement bouses, brisk trade for retail merchants and readier sale of real estate at good prices. It goes without saying, too, that the progressive policy promised by the republican city platform gives as surance of substantial public Improve ments, essential as the groundwork for Greater Omaha. in com rust with this a narrow-gauged and Illiberal policy, sure to be pursued oy a mossiiacK in the mayor's c m i will seriously retard and hamper the growth of Omaha and give It u setback from which it may take years to re cover. This picture Is not drawn from a par tisan standMilnt, but purely from the point of view of the business man who desires to extend his patronage rather than drive It away. In deciding Into wliiye care and keeping they should place -the municipal all'alrs of Omaha to promote the growth and prosperity of the community the citizens must rise above sentiment and deal with conditions and facts. It is conceded on all hands that Omaha has made more substantial gains during the last three years than at any time since the old boom period, due largely to the fact that Its municipal a flu Irs have been ably guided and etllclently conducted under the mayor and his associates The prospects for Omaha were never brighter. The consensus of opinion Is that Onmlni has nothing to gain and a great deal to lose by a change at this time in the head of Its city govern ment. TO PHOMOTE UllttlX'lAIj TllADE. A bill providing for a commission to Investigate commercial conditions hi tin Orient, with a view to the extension of American trade In that quarter of the world, has been reported to the senate and Avlll very likely lo passed, as It has already been upproved by tlie house committee on commerce. The report on the bill says that by practically common consent the Orient holds tin largest promise for our commercial ex pansion and that tho duty of the com mission will be to acquire In detail all Information needed by our exporters for the Intelligent and successful prose cutlou of the business and also to gain information that will open the markets of the Orient to the products or our farms. The hope Is expressed that the . . , , I, in. commission, acting m conjunction mm our, diplomatic and consular agents, will be able to secure modlllcatlon of some of the existing conditions and thus open tho way for a larger trade with the far east. There Is no doubt Hint the Orient offers opportunity for Increasing our foreign commerce which should not be neglected, but It Is well not to Indulge extravagant notions as to the possibili ties of such trade anil thereby bo led Into neglecting tlie opportunities In other directions. In the last fiscal year tho exports of the I'nlted Slates amounted to Sl.'J'-JT.OOO.OW and of this amount our eastern commerce was to the value of only about ?ro,HW),(oo, This was but a few mlllllons more than half the value of the exports for that year to Canada nnd to the countries to the south, Seven-eighths of our total exports wont to the people of Europe and of the I tleliehl of Maine, Have been as uncoin-KiiL'llsh-sneaklng colonies of Great Brit- promising in Its condemnation as any aln-malnly Hie inhabitants of Great Britain. Franco, Germany and the low ...,,,,. i. ,u sjtm ttni- wiim ii vim-v cm. slderable Increase during the last llscal year In our trade with China and Japan and there Is every reason to ex pect that our commerce with the Ori ent will continue to grow, but tho progress will not uo so rnpiu as somt expect. Wo not only have to meet there the vigorous competition of other countries, whose manufacturers and merchants are not less alert and enter prising than are ours In seeking the eastern trade, but we must deal with peoples who are now ioor, who-to wants are very moderate and whose develop ment will bo slow. The masses of the people of Asia are the poorest In the world and It will be years before their condition Is materially Improved. The process of development Is only starting ! than the democratic opposition and ro und with tho obstacles and obstructions ! gardlug the matter from a political that aro lu tho way, particularly iu China, the advance ciinnot bo rapid. While, therefore. It Is wise to promote, lu every practicable way, our trade with the Orient, extravagant Ideas lu regard to the possibilities of such trade should not be encouraged, As to tho proposed commission, we very much doubt whether It will bo of any real useful ness lu promoting our eastern com merce. Theie would seem to be already available to American manufacturers and mcrchiiuts ample Information re specting .commercial conditions iu (ho far oast, hut if they require more they have the energy and enterprise to ob tain It. They will certainly look after their Interests In this respect. There fore we can see uo necessity for a gov THE OMAHA DAILY BJ3.E: SUNDAY, TjE18KirA"K Y" 25, 1000. eminent commission, at ti considerable cost to the national treasury, to make the Investigation proposed In the bill reported to the senate, Tilt: W.VFWJKACB t'lXAXCR UtLL. With the exception of the refunding provision and the clause relating to In ternational bimetallism, sound money men will generally llnd no fault with tho finance bill agreed upon by the con ference committees of tho senate and house. It makes an explicit declaration of the gold standard, provides for an ample redemption fund which can be used for no other purpose, allows na tional banks to Issue circulation to the par value of bonds deposited as se curity for their notes, permits the or ganization of banks with a capital of ?'J.-,00o In towns of not more than Il.ooo Inhabitants, protects the greenbacks and makes some changes In regard to the currency that are expected to prove benellclal. As to tho refunding provision, while II Is stated that Secretary Cage Is of the opinion that a '2 per cent long-time bond can be flouted at par there Is no necessity at this time for trying the experiment and It Is to be apprehended that the effect upon the country of doing so will not be favorable to the party In power. The idea that It would be a great thing to thus demonstrate the credit of the nation will hardly carry much weight with those who have a very superficial knowledge of llnun clal matters, but all such will be readily Impressed by the claim which the op position to the republican party will make that this legislation is in the in terest of the nntlonal banks. There Is no doubt that this will be persistently urged and not without effect. Tho clause relating to International bimetal lism, whatever the motive for It, Is al together useless and will not In tho least .strengthen the republican parly. We have believed that the only finan cial legislation needed at present was to unequivocally fix the gold standard In law and to provide for the protec tion of the gold reserve against raids. We still think that would be sulliclent. lXTEnFr.utibcn with thaw:. The seizure by the British of another steamship having a cargo of American merchandise appears to have received tlie prompt attention of our government According to lyoudon and Washington dispatches the American ambassador at London was instructed by the Depart ment of State to represent to the Brit ish government that the seizure was regarded by the govornniont of the United States as a serious trade in terference. It Is also stated that the department at Washington is seeking to prevent, as far as the exigencies of war permit, Interference with American shipping and with the commerce In which those interests may bo engaged The fact that the steamship was re leased may perhaps be accepted as In (Heating a desire on tho part of the Brit ish government to avoid any issue witii this government in respect to the ques tion of seizures, but there appears to Ih lacking a definite understanding on the subject and it would worn that tho 1'nited States should Insist upon having such an understanding, so that American shippers of merchandise to the Portuguese port in Delagoa bay would know Just what to expect. In the House of Commons a short time ago Mr. Balfour stated the position of the British government, which was in tlie main satisfactory, but it Is not certain that the government Is closely ob serving this declaration of one of Its ministers. At all events, its course has Interfered with trnde nud there ought to bo a firm effort on the part of our government to remedy this as far as possible. American shippers are en titled to some protection In this matter and It Is tho duty of the government to see that they have It. DBAUSO H'lTlt VOUTO lllCO, .Tho fate of the bill In the house or representatives providing a tariff for Porto Blco Is uncertain. It has the solid opposition of tho democrats and Is also opposed by a number of repub licans, how many will not bo certainly known until a vote is taken on the measure next Tuesday. The repub- llcan opponents of tho bill who have participated In tho debate, notamy .mi. McCnll of Massachusetts and Mr. l.lt- , of the democrats ami it is sani nun 1 they will not yield even to tno niamuuo of a caucus, should ono no noiu. muuu sort of compromise may bo effected, but It Is not easy to see what can bo nccn umllshod in this direction that would not practically defeat the bill. The speech of Mr. LIttlelield on Krl dav was a most vigorous arraignment of the policy involved in me propuM-u t legislation, which ho declared to bo tin republican, unamerican and unconstltu tlonal. A strong point In his argument was reference to the statement of Pros ldcnt McKlnley In his annual message that It Is the plain duty of congress to give free trade to Porto Rico and his declaration Hint he was satisfied to iu cent the Judgment of the president. Tills republican opposition will have a j greater Inllueiice upon the public mind standpoint the party lu power will take a great risk If It shall adopt the pro posed policy toward Porto Rico. It would obviously furnish capital to the democrats which they would make the most of In tho coming campaign. Meanwhile a most urgent demand comes from Porto Rico for relief. There Is now great suffering In the Island and If help Is not soon extended tho help of enabling the people to market their pinduols nud to go on with their Industtics-tho situation will become ho grave as to rolled the greatest discredit upon this country, If It be not already m). It Is a very unfortunate condition and manifestly the solution is to ho found In dealing fairly and Justly with the people whom we have taken under our care and for whose future welfare we ure ro.itonslbk VOVPhE'COVS H'ATEIl WUIUCil TUA. One of the few claims set tip by young Mr. Poppleton, based upon al leged services to the public, Is grounded on the Injunction suit tonunenced by him In 18117, restraining the mayor and council from taking any action with reference to the application of the water works company for a modlllcatlon of Hits purchasing clause of Its contract By Investing this claim with a deal of confusing verbiage the attempt Is made to divert attention from the rent Issue i and to make Mr. Poppleton stand as a , public benefactor, when In fact his in- Junction suit has proved of uo value i to the people and ho 'himself now ad- ! m 1 1 n that It accomplished no useful end. Tho proceedings brought by -Mr. Pop pleton asked the court to prevent the enactment of an ordinance amending tho ordinance known as the water works contract. By this modlllcatlon the city agreed not to exercise Its right of purchase, accruing under that con tract at the end of tint twenty-year period, until the end of tho twenty-live-year period, at which time the contract for furnishing hydrants to tho city will expire. In return for these concessions, which the water company desired at that lime for tho purpose of Its reor ganization and to facilitate the limine lng of a Jiew company, It offered ill to furnish free water for the city hall, city Jail and oilier public buildings; (12) to lay, without expense, the necessary pipes and furnish the necessary water to the Trausmisslsslppt Imposition; CI) to cancel all claims for water furnifhed to the city which claims have since been adjusted by tho payment of tflo,- ooo and, llnally It. to make certain deductions In hydrant rentals all aggre gating a saving to tho city, tip to tho present time, according to good esti mates, of, approximately, .fJ(H),()o). The Interposition of Mr. Popploton's Injunction suit saved the water com pany all this expense, and, as a matter of fact, as was later found out, did not Interfere In any way with the reorgan ization of the company or the flouting of Its bonds. And now Mr. Poppleton Is before the people saying that it would be foolish for the city to acquire the plant tinder the purchasing clause of the contract and that ho proposes to Ignore the contract entirely, If he has his way. and to condemn the wotor works under the city's power of emi nent domain. If his phtu should bo carried out the appraisers appointed to tlx the value which the city should pay for the works, through condemnation proceedings, will have to Include In Its valuation the value of the unexpired hydrant contract, as well as of the fran chise, Just the satiio now as If the pur chasing clause had been waived for live years, as proposed In 1S!)7. The real facts are, therefore, that in stead of conferring a great boon upon tlie taxpayers and citizens of Omaha by his Injunctlonal experiment Mr. Pop pleton simply prevented the city from securing valuable concessions offered by the water company, compelled the exposition to pay out over Slio.tMK) and got nothing of value in its place. Yet he and his friends have the assurance to claim that Mr. Poppleton Is on this account entitled to the everlasting grat itude of our taxpayers. The New York legislature has under onsldoratiou a Joint resolution calling upon congress to increase uio power of the Interstate Commerce commission and an active movement is now In progress among the manufacturers and heavy shippers of the Umpire state to secure the adoption of the resolution. Commenting upon this agitation tho Buffalo Express remarks: If tho mass of business men can be aroused to use all their lnfluenco In sup port of tho bill there should bo an excellent prospect for It. Shippers feel tho power ot tho railroads by reason ol tno ciassiucauon lecently put in force, which not only is tho arbitrary act of tho companies, but has re sulted In many Increases In ratos. It would seom that now, if over, they would seo tho wisdom ot doing what they can to give tno commission moro authority. It Is passing strange, however, that state legislatures should have to Invoke congress to do what every congressman knows Is Imperatively demanded m order lo mahe tho Interstate commerce commission effective both for the pro tection of shippers from the arbitrary exactions of transportation companies and of the railroads agalust each other. Uniform and reasonable rates on tho ono hand and stoppage of railroad wars on tho other would be conducive to the best Interests of all classes-tho rail roads, the middlemen and the con sumers. , A bill to abolish the army canteen has been Introduced In congress by Mr. Bowersock of Kansas, who is tlie most fitting personage who could have been selected to succeed the sockless states man, Jerry Simpson. The bill, Mr. Bowersock assures us, Is brought for ward tit tho request of a number of good people who never saw an army canteen and who do not even know how the thing loads and llres, but who are certain that It ought to be abol ished. Commenting upon the Bower sock nntl-canteen bill the Chicago Jour nal pertly remarks: Tho notion that nn army canteen Is a two quart can In which a soldier carries his whisky to Iho wars Is erroneous. Among well informed persons It has given placo to tho Idea that tho canteen Is n sort nf co operative dramshop In which tho soldier's Irrepressible, affection for stlmulantB la gratified with tho least Injurious nlcoholto nd malt beverages, at tho smallest cost to himself, and tho greatest gain In self restraint, temporance, dlsclpllno and mo rale. Tho selection of July 1 as the day for the convening of the democratic na tional convention furnishes new evi dence of the demoralizing Inllueiice of fusion with tlie populist organization. It was the populists who selected In dependence day. IS'.i-', to promulgate Hie Omaha platform as a second Declaration of Independence. ICvery- thing populist must bo timed for some spectacular effect by locating confer ences, meetings and conventions on dates made notable by historical Inci dents. Whether transfusing this prac tice on the democracy will prove of any advantage to spectacular politicians will be seen later. It Is said that one of tlie llrst acts of the British soldier upon arrival at the scene of action In South Africa, as u precautionary measure, Is to cover his uniform and equipment with clay 1' not to offer too conspicu- "s mrk for the Boer rllleman's bill- "'t. hat a saving of time and labor funltl be effected If tho British author- "'-' eould arrange with the World- Herald for the loan of its mud batteries 'ho use of Its soldiers lit the Trans vaal and what a relief it would be to tlie people of this comnninltv. The sayings of George Washington. Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln are quoted on Hie political rostrum now- ",ll,-vs Kliel truths, hut, like the hlble. their sayings are often misquoted and misconstrued. Wo shall presently have to have a book of annotations to explain what these gentlemen Intended to say when they did say or write the things attributed to them. Dan Bice, the groat circus man, ra miliar to every child In the coun try a gcueratlon ago, lias died. The evolution of tlie circus from the time of Dan Bice to the three and four-ringed exhibit Ions of today may be In con formity with the progress made In other Holds, but It certainly is no advance In furnishing wholesome entertainment to the masses. If congress will only settle the trou bles over the Otoe and Missouri lauds one way or the other It will be a great relief to tho delegation from this state. Tlie scramble which led to the bidding in of these lands at ridiculous prices during the boom times has been the cause of more worry to members of congress from Nebraska than any other one thing. In order to crack n senseless Joke the popocrats are trying to make out that the "republicans will nominate their candidate for president on June Hi!, the anniversary of the sinking of her majesty's ship Victoria." Tlie fact Is that the convention has been called for June 1!) and that unfortunately dosttoys the pretended significance of the Joke. Tho continued vacancy In the chan cellorship of the Nebraska State uni versity reinforces tho adage about there always being room at tlie top. Here Is a great educational Institution ex periencing dllllculty In finding a man qualllled to take tho best paying posi tion open to an educator In the state. Governor Shaw has at last found a competent man who will accept the po sition on the Board of Control and whom the senate will accept. Most Iowa business men are so busy collect ing their share of prevailing prosperity that if Is no small Job to llnd one will ing to make tho sacrifice. ISlrssliiKN of Poverty, Kunsaa City Journal. Ono of tho blessings of poverty lies In the fact that your partner In the Iron business doesn't suo you for $21,000,000. Hound (o lllse. O lobe-Democrat. Nebraska has $0,215,219 Invested In nchool property and upends $MS8,fi33 a year for ed ucation. It will be no easy matter to keep that stato down to tho pop level. Tli Top Itt'i'ont. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Centra! French arrived nt Klmberlcy ex actly on schedule time as prepared by den oral Roberts, but Admiral Dewey's record of getting to a glvon point Just a day ahead of time remains unbrjken. Jukrn or Chumim, Brooklyn Kaglc. The Americans who decorated the statue ot Charles I In London tho other day with ft wreath bearing the words. "America remem bers her martyr king," are cither Jokers or chumps. America has no affectionate remem brance, of any kings. Why should sho have? Pi-eNorvlii? IiIik'oIii'h ("nr. Chicago News. Colored people of Omaha, Nob., aro making an effort to preserve "tho Lincoln car," In which tho great president was wont to Journey along tho front in war time. It may be taken as an accepted fact that whenever opportunity offers to honor Abraham Lincoln tho cileied man, loyal to tho mo.nory ot bis benefactor, will bo among tho foremost of Iho lnurcl bearers. How ClnrU "l.oosonoil l'p." IndlnmiDolis Press, Clark of Montana owns up that ho unci $139,000 for politics In tho recent campaign. But It was all spent for legitimate purpose. Of courso! To get tho truo significance of this amount It Is well to remomher that Montana has only two or threo thousand more voters than Marlon county. Suppose somo aspiring "statesman" should try to uso $139,000 lu lcgltlmato campaign expenses In this county! How would ho do it? But Clark talks as though that sum for .Mon tana wero nothing oxtrnordlnnry. Workmen I'ourlim Into KiiKlimd. Philadelphia Ledger. Whllo tho brawn and sinew ot Kngland lo fighting its country's battles In South Africa tho brawn and sinew of tho continent Is tak ing Its placo at home. Working men from otluir countries nro reported to bo emigrat ing to Kngland at tho rato ot 4,000 n month, and when tho soldiers return to tako their vacated places In stores nnd workshops they will find them filled with foreigners, who will not surrender them readily. Then there will bo fresh trouble over the readjustment of social relntlons. A New Irofrlon, Now York Press. Oratory In court Is played out, because lawyers aro devoting their tlmo to financing corporations. Oratory iu congress nnd tho stuto legislatures Is a lost art, because law making is accomplished In tho commltteo room nnd at tho bar. Oratory on tho hust ings? Thero la a uow opening for young men with lungB and voices. Spellbinders aro always In demand, und onco In four years thoy can namo their own price. Olvo me a stout youth with u strong pair of bel lows, a well regulated glottis and perfectly controlled Inferior thyro-artenold ligaments and I will guarantee him n Job tho year round. All clso that he requires Is brains enough to master the platitudes nf tho ro publican and democratic parties. Such a man will scon be co mo a convincing speaker and may command u salary of from $200 to $5,000 a week. BLASTS ntOM HAM'S 1IOH.V The truth needs no apology. Hitter truth Is sweeter than (lattery. Faith begins where tho human nrm ends. Dissatisfaction may bo tho spur to ac tivity. A smooth and shiny courso makes ullppery travel. U takes more piety to bear praise than btam. The higher life Is found In the valley of humility. If you prefer the Fcrvlce ol sla you must bo prepared to nccept tho wages of sin. (enulnc heart servlco Is nlways acceptable to God, whether rendered In kitchen or cathedral. Croat souls are subject to widely unllko pneslons. Just as great pendulums swing be tween widely opposite poles. SI'.CI I.AIl SHOTS AT TIIU PI l.l'IT. Cleveland lender. A Cleveland minister told his congregation what, In his opinion, wiib the right kind of girl to marry. Young men will probably go on mairylng the gills they lovo Just tho samo. Chicago Tlme-Hcrnld: The Boston nrriLChnr vhn follmlnil the "llnlv CHinat nn.l , IV society amy desire merely to show j that tho fool-kilter and Syndicate Miller of Now York havo overlooked somo fertile Uelds, Minneapolis Tribune: Who will siiy that practical Christianity languishes when a Minneapolis congregation can nil so n (23,000 church debt In an hour nnd a half? Kor tho supremo test of sincerity In re- llglou comes when tho pocket nerve !r, touched. Chicago Journal: A minister at Cedar Haplds, la., has refused to permit what he calls "concert singing" In his church here after. What he refers to 1h the pi-actlco of members of tho choir stepping out and facing the congregation whllo tinging solos. It Is safe to Bay that minister also preaches tho gospel without trying to fill tho galleries by sensational methods. Boston (llobe: Father McKnroo of South BcthUihcai, Pa Is llndlng fault with tho young men of his parish because ho has been culled upon to celebnito so few mar lingea of late. "To your Indifference and bashfulness," said he In church Sunday, "la due tho maidenhood of about ."00 youni; women of the parish, nnd tho number Is Increasing." Now will the boys propose? Brooklyn Kagle: The expression of "All Pnltarlans nre sIuiicih and nil sinners aro Unitarians" Is flippant, brutal, anlntellec tual and ungentlemanly. It confers thop qualities on thoso who nay It, though wo hopo It does not Indicate as a permanency such qualities In them. It Is born of n de hite to command ehenp applause a desire which ministers and actors tdiould both re sist. Chicago Chronicle: The Now York doctor of divinity who has openly preached nnd taught, heresy Is not to be disciplined by tho governing body of tho church to which ho nominally belongs. Tho church author ities evidently hope to smooth matters over and avoid tho dissensions nud schisms which might be caused by a heresy trial. Perhaps the device will avail in tho present ltibtauce, but It can only, postpone tho incv (table trial of strength between the church nnd the heretics. In tho meantime other "liberal" preachers will bo encouraged to tench agnootlclsm from the pulpit nnd when tho conflict comes tho schismatics will be so firmly Intrenched that they aro quite as likely to conquer as to be conquered. Trimming and cowardlco never won a fight for a church any more than for an army. John Calvin, wo may be sure, wouldn't have refused the challenge of any heretic. PUIISO.VAI, AM) oTiir.nwisi:. Gonoral Kelly-Kenny should change it to Kilkenny, In order to be at home on tho tiring line. IiiHtcad of going to Capo Nome In search of a fortune, shrewd rustlers should scoot for Montana and enter politics. Tho JohnnlcB of New York havo put an extra roll on tho frayed ends of their trousers. London Is only 600,000 ahead ot tho town In population. You havo noticed Chicago did not scok the dumocratlc national convention. Tho Chicago platform furnishes all tho famo the town can bear and preserve Its dignity. Great gobs of sympathy are being nblppud by St. Louis to Philadelphia, where the water supply presents all the marlno won ders ot a Chicago (liter. Both towns nro boiling It. Queen Victoria having opened the Indian famine fund with a contribution of $5,000 tho Maharajah of Darbhanga followed with a contribution of $37,500. Lord Curzon, tho viceroy, gave $.",000. Civilization has other means than bullets to make "good Indians." Threo ot a trlbo In Montana wandered off tho reservation, tackled a bottle of wood alcohol, and Hew to tho happy hunting grounds. Now York's new street conimlwlouer as tonished the natives by promptly cleaning tho streets after a snowstorm. Kqually astonishing in tho acknowledgment that Tammany produced tho wonder. Tho Hoosler Kchoolmastcr, who, finding himself cornored by threo tough boy pu pils, erncked tho skull of the leader with a stick of wood, cannot bo regarded nH a truo exemplar of the cramming system of educa- uticura SUAP r For the Complexion To purify and beautify the skin and prevent pimples, lilotohos, black hoads, rodnoss, roughnoss. yellow, oily, motliy skin, chapping, tan, sun burn, nud many other foriin of skin blemishes, uoothcr skin or comploxion soap is for a. mo ment to bo compared with Cuticuiia Soap, bocauso no other soip roaches tho cause, viz., the chytjeit, irritated, or in flamed condition of tlie Foub.i. For Hair and Scalp SiiAitroo vrlth Cuticuiia SoAr, rinse wan warm water, dry and apply a Tf lMit drcssliiL' of Kl TC? Cuticuiia, purest of omolllontfl, gently ruDuou into tatod mid Itching surfaces, Etlmulato tho hair follicles, clear thn kcjIii nnd hair of crusts, scales, nud dandruff, supply tho roots with energy and nourishment, und mako tho hair grow, when all clso falls, tno scaip. this i "s. c slmplo, refresh- fc. Jw ff lng, and liirxpcn- 'JV N.1 sivo troatmont rfJP Ti u will soothn trrl. O i 7.K ) Comploto External and Internal Troatmont of Evory, Humor. the set i is lteMnin.lheltht ml fccticun IU.ohmt (40c.). lo con) .id tltp lh biMJ. int utl Ji.o A tloilf lit I' blUammtUmiocurt th ?,! humor nh ll tilt f tilt. I'oTjlll)e amd Cm. Coir., Bote 1'itfi., Dotioa. "Utw toCure KTtrr Humor." frtt. tlon. If Ideas must bo Jammed In with club or rule, It In nniPh safer to revert to tho old rcllablo system that mother ukiI to uw, Portland, Ore., Is about to add a crema tory to Its local Industries. The project meets with much faxor and Is regarded ns the most edcctlvo means of disposing of mo.isbacks, of which the town has a surplus, (leneral Bobs and Kitchener nre getting an undue share of tho credit of breaking tip tho Boer camp on the Modder. People for get that tho break was coincident with the arrival of the duke of Marlborough and his valet nt tho front. llo.Uon has a new religious cult, the cen tral Idea of which Is that those tellevb:' ought not to work for a living. It the cult will guarantee "thre-o eqnares" a day Its success In members Is only a question of enrolling recruits. When Andrew Carnegie made his famous remark about tho folly of dying rich, he must have had a premonition of that -ISO,-000.000 damage suit nnd tho drove of law yers It will attract. It the lawyers do not save him frcm the peril of dying rich, his case Is horiices- The noted sport and patron of the vocal fraternity, marouls of Quoensbcrry, -who crcesed tho divide recently, bidding religious services left a win tor at his funeral, renucKtltig tho cremation of his remains and tho burial of the ashen, untnclosed, In an unmarked grave. These precautions will not entomb his fame. The Sharkeys, Jeffries and Corbctts, heavyweights and bantams, will seo that his memory In kept green and gory. DO.MIJSTIC Pl.HAS.VNTIUIiS. Chicago llecord! Husband What kind of people are our new neighbors'? w'lfo t don't know. They hang their wnsh up In tho nttlc. Detroit Journal: Here, the nurse emerged. "Twins!" she said. The father burst Into tcurs. "Only two?" he sobbed. "And t did ho wish to remain neutral In tlwsu unvy de partment controversies!" k Philadelphia North Ameilcan: Hobbs Well, how Is the new cook getting on: .Mrs. Hobbs Sho's getting on her things preparatory to leaving, T milium polls Journal: "And there Is noth ing more between us?" he asked. "No, Harry, dear." she replied, nestling ngulnst his shoulder, "I can't get any closer to you." ChlcuKo News: "How did Jones happen to marry Miss Brown? He uh,mI to bo In lovo with that pretty Miss Smith." "Miss Brown lived In tho next block nnd It cost Jones two street cur fares to get out to Miss Smith's.'' Philadelphia Press: "AlthoiiKh yon havo refused me," sighed Clospenny, "I shall nlwnys cherish as most dear the moments 1 spent with you." . . , "Ilenllv!" Hho asked, with visions of thu lee cream and candy and such which shn never got, "nnd since they were so dear will you never regret having spent them?' Chicago Post: "Thlt love-letter that you wrote to me," sho said, nnd then paused In quiringly. "Wen, what of It?" he nsked. "I notice," she answered, "that It has been manifolded," . . "Hung It all!" ho exclaimed, as he Jammed IiI.h hat down on his head and started for Hie door, "1 never did believe. In giving a woman u business education." Detroit Kree Press: .Tuck I don't know whether to get married or go to the gold (IlKKltlKS. , , , , Tom Why don t you ask the girl? Jack 1 have asked her. Tom What did she say? Jack She said get married. Tom Thin why don't you? Jack She suggested another girl. TIIH l.OMJ VACATION. Denver Post. TIs u world ot toll, my friend; every mor tal buck must bond 'Neath the load of dally labor on It laid, And you sometimes think the care more than you can ever bear. Ami vmir lot 111 11 fn villi bltteliv UObrillll. .But there's one consoling thought comet wltn elieery mr.HHtiK trauKUi, Comes as dint of sunshine o'er a clouder That o'u'r toll will soon be past, that oui woes can never last We will tako a long vacation by nnd by. Wo will some day east asldo every bond with which we're, tied To the gulling cures of drudgery on earth; Wo will wllii Hie leash of pain, knowinn we will ne'er nualn Keel the tightening of labor's cuttlim girth. Not a sorrow nor a caro nor a cloud of dark despair From a heavy heart will draw n painful sldi. But our eyes will denm with Joy freed from misery's alloy When wo tuko our long vacation by and by. By tho crystal streams -wo'll stray where tho rippling- waters play In tho cheery light ot heaven's eternal And when years have passed along laden with our ransomed song We will llnd our well-earned rest has Just begun. Happy. Knlly-plumaged birds singing jiralses without words ThroUKh the trees that bend nbovo our path will My, And we'll never havo a thoudit of this earth with sorrow fraught When we take our Ions; vacation by and bj: As the thorny path you tread cast your weary eyes ahead To the garden of enchantment over there; Don't you hear tho he.iven-Dreezo throuKh the never-dying trees Telling you of llnul lest from every care? Not a troublous wnvu will roll o'er tho Joy enraptured uoul, Not a shude of sorrow droop the new-lit eye, Not u tear will ever fall, not a heart bo steeped lu Kail When wo tako our long vacation by nnd by. V For Red Rough Hands Soa.ii thohandi, on retiring, in strong, not lainer oi uuti- cuua SoAr. Thoroughly and anoint Irsoly with Cuti- cuua uinttnont, great skin euro and purest of emol lients, wear during the night old, loose kid hIoym. For red, rough, chapped hands, ury, insured, ucuiug, aau palms, shapaloss nails with painful linger ends, this one night treatment is simply Yfoudorful, For Sanative Uses Its remarkable emollient, cloanslnc. purifying properties, de rived from Cuticura, tho great skin euro, warrant tho uso of Cuticura Boat, In the form ot baths (or annoying irritations. In flammations, and chahncs, for too freo or olfensivo porspirutloo, and also In the form of in ternal washes and solutions for ulcerative weaknesses, nnd for many sanative anti septic purposes which readily suggest thcmiulvos to women, and especially to motliurs. Thou&eof Cuticuiia Ointment with Cuticuiia Boap will also bo ot advantage In tho severer cases. ;t ZJ tho