THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: RU2sDAY, MARCH 1, 1901..
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(Seal.) M. B. HUNQATE,
Notary l'ubllc.
Governor-Scnntor Dietrich was boni
under a lucky eUir.
Tlio legislative clock needs repairing.
It lias been losing tirao sinco Thursday.
Russell Sago Is predicting n period of
financial depression. Possibly Uicro la n
hole In Russell's pocket and ho lias lost
a dime.
The Turks nro restoring order In tho
usual wny in Macedonia. A man Is not
In u position to mnko further trouble
after ho is dead.
If Japan persists in bullying Russia It
is destined to slmro tho fato of tho
Uocrs. Tho Lord most always fights
.with tho battalions.
It will bo pretty hard to convlnco somo
ottho employes of tho lato legislature
that It was actually Thursday up to tho
time of final adjournment this morning.
Not even storms can head off the In
creaso in Oniitha's trade. Tho clearings
for tlio past week show an Increase over
the corresponding week of last year of
33.3 per cent
It Is to bo hoped that tho $10,000 ap
propriated by tho legislature for thp Ne
braska exhibit at tho Panamcrican ex
position will not bo swnllowed ciltlrely
' by tho ple-bltcrs.
Gcnernl Funston has not only made
himself doubly famous by tho capture
of Agulnaldo, but ho has fairly earned
promotion jto the governor-generalship
of the Philippines.
Tho bill graveyard nt Lincoln Is larger
this year than auy of its predecessors.
Many promising ones wcro cut off in
their youth, but over the majority there
will bo few tears shed.
An accurate ceimuss of India gives a
total population of U9 1,000,000, an In
crease for the decado of 7,000,000, not
withstanding tho terrible havoc wrought
by cholera und famine.
Tho Arkansas legislature better send
for tho rules of order of tho Austrlnn
Iteichsrath. Ordinary legislative rules
do not meet tho requirements of argu
ments with canes nnd lists.
If reports be true that tho Uurllngton
Is about to bo swallowed up by the
Great Northern anaconda Omaha muy
Boon witness tho opening of direct rail
communication with South and North
Dakota.
Thero is more than ono way of skin
ning a cat Tho smulter trust, which
was enjoined from Issuing now stock to
take iu rival plants. Is Itself to bo ab
sorbed by a uew company which is to
purchaso tho property of the trust aud
Its rival corporation.
Iowa nroDOSDS in moot: llq ' .llotl..
gulslied citizen, Major Conger, minister
A 1 1 . I . . ... ii. . . ... .
iu uiuuu, ui uie ooruer lino and give
him a fitting welcome home. Iowa has
always shown Itself appreciative of cit
izens who have accomplished something,
nnd it has many of them. Minister Con
ger Is among the most worthy nnd tho
entire country Joins in doing him honor.
Another company in the army of
Omaha traveling men has been deployed
throughout the northwest It Is certain
to be heard from In tho commercial con
quest tho Gnto City Is carrying ou.
These additions to the outward and vis
Iblo .signs of our material prosperity
should convlnco the doleful mosslmck
that Omaha Is forging to tho front as a
commercial niuUndustrlnl center.,
Tho London Saturday Rovlew calls on
European nations to join in and help
England lu ease tho United Stntes at
tempts to build the canal at the Isthmus
on terms which England does not like.
Euglnnd and other European countries
have troubles enough now without seek
ing any more. If tho United States de
cides to dig the cnnal aud throw It open
to all nations of tho world thero Is no
probability thnt the jingoes lu England
or any other country ncross tho Atlautlc
will raise any serious objections.
1
MUNICIPAL FRANCHISES AND ROYAIj
TIES. The municipal ownership of public
utilities Is forging ahead la various
forms. Now York City has within tlio
past year contracted with a syndicate
for the construction of a complete sys
tem of underground street railways un
der a guaranty that will give tho city
full ownership and control of the plant
and equipment, estimated to cost
530,000,000, at the end of fifty years,
without taxing the people a ptuny. All
thnt the city has obligated Itself to do
Is to guarantee the bonds of the syndi
cate, which will apply the surplus earn
ings to tho payment of Interest and
liquidation of principal. In other words,
the city loans Its credit to the street
railway syndicate and in return Is to ac
quire a system of street railways that
will cover every Important avenue nnd
furnish rapid transit to all the popula
tion. A similar proposition was submitted
to tho city of Detroit two years ago
through the Instrumentality of cx-Gov-ernor
Plngree, but after being ratified
by the people was nullified by a supreme
court decision.
Tho same issue Is to be fought out tills
spring, lu various forms, In Columbus,
Cleveland nnd Chicago. In Columbus
tho franchises of the street railways
were recently extended by the city coun
cil for a period of twenty-live years.
While the ordinance was pending Mr.
Tom L; Johnson, who had been asso
ciated with ex-Goveruor Plngree In the
Detroit street railway project offered to
take the franchise under the terms pro
posed In It with the Important difference
that he would substitute 3-ccnt fares for
tho G-ccut fares which tho existing com
pany would continue to exact He also
proposed to use all surplus earnings
above 0 per cent ou tho investment In
tho retiring of the capital, permitting
tho city to buy out the company nt any
time for the actual cost less the amount
retired aud predicating that lu twelve
years tho city would thus have the right
to take the property without tho pay
ment of a dollar. In the face of this
proposition tho city council passed an
ordinanco lu favor of the existing com
pany with somo concessions in tho price
of tickets when bought by the bunch.
At this juncture the citizens nnd tax
payers of Columbus invoked tho Inter
vention or the courts and tho question
is prominent in tho campaign that is to
end at next Tuesday's election. In
Cleveland Mr. Johnson has become a
prominent candidate for mayor by
reason of his vigorous ndvoency of
municipal ownership, 15,000 voters hav
ing signed a petition asking him to stand
for tho office.
In Chicago all tho Important street
railway franchises will expire within
tho coining threo yours, and the Issue
has been Injected iu a new form into tho
Chicago municipal campaign by Mayor
Harrison's demand for 10 per cent roy
alty on tho gross earnings of the street
railway companies. Harrison's demand
comes as a substltuto for municipal
ownership and in some respects may be
preferable. Ten per cent or even 5 per
cent on the gross earnings of tho Chi
cago street railways would produce n
revenue of many millions to tho city and
thus relieve tho property owners from
burdcusomo taxation.
Manifestly, tho question to bo deter
mined In dealing with tho problem ot
municipal franchises will be between
royalty and direct ownership.
JAPAN'S WARLIKE SPIRIT.
All reports from Japan show that
both iu official circles and among the
peoplo tho warlike spirit is strong.
Tho feeling appears to bo general 'that
tho time hns come for a rupture with
Russia and that it would bo a gravo
mlstako to defer It Tho Japanese be
Hevo that In a war at this time with
Russia single-handed they would have
a decided advantage nnd there Is no
question as to this so far as their
naval power Is concerned.
Japan Is superior in force to Russia
iu Asiatic waters. Tho ficet of tho lat
ter In Asia available for service against
Japan numers tulrty-ono vessels, cxr
clusivo of torpedo boats, while the
Japanese fleet, exclusive of torpedo
boats, number fifty-two vessels. Not
only Is .Tapuu's licet mora numerous,
but she has s,omo ships of very great
power nnd tho promlso of great effi
ciency. Russia's lleet available for
service against Japan includes some
lnrgo ships,- but her battleships are
smaller and older thnu those of Japan.
A comparison of the weight of projec
tiles of the respectlvo fleets would, It is
said, show great superiority lu tho fleet
of Japan, Furthermore there Is reason
to think that tho Japanese arc as good
If not better sea-fighters than the
Russians.
Iu military strength Russia is of
course greatly tho superior, but It is
a question whether Russia's forces are
effective or ready for uso nnd they
are certainly no better soldiers than the
Japauesc cither lu courage or discipline.
Rut while war Is possible, It will prob
ably be averted, particularly since Rus
sla disclaims any purpose to per
manently, occupy Mnuchurla.
-1 RUSSIAN EXPLANATION.
A Waslilugtou dispatcli states that the
Russian ambassador lias explained to
mo secretary ot state that tho Man
churlan couveution, which Is still uu
signed, has from tho first been regarded
simply ns a modus vlveudl, and It ap
pears that a similar representation has
been made to the Rrltlsh Foreign office.
On tho strength of this the Rrltlsh minis
ter of foreign affairs Is reported to have
stated lu the House of Lords that the
convention might not present the ob
jection heretofore held against 'It.
According to tho Russian ambassador
tho modus vlvendl, ns applying to tho
preseut convention, "means that ab
normal conditions have arisen lu Man
churia aud that normal conditions can
best bo restored by means of a modus,"
tho chief purpose of which would bo
to provide for tho evacuation of Man
churia by the Russian troops, ns their
presenco there Is part of tho abnormal
condition brought about by tho dis
turbances, it is further stated to be
tho Russian view thnt when tho old
state of things Is restored and as
surances are given thnt quiet will be
maintained, tlio modus vlvendl will
cease to operate. It is further stated
that the integrity of China will be
completely preserved and that nothing
in the nature of a Russian protectorate
or, suzerainty will exist.
If this correctly states tho attitude
and purpose of Russia in regard to
Manchuria then it Is 'obvious that the
powers have been making a quite un
necessary protest, for they admit that
Russia has rights In Mnuchurla which
alio is justified iu protecting. This has
been couccded by our government
Moreover, no reasonable objection can
bo mndc to Russia assuming the
responsibility of restoring normal con
ditions In the Chinese province where
sho has valuable Interests and In re
quiring sufficient assurances that quiet
will be maintained. Hut if this Is all
that Russia alms to accomplish, why
has sho persistently refused to nc
quaint the powers with the precise
terms of the convention negotiated with
China?- Of course she was under no
obligation to give this Information, but
It would have saved a deal of diplo
matic Inquiry nnd international dis
quietude If sho had done so and her
right to keep her treaty arrangements
to herself would not have been in the
least degree compromised.
There Is a well-founded distrust of
Russian diplomatic methods nnd the
latest statement of the object of tho
convention with Chlnn, plausible
though It bo, will bo regarded with
some incredulity. Meanwhile that con
vention still awaits acceptauco by the
Chinese government nnd It Is Just pos
sible, though hardly probable, that It
will not bo accepted. In that event It
Is an Interesting question ns to vwhat
step Russia will next take In order to
restore normal conditions in Manchuria
and provide for their maintenance
AS TO TARIFF REVISION.
It Is stated that at the next session of
congress Representative Rabcock of
Wisconsin will again introduce a bill to
modify tho tariff as to certain articles
manufactured by the trusts, he having
Introduced such a measure at the last
session. Recently Mr. Roberts, director
of the mint hns expressed himself in
favor of n revision of tlio tnrlff and a
general lowering of duties, lils view
being thnt tho time has como when this
may bo doiio without danger to any of
our industries and with benefit to the
great body of consumers. Here, and
there n manufacturer is found who Is
In accord with this view.
Referring to this, Representative Rus
sell of Connecticut a member of the
wnys and means committee and n tariff
specialist, said in a recent Interview that
ho could not understand how It would be
feasiblo to exempt from tariff protection
trust-mndo articles, as proposed In the
Rabcock bill. The slightest change In
tho tariff would mean tho overhauling
of tho wholo subject and this, said Mr.
Russell, tho business Interests of the
country do not want Ho -went on to
sny: "If congress nt the next session
desires to dabble in the revenuo there
are certain things that It might under
take' to very great advantage. Our In
ternal taxes upon spirits and In particu
lar the alcohol which In used In tlio arts
nro excessive. Tho present rato of $1.10
a gallon on alcohol Is far above the
revenuo point Then thero nro many
crudities in tlio administrative tariff act
which congress ought to correct. If tho
ways and means committee desires to
go into this subject as I hopo It will, I
can sec many points thnt It might In
vestigate to ndvantage. Rut any gen
eral overhauling of tho tariff I do not
look for. Tficre is no sentiment, so far
ns I know, lu congress or the country,
which demands such n thing. I do not
believe the Dnbcock bill will be seri
ously considered."
It is true that no general Interest In
that measure was manifested when it
was introduced, late In the closing ses
sion of the last congress, but it is not
safe to conclude from this that It will
receive no serious couslderatlon from the
next congress, or that there will not de
velop a general Interest In tho question
of tariff revision. Representative Rab
cock Is not the only prominent repub
lican who believes that a modification
of tho tariff can safely bo made and
that It will be well for the party to do
this, nnd certainly tho proposition to
lower duties on trust-uutde articles Is
very likely to have strong popular sup
port. Tariff revision by n republican con
gress would cause no alarm to tho busi
ness Interests of the country, for the
reason that such Interests would know
that tho revision would bo made nloug
conservatlvo Hues. Our Judgment Is
that there will bo a strong pressure upon
tho Fifty-seventh congress for a revision
aud modification of the tariff which the
party in power will feel called upon to
glvo attention to.
FRAUDULENT LOAN CONCERNS.
A number of Individuals, partnerships
nnd companies are operating throughout
tho mlddlo west financial -schumes iu
which tho lapses are the sole dependence
for profit Companies organized in Mis
souri are worklug that and ndjolulng
states, selling bouds on which Investors
are promised fabulous profits. In Ne
braska and nearby states diamond com
panies are doing great business on as
surance of returning In shiners or cash
a trlllo over two dollars for ouch dollar
paid during a given number of weeks
or months. In both schemes success
depends on tho misfortune or neglect of
somo investors to pay the agreed sums
at tlio tlmo specified. Tlio receipts are
not Invested in nny wny to produce rev
enue, and as the expenses absorb from
15 to 30 per cent of the lncomo It Is ap
parent the uumbor of lapses must bo
largo to pay expenses and prevent pre
mature bankruptcy.
Promoters who profit by tho misfor
tunes of their patrons Insist that confis
cation of payments on lapsed contracts
Is an houest and legltliunto transaction.
Hut the courts view It In a different
light Tho supremo court of Ohio passed
upou the question of lapses a few days
ago, resulting In plnclng of every de
benture company In tho state lu the
hands of receivers. Tho question was
brought before the court by an applica
tion of tho attorney general for nti order
revoking the charter of t)io Interstate
Savings Investment company of Cincin
nati. It was shown that tho company
was not only Insolvent, bu't was doing
nn unlawful business. The court sus
tained the application and the action
sounded the deathknell of eight other
companies organized and operating In
the state.
The court was particularly clear and
emphatic In condemning the lapse sys
tem which formed the foundation of the
Ohio bond companies. On this point the
syllabus reads as follows:
Contracts of Investment security, deben
tures or ccrtlllcalcs which cannot reasona
bly bo expected to nccumulato n suillclcnt
reservo fund to equal tho stipulated en
dowment values within tho stated porlon
without nld from lapses or appropriations
from premiums on uew business, aro fraud
ulent, contrary to public policy and tin
lawful. in Its review or the case the court re
fers to lapses lu these ternu:
A schemo which cau succeed only by
lapses Is manifestly n schemo which will
cnrlsh somo ono at tho cxpeiiBO uf others
who embark lu tho samo enterprise. Tho
percentage of lapses varies with different
coraprnles nnd nt different times with tlio
samo company. Shall this fallacious and
uncertain clement, which has 'thus been In
so largo a mcasuru'cllmlnatcd from legiti
mate business methods, bo oncouraged to
reappear nnd to deludo tho Inexperienced
nnd tho unwary? Wo cannot concclvo It
to bo our duty to lend such encouragement.
Tlio Ohio decision supplements the de
cision of the federal court In tlio numer
ical bond cases In Chicago six years
ago, which resulted In the conviction
und Imprisonment of the chief promoter.
Millions of dollars were lost In the nu
meral bond epidemic beforo It was
stamped out by the federal authorities.
Ohio people placed $2,000,000 In deben
tures, and the available assets of the
wrecked companies' aro valued at ?SS0,
000. Tho difference between these two
sums represent the fees of tho promoters
for teaching the gullible how to do a
smooth Job of shearing.
THE FARMER'S TRWMPn.
For years the calamity shouter, has
howled "Hold your wheat!" nt tho west
ern farmer. And when tho Farmers'
Alliance was in its heyday "Honest
John" Powers and It. T. Loucks formu
lated a subtreasury system, which was
to solve all monetary Ills the business
world had to endure nnd the basis of
which was to bo wheat During nil
these years the refrain to wall of the
calamity "keener" has been that the
Roard of Trade speculator fixed the
price nnd tho producer was at t the
mercy of the gambler.
How pleasant then, It must be to con
template a situation In which tho gam
bler Is at the mercy of tlio producer.
Hero Is a paragraph taken from the
market pago of The Ree:
Tho entire key to tho situation Is lm tho
hands of tho farmers, who, as wo view It,
aro la control both from a speculative nnd
cash standpoint. It, seems unquestionably
a fact that tho majority of long corn held
as regards options Is by tho countryman
who has had faith In his own property for
many months nnd has bought at very much
lower prices. Ho Is tho samo ma who
owns tho cash property and who Is thero
foro In n position to dlctato terms to tho
Insider, qulto a novol reversal ot tho usual
position of affairs.
This is no fanciful condition, but Is
based ou actual experience. It is the
result of the development of industry,
resulting in nn Increased demand for
raw materials of nil kinds, tho whole
situation growing out of the policy
adopted by the government of the
United States.
When the farmer was suffering from
tlio depression due to tho democratic
experiment with free trado tho calam
Ityltcs were all busy with a multitude
of untried remedies, each of which wns
guaranteed to effect n cure. Tho sub
treasury plan was one, more free trade
another; a deluge of cheap money,
paternalism In government, all the
chimerical notions or tho followers of
fiat theories were suggested. Tho repub
lican party promised thnt If returned to
power and given leave to put Its
policies Into operation it would bring
about a restoration of prosperity.
Tho redemption of the promlso In
found In the statement that the farmer
has the speculator at his mercy.
POSStULE FUTURE POPULATION.
What will tho population of the
United States possibly be at tho close
of tho twentieth century? This' ques
tion is considered In tho current num
ber of tho Forum by tho chief of tho
United States bureau of statistics, .Mr,
O. P. Austin, who expresses the opinion
that a study of present conditions In
this country nnd In other parts of the
world fully Justifies us In looking for
ward with hopefulness and confidence
to tlio t,lino when the population of our
present territory will reach the full
limit which has been predicted for tlio
twentieth century 300,000,000.
Mr. Austin points out that no safe or
satisfactory conclusions can be derived
from consideration of tho conditions of
population iu China aud other eastern
countries, because density of population
In these Is not accompanied by facilities
of Internal communication which make
it practicable, through development and
exchange of natural products and man
ufactures, to utilize to their fullest
capacity the producing powers which na
ture has furnished. Moreover, tho den
sity of tlio eastern countries does not
equal that of certain European coun
tries which are now considered excep
tionally prosperous, but which have
ample means of communication within
their own limits and with other parts of
tho world. Tho two most prosperous
countries of tho world, aside from tho
Uulted States, are England and Ger
many, yet they now sustain, on a com
bined area less than that of Texas, a
population greater than that of the
United States and twenty-llvo .times as
great as that which Toxnv now supports.
Applying present conditions of popula
tion In Europe to the nrea of the. United
States, leaving out of consideration tho
power of our arid regions to sustain a
population, Mr, Austin finds that a
density here equal to tho average of
Europo would glvo tho United States a
population of 000,000,000, nnd applying
tho present nverngo population per
square mile of the more densely popu
lated parts of Europe to tlio nrea of the
Uulted Stntes, exclusive of Alaska and
our Island territory, would give n popu
lntlon for tills country of over 1,000,000,
000. Tills calculation takes no nccount
of the arid region, which may prove,
when properly developed, capable of
sustaining a largo population.
Ah to the means uf sustaining the vast
population which tho future promises,
Mr. Austin is entirely sanguine. Ho
has no doubt that they will be developed
as they ate required. Experience and
the necessity which will come with In
creased population will teach Americans
the utilization of lauds which aro now
unused, the utilization of products
which are now considered valueless and
the more economical utilization of tlio
articles of dally requirement. The now
great uncultivated area of even the
most thickly populated parts of our coun
try will be used to provide subsistence
for many millions of people. We lire now
proverbially a recklessly extravagant
people, but with Increased density ot
population Americans will learn econ
omy In the utilization of the nrtlcles
necessary to dally life.
It Is an exceedingly Interesting sub
ject of which Mr. Austin treats, invit
ing tho intelligent mind to a contempla
tion of what our country will bo when
it shall havo a population of several
hundred millions, with all the Improve
ments In the conditions of living that
will come In tho meantime nnd tho In
dustrial and commercial development
that must take place.
Tho officials of the mine workers In
tho anthracite region have shown good
senso In declining to call n strike. If
called It would involve thousands of men
and as usual In such qises more or less
violence. The question wns not ono of
wages in the first plnce aud the matter
at issue wns not wortli what It would
cost both the men nnd the operntors to
mako the struggle. In taking the con
servatlvo course the miners have cer
tainly raised themselves In the estima
tion of the public.
Tho consolidation of tlio Chicago
Times-Herald and Chicago Record
marks nn epoch lu tliq history of Jour
nalism at the metropolis of the west
Rotli these great dailies enjoyed prestige
as models of the highest type of an
American newspnpor. It goes without
saying that tho Record-Herald with Her
man Kohlsaat ns Its editor-in-chief nnd
Frank R. Noyes as general business
mnnnger will bo second to no other Chi
cago morning dally In circulation and
Influence.
No sooner was It aunounccd thnt Gen
eral Funston had captured Agulnnldo
than the opposition press started the re
port that tho ndmlulstration was put out
because someone elso had not turned tho
trick. Tho president has promptly ca
bled his congratulations to tho general,
expressing his highest appreciation of
his services. There Is no reason to be
lieve that ho will not receive substantial
recognition when the time comes.
St Louis Is mnklng faces at Ruffalo
beeauso Ruffalo has an Insignificant ap
propriation for Its Panamcrican exposi
tion. We venture the prediction that
more people will enter the gates of tho
Ruffalo exposition than that at St Louis
notwithstanding tho fact that tho latter
Is projected ns a great world's fair.
Money nlonc does not make successful
expositions. Accessibility to dense popu
lation Is essential.
St. Louis is just now finding that the
matter of raising the money for a big
exposition Is not the only task iu connec
tion with the enterprise. Tho citizens
of thu Mound City aro trying to decide
on a location and elect a World's Fair
mayor at the samo time.
rEItSONAL AXU OTHERWISE.
Tho farewell performances of winter nro
long drawn out.
Mapmalters of China havo wisely decided
to defer printing until tho allies lllo plats
ot their real estate.
Tho smoke of battle having lifted, rovcal
Ing vast fields for activity, let's proceed
with spring plowing.
Congressman Hull of Iowa Is on his way
to tho Philippines to view tho prospect
o'er und, incidentally, to saw wood.
An eastern manufacturer who has given
1,000 pounds ot soap to the Salvation army
is entitled to high rank as a missionary.
Tho pruno crop Is pretty woll cornered
in California. Gutting "full of prunes"
this season will signify high llvlti'g and
hot thinking.
Thu Husslan who took a shot nt Privy
Councillor I'ablcdonostzeff and failed to
knock off a syllablo of the numo ought to
practice on tho sldo of n barn at ten paces.
Tho legislature of Massachusetts passed
on act rectifying a blunder In punctuation
lu a former act relating to liquor. A
semicolon was changed to n comma, thus
shortening the time between drinks.
Chief Swcnlo of tho Chicago lire depart
ment Is about to retire, having served tho
city fifty-two of his sixty-seven years, nut
It will not be en(o to turn In a general
ularm within earshot of tho old chief.
A correspondent of tho Now York Sun,
wrlllng about tho tobacco hnblt, says:
"Why, yesterday I saw a respectable man
comlDg homo from rjiurrh with his wife
aud a plpo In his mouth." This Is tho
way New Yorkers get their caverns In
shape for tho bock beer season.
A woman lawyer in New York, having
had somo experience with witnesses of both
sexes, declares that women liars can give
men of the samo class a lively run for
first prize. Evidently tho twentieth cen
tury women begrudgo men their .umlnence
In this branch of human activity.
Chicago cripples who nro boiling out
tho wickedness at Hot Springs, Ark., have
sent homo a hot protest against tacking
on tho abbreviation of Illinois (111.) on let
ter addresses. "Chicago, III,," they sny,
Is humiliating nnd Intolerable. Evidently
tho wholo town Is not sick, though this Is
not verified by St. Louis.
An Illinois woman with a mind of her
own Is determined to spend tho summer
on I'lko's Peak with a cat and a rlflo for
companions. Kind friends suggested tho
need of a malo protector on such a ven
ture, but tho hint was spurred by the an
cient maiden. "What!" sho exclaimed,
"You mean a man? Hats! You don't know
me, I ain't afraid of anything on earth,
No, sir, no man for mo" U will go hard
with the bear that flaitfa around her shack.
1ILASTS FROM HAM'S HOIIX.
Fast living Is really but slow dying.
Tho only truo dlvlno service is tho serv
Ico ot humanity.
Tho heaviest cross of many Christians
is tho church collection.
A diamond niust remain dirt If It be" not
willing to loso half Itself.
Spasms of spiritual Indigestion are pro
duced by swallowing Isms.
Ho who stoops to meanness finds It hard
to get tho crick out ot his back.
Ho who would win In a race must reckon
only with tho road yet to bo run.
A balloon rises when you throw out bal
last, but n innii will sink that wny.
You enn tell a man's prlco when you
know what ho will do for n principle.
Orlt Is a good thing to hnvu bo long ns
you don't flro it In your neighbors' fnccs.
Tho man who seeks to pillow on popular
applause finds It hard to sleep for fear tho
bubblo will burst.
Tho trouble with somo scientists Is that
they llvo In tho coal mlno of their Investi
gations nnd call their cnndlo tho sun.
Tho preucher who prides himself on tho
uso of tho whip usually sloshes tho outsldo
sinners whllo ho truckles to tho traders
in tho temple.
SKCl'I.AIl SHUTS AT THU l'tll.l'IT.
Minneapolis Times: A Kentucky preacher
is denouncing progresslvo euchre. Ho is
taking n long start, but ho mny work up
to poker und craps lu tlmo.
New York Herald: Tho pastor of n Jersey
Uty church has organized a baso bnll team
from uinong tho young men in his congre
gation aud will act as pitcher. His lot will
bo happy whllo ho holds tho opposing teams
down to a fow scattered hits, but If they
over got to banging his "shoots" nnd
"curves" nnd "drops" all over tho field-
well, tho church may bo tempted to extend
a call to somo other clergyman.
Minneapolis Journal: Itcv. nnd Prof,
Gecrgo I). Hcrron, tho "Christian socialist"
of Orlnuell, In., who has been "binding
burdens grievous to bo borno nnd laying
them on other men's shoulders," has ovl
dently not bothered himself much nbout
his own responsibilities. His ioor. neg
lectcd wife has Just Bccurcd a dlvorco ou
tho ground of desertion nnd non-support
with custody of her children. Wo havo nl
ways regarded Hcrron as a pious fraud, und
sco no rcusou in this Incident to change
that opinion.
New York Sun: Dr. Lyman Dcccher
bporry has boon lecturing In Knnsas City
on "Seven Devils Who Help to Shorten
Human Life." Among tho seven nro war
nnd narcotics. Hr. Spcrry says that It
would bo "possible for man to llvo. from
123 to 175 years If these devils wcro ex
orcised from human nffnlrs." Well, ho can
cxorclso them from his uffalrs. Ho doesn't
havo to uso narcotics or go to war or havo
anything to do with any of tho devils.
Why shouldn't ho llvo to provo his theory?
It might bo worth whllo to llvo to bo ld,
especially If you boupht a good fat annuity
at 40 or so.
Doston Globe: Who can conceive of a
lazier anil moro contradictory occupation
than that ot nn army chaplain located at
somo distant frontier post on fat pay. with
a pension in old ngo and nothing to do
but preach once n, week, appear on dross
parade, attend now nnd then tho sick or
dying, nsslst tho officers occasionally In n
friendly gamo of cards nnd mako himself
generally useful. Somo ot the peaco people
find It hard to rcconcllo tho vocations ot
fighting nnd praying, but in our regular
mmy, In times ot penco at least, thero Is
very llttlo fighting nnd probably no alarm
ing amount of praying. It means, generally
speaking, a fat Job for llfo with llttlo
to do.
l'ny Itoll or (hp Strrl Trait.
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
Tho Uulted States Steol corporation has
1C0.00O employes nnd a pny roll of half a
million dollars n day. Allowing 300 work
ing days, this ono manufacturing corpora
tion will pay out $150,000,000 a year. Theso
two items nro nbout tho most striking
statistics of tho trust's magnltudo that havo
yot been put out. In tho light of such facts
ns theso what Is to bo said about tho
Standard Oil with $100,000,000 of capitaliza
tion and tho Sugar trust with Its $75,000,0007
ruttliiK Theiirlcn to tlip Tost.
Ualtlmoro American.
Tho tlmo Is coming which will afford a
fluo opportunity to tlio learned advocates
for tho abolition of mosquitoes as dlscaso
breeders to put their thoorlea Into practice.
Tho cynical nnd pessimistic nmong men,
nowover, couililcntly expect to find the mos
quitoes doing business at the samo old
stand this summer.
An Aiiit'iiiliuriit In Order.
HoHton Transcript.
"I bcllovo that thn irrcat bmlv nt Ameri
can peoplo nro ccutlcmoii." Bavs PrrMn
Hndlcy. Our cxpcrlcnco hns been that fully
halt of thorn nro ladles.
AIuii'n Wocn Multiply.
Detroit Free Press.
With truly devilish nersnlcacltv th tin
can trust began business with tho nnrnlnr-
of tho bock beer season.
Easter
Furnishings
Our Furnishings Department is already In
spring array. It blooms
newest New York fancies
Shirts, Gloves, Hosiery and
The superiority of our
nrticlo of haberdashery a bargain.
You'll find here the new things that haven't
reached the other shops, but you'll find the prices
more moderate than elsewhere for really fine
goods.
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours"
Our spring stock, made to order for this city,
is the finest that we have shown in a third of a cen
tury. The fabrics have been chosen with taste, the
styles are correct, the workmanship of the best,
and the prices are less than for custom-made gar
ments of anything like the same quality.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
KOUTinVlSST CORNER 1BTH AXU UOVOUAS STHEBTI.
Ouiolm'a E!u3lVQ Clotliiers (or Uvu una Boy.'
DOMESTIC l'l.F.ASANTIUKH,
Chicago Record-Herald: "Woman has too
much Imagination."
"Oh. I don't know! If sho couldn't Imnrtna
that man wus better than he Is sho wouldn't
marry him.
Detroit Ft eo Press: "Daughter, that
young Perkins who comes here seems a
wry patient admirer."
"Uh, yes, pit! lie's awfully patient hut
he isn't u bit persevering."
liillndelphtu Press: Cusey Flanagan han
been marrl'd folvo years, but sorru the
chick or child hus lio got.
CiiHsldy Thruo for ye. I wonder Is that
hereditary In his family or hers.
Chicago Tribune: 'inquisitive Neighbor
Dear llttlo thing! How much did she
weigh?
Proud Young Mother-Six pounds, I be
.Hove. Hut wo don't estimate babies lu
this family by weight, Mrs. Nexdoro.
Catholic Standard: "Gee whiz!" n
clnlmctl tho young benedict, "what alia
this mlnco pli-7"
"Why, nothing," replied his wife, who was
a whlte-rlbboner. "I followed tho reclpo
except whero It called for tint ml y. 1 sub
stituted root beer for that."
Somervlllo Journal : "Some of thf.ie
proverbs are absurdly inaccurate," said
Miss Passe, with somo show of feeling.
"For Instance, thero Is that ono thnt says
that 'Man proposes.' As ti matter ot
fact, ho doesn't'
Pittsburg Chronicle: Jack (during their
qtiarrel)-Now, let mo explain.
May I want to say something first.
1nrlrA11 rlulit. I'm nil curs.
Mny t know It. No doubt that's why,
your parents called you "Juck.
Philadelphia Press! Kngllsh dulrte-Thn
echo 'ero In theso mountings Is very fine,
sir
Tourlslt (after shouting "Hollo!"-Huhl
Thero is an echo, but it Isn't at all intel-
"linRl'lsh Gulde-Oh! you don't understand
the lunguldge, sir. These nro Welsh moun
tains, you know.
Hop nnd Hftk.
Detroit Journal.
The Man with the Hoe, on that summer's
,diiy
When Maud Mullcr raked the hay,
Wns nt work In tho corn, Just over tha
fence
And Maud was a girl of good horse sense.
When tho Man with the Hoo said, "Marry
"Go got n reputation!" said she.
Ho worked It right, and In course of tlm
He, too, was written up In rhymo.
And so they wcro wed, 'mid feasting and
laughter,
And lived vcr' happily ever nfter.
Tim ORGANIST.
O. W Stevens In Toledo Times.
1 wonder how tho organist
Can do so many things;
He's getting ready long before
Tho choir stands up nnd sings;
llo's pressing buttons, pushing stops;
He's pulling hero and there.
And testing till tho working parts
Whllo listening to thu pruycr.
Ho runs a mighty big machine,
It's full of funny things;
A innsH of boxes, pipes and tubes,
And sticks und slats and strings;
There's llttlo whistles for a cent,
lu rows nnd rows and rows;
I'll bet thero's twenty miles of tubes
As largo us garden hoso.
Thorn's scores ns round ns stovepipes and
Thero's lots so big nnd wldo,
That sovernl llttlo boys 1 know
Could play around Inside;
From llttlo bits of piccolos
That hardly mako a toot,
There's every slzo up to the great
lilt; elovutor chute.
Tho organist knows every one,
And how they ought to go
Ho makes them rumblo llko a storm,
Or plays them sweet and low;
At times you think them very near;
At times they're soaring high
Llko angel voices singing far
Off somewhere In tho sky.
For bo enn take this structure that's
As big us any house,
And niakr It squeak us softly as
A tiny little mouse;
And then, hoil Jerk out something with
A movement of tho hand,
And mako you think you'ro listening to
A military baud.
Ho plays It with his fingers nnd
Hu plays It with his toes;
And If ho really wnnled to
IIoM play It with his nose;
He's sliding up and down the bench,
llo's working with his knees,
He's dancing round with both his feet
As likely us you plcuse.
I always llko to take n seat
Where I eun see htm go;
lie's better than u sermon, and
Ho does mo good, 1 know;
I llko tho llfo ami movement and
I llko to hear him play;
Ho Is tho most exciting thing
In town ou Sabbath day.
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llko a garden
witli the
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Underwear.
Fancy
selections makes everv