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Tzschtlck, sccrotury of Tho Hco Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that tho actual number of full and eompleto copies of Tho Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Ueo printed during the month of October, 1901, was us follows: l 211,100 17 us.r.Do 2 !2,0B0 IS 'M,U'M I ....iii,M! i9 as, no 4 '-'IMKiO 20 UD.IHO B i!ll,i:!H) 21 :io,ito 8,U20 22 28,BO 7 UU,170 23 IV2.VM t -'S.HIO 24., ,.UH,77U as.soo is :io,7io 10 1!M,7I0 :c IKMOO U '2H,Hr,0 27 'J0.O75 12 iiO.O'-'O 28 :2,M) is itti.o.ir; 20 ao,7Mo 14 i!M,(i:t() 30 :iii,iio ic i:n,ii:io 31 :i:i,usu IS liH.O.-.O Total U17.:tl Less unsold and returned copies... n,HR'2 Net total sales 1)07, lt7 Net dally average , a,S74 OEOIIQE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presenco and sworn to beforo mo this 31at day of October. A. D. 1; M. U. IIUNQATE, (Heal.) Notury Public. t Tho epidemic .of foot ball fatalities hns'liut two weeks more to run. Government secret service men seem to be alow In gutting In their IIcIch on those Chicago postngc Btnnii thieves. If Tnt Crowe wants anything else lie might -vvrlto u letter to Santa Claus just to keep In prnctlee. Tliosc prize lighters show real bravery In trying to share public attention at the height of the foot ball season. Tho magazines of tho cruiser Now CTork have been condemned not, how ever, tho magazines that belong to the hip's library. Is not tho secretary of the navy nfrald the west may take offenso If ho does not include n few prairlo schooners In his pt-ograru for naval expansion? Without waiting for Its formal pres tation, it Is safo to pronounce Presi dent Roosovelt's messugo an example of good English composition. That is ,whcro tho president's experlenco as an author and literary man will stand him In good stead. Mary K.' Wllklns, tho authoress of everal thrilling mystery novels, has In formed her friends that slio had been uecretly married. That was ono mys tery she seems to havo preferred to havo cleared up without making tho readers wait for the last chapter. Congressman Champ Clark Is chafing and champing again over the czar-liko powers exercised by tho speaker of tho house. Tho troub'lo with Clark Is that from his position ou the democratic side of tho fence he sees no possible chani'e of tho speakership coming to Champ. A' .Central park python is being eulo gized as a marvel for swallowing n three-foot alligator. "Yet on tho Very amo day n now ?400,000,WO anaconda down in Wall street swallowed three great railway systems covering half tho United States. Why marvel nt tho python? .. Honey mado ot glucose Is tho latest revelation uncovered by the food In spector. Hut why should tho busy bee expect to be overlooked by Imitators and adulterators when tho cow, tho hen,, tho maple tree and other stnndbys of puro farm products havo had mechanical competitors for years? It Is hluted that General Weyler may be mado temporary premier of Spain. Should Weyler bo. put lu charge it .would bo safo to enumerate sevurnl mistakes ho will not make. Whatever clso may be said about him, he cannot he charged with forgetting tho lesson of bis Cuban experlouce. Complaint Is mado that some of the 'American canued goods in tho French army stores, have been found to havo polled. T'ho- Frenchman should have known oiioliglr-'uot to ,keep them so long. If he had found them lu a good tato of preservation ho would doubt less havo insisted that they had been embalmed. The discovery of auothor Keoley mo tor has Just been announced. This time the perpetual motion machine Is tho product of tho Inventive genius of ltev Mr. Wallace of Hell Henil, Pa., who claims that the machine has been run Ding continuously for three months and cannot be stopped. Tho reverend gentle man Is keeplug tho Invention a profound ecret through fear that his idea may be stolon. Tho claims of tho Inventor have aroused tho suspicion that ho is laboring under a hallucination created by 'tho superlluous wheels .revolving in Us own cranium. - -, . TUKASVIlSll STCKFKtl SHOULD ItCSIO.W The proper Investment and safe kee Ing of the stnte school funds havo fur tilshrd the most serious problem with which the state hns been wrestling al most from the day it was admitted Into the union. ' Nebraska's llrst constitution au thorized tho loaning of the permanent school fund on land mortgages and the scandals arising out of tho misuse of this power led to the Impeachment of Its llrst governor and auditor. Inllnted ap praisements enabled state olllcers to play Into the hands of corrupt confeder ates and thousands of dollars were filched from the patrimony of the schools by extravagant loans to political favorites never repaid. Tho chief Incentive for framing the new constitution was to prohibit tho dis sipation of the school fund through mortgage loans by limiting its Invest ment to national, stato and county bonds. .Since this limitation was enacted the permanent school fund has run up Into the millions nnd the problem of Its safo Investment and care has be come more grave than ever. The dan ger of loss from fraudulent mortgages has been nvcrted, but tho farming out of tho school moneys and the specula tive purchase of securities for private gain lias robbed the fund of hundreds of thousands of dollars. When one state treasurer was sen tenced to twenty years' Imprisonment for misappropriation of public money It was suposed that for many years to come no state treasurer would venturo to manipulate the state funds lu his cus tody for personal protlt Tho methods pursued by State Treasurer Stucfer, however, lu the purchase of tho Hurt county refunding bonds again forco to the front the necessity of furtlicr meas ures for tho protection of tho state treas ury, and especially the school fund. Stato Treasurer Stucfer excused his refusal to comply with tho demand of tho republican stato convention for n monthly exhibit of the nmouuta and whereabouts of tho public money In his custody ou the ground that such pub licity would be an admission that ho was violating tho law by depositing school money in banks nnd justified hLs course by pointing to tho fact that the surplus In tho school fund was being rapidly absorbed by the purchaso of bonds and other securities. The pur chase of the Hurt county bonds by n middleman with checks signed by the treasurer affords proof positive that tho money was on deposit, ns everybody know. It also discloses tho more dam aging fact that the stato treasurer in collusion with an Irresponsible broker had caused a loss to the school fund of at least $3,'J0O. Tho most charitable construction of the Hurt count- bond deal Is that Mr. Stucfer has allowed a personal friend to uso the school fund for a speculation out of which ho made $3,200 at tho ex pense of the stato and without risking or Investing a dollar of his own. Pub lic conlldeuco in Treasurer Stucfer had already been shaken by Ids refusal to comply with tho demands of the repub lican state convention. With this addi tional proof of mismanagement, to uso u mild term, nothing remains for him to do but to resign. Ills failure to do so will impose upon Governor Savage a duty that cannot bo evaded. TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMISSION. Tho chairman of the Interstate Com merce commission Is authority for the statement that President Roosevelt will embody In his inessago to congress sonio strong suggestions or recommen dations for tho enlargement of the pow ers of the commission. It Is known to be the opinion of the president that tho general government should havo closer knowledge and fuller Jurisdiction over corporations doing an Interstate busi ness. This Is not only true of the rail roads und other carriers, but of manu facturing corporations whoso operations extcud through several states where laws may differ as to control and super vision. It Is not definitely known, of course, what will bo tho recommendations of tho president In regard to widening the powers of tho Interstato Commerce commlnslon, but It Is tho Impression that some of the suggestions made year after year by tho commission will bo taken up. Washington advices say it Is not believed that tho president will go so far as some advocate and recom mend that tho commission bo empow ered to tlx rates, that being really beyond what tho commission has asked for. It bus suggested and doubtless will renew the recommendation that It bo given the authority to tlx rates in contested cases, this, however, being coupled with the further demand that some provision bo mado under which' Immediate action can be secured In set-, tlemcut of rate disputes, so that tho commission's decision could bo passed upon without delay. This would glvo tho commission only partial authority lu fixing rates nnd it is anticipated that President Itoosevelt will go that far. Senator Cullom, chairman of tho sen ate committee on Interstate commerce, It Is understood will at the coming ses sion reintroduce his bill amending tho interstate commerce law, which was re ported on adversely by tho committee at tho last session. This measure con tained nearly everything asked for by the commission lu tho way of additional legislation. It authorized and required the commission to publish a classifica tion of freight articles and rules, regu lations and conditions of freight trans portation. It provided a heavy lino for tho neglect or refusal of a carrier to ob servo and apply such classification, lu co'itested cases tho commission was given power to ilx a maximum rate covering tho entire cost of tho service; also to tlx both a maximum Vnd u mini mum rate or ditl'ereutlal In rates when that may bo necessary to prevent dls crimination. Tho bill further empow ered tho commission to determine tho division between carriers of a joint rate and tho terms und conditions under which business shall be Interchanged when that Is necessary to an cxecutiou of tho provisions of the act. Mr. Knnpp, chairman of the commls slon, Is reported ns snyltig that such legislation us proposed lu tho I'tillOm bill Is needed now even more than when the bill was framed and doubtless such Is the case. At all events It Is unquestionable that lu order to render the law effective nnd of nny real value It Is necessary to enlarge and strengthen the powers of the commission. It is well understood that every provision of tho law for the protection of the busi ness public is now being violated nnd this condition of affairs the commission Is powerless to prevent or correct THE TllAXSCOSTlXKXTAL lUtLHOAD CUMUINK. The compact by which the four great transcontinental railroads, namely, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, North ern Pacific, Great Northern, nnd their tributaries, the Central Pacific nnd Hur llngton, have been placed under the control of n single corporation capital ized at $100,000,000, has been consum mated by tho community of Interest magnates. This vast aggregation, oper ated through tho medium of tho North ern Securities company, represents more than 23,000 miles of rallwny capital ized nt $1,545,-110,000. This gives a valuation of $00,521 per mile for the rall wny octopus, In which, ns a matter of fact, more than two-thirds of the mllo ago Is comprised of branch lines and feeders. Take, for example, the Union Pa cific system, which is credited with 5,005 miles, and capitalized nt $403, 100,100, or nu average of $73,703 per mile: Crediting the mnin lino of the Union Pacific with a mlleago of 1,500 miles, thoro remain 4,005 miles of brunch lino feeders which could bo duplicated with all modern equipments at $30,000 per mile or less. Capitalized nt $30,000 per mile these branch lines would represent, In round figures, $120, 000,000, while tho main lino would rep resent $283,000,000, or an average cap italization of $181,410 per mile. Tho Hurllugtou system, with a mileage of 7,270 miles, Is stocked and bonded for $250,730,800, or $35,314 per mile. Crediting the main lino of the Hurling ton system with a mileage of 1,000 miles, Its brunch lines would nggregnto a mileage of 5,070 miles. The greater part of this mlleago being located enst of the Missouri river, its duplication could be effected readily for $5,000 per mllo less than lines west of that river. Capitalized at $25,000 per mile the ag gregate value of the branch lines would bo $141,750,000, and the valuation of tho main lino would therefore be $111, 080,800, or nu average of $71,800 per mile. Tho capitalization of the other lines in tho combination varies from $40,000 to $100,000 per mile. Conceding that the operation of these lines under the community of interests plan will prevent future rate wars and effect an enormous saving in operating expenses and cost of gcnernl super vision, It still remains problematical whether theso roads can at all times and under nil conditions be depended upon to pay fixed charges and interest upon this enormous overcapitalization Without levying an extortionate tribute upon their patrons. Granting that tho country west of tho Mississippi has vast possibilities of development and possesses almost boundless resources there must como periods of general de pression, crop failures, nnd industrial stagnation that will impair the Income of the transcontinental lines and make It lmposslblo for them, to more than pay fixed charges and operating ex penses. . This is precisely the most vulnerable spot in the entlro makeup of the rail way octopus. Heforo tho combination was formed the capitalization of the roads consisted of less than 50 per cent of bonded debt on which fixed charges had, to bo earned lu addition to oper ating expenses. While dividends might be passed in hard times upon the stocks without bankrupting the roads or seri ously affecting their financial status, the community of Interest policy has been to convert a largo proportion of tho stocks luto bonds not merely at their .face value, but, as In the Instance of the Uurllugton, at double their face value, and on this artificial valuation a 4 per cent semi-annual Interest Is guar anteed. In other words, an 8 per cent luconio Is guaranteed to the stock holders of the Uurllugton on the face value of their stocks, whether the crops arc good or bud, in prosperous years und In punlcky years. Can such a policy bo sustained for any, great length of tlmo without a ter rific revulsion? Thnt question can only bo solved after tho lapse of years. TliK llAUCOQH. TAHIFF VUOPOSAL. Representative Habcock of Wisconsin Intends to urgo his proposal for reduc ing certain tariff duties and will have a now bill for tlds purpose ready to be introduced when congress assembles. Mr. Habcock does not think that what ho proposes would necessarily open up the tariff question nnd Indeed ho is not In favor of general tariff revision. All ho suggests Is "that where the duties uro so high as to bo prohibitive, or at least unnecessarily high, forming thereby a bulwark behind which tho combinations exact exorbitant prices In our markets, such duties should bo re duced." He hus been giving very thor ough study to the questiou and an nounces that he will Have a great deal of data to present to congress, particu larly relating to the cost of producing Irou and steel. Tho present Indications arc that the Habcock measure will not receive con slderatlon in congress. Such leading republicans In the house as Payne of New York, who will coutlnue as chair man of the ways and means committee, Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Grosveuor of Ohio are opposed to nny action re garding tho tariff. They Insist that there Is no good reason for making nny chnnges lu the tariff at this time and thut to attempt to do so would cause a serious busiuess disturbance. There Is no doubt, however, that the Habcock proposal will havo a very btrong popu lar support and this may bo mani fested to an extent and with an earnest- liess that may compel tho republicanj leoders In congress to nt least give It consideration. Mr. Unbcock will un doubtedly be able to conclusively demonstrato what he asserts, that the combinations under existing conditions exact exorbitant prices In our markets nnd when tlds shall be made clear to the public there Is pretty certain to be a very strong popular support of the re duction In duties proposed by the Wis consin congressman. Not the least Im portant consideration In connection with this matter is tho possible effect of a reduction of duties on Iron nnd steel products upon the price of labor. Would not the manufacturers, If compelled to lower their prices In the homo market, endcuvor to offset this by reducing wages? This Is a question which Is certnlnly worthy of attention, though ns yet It appears to havo received very little. Mr. Habcock Is also on the popular side lu favoring revenue reduction. Ho thinks the war revenue taxes should bo cut down from $10,000,000 to $50, 000,000 and It seems practleublo to do this without harm to the national treas ury, In which tho surplus Is now piling up nt the rate of nearly $2,000,000 a week. Mr. Habcock regards tho cut ting down of tho war taxes as a matter of party honor und certainly tho repub lican party will not strengthen Its claim to popular confidence if it shall refuse to reduce the excessive revenue and re lievo tho public of unnecessary taxation. DEM A ND t'OH. DEI'All TM EXTS. Tho demand of the commercial Inter ests for n department of commerce and Industry, tho head of which shall bo a member of the cabinet, will If com plied with, ns uppeara probable, stimu late other Interests to tirge tho crentlon of departments with representation In tho cnblnet. Alrendy tho labor organ izations arc demanding that there be a department of lnbor and that n sec retary of labor havo a seat among the advisers of tho president. Tho mining Interest, nt Its last congress, adopted a resolution cnlllug upon congress to create a department of mining. Referring to these demands tho Now York Journal of Commerce says: "A very largo class lu the community con sists of the school teachers and almost nothing Is more essential to the well being of tho nation than tho work they are doing, and It cannot bo long before they will be demanding that there bo a department of education and that n secretary of education be added to tho cabinet. At this rate tho capacity of tho cabinet room in the White House will soon be outgrown and the presi dent will have to meet his cabinet In the eust room." This Is not tho less suggestive because a humorous view of tho matter. Perhaps there nro strouger ronsons In support of tho demand for a depart ment of commcrco und Industry than can bo urged lu behalf of a depart ment of labor, a department of mining, or a department of education, but It is a fact that no entirely conclusive ar gument litis yet been presented In sup port of tho proposed department of com merce nnd Industry. It hns not been shown that there Is n real und pressing necessity for such a depnrtmeut How ever, the probability is very strong thnt congress will crente It, tho Interests favoring It being very Influential at Washington. The degeneracy of Americans Is a source of serious alurm to former Sec retary J. Sterling Morton, who In his characteristic, cuustlc'wny polntu to the Increase In Institutions for tho idiotic and feeblo minded as proof positive thut Idiocy is gaining ground rapidly. Speak ing of our own state, Mr. Mortou says: Nebraska, as soon as admitted to the union, began bidding for Uio propagation of fools. Tho asylum, for silly children, at Ueatrlco was llborally endowed. The state, Instead ot Instituting laws to pro vent marriages which might produco de generates, really offered a bounty for im becility. It encouraged tho Infant industry ot raising fools In Nebraska by preparing and tendering a free homo for them and saying, la effect: "Make Ill-mated mar riages, give tho commonwealth idiots and It will gladly care for them; It yearns for mental and moral imbcllcs, for physical and Intellectual degenerates!" Wo apprehend that conditions of de generacy are not so appalling as Mr. Morton would have us believe. There uro doubtless ninny foolish marriages, but tho chances are that they will contribute moro grist to tho dlvorco mills than Idiotic Inmates for state asylums. The best estimate places the number of voters disfranchised by Maryland's new election law at 42,000, of which 12,000 are white democrats, 0,000 white republicans aiid 30,000 negroes. Not a word of protest or denunciation, how over, has been heard from the great democrats In theso parts who havo been so loudly proclaiming the right of tho Filipino to self-government. Their eagerness to extend the guaranties of our constitution to all tho Inhabitants of ouv island possessions seems to have blunted their perception of constitution violating at short range, when the pro hibition against disfranchisement ou ac count of color Is Ignored to re-establish democratic control of border stutes. Nebruska has been highly honored. On Mouday evening of tho fourteenth of October, at the Philippine Islands, tho consul general of his imperial majesty, tho emperor of China, gave u dlnuer In the city of Manila to our Have and several other congressional globe trotters. The Cliluese menu card, be ginning with rut-tall soup und ending with blrd's-uest a la crcole, Is of itself a souvenir that can bo handed down as n precious keepsnke for several gen erations. Chicago's franclilscd corporations have invoked tho federal courts to protect them In their tux exemptions of which they were about to bo deprived by the recent tax decision of the Illinois su premo court. If there Is auy way to hold off the tax-gatherer, the corporation lawyers may be depended on to find it. Kllli-aey of n NimhI I'rrsuniler. Iiostnu Transcript. Now that Pranrn linH utipreeded In mnV In Tutkay coma la tfpij liy 1"t. r tifni ready for n naval display It Is reasonable to presumo that a similar threatened ex hibition on our part might Induce the liul- garlans to glvo us back that precious Stone, .Inrrlnu Hip .lultlliiiit. Philadelphia Ledger Tho Canadian northwest received 1S.000 Immigrants from tho ("tilted States last year and Is Jubilant. Now, how many did tho United States receive from Canada? (irrnt Cut In Snlnrr, Chicago ltecord-llerald. Poor Schwab. It has leaked out that he gets only $223,000 a year for being presi dent of tho Steel trust. The neighbors must wonder how his wife can alTord to havo so many new things. KliiK I'orti'n liitlnciire. Minneapolis Tribune, llutchera solcmly nsseverato that the high price ot steaks nnd roasts Is not duo to tho operation of nny meat trust, but to tho scarcity and high price of corn and feed. This Is a very forcible Illus tration of how Intimately the production of corn Is bound up with other Industries. Old Truth Iteviiinpeil. lioston Globe. "Wo realize, that America now leads the van In Industrial progress," says M. Uouquct, head of tho technical Instruction department, In tho French ministry of commerce. "Sho 1b far ahead of England, Germany and ourselves lu organization and methods of work. Wo knew that before. Wlmt (lie Trouble I. Minneapolis Journal. Tho Industrial commission has been try ing to find out what Is the matter with eastern farmers. The principal troublo with them seems to bo that they are not up-to-date. Tho west has outgrown tho Idea that anybody Is good enough to be a farmer nnd that any way Is good enough to run a farm. Clinrum of Anticipation. Ht. 1'aul Pioneer-Press. And theso aro tho days when tho rich brown of the roasted turkey, with a dash of crimson cranberry, looms up In tho near foreground, whllo an atmoBphcro ot hot nilncq plo breathes life and hope into the small boy In tho background; nnd on tho horizon Rteams tho porous delcctablo buckwheat cake, smothered In tho golden rays of maplo syrup. UlVOItCEMENT AM) It KM Alt III AG 13, AluiRft of thr I.mr by the Svrnpplnir nl AVIvcn nnd llunbatuU. Philadelphia Hecord. As remarked by Bishop Doano In his ar ticle on "Hemarrlage After Divorce," printed In th'o Hecord, Impressions hard to correct aro often created by tho manner of "putting things." I11b way of stating the points of tho divorce question certainly has tho merit of dissipating some of tho ob scurities in which tho discussion thereof1 is involved. When Interested parties demand from tho church a recognition of tho right and legality of dlvorco they really mean that tho church ought to sanction tho re marriage of divorced persons. Illahop Doano holds that since the church has no power to grant divorces, It ought not to be asked to deal with them In tho way of any remarriage whatever. Whllo compelled to acknowledge that a dlvorco granted by a competent civil authority re lieves tho parties from tho obligation of the civil contract into which they had en tered, and leaves them freo for anything tho law allows them to do, still tho church has tho right to remand such people to tho civil magistracy to securo their re marriage. It Is proper, furthermore, for tho church to decide whether persons who marry a second tlmo while their former partner in matrimony aro still living should bo precluded from tho sacraments, for, although a remarrlago permitted by tho laws ot tho stato cannot bo regarded as a crime, It may, nevertheless, bo sinful and abhorrent to tho teachings of tho gospel. So much for tho churchman's view of tho question. Bishop IJoano, however, goes further and throws light on tho sociological aspect ot the subject. Ills arguments, though tersely stated, are cogent 1 and thought-compelling. Tho abuse of tho law to facilitate tho swapping of wives or hus bands strikes at tho very root ot our social fabric. Whether tho absolute denial by the state of tho prlvllego of dlvorco would re sult In worso evil Is a proposition concern ing which there is room for honest doubt nnd difference of opinion. There can bo no doubt, however, that socially beneficent work Is being done by tho clorgymon and lawyers who aro engaged In the develop ment of a right and strong public opinion on this subject and that It is high tlmo that the scandalous facility of divorcement for tho purposo of remarriage should be ended. CIIINKSH IN TUG IMIIMl'I'IXKS. Danger of the Miiniioli Overwhelm ing the Native. San Francisco Chronicle. A dispatch from Manila announces that "under tho now law Chlncso aro pouring Into Manila and quickly getting Into the provinces. During tho last two weeks 3,000 Chlncso havo como In." Unfortunately, wo do not know what tho "now law" Is. It will bo published in duo time by tho War de partment and bo available, but Its pro visions havo not been telegraphod, and, therefore, cannot be discussed. Under the Spanish laws they wero restricted. Tho first Philippine commission took a great deal of testimony on the Chlncso question and It Is somewhat conflicting. Laws seem to havo bcon changed, but It appears that thcro was a substantial head tax, or what amounted to a head tax, which prevonted their coming in large numbers. Whllo tho testimony was conflicting as to the ad visability of admitting them, It was uni form in ono respect. All the Filipinos wanted them excluded and all who de sired to exploit tho county desired that they be freely admitted. Tbey do there what they do hero como without their families, and remit ovory dollar which they acqulro to China. But they do more. They Intermarry with tho Filipino women and produco a race of mestizos, who possess all tho bad qualities ot both parents aud vpry fow of tho good ones. If tho Chlncso aro allowed freo access Into tho Philippines they will exterminate the Filipinos, There can be no doubt ot that whatever. They wlll crowd them out of every occupation and out of tho .world. Thoy will monopolize) tho labor and the retail trade. The Filipinos dread them nnd bate them. Thcro Is no doubt that they aro moro effective Instruments for "de veloping tho country." For that reason the exploiters want them as they want them here. Tho Chinese Injure us, but they can not destroy us. Tho Filipinos they will not only Injure, but' exterminate. With the freo admission of tho Chinese wo must abandon all hopo of raising tho standard of civilization of tho native. In contact with tho Chinese ho will go down In the social scalo and finally disappear from the earth. It Is against this that the Filipinos protest. Wo havo tho reputation in tho archipelago of having exterminated tho races which once possessed this continent. The robel leaders havo constantly hold this terror beforo their people. By free ad mission of the Chinese wc Justify tho worst prophecies which our enemies have made. Our rich men will doubtless add to their riches by that course. American exploiter! are already on tho ground. Do tho Amer ican people wish to take the responsibility of holding theso peoplo down by military force whllo Chinese coolies choke the life nnl.f..ni Low Rates West, Southwest, Northwest November 10. December II siml 17. One fare plus 2.00 for the round trip to fill points in Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territories, and to many other points west, southwest and northwest. Tickets good for return for 21 days. TICKET OFFICE, 1502 f arnam St. Jlr.Cl I.AIl SHOTS AT TIIH l'LMMT. -4 Boston Transcript: Father Crowley, the excommunicated Chicago priest, will havo to worry along with low masses for tho present. Washington Post: Thero are a great rrany well-meaning citizens who don't much relish tho Idea or having polities' thrust at them from tho pulpit. Chicago Tribune: A clergyman In Ccr mautown, Pa., preached the samo sermon last Sunday that ho preached at tho begin ning of his ministry, fifty years ago. It is apparent that tho theology ofthta good brother has mado no retrograde movement In tho last half century. Portland Orcgonlon: A tempest Is brow ing In tho orthodox teapot in this city. Tho mighty question as to whether a Unlvcr sallst minister a man of Godly Ufa and earnest endeavor In Christian work shall be admitted to membership In tho Minis tcrlal association has set tho vessel to sizzling. Whllo doctrlno Is held to bo above good works and creed Is advanced above tho simplicity of Christian endeavor, theso tempests will occasionally gather, break and disappear. Boston Herald: Who wouldn't belong to young Mr. Itockefeller's Blblo Class club. with all Its luxuries and privileges! Fancy religion nnd luxury combined In n Forty- fifth street house, with only ono stipula tion, that whisky bottlo and pack of cards shall not bo seen on the premises. My, my, but won't poor young men In Now York bo thankful to Join and sign tho pledge, when they can bo housed and fed In mllllonalro style for $3 and J4 per week? I think I shall becomo a Baptist and go to Now York. Louisville Courier-Journal: Tho Second Ileformcd Prosbyterlan r.hurch of Boston, which has expelled a member because ho took the oath to uphold tho constitution of tho, United States, ought to move to somo part of tho world where thli "Im moral docujnent," as the pastor calls the constitution, would not apply. "Wo re fuse ta,, accept tho constitution," says the reverend gentlemen, "and cannot swear al legiance'-, lb If." To. accept all the protec tion and benefits" of -tho constitution (Includ ing exemption of taxation of church prop erty under laws "not" forbidden by the con stitution), and yet to reject the constitu tion, la not a policy to command respect. Kansas City Journal: A Kansas City (Kan.) minister has adopted an interesting motbod ot eliminating a church debt. He has Incorporated his church Just as any business cnterprleo would bo incorporated and has placed shares of stock upon tho market at tho rato ot 10 cents each. In order to stimulate Interest In the salo ot this stock ho has secured a number of do nations which will bo given aa prizes to the children who sell tho sell tun largest number of shares. Tho llttlo ones havo be come Intensely Interested nnd nro working hard for the prizes. Whllo this is not tho highest incentivo which could bo offered In connection with tho attainment of such an object, It Is thoroughly legitimate and per haps tho most practical which could bo de vised. 1T.HSONAL, AND OTIIUIIWISE. Tho president of the now biscuit combine bears the appropriate name of Grubb. Tho new railroad combination lends a flavor of realism to "tho dreams of avarice." It la admitted, by his friends thnt tho Addling mayor ot Sdn Francisco can draw the long bow with cxqulslto skill. It Is Intimated by Chicago papers that shareholders In tho World's fair havo a dividend coming. For eight years thoy have had nothing but kicks to lean on. Governor Jeff Davis ot Arkansas might profitably study the advice ot Attorney Hayncr, "Never get Into a controversy with a newspaper unless you havo a nowa papor of your own." Mayor Ames ot Minneapolis tendered a pollco captaincy to Colo Younger, ono of tho notorious family of bandits, but Younger declined tho Job. Therein he showed mora horse sense than tho mayor. How tho mighty have fallen I Locomotlvo 999, tho wonder of tho World's fair aud tho fastest In Us day, is now hauling a milk train on tho Now York Central. Locomo tives, llko human beings, pay tho penalty of tho fast pace, A southern warrior who gavo his bride-to-bo a largo mitten almost at the altar has been favored with another mitten by tho War department. Kvory hcart-wholo girl will applaud tho department In doclarlng Jilting to bo "conduct unbecoming an offi cer and a gentlomiyi," and In cancelling tho Jitter's commission. Kvcn the boys may Join In rooting for Itoot. "Dark Days" Many "dark days" from kidney ills. Backache, headache, nervous, tired, N Urinary troubles makes you gloomy. The aches of kidney ills depress, discourage; No rest at night. Hard to "keep up and, doing." Doati's Kidney Pills Brighten every household -where they're known, Bring relief to aching backs, Bring cure to sick kidneys, Omaha people testify to this. Mr. 13. 0. alenn, school tcachor of No. G2J North 20th street, Baysi "I procured Doan's Kidney Pills at Kuhn & Co.'s drug store, cor ner of 15th and Douglas utrcots, for my wife. She suffered terribly from attacks of kidney complaints for years. At tho tlmo her back was aching severely and although who used many preparations said to ho suro cures for kidnoy complaint, tho benefits received from Donn'a Kldn'ey Pills wero so pronounced that wo havo no hesitation in Indorsing tho representations mado for them." At All Drua Stores. 50 cent. l ostcr-MUburuCo,. UulTulo. N. Y Tel. 250. BURLINGTON STATION, lOthand Mason Sts. Tel. 128. ni.AS'rs l'lio.M n.M's lumx. The church Is not a clearing bouao tot credulity. Caro drives to prayed and prayer drlvct away care. Tho church that flourishes Itself la often far from flourishing. Tho trifling man always disregards the trifling essentials ot life. Tho best way to help others Is to help ourselves to, bo our best. If (lod puts you to a hard school It Is he causo Ho has great work for you. Men cannot seo tho good when tho mists of passion aro on tho windows of tho soul. Tho soundness of n man's preaching does not depend on tho amount of sound ho makes. Tho troublo 1th short-sighted peoplo M that they expect cveryono to weur their glasses. Tho church will never satisfy tho world's needs so long as it is satisfactory to tha world's pride. Thero aro too many who feel they would 'bo safo If they could only mako sure of dying on a Sunday. DO.MKSTIU lM.UAMAVrniKS. fiomervlllo Journal: He I lovo you more than words can trill fJho (shyly) Woll thero nro other ways. Yonkors Statesman: Mr. Hntti 1 think, my deur, I havo tit last found the key to success. Mrs. Botts Woll, Just iih llko ns not you'.ll not bo nblo to find tho keyhole. Baltlmoro American: John 1 so unrea sonable," said Mrs. Muchwcdd, "Wln would you bcllevo It? IIo talked Just droml fully bccauHo I wanted to glvo n little pnrty In celebration of tho llftli uunlvcrsary of my llrst divorce." Detroit 'Fteo Press: Sidney I can always mnko my wife keep n sccrut. ltodnoy How do you tnntingo that? Sidney I start out by telling her that I know she can't keep it. Philadelphia Press: Toss I saw hor In her' new dress today nnd sho seemed really happy. Isn't It retnarkablo? Joss How remarkable? Teas That somo peonlo can seem haonv. no matter how they look. Chlcngo Rocord-Hcrald: "Tho reason h Is so Irritable Is becauso lio Is teethlno- explained the fond mother. inoecu:" renmrKeu. air. ohiiiatch, wish ing to nppcar learned. "And when will it bo hairing?" Yonkera Statesman: Yeast Did vnnr bar ber tell you any halr-rntslng stories? crimsonueaK Yes, no tout mo that tonlo he sold mo would mako my hair grow. Clovelahil Plain Dealer: lie YnnM tmvor talk as Insultingly to tho mnld us you do to me. Him Of courso I wouldn't. Maids nrn dlttlcult to replace. fTIilrnirrt Tnnf ."Whn f L-nna lllnl. so late tonight? "Why, ho was to mako a purchaso for his wlfo nnd ho forgot It, nnd lie naturallv ilnesn't want to cnt linnin until sho U asleep." TIIl-3 I'AST. Denver News. A thousand dreams to enrth have comu and gone, A thpusalul forms, by fear or fnncv drawn, Llko shapes of night havo faded from th duwn. A thousund creeds have held their sway on earth. Unto ii thousand myths havo glvun birth, That now uro food for wonder, scorn or mirth. A thousand gods havo reigned their little day, And crumbled. They wcro fashioned out of clay. Llko worn-out toys they now nro cast away. A thousand cnntlcH nt tho human luluil Aro wrecks with which tho counts of Tin in aro lined, Tho rubbish of tho ages left behind. A thousand eystcm.s of a thousund schools, Tho theories of Naturo's hidden rules, Now seem to us tho dreams of ldlufools. A thouHiiud lofty sentiments expressed, ' To thnso who heard them seeming ot tht best, Aro now forgotten of a themo for Jest. A thousand books on memory havo laid claim. A thousand authors through them sought for fame: To us thcro Bcarco. rcinulns a slnglo lmino. Tho winnower of tho ages threshes o'er Tho harvest of a generation' loro; Ono grain is gathered from tho threshing tloor. Tli o, rent as empty chnff, aside Is cast. Oblivious rufusn, gathering thick and fast, Chokes all tho gates and highways of tho Past. Religions, dreams, and empires nil havo gone, Llko shupes of night that vanish from tha dawn, Whllo through the ages earth went roll ing on.