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18 THE QMAIIA DAILY 33EE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1902. The Omaiia Sunday Bee B. ItOSUWATBIt. ED1T0II. PUBLISHED UVI2KY MOUNING. TEIIMS OV 8UIJ8CIUPT10N. Dally Bee (without Sunday), One Year.. JO-CO Ualiy lieu and Hunday, Ono Vcur 8 0) illustrated lice, Ono Vear 2-W Sunday line, One Year fW Buturuuy IJeo, ono Year -W Twentieth Century Farmer, Ono Year.., l.w D13UVKHBD JJY CAItlllUU. Pally Ilco (without Sunday), per copy .... 2c putly line (without Sunday), per week ....12c Pally lice (including Hunuuyj, per wcek..lo iunciay Uee, per copy v."0 ivening lite (without Sunday), per weok.lOo evening nee (inciuuing aunuuyj, l'" Complaints 'of Irregularities In delivery should ho addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha Tho Ilco Building. Houth Omuha-Clty Hull Building; Twen-ty-Mth and M Streets. Council Bluffs lu l'curl Street. Chlcaxo-loiu Unity Building. New iork Temple Court. ' Washington out Fourteenth Street. COUHESI'ONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should bo addressed: Omuha He, Editorial Department. BUSINKBB DETTEHS. Business lottorM mul remittances should bo Addressed! Tho lleo Publishing Company, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Itomlt by draft, express or postal order, payublo to Tho lleo Publishing Company. Only 2-cctit stamps accepted in payment of dull accounts. 1'ersonai checks, except on Omaha or eustern exchanges, not accepted. THE UEE PUBL.18HINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF OinCULATION. Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: Ucorgp u. Tzschuck, secretary of 'lho Beo publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and eomplote copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday lico printed during the month of December, 19ul. was as fol lows: I 1 30,100 17 30,000 i ao.oos 18 au.uoo I ao.aao 19 ao.soo 4 ao.aio 20 iiu.wo 6, 30,450 21 30,700 30,310 22 30,010 1 30,200 23 30,180 8 30,300 24 30,480 30,330 23 30, MO 10 30,440 26 30,300 II 30,480 27 30,070 12 nO.fiOO 28 30,510 13 30.4S0 29 30,030 14 30,330 30 30,440 IS 30,300 31 30,4!i0 18 30,400 Total 043,235 Los unsold and returned copies.... 10,018 Net total sales 033,157 Not dally average 30,101 GEO. H. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my prcsonco and sworn to before mo this 31st Jay of December, A. D. 1801. M. 13. HUNOATI2. (Beat.) Notary Public. "Wlion memberships In tho Now York Btock" exchange uell at $80,000, seitts At tho gaming tublo must be In high dom iiud. Is It not Btrotchluglt it point anyway to look to the congress of the United States to enact measures for the relief of Guba? Both democratic candidates for sena tor In Iowa belong to the gold wing of tho part'. Is not this treason pretty close to home? If tho sessions of the Board of Equali sation threaten to become uny warmer the services of a referee and time keepers will be necessary- Bryan Is quoted as saying that the prospects of tho democratic party were bright It does look as If the stock of rainbows will never run out" To St. Louis tho most distasteful part of postponing Its Louisiana Purchase ex position will be tho ill-concealed comfort Chicago will derive from It It would hardly do to wind up the war lu South Africa before the corona tion of King Edward. Tho strain on Alfred Austin might prove too great When Indians start a run on a bank it la evidently a good plan to pay up. The Indian Is a poor hand nt holding what ho gets, but few can excel hltn In get ting all that Is coming to liliw Winter resort boomers aro meeting with great discouragements from Ne braska weather. It Is u loug road which leads to a better Jauuary climate than this state boasts this winter. Tho Iowa legislature will be asked to Toto $250,000 to pay for Iowa's repre sentation at the St. Louis exposition. A. few appropriations like that will muko its treasury surplus look sick. Flcrpout Morgau is credited with hav ing purchased practically all tho great British transatlantic steamship lines. Mr. Morgau should be satlslled to allow tho rest of the world to own somethlug. An effort Is being made to Induce Prince Ileury to visit St Louis, lie hould do so by all means. A roll call of tho city couucll might easily convince him that ho was lu his native father land. Tho gold coin turned out by the United States mints lu 1001 aggregates lu value 1101,735,000. That conspiracy of the money power to make gold scarce and x dear must have gone Into Involuntary bankruptcy. Tho Pan-American congress has finally agreed upon nu arbitration plan. If It will only bo effective enough to put an cud to tho censeless squabbles among tho South American republics it will bo doing a great service to hu inanity. Tho United States government has do elded to return to China tho sliver clued in the taking of Tien Twin. If other countries would follow suit lu re turning their share of tho loot tho Chi neso government would bo considerable richer and have reason to think far bet ter of foreigners. In Its efforts to suppress the gamb ling mania tho University of Wisconsin faculty Is threatening to expel a number of students whoso poker-playing pro divides seem to bo making Inroads upon their studious habits. They can keep right on, however, betting on foot ball games, so long as they back their own 'varsity club. Tho gambling mania must bo, subordinated to tho demands of Burner education. MEDIAEVAL SIVMMKHY. Tho Impending coronation of King Ed ward promises a revival of mediaeval mummery on a magnificent scale that will lu future ages rclloct discreditably upon our boasted twentieth-century civ ilization. Tor mouths the college of her aldry has been delving Into musty parchments and moldy genealogical trees to establish the rank and prece dence of the titled nobility privileged to participate lu tho royal llummcry and pageantry that would have been appro priate at tho coronation of a Charle magne or a Charles V, with Its mail clad warriors and plumed knights. A hundred years ago the preparations for tho coronation of Napoleon and Jose phine, which culminated In the historic crown-snatching Incident, when the em battled Corslcau grabbed tho crowu from the hands of tho popo and put It on ills own head, were not more gorge ous and grotesque than will bo tho for mal assumption of the imperial robes by King Edward and Queen Alexaudrn at Windsor castle next June. And yet England, more than nny other country, claims to be closest to puro democracy and tho least tainted with Byzantine displays of enthroned royalty than any other country under a mon archical form of government Tho event Is to bo made tho more slgnlllcuut by tho presenco of a licet of United States war ships and of three envoys extraordinary representing, respectively, tho military, naval and civil branches of this great republic. It Is questionable whether this re public should take part In the coronation of any king, least of all his majesty the king of Great Britain and emperor of India. Tho effete monarchies of tho old world have never yet evinced a suf ficient Interest In Uio Inauguration of iVmerlcnn presidents to despatch a fleet to the United States or to send a special cmbnssy to felicitate our chief execu tives. The radical difference in tho funda mental principles of absolute or con stitutional monarchy and a government by the people Is a natural barrier to any mutual demonstration of Joy nt tho coronation of a king or the inauguration of a president No seuslblo American believes In the divine right of rulers. and to all true believers lu republican forms of government tho pomp and ceremony attending royal coronations is a mere mockery. In this respect thero can be no difference whether tho In signia of royalty Is placed upon tho brow of a king of Great Britain, a shah of Persia, or an emperor of China. It would be within established rules for an American ambassador at tho court of St James, or at any other court where tho accession of a monarch Is signalized by special display, to convey the appropriate expressions of a friendly nation to Its supreme ruler, but any glorification of tho principle Involved in a recognition of, divine birthright would seem to bo of doubtful propriety. COMMtCHClAL CONQUEST UFTIIK WOULDi The announcement that J. Plerpont Morgan's steamship syndicate will In the near future absorb most of tho Im portant British transatlantic steamer Hues affords fresh proof of tho Impend ing commerclul conquest of tho world. Nothing less will satisfy the ambitions of tho aggressive combination of cap italists that organized the billion-dollar Steel trust and now control several transcontinental railroads, as well as a lleet of steamers that connect the Paclllc with the principal ports of Japan and Chiua. It needs no prophet to forecast tho girdling of tho globo by tho railways and steamship Hues controlled by a sin gle corporate combination that will eventually seek to dominate the markets of tho world. The commercial Invasion of Europe, which has seriously alarmed Great Britain, Germnny, Austria and Uussla, has already wrought marvel ous changes and seriously threatens to divert aud chaugo the old established channels of trade. Former Assistant Secretary of tho Treasury Vauderllp, who has recently returned from a tour of Inspection, throws' u vivid light upon the commer cial lnvosloi) of tho old world by the manufactured products of tho uew. lie says: American locomotives running on Amer ican rails now whistle past the pyramids and cross the long Siberian steppes; thuy carry tho Hindoo pilgrims from all parts of their empire to the sacred waters of tho Gauges; American bridges span rivers on ovory continent; wherovor thoro aro ex tensive harvests there may bo found Amor lean machinery gathering -tho grain. Wo have long hold supremacy as a producer of cotton, wo aro now gaining supremacy as raakors of cloths. American cottons aro finding their way Into tho markets of ovcry country; Iboy can bo found In Man chester, as woll on on tho shores of Africa, and In the natlvo shops of tho Orient. Dread Is baked In Falostlno from tho flour. mado in Minneapolis. American windmills are working cast of tho Jordan and In tho land of Basban. I'liouogrnpus aro making a conquest of all tongues. American typosettlng ma chines aro used by foreign nations, and our cash registers keep accounts for scores of nntions. America makes sewing machines for the world; our bicycles aro standards of excellonco everywhere. In many of tho European cities American dynamos light tho streets and operato railways; much of tho ma chinery that Is to electrify London tram lines Is now being built In Pittsburg. Tho American shoo has captured tho favor of all Europo, aud the foreign makers are hastening to Import our machinery that thoy may compete with our makers. In tho list of our triumphs wo would and thai Amorlcan exports have not been confined to specialties nor limited as to tho markets. Tho menace of American supremacy in the markets of tho world will bo more than emphasized by the annexa tlon of the great steamship Hues tlia,t carry tho bulk of tho produce and mer chandlso that passes over the Atlantic between Amerlcuu and European ports, Tho best thinkers of Europo attribute our Industrial gains over Europo to tho overshadowing domination of industrial Ism, as against tho domination of mill turism among European nations. Europo Is spending $1,380,000,000 annually on Its army nnd navy, while tho United States, notwithstanding the recent trebling of its standing army, Is spend ing but $1203,000,000. Europe Is spending yearly $L'0 per male on Its armament, while tho United States, though richer, Is spending but $11. , The most striking difference, however, lies In. the fact that lu Europe -1,000,000 men aro removed from industrial pur suits to servo lu the urmies, while lu mcrlea the number Is less than 80,000. With us it Is but ono man In 200 who are being tnken from industrial occu- patlou, while lu Europe ono man out of every twenty-five must give the most actlvo period of life to service lu the army; With tho arteries of commerce under tho control of American syndicates, the distribution of the world's products will soon fall Into tho control of these gi gantic aggregations of capital. Tho question to bo put Is: When will the conquerors be satlslled? and for how long a time will the balauce of tho world permit this commercial c,ouquest to ndvanco without limiting Its progress by drastic legislation imposing unbear able restrictions and heavy duties? LO, TUBVOOH INDIAN. Mau's cruelty to man makes count less thousands mourn. The commis sioner of Indian affuirs has Issued an edict that forbids Indians on tho reser vations to paint their faces. This cruel nnd barbarous order applies to all In dians, regardless of age, sex or previous condition. It bears all tho car marks of a soapumker'a conspiracy. The in scription over Daut'o's Inferno, "Yo who enter here leave soap behind,' which llguratlvcly swung over every Indian reservation gate will have to be taken down, while paint pots and pig ments, red, orange, blue, green nnd olive, will have to be dumped Into the nsh heap. This dastardly blow at ab original rights will swell every Indlati maiden's breast with pent-up Indigna tion and scud n wail of woe from tepee to tepeo in every Indian camp. The old squaws, bronzed by the scorching sun and wrinkled with age, may assuage their mortification nnd heart burnings, but the young buck, who took such de light in making himself hideously baud some with rainbow colors, and tho battle-scarred old warrior, who bedeviled nnd terrorized his enemies by his liendlsh features, will swear eternal vengeance upon Commissioner Jones. ud tho whlto man aud white woman will deeply syinpathlzo with tho red man In this sore ulllictlou. What is to become of tho poor blnnket Indian with out paint? What would a cockatoo be without green and red feathers? Why should not Indians paint as much If not as weU, as white folks? What, for example, would become of tho great father It he should lssuo an edict pro hibiting fashionable whlto women from painting? Would ho not have to shave his head to protect his scalp? Even tho whlto women on tho Indian reser vation, the school inarm, tho Indian traders nnd Indian agents' wives, daughters, cousins und aunts that sub sist and thrivo on civilizing the red man would weep and stump their dainty inocca.sln-clad feet with rage. Tho bare thought of leaving off paint Is intolerable to the natlvo American and all his tribe. Fortuuntely for out raged humanity and unbleached poster ity, tho cruel edict of Commissioner Jones only draws tho coloring lino be low tho head. Ills edict forbids In dians to paint their fuccs. Nothing Is said about other purts of the body. If wo Interpret Mr. Jones correctly, the Blackfeet Indian may paint his red feet bluo or pink nnd the Cheyeuno mny palut his body lu zebra streaks of yel low and white. In fact there Is noth ing lu the edict that forbids tho Indians of both sexes from posing for tho alto gether Hko Du Maurler's Immortal heroine, Trilby. From this point of view only Is there some cousolutlon for lo tho poor Indlau, who Is subject to every caprlco and foible that may enter the fertile brain of the head of the Indian bureau. THE 11A1LH0AD OF THE FUTURE. Whllo tho remarks mado upon various subjects by Andrew Garueglo In his ad dress to an organization of railroad men last week have drawn out no little dis cussion, what he said about tho rail road of the future has not been given the attention It deserves. Speaking to tho men who run the fast trains of to day ho ventured this prediction: Your sons who aro to succeed you will run trains at a hundred miles an hour, doublo your present ispeed, Just as you aro running trains at doublo 'tho speed of thirty years ago. Tho lino will bo straight, in tho languago of scripture, "tho crooked places," that Is, the curves, "shall bo made straight." In tho Improvements mado to day on the various lines I don't think many managers look far enough ahead. Thoy aro spending on some parts perhaps halt a million dollars whero they ought to spend double, and easing tho curves which they should abolish, and some future president Is to say that thoy wasted a good deal of mouoy. Nothing but a straight lino will bo up to date In 1950, or beforo that. All competent observers agree with Mr. Carnegie that the railroad of fifty years henco will bo as far in advauce of tho railroad of today as tho railroad of today Is in ndvanco of the railroad of Ufty years ugo. Tho question of speed, upou which ho lays the greatest em phasis, is of utmost Importance, but It depends directly upon the progress made lu closely allied parts of the service. As tho straight Hue Is dellned as the shortest distance between two points, so tho quickest time will necessarily bo mado upou tho straight road. To muku 100-mllo tralus a possibility the motive power must bo Improved by tho cou structlon of still better locomotives, the curs must be built to reduce friction to a minimum consonant with tho weight and tho roadbed strengthened to carry tho wear nnd tear of the Increased load. It is needless to say that tho railroad of tho f uturo will bo a double track road, or moro likely n road of multiplied doublo tracks that will go uninterrupted over bridges aud through tunnels whose enpacity must bo enlarged to meet the demand for modern roodbod. For tho 100-tnlle tralus mi almost en tirely uew operating system will be nec essary. Mr. Carnegie In the address quoted referred to his boyhood, when ns a youthful telegraph operator he took charge of the railroad telegraph wire when It was constructed, receiving $:." a mouth for transmitting train orders. The perfection of1 tho block system over tho old method of trnlu dispatching Is a marvel to behold, yet It Is already fall lug to meet requirements and will have to be supplanted before long with some new and more effective signal device. That tho present operating machinery will not servo for moving trains at n much faster speed than that now at tained has been plainly demonstrated. Tho railroad of the ruture, In a word, although an evolution of the railroad of today, will go further to annihilate time nnd distance in transportation than any of the projectors of the railroad ever dreamed. The railroad of the future will bo a product of the Industrial revo lution begun In the nineteenth century and Just gathering momentum for it twentieth century spurt that will astound even those who contribute to It and participate lu It. RECIVUWITY WITH CUBA. Tho policy of reciprocity to which tho republican tarty stands plod .red contemplates the abolition or reduction of import duties ou commodities which America camiot produce at homo uild must Import from other countries In onslderutlon of similar favors '-'ranted to the United States by the free admis sion of commodities produced for ex port in tho United States. The only articles of consequence which Cuba ex ports aro tobacco aud sugar. Cubau to bacco Is a luxury aud its use is coullucd to the very limited well-to-do class of consumers, who can well afford to pay tho higher price charged for tho Im ported article. Sugar Is a necessity that comes directly iuto competition with tho cane sugar of Loulsluna aud beet sugar of Virginia, Michigan. Ne braska, Colorado, Utah, California and other states whoso soils aro adapted to sugar beet culture. Reciprocity with Cuba would nlace tho tobacco and sugar planters of Cuba on an equal footlug with the to bacco and sugar raisers of the United States without uu equivalent That would pluco tho American planter or farmer at a great disadvantage, because tho Cuban could under sell him or sell a better article for tho same money. Cubnu plantation labor is cheaper and always will bo cheaper, because It costs less to live In tropical countries. whore fuel and clothing aro ulinost superfluous. This is the selfish point of view, but it Is no more selfish than tho point of view that protects tho Pennsyl vania coal and Iron mine workers and steel manufacturers ugalnst reciprocity with Euglaud or Germany, whereby tho lronwnro and Steel mills of those coun tries, operated by cheap labor, would be ablo to compete with American manu facturers that pay higher wages. Tho commissioners of tho District of Columbia have undertaken to engage tho co-operutlou of the governors of tho va rious states to help them secure a con stitutional amendment moving luuugu- ration day up from March 4 to April HO. The reason for tho change is the old ono of customary bad weather for tho lu- uugurul ceremonies, while the new date is chosen because It marked the original Inauguration of Wnshlugtou as llrst president. While the Interest of the residents of Washington is not entirely patriotic, as auytlilug that would mag nify the importance of these quudreu ulal events would tend to bring them more material benefits, no serious objec tion will be entered except that sevcrul other amendments to the constitution are much moro urgently demanded., As the change lu the date of inauguration is so intimately Interwoven with tho length of the presidential term und the questlou of eligibility to re-election, it will bo dlllicult to secure for It consid eration as a separate proposition. With the ludlsposltlon of congress to uct, all theso movements for chauges lu the fed eral constitution must eventually re solve themselves into a demand for a national constitutional convention. ' 1 Tho decadence of tho great Illustrated weeklies could not be better shown than by the current Issue of ouo which once led the van and used to bear the legend "A Journal of Civilization." This paper gives over Its front page to tho portrait of a Wnshlugtou society bcllo whoso only claim to public attention comes from the fact that her mnrrlugo wiib made the occasion of a sumptuous display of fuss und feathers, to wltuess which tho United States senate post poned Its dally routlue for two hours. In marked contrast the same number contains tho portrait of Mrs. Roosevelt on an obscure luslde page, rightly de scribed as "Tho llrst lady of tho land." Comment would bo superfluous. Admiral Schley Is likely to run against tho presidential asplratlous of young Carter Harrison when ho tarries in Chi cago on his swing round tho country. Tho doughty admiral sails well enough In sea air, but whether his cruft cun adjust Itself to a lake breeze lu time to maku u political safety loop remains to be seen. The cannonading In tho Wind ward passage Is sure to be overshad owed by tho forthcoming bombardment lu tho Windy city. Auother result of the decreased Inter est rate consequent upou tho redun dancy of capital seeking safe Invest ment Is tho readjustment of Hfo Insur ance policies to a lower Interest basis, In this change the premiums exacted must bo screwed up because tho policy holder cannot get out any more than ho pays lu, except so far as It Is earned by tho Investment of bis money whllo ho waits for It Tho reduction from u 1 per cent to a 3 per cent basis was begun several years ago by soino of tho old Hue companies, whose example Is being gradually followed by others. Of course people can continue to buy In surance nt almost any price they want, but holders of life policies cannot escape their shate of the contraction of the dividend fund produced out of Interest. Life Insurance Is one form of savings Institution, and as the returns on cap ital diminish the Increment on savings must fall, too, providing of course It does not become so small as to remove altogether the Incentive to save and provide against old age and death. Pennsylvania has levied no real estate taxes for state purposes since 1805, all the expenses for maintaining' tho state government being borne by the corpora tions, lu 1805 the receipts of tho state treasury of Pennsylvania aggregated ?iV-'-HJ,087.fi7 and lu 11)01 they amounted to $17,-iD4,im,73. If tho corporations rule Pennsylvania they at least contrib ute their share toward the expense of maintaining tho state government Tho only vacant seats when King Ed ward delivered his opening address to Parliament were the benches of the lords below tho gangway. How unfor tunate that the absent lords were un able to dispose of their tickets to some of the American nabobs, who would have put up liberally for the privilege of participating lu such a royal function. SCttlnir the Social I'nec. Washington Stnr. With Iowa so prominent In nntlonal af fairs, It may not bo long beforo Keokuk and Council Bluffs undortako to sot tho social pace. Not In Our Claim. Brooklyn Eagle. Krupp, tho gun manufacturer, earns only J5.000.000 a yoar. Ho would cut no great thickness of lco In this country. Railroads and oil and sugar pay bettor than guns, thank goodness.. Where I'ardons Arc Xcntlcn. Washington Star. Eighty or ninety Corcan officials aro to bo beheaded for embezzlement. Ono thing that commends this ancient oriental cus tom Is tho fact that tho kleptomaniacs are permanently cured. Let Vm Wnlt Putlrntly. Brooklyn, Eaglo. Sir Robort Ball tolls us that wo aro to, have another lco age, when halt tho earth will be burled under a monster glacier. But this Isn't the ago. Wo shall havo to wait, with such patience as we may, for several thousand years beforo we see this spectaclo. A Geographical Novelty. Denver Post The point whero Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Now Mexico touch each other Is called tho four corners. This fact Is not a strango one, but when we como to And that Is the only placo where four states or terri tories Join we find that this spot Is in some ways a unlquo one. Not only is this the only place in tho United States whero such a junction, occurs, but It is the only one of its kind In tho world.. This state ment seems .a broad one, but a short study of the maps of an atlas will show that It js correct,' and, moro than that, that at no other placo In tho United States do moro than two stato corners touch each other. Growing; Defata at Cities. Now York Sun. Six years ago the dobt of Chicago was $17,700,000, now it Is $28,700,000. Six years ago tho debt of Boston was $35,000,000; now It Is $56,000,000. Tho debt of Claveland was then $6,100,000; now It Is $9,300,000. The dobt of Kansas City then, $900,000, Is now $4,500,000. Buffalo owed $11,500,000; now It owes $15,000,000. Detroit has in creased Its debt In tho samo period from $2,100,000 to $4,700,000, Denver from $2,000, 000 to $3,000,000, Indianapolis from $1,900, 000 to $3,000,000, Louisville from $3,600, 000 to $3,300,000, Now Haven from $2,400, 000 to $3,600,000, Pittsburg from $8,400,000 to $10,600,000, Hartford from $930,000 to $3,000,000, Jersoy City from $4,600,000 to $16,300,000, Providence from $12,000,000 to $14,000,000, Salt Lake City from $2,400,000 to $3,400,000 and Worcester from $2,500,000 to $5,000,000. TUB CAHNEG1IE INSTITUTION. Its Character and Alma Outlined toy the Incorporators. New York Tribune. When the first announcement of Mr. Car negie's Intended gift of $10,000,000 for edu cational purposes was mado wo thought It safe to assume that tho Irrational scheme to set up a national university in Washington with a vast plant and extravagant proton slons would gain no support from his mag nificent benefaction. That supposition Is happily confirmed by tho official statement of tho corporators' secretary concerning tho character and alms bt the Carneglo Insti tution which has now come Into legal ex istence. Prom that brief but, for tho pres. ent, sufficient explanation It clearly ap pears that the fundamental design Is to sttmulato tho spirit and largely Incrcaso tho means of research by practical aid to Investigators whoso competence has been properly attested or whoso talents are de serving of encouragement. That the scope' of tho work thus indicated Ms Immense will be perceived nt a glance. To dellne Its limits and apply the resources which It will command In the highly bonorablo but laborious task Imposed upon the trustees and tholr successors, the scholars, states men and men of affairs who nro Invested with original control havo been wisely se lected, and the great enterprise starts undor tho most favorable conditions. It will be observed tbnt the Carneglo Institution is planned to conservo and not to was to the educational forces already op erating In multifarious fields. An Im portant part of Its mission will be to sup plement and Invigorate existing establish ments "by utilizing and adding to their existing facilities, and by aiding teachers In tho various Institutions for experimental and other work In these Institutions as far as may bo advisable" Wherever a university, college or school is making valid contributions to tho sum of human knowledge It will derive encouragement and may hope for practical benefit from the Carneglo foundation. The means of re search which are constantly accumulating there are likely to attract many students to tho national capital, and circumstances 'may necessitate a plant for their con venience as well as for administrative pur poses. But there is no suggestion of a vast material organism such as has cap tlvated the fancy of those who have bean promoting with misguided zeal for many years the schemo for a national university at Washington. The Carnegie Institution may have a modest local habitation at the seat of government, but it will truly oc cupy, not merely In spirit, but in visible forms, the country and Indeed tho whole world of acbolarshia. BLASTS l'HOM HASPS 1IOUN. Better to lose your argument than your friend. It's n wlso man who can bo silent on any subject. Only thoso who sympathlzo with others can servo them. Sonio churches mlstnko raclcot for results In their machinery. Tho worst cares to tnko caro of aro thoso we borrow or steal. Wherever you go carry tho oil of kindness In tho can of courtesy. It Is easier to recover from n noblo fail ure than from an Ignoble success. Some sermons wither In the pulpit bo causo they hnvu not been watered with prayer In tho study. It pcoplo could be Induced to bring their lungs to tho level of their living tho world wculd bo a good deal quieter. rn.MNO oi'r tup. couonation. Detroit Freo Press: The man that sailed tho Ortgon from tho coast around tho Horn nnd fought his ship to perfection In tho battle of Santiago is Just as goad a rep resentative of the United States navy in pcaco as In war, and lu honoring him the president has shown most ndmlrablo Judg ment. Washington Stnr: In xicw of tho friendly relations between England nnd the United States, It Is hoped that those In charge of tho coronation ceremonies will not require Amorlcan representatives to wear costumes too strongly suggestlvo of comic opera. This country Is still young nnd there aro among Its voting population numerous sticklers to whom simplicity Is ns dear as formality becomes to a moro mature civil ization, Chicago Post: Whllo the American pooplo nro but mildly Interested In the coronation of King Udwnrd a ceremony without real significance thoy acknowledge- that a cer tain courtesy Is due from ouo government to another, nnd particularly to ono with which wo aro on exceedingly friendly terms And they do not doubt that In this In stance the thrco men selected will bo In ovcry way worthy of tho occasion and of tho great republic thoy will represent. Detroit Journal: The selection by tho president of Captain Clark of Oregon in 189S to represent tho navy at tho corona tion of King Edward adds to that ovont an Importance for the pcoplo of tho United States that It could havo attained in no other way. Our Interest In tho ceremonies next Juno In connection with tho act of recognizing tho divine right of kings to rule In this century is languid. But accepting tho coronation for what tho English peoplo thomselvcfl mainly npprovo In It a big show merely wo can send representatives to It without stultification. Louisville Courier-Journal: Tho selection of Captain Clark, tho famous commnndor of Oregon, ns a representative of tho United States at tho coronation of England's king will command universal respect nt homo and abroad. Ho Is a seaman worthy of tho best days of any nation. Amorlcnns nro n seafaring peoplo and Captain Clark Is a representative that can hold his own with any of the famous sea dogs who will gather on tho Thames on that mcmorablo day. Tho memory of Oregon's celebrated voyage, the longest consecutlvo ono a first-class battlo ship over took, is worthy to bo classed with Sir Francis Drake's tour with Ooldcn Hind. Now York World: President Iloosovclt'a selection of special representatives of our government at tho coronation of King Ed ward is very satisfactory in view of all the circumstances. Wbltclaw Hold as special ambassador Is well chosen, nllko on ac count of his charactor and accomplish ments and because ho filled with distinc tion a similar mission on tho occasion ot Queen Victoria's Jubilee In 1897. Tho vet eran General James H. Wilson is a fine representative ot our army, and In choosing Captain Clark, former commander ot Oro gon, to represent the navy tho president adroitly avoids any aggravation of the un fortunato controversy In that branch ot tho eervlco. I'EIlSONAIi AND OTHERWISE. Meanwhile, Admiral Dewey enjoys tho fishing undisturbed by coronation thoughts. Bryan's story of "The First Battlo" sold for 30 cents at an auction in Chicago. It looked tho price. Tho bollot prevails in England that Mr. Kipling, In choosing an unseasonable time to toll tho truth, Is sadly wanting In tho discretion of a patriot. Popular sentiment favors substituting admiral tor captain beforo the representa tive of tho United Statos may appoar at tho crowning event of the year. Buffalo vouches for tho story of an oystor weighing 212 pounds fished out of Niagara river. The extraordinary catch partly com pensates for tho shortage in exposition oysters. Whllo the rest of tho country growls about trusts, New Jersey, mother of tho tribe, chortles as It Jingles tbo rnkeoff. Last year the state scooped In $687,000 In fees from new combines. Tbo times havo doveloped few moro do voted martyrs to duty than tho health commissioner in a Pennsylvania city who had himself vacclnnted twenty-olght times to show reluctant citizens that It did not hurt. Several unconverted-Washington corre spondents dollcntely remind tbo chaplains of congress to confine their petitions to thoso who pass tho appropriation bills. This Is a courteous way of saying congress noedB oil tho prayors it can obtain for the money. OPENS TUESDAY, JANUARY 21. CLOSES SATURDAY, JANUARY 25. Remember the Date of our annual display a and advance sale of exclusive crea tions of high class novelties in juvenile wearing apparel, comprising late designH in washable and light weight woolen fabrics in matchless conceptions of suits and blouses, as well as the 1902 styles of head wear for the small boys spring and summer wear. No mother of small boys can really afford to neglect the opportunity we present of netting in touch with all that is late, novel and exquisite In juvenile apparel. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R S. Wilcox, Manager. SEGUIiAK SHOTS AT TUB MJLWT. Indianapolis News: Dowlo Invcated about $60,000 In his laco Industries and then i Irsucd over $1,000,000 In stock. It Is plain j that this modern Elijah Is not golsg to do i pend on tho ravens to feed him. Minneapolis Times: A Now York clergy man has undertaken tho dangerous task ol selecting tho social Four hundred of tho , United States. It Is rather romarkablo to .Cnd a minister rushing in where nngcls ' would fear to tread. Chicago l'ost: Dr. Mlnot J. Savage ot New York says stock gambling and specu lation aro absolutely essential things In n great commercial civilization. It will soon bo dlftlcult, at this rato, to find nnythlng that has not Uio sanction of somo pulpit. Detroit Journal: A St. Louis divine, Itov. Charles L. Kloes, pastor of a fashionable church In (hat city, startled his congrega tion recently by saying in his pulpit that he ndvlscd the young women to proposo mar rlago to the young men. It Is not known whothor Mr. Kloss was safely mnrrlcd be foro ho mado that uttcraaco, or whether ho Is ono ot the shy young men, that Is too timid nnd modest to offer htmsott to a young woman, or It may bo thero are so many lovely young women In his flock that ho cannot decide on ono. Whatever It Is. ho hnB so declared himself and henceforth ho will bo the "dear pastor," such "as he never was beforo. Whether he can with stand tho avnlancho of proposals ho will probably receive or not remains to ho soon. It may bo that marrlago foes wcro slow in his congregation and ho wanted to hurry them up. It Is said that his theory t that if the men rcfuao to propose to tho gtrla, tho latter will bo moro disposed to mar rlnge. DOMESTIC I'LEASANTrtlES. Boston Post: Mrs. lltfly Is Mrs. Swagger nt home? Servant No, ma'am: ahe went out to call on you. Mrs. lllfly How very fortunato for ui bothl Philadelphia Press: Toss Bc3s Is going to mnrry nn optician. Jess 1h hi' wealthy? Tcss I think ho: at nny rate, she says thero's a lot of money In sight for him, Brooklyn Life: Judge What nro your grounds for divorce, sir? Plaintiff My wlfo married mo to reform me, nnd lifter wo settled down didn't havo sonso enough to glvo up tho Idea. Judgo-Qranted. . Chicago Post: "Hump yoursolfl" ex claimed tho Impatk'iit husband, who wna waiting for his wlfo to completo hor toilet. "I will, dear." Hlio replied. Then slio adjusted n bustle. Philadelphia Press: Mr. Lalghtley Itlch V lintl You want to mnrry my daughter? Why you ain't ublo to support yourself. oung Mr. Gauley Illuegoro Exactly. That's tho very excuso I gavo my family for wanting to marry. Puck: Cossldy Phoro aro yez going In thot now hiiU? Casey Ot'in going to ask old man Flan n.'gun for his daughter's hand. Cnssldy Th' dlvlll Ut seems a pity to ruin a new suit thot way. Brooklyn Eaglo: Stern Volco from Above Una your young man loft yet? Miss Ponchblow Oh; ho Btnrtcd for home an hour uuol Stern Volco from Above Well, you como upstairs us soon as he goes. Philadelphia Bulletin: "I don't see how 'monoy makes the man, do you7" "Woll, no, and I don't boo how somo men make their money, cither." Chicago Trlbuno: "Amelia," faltered the young man, "I lovo you." "Oh, Herbert!" sfio said, clasping her hands together. "What n long, long- ttmo It has taken you to say sol" Chicago News i "You. Ethel!" "Well, papa?" "Tell that young man just because he calls himself a 'literary light' Is no reason why tho gas should bo turned down in the parlor." WIND OF THE PllAHtfE." Charles W. Stovenson In Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Out on tho rolling prairies It blowcth whero It will, And HumiTTer time or winter Tho wind Is novcr still. It hastes by sun or starlight, It loiters at tho morn; It dances In tho wheat field, And laughs amid the corn. Sometlmos it sorely harries Tho farmer at his task, Whether for balm or blighting Tho wind does novcr ask. Sometimes, with drifting dust-clouds. It sears tho tender leaf And makes the land n desert . And nils tho heart with grlof. Sometimes, when winter rages, It roars In solemn glee, Whllo man and beimt grow fearful That death is riding free. But Ptlll tho wind Is kindly And bears n healing wing, And greets tho growing flowor All In tho tlmo of spring Greets It with gentle blessings, Bids It to bloom ngnln. To 1111 tho earth with beauty And cheer tho hearts of men. The wind bears rain-clouds over Tho watting thirsty Melds, And oh what goldon harvests Tho pralrlo planting yields I It touches nil tho orchard With wondcr-worklrur skill, And roving through tho vintage Doth wlno of 11 fo distill And catching up tho tresses Of maidens young and fair It tosses them to wltchory Ere love la yet aware. Oh tho wind, tho wind. Is wilful, And wantons with the land, And though It sntlto In anger It hath n bounteous hand) Tho trees resist, yet woo It, Tho grasses show disdain, Tho streams go lnughing onward Scarce rultlcd by Its reign: And nil the silent landscnpo Itcjolrcs that a friend Visits It when 'tis lonoly A buoyant hope to lend. And man, full as Inconstnnt As winds are wont to bo, WatcheH It deftly turning His toll to llborty; mid thanks tho God that made It To blow, now hero, now thoro That worship follow plenty And pcaco bo everywhere.