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14 THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1903. Tim Omaha Sunday Iter K. IHiHi;VATi:n, KUITOft. pitliphkd kvkrt moknmno. TEKMH OK SI TFHII'TION. DsI1vHcp (without Hund.iyi, One Vcar..l Daily Koe mid HuniiHV. mip Year to Illuntrntfd Ji'. "no Vonr - " Hunday Hen, (in" Year --'V Fatiinlnv i'o. (ire Vwtr ' Twentieth fentury Farmer, Cjno lear.. l.w UKMVKKKI) HY CAHHIKR. Illv Hee -(without Sunday), pr ropy.-Ir Daily Hoe (without Bunduyi, per '" ;'' Dally lur lm hiillnK fiinday). per wek..l.c Sunday l!e, IT copy , J" Kvenlng Be (without Pundit . Tor '"'K t: livening H'-e (Including Hunclayi. I'r wook c Complaint or Irregularities In unlivery should be addreased to Oiy Clrculatkm De partment. CKFICK3. Omaha-Tho Kce Hulldlrg. nouth Omha-Mty Mall Building. Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Hluffa-l't ivarl Street, t'hlrago I'M" 1'nlty Building. Now York ZK I'nrk Itow Hulldlne;. Washington ' Fourteenth Hi reel. CORRKSPONDENCK. Communications relating to news and ed itorial mnttrr ahould he aildreesed : Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. RKM ITTANCEfl. Remit by draft, express or postul order, payable to The Bee Publishing t'ompnny. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall aceounta. 1'eraonnl checka. except on Omaha or eaatern exchange, not accepted. TUB HEE PUBHSHtNO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCILATION. State of Nebraaka, Douglns County, aa: Oeorge. n. Tiachack, secretary of The Bee publishing Company, hntng duly aworn. aa8 that the actual number of full ard complete coplea of The Dally. Morning, Evening and rlunriay Bee printed during the month of February, 1903, was aa follows; 1 SIM HO 15 20,2X1 t no.rvto is ai.32 KO.WIO 17 31.B40 4 30,K0 18 3I,4tK 6 8O.40W 19 31,400 ao.itTo io Bi.nio 7 80,ftBO 21 81,070 g t,SMH 22 2,a5 t SO.eiO 23 31,30 10 30,000 24 81.8BO 11 30,00'J 2S 31.A0O 12 30,MO 24 31 ,020 JJ.... 30,040 27 31.60O 14 30.BT0 2 31.7SO Total 803,4351 Less unsold and returned copies.... U,3tM Net totaJ sale B44,oiH Net average 1 RO,143 OBOROE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my pvesence and aworn to before me thla 28th day of February, A. D. 1SH3. M. B. HUNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. Full reciprocity with Canada will have to come before annexation of Can ada. It now devolves on March to tell whether Hon or lamb first gets the cue for the formal entry. The Department of Commerce should occupy a conspicuous placo In the gov ernment exhibit at the next world's fair. Next year wa will have a chance to figure In twenty-nine days for the month of February the first time since the year 1886. The sultan observes sot only the ad monition to beware of the Greeks bear ing gifts, bat also the warning to be wr4f the powers bringing notes. Any other president bnt Theodore .Booaevelt wocM be casting about for a breathing spell Instead ot talking jkboct the possibility of aa extra ses elon, , Ita easy en crash for legislators to tn iTent excuse for misrepresenting their cocstltTjencIas. Bnt the constituents are -seldom fooled twice by the same per sons. Because Kipling nas ventured to eel- ebrate In verse Chamberlain's visit to ' South Africa should not be taken as reason for Alfred Ansten to commit the same offense. For fear The Hague tribunal may find time hanging heavy on Its hands. Central America is stirring op a little muss with which It may be called on to busy Itself. Notwithstanding Its repudiation of constitutional prohibition after an ex periment with it of fifty years, Vermont has not yet been the victim of any avenging visitation. It now looks very much as If Ne braska would have to get along with only one federal court for at least an other year. Fortunately the court of ficers are not overworked. c One of the Trotestant religious week lies refers to Leo XIII as "the most dis tinguished and useful pope who has ever filled St. Peter's chair." Consid ering the source, this is complimentary Indeed. Secretary Cortelyou will accept no In vltations to make public speeches until he gets the work of h'.s new depart ment organized and systematized. That's the kind of a public official to command the popular adinlratiou. With an endowed academy of dra mo tic art planted In Philadelphia, New York will have to look 4o Its laurels as the theatrical metropolis or retrieve Its reputation by building a temple for the training of ballet dancers and coon st ug artists. It U now said the railroads will use the Elklns bill as an excuse to ft off some of the free pass privileges held out as inducements for the patronage of uhlnners. As If the railroads ever lacked for a pretext to issue a pass or to refuse one. President Koosevelt's tribute to the pioneer preachers who rode circuits on the frontier and pushed the bible along with the plow U well given. The his tory of the settlement of the west can not be written without devoting good space to the preacher piouevrs. Perhaps Itvcldeut llot is not so much coucerned about the size ot the families reared by ILirvard graduates as by the number of sons sent to liar vard. If Harvard families were prolific but principally daughters, the eminent educator would be still as sorely pre- plexed. WHITE MAX-BLACK MAX. On Wellington's lilrthdny tlio K'-v. Tlit'iitii IMxon. who pnssoil ns a fnlr tjM- of tlio twentieth t'liturv (W-entfT. g.-iv. titur"nc" to pome radical Ideas mi lit run? (;-.i-ti)ii H r clcvclaud, (). An tirdliifj t) t lie revcrned nrgrv 1 ),ol'n-, ":t r:u-e w:ir in inis i-ountry is in.'vitp'ilo. It will surely come mid v. lien 1 docs oino the Anglo-Saxon rue jijuvH Its superiority by wiping tin- ixj.to from tlip country. All lie tiotiMe liclwn'ti tlio African nud the C'.ir.cnslnn in tlio south hns grown out uf,t!:i; i-dtuTtk'U of tli nrgit), who bo Iutijts to rtn lufciior rnce nud nil ho is aotit! fcr Is to !) mnnunl labor. Jiint ni s(,oii r.! lio p.fs nil fduoatlon lie be cooiti a niunxtrositr." Hi: the mime- d;iy, tlcillcated to the nit inoiT of Aiueiic.'i's foremost pntiiot, tii't.rRc Wniliin;ton, uicinbcrs of the New' York Southern society, who nt tepdf il u dinner nt the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, niiidp an exhibition of themselves by liif;nir the orchestra when It struck tip "Miirchlng Through Georgia." Straws show which way the wind blows. The vaporing of the bolMgerci t southi'in parson nre the mere echo of the iKtiilclons tenehincs of the nogro whipping, mulatto-brooding expoundcs ot tho bible lu slavery times, who dis seminated the superstition that the nogin was cursed by the Almighty and foreordained to be a servant of spr vnnts during all future generations. The demeanor of the southern society with northern appetites shows that deep down lr. the hearts of latter day south ern chivalry there Is still an uu quenched hatred of the men who saved tie? niilon nnO. freed the African from bor.dase. If we are really facing a race war It Is not because the negro Is being ron verted Into a monstrosity by education, but because the advice of Thad Stevens to give each freed man forty acres and a nuilo was not heeded. Almost at the very hour whon the representative of the southern church militant was breathing Are and flame at Cleveland, Booker T. Washington, who stands for the highest type of the American negro, dlscnsslng the negro problem and Its solution at tbe Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science, said: To deal more practically and directly with the affairs of tny race, I believe that both the teachings of hlatory as well as the results of every day observation should convince us that we should make our most enduring progress by laying the founda tions carefully and patiently In the owner ship of the soli, the exercise of the habits of economy, the saving of money, tbe se curing of the most complete education of mind and hand and the cultivation nf Christian virtues. There ia noth ing new or startling in this. It Is the old, old experience of races that have got ten upon their feet hava had to travel. Aa Slave the negro was worked and aa fro man be must learn to work. There Is vast difference between worVlnv init being worked. Being worked means deg radation, working means civilisation. Pa tiently, quietly, doggedly, persistently. Summer and Winter, aunahlna and afcadnw by self-saorlflce, by foresight, by honesty and Industry, we must re-enforce argument with results. One farm boucht one bouse built, one home sweetly and in telligently kept, on man who Is tbe larg est taxpayer or has the largest bank ao count, on school or church maintained, one factory running successfully, one truck garden profitably eultlTtd nn n. tleat cured by a negro doctor, one sermon weu preacneo. one omce well filled, one Ufa cleanly lived these will tell mors In our favor than all the abstract lnnun.i that can be summoned to plead our cause. Our pathway must be up through the soil. up ureugn swamps, up through forests, up through the streams and rocks, up through eommeroe, education and religion. As between the doctrine nreached bv Thomas Dixon, white man. and Booker T. Washington, black man, all thought ful, unprejudiced and humane people will unhesitatingly pronounce In favor of the Afro-American instead of the Anglo- Saxon. The Rev. Dixon's prediction of the Irrepressible race war need frighten nobody, either north or south. If such a conflict shall come a great malorltv of the stalwart men of the north and west will be found where their fathers were before them defending the black man against his tyrannical onnressora battling for freedom and humanity against bigotry, race hatred and bar barism. OBJMCTION TO AtDRlCH BILL. The objection made by the bankers of Chicago to the provision of the Aid rich bill requiring the payment of In terest by banks on deposits of govern ment funds doubtless states the position of western bankers generally. The Chi cago bankers say that national banks cannot now afford to carry, as an in vestment, government or such other bonds as the bill calls for and there would be actual loss to them to do so under the provision requiring Interest on government deposits. They express the opinion that few If any western banks could or would avail themselves of the provisions of the bill at that rate of Interest. 1H per cent, and that there would be a loss to them and uo adrantage to the public In so doing. In reference to this provision Sen ator Aldrlch. In the course of nn ex planation of his bill, said: "Heretofore on these deposits, ranging from $10, 000,000 to nearly $300,000,000, no bank has ever paid one cent of interest to the United States government for the use of this money, and the committee be lieves that if they are to retain these privileges it Is nothing more thun fair that they should pay something to the government for the use of the money, approximately such compensation as a private depositor would be entitled to receive under the same conditions. The committee believes this provision for paylug interest Is a very desirable and a very wise one." That is unquestion ably the popular view of it. It has leen Ion? contended that nalionil banks receiving deposits of public money should pay something for the us of the funds, the very general feel Ing being that the banks were unwnr rantably favored iu not being required to pay Interest ou such deposits. . Seu ato Aldrlch stated that undjr the operation of his bill the revenue to the government from this source would bo $2,2rit),(KR a year. Ponalbly these fig-rrt-j are not absolutely necu-r'te, but whatever the amount tlio public will feel that the government should realize It and therefore will be very strongly In favor of this provision being retained. We have seen whr.t apiears to bo a plausible calculation showing that the national banks could make little or nothing ou government deposits If re quired to pay tlio Interest rate pre scribed In the Aldrlch bill. Pcrlnii-s this is so, but the statement of the Chicago bankers that the banks would lose In the transaction Is most Improbable. The measure has been subjected to consid erable criticism and tdiould there be ci lict i tcd action by bankers against the luttrest provision its failure will be as sured, for congress,- It Is safe to say, will not adopt such legislation without an interest requirement. SATIOXAL LtUISLATIVE GRAVEYARD. When the gavels fall at high noon next Tuesday and congress Is declared ndjoumed without day, a great many reform measures demanded by the American people will be consigned te the national legislative graveyard. Those measures will not nil have failed by reason of Czar Heed's castlron rules n the house, or talk against time in the senate. Many will have been strangled In the house of their friends at the behest of powerful Interests that dominate the national legislature, as they do also the legislatures of nearly all the states. It Is chiefly In tlio upper house of congress, however, that these Influences are most potential. The courtesy of the senate and its ancient rules that permit of Interminable debate afford groat scope for sand-bagging or side-tracking meritorious legislation demanded by the people. The' most striking example of persistent negation of the popular will and wish Is the refusal of the senate to submit an amendment to the federal constitution for the election of United States senators by direct vote. During three successive congresses the house of representatives has voted to submit a constitutional amendment for the popular election of United States senators, and each time the senate has deliberately pigeonholed the amendment In defiance of an overwhelming public sentiment in Its favor. Members of the senate committee before their elec tion to the proposed reform become backsliders almost as soon as they are Inducted Into that august body and serious doubts are expressed as to whether the senate would comply even with the constitutional mandate that requires congress to submit specific amendments or call a constitutional con vention whenever two-thirds of the leg islatures of the states have adopted resolutions demanding such action. Sooner or later popular sentiment will crystallise in favor of constitutional re vision that will make the senate re sponsive to the popular will as expressed through the ballot box or force Its abolition. Whenever this question Is pushed to the front as a party Issue in the national platforms of the great political parties members of the American house of lords will either have to yield gracefully or go out of business. THE PHILITPIXE MESSAGE. There should have been no necessity for President Roosevelt sending a spe cial message to congress urging legis lation for the relief of the Philippines from a distressing and dangerous situ ation. Congress had been fully Informed respecting conditions in the islands, upon tbe authority both of the com mission and representative business men. For months information coming from the archipelago, of the most trust worthy character, has made our public officials entirely familiar with the finan cial and Industrial situation In these eastern possessions. It has been pointed out again and again that there was the most urgent need of relief and unless this was given very grave troublo was to be expected. The dilatory course of congress in this very Important matter. Involving as it does the maintenance of peaco and order in the Philippines, Is wholly In defensible. A currency bill has been enacted of which it Is said that it will lie worth more than an army corps In tranquilizing conditions in tlio is lands, but valuable as this legislation Is it Is not all that Is required. The In dustrial and commercial situation, now greatly depressed, must be Improved. How this can be done is pointed one lu the dispatch of Governor Taft, who urges the proposed reduction in tariff rates on Philippine products coining Into the United States, especially sugar and tobacco. President Roosevelt sup ports the recommendation of Oorertior Taft. The president says that "Hie In dispensable and pre-eminent need is the resurrection of productive industry from the prostration Into which It has been thrown" and asks action in the tariff matter "not merely from the standpoint of wise governmental pollcv, but as a measure of humanity in re sponse to an appeal to which this great people shovld not close Its ears.' The president declares that wo have as sumed responsibilities toward the Phil ipnlnes which we are In honor bound to fulfill red that we have the spe clflc duty of taking every measure In our power to see to their prosperity. Therejs no doubt that this Is the gen eral sentiment among our people and It should lie regarded by congress. No American Interest will suffer from giving the Philippines such relief as the situa tlon calls for. Neither cur sugar industry nor our tobacco industry would be In Jured by the pposed tariff reduction. Our treatment of Porto Rico has re sulted greatly to the benefit of that Island without harm to any domestic Interest It Is reasonable to expect that a like result would come from proper treatment of the Philippines. It is perfectly pin In that In order to preserve pence In the Islands, In order that the people shall feel sntlstlcd with Amer ican rule, indtistrlnl conditions there must be Improved ami prosperity pro moted. Unless this Is done political trouble will certainly come and there may be another insurrection to suppress. iXHTAiLiya XEir dkpartmext. There appears to be a disposition In congress to curtail appropriations for the new Department of Commerce and Labor and In a direction that would probably lessen the efficiency of one of Its most Important duties. In making his estimates the secretary of the de partment suggested that there should be about seventy-five examiners and special examiners under the bureau of corporations, In order to properly carry on Investigations as to the organization and business of the corporations of which the bureau will hae supervision. It Is the opinion of the house com mittee on appropriations, however, that ten or a dozen examiners would be suf ficient. As there are nearly 500 corporations subject to Investigation by the new bureau It would seem that if this work Is to be efficiently done more than a dozen examiners will be needed nt the beginning, though possibly after the work of the bureau had been thor oughly systematized that number would be sufficient. It is to be desired that at the outset the bureau of corporations shall be so well provided for !n respect of its working force that It can perform thy duty assigned to it promptly and effectively and not to do this would certainly be a great mistake. This is the function In connection with the new department in which the public has the greatest interest and it should be treated liberally In the matter of ap propriations. Perhaps the estimate of Secretary Cortelyou is somewhat ex cessive, but there is no doubt that at least half the number of examiners he recommended would find ample employ ment In Investigating the corporations. No one wishes to see the public expend itures unnecessarily Increased, but nn economy that may impair the public service Is as objectionable as extrav agance. FVKEIGX 1XTEREST IX KXPOSITWX. A good deal of Interest is being mani fested abroad in the Louisiana Purchase exposition and the indications are that all the principal European countries will have fine exhibits. As an assur ance of British good will toward the enterprise the promise of King Edward to send over for exhibition the Jubilee presents received by his mother Is gratifying. The king further promised to lend all possible Influence toward providing for a full representation of Great Britain at St Louis and It is need less to say that he can do a great deal In this direction. It Is quite possible that a strong spirit of rivalry may be aroused between the principal countries for excelling at the exposition. Germany Is proposing to have nn exhibit which will be far In advance of that at Chicago and it Is to be supposed that France will be par ticularly ambitious to make ber con tribution to the exposition as full and complete as possible. There are stronger reasons now than there were ten years ago why all the chief Euro pean countries should wish to be well represented at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. The American market is considerably more Important than it then was and there is a somewhat greater desire on the part of foreign governments to cultivate American friendship. It Is quite possible, there fore, that the European exhibits at St Loots will overshadow those at the Coli;nb!an exposition. Insurance men are threatening com plete withdrawal of their companies from Arkansas in the event of the en actment by the Arkansas legislature of a pending anti-trust law embodying an anti-compact provision against mem bership In any association for tbe pur pose of holding up or advancing rates. This seems to be a favorite diversion of the insurance men, who are always free with threats of this kind when legislation not te their liking is pro posed. Experience hss shown, how ever, that the bluffs are seldom made In earnest. Insurance companies look for business wherever business can be found that will return a profit and are rfot accustomed to cut off their own revenue Just for spite. Why, if we are to have anti-trust laws prohibiting com binations for the purpose of fixing rates, the Insurance companies should be ex empted from their operation has not yet been made clear. The meat packers affected by the beef trust Injunction have not yet taken the public into their confidence as to what their next move will be. With railroad rebates effectually shut off the various live stock markets ought to reach the relative positions fixed by tbe condition of the te,rrltory naturally trib utary to them and those meat packing centers forge to the front which enjoy the advantages of better market facil ities. Senator Depew has been elected to nn honorary life membership in the National Republican Editorial assocla tlon. Presumably the genial Chauncey is made recipient of this distinction as a reward for furnishing Jokes to the editors and saving them the ueoess'ty of constantly consulting the old al manacs. Senator Tillman. Senator (,'anuack. Senator McEuery and a host of south ern democrat are hastening to put themselves on rvcord publicly on the negro question In half-expectation that It can be made a national issue. It Is to be noticed, however, that none of the northern democratic leaders sus ceptible to presidential bees are saying anything about the negro. They ali pre fer to saw wood until they get closer to the firing line. Ready for the Operlat. St. Louts Globe-Democrat. Preparations for the World's Fair are progressing satisfactorily. The main en trance has been located and the souvenir spoons are out. A Slippery Snaaestlon. Philadelphia ledger. The Boston Boot and Shoe club Indorse) every word President Eliot ot Harvard aid about the need of more large families. Many a father of a large family bas felt the pinch of the Leather trust. A Discredited Report. Chicago Rtcord-Herald. There Is no truth In the rumor that no woman weighing less than 187 pounds Is eligible for the presidency of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution. The ab surd story was probably started by some body who had been looking at picture ,-f some of the candidate. No Escape from Publicity. Baltimore American. No more can brain-fagged men and women take a sea trip for perfect rest. Wireless telegraphy has made the ocean newspaper a fact, and such a tiny thing as the. electrlo spark has brought to naught the ocean's space between continents. The world today Is ruled by the little great things. Rockefeller's Standard Roll. Springfield Republican. John D. Rockefeller Is credited with own ing 135,000,000, par value, of Standard Oil stock which, at the present market value. Is worth nearly $260,000,000. He must be quite as rich a man aa Andrew Carnegie, and no one else stands in the same class with them, unless It be J. P. Morgan, whose wealth not even the guessers of the sen sational press venture to estimate. Living- I'p to the Treaty. Indianapolis Journal. The conclusion of an agreement with Cuba by which the United States acquires a naval station and a coaling station at eligible points on that Island is a matter of considerable Importance. It commits the Cuban government to carrying out the riatt amendment to its constitution and gives the United States a foothold on the Island that will add materially to our naval control of West Indian waters. Strennoaa Demands of Society. New York World. Numerous cases of nervous breakdown among women in New Yjrk and Washing ton, Including the wives of the president and the attorney general, call attention to the over strenuous life not only of wealthy women, but of well to do. If there were pleasure in this dreary round called "gay" there would be more excuse for It. But there Is none. The same couple meet day after day, compare notes of the last ball or dinner and drearily speculate upon the next, exhibit their Jewels and gowns and yearn for Lent, which will be a travesty upon its origin and merely a period of rest and preparation for new tolls that come to nothing. Lead Simple LlTtt, .Milwaukee Journal. Greed for gold la a conspicuous evil ot our time and country. Wa want money to burn; wealth to squander. It appears as If soma men, and women as well, via with each other in thinking out original and striking ways in which to make theli wealth conspicuous. They imagine that they thus aggrandise themselves. It Is something to be grateful for, that there Is a growing sentiment In favor of saner liv ing. There is a strong Influence at work for greater simplicity and more genuine Uvea. There Is gain In respect for the "plainer living and higher thinking" man ner ot Ufa. By the truest standards, parade of wealth la deemed vulgar. To dress, to aot, to order our households and our lives by how It looks, by the opinions of others and to make an Impression, betrays a shal low mind and a weak character. FLA IX LtTOIG, HIGH THIinCXIKI. Beaatlea of Social Simplicity Cos- traated with Valvar Display. Philadelphia Public Ledger. Several years ago a German nobleman who happened to be visiting In this coun try was Introduced one evening to the family circle of a distinguished scholar of one of our eastern states. The German bad "thirty-six quartering" In bis coat ot arms, together with all tbe prejudices, greatly exaggerated, of his class, and was inclined to look on Americans as mere toiious enough in their way, but as be longing distinctly and of necessity to a lower order ot beings. The host was an archaeologist, and having received some of the ancient implements and utensils ex cavated In Rome at that time by Prof. Rodolfo Lanclanl, was explaining to the young and old folk that they were toys used by the little Romans ages ago, which established the "solidarity" of youth In all ages. The assembled company forth with descended to the floor of the library and played the games with the antique Roman toys. Neighbors sad friends dropped In quite Informally, music enlivened the gathering, talk which ranged from the grave to gay was not without its humor and Its wit, and as all present were delighted, they all contributed to the delight. When the guests departed, the German, who had drained life to the dregs, bad seen society from the Paris Faubourg St. Germain to St. Petersburg, and from Rome to London, was Impelled to say that there was the idyllic and tbe true society. No lackeys, no prodigious expense, no frigid formality, but all simplicity, ease which was as at tractive as it was natural and wholesome. The German confessed be had discovered a new Arcady, and that society In Its new manifestations was a return to the nat uralness of former days, which indicated a real advance, a higher civilization. The simple life Is not, however, so com mon nor so frequently an object of desire In America of todsy as to be typical. Those who have means are In so' breathless a race to spend, to make a display, to outdo tbelr rivals, to seek pleasure Instead of letting pleasure come to them, that artificiality, as In all rich societies, has crowded simplicity and naturalness too much into the back ground, and Wordsworth's plaint Is now and here not inapplicable: plain living and high thinking are no more, The homely beauty of the good old cause Is sons; our peace, our fearful Innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. The desire for money Is natural, and it is likewise highly commendsble. Money means comfort, education for children, protection against old age s"d sickness, opportunity for self-Improvement, and it provides many of the things which distinguish life in a civilised country from life In tbe haunts of the savage. Stored wealth is. In a word, civilisation Itself, or rather civilisation de pends on It. It is no wonder, then, that money Is tbe univerta! object of tbe keen est desire, but the wonder is that when men have won wealth they should kpeod it so foolishly as they do ia modern society F.CtXAR SHOTS AT THPJ PH.PIT. Chlcsgo Record-Herald: A Topeka mln later recently prayed that the mayor of that town might either be converted or killed, as the Lord might see fit. It la al ways well to give the Lord a choice In these matters. Washington Tost: The .Americans who are engaged In manufacturing idols for Korea have no objections whatever to our sending missionaries to that country, as they claim they do not Injure the Idol busi ness the losst bit. And this a cold-blooded commercial view of the missionary busi ness. Baltimore American: A Chicago minister preaching on pride, exhibited a dollar and aald ho would give It to anyone whose pride would allow him or her to admit It was needed. To his surprise It was claimed promptly. Tills is a business age, and the times are too busy to dally with sentiment when cash is in sight. Chicago Post: The Methodists propose to Issue a "secular" paper that will have no sporting news. Presumably, and tor the same broad aad Intelligent reason, It will also be shy a dramatic department. Yet there are sports and sports; there are plays and plays. Clean, wholesome, un mercenary sport, the sort that makes men and women with red blood and buoyant spirits, is ss essential to our everyday life and to our well being as is the gospel or the pulpit. A secular newspaper without news of such sports and pastimes will leave something sadly wanting even to the majority of Methodists. Milwaukee Free Press: Another reason why the Episcopalians should think at least once more before changing tbelr name to American Catholic Is that the word "Catholic" Is likely to be overworked. "Dr." Dowle. sometimes called Elijah II. adopted it as the name of his "church" soma years ago, and has that much priority of claim It any sect or individual has any claim to It; for there was another church with something of a claim, reaching far back. Three distinctive "Catholic" churches are too many. They would bo the Catholle, or tbe Roman Catholic, the Christian Cath olle, and the American Catholic. rEnso.tAL ad otherwise:. Four famous old maids ot Chicago unite in declaring they would have been hat pier In wedlock. How do they know? Did they ask their married sisters? Bands ot Bulgarians are massing on the frontier of Macedonia preparatory to giv ing Abdul some stirring music. Later on the concert of the powers will begin. "Montetuma" will not be enrolled In tbe list ot states Just yet. Montana would be Justified In kicking against the abbrevia tion "Mont." and "Monte" is an outlawed gams. The man with the Iron Jaw Is not dead, though his Jib withstood the crash ot a 500-pound elevator. Connecticut ia his habitat. His admirers propose to send him to congress or the state legislature. The Joke is on a New York man who committed suicide because the attending physician told him be bad Brlght's disease. The doctor discovered his mistake at the post-mortem, but the victim sleeps on In blissful Ignorance. A Connecticut minister declared In bis pulpit that male - residents of that state are not content with one wife. Congress might Institute a search among the rep resentatives of the nutmeggers. The coun try wants to know, b'gosh. A man from tbe Smoky City was Intro duced to Congressman Llttlefleld of Main in Washington. "I spoke in Pittsburg last fall," murmured the congressman. "Yea," replied the Pittsburger. , "I ran for oflce there and was beaten by only 7,000." "Heavens!" ' exclaimed Llttlefleld, "I am not usually ao fatal as that. I spoke out In Omaha In 1900 for Dave Mercer and they didn't beat him until 1802." Chicago husbands are delicate, gently nurtured creatures who ought to be caged and fattened on angel food. One of them c&ged at the police station told a patbetlo story, a real tale ot woe. His wife spoke harshly to him, which so preyed upon his nervous system that be went out Into the darkness, burglarized a grocery store and tried to shoot two policemen. Nona of his wife's relations were about CHURCH AND SCHOOL PROPERTY That Which Produces Revesss Sab. Ject to Taxation. Chicago Record-Herald. The decision of the United States su preme court requiring the Chicago Theo logical seminary to pay taxes on all Its property not used directly for educational purposes marks a distinct advance in equit able taxation. Fair play, as between man and man and corporation and corporation, domands that all income-producing property, no matter by whom owned, shall be upon the asses sors' books and compelled to bear Its fair share of the burden of maintaining govern ment. The exemption of only such prop erty as is used exclusively for religious and educational purposes can be Justified by the spirit of American Institutions, and any tendency of the courts to draw tighter the lines about the remaining property of col leges and churches Is to be commended. The considerations of common Justice are. of course, not the only ones which must be taken Into account In this mstter, inas much as special privileges have been granted by the legislature to many insti tutions. In the case In question much rested on the charter of the theological seminary, but an Interpretation of the con stitution of 1848 was also Involved. It is beyond dispute that the framers of the present constitution, and it is probable that the framers of the constitution of 1848 In tended to exempt only property actually used for religious and educational purposes. It Is therefore not Impossible that further Judicial consideration of the existing char ter will lesult In other additions to the property on the assessors' books. It Is said that If all of the revenue, producing property of churches and colleges in Cook county were taxed the result would be an increase' of $200,000 or $300,000 In the revenue of the county. That the revenue official ot tbe county make every effort to secure this lost Income is earnestly to be desired. IHESTARBIOUSEWAISI TSA0E2iMRK THE BEST MADE BLASTS FROM RAM'S HOBS. A mushy religion will aot make men. Patience la a fruit plucked only in the gardens of pain. Tbe only way to exclude tba avll I to en tertain tbe good. Some people complain becauas It cost aa egg to get a chick. Watching other Is oftea aa attempt to bide our own weakneases. The seat la heaven will not be assigned by the site of our head. The attempt to be a good fellow has often prevented being a good man. Sentimental tenderness to the criminal may be cruelty to hi victims. When a man I In the right he Is not afraid of being misrepresented. Grasping a dime may keep you out cf heaven a much a greed for a dollar. Perfection may bo like tba North Star, Impossible to touch but good to steer by. You cannot pull a man out of tbe mire of sin by throwing rock of censure at him. DOMESTIC rLKASASTRIKS. Count Atercojrne Ah! dear heart. I will be just aa devoted after our marriage as before. Minnie Millions You'll have to be. Papa la going to put all the money In my name. Detroit Free Press. Tha Bride Oh, Jack! How delightfully romantic It la to think that we are actually an eloping couple. The Groom You don't regret It, do you, darling T The Bride Ohl Not But I do wish we could have eloped with father's consent. Brooklyn Life. Smith Old Skinner promised hla daughter a check for four figures it she married ac cording to his wishes. Jones And did she gt ItT Smith Sure. The check called for $11.11. Chicago New. "I don't understand bow Mlas Milytins can see anything- In that foreign noble man. He's nothing but a 'gilded fool." " "That's ao and yet the chances are 10 to 1 this will be a case of 'a fool and her money aoon married.' "Philadelphia Press. He was on hi knees. "I can't find words to tell you of my love," he cried. "Don't try to tell It In words," she ad vised. 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