THE OMAHA' DAILY HKK: RATtTKDAY. OCTOBER 17, 100.7.
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State of Nebraska. Doug a County, aa. :
Oeorae B. Trschuck. secretary of The Bee
Puhllahlng Company, being duly aworn.
aya that the actual number of f.ill and
complete copies of The Dally Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of September, MM, wa aa f ol
io wa: ,
1 Sft.lSO Id M.ftJO
I SA.STO 17 M.MO
I S0.87U M 28.S70
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II 1TO.220 24 HO.iMrtl
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14 2U.020 28 2,BO
U 'AH.HIH) 30 29,040
Total H12,230
I-ea unsold and returned eoplee.... I,4
Net total talea .'. W2J44
Net average sales 28,424
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That auuual
about due.
car famine tuust be
Young Tillman uiHy uov Join old Till
man in pitchforking exclusively with
his tongue.
Tammany enmo bravely to the sup
port of Bryan In 100, ho why shouldn't
Bryan come- to the rescue of Taiumuny
la 11(03?
If silver bullion will only go high
enough It may take all the profit out
of the business of counterfeiting full
weight sliver dollars.
Bids for entertulnlug the great iiu?
tlonal nominating conventions will soon
be opened. Cities ambitious to compete
for the privilege will take due notice.
Governor Cummins is losing no sleep
over his commission for a second term
In the executive office of Iowa. 'It's
only a question of bow" Mi a majority.
. Senator Gorman does not like the way
President Itoosevelt mixes In politic.
In all probability President Roosevelt
does not like the way Henator Gorman
mixes In politic.
.-i-jL'.a- -u
Nebraska's new revenue law Is about
to have Its Brut round In the courts. It
will take several rounds, however, to
determine whether it can stand up
against all comers.
Had the povtottU) Ueu allowed to
operate a parcels post, interruption of
; express traffic, by striking employes
would not assume a very serious as
pect to our business Interest!.
With so many big bankers congrega'
ting at Ban Francisco there Is grave dan
ger that the seat of the dread money
power may be temporarily removed
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast.
New York does not seem to appre
ciate the compliment lu the visit of
Dowie's host. Implying that It Is sadly
In need of regeneration, which can be
accomplishes! only on the Wholesale-
plan.
Charles M. Mcliwnb might achieve new
notoriety by turulug over u few of bis
remaining millions to one of the big uul
' verslties as the rouudatlcn for u school
of iustmctiou lu trust management and
financing.
Thotte advance tips on the Alaska
boundary arbitration award are so well
justified by the evidence produced to
make good the conflicting clulnis that
the British and Canadians are ready to
admit that they will get the worst of it
Grovcr Cleveland seems to have kept
bis promise not to talk politic during
bis visit to Chicago. If some other dis
tinguished democrats would imikif simi
lar promises and keep them there might
be more 'unanimity of action anion;; the
democratic leaders.
If King Victor Emmanuel only ex
tends his stay iu France long enough
h uiay be loaded down with prv-tcnts
aud souvenirs enouuh to co:inte:isate
for the Italian art treasures and other
loot scattered all over France r.s the
trophies of the French Invasions of
Italy from medieval times dowu to Na
poleon. The Ohio State Hoard of Heulth pro-
poses to take rtops for the suppression
of the toy platol aud other Fourth o"
July explosive, which are said to have
Wen ret-ponslblo for the ru.tlming and
killing of 1.700 (hi tlrcn within the pwl
year in the Buckeye state. The ex'e-l-niertt
of the Ohio Htste Board of lleiltb
will b watcliel with a gl den! of In
terest In every sectiou of th country.
Tha victims of tb t i.t plstcl ami dytiu
mlt cracker aie fur grvuu-r ever year
than the victims of tha most dreaded
tpldemlav . .
- nmuo MiPtHvisiox inrwATivt.
Within the past twelve months
twenty-two Issue of t-nrponite securi
ties (iiotcl on the New York Stock
exehnnge bare shrunk i.:i!is.Ns,iMi.
This tremendous contraction In values
Is the natural sequ-uce of the fraudu
lent and fictitious capitalisation so
strikingly exhibited In the recent dis
closures concerning the organization of
the dfunct Shipbuilding trust. The
reckless audacity and shameless dis
honesty with which the promoters of
Hie Shipbuilding trust Injected more
than HWi.OOo.ihh) of water into the con
tfrn and the Imposture practiced upon
unsuspecting Investors through rain
bow prospectuses, backed by captains
of Industry of the first magnitude, are
by no means tin exceptional Instance
of dangerous trust methods. On the
contrary, they find a parallel In the
most gigantic of all trusts the Amer
ican Hteel trust capitalized at $1,500,
(KK).OOO four years agn and whose stock
has been distributed to more than
100,000 persons by holding out prom
ises which its promoters must have
known could never be fulfilled.
Fortunately for the country, a disas
trous financial panic has been averted
by the general prosperity and enormous
productive capacity of the American
people. Had the tremendous collapse
of stocks taken place lu years of de
pression It would have wrought stagna
tion and ruin to commerce and industry
and brought disaster to millions of
people. Now that nearly a billion and
a half of water has been wrung out of
overvalued eoriwrate securities In the
shape of stocks and bonds, the question
is. Will the captains of Industry and
railway magnates rest content with
leaving the water wrung out, or will
they concentrate all their power to
pump the water back Into their depre
ciated stocks? Will the country be
compelled to face the menace of a panic
In times of commercial depression? In
a word, will the American people re
main Indifferent and unconcerned in the
face of the danger that threatens their
future well-being when they have It
within their power to avert a national
calamity by providing .safeguards
against a recurrence of excessive stock
and bond Issues, dummy directors and
ground floor confidence games?
The condition In which the country
finds itself today was not unforeseen.
In an address delivered before the
national conference on trusts four years
ago the editor of The Bee pointed out
the dangers of overcapitalization in this
tnugunge:
Within the past decade the trusts have
degenerated Into combinations for stock
Jobbing-. Nearly every trust recently or
ganized had Its Incentive In the Irresistible
temptation held out by the professional
promoter to capitalize competing plants
enormously In excess of their actual value.
This fictitious capitalisation constitutes the
most dangerous element of the modern
trust. It has been asserted from this plat
form that fraudulent capitalisation Is an
evil that will cure Itself, and at the very
worst concerns only the stock speculators
who voluntarily assume the riik of Invest
ment In overvalued trust securities. Ex
perience has exploded this delusive theory.
Nearly all the so-called industrials are on
th markets and the owners of the over
valued plants either dispose of their hold
ings or place them In banks as collateral
for ' loans negotiated for speculative
schemes financiered on the balloon plan.
The Inevitable outcome In case of money
stringency or panic is shrinkage and col
lapse of the concerns Involved.
Banks rarely loan their own money, but
that of depositors, and when the banks so
to the wall the whole commercial fabric
Is Involved In wreck and ryin. Thla means
the destruction of confidence and wide
spread distress to the tollers In every field
of Industry. Fraudulent capitalisation Is.
moreover, not merely a menace to the
well-being of the present generation, but
also endangers the futures of generations
yet unborn. It Is an open secret that life
Insurance funds held in trust for the
widows and orphans of policy holders are
Invested In Industrial securities resting on
a foundation of sand and water. The Im
perative duty of this conference la to
devise measures that will make the trust
harmless. With this end In view it should
recommend:
1. The creation by set of congress of a
bureau of supervision and control of cor
wuatlons cng-aged in interstate commerce
with powers for Its chief similar to those
exercised by the comptroller of the cur
rency over national banhs.
2. Legislation to enforce such publicity
as will offectually prevent dishonest meth
ods of accounting and restrict traffic and
competition within legitimate bounds.
S. The creation of an Interstate commerce
court with exclusive Jurisdiction In all
eases arising out of the violation of Inter
state commerce laws.
The last congress took the Initiative
for making the trusts harmless in the
act creating the Department of Com
merce, but that act .does not go far
enough. It Is the Imperative duty of
the coming congress to endow a bureau
In the Department of Commerce with
sufficient powers to enable the national
government to exercise such supervision
and control over Interstate commerce
corporations as will effectively prevent
overvaluation and overcapitalization.
STCDYISQ AMKRICAlt tUCCATlOX.
The commission from England that
came to tnis couulry lust week to
study our cflucatioual conditions will
undoubtedly rind much to Interest them.
but whether they will learn anything
to the benefit of their own institution
of learning will deeid u good deal
upon tlio spirit and the wisdom with
which their investigation here is cot)
! ducted,
Iho United States presents.
unquestionably, a most attractive study
in its educational characteristics and
methods for the students of education
iu the old world, but the trouble Is that
they time here Willi strong and. jiohmI
bly Immovable prejudices lu regard to
their owu systems, and It is hardly to
l supposed thut .these will be ma
tcrlally changed or modified by what
I hey kball see here.
This Is naturally suggested by the
fact that the commissions that have
come from Englaud to Investigate the
Industrial conditions and the business
methods lu tun United States have quite
generally concluded that things were
)Kt fceacrslly to much superior here
that It was advisable for the British
to follow our example Of course this
lias not been the unqualified and uni
versal expression. There have been
among the Investigators some who were
free to ssy that this country Is Infl
nllely In advance of Kngland In all In
dustrial and commercial respects, but
these were the few who evidently put
practical attove patriotic consideration,
who were willing to say to their -oun-trymen
that they were really falling
behind In the great industrial and com
mercial race nud that they must adopt
a new course If they would not lo ut
terly distanced and left behind by
American energy and enterprise.
We shall not be surprised If the In
vestigators of our i educational Institu
tions come to the decision that In the
main those of England are superior,
and yet It Is probable that some con
cessions will be made to the great Amer
ican universities. How can it be other
wise? We are ourselves prepared to
admit that In some Important respects
the great schools of learning lu England
ure superior to ours, but may we not
at the same time Justly claim that we
also have merits which are nowhere
excelled. At all events we weleomo
these British Investigators and trust
that their observations and conclusions
will be to the Nmefit of both countries.
PiTl" TUB POUR BAUOJOK SMASHER
The eyes of the country are fixed on
the much abused baggageman. Year in
and year out for a whole generation he
has been lamintoned and caricatured aa
a fiend and cursed at wholesale and re
tail by tourists, drummers and theat
rical troops. But even the worm will
sometimes turn. The woes and wrongs
of tlio weak baggage smasher have at
last been pathetically portrayed before
the ; Association of General Hnggtige
Agents that -ouvened at New Orleans a
few days ago.
It must have taken a man of nerve to
champion the cause of the American
baggage smasher, but such a man was
found in the person of II. F. Dceiing,
general baggage agent of the Michigan
Central railroad. "The baggngemen,"
declared Mr. Deerlng, "are tired of bear
ing the brunt of public complaint when
the railroads should be blamed for more
than 80 per cent of the damage done to
the owners of luggage and baggage."
The Indictments brought against the
railroads by Mr. Deerlng summed up in
a nutshell are:
1. Underpaid help. 2. No opportunity
for promotion. 3. Instead of a commo
dious car for baggage the railroads
provide one-half a car in which the
baggageman Is compelled at the risk of
bis life to pile trunks to the roof and
raise sheol with their contents when
they are dragged out. 4. Jjick of time
In which to handle baggage. 5. A too
Jieavy baggage allowance.
In plain Engllsb the baggage service
offers but few positions worth striving
for and the kick and knocks showered
upon the average baggageman not only
make him tired but exasperate his ten
der sensibilities to such a degree that
the only relief within his reach is to
punch and knock the round backed
dressing cases that contain the bridal
wardrobes, wring the handles from the
flat-bed steamer trunks of prima donnas
and spill on the railroad platform all
the knick-knacks and bric-a-brac gath
ered by the schoolma'ams during their
vacation trips.
rity the poor bnggnge smasher. His
lot Is not to be envied even If he occa
sionally pockets a tip from an apprecia
tive dog fancier or a shamefaced rabbit
shooter.
FKttDOU OF LABOR.
Every Intelligent reader of current
events must have realized that the labor
question has recently assumed "a new
phase, so that uom' the cardinal point
iu the controversy between capital and
lalxir lias reference to the rights of un
organized labor. This is the paramount
question before the Civic Federation,
the discussion of which is of the great
est possible interest.
It is not to bo doubted that since the
anthracite strike commission rendered
its decislou, in which it sustained the
proiosltlon of free labor, holding that
every man had the right to control bis
labor as he pleased, there has been n
growing sentiment in support of thla
view. It Is safe to say that the idea of
"free labor" is more generally accepted
at this time than ever before in the
lust quarter of a century aud it Is al
together probable that it will grow.
A very lnqortant decision bearing
tqton this wus rendered n few days ago
by the pupreme court of Pennsylvania,
which Is certain to attract a great deal
of attention. The case before the court
was not one itetween capital and labor,
but between organizations of labor, In
volving the right of one to Interfere
with the work of members nf the other,
there Wing no affiliation between them.
Briefly stated, members of the organiza
tion of hulldiuit trades In Philadelphia
refused to work with" mcmlicrs of the
league of plumbers, resulting in the
discharge of the latter by the con
tractors. Thereupon the Plumbers'
league appealed to the courts aud the
action of the building trades was de
clared to be unlawful.
lu an elalsrate decision the supreme
court of Pennsylvania declared, among
other things, that while it is the right
of members of a trade union to refuse
to work with nonunion men, or with
men of other organizations not altiliuted.
they are not Justified in using Intimida
Hon or other coercive, uie us to prevent
those to whom they are opposed from
working. The court said: "The right
to the free use of his bauds is the work
man's property as much as the rich
man's right to the undisturbed Income
from bis factory, houses and lands.
This right of acquiring property la an
inherent, indefensible right (if the work
man. To exercise It he must have the
unrestricted privilege of working for
secli employer as be chooses, at u t
wagea as be choose to accept. This
Is a right which the law of no trade
anion cut taka from aim." Intelligent
meu In organized lalnir will do well to
consider thoughtfully Ibis Judicial view
of the limitation which the law imposes
upon the trades tin Ions and the rights
which under our constitution are guar
anteed to every man In the matter of
dlsiKisIng of his labor, both as to the
choice of employers and the price that
be shall ask for his lnlmr.
The discussion of the labor problem
before the National Civic Federation
pretty plainly Indicates that new ideas
are gaining ground which organised la
bor cannot afford to Ignore. Indeed, It Is
becoming apparent that the more ad
vanced leaders of organised labor are
becoming convinced that there must be
greater conservatism on the part of
trades unions and a better disposition
to use all proper means to conserve
Industrial peace. "Freedom of labor"
la a shlblmleth that appeals very
strongly to all right-minded Americans.
STILL PVHTKKTOL'S.
The far eastern war cloud has not yet
been wholly dispelled. In spite of re
cent Intimations of a more or less re
assuring nature, the ' fact remains. If
the most receut advices afe to be ac
cepted as, trustworthy, that the danger
has not entirely passed and that there
is still even more than a possibility of
a conflict between Russia aud Japan.
As we pointed out some days ago, the
Russian policy, as evidenced In the tn
tlnuance of warlike preparations of that
power, is not conducive to peace. On
the contrary, whether so intended or
not, It Is very distinctly contrlbutivc
to war. That war would bo the out
come of present conditions if Japan
could be assured of any substantial
support from any other country may
be regarded as absolutely certain.
There Is, however, no assurance and
even no probability that should Japan
go to war with Russia she would have
anything more than the moral support
of any other nation and from this she
would derive no benefit. In an unaided
conflict with Russia It Is not to be
doubted thut Japan would eventually
be lnviteu. Her wiser statesmen un
derstand this aud are evidently doing
all in theif power for an amicable ad
justment of what Is n most perplexing
and dangerous problem, in respect of
which Russia unmistakably has the ad
vantage. HKAvrirriAo rut; city.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
The organized movement, for making
Omaha beautiful merits encouragement.
It Is to be hoped, however, that the
effort to beautify the city will not stop
with the planting of shade trees, the
laying out of parks and grass plots, the
cultivation of flowers, the erection of
public fountains and the cleaning of
streets. The artistic Ideal must be em
bodied In our architecture, lu the erec
tion of public buildings, school houses,
theaters, office buildings, business blocks,
residences and dwellings.
We should not permit the erection of
unsightly nky-scrupers, flre-trap hotels
and brick boxes with big smokestacks
that disfigure our principal thorough
fares. ' Last, but not least, we must
hew down the forest of posts that dis
figure our streets and make telegraph,
telephone and lighting companies bury
their wires under ground,' and compel
trolley lines to substitute ornamental
Iron poles of uniform height for tlio
present wooden stumps of variegated
heights and sixes.
"Are we becoming a nation of flat
dwellers?" That is a question pro
pounded before the Illinois Building
Association league at Its annual conven
tion at Chicago. With equal propriety
the question might have been pro
pounded, whether we are becoming a
nation of. skyscraper climbers. The
twelve-story flat located In the heart of
the city with Its modern conveniences
of steam heat, electric light, elevators,
restaurants aud soda water stands Is
more attractive for a large class of city
dwellers than love In a cottage In the
distant suburbs without water, gas or
furnace.
Every one of the republican nominees
for district Judge in this district has
beeu tried in positions of public trust
before. Their records nre open, but
the opisjsitlon contents itself with
vnguo generalities about Incompetency
and untruistworthlness. If there were
anything In the records discreditable -to
the men the democrats are trying to
hammer down, be sure they would be
out with specific charges.
Jo a of Travel Multiply.
Chicago News.
Another of th joys of travel on the
two-mile-a-minute trolley cur will Ite the
fascinations of speculating as to whether
or not one la going to come out of the
experience alive.
Old and New Proinsiers.
Nw York Financier.
When John 1-aw s Mississippi bulblo
burst he fled to Paris to avoid tho exe
crations which his presence excited. If
human nature has not chanced, ti e Eu
ropean vacutloii season ought to open soon
nd with it null.
Irrigation nm4 Pounlallnn.
Kansas City Journal.
Nature seems to have Intended that the
dwisest agricultural population In the
world should live in the Vnlted 8taten.
No country of equal else is Intersected by
so many brooks, creeks and small and
great rivers whose waters are available
for Irrigating. We may be sure that
when the time comes for the Amerlcun
people to take advantage of these Im
mense natural resources they will not be
alow to do mi.
New Idea la He form.
Baltimore American.
A new Idea In the reformation of crim
inals has sprung up. It la foreshadowed In
a report that a noted forger will be pen
sioned to keep him from forging ahea.l
In his nefarious little plan. A pension
system for veterans of the army of crime
is about sa novel aa it la vicious, and It
is to he hoped that the reformation fad,
run m.td, hu not conceived so wild an
Idea aa thla. It seems absurd on the face
of It, but then fads flourlas tin tbsuxdiUes
m ua a natural dia .
rEnsovit, Asn othkkwisk.
Senator Piatt la safely out of the woods.
At last accounts the Ixmdon artillerist
have had no regrets to report about their
ens-ag-omenta in Boston and vicinity.
The seal for learning Is smashing the
record. Five thousand books have been
stolen from the New York public library
In one year.
The price of diamonds have been boosted
several prgs. Now more than ever before
It requires bl money to shine In this
world of ours.
town In Philadelphia policemen are so
busy that professional thieves complain
they cannot make a living. The cops want
all there Is In altiht.
Washington astronomers report that the
spots on the sun are growing In else. There
Is no causa for alarm, however. Congress
will get busy presently.
Toledo proposes to soak its master
for IV) for each offense. The penalty Is a
misfit. A more effective treatment would
be to consign them to the docks and let
the files at them.
The poison squad of the Agricultural
department which successfully withstood
ft feed of aalypllic add. In going against
the real thing now. The members are up
against breakfast food. They deserve a
btttcr fate.
Seattle bachelors have sent eastward a
loud cry for more women matrimonially
Inclined. Here Is the chance of a lifetime
for the surplus of eastern maids to spurn
attcd ghosts and buckle up with real live
people of the webfoot tribe.
Charley Bookwalter was defeated for re
election as mayor of Indianapolis. Charley
was a typo In his brighter days. Politics
turned htm from path lof righteousness
and usefulness and a good printer was
spoiled to make a poor politician.
A Chicago philosopher, member of the
City council, fathers this solid truth: "Ex
cuses are the vel of cowardice. Square
men stand their ground and face the
music." It If probable he was squinting
toward his Omaha brethren at the time.
A New York man started out with a
lamp to find a leak In a gaspipe. The pre
sumption is that he found It, for his re
mains were discovered In the cellar when
the fire was put out. Mention. is made of
thla melancholy Incident merely to show
thut the green things of Gotham may be
scorched by other methods than thoae cm
ployed by Charley Schaub and Plerp
Morgan.
BABIES IS TIIF. BANANA BKIT.
ffaaaelons Tips from av Ileal States
man tn North Dakota.
New York Sun.
Lieutenant dovernor Bartlett of North
Dakota Is a sagacious statesman. He has
foresight. He is a member of the World's
Fair Commission of his state. What con
stitutes a atate? Not merely women and
men, high minded men. but babes, fat
checked nnd healthy- babes. It la Mr. Bart
lett s patriotic belief that the North Da
kota babies, kissed by the sephyrs and
the candidates of the banana belt, nre the
most btautlful, vigorous and active In the
world. "Give mo the North Dakota babies,"
says he. "and I care not who tins the rest
of the vote." '
To show the world at Bt. Louis what the
North Dakota climate and baby are, Mr.
Bur t let t means to have a full photographic
parade of that Infantry. All North Dakota
parents blsed with tclon between I and
3 will please send photographs of the same
to the lieutenant governor.
'What a nice man Mr. Bartlett Is! What
a sensible man! What a good Judge of state
products and legitimate state pride!" fo
cry the proud mothers, the equally proud
though wholly unimportant fathers. Is
there not the making of a governor, a
senator, who knows what else of great,
In this Ingenious lieutenant governor? He
takes the grand Issue and makes It his.
CONTEMPT OF COIKT IN MISSOURI.
Efforts of tbe Slate Supreme Court to
Jnatlfy Judicial Tyranny.
St. I.ouIp Globe-Democrat.
Nothing just like the full opinion of the
Missouri supreme court on constructive
contempt has been seen since the gov
ernment of the United States was formed.
The case, aa Is well known, was one in
which a republican editor of Warrvnaburg
(Mo.) was cited before the state supreme
court for charging the court with corrup
tion in repeatedly affirmlnu and than re
versing a judgment for dnniages awirdd
a railroad man crippled for life in a wreck
In which, it waa claimed, a decayed, un
inspected car caused the accident. It is
alto remembered that the editor, when ar
raigned before the state supreme cO-irl, waa
denied a tilaj by Jury, ami, within a few
hours, was lined luuO for constructive con
tempt. The fine was paid, spontaneously
and without regard to party lines, by the
fellow dtlxenti of the editor, whose neigh
bors may 1m presumed to know more about
the cae, with Its ten yeurs of complicated
delays, than the residents of any other
pui t of l.ie etate. What liability is incur
red by Miseourians who voluntarily came
forward to pay a fine Imputed by the state
supreme court for constructive contempt,
so that the defendant himself does not pay
a cent. 1 a branch of the matter not aa
yet brought to Ibsub. But if A fines U
tor constructive contempt and C presents
hlmsfll, not only' voluntarily, but gladly,
to pay the lint. It would seem thut C par
ticipates in the contempt as well as dis
charges the entire penalty.
In Its full opinion on constructive con
tempt, which has been in preparation three
months, the Alitouri supreme court gooa
bark to the time of the Roman emperors,
and to ldcu on scut' ion In the former gov
ernment of KiigUml iind the Kngllsb. colon
ics. No doubt there waa something ajctu
tu constructive contempt, according to Eng
lish Judicial opinion, In the ooloniul pro
ceeding of Oeorga Washington, Benjamin
Franklin, Tbomas Jefferson and all the
signers of tbe declaration, yet American
(illxens are scarcely prepared to be dealt
with in courts of today on the Knglisti
basis of the eighteenth or earlier centuries.
One of the English precedents cited bears
the dote of year l'stt. A well-known royal
personage, Ueorge 111., waa on (he Ktig.isli
throne at that time. In the saint period
180 different crimes, Including a theft of
Ave shillings, were punishable by death. It
was a hanging affair then to counterfeit
the stamps on perfumery or hair powder,
to rob a rabbit-warren or cut down a tree.
Many things have rhfcnged In tbe legal and
judicial framework in the years between
the England of lTt and tho Uuited 8ta.tes
(including Missouri) of IJC.
Another striking feature of the construc
tive contempt decision of the Missouri su
preme court la Its profuse quotations front
the bible. As to the practical application
of a scriptural text to a particular case In
court, judges and lawyers would bo more
in agreement than are a largd number of
denominational bodl.s li their creedal po
sltlona. The bible also contains passages
on unjuai, venal and fa! judges, concern
ing tho application of wblch there would be
a wide divergence of views. It is remarked
by the state supreme court of the article
publlahed by the Warrenahurg editor that
It "attacks the nonesty, integrity and pur
ity of every branch of the state govern
ment, and of the several officers, and then
attacks the d(nocrutc nominating conven
tion of 13H." It is our opinion tha.t that
convention of deep-eeated, long-exiating
party corruption, waa t:e wtrst vmglora
erate of crime aad fraud ever known la tbe
husiory or politics la say state of Uia
Amerluaa union, .
SKCt LAK SHOTS AT TUN Tl l.riT.
Philadelphia Press: "Klljah IIP Is being
well fed by his own ravings.
Chicago TVIbune: Io you remember
that fifty years ago, aa a rule, the fam
ilies of Methodist preachers had to pack
up and move to some other town every
year?
Brooklyn Ragle: Oh, horrors! We spend
more on chewing gum than on missions!
Ah, but by keeping some jaws busy, oth
erwise than In talk, we do the best kind
of mission work. N
Boston Globe: A Oeorgla gentleman,
defending Rev. 8am Jones, who Is charged
with being too pugilistic, quotes John
vl, 20, as follows: "Hit bis eye! Pc not
afraid!" Which only shows how Scrip
ture can be perverted.
Chicago Tost: "You money and your
life, but In any event your money." la the
war cry with which the hosts of Zlon will
startle Gotham. Dowle has with much
cleverness selected a slogan which Wall
street will understand.
Oklahoma ledger: The following motto
In u local church stands out In bold re
lief done In cardboard and evergreen:
"I,ook l'p; lift Cp." On occasions of an
unusually long sermnn the congregation
would quite likely be pleased to add, "Let
up" to the couplet.
Chicago Inter-Ocean: A minister In this
city received R letter from member of
his rongregattnn calling his attention to
the fact that the Lord never rode In nn
automobile. The minister rend the letter
from the pulpit and remarked: "If the
writer will come to me next Sunday prop
erly saddled and bridled, T will gladly fol
low the fjord's example iind come to
church as the Ixird entered Jerusalem.''
DOMKSTIC PI.K AS ATltlK.
Rhe There ernes tho American girl who
snulhel a prince.
He The prince was already married, I
presume.New York Weekly.
Nell Bo the engagement Is broken off?
Belle Yes. It aeems she told lilm one
evenlnR that she wasn't half lienutlrtil
enough to be his wife, nnd he didn't deny
her statement quick enough to suit her.
Chicago Tribune.
Ms Let's form n society for mutual ad
miration. I. for Instance, admire your
beautiful eyes. And what do you admire in
me?
Ehe Y'our good taste Household ledger.
She Candidly, do you caro a rap whether
I appear well or not?
He cnnlously What kind of a wrap?
Detroit Free i'resa.
Mrs Muggins My husband always takes
a dav off when he has n birthday.
Mrs. Hoggins And when you have one I
suppose you take a couple of years off.
Philadelphia Record.
Mother If yott hadn't encouraged the
young man he wouldn't have kissed you.
Daughter O! mother, I told hint to go
away.
Mother Yon did?
Daughter Yes. I said. "Now. you go
'way" every time Philadelphia Press.
"Are vour Intentions serious?" dotnmidikl
the father, who had come suddenly Into the
darkened parlor
"Serious: repeated tne youtn. wno was
holding n lOO-pound mnlden on his knees.
"Well. I should say so. Why, I've been
training for this." -Chicago Post.
"Minnie, can you trust yourself to me?
Will you let me Ve your shield amid the
storms and tempests of "
"George, you poor dear, how can a man
who weighs nnly 113 pounds be even a wind
shield?" Chicago Tribune.
Me I understand that you are to be con
gratulated She No. The engagement Is broken off.
He That is what I heard. Somervllle
Journal.
WHEX 19 THE TIME TO DIE f
Amanda M. Edmonds.
1 asked a glad and happy child,
Whose hands were filled with (lowers,
Whose silvery laugh rang treti ami wild,
Among the vine-wreatned oowcrs,
I crossed her path and cried,
"When Is the time to die?"
"Not yet! Not yell ' the child replied,
And swiftly bounded by.
I asked a maiden, bark she flung
Tho tresses of her hair;
A whispered name Was un her tongue.
Whose memory hover'd there.
A flush passed o'er her Illy brow,
I caught her spirit's sign;
"No; now," she cried, "on. no, not now!
Youth Is no ilme tu die.
I asked a mother as she pressed
Her first burn in her arms,
AS gently on her lender breast
She hush'd lnT babe's alarms.
In quivering tones her answer came,
Her eyes were dim with tears:
"My boy his mother's life must claim
For many, many years!''
I questioned otie In manhood's prime,
Of proud and fearless air,
Hla brow was furrowed not by lime.
Or dimmed by woe and care.
In angry accents he replied--
And gleamed with scorn his eye:
"Talk not to me of death." he cried,
"For only age should die."
I questioned Age; for him, i lie tomb
Had long been all prepared.
But death, who withers youth and bloom,
Thla man of years had spared.
Once more his nature's dying tiro
Flashed high, ns thus he cried:
"Life, on'y life, la my desire!"
Then gttaped and groaned and died.
I asked a Christian: "Answer thou,
When Is the hour of death?"
A holy calm was on hla brow.
And peaceful was his breath;
And sweetly o'er his features stolo
A smile, a light divine;
Me spako the language of his soul,
"My Master's time l mine!"
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1519-21 Doujlu Street
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one-third to one-
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variety a'i the
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1513 DodgeSt
rsac
' Tho price and quality of Egg-O-See
make it a standard for the
world. It is displacing ninety per
cent of all other flaked wheat foods
wherever introduced.
Retails at Q cents
Yet' the quality is th best and the
package is full weight. The largest
food mill in the world enables us
to do this.
Ask Tour fJrocir for tin Onei fickiu
If your inwer lift ant koealt.MtiduihUnssi
il v and we will wud J ou pactm;e, praps.
Addi m all ooiataiintmUoiM te
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EYE RESPONSIBILITY
Wc icaiixt the responsibility laid ca
Aiitw.1i.nw W rpflllze thut the wroua
I Classes would ruin sight, while the rllit
tJInsdcs strenginen nnu improve in" sikiii.
Realising these things, could we afford to
be earelrrs and Inaccurate?
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faxtoii Blsck,
Furniture.
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oi 1k' :.t $1 !.. il.l.Ti. Jli..
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l'riiuvM lroser, ct nil rlerod
o.ik. two email, oi.e large
druwvi, di-' iilate uiilTOi
St JO. 4.1,
Others at J'S M, MJ.U), $35.00,
tli.00 HAid IS. ML
C'hlfTonirreii of Mlished oak,
five larse drawers, lx.'4 pattern
plate mlrr ir, neatly trimmed
ht)U.j&
others at 110, 112, J1X25, 16.M
and
Iron iieis. one and one-half
Inch continuous poata, blaek.
while and colors. ur full aiae
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others ut raw. M, ns, m,
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