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TIIE OMAITA DAILY REE: SUNDAY, MARCH 20. 1904.
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It turns out that bulling the cotton
market Is not the soft snap it was
cracked up to be.
It Is pretty nearly time for Russia's
luck to turn if Japan is not to get al
together too chesty.
John X. Baldwin has endorsed Mr.
Gurley for United States district at
torney. That ought to fix it.
We presume that ring Yang, which
has Just been occupied by the Japanese,
Is some sort of a cousin to ring Pong.
Hours committee No. 1 evidently
thinks It easier to bear a lesser evil than
to undertake to settle the race question
ln South Carolina. V
Russia may have a chance to discover I
the difference between marching to I
Poklng with the Japanese forces and 1
marching to Peking without them. J
Former President Cleveland has Just
celebrated another Dirtnaay anniversary,
Jt Is needless to say that Colonel Bryan I
forgot to send a birthday present
Partnership witn calamity is not uie
mosi certain roaa to success, as uaniei
8uiiy- who ciaimea tne Don weevu as
his partner in the cotton boom, wUI
have to testify.
It la to be hoped that the Abyssinian
hyena sent to President Roosevelt lost
his voice ln transit to America. The
presidential campaign will furnish noise
p " , . v k
.v. iu ,;...
British war corresnondents who want
to retain their usefulness will hereafter
say nothing derogatory to "the thin red I
line ot heroes" when sent to report wars
In which Great Britain Is engaged.
What has become of the Gorman presl
dentlal boom? It must have gone up ln
moke with the Baltimore fire, for It
certalnly has ceased to attract attention
in public discussion of presidential
politics.
b
General- Leonurd Wood is to be con-
gratulated, but with cable tolls to the j
Philippines at practically prohibitive
figures most of his friends will prefer
to write rather than to wire tholr good'
wishes.
Ihe state ot Missouri evidently does I
not pay lawyers for defending pauper
criminals. That is the only plausible
xplunutlon of the fact that no lawyer
could.be found to volunteer to defend I
William Rudolph.'
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If the New England savant, who has
reached the conclusion that much crime
la due to 'suggestion, would have sent
long a method for repelling such sug
gestion his remarks would Jmve buen
. more to' the point.
The action of the Sixth Nebraska dU-
trlct republicans ln protecting their can-
dldate for congress ahead of the other
five districts Is another illustration of
the proverb about the last being flrst
sal th rf Kui i-.t
-
General Leonard Wood colckrated his
confirmation as major general by de -
featlng a force of 2,000 Moros, which
will reconcile the people to his elva-
tlon. since the American honors above
11 the man who does something.
A free tip to lawmakers at Washing -
ton: In the consideration of the post -
office appropriation bill the surest way
to kill au Item Is to charge that It U
there for the benefit of one Mr. Bristow,
the fourth assistant postmaster general.
The Bee's prognostication that former
Congressman W. K. Andrews would shy
Lis castor Into the senatorial ring has
proved corrtH-t Tho prise is not to be
awarded until next winter and it Is not
to be expected that any one aspirant
U1 Lava auoaoiiol of Uis ruunius.
ILLlTKRACr AND IMMIGRATION. I
From the dlsoiieqlon going on In east-1
ern pnpors It is plain tbnt another effort I
la to tw made before long to moke the I
Immigration laws more stringent by I
prescribing an educational test In nddl-1
tlon to the present rigid physical nnd I
mental requirements. The burden ofldlan policy Is Inimical to American In
the argument is that while Immigration I
lawg are fairly effective to keep out
crime and disease they do not keep out
Ignorance, and that this Ignorance is a
dangerous menace to the Institutions of
a country where an alien can become a
voter in live years or less. Flv years,
It Is sold, la too short a time for proba-lthe
tlon, and yet In some states aliens are I
permitted to vote after they have been
residents but a year or a year and a I
I. 1 ' f ...- . 1 . 1 1. n f . .... t I t
1141 II., I1IHI IIUC IHKfll IMIl lliru UIBL mi i- I
unitization papers. The conclusion Is I
therefore reached that oven If the term I
of probation were to be ten years or
fifteen years, the hopelessly Ignorant I
aliens would never become, intelligent
voters, and it is lietter to go to the root I
or tne matter ny rornmaing me immi-1
. . . ...... ... .1
Pn.inn . initerntes nltnirether
grntion or linteraxes airofcetner.
The agitation against the further ad-
mission of immigrants from Europe un-1
questionably lias a foothold among cer-1
tain, classes who. forget that the whole
population of this country can be traced I
European Immigration without going
uaCk more than two or three genera-
0I1B nn such sophistry as thlB appeals I
to them In spite of its lack of logic. In I
19 " juVktoP"0 flrst PIaee' ue most dangerous citl-1
eoU8 are not alwny ne most ignorant.
In the second place literacy need not be
"ter!lry ln tl,e English language, al-
t,,ouu It might take an educated for-
elgner almost as long to become occub-
tomn, to ol,r InnBuage and methods of
povernment as an uneducated foreigner,
ve certainly cannot expect an Immt-
grant to learn the English language be-
foro coming to this country, and even If
he did learn it he could gain at that dis
tance but an Inadequate conception of
our institutions. Finally, an illiterate
alien is no more dangerous than an illit
erate native, but on the contrary often
Decomes a more desirable citizen.
ine cnier weaitness or tnis wnoie ar-
gument against immigration is that it
confounds the question of immigration
and naturalization. The mere fact that
we admit aliens and give them certain
rights or citizenship does not entitle
them to, nor require us to grant, the
ngnt to vote. Admitting that the pro-
nauonary penoa is in many states ai-
together too short, that is simply a valid
reason for lengthening that' period, and
the Banie reosons that would require an
educational test for the franchise be-
fore naturalization would require an
educational franchise test fcr native
voters as wen. aj a mutter 01 raci in
Nebraska, ana, we believe, ln most of
1110 states, naturalization is not a right
but a privilege, and can be withheld by
the Judge presiding over the court from
which final papers are procured. If in
his Judgment the applicant Is not quail-
fled for full citizenship. It rests, there-
lore, with the authorities Issuing nat-lcini
uralizatlon papers to apply the educa-
tlonal test ln a reasonable manner. This
wouia not Keep out any desirable Imml-
gration because the right to vote is not
usually the prime incentive to their com-
ing, although It would bar the hope-
lessly illiterate from the exercise of the
franchise.
All competent observers agree that
0nr present Immigration laws are work-
ing satisfactorily,, along the lines they
were Intended to operate, and there are
no good grounds for closing the doors
tighter now while the great states of
thn wpat are eaa-er to welcome tha In. I
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dustrlous settler willing to help develop
thotr e-eaniirce. TlHrenm In th Imml.
rrant ot tia7 quickly wiped out ln
tt,e nex feneration and the children of
Illiterate parents, thanks to our superb
educatiorihl equipment are- quickly
counted among our most substantial citl- ing northward to Bolivia, says the re
censhlp. I port of Commissioner Pepper, and
CANADIAN TOLLY
Every idea that comes from Canada
which Is antagonistic to the proposition
of better relations between the United
States and tne uominion, is oorn or
some prejudice or hostility to this coun-
try which is without justification. There
seems to be among our northern neigh-
bors an Instinctive and innate desire to
And fault with everything that occurs
on this side of the line affecting Cano-
dlan Interests. Whether intelligently or
fairly or otherwise our Canadian neigh-
bors are ever prone to And fault and
to raise difficulties which render more
or less troublesome all the questions
I
and Issues between the two countries,
That SDlrit Is being shown at present,
According to an address delivered at
the recent opening of the Dominion
Parliament by the Canadian premier
there was no favor or concession to be
asked of the United States. While
confessing a desire to have closer trade
relations between this country and the
Dominion, the premier still declared
. . . m . a M A s - A.M . M II. .
lUtt 11 w ln aieruimuon vi uio
Canadian government not to take any
10 Dnn" aDoul ,ucn an "n"8"
nient and that U anytning was done
j m tnnt d,rerl,m tne Initiative must be
taken ny tne uuuea Mates.
I . .. . . ... ...
The rony or sucn a position as mis
will be apparent to every American citl-
1 sen, whatever his views In regard to
the question of reciprocity. Why should
the United States take the initiative In
I a movement for reciprocity with Can
adu? The opportunity which that coun-
try had at the last meeting of the high
1 Joint commission to secure a reciprocity
1 agreement It deliberately sacrificed and
I It has now no Just claim for further
consideration ln connection with thut
question.
I Appreciate as we nisy the expres-
alons of good will and friendship on the
I part of the premier of Canada, so re -
I centiy enunciated, we are still unable
I to forget that It Is not so very long
ago that this same statesman, with his
I colleagues ln th Dominion government
I were uncompromisingly attacking the
I American government aud doing all In
thrlr now cf to create British sentiment
hostile to this country. However solid
ton we may l In the matter of pie-
serving our trade with the Iminlnlon
and it I" certainly worthy of prosprvn
tlon we cannot overlook the fact that
the whole temper and tendency of Cana-
terestB.
CO-VPtBATnK chakiti
The F.ce prints on another page an
article by Nov. A. W. Clark of this city
Ion the subject of associated charities
which states the case very plainly for
co-operation of our local charitable
agencies. This Is n subject on which
iThe Hoc Has hammered from time to
time and for which n movement should
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Mr. Clark truly says that "no other
city the size of Omnlm In Amerloa can
be found without such an organization,"
and he calls attention to the fact that
the lack of system In charitable work by
the various philanthropic Institutions
supported ny our puDiic-spiruea cuizens
... . .. . ..
Is chargeable with a tremendous amount
of waste and misdirected effort. People
who contribute to charitable purposes
have a right to ask for an assurance
that the money will be spent in a way
calculated to bring about the best re
suits. To duplicate, through ignorance
or neglect, a charity, no matter how
worthy and deserving, Is to deprive
some other deserving object of assist-
a nee equally needed,
The Idea is put forth that a scheme of
charity organization be projected ; nd
executed in connection with' the newly
established International Christian insti-
tute, nn Idea which should commend it-
self to all thoughtful people interested
ln the subject The co-ordination of our
numerous charitable agencies is a work
as essential and urgent as the conduct
of those agencies themselves,
SOOTH AM&HICA BT BAIL.
Among the great projects that are be
ing considered at this time with a view
to the expansion of commerce, especially
hMn - ann ti.n TTnitiwi fstnt nnri tbo ennn
trleg 80Utn of U8 none l9 nioro important
than that of constructing a great railway
to unlta the northern and the southern
continents. This is a subject which has
been talked of for many years and
whlch ha8 tne endorsement of some of
the most practical and the wealthiest
of our gt capitalists. Men who rep
resent millions are ln an organization
whose object is to promote the con
.traction of an Inter-continental rail
roa(j, connecting the northern and south-
ern continents of this hemisphere by n
band of steel that would contribute
more than anything else to preserve
ppnce between them and promote trade
that would be of mutual advantage.
The Idea of a panamerlcan railway,
originated years ago and repeatedly
talked of since by men of the highest
standing ln the financial aud railway
world, seems to be ln a fair way to be-
come a material pronosltion. The sne
commissioner appointed by Fresl-
dent Roosevelt to Investigate conditions
in the South American countries with
reference to the construction of the pro-
posed railway has made his report and
tt8 facts and recommendations are such
U. to lustlfr the conclusion that the
proposed enterprise cannot only be suc-
rssfnllv rnrrled out. but would nrovn
nrofltable as an Investment That is all
that American capital will need to know
in order to embark in the enterprise and
carry It to success.
Mr. Pepper, the commissioner sent out
by the president, furnishes some very
intn.A.in tnnta n nrnA
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Ulster republics to the south are very
v. . i
American as well as lateral railways, if
they are to take the place in the world's
horizon indicated by climate, resources
and Droductiveness. Argentine la build-
Mexico southward to Guatemala,
Nego
tiations are going on for a line through
Nicaragua and a similar activity is be-
ginning to appear in Costa Rica. Chile
iB to tunnel the Andes, thus connecting
vtth the Argentine rail systems. Pern
8 nxlous to bring rails to Its deposits
0f coal and copper and Is considering
Kuiys and means for the extension of
lines to trade centers. It is said that
the link of greatest difficulty and un
certainty in the great railroad scheme
u the long one through the Isthmus and
ths republic of Colombia, but this Is
not regarded as Impracticable to con
struct.
According to Commissioner Permer.
I " '
only 4,800 miles of railroad are lacking.
ail the war from Mexico to Areentine.
to make the vast system complete and
ever this distance much of the work Is
going on within the different countries.
The entire cost of the construction of
the proioaed intercontinental rallroud Is
act down at $150,000,000 and there
seems to be no doubt that the Invest
nient would be fairly profitable from the
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Degmning. i uai jn mnaing togetner
the countries of the northern and south
j ern continents or America tne proposed
railroad would De or tne greatest pos
Bible benefit 1 an Indisputable propo
sltlon. Tne construction- or a rauroaa
i uniting tne nonnern ana soumern con
tinents of this hemisphere may not be
achieved ln the near future, but there
lean be no doubt of Its ultimate aceom
plUhmeut
Representation ln the coming populist
national convention is based on an an-
I portlonment of delegntes according to
I the votaN cast for General Weaver for
I president In lr2. Inasmuch. as Colonel
j Bryan admits having cast his ballot ln
1 18 for General .Weaver, ha will be
represented la the pop""" convention
as well as In the democratic convention.
1 It is barely possible- he would feol more
at home with the populists than with
I the democrat.
I Five hundred Servians will fight in
I the Russian army. In other words,
I King Peter has not missed the oyyor-
tunity of making himself solid with the
csar. When Nicholas recognize the
son of the BWineherder, others may
follow.
The people of our enlightened com
monwealth should not overlook the dis
graceful exhibit of backsliding from
electoral reform held up to them by
Kentucky, whose legislature during the
pat week enacted a bill providing for
the submission of an amendment to the
constitution to repeal the secret ballot
system of voting and to r.ntore the
viva voce method which was in force
In that state prior to the adoption of
the present -constitution in 1SU0. The
bill was passed by a strictly party vote
os a democratic measure over the
strenuous opposition of the republicans,
and If it Is made a party issue in l!sX,
when it comes before the electors, there
may well be grave apprehensions that
it will carry.
Its champions could hardly have
rraigned themselves more directly than
in giving as the reason for their action
the excuse that the secret ballot system
is worked ogatnst the democratic
party by enabling democrats who could
not stomach the party nominees to vote
the republican ticket under cover, when
they would not have dared to do so ln
the open. What to the Kentucky demo
crats Is most objectionable in the secret
ballot is the very thing that commends
it to the friends of electoral reform-
amely, that it does away with intimida
tion and terrorizing and affords each
voter the opportunity to cast a ballot
representing his own personal convfe
tions. The open ballot system, on the
other hand, is an invitation to corrup
tion by facilitating the delivery of the
goods, and also an incentive to Intimi
dation, bulldozing and violence. In a
word, the secrecy of the ballot has come
to be regarded as one of the essentials
of free government and it Is simply
mazing that a state like Kentucky
should for a moment entertain a pro
posal to give up this priceless privilege
nd go back to the dark days of force
nd fraud. Suffice it to say that no
such step could ever be taken except
in a state dominated by partisan-blind
democrats resolved to resort to the most
desperate means to keep themselves ln
power.
Omaha has certainly gotten the cold
shoulder in the realignment, of the su
preme court commission. This judicial
state's population, but It has no repre-
dlstrlct contains almost a sixth of the
sentation whatever among the six Judges
nd commissioners who constitute the
supreme court. We presume, however,
we will be permitted to continue to fur
nish the large share of litigation for the
court to pass on.
Mayor Moorcs Is enlisted ln the cam
paign to beautify Omaha. Energetic
action by the city authorities means a
great deal, but the co-operation of the
Individual citizen is equally necessary,
Omaha can be made beautiful only if
evVry one interested in tho city does his
or her part.
Just Like the PoffllUts.
Chicago Chronicle. .
Russia and Japan, will hardly begin real
business In the field until they get through
addressing explanatory and controversial
notes to the powers.
Modesty Forbids.
Detroit Free Press (dem.)
In classifying the democrats aa regulars
and reorganlzera Mr. Bryan said nothing
about t"he disorganizes. Possibly, how,
ver, this was due to modesty.
s No Cbana-o ia Stylo.
, Washington Post
A fashion note says that gold will be
used extensively In spring millinery. It
will be difficult to convince the husband
and father that there Is any change from
former styles ln that announcement
Bplellac Over tho Wall.
Brooklyn Eagle.
China's great wall has a use In these
later days. It marks a place that. In the
opinion of the nations, Russia Is not to
pass. Russia's warning to China to stay
behind It or consider herself In trouble,
Is amusing, considering that Russia Is
walking away from It as fast as con
venient
bow Stacked oa Mooatalaa.
Portland Oregonlan.
Tho past winter has been ono of heavy
snows In the Rocky mountain states. In
portions of Yellowstone park, for example,
snow Is now twenty-five feet deep, with at
least six weeks of winter to come. If the
waters of this mass of snow could be
stored and distributed, It would mean
summer or smiling verdure throughout a
vast expanse that by the middle of August
will be dry and withered.
OTerhaallns; tho Hod Cross.
Philadelphia Press.
The steps taken ln Washington by Sena
tor Proctor, Representative William Alden
Smith and General Atnsworth, comprising
the committee appointed by ex-Secretary
Olney to make a complete Investigation of
tho affairs of the American Red Cross,
promise satisfactory results. Mr. Olney
named the committee ln- accordance with
Instructions given at the last annual meet
Ing of the Red Cross, when the charges of
mismanagement and unbusinesslike meth
ods were under consideration. A thorough
examination of the books La to be made by
accountants and both sides are to file their
statements. It will be fortunate for the
Red Cross organisation when these charges
have been thoroughly sifted, and any nec
essary changes made to remove any feeling
against the soclaty.
Beads I Mia Tails Tea Lose."
Minneapolis Journal.
An Interesting illustration of the beautiful
principle of "Heads I win, tails you lose'
has come out of a case recently dismissed
by the supreme court of the United States
for want of jurisdiction. A negro named
Giles was refused the right of registration
as a voter In Alabama. He appealed to
ths stats courts, and. losing there, to ths
United States supreme court The stat
courts decided adversely to the negro on th
ground that If tho state constitutional pro,
vision as to the qualifies Hons of a voter,
under which he wss excluded by the regis
trars, Is null and void under the federal
constitution, then the board of registration
la without authority and virtually non
existent, and, being , cannot be required
to register him or anybody else. On the
other hand. If the state constitutional pro.
vision Is valid, then by that very provision
the board of reristrsrs Isonipowere' to act
as It did. Isn't that UauUXur -Yce of
legal wisdom f
FINB TUKORY SHATTERED.
Aet.al Property Valajartd, bat
Crooked Schemes Spoiled.
Detroit Kree Press.
Nothing could have better dpmonstrated
the utter arilttelallty of the modern method
ot Industrial exploitation than the decision
of the supreme court of the I'nlted States
ln the Northern Securities case. The an
nouncement of the decision made hardly
ripple In the. stork market. Even the
stock of the Northern Securities company
Itself closed half a point 'higher for the
day. Twenty-four hours after the decision
was rendered the market betrayed no evi
dence of the slightest knowledse of a
Northern Securities company or a supreme
court of the United States.
This could not hove been the ense if the
organization of holding companies was
really necessary to the advancement of
American Industry. it could not have
been the case If .Tuslire TVhlte were rlpht
In his contention that the majority opinion
involved principles "destructive of this gov
ernment, destructive of human liberty and
estructlve of every principle upon which
organized society depends." If the court
had actually enunciated principles of the
destructive nature described by Justice
White, the country would already be pay-
ng the penalty. But as a niattfr of fact.
there is nobody who supposes that a dol-
ar s worth of real property In the country
Is worth less today than It was Monday
morning- as a consequence of this decision.
Even James J. Hill concedes that nothing
as been destroyed. The railroads are
there as they were before the Northern
Securities compnny was organized. Their
equipment has not been crippled. They are
hauling freight and carrying passeng-ors
and performing all the functions of a
common carrier Just as they were when the
court destroyed the holding company. The
decision haa not cost the railroads a pound
of freight, or added a penny to the cost
of operation. And neither has It exercised
a malevolent Influence upon the value of
properties controlled by corporations that
are made amennblo to the Shermnn law by
this decision. The entire business of the
country Is running along as smoothly as
It was before the "evolution of Industry"
was ever dreamed of.
If this proves anythirg. It proves that
the prosperity of tho people and the sta
bility of Industry bear no relation what
ever to the trust method of exploitation.
Instead of being essential to business de
velopment, the Morgan theories of pro
motion have no standing In the world of
actual things. The "logical development"
turns out to have been neither logical hor
a development.
LIVING IX GLASS HOI ES.
A Pointed Suggestion for People Ra
ataa-ed 1st Knocking; the Mormons.
Chicago Tribune.
While we are searching the recesses of
our chaste souls for words to express our
shuddering horror of simultaneous polyg
amy as practiced by the Mormons, we
might to our consternation find that we had
been providing our enemies with words
most uncomfortably applicable to consecu
tive polygamy as practiced by ourselves.
Father Sherman said the other day that In
the United States during the last twenty
years there had been 300,000 divorces.
Father Sherman stands against a back
ground which might well lond him an as
pect of authority. Fifteen hundred years
ago when turbulent barbarians settled
within tho confines of the Roman empire.
It was the Cathollo church that coerced
the vagrant lust of tho barbarian heart and
bound one woman to ono man till death did
them part. Today, when the sacrament of
marriage Is threatened, not so much by
savage bolsterouaness of passion as by the
frivolity and insincerity of men and women
to whom unshaken belief has become im
possible, it is the Catholic church that still
refuses to make a single concession to le
galised promiscuity, and that still keeps
unblemished the Ideal of an indissoluble
spiritual union between man and wife. If
we cannot subscribe to the theology of tho
Catholic church ln this matter, neither can
we fall to subscribe to Its practical moral
ity. The Smpot case ought to give a tre
mendous Impetus to the demand for a uni
form federal divorce law. The easy rout
to consecutive polygamy ought to be beset
with more obstacles. The voice of the
whole Christian community ought to be
come as clear and emphatic as the voice
of the Cathollo church.
. LAUlVDRYIXa TUB LUCRE.
Caele.a Money a. Menace Those
Who Handle It.
Philadelphia Press.
Congress every now and then listens to
such statements aa that made this weak
by the health commissioner of New York
concerning the filthy character of paper
money, but it does nothing to stop the evil.
Dr. Darlington, the health commissioner,
found 135,000 bacteria on one bill and 126.000
on another. Upon all bills were found dis
ease germs of a serious nature.
Some of the bills In circulation are abso
lutely filthy, to say nothing of their work
In distributing disease. No European na
tion has such bills In circulation. Congress
makes the laws under which all paper
money circulates In this country and It
should provide for clean money. The little
extra expense Involved should not be con
sidered for a moment, In view of the publlo
benefit that would' fqllow the prompt re
newal of the note circulation.
The Bank of England never Issues the
same bill a second time. There should bo
some such rule In this country. No bank
should be allowed to reissue a dirty bill of
Its own or one Issued by another bank. But
these filthy, disease-laden banknotes con
tinue In circulation In many cases until
they almost fall to pieces. It Is a great
mistake and has a bad effect on the public.
STRONG ME SEEDED,
Wanted, Majority Controlled by Con.
seleneo na.tb.er Tbaa Expediency.
St. Louis Republic.
Cardinal Gibbons, In a recent sermon,
said: "Wo need men who are controlled
by conscience rather than by expediency-
men who are Influenced by a sense of duty
and not of self-interest, who are swayed
by a spirit of patriotism and not by a de
sire of political preferment."
Such men are needed In the world. They
are needed. ln the pulpit, In the bar. In
politics. In business everywhere. But It
will be many years before we have S'ich
men In the majority. They are In an evi
dent minority now.
Most men are self-centered these days.
In politics the prevailing type Is working
solely for bis own good; In business he Is
seeking the overthrow of his competitors
for his own sdvancement; In the profea
slons he does not blindfold himself to the
shortcomings of his Ilk because he seeks
to benefit himself by these shortcomings.
In tho pulpit, generally speaking, ths high
salsry and carefully selected sermons are
of more Importsaoe than spreading the
homely gospel of Nasareth.
The time may coma when we shall have
only such men of whom Cardinal Gfbhona
speaks, but It Is evident all around ua that
tho time U far away.
tin tho Wheels Torn.
Detroit Free Press.
After reading the decision a second time,
Mr. Hill reluctantly admits that ths su
tireme court has not torn up any of his
track or destroyed any bridges, and that
both railroads are aUU hauling freight and
passengers.
SERMOJS BOILED DOW.
Doing cures doubting.
A pu ft Is a poor prop.
All power Involves privilege.
Convictions create character.
Fatst living Is but faster dying.
Right motives make good manners.
Only a fool's tomorrow ruins today.
Blessings are hidden In he bluws of pain.
It Is the opportunity we make that makes
us.
Better a deluded enthusiasm than a dead
heart.
Flick Hps are not accepted for flilnlng
lights. v
We do not enrich the present by ridiculing
the past.
We do mil earn heaven by pining for
paradise.
We shall be measured by what we mlsht
havo een.
Men are known by their fruits, and not
bv their feelings.
Dogmatists are sound because tbey nro
tiothlng but sound.
The goliicn rule looks nell as a motto, but
It works belter as a law.
Our chnme is not so much In our sin as
In our belnn ratlsfU-d with It.
Being up-to-date alone will not keep a
man from going down to defeat.
Tby who will not walk to do good have
small prospect of doing It on wings. Chi
cago Tribune.
SKCtl.AR SHOTS AT THF. Pfl.PIT.
Chicago' Post: There Is a strike of
choir boys In the New Tork Church of
Heavenly Rest. What's ln a name, after
allt '
Chicago Record-Herald: Dr. rnrkhurst
soys Moses was too strenuous and hot
headed. It Is unfortunate tliat the doctor
is unable to give Moses his support, but
perhaps Moses won't care, seeing that he
got there anyhow.
Memphis Appeal: The Rov. Mr. Conwell
of Boston guys tho only reason a young
man goes to church nowadays Is he-cause
his best girl Is there. Ths church that
"gits thar fust" with the most girls wilt
therefore have the congregation.
Minneapolis Journal: Booker Washing
ton calls attention to the fact that so
called Christian communities in this coun
try, which give money to send mlsslortarlcs
to the heathen, are burning negro men and
women at tho stake In broad daylight and
almost ot the very doors of Christian
churches. Mr. Washington's reference to
this fact Is embnrrasslng.
Chicago Inter Ocean: To many laymen
church-going seems to have declined chiefly
because modern preaching, with Its tend
ency to appeal to welfare In this life alone,
offers no sufficient motive for taking tho
trouble to go. By dropping the argument
of fear of the consequences of sin after
death it takes away the strongest motive
of the averago man to seek salvation in
the ordinances of rejlglon.
Chicago Chronicle: Rev. Thomas 15.
Sherman In his lecture before tho Knights
of Columbus at the Auditorium Wednesday
night expressed the opinion that polygamy
was no worse than repeated marriages by
aid of repeated divorces. In saying this
Father Sherman told the exact truth. Ths
man wh i maltreats and divorces a suc
cession of wives Is infinitely worse than
the man who marries the same number all
at once and cares for them and their chil
dren aa long aa they live. Both are crim
inal and detestable, but let ua "tote fair."
Indianapolis News: A Catholic priest at
Fort Wayne ordered an undertaker to re
move a flag from the coffin of a Spanish
war veteran and there was great excite
ment thereat. The priest explained that
by a rule of the church neither flags nor
flowers should rest on a coffin In the
church: and a very good rule it Is. There
Is a sanctity and dignity belonging to a
church that ought to bo protected by
proper regulations ana tnis , provision
strikes us as seemly. But If It were un
seemly, any and every church has a right
to make such regulations as It pleases for
Its services, and these are to be respected.
Tho Fort Wayne folk who got excited
over the episode should calm themselves.
There Is nothing about It to warrant ex
citement.
PERSONAL AMD OTHERWISE.
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The first faint tremor of the vernal
equinox is due today. If you cannot feel
it search an almanac.
The English for Vladivostok Is "I con
quer the east." The definition Is yot to be
approved by tho Nipponese.
A person struggling with a load of Jersey
lightning Is Judicially declared to be "on
the quiver." The burden bearer is lucky if
he gets off that easily.
When a thoroughbred -railroad builder
comes upon a dangerous obstruction, ne
builds around It. James J. Hill Is an ex
perienced railroad builder.
A decided downhill movement toward ths
valley smiling below Is reported ln Butte,
Mont. It's a rare, day In the copper opolls
when there's nothing doing.
Boston Is again threatened with a fish-
ball famine. While these periodical scares
are unchecked, the perpetuity of American
Institutions remains a debatable propo
sition. General Kouropatkln Intimate that when
be gets to the front there wtll be some
thing doing. A famous British general said
something similar on a like occasion. He
found hts Tugels.
A man of Vt strode Into a New Tork taa
department and cheerily waved aside ths
sympathy four-soore-and-ten evoked, "It's
mighty good to "be here," ho murmured,
"and It's worth paying for."
Any lingering doubt of tho sincerity of
Uncle Sam's neutrality policy should be
banished. "Fighting Bob" Evan la at
liberty to leave Chinese waters and corns
home by any route he chooses.
Ono of tho latest Iowa ideas Is to boost
tho egg monopoly. A resident of Ackley
la said to have sucked sixty-one eggs at
one sitting of twenty minutes. That fellow I
haa an Interior department strong enough
to digest tne Kansas City platform.
Tho Saddle Creek Debating society re
cently took a fall out of the question "Is
the backbone of winter straight or curved?"
As soon as the Judges recover from ths
frostbites gathered on the way homo a
decision on th momentous question will be
rendered.
An uncommonly large Jackpot In a club
house In Pittsburg caused ssch a degree
of excitement that one side of tho building
collapsed, leaving th male "witches" ex
posed to the rude gase and Jeers of a mul
titude of merry people. They saved the pot
Signs of spring are to be seen In London.
On In a tailor shop reads: "Dandy kirk
el e with rorty buttons and an artful fake
ment down th aides, cut saucy over ths
trotters alf a monarch." 'Ow Is that for
'IghT
Look out for tho Vernal Equinox when the sun
crosses the line March 21st.
Sheridan Coal
Is what vou want at that cold, blustery time. Nut.
cc nn AM ranllHn
hard coal lor heaters, furnaces and grates.
VICTOR WHITE COAL CO.,
Telephone 127 , 1605 Fninnm
HOMKSTIC ri.KASANTIUKS.
So Mrs. Nsghy married a nobleman.
What Is his title?"
"He hasn't anv. Ills nobility consists in
tiie fact that he married her." Detroit
Kree Press.
Nell-Kate tells mo that your engage
ment with ltalph la broken off. ....
HelloWell. no. not exactly thnt. but It IS
pretty badly lu nt. fsomervlllo Journal.
Harris-Was thnt your sister I saw with
you yisternay afternoon?
Harlow She wasn't when you saw lis. It
was Inter lit the evening when she became
my sister- Huston Transcript.
"Their engagement was very short wasn't
It?"
"Yes: she Insisted upon mtrrylntf him at
once, because she didn't like to have him
nbou the hi use." t'hliago 1'ost.
"Why do women always cry at a wed-
ril"g?" asked one of the pe'tatnrs.
"It's to make tho bridegroom feci that
any woman would be throwing herself
away by marrying him," responded the
confirmed old Ivichelor. "The object Is ti
take some of the starch out of him." Chi
cago Tribune.
"Boskln's wife Is much older than he is,
Isn't she."
"Twenty-four venrs."
"fho Is kind to him. isn't she?"
"She means to be. 81ie knits his socks
and cuts his hair." Cleveland, Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Catternn Mrs. Wllter Is ft woman
with n groit deal of prtde. Isn't she?
Mrs. Hatterson Intense. She told ma
she had ordered ns manv clothes this sea
son as she would If her husband hadn't
been In debt. Brooklyn Life.
"1 don't see any way out of It senstor,"
said his Intlmatn friend. "You'll have to
take the vice presldcney. Voo are tho
logical candidate."
"Old fellowl," responded the eminent
senator, deeply grieved, "you aro the last
man I should nave ever suspected of want
Ing my Job:" Chicago Tribune.
Miss Passny Mr. Oldbow wants me to
have my photograph taken, and I really
must
Miss Cutts Oh. yon ought to go to Kam
nrrer. Hp mado grandma's latest picture.
It's Just wonderful the way he touches up
his pictures ami eliminates the wrinkles
and all that. Philadelphia Cathollo Stand
ard. "A KIG noria PAST."
New Tork Tribune.
"Ho!" said the child, "how line tho horses
go.
With nodding plumes, with measured step
and slow.
Who rides within this coach, Is he not
great?
Some king. I think, for soo, ho rides In
state."
I ttt-red, and saw a little coffin lie
Half hid In flowers as the sloW steeds
bv.
So i all a woman's arms might hold It
pressed
As eomo rare Jcwel-cnskct to her breast
"Ho!" said tho child, "how the prctid.
horses shake
Their silver harness till they music make.
Who drlvee abroad with all this majesty?
Is It om prlnco who fain his world would
see?"
And as I looked I saw through the dim
glass
Of one nnd coach that all so slow did pass
A woman's face a mother's eves ablaro
Seise i n the child In fleroe and famished
fae.
"Dnth drlvos," I said and drew him ln
alarm
Within tho shelter of my circling arm.
So In niv heart cried out a thousand fears.
"A king goes past." He wondered at my
tears.
1904 Models.
Columbias, $50 to $90
Ramblers, $40 to $75
Gendrons, $35
These are standard lines Look
them over before buying.
In order to close out a rumber
of Inst year's modols that are shop
worn and slightly used, we make
the following prices:
$IW Rsmbler.
(chalnlpss). .
$30
i
?00 Columbia (ehnlnless, clianjrr-n-
blo Bear, spring fork, CAC '
good ns new)
00 Columbia (indies' CTfl
moduli
ft
40 F.lrtrldge (ladles'
model, good condition)
$10
0 Gcndron (ladies' model
nrw
but shop
worn)
$20
$30
$0 Wolf American.
On dies' model)
Other wheels of well known makes,
both ladles' and men's models
from
S5 to $10
Nebraska.
Cycle Co.
Geo. E. Mickel, Mgr.
16th and Uarney Streets.
Phone 1H!3.
834 Broadway, Council Bluffs.
C12 N. 24th St., South Omaha.
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