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N.Jtary 1'ubllo.
SmitoH-lJuiuont will fly back to Turls
bfluro lio will fly in St. Louis.
How iH'CoiiiuiodaUiiK in this 10(H loup
year to fcUoot tin- Klurious Fourth clear
tuTusH the Sabbath day without touch
ing It
Accoi'ilIiiK to the calendar the glorious
Fourth covers only twenty-four bourn
but tin- Niinill boy's calendars are elastic
and titretehiible.
The iiimoiiiiceiiK'nt of the illseoverj- of
iiolHeli'ss KUiiowder on the eve of the
nniioii'ri liirthday Is a cruel Joke upon
the exuberant youth of the land.
Parker men declare they are confident
of their favorite' nomination, but it is
noticeable tlmt none of thorn lias de
clared war on any other candidate.
It turns out that St. Louis got by far
the better of It over Chicago in the mat
ter of capturing a national convention
scored by its use as a drawlnu curd.
(erniany in South Africa and Great
Itrltaln In Thibet are not displeased he
cause Russia and Japan are furnishing
the public wllh all the reading mutter.
If nil gas bags were to meet the fate
of that of Santos-Duniont at St. Louis
much of the excitement of the demo
cratic national convention would be Tost.
I'erhaps General Miles refused the
prohibition nomination because he was
afraid of tlie political "Indians," but, if
so, they are the ouly Indians bo ever
feared.
Armenian bishops in I'erslu hare ap
pealed to the United States to lutervene
to suve the lives of their countrymen in
Armenia. The message to the sultan of
Morocco was heard around the world.
Former Senator Allen is in St. Louis,
enroute to Springfield, but It is safe to
Bay lie will do. nothing to makp good
his prophesy of the nomination of
Grover Cleveland by the democrats.
With, call mouey at 1 V4 per cent In Now
York City the inference would be Justi
fiable that the money kings are not
seriously alarmed over the prospect,
even in the face of the drain of the
Itusso-Japnnese war.
A Chicago man has Just gotten a
divorce on the ground that his wife pre
ferred to study medicine rather than to
administer to bis wants. Presumably
she will retort that sho was choosing
the lesser of two evils.
The democratic natloual committee, In
Its desire to show no favoritism, has
decided to display the picture of no
living democrat upon the walls of the
convention hall. Dead democrats can
not defend, themselves.
General Miles has had several narrow
escapes in his long career covering wars
at home and abroad, with savages, and
with civilized men. but none involving
greater risk than his escape from the
prohibition presidential ticket.
The political mathematicians are in
their element In the preliminaries to the
democratic national convention. They
can figure it out any way that is wanted,
although no two of them can figure it
out alike. Figures ure all wonderful
things.
The fact should not be overlooked that
in the National ICducatlonal association
elections the president chosen for the
department of elementary education
bears the euphonious name of Miss
Nebraska .Croapejr. Wo take this to be
a speclul tribute to Nebraska in honor
of the first .phue it holds iu the list of
states ranked in the order of least
UUUracjr. Nebraska always to the tore.
hover mii Kirr ns MKnESTiyA
thjx In his address on character building,
delivered In-fore the national convention
of the Young People's Christian union.
Governor Mickey asserted his U-llef that
Abraham Lincoln li) years before his
birth was destined to become president.
In other words. It Is Governor Mickey's
belief that during th glorious reign of
gueen Anne, four years after .Marl
borough bad vanquished the French
army at Itleiiheliu, seven years before
King George I had mounted the throne
of Great Itrltaln and sixty-nine years
before, liberty and Independence were
proclaimed throughout the land at Phila
delphia, Abraham Lincoln was fore
ordained to become president of the
I'niti-d States.
Hut why 1m years before his birth
and pot L'ihi, ,",(Mi or l.ooo years? If It
was foreordained Io years before his
birth that Abraham Llie-oln should rule
over the American republic as its chosen
president It must Kurely have been fore
ordained that he was to suffer martyr
dom tit tl.e builds of nn assassin, and. if
It miis foreordained tint Lincoln should
be assassinated tint years before that
tragedy was enacted, It must also have
been foreordained that Junius Hrutiis
Hooth should tire the fatal shot that
shocked the civilized world and made
millions mourn, lty the same logic It
must have been foreordained that .lames
A. Garlleld was to become a victim of
the murderous tun lice if the half crazy
Gultciui and the lamented McKlnb-y of
the wholly sane Czoltros.
As a natural seipienee the creed of
fatalism, or foivordlnatlon, also carries
with it the dogma of Irresponsibility.
Why should Hooth be execrated and
punished for a crime which he was pre-,
destined long before his birth to commit?
And. per contra, why should Washing
ton, Lincoln and McKlnley be entitled
to credit for any noble and patriotic act
that has brought blessings upon human
ity If It bad been foreordained that these
nets should be done by them and by
none other?
If the dogma of predestination Is
really based on sound logic, what right
has society to take the life of n mur
derer by any lesrn! process, and what
right has society to brand men or women
convicted of acts they were foreordained
to commit as criminal;!, and by "vhat
right are they deprived of their own
inalienable right to be free? And why
should men and women be confined In
penitentiaries and jails lor violating the
laws of man or God if they were acting
out nn Inexorable edict promulgated by
the Eternal before their birth? Is this
also part of predestination?
Possibly Governor Mickey has simply
accepted the doctrine of predestination
without profound study or thought, but
In this realistic and scientific nge of
ours It Is very difficult to believe nny
theory thnt is In conflict with the Idea
thnt mnn Is a responsible free agent.
SUMMER HEALTH REGULATIONS
For once all the doctors In Omaha
agree. Every medical man in Omaha,
in whatever school he may have been
reared, concedes that the public health
was nover better in any community of
more than 100,000 population than it is
In this city today. The superb sanitary
condition of Omaha's population may
readily be accounted for. Omaha is
naturally one of the healthiest towns in
all America &nd the robust hralth of
the great majority of Its population Is
due to its exceptional constitutional vigor
and the absence of all epidemic and con
tagious diseases.
At this season of the year, however,
too many precautions cannot be taken
to ward off all the ailments that human
flesh is" heir to in midsummer. Close at
tention should be paid during the sum
mer months by the health otficers of the
city to the enforcement of sanitary regu
lations, and especially to the mainte
nance of public cleanliness. Health of
ficials know from experience that pro
tection may be affpnled against con
tagion and thnt practical regulations
have the effect of gradually Improving
sanitary conditions and thus benefitting
the public health.
The most effective regulation to keep
down the temperature is the enforce
ment of temperate living and abstinences
from all excesses and excitement. To en
force the observance of these simple san
itary precautions the health officers nrp
comparatively powerless. Every home
owner ana every housekeeper and, for
that matter, every individual ruust be his
own health officer.
lHWULAMTY OF BOOKS,
The popularity of new book publica
tions from the booksellers' standpoint is
always interesting. The current demand
for different literary products usually re
flects the trend of public taste and doubt
less guides as well the efforts of those
who write books for a living. At the
same time nothing is to varied or so
elastic as the appetite of the public for
rending matter and nothing illustrates
this so well as these same booksellers'
compilations of most popular publica
tions. In the monthly returns arranged
in tabular form in the last Issue of the
Bookman, for example, of the six books
that score highest by number of points
only two figure In the returns from New
York City nnd only one of those from
Boston and Chicago, respectively. The
lists from Omaha, Kansas City, St. Paul
and Detroit, on the other hand, happen
each to include four of the six topnotch
ers. The nntnral conclusion would be
that the normal reading nppetlte is to bo
found In the progressive commercial cen
ters of the interior rather than the great
cosmopolitan murts or the boasted re
sldearlea of highest culture.
Closer Inspection, however, will dis
close that the book ui.irket Is not by
any means a spontaneous growth, but
Is subject to outside influences that
make quick and visible Impressions. The
l)ook that is most widely and most ef
fectively advertised, other things belug
equal, will have the greatest sale, though
this is within limits that the book Itself
must have something la it to carry it
nnd the field cultivated must have soli
In which it can take rst. The popular
ity of the modern work of fiction Is
largely manufactured for it, at least so
far as Its relative position Is concerned.
and literary wares have been known to
be pushed on the bargain counter by the
rule of quick sales -md sum II profits,
Although IKH wholly free from the same
Inllii'-heos the public library test of book
popularity therefore Is less liable to be
artificial, but even here It must be re
membered that the taste of the publk
for free books to be read Is not Identical
with tin? demand for the purchase of
books fo- private ownership.
-IKK WE Too MIUTAXT1
In n recently published letter to a per
sonal fiieud Mr. Cleveland, who Is not
losing any opportunity to have himself
considered as a possible candidate at
St. Louis, expressed the opinion that
"we are growing to be too militant as a
nation." The ex-president did not spe
cify, but probably his generalization was
sutliclently satisfactory to himself nnd
will be to those who take their ideas
from him.
Hut how are we too militant as a na
tion? What has been done by our govern
ment that justities such an accusation? In
the war with Spain we pursued an abso
lutely necessary policy. Justified by both
democrats and republicans. No one could
have been more careful than President
McKlnley was to avert war, but after
the attack on the Maine war became In
evitable. If Mr. Cleveland had been
president at the time It Is not to be
doubted that he would have done w"hat
the republican president did. Indeed he
could not have done otherwise without
going counter to popular sentiment,
which In that exigency Imperatively de
manded war.
What has there been since to warrant
the' statement of the -president that
we are too militant as a nation? In re
gard to tiff a Irs In the far east the policy
of our government has been absolutely
conciliatory. All that we have sought
to do In that quarter of the world has
been In the interest of the entire civi
lized world and has looked to the preser
vation of the Chinese empire. In this
the position of the I'nlted States has not
been militant, but on the contrary dis
tinctly peaceful. In the issue with
Morocco, which has resulted so satisfac
torily, the charge of being "militant"
was warranted, but the American people
have most cordially approved the course
of their government in this matter and
the entire world Is of the opinion that
our government's action was fully Justl
fi.il. If we are "growing to be too militant
ns n nation" It Is simply due to the fact
that we nre more careful nnd solicitous
than we used to be for the protection
of American rights and Interests in every
part of the world. No American citizen
should find fault with this. It is a
magnificent privilege to be a citizen of
this grent republic and it is one of the
grand powers of our government that
everywhere It is effectively exerted for
the protection of Its citizens. A most
conspicuous evidence of this, has Just
been furnished in the Morocco incident
and the influence of that will be most
salutary.
Wo are not too militant as a nation.
We have simply In the past asserted our
rights and this we shall continue to do
wherever and whenever those rights nre
menaced or assailed. The United States
Is not seeking a quarrel with any na
tion. Its policy Is that of International
concord and amity. Throughout its
whole history It has worked for this nnd
It will continue to do so. But at the
same time It will not hctdtnte to safe
guard Its rights, even at the risk of be
ing considered "too militant."
. FWWm.VK IXDEVEXVEXCE.
Undoubtedly the national democratic
convention will 'ncorporate in its plat
form a declaration in favor of the in
dependence of the Philippine - islands.
That Is the demand of almost every
state platform and seems to be the idea
of almost all the democrats of the coun
try who have expressed themselves in
regard to that question.
What does Philippine Independence
mean? If it contemplates all that the
government of the United States has
already given to the islands It simply
means that those people are today hav
ing everything that our own people are
enjoying and the grentest blessings they
have ever had in all their experience.
Think of it! The Filipinos are being
educated, they are being instructed iu
the policy of good government and they
nre being taught now to administer their
own nffulrs. In every direction they nre
being taught self-government and how
to take cure of themselves. Could any
thing better be taught them? Is this
not what we are teaching our own
American yoqth?
The people who are talking for the
immediate independence of the Philip
pines seem to be absolutely oblivious of
the fact that no step that has been taken
in regard to those Islands has been with
reference to our own Interests and wel
fare so much as with regard towhat
might be of benefit to the nrchipelago.
It is quite possible that we have erred
In this respect, that we have lieen look
ing occasionally to our own Interests
rather than to those of the far away
Islands which we obtained from Spain,
but if so It will not be a difficult matter
to rotrace our steps and adopt a policy
which will place those possessions on a
more equitable basis than they now
enjoy nnd give them a trade opportunity
which they do not now enjoy.
In regard to the question of Philippine
independence, thnt Is now a matter of
the remote future. We believe that a
large majority of the American people
nre today in favor of giving the Filipinos
independence at some time in the future,
If they then wish it, but we think that
the consensus of opinion is in accord
with that of Secretary Taft, that in
order to give those people free govern
ment they must be educated, so that they
can understand .what that meant, The
St. Iiuls convention may hold out a
promise to the Filipinos, but every man
In that convention knows how utterly
worthless such a promise will be.
t.lVIXU .O.X.KH.
Kverylxxly will be glad to know that
the average of human life Is Increasing.
That fact Is attested by a recent com
pilation of statistics made by the Bureau
of Statistics at Washington, from which
It appears that the average age of the
American at death was a little over 31
years In IJflid and at the last census It
was a little over :w years. It Is also
noted that the proportion of deaths to
population decreased 10 per cent during
the ten years, which Is a most encourag
ing fact.
The explanation of this Is easily found
in the better methods of living which
are peculiar to modern existence. San
itary and hygienic conditions are very
much better than they were twenty or
ten years ago and they nre being con
stantly Improved. In the mntter of
eating we are perhaps not superior to
our forbears, but Iu n general way
there is no doubt that the people of
today are better off than were those of
a generation ago. This makes life longer
for a majority and of course this is a
blessing that all appreciate.
According to Washington advices,
there may soon develop some dismissals
resulting from too much grafting among
the general agents and special agents of
the general land olllce. Secretary Hitch
cock has directed a letter to each of the
special agents and directors In the em
ploy of the department. In which he
admonishes them In the severest terms
and cites the twenty-two dismissals of
the last year as a warning. A similar
letter of warning should nlso be directed
to the speclul agents of the Indian
bureau nnd a few dismissals from that
service would go a great ways toward
putting an end to the grafting and white
washing reports.
Heturns from the primn'ry elections
held throughout the republic of Mexico
show that there is absolutely no oppo
sition to Diaz, and t may be safely
predicted that a congress pledged to his
retention at the head of the so-called
"Mexican republic" will be elected at
the general elections that will be held on
July !, 10 and 11. So long as Mexico
ikalntalns the endless chain In vhich
the president appoints the army, the
army elects the congress and the con
gress chooses the president there will be
no opposition to Dins until he turns down
his spurs and turns up his toes.
A new departure Is about to be taken
In the Iowa state capital. A life Insur
ance company to be known as the "Ethi
opian Mutual association" has boen or
ganized to operate with the express un
derstanding that Its operations will be
confined to south of Mason nnd Dixon's
line, and its risks will be limited to the
male negro population in the southern
states. Whether the nverage southern
field hand wants his life insured la, how
ever, decidedly problematic. The south
ern negro would rnther have a bird in
hand than two in the bush, even If the
bird Is only a spring chicken.
The Arkansas big four to the national
democratic convention will not speak as
they pass at St. Louis. Governor Jeffer
son Davis has no use for Senator Berry
nnd Secretary of State Dave Crockett
heartily detests Jeff Davis. How these
Arkansas patriots will be able to stand
on the same platform Is a puzzler.
Great Britain, the trusted ally of
Japan, has made a deal with Itussia
whereby it gets the privilege of coaling
nt Kamchatka In exchange for keeping
ponehers from- two of Russia's Islands,
so the threat of Japan to carry the war
into Europe may have already produced
one permanent result
One of the three Justices of the su
preme court of Colorado bus put himself
on record as oplwsed to executive despot
Ism and the suspension of the state con
stitution, nnd he will be sustained by a
healthy public opinion when civil gov
ernment is restored to the people of'
Colorado.
Editor Hearst Insists that the talk for
Grover Cleveland is simply a ruse to
scare the Bryanltes Into accepting a less
objectionable reorganizes Mr. Hearst
might start a counter move by talking
up Colonel Bryan for a third nomination.
Topullsts refuse to give former Con
gressman Watson a walkaway for the
presidential nomination, but the opposi
tion evidently comes from pops who are
sparring for time in order to see first
what the democrats do at St. Louis.
'
J. B.'a Time to Laoch,
Philadelphia Ledger.
When the loss of his colonies are men
tioned John Bull never smllea, except after
the Fourth of July, when he reada the list
of our fatalitlea, and then laughs.
Taking No Chances.
Baltimore American.
A crulaer may be sent to Panama to fight
the mosquitoes. Thla government Is not
going to repeat the mistake of the Russians
and estimate tha damage an enemy can do
by the amallneea of his alze.
What'a the laef
Portland Oregonian.
The International Woman's Congress, at
Berlin voted down a resolution striking the
obey clauie out of the marriage rite. They
probably thought it useless to cumber the
records with discussion of obsolete sub
jects. Pictorial Hrnartee.
Chicago Newa.
As Thomas Jefferson's portrait will be
the only one hung in the St. Louis conven
tion hall, it may be designed as a bit of
plctorUil repartee aimed at tha republican
convention's celebrated portrait of Mark
llanna.
Chaff of Dlvlpe Hlahters.
Chicago Chronicle.
King Edward tella the Hamburgers that
he accepts their hoepltable attentions as
an evidence of their friendship for the peo
ple "whom God has chosen me to reign
over." Brother Baer of tha Reading road
ran Inform hU majesty that this thing of
claiming partnership with, the throne of
Ifrses li ur to tsrltff th ftiwri nt flouts
of the unrrftr nerste especially -tin th
Junior partner Is not exactly rips for
canonlmtlon.
Good Ideaa from Akroad.
New fork Tribune.
In China phynlelnna are paid for kcrptn'
their potlenta well, and In Germany loco
motive erjclnepri receive a gold meilal and
1500 for every ten years of eervloe without
an accident. They do ome thlnRs hotter
abroad than they are done In America.
Confidence In llepnhllrnn Hnrrexn.
Philadelphia Prca.
Oeorae Gould expressed belief that there
will be a notable revival In huslneea next
fall rests on the solid foundation nf repub
lican tucress. Assured cf four years morn
of republican rule, doubt in business circles
will disappear.
Toko Kmiira Ilia limine.
Portland Orogonlnn.
Concluding his report to the mikado of
the Intent successful onnlauftht on the Hun
slan fleet. Admiral Togo, thoughtfully snye:
"The effect of the attnrk and the pmnll
lnm inunt be attributed to the Illustrious
virtues of hi nmjeaty." Togo knows hia
business.
Itead the Declaration.
Cincinnati Knoulrer.
Some Impatience Is expressed with our
crude way of celebrating the Fourth of
July. Some of them are Indeed frivolous,
but nenrly nil holidays patriotic, religious
or memorial are now given up to vmious
phnpe of personal enjoyment. A specialty
should still be mnde, though, of the Decla
ration of Independence. It Is a grent paper.
The rising generation should not bo per
mitted to lose sight of It.
OI.II PKOPLK.
Stresa of Modern (I vlllintlon Dora
Kot Promote l.onitevlty.
Portland Oregontnn.
Chnuncey Depew recently declared that
In these, days man at 70 was In bis prime.
RuBsell Sage Is 8. K. N. Tnlk-r Ih past
80 and Is Invariably seen at most of the
weddings, receptions, muslcnles, dinners,
tho opera, the play. John H. Ireland,
who Is nearly 90, walks to his ofhe overy
morning, rnJn or shine. A floor walker
and manager of one of tho IJicadway de.
partment stores recently died of pneu
monia at 82. Isaac Townsend, who la 91,
is still an active man of business and has
been Biam's consul general for the last
forty years.
Theso nre some of the old people upon
whch Chauncey Depew congratulates New
Tork City. But then there Is nothing new
under the sun, not even old people, as the
records of Westminster abboy affirm In
tho record of Old Purr.
Thomas Parr, If the Inscription In the
abbey siieaks true, was 1D2 end. lived under
ten rulers of Kngland. He married again
at 122 and threshed corn at 130. He began
life as a farm servant, nnd would have died
on his Shropshire furm if the earl of
Arundel hud not brought him up to town
by stages and presented him to King
Charles I as a "piece of antiquity." The
king Inquired: "What huve you, who have
lived longer than other men, done more
than other men?" Purr answered that ho
had done penance In a white sheet when
he was 100. JParr was exhibited ua a cu
rloalty at a tavern In London until he
died, In 1835. He must have been a man
of some native humor, for he adopted the
religion of ten kings and queens. He
came Into this world raw, nnd he told
Charles Stuart he saw no good In being
broiled out of It. Parr possessed the true
temperament for a man who wishes to
obtain old age. Ho did not behove In
worrying about either religion or politics.
He was born about the close of the "Wnr
of the Roses." Ite reached manhood un
der Henry VII. He escaped persecution
under Henry VIII, under Bloody Mary nnd
under Elizabeth, and survived to tell
Charles I that ho was Sufficiently frolic
some as to do pennnco In a white sheet
when he was 100 years of age.
If King Charles I had hnd the tempera
ment of "Old Parr" ho would not havp
lost his head, for long-lived men are al
ways men who have the temper cf a good,
safe family horse. Your Napoleons, Pitts,
Hnmlltons, Mlrabeaus, Crumwells, dlo be
fore they reach 70, but your very old people.
Include merchants like Peter Cooper, bank-,
ers like Sir Moses Moutnfloro, theologians
like Newman and Martlneau, or old sol
diers like Oough or Sir Hugh Rose. Old
people Incrense In numbers, but the stress
of modern civilization is too severe to ex
pect the production of another Old Tarr.
HOl'SA'S NEW IIOXOII.
Trlbirte of the French Government to
the American Bandmaster,
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Tha French government has Just con
ferred another decoration on John Philip
Sousa. The new distinction gives Mr.
Sousa the gold palm and rosette of the
French academy. Ha la the only American
who has received this decoration.
In critical musical circles, ' particularly
In his own country, there has long been
an effort to belittle Mr. Sousa, both ss a
musical director and a composer. The rea
son for this Is not altogether apparent,
although the view seems to be that Mr.
Sousa plays and composes popular muslo
and is not a devotee of tho symphony con
cert. Mr. Bousa conducts a brims band,
and this In ttaelf appears to be an offense
to the musical taste of a part of our popu
lation.
It has never teen observed that Mr.
Sousa has pushed himself forward as a
leader of musical thought In the country.
He long ago recognized tho opportunities
for an organization that would give the
people the sort of musto they wanted, nnd
after he loft the Marine band he set out
to supply such an organization. He has
been very successful. He has not only
given the public the music It wants to hear,
but he has composed much of tyhat muslo.
The Sousa marches are Inspiring and
partake of the national character. This
may b hurrah music, but there are occa
sions when the American public loves to
hurrah. During the recent national con
vention hers tha Sousa marches aroused
almost as much enthusiasm as the national
airs and tunes. The spirit of patriotism
about them appeals atrongly to Americans.
If the Sousa marches are musically In
ferior, so are "The Star-Spangled Ban
ner," "Dixie," "Marching Through Geor
gia" and any number of other popular
compositions that are associated .with sig
nificant national events.
This muslo is not the music of Bee.
thoven, Wagner and Mozart, but thsre are
occasions when the classics are musloally
unfit, just as there are conditions when
the popular airs are not In place.
Mr. Sound's happy task has been to con
tribute to the cheerful citizens of the re
publlo the cheerful music they like to
hear. This muslo seems also to be fa
vored by the people of other nations.
The Sousa marches have. Inspired the
lagging feet of the British as well as tho
American soldier. The bunds of the powers
In the crisis In China played Sousa music
aa well aa their own national airs. No
doubt today tha soldiers of the czar and
the soldiers of the mikado are marching
to It.
We must, therefore, conclude that after
all Mr. Sousa has done some good In th
world and that he has earned the decora
tion just conferred upon him by the French
republic.
HOLDS A PUCK OF ITS ows.
lieu tlKe Sun.
The Omnlta. Bee hns rounded out a
third of a century, and has made a
record approiichi'il by few western
Journals. At th- time of Its mining tho
Held up pen toil to Ihi Well occupied J
far ns newspapers were concerned, and
yet there was a man nt the head of
The Itee who created a place for him
self and his paper In the hearts of tho
rendinc; people of the great northwest.
The Hoe has always tellected the opin
ions of Its editor, und has nover been
charged with Killing Its opinions upon
public qucMlnnn. It Is under the con
trol of one mull, and people know who
that man Is. It does not belong to a
.political syndicate, lth a hired editor
to put the varied whims of stock
holder!! In readable shape, and Fend
them forth. The paper has never
changed bunds, but has been owned by
Its editor, and edited by its owner for
a third of u century. May It continue
to grow.
SKitMoss non.K.ii noni,
A cloudy religion brings no rain.
A sour religion never Improves with age.
Love la always In the market, but bevc-r
on sale.
Self-conceit throws salt Into th wound
of pride.
When fnlth prays It goes out to work for
an answer.
A little practice proves more than a lot
of polemics. .
A mosquito calls for more patience than
a balky elephant.
The June bug always thinks he Is helping
out the meeting.
Uriioo does not grow in a child's heart on
a gloomy Sunday.
The biggest brain Is tho nno that can
think most of others.
The end seat hog Is not a lamb because
he sits In a church.
There Is no way to save men exeept by
suffering with them.
Too many expect to conquer the devil by
concurring with him.
No man holds a principle unless It Is the
principal thing he hoi. 1m.
It's no use talking about loving Ood when
your children are afraid of you.
The gravo danger of business Is that a
man shall place his soul on tho counter.
It Is a good deal easier to talk about feel
ing good than It Is to walk about doing
good.
Most men would rather be an electric
sign for themselves thun a light for the
world.
The world is a fearfully noisy place to
tho man who is waiting for a chance to
blow bis own horn. Chicago Tribune.
PE2RKO.MAI. AXU OTII Kit WISK.
For the moment St. Louis ronds are paved
with political good Intentions.
Fourth of July patriotism received the
proper preliminary hue In Philadelphia lant
week. Three persona killed six Injured.
If you can't join the great American
Midsummer club, you may be happy by
giving effect to the club motto "Don't
hurry."
An Omaha philosopher is striving for a
reputation by asserting that the fall of
man was due to 'a banana peel. Wouldn't
that jar you?
Omaha has no monopoly of "well defined
rumors." Che Foo and St. Petersburg,
not to mention London, have several fac
tories In action.
Blxty-seven divorces Is a day's record
of a St. Louis court. Still Chicago vigor
ously denies thnt any of Its microbes got
away through the canal.
The rtanding headline, "A Great Buttk-
Imminent," may ba dispensed with after
today. The battle will be fousht all over
this favored republic tomorrow.
Considering the temperature of the Pike,
people who view the spectacle should think
a thought or two before criticising the
Igorrotes for refusing to wear clothes.
Chicago's attractions as a summer resort
grow apace. Rural visitors are now shown
the dent made in Lake Michigan by a re
cent explosion. Chicago alma to please.
Unless the Japs and the Itusslitiis pull
off that biggest buttle within forty-eight
hours both sides are liable to he pushed '(!
the first page by the doings at Hi. Louis.
Peoplo who have money to burn mifcht
emulute the St. Louis woman who con
verted tho kitchen stove Into n (safety de
posit vault, and escape tho heudaoho of
the morning after.
They have found In New Jersey a man !
who has worn tho same pulr of boots for
fifty-two years. He belongs to the famous
family which shouts and votes for Andy
Juckson every four years.
Charlie Ross has been round again, this
time In Philadelphia. Willio Tascott died
a few moons ugo. The man who struck
Billy Patterson lias been acqulttud. Now
if P. Crowe will blow In all will lie for
given, Kansas City proposes to have a noiseless
Fourth, The authorities have Issued u
warm proclamation to the effect thnt the
saving of even one life Is more conducive
to numan hupplness than tho making of a
few dollars. Hore's hoping good intentions
will succeed.
Congressman John Sharp Williams of
Vlsslsslppt, the democratic house lender,
sent to each editor of a paper In his dis
trict a check for 110 In payment for the
publication of the ofTlclnl announcement of
his candidacy. A good many of the ed
itors In the Eighth district hnve returned
the checks and a morn eloquent tribute
could hardly be paid, tt Is asserted, ns the
average Mississippi editor Is not In tho
habit of returning $10 bills. Mr. Williams
has no opponent and he enn represent the
district as long as he desires.
Closed All Day
Monday, July 4th
Tuesday morning "clean
up" ; ale of all odds and
ends n every department
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at special prices.
Pe8iTO!?ta6fefets
SI.I I,H SIIIITH AT Tin: PM.rrr.
Kansas City Times: Lev. Dr. Warner if
Kansas t'lly In n sermon directed against
theaters, said: "There are some pretiy
decent people am. .tig the actors, but soni
are not us good as they eiitht to bi ." Bui
cannot the same thing be said of 11
clergy?
Ht. Louis Ifepubllo: Bishop O'Connor . f
Newark. N. J., hns decreed thti com), e-
obedience of all j.rleets under his rtl-.ri
to the Hone's ordets nnent church mus
! Women may no longer slog In sum t .a v
choirs, but only men ai d bovs. tint vi.li
tin pope makes a new prohibition, vo::., .
may take pert In congregational sli.gn l
Thus the step out of .merhanlsm Is t ik
by one prelate.
Boston Transcript: Rev. Dr. F.dw .i !
P2verett Hale is now an 1. 1.. D by Wlllia- i
College, tils father graduated from t ii
Institution Just lm) years ago, and yesi r
day Dr. Hale rend from his "dlsputatl.
which dealt with the question: Has tl e
he.-n a progressive Improvement In sort
In the last fifty years?" So see tl
the new problems are not new. Th 1-
Hero wrestling with them u century in
tho same as now.
New York Tribune: Prof, p.'ott ef '
t'ongri gnllonnl Theological seminary, i
eago, said recently: "One result of r i
giotin uncertainty Is tho disappearance
tho theologian. The younger fcoh. l im. i,
ih-r radical Influences, hnve turned a-
from theology, so that It Is now verj
c:ilt In America to find men qualified t - !-
come professors of theology." "Tl I'm
hvtcrian" of l'hllsdel.hla sny tl a" t! D
opinion Is held by other observers, ai-.l r
tlnuiw that "In our theological semlnoi.
veiy few students lire making a specia 'y
of systematic theology. The llmeK e,.;
favor It, nor give much heed to lm i ri
definitions or distinctions. Doctrine l : o;
prized nor understood; loeso tl-.li M: h
dominant; nil sorts uf opinions prevail i:i
and out of the church. Tho rea.lli n uf !
day can hardly he called theolog.c. ev.-t. n
ministerial circles." Its profound reiicV,
for this is mors theology und more -t
of It, unpopular as both have la r. e.
times shown themselves to tie.
Philadelphia Press: The presi-nen of c .i
(Until Snlolll In this country Is due who.!,
to an exhibition of what Is ciToouliilly
called American "M-rve." A wcii ln n i
rhlladiiplhin, conspicuous for Li n.u
nlllecnt gifts to the church of whl.-'i !
a member, conceived the thnrruighl.c u r
lean Idea of bringing a distinguish. .1 I.. -mnn
cardinal to this country to perdu ;
the marriage ceremony of his daaglivr
With characteristic Yankee directness h .;v
lug found out what he wanted, he bluntly
asked for It. Now the ancient court of th
Vatican Is not accustomed to such breezy
western ways, and to send una of Ms
princes across the sens to unite !n ihe
bonds of matrimony two unfilled American
young persons wni an unheard-of pro . Til
ing. Nevertheless, tho ways of the Yan
kee, which hav" not yet censed to asu und
Kuropenn courts, proved to be wim Imr
ways In this case also. The pope acocl -I
to the request nnd Cardinal Satolll hns ful
filled the rial mission upon which he tame
to these shores.
liOMKsTic pi.i-:aa.thii-:s.
"Ah!" be cried, "now that we're cnguKe.l
let me press you to toy heart In"
"Den I iot. jouiscil, ml.t the suinn.-r
girl, pushing him away, "this is no press
ing c-ngat'ea.c-nt. " Chicago Tribune:.
Miss June Y'ou lire muni- d, Mrs. March,
and you ought to know. Do you believe iu
love at first sight?
Mrs. March (looking primly at Mr. M.i
Well, 1 think il can happen or-ce.-- Soinor
vllle Journal.
Wiggins I haven't seen you ut church
for some time.
Muggins No. What's tho use if tayu.g
puw rent when one hns a bed of bis Ola
to sleep in'.' CM' i:gu News.
Tess Yes. Mr. Kuh.her p -oposed to SO.
It wns i-nlte novel xper;en.e.
Jess Nonsense! You've been propLfctt to
befure,
Tess I mean he did it so cleverly it wua
Just like a novel. Philadelphia Press.
"Would you i-arty a man because he waH
rich?" Etked the -c. antic girl.
"N'n." answered Miss Cayenne, "hut I
might refuse to marry olio because he
wasn't."--Washington Piar.
Intimate Friend But don't you find that
thu narrled slate restricts your freedom of
artlon?
New Brldo I should say not. It's Just
the contrary. Jack and I have lo md out
that we both like . n. o:is ; n 1 we just cut
all of them we wan'. Chicago Tribune.
Breezy Hedges---It must Iw-pretty hard to
be poor nml -.tnigglin'.
Next-House Noonaii That's light Now.
'tnin't half as bad to be poor ail' not
striigglln'. I'uck.
Little I'l.n ence- I'a. hy ! 'hey call Mr.
J'roulhea.l i walking eiirycl.-,,edla?
Mr. i'a lllpors--Hociiuso, my ion, like most
men who are full of wisdom, he Is too pcor
lo own an :. '.itomohl e. Town Topics.
THE I. A Ml OF ItllfiltllT.
Pall Mall Gnzette.
There la a city whose gates are wide,
Its pavements pure and clean,
Where shadow formB flit side by atdo,
On the road culled "Might iliive Boon."
But folks walk there with ihelr l.cacs
bowed low,
And ncavy eyelids wet.
For ev'ry i-crner Ih huunted so
In this. "The Iac.d of Regret."
They met the ghosts of those other years
In c",r. ums of memory sweet.
And well wltli passionate, frenzied tears
Tho graves which lie at their feet;
But never, long as t heir lives shall last,
Can they again forget
Who once huve wulked with, ghosts cf the
Past
In this, "The Ijind of Regret. '
They feel the touch of a hand grown still.
Its fingers r'tly press
Tho lender frisslon of kisses thrill
Their own In a fond enriss.
Ah. me! but pity tho folks who Ftr.iy
Where long ti e sun hath fet,
And walk with the ghosts who're laid
away
In this, "The Land of Regret."
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