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Notary Publln.
To our departing guests: Come again.
Someone has put all the speeches and
addresses of acceptance of the year into
a book. What a waste of good inten
tions. Ills Royal Highness Ak-Sar-Ben X is
now entitled to a well-earned vacation to
rest and recuperate from his strenuous
week.
. Estimates of the apple crop place it 20
per cent higher thun last year. The re
turns on applejack have not yet been
canvassed.
America Is not In the lead in the mat
ter of racing automobiles yet. Only one
man was killed in the contest for the
Vanderbllt cup.
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Since the action of the peace congress
J I in the matter of the Congo Free state
f the bond of sympathy between Georgia
and Belgium Is more apparent
The reincarceration of Carrie Nation
by a Kansas magistrate only illustrates
anew the old adage about a prophet
never being fully appreciated in his own
country.
Two Kentucklnns have been fined at
Lexington for working in their office on
Bunday. The only wny to escape pros
ecution in Kentucky seems to be to shoot
straight.
It is a safe prediction that promoters
of gold mining companies will Incor
porate in some other state than Iowa
until the people have time to forget
recent development.
So long as women do not vote in Iowa
it uiQy be right for a woman to sleep
for six days during the campaign, but
neither political party would permit
such a lack of spirit west of the Colo
rado line.
Now the transport service is to be
Investigated. Frewldeut Roosevelt prac
tices "practical politics" by continuing
to hunt down rascals despite tho fact
that all of them have friends and this is
ft campaign year.
Election officials of Unierlck aro
hocked to find the registration lists of
that city padded with the names of
' persons who do not exist. This Is the
first evidence that the tide of emigra
tion has turned from Philadelphia to
Limerick.
General Corbln's advice to young offi
cers of the army Is still the subject of
prolltlc discussion both in and out of the
ranks. The consensus of opinion, how
ever. Is that neither reprimand nor
court-martial will reduce Cupid to strict
military discipline.
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, who
will be the vice president after March 4
next, will speak at the Omaha Audito
rium tomorrow evening on the issues of
the campaign. Citizens generally with
out respect to political affiliations will do
well to utUUe tho opportunity to hear
him. (
ltUNSiau agents are said to be scan
niug Scandinavian waters to leuru If
auy Japanese ships uro present. Close
observers of the war situation in the
east will recall the fact that one or two
Japanese cruisers have not been recently
reported and Hussla is taking no chances
Id this cnuipulgn.
Tho deiuociatle nominee for the senate
from the district miupoted bf Hall and
Howard counties announced during the
democratic national convention that he
would vote for Roosevelt should l'arker
be nominated and now there are repub
licans In the district mean enough to
Insist upyn hlui making his promise
food.
SENATOR FAIRBANKS IN NEBRASKA.
Nebraska will extend a royal welcome
to Indiana's 1 noblest son, Cbarlos W.
Fairbanks, who returns from hla trium
phal Journey to the Pacific coast, which
has been one continuous ovation from
Lake Michigan to the Golden Onto and
from the Sierra" to tho base of the
Hoekies. The republicans everywhere
will vlo with each other to do honor to
the stalwart standard bearer of their
porty and Nebrasknns of all 'political
creeds will extend cordial and respectful
greetings to the eminent American, who
has been honored with the nomination
to the second highest position within the
gift of the nation.
This is bytno means Senator Fair
banks' first eppeorance In Nebraska.
Four years ago he rendered valuable
and most effective service to his party
In reclaiming the state from populism
and in restoring it to the republican col
umn In which it had occupied front rank
side by side with such great republican
states as Illinois, Iowa and Kansas.
Senator Fairbanks brings good tidings
of cheer to all republicans from the Fa
clfic slope, but we feel sure no other
section of the country east or . west,
nortfr' or south, will Impress him more
forcefully with the great political revo
lution wrought within the past four
years and the republican tidal wave that
Is sweeping the country Irresistibly and
Insures republican supremacy in na
tional affairs for the next four years.
A!T INFAMOUS CONSPIRACY.
This seems to be the only adequate
term In which to characterize the at
tempt to destroy the battleship Connecti
cut, launched last week from the Brook
lyn navy yard. Three several efforts
were made to destroy the great ship, one
of the largest ordered for the navy and
the first to be coiiHtructcd In a govern
ment shipyard Why was this piece of
vandalism attempted, is the natural
question under the circumstances, and
the only plausible answer seems to be
that it was prompted by the fact that
the battleship was constructed In a gov
ernment yard.
It Is difficult to accept this view. It Is
not easy to believe, as has been sug
gested, that anyone would be so flag
rantly malicious i' to attempt to Inflict
upon tho govern- t an injury of this
nature simply because congress had de
cided that it would be wise to build a
battleship In a government yard. It Is
remembered, of course, that there was a
good deal of opposition In congress to
this proposition. A number of congress
men, under the Influence of certain ship
builders, could see no wisdom In the gov
ernment undertaking to build its own
war vessels. They pointed out that there
would be no economy in such a policy,
but on the contrary a good deal of
waste, and that moreover the vessels
constructed would not be equal to those
built in private shipyards. This argu
ment was persistently urged, but the ad
vocates of giving the government an op
portunity to see what it could do, after
much discussion, finally prevailed. The
battleship Connecticut Is the first result
and in that connection Is seen a most de
liberate and carefully planned effort to
Idestroy that vessel, of course by way of
showing that such warships cannot be
built in government shipyards.
It was a most villainous plot and its
utter failure is a cause for general gratu
Intlon. Who conceived and carried out
the plot has not yet been disclosed, but
It is not to be doubted that the guilty
parties will yet be discovered and If they
are they should be subjected to the se
verest penalties of the law. Meanwhile
the Incident Is very likely to have the
effect to increase public sentiment in
favor of the government construction of
warships, as far as it is practicable to
do so.
STILL HARPING ON PANAMA.
The democrats continue to assail tho
administration for the course taken in
regard to Panama. While professing
to bo strongly in favor of an Isthmian
canal, "aa the harbinger of tho new era
in the commerce of the world," to quote
their candidate for vice president, they
are sorely distressed over the way in
which our government secured the right
to construct tho waterway that is, by
promptly recogulzlug the Republic of
Tana ma and making a treaty with it
which guarantees its Independence. It
is charged that in taking this course our
government disregarded tho rights of a
weaker nation and tho changes are rung
on the grievous wrong that was done
'Colombia.
Of course, if the democratic party
seriously believes that in acquiring the
Panama canal this country did wrong,
it would be the duty of that party, if
restored to power, to undo the wrong,
but nothing is further from 1U intention
than that. When Senator Gormon un
dertook, as n political play, to unite
democratic senators in opposition to the
treaty with Panama, . ho failed. The
southern democrats want the canal and
so instructed their senators. When at
the St. Louis convention an effort was
made to have the resolutions committee
denounce the manner in which the canal
route was acquired, a majority of the
committee refused to do so and the sim
ple declaration of the platform Is that
"the democracy, when entrusted with
power, will construct the Panama canal
speedily, honestly and economically."
Not even a suggestion of any or of
reparation to Colombia.
The fact Is that a very great majority
of the American people are entirely sat
isfied with the course of the government
In the Panama matter and do not be
lieve that any wrong was done to Co
lombia. They accept without question
the plain and frank statement of Presl
dent Roosevelt In his letter of accept
ance. Everything was done to secure
from Colombia the necessary conces
sions and when It appeared that this
was certain of accomplishment a cabal
of rapacious Colombian politicians
blocked the ratification of the treaty
and sought to hold up the United States
for double tho uniount that hod been
agreed upon. Our goveruuiout refused
to be held up and the people of Tanama,
fearing they would loso the canal, re
volted. With that action this govern
ment bad nothing whatever to do, but
the revolution having taken place, the
United States, as it had a right under
treaty to do, interposed to prevent civil
war on the Isthmus. Such Is the plain
and simple story of 4he Tanama matter
and there is no political capital In it for
the democrats.
DEPRESSION IN ENGLAND.
The statement of a few days ago, that
at a meeting of the Manchester city
council it was announced that owing to
the hard times and depression in the
cotton industries between 40,000 and 50,.
000 persons in the poorer parts of the
city were practically on the verge of
starvation, should be very suggestive to
the working people of the United States.
Especially should it be in view of the
fact that the same dispatch stated that
similar conditions prevail in London and
other large cities of the United King
dom, where the winter is expected to be
one of the hardest in many years for the
poorer classes.
The cqtton industry vJn England has
been depressed for some time, largely
owing to the extraordinary price for the
raw material In this country. For this
speculation here Is' to a considerable ex
tent responsible, our own cotton manu
facturing industry as well as that of
England having been unfavorably af
fected by this speculation. But this Is
only a part of the depression In the
United KlngdomT All over that country
Industrial affairs are In bad shape, busi
ness Is almost stagnant and there Is a
vast amount of Idle labor. The condi
tions there are very similar, from all re
ports, to what they were In this country
during the host democratic administra
tion. The knowledge of this fact ought
not to be lost upon the American people.
England Is a free trade country. She is
the example which the democratic party
would like to emulate. Surely our peo
ple do not want such conditions as now
prevail in the United Kingdom.
CAUSES OF HIGH PRICES.
No other question of current interest
is of greater concern to the general
citizen than that of the prices of com
modities. It is a matter which touches
every pocket book and especially the
Income of the man of family. It is a
generally appreciated fact that prices
of most of the necessaries) of life have
advanced, but It is not commonly under
stood why this should be the ctrse. That
It Is not an easy matter to explain
everybody will understand.
The Massachusetts bureau of sta
tistics of labor, in its latest publication,
has undertaken to throw some light
upon the causes of the advance in
prices. For this purpose It obtained the
opinions of several hundreds of persons
prominent in the mercantile and manu
facturing industries of the state. While
there Is necessarily more or less diver
sity of opinion on the subject and neces
sarily some contradiction, yet on the
whole it Is shown that the testimony
does not sustain the democratic conten
tion that high prices are altogether due
to the republican tariff policy. The
Idea that is advanced today that our
people are suffering from the -exactions
of the tariff Is not born out in the
slightest degree by the inquiries of the
Massachusetts labor1, bureau, confess
edly tho most careful and thorough In
the country. On the contrary, lt is
made perfectly obvious that the labor
interests, so far at least as Massachu
setts Is concerned, have been protected
by the existing fiscal policy. It may be
said that there Is contradiction to this
In the Fall River strike, but that is an
abnormal situation, to which ordinary
conditions have little if any application.
The speculative advance in cotton forced
upon the manufacturers a state of af
fairs that was unlooked for and Induced'
them to ask a reduction In the price of
labor. That situation Is now undergoing
a change and tlere is reason to believe
that within a" short time there will be a
resumption of work on a satisfactory
basis.
It Is a not unnatural opinion that the
increase In the money supply has had a
great deal to do with the increased price
of commodities and the advocates of the
quantitative theory "Of money are dis
posed to find in this o conclusive demon
stration' of their argument. It seems
plausible, yet it by no means shows that
the results of an Increased supply nf
sound money would have been realized
from the inflation of an Inferior cur
rency. The free silver idea Is by no
means vindicated by the effects thot
have followed a large addition to the
gold supply. The advnnce in. the prices
of commodities has helped all the pro
ductive industries of the country and in
doing this has contributed to the em
ployment of labor. If wasres have not
in all cases followed the advance in the
prices of commodities, that Is not an un
usual experience, but an ultimate ad
justment upon a fair basis Is certain to
eone. The gold supply Is Increasing.
The production of the past year Is the
largest o record. Experience warrants
tho expectation of tlll higher prices for
commodities and therefore on odvanco
In the general price of labor.
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A JUVENILE COURT-
A movement for tho enactment of a
law by the next legislature that will
enuble Omaha to establish and maintain
a Juvenile court merits commendation
and popular aupport. Tho campulgn for
the reform of Juvenile truants and crimi
nals, which is about to be opened by
Judge I.lndsey of Colorado, will, It Is to
be hoped, enlighten our citizens regard
ing the beneficent features and correc
tional effects of Juvenile ctfurts In cities
where they have been In operation for
a number of years. ,
While tho establishment of a Juvenile
court will doubtless Increase the munici
pal pay roll, the burden Svill be cheer
fully borne by Omaha taxpayers if the
proposed court shall fulfill even a small
measure of the blessings promised by
Ita enthusiastic aUvocutes. Possibly
too, the establishment of a Juvenile
court may be the forerunner of a com
plete reformation and rejuvenation of
our JuilTVlal system In dealing with crim
inals, young and old, on lines In conso
nance with twentieth century conditions
in modern population centers.
The Outlook gives timely notice to Its
readers that this la the season when po
litical liars flourish and that from now
until the presidential campaign closes
one may expect to hear almost anything
about the opposing candidate. It cites
various recent example In the line of
political fakes perpetrated on President
Roosevelt to show what palpable mis
representations sometimes gain cur
rency. The intelligence of the average
American voter, however, must not be
underrated nor the fact overlooked that
in the school of successive political cam
paigns he is being better and better edu
cated year after year. 8ome of the
fakes that had great Influence In times
gone by would fall stale and flat If tried
now. Elections are always subject to
vagaries produced by unforeseen influ
ences, but whether a presidential elec
tion could be stampeded nowadays by
prearrangement is decidedly open to
question.
We protest against the very urgent In
vitation that has been extended to us by
the treasurer of the democratic national
committee to contribute to the demo
cratic campaign fund. When the St.
Louis convention was In session one of
the most telling arguments In behalf of
Judee Parker's nomination wae that
with him at the head of the presidential
ticket the democratic managers could
get all kinds of money out of Wall street
without even the asking. To come back
now with a "touch" not only on the
faithful, but on the opposition as well,
savors too much of a bunco game.
The Wisconsin stalwarts promised to
quit if they should lose out in court In
their effort to secure recognition of reg
ularity, but now that they have lost they
have forgotten their promise. This
breach of faith will hurt them more lu
their standing outside of Wisconsin than
their loss of regularity.
A missionary bishop of the Anglican
church has resigned office because he
cannot learn the Corean language. He
Is evidently unaware that the latest
thing in missionary effort is to teach
the converts English.
Uprightness is Worth While.
Cleveland Leader.
In the light that shines on such a name
a George Friable Hoar left behind him,
who docs not see that true nobility of
character is worth while?
Should Ba World-Wide.
New York Herald.
London association Insists ; that Parlia
ment shall paas a law to protect poor
husbands from extravagant wives. Why
not make It International law?
All Hop Not Lost.
Kansas City Journal.
General Corbln would prohibit the Im
pecunious young soldier from marrying
his sweetheart, but he would restore the
canteen and give him a chance to drink
to her health.
Lesson of Opportunity.
Baltimore American.
President E. J. James, In leaving the
Northwestern university for the presi
dency of th University of Illinois, gave
the following reason for the change: "I
saw a chance to better my condition and
thought best to accept It." This Is the
lesson of opportunity which thoughtful
men learn to their profit.
Weary of the Fair.
St. Louis Mirror.
We've had enough World's fair to last
us for several centuries. The fair people
couldn't and wouldn't stand another eight
months, St. Louis generally doesn't want
another siege of entertaining. Business
men haven't realized as they expected
upon the fair trade. There hasn't been
much money expended by the fair crowds
outside the grounds and the little hotels.
The big downtown bote's realized nothing
in the way of business up to about three
weeks ago. No; we don't want any more
fair than we've got to have under the law,
Pat on the Brakes,
Chicago Chronicle,
A nation as an Individual must be careful
about sowing wild oats. America Is feel
ing its prosperity and high society is set
ting an example of wasteful extravagance1
which others are trying to Imitate to the
extent of their means. If these social
leaders could have more of the feeling of
responsibility, more of the sentiment of
noblesse oblige and would do something
reuily worth doing and Imitating they
would display one of the finest forms of
patriotism, would help turn the tide of
prosperity Into the right channels and
would save themselves any amount of
ridiculous blunders.
LacU of Family Mfe.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Men who separate themselves from their
families pay a very high price for success.
Some of the very greatest failures In life
In America In recent years have beit
failures of men whose lives and careers
are blaxoned abroad as those of great, "uc"
Lceasful men. Their sons are noted for
their worthlessness, degenerate sons of
worthy slros. These young' men are un
fitted to make a living for themselves, and
they are unfitted to spend the money
which their fathers piled up with Infinite
pains and labors. In these cases It Is
extremely doubtful If the worthless sons
are to be blamed; the fathers, the great,
successful mm, lire primarily at fault be
cause, though they made the money and a
name, they did not give any time or pains
or thought at all to the moist important
work in the world, which is ths rearing
of honorable and useful men.
Beauty Is No Drawback.
New York Mall,
A professor in a Philadelphia business
college has Informed a local reporter that
beauty Is an obstacle to the employment of
women In business houses. In Philadel
phia, It seems, business men do not, when
they advertise for a stenographer, add the
words, "No pretty girl need apply," but
they go on that principle. It appears that
they fear frivolity as an accompaniment of
beauty. It Is possible that ths Is a good
and safe rule In Philadelphia, but it Is cer
tainly not a rule that Is honored here, and
we doubt If it la In any city where feminine
beauty la not so rare as to excite suspicion
when It occurs. Nor Is there the slightest
ground for the assumption that a pretty
woman Is likely to be any more frivolous
than a plain one. The gift of beauty may,
Indeed, be fatal If no strength go with It,
but the newer, the sounder chivalry of our
modern time assumes that goodneae goes
with beauty as normally among women as
It doee throughout the whole gamut ef
nature.
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
Empty hours make aching hearts.
No man can be happy all to himself.
A great Intent makes for noble content.
There Is no known way of Insulating sin.
A prayer can be long without being tall.
The painfully pious are never powerfully
so.
A clean heart Is the secret of a clear
head.
It takes more than loftiness to make a
saint.
Malice Is sharper at the hilt than In the
blade. ,
He makes little out of life who Is always
on the make.
Worship Is more In looking up than In
bowing down.
The service of another Is a sovereign cure
for our own sorrow.
Depreciating others will not help the
world to appreciate you.
When a man catches up with his own
Ideals he has begun to die.
A man's soundness does not depend on
the amount of sound he makes.
The milk of human kindness does not
seem to keep well In blue bottles.
The man who Is willing to go to heaven
alone may find he Is going tho other way.
When opportunity la measuring your head
she will not take in the bump of self
esteem. There Is no comfort In a crown on the
top of the head when there is a frown on
the front of the face.
It is a good deal better to live In a glass
house and take your chances on stones
than to have no windows at all.
' THE AGE DEAD LIME.
Tendency of Corporations to Place av
Handicap on Age.
Washington Post.
When the delegates to the convention of
electrical engineers recently visited this
city they Inspected the gun shops at the
navy yard. One of the foreigners made
a significant remark. "This is the only
place In the United States," said he, "where
I have seen old men at work."
This observation Is Interesting, In view
of the action of the Pennsylvania system
in the west in dispensing with the services
of all employes who began to work for the
company after they had reached the age of
36 years. In thua eliminating from Ita
service all men who have passed the prime
of life the Pennsylvania system evidently
proposes to rely very largely upon the
activity and alertness of men whose eyes
are still clear, whose muscles are elastic
and whose capacity for labor has not been
decreased by the weight of years. In rail
road work comparative youth Is undoubtedly
a desirable factor, and yet when the ten
dency In this country to shove old men to
the rear becomes almost universal, the
situation leads to serious Inquiry. The
government cannot be expected to provide
places for all the old men who are crowded
out of active employment by more vigorous
youths. It docs a great deal, even now,
in the consideration which It shows to Its
aged clerks and other employes. Men are
retained In the federal departments, for in
stance, whose services are by no means
commensurate with the salaries they re
ceive. If they were working for a private
corporation they would be asked to step
aside.
At the same time it would seem as if tho
work of weeding out Incompetent employes
ought to be based upon individual seleotion
rather than upon the arbitrary limit of age.
There are many men who at 60 are as en
ergetic and as capable as other men at 40,
and If this sound physical condition Is the
result of careful living there is no reason
why they should not be allowed to enjoy
the fruits of their self-preservation.
If tho heavy hand of dismissal is to be
laid summarily upon all men who reach a
certain age, It will be useless to follow the
paths of sobriety and hygiene. There is
neither sense nor Justice In such arbi
trary action. On the other hand, If men
who are old only In the number of their
years are dealt with on the basis of their
capacity for work, there will be every In
ducement to the young men of the present
generation to busband their strength, so
that, as the Bible says, their days may be
long in the land. There should be a pre
mium upon old age, not a handicap. In
no other way can we expect young men to
be careful how they live.
TESTS OF FIEL OIL.
Practical Valne of Experiments Hade
by the Government.
New York Tribune.
The full report of the tests made under
the auspices of the United States navy to
determine the relative efficiency of coal
and crude petroleum as fuel has Just ap
peared In print. An inquiry equally thor
ough has never before been made In this
country, and much of the Information se
cured will be serviceable to railroad com
panies, owners of merchant steamers and
persons who meditate the establishment of
power plants, either for the generation of
electricity or for manufacturing purposes.
The relative merits of a variety of burners
were also examined by the government and
the results obtained increase tho practical
value of the report.
The experiments were made with a water
tube boiler of the kind which has been
adopted for cruisers of the Denver class.
Coal was used In seventeen and oil In sixty
nine. The average amount of water evap
orated by a pound of coal waa nine pounds,
while twelve and a half pounds were evap
orated by the same quantity of petroleum.
Weight for weight, then, the latter showed
a superiority of about 40 per cer.t. It
should be added that Pocahontas coal and
Beaumont oil were employed In these tests.
Had either the solid or liquid fuel been of
another quality, of course the ratio would
have been different.
In determining which Is the more eco
nomical it is "necessary to consider not
merely the price at the place of production,
but also the cost of transportation to the
place of consumption. The Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe Railway company once
operated twenty-five freight engines con
tinuously for a month with coal costing
$0.65 a ton, and then for, another month
with petroleum which was bought at $1.33
barrel. It was found that three and a
half barrels of the latter (involving an ex
penditure of $4.67) would do the work of a
ton of the former. By the use of oil a
saving of 88 per cent was effected. In
California and New Mexico the difference
would probably be even more conspicuous,
Whereas In the North Atlantlo states coal
Is at present the cheaper.
In a number of ways the convenience
which has attended the use of liquid fuel
on locomotives would be paralleled In the
navy. A fresh supply can be taken Into
the tanks of an engine or a ship with great
ease. Consumption can be readily adjusted
to meet fluctuations In the demand for
steam. There Is no trouble In forcing a
fire in emergencies, and It is alleged that
higher speeds can be maintained with oil
than with coal. On the other hand, there aro
some questions which hsve not yet besn sat
isfactorily solved and which nned further
study before liquid fuel, can be heartily
commended for the naval service. There
Is much uncertainty at present about se
curing a supply on short notice. Under
forced draught combustion Is Imperfect and
smoke Is emitted. The difficulty can be
remedied by allowing more apses for the
bolUra, but without such a change In de
sign the detection of a vessel a small and
defenseless destroyer, for instance would
be possible. Still snother modification in
the arrrangement of warship Is de
manded. If an enemy's shot goes through
oal bunksrg their contents gra unharmed.
Puncture an oil tank, ajid the effect would
be more serious. It Is highly desirable
that liquid fuel be stored at a lower level
than coal.
BKTK.MR ASH PROSPERITY.
t'nfalllns; Barometers of Business
Mark liratlf,n Thenar.
Philadelphia Press.
The government revenue reflects he same
turn In the tide toward prosperity during
September Indicated by all other returns.
In July, while he.tvy miscellaneous re
oHts raised total revenue for the month
1673.000 above July, 1P08, the revenue from
customs was 12,613.000 less than In July last
year, and the return from Internal revenue
1716,000 less. In August the total revenue
was K.W9.9X) less than that of August a
year before. The decrease waa distributed
through all aourccs. Customs were $2,704,
000 less. Internal revenue receipts 1510,000
leas than miscellaneous receipts were $1,73.),
000 Ices.
September saw this reversed. Total reve
nue rose for this month $l,!75.OO0 over Sep
tember a year ago. The character of this
Increase was as noteworthy as the lnrrease
Itself. Customs fell $406,000. Large customs
receipts are not a sign of high prosperity.
They rise when this country Is not produc
ing at home what tt needs. They fall when
I. Is. Internal revenue receipts are a direct
measure of the activities of trade and of
general prosperity. These rosa $70,CfO.
Miscellaneous receipts Increased $1,040,000.
These come chiefly from land sales and 11 re
a close gauge of the fresh expansion of
population. Both, by their Increase, mark
a revival of business and a widening of
prosperity In September.
If these changes stood alone they would
mean less. They do not. Railroad earnings
Increased In September as compared with
last year. Like government revenue they
had made a poor showing In June, July and
August and advanced In September. Bank
clearings grew as compared with the pre
vious months of the year. Orders In the
Iron and steel trnda Improved and a read
justment of prices led to a better aspect In
this trado. The movement of boots tind
shoos, beyond any other staple manufac
ture, following the ltnmedlnto needs of the
masses, Increased In September. More wool
machinery was employed, a number of mills
starting in this city. The share market, In
response to all this, saw a steady, regular
and rapid advance, still In progress.
No ono of these things alone would have
been conclusive. Collectively they clearly
register a general wave of Improvement.
Sl ITABLE t il lHO II Ml SIC.
Move), to Make It More Distinctly
Religions.
Brooklyn Eagle. '
The report of the commission appointed
by Archbishop Farley of the diccese of
New York on church music Is commended
to Protestant organists and clergymen as
well as to the Roman Catholics, for whom
It Is primarily Intended. The report is de
signed to carry out the pope's encyclical
letter for the simplification of church music
and the increase of the spirit of reverence
in the musical services. The abolition of
women singers is a matter for the Catholic
churches only, but the spirit of this report
coincides with some recent statements by
leading Protestant choir directors of Brook
lyn. Both are aiming to make the music
of the churches a part of the worship and
to do away with the element of personal
display and with the use of secular and
florid music, originally written to portray
emotions anything but religious. The fol
lowing objections from the report apply as
fully to music in Protestant churches as to
Catholics.
"Adaptations of Latin worda to songs,
arias, or concerted pieces borrowed from
operas or other secular sources; the use of
compositions In which the words are trans
posed, omitted or unduly repeated, and in
which rests are Interpolated between sylla
bles of a word; tho use of a mu:lc whose
style In either the vocal part or tho accom
paniment Is suggestive of the concert or
the theater."
The tendency In all denominations la to
ward making church muslo more distinc
tively religious. That is a matter not only
of devotion, but of good taste. The pope
Is able to enforce It In Catholic churches.
In Protestant churches it must rest upon
the Intelligence of the congregations and
the clergymen. The feeling of the really
devout has been against fool trills and runs
and the display of high-priced soloists ever
since the practice began. For a time It
was the fashion to crush such objectors
with one remark, that they "did not under
stand music" A good many of them did
not pretend to musical knowledge. They
did, however, understand worship far bet
ter than their critics did. As the knowl
edge of muslo grows and broadens the per
ception Is growing of the line which, marks
the divisions between the different schools.
"Robin Adair," for example. Is not re
garded now as a proper air for "Nearer,
My God, to Thee," although twenty-five
years ago that was a favorite combination
with church soloists. They used to ping
"Jesus, Lover of My Soul," to "When the 1
Swallows Homeward Fly" about tho same
time. The growth of education and taste
has driven out those glaring Incongruities
and It will gradually do for Protestant wor
ship what the ecclesiastical authorities of
the Catholic church can do by order.
Farmers Enjoying; Prosperity.
Detroit Free Press.
The farmer has been enjoying a season of
prosperity such as has seldom been his
good fortune. The Increasing population of
the cities has strengthened tho demand
upon his resources and furnished him with
a profitable market for his products. The
Increase In living has not been felt by him
to any material degree, owing to his lim
ited needs aside from those which he Is
able to satisfy at home. The depression
and despondency that were once his lot
have disappeared, and he Is the embodiment
of prosperity and contentment.
Industrial Activity of Women.
New York Sun.
Are women suffering In their purely
feminine development of the extension of
their sphere of activity under the modern
Industrial organization? There Is no In
dication that such is the case. They ara
certainly in a better condition physically
than they used to be, and morally self
supporting ability ought to be of advantaga
to them. Nor do they work so hard as
did the women of a century ago In their
multifarious household activities.
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WHOLESALE AND RET AH FACTORY ON TUB PREMISES.
BLASTS FROM RAM's HORN.
Wealth won by tilcKs vanishes by mgl.
The lean Christian Is sure to b nervous.
It takes many a tumble to keep us hum
bio.
Wisdom Increases Itself by enriching oth
ers. A hard feeling is far from a rock foun
dation. He who declines no pleasure declines In
power.
Preparation Is the best prayer for conse
cration. How would a rrayer party do for a
change?
The mercy of Ood Is the preatest of all
mercies.
Truth Is never worth much w here It costs
but little. ,
People who remember malleo easily for
get mercy.
Faith fills up the promises before they
are fulfilled.
A mighty little man can undo a h.rge
man's work.
The chronic kicker Is the first to go lame
In the race.
The Journey Is worth while when wirdirn
Is at the end.
Stars of hepe are always born In the
nffcht of trouble. -
Heavenly activity la fruitless without
heavenly attributes.
Nature' study Is empty without the study
i of our own natures.
The apoplectic church Is apt to have an
apologetic preacher.
The paint of pMde Is not the same as the
robe of righteousness.
He who Is willing to guide a child Is pre
paring to lead a nation.
Tho teacher Is to lead men Into truth,
not to throw It at them.
It may make some of us feel queer to
see our ballots at the JudKment.
Tho best evidence of your own saiation
Is your Interest In that of othars.
The religion that mnkes a man feel too
good for common people Is born of the pit.
Many a rran who Is barking at his wife's
piety now Is banking a1 good deal orv what
It is going to do for him when he comes
to die.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Beautiful Octoberl Consider Its colors,
its hase and Its ozone, streaked with the
pungent airs of moth balls.
As a gracious prelude to the season of
thankfulness comes the Joyous note that
the cranberry crop Is safe.
Reports from the timber line confirm the
worst fears. The chestnut crop Is unusu
ally large and beyond reach of Jack Frost
The Industrial dead line of 36 years ap
plies only to men who work for wages.
Graybeard will, as heretofore, draw ths
salaries.
The subject of osculation comes up again
j for dlacusslon. People who are favored,
with the real thing are wise enough to
keep It dark. Only the Inexperienced mur
mur. The 'American consul at Dublin discarded
the Ourney megaphone method when he
struck a lively pace with his motor. He
paid his fine liko a' man and dli'.iVt mur
mur a little bit.
Enforcing blue laws In Kentucky Is
startling news indeed. Things are going
awry In the Blue Grass commonwealth
I when a water wagon is hailed aa a symbol
of peace and good will.
.E. R. Thomas, the man who Is astonish
Ing Gotham by paying over $200 a day fof
, swell accommodations, Is a westerner, fat
tened on corn. Corn la hot stuff In solid
or liquid form and Thomas Is tho hottest
tassle that ever fluttered in the corn bolt.
There are true patriots in New York
City, notwithstanding reports to the con
trary. Scores of them lined up In front
of the receiver's office at 4 a. m. in ordei
to pay their taxes promptly on the opening
day. Such loyalty and enthusiasm stln
the cockle of the officeholdlng heart
An Indiana woman who saved a passes
ger train from going through a burning
bridge was rewarded with a pass for her
self and family to St. Louis and return
and $26 in real money. Such generoalty
tends to refute the envious charge that
corporations have no souls.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTIUES.
"His wife's a fire eater."
"You don't say so?"
"Yes, ati chews her words when
scolds him." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
SIM
"Ah!" she paid with a sigh of relief as
the flames licked up the luut bit of what
had once been her happy home, "that old
Bible with the date of my birth In It Is
gone, anyway." Chicago Record-Herald.
Bedella had bnen told that somebody
wanted to steal her.
"Why doesn't ho Just oome and ask me
to marry him." she said. "I'm Just" as anx
ious as the other girls." Cleveland Leu dor.
Ella Bella has lost her voice and the
doctor says that it will be some tune be
fore she recovers the use of It.
Stella That's too bad, with only three
months of leap year left. Town Topics.
"I beg, I beseech you to be my wife," fee
pleaded "Oh, do not sav 'No!' "
"Mr. Nervey " replied the fair girl, "I had
not thought of saying 'no' to you. I'm sure
you wouldn't take that for an answer, and,
so, permit me to say: 'Not on your life!'
Philadelphia Press.
"What do you think of the amusements
of the smart set?"
"Well," answered Miss Cayenne, "If they
divert the particpants ua much as they do
the general public, their effectiveness must
bo conceded." Washington Star.
"Now, Henry," she began, with set 'Jaw,
"I must liauo $60 today.'
"All right," replied her husband, "here
It Is."
"Gracious, Henrv!" she exclaimed, sud
denly poling. "What's the matter? Are
you sick?" Chicago Tribune.
Mary had a motor car,
Propelled by gasoline.
And everywhere that Mary went
She rode In the machine.
The motor struck a stone one day,
And from H rourse deflected
Doctor says that Mary is
As well as he expected.
Found Floating.
A 8ONG1 IN OCTOUER.
Maurice Francis Egan In Donahoe's.
The acorns fall, and slow decay
"To send up tender green In spring.
The red leaves Mutter every way,
The meadow lurks no longer sing.
The ahndow of white doath Is near,
Ti.e wind hears coldly winter's bieath,
"Ah, fenrful heart, have then no fear.
The May must come there Is no death."
Death lurks behind the maples' glow,
"Life lives beyond the front-wing's fllgUi
There la no death Christ wills it so'
The darkness leads into the Llgkil"
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