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V. TIIK OMAHA DAILY PEE: srXDAV. OCTOftER 30, inn. 10 ) The Omaha Sunday Per E KOSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dally l-.ee (without Sunday), on year. M 00 Itmiy Urt and tiunday, una eir Illustrated lice. 01. f .r Kunday Be, on year..: Hatur.lay le, one year " Twentieth Century Farmer, one yenr... - tiF.I.IVB-Rrr.ri MV rAKKlEH: ttAllw ft. WUK flimilnvl llPf COtl. zc Iwilly bee (without Hunriny), per "'!:' I -ally Bee (Including Sunday), per week..Ji "o Sunday Bee, per eopy !: K'veing Bee (without Sunday), per ween m Evening ltee (Including Sunday), werK .A. Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should he addrested to City Circulation de partment. OFFICES: O-naha The Bee building. -.-So-jth Omahn-Clty Hall building. Twen- ty-rifth and M streets. Council Bluffa-ln peart street Chicago K41 fnlty building. Nw York 2!JS Pork Row buildlr.C Wanhlnjton-Biil Fourteenth meet. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news a"'L' torlal matter ahr.uld he addressed: Omana Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal orfl'r. payable to The Bee Publlshrns; company. rmly t rent stamps received In payment 01 mall accounts Persnnnl ci.eckr. except on Otnnhn or eastern exchanges, not aceertaa. THE BEE FL'BLISHINO COM PAN STATEMENT OF CIRCIXATION. State of Nebraska. Douclas County. .! Oeora B. Tischuck, aeeretaly of The Pnhllshlnp company, being; duly wor"j says that the actual number ol "a complete copies of The Dally. Mornln. Evening- and Sunday D printed rlu,t?5 ''I month of September. was follows. 1 ns.snn f ItU.SM) t au.iMi 4 27.1BO I. .. w.im 2M.JM50 T st,:2( ifll,lM 2l,r50 10 2U.af0 II 37.O00 It 211,14(0 It lf,4H it a,Br,o it aui is an.aso 17 s.xso Ig SU,5 19... to... ... tl... 23... 24... 2S... :o... 27... 28... 2S... 30... ...jti,aH) ...ao.aro .. .211,150 ...at.7ao ...a7,o ...a:.i3i ...a,a to ...tfo,:nto ...J.BitO ... , 7io , . :). .. in t Total Less unro!d and returned copies , 1 Net total aalea Dally average aa.aTl QEO. B. TSWCHL'CK. Subscribed In my presence ond sworn to berorn m thla uh U.iy of September. 1904. Ssa) M. B. il UNGATE. Notary Public. The leonj;ueniipnt of Port Arthur will certainly Ro down us one of the famous sIcros in history. ti. M. HltchcocVs latest pistil! to the Hi-brows appears In Koiiuia letter, and his noxt cplKllo to the Itoiuanti will np prar Iti iintllhitiMt Ilehrcw. Lucrative employment for leu -pullers, jjrnfterz nut', ward heelers. Apply to the strenuous pirsidpiit of the 4le,tr!c lighting nioiioiioly. No references re (luirrd. If coni prlem in Asia are anything like whnt they tire in America, Japan In on u Bound fliiaiitliil footing despite the wdr, Blnce it I now, working the mines at Yental. If Great Itrltaln and Ilutishi can arbi trate their differences it will be hard , for any party to a dispute In the future to convince that it 1m something that cannot be arbitrated. Wait.mts urc out for the arrest of Colorado women for registering more) times than the law allows. And yet Women BUlTingmts promised to ruise politics out of the mire. Secretary Woodson of the democratic natlonnl committee predicts the election of Judge Parker. Prophets are not at a premium In Kentucky or MV. Woodson would be more ci refill of his reputation. The naiiyii..! iR-.uomitic campaign committee has brought 1U eggs to the wrong market when it appeals, us it docs, to the editor of The Bee for such a contribution as he was able and will ing to make. The most plausible explanation of the North sen incident Is that the Uusslau admiral mistook a trawling chine ior a torpedo tube. Mariners should be In st mo ted in all sort of sen serpents be fore putting to sen. Senator Fairbanks is in Kentucky, but It is not expected that he will do much more damage to Judge Parker's chances than Mr. Bryan did to President Ilooso vclt's in Ohio. Still these social visits are uever out of place. Candidate K wallow is billed to speak over a saloon at Kniisas City and the fact Is creating toinu comment nt the mouth of the Kuw. But has not the prohibition candidate sought to btamp down the liquor traffic for years? Citizens of the towns in Wyoming and South Dakota which are In the contests for the capitals of those states have been so busy witli local Issues that it is possible the national candidates would go by default were it not that all are on one ticket. Bernard Shaw says that if whipping Is essential in the British navy the cat-o'-uine-talls might be transferred from the fo'castle to the quarterdeck. Luckily the proposed system was not in force In the American navy during the Schley-Suuipson dispute. "More people iu Omaha use water than they, use light," exclaims the strenuous president of the electric light ing monopoly, but that Is no reauon why they should continue to pay tribute to the electric lighting monopoly when they can secure better electric light service at sum Her cost. Erustus A. Benson's position on mu nicipal ownership is very unique. Mr. Benson ardently advocates municipal ownership as a principle aud appeara very much exasperated over the corrup tion and depravity of our public servants by the public utility corporations, but he cannot ee bla way clear to putting his convictions into practice Just now. Like the hypnottied Heal Estate 'x chauge committee he pleads: "Manaua not lb time wui otber time. GREAT BRITAIS CUyClLtA TORT. While some of the Hrltisu newspupcia have not approved the conciliatory sieeeh of Premier Ilalfour In regnrd to the North ea episode, there can be no doubt that it is very generally viewed in Europe as a most discreet and Ju dicious utterance, the effect of which cannot fall to be universally salutary. There is no question Mint the firing upon Iiritisli fishing vessels was an offense which Justified the outburst of Kngllsh Indignation. Had the Hiitlsh govern ment decided that It was a casus belli Mie nations undoubtedly would have re garded such a conclusion as Justifiable. The evidence appears to be clear that the Itusslan naval commander respon sible for the offense did not take proper care to ascertain the character of the vessels tired upon. The explanation that there was believed to le Japanese torpedo boats In the waters through which the Itusslan squadron was sailing Is not In the least satisfactory. As Mr. Balfour said, it is inconceivable that Ureat Britain could be harboring Jap anese steamers and warships without Itussla and Indeed the whole civilized world knowing It and he very properly protested against such an allegation. A naval commander of ordinary Judgment should have understood this, but It would seem that the ofllccr responsible for the offense was in such a state of alarm that he was unnble to use ordinary Judg ment We think it will be very generally ad mitted that the Brltls'.i premier was en tirely right in acknowledging the con ciliatory spirit shown by the czar ami his government, although this recogni tion appears to have displeased certain London papers and perhaps is ulso re sented by the jingo element of tile British people. It may be said that the czar atid his counsellors saw In the course taken the only safe path, yet none the less It was a commendable course and its recognition as such by Mr. Balfour Is entirely praiseworthy. It Is no detriment to tin? British position and cannot in the slightest degree mili tate against the just claim of that power for reparation. Nor has the British case been In the least weakened by the agree ment to submit the matter to arbitra tion. The London Standard reproaches the government for having made war like demonstrations that were mere dis play. There Is very good reason to think, however, that they were quite effective at St. Petersburg, and prob ably also at other European capitals. At all events It Is unquestionable that tho right course has been taken. It is n circumstance of no small significance that in so grave a matter as this the principle of arbitration is to be invoked and certainly every friend of that prin ciple will find in the fact a source of gratification. It Is a sign of progress that cannot fail to prove encouraging to the friends of International pence every where and stimulate them to persevere tn their efforts to promote arbitration In International controversies. A MEtilTUlllOUS SCOGESTION. Among the resolutions adopted by the Truusmlsslsslppl Commercial congress is one suggesting that the national congress enact legislation empowering the Inter state Commerce commission, when a rate or practice complained of is found to be discriminative or unreasonable, to determine what change shall be made therein, which determination shall be operutlve within thirty days and so con tinue until overruled or suspended under Judicial proceedings. This Is in line with recommendations which have been made by the commis sion and with the views of those who lpive sought to broaden and strengthen the powers of the commission. It con templates what would undoubtedly prove of great Service to the public, since with such power given the commission it probably would very rarely lie called upon to exercise it. The railroads would Ik? more- enreful to avoid causes of com plaint and would pay a stricter regard to the law. We cannot see what reason able objection could be made to the sug gestion of the TTausmissl8Hippl congress. The power it proposes to clothe the In terstate Commerce commission with is not arbitrary. Its exercise would be sub ject to Judicial revjew. The commission should be empowered to remedy, with out unreasonable delay, practices by the railroads of which there is complaint Mint M shown to be well founded. It Is the right of the public that this should be done nnd until the commission has such power it cannot afford such pro tection to the public as it was intended to give. The Transmlsslssippl congress ahould have provided for getting its suggestion before the national congress. Possibly Its officers will attend to this. The dlffl culty with those who understand the need of strengthening the powers of the Interstate Commerce commission Is that they do not urge their views with sufll clent (vlgor and persistence. Thus the railroads are usually able to have their own way in congress, defeating every proposition that looks to holding them to n stricter observance of tho law and to the prevention of practices which are against the public interest. A SEW EPOCH rVR WHEAT. It appears that while experts of tie. department of Agriculture differ ns to the number of years during which the United States can continue to raise suf ficient wheot for home consumption, they ure united in the opinion that we are en tering npon nn epoch of higher wheat prices. They think the 0-cent loaf bus probably come to stay. Au official of the department in quoted us saying tliut the whole tendency of the times, except In .certain localities and under special conditions la to get away from the wheat crop aud this tendency tun only be ar rested by the Inducement of high prices, lie argued that It Is steadily possible, as population advances, to put our land to more profitable uses than wheat cul ture. "Intensive culture." he said, "will increase the ylcltf of our farms, but at un Increased tot-t, and especially will this show itself in such Simple agriculture as wheat. While this country can raise Its own wheat for many decades to come It will do so only, under the stimulus of a considerably advanced price, probably a price advanced beyond the Importing point, provided the duty remains at "2$ cents per bushel." Price Is unquestionably the controlling f.ictor In regard to the future production of wheat In this country. A well known American statistician a few years ago declared that the United States could supply the world's demand for wheat nnd would contract to supply the I'nlted Kingdom for the next thirty years pro vided it would offer a dollar a bushel In Mark Lane ns a permanent price. Of course the country could not supply Eng land with wheat this year nt that price without loss, but present conditions are exceptional. Besides, If American farm ers could lie assured of dollar wheat It Is not to be doubted that more of it would be raised, so that the merit of the statement of the statistician referred to is not to be measured by existing con ditions. We are inclined to isgree with those who think that this country will continue for many years to come to raise enough wheat for the home demand, but It seems to be an entirely reasonable be lief that the price will be higher. This Is th Judgment of those who have given the question (if the future of wheat care ful consideration. THE ORSASIEXTAL VUSGHESS.VAN. Some men are born great, others achieve greatness, while others have greatness thrust upon them. This was literally the case of the dcmo-populist candidate for congress from this district, whose chief merit lies in bis self-confessed uselcssnesfl for anything except ornament. There Is more humor Mian poetry in the ingenious and candid con fession he makes in ills letter to the Blair "N'usby" in response to u requisi tion for congressional activity. On any matter of serious import, or that would materially benefit his con stituency he frankly admits that as a member of tho minority in the house he will "cut very little ice," and the only function which lie Is enabled to perform Is the paternal distribution of garden snss under his congressional frank. But If ho who makes two blades of grass grow where none grew before is a human benefactor, how much more can be the claim for a congressman who ornaments your flower beds with rutabagas, cauli flowers, sunflowers nnd moon flowers? Pointing backward with supreme sat isfaction to the beneficent work accom plished for his constituents during his freshmnn term, our "harmless candi date" holds out the glowing nnd tinted prospectus of blossoming flower gardens for two more seasons, nnd n profusion of nppetlzing lettuce and radishes, early spring beans, midsummer' melons, fall peppers and pickled pigs' feet. What more shall we ask nnd what more could he be expected to do for us? Surely the people of this district would be too aw fully fastidious if they were not at tracted by such n feast of good cheer for the eye and the palate. I'drslni from the sublime to the seri ous at-pect of his candidacy the question the xofers of this district have to ask themselves nnd nnswer nt the ballot box is, whether they want to continue a rep resentative at Washington who can serve them merely as n seed dispenser. If the ornamental congres-smnn can do nothing better when urged to Interest himself in behalf of the people of his district than to refer them to the g. o. p.. why should it be necessary to pay n con gressional salary and a hnndred-dollar-n -month clerk thrown in for what cm be done by a mere messenger boy? If the useless candidate has no better idea of his own capabilities nnd Influence ns a member of congress how can he expect outsiders to rate him hlclier? VXXECESSARILY ALARMED. An officer of ono of the big eastern railroads is quoted as saying tliut "the growing use of the long-distance tele phone for business has cost the railroads of Mils country millions of dollars in pas senger earnings in the last few yenrs." He continues: "To what extent money Is diverted from us in this can, of course, never be even approximately estimated. It is n tremendous figure, however, aud it Is reflected to a certain extent in many of the recent annual reports." There is no doubt but that tho perfec tion of communication facilities by means other than railroad acts as a sub stitute for railroad travel. The rnilroid official referred to declares that he knows himself at least half a dozen business men who have given up trips that they used to take ns regularly as clock work. aud that it is impossible to get any defi nite Idea of Mie number of people who telephone rather than travel, and he gives it us his opinion that tho telegram never worked against passenger earnings ns the telephone does. People fnuilllnr with tho origin and de velopment of railroading, however, will refuse to be alarmed nt this dismal fore boding or to foresee the day when the railroad will have been extinguished by the telephone. We had the postoftlce de partment long before we had the rail road, but the interchange of business communications never attained anything like great proportions until tho railroad end tho letter carrier worked together. Where the telephone and the telegram have cut off business trips they have also created an. Innuendo passenger traffic which without Instuntnneous communi cation would never have arisen. Thou sands of trips are made every day on hurry calls sent by telephone or tele graph and thousand more In response to Utters transmitted through the malls. The earnings from these must also be reflected in the annual roports, although thej are not labeled on the surface. The telephone and the telegraph, more over, have contributed so much In facili tating tho operation of railroads that no railroad man cnu Imagine how he could get along without them, or would favor thtir abolition If he could bring it about. .Ve have not yet reached the culmination lor our advancement toward tne mie peiled means of communication, but even should the culmination of Mie in ventors' dreams In this direction 1 nt tainM. ti e rnllrcad will be iu still greater requisition to transfer the physical pres ence liet ween distant points which can never bo dispensed with. Looking at the report of the British emigration oilice one Is Impressed with the difference between conditions In Uape Colony nnd New Zealand. Im migration Is prnetictlly barred in ttej former and is welcomed in the latter, despite reports of the great troubles which threaten Client Britain's most socialistic colony. Perhaps the Joint appearance of John X. Baldwin and the editor of tne World Herald at the Polk meeting evidences only n missionary experiment to subject Mie t'nlon Pacific head lobbyist to the Irresistible logic of the Missouri boodle prosecutor and make him an Involuutary convert to the extermination of the boodle lobby. It is the frequency of accidents like that reported from Colorado wuien makes the averaire American citizen pay somewhat exorbitant coal bills without undue complaint. But he would do it far more willingly did be know thnt n greater part of Mie receipts went to the miner whose life Is constantly risked. Now that Secretary Metcnlf of the Department of Commerce nnd Inbor has decided tliut the geisha girl hearing at St. Louis partakes of the nature of n judicial proceeding and Is not cx pane, a good example Is set for Secretary Hitch cock to make n similar ruling regarding Investigations into Indian affairs. Governor Bailey of Kansas isn't making as much fuss about it as Gov ernor La Toilette, but he seems to be having ns effective a way of disposing of a state trensurcr nlleged to be short In his account. lie simply makes the fact public nnd leaves the rest to the voters. rrobnbly no one has done so much unwittingly to advance the cause of in ternational arbitration as Admiral KoJoHtvensky. Pew nations like to think of what might happen if nil of the navies of the world were to sail at largo under such n martinet Clvlllrlnir Inflnenre of Autumn. St. Louis Republic. Autumn Is recognized as a civilizing- In fluence. It tins compelled the Ignrrotes lo don American clothes, at least when not before the public during show hours. ttuskr Help Wnnteil. Chicago Record-Herald. Dr. Hillis snys the men who are now husking corn In Nebraska will be the fa mous ones forty years hence. This belntj so, the way to fame should be easy. Ne braska is calling almost plteouly for corn huakers. Getting Dark to Ancient Methods. )a!iiuu7i o niiiciiioii. The rod Is again appearing In the dis cussions of modern educational methods, According to the views of many exas- ........ ,1 to,, M,Aa rt . Vi o vminff M nn Rnl. fimon was riot such an old fogy as tho . . . . . J . . . . 1 . II Ka A Common Falling;. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Thet-e seems to be nothing worthy of at tention in the statement that, the demand for small bank notes, more particularly the $3 sort, Is stendlly Increasing. Most of us have noticed this, and a few of us have supposed It to be a chronic condition. The nlfferene'?. Ban Francisco Chronicle. When the question of cost of living Is raised, It Is always wise for the Working man to keep In mind the fact that In free trade England the struggle Is for a "living Wage." In this country tho constant aim of the worker Is to attain and maintain the standard of living which he has set for himself. Value of Government Ownership. Kansas City Star. 'The fact that the United States govern ment has reduced the price of messages to Alaska since the opening of its new cable line nisy Ehow the people one of the advantages of government ownership of the telegraph but it will also be an Incen tive to renewed effort on the part of com mercial cable companies to have the gov ernment line abandoned or used exclusively for government business. McKlrlPy ns nn Inspiration. Springfield Republican. The example of President JicKlnley was held up as an inspiration at a recent meet ing of English dissenters gathered to plan for the more effective resistance to the law of tho land in regard to school taxes. The speaker told how Mr. McKinley as a young man had defied the fugitive slave law: "Come weal, come wue, stripes, imprison ment and death, wo will1 give food to a dying slave." The English pamlve reslst ers, the speaker said, "took their stand With MoKlnley and the a pun ties and the thrie Hebrews." Area ot Our l oal Fields. Success. It Is estimated by experts that the area of American coal fields ut present opto to mining is mure than five times as great as that of th coal fleldj of England, France, Germany and Belgium, th great coal producing countries of Uurope. While practically ull the avullublc coal area ot those commies have boen optned to mining, ours have scarcely been estimated. When i take into consideration the fact' that coal is ono of the great motive powers in the manufacturing world, It la e vide it that this immense wealth of coal will bo of such un udvantuge to the United States as to be beyond any man's calculutlon. Readlnar ns a Medicine. Boston Globe. The word "dioease" signifies the abneneo Of ease, and that want of ease la generally caused by thinking too much of one's self or one's own concerns. Nervousness la generally at the bottom of it. Now, If the doctors, when the) find their patients all eaten up with too much thinking of them selves or their business, were to prescribe a course of Cervantes of Mollere or Bulsi or Sterne or Dickens or 8hakepeare, and as strictly enjuln the thoroughness In this course as they would If tho treatment were a matter of diet or medicine, many of them would begin to mend rrom the flrit moment that these magician had given them for a forgetfulnesa of self. Halt of the sickness In this world Is but a form of egotism the too persistent brooding over one's own troubles A dn of reading will often jirove the best rciiiejy. SKHMONS 1 SHORT METER. Opposition cure apathy. Faith creates tho future. Fatalism takes all force out of life. Rusty pipes do not enrich the water of life. Many would rsther be In sin than out of style. A man mny le loud and yet not say much. Harplness Is never gained until It Is given. Manufacturing sorrow Is one of the worst of sins. Vou enrnot do God s work nnd walk your own way. Character is the only cash that Is current In heaven. Traytng lips cannot square up for pro fane living. Nature may make some fools, but all the fops make themselves. Thowlng millstones at men Is not the same thing ns giving them flour. The greatest coward is the one who Is nfraid of being charged with feaf. It Is a good deal easier to condemn a new idea than It Is to comprehend It. The man who has no mind of his own often has the most of it to give away. The church service that does not stretch out on to the street only serves the devil. Many a man thinks he Is getting a cor ner lot In glory when he puts a dime In the collection (hat he couldn't pass on the street car. Chicago Tribune. SKLL1NH OI R Sl'ltl'Lt S ABROAD. Slgnlflennce of l Common Traetlce Amonir Mannf letnrers. Philadelphia Press. Great stories are. told by democratic cam paign orators as to how American manu facturers sell their products abroad at lower rates than at home; but they are for tho most part fiction. As the Industrial commission showed In its report to con gress, a very small percentage of the goods exported is sold at lower rates abroad. But it Is true that slmllur sales are made by every other nation. It la equally true that domestic merchants, to secure new customers or to get rid of an accumulated stock, sacrifice u purt of It. There is not H department store in the country that does not advertise at times to do that very thing. Urltlsh manufacturers, as the consular reports show, pursue the same course. As a mill running on full time, with a com plete force of employes, can produce cheaper than when runnliiR on part time with a smaller force. It is only natural that the owners should try and keep going on full time. If to do that ihey sell one quarter of their product at cost for export, nil the remainder of the product can be sold at lower rates than would otherwise be the ense to home consume:-!. At the same time all of the employes would be ut work at full time, greatly to their own ad vantage and to that of the various estab lishments from which they purchase sup plies. Consul General Evans says that goods are sold in Great Britain to foreign buyers at a less price than In .the home market for the same reasons as govern audi sales In the United States. Mr. Evans tells of a Lon don publishing firm which brought out a largo edition of a booi of Action at the Jobbing rate of 60 cents for each copy. Having several hundred copies left, they sold them to a Boston firm for 30 cents each. They could not afford to reduce the price In London. Trouble at the Bos ton custom house, because of the reduced rate, brought out these facts. Consul Fleming of Edinburgh gives a number of Illustrations of such lower foreign sales by British manufacturers, 'nnd Consul Taylor at Glasgow furnishes like evidence. Ger man manufacturers make public reports of lower sales and even losses on foreign business. That such sales, when no losses are In curred, can be made in some cases at an advantage to home consumers, because they enable a mill to be kept fully employed, producing at a lower cost. Is self-evident. There are probably Instances where such sales are not Justified. But they are ureatly exaggerated by Campaign orators, who entirely Ignore the good results In othjr cases. . DIRECTORS MIST DIRECT. I, rural and Moral Accountability of Dank Officers. Philadelphia Ledger. The comptroller of the currency, In an address at the convention of bankers at 8t. Louis, stated a truth so commonplace that it is usually overlooked. No national bank, he said, whose officers stiictly obeyed the law under which the bank Was char tered, ever failed. It might almost be said that no bank ever failed that did not make loans in excess of the 10 per cent limit. There are exceptional instances, of course, of unexpected defalcations, forgeries or theft, but these are rare; "the practically universal rule Is that all failures are due to excess loans to one individual or In terest or group of Interests, generally owned or controlled by the officers of the bank itself." When ony question arises concerning a bank, the comptroller says, "the first thing looked at Is loans to officers or directors." If there Is none of these, and If there are no loans to any one person or lnteroft In excess of 10 per cent of the capital of the bank, us the lav,- enjo.ns, the Lank is al most sure to be lit good condition. The practical difficulty appears to be that when these things are discovered, through the Various devices by which they ro con cealed, the comptroller may insist cn their correction, but ran take no compulsory steps short of closing the bank, which It is usually desirable to avoid. Sometimes the excess of loans cun be reduced success fully; sometimes failure follows. Always tho responsibility rests upon the officers and directors of the bank. This Is the main point on which the comptroller insists, and the legal and moral accountability of bunk officers is so ap parent that the recent tendency to min imize It In criminal proceedings Is the mure to be lamented. In the case of the presi dent of a national bank accused of borrow ing from Its funds to an amount largely in excess of the lawful limit, the charge lo the Jury appeared to take no account of his fiduciary capacity, but dealt with him siir.piy as an ordinary "customer" of tho bank, who was at liberty to borrow a much us the bank would lend him. Unless he could be shown to have had a criminal purpose to rob the bank, It waB to be is sumed that he Intended to repay the loam?, and his failure to do so was to be regarded rather as u misfortune than a fault. This was not the languuee of the charge, but It is substantially the Impression that It left, and the Jury could not agree upon a verdict. It Is not the purpose hero to question tho Interpretation of the statute, but ruther to call Attention to the weakness of a sysu-m which lnip-jts specific rule of conduct upon the officers of a bank with out accountability for their vioiatlon. It may be that the responsibility in such a case Is not upon the actual agents, but upon the whole body of the directors who permit the violation of the statute. This Is the view emphasized by Mr. Rldgely, who concludes his address with the re minder tbat "the responsibility for bunk management la by law placed upon tho board of directors," and that if every board. Individually and collectively would realise the Importance of the trust rppr-o In them, and "diligently as well un hon estly do their full duty," bunk failures would be extremely rare. six 1 1, An shots at tk tvlpit. rnrt'ot.d Oreg,n,,n. curious thnt the Episcopalians should object to divorce. Ecclesiastical divorce is the very founda tion of their structure. Chicago Test: The tatement thnt a Roman Catholic rnrdinnl visited a Metho dist Episcopal church to Inspect a picture nf Jesus Christ painted by n jfXf rings of the millennium. Washington Post: The Episcopal church hss decided to refuse to mirry divorced persons. The decision would be more ef fective If Justices of the eare were placo.t under the Jurisdiction of the Episcopal rhurch. Boston Transcript: Regard'ess of th loudest canon of bishops or laymen, th New Tork divorce mill turns faster and faster. One Judge's grlPt In three days if this week was fifty-six cases. But on trouble In New fork Is It's so easy to get marrlel In haste. Baltimore American: The Philadelphia minister who st a meeting of ministers declnred that President Roosevelt Is not a Christian because he did not denounce liquor In his letter of acceptance was verv properly, and quite promptly, re buked by his clerical comrades for his In tolerant attack. This country la a big or., but not big enough to hold the nar row minded views that In other days se.it men to the noose and to the stake for dif fering honestly In opinion from their fel lowmen. end noting according to their own sincere convictions. New York Sun: The Episcopal reneral convention, In formally allowing a minister to refuse to solemnise the remarriage of a pery-on divorced, without rendering himself liable to censure or discipline, simply Justi fies the precent practice of many of the clergy of thnt church. The refusal of the convention to strike out the designation of the church as th "Protestant Episco pal" cn the title page of the prayer book Is moro lT.lflrant. It Indicates that the hatred of everything savoring of pro testantism which is so strong amons; !h "High Church" or "Catholic" party does not prevail In the communion, but that the term protestant. with all Its historic associations, still has the affection nnd expresses the conviction of the great mass of Episcopalians. PERSONAL AXD OTHERWISE- Trawler-loo, Rojestvensky I It isn't the first time Ornernl Vodka caused trouble In this merry world. The sultan of Turkey must feel mighty lonesome these flays without an ultimatum to whet his appetite. To drag a four-section name over an ocean highway Is a mighty hard propo sition for a Russian admiral. The sun is peeping through tho clouds over the o'd Kentucky homo. Henry Watterson hn started a Joke department In his paper. The times are growing frosty, henoe It is fitting and humane to transfer a Howelly show from street corners to the shelter of the court house. Ohio Isn't cutting much Ice In thla cam paign. For the present the Buckeyes are satisfied with furnldhlrlg a large propor tion of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church. Dancing masters insist that the "bear hug" style of dancing must go. Posslbly some of the dancing masters are develop ing wall-flower tendencies. Anyhow, It isn't their put in. The Union Pacific may consider Itself fortunate In not having to deal with New York Juries In personal Injury ca3F. The New York Central wa hit for iGO.tOO In one case not long ago. The woman who got married after writ ing "The Memoirs of a Baby" has ach eved the first edition of the real article und will be able In due time to tell whether fact is stranger than Action. People who start rumors about E. H. Ilarrlmnn huylng railroads here and there ire doubtless unaware of the fact that he Is building a castle on the banks of the FOR THE COMPLEXION rimples, blaok hcads, red, fy?-!4J. rouuu, and oily skin and had complexions prevented by ? v I hot baths with Ciilicura Soap, nrecfded by II (flit applications of Cutlcura Ointment. FOR SCALP AND HAIR Shampoos of Cutl cura Soap and light dressings of Cuti. enra stop fallliiK hair, remove srut, scales, and dandruff, f destroy hair para sites, soothe itching surfaces, and make the hair grow when all else falls. For RED, ROUGH HANDS Book sore, red, rough liiinrls on retiring in a hot solution of Cutlcura Soap, dry, and anoint freely with Cutlcura Ointment. Wear old gloves or soft bandage during night. FOR SHAMPOOING Nothing like Cutlcura Soap to ch ar the scalp of cruts, scales, and dandruff, tj prevent HcTifng and irritation, and promote hair growth. To be followed by light dressiugs of Cutlcura TWO SOAPS FOR ONE PRICE "I used to think tbat Cuticura Soap was exclusively skin soap, but I find on using -it that it is the most delicate and refreshing of toilet and bath soaps as well, two in one, so to speak, and a such appears to me to have decided advantages over any skin soap or toilet soap with which I am ac quainted. I feel that; many ladies who are as yet unacquainted with thea facts will thauk me for making this public statement." Maud Fkancks Kvlbs, 633 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, N. Kf Sb4 for " Ail Aseul tlx Skis, Scalp, ana 1 H-Jd.on. When a man starts to build a home, with a wife, an archltct and n buncfi of contractors to deal with, he has j no time to waste on minor troubles. I An affectionate calf masticated a bunch ot money a l'tnnsylvsnla farmer had laid by to spoil the face of a mortgige. The ca'f met a violent death, but the mortgage went right on doing business in the u.unl way. 1 Cleveland inrtulpes in unwarranted hi larity over the love idyls of a cltiseu arrestej for huvKtng a gorgentia'y dressed dummy In front or a ,iry R.v.d s.orc. What else ran a poor man do In H locilliy where embracing nnd kiming Hie real article provokes a lJ,iKt d.i:nn';o mltT DOMESTIC ri.KSM IIIKS. Mrs. Ferguson Georae, dear, h.iw do jou like my new hat? Mr. hergnin Do you want my re.u u;'lu lon of It, l.nura? Mrs. Ken-.oi.nn-No. I don't, you in, an thing! Chicago Tllbune. English Lndy to Irish Olrl-Hou- Is It tint you- never sneak of belonging to the Irish race, my dear? Irish Girl Hecause It Is sinful to boast, madam. Boston Bulletin. The right kind cf a wife goes through her husband s pockets, not to rob him of his spare change, but to fee If there i nv mending to be dene Somervllle Journal. The New Cook What time do you havo breakfast? Mrr. Highblower At fvtn thlrtv. "Well Oi'm sorry Ol can't bo wtd ve." Smart Set. "He tried to marry the honvlv heirew It was his ambition to take care of It r money for her." "Did she refuss hJm?" "Yes. She says that she hss fallen Into line with other financial institutions and won't consider a man over do." Cleveland Leader. "Wnnt some money, do ye?" Mid th kind old lady. "Now I woi.d -r ef y de serve It. What would you do with a penny ef I gev It to ye?" "Lndy," replied the pollt heggsir, "ver kindness would touch me so dnt I'd buy a postal carJ wld do money an' write vr a note o' thanks." Philadelphia Catholic Standard. Burley There goes Mrs. Twiddle. She's a peach. Katlln And her husband Is a regular heat. Quite nn agricultural alliance, Isn't It? Boston Transcript. Nell You seem perfectly sntlsflej with your new gown. Be.le Yes; it has been approved by the man 1 like beM nnd rondimm-d by the woman 1 hate must.-Philadelphia Ledger. THE CEMIHVS CAM.. Margaret E. Sangmter In Youth Com . panlon. Deep unto deep, It calleth, The century's dominant cry; Over the desert and over the plain. Over the peak and mountain chain, Under th thrilling sky, The voice of mighty peoples, And the tocsin of war anil woe. From East to West 'tis sounding, And a man must rise and go. He must leave tho hearth of his mother, And far? to the Northern ton. Tiaverse th waste and dare the dearth. Know the mooils of the dcroliitu earth. Live In his tent, alone. For the century bids him hasten To find her hlddpn wealth, The lore she guards and the treasure She only yields hy stealth. A man must fear no peril, He must ride like knight of old: To tourney and tilt, with a good rtgln hand. ' That cu aves to the hilt for the love of thy land, And here's to the soldier bold! Who is pure of thought and action, Who is ready to prrve his age. Who cares for the thing he doeth. And not for the soldier's wage. Deep Into deep, It cnlleth, The century s urgent cry. Splendid and strong is the century's song Valor and love to the haltle throng, And It may not pass you by. From East to Wett 'tis pounding, Tho call for the brave and the true. O lads with pulpea bounding, That cry Is meant for you. Wherever tho need la greatestt Wherever the ill Is worst, Over the cliv's thousands thick, Over the deserts of stone end brio. Over the lands nccunt. The crv for help l penllng, Bitter with want nnd woe O brother, If you hear It. A man must arm and go. FOR IRRITATED SKIN Itching, scaly, and crusted eczemas, rashes, Inflammations, and dialings, instant ly relieved by warm baths with Cutlcura Soap and gentle anointings with CnU cura Oiutiueut, purest of emollient skin cures. 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