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Cot tun burning In tin; burning Issue
hi the south.
If you must sneeze ilo not sneeze at
t he cold weather, "which Is sniel to be
killing ihore Hessian flies than any
thing else could.
Are members of the Civic Federa
tion paying their money to advertise
the city nhroud as 'ruin-cursed. crime
Infected Omaha?"
In calling lurllamiMit for February 14
King Edward may bo preparing any
thing but a beautiful valentine for the
present government...
Now that a site for Carnegie's palace
of peace has been selected, it is to bo
hoped Japan and Russia will pet ready
to attend the laying of the cornerstone.
Governor Douglas of Massachusetts
may not be able to stop the' Fall River
strike, but he Is going about, it as
though he would either stop the strike
or score a failure.
Omaha, clearings are looming sky
ward. Iwiflt week's clearings have very
nearly touched tho $10.iHH),(iH).mark,
and the grain market Is yet only In Its
Infa ncy.
The emphasis given by Attorney
Thomas In his play bills to the fact that
his "home was dynamited" shows-that
he needs no professional press agent for
his lecture tour.
The times are not particularly auspi
cious for 11 trip to Cnnossii, but 1 're
in ler Combes of France seems to be
where he must either start in that direc
tion or go out of office.
(icneral Stoessel and his party were
received by the police force when they
landed at Nagasaki ou their way to St.
Petersburg. But this Is nothing to the
reception they niuy get when they reach
home,
Costa Uien is said to be trespassing
on the territory of Panama. Those
folk should recall what happened when
Colombia threatened to do that, and
then take steps to Join the triumphal
canal procession.
From current developments It would
appear that President Roosevelt's mes
sage to congress, whllo addressed to the
present body, was really Intended as a
curtain-raiser for the congress which
meets next December.
Denver proclaims the merits of that
city as a place for holding conventions.
It must be conceded that Just now the
delegate can get more excitement for
his money In Denver than in any other
place lu the United States.
Now' that Kouropatkln's suUu-dinate
officers are finding fault with him, some
good. work may bo expected from him.
It was only after the "little officers"
begun to dislike (ieueral (irant that ho
really went "ou to Hlchinoiul."
Perhaps the attempt of Russia nud
France to coiiiim-I China to buy gold for
the payment of Indemnities only
through Russian and French banks is
their way of giving the pagans a prac
tical Illustration of Christian charity.
It was nothing more ;Unn natural
that cattlemen should shy lit the rail
roads and refuse to be driven Into the
satuo cerral, but Unit lliey should have
tukeu the sheepmen with t belli is one of
ths surprises of the late live stock con
vention. At' last there has In-eu something
shown to the political discredit of Sen
ator Siunot. One of his own witnesses
weurs that Simmt wus once a populist,
and so far as knuwn this is the tlit
time the Investigation has toiK-hed the
principal lu the case for many dayr
A JVG HAS Li IE COMPROMlSt.
In the vainglorious discourse ou
"The Crime of Two Prates" delivered
at Chicago last week by Klnier K.
Thomas, the special attorney of the
Civic Federation, luis given to the pub
lic his own version of the recent Insuri
ous retreat from the campaign f" nm
nlclpal purification and the reasons for
the shameful surrender on New Year's
eve. which reads as follows:
I protested againet seventeen ealoons In.
the Third ward district, the low district
of the town protested against their helng
granted a license. I withdrew this protest
upon an agroi.-jrnt with the brewers. The
brewers did not go to the officials; they
came to us and the officials of the Civic
Federation. They said: "What are your
terms?'' And 1 say the greatest day In
the' history of tha Civic Federation was
the last day of December, when the
saloon keepers came to our organliatlon
and said: "What do you want? We will
obey the law. What do you people want?"
We told thtm what we wanted. We said
we will withdraw those seventeen pro
tests If every sruloon In Omaha now and
henceforth shall close at midnight, shall
absolutely cut out sales to minors and
shall divorce the social evil from the
saloon business, and the low theaters shall
be refused a license unless women are
kept out .of them altogether. The police
commission told me that they were going
to stand to our Hack and that that agree
ment would be kept to the letter.
So this JuK-handle compromise, with
lie beer foaming out of the jug. Is
ii.istfulfy ndvcrt.'Bed as the most, glori
ous achievement of the Civic Fedora
inn? What do the members of the
)inaha Ministerial association think of
tV What do ihe men and women think
of it who have looked to the Civic Fed
eration for the repression of lawless
ness and vice? Do they rejoice with
Kliuer K. Thomas fiver the "glorious
achievement" of the list night In De
cember? Do they not realise that the
aK'i'cvmciit with the brewers had a slrlnir
tied to It that makes the compact n
roaring farce? And why did not Mr.
Thomas divulge all the particulars to
his Chicago lecture audience? Why did
he refrain from making reference to the
party of the, third part to Ihe Jughandle
compromise who kept himself behind
the screen? Why did he not also take
the people of Chicago and Omaha Into
his confidence by explaining why he
had abstained from protesting tlfe
salisins of the man who Is" trying to
make Omaha famous by the Willow
Springs brew? '
Perhaps If Mas because he realized
that it was within the power of the
police commission to turn down the
Moise saloon1 applications by a simple
turn of the wrist. He knew flint these
licenses had been held up to the last
hour of the last night of the year, and
he doubtless knew that a mutual un
derstanding had to be arrived at be
tween the parties of the second 'part ind
the party of the third part with the
party of the first part as a preliminary
to the jug-handle compact.
Of course "the brewers did not go to
the officials; they came to us and ac
cepted our terms." In the meantime
they nlso had reached an understanding
with the willowy Walter Moise that nil
his sajoon licenses should be granted on
that New Year's eve if he could only
persuude Elmer K. Thomas that it wan
In the interest of purity that his
seventeen protests against' saloons In
the Third ward be withdrawn. Appar
ently Mr. Moise encountered no serious
difficulty in convincing Mr. Thomas
thnt the withdrawal of the protests
would insure the divorce of the social
evil from the saloon business In the
proscribed district.
It was palpably unnecessary for the
brewers to u to the officials to apprise
them of their negotiations. They sim
ply winked out of their left eye and I lie
Moise licenses were granted simultane
ously with the withdrawal of the pro
tests filed by Flmcr K. Thomas in the
name of the Civic Federation.
liet us ask in nil candor, Does Klmer
E. Thomas or Timothy J. Mahoney pre
tend that the jug-handle compact can
be kept or will be kept? Does any man
expect the saloons in the proscribed dis
trict to keep within the bounds of the
law for the next twelve months? Will
the' jug-handle agreement 'with the
keepers of those resorts have any
greater binding force than would a
promise of the keepers of the other re
sorts in the district to enforce decency
and morality upon their Inmates?
Did not Mr. Thomas know; did not
Mr. Mahoney know that the withdrawal
of the protests and the rellcenslng of
the saloons within the proscribed dis
trict would leave the police commission
powerless to close these places unless
they were convicted in the courts of
having violated the law? Did not Mr.
Thomas and Mr. Mahoney also know by
experience that final convictions cannot
Ik secured In the courts short of from
six mouths to two years, and most of
the time never? What was the object
of fllliiji the prolesfs backed by specific
cl'iirires of lawlessness if It was not In
tended to close those places for good?
ftlorlous victory for law and order and
good government, Indeed.
JAl'AXUSK IMMIGRATW.X.
hast yeur only ultout 0,000 Japanese
came to the United States as immi
grants and probably an equal or greater
number returned to their native land,
actuated by a patriotic desire to serve
their country lu tiie army or navy. The
total number wf natives of Jupan now
In this country perhaps diss not exceed
r0,ooi'. it having been less than that at
the last census and there lu no reason
to think that the number has materially
Increased in the last four years. At all
events those who are here constitute a
very small fraction of our large popula
tion and have proved gtsxl citizens.
There appears to be apprehension in
some quarters that when the wur In the
far east Is ended n great many Japa
nese will come to the United States and
those who entertain this fear want les
Ihlntk.n fur their exclusion, it seems to
us far more reasonable to assume (hat
after Hie war .laoan will need all the
ah't'-Jiodicd men hhe will have left to
do tbv' wuik of building up the country
THE OMAHA
Industrially and commercially and that
she wijl offer them 1 11 nth I Inducements
to remain at home. Before the war
Jnpnn was crowded and lamr cheap, so
that there was an incentive to emigrate,
though even under such circumstances
not many came to the t'nited States.
The depletion of war will so greatly re
duce the supply of men needed In in
dustrial and commercial pursuits that
only the very few of an adventurous
tendency will leave the country. All
these considerations suggest that there
Is not the slightest danger of Japanese
immigration Into the 1'nitod States and
Is not likely to be for many .veal's, if
ever. Present talk of exclusion legisla
tion Is therefore untimely and ought to
receive no serious consideration.
IMITATIXU AMO CAXVTK
Once upon a time England was ruled
by n king whose name was Canute.
Now. King Canute was n standpatter
because he was constitutionally opposed
to all progress. It is related of King
Canute that he planted his armchair
firmly upon the sandy North sea ls-ach
and commanded the tidal wave to stand
still, but the obstreperous North sea
tidal wave refuspd to obey King Ca
nute's mandate, and the king was sub
merged and made to swallow salt water
until he could swallow no more.
The resolutions sgaiust a parcels post
adopted by the fourteenth annual con
vention of the western Iowa and . Ne
braska agricultural Implement dealers
forcibly recall Ihe controversy be
tween King Canute and the tidal
wave. The implement dealers have
planted themselves squarely on the
seashore, and commanded the dele
gations representing Iown and Nebraska
In congress to oppose the passage f any
bill that contemplates the establish
ment of a parcS'ls post by the United
States on the same lines as have for
years prevailed in nearly every civili.ed
country In" the world.
The mandate of the implement deal
ers arraigns the Postal Progress league
as a' mtrconnry body alleged to be
composed of persons who are largely in
terested In mammoth mail-order houses
In different cities of the United States,
who will by the passage of the bill be
'enabled to save millions of dollars nn-
minlly and benefit many millions more
by an Increase in the trade fur their
goods. The resolutions point to the
fact that during the past yvar the de
ficiencies lu the Postoffice department
reached the enormous sum of nearly
.$!, XIO.INIO and that If the proposed par
cels post measure pusses the deficiency
will be millions and millions of dollars
greater, which burden must be borne by
the taxpayers of the land.
There may be more truth than poetry
in these articles of Impeachment. Imt
these articles do not tell the whole
story. It Is a matter of notoriety that
there have been annual deficiencies In
the Postoffice department nearly every
year slmv Uncle Sam has assumed tne
business of carrying the mails. The
chief cause of the deficiencies within the
past twenty-five years is the enormous
toll pold to the railroads for carrying
fust mails and slow mails at rates far
in excess of the rates the railroads
charge to express companies, which
have been and will continue to be
deadly opposed to the parcels post sys
tem because it would seriously Interfere
with their dividends, hast year's defi
ciency of SlMKXi.lHMi may also be ascribed
iu part to the extension of Ihe rural free
delivery service, which Is just as ob
noxious to the American King Canutes
of commerce as the parcels post
would be.
Why the agricultural Implement ilcil
crs should be alarmed over the pros
pective parcels post service Is not dis
cernible. It is not expected that thresh
ing machines, reapers, harvesters or
even plows or com shellers will be
wrapped up In packages fur transmis
sion by parcels post any more than
would be mining and milling machinery.
Then may. of course, be some cogs and
m1 nor parts of agricultural machines
that weigh less than eleven pounds
which the mall-order, or cat houses, so
called, would be enabled to ship by
parcels post direct to the farmer, but
that even would not be n great calam
ity. The Canutes of latter days should
benr In mind t?int this is nn nue of
t'dal-wnve progress and all the Canutes
tlist plant themselves on the seashore
will not '1h able to Ktem the wave that
brings to the homes of the Americjiu
farmers and the? American pecplo gener
ally enlarged postal facilities.
staxus by nn: treaties.
President Roosevelt stands by the ar
bitration treaties and If the senate will
not ratify them as negotiated they will
be withdrawn. In a letter to Senator
Culloni, chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, Mr. Roosevelt referred
to the absurd objection of certain sen
ators that under the treaties It "might
be possible to consider as matters for
arbitration claims against certain states
of the union In reference to certain
state debts." He said that under no
conceivable circumstances could any
such construction of the treaty be for a
moment entertained by any president.
He spoke of the proosed amendment
as "a mere matter of surplusage" nnd
said It is very undesirable when the
form of these treaties has alreudy lieen
agreed to by the several powers con
cerned, needlessly to add certain defini
tions which affect our own internal
policy only,
The president very ..conclusively points
out the utterly untenable nature of the
objection raised bv certain southern
senators, hut whether t r not t'.iey will
be convinced by his view of the matter
is n question. The rest of the coun
try, however, certainly will be anil It
will approve of the withdrawal of the
treaties In tlio event of their being
umelidvd as proposed. It were better
to wait a year or two f :r ratification
than to have the treaties emasculated.
Deferring them for a time would not
J militate agaiiist the well kuuwu desire
DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. JANt'AKY 15. 100.'.
J of thla government to promote' Interna
tlonnl peace, whereas to tack on tin pro
posed amendment would be hardly less
than n nationpl humiliation. Mr.
Roosevelt has taken the right position
in this matter and it can Is- very court-
Id-ntlr said that he will adhere to it.
a roxt;nr to rvBLicirr.
It appears that the president of the
Sugar trust has become converted to
the principle of publicity for corpora
tions. In a rrceufr address Mr. Have
ineycr quoted and commended the state
ment of Commissioner Oarfleld of the
bureau of corporations thnt the investi
gation of corporations would bring to
light facts, the publication of which
would be an Infringement of private
rights and that nothing would be given
out by the government that might in
jure legitimate business. He said that
recent experience shows that nothing is
so harmful to investors ns reports which
have the appearance of fullness, but
which for all practical purposes are es
sentially misleading.
Although tills .Iocs not go very far,
yet the fact Unit the president of the
Sugar trust is prepared to admit that
there is some merit in honest publicity
Is to be regarded as significant, if only
ns nn evidence that the discussion and
application of the principle has produced
.m effect In quarters hitherto implacably
hostile to it. The Sugar trust has
never, until now. shown the least toler
ation f the idea of publicity. For many
years It has published no statement of
Its Income account and no balance
sheet si-he n ridiculous arrangement of
figures annually 11 led with thr commis
sioner of corporations in the state of
Massachusetts. Perhaps there will be
a change from this. It may be that
hereafter the American Sugar Refining
company will give the public more in
forma'ion iu regard to its financial con
dition ami Its general business. So far
as Its methods are concerned, those are
already pretty well understood and are
known to be strictly monopolistic
There are certain facts In regard to It
which the public would like to know
find ought to know and It remains to be
seen whether it is the trust's Intentions
to take the public into its confidence In
regard to these. If not it may lscome
the duly of the bureau of corporations
to give the public Ihe desired informa-
tio!!.
Tiie president of the Sugar trust is
not (lie only man connected with a big
corporation who has come to the con
clusion that the principle of publicity
is not without merit and that; there are
conditions under which the corporations
may Judiciously recognize it. Those
who are not already of this mind will
undoubtedly come to it later, for the
principle will be adhered to as an essen
tial part of the policy of federal super
vision nnd control of corporations en
gaged In commerce among the stairs
and with foreign nations. The begin
ning that bus been made will not only
be maintained, but undoubtedly we
shnll have in time a broader application
of the principle, that will enable the
public to be regularly informed regard
ing the condition of Interstate corpora
tions, ns it now is respecting the condi
tion of national banks.
AX CKiriELDV COMMISSION.
The president's special message to
congress in regard to the Panama
Canal commission gives official expres
sion to views which lie Is understood to
have entertained since the return of
Secretary Tuft from the Isthmus, where
he was sent to arrange differences that
hail arisen between our government and
that of Panama. It became apparent
to the secretary of war and also to the
members of congress who noeonipaniod
him that a mistake had been made iu
creating so large a commission. The
members of that body are excellent men,
who were carefully selected by the pres
ident for their high character and quali
fications, but they have not got along
together as smoothly and harmoniously
ns was expected or at least hoped for.
Now the president lias found that this
body of seven members "Is inelastic nnd
clumsy." He has been convinced by
actual experience that "It will be impos
sible to obtain the best and most effect-
I lve service uhder the limitations pre
I scribed by law," that the general plans
for the work must be agreed upon with
the aid of the best engineers of the
country, who should act as nn advisory
or consulting bisly, and not be members
of the commission. The difficulty Is that
the engineers on the commission cannot
agree among themselves in regard to
the general plans of the work and as
long ns this is the case there can of
course be no progress. The president
speaks well of the chief engineer, the
trouble being, as it appears,' with those
t::ken from the army and navy. There
Is perhaps nothing extraordinary in the
J fact that the army and navy engineers
can cot agree.
There seems to be no doubt as to the
expediency of reducing the commUslon
and it Is to be presumed that congress
will comply with tie recommendation
of the president regarding 1111 advisory
or consulting body of engineers, separ
ate from the commission, to pass niwiii
plans of the chief (gineer. If this Is
not done there is likely to be serious
delay In the work and perhaps constant
difficulties.
When the Issue of railroad taxation
was raised In this state the three prin
cipal railroads of Nebraska raised be
tween them a pot of HO,ooo to lie ex
pembsl In u campaign of publicity
through newspaper advertising columns
and otherwise to convince the other
taxpayers that railroad property was
not unduly undervalued for taxation as
compared with other property. That
the $:i(i,000 conversion fund only par
tially accomplished Its purpose Is Im
material, but the Incident served to
illustrate the method resort ml to by the
railroad managers to inilueiice public
opinion. The big railroads of the east
are now purmlng the Kame plan with a
View to ' offsetting the popularity of
President Roosevelt's appeal for reform
railroad regulation, with this exception,
thnt they nre trying t- smuggle their
arguments into the newspapers as com
munications ,and Interviews of men of
more or less prominence, yet under rail
road obligations. The public as well
ns the president will know how to dis
count these masked pleas for a contlun
nnce of noninterference with railway
abuses and traffl;- discriminations.
The St. Iouls World s fair was a
financial failure for those who put
money into It as stock subscrllvcrs. but
that does not mean that it was a losing
venture to nil its promoters.- The
Planters' Hotel company, fur example,
has Just declared a dividend of loo per
cent and It Is noticeable that the officers
of the hoi el company are Identical with
some of the officers who helped to man
age the exposition. People who can
draw 1si per cent profit on hotel stock
can afford to let their stock In the ex
position go by the board.
A revision of our school text books
will soon be iu order. A bill has been
Intnsluced in the state legislature pro
viding for instructing children In the
public schools for the humane treat
ment of animals and birds, and to pre
vent cruel experiment on animals,
birds n I'd fowls, under penalty for vio
lating the same, which, we .presume,
means 11 penalty for failing to teach
this new branch of Instruction. But
what is to become of the game that Is
fun for the boys nnd death to the frogs?
There Is altogether loo much splut
tering in Omaha. People get worked up
to fever heat ond go Into hysterics over
some mI it Icn 1 fad or visionary reform
which becomes a spontaneous paramount
Issue, ond when the reaction comes
they cool down, become Indifferent and
finally subside without accomplishing
anything. After a time they flare up
again over some new sensation and
splutter and splutter like tallow dips.
The father of the juvenile court is
billed to address the citlens of Omaha
in support of his measure. Willie 11
great many pcvplc will doubtless be
pleased to listen io his address, it will
be a superfluous labor of love. Nobody
In Omaha opposes his Juvenile court, so
far ns we know. The only obstruction
it is liable to meet with is the strait
jacket constitution of Nebraska.
The state senate has Invested In two
ihernionietei-s-oiic to register the high
temperature of explosive members, the
other to indicate the absence of calorie
In the bodies of members who arc
afflicted with cold feet. But isn't the
Nebraska senate getting too extrava
gant altogether In ordering two ther
mometers with a state debt of $-J.(XK),(hh)
staring It iu the face?
It is in accord with the eternal fitness
of things for the present legislature to
consider at least one bill readjusting tho
boundary lines between the state of Ne
braska and the state of South Dakota.
No Nebraska legislature in recent years
has passed "in its chocks without n
boundary line bill.
Congressman Foss of Massachusetts
seems to lie having a hard time In his
efforts to bring about reciprocity with
Camilla, for neither of the parties to the
proposed agreement w III consent and he
Is having a hard time even to keep
Massachusetts in the humor.
Those Englishmen who nre digging
American soil in search of buried treas
ure would find what they are looking
for if tliey would do their digging lu
Nebraska, scatter some seed corn and
let nature do the rest.
Cruel Hninlllation.
Washington PotU.
The New York millionaire who cut bis
sou's allowance to $5,(W0 u year probably
wanted to humiliate him by compelling
him to live like a mere congressman.
Thirst for rower Satiated.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The man who ran for the presidency on
the liberal party's ticket last fall has se
cured a Job us a janitor. He will now have
a chance to glut his thirst for power.
Distinction Without n Difference.
Bomcrvllle Journal.
In France, when the count In looking
for a wife, his first thought Is about (he
dot. Over here slangy people call It "the
dough," but It amounts, to the same thing.
Woman's Heat Diploma.
Ne.v York World.
Members of the National Federation of
Women's Clubs ara gathering statistics to
show that college women do marry und
do make the best mothers. It will be a
good work In higher education which hIih.'I
establish more f.rmly that t lie happiest
home Is a woman's beat diploma.
Horh, der Sandwich Man."
Now York Tribune,
ejovernor Hoch in his Inaugural address
denied that Kansas la u western slate.
According to Its new governor, Kanaus Is
the central state, or, to use hi figure, "the
rich, juicy meat In the national sandwich."
Still, the governor probably would object
lo being called a "sandwich man."
Dakota Weary of Ill-Kepntr.
Philadelphia Press.
The South Dakota legislature begins to
renlize that nothing Is gained for that
state by Its loosa divorce laws, and there
is a fair proBpect of their amendment. It
seems incrwlihle that any state should
want the reputation which South Dakota
has won In this matter. The report that
North Dakota will bid for the business
If South Dukota, gives It up is probably
due to the Imagination of the shystor
lawyers who engage In this disreputable
wor!:.
The Siew Year Pace.
t.'lfViiand Leade-.
Before we condemn Willi unrestricted se
verity the "1S walk" for wom-ru let us
be sura It is not u good thing. We are
told that In order to walk according to
the latest mode the woman muxl "si and
erect, throw back her shoulders, expand
her chest, hold her slhowa idoe to her
vices, draw In her abdomen und then walk
straight from the hips." Is there any pro
fessor or pi of fHnorem of physical culture
ho will not endorse every one of these
requirements lis being iu full accord with
the moit accredited rul.-s fur pjujer cur
rUg of the body 'f
KR10 noil. Ft) DOW.
N'o passion, no power.
Ixive Incre'ises hy labor.
Urlp is better than graft.
It is the goals we miss that make us.
You cannot convince without conviction.
Too many read "Charity weereth long."
Character Is simply the product of all our
t hob rs.
The gift of the gab will not do the work
of the grace of God.
The music of heaven does not depend on
the misery of earth.
A man often shows his wisdom by keep
ing his wit to himself.
The long-winded player often goes with a
brokrn-wlndi d practice.
It takes more than molasses on the lips to
make honey in the heart.
Piety Is not a penance paid on earth to
purchase property In heaven.
The only one who lived above all sin was
the on" who lived for all sinner.
No man wastes as much time as the man
who never wastes any In kindness.
LIcb may be the poorest hens we have,
but they always come home to roost.
It's a queer religion that Is never happy
unless it Is making someone miserable.
When you find a man overrealous about
the faults of his neighbors wait until the
dust settles nnd you will find the holes In
his own coat. Chicago Tribune.
SK(ll.lt SHOTS AT THK 11 I. IMT.
Baltimore American: A minister In Phil
adelphia Kaya that a religious wave l
needed there to wipe nut sin. From all ac
counts the wave to accomplish lesulis
would have to he something on the tidal
Variety.
Cleveland , Leader: Christian everywhere,
all who know of his words and works, the
beneficence of his life nnd the altitude of
his aspirations, will Join In the hope that
Right Hov. HIMicp John L. Hpaldlng. head
of the Roman Catholic diocese of lVorla.
will ho restored to health and usefulness
nnd be spnnd for many years to 001m.
Bishop K.ulditig la one of the prelate
whose presence in any country is conspicu
ously beneficial, and whose loss would Jus
tify universal regret.
Boston Herald: Rev. Dr. Ravage's New
Year suggestion to men who nre absorbed
In their buFlness or profession Is worlh
noting. He advlFes such men. to cultivate
a new Interest. It Is his observation that
the grmt trouble Willi most men Is that
they get Into ruts. They are narrow in
their Interests. There are only a few things
they care for, und if you take those things
nway they do not know whut to do with
themselves. If you will begin this new year
to train yourselves to become Interested In
some new thing, something outside of your
business, by und by, when you get ready
to relirv, you will be able to do so cheer
fully. New York levelling Post: The case against
Uishop Kthclbcrt Talbot has apparently fal
len to the ground by the withdrawal of
signatures from the presentment. This re
sult puts the other protagonist of the con
troversy, the Rev. Dr. lngraham N. W. Ir
vine, In un unfortunate position, because
Ihe signers now allege that their names
were obtained by mlfirepresentution. Bishop
Talbot cannot be happy, for In tho mind of
the public, he Is suspected of e-onsplring
with u divorced woman to drive Dr. Irvine
from tho Episcopal church. Bishop Talbot
ought, for the sake of his own fair nume
und that of the church in which he is a
leader, to press for an Impartial and search
ing Inuulry that shall finally settle the
eiuestlnn whether he Is a colossal liar or
Dr, Irvine in a hypocrite. A clergymnn's
reputation, like u woman's, should he above
suspicion. At present, both the bishop and
the unfrocked priest are dogged by whisper
and Innuendo which go far to counteract
their utterances and undo their labors. A
criminal's reasons for wishing to smother
investigation and escape on a technicality
are evident; but an honest man wronged
hy unjust charges must court tho fullrst
publicity.
FKRSOVil, AND OTIIKRWlsfc.
Poor old Ireland! Will Its troubles never
cease? Dick Croker has gone over to the
"ould sod."
Pennsylvania claims the dubious supre
macy for InjinlcideH. Kven Kentucky is
outclusseei and outkllh'd.
Oenerals Stoessel nnd Nogi exchangee
etimp.lmcnls anel felicitations Just as op
pesing lawyers do after a hard scrap.
Commodore Peary does not ne-eel tei go far
from his New York homo to enjoy all the
comforts and Inconveniences of the North
Pole.
Tom Luwsnn is wlehlhig the hummer
which Ida Tarhell laid down, but no serious
leak lias yet appeared In the Standard (HI
tanks.
The marked ability shown in stuffing bnl
lot boxes goes to prevo that De-nver has
superior advantages for tho upholstery In
dustry. Barney Olelflcld Is out with another choo
choo wagon warranted to smash a record
and any other old thing. As a ci'metery
promoter Harney is u hummer.
Any nisn Imbued with the spirit of the
Divine Injunction, "Love thy neighbor us
thyself," let him prove it by shoveling the
snow off his neighbor's sidewalk.
The I'M edition of the World Almanac
and ICncyclopedla lias Just made Its ..
pearam:e, and Is as usual chock full of facts
conveniently arrangeei for busy men. Ten
thousand suljeets are treated and lOO.uoO
facte und figures furnish accurate Informa
tion oil lnalters of everyday Interest. As a
ready reference work It has few equals and
no superior.
The New Year's edition ef the Portland
Oregonlan furnishes a e-ornprehenslve plo.
torlul and descriptive review of the prog
ress of the Lewis and Clark exposition,
which will eipen it doors ut Portland June
1. One notable feature of the exposition Is
that It will open Its doeirs free from debt
and will represent an outlay of H.lGc.ooo. or
which sum the enterprising citizens of
Portland subscribed 475.miO. Tho Oregonlan
Itself Is a splendid exposition of the enter
prise of its constituents and fittingly tills
the bill as advance courier of the historic
event to be commemorated next summer.
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Nothing Is more mortifying to a man's
pride or more chilling to his friendship than
to have his name or face forgotten hy an
acquaintance. It Is a selrt ef Injury to the
feelings which no apology and no explana
tion can alleviate.
This lapse of memory takes two forms. It
may be simply the Inability to recall the
name cf a person whom you know perfectly
well or It may he the Inability to rcrn 1 thi
name of n person whose face looks familiar
and whom you can not even piae'e. One of
these Is Just as offensive as the other, ami
boih of them am Just as. offensive as If
name, face nnd place were entirely forgot
ten, and most people would as so( n ha
kicked ss forgotten.
It Is 110 comfort to know that the mortl-fle-ntlon
Is mutual and equal. It would ta
difficult to decide which feels the worso
when two acquaintances meet anil one of
them can not call the other's nam nor
even tell where he has oeti him before or
anything about hint. Yet some people meet
each other occasionally for twenty years
under Just these circumstances.
It does not help the matter in the least
that this forgctfulncFR Is natural and In
evitable. People change their toilet and
dress nnd their surroundings so frequently
that the womliT Is that they nre reme'nx
bcred so well as they are. A woman in her
home and the same woman on the street
may not look alike. A Wirkmnn with a
smutty face and turned-up hlrt sleeves,
surioumled by roaring machinery, looks
nothing like the same man washed, shaved
and eiri'ssed for a picnic. Yet both ef then
expect ecqualntnuces to recognize and place
them In a second. The forgot fulness Is all
the more natural after long separation1.
Although people ran not be blamed for
forgetting names and faces. It is a valuable
gift to be able to remember them. As It Is
regarded as an unpardonable slight to bs
forgotten, so it is accepted ss 11 delightful
compliment to be remembered, nnd It Is
lieit at all discounted by the fact that it Is
hy a mere freak of memory. The man and
the woman who can re'member names and
faces have their fortunes assured. Anions;
women some nf Ihe greatest belles that ever
lived have eiwed their fascination to their
unfailing ree-ognltlon of every fne-e ut a
glance and tho ability to recall and pro
nounce eve ry name without effort.
In the case eif a man this faculty throws
wlele oien the gateway to success In any
ue-eaipatlon or profession that he may enter.
It will bring him custom us a groeer or dry
goods merchant, It will furnish him with
practice as a physician or a lawyer. It will
make him the mlored pastor of a rhurch
unel It will raise him to the pinnacle of
power as a HlHtesman. It was this gift thnt
made James (1. Blaine what he was. and it
has had much to do with the brilliant ca
rter of Theeielorei Roosevelt.
Hy what meuns und to what extent this
valuable faculty run be cultivated Is a n1
Je e t which e'very person, except a clum, will
curefully study.
DOMKSTIC IM.RAK IHTIUKS.
"You know Miss Summers' fiance"
"No; who Is he?"
"Why. you tolel me you knew her fiance
very well."
"Yes, but thut Van nearly a month ago."
Philadelphia LedgeT.
"You and your husband have lived to
gether twenty-five years and never had a
quarrel? What's the secret?"
"No secret at all. I'm toe good-natured
to quarrel and he's too Indolent." Chli-agu
Tribune.
"Yes." snld the erstwhile summer girl,
"It's all off. I sent eve-rythlng back to him
yesterday."
"Not tho ring?" asked her friend.
"No, he aad I could ki'ep that If I'd
send him tho hammock I caught him in."
Philadelphia Press.
Baggs What! You and your wife never
quarrel?
Waggs Well, we haven't quarreled dur
ing the last three weeks.
Maggs How's that?
Waggs We're not on speaking terms.
Chicago News.
"Home of these proverbs," observed Pa
Twaddle's, "make- me tired. Now take that
old adage, 'Children and fools, speak the
truth.' Do you believe thut?'"
"No, I don't," agreed Ma Twaddles, re
flectively. "Thero have been times when
both you and our little! Tommy have told
me falsehoods."-Clevelund Leader.
Alle'e If you had to chooso between a
wielower and an old bachelor, which one
would you take, supposing each had as
much money hs the other?
Mollle The widower. The chances are
that he'd have learned how to give It up
without fighting Chicago Record-Herald.
Mrs. Huswife- I always make fruitcake
so that It will keep at least live months.
Mr. Newliwed Huh! thut's nothing. My
wife made a cake one-es that might easily
have been kept a year.
Mis. Huswife Indeed? '
Mr. Newliwed Yes, nobody would eat It.
Philadelphia Press.
THK II t SB A DM A .
John Sterlin.-.
Ksrth, of man the bounteous mother,
Feeds him still with corn and wine;
He who best would nld u brother
bhures with him these gifts divine.
Meny it power within her bosom,
Noiseless, hldd.n, works henenth;
Hence are seccr and leaf und blossom.
Golden ear and clustered wreath.
The se to swell with strength and beauty
Is tin- royal tusk of man
Man's a king, his throne Is duly
Since his work on earth began.
Bud ami harvest, bloom ami vintage,
These, like man, are fruits of earth
Stamped In day, a heavenly mintage,
All from dust ri'ceive their bliili.
Barn nnd mill and wine vnt's treasures,
Kurthly goods for earthly lives;
These are Nature's amie'iit pleasues,
These her ehlld from her derives.
What the elrenn but vain rebelling
If from earth we sought to flee?
"1Mb our stored and aniplo tlwelllng.
Tin from it the skies we see.
Wind and frost nnd hour anl season,
l.ind and wuter, sun and hnde.
Work with these as bides thy reason,
For they work thy toll to nld.
Sow thy seed and reap In gladness;
Man himself Is all a seed.
Hope und hardship, Joy and sadness,
Slow the plant to ripeness lead.