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t'licpr tip! Spring Is here and the legis
lature hits dispersed.
Morocco should have hud bettor man
ners than to have "butted In" on that
mild flirtation between Germany and
France.
In view of the charges of looting
brought agnlnst the police force of Ilel
slnjrfors, the Philadelphia Idea must be
gaining ground abroad.
A statue Is to be erected to the mem
ory of Tom Ileed in Maine. Ills most
enduring monument is to bo found in the
ruieH of order of the house of representatives.
It looks as if Rough Rider Seth Bul
lock lassoed the United States marshal
hlp for South Dakota when he per
formed nlong with his cowboy troupe in
the inaugural procession.
The president has offended the opposi
tion press beyond forgiveness by hand
ling the Santo Domingo situation in such
a way that no one can find fault until
after t,hc final results are known.
, Two lives have been lost in an effort
to explore Tiburlon island. The natives
may consider themselves safe in their re
treat until someone finds something there
which might serve as the basis of a
trust.
New York speculators are denouncing
the pressed law to tax transfers on the
Stock exchange in unmeasured terms.
They hate to pay taxes almost as much
as the railroads in whose stocks they
dabble.
Russian financiers have evidently
Agreed that the best way to iierpetuate
the existing government 1b the old way
of making the people creditors of the nit
tlou, and so another internal loan has
been authorized.
Officers of the Standard Oil company
insist that it lias taken no rebates since
the act was passed which declares them
Illegal but this probably means since
the law declaring rebates illegal was
found to be enforcible.
The statement attributed to Governor
Folk that there are fewer mortgaged
men In Missouri than In any other state
is only in line with his previous en
deavors to show that many of them had
been bought mid sold outright.
The announcement af (l( nilse In
wages to employes of the I'nited States
Steel corporation possibly comes on the
1st of April so that the general public
will appreciate the joke when prices are
advanced to makeup the difference.
Mr. Gould of Ititltlmnrc Is unique in
that he explains his refusal of an office
on the ground that he believes some
other person could till the place bett?r.
Perhaps he prefers to be receiver of
something higher than Santo ltomiugo.
Harper's Weekly likens the output of
story books today to luxuries of the
order of Jam, pickles and candy. The
author of the simile must have hud 'In
in '.ml the taste tliey leave In the mouth
after the ordeal of consuming them Is
over.
Now that the Santa Fe I lull road com
pany wonts to settle with the Kansas oil
producers on Ihelr own basis on condi
tion that the stilt Instituted by the state
W withdrawn It might be a good plan to
push the inse to leniu just what the
cou pauy is afraid of.
The accidental explosion of flashlight
powder which caused the death of a pho
tographer Is a forceful reminder of the
danger to which people who attend pub
lic la unlets and receptions are con
tsntly exposed by the perslsteut uod lu
aisteul tfiioiituiMivUd urti
AXARritV RKIGS. IX XKRRASKA.
Noah Webster defines anarchy as "ab
sence of government-the state of so
ciety where there is no law or suprem
Mwer a state of liwlessness political
confusion." That definition fits Ne
braska like a kid glove. For more than
twenty five years the people of Nebraska
have exemplified the state where there
Is no law or supreme power, but on the
contrary a state of perpetual lawlessness
and political confusion In all depart
ments of its government.
In no state of the union, with the ex
ception of Colorado, is there muh gen
eral disregard of constitutional limita
tions and constitutional rights by Its law
makers, executive officers and Judge
high and low. To be sure we live under
a written constitution, but It has been a
rope of sand. Nobody in office seems to
consider the oath that pledges hlnl to
obey, or enforce its provisions as bind
ing, and nearly evcryliody out of office
Ignores it with supreme contempt.
It was solemnly ordained by the con
stitution that the legislature shall pro
vide by law for an enumeration of the
inhabitants of the state every ten years,
and at Its first regular session after each
enumeration and also after each national
census the legislature Is directed to ap
portion the senators and representatives
according to the number of inhabitants
among the various legislative districts.
That provision has remained a dead let
ter ever since its enactment. No state
census has been taken within the last
twenty years. Notwithstanding that the
population of the state has more than
trebled since 1885 no reapportionment of
the legislature has been made since 1887.
The aggregation of legislative anarchists
that nssemblod in Lincoln in 1801 refused
to make an apportionment, and the legis
lative anarchist, who assembled In Lin
coln In 1901 and the aggregation that has
Just vacated the state house have fol
lowed their law-defying example. i
The constitution expressly prohibits
railroad corporations from stock-watering
and bond-inflation, and it prohibits
any railroad corporation or telegraph
company from consolidating its stock,
property, franchises or earnings in whole
or in part with any other railroad cor
poration or telegraph company owning a
parallel or competing line. But parallel
railroads and telegraph lines have been
consolidated In this state in violation of
this plain mandate of the constitution
and their lawless action ha received the
sanction and approval of an anarchistic
supreme court viz., supreme court de
cision on consolidation of the Atchison
& Nebraska railroad with the Burlington.
The constitution vests the supreme Ju
dicial powers of this state in three su
preme court Judges to be elected by the
people. Our legislatures have vested the
supreme power in six appointive com
missioners under pretext that the consti
tutional Iy elected judges are unable to
discharge the functions devolving upon
them.
The constitution prohibit the creation
of any executive offices In addition to
those enumerated in the organic law, but
anarchistic legislatures have created a
horde of executive officers In defiance of
the constitution and commissioned them
as deputies to the governor.
The constitution prohibits the state
from ever incurring indebtedness in ex
cess of $100,000 in the aggregate, but
the state's liabilities today exceed $2,
250,000,, and the anarchistic legislature
just adjourned actually voted to Issue
$ 200,000 more in bonds to erect a binding
twine factory at the penitentiary.
Every member of the legislature is re
quired to take an oatb that he has not
accepted and will not accept or receive
directly or indirectly any money or any
valuable thing from any corporation or
person, or any promise of office for any
official act or influence for any vote lie
may give or withhold on any bill, resolu
tion or appropriation. But the legisla
ture that has just adjourned has drawn
out of the treasury between $5,000 and
$(5,000 for mileage while Its members no
toriously paid no fare, but were travel
ing on railroad passes.
To cap the climax of anarchy the out
going legislature has passed a hill abol
ishing biennial elections In defiance of
the plain letter of the constitution for
the sole purposo of extending the terms
of Judges and county officers In the face
of supreme court decisions, and the
most scandalous thing about this Is that
members of the legislature claim to have
bad a tip from the supreme court that
their action would ne upheld in case the
governor shall sign the salary extension
bill.
If this Is not anarchy, then Noah 'Web
ster bad no conception of the term. It
does not require dynamite and bombs to
destroy a state. It can be destroyed far
more effectively by a general disregard
of the constitution on the part of public
officers, law-maker and courts.
THIS KOBEti VR1ZE-
Nine years ago there died in Sweden
the man who Invented dynamite and
made nitroglycerin serviceable for in
dustrial uses. He was Alfred Bernard
Nobel and he left a' large fortune, the
Income from which he directed In his
111, should be annually divided Into five
equal portions. One goes to the man
who mukes the most Important discovery
in physical science; one tu the man who
makes the most Important discovery In
chemistry; one to the ian who ninkes
the most Important discovery in physi
ology or medicine; one to the man who
produces the most remarkable look of an
Idealistic nature, anil the fifth goes to
the mun who dees the best work for the
fraternity of nation, the suppression or
reduction of standing armies and th
formation nnd propagation of peace con
gresses. The benefactions ore to be
nwarded regardless of nationality.
Among those who are conspicuous In
promoting the cause of International
peace Is Hon. Richard Hartuoldt, mem
ber of congress, from St. Louis. He whs
largely Instrumental lit bringing about
the meeting, of the Interparliamentary
I'ulon at the St. !oul exposition and
later In semiring ai-llou looking to the
reassembling of The Hague peuca con
ference, which President Roosevelt has
called In accordance with the wish of
the union, voiced by Mr. Bartholdt. His
activity In the-e respects make him a
worthy candidate for the Nobel prize and
an effort Is being made to secure it for
him. A pel It ion largely stoned by nicm
lers of congress and others familiar with
the work in belislf of international peace
which Mr. Bartholdt has done will be
sent to the board of awards. This iMiard
Is composed of F.uropeans and naturally
they give preference to their own coun
trymen to the exclusion of all claimants
from the I'nited States, yet so strong Is
the claim which will be made for Mr.
Bartholdt that It is by no means Im
probable be will receive the sward. We
know of no one who has done more use
ful work than he for the cause of Inter
tiHtionar peace. The prize amounts to
$.'5.kn. but the honor of securing It Is
of greater value than the pecuniary consideration.
1'IWSKCVTIOX NUT rEHSKrl'TloX
Some of the indictments returned by
the federal grand jury at Chicago during
its Investigation of the alleged lawless
combination of the meat puckers, de
nominated the "Beef trust," hnve evoked
Just criticism on the part of the press.
Tin; Chicago Tribune, for example, com
menting on the Indictment of Mr. Con
nors, one of the managers of the Ar
mour company, for attempting to im
properly influence Mr. Shields, an em
ploye of the concern who had been cited
by the grand Jury to appear as a wit
ness, declares:
Tho courtesies extended to Mr. Shields,
who Is the representative of one of Ar
mour's foreign Rgencies, were only such
as would be usually shown to the repre
sentative of any commercial house who
happened to ho In the city and who would
naturally visit the principal office of his
employers.
Nothing could be more natural than
that Mr. Shields should make use of tho
facilities of a hduso organised as Is that
of Armour & Co. That he should use the
typewriters and have stenographers assist
him tn his correspondence. Nothing should
be more natural than that he should be
taken to the stock yards to Inspect the
plant of the people who employed him.
As yet wo have not acen a particle of
evidence that anything more than this
happened, or that any effort was made to
corrupt Mr. Shields or to Influence in any
way his testimony before tho grand Jury.
While It would be Improper and indis
creet to form any opinion at long range
concerning the action of the federal
grand jury In the Indictment above re
ferred to, The Bee fully concurs with
the Tribune In its declaration that the
province of the federal authorities is not
to persecute, but to prosecute. In the
language of President Roosevelt, every
body Is entitled to a "square deal" under
our form of government. Wealth and
station should shield nobody from the
consequences of his acts whether the
offenses are committed in an individual
capacity or for great corporations. On
the other hand, the mere possession of
wealth or employment by a large cor
poration should not subject the individ
ual to odium or criminal prosecution
without ample proof of culpability.
In regard to this matter, than which
there Is none of greater Importance In
relation to our institutions and to the
moral and social welfare of our people.
Respect for law Is the basis and bulwark
of our system of government, without
which that system cannot be maintained.
There Is nothing more necessary and
vital to the life of the republic.
RESPECT TOR TUB LAW.
Governor Folk a few days ago deliv
ered an address before the Society of
Mlssourlans in New York, in which he
said some things that can be commended
to the attention of people generally. He
declured that there is entirely too little
respect for law in this country; that in
every state we find laws a nullity for
policy's sake. This is unknown In any
other land and its existence here is pro
ductive of serious evils. lie urged that
disregard of one law breeds disrespect
(or all law and In allowing some laws to
go unenforced we reap a harvest In hav
ing all laws broken. Good men will ob
serve even bad laws, said Governor
Folk, but bad men will break even good
laws.- "It should be that all men, good
and bad, be compelled to keep all law,
good and bad, because it is the law."
He pointed out that usually the people
are careless as to whether laws are en
forced or not and to this popular Indiffer
ence nearly all public wrongs are due.
There is a patriotism of peace as well as
a patriotism of war, and the former Is
Just as necessary as the latter. "The
government never neglects the people
unless the people first neglect the
government No government city,
state or national was ever better
than the people made It or worse
than they suffered it to become. Good
citizens may make good laws, but no law
can make good citizens. When the peo
ple grow lax in the discharge of their
civic obligations the government grows
corrupt and the very fountains of na
tional life are poisoned. Justice Is
thwarted and Iniquity Is enthroned. The
greatest and gravest dangers which beset
a free nation proceed not from without
but from within."
What the governor of Missouri said as
to the disregard of law In this, country
was absolutely true and there Is reason
to believe that this grave fault In our
people Is becoming more serious from
year to year. It Is an unpleasant
thought that In this enlightened nation
there Is not such respect for law na there
Should be. but the evidence of this Is
very strong. It Is not agreeable to be
told that only In this land ore laws ren
dered a nullity for policy's sake, yet the
fact has to be admitted. It Is an Ameri
can boast that ours Is a government of
law, yet nowhere else Is there so great
laxity In the enforcement of law ns there
Is here. Groat corporations are allowed
to constantly violate the laws nnd un
lawful things ii iv N'lng done all the time
without any effort to punish the offend
ers on the part of those charged with the
duty of enforcing the laws. Governor
Folk did not In the least overstate the
danger Involved In this carelessness or
Indifference and he did well In po'ntlng
out the grave consequences that must
coiee from a want of respect for law.
Political expediency Is to a lar:e extent
responsible for the disregard of law or
the failure to enforce It. Public officials
are too commonly prone to overlook vio
lations of the law on the part of those
whose political Influence they need.
There khould be a popular awakening
WAS IT AX Al -IDKNT AT MAMLA BA VI
In his concluding contribution 1 The
Outlook, embodying bis observations on
bis recent visit to the t'nited States in
the light of previous visits, .lames Rry co
in one passage Bays:
That a war with 8paln would come was
always possible, for her treatment of Cuba,
together with the Interest Americans took
In Cuba, supplied grounds of quarrel. Nor
wa there anything antecedently Improbable
In the annexation of Porto Rico, for In Pres
ident (Iranfs time the t'nited States had
very nearly obtained Santo Pomlngo. No
body, however, dreamed for a moment that
the accident of the destruction of the Span
ish fleet In the harbor of Manila would lead
to the arrpilHitlon of an Immense archi
pelago of tropical Isles Inhabited by peml
clvlllzed and barbarous tribes thousands of
miles distant from the westernmost part of
the fnitcd States.
Mr. Bryce In addition to his achieve
ments as a publicist ranks among the
world s great historians-In fact, he made
his first reputation by his works of narra
tive and critical history. Toliave a man
of his high standing refer to the exploit
In Manila bay as "tho accident of the de
struction of the Spanish fleet" surely
foreshadows a great controversy among
the historians of the future. If It does
uot serve to reopen the question at once.
We Americans have been led to believe
that the battle in Manila bay deserves to
go down In the annals of time among tho
truly great naval victories. A standard
biographical sketch of Admiral Dewey,
for example, declares that "on May 1,
ISilS, In Manila bay be commanded in
the greatest naval battle since Trafalgar,
completely annihilating the Spanish
Asiatic squadron under Admiral Montljo.
destroying eleven and capturing all
other vessels and all the land batteries
without the loss of avman on the Ameri
can side." And that Is tjM? way the en
gagement will doubtless be found de
scribed in all descriptions from American
sources.
European critics are evidently unwil
ling to give Manila bay the place which
we are according to It. But will any
Americon ever be willing to concede that
the destruction of the Spanish fleet on
that famous May day morning was noth
ing but an accident?
THE FVTCRE OF WHEAT.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson takes
a somewhat pessimistic view of the fu
ture of wheat In this country. Noting
the decreased productiveness of wheat
lands he is of the opinion that uuless
radical changes are made In American
methods of wheat-growing it will not bo
long before we shall become dependent
upon other countries for bread. Our
great wheat fields along the northern
border are refusing to grow wheat, the
secretary Is reported as saying, and un
less the American farmers change their
method of growlug this important prod
uct there will be a large increase in the
price of breadstuffs. The evil day can
not long be postponed, he declared, not
withstanding the fact that the farmers
of the northwest believed they had
solved the problem by permitting the
lands to He fallow for one year and only
growing a crop of wheat every other
year. At present the average production
of wheat to tho acre is eight bushels,
while In Europe the farmers grow thirty.
Lust year the American wheat crop was
sickly and this Indicates that the land
refuses to grow wheat any longer on a
profitable basis.
Secretary Wilson said he did not mean
to frighten the people by saying that
there will be a great shortage in wheat,
but he felt confident that there will be u
large Increase In the price unless the
methods are changed. He pointed out
that at present the per capita consump
tion of wheat in this country is from
six to seven bushels and we are consum
ing nearly all we raise. It Is easy to see
what will happen when there Is a fur
ther decline In the yield. The secretary
thinks we must take care of our north
ern possessions and evidently Is of the
opinion that wheat-growing In Alaska on
a considerable scale Is a possibility of
the future.
It Is needless to soy that Secretary
Wilson is not an alarmist, hut on the
contrary is an exceedingly conservative
man. who takes a very practical view of
all matters pertaining to his department.
There Is no higher agricultural authority
In the country and therefore what he
says In regard to wheat conditions nnd
the future of thnt product In this country
Is worthy of attentive consideration, es
pecially on the pHrt of the wheat grow
ers. WEATHKR CHART OF RUOh. REAl)l(l
That, the weather has a great deal to
do wiih our hublts of studious or merely
promiscuous reading Is, doubtless, uo
unusual observation, but the extent to
which geographical location and result
ing climatic conditions ojierate to stimu
late or repress the demand for literary
Instruction anil entertainment has never
been reduced lo statistic proportion.
That the Inhabitants of temperate
zones do more reading than those who
dwell in tropical countries needs no dem
onstration, nor that the reading public
everywhere shows more avidity for di
gesting books In cold weather than In
warm weather. The same factors are at
work In libraries and reading circles ns
lu schools and universities, and In those
occupations and professions which are
confined largely lo book study.
These remarks are occasioned by the
discussion of variations lu the circula
tion of Ismks and periodicals in the St,
Louis public library in the litest report
of Its librarian In whii emphasizes
the Intimate relatloiieh:p tween library
patronage and climatic conditions. "In
St. Louis," he declares, "what may be
called the steady reading season does uot
begin until after January 1, and March
is the culminating month. Uew great
the drop may he In April depends upon
the weather." And. more significant
still, he adds: "If St. Louis were In the
latitude of St. Pau: at least 1, probably
20 and possibly 3 per cent more books
would be read."
This surely Is an interesting statement
though there Is- no way of verifying it.
for the possibility of St. Inils and St.
Paul exchanging places on the map Is
still remote even In this wonder-working
twentieth century. Unless St. Louis can
be put in cold storage over summer, the
chances are that St. Paul will continue
in thP future, as In the past, to enjoy Its
handicap in the matter of lxxk reading.
And If books are the foundation of learn
ing and learning Is tho fotiudation of
greatness, St. Paul ought In the course
of ages to outstrip St. Louis.
The only thing that the $5,(K0 boodle
Investigation has developed clearly Is the
fact that the attorney of the Omaha
Board of Education was also retained as
attorney of the Oinnha breweries. And
that recalls the testimony of the late
George Crawford, a professional railroad
oil room lobbyist who. when Interrogated
by the Pacific railroad commission ns to
his business and method of converting
members of tho legislature, replied, "I
sing to them." Crawford Mas gifted
with a musical voice very much like that
of a crow. Whether the Joint attorney
of the brewers and the school board sang
for them did not transpire in the late In
quisition.
Latest reports Indicate that the British
liberals are far less pleased with the
prospect of assuming the responsibilities
of office than are the conservatives In
laying them aside. Vp to the present the
Irish nationalists alone are having any
real fun out of the prospective campaign
and their Joy arises from having nothing
to lose no matter which side wins.
iKtiMflM nnii.rn nows.
He moves no one w ho cannot be moved.
Harpl'icsa Is only Incident. it; Tightness Is
essential.
Repentance Is a good road. I'.it a poor
residence.
No amount of culture can pol nil putty
Into pearls.
The hypocrite always has a keen nose for
the heretic.
The fear of the Lord Is a good foundation
for any life.
A flow of language Is not the same as a
flood of love.
The lust for revenue soon slays the love
of righteousness.
The sunshine works as great reforms as
the thunder storm.
Fusslness is often mistaken for frultful-ness-by
the fussy.
Flattery is only a loan, and always at a
high rale of Interest.
The life may be growing best when It
thinks least of gaining.
He Is de:ul already whose only thought In
life is how to make a living.
They who have religion by proxy will get
Its rewards In the same way.
The difficulties that dishearten the small
man only determine the great.
The pj on which you depend Is likely to
make Itself felt about your neck.
Tt takes more than credit with the grocer
to keep the heart from starving.
One does not have to become an old
woman In order to be a new man.
Opportunity's doors are only holes that
we must knock In the walls of difficulties.
Where there Is no faith In the possibil
ities of men faith In the power of God does
little good Chicago Tribune.
The validity of the suite oil refinery
lvonds will be tested before the supreme
court of Kansas. And that suggests th-
propriety of testing the validity of the
Nebraska binding twine bonds If any at
tempt should ever be made to Issue
them.
Possible Source of Relief.
Washington Post.
Now an astronomer tells us that Mars
Is Inhabited, aut has a large number of
fine canals. The president may yet ha
forced to draw upon Mars for a man to
do that Panama job.
Meaieo Kails In Line.
Philadelphia Press.
The free coinage of silver In Mexico will
be stopped April 16. The Mexican silver
dollar will, after May 1, be rated as of the
value of 60 cents gold. The theoretical
unit of Value Is established as a dollar of
76 centigrammes gold. The practical adop
tion of the gold standurd will greatly en
courage trade with tho. United States.
An Impressive Sight.
New York Tribune.
Russia has permitted a correspondent of
a London newspaper to see Its big gold re
serve, The correspondent did not count
tha money or the gold Ingots, but the sight
was impressive much more so, In fact,
than the military reserve In tho' present
general spirit of opposition to tho war by
those who are expected to do tha fighting.
Growth in National Ban Us.
Buffalo Express.
The federal act passed In 1000, permitting
national banks to be established with a
capital of only fcS.OUO, has led In the last
Ave years to the organization of 1,507 banks
out of the 2,000 now existing. No better
proof could be offered of the fact that the
law previously requiring JSO.OOO as a mini
mum capital for a national bank was suited
for comparatively wealthy manufacturing
regions, and not for rural communities.
This Is the cuse with moat fiscal and
banking federal legislation.
The Family Physician.
Boston Transcript.
President Roosevelt's fine appreciation of
the family physician, will waken a re
sponsive echo In pretty nearly every heart
In the land. A great many have often
wondered how a medical man can be all
things to all men an4 at the same time be
true and sincere straight through. No
one knows so well as he where the family
skeletons hide, and no one tn his time
hears so many real tales of woe and suffer
ing mental and physical as are poured
Into hl ever-listening ears. His sympathy
and counsel are always as much to be re
lied upon as are his pills and powders.
Everyone who knows the true type of
family doctor knows this and will feel to
thank the president for standing up and
saying such pretty things about the family
friend.
SRl ll.AR SHOTS AT Tllli PI I. PIT.
Washington Post: Rlshop Potter rays
the Subway tavern enables a man "to
drink water under uplifting circumstances."
It would be Interesting tn watch a man
to try to drink without doing a little up
lifting stunt.
Portland Oregonlan: "Do not tol-rate
an Immoral preacher." said Booker T.
Washington In a recent speech. "Do not
give him anything to eat." Rut let us feed
our good preaehTs well. It helps to make
and keep 'em good.
Philadelphia Press: J. Frank Cordovo,
sentenced to four years' imprisonment for
his shameless treatment of his wife and
children, talks of appealing to President
Roosevelt. Cordova might as well appeal
to the czar of Russia or to the mythical
"chief of the cannibal Islands." The hard
labor attached to Cordova's sentence may
clear his weak head.
Boston Transcript: The following is a
part of the declaration of the bishops
and clergy of the Kpiscopal church of
the diocese of Rhode Island which has
been set forth: "Holding as we do the
distinction between the preaching of the
Christian morality and of partisan politics
to be positive and necessary, we desire to
nffirm that In all questions of public mor
als, the clergy as guides and promoters
of righteousness, have, and always have
had, not merely the right hut an Im
perative duty to speak." When the whole
church of God arises like a mighty army
HgalnBt the corruption of the body politic
it will accomplish great things for civic
righteousness.
Harper's Weekly: A conference lately
held In Boston to consider how a greater
number of able young men could be In
duced to enter the ministry was attended
by two bishops, two heads of theological
schools and colleges, and by clergymen,
editors and others eighteen persons In all.
They agreed unanimously that so far aa
numbers went there were ministers enough,
but that what the churches needed was
abler and more effective men In the min
istry. In Its present Btate the Protestant
ministry seems an extra-hazardous profes
sion. In which the peace of mind, as well
as the maintenance, of conscientious men
Is exposed to too many risks. It does not
surprise the thoughtful observer thut in
spite of- its great attractions the ministry
finds trouble In attracting the class .of re
cruits It needs. One of the privileges
that are dear to the American mind Is
that of amending the details of his the
ology whenever he thinks he has got
enough new light to warrant It. A lay
man may do that without embarrassment,
but ft a minister does he must carry his
congregation with him or prepare to be
charged with breach of contract.
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The Sioux City Journal hands to C. E.
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bouquet on his appointment. "Mr. Llewel
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HAMI CHRISTIAN A!MDKRSE.
Centennial of the Birth of Den
mark' Famous Story Teller.
Collier's Weekly.
A hundred years afio, on April 2, ISo.
there was born the man who more than
any other has given Denmark glory In
the world of art. It has had great m:i,
In every walk of life, but the only one
whose fame ha reached the four corners
of the earth Is the story telling boo of
the poor cobbler of Odfnse. His hundred
and fifty fairy tales are forever, as human
history goes. For America, there are
points of gossipy Interest In his life, apart
from Its Important r.epects. When he was
old and poor, our school children wished
to send him money, but he wrote Hint
Penmark. lacking aa It was In wealth,
would csie for Its own, adding, however,
thut of his "endl'ss pirllon of Joy" not
tha least part was that he "should live
to see many of great America's loving
children break open their money boxes to
share them with the old nuthor whom
they fancied to be In a 'row circum
stances." He was kept fn.,n visiting this
country only by his in-conquerable drad
of s-aeickness-thlB dread I elng port of
his extreme sensltlvrr is, his "woman's
nature and child's soul." HIh reliitlon to
-.,meo literally, was slight; love rlavd
n t'.ftTtliMlOIIS role in his career. His !
reUtlon to children, aim. was slight, mu"li
as ho has meant to million of them.
When a sculptor represented Mm sur
rounded by listening children, he objected
that .anybody who knew him was awnr
that h could never have told tales with
n pack of young Copenhageners clamber
ing on his kneps and shoulders, "('hlldre-i
alone can not represent me." he exclaimed,
perhaps his most warm and constant ov.
was for Mowers. If 1 were lo stir a
, t .n.nii.l " lie Kald. "I believe
r a mi" - ,
It would grow." Ills craze for the tlieiter
whs so Intense that when he was s or J
years old he play-d truant tn see the
".rima, und when he was too old to go
he sat In his chair and murmured. ' Now
ths curtain Is about to rWe." His lovn
f nfe Hit under what endears him to
the world. "Oh.'" he ezclalmed. old. half
ur.conBclous, and about to dl "how hspiv
I aru. How beautiful is the world." And
ordinary people Ula wistfully of "killing
tiiu!"
PERSONAL, AM OTHERWISE.
Chicago has quarantined n Holiness camp
meeting near town; not that It dreads
holiness half as much aa It fears small
pox. Mr. Rockefeller cannot accurately gauge
the moral stamina of mankind until he
donates a bunch of money to some pious
Institution In Kansas.
After all is said and done, one bright
spot lingers on the municipal horizon In
this country- A Pennsylvania town council
opens proceeding with prayer.
The Holy Rollers, In session at Waverly,
O.. are putting In their best .high-roller
licks, hoping thereby to work a miracle
by restoring sight to a blind girl.
Kolmken last week celebrated the golden
anniversary of Its official existence. But
Hobo ken had acquired much of Its present
reputation long before it was Incorporated.
The open sesame to the heart of a drug
gist In Maine during the prevailing drouth
Is a public endorsement of the big stick
policy. That gives the lemonade the proper
tint.
A Connecticut Judge holds that a woman
cannot discriminate between a breath
loaded with alcohol and one pleasantly
flavored with cloves. Experience is nn
admirable promoter of wisdom on tho
bench and elsewhere.
Although the Buckeyes have had unusual
experience In 'eg-stretchlng. they appear to
know a thing or two on leg-shortening. A
Cleveland Jury fixed !,oon as the proper
value of three inches of leg taken from
the limb of a coal beaver.
Postal authorities In Philadelphia admit
that "a sweet-faced" girl stenographer
easilv slipped through their net and dis
nppeared with the bulk of ll.OoO.iOO scooped
In from get-rich-qulck victims. The old
Adam again-putting on the woman!
It has been ascertained that the man
who was shot nut of the tunnel und through
forty feet of water In New York harbor
had recently asked the company for a
DOMESTIC PI.KASAXTnlKS.
Miss Oldham Haven't you a horror of
dying unmarried?
Miss Anteek No; It's living that way
that bothers me. Cleveland Leader.
Esmeralda (as tho dispute became per
sonal) I'd hate to be as hatchet-faced as
you are!
Owendolen I'd rather be hatchet-faced
than hamtner-tongued! Chicago Tribune.
Nell She claims that she makes It a
point to he blind to the faults of others.
Belle Well, she may be blind, but she's
not deaf. She likes to listen to tales of
them. Philadelphia Ledger.
When two girls spend the night together
nd tell you the next day that they didn't
talk about anything In particular you may
be sure that they talked about everything
lu general. Somervlllc Journal.
Kloseman I'm looking for another girl;
object, matrimony.
Ascum-J-Why, I thought Miss Pechls had
accepted vou.
Kloseman So she did, but the ring I had
didn't fit her. so I've got to find somebody
else.-Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
Bess I really think May Is in love with
you.
Jack Really! Why?
Bess I heard her remark yesterday that
homeliness In a man Is not really a draw
back, but a sign of character. Philadelphia
Press.
Mrs. Trout Any gossip?
Mrs. Buss Yes, the Shads hsve terrible
skeletons In their family. New York Bun.
Mrs. Jellers was peeping out through her
lace curtains.
"These people that are moving In next
door can't fool me by covering their furni
ture with burlaps aa If it were something
line," sho said. "I've looked them up In
the commercial directories." Chicago Tri
bune, x
An Easier Elegy.
Two birds In the bush and one In the hand.
You may gamble upon It,
Are not worth as much as the modistes
demand
For one on a bonnet.
Philadelphia Ledger.
. "FROM THE WKT WOODS."
Madison Caweln In the Atlantic.
Here the woods are wet,
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Seem meteors In a miniature firmament
Of wild flowers, where, with rainy sound
and stent, , . .,
Of breeze and blossom, soft the April
weni; ... .
Their tongue-like leaves of umber motUM
green,
Pcem dropping words of gold.
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in VlFllMe lillllt-rt n ,,,fs
Beside them, near the wahoo hush anA
haw.
Blooms the hepstlca;
Its slender flowers upon swaying stems
Lifting pnle. solitary blooms
Btarry, and i willght-colored like frail
gems,
That star the diadems
Of sylvan spirits, piercing pale ths
glooms ,
Or llko the wands, the torches of the fays,
Thjt light lone, woodland ways
With slim, uncertain rsys:
(The faery people, whom no eye may se,
Busy, so legend says.
With budding bough and leafing tree.
The blossom's heart o' honey and honey
sack o' the bee.
And all dim thoughts and dreams.
That take the form of flowers, as It seem
And haunt the bsnks of greenwood
streams.
Showing In every line and curve.
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