TTIE OMAHA DAILY HEE: WEDNESDAY. MAY 10. 1903. The Omaha Daily Bee. B. roBEWATin, EDITOR PfBIJSHEt) EVERT MORNINO. ally lllustr TERMM Or BrBSCRIPTION: Fee iwithout Bunrtty. one r..Mno PM and Sunday, one year. 5" tratM B. on yar ? "? Sunday Bee. one year J J" Saturday Bee. one lr J Twentieth I'entury Farmer, on year.. 1W DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Paliy Be (without Sunday), per copy.. 2c pally He (without Bundayj, per wees... 12c f'altv Bee ilnrlurtlng Sunday, per wwk.lis Evening Be (without Sunday), per week. o Evening Be tlncludlng Biinday), per, week j Sunday Bea, per copy c Complalnta of Irregularities In delivery shoul be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Ee Building. Bouth Omaha-city Hall building. Twenty fifth aivl M atrceta. Council Bluffa-10 Pearl atreat. Chicago 1640 Unity building. New York-tin Home Ufa In, building. Waahlngtan Ml Fourteenth atreat. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to nsw and edi torial matter ahould be addressed; Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. ' Remit by drafi, express or postal order, payable to The Bee. Publishing Company. Only I-cent stamps received In payment or mall account. Peraonal checks, except on Omaha or eaatern exchanges, not accepted. THB BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. so chasok or rvsntoy. Thoso who prof to he apprehensive that iTeskaw.t Roosevelt hss chunked or limy li me his poult Ion In regard to regulation of railroad rates by the gov eminent will find In his speech at Den ver nssurame that there Is no ground for their professed fear. That utterance very clearly and distinctly shows that the president adheres to the views ex pressed In his last annual message to congress. la that carefully prepared statement of the views of the chief executive it was said: "While I am of the opinion that at present It would be undesirable, if It were not impracticable, finally to clothe the commission with general au thority to fix railroad rates, I do believe that, as a fair security to shippers, the commission should be vested with the power, where a given Tate has been chal lenged and after full hearing found to be unreasonable, to decide, subject to Ju dicial review, what shall be a reasonable rate to take Its place, the ruling of the commission to take effect Immediately and to obtain unless and until It is re versed by the court of review." The president went on to say that the gov ernment must in increasing degree su- STATEM EST OF CIRCc UATION. Stats of V.Sr.iln Imuclaa County. 1 C. C. Roaewatcr. secretary of the Bea pervlse and regulate the workings of the r-uDiianing i.ompsny, urum um; worn. save that the actual rumher or run ana complete coplea of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of April. 1906, waa aa ioiiowb 1. t... I... 4... I... , at.ofto st.ono 83,1 HO SH,19t , 28.100 It.. 17.. IS.. 19.. 20.. 45.0O0 SH.SKO 2M.:T0 2T.VS0 an.ioo I S8.10O 7 JTO.930 21 S8.SA0 2J 80.16O ... .... It).... 11.... n.... it.... 14.... It.... SO.Silfl 80,330 27.STO , 28,1 TO . 2H.400 , 81,190 2B.OOO , ao.Boo 21.. 24.. .. r.. 28.. 9.. SO.. Total............, Less unsold coplea. Net total aalea. 81.770 .. 2S.OOO ,. 28,OAO ,. ItH.OOO .. 3. ISO .. 28,aM ,, BO.lOO .. 32,100 .889.42A . ,7a Dally average " C. C. ROSH.WATfc.rl, Secretary. Bubacrlbd In my presence and aworn to before me thla 1st day or May. . (Seal; M. B. HUNOATE. Notary Public. It ia time for something to be doing again in the far eastern seat of war. If these strikes continue Chicago may And It advisable to change its motto of I will" to "I can t." With a mine adrift near the Marshall islands some noncombatnnt may har vest one of the fruits of war. The local base ball season is auspi ciously opened, but there will Iks more goose eggs than home runs before It Is closed. . St. Joseph merchants are making a trade trip through Nebraska, but they wJH have to hustle to break into Oinnha's territory. The failure of, the president to bag a grizzly bear does not seem to have changed his opinion on the subject of freight rates. Aner an, American packers must admit that the practice of Berlin meat markets puts a "horse" on the packing industry in this country. Aa a matter of diversion, the Lincoln Board of Education will grapple with the Standard Oil octopus, but the con filet will not be sanguinary. railways engaged in Interstate commerce and concluded his reference to this sub ject as follows: In my judgment the most Important legislative act now needed as regards the regulation of cor porations Is this act to confer on the Interstate Commerce commission the power to revise rates and regulations, the revised rate to at once go Into effect and to stay In effect unless and until the court of review reverses It." The speech of Mr. Roosevelt at Den ver Is In entire accord with the views ex pressed in his message. He reiterated the opinion thnt the commission should ! le given the power to regijlnte rates and that the rates prescribed by it should go Into effect practically at once. He en dorsed unqualifiedly the views of Attor ney fieneral Moody In his letter to Sen ator Elklns, heretofore referred to, urg ing the right of congress to confer upon an executive lody power to regulate rail road rates, as repeatedly affirmed In de cisions of the supreme court of the I'nlted, States. The attempt has been made to show that the president had modified the posi tion taken In his message of Inst Decern ing. The Denver speech is a complete answer to every Intimation or Insinua tion of this kind. It conveys renewed ssurance to the people that their chief executive stands firmly by the position he snnonneed so plainly and explicitly in his last annual message and that he can be depended upon to exert all the Influ ence of the administration to secure the legislation which he believes to be neces sary to remedy abuses aud to protect the public against unlawful and unjust discriminations. It Is said to be already practically assured that the senate com mittee on interstate commerce will not frame a bill giving to a federal commis sion any kind of rnte-flxlng power. No body has expected that committee to frame such a measure. It has pretty clearly shown In what direction its sym pathies are. But that committee will not determine the character of the legisla tion to be enacted and Its unmistakable partiality for the railroad side of the question must materially Impair Its In fluence both in congress and with the publle. ' the isthmus will be rewarded by transfer to the civil service in this country. All this is obviously necessary In order to secure cnpable Americans for service In that anything but Inviting region. Men cannot be expected to go there for com pensation little alove that they can ob tain in this country. They must be so well paid that they will be enabled to accumulate something, for no one will go there with the Idea of making a per manent residence. Doubtless In time the isthmus will iKM-ome a place where life will not be entirely devoid of comforts and pleasure, but at present existence there must bo exceedingly dreary and unsatisfactory. MAKISO MOURESS. That the movement for tax reform In Nebraska is making substantial progress Is shown by the action of the state board calling for returns from railroads operating over leased lines In this state, with a view to Including these roads In the next grand assessment roll. Attor ney General Brown's opinion makes It clear enough that railroads operating in this stnte, although owning no right-of- way or trackage, are still subject to taxation rateable to tho valuation of that part of their property and business In this state. The only wonder Is that railroads carrying on traffic in Net"Hska and sending their cars within our Juits diction should nt any time have escaped entirely without paying taxes. The theory that railroads operating leased lines are not taxable In Nebraska because they own no fixed property within the state limits is absolutely without foundation. This Is conclusively demonstrated by carrying the theory to a logical conclusion. Under thnt Idea a newly Incorporated railroad company might lease the lines of one of the existing tax able roads and continue to operate them just as they are now ope rated, with the result that thereafter taxes would be paid only on the right-of-way, trackage and other immovable property, while the rolling stock and franchise would escape taxation alto gether. Or, again, the railroads now paying taxes In Nebraska might organ ize an operating company, retaining nil of the right-of-way and trncknge under lease and In the same manner evade the larger part of their legitimate tax bur dens. If this scheme were expanded so thnt one operating compnny leased nil the rnilrond lines In Nebraska, the stnte would be left with nothing to tax except the bare values of the immovable prop erty, while the valuable franchises and rolling stock would be at once wiped off the assessment roll. A private citizen who lenses renl es tate and erects improvements thereon Is taxed upon the value of the improve ments, and there Is no more reason why the railroad corporation conducting a profitable business tin leased trackage should not be taxed In the same manner. It slrould be as much to the Interest of the ronds that have been regularly as sessed that the leasehold lines be like wise returned; otherwise, the roads owning no trackage within the stnte. and thereby escaping taxation, would be in better position and enjoy greater prlvl leges than those who have Invested their capital in constructing Nebraska lines and paid taxes on them, even though In adequately. St. Paul unite, in twenty of 1 year, you will see something that will make Ksnss City, Omaha and Denver look Ilk a bunch of wooden suburbs. Itamlflcat loaa of the Taint. Chicago Record-Herald. Somebody, aaa gone anooplng around and Ciscovcrcd thnt one of the men who loudly protested against the acceptance of Mr. Rockefeller's money, on the ground that It was tainted, owns a building which Is used partly for saloon purposes. How spitefifl some people are. The Meters will Make Good. Boaton Globe. It Is reported that It cost lhe Consoli dated Ons company of New York SnOO.ndO to defeat In the state senate a bill to re duce the price of gna from 1 to SO cents; but It Is understood that the company hsa made an arrangement with the meters to make good the loss ao the stockholders won't auffer. Rotable I linage of Time. Philadelphia Record. Now the managers of the transconti nental railways Insist that the Panama canal, when completed, will not be able to carry freights so as to Injuriously com pete with rail traffic. If this be correct, the past arrangement between the rail roads and the Pacific Mall 8leamshlp com pany for the maintenance of exorbitant freight rates on goods carried between At- antlo and Pacific ports waa a more out- rageoua compact than the publle had been led to suppose. It was a combination to rob by the extortion of unjust rates tinder the plea of necessity that did not exist. Overdoing the Job. SprlngfleH Republican. The senate committee's hearings upon the railroad question have now been distin guished by many arguments against gov- nmentai control of rates. In almost all asr coming from railroad men them selves. This last week a professor from the I'nlverslty of Chicago appeared, and lo: he. too. objected Strongly to govern mental supervision In any form. He proved j pretty strong witness until he began to rgue in favor of stock-watering aa a blessing to the country. Then he overdid It. Prof. Meyer Is a very learned man, but he might as well Ignore the blessings of stock-watering. Now that a massacre of Jews has been reported from Russia all doubt is re moved that the Easter holidays are being lowing resentment at the prolonged uii j uusrrrni ny xne onnoQOX. JU8TIFTABI.K RF.SKKTMEXT. There seems to be no doubt that the Japanese government Is fully Justified in vutn twenty-four lives lost in the opening tornado in Kansas the people of that state may be pardoned for wish ing for the return of the hard coal daya. Having been assured that the Equi table la secure, policy holders may turn their undivided attention to trying to ascertain who is to receive the surplus. The Bee cheerfully concedes to its en terprising contemporary the exclusive privilege of being In constant and con fidential communication with Pat Crowe. Tb Germans of Omaha have a right to feel proud over their Schiller celebra tion. The great poet would himself feel proud could he only be here to join in the festivities. The street railway company draws tho Hue at contribution for free band music in' Hanacorn park, in competition with paid band waste at Lake Manawa, Cut Off lake and Krug park. presence of the Russian squadron In French waters. Granting that the French government, aa it claims, has made all proper efforts to prevent a breach of neutrality, yet it is evident that the representatives of that govern ment in Indo-Chlna have not performed their duty and for this Japan rightfully holds the French government respon sible. Had there been a strict and v igi lant enforcement of the law of neutrality the Russians could not have lingered for several weeks In French waters, ns they have done, enabling them to coal and provision their warships, not for the pur pose of reaching the nearest Russian port, but to prepare for battle with the Japanese fleet. The. fact appears to be, according to the commander of the French naval force in the Indo-Chlna waters, that when Ro Jestvensky was ordered to leave French waters he took his own time to comply and was very leniently dealt with. That has evidently been the common practice perhaps a natural result of the Franco Russian alliance, but none the less a dls regnrd of neutrality and a grave wrong to Japan. It Is stated that the French Great Britain may be satisfied with the denials of France, but Japan will probably insist upon being the one to (government directed that the divisions of decide when the contingent terms of the tne Russian fleet should not be allowed alliance have been fulfilled. VL. 1 - t I I . . . cruras no auouiu ny iuib lime be a littla tired of having ita March weather in May. It does not give ample op portanlty to develop an appreciation of the beautiful June to follow. to make a Juncture In French waters. hut probably no attention was paid to this. It is not to be apprehended that Japan's warrantable resentment will have any serious outcome, but it is to be regretted that France has been placed In so indefensible a position. Now that the attorney general has paved the way for the taxation of the franchises of the rnllronds thnt have nc quired the right-of-way over the Union Pacific terminals and trackage between Council Bluffs and South Omaha, It will be Incumbent on the State Board of Equalization to ascertain the value of these franchises and assess the roads ac cordingly. In order to arrive at a ra tlonal conclusion regarding the vnlue we would suggest that the board consult the allegations of the Chicago Great West ern railroad when it applied for a writ of mandamus against the Union Pacific In Judge M linger'1 court to compel the Union Pacific to grant it equal privi leges of use of its terminals and track age facilities with the Rock Island,the Milwaukee & St. Paul and other rail roads that had acquired those privileges by leasehold. Tark Commissioner I.inlnger Is eml nently correct in his position that it is not the place of the board to use park funds to pay for the paving of city streets, thus relieving one set of prop erty owners of tax burdens which an other set are compelled to bear. Under our scheme of street Improvements the abutting property owners are expected to pay for the paving, and the obllga tlou should be no different whether th thoroughfare is called a street or labeled a boulevard. IT IS SOT OIR STYLE. "The Simple life" Sot Seeded In America. George P. Brett In The World of Today. The conditions of life in America have been too easy for us In the past. Our days begin In the kindergarten with play and song and legend, Instead of honest toll and real achlevment. and our later life Is given up too much to senseless amusements and sensational pleasures, with the result that our moral fiber has become flabby and our public conscience has gone to sleep. Dis honesty and malfeasance In public life no longer shock and horrify us as they should. and the public press treats of the scandalous matters above referred to merely from the standpoint of aen- aatlonaltsm. We no longer stand aghast that such things can be and have come to believe that honesty Is not even the best policy. In defiance of the early teachings of our copy books. It has been truly said that what Is every body's business Is the business of no one, and herein lies one of the grest dangers of a republic, where everyone Is of equal Importance and Influence In the eye of the law. Thla danger is an Increasing one 'In these days of enormous aggregations of population, when the voice of the Individual counts less and haa less weight because of the crowded conditions ef our modern city life. The tenancy Is for each of us to go his own way. attending strictly to his own affairs, burdensome enough usually for the strengtb of the man engaged In active business life. : I venture to enter my protest agalnat the message which Charles Wagner and Mr. Hllty bring and to urge that It be disregarded In favor of . an at titude of mind much more needed at this time, which Is a spirit of criticism and doubt as to the Infallible goodness of ex isting conditions and a discontent In view of these many evils, which Is the first atep toward their cure. COMMERCIAL GRAFT. Xovel , Nebraska club women are missing an opportunity to secure public attention. SERV1CK OflT THK 1STHHVS It appears that there is a good deal of So frr they have failed to protest agalnat dlscon,eut employee of the gov- the acceptance pf the gift of (irover Cleveland to Hastings college. Those who believe In municipal own c-thip of public utilities will welcome Andrew Carnegie to their ranks, but tnust wonder why he had to go to Eng land to proclaim hla conversion. That church labor conference in Bos ton might have tried i band in the Chi- jernment on the Isthmus of Panama and that resignations have become frequent. It seems that the dissatisfaction ia due in part to the small salaries paid and in a measure to the lack of means of enter tainment, while doubtless the general conditions of life there are well calcu lated to cause discontent among Ameri cana who have gone there. It ia any thing but an exhilarating cJImate and It Is quite conceivable that there is little at cago struggle if it had decided upon a present which Is conducive to cheerful- course of action, but it Is to be coin- and contentment. mended for achievements. Its alma if not for its Competition for the republican noinl- usaon for congress for the First Ne- The commission will endeavor to lm prove conditions snd to render life ou the isthmus more endurable. It will pay better salaries to those who are now get- ung suiaii compensation, it will pro- The ordinance ordering all telephone wires to be placed underground In South Omaha has been reported favorably and will be passed without dissei.t by the South Omaha council. We violate no confidence to reveal publicly that the conduit ordinance is not repugnant to the telephone company. When it comes to enterprise commend ns to our boastful contemporary, which prints copiously of the remarks of Sena tor Tom Fatterson at Denver, "singing a paean to water," and suppresses the speech of President Roosevelt reiterat ing and reinforcing his position on rail road rate regulation. There's he nob. Washington Post The attorney general declares that con gress haa power to fix railway rates. This removes every obstacle except the discovery of the power that will Induce congreas to exercise Its powers. Twuig r-uer erery mote social development and will en day. It is noticeable, however, that courage means for popular entertaln thera Is no danger of overcrowding Jn roent. It will provide for the organiza a rush to get the democratic nomination tion of clubs and supply sccommoda- 10 corneal lor me place, Hioas for them. Creditable aervlee on Kewa that la News. New York Tribune. After four years and a half of wandering and evasion of Justice. Pat Crowe lias con cluded that the wagea of wrongdoing are not satlafactory nnd haa given himself up to the authorities of Omaha. Hep Sarlaare Kteraal. Minneapolis Journal. Pittsburg and Allegheny City will vote aoon on a project to unite, tha union to take place in 17. When Minneapolis and Wisconsin Experiments irlth 1. 1 ne of Reform. Chicago Inter Ocean. Tf you have any Idea of doing business in Wisconsin personally, or of sending a rep resentative to Wisconsin to transact busi ness for you, or of employing somebody In Wisconsin to act aa your business agent, it wouid be well for you to secure a copy of the Stout anti-graft bill passed by the legislature of that state and signed by the governor on Tuesday. The law Is now In operation. It la pro nounced one of the moat far-reaching measures for the suppression of corruption ever enacted. It provides that whoever corruptly gives or offers any agent, serv ant or employe any gift or gratuity what ever with the Intention to Influence his actions In relation to his employer's busi ness, or any agent, servant or employe who accepts such a gift, ahall be llnble to a fine of $10 to 1150, or to such fine with Imprison ment for one year. The measure Is Intended to strike at an evil which has been growing steadily In this country In recent years and which takes every form, from the bribery of a $10 a week clerk to the bribery of a $10,000 a year railway official; from Influencing the purchase of a email bill of merchandise dis honestly to influencing the granting of million dollar rebates. It Is a purely nonpartisan, nonpolltlcal en actment. It haa to do with commercial rather than with political graft, although It may be applied, of course, to the letting of public contracts. The Impression pre vails In Wisconsin that Its strict enforce ment will result In the abolition of "tips" to porters, bootblacks, waiters, etc., but whatever the enforcement of the letter of the law may accomplish In this direction, In spirit It Is Intended to bring down other and bigger game. In many lines of business bribes to em ployes have of late years taken the place of discounts to employers. Purchsslng (rents have fallen Into the practice of con sidering the fee offered them for closing a trsde rather than the profita which the trade would bring to the man who pays the bill. The salesman In many cases who can Offer the most tempting bribe to the agent hss come to be more successful than the aalesman who has nothing to offer except a good margin of profit for the principal. Not only lo Wisconsin, but In all the statea of the union, commercial grafting has reached the point where the Interests of the employer are subordinated and sometimes wholly sacrificed by trusted em ploye to the Interests of those who pro vide the graft the bribe. Nor la this dangerous and demoralising form of eorniptlon confined to the United States. It aeems to have taken root In almost every commercial nation. It la even now the subject of Parliamentary In qulry In Oreat Britain. Men who prefer to do busness legltl mutely and who are disqualified by com nunctlnna of cosclence aa well aa by the character of their training from doing bust ness Illegitimately will be grestly Interested In the progress of reform under the Wis consln anti-graft law. It Is not going too far even to aay that they are vitally In terested In the outcome, since with such men It la a question whether under exist. Ing conditions they can continue to do business at alL BITS OF WASHIOT05 MFK. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. Your I'ncle Samuel Is a haul customer to deal with. Ills path of duty and destiny Is followed fearlessly, swerving neither to ths right nor to the left at the behest of rivals. Yet your uncle Is not aa brave as he. looks. Appreciating the maxim. "Custom mskes cowards of us all." he has struck his col ors and Mirrendcred to thn tip. An order la being drafted by the Navy department regulating the expenses of naval officers, for the purpose of curbing extravagance. The order places certain limits on the cost of transportation. Tullman cars and the like, and continues: Hotel bills of commissioned offlcera not to exi-eed $fi a dnv. Single menls. $1 eacM; tip, 10 cents. Tips on trains, Ml cents a day. Tips will not be allowed on parlor enr except on lourney of five hours or longer. Tips st hotels, firt cents a day, but not to exceed $J a wek at one hotel. An elaborate and pnrtlcularixed scsle of tips Is framed for ocean travel and travel In foreign lands. Recognising the greater rapacity of the foreign holol parasite and the perfection to which the system hss been reduced, the commissioned naval officer Is permitted to expend $:l 50 a week on tips In foreign hotels. $1.60 a day on an ocean steamer during six days or less, and $1 S day for a fifteen-day trip or longer. It is told of Secretary Tnft that tt Is his wish that the clerks In his department have a good recorfl for paying their debts, but he hss not reached the point where he has Issued the ukase, "pay your debts or got out." Not long sgo an unfortunate clerk who had rounded up In the clutches of the Shylocks who let money at SSS cents per year, was called on by the blood money man, and falling to get a payment, he sought the secretary. "How much money did this clerk borrow of you?" asked the secretary, after listen ing to the Sliylock's tnle of woe. "Fifty dollars," was the answer. "How much has he paid you?" 'Flty-flve dollars, but the papers exe cuting them In order to make the loan and the Interest amounts now to $70." "You are an American citizen?" "Certninly. sir." "And helleve In a hereafter?" "Of course." "Then, sir, all I care to say is that I shall not force this young man to psy you the money, and I sincerely trust that you will seek forgiveness and make an effort to not land in purgatory or a worse place." T'ncle Sam Is busy rounding tip the odd pennies. Ills postofflce representatives have Just discovered a leak, through which In the course of the Inst fifty years, a great many hundred thousand dollars have run away. The loss n Ight figure up Into the m'lllons since the Invention of stamped envelopes by the fractional profits which the stamp clerlts In oO.OOil postofflres have retained for their own use. Third Assistant Postmaster General Mad den, who Invented the stamp books, stirred tho department frnm Maine to California by his recent ordr Instructing stamp clerks to hereafter account for the frac tional amounts received when stamped en velopes and wrapper!' are sold In uneven quantities. Hefore the order came out the clerk accounted only for the face value of the stamped paper In his possession snl the odd pennies which he picked up from uneven sales he retained for his own use. When you buy a single 1-cent wrapper or s single 2-rent stamped envelope the clerk charges yon 2 or 3 cents, ns the esse may be. The wrapper costs him possibly 1 7-100 of a cent and the envelope about 5 12-100 of s cent, so that his profit In the first case Is 93-100 of a cent, and In the second 8S-100 of a cent. Of course, the prortts are not proportionate In larger sales, and all the clerk gains on each sal Is the difference between the fractional amount. Some one with a turn for calculations figures that In Chicago alone the profit from fractional sales Is about $S.0oo month, nnd that on this basis the govern ment ough to get about $50,000 a year addi tional Income from the whole country, or ennuah money to pay the salary of the president. While the -order besrs heavily on th regular stamp clerks who lose their time honored perquisites they have to submit because the stamped paper Is not theirs and belonos to the government from the time It Is received until the time It is sold. But the men who keeji substations are In a different category, and they are In III humor over the recent decision made on a request from the New York postmas ter that even substation clerks who buy their supplies outright must turn In the fractional profits at the end of each quarter. the flerman embassy, but discarded as too Imperial for the American wife of the present amhaasdnr. , At her afternoon receptions Mrs. Fish follows the fashions set In England several years ago and wears bonnet, as also does her young daughter. As nesr as Wash ington could get to that Inhospitable way of receiving was for sssistants to wear bonnets, but that went only fof a very short time. CHIRCH AnVr-.HTIS.tfJ. Ahsardltr of So-t ailed "t'npeofes- alonal" Practices Shown t p. The Rev. Dr. Torrey of London, lately sent the following reply to an Kngllsli advertising periodical, which had asked for his opinion whether churches ought to advertise: 'It Is as legitimate for churches to advertise to draw people to hear the word of Ood, In order that they may get bless ing, as It Is for shops to advertise In order thst they may draw people to buy good. Of course, a minister of the gospel should avoid anything like a parade of himself In his advertising, but the churches have something good to tell, nnd they ought to let people know it. I am not ashamed of the gospel. I want everybody to hear It. It has been my Joy to see thousands of wide-awake business men all around the world brought to Christ through the gospel, and I have received countless let ters from them thanking me for what they have received. I am glad that we have advertised." Commenting thereon, the Albany Press says: 'Not long ago, It was considered as 'un professional' for ministers as for doctors or lawyers to advertise, unleas. of course, In the form of Indirect free advertising of the newa columns, always eagerly availed of. Why any such code of ethics should ever have been promulgated, Is a mystery. Nowalld reason can be conceived why a lawyer should not advertise the fact that he Is In practice, and ready for business: or a doctor, thst his advice Is at the serv ice of patients, or a minister, that he has a message to deliver to lost souls seeking salvation." fifty Yesrs h Star.dsrd PERSONAL VOTKH. Harry J. Heter and his bride have started tn a buggy from Peabody. Kan., and will travel In that fashion to Denver as a wed ding trip. Trof. Ernest Haeckel. In a recent lecture In Berlin, stated that, in hla opinion, It 1h absolutely certain that man Is descended from apes. James J. Hill, president of the Oreat Northern railway, has provided money for the building of a handsome chapel In Orange, N. J., for the Sisters of St. Kliza beth's convent. Mayor Wells of St. Ixiuls received this week the Grand Cross of the Double Dra gon, conferred on him by the Chinese em peror and forwarded through the Chinese legation at Washington. Frank Bosworth Brandegee, who has been elected In Connecticut to succeed the 1st O. H. Piatt In the Fnlted States senate, can trace his ancestry back to the Mayflower. He Is a Yale graduate of the class of ISM and was quite an athlete while at college, rowing In the crew. In Boston the other day a young lawyer who spends most of his time trying to seem busy and prosperous went out for a while, leaving on his door a card neatly marked: "Will be back In an hour." On his return he found that some envious rival had Inscribed underneath, "What for?" The cxar of r.usela. It Is said, has $2fi. 000,000 Invested In English securities, and It Is also declared that he would In an ex treme crisis fly and live In England, as other troubled monarehs have done before him. Then he has a second string to his bow In the $6,000,000 Invested in American rails, Iron and coal, Starr J. Murphy for six years has been charity manager for John D. Rockefeller, drawing a handsome salary for work done as head of the bureau of benevolence. The Standard Oil magnate has only one rule In connection with Mr. Murphy's position every dollar must be devoted to charity which will return good results. fill Made from pure cream of tartar derived from grapes. P.SSIG PI.KASAXTRIF.. Who savs that ths world Is not progres sive? A generation ago the girls, when thev got provoked, used to say. "Oh. sugsr! Now they say, "Oh, fudge I" Somei vllle Journal. ' "Have you decided where .you will spend the eummer?" I "Almost. My V-lfe and daughters have got their choice of resorts narrowed down to seventeen." Chicago Tribune. would much 1W8 than in Sceretavv Tsft for president In I suppose rather run 1912 " "WeP. v.-hy?" "Because It would be a reduction of wait." Cleveland Deader. "Do vou believe In government owner ship?'' "That depends." answered the trust mag nate, "on whether you mean that the gnv ernment might lo own ns or we might to own the government." Washington Star. "I came in today." said the fair shopper, "to see those hsndsome sideboards of yours." "Not me. lady," replied the new furni ture salesman: "I nln't never-wore any thing but a mustache."- Philadelphia Press. "Are vou going to F.umpe this summer?" "f don't know," answered Mrs. Cumrox. "doing to Furore isn't what it used to be, you know. When a man travels now a lot of people turn up their noses and wonder whether a grand Jury is after him." Wsshlngton Star. 0E DAY I MAY. Clinton Scollard in New York Sua Do you rerall. old friend, how we Pulled up the Wye one day In May? The bloom was on the hawthorn tree. And many an upland meadow way Showed plots of hyacinths as blue As glints of sky the clouds let ihrough We left grav Chepstow's walls behind Its crumbling keep. Its hurst of chime; With us went woolngly the wind, Repeating 11 1 1 In liquid rimes: And with us, too, the tide's long sweep From Severn and the outer deep. Spring choristers from either shore Flung us their softly silvery hall: Each time we raised or dipped the oar, Do, the sweet burden of s tsle As ancient as the hills, and keyed To match our spirits' vernal need' The heights slipped by: the lowlands swung I.Ike winged dreams athwart our ken; Thatched farmsteads where the Ivy clung Bwsm in the westering light, and then. Beyond lush tree and llchened stile, Doomed Tlntern's dim monastic pile. We shipped the osrs snd stepped to Isnd; Sauntered the village streets, and Clomb Wide loops of path until we scanned The valley water, wood and loam T'mber beneath the plowman's blade . Or In faint gold and green arrayed. Into a Flooding divinely, ero It went. The abbey windows one hv one With an ethereil ravishment Amblers and crimsons sucn as play About the funeral pyre of day. Then twilight's purples, and her peace, And the calm lifting of the moon! O Memory! may's! thou never cease. To grant to me this gracious boon The vision of that bygone time When May and youth were both at prime! hill rap drooped the sun. The absence of the president, of cabinet families, and of congressmen from Wash ington Is compenssted socially by the presence of two persons. Mr. and Mrs Stuyvessnt Fish. They have descended upon Washington, and It Is theirs that is the whole story. The fact became patent last week, as Mr. Fish Is Just now more In the limelight as president of the Inter national railroad congress' than anybody else. Mr. and Mrs. Fish took a six weeks' lease of one of the largest houses in town at $2,000 a week, and prepared to enter tain all Washington In New York and Newport style. There ts more to It than the game of social conquest, as Mr. Fish Is known to represent powerful railroad Interests In the campaign against the proposed railroad rate legislation, but In glitter and bril liancy the social part of the adventure far outshines Its political meaning. Ten days ago Mr. and Mrs. Fish arrived. In their wake was an army of servant. private secretaries, automobiles, horse nd carriages. Mrs. Fish Immediately started on a calling tour. Then, on the first Tuesday after her advent, she gave a din ner party of sixty covers, and on Wednes day a reception, for which fully 1.000 card were Issued. The campaign was then but fairly under way. Now It is in tun swing, ana ine progrsm Is dlesy. Receptions, dinners and devices for the entertainment of visiting railroad magnatea follow one another In quick succession. The servants of the Fish household wear the most picturesque livery In Washing ton, consisting of gold embroidered coats of deep erlmson. black knee breeches. white silk stockings, and patent leather low shoes, a style formerly In vogue at fa the Baby mm ITF! V V M H l i itr aWS All goes well when the baby is well. Keep the baby well by giving; him Mellln'a Food, it will nourish him, make him grow strong and keep him happy. We are sure of it) try it. Ask th mothers of Mellin's Food children. Send for OUT fre book about Mellin's Food. Mellla'e feaS Is Ike ONLY Ufa aw feed, which, received the Oread fris. the highest award f the Laabiaaa far chese EssmIiUb. St. Leaia. IW4. Mlaa. er thaa a geld taeaal. 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