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    TITE OMAHA DAILY DEE: SUNDAY. MAY" 28, 1903.
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BREAKERS AHEAD'
Although Aiinrlca Is now enjoying nil
cm of unbouuded riBirrity, there nre
omluutm dungcr nignnU flashing ncrons
tlie horizon Uint foreshadow, tin less
brnkes are applied, (lie moat disastrous
financial imule this country 1ms ever wlt-
esscd. Uncle 811111 1m literally Hitting ou
the safety vnlve while the furnace under
the boiler Is being crammed with ex
plosive fuel.
Within lean than Ave years ten billions
over-valued securities have been
emitted nnd planted like torpedoes and
ubmaiinc mines In the tlnnnclal sea, by
Uio captains of Industry, and hundreds
of millions more of these Inflated securi
ties are Iwlug fabricated every week to
be deposited In the vaults of trust com
panies, life Insurance companies, Havings
banks and banking concerns of every
description. At least $4,K),(KR,(H)0
of unadulterated water Injected Into
American railroad is classed among the
valuable securities held ns collaterals ! tant session nt the state capital during
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Btate ot Nebraska. Douglas County, si.:
C. C. Rosewater, secretary nf The Baa
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
anyi that the actual number of full and
complete coplea of The Dally, Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during ttte
was aa louuws;
i 4,noo
17 StH,3B0
month ot April, 11)05,
1 81.080
1 81,050
t ax, 10
4 28,190
( VH.100
( XH.100
7 jM,a4
I ao.sso
t au.aau
10 U7.070
u itn,no
JJ KM,H
13 JtS.iOO
It Jflt.OOO .
15 3u,mx
Total lstt,ao
Less unsold copies U.783
1 K8.UTO
18 27,050
JO ZH.IOO
a SS.S50
22 SO.lftO
2J 81,770
14 8M,WH
26 its.oso
26 StS.OOt)
27 iMIHI
28 as.aoo
29 80,100
an 82,100
Net total aalea b7U,37
Dally average W,8H
C. C. ROSEWATER,
Secretary.
Subscribe In my presence and sworn to
bttore we this 1st any ot May. UK.
l6eU M. B. HUNUATE.
Notary Public.
WHEN OliT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leaving; the city tem
porarily should have The Dee
walled to them. It ia better than
u daily letter from home. Ad
dress will be changed as often aa
requested.
and investments by lire and tire insur
ance companies, savings banks, people's
depositories and educational Institutions.
In the state of Massachusetts alone JN45,.
880,038 In railway securities are held In
trust and as collaterals In public deposi
tories, nnd $442,3.14,08(1 of these securi
ties are held by savings bank deposito
ries of six states.
What will the outcome be if this proc
ess of inflation nud over-capitalization
keeps up? What would the outcome be
If a thousand kegs of dynamite were to
be set off under the New York Stock ex
change? With nil Its accumulated
wealth and vast resources this country Is
sure to experience a torrlflc shock from
center to circumference whenever the
tension to which this fabric of credit has
been exposed shall have reached Its limit.
Under ordinary conditions one great
financial panic occurs at least once in
every twenty years. This accounted for
the panics of 1837 and 18o7, and the
limit of the tension created by the civil
war was reached hi 1873, four years ear
lier, to be followed again by the twenty
year period which terminated In 1803.
Under the law governing these commer
cial cyclones the next panic will be due
by 1013, but It may come sooner If the
captains of Industry are not summarily
topped In their efforts to float dynamite
torpedoes nnd submarine mines In the
financial sea.
Xow is the time to start the work of
prevention which will give the coroners
a vneutlou July 5.
The renomlnation of Governor Her
rlck of Ohio came easy. Ills re-election
promises to come just ns easy.
The chief trouble with the Japanese
war drama In the Orient Is that the waits
between the nets are becoming tiresome,
Think how the English language would
Jump should "Tom" Lawson undertake
to write a history of the rhlladelphiu gas
affair.
With 7,500 policemen and deputy sher
lffs under arms In Chicago outsiders may
wonder why there should be any talk of
calling for troops.
Nebraska's new noruiul school will be
gin with a summer session, presumably
to jrlre everybody connected with It a
chnuce to warm up at the start.
Tnp day nt Ynle, when new members
of all student societies nre elected.
passed off this year without any casual
ties. Verily the college spirit Is degen
mi ting.
Secretary Shaw demurely says: "No
one was authorized to announce me ns a
candidate for president." No one has
been authorized, either, to deny the soft
Impeachment.
So far the tornado has not equalled the
train disaster ns au agent of death, but
the former works only part of the year,
while the wreck on the rails Is not bound
by time or temperature.
Foultnty Bigelow, who says this coun
try Is rushing Into wnr with another nu
tlon, would be truly kind If he would be
specific enough to permit the other nu
tlon to prepare for trouble.
The street railway expert has arrived
from Glasgow to advise the mayor of
Chicago. He will have an excellent op
portunity also to study the American
Industrial problem on the spot.
at
Since a man accused of murder
Trinidad was permitted to live until
court could sentence him to Ik hanged It
is possible that the relgu of law bus
been finally restored In Colorado.
Admiral Ilojestveusky may be Intending
to starve Oyama's forces to death by
caring Japanese skippers from the seas,
but there is a general doubt which ft'
low mny be the worse frightened.
Since London has discovered that New
York Is granted a preference In frelgl.
rates to South African ports by steam
ship lines the cry for a "square deal
promises to become International.
Judge Parker wheu approached by an
Interviewer lu Chicago declared that he
bad nothing to sny on public questions,
As n silent ex-candidate he shows up
brighter thau be did ns a talkative candidate.
members privately, Governor Ln Follette
strikes a popular chord with every unpre
judiced observer who has ever watched
legislative proceedings. Whether the ac
tion he recommends, namely, the enact
ment of a statute making It a penal
offense for a paid lobbyist to approach a
legislator privately or personally upon
any matter which Is subject to legisla
tion would meet all the requirements of
the situation is perhaps questionable, but
thnt It would contribute something to
ward terminating the lobby evil will be
generally conceded. '
If the lobbyists contented themselves
with mere persuasion the amount of mis
chief they might work would be limited.
The work of the lobby is usually accom
plished, however, by calling to Its aid
other agencies such ns the distribution
of free railroad passes, social entertain
ment and sometimes flagrant debauch
ery. If not outright bribery. The Bee's
recent suggestion of a grand Jury ln con
legislative sessions ready to legln In
qutsltion Into nny crooked work which
might be brought to Its attention would
be effective In supplement to any penal
ization legislation.
The most encouraging feature of all
Is the awakening of the people to a
realization of the dangers lurking ln tho
lobby and the growing disposition to do
something to curtail Its pernicious practices.
Since a thief assaulted Mary Eliza
beth Lease and took her money and
Jewelry from her ln New York. ierbaps
Mr. Tibbies will be glad he abandoned
the Idea of starting a populist bauk lu
Gotham.
If Speaker Cnunou etui epare the time
he might Increase the international
friendliness between this country and
Greut Britain, by going to Londou and
show lug the speaker how to preserve
order la the House of Coiniuous.
LA FOLLETTE ON THE LOBBY.
The special message sent to the leg
islature by Governor La Follette urging
the enactment of measures to stamp out
the secret lobby hits straight from the
shoulder, as do all the state papers over
the signature of Wisconsin's fighting
governor. Governor La Follette's ex
perience with the hireling lobby's per
sistent blockading of meritorious legis
lation in the Interest of the people puts
him in position to speak on this subject
with authority. Ills description of the
railroad lobby as the horrible example
of all the lobbies Is not only vivitH but by
merely changing the name of the state
would npply almost literally to Nebraska
as well as to Wisconsin and most of
the commonwealths ln the union. He
says: .
Without going back over that period of
time covered by the Impudent boast pro
claimed ln this capital that "No bill has
been enacted Into law during the sixteen
years last past ln the Interests of the peo
ple when objected to by tha railroads"
without going back further than the service
of many members of this legislature ex
tends, It admits of no dental that the rail
way lobby defeated the bill to Increase
railway taxes In 1899, that it defeated the
bill to Increase railway taxes again ln 1901,
that It defeated the bill to create a railway
rate commission ln both of those sessions
and again ln 1903. The railway lobby main
tained at thla capltol since 1899 has cost
the people of Wisconsin millions upon mil
lions ot dollars.
At this session and at every session for
years paid lobbyists have been employed
about the legislature to argue any proposi
tion before a legislative committee. They
are a grade of men with whom the railway
companies would not trust the trial of a
petty damage ault ln a Justloe court. They
dog the footsteps of legislators in and out
of the capltol. they follow them to their
rooma and hotels, they are free with enter
talnment. It ia their business more espe
clally to see legislators personally. Their
special talent seems to fit them more par
ticularly for private argument. Their pres
ence is an annoyance and a nuisance. Their
employment here should constitute a statu
torj' offense.
The business of lobby members Is not to
go fairly and openly before the commit
tees and present statements, proofs and
arguments that the other sde has an op
portunity to meet; and refute If (they are
wrong, but to go secretly to the member
and ply them with statements and argu
ments that the other side cannot openly
meet, howerer erroneous they may be, and
to bring Illegitimate Influences to bear upon
them. If the lobby member Is selected be
cause of his political personal Influence It
aggravates the wrong. If his business U
to unite various Interests by means of
projects that qre called log rolling it Is still
worse.
Governor La Follette is eminently cor
rect In insisting thut the rallronds and
other corporate Interests are entitled to
no more consideration and no greater
privileges in presenting their cases be
fore the legislature than the ordinary
people who are uuable to maintain ex
pensive louuies to keep their servants
straight. Ills Idea of permitting free
and full public discussion of all proposed
measures and extending every oppnr
tunlty and courtesy to those who favor
and those who oppose auy pending bill
for open public discussion lefore com
mittees nnd ln either chamber before tho
legislators nnd the public, conforms to
the popular Idea of what constitutes a
square deal. And he Is eminently cor
rect lu saying that every legitimate argu
ment auy lobbyist has to offer and which
auy legislator ought to hear can be pre
sented before committees, before the leg
islators as a body, through the press,
from the public platform nnd through
printed brief and arguments placed lu
the hands of all memlters and necessble
to the public, nnd that anything beyond
this Is not ouly unnecessary but harmful.
In denouncing as unjust the practice
of holding public meetings to which both
sides are Invited to present arguments
and then when the meeting Is over per
mitting the paid lobby to continue to
bold the ears of the individual committee
THE BREEDING PLACE OF HEROES'
Of the nlue initial awards made out
of the Carnegie hero fund eight nre in
recognition of acts of heroism performed
In rescuing or attempting to rescue
drowning persons, while the uluth,
namely the rescue of two children over
come by gus in a well, constitutes an
act closely akin to a rescue from drown
ing. If these nre the typical examples of
the heroes of peuce, one would be led to
believe thut the water alone is the breed
ing place of heroism. The very utter
ance of such uu assertion provokes re
monstrance nud suggests the possibility
of developing heroism without Jumping
into the ocean or throwing a rope ncross
broken lee. Where are the heroes among
fire fighters, the heroes of the rail, 'the
heroes in the mines, the heroes in the
factory, the heroes in the hospitals where
contagious diseases lurk? Why should
we iguore eveu the heroes of the home
who meet with silent trials without spec
tacular display?
The rescue of drowning persons doubt
less requires a manifestation of heroism
of n high degree, but because it is usually
out in the limelight of publicity surely
does not make it the exclusive field of
heroism.
vate feeling Wtween the two countries.
Our alien contract lnw excludes Cana
dian workingmen, but so flfir as we are
aware It has never leeii held to apply to
tho officials of the railroads of the Do
minion who come Into this country or
who may 1h Identified, directly or indi
rectly, with nny Canadian railroad hav
ing Amerlcnn connections. It ' would
thus seem thnt a wholly new Issue had
been raised and one for which there ap
pears to le very little Justification. Per
haps no difficulty will be found ln effect
ing an adjustment, lt the circumstance
suggests a spirit on the pnrt of the Po
mltiion authorities that is not altogether
friendly and neighborly. On this ac
count their action Is to tie regretted nnd
it Is to be hoped will not be persisted ln.
ln trying to explain why Chicago has
bad name the Chicago Chronicle Is
tnnklng admissions that may deprive
Omaha of further advertisement as the
wickedest city In the world.
THE SOUTH NEEDS MEN.
That was a very remarkable statement
which was made by the governor of
North Carolina, in the southern congress
at Washington the pnst week, thnt what
the south needs today is men. Accord
ing to this representative southerner,
who Is a native of the soil and absolutely
devoted to southern interests and wel
fare, what thnt section needs is men of
brains, men of money, men of energy
and willingness to work.
A remarkable Indictment this' is upon
the people of the south by one of their
own citizens. It is easy to believe that
If any such statement had been made by
a northern man, however well meant, It
would have been repudiated as an ut
terly sectional and prejudicial view of
the southern people. From one end of
the south to the other It would have been
denounced as evidencing sectional dis
like and a disposition to encourage bad
feelliig between the north and the south.
Does the south need men men of
brains and energy? In all probability It
does, yet It Is by no means to be as
sumed that that section does not pos
sess men of that character. The fact is
thnt there are many men in the south
today who are in the front rank of
American manufacturers and merchants
and who are pushing forward In the
great race of commerce as actively nnd
vigorously as the men of any other sec
tion of the country. It would be a great
mistake to underestimate the ability or
the enterprise of the men of the south.
They are, Americans with all the energy
and the enterprise of their fellow coun
trymen nnd they are not behind any por
tion of our people in their desire and
determination to win whatever may be
before them.
Governor Glenn of North Carolina said
that the need of the south today is men.
He undoubtedly stated a fact, and yet it
Is a most significant circumstance that
there should be a congress of the leading
men of the south for the purpose of pro
motlng the material welfare of that sec
tlon. It would seem from this that the
south already has some men very capa
ble of promoting Its Interests and wel
fare. Still it is quite possible that more
such would be found useful".
AN IRRIGATION QVKSTION.
In the west the Irrigation question Is
everlastingly prominent. It engages the
attention of tho people nil of the time
and quite naturally everything that is
known In regard to It Is ft part of the
public thought. In other words, Irriga
tion Is one of those subjects that with
tho people of the seml-nrld portion of our
country is paramount ln Interest and ln
Importance to every other consideration.
In reference to this It Is to be said
that lu the near future a committee of
congress will visit the west for the pur
pose of Investigating the work that has
been done by the government in the mat
ter of Irrigation. According to report
the purpose of the committee is to make
a thorough Investigation of all thnt has
been accomplished by the government in
its work of reclamation nnd ncqunlnt the
country with what more can be done In
the prosecution of the great enterprise
which the government Is engaged in.
According to the San Francisco Call
the tour of the congressional committee
which is to make the Investigation of
western Irrigation is to be extended to
the arid regions on the high plateaus,
where government irrigation works are
under way. After having examined
these works the committee will devote n
great deal of time to the Investigation of
other portions of the irrigation plans
which are embraced in the vast work of
the government, beyond any question the
most wonderful and the most far-reaching
enterprise, from an industrial nnd
commercial point of view, in all our his
tory. There Is nothing ln the present
time that compares ln value and im
portance with the benefits to be derived
from the policy of Irrigation that hns
been introduced during the last few
years nnd. is now nn estnbllshed fact in
the policy of the government
There is no longer nny issue ns to tho
question of irrigation. It is unlversnlly
admitted thnt there is no more Impera
tive duty on the part of the government
Winn that of reclaiming, for the benefit
of all the people, those portions of the
public domain which are arid and at this
time unfit for cultivation. That is now
being done and in a way that insures
the best possible results not ,only for the
regions Immediately interested, but as
well for the country nt large. In other
words, the progress of irrigation menns
benefit for the whole country.
King Peter's Handicap,
Buffalo Express.
All the Servian newspapers, with two ex
ceptions, are warning King Peter that he
s a failure as a monarch and they advise
him to run If he wishes to save his life.
But Peter's crown weighs fifty-three pounds
and the poor chap can hardly be expected
to make rapid headway.
Sot aa Had aa Painted.
St. Louts Globe-Democrat.
General Davis, who has been governor of
the Panama sone for a year, snys tho sani
tary conditions there are as good as those
of Louisiana or South Carolina, and con
stantly Improving. Only 3 per cent of the
10.000 canal workmen are on the sick list.
The sensational stories spread lately about
the health conditions along the canal route
are Inventions.
The Japanese Invasion,
Chicajio Chronicle.
Up ln British Columbia there Is a good
deal of grumbling at tho Increasing arrivals
of Japanese, who are declared to be crowd
ing out white laborers. The Toronto Globe
admits sympathy with the whites, but says
that the admission of the Japanese Is "a
necessity of imperial interests." Whether
this statement of the case will keep the
displaced workmen quiet remains to be
seen. It Is clear, at any rate, that though
the Japanese alliance has Its advantages
It also has drawbacks.
Prevention Easier Than Cure,
Baltimore American.
It Is none too soon to begin a crusade
against the fatal toy pistol. An epidemic
of lockjaw following this Fourth of July
would not be a blunder, but a crime, on
the part of the authorities, since Its preva
lence has shown that any toleration of the
deadly toy pistol is murderous ln effoct.
Of course the average small American boy
cannot be expected to celebrate the birthday
of national Independence without blowing
himself up ln some way, but there Is
neither occasion nor excuse for this cele
bration to be turned into a matter of life
and death and death ln one of the most
horrible of Its shapes.
Nebraska has a remarkable citizen in
General John 51. Thayer and ln no way
has he shown himself more remarkable
than in his active participation this
week, although in his eighty-sixth yenr,
In the exercises commemorating the
rnwnee council. General Thayer's long
and notable career has been so closely
concerned with public events thnt now
he stands out as a surviving actor ln
scenes thnt we look back to as pages of
long completed history. It Is only to be
hoped that he may yet be able to grace
with his presence still other similar oe
caslons crowding rapidly along ln anni
versary of the various plonepr Incidents
in which ho figured prominently.
5Iembers of the senate committee on
railroads aresald to be disturbed by the
newspaper reports to tho effect that they
were preparing to block the president's
recommendations for rate regulating leg'
islatlon. If these senators show signs of
taking to cover nt this stage there may
be some possibility yet of getting them
to recognize the force of public opinion.
The Philadelphia gas grabbers have
decided to withdraw their offer for a
lease of the city gas plant. Evidently
the promoters have other work for the
councllinen and do not want to risk all
on one deal, but if Philadelphia Is wise
it will watch the city hall for some time
for fear that in nn unguarded moment
the company might change its mind.
The lntest Is thnt the Equitable direct
ors nre eager for a general inquiry into
the management of the big life lnsur
ance companies ln order to divert atteu
tlon of the: public by showing that some
of the other insurance companies are
also practicing questionable methods.
Misery certainly loves company.
DEPORTING AMERICANS.
The Canadian government has raised
a new issue, the result of which cannot
easily be foreseen. It is ' nothiug less
than the deportation from that couutry
of American railroad men, or in other
words the decision of a Cauadlun court
that officials of a Canadian railroad who
ure citizens of this couutry will not bo
permitted to serve in couuectlon with
the Canadian road. It appears that the
Dominion officials of the railroad brought
action to oust the Americans and this
was sustained by the courts, ou what
grounds is not stated lu the reports,
though presumably for the reason that
aliens are not entitled to exercise any
control In connection with Canadian
railways. It is said that the alien cop
tract lalnir law of Canada, which is very
similar to our own lnw, Is held to apply
in the case, but it would seem obvious
that this Is a very treat stretch of the
law, so fur as railway officials nie con
cerned. It is quite another question ns
to the subordinate employes of the rail
road. The matter raises another issue be
tween the Canadian government and the
United States which may teud to aggru-
The Lewis and Clark exposition at
Fortlaud will be formally opened tills
week. Portland cannot help doing bet
ter than St. Louis, but it will have to
hustle to catch up with the financial rec
ord of our own Omahit exposition, which
still wears the championship licit.
"Ancient and time-honored, but not
otherwise honored," Is the way the Out
look refers to the rules and regulations
of the United Stutes senate. It might
not have been any further off the truth
had it preferred to us the term "ancient
and dishonored."
senator Warner of Missouri Is still
tarrying at the capital Just as if Mis
sourl were not yet satisfied thnt its eu
trance into the republican column ha
attracted adequate recognition.
resources of his country If he wants to
hold his Job, for if there Is so much
wealth there he stands to be forced out
through annexation.
Activity in Shearing-.
Chicago Record-IIorald.
Slowly but surely the wool is being
snipped off the lambs that hnve recently
strayed Into Wall street. The skin Is be
ginning to show through ln a good many
places.
Possible ( linntce of Time.
Washington Post.
It would be Interesting to know If Charley
Schwab's sympathies are with Russia, now
that France and Germany have captured
tho shipbuilding contracts of the cisar.
Sympathy usually follows the contract.
Noted Women of Their Time.
Philadelphia Record.
Three of the most distinguished women
of the last half century have reached
notable ages. Of the three. Miss Anthony,
Mrs. Elisabeth Cady Stanton and Mrs.
LIvermore, the second has been tho most
powerful and aggressive advocate of woman
suffrage, and the third -has been the most
marked by conciliatory manners, by refine
ment of taste and the widest culture. The
public heard much from her and always
with pleasure on other topics than the
woman question. Her ueath will be uni
versally regretted, but as she was well past
the age of 84 It was not unexpected when
news came a few days ago that she was 111.
New Memorial Day Conditions.
Leslie's Weekly.
Unlike any other conflict In history, both
sides won ln the war of 18tl-G5. To the
north It brought the triumph of "liberty
and union, now and forever, one and in
separable." To the south It brought
emancipation from conditions which threw
it outside of the current of the world's In
terests and activities, and it has resulted In
a social and Industrial expansion greater
than has been achieved by the rest ot
the country. The real victor at Appomat
tox was the south and not the north. To
the whole country Memorial day In 1906
has a larger significance than ever before.
It will arouse a greater Interest than was
ever excited In the past. Death has been
busy among the veterans during the year
and many adldtlonal graves will have to
be decorated. Floral tributes In greater
volume than had been seen thus far are
ln preparation for the holiday. Below as
well as alHive Mason and Dixon's pld line
tho occasion will have a larger Interest
than has been aroused heretofore.
5Iurk you that the good roads move
ment is still a moving -onlv the auto
mobile makers huve supplanted the bi
cycle manufacturers ns the backUme of
its supiHtrt.
The president of the alleged "republic"
of Kuuuui should keep still about the
KEISPIXQ MEMORIAL DAY SWEET.
Move to Preserve the Best Traditions
of the Day.
Boston Transcript.
The movement on foot In various sections
by different patriotic and public spirited
bodies to conserve the best traditions of
Memorial day U one which la likely to
meet with cordial endorsement from
thoughtful people by whom our unique
holiday will naturally always be regarded
as essentially uplifting and Inspiring ln
sentiment These serious minded folk lovo
to recall that Memorial day Is an observ
ance unlike that of any other land, and
that It Implanted on our national calendar
a day typical of the Ideal mission of the
people. For our nation, it Is conceived,
should be forever a conspicuous example
of self-saerlnclng devotion to high moral
sentiment, ot readiness to forgive and to
forget; of Justice tempered by mercy. As
a herolo memory. It has been aptly pointed
out, the day is one of the most precious
of our possessions.
It Is undoubtedly with the thought that
ln its very nature Memorial day Is not
a holiday but a holy duy, that the Grand
Army veterans of Altoona, Pa., with the
school teachers of the town, have Just
entered their solemn protest against a
circus parade on the oomlng Memorial day.
It Is with similar recognition of the haunt
ing memories of the day and Its real lmiort
that the Women's Christian Temperance
union and other bodies are this year pro
moting a movement to devote the day to
patriotic propaganda, suggesting that the
flag feature be emphasised with flag drills
In the schools and the distribution of flags.
The day affords, too. It Is evident, a spe
cial opportunity for the Impressing of
pence principles. As the anniversary of
"snowy-mantled peace," Its observance Is
annually a source of helpful Inspiration.
For with the advent of Memorial day mar
tial music ceased; the blaze of battle faded
out of the sky; the cannon's dull roar was
silenced; room was made for
Gentle peace In freedom's hallowed shade.
Memorial day Is essentially the pure,
peaceful blossom of war's aftermath. Its
Flornl apostles, that In dewy splendor weep
without woe,"
bring a tender mossage- uieaming upon
the graves of dead soldiers of war, they are
like "broken fragments of rainbow." above
hearts where rests the divine covenant of
peace. Natutstlly each year the thinking
part of the community hold that Us ob
servance should grow more reverent, more
sincere and more inspiring, If we wish to
continue Memorial day as a holy day, and
not permit It to be perverted from Its origi
nal purposes and fall into ultimate disuse.
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SECILAR SHOTS AT t'HE PVLPIT.
Washington Post: A church Is Justified
In accepting any kind of money, on the
theory that it may save the wealth from
being used for some disreputable purpose.
Philadelphia North American: Dr. Wash
ington Gladden speaks of financiers who
"achieve wealth by unscrupulous methods."
It does not necessarily follow, however,
that the doctor has been making a study of
the Philadelphia gas situation.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The union of
the Baptist church, north and south, Just
accomplished In St. Louis, Is a most grati
fying evidence of the growing harmony
and co-operation among people of all sec
tions of the country. One people, one des
tiny, one concentrated effort for what Is
right and best, is a good platform to
stand on.
St. Louis Republic: Rockefeller Implied,
In a little conversation which he had with
a clergyman, that the Idea of consolidating
the churches Is right because, in his opin
ion, the trust system "Is benefleial to civ
ilisation." Possibly a better reason for har
monious action by the churches Is thut such
a policy would destroy the trust system's
efforts toward declvllltatlon. t
Pittsburg Chronicle: Bishop Potter's
criticism ot the Young Men's Christian as
sociation of Pittsburg for refusing to ad
mit an actor to membership may be Just,
but inasmuch as the bishop made a record
for extreme llberalty ln opening a saloon
with a religious service and starting It off
with the blesstns of the church, so far as
he was able to bless, there will naturally
arise ln many minds the question of
whether he Is authority worth considering
on the point of what the Young Men's
Christian association in Pittsburg or else
where ought to do. In view of what the
bishop has done, many will believe that
It Is not Improbable that he would advo
cate the establishment of bars In Young
Men's Christian association buildings for
the dispensation of llcjuor under Young
Men's Christian association auspices, and
with this ln mind the Young Men's Chris
tian association will probably concern It
self less about the good bishop's opinion
than about the opinions of many less con
spicuous persons. Let us not be misun
derstood, however, as endorsing a policy
of exclusion of actors from tho Y'oung
Men's Christian association, for their pro
fession and for no other reason. We don't
endorse it.
8EHMONS tlOII.ED DOWN.
Toll disarms temptation.
Perspiration proves inspiration.
No man can keep his sins to himself.
Revenge !s sweetest when renounced.
Great faith Is the secret of great facts.
There may be backbone without bigotry.
lie has no faith in God who has no hope
Fit,- mn i.
This would be a bitter world but for
our tears.
Destiny Is decided not by definitions, but
bj- deeds.
He knows nothing fully who knows noth
ing beside.
No man ever bought fortune by the sals
of his friends.
The church with a mission never dies for
lack ot money.
A life Is to be known by its outgo rather
than by Us Income. I
You cannot teach children to keep the
Sunday by making them hate It.
Our loads are always lighter If we will
at leant look as though we liked them.
The only thing thut comes to the man
who waits 1 the certainty of being left.
When the father Is on the wrong track
he finds It hard to flag his boys behind him.
The people who havt. least religion on
reserve always suem to have most on tap.
Chicago Tribune.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
PERSONAL AX1) OTHERWISE.
Philadelphia is not likely to pawn tho
Liberty Bell Just now. One trouble at a
time Is enough.
A New Jersey Jury concluded that thirty
years -was Just about right for a criminal
afflicted with what his lawyer called
"psychic, aura."
A New York poet was married the other
day tc the daughter of one of the city's
richest bankers. Sing on, O poets, sing
on! Where there's rhyme there's hope.
A girl bride ln Massachusetts who took
long chanra ln marrying un old man has
been liberally rewarded. She has secured
a fortune of 1280,000 and all funeral ex
penses paid.
According to a writer In the Scientific
American it Is Impossible for a person
wearing rubber overshoes to bo struck by
lightning. How much safety there Is In
a rubberneck has not yet been determined.
It Is explained for obvious reasons that
the entire supreme court did not umpire
that Washington base ball gume. Justice
Harlan performed the onerous duty, but
his associates were among the rooters and
took notes.
A bunch of male students of a Virginia
college made an unseasonable call on the
girls at a neighboring school and were
welcomed with a volley of bird shot. The
faculty assumed Mie visitors were birds
and winged tho bunch. Virginia has ivj
closed season for this kind of game.
Mrs. Dodge of the Federation of Day
Nurseries in New York, bus decided, aftor
due deliberation, that while a woman of
good physical condition and njuable tem
perament may properly take care of eight
babies, one at a time, she should draw
the lire at half a dozen.
Pastor Robblns of the Lincoln Park In
stitutional church, Chicago, has notified
the women of his congregation that they
must stop drinking or "quit my church."
Attached to this ukase Is a postscript de
claring that "beer Is rank poison" and can
rushing an abomination. Tho information
Is Interesting and ought to keep until the
brewers return from Enrope.
When a truant officer In Indiana called
upon the parents of a small boy to learn
why he was absent from school, the young
ster's mother made this reply: "I have
got a new blouse which buttons at the
back, and as I don't like to ask the neigh,
hors I have to keep Johnnie at home to
button It for me." And yet some people
wonder at Hoosier eminence ln the Mold of
romantic literature.
She But I thought you said you had
money.
Ho Well, I did, but I spent It all trying
to got you. Soinervllle Journal.
Albino Girl I wish you'd marry mo.
Bearded Lady Marry you! I'm a woman.
Albino Girl No doubt; but I ulu't. Puck.
"You husband," said' the talkative man,
"has su'h a mild disposition I suppose he
inherited It from his mother."
"No," replied Mrs. Henpeck, with set
Jaw, "I think I can safely say It was part
of my dowry." Philadelphia Press.
Fuller If you marry that girl you'll re
gret It.
Vall r But no more, probably, than if I
married some other girl. Judge.
Mr. Close About how much does an au
tomobile outfit for a woman costT
Mrs. Close (excited)-Oh, George, ' you're
not going to buy an automobile, ure you?
Mr Close 1 should suv not. I'm merely
trying to figure out how far beyond his in
come that man Brassey is living Brooklyn
Life.
Colonel Mc.Schwarts was telling ths
caller how wonderfully the town had
grown.
"Why, when I moved here with my wife
and duughte.r twenty-sev "
"Papa, Interposed MIbs McSchwarts,
"there a a mosquito on your nui-a. mo
pinch It orr."
"Ouch!" exclaimed the
was saying, when we move
number of years ago,'
bu ne.
e colonel. "As I
loved hero quite S
etc." Chicago Tn-
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