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Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Be. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only J-cent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. , THB BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: C. C. Rosewater, secretary of The Pea Publishing Company, belruj duly sworn, says that the actual nuinoer of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sundiiy Bee printed during tha month of May, lWi, was as follows: ti SS.IMO t 28,400 I '. 2H,00 4., as.ir.o 1 iiH.tUO t X1,9(10 7 si.nsu I SN.fllO 9.. 2M,454 10 214,100 11 80,:i(M 12 2M,U44 13 ao,2uo 14 31..V10 15 KS.70O 18 28,400 - Total ....OJT.BOO Lass unsold copies lO.OOtf 17 Sfl.aiTO 18 2.llO i IM.M.IO ao.sf.T 81. TOO a ae,ow B 28,630 24 2M.B10 J6 28,750 28 20,040 27 SO.1B0 7t 2U.110 29 Stt.MOO M 83,000 i 0,020 Net total sales 07.804 Daily average 20.2H4 C. C. ROSEWATER, Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 31st day of May, 1J6. (Seal) M. B. H uNQATE. v ' , Notary Public. WHEN OUT OK TOWN. Subscribers leaving city tem porarily should have The Bee walled to them. It la better tha a. dally letter from home. Ad dress will he chanced ones mm requested. The Chicago strike graft inquiry has become a huge lutorrogntlon point. The Hessian fly bus its .lines after all. It helps to stiffen up the price of wheat for the farmer. Have the hotel keepers of Red Onk raised a purse for another dramatic per formance iu their court house? We feel sure John L. Webster means n offense to the ancients aud that their friend's have no just grounds for griev ance. A Japanese, cadet has been admitted toA--u:ii.oll8 Naval academy, but Russia b tli 3 country which really should be ra.xeseutod. ' Norway has lost Its Orip, the minister to Washington, although a Norwegian, having decided to cast his fortunes with JCIng Oscar. THE CAUPAIQX OF EDVCATIOH. Tons of literature are being- sent broad cast by the railroads. One of the largest "educational bureaus" of this character conducted by the railroads is operated here In Washington. Since congress closed there has gone to every weekly and dally newspaper in the country, every technical Journal and magasine, every member of the American Bar association, every library, nd to thousands of indi viduals of Influence and standing copies of these pamphlets, in which the work of the Interstate Commerce commission is shown In an uncomplimentary light. This same "educational bureau" has other pamphlets In course of preparation, which will be given even wider circulation than those which have gone before. All court records of the rases prosecuted by the commission are being searched by ex perts for unfavorable comment by the trial judges. These are being arranged In their most effective manner to cast dis credit on the commission, the Inference always being that the members of the present commission are to blame for the alleged railroad evIlB by not properly ad ministering the law as It now exists. In thus attacking the members of the Interstate Commerce commission the rail roads believe they are getting at the fountain head of their trouble over freight rate legislation. Washington Letter to Chicago Inter Ocean. The campaign of education that had Its commencement exercises at the na tional capital immediately after con gress adjourned has reached Omaha and established itself under the title of the "Columbia News Bureau," with offices on the ninth floor of the New York Life building. Its typewritten contributions are being mailed out to Nebraska edi tors, who will recognize their genuine ness by this mark in purple Ink, "This matter is exclusive In your territory and Is released for publication on receipt. Free." This, of course, relates to weekly and monthly publications, who are gen erously served by mall, postpaid. The Bee has, however, been favored by personal delivery with an exclusive contribution over the name of "Slason Thompson." the editor-ln-chlef of the Chicago Bureau of Railway Education. Adhering to its well-known policy to give both sides of every great Issue a fair hearing, The Bee prints without charge Mr. Thompson's exhaustive re view of the railway issue and leaves the intelligent public to make its own con clusions. In due time it will point out the fiction and fallacies on which the op ponents of railway regulation base their arguments nnd seek to bring about a re action in public sentiment. she. It Is quite as Important as devel oping the Industrial and commercial In terests of the Islands, to which the at tention of the government Is now being largely directed. To those who can take an unprejudiced view of the conditions the work that Is being done for the Im provement and advancement of the Fili pinos must receive the heartiest commendation. Nebraska farmers would be in luck if thf. fight between tha grain dealers could be .maintained until the wheat crop Is ready for the market. The threatened division In the Church of England on the divorce question will probnhly be deferred until the govern ment stops the salaries of ministers. China is to start a paper mill, using American methods and machinery, but It cannot reach the American strndnrd until a trust controls the product. The cruel "war" is over at the mouth ot the Potomac and official naval boards may now determine what to do with a battleship which will not stay 'sunk." If these high-priced divorces continue chorus girls can find a profitable vaca tion experience by marrying millionaires with more money than determination. It Is to be hopd, In spite of the ad vance matter given out, that the delega tions from Japan and Russia, at Wash Irifcton will not let their dignity impair their usefulness. The chief dnnger confronting the First Nebraska district is that before July 18 everybody but the candidates will forget that a special congressional election. Is to bo held on that date. It Is iow charged thnt the Chicago teamsters? strlk Is the result of a con spiracy against Montgomery Ward & Co. The "mall order house" knows how to get effective advertising. That 'Japanese-Russian treaty will nover be made to suit Great Britain un less It rerx hes as fHr west as the Indian border. Now I the time for London to make gcod on that alliance. The mysterious disappearance of pop. tillsts in the first congressional district Is easily 'accounted for. Tom Tibbies, the only populist In the district, has re moved himself to New York. Clermany bus surprised Turkey by agreeing to nn Increase In the duties to bt collected by the porte, but It should be remembered that Emperor Willlum Is now flirting with another sultan. NEBRASKA'S NATIONAL OVAKD. The Nebraska National Guard has ad vanced beyoud the tin soldier stage. The school for officers held at the state cap ital during the past week was a success from every point of view. It was very well attended by the officers of the two Nebraska regiments, comprising nearly 100 young business and professional men, and bad for Its Instructor an officer of the United States army, who has proven his capability both In the field and In the school. Special lectures were delivered by experts on topics under consideration and the sessions of the school were made Instructive nnd profit able to those who gave their time to thorn. The people of Nebraska, and es pecially those of Omaha, do not fully appreciate the importance of the Na tional Guard nor its relations to the state and nation. It is orgnnlr.ed along Hues similar to those of the regular army. It was recognized by the federal government as the most effectual method of training the youth of the country for actual service In event of domestic insurrection or foreign war. The services of the volunteer soldier in America, both in the war of the rebel lion and iu the more recent war with Spain, have not only redounded to their Imperishable renown, but have welded together a great nation and gained for it the respect and admiration of the civ ilized world. The Nebraska guardsmen are In effect volunteers with the single exception thot their support Is not properly provided for. The efforts of these men to secure for themselves proper training nnd theo retical knowledge of the game of war evinces the sincerity with which they have inscribed their names on the mili tary muster roll. They should be en couraged, nt least to the extent of hav ing armories provided for them, so that they will be relieved of the necessity of devoting not only their time, but also of giving their money to aupitort their or ganisation. FOR REFORM IN PVRLIC BUSINESS. l'resldent Roosevelt has given another evidence of his vigilance In regard to public affairs and his solicitude for Im provement in -the business of the gov ernment by his appointment of a com mittee, consisting of government offi cials, "who are to Investigate and find out what changes are needed to place the conduct of the executive business of the government in all Its branches on the most economical and effective basis iu the light of the best modern business practice." There had been, so far as we are aware, no Intimation that the presi dent contemplated anything of this kind and it is easy to believe that the an nouncement came us a rather startling surprise to the officials iu the several executive departments. The significance of it is obvious. The president's experience has evidently con vinced him thut there Is a good deal of time wasted in the conduct of public affairs, that not a few government offi cials employ themselves to u considera ble extent In ways which do not benefit the public service and that business principles are not so generally observed In the administration of the affairs of the government as should be done. It Is the opinion of the president that "the business methods of tho different de partments should be substantially uni form" and that whatever is not indis pensable iu the performance of work should be eliminated. This plainly means that a great deal of what Is called "red tape" might be dispensed with and the public business carried on more in accordance with modern methods. Mr. Roosevelt specifies useless letter writing as one of the things to be corrected, re marking that "in all branches of the gov ernment there is a tendency greatly to increase unnecessary nnd largely per functory letter writing." This, the pres ident says, wastes the time of the gov ernment servant responsible for It and Impedes the public business. This state ment reveals a condition of which the country was not before aware, but which It can readily be understood may Justify the president in calling it an abuse. It is easy to imagine that this action of Mr. Roosevelt will cause no little anxiety in official circles, particularly among those to whom he refers as "bureaucrats," for it plaluly Indicates n purpose to Institute reforms which may result In considerably reducing the num ber of government employes. It Is not to be doubted that there is a good deal of wasted time in the government serv ice and that If business methods were strictly applied all that Is now accom plished could be as well done by fewer officials. At all events it Is certainly desirable that tlie administration of pub lic affairs shall be conducted, as far as it Is practicable to do so, according to the best modern business practice. It is an unprecedented move which President Roosevelt has made and the result will be of great Interest to the country. FROM PETER DRVSK TO Til EH SOBER. Sufficient time has now elapsed since the sensutlonnl trial of Tom Dcnnlson for hysterical people, who claimed to have been shocked by the verdict of ac quittal, to give a calm second, sober thought to the melodramatic exit of the star witness from the stage. The most spectacular aud most sensa tional incident of the trial was the pub lic admonition of the principal attorney for the prosecution to ex-Convict Morris, alias Shercliffe, to arm himself and shoot down any sheriff or police officer who dared to lay his hands on him under pro- tense that he bud a requisition to take him either to Oklahoma, where he Is un der Indictment for robbery, or to Colo rado, where he ls wanted on the charge of murder. To sav that a noted criminal who had served terms In three peniten tiaries would le Justified In killing any officer who attempted to arrest him Is a monstrous declaration that cannot be Justified by anybody who professes to be a law-abiding citizen. But the most amazing and the most unheard of feature of the proceedings that have sprung out of the Dennlson trial is the protection afforded to Sher cllffe from prosecution for crime with which he Is charged in several states. Here Is a man whose criminal career be gan at the age of 15 and has continued almost uninterruptedly for more than twenty-two years. During this period Shercllffe has been not only charged but convicted of the most heinous offenses in the criminal code, Including larceny, burglary, highway robbery nnd murder ous assault of which the Tollock diamond robbery was perhaps the most dastardly, and this ferocious outlaw, more danger ous than a mad dog, who has been req uisitioned by two states. Is kept at large among the orderly, peace-loving people of Iowa under promises made by the at torney of the Civic Federation to reward his services In the Red Onk 'trial. How can honorable and reputable men whose names have been associated with the Civic Federation with the Idea that its main object Is law enforcement recon cile the position taken by its attorneys to shield confessed law-breakers of the Shercllffe type? Cheap railroad excursions are unques tionably a good thing for the rallronds. Figure it eut thnt every man, woman and child lured on to Chicago spends fltx average of only $10 for the trip and the total druft on the money lu local circular tlou will t startling. EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES That the government is doing most excellent educatlouul work In the Philip pines la shown in the statement of Prof. lcnuls, who has Just returned to this couutry from the Islands for a visit He states that the educatloual department of the Philippine governmeut is a success and that the Filipino students have made excellent prog. ens In learning the English language. The Filipino,' It appears, is very nearly If not quite equal to the American student in acquiring knowl edge. According to this authority the teachers sent out from this couutry have shown great seal and Industry lu their work aud the results are iu the highest degree gratifying. There bus been de veloped a large force of Filipino teach ers, many of whom are Jut as good in discipline, in their method of teaching and in advancing their pupils us many American teuchers. Prof. Dennis expressed the opinion that If the government will keep the edu cational force In the Philippines at, max imum. In twenty years the ruling class there will understand and love American Institutions, und in no other way can we teach the Filipino to understand and love them. There can be no doubt that It will bo chiefly through the educational sys tem established thnt we shall create a sentiment of loyalty and affection among the natives of the Philippines toward the government and Institutions of the Uulted States, and there is no apparent reason why the policy In this respect which has already teen so successful should not be maintained and as rapidly as practicable made more coinnrehcu- nOllKS FOR AMBASSADORS. Again attention Is being called to the fact that among the leading nations only the Uulted States does not provide a residence at foreign capitals for Its am bassadors and ministers. A short time ago the former ambassador to Germany, Andrew D. White, said that if our diplo matic representatives abroad find lodg ings at ull in keeping with their office, as is necessary in all the larger capitals, they must spend more than their total salaries for rent. This means, he said that only rich men can accept the higher posts and thus our republic maintains the most bureaucratic aud nristocratlc diplomatic service in the wholo world. More recently Mr. Choate referred to the subject, remarking that the present arrangement by which our country, al most alone among the nations repre sented at London by embassies, goes without a home of its own Is undemo cratic, unrepubllcnn and unbecoming to the dignity of a great nation, "It Is un fair to the president," he said, "because It limits his choice every time. Ho ought to be able to lay his hund upon the shoulder of whomever he considers the very best man among our eighty mil Hons to represent the nation in each of the capitals of Europe, whether he has a dollar of his own or not." Mr. Choate urged that whut we ought to have Is a permanent embassy, suitable for the rep. resentatlve of a republic, properly equipped and adequate for the purpote, In which each successive ambassador would reside as a matter of course, the nation alone belug responsible for its dignity and fitness. The salary of an ambassador Is f 17,500 a year. It U stated that the rent of Ambassador Reld's residence In London Is 4.",000 a year, or $10,0oo more than double the amount of the salary. Un doubtedly the most forceful argument In favor of the government providing a rest dence for Its ambassadors and ministers Is that presented by Mr. Choate, that under existing conditions no man Is eligible for a flrt-class foreign mission unless he Is possessed of large wealth A man of moderate means might of course represent us abroad, but he would have to live In a way which would hardly comport with the dignity of this great and wealthy country, to say nothing of the personal humlllntlon he might' be subjected to. An effort Is to be made to again bring this matter to the attention of congress, but It Is probable thst it will meet with the fate of previous ef forts. It is a great honor and distinc tion to represent the United States at a foreign court, but at present to be en joyed by men who have the wealth to meet the social demands unon the posi tion which In these times seem to be Im perative. pass In its original form, but yet whut was there to have prevented the demo crats In the First Nebraska district from choosing their congressional candidate by direct primary vote? The record still remains that the only direct pri mary elections held In Nebraska are those that have beeu Instituted by the republican party organization for the benefit of the republican rank and file. Iowa rural free delivery business will bo looked after from division headquar ters at Omaha. That Is only evening up things for the way the pension agency at Des Moines has been monopolizing Nebraska business all these ninny years. In conferring degrees granted by the University of Nebraska Chancellor An drews uses the Lntln formula. The rank of our university as au Institution of higher education may be considered as Irrevocably established. To the tax-assessing authorities tho only thing as puzzling as the question whether a commercial college Is an edu cational Institution Is the question whether a fraternal Insurance society is a charitable Institution? Carnegie has contributed $5,000,000 for a Palace of Teace at The Hague. Why cannot Rockefeller duplicate, or go him one better, by contributing 2 per cent of his fortune for a Tnlnce of Teace at Washington? PROBLEMS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD- Now that the graduating exercises are over and the schools have been closed the Board of Educution Is again fuce to face with the ever present problem the classification of teachers, their salaries, the question of superannuation and re tirement peuslons. To begin with, the income of the board is necessarily limited nnd the demand for increased school facilities, with all thut this Implies, Is growing from year to year out of nil proportion to the reve nue. The amount set apart for the sal aries of teachers must, therefore, be ap portioned according to efficiency nnd length of service and whatever advance In salaries there is to be made must be distributed with a due regard to per spective. The board must constantly bear in mind that the teachers In the lower grades are the hardest worked and poor est paid and therefore are entitled to greater consideration than those at the top of the ladder. To be sure an in crease of ?."0 a year to 100 teachers will make a lorger hole In the treasury than an Increase of ?1,000 to the superintend ent, $500 to his assistant nnd $200 n year to each of ten or fifteen of the high school faculty, but $50 n year to the pri mary teacher goes further than ithe $1,000 a year to the men and women nt Uie top. Superintendent Cooley of the Chicago public schools and the Chicago Federa tion of Teachers hold divergent views on the suhjoct of promotional examinations. Mr. Cooley insists that the maintenance of efficiency among the teachers Is n matter of study nnd continuous mental Improvement. The Teachers' federation, while not disparaging study, holds that length of service and general teaching experience should have the greater weight In determining the relative effi ciency of school teachers. As promo tional examinations nre proposed as the basis of salary advances, It follows that these different views on tho efficiency factor have a serious financial side. If salaries are to l graded by proved effi ciency, It is very Important to the teach ers that the kind of efficiency be defi nitely established. Superintendent Cooley nnd the Teach ers' federation both agree on progressive efficiency as a bnsls for promotion, but they canuot ogree as to tho relative valuo of study and mere experience. The su perintendent's view is expressed In tho following quotation: An Increase of salary based on length of service can be defended only In so far as It pan be shown thut length of service con duces to greater elnclency In the work of the school room. Mr. Cooley contends also that advance ment based on-length of service has a tendency to fossilize the school teachers and he pleads for a new system that would nt least keep the younger teachers from going to sleep. There Is much truth In both these positions. As to the age of compulsory retirement there also will be great divergence. The consensus of opinion among school men favors retirement pensions, but as there is no provision lu our school lows for a pension fund the board will hsve to de vise some scheme for accumulative sav ings to be re-destrlbuted to retired teach ers through a protective assoolntlou. or ganlzed and managed by teachers and for teachers under regulations that con template a contribution annually toward an Insurance fund In line with the sys tem adopted for all classes of wage workers by the German government Recall the piteous pleas made by the democratic organs lust winter for direct primary legislation that would brlug nominations closer to the people and more in accord with true democratic principles. To be sure, the law did not President Christie of the school board makes a plen for the ellmiuatlon of poli tics from the management of school af fairs. As a member of the school board It might be suggested that Dr. Christie set the example. The best sign thai Omaha Is growing Is to be found in the steadily increasing output of the Omaha public schools. Each succeeding graduating class Is the record-breaker In point of numbers. Defective Vision. Chicago Inter Ocean. Mr. Cleveland's Inability to see any dif ference among dishonest men must be due to some defect In his eyesight, which pre vents him from detecting a wink. Sense Hoatlna; Folly. Baltimore American. How times have changed! Almost every town and city In the Vnlted States Is pre paring to suppress tho enthusiasm ot the small boy on the approaching glorious Fourth with more seal and earnestness than Is being given to uny plans to celebrate. American "Gmllfnies.'' Washington Post. An English court has decided that a man who earns his living by a profession, trade or other occupation Is not a "gentleman." According to the English definition, the American "gentleman" Is carrying a to mato can and sleeping In the box cars or haystacks. Well-Sprlna of Patriotism, Bultlrnore American. The governor of Gibraltar Is holding up to Englishmen the example of America In teaching children patriotism and love for the flag. He declares that his own country men are lucking In this reapeot, and that this negclct Is fraught with dangerous po tentialities. There Is no doubt that a lova for the flag and the nation, which is vital and appeals with reality to young hearts, Is one of the greatest safeguards ot a na tion. For the enthusiasm of youth stimu lates this patriotism In older hearts, while nothing ran make it so deteriorate as a perfunctory regard for It. I'nnecesaary ole. Philadelphia Ledger. Noise Is easily misinterpreted as a sign of vigorous enterprise in all lines of human activity. There Is a bustle of trade which no one would suppress. The loudest shoutsr Is not by any means tho most accomplished and effective orator. The best work may be done without great clamor and uproar. Noise Is commonly associated with the fakir, who covers the pinchbeck quality of his wares by stridently proclaiming their virtues. Much of the noise of the city street Is entirely unnecessary and could be suppressed without Injury to any material Interest. A society for the prevention of din would find a fertile field for its benefi cent offices. A WISE DEVELOPMENT. Progress Toward the Hlarher Ideals of Life. Indianapolis News. Tha entlro St. Paul railroad system has made a' new regulation that Sunday shall be a day of rest as far as possible with out Interfering with the absolute necessi ties ot the traffic. Sunday excursions will be discontinued as well as all extra trains on that day, and freight creft's will be In structed to make headquarters by Satur day night. General I'assongor Agent Miller says the road Is doing this because It thinks its men are entitled to rest, and because the Sunday traffic Is a risk for Which the returns are nut adequate. This sort of thing seems to us to be a great sign of tho times. The sign Is that we are coming to the age of wisdom, the time when we learn that there are limits to human nature, so thut the "level best," the greatest average, Is to be had by re version to moderation. In a similar way as to principle, Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia, elected as a mem ber of the gang, awakened to the truth that "honesty win the best policy," and he concluded to be honest he found that It paid better. The motive may not be high, but it is practicable. It lu suited to this practical world. Long ago rail roads deu.lt with the drink question on precisely the same basis. They said In effect that they cared nothing for morals, or rather thut there were no mural or sentiment Involved; that they simply rec ognized that a man that drank was not a safe man to be trusted with running a train, aud they would nut have him. If we are correct that the recognition of this principle Is a sign of the times we are on the eve ot many betterments and to continue the application to rail roads, which are so vital a part of the life of the country. It should upply to the grout race for speed that Is taking place on some of the great trunk lines. There are limits of safety, all things considered track, grade, curves and equipment. It is plain thut this limit la being pressed hard, to put it mildly. After ull, the greatest thing In the world Is a human being and his bt-st development Is the greatest thing In life. It U not dollars. It is not a little more wealth at a little more risk. A railroad man Is a safer man all the week for having a Sunday rest, Just as he is a safer man for not drinking. When the American people wake up to this large fact and borne to cherish human beings as the most valuable thlngi In the word and human life as the rnoxt sacred thing la the world, we shall have a saner civilisation and mure real progress than ws witness uuw, PERSONAL ASD OTHERWISR. If Admiral Togo will consent to break Into the magatlnes he can name his own price. Just to show that Missouri whites take little stock In the color line, white men are taking the places of the striking negro hod carriers In Kansas City. The Rlgsdag and the Storthing will have to do business on the Hungarian Diet plan If they expect to hold a place on tho first page, with headlines to match. The amount of tainted money handed to the Rockefeller university this season is not enough to draw a knock from Colum bus, O., or provoke a yell of Joy on the Midway. Philadelphia Is fully awake and enjoying some of the smiles of life. Just as a stray bull butted Into a gospel tent In the sub urbs the audience sung with much feeling, "Nearer, My Ood, to Thee." l'resldent Roosevelt's fifteen-acre farm In Virginia Is distant from railroads and country roads, and Is of the rough and rugged type calculated to test the horse manship of tho persistent correspondent. The way of some transgressors Is not as hard as It la cracked up to be. While Banker Blgelow got ten years at hard labor, a clerkship softens the fag end of the sentence. Still, there are people who think a ten-year clerkship Is not a snap. Queen Christina ot Spain, who Inherited an Immense private fortune from her uncle, the Into Archduke Albert of Austria, has for a number of years held some $3,000.00 worth of United States bonds and retained possession of thorn even throughout the war of Spain with this country. It Is given out cold that Sunday closing is the real thing In St. Louis and other Missouri cities. Not a drop was to be had for any old price In St. Louis last bunuay. And yet but a few years ago people regarded Missouri as past redemp' tlon. Manufacturing Chemist Welghtman of Philadelphia made a fortune out of Peru vlan bark and died. His heirs and their lawyers are now dissecting his reputation and making his fortune look like a tele scoped cupsulo. People with any respect for their reputations should nover die rich. Boston has certnln Ideals of architectural art which cannot be violated with Impu nity. One of these Ideals Is a limit of ninety feet to the heights of buildings on Copley square. One offending concern went over the limit ten feet and the authorities got busy and removed one story. A court and Jury have Just assessed the damage at $481,970, and entered Judgment against the city. Ideals come high, but Boston would not be Boston without them. A London woman, alleged to be a beauty doctor, announces that she Is prepared to make lean and hungry-looking figures mod erately fat and rotund. Her methods are pneumatic. For a stipulated bunch of royal coin she will pump air under lean cuticle, much the same as bicycle and auto tires are filled, and In this way pro duco beautifully rounded figures. If this method should become popular, pins and other pointed articles must be shunned. An inflated beauty contracting a puncture unexpectedly would certainly create a com motion and present a spectacle that would make strong mon weep. SIMPLE GHIEP. Government to Check Ostentation at Funerals. New York Tribune. A priest In a factory district of western Massacusutts recently began;, a crusade against costly funerals among his parish ioners. On Investigation he found that their expense frequently Impoverished the bereaved family, and that In order to pay for a magnificent coffin, elaborate floral settings and a long procession ot carriages, all of which constituted only "a passing pageant of an hour," a household woa often compelled to deny Itself for months the bare necessities of life. In his pulpit accordingly he denounced such prac tices, and asked that henceforth those of his flock who died be burled as simply as they had lived. The words ot this priest bore good fruit. Simplicity Instead of ostentation hus more and more characterlied the funerals of his parish, and as a result the community as a whole has been much happier. This was not because It grieved the less over Its dead, but because, being less starved by extravagant manifestations 0f its sor rows. It could bear them with a greater fortitude. Nor has a single parish only been blessed. The sentiment against costly ceremonials for the dead has spread to other parts of Massachusetts, where other clergymen have followed the example of tho priest. It is to be hoped that the gospel of sim ple grief, as some have called It, may find it way to this city. Where, Indeed, could It work a vaster good? Where could Us material benefits, those which keep tha cupboard stored, the muscles strong and the nerves steady, be more felt than In the crowded tenement districts, where death comes more often and life Is hardest to HveT And where could It perform a greater spiritual mission, the sort which puts sincerity before outward display, and a full heart before a full purse, than In some ot the houses of the wealthy T. OVEHCHOWDIMU THE PROFESSIONS, Room at the Top and Much Space) la the Middle, Detroit Free Press. With the arrival of the commencement period there come the annual protests from various quarters over the tendency toward adopting a profession already overcrowded, the line of argument being baaed on the point from which the situation Is consid ered. Among those to sound a note of dis tress is the Engineering News, which sug gests that If the movement In the direction of strictly technical Instruction continues there Is a likelihood that the profession of engineering will be seriously overcrowdod. The same sentiments are shared by the legal profession, the medical profession and others whose members view with alarm the army of graduates turned out annually, and who marvel that the aspirants for profes sional honors did not pursue some of .he other branches which to them appear to furnish greater opportunities. Within the lust few years there has been an undenlahle tendoncy toward adopting one of a half dosen professions. Doctors and dentists, lawyers and engineers, have been turned out In wholesale numbers, and their number Increases In grsater propor tions annually. That this tendency should be viewed with alarm Is not surprising, al though much of the fear appears to be un warranted. The opportunities today may not be as great as formerly, but they are stlU there for the man possessed of ability and willing to labor for suocsss. Competi tion Is the strongest spur to the ambitious Individual. The one who can perform his allotted duties more satisfactorily than can I his fellow man finds his services In greater demand. With the employment of his fao ultles comes a development of talents that Increases his value and secures his position In the professional world. The laggard must full iM-hlnd, however slight the strife for existence. Of all the men who leave educational Institutions each year only a certain percentage make a success In life, but it would be Incorrect to attribute all the failures to the overcrowding of the pro fession adopted. The man determined to win gains recognition; the one contented to drift along remains In obscurity and views with alarm the advent of more ambitious persons into tha field which h has neglected erios nun Kn nows, Rollclon by compulsion results In repul Slon. It Is cn.iy to call our Impulses His In spiration. Faith builds no fences between us and our fellows. Knvylng another's cake only spoils our own cookies. hearts more thun often goes with a Men need new stronger harness. A perilled crcd putty conscience. God waits for us somewhere on every pathway of pain. Men who intend to be pood tomorrow always die today. Nowhere do souls sour quicker than In an Ice box church. Ths fragrance of a life depends on the fullness of Its love. Lire Is all sour when oue lives In har mony with the Infinite. The heart gains no rest throtish tho gold cross carried on the breast. The Sunday face that looks like lyo will not wash out the sins of the week. The man who can he patient with his corns has a good chance of glory. What most Christians need Is not more assurance of faith but inure assets. It's no use agonising In prayer for tho light when you keep the shutters locked. The more hasto men make for happiness the less Intimate acquaintance they got with it. Heaven has feasts fur home cmulnir wanderers, but not so much us a handout for the tramp. Many a man wastes enough perspiration praying for dimes to earn ten times as many dollars. Chicago Tribune. DOMESTIC Pl.EAS.WritlES. Louise I could never bear (Hrtlng In the daytime. Twilight is the ideal time for loveuiuklng. Ccoilel knew you'd think so. Louise Why ? Cecile Vour face can't be seen so dis tinctly then, of course. Cleveland Leader. Mrs. Crawford Why won't your husband buy yuu an auto? Mrs. Crabshaw He says we can run Into debt fast enough now, without employing machinery. Puck. "I was looking alout In Bargen's mil linery department today." besan the schem ing wife, "and 1 saw the sweetest thing" "yes," Interrupted her foxy husband, 'that's a greut Idea of Bargen's to put mirrors all around where you women con gregate." Philadelphia Press. "Remember," said the earnest cltlsen. "thnt the eyes of the publlo are upon you. "Taat condition is provided for," an swered Senator Sorghum. "In political prestidigitation tho handout must alwavs be quicker than the eyesight." Washing ton Star. "I sometimes think," said Deacon Iron side, "we shall have to summon Brother Haidosty before the church board." "What Is the trouble with Brother Hard esty?" asked Elder Kecpuloug. "He Is finding fuult with the plan of creation. He says there are too many carp Hnd dogfish and too few black buss. -Chicago Tribune. Towne Come In here and I'll buy you a blgar. Browne No; come up to that store on the next corner. Towne Bettor cigars there? Browne No, but there's always a box of matches on tho counter there, and you can take as many us yuu please Phila delphia Press. Tom Now that your engagement is broken, are you going to muke Clarissa send back your letters? George You bet I ami I worked hard on those letters; they're worth using again! Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Lodgem (cuttingly) If you were my hushund, I d see to It that you cutne home earlier than you do at night! Mr. MacSosh (savagely) If I were your husband, ma'uni, I'd never cunie home! Cleveland Leader, "So let that settle it," Mrs. Henpeek concluded; "a word to the wise, is suffi cient." "Yes, my dear," replied Henpeek, "nnd to the average married man a word Iu edgewise is sufficient." Philadelphia Press. THE DEAR OLD DAYS. F. L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. Gimme back the dear old days all tho boys In line "Boy stood on the hurnln' deck," an' "BIngen on the Rhine!" "Twos midnight; In his guarded tent" ws spoke It high und low. While Mary trotted out that lamb "whoso fleece was white as snow!" Gimme back the dear old days that mem'ry loves to keeji. With "Pilot, 'tis a fearful night there's danger In the deep!" The old-time, awkward gestures the Jerk, meant for a bow We said that "Curfew should not ring," but Lord, it's ringing nuwl Gimme back the dear old days the path way through the dells To tha school house In the blossoms; the sound of far-off bells Tlnklin' 'erost the meadows; the song of the bird an' brook; The old-time dictionary, an' the blucbaok spellln' book! i Gone, like a dream, forever! A city's hid the place Where stood the ol' log school house; an' no familiar face Is smilln' there in welcome beneath m inornln' sky There's a bridge arrost the river, an' we've crossed, an' said "guodby!" 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