r ■ u-— — ■ ■ ■ ■■ The Morning Bee „ M O & N I N G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y Till-; m:E PI BUSHKQ < O.. 1'ubUaber. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is r member, is Exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department lantlo or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: | OOO Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or AT. 1042. OFFICES Main Office—17 th and Farnam Council Bluffs—15 Scott St S. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syndi. Trust Bldg, joa Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Francisco—Ilollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bid* OPEN SEASON FOR HAT CHUCKING. William Gibbs McAdoo, passing through Omaha, coyly declined to flatly commit himself on the sub ject of his presidential aspirations. He left no im pression, however, that he would decline to accept support of the Nebraska democrats, which he very likely will receive. While no intimation has been heard as to the disposition of the Bryan element, Mr. McAdoo will Very likely be acceptable to them, as he is dry enough to suit even the Great Com moner, and his currency and taxation views may well rest on his record as secretary of the treasury. It will be recalled that it was he who adopted the prac tice of issuing treasury certificates in anticipation of revenue, a habit that mounted in time to a turn over of $13,500,000,000 in a single year. The one time anti-Bryanites are practically committed in ad vance to McAdoo, for he is on terms of very pleasant nature with the leaders of the faction that has been held together in the past by the common bond of antipathy to anything that savors of William Jen nings Bryan. These conditions almost guarantee the Nebraska delegation for McAdoo in the coming na tional convention of his party. Another announcement that will have much in terest for the home folks is that Hiram Johnson of California will today make formal announcement of his candidacy. This, too, has been anticipated, but a display of confidence on part of the California senator will have a rassuring effect on his support ers, who are especially active in Nebraska. While President Coolidge is regarded in some quarters as practically certain of nomination, it is by no means sure that he will develop enough of strength to over come the hold Hi Johnson has on the^republicans of this state, a popularity that goes back to and beyond the days of 1912, for the progressive wing of the old party has always regarded Johnson as worthy of a place alongside Roosevelt. t With the open season for chucking hats into the ring now fairly under way, we may expect some busier times in the political camps. A great stake is up for competition, the direction of the destiny of the American nation for another-four-year period. Policies and practices are concerned, and on the de cision of the voters will depend the course our gov ernment is to follow. Speculation must soon give way to action, for time is short enough before the primary elections begin, at which the temper of the voters of the land will be disclosed. HOW LONG CAN WE STAND IT? A rather grim and sardonic answer is returned to •lie fire prevention week effort of October. Total ‘igures on fire losses for the month shows an increase •'n property destruction over that of 1921, and for he 10 months an increase over the 1922 record, which was regarded as especially bad. October showed up with fire loss of $31,398,450, and for the 10 months up to date of the year 1923 the aggregate is $334,153,260, or something more than $1,000,000 a day sacrificed to the god of flames, chiefly through American carelessness. No good of, mincing matters. Nine-tenths of all the fire loss is'due to preventable causes. Much of this is due to intention. The firebug, most despica ble of all malefactors, is busy all the time. He has able coadjutors in the property owners who neglect ordinary precautions or take unwise chances. Whether through intent* careless or imprudence, the effect is the same. Property is destroyed by fire. It is wrong to think this property is replaced by insurance. No loss so incurred is ever replaced. Every fire that destroys property wipes out that much of wealth that man has accumulated through his pro ductive efforts. Payment of insurance simply means that a levy has been made on other wealth to in demnify the loser, other property taken to replace that which was destroyed, and so the loss :s to all so ciety and not to an individual or an insurance com pany. A million dollar a day is a pretty steep price to pay for carelessness, and even enormously rich and Mftdigal America can not always stand the drain. The remedy can only be applied personally. at: „_’ _ WHY A FARNAM CAR WAS LATE. .•.Motorman 908 of the Farnam street line was a little behind hand on one of his trips Wednesday afternoon. However, when the boss gets the ex planation for the delay, he probably will not be very hard on the offender, if such he be. Motorman 908 was coming down the Tenth street hill, with his car under control, as good motormen always do, when he saw something that interested him. Out on the track was a dog, acting very queer ly. As the car came along, the motorman saw the dog had his head fast in an old sprinkling can. One of two epurses was open, and Motorman 908 took the right one. He stopped his car, got off, and with the-assistance of the conductor released the dog, and the animal trotted away, wagging a tail eloquent of j, hanks. Not so much, hut the passengers who watched the proceedings voted that motorman a medal for having f'ot only a kind heart but sound judgment. What Is a Itlinute or two of time, when the delay is because same effort is made to relieve suffering, even of a strange dog? A little more of such spirit would go a long way to soften life, to do way with asperities that corrode, would lessen friction, and really make the world better and brighter. |f “So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” Motorman 908, you deserve a salute for your act. The largest flng in the world was unfurled at Detroit on Armistice day, hut even It is not big enough to cover the fellow who comes here from a foreign land, prospers because of the protection and benefits afforded by this country, and then not only refuses to become an American citizen in heart and soul but. seeks to profit by flngrantly violating the country's laws. . A pianist of international fame died while playing it clnssical number. Had it hern a piece of jazz we pould npve drawn a wholesome moral. ENGLAND ON A NEW TACK. The impending dissolution of the English par liament holds something of more than passing inter est to Americans. Premier Baldwin proposes to go to the country on a question of financial policy, the need for some reduction in the heavy tax levy and a continuance of the extraordinary revenue com pelling a departure from a time-honored system of producing income. The premier has frankly propos ed that a protective tariff be put into operation. In defense of this the prevalent unemployment situation is held up alongside the demands of farm ers for some sort of subsidy. By putting a tariff on all sorts of importations, and this includes raw mat. erials as well as manufactured goods and food prod, ucts, it is hoped by the government to relieve a situa tion that can not much longer be borne by the British taxpayer, who is rapidly losing some of the patience for which he has long been held up as an example to others throughout the world. Naturally, the free traders of long standing ar« shocked at the suggestion, and are raising ghosts of the past to confront the premier at the outset of his campaign. Lloyd George is heading one branch of the opposition, recalling the fact that he rode into prominence 14 years ago on his then startling pro posal. The answer is that the sources of revenue which Mr. Lloyd George then tapped for. the first time have pretty well been drained, and others must be found. Asquith, who holds with Lloyd George on nothing else, is expected to go along with him on this. Some objection is heard from the dominions, from whence a large part of the raw materials and food stuffs are sent to the mother land. Some of this is not quite sincere. Canada, for example, has built up its prosperity through a high protective tariff, the bulk of the manufacturing in that country being .carried on by firms from the United States, who have found it cheaper to set up branch factories than to meet the tariff. Chiefly, our interest in the situation is in the endorsement given by England to the traditional policy of the republican party, a tariff that secures the home market for the home manufacturer. Since this has baen properly extended to protect the farmer as well, its soundness is challenged only on theory, or by the opposition party, whose several experi ments at Introducing free trade have invariably re sulted in havoc to American industry. Baldwin has a splendid example here to hold up for inspection to the English voters. “ONLY GOD CAN MAKE A TREE.” Some thanks are due Grace LaRue (Mr*. Hale Hamilton) who is singing at the Orpheum this week Joyce Kilmer’s beautiful poem, “A Tree.” Those who “commune with nature in her visible forms,” particularly in the presence of the majestic trees, are familiar enough with the poem, yet many do not grasp its full meaning. Read Kilmer’s lines: “I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth Is prest Against Earth's sweet smelllng breast; A tree that looks at God all day. And lifts her leafy arms to pray: A tree that may In summer wear A nest of robblns in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain, Who lntimntely lives with min. Poems nre made by fools like me. But only God can make a tree.” < And God has made many trees for man’s uses and delight, and will be sure to make more. Men are prone to forget this, when going forth to cut down trees; they leave ruin and havoc in the wake of the cutting, and it takes too long to reproduce the miracle of growth, “Upon whose bosom snow has lain, who intimately lives with rain.” Kilmers lines should be in the mind of everyone who goes forth, “under the wide and starry sky,” because they translate into easily understood words the sermon that waves in the leafy branches that are lifted in prayer. Tree* are meant to be used, but should not be wasted, for “Only God can make a tree.” Reports are that President Coolidge gets up at 5 o’clock every morning. Pity those job hunters don’t have some respect for presidential slumber time. The new president of Angora has issued a Thanksgiving day proclamation. Doubtless Yoast goat will be piece de resistance. It appears that the German crown prince is, in a manner of speaking, ranking pretty closely along side the German mark. Sneaking of dark horses in the presidential race, let it not be forgotten that not all of the entries are horses of any color. / Mr. McAdoo admits that he is a poor politician. And a lot of people admit that he was a mighty poor railroad manager. Senator Couzens seems to think that as presiden tial timber Mr. Ford ia 9 mighty good flivver maker. We wouldn’t mind French menus quite so much if the prices would keep in touch with the franc. In the matter of the I.udendortf revolution, some body seems to have gpit on the fuse. Homespun Verse —Ily Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davit JUST AS IT IS. Along the street a couple came ami paused before n sign Which rend: This eottugc la for rent—It's cozy and it'a fine. A lovely little bungalow It seemed from every side. Designed to prove n blissful hearth for modest groom and bride; And every room wns fashioned for convenience and for space. And everything was fitted with, precision In Its place. "Let us explore the home,” sold she. He answered, “That wo shall, It surely seems a nlch abode and fits my fancy well,'’ “It's modern?” "Not exactly," spoke the owner with regret— ”1 haven't got around to put a furnace In H yet, "Hut that Is nil the better, nnd It's cheaper on the whole— A furnace Is expensive when It comes to buying coal.” Rut sighed the brtde demurely, "It wouldn't do for me.” And so agreed the hushgnd their homo It couldn't be. True thinking takes us backward to the days of long, ago, When people weren't able to enjoy life so and soj t, , A home was mighty precious though bumble, crude and small, And young folk couldn't atari along life's way with all Rut farther on convenience nnd wealth and leisure lay To be their own possessions some Joyous distant day. And sacrifice was forerun.' 1 is sirred as a vow And some of us might name it uu absent virtue new. “The People's Voice" Editorial* from readers of Th* Morn In* Bee. Reader* of The Morning Bee are invited to line thl* column fre»ly for expression on matter* of public interest. Seed Corn ii» I‘eril. Waterloo, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: The agricultural public may not be generally aware of the serious situation In respect to seed corn. The whole season In the central west has averaged at least two weeks late wilh the corn crop this year. The latter part of Sep tember, and October, has given us very unusual weather, less drying wind, more rain, with cloudy and damp weather. The result is' that the corn crop has not dried out as rapidly as usual and is nowhere near as dry at this date as our corn crop usually is. The recent cold weather has caught this corn and apparently the grains have been frosted clear through. With a heavy moisture content and a very heavy, wet, soggy cob, the result has been that a con siderable portion of the corn has lost Its vitality, and the corn today con tains sufficient moisture so that zero weather, or even 10 degrees above zero, would be disastrous to the re maining vitality. A careful selection at the present time will undoubtedly give the farm ers sufficient seed corn for their re quirements next spring, and we be lieve that every farmer should be urged to get busy In saving his corn for planting. Each year a large per centage of the fanners go Into their fields early, select' and hang up or otherwise artificially dry their re quirements in seed corn. A consider able portion of the farming public depend on going to their cribs in the spring and selecting corn. This can not be done with any degree of safety next spring. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, and the vast acreage that might be jeopardised by poor seed, we feel that the newspapers of the state should call attention to the situation and urge every one to secure his re quirements at the first moment possi ble, of thoroughly tested seed corn, which can be kept and stored in a dry, airy atmosphere. J. C. ROBINSON. A Voice for Rufler. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: I wonder if the mayor and balance of the commissioners think they are helping themselves politically by taking away from Commissioner Dan B. Butler the department of weights and measures. In the resolution making the trans fer Commissioner Koutsky the intro ducer uses the following language "Whereas, It is considered that said department yf weights and measures naturally f/ms within the duties of the department of public affairs or mayor's office and can there be ef ficiently and conveniently administer ed." Kui'h language Is indeed amus ing "efficiently administered.” Tell us, Mr. Koutsky -et for the purpose nf considering the future of the party, I the kind of a eamjialKn to he made arid whether or not It is advisable to affiliate with some political national organization '"for the coming cam paign. It Is understood that all pro gressive people are invited to this conference. The common people have the key1 to all good things. The key, ns Bind berg nays. Is the human mind. Peo ple are Inclined to use this key in solving the problems. It will lie a good time to use this key at the coming conference. There are four classes of people In this country, the farmers, the wage earners and the email business man, and a fourth group which we call profiteers, hut nre better known as "thu exploiting class.” If we use a key of Intelligence the latter class will soon he out of Vusl ne*s In this country. At the above named conference a number of promi nent thinkers will he present to help direct our study of public questions. Among those who will attend the meeting will bs lion J. H. Kindling of Minnesota, R. V. Pettigrew of South Dakota, Frank E. Camel, edi tor, Fargo, N. D., and other able orators. As rhuirmun of progressive ii»rty of Nebraska, I am anxious to aid the common people In thinking their way to liberty. Among the questions to be considered will lie the question of public ownership of public utilities, Industrial democracy, the extension of tho ballot to questions affecting human life, the abolition of dishonest inheritance, the creation of scientific debt paying money and the repeal of the federal reserve hank law. , The conference will give an oppor tunity to try our key tn the union of forces In a common effort to bene fit the race. The key of Intetllgenre Is ours. T-et us use It nml mike the coming conference and convention In (Hughs historic. J. T. PKIilSE. *''* .---*-“— >' I- irst On Itecnrd. "Who win Pel lln h?" "The original lady hnrbei I«ouIh vUDt Coiirler>.Tnurnal. ■71- - -■ - - NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for October, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily ..72,205 Sunday ... i... 75,905 " , - ! Poaa not fnftivdt rt*tt»fn«, In ft- 1 | • vara, ftampl«*0 or pap^ra •polled Ip I printing and Include* nr apcrUJ • nltfi. # f B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mjjr. j Ntilifirrlltrd and iwoin to b»»ft>r* m# ; thla ftth day nf Novnmhn, 1074. W. II QUIVl ^ ( Seal) •• v Pllbllt Where the Tall Corn Grows The Denison Bulletin snys the aver ago boy of today expects jibollt $1.50 for /eight hours' work a day. Per haps the Bulletin meant to say the average hoy expects to earn that, but insists on having about twice that much. The Tabor Beacon admits that It has failed to notice any military candidates for the presidency. Gen eral Wood having troubles of his own and General Pershing not Interested. Has the Beacon turned Its glance toward old General Apathy? Speaking of miles per gallon, the Silver City Times says it has known of men who went plumb to hades on a pint. The Websier City Freeman-Journal does not seem to think kindly of the little game of reciprocity played by Governor Pinehot und President Cool idge. Tho president hands over to the governor the matter of enforcing prohibition In Pennsylvania, and the governor kindly hands enforcement back to the federal government. Tho Toledo Chronicle, after listen ing to Senator Cummings talk about tho railroad situation, admits that '.he majority of people are entirely latlsfled with the trial of government operation under the McAdoo regime. The Chronicle failed to submit a dia gram with the declaration, and we tre in doubt. Did the Chronicle liko 't, or otherwise? Evidently having no Investments In tax exempt securities, the Anita Itecord voices the bplnion that the $30,000,000,000 now invested In such securities merely means that It will be Just that much harder on the poor devils who have no means of hiding their possessions from the eagle eye of the tax collector. Noting that Charles Darwin always knocked off work at noon, the Keo kuk Gate City man announces his belief In that particular part of the Darwinian theory. The Carroll Herald Insists that Governor Pinehot is presidential size. And there are others of presidential sighs. Anxious to correct an oversight, the Waterloo Tribune admits that It has been very ungrateful In not publicly acknowledging that .Senator Da Fol lette has won his fight against $1 gasoline. Observing Penator Da Foliette claims that his only ambition Is to bring the government back to the people,- the Ottumwa Courier unkind ly remarks that it Is time the sena tor turned over a new leaf, having done as much as anybody to take government away from the people. The Sac Cfty Bulletin opines that Burton Pweet has propounded some questions to Senator Brookhnrt that the senator will find difficulty In an swering without committing himself. Is it possible that there is no such thing as senatorial courtesy to be observed In Iowa? The Clinton Herald after careful Investigation, reveals the Interesting fact that m'st of the firmer* do fairly well In agricultural pursuits, in spite of the advice given them by city men, United States senators and such. P> nator Peppier of Pennsylvania having expressed the opinion that opposition to the Volstead act will have disappeared within in **ars, the Davenport Times opines that the Pepper faith must be of the kind that moves mountains. Daily Prayer This Is His cnmmsndmsnt, that w# be lieve—1 John 3Tel. Our Father, Who art In heav*|i, hallowed he Thy name- Wl thank Theo for the day that la before us. with Its opportunities. Its privileges. Its unexpected pleasures, and Its dis appointments ns well. We rejoice in the opportunity to serve Thee,- to wit ness fop Thee in our Intercourse with men. May we be ever ready to dls plaj a sympathetic Interest in the wel faru of those with whom we mingle In the home, the train, the busy street, the office and the shop. As we look back over the life of our Ieird. we find that wherever he moved among men thev were conscious of a rising hope within them, their splrfts were quickened, and they faced life s tasks with new courage nnd hopeful nee*, flrant. our Father, that we. too, mat tie used this dsv, through the Holy Spirit, In making Christ very real to some one. May we find keen enjny men In the work which we have been called ii|»in to do, and may we seek to know Thy will In the commonplace duties which In Thy providence have been assigned to us. When dlsconr agement confronts us and when obsta cle* are placed In our paths—yea, even when perhaps we may not have any tangible evidence on which to base our h'.pe—may we then trust Thee fully and completely, for Thou art our Father and our Ood. Amen. t F.Aftl.K HOOVE*, rhiud-dphte, K’a. The Spice of Life Hhc—"How Is it that widows gen erally manage to marry again? ' He—' Because dead men tell no tale*."—Harper's Mngaiine. Fhe—"You went shooting with Smith?" i ie—"Yes.” hhe—"Shoot anything?” lie—"Only Smith.”—Igmdon Mall "Don't they ever have a clean up week In this town?" demanded the transelont who hud just entered with l>ls suitcase. "Yes,” replied the deimrtlng guest, us he sorrowfully paid Ids hill. "The hotel* seem to he conducting one now." The American is-gion Week ly. _ "No man Is a hi ro to his valet," remarked the ready made ,philoso plu r. "It's not to be wondered at." re joined Mlwa Cayenne. "An>t*wly who wuats to he consider' d a lu-ro ought lit least to he man enough to dues himself Washington Star. “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other IS etvs papers— Railroads Standing Pat. From the Kearney Hub, President Cooltdge has been acting with earnestness and good faith in an effort to Induce the railroads to reduce freight rates on grain for ex port, and although getting a square rebuff at the outset does not appear to be disposed to discontinue his ef forts. Tho president Is apparently convinced that the rates are too high, and that even though it ir.ay not be possible to secure a general reduction, the railways can well afford to make this concession on shipments for ex ports. What the railway managers fear, evidently, is that an export conces sion would be an opening wedge for a general reduction, and this they are opposing with a so),id front and with all the Ingenuity and resources at their command. The plea of the rail executives Is that lowering rates on grain for export will not create an in creased market for wheat in Europe and therefore can not lift the farmer out of the slivugh of overproduction. But even if this is entirely true, no harm can come from a sincere effort by the railways to co-operate in the agricultural interest. The railways* have attorneys and smooth talkers' and high priced ex perts in the act of ‘'stalling,'' by means of which in issue may he talk ed along until It Is talked to death, atuf in the end the original cause may have entirely disappeared or been lost sight of. This is evidently the game now. Producers and shippers are simply to be outtalked, and that is not a diffloult matter In the field of ordinary Investigation. But fine of these days congress will convene. If the Issue is not met and set tled sooner! it yvill he a delightful po litical club for congressmen and a warrantable excuse for taking a hand in railway regulation as a whole. The congressman is duly licensed as the official talker of the people, and no railway expert or specialist has a thing on him when it comes to vocal windstorms. FTo we Rhould say that the railway executives might do worse than tUiok again, and possibly make some concessions to business de mands and public yigjnion before the congressional etorm breaks. There is a widely prevailing senti ment that there should be a general reduction of freight rates, and that It can be made without injury to the railway corporations. This Is not the spirit of the railroad baiters, but is the dispassionate judgment of fair minded men ef many occupations. But, after all, It is probably true as j suggested by the Lincoln .Journal, that "If railroad flights are to be reduced ! snmel>ody besides the railways them selves will have to do the reducing." [ QuIU lieu iJ.ti.vt Gasp. From tho !-Win*"* Ate> * A decisis* T.y lire-treasury to dis pense with dhe use of the quill pen nt the Southwark county court. Lon don, where the red goose feather has lingered long after* being replaced by fountain pens anjl typewriters almost everywhere else si England, is the last step toward corrqflete modernity—and like most such steps It is rather ft pity. About a century ago a single firm of quill cutters in I»ndon u**ed to send two or three million pens at a time to the Indian government, and it is only 30 years cjtce one of this firm's traveling men used to bring back ei ders aggregating fr aft fSlrness It must be admitted that some of his points seem sound, but with a most decided ex ception in one particular "Years ago." he complains, "Amer ica went to war because of taxation withopt representation, yet 1 am taxed * per cent of what I earn here and I ron n«t vote." Few aliens possess In as great de gree as Or. Zangwill those qualities which |>ermit the molding of an Amer ican patriot, particularly the vision made manifest long sgo in that senti mental classic. The Milting Pot" l>oul»tloss if" TVr Zangwill had been here In the beginning be would have fought for the repre*. ntation he now claims to be without. In that case, however, he would hoe la-on a colon 1st staking his life, his property and hi« destiny In America., not a tran sient lecturer worrying over gate re oeipts. If he will linger here long enough now, and make known his In fentlon to remain. America will gi.ully permit him the suffrage After all, our levy on proceeds of lectures by foreigners may lie less a personal tax tli ill an import duty on goods whlcK we pa cjij'e too abundant ‘ \l>\ l.lt I IHKM1CM IDITUTKKMKM Especially Prepared for Infants and Children of All Ages Moltin'! \Kle« h»'i « Cuiitoriti haw In «iij In upo for on or 30 > » ns a pUanant, hurtnlrtiM fnitiatltuto for Cah lor Oil, l,iiii'Ktn’l(,l TocthlnK Prop*] anil Soothlni Syiupa Pontaln • tv imioolliM Proven cllrtvllona are on i ucli piu katf»\ l‘li> iiclaiu ever* >\ lure , recommend it Tl>i» kln<1 you have nlwnyn IxmikIU lxirs xlifnature of I ly at home. The world. In any event, is very bma 1. If Hr Zangwill knows of a hind where he can lecture with out being taxed there seems to lie no reason why he should not grasp the opportunity. We want to be as decent as anyone to such visitors as the doctor* and we should especially like to hear from him when he locates a country where the gross receipts taken at his lectures exceed the net profit accruing to him In America after he has paid the tax we de mand. I nder Sea Mining. From the Salt I-ak*. Tribute Oil wells have be-dh drilled in har bors where oil was known to exist some distance below the surface on the adjacent shore, and there, have been no expressions of surprise. In the early days of the oil Industry no one dreamed of such a. possibility. But ''da world do move.” This colls to mind the fact that nearly a cen tury ago Lord Lonsdale, owner of coal mining property along the northwest coast of England, near Whitehaven, asked the government for a concession to mine coal under the sea for a distance of 10 miles from the shore and for an extent of tO miles along the coast. For this he of fered to pay the sum of £50,000. The thing sterned so impractical to the British government that they acceded at once to the proposition, feeling that they had sold the noble lord some thing resembling a gold brick. But science kept on developing the mining industry, and now the coal mines at Whitehaven extend four and a half miles out to sea and 1,500 feet beneath the bottom. The lessee* pay >to the heirs of I*ord Lonsdale more royalty every year than the original price of the concession. The Prestige of the Pastorate. From thee--. I In all circumstances prestige is a dangerous explosive. It can tie very touchy, supersensitive. even acrinv n ious. To base the uprising of the pastorate on the regaining of prestige is to base it on the chase for a bubble. To base It upon the emancipation and just recognition of the pastorate is entirely another matter. For the prophet of God must he free. 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