THE OMAHA. DAILY JJEE : SUNDAY , APRIL 8 , 1891 TWENTY PAGES. 13
THE WANING POWER OP MARS
Arbitration Curbs Ilia Influence Among
Civilized Nations.
WAR CRIES LOSING THEIR VIRTUE
1'rnri'fnl .Scltlniiirnt of Intrrimtlnnnl l
| Hltc DliiriiMril lijr Hon. l're < lerlo It.
C'oililrrt of ( lir Itrrlitg Sen
Trlliuniil.
It Is Kcnrccly possible to deny tlml Mara ,
nn a Thunderer , has lost much ot Ida pres
tige , Ho blusters still and struts about
in flno clothcH as If ho entertained no doubts
as to Ills own Importance ; but the fact Is
that the world has outgrown the supercilious
veneration that once made him great for
mischief. lie may swagger and bully as of
old , but bin voice has lost Its potency. Ills
/ attempted thunder baa a stage effect and
savors of opera bouffe. Whfn ho tries the
shrill cry that once startled the world ho
Is apt to break down Ilko a superannuated
toner whoso throat has lost Its one-time
witchery. Witness as a late Instance the
old warrior's attempt to drive 60,000 people
Into a rush at poor little Chill. The lion's
roar did not much more than emulate the
accents of the sucking dove ; the clarion
voice c ml ed In a ridiculous squeak and the
senile disturber of the world'n peace retired
dlscomfltC'd. Kvcn .Mrs. Vulcan , frivolous
ns aho has always been , would probably
Bender at the delusion which once overcame
her sense of the. domestic .proprieties. If
I'eaen must give way to the storms and
agitations of war the dlvlno I'allas Athene
shall be the promoter of conflicts. She , nt
least. Is Wisdom Itself. Her propensity to
use the weapons with which , all accoutred ,
olic leaped Into being , la restrained by re
flection , when
1'iillnH iin-pnrm the hounding car.
The uhlclil iiixl ln-lin mid spear ot war
she has some reason , plausible If not sound ,
to allege. Carnage of Itself docs not attract
her nor the blind tendency to destroy lead
her to lay aside her dlvlno atttrlbutcs.
WAR OUIKS HAVE LOST T1I12IH VIRTUE.
Which Is equivalent to saying , mythologi
cal analogies being exhausted that the
good sense of tlio world no longer accepts
a trumpet blast aa a challenge to battle ,
without reflection. The empty clamor of a
war cry has lost Its virtue. Thanks to the
commercial spirit which has grown Into a
beneficent and general factor In the world's
progress , the cost of the operation Is counted
before the dlu Is cast. Men do not love war
for glory's sake nor Incite It as a means of
paying home expenses. Napoleon himself
did the last ot tlieso things and met the
oxpciibcs of his administration by levying
tribute upon those whom his arms had over
come , not to speak of the flno paintings
anil other trifles which ho carried to I'arls
as minor profits of the business which he
understood BO well , llut In the end
this method of administering the affairs of
his empire wna found unprofitable. The day
of reckoning came and It was found on
striking n balance sheet that the venture ,
promising ns It had been In Its conception ,
had resulted In heavy loss. War for profit
, has seen Its best days and may no longer
' bo reckoned among the dangers that threaten
peace. I except , of course , the Irrepressible
tendency of strong and civilized nations
to coerce their weak and barbarous sisters
to accept the benefits of trade and progress
and to open their doors to civilization. If
China , for Instance , does not realize the
benefits of free trade in opium , If Egypt
falls to RCO who is her best friend , then
BUlIlclcnt force must of course be applied to
the iccalcltrnnt barbarian to remove preju
dices that hprlng from Ignorance of what Is
best for himself. It may bo said that opti
mistic views of pcaco have little to support
them when we see nil Europe In arms ready
for a conflict to bo fought on a scale un
known In the history of mankind. Hut no
better evidence of the growing Inclination
Jo peaceful methods can bo adduced than
( his very fact. France , Germany , Russia ,
Italy , Austria , are nil armed to the teeth ,
and most of them are riding with furious
speed Into bankruptcy. Yet they have been
doing this for nearly a quarter of a century.
Men have grown gray In the service of tholr
countries who have never flred a shot or
heard the sound of on enemy's gun. The
military clement Is anxious and restless nt
enforced enaction protracted beyond all
precedent , and yet each and all of these
nations , with their hands on their swords ,
proclaim tholr anxiety for peace , solemnly
asserting that tholr grim and threatening
preparations are only Intended as they are
calculated , to secure Its blessings. And If
each refuses to disarm , It Is because the ono
thus disarming would merely bare his un
protected bosom to the blows of an eager foo.
These millions upon millions spent upon Im
proved armaments , more deadly bullets and
exquisitely destructive rifles are simply part
of the tribute which prudence Is called upon
to pay , nnd sound reason inexorably exacts.
This at least Is what they say and perhaps
believe.
Why does not some ono fire the first gun ?
Financial ruin or disarmament is close at
hand , unless war should bo resorted to as
the third alternative and solve the problem.
THE COST OF WAR.
The best preserver of pence Is the cost of
war. The only certain element In the cal
culation Is an enormous expenditure of Ufa
and property. The victor might hope to
recoup himself to some extent , but the
prophet who will foretell with accepted ac
curacy the name of the victor Is not yet
born. Even If ho were and could whisper
the name of the favored champion In his
ear , Is It quite certain that the enterprise
would bo looked upon with favor ? it Is
said that In certain countries nothing Is
more ruinous than a successful law suit ,
except an unsuccessful ono. So with a
great war. A great triumph Is not sure to
pay. Prussia toro two provinces from her
defeated rival In 1870 and levied great
tribute in money upon her prize. Hut the
two provinces have cost untold millions to
proscrvo , milliards of francs have gene Into
now guns , new fortresses and the like ,
while , worse than all , two gallant nations
are kept apart , In sullen and jealous remin
iscences , to the great detriment of the
world. Was the game worth the candle ?
Will men bo wiser , bettor or happier If an
other fire should break out nnd cover Europe ?
Will the pending questions bo nearer n set
tlement or must we learn from bitter ex
perience that they cannot bo 'dually laid to
rest by force alone ?
THE REALITinS OF WAR.
There Is another reason why war Is no
longer accepted without careful forethought.
Two classes of persons , for the first time In
history. Insist upon being heard , viz : the
men who do the lighting and the women
who do the weeping. The former nro be
ginning to find lifo worth living. Tholr
labor , when they are allowed to pursue it ,
brings rewards such as the masses never
dreamt of a short century ago. Little- won
der that nn army life bad few terrors for
them and civil life few charms. To avoid
starvation and to rescue something from the
tux gHtherer was the highest reward that
the laborer eould hope for , nnd hU best ef
forts often fall short of this modest umbl-
tloil. Ho could look for no rest except In
the grave ; ho had no volco In the selection
of his oppressors , ho tolled for nn nllun , ami
starved that another might bo Illicit , To
.leave the barren fields which gave so little
for so much that ho lavished upon It , and
to dou a uniform nnd to shoulder u musket
was not so hard u lot after all. Ho was
told to destroy the Germans , If ho was
Frenchman , to slay the French If ho was u
German , and ho obeyed with reasonable
alacrity. Any life was at least a change ,
unJ lu bis condition a chanxo waa presuma
bly for the beat.
Hut ho la no longer satisfied with the neg
ative advantage of not starving. Ho has
hoard ot a land across the seas where men
of good will and honest hearts cat to tholr
flll of bread and meat every day , where they
vote and talk and read and write , and their
children wear good clothes nnd become
great men. A uniform and a penny n day
no longer tempt him , not oven If ho Is
told that IIP Is sure to destroy the men on
' the other sldo nf a river , 1'erhaps ho ask :
himself It It Is worth his while , after all , to
kill his unoffending neighbor , even If ho Is
lint able to speak the same lunguago with ,
disadvantage nd . mark of iu-
feriority , In truth , but not BO severe n.i to
deserve capital punishment.
And the women Imvo found n voice , too ,
and they prefer to keep the husband and
boys at home. They always did. but no
ono cared In the old daya whether they liked
It or not. It wan a woman's fate , and If
her heart broke there was no help for It.
Now she Is discovering her power , and when
she docs that aho uses It.
"Since when , madam , " said Nnpolcon In
anger to a lady who ventured to hold and
express opinions , "since when have women
taken to meddling In politics ? "
"Since men have taken to cutting off the
women's heads , your majesty , " was the
reply.
Then comes In the school master. Ills
life In hard and IiU pay Is small , but ho
holds the scepter In the new order of
things. With his pen and pencil , his ferule
and hlj spelling book , ho Is the deadly , un
compromising foe that war must perforce
xuccumb to. He teaches men to think and
therefore to avoid brutality and destruction.
Ho teaches them wisdom when ho teaches
them how to spell , and drops the seed ot
charity In their hearts when he tells them
from hlitory how the human
race has suffered. When they
aio taught that the highest
offlco ol civilization Is to settle differences
between men by peaceful devices , they begin
to wonder why the practices that are so
precious on a small scale should lose their
virtue when they might by extension be
made of Inestimable value. The learner
asks himself why his life should pay for-
ffllt to n , monarch's caprice or to ft senti
mental resentment for wrongs that have
slept years In their grave.
THE AMERICAN EXAMPLE.
And above all he may turn his eyes to
the example of our people. He will then
learn how n great and gallant nation may
niibmlt International differences to the s > amo
just and careful bcrutlny ns more private
disputes. He will se a nation second to
none In power and wealth and manly spirit
ever ready to lay aside passionate and dan
gerous resentments to do and to accept what
Is Just anil right. The reader of our his
tory knows how earnestly , with few excep
tions , our leaders have sought to promote
pcaco and good will among men. The blood
less triumphs which the United States has
gained In the dominion ot International arbi
tration urn more brilliant and more honora
ble than many victories In war. They ex
hibit the triumph ot good sense , the love of
justice , the manliness of self-control , and
they challenge the admiration of mankind.
The world Is not yet attuned to the har
monies of peace. Sudden complications , un
expected affronts working upon the hot blood
ot an excited pcoplo may yet
arouse the thirst for blood and the In
born tendency to destroy , but
the danger of this grows more remote with
every day of peace. Men will lenrn that
war Bottles nothing but the comparative
strength of the contestants , and not always
that. War never yet solved any real ques
tion. It takes from the weak something
and gives It to the strong , boundaries are
fixed without reference to the wishes ot
those most Interested , rulers are changed ,
men are killed , towns destroyed and debt
piled up , but the question that brought about
the struggle Is often forgotten and never
settled. Our own people went to war some
eighty years ago In order that the question of
Impressment might bo tried and adjudicated.
The war lasted three years and when the
treaty of peace was made the original cause
of dissension was not mentioned. And to
cap the climax of absurdity the greatest
battle of the war was fought while the
treaty was making Its short journey across
the Atlantic. The nations had made peace
and had not found it out.
CASES ARBITRATED.
On the other hand , on nearly fifty occa
sions have the United States decorously sub
mitted differences with other nations to aibl-
tratlon. Thomas Jefferson was a believer
In arbitration and so was General Grant.
LI lit greater than the influence ot either or
both tlieso men , public opinion In our coun
try has decided against the costly and sense
less methods of war. Wo are the pioneers
and have done gallant service to the cause of
the world's happiness. Do sure that wo have
not tolled In vain and that the example that
we have set will lead mankind to better and
greater things than It has yet known.
F. 11. COUDEUT.
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"HOLY Wlf.TilK. "
Chicago Herald.
The godly Drcckinrldgo stated on his
cross-examination that "knowing what ho
did ot the plaintiff , there was nothing in
Hums that she might not safely read. " The
brutal cowardice ot the fling may pass with
out comment. Perhaps "Holy Willie" Is the
pariculur poem to which Drecklnridgo
might direct attention In Hums with special
fitness to his case. It Is not a poem to be
reproduced , but Its sequel will serve equally
well :
EPITAPH ON HOLY WILLIE.
By Robert Burns.
Hero Holy Willie's salr worn clay
Takes up Its last abode ; /
Ills saul 1ms ta'en some other way
I fear the left-hand road.
Stop , there he Is , as sure's a gun ,
Poor silly body , sea him ;
Nae wonder he's as black's the grun
Observe wha's standing wl' him.
Your brunstane devllshlp , I sec ,
Has got him there before ye ;
But baud your nine-tall cat a wee
Till unco you've heard my story.
Your pity I will not Implore ,
For pity ye Iiae nane ;
Justice , nlus ! has gl'en him o'er
And mercy's day Is gane.
But hear me , sir , de'll ns ye are ;
Look something to your credit
A roof like him wad stnlu your name
If it were ken'il you did it.
vu.nxr.K OF THE rovsasTKits.
A small boy In Plttsfleld , Mass. , was
mtely the unwitting cause of the dismissal
of his father's coachman. His father was
Judge T , revered by his legal brothers
for his breadth ot mind and logical ability ,
but as such things often go very much In
awe ot hls\wlfe. In fact , the good judge was
often the subject ot humorous comment In
the church bowing circles as was another
good citizen , lr. V .
Young Gilbert T might bo said to
have a faculty for getting out of a scho
lastic hole. At the private school which ho
attended It was the custom of the spelling
class for the scholars to learn not only how
to spell the words correctly but to give an
accurate definition of each. One day Gilbert
was called up and after spelling the word
"hen-pecked , " ho was asked to dellno It.
With characterise frankncas ho said to his
teacher :
"To tell the truth , I did not look up the
words today , Mr. X . Ilut I guess I
know what It means. I heard our coachman
toll Dr. V 's coachman yesterday that
my father and Dr. V are the worst hen
pecked husbands In town. "
,
George Aunt Alice , didn't you say the
other day that I have a sweet tooth ?
Aunt Alice Yes , George.
George And how did you know It ?
Aunt Alice Hecauso you nro so fond of
candy.
George Does my sweet tooth make me
fond of candy ?
Aunt Alice Yes , Georgo. Why ?
George Why. because It my sweet tooth
makes me fond of candy , I Just hope the
dentist won't go and pull It out by mistake
when I go next week.
The boy was all right , notwithstanding hla
glrly 'curia and a fond mother who was
deathly afraid ho was going to become
coarse and vulgar and In other rcspecta
masculine. Ono day a gentleman calling at
the house engaged him In conversation.
"Well , my boy , " he said , after some time ,
"what are you going to do when you grow
up ? " The boy studied the question a mo
ment , "Really , " ho replied at last , "I don't
know. I suppose I ought to be a man , but
from the way mamma la handling me , I'm
almost afraid I'm going to be a lady , "
Little Hey I stayed In the parlor all last
evening when Mr. Squcczem was callln' on
ulster , just as you told mo ,
Mother That's a good boy ; and here 1s
the candy I promised you , Did you get
tired ?
Little- Hey Oh , no. Wo played blind
inan'a buff , and It would have been Iota of
fun , only I waa "It" nearly all the time.
Tommy I heard your daddy swear the
other day ,
Sammy My daddy's got a right to swear ,
He's a vestryman ,
Witch Hazel ulw cure * piles.
THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING
It Will Bo Complttod and Reaujr for Occu
pancy Within Six Weeks ,
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRETTY STRUCTURE
Admirably Adapted for the Purpose nf It *
Jircctlon Something About thn Itccil
Coin mid Hook Collection Ho-
qucittlicd with the Lot.
Within the ndxt six weeks the Omaha pub
lic library will occupy a homo of Its own In
the new building that Is rapidly nearlng
completion at the corner of Nineteenth and
Harncy streets. The structure Is an at
tractive one architecturally , and the carved
names and bns-rcllcfs of the world's noted
authors which dot the exterior stamp It dis
tinctively as a library building.
The foundation of the movement to secure
a library building for Omaha was the be
quest of the late Uyron Reed ot a lot to bo
used for that purpose , conditioned on the
erection of a certain kind of building and
on a number of other requirements. The
lot was 9x99 feet In size , and after carefully - >
fully considering the matter the library
board came to the conclusion that It was not
adapted to the purpose Intended , for the
reason that It would not admit of the erec
tion of such a shaped structure us was most
advantageous for library purposes. Then It
was that the money that had been laid
aside for providing now furniture and pur
chasing new reference works was drawn
upon for another purpose , and a strip of land
adjoining that bequeathed by Mr. Reed was
purchased by the board. The new strip
Wfs ! C0x99 feet , making the whole lot then
available for library purposes practically
lOOxHO feet , and on this was erected a
building G5xl30 feet and three stories high.
The cost of the land purchased was
? 1S,000 , and of this amount JH.OOO has
already been paid. The remaining $1,000 ,
with Interest , will bo paid this spring when
due , as provision has been made for It.
This money has not been taken from the
amount realized from the solo of bonds for
the erection of the new building , but was
laid aside by the board from the regular
1-mlll levy for library use.
Uonds In the amount of $100,000 wore
voted for the purpose of erecting the build
ing , and when the bonds were sold the
premium and accrued Interest swelled the
amount realized to about $112,000 , all ot
which will bo used In the structure Itself ,
little If any of the amount to bo diverted
even for furniture , as that now In use will
bo moved to the now building and utilized
until other means are at hand to otherwise
provide.
Work on the new building was begun In
the fall of 1S92 , but the excavating and
foundation work was not completed until the
spring of 189.1. The foundation proved to
bo unexpectedly expensive , as the lot Is
what Is known as "mado ground , " being
years ago the bed of the old creek , which
ran forty feet below where the library
building now stands. It was deemed dan
gerous to stop short of solid ground , and
the walls were continued down far below
the ordinary depth , and wide footings for
the walls and piers were placed oven lower
than the original surface of the earth. This
work alone Increased the cost of construc
tion over $10,000 , and the money that had
been counted on to furnish the building and
provide the nucleus of an art collection and
museum went glimmering long before the
structure reached the level of the street.
Fortunately , however , there was Just about
sufficient money left to complete the build
ing In accordance with the plans , and when
the work Is done It will be paid for and , it
Is said , no embarrassing overlap will remain.
PEEP ON THE INSIDE.
While the long frontage of the lot be
queathed was on Nineteenth street , the pur
chase of additional ground changed It to Ilar-
noy street , and the main entrance Is there
fore from the north. On cither side of the
double entrance will bo umbrella rooms , and
passing directly Into the building ono enters
the main vestibule or lobby , from which on
cither sldo ascend the divided winding stair
ways to the second and third floors , the
lobby being open to the roof. The only
opening from the lobby on the first floor is
Into the main book room , where the public
will transact Its business with the library
force from the concave side of a circular
counter running from cither sldo of the en
trance nearly back to the south wall. This
takes up the center of the lower floor , all
of the remainder of which will ultimately
be devoted to books and cases. The aisles
will run from north to south , and as the
north and south walls are largely of glass ,
the book room will bo abundantly lighted.
There will bo capacity for 200,000 volumes
In the book room. Inasmuch as the li
brary now contains but 45,000 volumes , only
the west end will be used as a book room
at the present time , the cast end to bo de
voted to reference uses. The reference
room will be removed to the second floor
whenever It becomes necessary to use the
entire lower floor for book purposes , and
will then have just double the space now
accorded It , this being the same ratio of
Increase as Is calculated for the books In
the circulating library.
The reference room , as Intended for the
next few years , will be 18x30 feet , which
is about double the space occupied for that
purpose In the present quarters. Occupying
u similar space back of the reference room
will bo the librarian's room , cataloguing
room , and trustees' room. The general readIng -
Ing room will occupy the entire west end of
the second floor , covering a space ot 48x60
feet , and directly back of the second floor
lobby ; also opening Into the general readIng -
Ing room will bo the ladles' reading room ,
30x30 feet In size. In the opening between
those two rooms will bo the desk of the as
sistant In charge , who , by means of a speak
ing tube and a small book elevator communi
cating with the book room below , will se
cure for readers any volume they may wish
to use in the reading room.
The east end of the second floor , -18x00
feet , which as above stated will eventually
become the reference room , Is now divided
by a partition , and the first part will be
used as a museum , In which will be placed
the Uyron Reed coin collection and numis
matic library , and the back part will bo
usc-d as a class lecture room , for the use of
High school teachers or other lecturers.
The third floor will not bo occupied for the
present , but It Is Intended and arranged to
be used as an art gallery and museum. The
entire south side of this floor Is divided Into
three galleries , all lighted from the roof ,
the light belnn diffused through a milky
glass that will do away with shadows and
too bright a light. Two of these galleries
are 48x30 , and the center one 30x30 feet In
size , all opening into each other. On the
front of the building are two largo rooms ,
48x30 feet , which will bo used for museum
purposes as soon ns arrangements are made
for thus utilizing them.
The building Is absolutely fireproof to thereof
roof , which Is partially of wood. The
board deemed this construction better than
to have the root framed of steel , because of
the difference In the weight as well as In
the cost ,
The roof ls covered with asbestos over
laid with copper plates , so as to bo safe from
tire from without , while all wood In It Is
coated with fireproof paint , and exposed tim
bers covered with 11 reproof tiling. The posi
tion Is taken by the board that the only
danger to the building would be from n
lire within , and that there Is less to bo
feared from the burning ot the roof than
from the expansion that would result from
the heating ot the frame work If ot ateol ,
and the consequent forcing out ot the walls.
Conditions were Imposed by Mr. Reed re
garding the building that have not been
carried out. Ho decreed that It should beet
ot four stories and absolutely fireproof , but
waivers and quitclaims were secured from
the heirs by which the board was allowed
to build a three-story and basement struc
ture , and to change the plans of the roof aa
stated.
In the basement , which Is well lighted ,
there Is an abundance of room , which the
board has no use for at present , but which
will probably bo partially usml aa a news
paper reading room for men. All toilet
rooms are on this floor , and the steam heatIng -
Ing plant and Janitor's quarters occupy the
southwest corner of the busomnet. An
entrance from the south affords easy
handling ot books and cataloguing rooms
will eventually be located there , n freight
elevator communicating between the base
ment and the main floor ,
No passenger elevators will be placed In
the building for the 'present ' , although It la
expected to put thorn > lt > im soon as the third
floor IK used ns an art nailery and museum.
The Iron work In the landings In the lobby
"
was framed with thM "bli'l ' lu view , and the
opening nf the floors'far ' this purpose will
bo attended with lUMft cxpcnse whenever
It Is desired to make , the change.
IIUILDIN'O'S , GOpU POINTS.
Inasmuch ns It lg | essential In a library
building to have nn nbutdancc { ot light , the
building docs not extend to the lot line on
cither of the Inner sides. ' On the cast It does
not extend within eight-fret of the lot line ,
and a covenant was cutcrcd Into with the
adjoining property owner by the terms of
which tour additional feet are to bo left va
cant as long as Is thn eight feel of the
library lot , thus creating there a twelve-foes
alley as long ns the board chooses to con
tinue It.
On the south side of the lot the board still
has thirty-five feet of unoccuplcl spac ? , a
p.irt of which may eventually bo occupied by
an extension of the building , which waa con
structed with a view to such n possible
change. This addition would bo 30x50 feet ,
and would not Interfere In llic least with the
present lighting. It would give that much
more book space on the lower floor , adminis
tration quarters on the second , and an ad
ditional art gallery on the third , being com
pletely In liatmony with existing plans , and
not Interfering In any way with the pres
ent arrangements.
Omaha's library building has been con
structed In accordance with now Ideas , and
has attracted considerable attention from
library boards nil over the country.
The placing therein of the Heed coin col
lection will bo the means ot attracting to
this city numismatists from a distance , ns
It Is the best private collection In the United
States. Mr. Reed had his agents abroad ,
and the collection Is very complete as to
the coins of ancient Homo and Greece ,
while In modern coinages It Is only second
to the United States collection In the
Philadelphia mint. For some of the coins
Mr. Reed paid as high as $700 and $800.
With this collection comes the entire Reed
library , with the exception of such works
ns are already In the possession ot the
board. There nro many valuable works In
the Reed library , and members of the board
are certain that the collection and library
could not be duplicated for $50,000.
The Established Church of Scotland has
1,318 parishes with CO 1,981 communicants ,
and 2,130 Sunday schools with 20.CG3
scholars.
Mr. H. Fay Mills , the evangelist , Is to oc
cupy the pulpit of Hrooklyn tabernacle dur
ing the five months of Dr. Talmago's ab
sence.
Rev. Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus of Chicago Is
to preach the opening sermon before the
National Council of Congregational churches
in San Francisco next spring.
Last year the Church Extension society
of the Congregational . churches furnished
$126,032 to aid in the building of 144
churches , and $20,108 to aid fifty-four par
sonages Into existence.
Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker of London Is
credited with n rather clever remark. The
three present day euphemisms for the
"world , " the "flesh" and the "devil , " he
said , are "society , " "environment" and "ten
dency. "
Daniel D. Wood , the' blind organist of
Philadelphia , and one. , ot the best in the
country , celebrated on .Easter Sunday the
thirtieth annl\ersary of Jiis connection with
St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal church of
that city. <
The Church at Homo ana Abroad esti
mates that between $10,000,000 and $50,000-
000 are expended annually In this country
for church edifices , and that "every day In
the year more than twelve new churches are
completed and dedicated. ! '
The statistics of Cqngregatlonal churches
In Massachusetts sho\y that there are 587
churches , an increase ot S ; 107,521 church
members , a net Increase ot 1,581 : additions
on confession of faith , 3,730 ; 117,905 Sun
day school members , , a , gain of 1,429.
It Is reported that theutotat amount spent
In foreign missions In the year covered by
their respective reports by thu Presby
terians , Congrcgatlonallits , Methodists , Bap-
tlsts and Episcopalian ? is , in round num
bers , $3,500,000. Of this amount more
than $400,000 was received from legacies.
As a result of the college Young Men's
Christian association movement over 20,000
students are reported to have become
Christians In America during the sixteen
years of its exlstance ; 3,000 have entered
the ministry , and over 600 have gene into
foreign mission work.
Rev. John Brown , who has been pastor
of a Presbyterian church In Fall River ,
Mass. , for twenty-five years , will resign on
Juno 1 , sell his library , buy a tent and
preach the gospel when and how ho pleases ,
preferring to be entirely free of the pres
bytery. Ho has been a member of the
legislature , and is an earnest and an ef
fective labor agitator.
The office of archprlest of St. Peter's ,
Rome , to which Cardinal Rampolla has just
been appointed , Is considered the most Im
portant office In the church next to the
papacy ; and the titular dignity Is desig
nated by the Italians as "Mezzo Papato. "
Cardinal Rampolla , who Is 51 years of age ,
was born In Pollzzl , In Slolly , and Is re
garded as the ablest ot all the cardinals.
There Is a church In London , near Charing
Cross , from the steeple of which every day
at noon a bushel of wheat Is thrown out as
a donation to the pigeons. The wheat Is
provided by funds left over 200 years ago by
an elderly maiden lady. The pigeons un
derstand the custom perfectly , and when the
noon bells begin to ring may bo been flying
by thousands from every direction toward
the church.
The Roman Catholic cathedral of St.
James the Greater , dedicated at Montreal
on Easter Sunday , Is a massive and Im
posing structure , modeled after St. Peter's
In Rome. It was begun twenty-six years
ago , and Is still In nn unfinished condition ,
but In Its present state It Is a marvel of
architecture. Inside , It Is 295 feet long and
216 feet wide , while the height to the top
of the cross on the dome Is 25C feet.
Rev. Narclss'e Cyr , who has Just died In
Springfield , Mass. , nt the age of 70 , achieved
fame as a missionary , journalist and
preacher. He was born In Canada , of Ro
man Catholic parents , but when a young
man was converted to Protestantism , In
early life ho established the first French
Protestant paper ever published on this con
tinent. Ho founded the first French-
Canadian republican club In Hoston and
edited a French republican paper In that
city for four years.
Ilov. George Thomas Dowllng , D. D. , has
recently been confirmed by lit. Rev. Dr.
William Lawrence , bishop of Massachu
setts , and within a year expects to enter
the ministry of the Episcopal church. Dr.
Dowllng , who Is now living In Hoston , wns
formerly for twelve years pastor of the
Euclid avenue Haptlst church In Cleveland ,
O. Coming to feel , however , that ho was
no longer In accord VrlUl certain dogmas of
the Baptist faith , he ! quietly resigned his
charge and withdrew ( rm > the denomina
tion. .
.lH
The Columbian bell that sounded Its
prophetic note at the opening of the Parlia
ment of Religions at CHIcago during the Co
lumbian exposition , bi Ja.lKi taken to Jeru
salem to sound a notp pf.prulso , at the close
of the nineteenth century of the- Christian
era. The unique propdsltlon Is made that
the bell shall bo taken' to the Holy Land
and on Christmas evunASOO , connected by
cable and wire with ajlparts of Christen
dom , BO that the 1900thanniversary ot Christ
shall bo celebrated by a.11 the world at the
same Instant. . .
HS THE BEST.
RELIEVES PROMPTLY nd
CURES QUICKEST.
THE Sixteenth St
and Farnam ,
We always lead and under no
circumstances or conditions will
we be undersold ,
EEZY STORE NEWS
Of Bright and Fresh Merchandise.
Matchless in QUANTITY , VARIETY , JSTEWETESS and CfTJ3s\JJKJ3SS ,
The stock now here surpasses in vast completeness all competition ,
The buying power of this company commands for the buyer at re *
tail the most advantageous prices.
These broad assertions cannot be truthfully challenged in this or
any other market.
We propose to commence Monday morning by an immense whole
sale offering of high class goods at prices that stamp them
DRDRR I
"Competition isof _ trade tie ! lifa ; IT WAS A GRAND SUCCESS Hosiery for Big and
And they wln'd ' win in business strife And was such a success that we
have decided to continue our Little Feet.
shw tlieir mettle when they .
Grand
Spring
drayt'i3 / ksif ) . " I2ic Hose-
Fashion Festival Ladies' lUie. Seamless Fast Bluek IIoso ,
FOR Novelty , Quality , I'rice , ALL THIS WEEK. I8c Tan HOSD-
Assortment , Quantity , Our Saturday it was impossible for us Ladies' Fine Tnnllobo , heumlo.is and
to give eacli customer proper atten fast colors , 18u. or ; i pairs for oOe.
Stock Challenges Any and tion and man } * couldn't get waited
25c Hose.
All. on at all. but for next week we have
An Hxtru Fine Ludieb' Fast Black
extra clerks and have decided to
Hobo\vith spliced heel and toe , 2oo.
continue this opening sale for an
Dress Goods. other week , commencing Monday , 35c Hose.
April Sth and closing April 14th late Ladies' vorv ( ' 1110 Lisle IIoso , boot
Saturday. pattern , 'toe , or 3 for $1.
What is there
tnat we have
We received a large shipment of 5c Vests.
not ?
garments , suits and waists and our Ladies' Jersey Bibbed Swiss Vests ,
NEW SPRING SUITING , telegrams will bring more for the fie each.
a full dress pattern of < Jl iirst of the week. I25c Vests-
O -
7 for
yards It is a positive fact that von save '
Ludioj' Fancy Ribbed Vests , thai
CHANGEABLE NOVELTIES - at least 25 per cent on ready made should sell for twice the price , 12io.
TIES , all new spring garments at this sale.
styles , full dress pattern - Remember we start 35c Lisle Thread.
tern of 7 yards. . . . . . . . . Ladies' line Lisle Thread Vests , 35fl
Capes at $2.28 each , , ' 1 for $1.
DIAGONALS AND and all prices up to $05.00
STORM SERGES , in Jackets at 82.98 57cAl ! Silk.
new spring colorings , and all prices tip to $75.00 All Silk Vests , in al ! colors , regular
full dress pattern of 7 Waists 38c $1.25 goods , at 07e.
yards
and all prices up to $10.75 35c Foot.
ryiaco
CHEVIOT PLAIDS AND
Suits at 84.98 Childrons' Mueo Foot , with donblo
NOVELTIES , the latest
and all to $75.00
est spring styles , full prices up Irnoo. heel ami too , warranted fast
dress pattern of 7 Tea Gowns at 84.98 black.
for and all prices up to $35.00
yards
25c .
Wrappers at 75 Ribbed.
The line of silk and wool and all prices up to $3 50 Childrons1 and Misses' fine ribbed
novelties and high class suit Children's Reefers at $1.5O and fast black . hose , with spliced heel
toe.
ings that we arc showing is , and all prices up to $15.00
without exception , the finest Mackintoshes at S3.00 I8c Tan Hose.
in town. Our lines of both and all prices up to $15.00 Childrens' Tine Tan Colored IIoso ,
plain and novelty black In fact what have wo not ? fast colors , J8c , or 11 for 50o.
goods cannot be excelled in 2.5c Bicycle.
the west. Saturday they took the m Boys' heavy Bicycle Hose , fast black.
away in basket fulls
He Fine Ribbed.
' From our Phenomenal Childrons' Fast Black. Fine Ribbed
Boy's Clothing. NICKEL and DIME Hose at lie a pair.
Department
What is there that we have
IN OUR
not ? Economy Basement. Lace Curtain Sale.
CAMBRIC WAISTS , unlaundered -
The following are a few singled
laundered , and sells al from the many articles that a Nickel For another week with now attractions
ways for 2Sc , for Monday - and Dime can buy : and at a great saving to your purso.
day . First , the Nickel will take Runicd Curtains from 82.75 to $12
INDIGO BLUE WAISTS , 2-quart Heavy Milk Pan 5c Lace Curtains from 60c to $50
nnlaundered , yon al Large White Breakfast Plates 5c Chenille Curtains from. . .82-25 to $25
ways pay 35c forthem , 23c Funoy Colored Gluss Tumblers 5o Table Covers , all sizes. . . . 90c to $ l.r >
Monday . 1-ciuurt Covered Pulls 5o
Fine Polished Glusd Fruit Bowlb. . . . 5c Screens , all sl/.os OOo to $10
BOYS' UNLAUNDERED Lixrgo Si/.i ! Busting Spoons fie Easels , all sizes 75c to $0
WAISTS , a good 50c Pint ) Gluss Sugar Bowls fie A full and coniplcto line of Dotted Not
waist , light and dark 39c Ono lot of Sto el Forks fie with frill and embroidery edge ,
colorings . Glass Covered Butter Dihhos 5o Dotted Swiss in all widths and
Largo Heavy Jolly Cake Tins fie grades.
CHEVIOT AND CASSI-
- Copper Wire Ten Strainers f > o
MERE SUITS , we have Heavy Glass Drinking Muga Co Hassocks *
about 75 that have Wooden Chopping Bowls fie
* ' 500 at 35o each. r
sold for $ 'U)0 ) and , Carter Black Ink 5e
$ 5.00 ; to close this lot , O p QQ Good Feather Duster . - . fie
on Monday your choice f < / - ' Pulverized Belt Brick fie New Carpets , New Carpets ,
THE LITTLE CAPTAIN , New Carpets.
is what we call our all THESE THE DIME WILL FAKE : New Rugs ,
wool suit that is made
with a double seat and Polished Wood Folding Towel New Filling ,
Bucks
lOo
knees , warranted not
to rip . $3.98 Decorated China Pie Plates , gold New Oriental Squares ,
trimmed lOe
REEFER SUITS , in sixes 2-quart Covered Tin Pails lOo New Matting ,
Largo Heavy Glass Berry Bowls lOo
New Oil Cloth ,
from 3 to 8 years ; the latest
l-quart Heavy Milk Pans lOo
for the little fellows. At our Heavy Asbestos Stove Mats lOo New Linoleum.
prices yon save dollars. Quart ColTco Pot lOe
Large Japanese Splint Splashers. . . .lOo
fil ) feet Best Cotton Clothes Lines. . . .lOo
Patent Toilet Paper Racks lOo
Men's Furnishings. Largo-sl/.o Tube Oako Moulds lOo Muslin Underwear.
Heavy Pressed Glass Sugar Bowls. . . lOo A line of Muslin and Cam-
Crumb Brushes and lOo
What Is There That We Have Pressed Gluss Butter Trays Dishes lOe with brio luce Drawers and embroidery , trimmed ,
Shoo Brushes , to 25c lOo
Not ? worth up never boll for less than
' Regular 25o Sorub Brushes lOo 7Cc , Monday for 45c
MEN'S FINE SEAMLESS
HOSE , goods that yon Gowns made of good muslin
SPECIAL OFFERINGS FOR
18c for lin , trimmed with embroidery
pay lOe
MONDAY IN OUR lace and
or 3 for 25c broidery hem
' Basement. stitching ; good value at 65c
MEN'S FAST BLACK Economy . $1.00 , Monday at
HOSE , these would be
considered extra Lace Curtains 25c A line of Cambric and Muslin
good
value at 20c a pair . . . . Crinkled Seersucker , rog. Ifio goods. Ho lin Gowns , all now styles
India Linen , Victoria Lawn and in ' 'V" and round yokes ,
Your choice of any of cheek Nainsook , lOe goods for. . . . fie trimmed with lace in-
. ' 12-ln. 1 ' i-'ilcs , lee goods , for 8io
our 5c ( ) Black Hose for 35c sorllon and fancy colored
Monday ; w-in. in N ) Cotton Cloth 'Ho edges ; never sold leas
or 3 for $1.00. Choose Cloth lo than $1.75 , at
Pillow CUFO Musllu 7jo
Chlldrons * white dresses in line lawn
MEN'S ; BALBRIGGAN Lonsdalo Cambric , 12 yds for $1.00
and nainsooks , all and designs
new pretty
UNDERWEAR , such Crash for Towels Ue
at 50c 75C $1.00 and still better.
signs , ,
as yon pay 5c ( a piece Shirting Calico > Uc
for , on .Monday we sell 29c And a thousand more just llku the French Ginghams and Chamoray
you for above for Monday. dresses 08c , $1.25 , $1.50.
At no time in the history of business have dry goods been sold ,
under any circumstances , as low as we are new selling in all depart
ments.
THE MORSE