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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1897)
Tim OMAHA El nOSEWATEIl , Editor. l'U HUSHED MOIIN1NO. TKUMS OP BUIISCIUITIONI f > llr Ife ( Without SunJuy ) . One Year . IJ < X ) Dally ll n < l Sundnjr. One Y * r . . W fllx Month" . JJ2 Tnref Monthn . J JJ Sund y lt . One Ycnr . J > HMUMAr Jit * . One Y ir . . JJ WMkljr 1J . One Year . OKK1CKS8 Oimb.l ; Th Vtt UulMlnj. . . . . . . 01. Suut-i Omahn : Slnrer Illk * Cor. N n < l tlth SU tmjncli ( Hum : 10 1'tnrl Htrtft. ClilcaRO om : S17 Chamber of Commerce. Nw Yotk : Ilooms 13. 14 nml IS Tribune IJId * Washington ; Ml Kourtrtnlli Btrtft. All communtcatUnii rf mine to newt and edito rial matter ihould bu nddr cd : To the l-duor. UUMINKHS BUTTERS. All bunlnnu letters and remittances should b ddreiied to The e IMbllihlnit Company. Omiha. Drafts , checks , i-xpre s anJ postofllc * money orilcr.i to tn made payable tu the order of tin , compnny. TUB UEB PUDUSIllNd COMPANY. STATUltliNT 0V ClllCLMATtON. State nf NVhrnfkn. IXmRlna County , . : aeorcii II. Tz lmck. n cretJry if The If ! IMS- llshlriR Company , foelnir duly awoin , nays thnt the actual number uf full and completn copki of The Dally , Stornlnp. Kittling nnd Bundny life printed durniir the month of November , 1S > 7. was ni CO- l < nv i , 16 . Jt.SSl 21.19 * . is . 21.H ? . 13 . 21.0W it.in SO . 2I , * 21.KJ 21 , 41) si . n.an ID 31KIT II . 21.S5 ! n 2103 12 , . . , 21.321 7 , 3I.7K ! n SI.KI M St.CIS It 50.M9 SI 21.OH ( 15 21,332 CO 2I.3U Totnl . ' W.1XI Loss unsold nml rctuinrd copies 19,415 Net total rain J J Net dally n\cn > Be 2t151 ; OEO. II. T7. rni7CK Bnrorn to before me nnd guhsctthnl In my presence thin 1st day of December , 1837. ( SCnU 'otarr Public. THIS nun ox THAISS. All rnllriiiiil iipvmlinyn nrc ntipllcil wHlt rnoiwli "ecu tn ncpiimiuoiliitr every pna- iiotiRcr wkn ivniitH 1 rcnil n , ncvrntni > cr. Innlit ui n linv- lim TinHoc. . If you cannot Kct n IIcc on n trtilii rroin the iivtr * intent , iilcunc report the fnrt , ntiitlntr the triilii nml rullroiul , to the Circulation Dciinrtment of The Ileo. The lice In for Niile on nil train * . INSIST OX HAVI.XR TI1K 11EC. Gcnor.il Wcylur says ho will defend Ills Gnbnii policy In the Simnl&li Cortes. IIo ought to prove bettor nt that than ho did in ( lefendliis Spanish authority In Cuba. The Crocdn mine operator who volun tarily advanced the wages of his miners beginning the llrst of the mouth probably attributes It to the faniiiie in India or the crop shortage in Argentina. , 'Che new game law in South Dakota affords sulliclent protection for tlie deer If It is rigidly enforced. In 1901 a close season will be observed and tills will bo repeated every flfth year thereaflcr. 'As might have been expected , lion. Ilnnuls Tujlcnwas not iileascd with the president's message. The magazines are open to Mr. Taylor for a rejoinder if he chooses to consider it a personal matter. "While on the subject of the proposed exhibit of Indian tribes at the Transmits slsslppt Exposition we should not forget the educating Influence attendance upon the. great show would have upon the Indians themselves. After traveling through Mexico in a private car and hobnobbing with Mex ican ollicials and plutocrats , Bryan will return to the United States and resume the pose oC champion of the downtrod den common people. The engineer who Is said to have first fiUggcsled the cou.structlou of elevated railroads ts dead. The elevated road , however , should serve to preserve Ills name In high esteem even if it does not Iccep Ills memory green. Now watch the sllverites In congress try to amend the bill for the gliding of the statue of liberty on the dome of the capltol by requiring sixteen pieces of allver leaf to be used with every piece of gold leaf In Its decoration. NebrasUa teachers are going to see to it that tlie Nebraska educational exhibit at tlui Transmlssisslppl Imposition ex plains why Nebraska ranks so low In the list of states arranged according to the Illiteracy of their populations. Canceled mortgages not only Indicate jirospeilty , hut they prove that the Amer ican farmers have never lost faith in their country. In 1111133 of depression they borrowed money and in times of prosperity they have paid It back. The European governments do not want their subjects to emigrate to the United States , and nothing would suit them better than legislation by congress making It still harder for foreign Immi grants to come Into the- United States. It Is safe to say that no private corpo ration will follow the example of the United States postollico with reference to the letter carriers by making work- lug over-time beyond the eight-hour day subject tlie culprit to summary dismis sal. In making an investigation Into the causes of the Ill-feeling among members of the Austrian Hflchsralh It has been discovered Unit u finv weeks ago Dr. Lecher broke the record for continuous speaking by talking twelve hours with out stopping. Is taking up the manufacture of oleomargarine , for which It has put into operation llfteeu factories. Oleomar garine can be made hotter and as cheap In this country as anywhere , and If the foreigners must have It there Is no good reason why wo should not make U for them. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hon. Mr , Walkingstlck , the Cherokee senatoron ! hM way to Washington to livad the movement for cntllng the tribal relations of 'tho Indian nations , but he admits that the plan of Chief Jspaivhecher for on Indian state Isn go one. Air , AVulklngstlck can only tem porarily put off the fate of the trlbos. 1IAKKH. j Xo lniortnnt | measure linn over been 1 I enaeted by confess without meeting | with frivolous objections. The proposed l > . stal savins * system la.no exception to this rule. The free delivery of letters nnd tht ? postal money order were In augurated In spite of tlie protests of the mossbaek element of the country nnd even the establishment of national hanks was opposed by bankers who now re gard them as the bulwark of our ilnan- clal system. The main objections to postal savings hanks usually focus In two questions : How shall the money deposited be safely Invested ? What will be the effect of establishing postal savings banks on tin ; existing savings bank system ? The llrst question suggests another question , Why has the government never been tioubled with the Inveatment of Ihe money wb'eh ' It borrowed from bankers on interest bearing bonds ? If the government has managed to kocp safe the hundred ) ? of millions ot mom-y borrowed from -capitalists at home nnd abroad on securities drawing from II to 0 per cent Interest without providing for Its * Investment why , should the government bar Itself from borrow ing ; money from the common people who would be Kind to offer their savlnsiit to Its keeping for I/ ! , or even - per cent because there Is no place to Invest the money ? The government has now mini ; than .f. > ( K,000.0X ) ( ) lylnj ; Idle In the treas ury and yet nobody In or out of congress has yet proixwed to Invest any part of it at Interest. The most liberal estimate of the iniixliinnn amount of deposits which would accumulate at any time hi a lim ited postal savings bank Is $1100.000.01 )0 ) , or about 15 per cent of tile apn-0ate deposits of existing private savings hanks. If these Institutions can not bear the strain of losing from 10 to 15 per cent of their deposits they must bo wc.tk Indeed. The apprehension that government competition with Its limitations on tlu > amounts receivable from depositors and Its low rate of Interest will be fatal to tlie continuance of the existing savings banks Is groundless. If It were well founded it would bo the strongest argu ment In favor of the postal savings bank system. That system is advocated chiefly for the protection of the wage- workers whose industry and thrift ena ble them to lay by a part of their earn ings to acquire a homo or for the emer gencies of sickness or enforced idleness. 1'liis class of people have been tlie prin cipal sufferers from bank failures and are always least able to bear the losses intlicted by bank mismanagement or dishonesty. If the government can protect - tect these people fully at an expense of from ? "i,0X,000 ( ) to ? 0,000,000 , per annum paid out as Interest for strengthening its financial system , tlie money will be profitably Invested. It Is safe to assert that postal savings banks will in no way come Into competi tion with existing banks In the money loaning business or In the purchase of mortgages and other securities. That function should never be exercised by the government cither through the po&r- olllce or the treasury. On Ilici contrary , postal savings banks can be made a ma terial help to tlie hanking system by using tlie postotllces as a repository of the greenbacks. Instead .of retiring the greenbacks , as advocated In some quar ters , or Imprisoning them in the treasury as proposed by others , the greenbacks can be absorbed as the reserve for the repayment of postal savings deposits. Instead of being concentrated In th > > great money centers , the greenbacks would thus be distributed over fae en tire country through from 7,000 to 10,000 postctilces , preventing the repetition of the endless chain by which the treaHiiiy could lc ) drained of Its gold In a fuw days. While being absorbed by tin- postal savings banks the greenbacks would remain available for circulation among the masses. This feature would In itself make the postal savings bank system invaluable as an adjunct to the treasury. NA Tl Off A I , QUA IIA X T1A B. Senator Caff cry of Louisiana , who had tin annoying experience with state quarantine regulations during the yel low fever outbreak , has Introduced a 1)111 ) In the senate for placing quarantine reg ulations exclusively In the hands of the federal authorities. President McKinley deemed this matter of sulliclent Impor tance to give it a place In Ills message ami it is also referred to In the report of the secretary of the treasury. The latter refers with approval to the opinion of the surgeon general of the marine hospi tal service that national quarantine reg ulations should bo made paramount to those of the states and that there should bo legislation that will prevent Interfer ence with national regulations by state or local authorities. The secretary of the treasury says that the necessity for Interstate quarantine has been forcibly revealed during the recent epidemic of yellow fever In the south and ho sug gests that the law should bo so framed that it will bo within the province of the secretary of the treasury promptly to es tablish a qui.nintlne station without re gard to the state or local quarantine at whatever points and at any time that ho may deem It nccr&mry for the public safety to take such action. It Is saltl that the yellow fever visita tion was more costly than a financial panic to the people immediately af fected by It , because of the commercial paralysis It entailed. This was duo to the unueccHsarily rigid state and local quarantine regulations , which operated gem-inlly to put a stop to trade , while at the same time causing a vast amount of Individual annoyance , hardship and IOHS. Dr. Drake , the chief Burgeon of the Southern railway , says the most unrea sonable quarantine regulations were Im posed. One slate quarantines against another state and one town against an other town. Quo or two small villages In Alabama and Mississippi quarantined even against the world. Travel was In terfered with or wholly suspended ; com merce AVIIS paralyzed throughout Ala- liainn , SIIsslsslppI , Umlslana and Texas and greatly hampered In all contiguous states. The mails were stopped nnd moro than once destroyed by local authorities. It has been estimated that the loss from business stagnation In New Orleans nlono amounted to n.000,000. Such fucta certainly seem to conclu * uhotv tho. nccesulty fr | n. clinngo ami a * Dr Drake says they form n tell * Ing object lesson which must convince the stnnnchcftt supporter of state auton omy that the federal government should take ontlro nnd complete control of quar antine. Homo opposition to Jills IS 4' > bo expected , but the sentiment Uinf" has been developed In favor ot * a national system oC quarantine , under the nbsoluto control of the government , Is so strong and nowhere stronger than In the south , where opposition would ordinarily bo looked for thnt It appears safe to say that the proposal to place In control of the federal authorities all quarantine regulations against certain diseases will be adopted by congress. TJ\K \ jir The Carter bill providing for the twelfth census , which will bo tiikon In 1000lll come up for consideration in the senate this week. It Is expected that there will be a very sharp contest over the question whether the merit sys- iem shall bo applied In nuking appoint ments' for coustit work or the large army of employes In this service shall bo se lected by senators mid representative"- " In other words , whether the census bu reau In 1SKX ) shall be given over to the spoilsmen or subjected to civil service regulations , as are other branches of tlie public son-Ice. The Carter bill contem- pinion the former condition and the friends of civil service reform In congress - gross will undoubtedly make a very earnest effort to amend the measure lu this particular. The lice has already expressed the opinion that the merit system should be applied In the appointment of clerks for census work and it is pleasing to find this view supported by so competent an authority as Mr. Robert I * . Porter , who was superintendent of tlie clovenui cen sus. In an article In the current number of the North American Review Mr. Porter ter points out the faults of the present census system , which lie thus enumer ates : Inadequate time for preparation : a hard and fast law rushed through the day before the adjournment of congress , calling for innumerable statistical in vestigations and inquiries , many of which are useless and Impracticable and .some of which are Impossible ; sup plemental questions for the twenty mil lion or moro schedules , called for by con gress ninety days prior to the actual enumeration ; placing upon the shoulders of the superintendent , whose mind should bo fully occupied with his experts In planning the work , the responsibility of the appointment of an otllce force of several thousand clerks. Mr. Porter says that congress can lemedy these de fects by making the census n permanent olllce of the government and applying to it precisely the same rules and regula tions as to the employment of clerical help as are in vogue In other depart ments. There is no doubt as to tlie soundness of these suggestions. They iiro In harmony with the opinion of tlie iblest statisticians in the country. "It will be better iu my opinion , " says Mr. Porter , "to draw the clerks for the twelfth census from the classified serv ice , but chiefly because by so doing It will strengthen the faith of the public in tlie census. " It is not to be expected that this testi mony of experience will have any ueight with the spoilsmen in congress , but it ought to have Influence with the friends of civil service reform and stim ulate them to make a determined effort to prevent control by the spoilsmen of clerical appointments for tlie nest de cennial census. Unless this Is done there may bo dlfllculty In securing an entirely capable man 10 superintend the work. TllK X.IT10RA1' II0.1HI ) OF TRADE. This body , which Is presumed to be representative of the commercial inter ests of the United States , will meet in annual session this week. It is a body which ought to exert a great deal of In fluence , being composed of practical bus iness men , and if It has not been notably influential upon public sentiment it is due to the fact it has not generally given that careful attention to strictly bus iness problems which Is expected of it and has given too much consideration to matters supported mainly by Impracti cable theorists or persons in pursuit of purely selfish Interests. The subjects which such a body may properly con sider are neither very numerous nor dllli- cult to be defined. Its function Is to consider what may IM done by legisla tion to promote commerce , foster indus tries , secure financial stability and de velop the material resources of tlie coun try. It may properly concern itself with the question of building up a merchant marine , with railway regulation , with a uniform bankruptcy law , with expansion of tlie export trade , with commercial reciprocity and such other matters as have a distinct relation to business affairs. If it shall do this the delibera tions and suggestions of the National Hoard of Trade will command ( Attention and carry weight. We quito agree with the New York Journal of Commerce , that If this body Is to speak on these and kindred topics with all the authority which belongs to such an organization it must avoid the advocacy of hchemes justified neither by public neces sity nor by the general senti ment of business men. Among thc.se Is the proposed creation of a department of commerce nnd manufactures , wlthka cabinet olllcor at the head of It and vari ous existing bureaus of the Treasury nnd other departments as Its component purls. There is no real necessity for any such department , because then ) is noth ing which could 1m done under It that cannot bo as well done by the agencies now employed. The erection of a new department would Inevitably Increase the expenses of the government without producing compensating results. An other matter which the National Koiml of Trade may wisely let alone Is the pro. l > osed creation of a permanent tariff commission. We nro aware of the fact that this proposition has a great many supporters among business men , upon llio theory that a permanent commission would have a tendency to take the tariff question out of politics , but thl is no obvloiihly a delusion that no argument Is needed to point ; It out. Not only Is It absolutely certain that the tnilff ques tion will 'always bo made an Issue be tween parties but It is equally well us- mired th.it cyiau'esji will JievCf mirnm- Oer to n coylf ssloii Us t'oiiitllutloiml duty lu rci > Ct f to n ventip measures. The proposed eoinmlnslon would bo nn expensive and twlos' * thing to which no body of business men should coiliiult themselves.- The c-omlng wsiioti of the National l wiiil of I'nuk may be useful If It shall conllno Its Oftl'Misukm to those iiuc.stlous \vhleh may JndlJously be eonsUU-iod Viy aueli n bodj , " TDK FAtlMKH'S 1HI31K. Secretary w1T3J > n is not less deserving of credit beftrRJtt'he Js'iiot the first to eo that whatever Is done for the uplifting of the American farm homo must con cern the whole family and not merely a. part ; In other words , that the rural housekeeper Is nn essential part of the rural home mid household economy n science almost equal In Importance to the broader science of husbandry. Ills commendation of the effort to Introduce Into schools for girls , and women Home systematic teaching t > f the arts which are practiced In the home Is sincere and thorough and It will be seconded by everyone familiar with the subject. If Secretary Wilson dews nothing more than arouse the public to deeper Interest In that which Is actually being done In the agricultural colleges and special schools for the science of household economy , that chnpter.oC his report re lating to the farmer's home will not have been .written In vain ; Much Is being done for the. boys who re to be the farmers of the future and of this the public Is fairly familiar. Hoys are being taught what to do and how to do It , anil more than that , they are learning the principles upon which the science of ag riculture nml lui bandry are based , BO that while doing the right tilings they will go on studying the book of nature and adding to the general stock of knowl- edge. Now in much the same manner the work of educating girls lias been taken up In the agricultural and mechan ical schools of the country , ami teaching tlie nrts of the , homo is accompanied by Instruction In the sciences relating thereto. "The teachers of domestic science , " says Secretary Wilson In Ills report , "are not content 'to. ' follow a dull routine of household drudgery in thch teaching. They are appealing to the scientist and specialist In lines whlcl touch the home life to explain the prin clples on which" homo' , practices shouh rest and to show them how Intelligent taste and sUill can inake the homo a pleasant plaoj Jfi/jlve in , nnd how sclen tide knowledge ; < | in oiuiblo the homo ' seeker to mt n'tnijv tin ? health and generally orally promote , 'tne physical well-being of those comtam .1 to her charge. " This worlcjs6rflell begun lu colleges and schools * | wgartletl by Sccrotarj Wilson as butnn ; Bs primary stages , anc with his faitfij iiu the almost nnlimitei power of the JDcprtinqnt : of Agriculture ho has set foghiiiiselE the task of assist Ing In the JrK 3 > y investigations and experiments iiul | he publication of the information slithered. It is a task tha will be appivciatfd by an oven large number of persons than the army o womca and gjrls In the American farn homes. " ' < * At a meeting of the populist conntj committee in San Francisco it wn solemnly resolved nnd the rcsolutfoi spread upon the records of the commit lee that "any person who uses intoxi eating liquors to excess , .or who'habltu ' ally or frequently appears In publl wholly or partly Intoxicated thereby , i not eligible as a member of the count } committee of the people's part- , and an , member who appears at a meeting of th county , executive or campaign commit tees of the people's party pa t y or wiio lj Intoxicated , or who uses profane , bias phemous or Indecent language therein may , at any meeting of either of thes committees , be suspended therefrom by a majority vote thereof. " Will the pop ulists In Nebraska put their party on . strictly prohibition and teetotaler basi like , tills ? Tlie story 'that has been freely circu lated lately to the effect that the low members of congress favor the reap polntment of Judge Morrison to the Ii ter.stnte Commerce commission lu orde that Colonel W. P. Hepburn of th Hlghth district may succeed Mr. Yeo- nnins on the commission two years hence Is denied In tote by the Crcston Gazette , which adds with regard to Colonel Hepburn , that he "Is one of the most distinguished members of congress , with the brightest portion of his career Just opening to liim. His ambitious : io\v arc and always have been for the legis lative arena , and any one who believes that he would willingly give up hn ! work In congress to bury himself on a commission doesn't know Hepburn. And the people of tlil.s' district would not al low him to do it. " The scheme to create national libraries In different cities , of the country by mul tiplying the number of copies of their books required to be presented to the government by authors ' of copyrighted works soniidsji vo'ry nicely , but why should such a burden ho laid upon au thors any inof-iy'thau ' upon Inventors ? Would not thOiisamo. .logic force every patentee to donate to the government several samples of his handicraft for use lu Industrial museums scattered over the country ? And Miy not make every art ist give a half' d zen reproductions of every paintlngjfor ta like number of na tional art In order to liayurny | circulation worth mentioning liir thodelty of Omaha the AVorld-Herald InsJrts from four to Jive columns of "ysjiyss ) | | notices" on the wanU page oMM # nmlay Issue free of charge as a IKHIUS to people who consent to have their nanios spread on Its sub scription lists. Tills Is a pointer to drug gists and liquor dealers , who ought to bo able to secure as their bonus the frees publication of their annual liquor II- CCIIHO notices , Bnlllnglon r.coth , | Uu leader of the Volunteers of America , tlm iieceders from the Salvnllon Army , admits a mod ification of his views In regard to the propriety of methods used in attracting attention by these religious organiza tions. Ho now says that the tambourine must go , but ho would advise continuing the use of tin- bass drum. Singing nnd xborintlon-will follow thn iiso of the ) iiss drum nml sinners will bo asked to olfow the professions through the [ roots the same as before. Temperance vork Is to be undertaken by the volun- oers In a larger way than ever bofore. A Dnmrntla Snmervllle Journal. A mother begins to rcnllzo that her boy ma boeoino ft acting man when lie begins to ll > o his foot on entering llio house. I'IIM anil IltMtlifi f Ulillillionil. I'MliKlcU'Mn Times. That confess of mothers may dlsciiM irlnglnR children up , but It nrcil * the t .it li ra fUMiucutly to toke omo of them down. .Sitiit- Chicago Hccotil , It looks Illto n. small plrcu ot buBfnran on ho | > art of grown-up men * o try to aboll h Sinta Clans after they have received all the loneilts that ROvlth Hio lnntltiitlon. non- hat It has : be omo nothing to thorn .but a ) lll ot expense. No .Hcerot'j- .AiiMrxiitlnii. rmtndelpMn , ItccorJ. The country has a profound interest In the lan-allan Irwity1 of anticxatlon , In thai It Is a violent departure from the wlso nud con- orvatlvo policy of itho American govern- iicnt. The treaty fchoulrt , therefore , bo ills- aissod In the open senate , o that the opln- on and vote of over nonator may" the known. There Is no rrnson for remitting BO great , n public question to a. secret session. Vnlmof Cmul ItoiiilH. Ilalttmorc Amerlonn. It vyaiilil bo noxil to Impossible to estimate iccurately the gain , commercially , financially and socially , which .would accrue tt > the country districts of thocta-to from a Uiorotitfi system of good roads. iA system without hwtl , management or responsibility will accomplish nctbkiff , nml simply pile on the oxpdiso which nbsoltlto necessity forces on tegloot nnd incompetence In the handling of this very Important matter. When there Is rosily the public will Co get good raids there will bo found a way , atid 1ho nrst thing to bo done Is to coircentruto .Uils will Into a flxed nnd urgent determlnitlon. iay Ml 1C 'raK MAiSTKKV. A 1'roliU'in Hurled < < ( in- Front l y llio MmiiTii Wotmiit. Mlnne.ipolln Times. Among the problems of today which sim ply shriek for settlement Is whether tin. promlso to "obey" shall bo rooted from the marriage service. Matters have gene so far that at the request ot the brides the words arc frequently omitted by overawed clergy men , and the omission is not by any means a careless gratuity to feminine whims. The modern woman means business. Science Is not Just yet ready to fully lllu initiate this problem. Ono French thinker has decided that the American woman Is the su perlor typo of the race and the most flnlshui work of the country's civilization. She has become better than the men by the leisure they have created for her and the use she makes of It. Her Intelligence develops am extends while theirs Is specialized nnd con centrated. They are the workers nnd she the leader. On the other hand , the strict Investigators are disposed to assert that the male organl zatlon Is essentially superior , moro complex and moro capable. Some of them have sal < that the roaecn n man was born n boy am not a girl Is that the conditions of pre-ova potency caused a higher development. Thus the question of rightful claim to in tellcctual a.nd moral mastery , when It leave the old references to the history ot grca men and women and the advances Into th speculations of natural silence , becomes com plicated. On both sides there are up-to-dat authorities which can bo legitimately cited A battle Is Imminent. Ono of the signs 1 that of a young woman who stepped before a sample of the numerous Chicago congrcssra and proclaimed that all republics have fallen because they did not admit the counsels o women. Another Is a California woman wh asks ; "Is woman the coming man ? " Whet there is an Irrepressible conflict between Irreconcilable forces , the only thing to do I tij.t/ght It out. In every household , as In every business , somebody must be boss , am there should bo a rule. It the American wo man Is the superior in all around Intelligence she ought to have the reins and the man ought to deposit his earnings to her credit. If the man Is by unchangeable nature the superior , he ought to scotch this Insidious movement to strike out the word "obey1 from the enacting clause of the wedding cere mouy. SlCftll.AIt SHOTS ( At Tllrt 1'UI.flT. Chicago Chrcotcfo. The Kentucky con- irpRAtlon which ch pd Its pastor out of own becfliuo ho denlwl the existence of ho devil das a rival In Greenwich , Conn , lov. Dr. Il.ill WM charged wllh rccHng to Icenso liquor saloons , but the congregation ml abwt decided rot to discipline htm when ho discovery was nwdo that ho wn addicted o the golf Imblt This settled ttio matter nnd ils resignation was < xt once demanded. New York Herald ! A Jersey City clergy- nan , who Is preaching n scries of sermons on why the Anierlom people as A boly do not xtteiul church , yesterday decMred Sunday icwspapers nd Sunday bicycling'enemies to Vod Jiiul man. Is It not strange tlidt none of the clergymen who approve of both Sunday iong apcra and Sunday bicycling seems to i-ivo discovered tluit. Wo church pow are bo ng left vacant. Courier-Journal : Her Mr. Liiriftetd of Chicago Is denouncing the slnfulnemt of tha oyster as manifested l i the 25-cent church supper , the reveri-ned gentlonnui chasing inch a meat < wUh the ualoon and the pirn- illtig den , anil condemning "the church that accepts money from such source * " as "full of the works ot Uio devil. " 1'orhaps the colored brother who has beiui so zealous Kind auccnmiu in shooting oysters in IxtuUvllle Is ono of Urother Llndfleld's mlltumt mis sionaries. Washington 1'oit : Wo cheese and pick our clrolo of friends with solicitous care and only tiltnlt those niiom expurlonco ban shown to JO cotupaoloiwblo nnd wluso ante-codwts arc satisfactory. The church member 1s opt to carry Into his religious llfo the sarao self- irotcctlng armor ot en rot ill scrutiny. TlvSn is not the Christian spirit. Around the alMr there should bo naught but warm-hearted ness anl kindly welcome. Un ak down the batrlcrs of InhosvltalUy In the churches , Lot the places where 'tho lessens of an all- embracing love re taught hq the centers of cordiality a a sympathy. If .tho hearts ot the church members are warm nnd glowIng - Ing there will bo'no Icy barrloru between > the pows. 1M IISI.V\1 ( < AMI OTIIUIIM'ISU. Having preserved the sacred codfish fron profanation , Uoslon now proposes to exter minate the bean shooter. The hallowed cdl- bio of the Hub must bo rescued from the Impious touch of the .small boy. The claims of a woman who Imagined her self 'tho wife of Jay Oould have ieen throwi out of court. The roil culprits In the dea to "hold-up" the estate now appreciate the Gould policy , "Millions for defense , not a cent .for bogus claimants. " A rule adopted by the school board o Orange , N. J. , provides : "Tho female teach ore must remove their short bleyclo skirt while teaching their classes , " Numbers o bojs , heretofore Indifferent to schooling , ar nvv crowding the class room , ? . The fatal mistake of Miss Richardson wa In proposing to christen the "Kentucky1 with a bottle of forty-live year-old whisk ) To put such royal blue grass dew to Igno bio uses would move other than Kuntuck souls to righteous Indignation , Aa a specimen of public work out ot th ordinary run of Its class , It Is worthy o note that 'tho ' Massachusetts state house wa overhauled and repaired for less than th sum appropriated. These Massachusetts nn would ibe ostracised In Philadelphia , whor $2,000,000 has .been expended on a reservol which iwon'-t hold , water. There are patriots and patriots. A Jer Boyman commissioned by the "dear people to dispense Justice In small < loscj was prett badly smashed upIn a runaway nccldcn' so much so tint ho was confined to his bei for 'throe weeks. But his mill ground o just the same. Court was hold In his bei room and not a fee escaped his half-palsle touch. Such devotion to duty deserves th piragraphcr's laurel. A St. Louis doctor who attended the lal Editor McCnllagh of the St. Louis Ulobe Democrat covered two sheets of paper wit nn explanation of 3i1s bill for ? 6,000 , fllci against the cstaite "for professional service and guidance. " This reminds a contempo rary of the hotel keeper In a little- Texas town who advertised "Meals 25 cents , " but who , 'when ' Jay Gould happened one day to ibo his customer , with a friend or two , charged the millionaire $30 for a' dozen of os'gs. When Gould mildly expostulated , suggesting1 that since eggs were so hlghi out ithero they must be pretty scarce , the land lord responded , "N-o , eggs are plenty round about hyar , and , cheap enough for that mat ter , but men who are able to pay $30 a dozen for eggs are pretty 'd d scarce. " Mr. McCullagh's estate ia largo enough to stand the iblll. FttoM HAM'S > nonx. At chwip religion Is * uselesj cxtrAV Ki mo. The ( iriincd limb Is dclitoai the ono that When a sinner tutns Mint , lie Is pl to vcrdo IU The congregation that doe.i not gain Is on lie wane. No man suffers so much from rascality as ho rascal , Let not the prwchpr exalt rites nbuVo Ighteousness. If you wlnh to know a man's diameter earn his thought * . In Judging another's honor wo often place valuation m > on our own. As n matter of fnrt , nobody believes In icll except for hlfl neighbor. The ffliilts we Tall nt In others are usually ho ones wo postcus our o1v < ' . Never disparage the commonplace. Whit s more commonplace than a mother's love ? The commonest kind of cheerful giver It he one who gives nothing but good advice. Ono trouble with the world Is that thera are > so many people In It who are content to Irlft down stream. ixnir.STio IDVI.S. Detroit Kroe I'ICM : "Von , sir , I wnnt to ntirry your nlcpo. " "Itnve you nskcd her rnothor ? " "No , sir ; 1 prefer thu younger woman. " Chicago'Itecord ! "My wlfo hnil it good cry last night. " "What nboilt ? " "Sho told mo to guess whnt lic had jought mo for Chrtstnmu , nnd I giicsst-d. " Indlnimpolls Journal ! "Darlingwlmt Hliull I glvo you for ix Clirlstman pn.neiit ? " "Well , my dcnr , you would hotter Klvo mo ilylnir machine. I Unow I'll mcil It wlu-ii your bills coma In. " I'hllndolphla Aniorli'iin : "Here's n great humanitarian scheme. ' "Wlmf thntr * "A corporation for assisting tlioro well meaning women who Blurt out to buy tlielr liUHbnnus and Hweethcarts cigars for Christ- inns presents. " Cleveland I.endor : 81)t- ) Don you bollevo there la anything In clmims ? Ho Well , they miy there Is a good deal of paint .mixed up In come of th ni ; but I can see at n glance th.il yours uru genuine. Mny 1 ? She could only nod. Cblcafro Tribune : "Geow , yon must not miuerze my hand so Jin id ! " "Mabel , biivo you ntvor rend In the book of l&clesltiNtc.q , 'whnlHouver thy liiind llnd- otli to do. do It with thy nillit' ? Don't vou try lo stop mo nn"ln , you Impious iqlrl. The scriptures nro dead against you ! " Cincinnati Enquirer : Mrs. WiUInco Did you read nbout Unit poor man who Htolo u loaf of brond nnd mmlo the duftnso that ho WJIB starving ? Air. Wallace Was It homemade bread ? "What 1ms thnt lo do with It ? " "llecause , If It wns , bo wns 'lying1. ' A starving iiinn would not Imvo the strength to run nway with a loaf of liomenuulo bread. " Washington Stnr : "I hop ? , " said the plrl'a father , "that you expect to surround my daughter with nil the luxuries to which she has been accustomed. " "Oh , yes , " wns the prompt nnd cheerful response * . " \Vc have talked It over and wo agreed that wu would just us leave com right bore to llvo as not. " ITO I TO J1U WKAHY AXD TO IlKST. Proud suns , In their rising' , contend against darkness. And sorrow Is iver Joy's certain guest. The morning and evening1 nro mttuic'i ' strong striving' To be weary and to rest. Llfo Is a lonRlnR a wild , pulsing fever An Illness that yields but to death's chill behest Successes and failures are strug-gllng-s de sires For-weariness and rest. The passion of love the Impulse oC angxsr TliLheart's ceaseless search for the brightest and bijst , These , nil , are the movements of hate or affection Toward weariness and rest. Each soul as It enters life's wide , clanging portal. Starts out on n restless and treacherous quest , i For tills Is the obloct of human endeavor- To bo weary and to rest. -UELLE W1LLEY CUE. Wlnslde , Neb. istmas is at Hand. What attracts you is it price or quality ? Watered milk and shoddy involve the same prin ciple they are botii frauds , it takes an expert test to discover the deception in either case. Both look like the genuine article. In the nnticr of honest clothing the only security is in dealing ; with an honest house. 'there are others we don't want a monopoly of all the vir tues but we do guarantee every transaction you have with us , Besides that , as the largest manufacturers airl retailers of fine clothing in the world , we have especial facilities that enable us to charge less than others for goods of equal merit or to offer better clothing ior the same money oir : prices for the best are : S8.00 , $10 , $12.50 , $15.00 and up in Suits , Over-coits and Ulsters xBoKv xBoKvW these are not "worth double" but just what we ask. $1.00 worth of goods for $1.00 cash. Our store is one of the agencies o ( the estjemil Santa Cl uis. We've a lot of things to help him out suits for the little fellows and their big brothers and ReeferOverants ; anl Ulsters. Neckwear in unlimited variety of styles , fixings ami furnishings , of the finest and most appropriate kinds. Oir stock of Men's Furnishings has been selected with ta te and judgment with ref erence to the requirements of gentleman who are particular. There are Shirts , white and fancy at Sl.OO < l-ply all-linen collars lOc and cuffs at 20c fancy silk suspenders 50c gloves 50r. and up handkerchiefs lOc and up and i doxjn in fancy boxes- mufflers from 25c to Sl.OO hosiery , plain anl fancy 25c aid up underwear , 50c to $6.50 umbrellas $1.00 to $15.00 , also sets , cane and umbrella at $3,50 Bath Rob's , 'lounging Robes , " Smoking Jackets , Bath Sets , Stockinet Jackets and numerous other articles that to appreciate you must see. And Neckwear. We have got the best selected assortment of ties ever shown in Omaha. All shapes. 3 qualities 50c , $1.00 and Jl.50 , the cream of the market ? . See our windows for an idea of the excellence we offer. Your especial attention to the very pretty Souvenir Boxes , in beautiful tinted effect , containing Christinas Neckwear , Suspenders 01 Gloves. Very appropriate , Open every night until Christmas. Miss Ollu Cook of Counull UluITu will trlvo a frco oxhlbltlon of ceramics in our store thin wouk. Browning , King & Co. , S. W , Cor 15th and Douglas *