Tim OMAHA
El nOSEWATEIl , Editor.
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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 , . :
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llshlriR Company , foelnir duly awoin , nays thnt the
actual number uf full and completn copki of The
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Bnrorn to before me nnd guhsctthnl In my
presence thin 1st day of December , 1837.
( SCnU 'otarr Public.
THIS nun ox THAISS.
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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 *
