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    12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , MABCH 20. 1898.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BKR
B. HOSEWATEK , Editor.
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during the montli of February , U5S , was a fol-
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IS 51.C88
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Notary ' ublle. ;
The jink's of the Trnnsinlsslsslppi Ex
position open .Tune 1. Put a circle
around this date In your calendar.
Tin- snow In the mountains will soon
lw melting. Is It not about time for
the iio\v.H | > : i ] > cr purveyor of fakes tea
a now sensation about tlui water
up ?
Where wcro the members of the local
ministerial union while police protected
gambling was holding forth for four
weeks in Omaha without even nu at
tempt at concealment ?
It looks very much as If It were no
easier to enlist In certain branches of
the army and navy than to secure nn
appointment to a federal ollice protected
by civil service regulations.
When President Din/ puts a stop to
bull ll lilliiK In his country , as he
threatens to do. the last tie that binds
Mexico to Spain will have boon severed.
May he keep his knife sharp.
There were thirty olllceholders In the
Tacoina populist convention. "Shades
of the Oiualiu platform ! " exclaims the
Seattle Post Intelligencer. "Men change
nnd their principles with them. It all
depends on what there Is In sight. "
Perhaps It Is starvation liv Cuba that
Is responsible for the Increased prices
of farm products In the United States.
This Is Just as sensible a suggestion ns
the Brynnlte assertion that the rise in
wheat Is dm ; entirely to famine in India.
Members of the Interstate Commerce
commission assert openly that the Inter
utato law Is Ineffective to accomplish
the results for which It was enacted. If
the commissioners themselves admit
their Imjwtency why bandy words
further ?
The Minneapolis schools will bo short
a few .fads next year , among them cookIng -
Ing , sewing and Sloyd. The absence of
funds to keep the schools going the full
echool year brought about the determi
nation to lop off some of the needless
but .costly frills.
Governor Leedy of Kansas , while
deprecating war , says the present crisis
is Just what the corporations have been
looking for as nn excuse for a big
standing army that will help them op
press labor. Perhaps It was the corpor
etlons that blew up the Maine.
President Dole cannot tell his country
men in Hawaii too many nice things
about President McKInley , who he says
ts heart and soul for Hawaiian annexa
tion. As a diplomatic talker President
Dole Is a shining success even If his
trip to the United States failed to fetch
the ratification- the treaty.
Nine chances out of ten an inquiry Into
the influences behind the opposition In
congress to the extension of the pneu
matic tube servleo by the Postotllce de
partment will disclose the flue Italian
hand of the telegraph monopoly that ob
Jects to anything that will Increase the
competition of the malls with the use
of the electric wires.
One nnd a quarter million persons
have deposits In the savings banks of
Massachusetts. The last year the In
crease In deposits over those of the year
180(1 ( amounted to nearly $4,000,000. So
long as the people who get weekly or
monthly wages are able to lay some of
it away In the savings banks each year
tlu > calamity wall will never become
popular.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Governor Plngree of Michigan has an
nounced Ills intention of employing
Btenogrnphers to make a verbatim re-
jwrt of the proceedings of the state leg
Isluturc In the special session he has
just called and this report Is to be pub
.llshed after the Htylo of the Congres
filonal Record. This makes it certain
Hint the session will not be a short one
devoted strleUy to business.
Mrs. Ilcnrotln , president of the Feder
ation of Woman's clubs , Is publicly op
posing a national university at Wash
ington , because In her opinion It wouh :
1)0 ) Impossible to keep mich a university
free from political influences. The ex
perience of some of the states with their
etnto educational institutions has shown
that there may 1m tit times danger of
political Interference with cducatlona
matters in this country , but the sound
common sense of the great mass of the
people will never tolerate the perversion
of their Institutions of learning to
further the ends of nchouilnff politicians
IIV/XT ADOUT THE PAUTOWMT.
In the epccchca of William Jennings
Dryan and the crew of silver orators
who follow In his wake plutocracy and
ho gold standard have been as Indlssolu-
bly linked together ns were silver nud
wheat until the changed Industrial con
ditions of a year ngo decreed nn abso
lute divorce between these two com
modities , which we had been told were
riveted together by natural law. Ac
cording to current sllvcrltc teaching the
plutocrat Is produced exclusively by the
same Influences that were responsible
for the crime of ' 70 and for all the seven
great financial conspiracies to grind
down the iwor Into lower depths of pov
erty by making money scarce nnd dear.
The plutocrat ensconsed on a golden
throne Is supposed to have as terrifying
an eJTect upon the simon-pure sllverlte
as the most hideous green-eyed monster
of Wall fitreot.
What now will the silver oracles say
when they are told that In Mexico , that
fabled free silver elyslutn , the pluto
crat Is proportionately just as numer
ous and just as odious ns he Is In- the
gold standard United States ? Will they
denounce the assertion ns merely an
other goldbug fiction gotten up to de
ceive the credulousi public ? They doubt
less would were It not for the fact that
the statement comes fiom a high silver-
He authority one almost as high In the
councils of his party ns the great Hryan
ilmself. It comes from ex-Governor Wil
liam .1. Stone of Missouri , who , speaking
of his trip to Mexico , from which he
has just returned , says :
I discovered a most pestiferous class of
plutocrats 1n Old Mexico. The Mexican
plutocrat Is a good deal like the American
plutocrat he Is out ( or all lie can get and
he doesn't care much how he gets It. The
Mexican plutocrat generally owns a haci
enda that comprises from 10,000 to even
100,000 acres of laml. He 'has been a man
who was , perhaps , an officer In the Mexican
war ( or Independence aud .has obtained a
large concession from the government ,
through influence , granting him thousands
upon thousands o ( acres of land ( or a song.
This plutocrat takes hla ( amlly to Paris and
spends Ills money in that gay capital. 'Hun- '
drcds upon hundreds of poor , Ignorant peons
do the work on the hacienda ( or exceed
ingly low wagca. The { Mexican plutocrat
pays no taxes on bisthousands of acres
o ( land. There Is a growing sentiment
among the merchants and commercial men
hi ( aver of n land tax , but I doubt If Pres-
Ident Diaz could ( orco a. land-tax measure
through 1 ( ho wanted to do so. All these
rich owners of the Immense haciendas have
Influence and control the votes of the army
of peons that wortc for them. If a laud-tax
should bo ( attempted to be collected It might
cause a revolution.
Kree coinage of silver at 10 to 1 with
out waiting for the aid or consent of
any other nation , then , holds out no re-
llof from the plutocrat. If the plutocrat
can flourish In Mexico under a sliver
standard the restoration of free coinage
lu this country would not loose his grasper
or make him less pestiferous. In a word
the gold standard has nothing to do
With the rise or continued existence of
the plutocrat The silver and wheat Il
lustration has been exploded beyond re
demption. Must the appeal to popular
prejudice against the plutocrat also lose
its force as a silver argument ?
TALK < JF CUUAN AKK XA TIUN.
Senator Proctor , in his talks with
business nnd professional men In Cuba ,
found some who favored the annexa
tion of the Island to the United States.
Hcferrlng to this In his statement to the
cnato of the information he had ob
tained in Cuba Mr. Proctor said he was
not lu favor of annexation , not because
he would apprehend any particular
trouble from It , but because It is not
wise policy to take In any people of
foreign tongue and training and without
any strong guiding' American clement.
Recently a United States senator , who
holds close relations with the adminis
tration , felt called upon to emphatically
contradict a report that he was In favor
of annexing Cuba , saying that the
United States neither needs nor wants
the Island with Its motley population.
There Is undoubtedly a widespread
feeling In this country In favor of an
nexing Cuba In the event of a war with
Spain. This Is especially the case in
the south , where the Idea of that Island
ultimately becoming a part of the United
States has been nurtured for many
years formerly In the Interest of slavery
and latterly from geographical , political
and commercial considerations. It is
highly probable that the military occu
pation of Cuba by the United States
would create a vigorous popular demand
here that the government should per
manently possess that Islnn'd nnd this
would be encouraged by a large part
of the business pud professional Inter
ests of Cuba , which would prefer living
under the government of the United
States to being governed by the Cubans.
With the island lost.to Spain In a war
with this country , the Spaniards whose
Interests compelled them to remain
there would earnestly urge annexation
and their efforts would not be without
Influence upon public sentiment In this
country. Heartily as they now hate the
United .StaUvs they would welcome Its
rule as an alternative to government by
the Cubans.
Hut while there are much stronger
reasons for annexing Cuba than for an
nexlng Hawaii , ihere are still objections
to the acquisition of the former which
will have weight with the conservative
judgment of this country. The proxl-
Unity of Cuba , our large commercial In
terests In that Island which could be
greatly Increased and Its position in
respect to the waters over which it Is
most essential to maintain American
control , are plausible nrgnments for an
nexation. But thoughtful men generally
will agree with Senator Proctor that it
Is not wise policy to take In any people
of foreign tongue and training and without -
out any guiding American element.
There Is no reason to believe that the
men who are fighting for the in
dependence of Cuba would bo willing
to have their country become a part of
the United States , even If Independence
should be secured by the help of this
republic , and to annex Cuba without
the consent of Its people would be to
invite serious trouble. The Cubans are
lighting tocstahllsh a government of their
own. They aspire to separate nation
ality. The reward they seek for the sac.
rlHces they are making Is au iudepcnd-
ent country nud the privilege of making
their own laws and regulating their own
( iffulrs. Undoubtedly they would wel
come Intervention by the United .States
in order to five Cuba from * Spanish
rule , but not with the condition Hint
their country should become n part
of this republic. They believe they nre
qualified for self-government , for main
taining nu Independent nntlounllty , nud
they would resist nuy nUcmpt to defeat
their ambition niui nsplrntlon to nccom-
pllsh this , even though offered the privi
lege of becoming American citizens.
It may become necessary , If not In the
present at some future time , for this na
tion to drive the Spaniard out of Cuba.
Perhaps this Is Inevitable. But If ever
It Is done It should be with a view to
allowing the people of Cuba to estab
lish their own government nnd to enjoy
Independence In their own way nnd not
for the purpose of territorial aggrandize
ment. Cuba Independent would afford
us good a Held for American capital
and enterprise ns If It were n part of
this republic and we should have no
responsibility for Its government or the
welfare of Its people.
ASSISTANT SECltKTAJtY DAY.
he assistant secretory of state , Judge
Day , has shown that President McKin-
Ipy made no mistake when he selected
him for that position. It is well known
to the country that Secretary Sherman
has done little of the work devolving
upon the secretary of state. During
much of the time since he assumed that
ollice he has been in poor health nnd
Incapacitated to give close attention to
Judge Day has been required to dis
charge the.se duties and that he has done
so with signal ability probably no one
will question. Going Into the State de
partment with no practical knowledge
of diplomacy and only such general
knowledge of International law as any
good lawyer may possess , Judge Day
scums to have mastered the require- '
mcnts of his position.
The Springfield Republican speaks of
_
Judge Day ns "the obscure Ohio lawyer
who now runs the United States' State
department and who seems to be run
ning It like n master of statecraft those
lld
days. " It Is n mistake to say that
Judge Day was an obscure lawyer. On
.7tl
the contrary ho occupied a distinguished
position , In Ohio ns a Jurist and was
very well known In neighboring states.
,
Judge Day Is an able , conscientious ,
patriotic man , who merits the confidence
of the country.
TllK BAD.
Mr. Gladstone has returned to Eng
land and the Indications arc that the
life of the "Grand Old Man" is near
the end. It appears that lie derived
little benefit aud that only temporary
from his sojourn abroad -and he decided
to go back to Ilawarden aud puss his
last days there.
The whole English-speaking world Is
Interested Inthe veteran statesman ,
whoso wonderful career has few par
allels In history. Ills public life began
sixty-five years ago , when moat jof the
public men of this day were in their
cradles or were yet unborn. More than
sixty-three years ngo he was a cabinet
ofllcer nud as jnaster of the mint in
1841 he Instituted fiscal reforms which
brought him distinction. Within the
period of his political life Great Britain
more than- doubled in extent , population
and wealth and this progress was In no
small measure due to the fltatesman-
shlp of Gladstone. He has lived to a
greater age ( nan any statesman who
has over been prime minister of Eng
land , n position he held four times , and
has held ofllce at a more advanced age
than any of his predecessors. Ills pub
lic career closed several j'oars ago , when
he voluntarily retired from the premier
ship , but his voice has been- - beard a
number of times since-on public affairs ,
notably in regard to the-Armenian ques
tion , when he urged aggressive action by
thn British government to put an end
to Turkish atrocities.
Mr. Gladstone Is hardly more dis-
tliigiiishod as a statesman than as a
scholar , being undoubtedly one of the
best educated men In the world. Since
his retirement from public life he has
abated none of his zeal as a student
and has made .some contributions to
literature. His physical .sufferings np-
pear not to have Impaired his remark- j (
able Intellectual facnltliv * . Mr. Glad
stone Is In the SOth year of his age. |
JJUMKS Tl U CO-111'KllA T10X
A number of reslilents of the Kansas
town of Hurrlon have Inaugurated nn
Interesting experiment In co-operative
living. Nine families have discarded
their kitchen utensils and joined In sup
port of a family club managed by a
board of directors on a strictly cooperative
tive plan where all get their meals , a
club conveniently located and properly
furnished for comfort , but not luxury.
There Is llttlo resemblance between this
and the ordinary hoarding house system ,
although they have common disadvanta
ges , and it Is plain that It would not be
possible to adopt It on such favorable
terms in every community.
Among the advantages claimed for the
system arc the freedom from kitchen
drudgery for nine housewives , or the
equally undesirable worry about the
work of servants , and the economy of
tlmo and expense. AH to the cost of
living on this co-operative plan the IluiT-
ton people llnd that the cost of meals
varies from 7 to ! ) cents each with the
table well supplied. The economy of
tlmo Is really the most valuable point
In its favor. Wlieteas under the Indi
vidual kitchen system there Is little
time for social llfo without sacrlilce of
household duties , the co-operative syfi-
tern leaves abundant tlmo for cultiva
tion of the graces that make home llfo
so pleasant.
This form of doim-stlc co-operation Is
only a variation of that which has be
come popular among the factory em
ployes and persons working In large
ollk'o and business blocks In the cltic.s.
The dinner pall and lunch basket have
partially disappeared , to be superseded
by the co-operative lunch room with Its
greater economy nnd opportunity for
social Intercourse. Clubs for working
girls have been especially successful ,
and out of these have grown many forms
of domestic co-operation , resulting tn
8UbstantIalUiiwovemcnt of the condition
of thousands of people.
The mistake of confusing co-operation
with communism Is too common. The
purpose of co-operation Is to effect a
saving without Interfering In any way
with the Individual Independence. With
this purpose M < pt steadily. In mind co
operation In domestic affairs may be car
ried to n ccCTuiu extent , although It can
never survive when It oversteps the
limit marks of the boundary of home
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life. -
rilK'PAliltl'onT TO SUCCKSS.
The common assumption that without
the leisure made possible by accumula
tion of wealth In the hands of a few
there would be no culture In the world
Is ' wholly unwarranted. While It is true
that many vpry rich persons have de
voted their lives to uplifting humanity
and encouragement of the arts and
sciences , the men who have made the
best use of wealth have been those of
moderate resources with affections nnd
sympathies Just like those of their poorer
neighbors. The. line dividing the rich
nnd the poor of the world does not par
allel that which marks the division be
tween those who help and those who
hinder progress.
Whether or not It is settled that the
struggle against want and. privation Is
the mainspring of life , history will never
cease recounting the noble deeds of poor
people , or to tell what has been done
for education , science , art , literature , in-
vcntton , discovery , religion nnd states
manship by those-who knew nothing of
fabulous wealth and cared less for It.
Poverty may not often develop genius ,
but It is seldom au obstacle. Men with
llxed purposes In llfo are not deterred
by misfortune .from accomplishing some
thing for themselves and for the race.
The highest culture Is possible only
where there Is Industry nnd activity
nn' in this country .where every native
born American lias a right to aspire to
the highest place lu the land personal
merit must bo the passport to true suc
cess.
1WRAI , Fit UK JJKLlVKltY.
The postofllco appropriation bill now
under consideration In the house con
tains nn appropriation' ' for continuing
the experiment with the free delivery of
mall In , rural districts , which so far has
proved -successful aud satisfactory. The
report of the llrst assistant postmaster
general states that rural free delivery
has been put to the test of practical ex
periment In .twenty-nine states. All sorts
and conditions of rural life have been
included in the experiment and the re
port says the general results obtained
have been so teatlsfuetory as to suggest
the feasibility of making rural delivery
a permanent feature of postal adminis
tration in the United States , "not Im
mediately , or in all districts at once ,
but In some gradual nnd gradated
form. " The stafrmonts given in the report -
port showing I'he go'otl results of the ex
periment coftalifly warrant congress in
making provision for its continuance.
Sooner or later , jis suggested by the
first < nsslstaut. postmaster general , the
United Stales will have to follow the'
lead of the more densely populated coup-
trios associated with It In the Universal
Postal Union and establish a delivery
service over all the settled "portions of
its vast territory. It may as well , there
fore , to go on with the advance In this
direction that has been begun with such 'Sl '
satisfactory results.
It is unquestionable that the govern
ment owes this consideration to the rural
communities. There Is no good reason
wliy the people in the country districts ,
who contribute their fair share toward
the support of the government , should
not havi > as good mall facilities as it
Is piactJf-ablo to give them , even though
the cost Is feomcwliat In excess of the
receipts from tUls source. The postal
system Is for -the benefit of the whole
people , but too little attention has been
given In the past to the large proportion
tion of the population Inhabiting the
rural districts. It ought not to be many
years before .system of free rural de
livery is In operation in every state of
the union.
If the Hull bill for the reorganization
of the army will really put au end , as
Intimated In the dispatches , to the res
toration ' of deserters to the military
rolls for the purpose of entitling them
to pensions , It ought to be passed even
If ' Its other provisions arc In part ex
perimental. Congress could at any tlmo
shut oft' on the private bills to remove
tt
the charge of desertion , but It has nevec ,
been 1 able to nerve- Itself up to the point.
There would always be fear that the
legislation of one congress abolishing
thia , abuse might be done away with by
Its successor and the old practice re
stored. As The Bee has more than once
remarked , no one whose military record .
Is beclouded with the charge of deser
tion who doeSiiiot take the trouble to c
secure nn honorable discharge within a a
reasonable tlmo by the regular course
provided by , la\v , can have any Just d
claim to recj tyeji pension paid out of c c
the taxes Imposed upon the whole coun 0
try. -nV 0a 0c
According ' tftellable ) reports from [
Washington Jlrusldcnt McKInley Is t
planning for'jlt-1 trip through the west
| '
during the yyh'imer in the event that
governmental business will permit of his
absence froin''tlu ' capital. The Trans-
mlsslsslppl Kxuo tlon at Omaha will un
doubtedly bo unit/of the objective points
and the presldf'ilt's day at the exposition
'
'
tion should b'e'th ? red letter day of the
great show. oJ i
There was n'lljiy-when a president felt
called upon to complain about having
congress "upon hU hands. " Happily
now the president feels the strong1 right
arm of the legislative branch of the gov
ernment sustaining and supporting him
In his every movement for the preserva
tion of the honor of the nation. Times
are different , also presidents.
A San Franci-sco man calls attention
to the fact that the Chinamen who have
boon executed In that state have died ns
game as the hardest white criminals ,
and that personal courage and unlllneh.
Ing nerve Is characteristic of the Mon-
gollans who live on the coast This Is
strauge , in view of the fact that collect-
ively the Chinese are supposed to be
cowards. For centuries their great empire -
piro lina had no real military strength |
nud their armies have never stood
against nn Invader. So also the Chinese
government Is one of the most corrupt i
on the face of the earth.
!
Captain Aborcromblo , who will under
take to drive the big government herd
of reindeer over the passes and Into the
Yukon country , Is entirely familiar with
Alaska , ns lie was with Lieutenant
Schwatkn when the latter traveled all
over Alaska fifteen years ago. Just as
hindsight is always clearer than fore
sight , It now seems strange that so many
travelers should have ridden up and
down.the Alaska valleys and over the
mountains nud never discovered the rich
deposits of gold lying practically on the
surface.
It Is hardly complimentary to the
morals of the managers of our great
railway systems that It should be neces
sary for the postal authorities to ask
congress to Impose legal penalties on
persons who pad the malls during the
period when , they are weighed for the
1
purpose of fixing the compensation to
be paid the railroads for carrying them.
Nobody would have any incentive to pad
the mails unless the railroads made It j.
worth their while to do so.
The $0,000 trio of sinecure state rail
way commissioners evidently think
they sac In the maximum freight rate
decision complete justification for con
tinuing their donothlng attitude to
ward the Nebraska railroads and com
mon , carriers. If the federal courts are
the sole regulators of railroad rates why
keep the three donothlngs drawing
money out of the state treasury as re- i
numeration for their Idleness ? i
The regular quarterly ministerial
crisis is on in Newfoundland , and the
governor and. the ministry are at logger
heads over a railway bill. Not many
years ago a Newfoundland legislature
passed a resolution of annexation to the
United States , but serious obstacles to
the consummation of this plan prevented ,
adding to the numerous troubles of
Uuclo Sam.
A Klondike Usany.
IJuttc Miner.
Careful assays of some ot the stories which '
come from Alaska show that they run about
3 per cent truth and 97 per cent fiction.
V r > - Peculiar.
New York Sun.
Some of the criminal lawyers are peculiar.
If the Jury Is not out long enough the mem
bers are accused o ( not giving proper con
sideration to the evidence. If it le out for a
long timetbo judge Is charged with coerc
ing It.
On l'ron | > erlt > - ' 'IllKb Hond.
Philadelphia Record.
During February the United States ex
ported $15,500,000 worth more than In the
same month last year , and Imported $6,000-
000 worth lees. He who sells rocce than I
twice as much as ho buys Is on the high
road to prosperity.
"
The Diplomatic AVuy.
Indianapolis News.
The French ambassador to Great Britain
Is a good diplomat. When Queen Victoria
expressed 'to him the hope that nothing
would nrlao to' Interfere with her vlalt to
the Rlverla , be Is said to have replied : "It
would be a misfortune for France , madame. "
A sweeter way of saying nothing could not
be Imagined.
The n I Klit Sentiment. I
St. Louis Qlobc-Democrnt. |
Ex-President Cleveland expresses the right
sentiment In saying that every American cit
izen ought to loyally support the government
at the present Juncture. Every American Is
giving the government this support. No
body now alive eyer saw such harmony on
any question before as there was on that
of the $50,000,000 appropriation. That har
mony will probably continue when , after the
Maine board's report Is In , the government '
decides to act. The war excitement has
cost the country something In a financial
way , but this has been more than offset by
the moral gain. The revelation which It has
made of a public spirit , patriotism and
sense of nationality among the people ts
worth many times more to the country /han / (
tbo money which It has cost.
IIfe Iniiiirniicci mill Wnr.
Sprlngfleld ( Mars. ) Republican.
If every male adult fn the country carried
a llfo Insurance policy which lapsed by Its
terms If the holder went to war , It Is easy
to sco that an outbreak of hostilities would
cause a world of trouble In more directions
than one. The situation Is not quite so
threatening : In the present case , but never
before did so large a proportion of the popu
lation ' ' of military age carry llfo Insurance
as now , and probably moat of thcso Insur
ance contracts are written on a peace or noncombatant -
combatant basis. One of the big New York
companies , however , has stated that Its
policy holders may enlist for the possible
war In the assurance that their policies will
bo paid If they are killed , but now Insurance
will bo fixed at a higher rate In cases whore
the applicant Intends to join the army. An
other of the big New York companies announces tndi
di
nounces that Its
policy restrictions respectIng -
Ing a military life will bo waived on pay 1PI
ment of an additional premium of 5 to 10 PIrt
per cent. rtyi
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It seems almost Incredible that Hev. I > r. uiP
Meyer ot London , who was so recently- -
tcrtalned with conspicuous courtesy Im this
country , should have returned home only to
abuse the nation whoso honored gueU he
had bcca. Yet the
report of his attack Is so
direct and authoritative that Its correctrv.sH
cannot well bo doubted. More tlicu that , bis
comments are characteristic of public men
of England who have deigned to visit this
country for a ( ew weeks' study of our people
and conditions.
Almost every Englishman of distinction
who has come to America to travel , to lec
ture or to observe has made It hla buslntva
tn look for flaws ! a our solal an ] political
life. These visitors are Invariably gracious
while they are with us , but as fiocn as they
reach London they assume an attitude Hint
is either positively vicious or egotistically
patronizing. They have given us many cx-
hlbltlcas of such discourtesy and shabby
manners.
There is chicanery and corruption In this
country , but these qualities are not oaoma-
lies. In Fugland or any other country. Dr. n
Meyer did not need to leave homo to find
their existence. Being fiomcth'ag of a re
form or. It may be admitted that he was en
titled to call attention to Immorality , pro
vided he was sufficiently well Informed to
bo just ; but being a disciple of a faith that ;
teaches charity , ho should at least bo li cu
es t. As a matter of fact. Dr. Meyer Is neither
Just nor honest. He could not be sufficiently
Informed to speak authoritatively on the
morals of this country , for his stay was too
brief. Being a man of Intelligence , ho must
have known ( hit an unqualified expression :
from him was not fair. The Icfuit that could
have been expected ot him was a recognition
ot the good as well as the bad. He preferred ,
however , to act us down as Babylonians and
outlaws.
It Is time that we should treat theio Ens-
Hsh critics with some reserve when they
visit ua. They have merited our distrust.
Instead of welcoming them with open arm *
and lavlih courtesy , It might bo just as well
to show them from the first that we havq
lltto ! faith In their Intelligence of observa
tion or their honesty ot opinion.
ni.Asrs vmm HAM * notur.
Thcro la no music for the old like an old
tuno.
Owls have ( heir orgies while dotes r
asleep.
A lie I * the devil's attempt to counterfeit
the truth.
The dews of grace fall during the night
of sorrow.
Kind words , Hko fragrant flowers , are ad
mired by all.
Too ninny forget to be useful In trying to
be consistent.
The more perfect the trust , the more per
fect the peace.
An Iceberg In the pulpit cannot klndlo
flro In the pews.
Fidelity tn llttlo things Is one of the surest
tests of character.
These who know when to speak , know
when to bo silent.
Don't cover your neglected duties with
the clo.ik of excuse.
Don't use religious stilts when * you visit
a strange prayer meeting.
If wo could only see our own faults as
plainly as wo can these of others , how many
of us would want to put out our eyes.
SKCUbAH SHOTS AT Till : PUI.IMT.
Boston Globe : A New York clergyman Is
preaching against dancing. Ho might as i
well preach against -the ebbing and llowlng ;
of the tide.
Washington Star : A dlfilculty which the !
minister who undertakes to preach on poll-
tics < encounters Is at all evuiits less than the j
average politician would' ' find If he were to )
attempt a discourse ) on 'theology.
. iMlnnenpolls Journal : The president's pas
tor nt Washington preached a bloody war
sermon at him on Sunday from the text :
"In 1 the name of our ( Sod we set up our ban-
nors. < " There Is no evidence that the preat-
dent went homo and prepared a war mes
sage ( or congress-
Now York Sun : The Hcv. W. M. Strannj
ban ; o ( Pleasanton , Kan. , Is bidding for a big
attendance of his congregation with the now t
rather old fashioned of free- " '
ranl cry freegrace , "Dcn't
allow anything to stand between yon nnd
this duty , brethren ; " he says , "I hops that
every member of the church that has the
least Interest In Its welfare will come to the
mornlug services next Sunday ; no collec
tion. "
Kansas City Star : A curious story comes
from Now York that there exists In tbo
Protestant Episcopal church of New York a
division on the question of the celibacy of
the clergy , and that clergymen who have
married after -having taken their ordination
vows have been called heretics , whatever
that may mean under the circumstances , and
that one celibate clergyman lias gone so far
as to say that profligacy la preferable to mat
rimony. The police should keep an eyu on
this reverend gentleman.
Springfield Ilcpubllcan : Some of the war
sermons -last Sunday In various parts of the
county made the headlines In the yellow
Journals turn green with envy. A leading
clergyman In Kansas City said to his con
gregation that the
Maine disaster was
"enough to fan the embers of our patriotism
'tc a white heat , and call out In double-
quick time -the onward march of 10,000,000
men. " Yet the sensational press Is a very
terrible Institution , and is unanimously con
demned by our ministerial friends.
I'K'USOX.U , A.\IJ OTIIKIIWISK.
Mule-s are Increanlng In this country while
horses are growing ( ewer. This seems to
tend to the survival of the "klckiat" If not
of tbo fittest.
A Chicago man who bought a gold brick
made of braas confessed In court , "I am nn
old fool. " Counsel refrained from Impeach
ing his testimony.
A pretty Kentucky girl Is doing n big bus
iness by selling a book for a dollar and
throwing In a kiss Every gallant Kentucky
man Is engaged In replenishing his library.
There Is no accounting ( or tastes. A Jer-
seymon went to jail rather than pay a tax
bill of $1.30. Most any sane taxpayer would
pay the bill and celebrate getting off so
easily. :
Patrick Donahoo , the veteran publisher of
Boston , was 87 years of ago last Thursday ,
and gave evidence of his vitality by holding
a reception and singing "Tho Star Spangled
Banner. "
Edna Wallace Hopper bas sued both In
New York and San Francisco , for divorce
from Do Wolf Hopper. By this means Edna
jj " " " " .
hopes to catcti
"Casey" "a-comla" or
a-goln' . "
A giddy Chicago girl of SO has been chicled
by the authorities for jumping off and on
moving trains. If the police contlnuo lt >
that , line , Chicago will acquire a reputation
cs a slow town.
Three hundred trained nurses attended a
mass meeting In New York recently and de-
cldd to prepare an educational exhibit to be
'held In conjunction with -the International
Health exposition In New York next May.
Occasionally a largo chunk of truth breaks
Into the press ot Madrid. For Instance :
"Despite all adverse currents , " says the )
Heraldo , "General Lee stands like a proud
rock defying the elements. " Shake , ecnor !
Senator Mason of Illinois has been chal
lenged to mortal combat by a proud don ,
and la perplexed as towhat weapons tie
should select. Ho Inclines to a load of
sour tnach for himself and garlic for his
opponent , the battle to bo waged with breath
to the death. But that plan would provok *
a senatorial funeral a very somber joke for .
a crisis like the present. If the senator
loves his country ho should hand over the
challenge to John L. Sullivan , who expresses ,
a desire to eat a don ( or breakfast. "Thero j
la one more fight In me , " exclaims John ;
"let mo at 'cm and I'll make footballs of
their heads. "
Boston raised a generous fund for the i
families of the firemen who lost their lives , J
last month. The allotment lias Just been 1 .
made. The ( amlly ot District Chief Egan 1 J
will receive a total of $14,276 , $150 being al-
lowcxl for funeral expenses , and an annual I
pension ' of $300 goes to the chief's son , l ( j
under 10 years o ( age , his mother being
dead. Captain Victory's ( amlly receives i I
$12,010 1 , with $150 for burial expenses and a |
pension of $300 to the widow so Icng as she
remains unmarried or has a child under 10
years of age. The family of Lieutenant
Gottwald gets $1CC40 , with the same allow
ance for burial expenses and the widow as
above. Patrick J. Dlsken's family receive j
$7,480 , with burial expenses and the widow's I ' '
pension < : the family of John 'J. Mulhcarn ,
unmarried , receive $5,215 , with burial ex
penses < , and the family of W. J. Welch , also
unmarried , the same. It was a handsome
tribute to bravo men.
ISfvXOVATIOJT.
T Mohln * OUlo rutrlotUrm i * k
Puhllo School * .
St. 1'nul rlonoor l'r * f.
Following Now York's example , mov -
ment ban been started In the publlo eciool *
of Omaha to enlist the children In the work
ot keeping the streets and public placet In
bt'tter order. In New York , soon after
Colonel Waring began bis efforts for cleaner
streets , nn organization of children wni
formed to assist In tbu work. They wer *
pledged to retrain from Uttering the streetr ,
to call the attention of offenders to the
harm and usclcssnc&i ot the practice and to
otherwise assist In working up public oplii-
Ion ou the matter. A good deal ot ef *
fcctlve work nus done through these dill-
dren. But the moat Impoitant feature of
the movement uns the education of the chit-
i dren and of thosit that came under their Influence -
fluonco to a realization of the Importance
I
of clean streets.
'
It does nut appear that the Omaha niovc-
I mrnt extends any further than talks by
teachers on the matter. Hut even If It takea
' n form no more active than this It ought
, to have a salutary effect. There Is entirely
too llttlo effort In the public cchools of this
and other cities to arouuc In the children a
consclousiieis ot their duties us prrspectlv *
municipal voters. National patriotism tl
( ostercd , but hardly any vffolt Is made to
nwiiken civic pride. Yet , as citizens and
, taxpayers they will come Into contact with
their city government a thousands tlmo
' . where they cotno Into contact with the fed-
era ! government once. The cleanliness of
I streets , alleys and private premises , good
sowctugo , a pure water supply , healthy ten-
, cment.scll managed hoapl.nls , good mar-
j kcla , n pure food supply , parks and breathIng -
Ing spaces , shade trues and side lawns , nc-
ccsylblo libraries , art K'tlUTlcs and mu
' seums , au clllcleiit educational system , chiMp
| llghu < , n well regul.itcd street railway tuul
, ] telephone service , strict maintenance of law
nud order and a hundred other things that
could bo had if citizens would Inslat upon
j having them , ronulrc much mure attention
' than the national admlnlstintiun , and nro
' quite as Important. Au cinclvnt national
government is Hko a good foundation under
a ramshackle superstructure.
A realization of the fact that the charac
ter of the superstructure flioulj correspond
with that of the foundation ticcm.s lo bo
qulto generally wanting. And l ( , through
such small beginnings nu have been made in
Omaha , that realization can bo awakened In
the school childen ) , a similar effort would
not bo superfluous In St. 1'aul. If It hud no
other effect than to deter merchants from
sweeping the Utter of their stores Into the
streets It would noi bo wnsted , us the hlKli
windn of this season of the year make pain
fully evident.
IIOMP.STIO IM.I\SAATHIIS.
Somervlllo Journal : Once In n while a
woman dreams that her husband gives her
money toKO shopping with , without her
asking for It.
Brooklyn Llfo : He So you're going , * jf
throw mo down nfter all ?
She Yes. Father said lie would If I
didn't , nnd lie's ss terribly literal , you
know.
Yonkers Stntemnnn : Slie He kissed me ,
nnd then. I Hold him to lull no one.
He And what did lie do ?
"Why. it wasn't two minutes before hs
repeated It. '
Chicago ficrord : "Before marriage n wlfa
! a charming- fancy , but after mnrrlugt
she Is H rolemn fact. "
"Yes ; facts uru stubborn things. "
Truth. Her Adorer May I marry your
daughter , sir ?
Her F.ilbcr What do you wnnt to marry
her for ? You don't know when you're well
off.
off.Her
Her Adorer No , perhaps not. but I Know
when you're well off.
Detroit Journal : "You love another ! " ha
exclaimed.
"Oh , Edwin ! " f ho protested , nnd th
blinding- tears filled her eyes.
"Darllnjr , forgive me , I was wrong ! " im
plored tbe > youth , now altogether full of
remorse.
As to those tears , you se , while they
were doubtless somewhat blinding ns to
her. 'they were especially blinding as to
him.
Cincinnati Rnqulrcr : Mrs. Grcymalr
When I rile I wnnt you to engrave on my
tomb , "There la Quiet In Heaven. "
Mr. Greymalr I think , my dear. It would
be. moreto the point to make It. "Ther *
Was Quiet in Heaven. "
Chicago Tribune : "Why do you allow
I your wfe ! to- rule you as If you were a
baby ? " Indignantly nskod Mr. Meeker'a
brother. "You ought to have it voice ones
In a while In the management of the house
hold. Assert your Independence. "
"Independence ! " cchcccl Mr. Meeker , bit
terly. "She , wont even grunt mo auton
omy ! "
Philadelphia nulle-tln : "I wish. " said th
young man , "that you would be less formal
and call me by my first name. "
"I'd rather not , " replied his fair com
panion , "your Jatt name suits me. "
A few minutes later they wcrn discuss
ing- the merits of the different Ilrms that
supply furniture upon the Inxtallmcnt plaiv
TIIK KKW CU1.S1MO.
SouthwMtern Medical Jlocord ,
Wo used to have old-fashioned things , Ilk *
hominy nnd fireens ;
We used1 to have jiift common foup , mad
out of pork and bcnn * ; 5
But now It's bouillon , consomme , and -things
made froma lboo'.r.
And pot nu fun nnd Julienne , since my
daughter's learned to cook.
We used tq hnve a piece of beef Just or-
dln/iry meat
And plck'ed ntrn' ! feet , wparo ribs , too , nn4
other things to cat ;
While ' now It's lllet , with nrgout , and leg
o' mutton braised.
And 'mncaronl nu gratln , nnd sheep's head
HoIIandal ° cd , I
Escalops a la Versailles alit this nnd a la
that
And swe-etbread' a la Dleppolse It's enough
tn ( kill a. ait !
But while I suffer deeply I Invariably look
As If I were dollf.ih.ted , 'cause my daughter's
learned to cook.
Wo iliavc a lot c'f ' sal-id thing * , with dres < -
Ing- mayonnaise ;
In place of oysters , blue point ? , fricasseed
a dozen ways ,
And oranjfe ro'y poly .float , nnd peach me
ringue , alas !
Enough to wreck a stomach that Is mada
of plated 'brans ' !
The peed old thlnss have passed away , In
silent , pad retreat ;
We've lots of hlghfalutln' tilings , but
nothln' much to ent ;
AniJ while I never say a wcrd , and al ays
look ,
had ord dynpepslft since my daugh
ter's learned < to cook.
"The only thing of
consequence is
what we
It is not of so much matter what we may think , or what we
nay intend to do , or what we say. What we DO tells the whole
tory after all.
In the matter of fine clothing , it is not enough that some one
ays that he makes the best or that his prices are the lowest for
he values. What about the goods themselves ? That is tha
sroof of the boast.
Our claim is that we make good clothing. There are oth-
rs. But we make the best garments that we know how to put
ogether , and we guarantee them to be as represented. We mak
md sell more clothing than any other concern in the country.
S. W. Cor. | 0th and Uouglam Sta.j