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14 THE OMAHA DATLT BEE : SFTTDAT , ATCMTST 27 , 1899. THE ONIAIIA SUNDAY BEE E. IIOSEWATER , Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TEHM3 Of SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee ( without Sunday ) , One lear.S.X ( > Dally llee and Sunday , Ono Year S.oy Ualiy , Hunday and Illustrated , One Year 8,2j Hunciay and Illustrated , One 1'ear 2.2o Illuntrated Bee , Ono Year * .W Bundav Hie. una Year * . < W giturday Bee , One Year 1.6 ? Wuclily Bee , uno Year * > OFFICES. Omahai The Bee Building. South Omaha : City Hall Building. Twenty- nflh and N Streets Council Blurt * : 10 Pearl Strcit. Chicago : 307 Oxford Building. N w York : Temple Court. Washington : Wl Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and Editorial Department , The Omaha Bee. BUSINESS LETTKHS. Business Utter * and remittances should be addressed to The- Bee publishing Com pany , Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft , express or postal order payable to The Bco Publishing Company. Only 2-ccnt stamps accepted in paym.nt of mall accounts. Personal checKS , except on Omaha , or Eastern exchange , not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATBMB.M1 OP CIUCUIATIOX. Blato of N'cbruska , Douglas County , ss. : GCQI-KO B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bco Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee , printed during the month of July , 1S99 , was as follows : I 1'nrtlen I.cnvltiK for Ilic Summer. Parties leaving the city for the dummor may have The Bee sent to them regularly by notifying TheBes Bos business office. In person or by mail. The address win bo changed as often as desired. l The grand nrmy of school teachers in slowly wending Its \viy : homeward by Innd nnd sea. Pennsylvania will have reason to remember - member Omaha's hospitality and Ne braska patriotism. Scientists report a decline in geyser activity in the west. It is not only ap parent in Yellowstone park , but the eruptions of fusion orators are not so violent as formerly. .Ilev. Sam Small 1ms recently been descanting on the evangelical oppor tunities In Cuba , but his return from that country would Indicate that ho prefers to let somebody else reap the harvest The Turkish finance minister has put a sign "not at home" and moved to the back room In the garret to escape from the importunate creditors of the empire. Even a populist would refuse to bo cus todian of an empty treasury. Although Llarpcr's New Monthly Magazine , over forty years old , Is still In Its prime , another new monthly innga- Blno has been projected to flll a long- felt want that has not yet manifested Itself to the ordinary mortal. Attorney General Smyth ecems to be oblivious of the fact that Deputy In surance Commissioner Bryant f also a la'wycr , and that the latter knows enough to take the pettifogging opinions of the reform attorney general at what they are worth. They nre now talking of a $2,000,000 apartment house in New York with pa latial modern conveniences , including u magnificent concert hall and theater In one wing of the structure nnd a central promenade court with fountains , flower beds and statuary. Who would want a modest cottage or a brown stone front When he can live in a tenement palace * Mormon missionaries have recently broken loose in Ohio and three Mormon ciders have taken possession of' the St. Louis natatorium , which has been tem porarily converted Into a baptismal font for converts to the Church of Latter Day Saints. This would Indicate that now recruits are needed to re plenish the ranks'of the faithful In the .Volley of the Jordan. All the trade reports agree upon one fact as to the present trade conditions that the activity Is not duo to a specu lative furor. Consumers are taking j products as rapidly as manufactured and there is no surplus upon which spec ulators can operate. This condition Is the best evidence that the industrial ac tivity Is not ephemeral In character , but 1ms an enduring ( iiiallty. "Tho deadly parallel of suicide nnd prosperity statistics" is the way one of the patent pinto writers for calamity papers tries to head off the. unanswera ble argument of good times. Hut why etop with this deadly parallel. It Is an established truism that suicide Is almost unknown among savage races. Why not demand the repudiation of civilization and a return to primitive barbarism ? Every town in Nebraska that has con- trlbutcd to the membership of- the First Nebraska has an equal right to jellify over the return of Its own volunteers with the biggest celebration In Its his tory. Every city , town and village in the state would bo proud to have had ouo of the companies raised from Its citizens , but as there were only twelve companies the distinction could not bo distributed among all. The glory of the achievements of the regiment , however , belongs to the whole state. The nnvnl constructor of the Imperial German uavy , who has been Inipectlnp American ship yards , pays n high nnd merited compliment to American work men , lie said that the new ships now building for the navy are nmong the finest In the world , If they arc not su perior to all others and added : "The reasons for the excellence of these ships and others that arc ready , I seek In the Intelligence of your workmen and In the mechanical gonliis of the whole nation. Work Is expensive here , but the result Is bettor work and a greater feeling of responsibility on the part of the work men , who draw high wages. A second ary result of these conditions Is that the workman has both Incentive nnd oppor tunity to obtain a better education. " What is true of those employed in the shipbuilding Industry applies to work men In all lines of mechanical Industry. American labor In the mills and facto ries of this country Is as a whole the most Intelligent and skillful In the world and therefore the most productive. The average skilled American workman will turn out more product In a given time than the average skilled European workman , so that while he receives much higher pay hjs labor , measured by re sults , is really not more expensive than the foreigner's In the same line of work. Thus American manufacturers of Iron and steel are enabled to successfully compete with Europeans In the markets of the world and even In their home markets - kets , although paying very much more for their labor. Conditions are equalized by the superior productiveness of Amer ican labor. As to the mechanical genius of the na tion , out' superiority In this respect has been long recognized. It is attested In the records of the patent cilice nnd It Is exemplified In the superior character of nearly everything we manufacture. This mechanical genius Is still active and virile. It is present In every trade and Industry. Thousands of intelligent American workmen are constantly di recting their thoughts to the Improve ment of the machinery with which they work or to devising new and more effective mechanical appliances. Euro pean workmen nre for the most part content with things as they nre , but not so the better class of skilled American workmen. These are all the time seek ing Improvement. Hence here the best locomotives in the world are built and the best machinery made. This me chanical genius will continue to bencllt the world and may bo expected to evolve In the future things no less val uable to mankind than It has produced In the past. I.OOKISU iiAO Way back in ISOo the poetic satirist , John G. S.axe. embalmed Omaha for all future time In a pungent poem which touches up the eccentricities of pioneer life In the following fashion , under the caption "Theu. " Hast ever been to Omaha , Where rolls the dark Missouri down , And four strong horses scarce can draw An empty wagon through the town ? Where muddy waters rlso and swell With fearful and resistless might ; Where fish are caught by sense of emell Because they cannot sea to bite ? Where sand Is blown from every mound To nil your eyes and ears and throat ; Where all the steamboats nro aground , And all the houses are afloat ? Where lager beer Is all the run , And bloody scalpers come to trade ; Where everything Is overdone , And everybody underpaid ? Where whisky shops the livelong night Are vending out their horrid juice ; Where men are often pretty tlg-M , And women often pretty loose ? Where taverns have an anxious guest , For every corner , nook and crack ; With half the people going west. And all the others going back ? If not , take heed to what I say , You'll llnil It as I have found it ; And if It lies upon your way , For God's sake go around it. This lurid picture of bvgono days might have been forgiven , If not for gotten ; especially ns It was not in bad rhyme If It had a bad taste. But now comes Iliidyard Kipling In his "letters of Travel , " reprinted In two volumes , just published , entitled , "From Sea to Sea , " and seeks with malice aforethought to vindicate his bad digestion In a prose tirade against Omaha that Is , to use a favorite Kipling phrase , decidedly beastly. The trip which brought Kipling through Omaha Is presumed to have oc curred about 18S7 , or twenty-two years after Saxe's distempered vision. And this Is what Kipling writes , Vol. II , p. WO : Omaha , Neb , , was but a halting place on the road to Chicago , but it levealed tome mo horrors that I would not have will ingly missed. The city , to casual Investi gation , eccmed to bo populated entirely by roles , Slavs. Hungarians , Croats , Magyars and all the scum of the eastern European elates. Uut It must have been laid out by Americans. No other people would tut the tralllo of a main street with two streams of railway lines , each some eight or nine tracks wide , and cheerfully drive tram cars across the metals ( rails ) . Every now and again they have horrible railway crossing accidents at Omaha , but nobody seems to think of building an over head bridge. That would Interfere with the vested Interests of the undertakers. no blessed to hear some details of one of that class. There was a ebop the like of which I had never seen before. Its -windows were filled with dress coats for men and dressca for women. But the studs of the shirts were made of stamped cloth upon the shirt front , and there were no trousers to these coats nothing but a sweep of cheap black cloth falling like on abbo'a frock. In the doorway sat a young man reading "Pol lock's Course of Tlmo , " and by that I know that he was an undertaker. Ills name was Orlng , which Is a beautiful name , and I talked to him on tbo mysteries of his craft , Ho waa an enthusiast and an nrtlnt. I told him how corpses were burned In India. Said he : "Wo are vastly superior. We hold- that Is to say , embalm our dead. " Sol Whereupon bo produced the horrible weap ons of hla trade , and most practically showed we how you "held" a man back from that corruption which is his birth right. "Anil I wish I might live for n few- generations just to see how my people keep , but I utn euro it's all right. Nothing can touch 'cm after I have embalmed " 0111. " Then he displayed one of those ghastly drew suits , and when I laid a shuddering t. hand upon It , behold U crumpled to noth ing , for tbo white linen was sown on to the black cloth , and there was no back to It : That was the horror. The garment v > aa a shell. "We dress a man In that , " said Grins , laying It out hastily on the counter. "As you sec hero , our caskets have a plate- glass window In front and you don't see anything below the level of the man's waist coat consequently. " He unrolled the terri ble cheap , dark cloth that falls down over the stark feet and I jumped back. "Of course , a man can bo dressed In his own clothes If ho likes , but these are. the regu lar things , and for women , look at this ! ' Ho took up the body of a hlgh-neckei' dinner dress In subdued lilac , slashed and puffed and bedeviled with black , but , llko the dress suit , backless , and below the walal turning to shroud. "That's for an old maid But for young girls wo glvo white with Imitation pearls around the neck. That looks very pretty through the window of the casket > ou see there Is a cushion for the head with flowers banked all "round. " Can you Imagine anything moro awful than to take your last rest as much of a dead fraud as you wcro a living He , to go Into the dark ness one-half of you shaved , trimmed nni drofecd for an evening party , while the other half the half that your friends cannot see Is enwrapped In a flapping black sheet ? I know a llttlo about burial customs In various places In the world , nnd I tried hard to make Mr. Qrlng comprehend dimly the awful heathendom that ho was responsible for the grotesquerle the giggling horror of It tilt. But ho couldn't sco It. Even when ho showed tno a llttlo boy's last suit ho couldn't BCO It. Ho said It was quite right to embalm and trick out and hypocritically 'bodlzcn ' the poor , Innocent dead in their superior cushioned and pillowed caskets with the window in front. Bury mo cased in canvas llko a fishing rod , In the deep sea ; burn mo on a back water of the Hughll with damp wood and no oil ; ipln mo under a Pullman car and let the lighted stove do its worst ; sizzle mo with a fallen electric wire or whelm mo In the sludge of a broken river dam ; but may I never go down to the pit grin ning out of a plate glass window , In a back- Ices dross coat , and the front half of a black stuff dressing gown ; not though I wore 'held" against the ravage of the grave for ever and ever. Amen ! These painful reminiscences may have been caused by a hard-boiled egg lunch at a Tenth street restaurant , for which Omaha cannot be held justly responsi ble. They might also be traced to Kip ling's highly expansive ladla-rubber Imagination. Manifestly Kipling en tered the memorable cow-shed depot and crossed the Tenth street tracks now spanned by a viaduct. Kipling proba bly did not penetrate above Tenth nnd Ilnruey. and the historic undertaker was the late Mr. Hicwe. As between Suxe's vinegar and Kipling's vitriol Omaha has reason to feel grateful that it still re mains a spot on the map. A TUKASVltV PROBLEM. According to the Washington corre spondent of the "New York Tribune the secretary of the treasury Is considering the question of providing the funds with which to pay the Increased force in the Philippines. The receipts of the gov ernment being considerably below the extraordinary expenditures before this Increase of the army , the problem of how to meet the cost of 30,000 additional troops is said to give the Treasury de partment some uneasiness. What these Increased expenditures will be cannot even be approximately figured out Of course the matter of pay Is easily calculated , but this Is only one of several items , as transportation , sub sistence and the nddcd cost of equip ment. To provide for these expenditures two ways are open au increase of taxa tion and an Issue of bonds. It is thought the secretary of the treasury has ample authority to issue bonds , but the admin istration Is understood to be averse to doing this and will issue bonds only as a last resort. If congress should refuse to Increase taxes and the war expend itures should continue at the present rate for another year it is highly proba ble that the treasury will be compelled to borrow. From ordinary Internal revenue taxation last year the receipts were , In round numbers , $173,000,000. The war revenue yielded , in round num bers , $100,000,000. With the customs duties and miscellaneous receipts added there was a large deficit at the end of the fiscal year. No material increase in the receipts from existing taxation is to bo expected , while expenditures will be very considerably augmented , If the war is prolonged. It is a problem that may well glvo treasury olllclals some concern , though its solution , of course , will rest with congress. THALV1AO OF nil'LOMATS. Mr. James Bryce , the eminent English publicist , has pointed out the Increasing Importance of commercial education in the United States and indicated the course of special training that should be pursued. Some American colleges are already manifesting a disposition to glvo particular attention to this matter nnd doubtless a few years hcnco most of them will have a course of commercial training , while there will bo established schools devoted exclusively to instruc tion required to Jit men for n commer cial career. The University of Pennsylvania has nlrcndy decided to establish a course of commercial education and also to give Instruction In diplomacy. It Is to bo a special course of two years nnd only those can enter It who nre nblo to sat isfy a committee on special students that ho is qualllled to undertake the work. The plan Is quite comprehensive. During the llrst year the subjects of study will bo American diplomacy , con stitutional law , modern legislative prob lems , political economy , American com merce nnd commercial relations , prac tical tluunce nnd foreign exchange , race traits nnd distribution , economic re sources of Europe nnd the United States and English. In the second year the student will study the recent diplomatic history of Europe , International law , Jurisprudence , government of colonies and dependencies , European commerce and commercial relations , economics , public finance and economic resources of tropical countries. If the studeut elect he may study money nnd banking in the place of jurisprudence. One of the reasons for establishing this course , says the Philadelphia Ledger , Is that the government will need a trained corps of experts to deal with Its new possessions and there is good reason to believe that if our schools pre pare men for such service the govern ment will give preference to the e who have been specially trained. The other reason for establishing the special course * Is that the extension of American trade to new markets cnlls for young men specially trained to serve ns com mercial representatives. As to training diplomats that Is not so simple n. mat ter , yet a school of diplomacy conic hardly fall to do n good work. A body of men learned In the Instruction which the University of Pennsylvania pro poses to give would enable the govern ment to secure when required thor oughly capable men for Its foreign serv ice , Imbued with an ambition to achieve success In the service and to merit ad vancement. European countries that have had experience In special training for consular niul diplomatic duties at test Its advantages and there Is no rea son why what they have found beiie flclal would not be BO here. At all events the movement In this direction merits hearty encouragement. UKXEHAI , KING'S NKSTOHl' \ \ Beginning next Sunday The Bee will print In serial form General Charles King's new novel of army life In the Philippines. This story will bo one of the principal features of the year's production of fic tion , written In the novelist's best style and dealing with scenes with which lie Is familiar by personal observation , as one of the prominent figures in the war. ' "Found In the Philippines , " ns the work Is called , brings out strong char acters , with the picturesque background of our new acquisitions In the far east that will certainly give it first place in the list of fiction growing out of the late war. Of General King's reputation ns a nov elist and his peculiar fitness to write the romanceof the war nothing need bo said here , as his high standing as an American story-writer has long been established. AVe urge it upon our readers to make sure of reading the first Installment next Sunday , because we arc sure no one who rends the first chapter will rest satisfied until he has read it all. The United States Export exposition , which will be opened at Philadelphia on September 1-1 , promises to bo of vital concern not merely to American mer chants nnd manufacturers , but also to American workingmen. In the no very distant future , the United States is destined to be a factory nation. The demand for the output of American skilled labor has increased enormously within the past decade , and this1 coun try is apparently only at the threshold of its great career in manufacturing. American inventive genius and skill , coupled with America's great natural resources , and not least of all the stu pendous scale upon which operations are conducted in this country , have opened a world-wide field in the domain of industrial production. The Philadel phia Export exposition is primarily de signed to advertise America's industrial capabilities and enlarge the field for American factory products. Every line of American manufactured products for which there is a market abroad will be displayed , and the methods best adapted for placing American factory products n foreign countries will be illustrated &y exhibits that will teach American manufacturers how to present their goods advantageously to meet the wants and tastes of foreign people. The state of Kentucky has Just met with an irreparable loss in the death of AVilllam Henderson at the advanced age of 04 years. Mr. Henderson had passed a remarkable life. From boyhood on he drank , chewed and smoked , and for the ast forty years of his life he drank half a gallon of whisky a day. He was born n the same house in which he died , was never farther than eighteen miles from ils homo in his life and Is reputed never to have looked upon a railroad train , although living within three miles of the Loulsvlllo & Nashville railroad. The moral to bo drawn from this tale is If you want to live long and be happy don't stray far away from the house In which you were born , chew and smoke tobacco and drink not less than half a gallon of Kentucky whisky a day. A glance at the crop estimates will show what Nebraska and Kansas can do when they really try. These two states it is estimated will produce 050,000,000 bushels of corn this year the largest crop ever grown In cither of the two states. The remainder of the country Is not so fortunate , however , for hud Nebraska and Kansas not exceeded their last year's crop the total for the coun try for 1809 would bo short of the 1808 record. From these figures It can bo seen that while the crop of this sec tion Is phenomenal there Is no reason to anticipate abnormally low prices for corn. The Nebraska and Kansas farmer , with his big corn crop and an assurance of good prices for cattle and hogs , is strictly in it this year. Former Congressman James Hamilton Lewis of Washington state , who has re cently traveled extensively through the seaboard cotton states , has come to the conclusion that the salvation of south ern cotton planters is a cotton trust that will fix the price of cotton and keep It fixed by controlling the supply. This scheme is by no means novel and could be utilized by the wheat and corn-raising fanners of the west as well ns the cotton growers of the south. The trouble Is , however , that the scheme would network work unless all the1 farmers would Join the trust and every farmer hud money enough to hold his crop for nn indefinite period. There Is where the &hoo pinches. The people of Omaha uud Nebraska have much lo thank the Southern Pa cific railroad for. It was renlly klna of the great corporation to reduce the railroad faro for returning soldiers just after U hud extorted the pouud of flesh from the people of this state. It followed up this bit of generosity by delaying the trains of the Pennsylvania regiment for eight hours nnd spoiling the reception to the Keystone regiment. Nebraska has troubles of Its own , but It can sym pathize with California for being so completely at the mercy of such n cor poration ns the Southern Pacific. The governor and auditor are each nt- tempting to shift the responsibility for the continuance of the Insurance depart ment muddle upon the other. Each says publicly that ho wants the matter settled , but the attorney general nfilrms the governor Is unwilling to take the necessary steps. Such conflicts of nil- thorlty nre not creditable to the state nnd the time will surely come when the truth will be known as to who Is to blame for their continuance. The sootier the controversy Is settled the better It will be for nil concerned. Admiral Uewey has consented to change his Itinerary so ns to make his entry Into New York harbor on the JSHth of September Instead of October 1. The admiral is evidently willing to submit to the inevitable and get through the ordeal ns soon ns possible. Imill , Jlanlla Freedom , July 7. Expansion carries with It Bibles , bullets and beer. And AVhnt Thcr I'nr. Kansas City Times. A distinguished professor says Americans cat too much. That depends upon where they board. A I'rcilUnlilc Subject. Globe-Democrat. Western prosperity Is a general topic .throughout the country , and It takes a good deal of space to glvo the facts and figures ot the subject. Vnrliitlou In llnmnucc. Chicago TJme9-Herald. A Nebraska girl , waa saved from drowning the other day by another girl. At last we have a caeo where the rescuer of the beautiful maiden does uot ask for her hand in marriage. -\o Kick CoinlliK. 'Baltimore ' American. Humor says that fho Russian wheat crop Is once moro a failure. In that event tht/ American "manwith the self-binder" wll line hla pockets again , and pay oft a lew moro mortgages. tor a Ilnnl. New York World. "Sixteen to one or bust ! " seems to bo the motto of the Nebraska democrats. They will get "busted" again all right. Is eul- ctdo a eln In politics ? It Is certainly a stupidity when repeated four years in suc cession. "Touching" Power of Impcrlnllmn. Springfield Republican. The addition of ten new regiments to the army of ttie United States will add $15,000- 000 to the yearly claims upon the publlo treasury. This means an extra federal tax ot $1 a year upon each family throughout the United States. Bine hi lie Ilulo In Favor. * iNew York Mall and IBxpress. Ono manufacturing firm la Chicago has sent 35,000 reapers , mowers and harvesters to Europe already thlo year , and Its export contracts are not yet completed. Thla Is one species of madhlno rule to which America offers no objection whatever. Sir Clinrles' Ican Shooter. Brooklyn Eagle. A western miner , observing a small but highly ornamental revolver In the belt ot a tenderfoot , remarked : "Say , pard , If you was to shoot mowith that , and I found it out , I should bo real angry. " The remarks of Sir Charles Tupper are shota from that kind of revolver. When ivo are conscious ot being hit -KO shall probably be almost saucy. ISnormouM Doiucntlo Trade. New York Commercial. Our best grip upon tbo foreign market Is possible only by means of a firmer one upon our own , compared with which , la impor tance , our combined foreign outlet la llttlo moro than1 a ahadow. We expressed the be lief tbo other day that our last yaar's trade of $212,000,000 with the east could easily bo doubled in the next six years , and to this wo adhere. But wo are doing nearly 100 cents' worth of domestic business for each three and a half mills' worth of oriental business. Our 'total foreign trade cannot ex ceed over 5 per cent of our total foreign and domestic trade together. Scientific Temperance. Boston Transcript. Dr. Augusto Forel , the noted Swiss savant , who Is in the city , thinks that the teaching of temperance on a scientific basis In this country is far behind that of some foreign countries for the reason that It Is not scien tific. Instead of teaching temperance , many of tbo text books used In the schools are devoted to 'tho teaching of total abstinence from the uao of alcoholics , and some of the statements made ln > support of this position are far from scientific. When the pupil ac quires' a llttlo moro education ho Is led , by finding out that eomo of tbo text book state ments will not bear the test of scientific _ observation , to bollovo that all scientific j temperance instruction is more or ICES of a bumbug. rilOJIOTION OP NO1IHIETY. The Tall Hut an it Preventive- " ( ietlliitf ICull. " Philadelphia Times. For the last hundred years , or ever elnce the invention of the high , silk hat , It has been an effective force In the promotion of sobriety. Tlioso who wear this rather for mal article of headgear , unices under some special stress of circumstances , rarely , In the colloquial phrase of the day , got full , The plug hat , which may bo considered the top and quintessence of respectability in garb , exercises a peculiar power over the feelings of tbo most convivial , and If it does not while It continues to bo worn en tirely prevent the wearer from disregarding the cense of self-respect which it inspires , it at least operates to keep him from going too far. Just now this cylindrical laborer in tbo vhieyard of sobriety is apparently on the verge of securing a coworker In its re straining tcndony , whose achievements may possibly be more extensive and thorough than its own. This aralettint Is foreshad owed In the much-discussed automobile. It will bo remembered that one of the certain results expected from the introduc tion of this modern vehicle Is the compara tive elimination of the horet ) as a carriage necessity. But in accepting this probable fate for that foun-footed friend there has been apparent forgetfulnew of one Impor tant capacity that be filled In these riding functions and in which no automobile can displace him , Klther in their own exper ience or observations most people have learned that when the oblivion Incident to deep drinking overtakes the man behind tbo horse that faithful and Intelligent beaut will carry his tAceping master straight to where 'he needs to go. Tbta noble and phllanthropbio habit must come to an end with the automobile. It presents but two alternatives. If its occupant drinks , his finish when sleep comes upon him Is gen erally visible. On tbo other band , not to undergo any of the discomforts attending the former case , he must remain In the drlnkkta condition proper for the vehicle to illustrate its mission a * nn enforcer of ecbriety. mASTS rnost HASPS iionx. Absolute rest belongs only to the dead. Tribulation Is the pathway to triumph. To nurse Injuries Is to rnlse a brood of miseries. No mnn can make anything till ho Is something. Nothing has religious vnlue that Is with out moral weight. Owl gives n man his tools , but he must acquire his trade. Worthlcssncss Is one of the most costly things In the world. There Is s much "white blood" In a black man as In any other. Ono who has a mind to think will soon have a thinking mind. Failure la the one thing often that suc ceeds better than success. It Is only what wo give away that wo keep : the rest we lose at death. Flattery and fool's fcod nre both fash ioned out of the same cook book. It Is the upturned face of prayer that catchea the beams of heavenly hope. The gospel seed takes no root because tome men have made the fields of their lives Into wngon roads of commerce. H SHOTS AT THIJ PUI.IMT. Boston Glebe : The preacher In Minne apolis who told his congregation Sunday that not mdre than seven out of 100 church mem bers were real Christians had very likely been reeking through the contribution box. Buffalo Express : Japan's now law regulat ing religious services is radically different from tbo practice In the United States. It glvea unlimited power to local governors and consequently would scorn to contain an opportunity for the oppression of weak or uupopurar sects. .Minneapolis Journal : Jlev. Dr. Barrows ot Greenwich , Conn. , the preacher who mar ried Perry Bclmont and Mrs. Sloane , was BO severely criticised for marrying a di vorced person that ho took to his bed nnd died. It Is fortunate that Dr. Barrows never tried to run a newspaper. Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal : Bishop Candlcr Wamca "tho higher criticism" for the spread of Mormontsm , but In this he docs not sortu to bo well advised. Mormons believe In the inspiration of the bible , nnd also of the j Book ot Mormon. There Is scarcely a con vert to Mornionlsm that ever heard of the higher criticism or any other sort of criti cism. The higher criticism makes men bo llovo too little , while Mormonlsm requires them lo believe too much. The two are not in tbo same crass. Cleveland Plain Dealer : There has been some discussion , more or less bitter and un charitable , In the Now York papers over the fact that the annual summer exodus of clergymen left the spiritual needs of the metropolis largely unprovided for. This de ficiency , It was asserted , was particularly felt by persons who desired < to secure clergy men to conduct funeral services , instances 'being ' given where it was Impossible to find a pastor to do this sorrowful task. Several writers took occasion to remark that this was only another 'burden ' on the poor and unpretentious. The dead of the rich never lacked the last sad rites , oven though the pastor had to travel many miles to bo on hand In time , and instances were again fur nished. IIETIIIEUEXT OF SPEAKER IlEED. Chicago Times-Herald : In Washington Mr. Reed was a national figure. In New York ho will bo a New York lawyer with a national career to look back on. Minneapolis Journal : The czar has taken off his crown , wrapped it up and. put it away. That was all simple enough and easy enough , but a congress without Tom Reed in it will lack much of the interest which has attached to that body slnco 1879. Tom Reed has been a member of congress for twenty years without a break , and n conspicuous figure there almost from 'tho start. Philadelphia Inquirer : Maine hag been notable for its great men. Blalno , the matchless leader , "tho plumed knight , " is no more. Dlnglcy , whose name and fame live after him , is dead. And now Tom Reed , In the prlmo of life , voluntarily gives up office. But who can blame him ? Ho is not rich , and tbo years are moving on. A fortune awaits him In the practice of law. When he is good and ready ho may bo heard from yet In national affairs. Minneapolis Tribune : A good many people would like to BCO Mr. Reed president of the United States. They have confidence not only In bis great executive ability , but in his clear Judgment , his honesty , ' his firmness and his courage. However , It Is possible that this great prize has slipped out of his grasp. Ho sought tbo nomination in 1896 , but another was preferred to him , and slnco then some say that ho has given up presi dential ambition. However , ho Is not an old man yet , and nobody can toll what will Happen. Philadelphia Ledger : Mr. Reed has been a partisan , but his partisanship always yielded to the superior claims of patriotism , fie leaves the scene of his great triumphs as debater , counselor and leader followed by the respect , affection and admiration of political friends and foes. It Is unfortunate ; hat ho has taken this step on the eve ot .ho settlement of some of the most im portant publlo questions of this generation. Ills services and guidance in bis party councils in congrecs at this Juncture woufd be priceless. Philadelphia Record : This ehrowd and masterful man , who has dominated federal eglslatlon by sheer will power ever since 10 attained the speaker's chair , Is eoon to engage , if common report bo true , lo the sharper nnd moro grinding contests ap pointed for the leaders of the Now York bar. lo should bo as successful in his chosen leld of now enterprise as he has been In controlling tbo house of representatives , nor will his great publlo services bo for gotten by duo American people during the icrlod of his self-Imposed retirement from public life. New York Tribune : This is not the time o attempt an elaborate measure of Speaker ieed's political career. In keenness of In- ellect ho encountered few equals and no superiors In the field of national politics. In breadth of Judgment , liveliness of sym pathies and that quick appreciation of tbo drift and current of popular feeling which mark the successful political leader , his hls- ory will judge him perhaps lees fortunate , A certain lack of toleration qualified and neutralized the respect imposed by the ceenness of his political vision and tbo au- laclty of bis party generalship. But what ever th counter defects Imposed by his moro salient positive qualities , ho remains a figure of , the first Importance In American lolltlcs , on whose brilliant public activities Inla is certainly yet to bo written. Indlanapolla Journal : On many occa- lens Mr. Reed rendered bis country . the ilghect service , but no one act of hla great eadersblp stands out moro prominently ban his defeat of the scheme to acknowledge - edge the republic of Cuba. For weeks a majority In tlio house favored such a dec- aratlon , which all Intelligent men must now admit would have been a grave error. Quito a number of republican members were in he conspiracy to override the speaker , /They / bad hoard from the inconsiderate and noisy elements In parties , which places ex pediency over all else. That element tele graphed members that the country wai wild for tbo declaration of the independence of Cuba , forgetting that back of tbo mur mur of the shallow s there woo a silent deep the rnosa of thoughtful people. Itwas the high courage and tbo masterful intellect of Mr. Reed which saved the houie and the administration of President McKinlejr , rnnsoxAt , AMI Atchlson , Kan. , has a iMIchnct Angclo. Ho Is not n painter , but mippllcs material ( or painting bootc of all brands. Down In Massachusetts It coats $1 cnsh to put n mnncullno arm around a young woman's wnlst without her consent. This Is exclusive of the cost of relieving the frcfltblte. The brotherly greeting of the sultan of Sulu to Uncle Sam carries with It a sis terly greeting from his 400 wives. After all , Drlgham Young was modest In his mnt- rlmonlal ventures , A New Jersey man loaned $3,500 forty years npo to a man who Inter became a bankrupt. The borrower died recently and left J1B.OOO to his creditor. Jorejymcn are not as bad as they nro painted. J. 1'lerpont Morgan now proposes to carry some light to London. That Is kind of J. P. Meanwhile ho Is diligently light ening the pocketn ot such of his country men ns nre obliged to draw on his anthra cite coal pile. If Mons. Cluerln , the Parisian defender , persists In his Intention to blo r himself up nnd confound his enomlcs , he should mix his kerosene with gasoline. Recent ex perience nt Detroit proves thnt the com bination la Irresistible as nn elevator. The talk of revising , reconstructing nnd Americanizing the names of places In the Philippine Islands might bo deferred very properly until some of the homc-mado namra are reduced to a sane level. A Bos ton hunting club Is camping In n nearby roglcn called "Moosoluckmcguutlc. " Re form fihouM begin at liouic. Governor Roosevelt's study of athletic science In college came In mighty handy the otiher day when a conceited liully under took to disturb a meeting which the gov ernor attended. The bully did not know exactly what produced tbo concussion which sent him Balling through n door , but It was sufllclcnt to reduce ( him to a .peace footing , The Toledo Bco pays Its compliments to au esteemed contemporary in these loving words and phrases , towlt : "We don't Ilka to stop periodically to botthcr about every mangy cur that barks at our heels , but It may be necessary once In n , while la order to keep pence. In the family to turn around and kick some pestiferous whelp hard enough in the elats to send > hlm yelping under the barn. " DOMESTIC IDYLS. Sydney Bulletin : "Woman , I told you be fore I married you I hart a bad heart. " "You did , George , but aa I hope for heaven , I thought you meant heart dis ease. " Judge : Crabshaw Ho objected to the way his wlfo returned from the country. Crawford Why , how did she come home ? Crabshow Unexpectedly. 'Philadelphia ' Record : Miss Haughtee My face Is my fortune. Percy Simmons Did you er amaas it yourself ? Town Topics : Old Gentleman Don't you think you've been coming to sea my daugh ter long enough ? Young 'Man Too long , I fear , elr. Why , she wants to marry me ! Chicago Record : "That young- Perkins who cornea to sec you owes HO at the JaUn- dry and { 15 at the barber shop. "Well , papa , he deserves credit for trylnr to look llko a gentleman. " Somervlllo Journal : A man realizes that actions speak louder than words when his wlfo throws a lighted lamp at him at the end of a long tongue-lashing. Detroit Free Press : Policeman Say , mis ter , have you got a wild woman concealed on the second floor of your house ? "No , sir ; that's my wife. " said the man , looking up at a figure In the front window. "She's drying her hair toy an. electric fan. " Indlanapolta Journal : "Yes , " said the bachelor , reflectively , "I offended her In some way , but I don/t really know how. You see. toer baby was fretful and nho explained that' toe had been cutting * hla teeth , whereupon I asked her why shi let him , play with a knife. " Chicago Post : "Are you abla to support iy daughter ? " asked the old gentleman. "You know , she has pretty expensive tastes , and I don't mind saying that the burden has been pretty hard for mo at times. " "That's Just the point , " exclaimed the prospective benedict. "If I marry her w cap. divide "the " expense. " A. FRAYHIU Tudor Jenks , In the Outlook. IJord , In Thy abounding graco. Give to me one little place Where earth's beauties I may see. With iu > man to envy me ! Let niy children breathe In health ; Let them know the poor man's wealth To live free beneath the ky , Shunning , dreading no man's eye. Lot the dear wlfo of my heart Share with mo the great part Of my hours , and , grant that we , Free of care , may worship Th c. To our own glvo us true claim , Wronging none In right or name , Loving all things to their -worth Till wo leave Thy blessed' ' earth. But If It should bo Thy will V We should strive and suffer null. Glvo us grace to keep unstained Till Thy peace at last la gained. Fame and wealth to others , then ! This to mo and mine. AmonI Our fall blocks in derby and fedora . and pasha hats , are here and ready for your selection. You may want to hang on to the old straw or crash for a while longer. 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