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Noticq TIiIh la the Nohrnsku fnrniors'
busy Hcnhoii.'
A man expects trouble when lie kus
homo wit li a brick lu Ills lint, but if It
Ik an Auditorium brick It 'will be nil
right.
.
A lnetnhfcrshlp In tlie New York Stock
exchange him JiiMt sold for $011,000. This
Is a largo juice to pay for the privilege
Df gutting skinned.
,llllhola still Iiiih Its IcglsWurp with it,
but frqui the fault-finding with Its work
It ilocs not scorn to uiiiirouch thu Ideal
of perfection any more than the average
IsYhruskn legislature.
Tho !ouutrlcs which havo been gettlug
cpnl of'lin'gland need not become' wor
ried by thu threatened exhaustion of the
mlncH. Plenty over on tula side can be
had at the same old price.
Tffe 'KHfUh government has scattered
honors with a lavish hand among the
olllcers who have served lu South Af
rica, Measured by results thu olllcers
have certainly received all that Is their
dtie.
Agulnaldo's address is printed in some
pjip&rs over a facsimile of his signature.
Now 'vo' 'understand why the address
was'ifflnyed In order to give tjme for
thu autograph to reach this country in
advance of release.
jltallroads are again accusing each
other of cutting rates. Must be some
mistake about this, gentlemen. Not a
onu of you would be willing to substan
tiate the charge to the Interstate Com
ujerce commission.
Thu tornado is getting busy in the
southern country earlier than common
this year. Nebraska will assign, for a
nominal consideration, any right, title
or Interest It may have lu the share
allotted to'tho' state. ! .
The tears Towno Is shedding for
Agulualdo are almost copious euough. to
give thu Minnesota lakes and rivers a
saline tinge. Tow tie should hasten to
follow the example of Aguluuldo and
come back ou tho reservation.
In the face of weutlier conditions dis
couraging to trade the Omaha bank
clearings for thu past week show a ma
terial Increase ' over last year. Omaha
lu coming right along and keeps well up
lu thu front of tho procession.
It Is estimated thnt 1G0.OO0 people as
sembled lu Loudon tiv see a fo6t ball
'game. Iftjie government could ouly
syndlcatu on thu gate receipts of a few
such games there would bu no necessity
of additional taxation to meet the deficit
lu revenues,
Thu UnHed States gets no guns In tho
I (iistriuutiou jr prizes ' resulting from
recent operations In China because the
united Mates did not nart clnate in the
capture. This country can better attonl
to purchase what guns It needs- and r
tain its owii self-respect.
Thu Colombian minister airain assure
thu world that affairs In his country
nru tramu'n;i. Vw wires to the Interior
nro ddwu utKl'lt will probably bo two or
throe days .before a renort Is received
of another bloody battle betweeu the
government and revolutionary forces.
Thu rurul-freejdellvery branch of tho
rostoltlco department continues to in
crease in iwpularlty as. Us benetlts are
spread over a greater area or territory
The domain! for rural dellvVrv routes 1
u demand for ticcess to prompt business
'and social communication which will
not bo satisfied until thu service becomes
practically universal.
Nil". Thomas Upton's cup challenge
IniiP been launched and the present
owner of tho former challenger, who has
cliuuged tho Hues of thu craft, wluk
thu othej eye and Intimates lie will beat
tho. now boat. Tho enterpnao ami gou
croslty of'Llptou certainly deserves bet
jcr than that. Ills lCugllsh rivals might
at least lcavo that task for thu Yankee,
A ( VIS' a auirs MA xifks to.
There Is little of Oriental character
istics In Agulnaldo's manifesto. It Is
earnest but not fervent, serious but not
passionate. It appeals to the practical
common sense of the Filipinos In frank
and sober language. It tells them that
peace Is absolutely essential to the wel
fare of their country and that thu tlinu
has conn: to stop hostilities. A majority
of tho people want peace and Agulualdo
believes this desire should prevail. lie
recognizes tho folly and futility of fur
ther resistance to the overwhelming
power of tho United States. "There has
been enough blood, enough tears nnd
enough desolation," ho declares. "
That Agulualdo Is perfectly sincere lu
accepting tho sovereignty of thu United
States Is not to be doubted. It Is no
less certain that ho fully bellves this
government will deal Justly and gener
ously with the people of thu rhlllpplnes.
Will his utterances havo tho hoped for
fleet upon tho Filipinos still lu arms?
This will bo soon determined. There
nro leaders of Inllucnco, such as C?eu-
nils Saudlco and TIuo, still In thu Held.
It Is iHJsslblu they will endeavor to con
tinue resistance, but If so It would
seem that they must tlnd great dltlleulty
In securing and retaining adherents.
Tho number of Filipinos who now desire
IHMice, said by Agulualdo to bo a ma-
orlty of thu people, will bo added to
rapidly, It Is safe to assume, and In a
short tlinu only those who ate willing to
bu bandits will continue In arms. War
fare by such an element would nowhere
bo regarded as a light for liberty and
this, Indeed, Is now tho situation. The
Filipinos .have no leader who represents
the demand for Independence. Tho re-
Ista.uco which Saudlco, Tino and a few
others are making to American author
ity cannot be digultled as a struggle for
freedom. Thu Insurrection lost entirely
that character when Agulualdo was
niatlu a prisoner. Tho fact that a few
thousand insurgents havu designated
another as their leader does not give tho
hostilities they carry on the character
of a war for independence.
It has not yet been determined what
disposition shall bu made of Agulualdo,
but thu question 'seems to bu easy of
solution. Ho has acknowledged and ac
cepted the sovereignty of the United
States without any reservation. lie has
sworn allegiance to this government.
There Is not a valid reason for doubling
his sincerity or questioning that he has
taken this course lu good faith. Would
It not bo good policy to give him his
liberty and enable him to go among his
countrymen and exert his personal lit-
fliionco with them lu the Interest of
peacoV It Is not to be doubted that
such a course would make an Impres
sion upon tho Filipinos most favorable
to tills government. It would bu an
object lesson In American luugnuului-
lty thnt every Intelligent Filipino would
appreciate, and Agulualdo, undoubtedly,
would make effective uso of tho oppor
tunity to demonstrate his good faith and
his loyalty to thu United States, (ieu
cral MacArthtu' has ordered that a
thousand Insurgent prisoners shall bu
released ou swearing allegiance to this
government. It Is wise action thnt will
have good results, but giving liberty to
Agulualdo would bo fur more helpful to
pacification, while his personal Influence
with thu natives would bu of Inesti
mable value. A "Washington dispatch
says that hu will bu given more liberty
than ho lias enjoyed hitherto. It would
bo good policy, wo think, to glvu him
full freedom, with thu understanding
that hu should use It lu promoting
pacification.
THK CVHAX COMMISSION.
Tho Cuban comiulsslonors to confer
with President McKlnley In regard to
the American terms nroexpectcd to ar
rive In Washington T.uesday or Wednes
day and preparations are being made at
the White Hotiso for tholr reception. It
Is needless to say that tho commission
ers, will bu vecelved with tho utmost
coiirtcsy nud their views will be heard
and given thu consideration which tho
vital linportnnco of tho subject they nro
coming to the United States to confer
upon demands.
The president Is said to hnvo nlreudy
a well-defined outline of his statement
of tho case as affected by the action of
congress In passing tho Plntt amend
ment. Ono of tho first things ho will
take occasion to ninko clear to tho com
missioners, says a Washington dispatch,
Is that tho administration litis been rep
resented throughout the discussion of
relations between this country and Cuba
by General Wood, and that tho treat
ment of tho representative of the United
Sta4cs In Cuba has not been reassuriug
or gratifying to this govornment. Any
effort of the commissioners to lutluenco
tho president to recall General Wood
and glvo Cuba another governor gen
eral will be promptly rebuked and
deprecated. It- Is said that this part of
the president's statement of tho case for
thu United States will make use of no
disguises nor bu at all mealy-mouthed.
Of course tho commissioners will bu-
given to underHhmd at thu outset that
an appeal for any change or modlllca-
tlon in tho conditions submitted by con
gress will bu fruitless, so far as tho ud-
ministration is concerned, and they will
also bu luformed that theru Is hardly
a possibility that congress will make
any change. The president has no au
thority to alter tho terms to the slight
est extent and moreover ho fully ap
proves of them. Ho Is explicitly directed
uot to withdraw tho military forces
from Cuba until tho American condi
tions are accepted atul It Is understood
that ho will try to Impress on tho minds
of tho commissioners the difference bu
tweeu his power now and what It was
before thu Piatt amendment was passed,
whoji ho could havo withdrawn tho
troops at p uy time. Now his discretion
Is narrowed down to n strict execution.
of tho will of congress.
While, therefore, thu confereueo cun
havo no such result as If is presumed
tho Cubans hope for, It may bu bene
llclul In disabusing, their uituds of tho
Idea thnt the position of tho president
and congress Is not approved by tho
people, and also in convincing them that
tho American terms are uot Incoinpatl
ble with Cuban independence, but are
THE OMAHA
necessary to safeguard It and to assure
n stable government. If this shnll be ac
complished the confereueo will be pro
ductive of good, but otherwise It will be
futile.
THE 1.0V R LKTTEIl h'Al).
From the perusal of current ningn
zincs and the Inspection of book
makers' announcements one will readily
leatn that the latest lu the world of
literature Is the love letter fad. The dis
tinguished author, wnrrlor, statesman or
hero who has neglected to leave to pos
terity a bulky batch of love letters, tied
in pink ribbon, will tlnd that ho has
overlooked out' of the rare opportunities
to achieve greatness by their pos
thumous publication. No one aspiring
to a lasting place lu the enduring hulls
of fame can expect to achieve his am
bition If ho has not had preserved from
youth a series of correspondence souve
nirs directed at some Inamorata to
whom he has poured forth lu writing the
fervid Impulses of a.innd Infatuation.
Where would Victor Hugo hnvo been
had hu not exercised the precaution to
leave his lovu letters where they could
bo dug up ufter his death? What claim
would lllsmnrck havo to adoration If
ho had uot prepared for tho work of
unifying the fatherland by Inditing lovu
epistles to his sweetheart? How would
Napoleon ever havo reached the pinnacle
of glory had he uot Indulged Ills love
affairs at least to an extent to furnish
material for his biographers?
With these Illustrious examples before
iw, thu Importance of tho art of love
letter writing must uot bu too lightly
estimated. It should be taught lu the
public schools If they lire to bu thu
cradles of tho great and tho foundations
laid by careful practice for safe pursu
ing of this surest road to fame. Talent,
Industry, sklll-at-arms, each must be
subordinated to this one all-rcqulslle
qualification for clamorous celebrity
and If anyone by chance, In spite of
failure lu this Important duty, has really
uindu a mark lu tho world of his profes
sion he should hasten to correct tho
oversight by writing down at once what
ho would have written lu the love letters
that were never scut-
NOT ttll'E FOU TAULOtD JOVItNAblSM.
Thu untimely end of tho experiment
lu "tabloid Journalism" engaged In by
the Chicago Evening Post Is to be con
strued only as an Indication that
the country Is not yet rlpu for this
lunovatlon. That paper, which ap
peared for about two weeks In
condensed form with tho page re
duced to a short four columns and
doubled lu number, has gone back
to the old form accepted generally by
both American newspaper publishers
and American newspaper readers. Per
haps the best explanation of the experi
ment and the reasons for Its abandon-1
incut Is to be found in tho editorial an
nouncement accompanying tho resump
tion, which declares that "while more
than ever persuaded particularly by
the hundreds of commendatory letters
lately received that the recent change
In the format of the paper met with
popular approval and was lu the line of
Inevitable evolution, wo must, frankly
acknowledge that tho experiment has
not been satisfactory. The responsibil
ity for this rests with mechanical limi
tations and conditions."
Tho Post goes on to express regrets
o.ver thu fact that the tabloid arrangu
mont forced a lower standard of typo
graphical excellence and that In spite
of thu assurance that Its former attract
iveness could be maintained lu the
smuller form of page, it found It could
not witli tho mechanical facilities so far
at Its disposal. It adds: t
It Is not without a pong that we tem
porarily abandon tho convenient und ra
tional form which has been given bo brief
but earnest a trial. Wo bellevo it to be tho
oventual size of all daily papers', and we
had hoped to be the pioneer In Its Introduc
tion in this great, progressive city. But It
has been proved quite conclusively to us
that before this form can be handled; to ad
vantage prOsscs must be built especially
for It.
The moral Is that progress lu modern
Journalism' Is to be brought about moro
by evolution than by revolution. The
hugo strides made In tho last few years,
particularly ou tho mechnulcal side of
newspaper printing, assure still further
advances which will gauge tho form and
contents.of the newspaper of the future.
It, Is possible the tendency may be in
tho direction of what has been chris
tened tabloid Journalism, but If so we
will arrive at the destlnatlou by slow
degrees rather than ut a single bound.
TUB nEVK.VlB HEDVCTION LAW.
Representative Payne, chairman of
the ways and means committee, says
thut the outlook for the operation of the
revenue reduction law, which goes Into
effect July 1, Is exceedingly good, that
Its lowering of taxation uppenrs to bo
conservative lu aniount nud that If con
ditions still further improve In tho Phil
ippines, so thut no largo military force
Is needed there, a still further reduction
of revenue may be possible lu the near
future. Mr. Payne said: "It all de
ponds upon the Philippines, but it does
uot look to me as'lf we should need any
more money than wo are now raising
and thu tho chances of gettlug along
with somowhat less were good."
So fur as the Philippines are con
corned there Is every promlso that it
will, uot bo uccessnry to keep there much
longer so largo a force as now In the
Islands. There Is good reason to expect
rapid progress toward pnclllcatiou und
it appears highly probable that It will
bo unnecessary to replacu with new
troops tho volunteers who are eomlug
homo, that the regulars lu tho archipel
ago will bo sutllclent for all military de
mands. Iu that event the expenditure
lu the Philippines cau be very materially
reduced nud perhaps a part of It cnu lw
provided for out of tho revenues "of,the
Islands.
Whether or uot a further reduction of
revenue cau bo made lu thu near future
will largely dopend upon the course of
tho next congress lu thp matter of ex
pcndlturcs. If It should bo extravnguut
taxation will have to bo maintained, nut
with a reasonably prudent iwllcy thu
government will not uced any more
revenue thuu It Is now getting uud it
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may be practicable to give further roller
from taxntloin The Fifty-seventh con
gress will undoubtedlv authorize the
construction of an Isthmian cannl, which
will require it very largo appropriation,
jind probably also thp laying of n Pa-
cltlo cable, while liberal appropriations
may be expected for rivers and harbors.
However, It Is safe to assume that there
will bu no great extravagance.
Our situation contrasts with that of
Great Hrltnln, whose statesmen nre pro
posing an Increase of taxation and a
heavy loan to meet deficits, while here
taxation Is reduced, the national treas
ury has a surplus nnd American states
men aro anticipating the early possibil
ity of further reducing tho revenue of
the. government.
THE yitEli UllttAHV MOVEMENT. .
When the future historian looks back
through the first years of the twentieth
century for characteristic features of
social development tho free library
movement Is sure to claim a share of
his attention.
That tho free library movement Is
upon lib Is plainly evidenced not only
by tho numerous gifts and bequests for
the establishment of public libraries, but
also bj the general Interest niaulfested
through legislation ami agitation. The
example ,of Andrew Carnegie as the
world's greatest library founder Is being
Imitated lu a smaller way by other pub
lie benefactors, and tho list of states
with library commissions to which Ne
braska has Just been added Is steadily
lengthening, while the work of thu nu
merous commissions Is taking tangible
form. If this campaign continues, as It
gives promise to do, tho United States
will before long be able to boast of being
the best library-equipped country lu the
world.
It tho exteut aiid scope of the freu
library movement In this country means
anything It means thu wider diffusion of
Intelligence and education without which
tho public library would havu neither
patronage uor support. In olden times
the library was a more collection of
books, lnnnuscrlpts and documents for
tlib uso of the cultured few; the great
body of the people, lu their Ignorance,
having neither desire nor use for such
Institutions. It Is ouly In countries with
n large percentage of literacy among the
population thnt free libraries can take
root uud flourish ou an extensive scale.
Tho free circulating library wnien
furnishes reading matter to the people
to' bo borrowed for use lu their own
homes Js chiefly an American develop
ment traceable lu Its origin to tho sub
scription library started by Franklin In
1731. Whether or not thu Idea was orig
inal with Franklin, It constitutes thu
primal typo of our modem circulating
libraries. While a suggestion that such
Institution should bo established and
maintained by public taxation would
have been scouted 100 years ago, today
not a town, however small, has refused
to accept a library building donntlon ou
condition that It assure Its support out
of tho unuuni proceeds of taxation. It
must not bu understood from this thut
European countries do not support li
braries out of public funds, but tho
library movement abroad has not been
brought so close to the people, nor hits
It included the smaller cities nnd towns.
Tho free library lias only begun to
exert Its itowers as -part of our educa
tional system. The next decade will
probably witness tlie rlso of more libra
ries In this country than exist today, al
though they will be smaller and with
more contracted circle of activity, so
that an American city without a free
public library will before long be" tho
exception to thu rule.
Agulualdo has recognized what many
Filipinos before him have seen thnt the
United States and Spain are two differ
ent countries In more ways than in
name. The halting methods which char
acterized Spanish efforts to subdue re
bellions have found no place lu Ameri
can policy, but the tight has been con
stantly kept up. The sooner the few
Filipinos who aro still out of the fold
come In the bettor It will be for thein
and the people of the Island.
Public school Janitors everywhere
should resent the Insult offered by tho
Chicago Hoard of Education In refusing
a Janitorial request for a detail of three
special employes to erect a platform for
n school entertainment upon the ground
thnt tho Janitors were amply able to do
this work by themselves. If tho school
Janitors are to bo loaded up with extra
work like tills the rush for positions on
the force mny suffer a severe reaction.
The British war ofllco conllrnis tho
report thnt nothing but British ment will
be supplied to the British troops. As
Brltluu does not produce enough ment
for Its own jeopU, shutting out of
Ameiicnn ment from this source of con
sumption will simply have the effect of
changing the trade lu American meat
from tho army to the people at home.
Our producers do not care who eats thu
moat so long as It Is eaten and paid for.
Autouln Dvorak, the great Boheinlun
composer wijo spent several years In
this countrj'i has been honored by an ap
polutment by tho emperor to the Aus
trhm bowsu of peers, a distinction rarely
accorded. Dvorak was a visitor In
Omaha during his rcsldeucejon this side
of the Atlantic, having spent ono sum
mer visiting relatives lu Iown, and his
elovatlou will be of more than usual In
terest to his countrymen lu this Boctlon.
The managers of tlie Buffalo expos!
tlon aro beginning to designate tho
different state, days on which spwlal
exercises are to bo held by represents
tlves of thu different participating com
monwenlths. A manner of these days
have already been announced, but N
braska tiny Is not yet In the list. A few
suggestions from Beo subscribers ns to
tho most appropriate date for Nebraska
day would bo Jn order.
People who contemplate going to tho
reservation soon to bo opened lu Okla
hoinn will do well to heed the warning
of tho commissioner of tho gen oral land
ofllco lioroiv they part with any of their
money. Tho government playing no
A PHIL 21, 190L
favorites lu the matter of securing en
tries nnd he who parts with his money
for Information which It Is alleged will
give him the Inside track will hare him
self to blame.
After tho Judges' of tho federal su
preme court get through explaining Just
what they meant by their. recent divorce
enso decisions the ordinary layman will
come to the conoluslou that thu divorce
mill Industry has not met with any
really serious obstruction
'Vent ot Conrnnr.
8U Louts Republic.
Adjutant General Corbln may really be
come a lighting ronn yet. Ho Is soon to bo
married.
lilttlr Cnmr for Joy.
lloston Globe.
Moro than 100 congressmen will go to
tho rhlllpplnes this summer. Do not re
joice, however. They aro planning to
come back.
Talk thtt In ot Chci.
Washington Post.
Tho prolongation of tho debate may be
partially explained by the fact that the
members of tho Cuban constitutional con
vention draw $10 per day while they arc In
cession.
Thp Tlnip for Kxprclap.
Somervllto Journal.
Now that tho tlnm for beating carpets
Is ut hand It Is very hard for tho wife
of tho professional man to persuado him
that what ho needs above everything else
is cxrrclso.
fnnt Ilpajnu to (iroij.
Buffalo Kxprcss.
Figures-at band Indicate that this year's
tiado balanco In favor ot tho United
States will be more than $700,000,000, sur
passing all previous records. And the
United States has only Just begun to bo
an exporting nation.
Jimtlcn Mnjor llnrrlson.
Indianapolis Journal.
A good deal of evidence has been adduced
tending to show that tho summary removal
of Major Hussell B. Hurrlson from tho vol
unteer service was,, In Its circumstances and
Inferences, an act 'of Injustice to him.
Whether this is so or not tho decision ot
President McKlnloy to reinstate htm In his
former rank, thus removing any Implied
blemish on his record, Is an act of gen
erosity tbnt docs honor to' tho president.
Chartered Fnr from Home.,
Philadelphia Record.
A trading and transportation trust has
been organized for Alaska under the pro
tecting shelter of New Jersey's Incorpora
tion luws, every largo corporation, with
ono exception, being included In tho deal.
Tho economic history of this fallow field
of entcrprlso will bo henceforth n 'record
of trust achievement, In which the perfect
working of monopoly will be shown with
out let or hindrance. Tho trust wilt havo
a clear field and all tho favors In tho frozen
northwest.
(Irnwlh In Itn.lronil Cniiltnllintlun.
Portland Oregonlnu.
Ten years ago there were only thrco
railroad companies In tho United States
with an outstanding stock canital exceed
ing $100,000,000 tho Atchison, the Pennsyl
vania and 'tho Southern Pacific and their
stock Issues did not severally rlso far above
that figure. Now a dozen railroad compa
nies can bo named whose capital stock
amounts to $100,000,000 or mora and thrco
of them go abovo tho $200,000,000 mark
tho Union Pacific, with $296,000,000; the
Pennsylvania, with $251,000,000, and (ho
Atchison, with $216,000,000.
Contentment of the Snlt Trout.
Indianapolis News.
President White of the salt trust says
that the present tariff ot $1.60 a ton on
salt Is sufficient to prevent foreign com
petition, and naively adds that American
salt U now tor the first time beginning
to seek a foreign market. Tho average
citizen will havo difficulty In understand
ing tho necessity for a tariff to protect
tho homo market from foreign competi
tion when our own salt dealers aro com
potlng In foreign markets, where they
have no protection and where tho cost
of transportation Is added to the cost of
production.
I'KIISO.NAL AMU OTHERWISE.
As the coal man retires the Ice man
struts to the Center ot the stage.
General Tung persistently refuses to Join
In .tho debate at Pckln. He values his neck
too highly.'
Admiral Sampson and Captain Chad wick
have captured another bunch of "prlzo
money. Lucky seadogs!
Chicago's strenuous pace is halting per
ceptibly. A weary resident actually went
to sleep on the fender of a moving street
car.
An almanac 224 years old has been dis
covered In Boston. Tlie find Is a good clue
to the origin ot current Jokes credited to
Boston wits.
The president of Venezuela linn invnmn.
lated $2,000,000 during 'his short career as
a political boss. That sets a warm pace for
his American brother.
Now comcB the appendix to the reports
of two successful surgical operations In
which tho human stomach was removed.
Ono survived six, tho other ten days.
The Chicago Post has abandoned tho
tabloid garb ' and is back to Its former
pleasing shape. If looks better In the old
clothes and the publishers are much wiser.
Philadelphia Daughters of tho American
Ilevolutlpn applauded tho assertion that
Agulnaldo was a patriot. And that, too,
in the tanauctlng room of Independence
hall.
Tho proposed poet trust under way at
Chicago has deterred definite action until
the sweet singer of Saddle Creek Is heard
from. Omaha Is a necessary factor in any
combine of poetic pipers.
Mlko DoYoung of the San Francisco
Chronicle has returned from Egypt, bring
ing with him three mummies ot tho
rtolemalc period. These will materially
Increase tho .Chronicle's collection of
"stiffs."
Lako winds and dusty streets aro regarded
by physicians us the principal' cause of
tho epidemic ot suicide In Chicago. Nine
persons tried to shufllo off In two day
last week. Humane people should pay their
way out of town.
There Is no Just causo for "beefing" over
Britain's preference for home-grown beef.
Alt beef looks alike In the can, and Ameri
can printers cau turn out British labels
Just ns artistic as tho French labols that
decorate catv of Maine sardines.
St. Louis people arc coming to the front
with fair money at a snail pace. A 10 per
cent call on subscriptions hasn't yet netted
tho $500,000 necessary to Incorporate tho
fair association. Postponement for u year
Is regarded as Inevitable.
The restricted flow of water through
Chicago's drainage canal Is hailed as a
victory by St. Louis. Thus the sewage
of the Lako City, moving at a hesitant
gait, drops its vitality piecemeal on the
way and passes tho big bridge without gag
ging the. natives.
The folly of publishing an 8x10 news
paper in a 4x6 town Is Illustrated In the
passing ot the Indianapolis Press, The
Prexn was too good for the Booster capital.
It was a model newspaper, mentally and
mechanically, and Us suspension Ik sin
cerely regretted by exchango editors,
BLASTS FROM RAM'S IIOR..
A man may have a keen mind without a
cutting tongue.
True fishers ot souls havo little uso for
bread and butter bolt.
Your worth depends on what you are
and not u what you have.
Theru Is otteu moro of Christ lu tho
kitchen than lu the cathedral.
It Is always harder to use tho heart
than to work tho head In religion.
A man will usually wlnco on tho spot
where his conscience Is most worn out.
A man's Interest In re1!tfton will bo ac
cording" to the amount ot principle he has
In It.
Tho only man who Is tilted to dissemi
nate his thoughts is ho who can concentrate
them.
Too many want God's light on their
heavenward way whllo they wrap their
lives In fog.
Many who arc willing that their work
should bo done by proxy will bo surprised
to receive their reward that way.
He who cannot forget the kindness he
has dono Is little better than ho who re
members the Injuries ho has received.
SECULAR SHOTS AT Till) I'll 1,1' IT.
Somcrvlllo Journal: It Is generally re
garded as wrong for nnybody but n minis
ter to work on Sunday.
Philadelphia Press: Poislbly not a sin
gle person will back up tho claim ot that
New York clergyman that nil unmarried
pooplo nro happy.
Boston Transcript: A Montreal prelate
calls cremation u paean rlto. For all thut,
It Is certainly prcfcrablo to rccont exhibi
tions Christendom has made ot Itself In
China.
Detroit Frco Press: Speaking of tho
dtsclpllno ot tho Baptist church, tho negro
congregation in Missouri that spanked the
pastor sccms'to bo entitled to distinguished
consideration.
Washington Star: In spite of the adage
about music having charms to soothe, an
Oklahoma congregation got Into a quarrel
over ft church organ, nnd finally resorted
to dynamite,
Boston Globe: The Methodist ministers
ot Now Kngland arc opposed to fishing on
Sunday, nnd yet as fishers of men most of
them mako bigger hauls on Sunday than on
any other day.
Washington Post: Tho relatives ot a
missionary who was killed In China want
$100,000 for the loss of llfo and $15,000 ad
ditional for tho loss of property. When
It cornea to the mnttcr of assets our mis
sionaries manage to keep up with those
of the other countries.
Chicago Chronicle: A distinguished kin-
dergartner complains that the stained glass
windows of'churches hurt eyesight. Thore
Is truth In the averment. Most of thorn
hurt tho sight In moro senses than one.
Their crude colors are Injurious to tho
optic nerve. Their grotesque composition
Is often destructive of religious grnvlty.
Brooklyn Eaglo: Dr. Buckley makes this
savage attack upon Christian Scientists:
"Christian Science Is the most subtlo form
of heresy that the church has ericountorod
since tho third century. An athdist cannot
do us ns much harm as a person of this
class, for nn honest man Is better than an
arrant fool." The doctor sur.ely does not
expect tho Scientists to turn tho other
cheek.
Chicago Inter-Ocean: A Baltimore
preacher who does not believe In death-bed
rcpentanco says that preachers should not
be allowed to attend people who aro ill.
"The sick bed Is not tho place for tho
transformation of tho Uvea of Individuals,"
bo says, and maybe this is true, but nny
place where mortals aro In troublo ought
to be a good placo for a minister ot tho
gospel.
Indianapolis News: Tho claims ot tho
missionaries In China are large. Why aro
missionaries n China? Is It to prosper
materially or is It to win the Chinese to
tho doctrines of Christianity? And how
aro they to win over tho Chlneso if they
burden them with Indemnity claims? hy
not win the confidence of tho Chlneso by
forgiveness and a blotting out of their
transgressions?
SOME TYPHOID FACTS.
Pollution of Witter ami Contamina
tion of Milk the Chief Source.
Philadelphia Record.
In its annual report the Connecticut
State Board of Health calls attention to thu
great dlfferenco In the results of the pri
vate and tho hospital treatment ot typhoid
fover. In six hospitals there wore 693
cases and tho mortality was only C.8 per
cent; whllo 1,163 cuses In prlyate practice
showed a mortality of 20 per cent. Tho
epidemic at Forcstvllle was distinctly
traced to the contamination of the water
Bupply by the oewago from a factory where
a slnglo case of typhoid fever was found.
The tacts presented by the report favor tho
suggestion that in every town there should
be a hospital where patients affllctc'd with
a contagious disease might bo Isolated with
out suffering for proper attention. Tuo re
port strongly opposes the pollution ot run
ning streams by sewage, urges a state hos
pital for consumptives, and affirms that tho
enforcement of tho antl-splttlng ordinances
would reduce the number of consumptives.
The sanitary conditions of Connecticut
have been greatly Improved In the last ton
years, owing to tho Increased authority
conferred upon health officers. Ry Isolating
cases of smallpox und other contagious
diseases, disinfecting the promises where
such diseases have been found. Improving
the sewerage systems In several places, etc.,
these officials have reduced the death rato
from 19.2 per 1,000 of population to 17.U
per 1,000. This means an annual saving ot
hundreds of lives. Whllo there Is nothing
extraordinary In tho results 'of sanitation
In Connecticut, tho statistics multiply the
Cheviots and
These fabrics nro to bo very
nnd dnrk shudes of gray, nnd
effects. In business suits,
and well fitting waist are the fashion.
$10.00 to $25.00
The especial merits of our suits are in the thoroughly
good materials, tho competent wOrkmenship, the correct
style, the right price and the admitted fact that
XO CLOTHING KITS LIKE OUKS.
i
Browning, King & Co.
Exclusive Clothiers arid Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox. Manager.
evidences In favor of a more rigid enforce
ment of reasonable sanltnry laws. It li
safo to say that whenever there has been
nn epidemic of typhoid fcrcr there has been
criminal carelessness on the part of porsoim
In charge of the patient with whom the epi
demlc originated. Tho exerclso ot n little
caro nnii common senso would In every In
stance prevent the spread of the dlsrace.
In more than a ecore of epidemics of ty
phold fover tho Inciting cause has been
traced to pollution of water supply or con
Umlnatlon of milk from souio dairy.
DOMESTIC Pl.KASAXTIllF.S.
Detroit Free Press: Mothcr-My bar
how rotild you rcfuso him? Ho amy never
PDauBhtcRr-ilut, nitninm, he said he would.
Chlcngo Rccord-llcrnld: "It Is never too
VTltTS't patch winter
llannels this spring: tho moths mny get
them before next autumn.
Judge: Daughtcr-Whlrli Is correct, puna,
"Miss Brown married Mr. Smith, or Mr.
Smith married Ml Brown?"
Papa Thnt depends, my child. Had ho
tho money or had she?
Boston Transcript: llerthn Ncttlo was
surprised when 1 told iter I was going to
be married. ,
Hester-Nuturnlly; nnyono would be, you
know.'
Chicago Tribune: Saymold Storey-Well.
I vo got my regier spring houso-cleanln'
done. ... ...
Goodman Ooiiroug Your house-clcnnlir?
Gosh! What did you hnvo to do?
Hnymold Storey Turn mo shuck mnttrcM
over.
Clovolnnd Plain Dealer: "Ob, sir, won't
you go In nnd stop that mnn nnd his wlfo
from lighting? Just Union to tliatl"
"Who, me? Not much I won't. I remem
ber too vividly the futn of the fellow who
Interfered between me nnd my wife!"
Somcrvlllo Journal: He You remind mo
of it bottlo of chumpuguc.
8hc-Do 1 really?
He Yes; you nre ho blamed expensive.
Stray Stories
Ho Stunning
hair thut
litnk when
girl over there Iiiih.
I Rhoulil think when
nhn undoes it it would
full
below her
wnist.
She Yes, right on tho iloor.
Detroit Freo Press: Tho rnller looked
nrouiul i,cr U)0n a condition of general un
tidiness. "I'm doing my own housework now,"
apologized the. hostess.
"Oh. nro you?" sold tho caller. "I hadn't
noticed that It was done."
Philadelphia Press: Wlfc-ltohry, what
was the mutter with you when you came In
lust night?
IIusbiind-Nothlng thnt I know of. Whv?
, wlfe Well, you kept walking uround llio
bed with your bund on the rnlilng, saying:
Here n tho banisters, all right, but whero's
thostulrs?"
THIO CHOWUEI) STREET.
William Cullcn Bryunt.
Let me movo slowly through the street,
Mll'd with an fver-phlftlng trnln.
Amid tho Hounds of steps thnt beat
Tho murmuring walks llko autumn rain.
How fast the Hitting llgtires come!
The mild, tho fierce, the stony face
Some bright with thoughtless smiles, and
Homo
Where secret tears have left their trace.
They pays to toll, to strife, to rcHt-
1o halls In which tho feast Is spread
To chambers where the funeral guest
III silence sits besldo the dead.
And some to happy homes repair,
,.W.hc"' f1"'1"". i- -U- ta. eK to cheek,
W Ith mute caresses t,hnll declare
Tho tenderness thoy cannot speak.
And some, who walk In calmness here,
Shall shudder as they reach the door,
here ono who made their dwelling dear,
Its Dower, Its light, Is seen no more.
Youth, with pale check nnd slender frame.
.Lrt'nmH pf Frentness In thlno eyol
Go st thou to build nn early nume,
Or early In tho task to dlo?
Keen son .of trade, with cngcr brow!
who Is now fluttering In thy snaro?
Thy golden fortunes, tower they now,
Or melt tho glittering Bplres In ulr?
W4? ot, tnl" LT.?W.1 ,0"'Rlit shnll trend
The dnnce till daylight gleam ngnln?
W ho sorrow o'er the untimely dead?
W ho wrltlio In throes of mortnl pain?
S?rrHe' fnnilnc.Htriick. "hull think how long
Tho cold, d.rk hours, how slow the light:
And some, who Ihiunt amid the throng,
Shall hide In dens of shnmo tonight.
Kiicli where his tusks or plcasurea call.
pi y. '"Jf.l' "J"' ,",p'1 0,,oh ""'or not.
There s Who heeds. Who holds them all
In Ills large love und boundless thought.
Ti.Bv',IVs.lln,1 U,'l0H ot ,hBt "com
In waywnril, aimless course to tend,
Aro eddies of tho mighty stream
Uhut rolls to Its uppolntod end.
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at
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Dork Room Lamps 10c
Drying Racks 10c
4x5 Seeds Platen ., -15c
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