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If Put Ctwt! Iiiul uny tloulitH tlmt lie
wis It, In could relievo tliein by rcntlluK
the testimony In the kliltinplnj; case.
KnlHltiK live stock on Xolmtskn
ranches promises safer profits than bait
liiK bulls or Mhcitrlnt; lambs on the stock
exchange.
A civil engineer named Jonah In the
employ of an Illinois railroad has re
versed the old order of things and
thrown up his Job.
Wichita reports the heaviest rain on
record. .Some of the hatchet crusaders
must by mistake have knocked the bung
out of the water barrel.
Minister Conger cannot be very hot
after the Iowa governorship or he would
not be llgurlng on returnltig to his post
in China at the end of sixty days.
Tho first lesson learned by the Cuban
delegates to Washington lias been that
President McKlnlcy Is not half so bad
ns he is painted In the popocratio yellow
Journals.
A Heatrlco man has been fasting for
twenty-one days, although thero Is noth
ing In evidence at present to warn peo
ple thus to prepare themselves for dem
ocratic times.
Various Nebraska towns have already
commenced fo talk about celebrating
the Fourth of .Inly. They do not appear
to take stock in the democratic asser
tion that the national holiday had been
abolished.
M. do Hlowltz, the Paris newspaper
correspondent, predicts that ho will die
with a pen In his hand. If the predic
tion is no nearer correct than most of
those ho gives to the press M, do Hlowltz
tan quiet his fears.
A largo comet of great brilliancy liaB
made Its appearance In the skies and Is
visible from Australia nnd South, Africa.
Tho twentieth century soothsayers will
now have n chance to demonstrate that
their occupation has not yet vanished.
The Hrltlsh ministry announces that
It will delay the establishment of civil
government In tho Transvaal until after
the return of Sir Alfred Miluer to Eng.
land. Wonder if the attitude of On
oral Dowet has anything to do with the
delay,
Minister Conger takes occaslou to deny
emphatically that he has been recalled,
or that thero is any friction between
him and thu administration. Mr. Con
ger declines to allow the opponents ot
the administration to make a martyr
out of him.
A St. Louis paper heralds tho exposi
tion appropriation by the legislature of
the lladger state with tho announce
ment. "Wisconsin gives $2.r,000 Her
dairymen and brewers coming to world's
fair." As If it was yet to bo demon
fctrated that buttermilk and beer made
a bad mixture.
Tho enrollment of tho emperor's son
lit tho German university at IJonn has
created a small sensation In educational
circles of the fatheiiaud. If tho young
man had been transplanted to tho United
States and put through tho public
school system like the children of thu
American sovereigns lie would probably
beuetlt still more.
Tho deposits In Nebraska state bauke
nro over SIJ.OOO.OOO greater than ever bu-
foro In tho history of the state. Tho
sumo condition exists In tho national
bunks. Kverythlng goes to prove that
tho people of Nebraska aro better off
than ever before, wullo tho entire nnnn
- -
lutiou Is busily engaged piling up still
uioro prosperity.
People wont to decry Uugllsh Btntes
umnshlp ure liable to see, If they live
many years, that Kugllsu statesmen liavo
been more farseelng thnu any In Europe
In Chinese matters. England has been
disposed to forego mouey Indemulty and
In lieu thereof to secure trade couces
slons in China. With its vast undevel
oped trado tho door to the Clilueso em
plro la worth to Great llrltaln many
times more than all the money Indemnity
Uio country Is ablo to pay.
ALL THAT m.lTTEltS IS SOT (WLD.
Tho sctainblc to get rich In a day by
capitalizing Industrial ventures Into
fabulous figures and speculating lit
stocks and bonds secured by enterprises
listed at Inllated valuations contain
dangerous seed of deception. The man
who tries to lift himself over the fence
by his bootstraps Is paralleled every day
by the man who builds up a fiction of
wealth, soon to Hud It an air castle van
ishing into thlu space.
National wealth and Individual wealth
are two entirely distinct conceptions.
The national wealth consists of the com
bined products and resources of the
country and the potential abilities of
the people that constitute the nation.
The national wealth can be Increased
only by developing Its resources, apply
Ing Its Inventive genius, expanding the
productive capacities of Its Inhabitants.
Tho individual's wealth Is gauged by his
command over the products and services
of his fellows. Anything that goes to
increase his power, measured In the
iionetary standard, Increases his wealth
rating mid elevates him In the scale of
commercial appraisement.
The unloading of securities Issued on
abnormal valuations of property may
make fortunes for their Individual own
ers, but It represents no Increment to
the national wealth. The consolidation
of competing business concerns Into
colossal combinations adds to tho na
tional wealth only to the extent that
economies are produced and savings
effected by more systematic and less
wasteful systems of production, al
though an Incidental gamble on the turn
may make uiultl-mllllonalres out of the
promoters. hat Is gained In this way,
however, for one set of operators Is
eventually taken from another set that
happens later to bo caught In the
squeeze when the air bubble Is pricked
and tho undertaking brought down
agalu to the hard pan of what it will ac
tually return in interest on investment.
The royal road to wealth has not yet
been uncovered even In this twentieth
century era. On the contrary, the only
sure avenue to advancement that has
been opened up Is through perseverance,
pluck and Industry. Almost all our men
of wealth and real intlueuco have
achieved their present stations from
small beginnings, not by wild aud reck
less speculation, but by constant, steady
effort directed by Intelligence, foresight
and common sense. They have suc
ceeded not by following one evanescent
wlll o'-the-wlsp after another, but by
recognizing the force of the adage,
".Shoemaker, stick to thy last," and peg
ging persistently at the lino for which
experience lias proved them to possess
peculiar ability. Nowhere aro greater
opportunities offered to tho humblest
person In the land than right hero In
America, but only the observance of tho
old nnd time-tried rules will produce the
prize-winner.
TIW CUI1AX VUXFBltKSCH
Little has been disclosed lu regard to
tho conferences at Washington with the
Cuban commissioners nnd from this no
definite Judgment can bo formed as to
tho effect upon the minds of the commis
sioners. It wns reported that tho result
of the first interview of the commission
with Secretary Hoot was considered sat
isfactory. It is understood that the Cu
bans were plaluly informed that tho ex
ecutive department of the government
could mnke uo change In the conditions
submitted by congress and that there is
little possibility of congresslonul action
lu that direction. The various proposi
tions contained lu tho Piatt amendment
were discussed and there wns a free ex
pression of opinions on both sides.
At tho second conference economic
questions were considered as well as the
future pollticul relations between tho
United States and Cuba. It is said to
be the opinion of the American olliclnls
that a very fair understanding lias been
reached aud that tho report of the con
ferences which the commission will
make to the constitutional convention
will have a satisfactory effect upon that
body. The Cubans would give out no
Information, beyoud tho stutemeut of
one member of the commission that
they had presented uo proposition and
had simply sought to obtalu the views
of this government on the main points
Involved, at the same time conveying to
the authorities tho views of tho conven
tion they ropresent. Thero was uo ex
pression of sentiment on the part of nuy
of thorn.
It may bo a couple of weeks before tho
commission will report to the convention
ami lu tho meantime the advocates in
Cuba of tho Piatt nmendinent will have
started an agitation for Its acceptance.
A mass meeting Is to bo held at Ma
tauzas today to open the campnlgn and
It Is announced that the platform to bo
submitted for adoption will favor the
acceptance of tho American terms and
Indorse tho course of General Wood.
This movement will be watched with
much Interest, as It will develop popular
sentiment throughout the Island ami de
termine the question whether a majority
of the people favor or oppose the plan
proposed by this government for future
political relations between Cuba and the
United States. It will also show tho
fooling there regarding tho adinlulstra
tlon of General Wood, which some of
tho Havana correspondents persistently
usuert Is generally unpopular. It Is uu
doubtedly true that thero Is opposition
to tho governor general. He has not
boon nblo to please everybody. Hut It
Is notoworthy that no complaint against
him, so far ns known, was made by the
Cuban commission, though this does not
necessnrlly Imply, of course, that tho
members of the commission are favora
ble to him. Still If It be true, as some
of the correspondents assert, that Gen
eral Wood has neither tho support uor
tho coulldeuce of the Cubans, It would
seem that the commission would have
given at least somo decided Intimation
of this.
Wo are unable to share tho coulldeuce
expressed by some in tho early accept
anco of the Amerlcau terms. We nrv
Inclined to doubt whether the confer
ences at Washington will hove the
hoped-for effect. Tho probability Is that
the constitutional convention, after hav
ing heard the report of the commission,
I will decide to leave the question at Issue
THE OMAITA DAILY I3KE: SIJSDAV, Al'HIL 2S, 1001
lu abeyance until an appeal can be made
to congress.
77-; A'fcir MUVK .V ( H.V.I.
Tin appointment by tho empress dow
ager or China of n board of national ad
ministration, ostensibly to relieve her of
her public functions, is regarded at
Washington us Important bceniiso Indi
cating the relinquishment of the arbl
trnrj powers this remarkable woman
has exercised. While the empress dow
ager Is well advanced lu years nnd has
long beut tho real ruler of the Chinese
empire, having first become regent for
her own son In isiio. before the present
emperor was born, and might therefore
be supimsod to have grown somewhat
weary of a public life, much of which
has been troubled and stormy, It Is by
no means certain that she has actually
relinquished any of her power. A more
plausible reason for her action Is a de
sire to avoid direct responsibility to for
eign powers for what may happen In the
future This Is quite in accord with the
shrewd and sclllsli Instincts of China's
real ruler, upon whom more than any
other, unquestionably, rests the respon
sibility for the trouble In which China
is Involved.
Hut It Is possible that this new move
may prove beneficial, as has been
pointed out, In making It easier for the
representatives of the powers to trans
act business with the Chinese govern
ment. At present there are some dllll
i iii i s In the way of tills which cause
delay. It Is suggested that the selec
tions made of members of tho board of
administration may complicate the good
which LI Hung Chang and tin; others
may accomplish, but It seems quite as
reasonable to conclude that nothing of
this kind is contemplated. Tho proba
bility Is that the new board will enter
upon Its work Instructed to facilitate
rat her than obstruct negotiations and
therefore will be found disposed to sup
port Instead of opposing the work of the
Chinese peace plenipotentiaries, whose
powers are probably lu nowise dimin
ished by the new arrangement. Indeed,
no such Interference could take place
without completely upsetting the plan of
negotiations and this the powers would
not tolerate. The Chinese government
would only Involve Itself In greater
trouble by such a course and It has
shown an earnest desire to reach a sat
isfactory settlement as soon as possible.
We think, therefore, that this latest
action of the empress dowager, what
ever her real motive for It may be, will
have good results, not only In facilita
ting a settlement with tho powers, but
lu Improving conditions In the empire,
for which there is great need.
WHAT yUT TU DO WITH THE TllVSTS.
We have heard a great deal as to
what should bo done with the trusts,
the remedies for trust evils varying from
complete governmental abolishment to a
return to an absoluteely let-alone policy.
The fact that there are certain limits
to the scope of government action
not to be overlooked gives particular
timeliness to the suggestions offered in
an nrtlclo by Prof. John II. Clark
of Columbia university, In the current
Independent, pointing out negatively the
limitations of the trust problem. Inas
niuch as Prof. Clark not only stands in
the very first rank of American political
economists, but has ninde a special study
of the subject, his opinions are entitled
to ns great If not greater -weight than
those of nny other academic authority.
The llrst thing Prof. Clark warns us
not to do lu dealing with the trusts is
to make a sweeping abolition of pro
tective duties. "Whatever may be said
about the wisdom of having tariffs at
all," he says, "a country which actually
has one and which under It has built up
Industries that aro In sonic degree de
pendent on it, will bo slow to abolish
It. As a measure for the settlement of
the trust problem, n sweeping abolition
of duties Is not practicable, and a very
gradual abolition of them is Inadequate.
In general ways such a reform will
help us, but If we resort to It wo shall
know tlint we are not thereby solving
tlie trust problem. The greater number
of consolidations will remain unaf
fected." Tills is tho best answer to
the chnrge so often made by shallow
thinkers and cheap politicians that tho
tariff Is the solo breeder of trusts and
alone responsible for them.
Secondly, according to Prof. Clark,
wt shall not limit the size of corpora
tions. It Is folly to set a definite
figure on the capitalization of corporate
organizations because the capital and
resources must vary with tho work to
bo done and tho Held to be covered.
If corporate capital Is beneficial for tho
accomplishment of certain objects, pro
scribing a limit by legislation would
merely cripple Important Industries.
The third admonition Is that we shall
not try systematically to break up great
corporations Into Hinnller ones. "It Is
conceivable," says Prof. Clark, "that
a statute ni'itht bo enacted which
would say that any corporation produc
ing moro than a quarter of the supply
of goods of a common kind should bo
treated ns a monopoly and outlawed uu
dor a principle of common law that Is
already lu force, if such a statute wore
effectlvo to tho extent of putting four
smaller corporations In the place of ono
great one wo should still have to deal
with the underhanded poollug operations
which go on now lu many places; the
four corporations would Hud ways of
acting In concert." This means that to
attempt to spilt tho trusts Into their
component parts would bo Just as futile
ns to attempt to force tho great railroad
systems of tho country to break up
again Into tho mass of small connecting
lines out of which they were originally
built.
Prof. Clark's fourth p'rolllbltlou Is that
wo shall not prescribe by law the prices
at which goods must be sold. We
cannot prescribe selling prices to trusts
without prescribing tho selling prices of
tho same articles manufactured outside
of, the trust. Ho urges that granting
that competent commissions could bo se
cured to tlx prices and that this action
could bo mnde effectlvo, tho result
would resolve only Into a regulation of
protlts, been u wo the sole basis upon
which prices could bo prescribed would
bo oue of cost. To leuvo the producer
a return that would pay fair wages,
managers' salaries, Interest on capital
and Insurance against risks would re
quire the fixing of tho rates of profit and
of Interest as the principal element to
the price schedule. In Prof. Clark's opin
ion a law working quickly and re
morselessly In forcing prices down to
a cost level would be more harmful than
the trusts have been, and taxing protlts
out of existence would stop progress,
prevent Improvements, new Inventions
and new processes.
Finally, we shall not try the experi
ment of state socialism. Prof. Clark
admits that the growth of trusts has
caused state socialism to present It
self to many as a possible alternative
for the regime of monopoly, but he
denies emphatically that It Is the only
alternative. While many a man would
prefer one great public monopoly as
against a system of unregulated monop
olies In private hands, there Is no such
situation. The trusts are subject to
regulation and ate more or less under
regulation now. These great corpora
tions ate part of an Industrial evolu
tion, vital factors In promoting com
merclal expansion and Insuring Indus
trial supremacy.
Prof. Clark does not lu this article
outline the nature of the system or
regulation he would favor, although
he has previously Indicated his views
in other contributions on the trust prob
lem, lie looks at It from the stand
point of economics rather than of poli
ties. Were It not for the political
aspects o'f the trusts and the menace
Involved to certain essential Institu
tions of popular government we may be
sure more rapid headway would be
made In simplifying this twentieth cen
tury Industrial complication.
THE COXatlESS ()' HEI'UULICS.
The commission which Is to represent
the United States nt the congress of
American republics to be held in the
City of Mexico next fall will soon meet
lu Washington for organization. Hefore
receiving Instructions, which may not
be given until a month before the meet
ing of the congress. It Is expected that
the commission will do a good deal of
preliminary work in the way of sub
dividing the subjects likely to receive
the consideration of the congress.
Not the least Important of these will
relate to commercial affairs and It Is
thought that something may be accom
plished to promote commercial reciproc
ity between this country and the south
ern republics. The dllllculty In tho way
of this, obviously, Is the attitude of the
American senate in regard to reciprocity
and any promises or assurances which
the delegates from the United States
may give are pretty certain to bo re
garded with doubt and distrust. As to
political questions, that of International
arbitration will bo the most Important
for the consideration of the congress. It
is said that among the South American
representatives in Washington the Idea
seems to be accepted that some plan of
establishing a permanent court of arbi
tration will bo adopted and this view
also meets the approval of some of the
delegates from this country, as well as
that of leading olliclnls of the adminis
tration. The promise Is that this will be the
most largely attended congress of Amer
ican republics yet held nnd It should also
bo tho most important in practical re
sults. It Is of peculiar Interest to tho
United States, since It will afford a most
desirable opportunity for reassuring the
southern republics of tho friendly Inter
est which the American people feel In
their welfare nnd of counteracting the
sentiment of hostility to this country
which has -been fostered, particularly
since the war with Spain, among the
people of tho southern republics.
Not so many years ago It was a prev
alent custom wherever a snug wns en
countered In negotiating treaties with
different Indian tribes, for the opening
of their lands to white settlement, to
take a delegation of their chlcrs to
Washington and Introduce them to the
Great Father. The Introduction usually
resulted lu a prompt completion of the
treaty by tho acquiescence of the chiefs
and the allixment of their signatures.
Perhaps the entertainment of tho Cuban
delegation at tho American capital will
have an equally auspicious ending.
A Chicago Judge has rendered a de
cision which, If it stands the test of
higher courts, will prove a decided check
to the business of tho loan sharks who
prey upon uufortunato working people
by charging exorbitant Interest. Thu
Judge holds that a mortgage or assign
ment of unearned salary Is Illegal and
that the Hen cannot bo enforced. Such
a ruling would, of course, defeat some
legitimate claims, but if it will servo to
keep In check tho sharks, other portions
of tho community will bo able to staud
It.
Tho opposition politicians and press
nro industriously at work creating the
Impression that tho Cuban delegates
have not been well received at Wash
ington, if peanut partisan politics can
create trouble between this country and
tho Cubans" thero will certainly bo trou
ble. Thero nro ample Indications, how
ever, that both tho administration nnd
the Cubans themselves are broad
vlsioued enough to see through these po
litical designs and that tho end will be
a settlement satisfactory to all parties.
Among tho second lieutenants commis
sioned lu tho regular army as a result of
tho examination of enlisted men Is a
young colored soldier, who has thus
proven his ability to rise from tho ranks,
lu which ho served for three years. The
best way to encourage tho colored people
to Industry aud thrift Is to accord to
them tho same rewards and promotions
that aro earned by the same effort by
whlto competitors. All tho colored man
hns n right to ask Is to be on the same
level with whlto men of equal ability.
Several of tho enstorn cities nro trying
to work up to tho point of a fad tho
decoration nnd embellishment of front
nnd back yards, school yards, church
yards and every spot Inslilo a city not
covered with buildings or sidewalks or
pavements. Every householder owes It
to himself and to his neighbors to keep
his premises In an attractive condition,
and If this agitation furnishes the stim
ulus for the better performance of this
duty no complaint will be entered.
General Funston writes" from the Phil
ippines to u friend nt homo that the
prophecies made before election that the
re-election of McKlnlcy would be the
deathblow to the bandit Insurrection are
being realized to an extent that no one
would have ventured to predict three
months ago. This must be u sad disap
pointment to the opponents of McKln
ley's re-election, whose prophecies In the
other direction were wilder than u
March hare,
A Sinn. lnw of llniiili.
Philadelphia Ilecord.
The h.mrt that rocks the cradle Is seldom
the one that raps for order In the mothers'
meeting.
Prdritiil Ivlelicil llier,
Indlaunpolls News.
Tho South Atrlcnn war Is deposing;
Great llrltaln ns the chief creditor nation
of the world.
Ilir .tlrtlti (Mil ThliiK.
New York Tribune.
Queen Wllhclmlna now realizes how
shnrpor than a serpent's tooth It Is to marry
a bachelor with debts.
"t'nlii't Vim r I'lit In.
Philadelphia Times.
A lot of western women, angry at their
husbands' Into hours, hnvo formed an In
dlRiintlon club. What's tho matter with
tho hroom?
An Old Tlit ory Dt'iimllaliiMl.
Washington Post.
A Now York man has his coffln all pre
pared with n burglar-proof einfe nt the
head, and propones to take nil his worldly
possessions Into tho ground with him. This
Is ono case that rather tipiets the old theory
about a fool nnd his money being soon
Darted,
'I'imi Aliieli I'reNmirc.
Detroit Journal.
Not being nblo to hnzo nnyono to death
recently, tho West Point cadots hnvo broken
out in Insubordination against tho superin
tendent. There Is evidently a large over
prcs8tiro of steam among tho fighters, and
sitting on the safcty-vnlvo does not help
tho matter.
l.lKlit iiii I'riiNiicetlvc (irnflN.
Philadelphia North American.
Tho Spanish war claims commission has
adopted a wise rulo In requiring every
claimant to fllo n copy of tho agreement
for the payment of his attorney. Govern
ment claims aro so easily Inflated when
It Is ncccsfury to provide for a largo con
tingent fco that tho commission will bo
forewarned to u certain extent If It knows
how much tho actual claimant hopes to
receive on his own account.
Toil .Much of a lioml 'I'll I uu.
Indianapolis News.
Prosperity is a great thing, but thero
Is danger of overdoing it. Many a stock
that looks very tempting now will loso
much of Its charm when tho squeezing
process begins, People on the outside
should be coreful not to rely loo much
on surface indications or trust too Im
pllclty to tho golden promlfces of tho elo
miont prospectus. Thero is still a well
dellncd distinction between busluees and
gambling.
MI.MSTKItS IX THU SICKIIOOAI.
Clerl.nl Illnxt About llrntlibcil Ite
IicnliiiiPfM Tilth l.nj- TrliuiiiluKK.
New Yoik Tribune.
Key. rr. Hnrcourt of Ualtlmore, for
merly well known as a .Methodist minister,
has aroused tho clergy generally by nssert
Ing that ai a rulo clergymen ought not to
bo ollowcd to enter a sickroom. "I ad
vlso overybody," ho said In a sermon
which ho preached on Sunday evening In tho
Pcoplo's Methodist church of Reading, Pa.,
"to bo exceedingly careful nbout allowing
a minister to visit in the sickroom. His
very presenco Is causa for alarm. Ills
solemn countenance, his tone of voice, l;ls
tiptoeing around tho sickbed nro grave
cause for alarm; but when ho approaches
tho patient and with cad countonanco looks
Into his face, feels his pulso and then
heaves a deep sigh and says, 'Let us have
a few words of prayer,' such n doso of
ministerial ministration Is enough to make
n well man sick, and no doctor or nurso
can overcome even with powerful and eftl
eaclous remedies tho effectn ot Buch a
visit as I hnvo described.
"Ono of the oldest editors in Pennsylva
nia, who knows my views upon this sub
ject, writes to me saying: I firmly bo
llovc that many uro linstcncd to tho grnyo
by the ministerial habit of Invading tho
chamber of tho sick with Intensified mani
festations of solemnity. Aly own doctor
recently kept out live ministers from ny
sickroom, and I still live. I bcllovo many
dcuths nro hastened by ministerial visita
tions to the sickroom.'
"Character is not made by n few puffs
of breath that we call prayer, nnd It Is
character that tolls hero nnd hereafter.
Keep the mlnUter, tho long-faced, Hcpul-chral-volced
minister, out of tho etckroou;
it is not his plnce. Let him grnpplo with
men In life this will try his grit and
grace but keep him from taking ndvnntuge
of a man In the hour ot his weakness,
when unable to defend himself!"
This Is a highly rhetorical method of dis
cussing the question nnd does not throw
much light on it. All ministers do not
"tlptoo" around tho sickbed, nor do .til
ministers liuttnto tho oleaginous piety of
tho Kcv. Mr. Chndband. It Is doubtless
true that clergymen may nnd sometimes
do fall Into professional mannerisms, which
act on tho nerves even of well people.
Hut so also do physicians. An English
paper not long ago told of a most accom
plished physician who lost n good part of
tils practice because It was his Invariable
custom to enter a sickroom rubbing his
hands ond exclaiming: "And how nro we
today? Hotter, I ntn sure." It hns been
cynically said that every calling has Its
"patter," nnd certain stock phrases nnd
tricks of tho volco which tho clergy aro
tempted to adopt might cnslly prove un
pleasnnt to tho sick. Hut this sort of pro
fcBsIonallsm Is becoming less and less
common, nnd wo believe that tho pastor's
visitations are In most cases welcome and
helpful to tho sick. In tho specific In
stances In which for nny reason such Is
not the case, tho pastor has neither tho
right nor would ordinarily have the deslro
to force his visits on tho patient.
In so far, however, as Dr. Harcourt
condemns the assumption tlmt what is
called deathbed repentance Is efllclcnt to
form character, he Is on safe grouud,
Without going Into tho question how far
deathbed repentance affects llfo after dea'h,
the theory that such n lato repentance
Is a satisfactory substitute for character
formed by a llfo of rlghtoousncss Is a most
pornlclous error. While tho pastor should
not repel a sinner repentant on his death
bed, ho should do or say nothing to give
tho impression that such persons nro de
serving ot special praise or aro likely to
receive a special reward. In this matter
somo clergymen have been open to criti
cism, especially In their maudlin canoniza
tion of brutal murderers who have ex
perienced "n conviction of sin" Just bofo.-o
mounting the scaffold Hut such rases are
few nnd far between, and in point of fact
the dominant noto of tho preaching of to
day ia that Christianity Is n life, and that
tho surest mark of its presenco Is tuo
recreating uud upbuilding of character.
Slit! I.Alt MIOTft AT THU I'l 1,1'IT.
flnjtlmorc Pun' A minister has stnrtcd
an Argument ngalnst the go-called Chris
tian Science theory that pa In Is an Illusion.
A casual toothache In that argument could
bent nil the logic nf the phllcsophcrri.
Somervllle Journal: When a minister re
visits the old parish that he left ten years
before, he Is nstonl'lied to Had that only
nbout a quarter of the members of tho con
gregation aro glad to tee him.
HufTaln Hxpress: A New Haven preacher
who was educated ns n Methodist, but be
came a Congregntlonnllst, nnnounres that
he has returned to the Methodist fold. "Kor
a year and a half," says he, "I have been
without n pastorate, and I could not afford
to watt any longer." He ndds that "no
man has n chance In the Congregational
ministry who Is not a graduato of Yale."
Ve know of a number of successful nnd
wcll-llkcd Congregational pastors, who were
not graduated from Yale.
Chicago Chronicle: Those down-east pul
Piters are making things lively, with a
prospect of n free-for-all light. l)r. Hlllls
of Plymouth church said Sunday morning in
his sermon that "Princeton theology Isn't
profundity nt all; only Just mud." This
slap nt President Pntton Is scarcely Chrb
tlanlike, seeing tho president Is off his
theological reservation nnd visiting In Colo
rado. Hut If his record doesn't belle him
ho will mnko Dr. Hlllls look like a
student who has been tried out by n uni
versity examination ns soon ns ho can get
his focus on him.
Hrooklyn Bogle: Tally one for Hew
Dr. Joseph Dunn Uurrcll. Ho preferred
a $0,000 pastorate to n $10,000 college presi
dency In n fresh water stnte. Tho Knglo
nlso knows n minister who preferred a
$1,000 college presidency to n $20,000 pastor
ate, and In Jlanhattan, too. And nnothcr
minister preferred a $6,000 college presi
dency to n $15,000 .Manhattan pastorate.
And another Hrooklyn preacher prefcrr;d
n $7,500 pnstorate here to that same $13,000
Alanhattan pastorate. When n minister Is
n man, tho mnn ranks above n money chest.
YVnshlugton Star; Tho Newark confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church has
put the stamp of its official dlsnpprovnl
on tho habit some people havo of "parting
their name In tho middle," ns It is cnlled,
by refusing to enter on Its record the nnmo
of C. Clnrence Woodruff, ns It was pre
sented, and directing it to bo recorded ns
plain Chnrlcs C. Woodruff. This Is very
well, so far as it goes. Hut why didn't
tho conference go a llttlo farther, nnd Jump
with both feet on tho nbsurd affectation
somo other people Indulgo In by hyphenat
ing or compounding their names? Tho
two weaknesses ought to bo treated ns one
disease.
PERSONAL, AMI OTIIEmVISI?.
April seems disposed to put up n hot
finish.
Arc rubber heels nn Infallible sign of a
rubberneck?
New York stnto will expend $120,000 In
pushing good roads this year.
Hclng a state prisoner It Is perfectly
proper that Agulnaldo should talk guard
edly to newspapor mo'i.
Speaking of Easter bonnet bills, what's
tho mntter with Morgan's $150,000 for an
old Gainsborough hat.
Fleatown, a noted suburb of Cincinnati,
Is taking an involuntary bath. Tho Ohio
flood Is soothing Its Irritation.
Tho present rlso In tho Ohio, brings tho
river pretty closo to tho chesty swell ot
tho stato and partially Justifies Its name,
A Philadelphia doctor filed n bill for $150,
000 ngalnst the estate, of one of his patients.
At last accounts tho patient had not filed
nn objection.
Under tho new law of Arkansas every
boozer anxious to boozo must wear n $."
tag. Noso carnations nro tabooed as n
mnscitlino decoration.
James J. Hill, king of northwestern rail
roads, claims the record for long distance
llylns. A special train bearing him from
Seattle to St. Paul, covered tho distance, 1,
823 miles, In forty-flvo hours.
Tho receiver appointed for tho Order of
Chosen Friends, complains that there Is
not enough money In sight to pay his
salary. A receiver who doesn't receive Is
not living up to his opportunities.
Mlnco pio cornea high In Philadelphia
A youngster who was bruised nnd bat
tered by colliding with n locomotive
brought suit for $3,000. Tho defense Intro,
duced testimony to show that he was not
seriously Injured, inasmuch an ho had eaten
flvo mlnco pics In ono day. That feast
cost tho family $3,000.
Mgr. Falconlo, who Is slated to succeed
Archbishop Afartlnelll an papal dclcgntc
nt Washington, Is nt present pnpcl dele
gate to Canada. Ho was ordained n priest
by Hlshop Llmon nt Buffalo In 1SCC, nnd
took out his papers ns nn American citi
zen in New York atato In 1872. Ho dis
tinguished himself as a clerlcnl dlplomnt
in effecting n settlement of tho school
question In Cannda In tho '90s.
Somo peoplo nro born to dig In tho soil,
And swent for tho brend that they cat.
While somu novor lenrn tho ha rd meaning of toll,
And live on things that nro sw cct,
A few nro too rich mid n lot ar e too poor,
And some nre too thin or too thick,
Hut with nil theso contraries, you'll muoh happier bo,
If you'd only purcbaso a brick.
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IT'S IN
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It's the tjunlily of our clothing for men and boy tlmt
makes it cheap. It is better in materials and workman
ship than you'll lind at most stores, find it doesn't cost
more than the kinds that are cheap only in name.
Suits $10.00 to $25.00
The novelties in sailor and Russian blouse suits for
small boys, are extremely attractive this season both in
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of ji boy if she desires good clothing at reasonable prices.
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Sharp wits often cut themselves.
Plcnslng preaching la rarely profitable.
Chaff may be ground ns fine ns Hour, but
It will not make bread.
There U no promise of dying graco to
thoso who let grace die.
The sheep-stealing pastor Is In the samo
business with tho devil.
The dark plnces of sin cannot be Illumi
nated by the gas nf oratory.
Tho distress of nnothcr mny bo God's
touchstnno for our virtues.
Indigestion hns contributed more spots to
tho sua than nny other cause.
God's day fs the strand of gold lit tl.o
Iron cnble of tho week's work.
A man ennnot bo honest with men wh c
ho Is endenvoring to client God.
The milk of human kltidnesi cannot bo
enrrted in the dish of a sour disposition
There nro few things that will win tlm
slnnor like your truo sympathy In his mi
low.
domestic im,i:asa.thm:s.
Detroit l'ree Press: Husbniul -I think
only sensible women ought to marry.
Wife Well, you'd bo it bachelor If that
were tho rule.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Why. young
num." exclaimed her Irate father, "l don't
believe you can even clothe yourself."
"1 van nnd do,' the manly youth replied;
"1 Imvo never felt, wealthy enough to em
ploy n vulet."
Somcrvlllo Journal: "When you won mo
for your wife." sho begnn.
"When I lost my liberty, you mean." ha
Interrupted,
Hlehtuoud Despatch: "I understand that
Frnlltnim has come to the conclusion to
contest his wife's will."
"Well, what Is thero courageous ubout
that? Sho's dead, Isn't she?"
Detroit Jotirnnl: Urlggs Do you think lis
really loves her?
diU'gs Of course. How can he help but
love u girl with us much money as that7
Philadelphia Press: Sho (hnughtllyl-l
happen to know that you have n trendy pro.
posed to two other girls this year."
He Yes, dear, but I assure you It was
only out of cotnpusslon.
i.cojii'i,i:ti:.m:mm.
Adelnldo Anno Proctor.
Nothing resting In Its own completeness,
Can hnve wortli or beauty; but alone
Hccauso It lends nnd tends to farther sweet
ness. Fuller, higher, deeper than Its own.
Spring's real glory dwells not lu the morn
ing, Gracious though It be, of her blue houra,
Hut is hidden In her tender leaning
To tho summer's richer wealth ot (lowers
Dawn Is fair, because tho mists fade slowlv
Into day, which Hoods tho world with
light;
rwlllghfH mystery Is so sweet nnd holy
Just because It ends In stnrry night.
Childhood's smiles unconscious graces bur
row From strlfo that In n far-oft future 'ie .
And nngel glances (.veiled now by ill-
sorrow)
Draw our hearts to somo beloved eyes.
Life Is only bright when It proeeedcth
Toward n truer, deeper life above;
Human love Is sweetest when It lendeth
To a more divine and perfect love.
Learn tho mystery of progression duh :
ii.J!o1 c"" 'H1' FlorlotiH change rte',..,
Hut know wo only hold our treasures ti.ilv,
W hen It seems ns if they passed nwa '
Nor dare to blame God's gifts for lueom
pletcncss;
In that want their beauty lies; thev mil
V" n'ectn'ess l,"'nlt3 Jc,Ul of lov"
"Bearing onward man's reluctant soul.
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