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Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to before mo this 1st day of April, A. D. 1M1. M. II. HUNGATK. Notary Public. 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. FOIt SALE HEHE $1.00. IT'S IN THE QUALITY 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 design and materials. They will interest every mother of ji boy if she desires good clothing at reasonable prices. NO CLOTHING FITS UK 10 OURS. Browning, King & Co. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. lll.ASTS ritOM HAM'S 1HH. 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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