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18 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1901. The Omaha Sunday Bee. 13. R03KWATKH, EDITOR. I'UIJLISHEO KVE11Y MOHNINO. TERMS OF HURSCRIPTION. OFFICES: Omaha: Tho Heo Hulidltig. HojUi Omalm; City Hull Hulldlng Twenty-lit th ami M streets. Council uiuim: iw pearl Htreot. Chicago; 16H' Unity Hui. .,ng. New York; Temple Court. Washington i M fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to nuws and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omuha Uce, l.ditoriul Department. , ARJSlNljaH L,KTTER8. Uindncss letters mid remittances should bo addressed: The Ueo Publishing Coin puny, omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by drult, express or postal order, payuuio to 'iho lice Publishing Company, Only i-cent stamps acceptid In payment of mail nccounts, I'ertonal checks, except on ,.?.?. r J-uBtcrn exchanges, not eccep'ud. lUfc. REE PUHUS11I.NU COMPANY. STATEMENT 01" CIRCULATION. Wlati) of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: t,i?.?rP? 1,1 TMehuck, secretary of Tho Ilea Publishing Company, bcli.g duly sworn, uys that the acUal number of full and SIT1. 0 cfJl,lf, "f Tho Dally, Morning, triBnii K linx riund"' Uu printed during tho 1. .miiii, ij-Jlt mm IIS IU1IUWS. uii.tmo 16 S!7.ll.tO 2 8 I 6 6 7 6 6 10 u 12 13 II IS L'li.i'n) ssii.nuo um,s:iu ai,-Ho :u,o(i iit,:t:t 20,11)0 sr. mm 'M,tU US, I HO ao.r.nn SM.OOO iis.din .'ta.aoo 17 27,70(1 18 17,hH 19 27,1)00 20 27,0 IO 21 2,:io 22 27,000 23 , 27,0.10 Si 27.7S0 2S 27,100 20 27,r. 10 27 27,r,l)0 28 2S,57r, 2D 27,'I20 30 27.IISO , Totnl 8B7.MI0 i-ess unsold and returned copies.... 12,201 Net total sales 8I,,.'I1 Net dally uverago 2!lMft Hi.i.riwi . a,JO TZSCIIUCK. hrfnlici ,'0.' ,'".m-', Presoncn and sworn to before mo this 1st day of May, A. D. IW1. M. 1. 11 UNGATE, Notary Public. The propoNctl loconiotlvo trust oiisht to bo it solii),' foiiccrii. It Is RrntlO-IiiK to lourn tlint tin; Cali fornia rulHln trust hits not hcon squeezed by the recent violent contraction In watered stocks. President McKlnley lias been show ered with roses In California. That Is a kind of shower that does not fall In oil nurts of the rountry. In the race for the republican nomina tion for governor over In Iowa .Mr. Cum mins seeniH to be the only candidate who Iiiih taken it tunning start. Major Ksterhazy has broken Into print again. The major lias told ho many dif ferent stories (hat It Is doubtful If lie himself can tell the true from the false, to the public certainly cannot. The presidents of tho trunk line rail roads have again agreed not to cut rates or to allow their subordinates to do so. The usual ratio Is about fifty cut rates to one resolve not to cut. Prominent Iowu democrats will bo afraid to get far away from the tele Kruph ofllco on their summer vacation. They might be nominated for governor before they could put In a declination. Shamrock II lost Its topsail In n squall on tho way to Weymouth. If It loses no more than Its topsail by tho time the championship cup race Is concluded it will be In great luck. Itlehaid Croker says he will come to New York and take a hand In the fall lampolgn. The hand that was dealt blm tho last campaign wns not supposed to encourage liim greatly to sit In agalu so noon. The Turkish government reiterates Its charge that tho foreign postolllce In that country Is used to promote smuggling operations. It Is up to the ministers to disprove tho assertion or force the sul tan to retract. The naval recruiting olllccrs who vis ited Omaha found that the percentage of tliosu who passed the required phys ical and mental examinations more thnn dotiblu that of eastern cities. The west ern pralfles grow sturdy men, and this frectlon does not take a back seat for any. According lo the census which has Just been completed, (Srent Itrltaln, compris ing Kngland, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, has gained in round numbers io, Ooo.ooo of population within thirty years, notwithstanding the heavy drain of emi gration to tho British colonies and Ajtierica. Tho first federal parliament of Aus tralia has been formally opened at Mel bourne, (iront Britain has learned sev eral things since the ilrst continental congress which met at Philadelphia was "considered an Infraction of Britain's right to govern Its colonies from the seat of tho home parliament. According to the estimate of Chicago's city engineer the water works plant there Is subject to wastage whose pumping alone costs the city f.'.oo a day. As this Is more than $17r,0t)o a year, It Is quite an Item and shows that a water plant may have leaks whether publicly or privately owned and operated. California Is giving a demonstration of strenuous welcome to the president which would bo dllllcult to Improve upou. In ouo Instance the phlef execu tive was compelled to make his exit through u window In order to avoid the rush of enthusiastic Ciillfornlans. Call (ornlu nover docs anything by halves. The great complaint at .Incksonvlllo now Is that too many, availing them selves of the charity which public gen eroslty has made possible, are refusing to work. Kvery city which has suffered from disaster has been confronted with such u situation. Only one way re nialus to meet It compel people to work by cutting off their supplies. F.veu If thoy are self-supporting, there Is no room for drones at such u time or place. Cally Hcc (without Sunday), One Ycnr.M.M Ually Dee and Sunday, Unu Year a.uo Illustrated Uee, una Year S.W Uunuuy linn, unu Vciir ,. 2.W Uuturaay Utv, Ono Year l.iVj 'iwentlcth century Fanner, Ono Year., l.w in.VJ, WATKIl AX1) l.AXD, It Is n well known law of commerce that In times of depression the value of real estate Is the llrst to decline and in times of prosperity It Is the last to ad vance. Tills has been the unvarying ex perience In this country almost since Its llrst settlement. The commercial de pression following the panic of ISO.'l was preceded by it complete cessation of real estate speculation and a gradual decline In real estate prices, the shrinkage In city property being more pronounced than the decline in farm property. The drop In the prices of other commodities, and notably the decline In speculative? stocks that followed the crMs of 1V.KI and continued until 1M)7, followed In the wake of the collapse of lullated town lot prices. By that time the gas In tho speculative balloons had evapo rated and the water In tho various stocks had been squeezed out and all securities leveled down to bedrock. With the advent of prosperity came better prices, mi Increased demand for the products of mill and factory and u marked Increase In the volume of trallic. The restoration of conlldenco and re sumption of Industrial activity brought In Its train colossal combinations of every brunch of Industry, capitalized at fabulous figures, and Dually the great transcontinental rallwoys, capitalized far beyond their original cost of construc tion, were consolidated or merged. The Inevitable outcome was wild specula tion, followed by ruinous collapse. The experience of the past week can not fall to produce a reaction that will bo salutary in every respect. The ele ment of wind and water that makes stock speculation so dangerous cannot fall to Impel prudent Investors to give preference to real estate. By all odds the safest and most promising Held for Investment will be found In farming lands and city property. While no ra tional busjuess man anticipates u re vival of the real estate boom of 18S.V 18S!), n marked Improvement In real estate values and n constant and grow ing demand for property located In pop ulation centers may be conlldently looked for In the near future. TIIKHE H'KIB OtAXTS .V THOSE DAYS, Cable advices from Paris nunounce that the late Count de Plerrecourt has bequeathed his entire fortune of lU.OOO, 000 francs to the city of Bouen on the sole condition that the city annually give n mnrrlnge portion of 100,000 francs to two giants, the healthiest couple among the competitors to be selected by means of medical examination. It was the manifest purpose of the late count lo labor for the physical regeneration or the human race through the experiment of giant breeding. This Itlcn Is, however, by no means novel. The llrst King William of Prus sia, father of Frederick the Great, ex pended vast sums of money recruiting a battalion of giants that constituted the king's bodyguard. In his zeal for the acquisition of glunts this progenitor of the great Frederick had all Prussia scoured for amazons to be married to his giants of the bodyguard with the practical Idea of raising a race of giants that would make Prussia n formidable power to deal with. But the giants and giantesses of the llrst King William did not multiply us rapidly as ho had anticipated nud the wars of Frederick thinned out the bat talion until It wus forced to disband from lack of respectable numbers. At the time Napoleon Invaded Prussian ter ritory tho giants had become as scarce In that country ns they arc In France at this day. The experiment Instituted by the late count will be watched with Interest by students of physical science, uud if in the course of time u generation of Go llaths and Samsons shall spring up through the legacy of the eccentric French nobleman his example may bo followed In other countries where men of might are needed. HEGWHOCITV WWII CVHA. l'lie Cuban commission was Informed by President McKlnley that when an independent government shall have been established In Cuba tho economic ques tion will be considered and steps taken to draw up a commercial treaty as soon ns possible, and he advised the Cubans in the meantime to study tho sltiuitlou In this respect. This Is a matter of the most vital Importance to Cuba and Is the really potent influence supporting the Piatt amendment. It Is apparent that tho administration Is favorable to a liberal commercial policy toward tho Island If satisfactory political relations shall be chtuhlishcd. There Is. also a largo public sentiment In favor of such n policy. The Phila delphia Ledger says: "By a liberal re ciprocity arrangement with Cuba we will greatly assist tho country commer cially, will contribute to her tranquillity by tho prosperity we assure her and at tho same time give a practical turn to party pledges, which are worthless as long as they remain unexecuted." That It Is absolutely essential to the Indus trial development and future prosperity of Cuba that there shall be close com mercial relations between the island and the Vnlted States is obvious. That such relations would conduct! to tranquillity lu the Island and htreugtheu the political bond between It and this country Is equally certalu. But there will bo a strenuous opposition to such a policy on the part of American interests that would be unfavorably affected by It. This Is already developing and prom ises to become pronounced and aggres sive before the meeting of congress, by which time, It Is presumed, an Inde pendent government will have been es tablished In Cuba and tho question of commercial relations will be In order for consideration. The American sugar and tobacco Interests are preparing to resist with all the lutluence they can command any concessions to the sugar and tobacco Interests of Cuba. Wo are In receipt of a pamphlet, the source of which Is not stated, but which Is dated from the national capital, that presents tho arguments which will be urged against reciprocity with Culm or the giving of any concci-Moiis to the sugar, tobacco and fruit Interests of that Island. Thta document declares that ssuch u pol icy would sacrifice the American Indus tries with which those of Cuba com pete and would bo "the most disgraceful betrayal of the policy of protection that ever occurred lu economic history." It asserts that this country has done enough for Cuba, "all that Is either necesary to restore prosperity to the Island or fair to our own taxpayers and our home industries; all that Is decent and honest toward our sugar producers lu the states and III our new and pad lied colonial possessions, Hawaii and Porto Blco." This question of closer commercial re lations with Cuba, therefore, Is likely to be found a somewhat disturbing issue, for there are also powerful Interests that will work lu behalf of liberal commercial concessions, on the ground that thereby will be built up a market for American products the gains from which will largely overbalance any los sustained by our sugar and tobacco Interests from Cuban competition. As now Indicated theie will be a tierce struggle between these opposing Industrial forces, the re sult of which cannot now be conlldently predicted. SOCIAL SHAMS AXU MST1XCT10XS. When a high-bred lady surreptitiously removes a roll of ribbon or a bolt of dress goods from the counter and deftly conceals It about her person she Is called n kleptomaniac, but when n low-bred man cnrrles n loaf of bread from the bakery for his starving family without paying for It he Is branded us a thief. When it broker sets up it gambling stall and tempts men to wager thou sands or even millions on the rise or fall of stocks lu- passes as a gentleman of high tlminclal standing. But when an other man sets up a gambling stall and tempts men to wager dimes nnd dollars In the games of faro, roulette or stud poker he becomes a common gambler and outlaw. And yet lu the legalized gambling house known as the stock ex change there can be no winner unless there Is a loser any more than there can be In the den of the outlaw gambler. The men who wager money on margins In wheat and corn and stocks are gam blers Just as much as 'the men who bet with the red, blue and white discs. The mjin who pawns his watch and marriage ring and loses the proceeds at the faro table Is no worse than the man who mortgages his house and collateral to the bank to cover margins in Wall street. Men are no more liable to kill each other or blow out their brains when ruined at the gaming board than when ruined at the stock exchange or board of trade. Tho only difference Is that society makes stock gambling respecta ble and card gambling and faro playing disreputable, and yet It Is all gambling. A striking Illustration of the shams of society Is afforded by the distinction made between the man who cheats with loaded dice or lu a horse trade and the man who makes millions by sharp prac tice and fraudulent manipulation. The former Is regarded as a rogue and swindler, while the hitter becomes a so cial lion and Napoleon of tinance. These artificial discriminations of the modern code of etiquette seem to have secured n foothold firmly imbedded In the foundation of society. How much longer can their recognition and observ ance be enforced? Difference In degree does not mean difference lu character. It Is possible the time may come when these llctlous will be repudiated and everyone will call u spade a spade. FUH lXDUSTlllAL, VKAVK. Tins movement Inaugurated by the National Civic Federation In the Interest of Industrial peace, through an under standing between organized capital and organized labor, merits the hearty sup port of all who are concerned In having labor and capital work together peace fully and harmoniously. At a confer ence lu Chicago last December between representatives of capital nnd labor a national committee on conciliation and arbitration was appointed and during the past week another conference was held, under the auspices of this commit tee, in Now York, The utterances at this conference and the feeling manifested were on the whole highly encouraging to tho ad vocates of Industrial peace. Such rep resentatlves of labor as Mr. (ionipers and Mr. Mitchell spoko earnestly in favor of the policy of conciliation. Mr. Mitchell, president of the .Mine Workers' Association of America, declared that he stood for an honorable peace and said that all of the strikes which have oc curred could have been avoided if the employers and the representatives of labor organizations had conferred. On the part of the representatives of capital such men as Ahratn S. Hewitt and Charles B. Flint spoke with no less ear nestness for a policy that would preserve peace between labor and capital. .Mr. Hewitt, yho Is a large employer of labor, said that ho knew of no more important question for general consid eration In this marvelous era of indus trial development than that of Industrial conciliation ami heexpressed the opin ion that If properly directed the move ment having this lu view will tend to the removal of abuses and the Increase of comfort and prosperity among the masses of the people. - "We stand at the threshold of a new era," said Mr. Hewitt, "and the Fnlted States already occupies tho first place among the com mercial nations of the world. Nothing can prevent the continued expansion of Its Industry aud Its trade but misunder standings between those who are en gaged In the work of production and distribution." Mr. Flint said that the only danger to American Industry Is a possible conlllct between capital and labor and such a conflict would be dis astrous to both, The report of the national committee on conciliation stated that the purpose of the organization Is to enter Into ac tive service 111 the cause of peace and harmony lu the Industrial world for the purpose of preventing strikes and lock outs. It advocated full and frank con ferences between employers and work men, with tho avowed object of reach ing an agreement as to the terms of employment. It Is proposed to estab lish and maintain a board of commis sioners coiupo&cd of employers uud em ployes, whose duty It will bo to carry out the objects aimed at and If desired to aid workmen mid employers In ad justing differences that may arise be tween them. Undoubtedly, while the process of adjustment contemplated Is going on, there will necessarily be dls putes and occasions for collision between the two elements Independently organ Ized. It Is not expected that this move incut will do awav with all trouble or lind a perfect solution of the great prob loin with which It deals. But It Is not loo much to expect that It will result lu greatly diminishing the controversies and conillcts between labor and capital which are costly to both, hurtful to the general welfare and a menace to social order. UUITAIA) AXI) OMAHA. In nn Interview with the special cor respondent of the St. Louis Bepubllc the secretary of the Pan-Ainerlcau exposi tion Indulges In somewhat Invidious comparisons as between the manage ment of the Buffalo show and the Trans mlsslsslppl exposition. Among other tilings he Is quoted as saying: Our organization hero has vast advan tages over thai of any former exposition company. Tako the case of Omaha, for In stance. The heads of exhibit department were unsalaried and tho men under them were salaried. These heads of departments wgro members of the executive committee. They had practically no ofllclal who nn swere.I to our director general. They were jealous of bis or any one else's interference with their department, and tho exposition as an entirety suffered, Kach man pulled for his department, not for tho exposition as a whole. While there Is some truth In this criti cism there Is also a great deal of mis conception of the facts. There could doubtless have been more elliclent and more systematic work done In Omaha if a director general, clothed with absolute power, had been given supervision, but It Is not true that the jealousy of the heads of departments was so Intense us to prevent them from pulling for the exposition as a whole as well as for their individual departments. After all, expositions, like all other en terprises, must be measured by success or failure. Comparisons between the Omaha exposition nnd that of Buffalo can only be made after the latter has closed Its gates and struck a balance on Its ledger. It stands to reason that Buf falo should excel Omaha lu the magni tude and variety of Its exhibits and in the number of people passing through the gates, but it will be a long time be fore any exposition trail surpass the Trausmlsslsslppl in Its financial outcome. LEGITIMATE 1WSIXKSS UXIMI'AIMW. The legitimate business of the coun try has not been In the least Impaired by the violent stock speculation of the past week. Tho great Industrial and commercial Interests, upon which rest In largo measure the prosperity of the country, were undisturbed by the titanic struggle of the stock speculators and are moving along as If nothing of the kind had occurred. There could be no more conclusive evidence of the solid and substantial character of the busi ness of the country, or of the fact that It Is being generally conducted along conservative lines. As was said by Mr. Kckels, formerly comptroller of the cur rency and now the president of a Chi cago bank, the commercial interests are not Involved In what Is going on in Wall street at present, nor tho manufacturing Interests. It Is Impossible to say with certainty whether or not there will be n recur rence of the speculative experience of the past week. The probabilities are against it, ut the financial giants who are battling for supremacy may bring on another such struggle as that whMi culminated on Thursday. So long, how ever, as such contests are confined to the peculators and the honks do not wholly leutl themselves to these, but pursue it conservative course nud take cure of legitimate business, tho indus tries and commerce of the country will not suffer materially from the operations on tho Stock exchange, however wild mill reckless they may be. It Is only wheu the banks give support to reckless speculation that there Is danger to legiti mate business. There is wholesome warning lu the events of the past week, but the substantial commercial ami manufacturing Interests of the country ure secure. The people of Wisconsin will be called on during the coming year to vote upon a proposition amending the constitution of the stale by Increasing the number of justices of tlio supreme court from live to seven. If tho late Nebraska legis lature had tlono Its duty the people of this state would have been given an op portunity to adopt a constitutional amendment authorizing an increase of tho Judges of the supreme- court from three to live members. Instead of doing so tho legislature has given the state nine supreme court commissioners, who at best are a costly makeshift not con templated by tho constitution. The incredible sometimes happens. Some people refuse to believe that trains on the Union Pacllle and Burlington In Nebraska were delayed ami frequently stalled by grasshoppers back in tho '70s, but It is nevertheless a fact, although It seems Incredible. Ami now It trnnsplrux that last Thursday's Wall street panic so disturbed the third day's session, of the 117th annual convention of the Protestant Kplscopal church of Pennsyl vania that ecclesiastical work had to be dispensed with and the convention ab ruptly adjourned to give delegates a chance to protect their Interests in legal ized stock gambling. First It is the balance of power on the continent, then in the Mediterra nean, then lu the Orient, the Balkans and numerous other places which wor ries the Kuropean powers. No such trouble over on this side of the water Undo Sam's cud of the board Is never up In the air enough to disturb his bal ance. One of the big American steamship lines has Just given a rush order for four large ships for Atlantic service, Tho United States has gone after the occuu carryluj, trudo lu earnest of lute, ami has every reason to believe that a few years will witness ns radical a change lu the American merchant ma rlne as lias been shown In the Ameri ca u navy. This country has the money to build ships, the business to keep them going ami there Is no good reason why the American Hag should not be seen wherever there Is commerce to at tract It. Over U.ooo men have been sworn lu as members of the native police force In the Philippines, and the authorities re port they are giving gootl service In most of the districts. At the present rate it will be only a comparatively short time before the native police will sup plant a large part of the soldiers pre vloiisly required to maintain order. More has been accomplished for peace In the Islands within the last year than the opponents of the administration were willing to admit would ever be aecoin pllshed. A fairly well founded rumor has It that various senators ami represciita fives were squeezed out in the Stock ex change blockade last week. As these legislative statesmen, however, lu all probability put in nothing but their ofll clal influence at capitalized figures, their constituents, at least, will take their losses philosophically. .flnule uf the Coin. Minneapolis Journal. Tho foreign ministers have decided finally to accept $273,000,000 from China, and the latter country now sings "Listen to My Tael of Woe." TIiin for flip I.ninlrn. New York World. Hlght now, while the got-rlck-nulck bee Is buzzing lu so many bonnots, Is a good tlmo to recall ono of Douglns Jerrold's witty sayings, "Fortunes mado In no tlmo ure like shirts made In no time; It's ten to ono If they hang long together." SIzltiK l'l 1'riiNiM-rlt.v. Indianapolis Journal. When Mr. McKlnley became president the deposits In nil tho "banks of the United States omounted to $1,650,000,000. Tho last leport makes such deposits $2,750,000,000, an Increase In available funds of 70 per cent. Still, now and then a man declares that there Is no prosperity that Is real. l-'orcr Itrsponiln to (cittleiivri. Baltimore American. Tho first lady of the nation will launch tho battleship Ohio, and the big fighting machine will bo sent to Its mission by one of the gentlest and most womanly hands In the land. Thus In these times do strength and forco obey the lightest touch of gentleness uctlng for Intelligence. I. Ittle SIumv fur Ilrlresnrs. Detroit Journal. The gentle and timely hlut comes from London that thoso American heiresses who may be thinking of marrying abroad to catch a peer and thus secure standing room at the coronation ceremonies should pauso and reflect. Only the king can glvo Invi tations and they will be extremely limited. On n I'Mrm Kaitiitlutlun. Springfield Republican. Tho United States treasury Is not the only, public Vault which Is gorged with gold. The bank of Franco has adopted tho unheard-of course of compelling Its cus tomers in all cash payments to tnko 20 per cent In gold coin. Confidence In tho stability of the gold standard Is evidently widespread. HoKer I'ltn (lie Mnn. Urooklyn Eagle. Dear old Admiral Dewey, by tho double working of tho sheriff sales and of a will of a relative became the owner of a $20,000 house In Thirteenth street, Omaha, on Mon day. It is used for a bakery. And the bakery fitly goes to a man that has been undor fire himself. There should bo no trouble about this house. Save the Knlioen. Philadelphia Times. Tho capltol guides In Washington nro aghast at the proposal to remodel the build ing In such a way us to put nn end to tho echoes for which the great building Is famous. No wonder. And they arc not alone. fenerations of honeymoons have in cluded the whispering echoes of tho capl tol galleries and many an aged slro smiles when his offspring returns from tho wed ding tour, telling again of tho echo which tho old folks remember to have heard on their honeymoon. Destroy those echoes! Never. .A thousand thousand brides, young and old, will protest. I'Mlful Df-liialnn. I'hlladelphlii Record. Could anything bo more pitiful than the attempt of a Christian Science mother In Nebraska to ralso from tho dead her threo children who hud lain In their graves for years? This poor deluded creature, stretch ing her hands forth nnd calling upon her llttlo ones to ronio to nor, had to ho re moved from tho cemetery by forco and con veyed to n hospital for the Insane, There may bo no legal responsibility attaching lo tho promotion of beliefs so contrary to In variable and lrrepealanlo natural laws nnd leading to Biicb unhappy incidents, but thero Is a terrlblo moral responsibility. Tho persons who pursue faith-cure healing as n money-making business cannot bo deemed blameless, OI,l MKTIIODS OK TUACIU.Vfi. Tn TIiiinu Tli-re Must Hp n Itt-turu at I. cimt III l'n rt. Cleveland Leader. Americans aro found now and then ob servant enough to note some of tho faults of the public school system, and courage ous enough to advocate changes, In tho face of the opposition that Is certain to come from those who stand as sponsors for that system. It Is Interesting, therefore, to get the opinion of a foreigner on that sub ject. Mr. Wyndham. tho Dritlsb consul at Chi cago, lu a recent report to his government, referred to tho schools of that city, by say ing that a "citizens' committee hud pointed out the necessity of teaching fewer nib Jects In the schools, and geography, his tory nnd English moro thoroughly. " This implied criticism leads the Kecord Herald to say "We do not know that any attention has been paid to the pointing by thoso In authority, but It Is fairly Indicative of public sentiment, nevertheless, and may bo no considered In England. The Ameri can experiment In multiplying studies Is a deud failure as might huve befn antici pated. It precludes concentration and thoroughness and leads to that ridiculous and shallow nffectutloa of omniscience which Is coming to bo more and more characteristic of much tlint passes for the Intollectuul life of tho country." This Is tho complaint that Is heard In all the big rltli'n. In Washington, a year or two ago, a henato t'ommltteu showed how the publln schools failed in their pur pose In nn educational ferine, and faults have been found In the present system al most everywhere. Some day the men at the hrail of the schools will discover that more pruntlcal education nnd not frills and fada Is whnt tho people desire. Thef mint be a return, at least part way. to the old method of teaching tho rudiments aud teaching them thoroughly. I'KHMI.Vll, AMI OTIIKHWISI Iteports from Wall street Indicate that tho clip Is "all wool and a yard wide." A return to nominal prices for stocks "tempers tho wind to tho shorn lamb." The stock of lambs' wool In the ware houses of Wall street Is Mittlclcnt to Inst all summer. Tho advertising departments of south ern newspapers have tapped n gushing well of Texas oil. A bunch of Philadelphia grave diggers nro out on a strike. They threaten to put up a stiff fight. A plutocratic peanut trust has gobbled tin all the goobers In Virginia. Lovers of the delicacy will presently shell out. It will require a post-mortem examination of tho Wall street shambles to determine whether tho tall wcut with tho hide. Chicago has Inaugurated n war on mashers. The mocnient Is not patented nnd may bo copied nud applied In every city. Kvldcntly thero was n keen edge to John H.'s shears when he stripped the inmbs In the Northern Pacific pasture mid tossed them, bleating, among tho clouds. Kansas City wears a pained and troubled look, Tho swatting of high bolls on Satur day night does not Increaso Its score, but, oil, how tho game swells tho heud. Advocates nnd promoters of the strenu ous llfo find llttlo encouragement lu Ocorgln. The Atlanta Constitution pertl. nently remarks, editorially, "llctter let hell alone." In n belated discourse on tho BUbJcct Hon. John W. Foster of Ohio arrives at tho conclusion that tho United States Is. It is well to settle theso minor problems as wo hump along. A largo mcasuro of pralso Is awarded Mayor T.tggart of Indlnnapolls for his cour ago In stopping a runaway team In Chicago. As a llfo saver the Hoosler mayor rivals tho Douglas county democratic club. What promises to make Milwaukee gen uinely famous Is the Uniformed Pallbear ers association, n solemncholy crowd de signed to rollove the bereft of the bur dens of death. They perform a trying duty with grnco and precision, soothing tho living without Jarring tho dead. Friends and ndmlrers of tho distin guished Church Howe, from tho stnto of Nemaha, will bo pleased to learn that he was ono of tho eminent guests nt tho an nual dinner of tho Sheffield (Eng.) Press club, April 20. Another notnblo present was "His grncc, tho Duko of Norfolk, re. M., K. O." STATISTICS OK t'li.VTK.VA IH.V.S. l MrpiiuoiiN I.IvIiih' Conducive I.ojik I.tvliiuf tn Philadelphia Record. An Interesting Instance of the ruthless mendacity of figures has been afforded by persons who havo commented on statis tics of longevity. A few years ngo a fier- mnn statistician unnounced that an in. tellectual life Is fatal to longevity; that virtually all centcnnrlans belong to the Ignorant and poor (mainly the pauper) element. This was surprising In view of tho fact that in nil tables which show tho average length of llfo according to occu pations the brain workers appear to Hvo longest. Still, the German statistician pre sented what a leading medical Journal tn this country nccoptcd ns conclusive evi dence. Ho appealed to tho census returns of tho different countries, and showed that whoro Illiteracy and poverty aro common thero are many moro centenarians than where education Is compulsory nnd general. Thus In tho Daikan provinces, notably in aorvia, tno census shows moro than fifty times as many centenarians In proportion to population as In other parts of Europe. In Scrvla, whero tho people ara unedu cated and poor, there nro 575 centenarians In n population of 2,250,000, whllo lu Ger many thero nro only seventy-eight In a population of 55,000,000. In Ireland there aro C78 centenarians, mostly In the alms houses, whllo there aro less than fifty In England. Thero has been a recent revival of In terest In the statistics of longevity owing to the formation of a club in New York for tho purpose of seeking tho causes that havo enabled men nnd women to Hvo 100 years or more. To nld In tho Investigation u Dr. Valsh hns written nn artlclo to prove that strenuous living Is opposed to long living tlint 100 years of life Is commonly reserved for the Indolent. He appeals to oxactly tho samo statistics that wero used by tho Gorman statistician, and affirms that to Hvo long one must seek tbo mild cllmato of Servla or of Ireland, whero tho tcmpcraturo Is not favorable to ambition. The person who believes In census figures may choose between tho two doctrines the ono that education, and comfort nro fatal to longevity, tho other that It Is enterpriso that cuts short existence. It. happens, howevor, that thero Is nn other and moro reasonable explanation of tho statistics. Prof. Owen, who was tho highest authority on this subject, Investi gated tho case of every centenarian within his reach, and In almost every instance ho could find no documentary or other con clusive eWdenco that tho age of tho person was accurately known He maintained that tho Illiterate nnd tho paupers who pro fessed to bo 100 years old or moro cither misrepresented tho fact or had no renl knowledgo of their own ages. On tho other hand, tho census shows fower centenarians among educated nnd prosperous peoples beeauso tho latter usually keep birth rec ords. Tho censun-taker Is bound to ac cept tho statement which anybody chooses to mako unless It bo obviously falso. Trof. Owen concluded that no ono had ever lived to bo 110 years old nnd almost no ono had evor lived 100 years. Ho regarded 103 years and n few months as the greatest ago over reached by a human being. Tasteful Furnishings Nothing more essential to tlie proper appear, mice of a well dressed man than becoming Neckwear. Nothing adds more to bis comfort than a well fitting Shirt, or Underwear that is right. Nothing gives him greater peace of mind than correct Collars and Cuffs. Nothing adds so much to his attire as a fresh pair of Gloves. Nothing of all these things, that is not of tho best will be found in our complete and tasteful assort ment of Furnishing Hoods for men and boys. Browning, Kin g& Co. Exclusive Clothiers aHd Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. SIU t I.Alt SHOTS AT Tllll I'UM'IT. Chicago Record-Herald: A New York banker says the ministers tako too ninny vaca'lons. Still n preacher who gets $900 a year ought to be allowed to tako a few days oft once In a whllo for tho purposa of having fun with his motley, St. Louis l'osti Tho Indiana prrachor who allowed his boy to fight another urchin to settle n qttnrrcl was delighted when nis boy thrashed the other boy, but when tho licked hoy' fathor licked the preacher tho good man appealed to a coutt. Alas for tho Inconsistencies of human nature! Iloston Globe! Is the United States to bo "expansive" ns regnrds cardinals, too? Illshop Qulgley of western New York is credited with the opinion: "Within twen-ty-llvo years 1 am confident we shall keo cardinals located in such cities ns New York, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, San Francisco and Pittsburg." Cincinnati Tribune: Now comes Hev. J. Ward Gamble, a Methodist preacher of Matinsqiian, N. J., who wants "nn up-to-date Methodist hymnal," He says It Is ridiculous that 300 of the hymns In the old book wero written by the Woslcys. Ho calls them "trnshy tilt ties" and "sacred slops," Intimates that they nro "cnnticd goods," nnd demnnds jomethlng fresher. Huh tho octopus laid Us Impious hand on New Jersey Methodism? Urooklyn Eagle: Thero Is n clergyman In Urooklyn who Is more Ingenious in dp .vices to get Into print than any of his colleagues, specially those of them who scorn such devices. Dut, somehow or other, he docs not get Into print In several quarters ono-hnlf so often as ho wishes. In those quarters his devices nro seen through, Neither his llttlo rclntlon to truth nor hU less to news Justifies tho thrusting of publicity upon him. Ills un common desire for it defeats his object. Chicago Tribune: The sIjo of a minis ter's salary should be gauged to some ex tent bj tho social standards of bis congre gation. Ministers hnvo to live tip to tho people. Their children should bo dressed ns well ns thoso of the average parishioner, nnd tbelr homes should bo furnished nc cordlng to standards that will not causo comment when they nro visited by members of tholr congregations. A man who min isters to a congregation of poor working men does not need ns large n salary nn one who presides over a wealthy nud sty lish church. Tho two positions requlro totally different standards of living, nud $900 might 8U!!lco for the one. while $9,000 might scarcely bo too much for tho other. It Is impossible to fix a definite minimum or mnxlmum In tho pay of all ministers. Such an attempt would be as futile as to try to mcasuro a preacher's work bv hla salary. IIOMKSTIC IM.HASAXTItlF.S. Detroit Jouninl: Some babies, wc should Judge from nil accounts, nre ho bright that there s no need to light n lamp lu order to feed them medicine at night. Philadelphia Press: "No." she declared. i'uck: Ciinuys Clotrnx-Slnro I refused Tom Poorly he has snld he will never lovo npaln. Edith Wnvupp-Wcll, he won't have to! Ho has Just Inherited a million! Pittsburg Chronicle" Mrs. Snngcs-A woman of SG years has Just married a man of S7 In New York. Mr. Snaggs-I wonder If the giddy young things had obtained their parents consent. Detroit Free Press: Ile-Your father ought to know what I havo to say to htm. I have been coming here so long. She I am afraid he hR given up all hope. Chicago Post: "Men In love arc such on rcnxonablo creatures." "It's always been ho." "There's young Dudelelgh. for Instance. hen hn lost bin heart ho went looking for It In a dark parlor without u light." Philadelphia Times: "Oh. Mnbcl. what 1 you think? 'Join paid such a neat compli ment to my coolness." "Did he?" "Yes." "What did ho fray?" "He said, "You are not so wnrm.' " Clevolnnd Plain Dealer: "Yes. prolty latlv. the cards say that you will have four hus bands. "Four husbands!" "Yes. Hut do not let tho Idea unnervo ynu. Remember, It Is the decree of fate, and you must not attempt to resist It." . V'h .'.Il,1,'.t. '"'end to do that, r was Just thinking I'd better begin at once." Hettpr tlm ii (.' ii lil. Father Rynn. Hotter thnu grandeur, better than gold 'llinn rank nnd tltlen a thousandfold. Is n healthy body nud mind at case. And simple pleasures that nlways please. A heart that can feel for another's woe, th sympathies largo enough to unfold All men ns brothers, Is better than gold. Retter than gold Is n conscience clear Oilier" ' fr bre"d '" umb,(' Doubly blessed with content and hnnlth, T'ntrled by tho lusts and ciireH of wealth: Iiwiy living and lofty thought Adorn and ennoble n poor man's cot: I'or mind nnd morals. In naturn's plan. Are tho gcnulno tests of a gcntlemnn. Retter than gold Is nwcet reposo nf tho sons or toll when tho labors cloe. Aeyc.r, tnnn colli Is tho poor nian'n sleep, And the balm that drops on his slumher3 decl ining sleeping draughts on the downv bed. J here luxury pillows Its aching head. The tollir simple opinio deems A shorter route to tho land of dreams. Retter than gold Is u thinking mind, mill 111 lliu icillllt (II IMIOKH can mill Retter than gold Ik n peaceful home. U here all tho llresldn eharHctor.s comc- The Hhrlne of love, tho heaven of life. Hallowed by mother, or r later, or wife. Ilowuver humble tho homo may be, or tried with sorrow by heaven's decree, Tho bloHHlngH that never wero bought or And center there, nro better than gold. o'.viiuiiiiy, i wuuiuu t mnrry you ir vou were the last man on earth." "Naturally , .vou wouldn't get a chnnce," he replied. "I could then take mv pick among the younger and prettier girls'." . 'J1:" ""res irpnsKiug Australian ore. And Hvo with tho great nnd good of yore. 'I lie sage's lore nnd the pout's lay, '1 in glories of emplrcH passed away. 'J ho worlds grunt dream will thus unfold And yield a pleasure better than uold.