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mm? r-vr a ti a r a tt.v Tr-p, ctt-vt nAV UAV 1 0 1 nni . : 8 6 6 ? 8 & 10 U 12 13 14 IS The Omaiia Sunday Bee. K. IlOSEWATEIt, EDlTOIt. I'UIlLlSIIUD J3VEUV MOIIN1NO. TKHM8 Or HU1ISCIUPTION. Dally Ueo (without Sunday), Ono Vcar.6.00 Daily Uto and Sunday, Uno iear 8.W illustrated Hue, ouo Year 2.w gSS:::::::::::::::::: i:K twentieth Century runner, One Year., l.w OrrlCIib! Omaha: Tho lieu llulldlng. Hojth Omaha; City Hall Uulldlng Twcn-ly-lltth and M streets. Council JlluiTa: lu 1'carl Street. Chicago: 1610 Unity Uulldlng. New York: Tomplo Court. .Washington: 601 Fourteenth Street. COHIlliSI'ONDnNCU. Communication!) relating to news and edi torial matter should hu addressed: Umuli.i JJec, L'uitorlal Department. JJU81NESS LKTTKllS. liunlneHH letters and remittances should bo addressed: Tho Ueo l'uullshlng Com pany, umahu. REMITTANCES. Ilcinlt by druft, express or postal order, bayaulu tu Tim llun Publishing (.'omnaliv. Only cent stamps accepted in payment of mail accounts, l'ersonai checks, except on lumana or eastern exchanges, not eccepicu. THE UEli 1'UULIHHIMl COMPANY. STATEMENT OK C1IICULATIO.V. HI n 1 1. V .. t . .... . 1. t a i .. .. i fc Ueorgu 11. Tzschuck, secretary oi Tho Ueo uuiiniiiiiK company, nuii.g uuiy sworn. BOVS tliat tlin .i,.t Kuml.r nt full nnil complete copies of Tho Dally. Morning, evening and Sunday Ueu printed during thu month of April. isui. was au follows: 1. Ill.OtiO lfl u?,ino " rl'Vl" UIV-70 i!1,,-,(IO i:ii,.-,:io la! ""!!"!! latino ...ait, -ho ....'to, ouo ...stu.ano ...211,1110 ...27,1100 ...20, 11)0 ...liS.JHO ...:io,.-,:io ,,,2S,O0O ...2H,(II.-. ...:i2,:ioo 20 27,tuo 21 2m,:mo iil'!!"!! 2 27.7MO ...... - . a '. loo o 27,.vto 57 r Bllll 23. 39. 271-0 27,u iotol r.7,MJO JUcss unsold and returned copies.... lU.iilM frol total sales Mfr,.ilil Net dally avcrago 2H, IM5 ni.-n li 'p'ufii iT-ir Btibscrlhed In my presonco and sworn 'to luciuru mu mis 1st uay of May, A. D. 1W1. M. 11. IIUNOATE, Notary l'uhllc. The various powder works on the I'a- fclftc coast have consolidated. A nmiH. properly implied will break that emu- bliintlnii. The battleship Ohio took to the water as naturally and easily as au Ohio man to an olllce. The name Is as good a mascot as the new ship could have. j acre nre nut thirteen nntl-democrat delegates In the Alabama constitutional convention. A convention constituted on those lines can be counted on to ellml- iiaio ine negro vote to the satisfaction of democracy. The best evidence that the alms of the .Turkish government arc peaceful Is the jacc mat uio importation or typewriters lias been prohibited. No modem war can be successfully conducted without the assistance of this useful machine. Now that China has conceded the grant of lands for legation sites, unless tuo powers cnu trump up some other excuso it iooks as though the troops mignt soon ue withdrawn. It is always difficult, however, to satisfy those who Ho not want to be satisfied. Agulnaldo declines to discuss the ques- lion of the capabilities of his country- men for self-government until after he Is released from confinement. Possibly lAgulualdo thinks It doubtful whether they are lifted to rule themselves when deprived of his leadership When the Chicago & Great Western makes its entry Into Omaha this city (will have all the railroad faellltles'to .Chicago that may be required for the next ten generations. With six direct trunk lines to Chicago, nnd most of then. double-track, Omaha cannot complain of her facilities for reaching the metrop pus of the west. The annoynnce caused President Mo- Klnley by persistent kodakers Intent ou trying for photographic snapshots raises the question again ay to how far n per- Bon's likeness belongs to himself nnd .whether he has not tho right to select Lis own pho ogrp her. The public man belongs to the public more these days than ever before. A prominent steel magnate, testifying beforo the Industrial commission, stated that he anticipated no hardship to in dependent operators from the big com tilne, becauso anyono with from $20,000,- vw iu u.vuv.uw capital couui engage lu SlVI A PHIL llAA Jii . I. .1 tho business with a profit. If this is all that is required steel plants will of course soon grow on every corner lot. Young Mr. Phillips has closed out his Deal in May corn with a large proilt, and tho old speculators who a short time ago were talking nbout how they were going to crusn the youngster can figure MP tneir losses. '1 lint lie successfully en- giucuicu one nig ueni was credited to accident. The fact tlmt he was able to repeat it stamps him as a man of at cast some abilities. Tho striking street car men In Albany fend the company managers tlnnlly got together and settled their differences, How much better it would have been if both parties had been willing to make the concessions In the first place which finally stopped the conlllct. in such cases both parties seem to forget that inatlng tariffs against American prod tho public has rights, and unless a more nets and for some sort of combination ccnoral disposition Is manifested to roe- ognlze this tho public may enforce its rights by means of compulsory nrbltra- tion laws iu spite of their doubtful ex- pcdleucy. Tho fickleness of women stock specu- latqrs has been strikingly exhibited by a Philadelphia woman who purchased 200 shares of Northern Pacific for $20,000 and when her broker remitted n clieck .for $120,000 for the sale of tho stock returned the cheek with tho ex- plunutloii that conscientious scruples prevented her from accepting shell an enormous protlt and as she feared that iomecnio might bo wronged by the trans- action. Had this piece of good luck be- fallen a male stock speculator wo feel euro no such exhibition of conscientious acruplea would huvc becti mndo, . . !! i ' " mi i i 1 1 1 ' 1 1 f " ' ' ' III llt.AVKUST AXD 110YC.UTT. In l'obrnnry, 1000, the women em ployed In one of the Chicago packing houses went out on n strike because of repeated reductions In wapes. Later the women tried to secure employment with other tlrms, but were refused on account ...... , . .. . ... of their having been strikers. In n test - r two of ti.o blacklisted women the court has Just ruled that the vni - lmiu Himhu nticni'ixl lii tlio input nnek lng Industry liad a legal right to take protective measures against persons who had quit the employment of other Arms without valid reasons. In other words, the court upholds the right of employers to use the blacklist as a defensive weapon against strikers. This decision is repugnant to the spirit of American Institutions. It would If carried into effect re-establish human slavery In a new form. The right to enjoy the fruit of one's labor is among the Inalienable rights of man. the right of every man or woman to put a price upon his labor Is ns inviolable as the right of the farmer to put a price on thu products of tho farm or tlio mcr ... ., ,,..,, mmii li s wares Clllllll tO pllt It ptlLC UpOIl IllH HIirLS R Is a natural right of every man to ... , , , , , , ., .. ,f ,, ,,,,. f i, withhold his labor if lie cannot get tlio wages he demands or believes to be reasonalde. This right can bo exercised t,,th,'r l"llvl(liiiilly or collectively, unless lie litres out for a llxeti time ni speciuc wiiL'es. A denial of this right would place In the hands of employers tho power to romiiui iinuiuuuuj nuw! . . . . . . . 1 I ..n t 4 mm .,,. I nT such wages as tlicy migiit see lit to pay rognrdloss of the wants and necessities ... Applied 111 nil US Vigor nil! nmtMini . .. ... ... ,1.. would place both skilled and unskilled labor at the mercy of capital. It would absolutely deprive worklngmen of free choice of employers and freedom to seek employment where they can got the high est wages and best treatment. 1th the blacklist held over his head the worklngman could not hope to better his condition and would not dare to assert himself as against the most tyrannical oppression. 0" '' 1"'. t" "oycott as a wfimou aualnst employers who for any reason come In conlllct with organ Ized labor Is eiiually un-American and contrary to the spirit of our Institutions While a worklnginan has u right to withhold his own labor ho has no right to denrive others of the opportunity to labor or the opportunity to sell the prod uets of their labor. Kvcry American ,.iiiz,.i Is entitled to unrestricted tralllo .,. property of every description so long ,ls i,is trntlts Is not harmful to the public n Ki10.,i(i i,0 s unlawful for a labor oi-L'nnlzntloii to luiure his business by .ho S(. 0f the bovcott as it should be fnr ti10 L,mi0ver to bar workmen from employment by tho use of tho blacklist. Only by free and untrammeled action on tho part of the men who labor and the men who hlro labor can republican Institutions be maintained and the broadest freedom enjoyed by nil classes or our citizens KEKi'lNO VP THE litxoiw. rem. mtnsr reimrt rmrnrdlnir tho forolen commerce of the country shows that in vi...rt tin. nmni is lielncr kont un. A It wna flinimht liv snmo of Hl0 c tK tlmt th dlscoVcrcd In t,w ollk.,al llBUres a tendency toward reaction, nnd they ventured to predict that wo should not make in the fiscal year that ends Juno 30 as line a record as was mado In- the preceding fiscal year. Hut tho latest figures reported from Washington make It clear that there need no longer be apprehension on tlmt point. There would need to be very heavy, almost Impossible, falling away In the foreign commerce for May and j ,f wo am not t0 0SCCC(1 thB record IIimk. ,ast ytar. Alroatly our exports for the ten months of tho current fiscal year are nearly $000,000,000 iu excess of imports and all the indications point to an excess of exports for the year ap proxlniatlng $700,000,000. If wo merely hold our own In the months of May nud Juno we shall have a total of exports for tills llseal year of about $1,000,000,000 d m:obably n totlU forcKU commerce of not far fl.om .joo.ooO.OOO. As now m.omlsc(1 lll0 ,.nlu , cxports 0ver last promised tno gain in export year will be fully $200,000,000. This Is a great commerce and tho pros pects nre favorable to Its further in crease, particularly as to agricultural exports. There is every reason to expect tlmt the foreign demand for the products of American farms will at least be as ,nrn .... ,lPniini,iv larger dmlmr tho 1Yt t,oIV(, mo.Itils thnn It has been for t " l r tho Inst year. The crops in Europe nre generally said to be not up to tho aver age, and If this shall provo to bo tho fact a larcer movement, of American ng rlcnlturnl nroducts abroad is assured i,w this we shall be well prepared, nil conditions promising abundant crops this vear. As to exports of manufac tnres. there seems to be cood reason to expect they will contlnuo to Increase, ti1p1. is. 0f course, tho dancer of Euro nean tariffs designed to check tho Amer jCnu competition, but this may be a less um-inim ilnnt'or than some amirehended. There are few European countries, we think, that will be disposed to dlscrlm iuuto against our manufactures to an extent to Invito retaliation, for thero Is not ono of them that would bo a gaiuer by such a policy. Some interests, un- doubtedly, would profit by It and It Is these which nre agitating for dlscrim or alliance between European countries for mutual protection against American competition, but tho governments would sacrifice revenue by such a policy, while injury would be done to tho great body of consumers. Therefore wo do not think that the threat of anti-American tariffs Is likely to havo any practical re suit materially to the detriment of our European trade. In nny event, however, other markets are opening to us which In the near future should make a large demand for our manufactures. Tho I. markets of Asia and of South Africa should be within the next few years lib oral customers of the United States, while thero is a Held lu South America that Invites Industrious cultivation. Tho present condition of our foreign commerce nppears to bo wholly satlsfac tory and the putlook seems to bo us favorable as could be wished, with abundant crops the continuance of pros perity in the United States is assured. AlllUXaiXO ISDEMXITY PA 1'MEXT, It may bo several weeks before tho powers can reach an understanding as to what measures China shall adopt for the payment of the Indemnity. Tho proposition submitted by tho Chinese envoys Is not altogether satisfactory to nny of tho governments, though ndvlccs from Berlin a few days ago stated that Germany would probably agree to an Increase of customs duties, since tlio only other possibility of Increasing China's revenues Is the reform of in ternal taxation, which It is desirable to avoid because It would require too much mixing by the powers In the domestic affairs of China. It Is the understanding that Great Britain Is not favorablo to In creasing tho customs duties and is re ported to have submitted a proposal to the foreign ministers to tho effect that China pay the Indemnity out of her own natlvo resources. The position of the United States In tho matter lias not yet been fully de fined. It was reported from Washington a short time ago that our government does not object to the Increase of the trilling duties now levied upon Imports Into China. These now amount to only about per cent ad valorem In gold, j It was stated that tho united states would not favor a heavy Increase, but If an Increase to 5 per cent gold, or even something above this amount, would simplify the problem of Chinese finance and provide for the Indemnities no op position would bo mado by the United States. It is understood to bo the opin ion at tho State department that the Internal taxes of China cannot be arbi trarily abolished, as some of the foreign ministers have urged should be done, but it is felt that steps should at least bo inaugurated which will bring them to a uniform and intelligible scale and pavo the way for their final abolition. One of the chief dilllcultles encountered by foreign merchants and by Chinese merchants who have handled foreign goods has been the uncertainty of these taxes. Whether a given provincial gov ernor or customs ollicers would levy -0 per cent or 50 per cent, or could be bought oft with a smaller personal bribe, has been such an element of doubt that it has been impossible to llx the price of goods or fo determine whether a given shipment would prove profitable or would bo llnuldated at a loss. A hat our government Is said to desire Is an arrangement which will put Internal taxation in China upon a sound basis and relievo commerce lu the interior from the present annoying restrictions. Doubtless it will in duo time bo prepared to suggest such nu arrangement This question of providing for the payment of the Indemnity by China Is anything but a simple problem, Involv ing U8 It does some radical changes in the loug-estnbllshed fiscal policy of the empire, the effect of which upon tho people cannot be foreseen. It is a mat ter that calls for very careful consider tion nnd for conservative action on the part of the powers. TIB BATTLE FOll CONTROL. Tho contest for tho control of the transcontinental railroads has attracted world-wide attention. Whatever may be the final outcome, tho consensus of opinion is that the warring powers have aroused popular apprehension nnd alarm at the stupendous amount of capital con centrated In the linnds of a few men. Tlio most conservative thinkers, among whom are Included many public men nud men prominent lu commercial and llnnuclal circles, express grave fears that tho battlo for control will stimulate the spread of socialism and force to the front tho Issue of government ownership or government supervision. The New York Independent, which is classed among tho most conservative publica tions, points out the dnnger to the pub lie of tho pretended effort to harmonize tho railways of tho United States by a commuulty of interests based on a com munity of ownership. The Independent cry pertinently calls attention to the promises of tho harmonlzers ns com pared with their performances, ns fol lows: For tho benefit of investors, tho promo tion of profitable trade and tho good of tho general public, the people were in formed, our country's 40 per cent of tho world's railway mlleago was thus to bo brought under a kind of common control Tho roads would naturally fall Into a few groups, but the ruling stockholders in ono croun would havo inlluentiai pecuniary in tcrcsts In tho others. Uniformity of rates would thus be assured, Injurious competl tion would bo prevented, and peaco would reien In tho railway world. Tho work o creating harmony was promptly undertaken and tho outlines of the several groups do can to appear. Tho activity or tno narmonizers wa shown chiefly In tho virtual union of long eomnetlne lines. Thus, tho Southern ra clflo was acquired In tho Interest of the Union raclflc, and tho Great Northorn and Northern Pacific, already harmonized Bought possession of systems serving ricn territory west of Chicago and reaching out toward tho raclflc coast. Faliuro to ac quire tho St. Paul road was followed by a successful attempt to obtain control of the Burlington system, which now await formal transfer to tho two northern trans continental lines on tholr Joint account. Tho hormonUcrs had quarreled and were flehtlnn among themselves. Tho millions of tho Union Pacific chiefly thoso Standard Oil Interests wero battling ngalnst tho millions of tho northwest group, controlled by J, J. Hill and J. Pier nont Morgan. I)ut what has become of that harmony which was to bo tho fruit of tho coinmu nlty of interest aud tho grouping of tho railways? And what Impression has been made on tho public ralnd by this reckless battlo of financial giants for control great properties which the harmonlzers they said, were to adralnlstor for tho public good? How can these great capitalist hone to win the confidence and respect o the American people If they cannot avoid a bitter quarrel at the very beginning of their operations, and cannot be restrained from using their enormous power as they did use it last week, with a disregard to oil Interests except 'their own? Is th projocted group'lng of Amorlcan railways to bo accompanied by frequent; battles o this kind for the control of properties on the border lines? Will the roaster of any croup be satisfied with his possessions Would not the nurlington road be rnoro useful to tho people under Its old conscrva tlve management and widely distributed ownereblp than In the bands of ambitious capitalists who quarrel and slash about In tho securities market ilka bulls In a china shop? Thcso are soma of tho questions which tho American pcoplo will now bo asking themselves. Wo do not fieo how tliey can perceive In these transactions a Bplrlt fa vorable to the grouping and management nf railroads for any but n purely selfish purpose. Concluding Its dispassionate review of the combat the Independent says: All who engage! in tho grouping project must suiter in public estimation by reason of this sharp collision of leading interests, and they ought not to bo surprised If the number of thoso calling for tho public own ership of railways Is perceptibly increased by this costly battlo for control. Whllo It Is not likely that anything the press may say concerning the course of the warring railroad magnates will have any perceptible effect upon their future policy, it is only duo to the nubile to point out the almost Inevitable conse quences of tho consolidation of the transcontinental railroads. TI1K ItEXVh'tT MAX1A. Tho people of Omaha arc of a benefi cial turn of mind. Almost anybody who has played a part on the stage or off the stage Is conceded the privilege of con sidering himself entitled to a compli mentary performance with compulsory contributions solicited under pressure. Wo have not only had benefits for sufferers from Hood, lire, famine nnd war, but for sufferers from overwork nd underwork, from dyspepsia and tho gout. We have had benefits for base ball players and basso singers, for men who have lost their fortunes nnd for men who have lost their heads or legs. So long as n suffering and patient ommunlty Is willing to contribute to the benellt of somebody who has never benefited anybody in particular except possibly himself the benefit mania will roeelvo encouragement as a prolltable industry that works as well for the pro fessional benellt promoter as It docs for tho bcuellclary. For tho benellt of the public we ven ture to remark that a community, like au Individual, may get too much of a good thing and that the bcuellt business may bo overdone. TfK PUF.VEUHEU UOUTE. According to the Washington corre spondent of the New York Tribune, enough is known regarding tho forth coming report of the Isthmlni: Canal commission to warrant the assertion that It will recommend the Nicaragua onto In strong terms. There is nothing really new Iu this statement, for It has been pretty well understood from the outset that a majority of tlio commis sion, If not all its members, wero In favor of that route. It was said, when tho present commission was mado up, having ns its nucleus tho former Walker commission, that It was to no purpose to rcqulrelt to investigate tho Panama or any other than the Nicaragua route, because It was certain to report In favor of tho lntter. However, tho commission nppears to have carefully and faithfully performed the duty assigned It and until It submits its report, giving tho reasons for recommending the Nicaragua route, no criticism of its preference can prop erly bo made. In the mcnntlmc, however, tho public will continue to tako an interest in tho subject and to consider such facts as aro knowi In regard to tlio relative merits of the two routes, financially, commercially and lu respect to Interna tional conditions. These known facts are that the Panama route, its feasl blllty being admitted, cnu be completed nt much less cost no ono can confidently say just how much than a cannl over the Nicaragua route, that commercially It would bo an equnlly serviceable waterway, and its construction nnd con trol by the United States would be free from nny such international complica tion as that in connection with tho NIc nragua project. These are certainly qttlto important considerations, but it Is possible that tho commission will be able to show tlint they are overbalanced by others favorablo to the Nicaragua route. No single agency Is working more to mako rural life attractive than the Post olllce department. Eor many years the small postofllces nnd star route malls have been conducted nt a loss by the government lu order to give to rural communities Kood mnll facilities. The first great Improvement wns the rural free mall delivery, but from Its very nature this Is only practicable uuder the existing system where the country is thickly settled. The department con templates a still further extension of the system by compelling tho drivers of star routes to deliver Individual mall along their routes wherever boxes are provided by the people. This Innovation will give many thousands of people the benefit of free delivery who would other wise be deprived of it for years. The bringing homo to farmers the benetlts of city lifo without Its disadvantages will contribute to solve tho problem of the undue drift of population from the farm to the city. II. C. Frlck, who is best known ns the former partner of Andrew Carnegie in tho manufacture of steel nt Homestead hns orgnnized a $15,000,000 oil compnuy in Texas. With the announcement tlint the entire capital has been paid hi comes also the forecast that this Is to be the nucleus of a Texas oil octopus capital Ized at $200,000,000. A new Impetus is thus given to the Texas oil boom and predictions nre confidently made that a 'community of Interests" will compel tho Standard Oil trust to absorb tho Frlck octopus-oil, water nnd all. He fore this happens Indiscreet people aro liable to got their hands badly burned Watered oil stocks aro moro inllammu bio than the genuine raw material. Statistics of Enellsh grain acreage show that country Is year by year be coming moro dependent upon the outside world for Its food supply. Year by yea tho United States is producing more, nnd while our dependence upon other coun tries for necessities and many of the luxuries of lifo Is lessening wo aro be coming more of a necessity to tho old world. This is tho best protection the United States has against nny possible European industrial combination. All the American farmer, mechanic and manufacturer have to do Is to push along and ninko it an object for the world to trade with us. County Attorney Shields' volunteer champion Is said to bo much disap pointed bocntjse bo was deprived of tlio privilege to deliver himself of a scathing arraignment of Tho Ueo nnd Its editor. In order that the piece of magnetized eloquence may not be lost to posterity wo move that he be given leave to print lu the popocratlc organ ho loves so much. IllmlnlKht of MitnnKcrs. Urooklyn Kagle. Amorlcan managers aro still scouring London for plays In which Amorlcan actors can appear, still oblivious of tho fact that American audiences aro tolerably fond of American plays. Another Kick Ik One. Philadelphia Times. Thero'fl no question nbout the trust prin ciple taking great liberties with tho pcoplo. A perfumery trust takes It by tho noso and nlong comes one In tho music Uno to tnko it by tho car. Not to Ho Trlflril With. New York Tribune. The gentlo sex Is meeting tho emer gencies of tho tlmo with praiseworthy cour ago. In several recent Instances burglars and other rufllans havo been put to flight or turned over to tho officers of tho law by stout-hearted and energetic womon. Tho self-rcllanco and heroism exhibited In such exploits deserve tho hcnrtlcst acclaim. (iood HliltlfillOf. Philadelphia Ledger. A War department clerk who tried to sell government secrets has been sum marily dlsmlfou'd from office. Ho mado tho mistake of trying to sell to an honest man; hut beforo proceeding to moralize bout It wo should Uko to know whether tho caso Is ono of exceptional rascality on ono sldo or exceptional honesty on tho other. SohliliiK Tliroiinh. IIU AVhlnkrm. Detroit Journal. What n touching spectacle: James J. Hill Blinking with grlof and tho tenrs rolling down his cheeks becauso comparatively poor friends of his, who had confldonco In hlra nnd his properties, Invested In North- rn Pacific and wero financially ruined by being "caught In tho vortex of a gamble," as ho expressed It. What will his feel ings bo if further bnrrowed by confirmation of tho latest report that tho Morgan-Hill combination was defeated In tho strugglo? Tlio Atlilctlo Girl. Baltimore Amorlcan. A Boston school official has dono a real service to education In denouncing rough sports for girls In gymnasium practice, and n declaring that athletics for them should bo closely guarded to prevent such train ing as makes girls loud, bold and rough. Tho athletic girl Is better, brighter nnd healtbtor than thoso of her sex who aro debarred from this kind of exercise, but It should nlways bo borno In mind that tho object of her training Is to develop health and not manntshncss. When attention is now drawn to tho necessity of modifying athletic sports for men it Is certainly time to put a wlso preventive check to tho over doing of a good thing by women. No Show for Limited Capital. Philadelphia Record. Tho official head of the steel trust un wittingly discloses In a slnglo sentence tho pith and marrow of public objection to trust mothods: "Combination," ho said beforo tho Industrial commission, "makes it difficult for the man with Bmall capital to go Into business, but It grently Increases tho demand for practical men of brains who will accept high salaries." Exactly so. Tho man of small capital, who under n com petitive system would bo enabled to mako his brains count for his own Interest, must servo a giant corporation at a salary or abandon tho field. What Is to becomo of his descendants under such conditions Is a question not within trust purview. PENMANSHIP IN TUB SCHOOLS. Vcrtlonl Syntom Alinnilniicd In Now York City. New York Sun. Wo bellovo that peoplo generally will heartily approve tho action of tho Hoard of Education of this city In abolishing tho teaching of upright or so-called vortical handwriting In our public schools. About a year ngo tho superintendents of tho school board passed resolutions to the effect that tho penmanship which Involved the slanting of characters to the right seemed to them to meet most fully tho re qulroments of cvory-day business life and recommended that such a system bo taught in all tho boroughs of tho Greater New Y'ork. Tho board did not, however, make tho teaching of that system absolutely compulsory, but virtually left tho matter to the discretion of the various principals In tho hopo that all tho latter would voluntarily adopt tho plan suggested nnd that uniform slanted writing would result It appears that somo of tho Instructors have been reluctant to discard what they call tho "beautiful coppor-plato" writing produced by upright strokes, and In vlow of that fact tho school authorities have lately taken more rigorous stops toward its abolition, llrlclly, tho principals havo been ordered to touch but one method, which Is described as a compromise botween tho up right and tho old slant systems, hut which amounts really to what Is commonly called slant penmanship. In explanation of tho new order Assistant Superintendent Melcuy says: "Sovoral objections havo beon found to tho vertical system lu practice, among them being tho attitudo that the pupil has to as Humo nt tho desk. Tho pupil bends too fa over tho desk and gets his eyes too near tho paper, and gets Into a position qulto ns objectionable as ho did under tho old sys tern. Frequently the vertical writing do vuloped Into a back hand, which U nwk ward and In many cases illegible." Views upon tho two systems in question for all-around practical use differ somewhat, oven outside tho halls of elementary In structlon. Unquestionably, howovcr, th weight of opinion, based on closo obscrvn tion and experience, is on tho sldo of slanted writing. Of courso. tho slant sys tern, if abused, may degenernto Into a hand so decidedly inclined as to bo ridiculous, In nsmuch ns nny good method may bo ex aggcratcd and overdone. Hut It Is safo to say that In nine-tenths of tho business houses of today, whore rapidity nnd legl blllty In penmanship aro requlrod, th oblique method Is tho ono used. Ucautlful hands, with which teachers of tho "vertical hobby" defend their system, nro of courso very desirable, but In theso days of type writers adapted to all ordinary usos, wast Ing tlmo In the execution of ultra-nice pen mansblp doesn't pay. Henceforth the most valuable qualifications for penmen to pos teas will bo neatness and speed, speed par tlcularly. , It Is to bo regretted that pupils, whll learning to wrlto properly, nssume post Hons awkward to behold, and porhaps In Jurloua to their health. In this regard more sound advlco than at first appears Is contained In tho counsel onco given by a veteran stenographer to an Inqulsltlv pupil roncernlng the posture desirable In writing "pothooks." "My boy," said he, "never wrlto shorthand standing on your head." III.ASTS KltOM HAM'S llOBJf. A llttlo balm may hold much blessing. You may always eupct tho suspicious an. When tho devil preaches leave your purso at home. Thunder in tho pulpit does not lighten tho world. Ho Is poor Indeed who cannot live with out riches, Tho roots nre refreshed by tho rain ro- cased by tho leaves. Thero can bo a cheerful face only where thero Is a faithful heart. Qod gives riches to our hands when our heart aro not fixed on them. Tho dividends of sin como back in tho snmo coin as tho Investment. Heaven will lnvolvo much hardship to tho3o who havo not learned to worship without n book. Tho heretic huntor tries to mako the flowers of truth grow by blowing tho dirt from their roots. When you keep your preacher worrying over his grocery bills you can hardly ox- icct him to feed you with tho bread of life. I'KItSONAI ANII OTlinHWISn. it Is still safo and profltablo to go around Wall atreot. At last accounts Nlppor Hill's gun bad not persuaded tho Kuhn to como down. New Yorkers aro now disposed to be llovo that driving an Ice wagon Is a safer route to fortuno than Wall street. No Investment In sight pays as 'well as advertising. A Missouri roan advertised for n wlfo and caught a widow with flvo children. Tho Paris exposition Is reported to havo a deficit of 400,000. Communities anxious to mako a success of exposition should draw on Omaha talent, It Is confidently believed that King Ed ward will mako both ends meet on a salary of $2,350,000 a year. At least ho shows no sign of throwing up tho Job on account of jtho salary. Tho most remarkable story that has como from New York rccontly Is tho re port that Governor Odell will start on a week's tour of tho stnto In a special train, at his own expense. Chicago's Hoard of Education will not permit floral bouquots at commencement ex ercises. Tho mombcrs expect to toss a few oratorical bouquets, to tho graduates and will not tolcrato hot housa competition. Mr. Uuchanan, director goncrnl of tho Pan-Amerlcnn show, halls from Sioux City, whero ho put a fow artistic frills on tho corn palace and tho real cstato boom. His exporlenco will enable him to glvo tho Iluffalo exposition a Trnnsmlssourl glow that will attract and fascinate. THIS WAS A HRllO. The firrntent Sncrlfloe Sinn Cnn Make far Mnn. San Francisco Call. All tho heroes aro not In uniform, tholr action quickened by war drums and In fluenced by all mankind as an audience, and history as a recorder. Tho negro In Indianapolis who was caught by stoam carelessly let Into a boiler whero ho and a companion woro working was of real heroic fiber. As the destroying scald poured upon them they ran for tho ladder to tho manholo In their chamber of torturo and death. Phelps reached It first, but drew back and cried to his mate, "You, first, Jlmr you aro married," and Jim went first and was saved, whllo tho deadly steam cooked Phelps' flesh as ho followed, nnd ho was drawn out of tho holo to dlo. With bla last breath ho said, quietly, "It waB Jim's right to go first; ha Is married." Tho man who in such peril could remember tho wlfo of his mato and her mourning, and dio willingly rather than bring widowhood nnd sorrow Into a humblo home, was a greater hero than all the commanders that havo led armies. Groator lovo than this bath no roan, to dlo for his friend. Thero wns no glory in stgtit, no renown; nono of that reward in history which enter Into tho motives of somo. Thcra was nothing but awful death that anothor might live. Let nil men romomber this lowly laboror, His placo is In tlio great company of martyrs who havo patiently tasted death that men might llvo or principles be pro moted. Ho waa of that raco wo call In ferior, but his black skin covered a herolo soul. In tho center of tho city of his eacrlflco rises a stalely monument to the soldier dead of Indiana. It porpetuates tho memory of Georgn Rogers Clark and tho high action at old Vlnccnnes and romlnda tho beholder of the defenders of the flag In many wars, It Is right that It Is thero. nut let us trust Indlnnapolis to rear another less lofty shaft over tho dust of this dusky horo, and rarve upon Its base: "It was right for Jim to go first; ho is married." Serge Suits There are serges nnd serges and some of them are not worth while. We use nothing but all wool wide serges, of a quality that will keep color and appearance as long as it lasts. Good Quality, Better Qualities, Handsome Silk Lined Serges. All seams are taped and stayed so that they will hold their shape. The fit of the shoulders and the set of the collar are as perfect as the best work of the custom-tailor. NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. Browning, King & Co. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. SRCCIrAIl J1IOTS AT TH I, PIII.l'IT. Boston Olobo; A Lowell clergyman has mado tho statement that "the old New England practice of reading tho bible has almost entirely passed away In Now Eng land." Tho blblo Is still printed, how ever. Zlon's Horald (Uoston): In no way has tho modorn pulpit so greatly discredited Itself with tho thoughtful public as In advertising sensational subjects. So gravo an abuse has this becomo In ono of our cities that tho dally press protCHts agalnyt it. Now York Tribune: Last week Ucv. V. K. Karnp, pastor of tho Methodist church of Jersey Shore, Pa., announced that he would ray a cash bonus to every ono who went to church lnat Sunday. As it win rumored that ho might glvo each pcron $20 thero was a largo congregation present. At tho closo of tho servlco a scaled en velope was handed to each person contain ing 1 cent nnd tho following admonition: "This Is your talent. Don't wrap It In a napkin, but uso It. Your lovo for tho success of tho cnuso will dotermlno your efforts. Hnrness tip this tnlent nnd nuko It pull in othors." Mr. Karns explained that ho expected each penny to be Invested so that It would bring a roturn of from S3 to $10. St. Paul Pioneer Press: If tho Methodist preachers In Massachusetts, who aro de nouncing President McKlnley becauso of a report that be was seon tn drink n glass of champagne on board a battleship, could rcnllzo how utterly ridiculous they mako thomsolvcs, nnd how much they Impair tholr own usefulness by such an exhibition of narrowness they would blush for tholr "denunciations." Every word hurlod at the president strikes most of tho noblest figures In American history as woll strikes also tho Dlvlno Master whom thcso mln- Istors assume to serve, nud who, becauso Ho came eating nnd drinking, was greotcd by tho Pharisees with tho exclamation: "Ilohold a gluttonous mnn and a wlne bibborl" Tho Master was an exemplar, not of total abstinence, but of tcmpcrnnco Just such as President McKlnley practices. DO M H STI O 1M.K A S A NTH I US. Hrooklvn Lifo "Aro you going to marry Sister Until?" "Whv-er-I really don't know, you Know,- "That's what I thought, Well, you aro!" Clovclnml Plain Dealer: "Do von think Miss Mary Wllkers Is mnrrlcd?" "l never Know a JIIss .Mary Wllkers who was married." Atlanta Constitution: "Who marrfod you?" asked tho Justlco of a colored citizen, who liad been brought beforo him for somo domestic trouble. "You did, suh." was tho roply, "but I ain't never voted for you senco! ' Philadelphia Press: Toss t don't see why sho should engago herself to young Hnnfllcs. Ho's a regular muff. Jess Ynu'ro wrong. Ho's a good catch. Sho has discovered that ho has money. Town Topics: Crawford Come around to tho house and havo dinner, old boy. Crabslmw Not on your life. I brought you home when you wero drunk tho other night, and year wife got a good look at mo. Somervlllo Jnurnnl: Ethel Ho telegraphed his proposal to her. Maude And did she accept hlm7 Ethel No; sho said that bIio had no uso for a man who would waste his money on telegraph tolls Instead of upending It for caramels. Detroit Journal: Thero was on Inflnlto pathos In It all. "I m weary, oh, how weary," exclaimed tho man, "of having no homo in the trun sense, no placo whoro I can't smoko for fear of scenting up tho laco curtains!" Sho pitied him in her heart, but an for marrying him, that was qulto another mat ter. AN KVKNING PItAYIin, Francis E. Popo in Doston Transcript Life's opening voyage, Lord, Thou didst safely keep O'er childhood's sheltered bays; As now the tides of npo around me creep, Protect my shortening days. Thou didst defend my youth when sped my bark Out toward tho open sea; As I opproach tho shore, unknown and dark. Still guard and caro for mo. Becalmed by ldlo winds on placid seas, Thy vigil did not cease; Now tempests beat, nnd when I shrink from these. Impart uplifting peaco. tVhcn Joy, bright-winged, poised lightly on tho prow Thou gently didst restrain; Though Sorrow often voyages with me now, My troubled soul sustain. "When many ships wero nigh and skies wero bright, I know Thy presonco nwcct; As ono by ono they vanish In tho night, Draw near me, 1 entreat. Lord, Thou hast been companion, friend nnd guldo O'er life, s unresting Boa: When Death, the gentlo Pilot, stands be side, Oh, mako the port with me!