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The prayers of the nation are that
President Roosevelt may be spared the
grief of a bereaved father.
Iowa reports oil wells which furnish
the oil already refined and ready for
the lamp. Iowa is never satisfied un
less It beads the procession.
It hos at last been made clear who
Stole the famous Gainsborough por
trait Possibly some famous detective
will undertake to tell tho world who
truck Billy Patterson. 1
President Schwab of the steel com
bine bas been visiting so many mon
arch! while s In Europe that be la open
to the suspicion of figuring on the form
ation of a crown trust
It baa been so long since we bare bad
a bullet-proof cloth Invention that the
only conclusion la that the peace confer
ence must have been accepted In dead
earnest by the Inventors. ,
The United States senate Is doing its
beet to entertain winter visitors to the
capital. It Is a dull day when Tillman
does not break out somewhere and the
tar la having the best of support
A few more Texas spoutera may be
bad at ground floor prices. Applica
tions should be made either to the Beau
mont gusher brokers or to the speaker
of the house of representatives, Wash
ington, D. C.
No senatorial deadlocks bave been re
ported tbla winter from any of the leg
islatures In session, but that does not
lessen the popular demand for the elec
tion of United States senators by direct
Tote of the people.
The governor of every state should re
issue President Boose velt's order pro
hibiting public officers and employes
from devoting their time to lobbying
bills through the legislature for their
own porsoual benefit
Two weeks of uninterrupted sleighing
la not usually experienced in Nebraska.
The present winter bas certainly fur
nished everyone with a taste of bis fa
worlta brand of weather, no matter
what the brand may be.
A Kansas City physician states that
s a result of the smoke nuisance the
lungs of practically all city dwellers are
black with soot Kansas City people
ahould send their lungs to the laundry
at least once In two weeks.
General Eagan has been challenged to
fight a duel on account of remarks made
by him wblth reflected ou a Mexican
attorney. His court-martial experience
evidently bad uo effect In the line of
Inducing him to restrain bis temper.
la voting down the proposed Increase
f their own salaries the members of the
United States senate want it distinctly
understood that membership In their ex
clusive club Is not to be degraded to the
plane of a common occupation In which
tbs wages constitute the chief attrac
tion. Tho Unite States Civil Service com
mission Is said to have 10,000 names on
Its list of ellglblea to appoiutment In the
federal service. The applicant with
number 10,000 must have as good a
chance of connecting with the prize as
did the purchaser of a chance for Count
Cretghton'a $.00 check.
A good indication of the condition of
the wage worker In Nebrsska is found
la th annual statement of the building
and loan associations In the state. Out
of a total of 110,083 shares In force
there is a decrease) of 8,303 shares on
which dues are delinquent as compared
wUb the prectdlof fear.
DOCBLZ STANDARD OT FVBL1G MURALS,
The recent Indictment by a Bt Louis
grand Jury of two millionaire business
men on the charge of corruptly negotiat
ing a street railway franchise and plac
Ing I IS.", 000 In safety deposit vaults at
the disposal of members of the Bt
Louts municipal leRlrlature, forcibly 11
luRtrates the prevailing double standard
of public morals that threaten to un
dermine our entire fabric of wlf'gov
eminent. This deplorable condition was
tersely expressed In the charge of the
presiding Judge to the St Louts grand
jury, of which the following Is an ex
tract; No graver danger exists In our midst
than this Infamous method of robbing the
people by corrupting tbelr trusted repre
sentatives. It Is a menace to our clvto
and political life. It is anarchy, for It
strikes an Insidious and deadly blow st
government It substitutes the debauch
ing moneyed power of corporations acting
through their agents snd the unscrup
ulous public officers for th lawfully con
stituted authority vested by th people 'n
the municipal legislative body to be by
It honestly and faithfully administered.
The higher the position of th persons
who bribe or are bribed, the greater is
their moral responsibility, because th
more potent for vll Is their wicked ex
ample.
The double standard of public morals
that Impels men of the highest
business Integrity to engage In crim
inal practices Is by far more
dangerous to the social order and
good government than would be an
epidemic of forgery, burglary or arson.
It Is not confined to the managers of
franchise corporations and capitalist
who are Interested In log rolling special
privileges through municipal, state or
national legislatures. It extends through
and permeates our entire political sys
tem. The manager of a railroad compauy
would scorn the Imputation of dishon
esty in any form. lie would resent as
a gross Insult the intimation that he
would knowingly or willingly offer a
bribe to an officer of a competing cor
poration, or countenance any scheme by
wblcb a rival railroad would be robbed
or swindled through dishonest practices
on the part of its venal employes, but
these highly honorable and respectable
managers do not feel shocked at any
scheme to subvert Justice by the brib
ery of legislators, executive officers,
court officers and even Judges In the In
terest of tbelr corporation.
It bas become a common practice for
these corporation managers to distrib
ute bribes la wholesale at the national
and state capitals to debauch the law
makers, always under the pretext that
they are compelled to poison the well
springs of the republic as a matter of
self-protection.
The double standard of public morals
also permeates the banks and deposi
tories of public funds and concerns In
terested In public works contracts.
Every honorable banker prides himself
on bis unassailable Integrity. His most
potential capital is public confidence.
He would no more be guilty of wilfully
defrauding a patron than be would of
breaking Into a vault But when It
comes to the deposits of public funds
bis conscience Is elastic and the double
standard of morals manifests itself.
The most reputable banks do not
scruple to keep double accounts with
custodians of public funds and they see
nothing wrong in secretly paying Inter
est to treasurers on public funds when
they know that under the law ever? dol
lar of Interest belongs to the public aud
its appropriation for private gain con
stitutes embezzlement What would be
thought of the banker who would con
plve with a dishonest cashier who would
solicit Interest for bis private use on
deposits of money belonging to the firm
Would not every bank officer regard It
a matter of honor to notify a member
of the firm that Its cashier was afflicted
with kleptomania? Would they not con
alder it a breach of faith on their part
to keep any patron of their bank who Is
being robbed by bis employes In tho
dark? And yet this is what bankers
of the most approved Integrity have
been doing In this state and are doubt
less doing in other states constantly
in their deals with venal and dishonest
public officers.
With the double standard of morals
it la all wrong to steal from any Indi
vidual or corporation, but it Is right to
steal from the public so long as you
are cot caught stealing. With the
double standard of public morals men
who enrich themselves by corrupting
city . councils, legislatures, executive
officers and Judges can bold tbelr beads
high, play pillar for the church and
move pompously In exclusive social cir
cles because of tbelr wealth. But un
less this double standard of public mor
als la made odious and disreputable,
commercial integrity and social respect
ability will fade out of existence and
become obsolete at no distant day, .
A"FOHWARD MOVEMENT" WBA,
The leader of what Is known as the
"forward movement" In Chicago, the
purpose of which Is to draw people
away from saloons and low places of
amusement and promote temperance
and morality, suggests as one means
for the attainment of this object the
establishment of Christian vaudeville
bouses,, pool and billiard rooms and
bowling alleys. He found, aa the result
of a canvass of a district In Chicago,
half a mile square, that on a Sunday
night there were only 1,214 persons in
churches and missions, while approxl
mately 45,000 people were In tbeatera.
vaudeville houses and low places of
amusement This rather startling dts
closure of the disparity between church
attendance and the number of people
who visit places of amusement en Sun
dsy led the "forward movement" leader
to conclude that a remedy might be
found lu the plan he suggests.
It Is a practical Idea aud perhaps If
put Into effect would bave good results.
A gtod many people who are In th
habit of going to objectionable places ou
Sunday could possibly be Induced to
patronise vaudeville bouses, billiard
hkiius and bowling alleys that were
THE OMAHA DAILY TtKEt SUNDAY, FEURPARY 0, 1002.
properly conducted. The Young Men's
Christian association added very largely
to its membership by providing Inno
cent entertainment for young men. But
the difficulty In the way of the plsn of
the "forward movement" leader Is to
find persons willing to risk investment
In what be suggests, unless his Idea Is to
bave such places established and main
tained through public beneficence,
which would be a rather uncertain thing
to rely upon. At all events, the Idea is
not unworthy of consideration by those
who are seeking to reform such condi
tions as Mr. Grsy points out and which
are by no means confined to Chicago,
but exist in greater or less degree lu
all the larger eltles. Temperance cru
sades and religious revivals really ac
complish little good that Is lasting and
generally do not reach the people who
are most In need of reformation. It
would be a great social benefit cer
tainly, if there were provided harmless
entertainment that would draw people,
particularly the young, away from
places whose tendency is to debase and
demoralize.
PROTECTION Or PVBLIC OFFICIALS.
Intelligent public sentiment favors
proper legislation for the protection of
public officials and there is no doubt as
to the power of congress to provide such
legislation. That has been decided by
the supreme court of the United States
In the case growing out of the assault
upon Justice Field of that court in the
summer of 1889. The opinion of the
court, delivered by Justice Miller, con
tains a statement as to the power of
the government of the United States to
protect Its officers In the discharge of
their duty which Is so clear and em
phatic as to leave no possibility of
doubt as to the authority of congress to
enact any proper law for the protection
of the president and other officials.
The principle, therefore, embodied In
the bill framed by the house committee
on Judiciary will be very generally ac
cepted as sound, whatever difference of
opinion there may be respecting some
provisions of the measure. A score or
more bills for the protection of the
president were introduced and it Is un
derstood that the bill of the Judiciary
committee embraces the best points of
these measures that were referred to it
The committee's bill is Intended to
correct all the defects In the federal
laws that were made apparent by the
assassination of President McKlnley.
The penalties are made as rigid as pos
sible and the restrictions against the
operations of anarchistic societies and
Individuals are made aa severe as in
the Judgment of the committee the con
stitution permits. Punishment Is pro
vided for persona who engage In con
spiracies In the United States to murder
the rulers of other nations and "provi
sion la also made to exclude from this
country persons who entertain beliefs
that are dangerous to the government.
Representative Bay, chairman of the
committee, says that In drafting the
bill interference with freedom of
speech and of the press was studiously
avoided and there is nothing in the
measure that would Interfere with tho
proper and legitimate discussion of
the views and acts of public officials.
It provides only against the advocacy
or teaching of the duty, necessity or
propriety of the unlawful killing or as
saulting of officers of the government
Under this bill a person may advocate
any change of our government by law
ful and peaceful means, or may criticise
the conduct of its affairs and get as
many people to agree with , him as he
can, so long aa be does not advocate
the commission of crime as the means
through which he Is to attain bis end.
A man may bold any theory be pleases
as to the proper form of government
and he may do bis best to persuade oth
ers to his views, aud be may remain
entirely safe so long as he clings to
peaceful methods and doea not urge the
commission of crime. Repression of
the advocacy of violence and murder is
the purpose of the bill'
It Is not probable that the measure
will encounter any considerable opposi
tion in congress or the country, but
whether such legislation will restrain
assassins and monomaulacs from muk-
Ing deadly assaults ou presidents aud
other high officials Is decidedly doubtful.
A CIVIL SERVICE ISSUE.
The bill for the establishment of a
permanent census bureau, which passed
the house,' contains a clause which Is
meant to provide preference In tho gen
eral service for some thousuud persons
now lu the employ of the bureau. This
provision was a subject of strong criti
cism lu the house aud It baa been con
demned by friends of the merit system
aa in contravention of the principle of
civil service reform and au Injustice to
those persons who have passed a suc
cessful examination for places In the
public service.
In the discussion of the provision lu
the house Mr. Ulllett of Massachusetts,
chairman of the civil service commit
tee, said: "Should the 1,000 clerks who
are going to be dropped in the next
year be transferable to the other de
partments In the place of men who are
on the eligible list, who otherwise
could go there? Those men who are on
the eligible list got there without any
favoritism. They have come from every
part of the country, Just as these do,
but they got there by competitive ex
amination and uo matter what the qua!
Ity of that examination was, there is
ono fact about them which everyone
will admit, that they got there, not by
political favoritism or patronage, but
simply by tbelr merit Their examiua
ttons were open to the whole country.
But If these tbousaud clerks whom we
have appointed get there, we all kuow
they get there not by open competition,
but because they are friends of some
congressmen. In other words, we put
our favorites in aud we keep out all
those from the country who have com
peted and prevent their getting lu. We
give preference to our friends and w
keep out those who are not our friends."
This Is a plain and fair statement of
the nature of the provision and It points
out clearly the Injustice that It works
to all those who bave passed civil serv
Ice examinations and are relying upon
the good faith of tho government to
give them employment as fast as va
cancies occur In the public service. If
the thousand clerks in the census bu
reau are given the preference the per
sons on the eligible list will bave to
wait a very long time before getting
appointments. The wrong of this is
apparent Through the Invitation of the
government thousands of persons have
been led to devote their time to prepar
ing for a competition and then to spend
their money for transportation to the
places where examinations are held. At
this price their names bave gone on the
eligible list and it would manifestly be
a brcuch of good faith on the part of
the government to virtually drop these
people who accepted its invitation and
bave shown their merit according to
the government's requirement In order
to retain In the service persons who got
there through political favoritism, none
of the census bureau employes having
been required to pass a competitive ex
amination. There Is no question that in tbla mat
ter the house committed a serious mis
take and It should be corrected by the
senate, If for no other reason than the
unfavorable effect of allowing It to
stand may have upon the party In
power. The republican party has al
ways stood firmly for the merit system
and cannot now afford to dd anything
wblcb would discredit its devotion to
that principle.
SUPERIORITY OF AMERICAN LABOR,
The superiority of American labor as
compared with labor in other civilized
countries Is a theme of a new book by
Emll Levasseur, the great French po
litical economist In this work, which
Is entitled "The American Working
man," and which embodies the results
of personal observation and study as a
visitor to this country, Prof. Levasseur
hits the nail squarely on tho head by
declaring that the Industrial success of
the United States is to be ascribed prin
cipally to the Ingenuity, inventiveness
and industry of the American working
man. What has made the greatest impres
sion upon Prof. Levasseur, as It bas
upon all students of our conditions from
abroad. Is the extraordinary degree to
which American labor makes Itself
adaptlble to the use of machinery and
to the constantly improving mechanical
processes of production. Whereas
abroad the workman often persists in
performing bis task in a particular way
because It Is the custom of the land
or because bis father did it that way
before blm, the American artisan is
alert to every opportunity to increase
bis capacity by taking advantage of
new tools and labor saving devices as
soon as they are perfected to the point
of practicability. The enormously in
creased output of modern mill and fac
tory can be explained on this one
ground, and a realization of the won?
derful strides already made in this
country through the Introduction of
automatic devices Is what Is now giving
Europe for the first time a thorough ap
preciation of the industrial competition
it will bave to meet with the succession
of American mechanical triumphs.
The most gratifying part of Prof.
Levasseur's Investigation relates to his
inquiry Into the actual standard of liv
ing of the American worklngmon. While
it goea without saying that far higher
wages are paid in this country than In
Europe for every class of skilled and
unskilled labor, the question is fre
quently debated whether this means
better and more substantial conditions
of life among the laboring classes. Ono
French observer unhesitatingly bears
witness that the American workingman
lives, dressea and indulges In luxuries
that would astonish the old-world la
borer engaged In corresponding occupa
tions. The comfortable character of
the worklng'man's borne and the liberal
care bestowed on wife and children, for
whom a generous allowance out of the
weekly earnings Is set aside, attract spe
cial attention in comparison with the
scanty home llfo of tho family of the
European wage worker.
In venturing tho opinion, however,
that the future must lu tluio bring a
fall In the American wage level as a
result of great conflicts of lubor and
capital, l'rof. Levasseur gives way to
the temptation to speculate without
sufficient groundwork to build ou. The
wage level bus gone steadily, If slowly,
upward in this country from the very
first without auy noteworthy lapses, and
there Is no good reason why the up
ward currents should full. Uvea it the
nominal wages should remain, station
ary, the const a ut increase of productive
capacity, reducing the cost of neces
saries and comforts uud bringing them
within easier reach of all, would mcau
a cou stunt betterment of the standard of
living and elevation of the working
classes. Of this we Wiy rest assured,
that so loug as American lubor main
tains Its superiority over its competi
tors, America will have the best paid
and best provided for worklugmeu lu
the world.
The irresistible current of twentieth
century invention is full of promise for
the democratic party. If the flOO.000
prise offered by the managers of the St
Louis world's fair for a navigable air
ship brings about a complete revolution
in modes of transportation, universal
free trade will be established and the
hydra-beaded trusts will be as dead as
the dragon slain by St Oeorge. With
alrshlis delivering the spices of India,
the iterfuines and rugs of Persia, laces
of Belgium, llneus of Ireland, silks of
Italy, wines of Burgundy and rare and
precious things from every quarter of
the globe without the aid or couseut of
the customs officers, iuiitort duties will
bave to be abandoned as things of the
past If the lion. William Jennings
Bryan will only keep bis eye on the air
ship be will again see the radiant star
of hope twinkling across bis political
orbit and the silver-lined clouds within
bis reach.
The coal miners and operators have
done the sensible thing In settling the
scale for the coming year without a
strike. Past experience has evidently
taught both the mine owner and
the miner something. Employers of
labor are more willing to listen
to reason and the labor leaders
bave discovered that the man who
kicks up a strike where one can
be honorably avoided is not looked upon
with favor by the workers. A strike In
the coal Industry at this time would
work great injury to the business Inter
ests of the country aa well as to the
parties directly Involved.
One way to put a brake on speculative
stock swindles is by the establishment
of postal savings banks. The mining
stock sharks find their victims hugely
among the poorer classes, who are dai
sied by big promises into turning their
hard-earned savings over to Irresponsi
ble promoters. With an absolutely safe
place of deposit furnished by the gov
ernment the temptations of the over
credulous Mould be reduced without Im
pairing the incentive to Industry and
thrift
Tho expense bill of congressmen who
attended the McKlnley funeral Is a lit
tle over $30,000. If the senators bad
been paying their own way the figures
would doubtless have been considerable
less. The congressional conscience can
stand considerable of an awakening in
the matter of these petty raids upon
the treasury, which are made every time
a party of senators or congressmen at
tend a funeral or make a trip on any
sort of semi-official business.
The interstate commerce law can be
made to cover railroad rate making, but
how can It be extended to Include the
transoceanic steamship combines to
raise traffic charges? Ocean freights cut
a figure in market prices as well as land
transportation, and they will have to bo
reached eventually by legislation In
some form or other.
Carreat Eloqaeace.
Washington Star.
The electrical Inventor is displaying some
of th eloquence that was one regarded
as the exclusive property of th lightning
rod azent.
Asklaft- Too Mach. v
Globe-Democrat.
Th United 'States liberated Cuba and
paid th cost, but cannot undertake to
coddle th. island at th expense of sound
general principles of government
kill aa Imitators.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Th Filipinos show marked adaptability
to modern political methods. In one dis
trict where tber were only eighty-four
voters eighty-nine votes were cast. , .
osn Raosa far Old Men.
New York World.
Dr. Oilman, just elected president of
the great Carnegie Institution In Washing
ton, is 70 years old. In th realm of high
thought and vast enterprise this Is not yet
exclusively "th young man's age."
Where Good Road Are Headed.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The story of the men who starved to
death while making a thirty-five mil Jour
ney on the Island of Samar, though they
had four days' rations with them. Is a
vivid representation of the difficulties of
travel in the Philippines.
Dabloaa Dlatlaetloa.
St Louis Globe-Democrat
There is just one party oft earth that
makes war on the health snd comfort of
soldiers for political ends, snd that Is the
democratic party of th United States. No
other political organisation would be will
ing to play It as low down as that
What Helresa Has tao Price t
Brooklyn Eagle.
Bo long as quality marriages are to be
commercial there Is only praise for th
frank member of th British peerage'who
announces that he wants a rich wife, who
must pay $125,000 to him on sight and
whose eg and looks will be forgiven. That
man is honest enough to succeed In other
employments than being a lord.
KERVOl'S STRAIN OF CITIES.
A Plea for Raral Rtseit Asald Vrbaar
Activities.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Our grandfathers, born in placid soil-
tudes, were reared to few things mors
exciting in their youthful days than a
green-apple stomach ache. But in these
times city Infants ar taken on trolley
rides before they reach the age of on snd
are introduced to all the excitement of elty
streets before th age of 4, and by th
elmpl process of experience and observa
tion know st 5 more ways of being exter
minated than their great-grandfathers did
st IS. They know about turning on th
gas. chloroforming a cat, getting run over
by a train or a street car, rough on rats,
breaking one's neck on a bicycle, being
electrocuted by a live wire, being blown
up In the street, being cut and smashed
in a railroad wreck, falling down an ele
vator abaft, and all sorts of things that
ar seen or heard or read about In the
papers. Compare this fandango of horrors
and excitements, with which city children
nowadays become more or lees acquainted
st a tender age. simply because of tbelr
environment, with tbe serene, almost
bovine, existence which their ancestors
In this country enjoyed only two or three
generations hack, not only In childhood
and youth, but even In maturity and old
age. Is it remarkable tbat children In
these times hava nerves!
The few great disasters that tak folks
utterly unawares sometimes reap a big
harvest, but being th most adaptable crea
ture to existence, a city man Is all th
time adapting himself to bis surroundings,
and as bis surroundings change, he change
with them. He now "looks out for th
agio" In a mlout more than his re
moter ancestors did la a month, snd be
doe it with perfect unconsciousness, for
the most part of th nervous strsin upon
blm. And his alertness and watchfulness,
grown with th development of th age.
doubtless save him from extermination.
But he la all the time growing more
nervous snd his children ar growing mors
nervous. la all the respects It would
eem clear tbat th phyalcal basis of life
in elite la much less to b desired than
the physical basis of lit la regions where
greater repose prevails, especially fur th
NO CAVIB FOB ALARM.
Pleaty of Cfcaaee Ka9 ta Lla
with th Praeeasfaa.
Chicago Tribune.
On day Americans ar told by torn mes
senger of sad tiding that there Is no
longer any cbanc In this country for the
young man. Another day It is proclaimed
that there Is no chance for th old mas.
Another day th gloomy news Is mad pub
lic that there is no linger sny cbanc for a
workman who Is over S5. If alt Ibeaa
statements are true tber la no longer a
cbanc for anybody unless he shall have
been born a millionaire. But th lot of
those who are fed from golden spoons and
rocked In sliver cradles 1 unenviable, for
according to some authorities they never
amount to anything. They never hsv a
chance, it is said, because they ar loaded
down with riches. As nobody has a chance
It is about time for th appearance of th
angel spoken of In Revelation, who la to
cry out "Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabitants
of th earth."
This declaration that there is no longer
any chance for th mecbsnlo or laborer who
Is In the prime of life Is based on what Is
said to be th present practice of railroads
and some large manufacturing corporations
not to hire men who are over 35. Only two
railroads hsv been mentioned specifically
and no manufacturing corporation ha been
mentioned. There Is no accurate Informa
tion as to th extent to which the oppor
tunities for employment of the men who
ar over J5 have been limited by this new
practice. Until thee opportunities shall
appear to have been really limited there Is
no reason why th workmen of 40 years of
age should feel seriously alarmed as to
their future. Employers have whim snd
notions sometime. It may seem to on em
ployer that he can get more or better work
out of mechanics who ar under 86 than
out of those who are over that age. Such
an assumption would be correct as to some
workmen and lnoorrect as to others. Th
efficiency of a man cannot be measured ac
curately by his sge. Th presumption Is
that most employers will not establish an
age limit, but will hire any man who is able
to do good work.
Th mechanics who ar over 36 should not
be disheartened and fancy that there is no
relief for them except in the grave. Nor
should the young men be discouraged. There
Is a chance for them. There is a chance
also for th sens of plutocrats. There Is
still a chance for everybody who is deserving.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
The idea of putting a cash value on the
Congressional Record affords the circula
tion department a chance to get in its affi
davit
Pittsburg policemen are striving energet
ically to capture th Biddl prise money.
They Insist they gave the taxpayers a good
run for the coin.
Th ping-pong eras In Chicago is assum
lng a violent form. Between gas explo
sions ana the pall of soot, residents turn
to any old thing likely to divert th mind.
Mr. Rockefeller's offer of a bunch of
money to Harvard college produced a
slesmie disturbance .along the locality
famed as the midway of the world's fair.
Accord lng to th showing mad la the
courts, Elder Dowl gave evidence of keen
forealght in selecting Chicago as his head
quarters. His operations as a green-good's
prophet lifted hi assets from a cipher to
$1,000,000 in cash snd property. ' - '
D. XL E. M cJimsey Is considered to be
on of the finest political Orator In Mis
souri. He Is also a noted scholar and fre
quently entertains his friends ' by quoting
page after page of Emersob, snd, tt Is Said,
knows half Of Brakespear "by heart."
Victor Hugo's 100th birthday will be
celebrated in Paris on the 28th' of this
month. A monument secured through pop
ular subscription ' will be dedicated, and
there will be elaborate exercises at the
Pantheon, wher th author Is burled.
The Minnesota Board of Pardons de
clined to grant an unconditional pardon
to th Younger brother. Under th con
ditional parole granted last year, th notor
ious highwaymen ar practically footloose
snd in the enjoyment of more liberty then
they have earned.
BuSalolans ar making heroic efforts to
recover from th strenuousness of last
year. Instances are mentioned or residents
taking th rest cur for four days and
nights without being disturbed or missed.
Just now th only exertion sanctioned is
of a political character.
There Is more than a grain of truth in
th jibes thrown st patient housekeepers
who bake bread. BUI Nye used to send
husbands to tbe table armed with an ax,
and Artemus Ward successfully defended
bis wife's relations by hurling baked
"rocks" at the ravaging mob. Lesser wits
ar equally unjust, tor th fault is not
with th housekeeper. Only last week
New Tork officials destroyed several tons
of baking powder, which contained 29 per
cent of ground rock. Th revelation,
though long delayed, should divert un
seemly levity from the kitchen and send the
hot barbs into th baking powder man.
Th Kansas City Star Is waging a hot-air
campaign against a class of strenuous law
yer known as "snitches" who are con
spicuous In that town. A "enrich," ac
cording to th Star, "Is a cheap lawyer,
varv freauenUy a young lawyer, a man of
small practice and precarious Income, which
would probably dwlnai to notnmg were
be not excessively active in drumming up
trad. His specialty is tbe individuals who
have suffered a supposed or real Injury
to feelings, character or peraon, and his
method Is to Indue such Individuals to
bring damage suits, or to threaten suits,
with the object of extracting money from
the person, firm or corporation upon whom
lies tbs alleged blame."
I sieto
Southern
There Is no need to go via Kansas City, and change
cars en route, in order to reach Los Angeles) and
other Southern California points.
The Union Pacific and the Union Pacific only, runs
three through fast trains dally to California, NO
CHANGE OF CARS ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
THE OVERLAND ROUTE" all the way.
If yoa sleet to go la a toartat ear, as saaay do, yaw
aad aot watt tor eartaln flays, but ru go aay day ta
too week the Inioa fadilo, as this llue, and this
Ua oaly, runs lUy Tuorlat (axe to tho faolfle Coast.
Th I'nloa YactAe Personally Coednetod K(ranttB
also run twtoo a week, Tuosdaye aud frUlaja, t rosa
atiaooaxl Kite.
Fall Inf orssatloa sheerfully
Cin TICKET OFFICE
1324 rsraaat St.
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BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN.
Flattery I not worship.
A fad Is a tag on a fool.
Ideals ar mere potent than prise.
SanctiOcatlon is not a shrinking procesi
Gain Is not godliness, but godliness I
gain.
A white life does sot com from a fclao
heart
A clean city la Impossible without cos
secreted cttlicns.
Th best prayer for a Father's blessla
Is a son's obedience.
When worship is lacking in sincerity i
is not wanting In sin.
When th heart U full of faith th band
will be filled with good works.
Some people forglv by forgetting, b
th true way I to forget by forgiving.
SECILAR SHOTS AT THE Pt'LPIT.
Indianapolis Journal: Bishop Fowler, I
his address to th Mississippi coofereno
of th Methodist Eplaoopal Colored churcl
forbad th negro ministers to us hi
words In their sermons hereafter, aayla
that they didn't know what they msaa
and their congregations didn't know whs
they were talking about. Thus aaotbs
of th negro's cherished rights is ruthlessl
snatched away from him.
Indianapolis News: Rev. James Pe Nov
mandle of Boston seems to have very llttl
patience with tbe people who attempt s
"Improve" standard hymns. At last Sun
day's service ha ssld be would read Was
ley's hymn, "Jesus, Lover of My Soul." a
Wesley wrote It, and not as it was fount
in the book used by the congregation, am
he added that In his opinion compilers
hymn books, if they did not Ilk tbs orlglat
words of a hymn, would better omit
altogether.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: A Phlladel
phia lawyer was one of tbe guests at Us
annual dinner of th Episcopalian club I
Boston th other evening, and bluntly to
th assembled ministers tbat too much S
the preaching heard In th pulpit nowaday,
la "dreary drivel," and that too many of thj
preachers seem to be In th buslnsss be
cause they ar "paid to holler." H sat
It all so good-naturedly that the assemble!
ministers, who perhaps thought they wee
not of that kind, applauded him.
Portland Oregon lan. The Methodist
number nearly 6,000,000 of the 17.600.041
religious communicants In th Unite!
States, the Baptists coming next with abotl
4,600,000. Th Roman Catholics numbel
about S.000,000. Tbe Methodist Eplscopa
church, the isrgeet of th Methodist eons
mnnlons, has about 3,000,000 of communt
cants. The annual expenditures ar nearl
$24,000,000. It has 37,000 churches an!
nearly 13.000 preachers. There were onl
6,000 Methodists In the American colonial
at the outbreak of the Revolution. Thi
Tear Book announces tbat President Mo
Klnley was the first Methodist who evel
occupied the White House. Presidents Lla
coin, Johnson, Orant and Hayea, who an
generally described aa Methodists, wen
aot communlcanta. It is a curious fact thai
while John Wesley held slavery to be tni
"sum of all vlllanlea," Whitfield used al
his influence to break down th provision
hostil to th importation of rum n4
slaves into Georgia, and rejoiced la hh
success, himself purchasing slaves as I
source of profit to bis darling orphai
asylum.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Philadelphia Press: Tom She csid b
bad never been kissed.
Dick Then I suppose you kissed ber.
Tom No. she kissed me, saying ah at
ways attended to such matters herself.
Bomervllle Journal: Mr. BJonea What f
lovely complexion ah has!
Mrs. Bjones I don't believe you aval
saw It,
Philadelphia Press: Lushley I admit I'vt
had a couple of drinks.
Mrs. Luehiey Indeed! Why do you te
me that?
Lushley Why, It's th truth.
Mrs. Lushley I know, that's why I csn'l
understand your telling it.
Philadelphia Record: "That man hat
been married fourteen years and has nevel
once found fault with his wife's cooking."
"Is he such a paragon of patience?"
"No; abe's never cooked."
Chicago Poet: "How can I find pu(
whether eh loves me?" mused the lover.
"That's easy," answered the small boM
who had accidentally overheard him.
"How?"
"Kiss her. If she swats you, it's all offi
If she doesn't, it's all right'
Somervllle Journal: Mrs. Whyt Us
Watkyns gave his wife a handsome pair oi
opera glasses for a birthday present. -
Mrs. Black I can Imagine how pleaaei
she Is. She will find them so convenient
to watch the doings pf the neighbors with
THE ART OF TACT.
Emerson.
What boot It, thy virtue.
What profit thy parts,
While one thing thou la ekes t
The art of all arts?
. The only credentials.
Passport to succeHs;
Opens oaatle and parlor
Address, man, Addresa.
The maiden In danger
Waa aaved by the swain!
His stout arm restored ber
To Broadway again.
The maid would reward him
Gay company come
They iaugh, she laughs with them
He le moonstruck and dumb.
This clinches the bargain;
Balls out of the bay;
Gets the vote in the senate,
Spite of Webster and Clay;
Has for genius no meroy,
For speeches no heed;
It lurks In the eyebeam,
It leapa to It deed.
Church, market and tavern,
Bed and board, It will away;
It has no tomorrow,
It ends with today.
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