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14 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1002 Tim Omajia Sunday Ber E. ROSE WATER, KUITOR. 1 PUBLISHED EVEFY MORNING. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Tally Bee (without Kunuay), One ier..l4.Q0 louiy " ana Hunuay, One ear .W illustrated fe-e. One tear 2.W) ttundiy bw, Una lear J.uu aiuruay -e, una lear I.mj .Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.U0 DELlVtHfcD 11Y CAHUIUK. Daily Bee (without Bund iy), per copy.... te Vmlif Wee (without Bunuay;, per wk...12c laliy Bee onciuaing euiiuay;, per week..lic bunuay riee, per cupy so Evening Hte t without (Sunday;, per week.lvo Evening b uiictuUing unuay, per Wee Uc Complaints of irregularities in delivery bourn be addressed iu city circulation De partment. OFFICES. E man The Bee Building. uin Omaha city naii tfulldlng. Twenty-fifth and M Btreete. Council to I una io learl Street Chicago imo Unity building, flew fork Tempie court. ' Washington mi ourteci.ln Street. , COniiKSPOAJJhJNCU Communication lo'.aung to newa and edi torial matter ahuu.d be uudrested: umaha Jiee, Jfiaitorial utpartment. liL'tilNKSa LETTERS. Business letter und remittances should te addressed: The Bee PuDilshing Company, Omaha. HEMITTANCE8. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to 'ihe tie Publishing Company. Only y-cent atampa acceptea in paymwiit o( mail accounts, personal c necKS, except on Umaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BUti JfUBLlttWlnU tUMFAMK. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. BUte of Nebraska, Douglas County, bs.: Ueorge to. 'liecnuck, secretary ot The Bee Fubiisiiing Company, being uuly sworn, ays that tho actual number of full and complete copies ol The Dally, Morning, I, veiling ana Hunday Bee printed during tha month of January, Utu. was aa fol low ; L HO.BtfO -16 84), 14 80,210 17... SO, ISO I 80,000 18.. so.itao ao.nw u ao.s-io 80,153 JO SO.lOO . 8U.4V0 21 30.4HO 1 80,800 23 , SO.SUO 30.3XO 23 8O.200 80,170 H 80.13U io 8o.iao a 3o,04M II 80.SOO 16 80,400 U 80,430 17 81,100 U 80.4T0 n J 80,080 14. 80.100 2 S3.0-40 IS 8O.O70 10 ....soao U. SO.BOO Total Dil.VOS unsold and returned copies.... ,S4 Net total sales Net daily average. oaa.orv 8O.0OT t GEO. B. TZBCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 1st day of February, A. D., 11 . M. B. H UNGATE. (Seal.) Notary Public But would wireless telegraphy really do away with the telegraph boy? And now the cabinet makers at Wash ington will buckle down again to work. Past profits never count with the fire Insurance men when they contemplate present losses. Wonder If Emperor William has barred the use of French champagne at the christening. Whenever' a lawyer loses a suit he is cock-sure the fellow on the other aide bad the Jury fixed. The next move of the brigands who captured Miss Stone will probably be for a weekly payday. Grown people with good memories will sympathise with . school children when holidays fall on Saturday. Perhaps those Bulgarian brigands got their Inspiration by reading np on the mediaeval ancestor of the modern de scendants of the famous robber barons. Judging from the Ingredients mixed for him Into the official program. Prince Henry win have a ten days' taste of the strenuous life as It really la In ita na tive haunts. Kansas populists have decided to go it alone during the coming campaign. They have evidently tired of pulling most of the load and dividing np even at the end of the journey. Tillman and McLaurtn should have postponed their little argument until the day Prince Henry visited the senate JuHt to make sure the proceedings should not be dull on that occasion. If the Washington dinners result In as severe attacks ot political Indigestion aa those on St Jackson day,' democrats better swear off on dinner and confine themselves to Informal lunches. If New York hotels keep on burning up, people from the provinces are likely to defer visits to the metropolis until tha weather becomes warm enough to encourage sleeping In the park. Tha medical students of the Iowa. State university freshman class have gone on a strike. No serious shortage of doctor would be encountered If one school should miss one year's crop. Eleven thousand bills await the ac tion ot congress and the session Is still young. The consoling feature of it Is that the great majority of the bill will be on the waiting list when the session Is ended. London' official census fixes the popu latlon of that world's metropolis at .53ti,54L which 1 nearly five times what It waa In 1S01, or 100 years ago, The drift cityward was a world-wide phenomenon throughout tho nineteenth century. Members of the Diet of Hesse have requested the grand duke to Inform It of the reasons for divorcing his wife. The grand duko should come to this country, where he can easily find sev eral state not at all Inquisitive about the reasons, provided he can pay the court fees. Brewers threaten to raise the price of boer unless the war tax 1 removed from their product It is serious enough when the henrgo on a strike, the potato crop Is short and meat prices go sky- x ward, o congress should hasten to re lieve the publle from any Increase In the price of a growler. tbe rntSiDKxrs act. According to Washington dlopatches the credit for the proposed proceeding by the lHpertment of Jnntloe sea Inst the Northern Securities company be longs entirely to President Roosevelt and It nppear that In the matter he has shown characteristic earnestness and determination. The statement la made that the president put aside some of the Important financial Interests and Influ ences In the country, who have been using extraordinary measures to Induce him to keep hands off. The great finan ciers of the country It Is said, have been representing to the president and his friends that the merger, while It may not be entirely legal, Is not against pub lic policy and that the more" could be gained by letting It proceed than to stir up trouble In Wall street While the president had no wish to stir np business distrust, he Is reported to have told those who expressed ap prehension of such a result that if busi ness distrust must follow the prevent ing of such acts a are shown in the Northern Securities merger, then those who are engaged In promoting them should have taken Into consideration that view before they consummated the acts. There Is no difficulty In accepting this statement as true. Mr. Roosevelt Is understood to have Informed the at torney general of Minnesota that if the merger was against public policy and against the Interests ot the public, and at the same time in violation of a United States statute, he would give to the men of the northwest who are fighting it all the assistance at his command. The ev idence la that he lost no time In having the attorney general of the United States investigate the matter and upon his opinion that the merger Is In violation of the anti-trust act of 1800 there was no hesitation In directing the Depart ment of Justice to Institute proceedings to test the legality of the merger. There Is shown In this an earnest pur pose on the part of President Roosevelt to enforce the law, which will be very gratifying to the country. He Is not an Implacable enemy of corporations. He does not believe In a policy of summary suppression. On the contrary he take a conservative view of the question of dealing with the Industrial combinations. He said In his message that "to strike with Ignorant violence at the Interest of one set of men almost Inevitably en danger the interest of all. The funda mental rule In our national life the rule which underlies all others is that on the whole and In the long run, we shall go up or down together." But President Roosevelt, there is every rea son to believe, will be found a deter mined foe to any corporation that he thinks la violating the law and will use all the power vested in him to enforce the law. Hi action in regard to the op eration of the Northern Securities com pany give most satisfactory promise of this and there can be no doubt that it will have a wholesome effect sew pl Ait for aitjia' :vba. Senator Elkln of West Virginia re cently said that he was opposed to any dislocation of our national policy for the enrichment of Cuba or any other country and that "If we are compelled to help Cuba let the burden fall upon the entire country and not upon a few." This 1 what Is contemplated by the bill that Representative Smith of Michi gan ha Introduced In the house, which provide for the negotiation of a reci procity treaty under which this govern ment shall refund to the Cuban govern ment 40 per cent of duties, Cuba to grant a concession of all duties on im ports from the United States. By such an arrangement there would be no dis location of our tariff policy, but the entire country would contribute to the Cuban treasury to the extent of 40 per cent of the duties' collected on Importa tion from Cuba. Our sugar and to bacco Industries would bear their share of this, but they will still have tariff protection. The benefit of such a con cession would go to the government of Cuba and not to the sugar and tobacco grower of the islaud, so that the money thus realised would be used tor all the people, instead of going to a few, as would be the case with tariff reduction. This plan will of course not be ac ceptable to the Cuban planter nor to the American Sugar trust. It offer them no advantage. It would give the Cuban government a generous sum an nually for public Improvements, for education and for other purposes that would benefit the whole people. It would thus be a good thlug for Cuba and sould leave our tariff policy lu tact It may be urged, however, that it would not promote tho Cuban sugar and tobacco industries and therefore does not meet the requirements of, th'. situation. This will bo tho view of those who assort that this country Is under moral obligation, ut whatever sacrifice to home interests, to promote Cuban industrial development and pros perity. Tho proposition, however, is unquestionably geuerous uud is quite likely to have considerable support 1 if C IttUiUA TlOti PROBLEM. A valuable contribution to the discus sion of the irrigation problem is made by Lieutenant Colonel Chltteudeu of the United States army, lu an article on government construction of reservoirs. He estimates that the total annual sup ply of water in that portion of the arid regions which is capable of irrigation will sustain agriculture On about 70, OuO.000 acres, or possibly KW.000,000 acres, an area which, oh the basis of the density of population In the more highly cultivated section) of Europe, will under successful Irrigation main tain a great a population as that of tha entlro United States In 1900. llcgnrdlng the conservation of this water supply, by a comprehensive re servoir system. Colonel Chittenden ask by what agency the work ean be best accomplished and says: "As be tween the two broad divisions of public and private agencies, the question Is not difficult to answer. Neither private Individuals nor corporations can ever be relied upon to do this work as It should be done. In the . first place, their resources will not ordinarily be sufficient In the second, ihe Immediate purpoee for which a company or Indi vidual might build a reservoir will very rarely be such as to develop the full capacity of the site." He urges that the government can profitably and properly undertake work of this character which would be ruinous to an Individ ual. A to the states constructing re servoirs, he point out that their pres ent resources preclude most of them from undertaking works of this charac ter. "It must not be forgotten, either," ays Colonel Chittenden, "that the gov ernment 1 the principal land owner in the west In some of the states nearly 00 per cent of the land Is still public. The storage of water by which more of this laud may be reclaimed and set tle is a Biiii pie business measure on the part of the government for enhanc ing tho value of ita own property." Another authority, Prof. Elwood Mead, takes a similar view. He say that Irrigation works must be built rivalling lu magnitude and cost those alur the Ganges and the Nile and that this will not be done until there has been legislation by congress. The ! arid states cannot do It because they have not the means and private capital will not "because experience has shown that costly private works to reclaim public lands are not profitable.". "Only congress," says Tro' Mead, "a tho cus todian of the public domain, can pro vide the conditions indispensable to sat isfactory progress." Such testimony must strengthen opinion In favor of the policy ot nationalizing the work of irri gation, which is manifestly beyond tho resources of the states, to say nothing of other difficulties involved In the prob lem. Being a work of national scope and importance it should be prosecuted by the general government in a broad and liberal way, rather than in the man ner contemplated by the Hansbrough Newlands'bill, which it Is expected will come up for consideration in the senate this week. WBArS THE MATTER WITH TBS JLUltSt The local bar association, through It executive committee, ha undertaken to overturn the present jury panel for the district court by ques tioning the methods employed In Its selection. If the action of the bar as sociation is designed to Improve the jury system generally rather than to get rid of a particular panel objection able to Home of its members, It will have the hearty approval, of the entire public 1 There Is no question but that our jury system call for betterment and that the lawyers who practice in the courts are most familiar with Its weak points. '' At the same time we must not forget that our present methods of drawlug jurors are far in advance of what they were a few year ago, when the professional Juror wa the rule rather than the exception. Whether the names are selected from the poll lists or from the tax lists I of not so much Importance. There are points that favor one and the other. The poll list Includes all of "the men who are actively Identified with political affairs. The tax list includes those who have property interests in the community; yet the property qualification has never been established as one of the requisites for jury service. The trouble with our juries as they are now selected arises apparently not so much from the makeup of the lists or the manner of drawing the names as from the manipu lation of the Juror after they are drawn on the panel. If the member of the bar association would be honost with themselves they would recognize the fact that the worst evils that beset our Jnry system come from the lawyer themselves. Seldom a case of jury tampering ha been ex posed but what some lawyer 1 found at the bottom of It although he may have resorted to other agencies to accomplish his ends. Whatever jury manipulation is attempted has It fountain bead In the legal profession, but notwithstanding the periodic exposures implicating mem bers of the bar In these nefarious prac- tices, the local bar association has never had the nervo to expel any of them from its membership. If the bar association means business It ha the machinery In Ita own hands and will have popular support for set ting It In motion. FOOD FOR THE WIRE TlBStk The colossal sacrifice of life and prop erty Involved In our annual offering to the tire fiend has been strikingly em phf. sized of late by a series of disastrous conflagrations in widely separated cities. The Immense losses Incurred when re duced to the array of Insurance figures form a startling reminder of the penalty lnipostl upon us for Inexcusable neglect of tho ordinary requirements of safe and substantial construction. The contrast has often been drawn be tweeu building operations lu this coun try ud lu Europe from the standpoint of protection against fire and the cost- liutss of cheap construction repeatedly pointed out But Instead of being learned, the lesson must fall on deaf ears, for the contribution to the harvest of fire and smoke seems to lncreuse rather than decrease from year to year, We all know what ought to be done to check. If not stop, this fearful de-, miction of property. We know that the continued erectlou of buildings that are nothing but Ilretraps merely adds fuel to the flames. We know that dan ger lurks In hapbaxard methods of heat lug aud lighting and that with our greatly enlarged use of machinery and power the element of risk from fire have been many times multiplied, call ing for extraordinary measures of pre caution. We know that the number and character of Inflammables and expto- Ive In current use la both borne and factory have kept pace with modern In dustrial development with correspond ing necessity for greater care In hand ling and keeping. We know that th skyward tendency of our structure tend also to take the flames, once started, out of reach. Yet with all this knowledge we allow ourselves to be led by selfish object ot expediency for present advantage at risk of future loss. Nor are the fire Insurance companies by any means blameless. They encour age Invitation to the fire fiend by taking any risk that 1 offered, provided only the rate I high enough. If they would refuse point blank to Issue policies on buildings that do not come up to pre scribed reasonable standards, they could exercise a pressure more potent than all the building ordinances and regulation that could be devised. A voluntary part ner to existing conditions, the fire insur ance companies can come In for littlo sympathy. FOR A SHORTER WORKING VAT. The recommendation of the Industrial commission In favor of an eight-hour working day and the fact that the com mittee on labor Is giving hearings on a bill limiting all work on government contracts to eight hours a day, has re vived interest In the subject particu larly in labor circles. It is a very Im portant question, as all must realise who will intelligently consider Its relation to production and therefore to the general well being. The commission, it Is stated. had greater difficulty in formulating defi nite opinions In behalf of the whole membership on the labor question than on any other, for the obvious reason that it Is more complicated than other. Those who look at the matter solely from the labor point of view find no difficulty In concluding that an eight hour working day would be conducive to the general welfare. They reason that a greater number of workers would be em ployed, that labor would have more leis ure for Intellectual Improvement and that production would not necessarily be much If at all reduced. On the other hand, those who study the question more comprehensively and from all economic point of view find reason for doubting whether such shortening of the working day would be of general benefit The report of the In dustrial commission say: "There can be little doubt that in the long run the In terest of all classes will best bo pro moted by making the aggregate pro duction of wealth as great as possible so long as the workmen are not crowded beyond their strength." It is recog nised by the commission that a reduc tion of our Industrial efficiency would impair our ability to compete with other nations, that our industrial efficiency I due In part to the energy of the work men and that "that high degree of en ergy and skill Is the cause, at least In part, of the higher wages which the American workmen usually receive" These are very Important considerations. In the fierce competition for trade In which all the nations are now engaged, can we afford to do anything that might reduce our ' industrial efficiency and thereby Impair our ability to compete with other nations? If It could be conclusively shown that such would be the effect of shortening the working day probably a large majority of Intelligent workmen would oppose the movement since the greater interest of labor Is In Industrial expansion that assures con-1 stant employment at good wages. Any narrowing of production would of course Injure the producer equally with the rest ot the community. Any Impairment of Industrial energy and efficiency must affect unfavorably all classes. The eight-hour day has been very gen erally adopted by state governments and municipalities, a well a by the federal government o far as relates to persons directly employed In public service. But the Immediate object upon which the labor forces are concentrated Is the demand for an eight-hour' day In all branches of work performed In pro ducing commodities for the government It may not be expedient at present to comply with this demand. Some of the testimony before the house committee on labor was strongly against the propo sition. But that sooner or later an eight-hour working day will become gen- eral may be confidently assumed. Commentlng on the salaries paid to public officers In this country, former Secretary of Agriculture 3. Sterling Morton remark In hi Conservative that "In general the salaries are at least 33 per cent larger than the value of the men who get them rated In the open market" Coming from a mau who for four years drew a federal salary a the occupant of an office he himself said was more ornamental than useful and whose abolition he recommssded, this Is doubtless as authoritative an opinion as could be had anywhere, But it seems Impossible to convince the aver age officeholder that he Is not constantly overworked and underpaid. He is always looking around to see if the emolument of the office cannot be Increased and In sists that he is sacrificing his private In terests to serve the public. Yet the old saying that few die and none resign holds as good now in the official stratum aa ever. It wilt be remem bered that Mr. Morton himself served out bis full term as secretary of agri culture aud left none of his salary be hind him. A movement that may eventually ex ercise a reflex influence upon American Institutions for higher education seems to be taking a start in German universi ties, where sentiment is focalizing to restrict the privilege now freely ac corded student from abroad. It Is one of the penalties Inflicted on countries that evolve tbe best educational Institu tions that they attract attendance from all over the world, after crowding their own people and dividing the attention of Instructor upon whom their own students hsve first claim. The German universities have been drawn on by Americans largely In the past although In the present Instance the objections raised against tbe foreigner are di rected at the Russians. Our own fore most universities have now reached the point of excellence In faculties and fa cilities that tbe temptation for the stu dent to go abroad has been greatly re duced, and restrictive measure on tbe part of tbe German universities will not constitute the hardship for us they would once have been. Yet the same difficulty as between the students from at home and abroad Is likely some day to beset our universities, or more es pecially our state universities which are supported by taxation and where the outside student imposes an extra tax burden on the state whose university be attends. But that problem has not yet presented itself forcibly and no bridge need be crossed till we get to it J. Sterling Morton write from Mexico that common day labor in a little town there la worth about 00 cents Mexican and 30 cents American money, while the premium given him In an exchange of American gold for Mexican currency was 130 per cent A an object lesson of the beauties of a depreciated silver coinage, Mexico continue to fill every demand. - We feel safe from all fear that his visit to Mexico may In any way shake Mr. Morton In his vigorous cham pionship' of the gold standard and his perpetual pulverization of the flat fakir. It is to be noted that although still harping bard on tbe consent of the gov erned for the Filipinos, the democratic side in congress shows no sympathy with efforts to check the disfranchise ment of tbe negro In the south. Only by first migrating to tbe Philippines can the American negro hope to secure demo cratic championship of his right to par ticipate in the government King Leopold, of Belgium has decided not to visit this country at present The Belgian king should not be discouraged by the flamboyant speeches of an Irre sponsible member of congress. While no kingly Jobs are to be given out here the people of the United States have always extended hospitable greeting to all who choose to visit this country. Getting; mm the Richt Track. Philadelphia Ledger. Tb democrats la congress are still pat ting themselves on tha back for their suc cess la promoting republican legislation. Oatwarel Slam f Peaoei. . Philadelphia Press. The war among th Daughters ot the American Revolutlo will not be a, very serious affair. None of the women use ex plosive powder. . The Watt f Hog eery Baltimore American. The Detroit banker who meddled with other people' money continues to erltlcls th aewspapers for "meddling with other people' business." ,-. Reeaa for One Mere Chicago Record-Herald. Dr. E. Benjamin - Andrews thinks, there will be war between th United States and Russia la the near future, Now It 1 W. T. Stead' turn to be (cared at something. A Touch of Streaaoas K4f Cleveland Leader. Prince Henry Is to be 'rushed about th country at a pao which mar glv him only confuted notions of America, but will surely Impress him with a vivid sens of tho high tension ia American Ufa. A Fsrteri Oeaseastrmtlem. Washington Post. By losing two officers and tea men sad having forty men wounded la a vain effort to bag on Boer private General Kitchener succeeds admirably In demonstrating why he seeds such a large force In South Africa. High Vale ef Chlldrea. Louisville Courier-Journal. A Chicago washerwoman who works hard to teed and clothe her seven small children has refused sa offer of 15,000 for one ef them snd ssys she would refuse $1,000,000. This will probably throw Miss Sussa An thony late another tantrum. Am Espesisrre Kleher. Washington Post ' The fastidious St Louis street ear eoa dnrtnr who refused to aoceet a nickel from a uaiBfir becauaa its faoe was worn ! proving quits an expensive luxury tor his employers. The United States courts may be depended upon to uphold any sort ot money Uncle Sam may choos to keep la circulation. PROTESTING TOO MUCH, Assertions Cahaa Politicians Ceaa are with Kitwi Feets. St. Louis Globe-Democrat Several generals who served la the revo lutionary forces In Cubs hsvs sent to Wash ington a document claiming that the Cubans are almost starving oa aocount et bad economic conditions, snd asking at the bands of the United States that Cub "be allowed to live." Cuba Is a fertile island, snd as frost Is unknown anywhere within Us boundaries, th raising of food goes pa continuously. There Is plenty of room for tbe population of 1.600,000, No publle debt exists. When Spain relinquished sover eignty the Uland was freed from a debt charge of tS.86.000 a year. Cuba supported tbe Spanish troops. We pay our ewn army bills. Tbe remarkably successful sanitary Improvement of the island has been paid for without special taxation. Attendance at tbe publle schools has been Increased fourfold snd nearly 1,000 teachers are employed. The postal system has been modernlxed. Buffl cleat revenue is produced by a moderate tariff snd s large sum of money will remais In tbs treasury wbea w retire. In a short time, under these favorabl conditions. Cuba will bs under Its own nag and shaping economlo conditions through its ewn distinct legislative sad execuUvs action. It it wars true that the Cubans sre starving and pleading with us for a chases to live, the claim that ths Uland Is able to sustain a government of Its own under say otrcumataaees would hav te be questioned. But emotional extravagance of language Is sot unknown among certain Cuban leaders. Nothing mors than ordinary perception Is required te see that Cuba caa never realise Ita greatest possibilities until : Is part ot the territory ot tbe United 8tatea. It pre fers a separate government and tbs road la span. Aa a distinct republic It may get along better than many persons believe, but after all that has been freely done tor It, tbe talk of Impending starvation snd rule tea only be excused ea th ground that U Is a misconceptloa. SECULAR SHOTS AT THR Pt LPIT. Saa Francisco Chronicle: If it b true that the kaiser is to go up against Mrs. Eddy It will be easy to see bis finish. Baltimore American: Rev. Mlnot J. Savage asserts that tho way to solve the dlvorro problem li to make marriage more difficult It would seem that the same end would be reached by making divorce more difficult. Kansas City Star: A New Jersey cler gyman finds fault with President Schwab of the United States Steel corporation be cause, when he was la Europe, he didn't "visit the srt galleries and libraries which draw all men who sre richly equipped." Now. what use -n earth would a man Ilk Schwab have for books and pictures? Why ckn't preachers be reasonable T Indianapolis Journal: A Pretbyterlan minister. Rev. Oliver Hemstreet, has gained soma notoriety by declaring In a public address st Baltimore that anarchism ha Invaded the churches, especially the Metho dist church, and that President McKlnley courted his tragic fat by refusing to abol ish ths army canteen. Persons who make such statements are not fit to be Instructors of tha people. Milwaukee Free Press: The humbug Dowle proposes to reproduce In print some strictures made by him of Judge Tuley, who presided In the trial of the humbug. Some sensitive friends of the Judge pro pose to Indict the humbug, If he does this, for libeling the Judge. This gave that Jurist the opportunity to. say, with tbe utmost good humor: "I fear that I should hav difficulty In proving that my reputa tion has been hurt by Dowle," Tb bum bug is therefore safe. Chicago Inter Ocean: Prof. Charles W. Pearson has voluntarily paid the penalty for his recent utterances upon the bible, and baa resigned from the faculty of Northwestern university and withdrawn from the Methodist Episcopal church. "I am aware of the nature of the report the committee would make te the trustees, and I know that I would not bs allowed to pro long my connection with the university," said Prof. Pearson. . "It Is quite true that no direct pressure has been brought to bear upon me to resign, but ths knowle "je of Inevitable expulsloa made me believe this the best way. I have resigned my professorship and have left the Methodist church." PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Anyhow, Schley was there snd the fight was won. Mr. Fltzslmmons literary ability once more shines in his challenges snd advance notices. Th great American bllssard Is one ot our Institutions of the east which Prince Henry will probably arrive too lata to witness. A Pennsylvania Judge holds that a street car pass la the hands ot a truly great alder man Is sot necessarily a bribe. Merely a testimonial of esteem. A Buffalo pastor says a boy's chances of going to perdition In that town were never so good' as at present Holy Emokel Is the free midway still In town 7 These sre the real "melancholy days" the poet sang about. Ths oleo debate la con gress Induced paragraphers to disinter the blllygoat gag as a substitute butter. Reno vate It. The celluloid comb In a Boston woman's hslr caught firs from th hot draft of a register ths other night snd severely burned her. These ornaments ars becom ing dangerous, especially for hot-headed people. Tho federal supreme court is booked for a greater test of Judicial skill and ability than that contained In "territory appur tenant" and "expropiia Vlgore." Maryland asks the court to dsclds tbe question, "la an oyster a fish 7" Congress will soon be called upon to con sider a proposition tor tbe erection ot s monument to General Lew Wallace and the troops with whom he defended Washington during th civil war. Tbe suggestion has beea mad that Senator Fairbanks of In diana take charge ot ths matter. "He as has sits." Ths syndicate which financed tha steel combine snd put up 126,000,000 has received a second dividend of 110,000,000, or 40 per cent on tbe amount advanced, and, besides, the principal baa been returned. Another handout Is ex pected later on, so that th profit on th deal, scarcely a year old, will be $2 for It Mark Twain has sdded two new maxim to ths world's stock. They sr: "W ought never te do wrong when people sre look ing." and "No real gentleman will tell the naked truth In tho presence of ladles." To which tnsy be sdded Mart's tribute te s deceased friend) "Hs didn't possess sa In teresting vies to brighten hi sombre virtu.1 We Are Going to Change Our Shirt and thl -1 on excellent chance for othert. Our regular linea of Elgin and Sovereign fl.OO Laun dered White Shirts, will be Bold, wbilw they last for Sizes from 14 to 17i and ail sleeve lengths, Bhort medium and long bosoms, open or Closed tn front as you choose. This low price Is to close them at once and make room for the new brand that we will an nounce later. They won't last long at a "half dol lar," so hurry, and don't forget the Stetson Hats at 13.50 OR T1IAT No Clothing Fits Like Ours. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. H $. Wilcox, Monacen RI.A8T rno RAM'S HOBS. It Is not wise to set the bouse os fire to thaw tha froten water pipes, Tou may know a man's principles by tbs things be has sn Interest la. The diamonds of truth are mors easily lost than tb pebbles of error. Ths Invitation to lean on the Lord Is for the weary snd not tor the lasy. A death In the home on earth oft opens the door to th homs In heaven. If you cultivate poison weeds you will probably be the first to eat their fruit Chicken feed In tbe collection does net promise growth et wings on the givers. The loving Judgments ef friends sre harder to bear than the harsh ones of foes. Don't cast your bread on the waters whoa you might just as well hand It to some hun gry one. He who weeps ths pews for th glory ot God will be more pleasing to Him than the preacher who seeks his own praise. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Philadelphia Press: May Te, I'm going to marry Jack White. Maud My I from what you've always said I thought he'd be the last man you d ever marry. May And I hope he Is. Chlcnao Post: "Bometlmes," ho remarked dismally, "I wish we were a one-legged race." "Been buying more shoes for the chil dren, 1 suppose," was tho natural reply, Boston Transcript: He Do you know, dearest, that I think you are the sweetest girl in all the world? She Why not? All the other gentlemen who have had the opportunity have told me so. Bomervllle Journal: Mrs. Greene Why. my dear, what have you been crying about? Mrs. nlaok (sobbing afresh) My a-hua band gave me ten dollars y-yeaterday with out my asking for It. Atlanta Constitution: "John," she said, "do you think you'll ever run for gov ernor?" "Molly." he replied, "do you think I could bear to leave you for two weeks at a time going around the country making stump speeches?" And then she said that if there was any thing else he fancied for breakfast ha had only to mention It. . Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Blftley snd his son and the Widow Hlnglewood and her daughter are going to form a community of interests." "How eo?" "BlfFley marries tha widow snd his son marries tha daughter." Baltimore American: "I read sn article on 'The Management of Husbands' la the Ladles' Own Journal which eaid that the surest way to put a man into a good humor was to have an elegant dinner waiting for him when he cam bom from work," said Mrs. Trlslltt. "And did you make tha experiment?" asked Mrs. Dusslltt. "Tea; and he has been mad ever since because of the expense of th dinner." TIRED MOTHERS. Mary Louise Riley Smith. A little elbow leans upon your knee, Tour tired knee that has so much to bear; A child's dear eyes are looking lovingly ' From underneath a thatch of tangled hair. Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch Or warm, moist fingers, aiding yours tight: Tou do not prise this Messing overmuch Tou almost are too tired to pray tonight. But It i blessedness! A year sgo I did not see It as I do today We sire so dull and thankless; and too slow To catch the sunshine till It slips away. And now It seems surpassing strange to me. That, while I wore the badge of mother hood. I did not kiss more oft and tenderly The little child that brought me only ; ... good. . . , k And If, some night when you sit down to " rest, Tou miss this elbow from your tired knee This restless curling head from off your breast This lisping tongue that chatters eon-' stantly; If from your own the dimpled hands had slipped. And ' ne'er would nestle In your palm again; If tha whit feet Into their grave had trip ped, I could not blame you for your heartache then. I wonder so that mothers ever fret At little children clinging to their gown; Or that the footprints, when the days are Are ever black enough to make 'hen frown. If I could find a little muddy boot. Or cap, or jacket, on my chamber floor If I could kiss a rosy, restless foot. And hear it patter in my house once more If I could mend a broken cart today, 1 Tomorrow make a kite to reach th sky. There ia no woman In Clod's world could sy She was mors blissfully content than L But ah! the dainty pillow next my own Is never rumpled by e shining head: My singing blrdllng from iu nest Is flown The little boy I used to kiss Is deadl eaoli
