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If Prince Henry will be eandld. he will
admit that he really didn't expect so
'much, i
It will be In order for the member of
the mother' convention to report prog
ress. . .
The latest combination Includes the
hominy mills. It Is to take In the
"hull" outfit
) i aa ,
It I announced that the American
troops are to be withdrawn from Cuba
May 1. Custom long ago fixed that
date as moving day.
The purchase of the Danish West In
dies promises to be the biggest reaj
estate deal of the season.
, People who do not like March weather
might try going to sleep, Hk the
groundhog, until the boisterous winds
get ready to quit
If the ctar wants an Amertcan-bullt
yacht our shipbuilders will be pleased
to execute his order without dlscrlm
lnatlon or overcharge. 4
Now Is the time for the eastern
creeks and rivers to demonstrate what
they can do to Justify the annual ap
propriation Item In the river and harbor
bllL
And at last accounts Miss Alice Roose
velt was the ssme demure American
girl without the slightest indication of
- having had her head turned by her new
honors.
As a nulllfler the pitchfork senator
from South Carolina Is no more of a
success than was the pitchfork governor
of South Carolina in the days of An
drew Jackson.
An army surgeon states positively
that he has discovered an absolute cure
for consumption. One of the prescrip
tions is rest Most people who are
able will be willing to take that in large
doses-preferably before rather than
after the undertaker Is called in.
Chicago society is busy brushing up its
court manners for the ball to be given
In honor of Prince Henry. For the bene
fit of the Chlcagoans, who so seldom
entertain royalty, Omaha, which has a
court ball every year, stands ready to
respond to any requisitions for advice
Religious periodicals are quoting sta
tlstlos complied by the commission of
education, giving the number of theolo
gical student In the United States for a
year ago at slightly in excees of 8.000,
This number ought to be able to supply
all the vacant pulpits as they arise with
out going outside the student line for
recruits.
The European sugar conference haa
agreed to recommend an abolition of
the bounties paid to sugar growers by
various countries. If this is done the
American beet sugar grower will have
one of the greatest stumbling blocks re
moved from his path. With the higher
labor cost even protected by a duty
the American grower finds it hard
compete with European beet sugar, on
which a bounty is paid.
Lieutenant Governor Tillman of Souju
Carolina Is discovering . that his
gratuitous insult to the president lacks
much of. being a ten-strike. Not only
nave the Charleston exposition author!
ties repudiated the act but the officer
who was to receive the sword has de
clined the gift nuder the circumstances.
No matter bow much the people of thl
country may differ from their president
on political matters, they do not coun
tenance lusuita onerea mm while oc
cupying the executive eftc
SODASGZR TOUCH HI PUBLIC Ai fiTST!
TVTIUX8. That the apprehension professed In
some quarters lest the official reception
of a memlK-r of the German royal fam
ily as the personal representative of
the German emperor tend to endanger
our republican Institutions by fostering
a desire to imitate old-world monarchy
is without any rational foundation
goes without saying. If the free insti
tutions that we have cherished and
guarded with so much care since the
beginning of the republic could be un
dermined in a day or a week, we might
well fear for their future stability. But
no snob menace Is present nor does any
Intelligent person doubt that the prin
ciples of popular government are as
firmly embedded in the American peo
ple on the threshold of the twentieth
century as at any time since the adop
tion of the constitution. While we
have had great deal of loose talk
bandied back and forth about the im
pending perils of imperialism, the only
measure contemplating a change in our
organic law that has received serious
consideration is that to subject , the
election of United States senators to di
rect vote of the people, or. In other
words, to make our frame of govern
ment more democratic than originally
laid out by the fathers. If there were
any substantial drift toward imperial
istic government or monarchical forms,
the effort would be to weaken popular
control oT public policies rather than
to strengthen It
As a matter of fact the entertain
ment of Prince Henry has been of such
nature as to bring out In clear light
the democratic character of his recep
tion. Everywhere the prince has been
the guest of the whole people, repre
sented by their national, state or city
government as the case might be. No
patent of nobility nor inherited lineage
has been required as a prerequisite to
participation in the different functions.
On the contrary, the members of the
various reception committees have had
nly their American citizenship in com
mon, being drawn from every walk of
life, where achievement constitutes the
passport to prominence and success
opens the path to preferment 1 ue
prince has been brought .into contact
not with titles, but with men and
women; he has been accorded the cour
tesy and respect rather than the rev
erence of royalty; he has been given
above all the opportunity to observe'
that the power of the United States lies
the brawn and brain of the great
mass of Its plain people, who toll for
a living, and not In any aristocracy of
birth, supported in. Idleness out of the
earnings of former serfs or slaves.
If Prince Henry learns the true les
sons of his visit to this country, he will
upon his return home report that our
great American republic Is buildcd upon
base of rock, from which 'It can
neither be shaken nor removed. ' He
will be convinced that this nation will
never permit Its free Institutions, to be
Impaired and that it is far more likely
that the monarchies of Europe will suc
cumb to the influence of our example
in popular government than that we
will be Infected with the germs of old
world monarchy.
roil CJCJVTBAI. AUSRICAS PCACt.
The progress of the principle of In
ternational arbitration Is gratifyingly
illustrated In the treaty Just concluded
between the republics of Central Amer
lea, for the purpose of preserving peace
among them. This convention estab
lishes the principle of arbitration for
the adjustment of every difficulty or
disagreement arising between the con
trading parties, each agreeing to sub
mit such questions to a court of Cen
tral American arbiters, for which pro
Vision Is made. The treaty recognizes
the right of any of the contracting re
publics to offer their good offices to the
governments in discord and these being
exhausted without satisfactory results.
the governments exerting them shall
announce that the arbitration of the
question must begin.
If this agreemeut shall be faithfully
adhered to, and there is promise that It
will be In the deliberation with which
it has been entered into, It must prove
of Inestimable benefit to those repub
lics. Their progress haa beeu greatly
retarded by the frequent conflicts be
tween them, together with Internal dis
turbances, so that instead of being, as
they might be If they had gotten along
peacefully together, prosperous and pro
gressive, their development has been
slow and the governments and people
are poor. AU ot these republics have re
sources which if properly cared for and
improved would bring them wealth and
afford to their people comfort and bap-
pluess. But Internal turmoil and ex
ternal difficulties, rendering govern
ments unstable, have prevented giving
proper attention to Industrial and com
merclal development Under the con
dltluns that have long existed there has
beeu little incentive to material 1m
provemeut for there waa no great se
curity for property when stable gov
ernment waa not assured.
The application of the principle of ar
bitration, if faithfully made, will re
Oiove these obstacles to progress. In
preserving International peace it will
nave a decided Influence favorable to
domestic order. Then governments and
people can have an opportunity to give
their undivided attention to the work
of upbuilding and under such a change
there U no doubt these republics will
make good progress and come In time to
be a valuable part of thl hemisphere.
The American people are interested In
this. We shall in the near future have
much to do, in a commercial way, with
these Central American countries. The
construction of an Isthmian canal will
bring us' into close relations with them
gud we shall desire to have them peace
able and prosperous communities, with
whom we can maintain good political
relations and do business on a safe
basis. Moreover, we welcome this ad-
TUB OMAHA DAILY BEEt SUNDAY,
vance of the principle ot International
arbitration as pleasing evidence of the
Influence of the United States, which
has beei Its foremost advocate and
champion.
1" LJ8 LJiJ
TWOtlDESUrMinutRiSSCE.
The bill In the suit of the Department
of Justice against the Northern Securi
ties company has been completed and It
Is understood will be filed this week
either in Minnesota or New Jersey,
probably the latter, as the company Is
Incorporated in that state. It Is said
that when the case comes up the mer
ger people will claim that the right to
sell stock cannot be restricted; in other
words, that a railroad company can go
into the open market and sell its stock
and that the question of who buys It Is
not material. They will also hold that
the effect of such purchase of stock Is
not of Itself matter for which the par
ties can be held accountable. To show
merely that the effect of such a sale is
to restrict trade by suppressing compe
tition will not they hold, make the
company liable to dissolution for a vio
lation of the statute. They will con
tend that an Intent to restrict trade
and so violate the statute must be
shown. Of course It will also be as
serted that the Securities company is
not a trust and therefore not amenable
to the Sherman law.
According to reports from Washing
ton, the Department of Justice takes the
view that It is impossible to go Into the
question of what the railroad magnates
Intend doing or decide upon in their
secret sessions and that if the effect Is
to restrict trade the arrangement is
illegal. It will also be claimed by the
attorney general that the statute pro
hibits the restraint of trade by trusts
or otherwise" and that the word
"otherwise" is sufficiently broad to
cover the case. The effect It will be
contended, is exactly the same as if the
railroads had formed a trust with, the
Intention of restricting trade. While
there may be some force in the claim
that the Securities company is not a
trust, as commonly defined, there can be
no question that It is a combination,
formed with the distinct purpose of
merging the Great Northern and North
ern Pacific railroads, thus bringing them
under one control and suppressing com
petition. The contention which it is
said the merger people will set up that
a railroad company can go into the open
market and sell its stock and that the
question of who buys it Is not material
Is hardly relevant to this case In) view of
the fact that this combination was
formed with the definite object of tak
ing the stock of the two railroads, which
did not go into the open market to sell
their stock. The courts may not hold
that this was a conspiracy, but the
method pursued by the Securities com
pany has that appearance. , '
The view said to be held by the De
partment of Justice, that it is Impossi
ble to go Into the question of what the
railroad magnates intend, doing, seems
to be entirely Bound. The effect of what
they have done is the matter of import
ance. If the effect is to suppress com
petition, as there seems to be no doubt
and such suppression would be in re
straint of trade,' the merger la clearly
In violation of the federal anti trust
law, by whatever term the , company
that haa taken up the stocks of the two
railroads may be designated. The
issue raises some very important and
far-reaching legal questions, the Judicial
determination of which will have a very
aeciuea eaeci nnanciaiiy and commer
cially, and perhaps also in other
respects. The earnest purpose of the
Department of Justice to secure a de
termination of these questions as soon
as possible is to be heartily commended,
SJ,M,'S,,sss'sMMaaasasasaShaaMaS
UNiYKRSlTlEH CAST AND WKST.
The recent exercises commemorating
the quarter centennial anniversary of
Johns Hopkins university, participated
in by all the leading lights in the realm
of American higher education, has
served to recall thebuge stride made In
the last twenty-five years in advancing
scientific research and broadened cul
ture, and to accentuate the geperal
trend of the eastern universities toward
the cultivation of the graduate student
Nearly all the addresses delivered In
connection with these ceremonies
placed special emphasis on the pioneer
work performed by Johns' Hopkins in
the field of graduate iustructlou, which
the other universities have since taken
up with the same, if not greater assi
duity. in view or the fact that the great
state uulveisltles of the west have not
yet allowed their graduate work to
over-shadow their under graduate de
partments, the danger is to apprehend
that these raised discussions may leave
the Impression that the universities of
the west are not fulfilling their mission
as completely as those of the east
Those familiar with the conditions,
however, comparing them as tbey are
today in the west with what they were
in the east less than twenty-five years
ago, will not hesitate to say that the
western universities are fully up to their
place in the educational procession and
far ahead of what could reasonably be
expected.
While the great western universities
have not had the vast endowments to
draw upon, they have been supported
out ot the public reveuues with a lib
erality unmatched. While compelled to
keep close to the people, they have al
ways had popular support In the ele
vation of their standards and have al
ways ' gone steadily forward, never
atandtng stllh In his iuangural address
Dr. Remsen, the new president of Johns
Hopkins, laid down the true rule In
these words:
Tier la only on way to make a uni
versity what it ought to be, and that U
by doing good work according to the high
at standard. Professors and atudent
must co-ope rata In this. With tha right
profeuor w ahall have thl co-operation.
Student .hav the power of coilectlv
Judgment that la probably fairer than the
Judgment of any Individual. They will
worn well if their tnaator work well. The
professor I teaching all th time. His
duty to hi student I not done wbea b
dismisses tbem from the lecture room e
th laboratory. HI Influence for good er
vll 1 continuous aad lasting.
No geographical location has any mo
nopoly on "doing good work according
to the highest standards." nor baa any
section of the country any exclusive
advantage In gathering together am
bitious student who hare in them the
making of intellectual giants. The
west la yet a comparatively uncultivated
field, so far as concern educational pur
poses, but when the products of its In
stitutions of learning come to be meas
ured up with those who have enjoyed no
greater advantages tbey will have no
difficulty In holding their own.
This by 'no means Is Intended to sug
gest that the universities east and west
are entering into a competitive race for
supremacy. The field each occupies Is
separate and distinct nd each will be
known by its fruits. By the time the
conditions east and west are substan
tially the same the western universities
will be enforcing a standard as high as
any prescribed by those In the foremost
rank.
yu JtALVUST BtHK.
In hla address at the press dinner
in honor of Prince Henry, Mr. Whltclaw
Reid said that Germany's progress "Is
regarded with no unfriendly or Jealous
eyes from this side of the Atlantic. We
long since learned to consider the pros
perity and happiness of others not as
hindering but as helping our own. Not
even the strides of German trade and
the swift growth of the German navy
disturbs us. Keep on expanding," said
Mr. Reid, "and above all, trad,e more
and more with us and belp us keep the
doors of the Orient open to the trade
of the world." This is in the true
American spirit It voices the senti
ment of ail our people. We are jealous
of the progress of no nation, but on
the contrary are glad of the prosperity
of all, knowing that w shall reap ad
vantage from It '
All that the American people ask In
dustrially and commercially la "a fair
field and no favor." With that tbey are
ready to match their energy and en
terprise, In the eager and ardent strug
gle for trade, with the energy and en
terprise of any other nation. If we ob
ject to . tariff discrimination by any
country. It is not because of jealousy,
but from a sense of. injustice. If we
Insist that no country shall acquire an
unfair advantage in that great com
mercial field, the Orient It Is because
we desire the preservation not of our
rights only, but the rights of all na
tions. . That there Is European Jealousy
of our Industrial and commercial prog
ress there Is abundant evidence. It has
been manifested to an extent amount
ing to practical hostility. Statesmen
have'shown it the press has proclaimed
It it has been manifested by parties
and business organisations. But the
American people have no such feeling
toward other nstjo., . We are jealous
only of our rTi,tf"jnd Interest and
shall In the future a In the past insist
that these be respected.
President G. Stanley Hall of Clark
university refers to the instruction in
the classics In our high school as "baby
Latin and Greek." Whether Caesar
and Cicero would recognise their lit
erary progeny a usually ground out
In the present-day classroom is a ques
tion, but the same objection applies as
a rule with still greater force to the
Instruction in modern languages In the
same institutions. The misdirected ef
fort at learning dead and living tongues
In our high schools would accomplish
wonders if concentrated upon subjects
within the grasp of both teacher and
pupil If the schoolmasters . can reor
ganize this branch of Instruction upon,
a sound basis they will stop a waste of
time and effort that would be appalling
if It full proportion were realized.
Ex-Senator Hill wonld make the elec
tion of United states senators by di
rect vote of the people one of the plat-
form planks of democracy. But why
wait for the next national convention
to act? The question is again up to tbe
United States senate in the form of a
proposed constitutional amendment to
which the bouse has already assented
with more than the requisite majority.
If the democrats could be lined up with
the republicans favorable to it the
amendment could be submitted and
adopted before the next president 1b In
augurated. Eight members of tbe police detective
force selected to stand guard over
Prince Henry daring bis stay In Chi
cago celebrated their good fortune by
Immediately having themselves photo
graphed in a group and having the
photograph reproduced In the news
papers so that any crooks or desperadoes
contemplating mischief to the 'prince
should know them well enough to avoid
them. It takea an experienced detective
to devise means to prevent trouble and
frustrate crime so cleverly.
Tbe new ballot law In South Dakota
reudera fusion impossible under past
conditions. Candidates' names cannot
go on tbe ballot more than once or under
more than one party designation. A
joint meeting of the democratic and
populist committees baa been called for
March 12 to decide whose funeral It is
to be. Tbe democratic reputation for
banging on render the outlook ' for
populism decidedly gloomy unless It is
willing to consent, to a divorce, which
ought to be easy to arrange in South
Dakota. '
The Department of Justice has noti
fied district attorneye to be on th look
out for violations of the Interstate com
merce law and prosecute not only the
railway offlciale Involved, but also shlp-
nere who accept rebates or special priv
liege. A ftw convictions of both fthlp-
MAliCII 2, 1002.
per and railroad official engaged In thl
twines would stop the practice and
put all shippers on the same level.
Mertsaalagr Cob teat meat.
Saturday Evenlna; Fost.
Borrowed trouble 1 sure t exact a
xceailve interest.
A Coarser Sbaae.
Indianapolis New.
The senate of the United State, tf
course, la shocked, but I thl tha first ex
perience it ba had with ring tact lea?
Boa f the Fatherlava.
Indianapolis New.
It was fitting that Cart Bchurs should
be specially presented to Prince Henry.
H exemplifies la hla own career the pos
sibilities ot German cltlienshlp In Amer
ica. l,et It am at That.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Th United 8Ute Is supremely willing
to believe the assertions of the great
power that they all were it friend dur
ing the controversy with Spain and la not
too curious a to which stood foremost It
hold tbem all in high and warm esteem.
Clalaa at the Mall Mei.
New York Tribune.
The postal clerks want advances In sal
ary. Their claims to higher pay deserve
respectful and thorough consideration.
Their work 1 exacting. So Is that ot the
letter carrier. Ar the faltbful and ef
ficient public servant reasonably com
pensated in present conditions in compari
son with other men whose names are
found upon tbe publlo payroll T Thl I
a matter which ought not to be passed
over lightly.
W aa laiaraaee Rlalca.
American Medicine.
The majority of companies charge
women higher premium, the difference
In this respect being illogical, while not a
small number make no extra charge what
soever. Tbe claim 1 mad that the In
creased risk is actually Justified by the
function of maternity. Some companies,
therefore, make no extra charge after the
age of SO. It is ' pertinently asked why
some companies find female risks profita
ble ' at ordinary rates. We suspect lbs
explanation of tbe whole problem will be
found to lie tn prejudice and custom and
that - great financial success will oem to
those companies which invite th women
at ordinary rate. There I ne reason in
vital statistic for excluding or 'fining
them.
eiRMARV'S COWTRIBUTION.
lost f the Empire a Hlahty Eleaaeat
f Aaaerlcaa CltUenshla.
New .Tork Time. ,
' When we consider, how large a propor
tion ef the present population of the United
State la of German origin, we see bow
unpatriotic, how unflllal, it is for any
American, ot whatever original nationality
he may be sprung, to underrate the ele
ment that Germany ha contributed to
our cltlxenshlp. For the most important
debt that wa can owe to .ny on of the
sources of our composite nationality 1 tor
tbe men and th women that it haa con
tributed. It they do not bring tbe ele
ment of good cltlxenshlp. God av tbe
republic And to dlsengag the statistic
of German immigration and to add .tbem
ap, since such statistic began to be 'accu
rately kept eighty years ago, la to be pus
sled by the fluctuation of that' immigra
tion, both absolutely and in its relation
to the total immigration, but above all it
la to be impressed by it enormous vol
ume. Her ar the figure of German Im
migration to th Unlud Bute sine 1820;
1821-M
1S61-80
1S&-70 ,
1871-80
1M1-W ,
U91-1300
693.S41
9R1.SS7
787.4S
718,181
1,452.70
665.192
Total 6,009,280
Over 6,000,000 of German men, women
and children have become members of our
body politic, have, aa tbe churches aay.
'.iuntted with us," during these eighty
year. Strang as ar tb fluctuation ot
which w bav spoken, and which appear
from th figure, the proportion of the
whole German immigration for thl period
is almost exactly 26 per cent of the total
Immigration, leas than th combined immi
gration from Great Britain and Ireland
together, but second only to that and
greater than from either. A whole nation,
in number, has come to us irom uer-
many.
NEBRASKA'S SCALP LAW.
A Thrifty Iaatltatloa Get a, Reaata-
' tloa- Elsewhere,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The story of th working of the law of
Nebraska paying a bounty for the scalp of
wolves bears upon Its face all the marks ot
probability. In tact it is an old story, with
variations only as to unimportant detail.
Similar attempts have been made in many
other atates and countries with similar re-
It i related that many years ago th
British government moved to activity by
the reports of the thousands of deaths In
India from th bite of venomoos snake, of
which the cobra waa th worst, offered re
wards for each .bead ot a cobra that should
be presented to specified officials. The turn
raqulred to pay this bounty exceeded all
expectations aad Increased o rapidly from
year t year that an Investigation wa in
tltuted. It developed that tbe guileless na
tives, aaxtou to earn th bounty, had es
tablished cobra farm and wer growing th
reptile for tb market In great number
The 'reward waa accordingly withdrawn. .
In Kentucky w had a lively experience
irtth scalp law. There wa a time whan a
statesman' position on the "aculp law;
as it was Irreverently called, wa th lint
consideration in certain counties of this
stat. If h wa not sound upon thl dom
inant Usua, th richest Intellectual endow
ments, the most unbending Integrity, tb
rarest gift ot eloquence or other aceom
pllahments were powerless to save htm from
laevltabl defeat. Whether for lack of en
terprise, with which tb envious outsider i
wont to charge our people, er, what I mora
cheerful to believe. If not more probable.
because of the higher moral tone of Kea
tucklans, wolvea, wildcat and foxes were
not bred In large number tor tbe market
provided by tbe stat. Neverteele, there
was no disposition among th beneficiaries
Of these law to give them up, and It re
quired a hard aad protracted struggle to re
peal tham.
A an abstract proposition, there seem
little reason for offering a special reward
for th killing of noxious animals which it
Is to tbe interest of every man to destroy
whenever he can. It ha been Justified on
th ground that it Is In tb Interest of th
public to expedite tbe destruction of such
animals, but it ba aot generally beea found
that tbe payment of bounties contributes es
sentially to that end. In Nebraska, we ar
told, tb farmer bav goae Into th business
of breeding wolves for th bounty market
Making aom allowance for th xaggera
tlon that commoo)y characterise uch
stories. U l vidat ' enough that a gala
ful trafllo this sort is apt to be eher
tabad by Its beneficiaries, to the extant
ef avoiding 'tb total destruction of tb
Industry. It la not a good way to gat rid
ef th noxloua animal which th people
cbiafly Interested ar aaxiou enough t de
stroy when a bounty is paid.
rERROKAL AD OTHERWISE.
General Funston haa Joined tb Elk at
tola, Kan., taking all degree in a bunch.
The referee' decision In the case leave
th public In tb dark a to whether the
senatorial ecrappera belong to th middle
or heavyweight clam.
New York pretend to be a progressive
city. Tat th community tolerate horse
cars and motormen and gripmen to struggle
through storm on aheltcrle platforms.
Postmaster Oeneral Payne flies In the face
of uperstltlon by ordering a 19-cent post
age t stamp for use on registered letters
going te foreign countries. Verily, this is
a nervy age.
The legislature ot New York has pasted
a bill prohibiting 11? pigeon (hooting from
traps. Tb act 1 In response to public
protest against the slaughter ot tbe birds
by crack shot last year.
Tbe president general of tbe Daughters
of th American Revolution did not tell the
delegate to "Go 'way back and alt down!"
8h merely requested them to "retire to tb
extrem rear ot the hall," and one ot the
delegate added "and sit down."
Vic Admiral Fretherr von Seckendorff,
retired, who accompanle Prince Henry to
thl country, wa his naval tutor, and Is
now th marshal of hla court. H ha ac
companied tbe prince from en end ot the
world to the other, and twice ha visited
America.
After eleven years of work and wait
ing the Sherman statue, by Augustus St.
Gauden. has arrived In New York. It is
an" equestrn statu of heroic six and Is
said te be a notable achievement of tbe
sculptor's art. It will be unveiled in New
York elty some tlm thl year.
Nine years ago the wise solons of Min
nesota tried to designate "tb wild lady
Upper" a tha 'State flower, but got tangled
In tbe botanical title and named a blos
som that does not grow in the state. In
matter ot thl kind lawmakers should
confine their effort to "flowers of speech."
Th Philadelphia Record, hypothecated
with other property of the Involved estate
of th late William M. gingerly. Is to be
sold by order of eourt on May IS. As an
Indication ot the value ot the newspaper,
which la stocked and bonded for $1,470,000,
the statement 1 published that it net
profit tor - tb last nine years averaged
S242.868.4 per year, or at fraotlon over 12
per cent on a valuation of $2,000,000.
"THEY NEVER HAD A CHANCE."
Greaadleae Plalat of Mea Dlstaaced
la the Race,
O. S. Maxden in Success.
Probably nine out of ten men past middle
life, if akd how It happen that they are
today only barely earning their living,
would tell you that they "never had a
chance;" that they were kept back; that
circumstances wer against them; that they
had no opportunities, such as other boys
around them bad, . or that they did not
have tb proper achoollng, or else plead
some similar excuse.
The probabilities are that opportunity did
visit every one of these men more than
once in their youth or early manhood, but
that they, did not see that all good chances
consisted in doing everything they under
took cheerfully, promptly, and just aa well
as it could be done. '
As boys they did not look upon every
errand aa a chance to be polite, prompt,
energetic; on every lesson in school as a
foundation stone in their success-structure.
They did not think that the demoralizing
houra of Indolence and shiftlessnes which
they were weaving Into th web of their
lives would mar tb fabric forever, and re
proach them through ail time. They did
not realise that th Impudent reply to their
employer, the carelessness and Indifference
which they slipped into their tasks, would
come out a ghosts, In' the future, to mar
their happiness and success. They looked
upon every duty shirked, the minutes they
cut off from ach end of a day, a ao much
gain. They did not realize that these
things, which seemed so innocent, ' would
grew into giant defects which would mar
their future success.
They did aot think that their slipshod
method, their careless attire, and their ag
gressive manners, would 11 as great bar
across th path of their future success and
keep them back from th goal of tbelr am
bitions.
They do not think that all the things
were the real causes of their being fixtures
at salaries of $10 or $15 a week.
They did apt think that these seeming
trifles in youth would doom them to be
perpetual Janitors, clerks, or farm hands,
and that it would be almost Impossible In
maturity to outgrow th defect of their
youth.
'Al
4 first to pay.
Equitable Pays. 525,000 to Estate of the
Late Frank H Peavey, of Chicago
' First One of Fifteen Companies.
The following news item may be of interest to jou:
Frank Hutchinson Feavey, of Minneapolis, said to b th
leading grain elevator owner in the world, and assured for
$1,178, WO, died of pneumonia, after an Illness of UtU more than
a week. He wa fifty-two year of age. ,
Of th total amount ot Insurance, $1,000,000 wa placed by
en company on April Z8, 1900, and cVll'ed for an annual premium
of $48,390. This policy wa payable to himself or bis heirs, but
its purpose was the furnishing ot ready capital for the Peavy
Grain Elevator Company in cas of hi death. Only on man
in tb country 1 known to carry more assurance, that being John
Wanamaker, who 1 assured for $1,500,000, and th largest asur
anc er placed on any on individual was that ot $3,000,000,
written upon tb life of Frederick Vanderbllt when he mad
his trip around the world. Mr. Peavey's wealth is stlmtd at
$8,000,000.
Mr. Pearey wa assured tor $25,000 in th Equitable, and tb
policy has been paid, In this eonnectton the following letter to
th Equttabl Society from Wllkers ft Curry, of Chicago, 1 ot
much Interest:
"It ma b a satisfaction for you to know that th check
on account ot th F. H. Feavey los of thl city, proof of which
wer forwarded to you one wek ago today, check being re
ceived on Wedneaday following, waa tb first check, or payment
of any kind, which the estat received out of over $1.00.000 of
assurance In force, and fifteen companlea represented."
There are two great and Important features to be con
sidered In selecting your life assurance: -
Undoubted Security
Prompt Payment
Both are vital Don't take a useless risk.
I Tha Equitable Assurance Scclsty
BLASTS I-ROM HAM'S 1IOR".
The dark nee make u prize tb dswn.
If aa ill will that speaka well of ao
one.
The church that acalter Its money will
gather its members.
Hot-headed sermona do not warm th
heart ot th aalnt.
Th top wave ef excitement always ha
a bottom of depression.
A man must be consistent with hi pres
ent and not with hi past.
A steady shining, though small, is bet
ter than a great scintillation.
Men who ar soooped la to tb church
ar not safe In th kingdom.
They who march in faith pray better
than tby who kneel in fear.
The passenger is likely to mak better
time in the car thaa la th cab.
If you feel you have a call to preach to
the many, first test it on th few.
Common sens Is a sort ot sixth attri
bute which will mistrust all th other.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
8omervll1e Journal) If the man with
marriageable daughter I kind-hearted, he
will refrain from wearing pointed shoe.
The Smart Bet: "I noticed a large crowd
J fathered in front of your house this morn
n(c. Worrltt; what waa the matterT"
"1 wa discharging th cook."
Detroit Free Press: Helen rvll
wouldn't listen to anything but claaslcal
muKlo for the world.
Judy No; but look at th rag-time hat
she wears 1
Boston Transcript: She Yes, you say
you love me; but ran I trust youT
He I don't see why not. Everybody else
has to who does business with me.
Judge: Jasper Mrs. Rocksby seem to
have married happily.
Jumpuppe Yea, but that Is because sh
is so clever. She has made her home so
clublike that her husband uever leave it.
Philadelphia Press: "Well," said th
girl' father, sternly, after the timid suitor
had finally stated his case, "do you think
you could support a family, young raanf"
"Gee whlsr!' exclaimed the young man,
"have you loot your Job?"
Homervllle Journal: Aunt MarlaYo
should love your neighbor aa yourself.
Tom I love her better than 1 do myself.
Judge: Patient Bo thl Is your bill:
Medicine, $40; fifty visits, $300.
Doctor Exactly.
Patient Well. I'll pay for th medicine
and return the visits.
Chicago Tribune: "Haven't you any oc
cupatlonT" asked the woman at the kitchen
door, after ltatenlng to hla tale of woe.
. "Yes, ma'am," responded Tuffold Knutt.
"I'm a hunter."
"A hunter? Of what?"
"Grub, ma'am."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I it a tonic?"
Inquired the prince a he curiously re
garded his first Manhattan cocktail.
"Yes. but not Teutonic," replied tb
rolling entertainer.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Did h bold
out any encouragement?"
"She said shed take my offer Under
advisement, and drop me a line a soon
as she was convinced It waa the best aha
could do."
DESTRI'CTIOH OF SENNACHERIB.
Lord Byron.
The Assyrian cam down Ilk th wolf oa
the fold,
And hi cohorts wer gleaming in purple
and gold;
And the sheen of their spear wss ilk star
on the aea.
When the blue wave roll nightly on deep
' GaUlee.
Like th leave of th forest when summer
Is green,
That host with their banner at aunset
wero seen;
Like the leaves ot the forest when autumn
hath blown.
That host on the morrow lay withered and
trown.
For the Angel of Death spread hla wings
on the blast,
And breathed in th face of th fo aa
he pasaed;
And the eyes of th sleepers waxed deadly
and chill.
And their hearts but one heaved, ana
forever grew stllll
And there lay the steed with hla nostril
But through It there rolled not th breath
of his pride;
And the foam of his gasping lay whit on
tha turf, ,
And cold as the spray of the rock-beating
surf. ,
And' there lay the rider distorted and
With the dew on his brow and the rust on
his mall;
And the tents wer all silent, th banner
alone,
The lance . unllfted, tbe trumpet un
blown. And the ldow of Ashur are loud in their
wall,
And the Idols are broke In tb Urnple of
Baal; . . .
And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by
the sword, ' ,
Hath melted Ilk snow in the glance of th
Lord! .
H. D. Neely,
Maaaxtr to Nebraska. .
Merchants National Bank Buldinr,
OMAHA.