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THE OHA1IA DAILY I1EK: SUNDAY, MAKC1I in, 1002.
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Notary Public
The American consul at Lyona,
France, has refused to pay taxes, and
be Is not an Omaha man either.
The census bureau will continue In
uninterrupted operation, but It will not
be permanent officially until next July.
Congressman Loud of California has
been living up to his name quite fre
quently in the recent debates la con
gress. Havln braved a three-dav reoentlon
In, Chicago, General Funston is doubt-
less ready to go back to the firing line
for a rest 1
With the rural delivery mail carriers
fully protected by civil service regula-
tlons, the city delivery carriers may
rest assured against attack on their I
tatua. . I
Colonel Bryan seems determined to
drive Senator German Into an offensive
and defensive alliance with ex-Senator
Hill on the plan of a political commu
nity of Interests.
Americans In London are soon to
have a club of their own which will be
as exclusive as any of the great English
clubs In that city. This Is carrying
the American Invasion to the limit
From the preponderance of the sugar
question, this congress must be in a
"sweet session" as distinguished from
the "long sessions" and the "short ses
sions" recorded In our parliamentary
history.
If the distinguished nun rtr.trn rt
aervo on tha local Jury panel at $2 per
oay minx ueir time is worth more
money they might call in the Civic fed
eration arbitration committee to settle
the differences.
Successive postponements of Presl
dent Roosevelt's nmmluxl visit' rn
Charleston ought to make bis presence
all tha more appreciated when he finally
puts In an appearance aa the guest of
the southern exposition.
Applicants for dog licenses are com-1
pelled to give the description and breed
of the animal to be protected by the
tag. Borne dogs may be easy to class-
lfy, but the majority would come under
the class of simply dog.
If those dressmakers who want to or-1
ganlse Into a trades union embracing
the whole country only take the mil-
liners In with them, those after-Easter to that of the state courts In the punlsh
bllls will add another cipher to the fig-1 ment of the crime of train robbery. In
urea that used to ornament the checks
required In payment
The authorities of Minnesota have de-
elded that the paroled Younger brothers
are legally dead and consequently
neither of them can" marry, Presum -
ably, if they should violate some law. It
would be necessary to resurrect them In
order to punish them.
Senator Jones of Arkansas, who Is
stHklng a re-election, pleads the statute
of limitations on the cotton bale trust
charge. As the trust Is still In opera-
tion and the senator is still connected
with It the court which in this case Is
tha public, la apt to consider It a con -
tlnuous transaction.
Tha banks now propose to go Into the
money order business in competition
with tho government and express com -
panic. - It took the banks a good many
years to discover that a system of ex -
change at a reasonable pries waa a
profitable business, Perhaps th fact
that th postal money order Is a step -
ping stone to postal savings banks may
hav something to do with th present
sudden deslr to extend
Uoaa to the public.
sccommoda
vonnxon satagm asd ivttoh
browx
As to nf personal differences be
tween F.xra r. Savage of Custer county
and M. A. Brown of Buffalo county, the
cltlsene or J.ebraska bar no concern.
""i " .
dresses an open letter to M. A. Frown,
editor of the Kearney Hub fof the spe
.,, nrnna nf tii.tlfrln tha nnrdnn
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Unters tbe domain of state politics and
incomes a subject for public discussion.
Governor Savage calls attention to
the fnct that thousands of dollars of
state funds deposited by the state treas
urer were lost by the failure of banking
houses of Kearney during the panic.
One of the banks, be charges, had a $0,
000 state deposit at the time It failed and
among Its assets notes and obligations
o( Editor Brown amounting to almost
$14,000. When tbe receiver undertook
to realise on some of these assets be
was unable to find a purchaser who
wouid tfre anywhere near the face
value. With these facta as a basis, the
governor submits these questions to
Editor Brown, "Who Is the real culprit,
tha man who deposited the money in
the bank lawfully and presumably In
good faith or the man who borrowed It
from the bank and never paid It back?
Yon are not the only Individ
ual whose attitude on the question Is
to minds of honor amaslng and re
proachfuL There- are many others who
contributed In tbe same way to this mle-
guided man's downfall who apparently
grt junt as vigorous In denouncing the
ATonMaA nf plmniv as Wftii are. e
Morally you directly owe this money to
. .
the bank and indirectly to tbe state, it
,ou wj,0 borrowed the money could not
. . . . ... ,
16 , 80,300 uu uu- VnJ vuia nuai ;uu -
2!!!""'."!!o,o70 rowed, bow Is the bank going to be pre
fl ao,D6o nBrui to nav or how do von eznect Mr.
Bartley to pay?"
r regnonse to these auestlons. Hal
fnr admlts p, obligations
to tBe Kearney National bank amount-
....
lng to about 4,000 while tbe other loans
were made by the publishers of the
Hub all secured by mortgage on city and
farm property regarded -as ample un
der ordinary business conditions. But
when these properties were driven to
forced sale they brought a compara
l tlvely small figure.
This explanation should bo satisfac
tory to Governor Savage n exculpating
Editor Brown from any culpability for
the loss sustained by the state which
! should have recovered on Its depository
bond If reasonable vigilance bad been
exercised by the state authorities.
But the governor persists In labor
ing under tbe delusion that Mr. Bartley
was a misguided man whose downfall
9 duo to the financial distress following
10 tne wttKe or lne ana general
business depression. The governor
seems to be oblivious of the fact that
the crime for which Bartley was con-
vlcted was not the failure to collect
money lost In failed state depositories
but for money deliberately embesaled
from the state treasury. The 20-year
j penitentiary sentence Imposed upon
Bartley was for converting to own use
the proceeds of a state warrant arawn
for $181,000 and so part of these steal
Ings has even been disgorged although
Bartley has expended thousands of dol
lars for lawyers, ball bonds, and pardon
petitions. The man whom the governor
considers a misguided martyr is known
to the people to have looted the treas
ury of hundreds of thousands of. dollars
for lawless speculation and political
I loans he never expected to see repaid,
Governor Savage forgets that the
press bas Its duty and function as well
as the executive, Mr. Brown as a cltl
sen would have a right to repress bis
personal feeling or resentment over the
extension of executive clemency to a
great . embessler but as editor It was
W" dutJ to voice the sentiment of tbe
community for which his paper assumes
to speak. That be baa honestly voiced
this sentiment nobody will gainsay.
Had be failed to do so for any personal
reason, be would have Justly merited
the withdrawal of public confidence
from the paper be edits and destroyed
,tB Influence as a molder of public opln-
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SCPPRtSHlUN Or TRAIH ROBBEBT.
The house Judiciary committee bas
rerjorted favorably on the bill to sup-
cress train robbery and doubtless tht
measure will become law. It provides
the death penalty for train robbers
when death results to anyone on the
train; otherwise imprisonment for from
five to ten years. It Is not the purpose
of tbe bill to deprive the state courts ot
jurisdiction and if enacted into law
I will not have that effect, but It will add
the power of the United States courts
I gome sections of the country the power
Uf the state Is not sufficient for tbe rea
son that the robberies occur near the
I borders of a state In sparsely populated
I districts and the guilty parties quickly
I escape Into another state or territory.
1 Tha state where the crime was com
I mitted feels no particular interest in
I pursuing or searching for the criminals
I and the state Into whrcn they escape ot
course has no Interest in the matter, as
I the crime was not committed within its
I Jurisdiction. The result in many in
I stances Is that the authorities ot the
state in which the crime was committed
watt for a large reward to be offered
and so the crime goes unpunished and
1 the criminals escape.
I Under the proposed law the authori
ties of tho United States, reaching Into
I all states and all territories alike, will
I not be restrained by any question of
1 Jurisdiction and the marshals and dep-
I uty marshals will feel at liberty to pur-
1 sue the criminals promptly wherever
I they go within the limits ot th United
I States. Th only objection that has
1 been mad to th bill ia oa th ground
I that it Is aa Infringement of state
I rights, but opposition on this scor
- 1 not likely to hav much weight There
Is bo question that legislation of this
kind Is needed and tbe measure framed
by the house Judiciary committee ap
pears to meet every requirement There
ought to be no difficulty In making It a
law and probably will not be.
a. .
President Roosevelt's first veto bas,
It Is to be hoped, put an end to thj
demoralising practice of Inserting the
names of deserters Into the national
roll of honor.' Within the past twenty
years hundreds of bills have been passed
at every session of congress removing
the charge of desertion from men en
listed In tbe union armies during the
War of the Rebellion - and restoring
them to good standing In the ranks Of
the veterans who wore the blue.
Why congress should by special acts
temovo tbe charge of desertion from
renegades and cowards, who ailed to
be mustered out with an honorable dis
charge passes comprehension. Why any
body who bad any pride In bis army rec
ord should wait twenty, thirty or forty
years before filing proof positive of his
loyal service aa a soldier Is Inconceiv
able. It Is a matter of history that thou
sands of men enlisted in the union
armies during the four years of war
on heavy bounties, or as substitutes for
unpatrlotlo stay-at-homes. These men
for tha most part never Intended to ex
pose their bodies to the enemies bullets
or subject themselves to the hardships
of war In any form. They simply en
listed for the bounty and throwing
away their muskets at the first oppor
tunity found their way to Canada, Mex
ico, or other foreign border lands.
Many of these deserters were profes
sional bounty Jumpers who after enlist
ing, secured the bounty and deserted,
changed their names and re-enlisted for
new bounties only to desert again. To
place the names of these mou upon tbe
roll of honor puts a premium upon'de
sertlon, the highest crime known to mil
itary" law.
Against the abuse on the part of Con
gress, The Bee baa vainly remonstrated
for years. The position taken by Presi
dent ' Roosevelt has at last called a
halt that cannot be disregarded and
will, we hope, put an end to the Intro
duction of such scandalous legislation.
A KtPREHEXSWLK SCBtMK.
It is announced that speculators are
negotiating for the purchase of the Buf
falo Temple of Music, In which Presi
dent McKlnley was assassinated, with
a view to transferring the building to
some other city and preserving It as a
financial venture. This with the other
exposition- buildings was ' sold to the
Chicago Wrecking company and it Is
with that company that the parties who
think they see an opportunity to make
money by catering to a morbid public
curiosity are negotiating, so that the
reprehensible scheme of the speculators
for turning to a mercenary purpose one
of the most lamentable events In the
country's history does not reflect upon
the exposition managers. With the
wrecking .company, of course, the sale
of tbe building Is solely a matter ot
business.
. The scheme of the speculators cannot
be too strongly condemned. An attempt
to make money out of the terrible
tragedy at Buffalo Is to the last degree
reprehensible and will certainly be so
regarded by all right-minded people,
There is perhaps no practicable way to
prevent the carrying-out of the brutally
mercenary purpose, but public sent!
ment should be arrayed so strongly
against tho speculators aa to Insure
their failure to reap the revenue they
expect The. scheme la so utterly re
pugnant to every consideration of pro
priety and decency that' it ought to be
safe to say no self-respecting person
would countenance It
A SATlOSAli MCORPORATIUir LAW.
The question of tho supervision snd
regulation of the combinations engaged
In interstate commerce is a difficult one,
but' it is a question the solution of
which Is urgently demanded and Its pub-
lie discussion should b earnestly main
tained until it is solved. A suggestive
contribution to such discussion has
been made by Mr. James B. Dill, the
well known corporation lawyer In an
address before Harvard university, in
which ho favored th enactment of a
national Incorporation law aa dlstin
guished from a national control of
State-created corporations. II urged
that the business of the country de
mands uniform corporate legislation,
formulated upon the good of the coun
try as a whole snd not sectional leglsla
tion. state against stats. A national
law should be along tha lines of tbe ca
tional banking act not abridging the
powers of tbe state to creat local cor
porations, but affording an opportunity
to organise corporations, national In x
tent whose business relates to trade
with foreign countries or between
states, under national law and with the
protection of the national government
against conflicting state legislation and
local political enactments.
Mr. Dill expressed th opinion that wa
can look for no effective publicity no
effective restrictions or regulation of cor
porate power under a divers aud sys
tematically opposed state legislation,
therefor public opinion formulated Into
statutes, to bo of tbe highest efficiency
and to bo freed from evils of subordi
nation, oven of prostitution, must be
uniform among all th states and na
tional In extent as to whether corpora
tlons would voluntarily avail them
selves of , a national law be bas no
doubt that they would. They would do
this for self-preservation, as a protec
tion against the varied, divers and to
day inconsistent laws of various states,
and for tha reason that no corporation
engaged In interstate commerce or de
siring to do business throughout ths
length and breadth of th country
could afford to b other than a national
organisation, sine It would not b long
before th Investing public would draw
the lines sharply between state-cre
ated organbuUous assuming to da.
business national In extent and true
national corporations. It bas already
become necessary for the sound cor
porations to differentiate their position
from those otherwise situated and It
therefore seems reasonable to assume
that all such would avail themselves
of a national Incorporation law.
Under such a law as suggested the
national corporation should be subject
to national supervision and examination
and there should be required at least
private publicity," which Mr. Dill be
lieves would result In "public publicity."
The former contemplates full Informa
tion concerning the affairs of the cor
poration accessible to every stockholder
and as the stockholders Increase In num
ber this would ultimately become pub
lic publicity. Mr. Dill rightly says that
the tendency to conceal vital facts from
stockholders Is Indefensible, that they
should receive definite and Informing
statements at least yearly to enable
them to act with a common understand
ing. Thla Information would be made
accessible under a national law.
This suggestion of one who has had
much experience In the organization of
great corporations and Is regarded as
an expert in the matter, certainly mer
its consideration. If a national Incor
poration law be practicable and consti
tutional it might remedy many of the
difficulties in dealing with the great com
binations.
TBI PRESS AS AS ZDVCATIOWALTACTOR
Replying to a request for his opinion
as to the relative Importance of the
university and the press as educational
factors, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, the
new president of Columbia university,
is quoted as saying:
This question caniot bs answered with
out aa elaborate explanation. Th press
and the university are rather to be con
trasted than to be compared as educational
factors. The press belonss to that group
of unsystematic but very real and powerful
educational Influences, ths place and func
tion of which are only Just coming to bs
recognised. It is aa old-fashioned notion
that education is given largely, or chiefly,
la the school; but nowadays we recognise
the falsity of this view and see how ex
tremely influential other factors are and
among these the press not only la shap
ing publlo opinion, but In forming and
developing Individual minds. More taea
get their opinions from the newspapers
than from any other single source, probably
not excepting Inheritance.
Although not usually viewed In that
light what President Butler says about
the contribution of the press toward the
education of the citizenship of tbe day
will be readily conceded by all Intelli
gent students of society. For the great
mass of the people the Instruction re
ceived as children In the schools fur
nishes but the foundation of their edu
cation, which must bo rounded out and
completed In the school of experience.
Tbe proportion who can pursue a sys
tematic course of higher education In
the colleges and universities, although
increasing, Is comparatively Insignifi
cant but everybody In or out of school
who reads at all resorts to the press
for more or less of his reading.
Where the' universities reach one per
son the press reaches thousands. That
the university educator realizes tbe oar-
row limits of bis lecture roora. as com
pared, with tbe broader field o the
press, Is evidenced by the frequency
with which he avails himself of the
press to impart to a larger circle re
sults of his study which be thinks of
more than ordinary Importance. Where
not many years ago it was considered
almost a breach of tbe professional
code for a scientist to contribute to
any but technical periodicals designed
only for th perusal of specialists in
the samo line, the university professor
of today has no hesitation In writing for
periodicals of popular clientage, and
even for newspapers of general and In
discriminate' circulation. In other
words, rather than be content to be
overshadowed by the growing educa
tional Influence of tbe press, the unl
verslty is rapidly coming to utilise the
nress as a concomitant factor in the
work of popular education.
Nor can the universities justly com
plain that In this tbe press has not met
them more than half way. Excluding
certain well known yellow types, the
educational standard of the press of
this country today is higher than it has
ever been, while its scope also Is more
comprehensive and tbe area of its actlv
ity broader. The university and the
press are coming to complement one an
other to an extent scarcely yet realized
In fact the press is but beginning to
appreciate Its own power as an educa
tional factor but the possibilities of tbe
near future are sure to bring the educa'
tional side of tbe. press out In unex
pected prominence.
After traveling through Mexico with
an eye out for caref j". observation of
conditions as they actually exist ex
Secretary J. Sterling Morton asserts
that any American publicist who fainll
1 arizes himself even In a most cursory
manner with the finances ot that repub
lic and who will then honoatly advocate
th adoption of the sliver standard for
tha United States "Is utterly incapable
ot logical thought snd wholly devoid of
that good Judgment which every Amer
ican publicist should have." Now we
know why Mr. Bryan has never taken
that trip to Mexico which has been so
often scheduled for blm In tbe public
prints.
The Intimation Is given that the same
dread of collision with th law that Is
Dromntlng th railroads to dissolve all
their passenger and freight associations
and repudiate traffic understandings
will fore an abandonment of tbe work
lng agreement under which the two
great telegraph companies have been
doing business in the United States.
That the telegraph cuarges have been
altogether non-competltlv even between
points where both companies are sup
posed to have competing lines Is a mat
ter of common notoriety. Th same
schedule of price per word for different
distances and for day and night meev
jjages baa been observed without yaria
.
tion, no matter which company trans
mitted the dispatch. A similar mutual
arrangement Is said to exist with the
long distance telephone companies, obli
gating the latter not to use their wires
for the transmission of telegrams or to
compete for business by reducing toils.
If the termination of these agreements
should lead to real competition between
the different concerns engaged In wire
communication, a merry war would
ensue that would find Its end only In
tbe absorption of all tue long distance
telephone and telegraph lines either by
one gigantic corporation or by tbe gov
ernment Itself as part of the postal
service.
The death of ex-Governor Altgeld re
moves another of the staunch props of
Bryan from the political arena. To Alt
geld, more than any other One man, Mr.
Bryan owed the support of Illinois In
his political following at both national
conventions that nominated blm for the
presidency. Without Altgeld It Is
doubtful If the Illinois standard will be
again carried in the wake of that of
Nebraska,
The wife of Minister Conger enter
tained a number of Chinese princesses
at "tiffin" tbe other day. In the ab
sence of any dictionary ot Chinese so
cial customs It is impossible to say
whether this Is like a pink tea, a ken-
slngton or an old-fashioned quilting bee,
but it is a safe guess that the absent
ones were not forgotten in tbe con
versation. Better Than Roae.
Bomervtlle Journal.
Wealth doesn't always bring happiness,
but it can generally furnish a pretty good
Imitation. ,
Shertemed Breath for m Momeat.
Bt Louis Globe-Democrat.
General Delarey seems to hav hit tht
English beef-eaters In ths vicinity ot the
short ribs.
Striking a Tenr Spot.
Washington Post
The increase ot rates by ths lnsuraaes
ompanles was not devised ss a popular
affair and it is coming up to expectations
In this respect.
"Things Coming- Oar Way."
Chicago Inter Ocean.
It is a little bit strange that Omaha
should have been selected as the scene
of the first tornado of the season, when
Kansas City or Wichita would have paid
well tor the space It occupied ia the news
papers. OlS Farorltea la New Qnlse.
Boston Transcript.
A spring school ot medicine for practic
ing physicians who wish to catch on to
the most up-to-date developments of their
science, is about to be opened at Phila
delphia. A school of spring medicine Has
been in operation sine, before our grand
mother's time.
BeaeSt of tlaleigrsaal Wires.
New Torlt Tribune.
All the telegraph, telephone and trolley
wires in or near great cities in every part
of the wsrld in which tempests may send
poles toppling down ought to be put under
ground. Although ths expense at the out
set may be large, tbe companies win be
better off in the long run, and tbe initial
expenditure will be mors thaa Justified.
Federal Coatrol of Railroads.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Publlo control ot railroad is imperative,
else these creatures ot ths state would be
come greater , than the stats itself. But
their lines are too long and too widely
spread to be wholly under the control of
any individual commonwealth. What fol
lows logically, then, is that they must be
controlled either by concurrent action on
the part ot several states through Which
their lines run, or by the general govern
ment, acting for tbe entire community.
Present indlcationa point to the latter its
ths mere feasible of the two methods.
Modera Tawnee Thander.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There will be a good deal of sympathy felt
for Chief Whits Eagle of tbe Pone tribe,
who Is going to Washington to plead with
th president to remit the order requiring
th reservation Indians to bathe. White
Eagle says It might kill his braves if the
order is enforced and he intimates that
some ot them would rather die than take a
bath. Of course a deep-rooted prejudice
should be oombatted with great discretion.
Ia this case tha contact with water must bo
extremely gradual. Perhaps tha very best
way to begin would be to coax these Foacaa
t tak, a drink of the hated fluid.
HABIT OF SATllfO.
Th Old R,llaI Financial
Independence.
Indianapolis News.
In July of last year the individual de
posits in the national basks in this country
amounted to 13.228,000,000. The deposits in
the savings banks in the country at the
same time amounted to tl,67,ooo,ooo. The
savings banks of the world had 18,901.140,
000, representing 43,070,000 depositors. The
average individual account for the world
waa (141.24. The average individual ac
count for th Vnlted Elates was $480.80.
It should be said la a time of prosperity
that n habit is mors valuable to cultivate
thaa the habit of saving. Prosperity avail
a man nothing unless with it be has
strength of character to savs la proportion.
Dickens has a character in on of his doom
that every time he prospers treats himself.
so to say; Indulges himself with seme extra
Sxpeadlture as a reward. That is likely to
be a tendency with too many. It Is the old
truism about prosperity being mors difficult
te stand than adversity. No man can pros
per that does not spend less than he makes.
He car not greatly prosper uniesa increas
ingly he spends less proportionately thaa
he makes. While money-making Is a posi
tive achievement as much sa th sreatloa of
anything Is, frugality Is something that
need watt on no gift, but may b, praotloed
by all.
Whether a maa be rich or poor, whether
he be gifted mentally or emotionally or be
dull there la for everyone la this lit ths
lesson of self-denial to learn, aad as this
life ts an exceedingly practical thlag, ths
basts of self-dental might almost bs said te
Ho la material savings. Where a man has
not the ability to Increase his Income he
should decrease his outgo. He that does
this will soon begin to get a margin. Tbe
process of saving is slow, but it la sure.
It can literally work wonders, sad once
started It grow like the rolling snowball.
Tbe smallness at the beginning should be
no discouragement. There is aa opportun
ity for tbe man that can save 10 cents a
week as well as for tbe maa that can save
$10 a week. The way Is long, and to begin
with may be difficult, but persistence la it
makes it easy. Life Is more s matter of
habit thaa of intention snd tbe habit of
thrift eaa as easily b, cultivated as ths
JJiAblt of prodigality.
SECTLAR SHOTS AT THS PtXPIT.
Washington Post: And now Bishop Pot
ter wants tn aettla tha nea-ftt mmatlnn.
What has hiAffia rf thm fhlA.faahlnneil fir,-
late who devoted hi time to chnrch work?
Chicago Chronicle: West side churches
to) tha untnrkv number of fhtrtMn hav.
combined in a war upon vice. It Is to be
hoped that tbe proverbial 111 omen will not
attend their efforts. i
Boston Oloha A Raaitlnsv Pa. mtnlataf
has stsrted on a trip to see which one ot
seven fair correspondents he will marry.
It would be bard luck it they should all
conclude that they don't want to marry
him.
Chlcsao News: A Cnnnaptlnut nrearhar
has been asked to resign becsuse he spec
ulates in stocks. Perhaps some learned
person can explain wherein it I worse for
the pastor than for the flock to do such
tnings. i
Chicago Record-HeraM: A Pit latiur
preacher is causing trouble because he
neara swsing in the choir while he was
delivering his sermon. II can hardly bs
blamed. No man could ba einecteil tn n
along smoothly under such conditions with
out rcierence to his notes.
Brooklyn Eaale: Tha areat rjaaalva rmh.
Ho is not hostile to the churches. On the
contrary, its heller In and its reverence for
them and their mission ia hred in tinoi
and bone. But it would be glad to aee them
evinoe a mor intelligent appreciation of
tbe situation. A great part of the business
and debate which engross ths time of con
tentions and assemblies appears to the
average man to have very little to de with
religion at best and to be specially fatuous
st a time when ths very existence ot the
churches themselves appear to ba in dan
ger. Nor can we believe that the revision
of a confession her or the modification of
a Rubrlo there will have any appreciable
effect upoa the matter. It has not far ha.
yond all that sort ot thing. Ths people are
waning now, as we believe, aot for th
church to lick into shape some final state
ment of theological doctrine or some doc
trinaire ecclesiastical polity, but to show
that It is efficient to do the business which
its Founder meant It to do. This Is the
task to which Us leaders should be urged
and less thaa this will be almost betrayal.
PERSONA!, AND OTHERWISE).
Cincinnati owns tip to 100 years of age.
Cleveland cheerfully admits ths towa
looks it
General Lord Methuen has a rent roll
ot 150,000 a year, enough to keep bis
tarnished hato on straight.
If current Clotures of naneral TVlar, .r.
true to life, his valiant burghers may be
paraonea ror swearing by ths beard of ths
prophet.
The tendency toward the strenuous con.
tlnues unohecked. An Indiana follower of
the fad undertake to get married, to write
a book and run for congress before the year
IS out.
It's a dull day when New York doesn't
put some novelty into life thereabouts. A
collision between a trolley car and a steam
boiler Is th town's latest contribution to
unique horrors.
Baltimore is endeavoring to rid Itself ot
lo vesuge or village life by abolish
ing eow pastures within tha oitw limit.
Should the rule become effective the fas
cinating milkmaid will go away back and
the Monument city will lose Ha picturesque
charms.
A Connecticut school ma'am boasts of
naving spanked forty-nine pupils in thirty
seven minutes. This affords atmna-
nrmatton of the assertion that ths Ysnkee
spirit is dying out among th rising genera
tion of New Enrland. In tha i
days an effort of that kind would land the
teacner ia a hospital.
Senator Blmon of Oregon has discovered
a constituent who Uvea an ldylllo life, free
from worldly cares, a millionaire one
hour, but poor when sober. "When I take
a drink," aays this philosopher in a let
ter to the senator, "I am at peaoe with all
mankind. When I have had two drinks I
am a millionaire. With my third drink I
own the world." Jolly old aoul. It would
be a real pleasure to soak him once.
Two of Chicago's hair trigger professors
are discussing the probable location of the
Garden ot Eden. Considering the season,
there are many who will accept, without
further debate, th ruling of the late Jobs
Boyle O'Reilly. "I cannot understand,"
said the genial poet, "how any maa who
haa read Genesis oaa question that ths
Oarden of Eden was in Ireland. I base
my conclusion on tho fig leaf Incident
Adam and Eve, you know, were evicted
for ths wearing of th green!"
The Equitable Life
In speaking of his early business exper
iences Mr. Payn became reminiscent, and
said:
"Although I had beea la business for
some Urn. J consider that I got my first
start on ths road to financial auoceae from
this fact: Whea I waa about 20 ysars old
I took out a twenty-year life insurance pol
icy. This was about to mature, whea my
attention waa called to ths possibilities ot
a tract of land la ths northwestern portion
of ths city. Roswell Miller becam associ
ated with in, -In the matter. I thought
that I could anticipate my policy for a few
days, and went to the late Edward Sander
son, who loaned ma $5,000 for thirty days
until th policy came dus. This waa my
real financial start, I remember well that
whea w mad the purchase th residents in
that locality mads us a good many offers of
additional property. Th profits oa this
Investment netted me about 175,000. If I
had beea endowed with the nerve eommea
surat with my faith ia Milwaukee I could
hav beea a millionaire, so far as wealth la
concerned." Sunday Sentinel, January 5,
HOT.
Mr. Payae'a policy waa taken out at th
age of IT and was the foundation of his
fortune at a time when tbe opportunity pre
sented itself. If you ars Interested la
aulr cos earning our new 1&0J policy.
BLASTS FROM RAM'S IIOH.
It takes a great man to lead a small
army.
When a man really Is religious he never
gets over It
Batnta are not fattened on grain from the
devil's fields.
He who parleys with principle Is prepar
ing for perdition.
Information does not mke sn education
without Inspiration.
Stolen thunder seldom brings down
showers of blessing.
No man is so apt to fall as he who Is
over-anxious to rise.
It's a poor policy to tnke your gun to
piece in the face of tbe enemy.
Tbe wealth of tbe world depends oa ths
value of maa and not on bis possessions.
Hs does little to promote the Kingdom
who Is always anxious about his owa pro
motion. It Is a good Idea to have some every-day
virtues In your possession before you pre
tend to have any uncommon ones.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Chicago Post: "Hut how did you know
that I waa In love with youT" he asked.
"You were so foolish," sha answered.
Detroit Free Press: VI wish to marry
your dniifthter, elr."
"You'll have to ask her about that, young
man; I'm only her father."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Doe Mrs,
Oiigsby allow her husband's fiienda to
smoke in the house?"
"Not If arlgsby furnishes th cigars."
Chleesro New: Ilojax Wnat became of
that girl you had the flirtation with last
BiimmerT
Tomdlx Tou mean the girl I thought X
had a flirtation with. She married me.
Brooklyn Life: Husband How long is
tt elnce I've ben to church?
Wife Do vou mean to say you've forgot
ten our wedding day?
New York Bun: Deacon Goodly How do
you like our new minister?
Judwe Hardhead I don't like him at all.
Whenever he prays he works that con
temptible dodge of turning state's evidence
on his fellow sinners.
Philadelphia Press: Shaddock I don't
think that so many joke about Easter
bonnets are printed nowadays as waa th
case In former years.
Baasett Guess the humorists hav all
got married.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The prtnr-e sailed
Boston the cradle of American civilisation.
"Well, It's a rocky town..all right."
Boston Transerlptt Briggs I guess th
new minister la all right.
OrifTPS Then you have heard him?
Briggs No, but my wife ha, the says
he delivered a sermon that anybody could
write. Evidently h, knows bqyr to express
his thoughts forcibly and In a sensible
manner.
Baltimore American: "I doubt If Hen
peck over draws a sober breath any more."
"He doesn't, and his wife has no one
to blame for It but herself. Tha first time
he fell from, grace hie wife told him shn
didn't think It worth while to talk to htm
while he waa In that condition."
THE BREVITY OP LIFE.
Francis Quarles.
Behold!
How short a span
Was long- enough of old,
To measure, out the life of man
In these well-tempered daysl Ilia time waa
then
Surveyed, east up and found but three
score years and ten.
Alas!
And what is that?
They come, and slide, and pass.
Before my pen can tell thee what.
The rsts of time are swift, which, having
Their seven short stages o'er, their short
lived task la done.
Our daya
' Begun, we lend ,
. To alep to antlo plays
And toye until the first stage ends:
Twelve waning moons, twice five times
told, we give
To "JJ1"'4 1om: 'Sther breaths thaa
We spend
A ten years' breath
Before we apprehend
Xf,. i'V Uve or fr"r a death:
Joys! Jea, r flll'd with painted
Which pleate our sense a whil. and, wak
ing, prove but toy. .
How soon
Our new-born light
. . ..AttaJno to full-aged noon!
wJi? - , i" how 00" to sray-halred night!
bfitf' W blo"on and w5i
neao fast11 our tne
They ond
When soarce begun,
. And ere we apprehend
That we begin to live, our life Is done
fait"1 7 Uy'' nd tt l'e" Sytoo
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Tha accompanying clipping was
taken from the life of th Hon.
Henry C. Payne, our new Post
master Oeneral, aa published in
the Milwaukee Sentinel, if Life
Assurance receives such un
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whose success is known to all.
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able?
H. D. NEELY,
Manager for Nebraska,
Merchants National Bank Building.
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