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14 TTTE OLATTA DAILY BEE; ROTO) AY, MAKCTI 23, 1902. Tim Omaiia Sunday Bek E. R08EWATER. EDITOR. , . PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, pally Bee (without Sunday). One Year.. WOO l)elly lire and ttunday. One Year 100 Illustrated lie. One Year s V0 ttunday Bee, One Year 1 00 Saturday Bee, one Year 1-W Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. l.W DELIVERED BY CARRIER. pally Bee (without Sunday), per copy 2o I'ally Bee (without Sunday), per week. ...12c Iaily Bee (Including- 8unuay, per week. .12c Sunday Bee, per copy 6c Vvenlng Bee (without Sunday), per week. 10c Kvenlng Be (Including Sunday), per weea lc Complaint of Irregularities In delivery Should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICE& Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hail Building, Twtn-Ay-llfth and M Street. Council Bluffs 10 pesrl Street Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New lork Temple Court. .Washington 6ol Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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Tsschuck, secretary of The Be Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays thai the actual number ot full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, (Jyvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during tha tnonth of February, ltfttt, waa as follows: I. ... 30,100 1.. .......... 30,2:) ' S SO.SIIO t.. 30,720 ' 80,480 j ..ao.o-to T.-.. ..80.H10 t 30,300 I.. 80,2 BO 10 30,100 II 80,S4O U 30,230 U 80,140 M.. 80,420 is ao,uo 16 80,240 17 80,100 18 30,370 19 80,8MO 30 80,320 3X 80,180 S3 80,120 S3 80,100 M 80,470 26 80,300 2 80,070 71 2W.DB0 St B8,0BO Total S47.U40 .Lass unsold and returned copies.... 10,124 Met total sale.. , S37.S10 Net dally average 29,22 QEOROE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to befor me this Z&tn day of February, A. D., 12. M. B. HUNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public It is in accord with the eternal fitness of things for Chicago speculators to form a corner on eggs just In front of Easter. If City Cleric Elboorn Is in a hurry to diHpose of his stock of dog tags he might try the plan of reducing the price to early callers. The Increase of 23.4 per cent in Omaha clearings over the same week last year Is keeping this city .well to the front in financial affairs. The senate has demonstrated that It Is not so slow when it really gets down to work. It passed two important bills In one day last week. By calling an early convention the re publicans have given notice that the party is ready and willing to have a complete discussion of the issues in the 'coming campaign. Grover Cleveland declares that be does Bot care to express any further opinion about Bryan, but we apprehend that Bryan will persist In continuing to ex press his opinions of Grover. Germans are beginning to inquire (what they are to get out of Prince Henry's visit to the United States. .If they get nothing more, they will have learned where to go when they want to have a good time. Lord Hope has secured a divorce from bis actress wife. As be has Just gone through bankruptcy he is In good condi tion to look for a rich American girl .willing to exchange dollars for a title, even if it is a little bit soiled. W. T. Stead is greatly worried because be asserts the llawalians have fallen upon evil days since the annexation to this country. Stead is one of those in dividuals who Imagines he Is compelled to do the worrying for all the people of the world. Owing to the failure of crops last year the people of the Ozark region of Ar kansas are reported to bo living on acorns, llere is a good chance for the charity of the people who are always active in raising money to help the suf fering in foreign lands. President Roosevelt is said to be tired tt the strife and bickerings in the army and navy and proposes to take measures to put an end to them. It would cer tainly be a good thing for the service if this is done without regard to which branch of the service or faction the dis turbers belong. 1 The silver Issue is not yet dead. The sTupreine court of Nebraska has just held that to make a mortgage payable in gold does not Invalidate the Instru ment, but if the word gold has been In Verted after its execution and delivery the mortgage can be discharged by pay ment of silver or gold at the option of tha mortgagor. The most profitable Industry in Ne braska is raising wolf cubs under the calp bounty law. The amount of wolf calp bounty claims already filed with the state auditor exceeds 00,000, and the cry is, "Still they come," Whether this large crop of scalps has been harvested In Nebraska or imported from Wyoming and Colorado after havlug done duty In those states has not transpired. If anyone ever entertained a doubt that President Roosevelt was a friend pt civil service reform In reality as well s by profession bis course with refer ence to civil service appointments will dispel it. It Is to be noted that Presi dent Roosevelt prefers to stretch a point If need be In favor of protecting the civil service rather than to stretch It the other way' to lniady itaUmUa CQUMASDIKQ TBE BE It TO STANDSTILL. In those days of doubt and unbelief It Is refreshing to find some people who still believe implicitly In the super natural and miraculous. A few days ago the wlsesires of a decaying and rapidly disintegrating political aggrega tion met at the state capital and adopted by a rising vote a set of resolutions that forcibly recall the fate of Joshua when he ordered the sun and the moon to stand still to enable his army to wal lop the Philistines. To men who have studied ' and ob served the irresistible current of per petual change, the attempt to stem the tide that Is sweeping populism into the political sea in which tho defunct green back party, and a half-dozen other parties have been engulfed, would seem foolhardy as well as futile. Not so with the high priests, prophets and revelators of populism. They actually declared In their conclave that "it Is the solemn conviction of this confer ence that tho people's party yet has a vast field of usefulness to occupy and that every honorable effort should be made to Increase its strength and make Its influence for good felt throughout the state and nation." Therefore, they have resolved: First That we must earnestly repel and repudiate every attempt to disorganise the party, or to absorb its membership by an other political party. Second That we reaffirm the wisdom and soundness ot the cardinal principles of tha Omaha, St. Louis and Bloux Falls platforms and confidently appeal to the Intelligent Judgment and to the patriotic fairness of the voters ot the United States to continue tha agitation for essential government re form and carry on the campaign of educa tion happily Inaugurated at the beginning of tha party. In other words, the Kip Van Winkles of the twentieth century have solemnly reaffirmed that the dead and buried is sues of two great national campaigns shall be galvanized into life, although everybody who has any political sa gacity knows that the trumpet of Ga briel could "not resurrect them. On the 4th of July, 1882, the pre amble of the populist declaration of in dependence promulgated from the Omaha Coliseum startled the world by proclaiming: We meet in the midst ot a nation brought to the verge of moral and political ruin. Our homes are covered with mortgages, labor Impoverished and the land is con centrating in the hands of capitalists. A vast conspiracy against mankind has been organized on two continents and it is rap idly taking possession of the world. It not met and overthrown at once it forbodes trouble, and the destruction ot civiliza tion, or the establishment of an absolute despotism. Our country finds Itself con fronted by conditions for which there is no precedent in tha history of the world. Our annual agricultural productions amount to billions of dollars la value, which must within a few weeks, or months, be ex changed for billions of dollars of commod ities consumed in their production. The exchange currency supply is wholly inade quate to make this exchange. The results are falling prices, the formation of com bines and rings and the impoverishment of the producing class. ' ..-"''" IIow do these declarations and prophe sies sound In the face of the marvelous prosperity the country U enjoying? How do these forecasters of dire calamity expect to rally the people this year on the Omaha and St Louis platforms that have gone all to pieces in the last five years and cannot be rebuilt out of worm-eaten planks? FEDERAL CONTROL OF RAILROAD BATES While nearly all of the railroads of the country are opposed to federal control of rates, as contemplated In the proposed amendments to the Interstate commerce law, it is Interesting to note that so great a corporation as the Pennsylvania railroad Is not among the opposition, but on the contrary regards such control as expedient This Is shown In a recent statement of the general solicitor of that company, Judge James A. Logan, which has attracted a great deal of at tention in railroad circles. While it was not an official utterance, yet It Is known to reflect the opinion of President Cas satt and his associates of the Pennsyl vania corporation, who It Is needless to say have given the subject most careful consideration. In regard to the apprehension that the proposed amendments to the law would give the commission too much power. Judge Logan said: "For my part, I have faith in the integrity of govern mental agencies! especially those of the dignity of the Interstate Commerce com mission. I believe not only the shipper but the carrier needs governmental help. In short. It seems to me the time has come when the government should reas sume the right of a moderate control and supervision over the carriers occu pying the government's highways and that this, in Its operation, should reach forward as. well as backward the car rier to have a reasonable return for his Investment In the agencies of carriage and the shipper the assurance of a prompt service and a reasonable rate, and the public to be protected by sta bility and uniformity In all charges." This position Is the very opposite of that taken by railroad managers like Mr. Hlnes, the first vice president of the Louisville & Nashville railroad a com pany, it may be remarked in passing. now nnder Indictment on a charge of having violated the interstate commerce act by discriminating In rates. In a re cent magazine article Mr. Ilines main tains that the law as it stands is ample and adequate. In face ot the admitted fact of rate cutting and rebates and other unlawful practices which the com mission seetns powerless to prevent or correct. Railway managers who oppose legis lation for strengthening the Interstate commerce act fall to see, as the saga clous men of the Pennsylvania company evidently do, that if such legislation la not had the day may come when a wearied and Indignant public will com pel congress to adopt very drastic laws for the control of railways engsged In Interstate) commerce. It Is undoubtedly the view of President Cassstt and his associates tbst since there is the possl blllt vf mora draatlQ legislation IX that now proposed shall not be obtained. It Is the part of expediency for the rail ways of the United States to yield some what to accept larger supervision than they have been willing to accept and to submit to reasonable regulation. It will be wise on the part of railway managers to give heed to such counsel as that of the general solicitor of the Pennsylvania railroad, rather than to the opinion of men like Mr. Hlnes. who probably would prefer ruinous competition to gov ernment regulation and a return to the old order of things. If they persist in opposing such moderate legislation as is now proposed and succeed in defeating it nothing is more certain In the future than a public demand for national regu lation of railways modeled after the granger laws enacted in Illinois, Wis consin and Iowa during the '70'a. W D.4T HANDICAPS OVR PREACHERS. An English non-conformist minister. who has recently devoted some time to the Btudy and observation of Ameri can churches, church-goers and preach ers, endeavors to point out the handi caps of preachers In the last Issue of the New York Independent Having spent more than fifty Sundays In this country, during which he at tended services In the various Protestant churches of the leading American cities, he finds that American ministers have to struggle with at least two conditions from which most of the English breth ren are entirely free. The first of these Is church music, which, In hi opinion, has no place at "all in the distinctively religious meet ings of the church as a means of enter tainment but overshadows and sub merges the preacher by strains of har mony that make the congregations ob livious to his presence. At first this British observer declares, he was very much surprised to find a congregation doubled by the end of the first half hour, but he soon discovered that it was not so much the spiritual stimu lant they sought as the operatic bra vuras of a soprano who had just been singing "Nearer, My Good, to Thee," to the tune of Robin Adair. The most glaring and outrageous in stance of encroachment of musical per formance upon divine worship occurred last Christmas morning in a leading Fifth Avenue church. While the of ficiating minister was reading the les son the organist was all the time play ing the Pastoral Symphony from the Messiah." The result of this extraor dinary concurrence between the pulpit and the gallery was that one could not hear the gospel for the music, or the music for the gospel. There may be a good deal more of truth than of poetry . in this criticism, but we apprehend that members of American church choirs will not allow themselves to be jostled and pushed aside for the benefit of the pulpit spell binder, no matter how learned or elo quent be may be. The second great difficulty as viewed from the British minister's standpoint with which American preachers have to contend 1b suggested by Mr. Spur geon's remark that nobody was ever converted when his feet were cold. In order to adapt this theory to American conditions, we are told that nobody Is likely to be spiritually receptive when his body Is uncomfortably hot The excessive warmth of American churches is a real foe to devotion. The bakers air of the churches is very trying on the constitution, as well as on the tem per. The physical and mental Irritation caused thereby has to be overcome ty an exercise of the will power before the church-goer can put himself, or herself, into a suitable frame of mind either for prayer and praise or for ap preciating the sermon of the preacher. These very broad hints to American preachers should not be entirely lost upon them, but we feel sure that music and hot air are not the only handicaps from which the majority of pulpit ora tors have suffered. While many of them have the power to magnetise the congregation and make it oblivious to music and perspiration, others have the faculty of hypnotizing them and putting them to sleep and a sleepy congregation Is very hard to rouse to the realities of this world or the world to come. A ACT OF SIMPLE JUSTICE. There is pending In the house of rep resentatives a bill for the payment 'to the widow and children of the late General Fltzjohn Porter the amount of pay, emoluments and allowances that would have gone to htm during the period from 18C3, when he was dis missed from the army, to 18(10, when he was restored to the army and placed on the retired list The bill authorizes the secretary of war to compute the amount and directs its payment by the paymaster general ot the army to the widow and children of ritzjohn Porter In such proportion as is provided by the laws of descent of the state of New York. A few days ago the house com mlttee on military affairs gave a hear ing on the bill, at which it was stated that the measure was a simple act of justice to the family who had suffered along with the general during the twenty-three years be was in retire ment It waa said that In this time General Porter had given most of bis time and means to clearing bis good name, being unable to make provision for the future of himself and family. Officers who had served with Porter testified to bis high character as a sol dier and commanding officer, one of them pointing out that the preamble of the act restoring General Porter to the army recited the purpose to do Jus tice to him and that the restoration of pay was but a part of the Justice In the case. There ought to be no hesitation about passing this bill and thereby fully right ing the great Injustice that was done General Porter In dismissing him from the army. That wrong having been acknowledged. It is plainly the demand of Justice and honor that the family of tha man so greatly Injured shall be paid what would have gone to him but for the injustice be suffered. florae atonement has been made by the na tion, but It would be Inadequate If con gress should refuse to psy- to the family of Fltzjohn Porter that which fairly and justly belongs to them. No one now questions that Torter was an able, brave and patriotic soldier, or that he performed bis duty faithfully. Ills fame In this resjiect Is secure. Now let con gress deal Justly with his widow and children. THE TARITT OS ART. American artists are appealing to con gress to remove tbe tariff on works of art They urge that it Is no protection to them, as it was presumably Intended to be, and that it Is a disadvantage from an educational point of view. One of them says that "It Is not possible to force the purchase of native works by prohibiting the purchase of foreign works of art" a proposition that Is undoubtedly sound. When the present tariff law was framed the question of levying a duty on works of art was pretty thoroughly discussed and at that time the better class of America u art ists were opposed to the tax, but there was a considerable number of Inferior artists who thought It would afford them some protection and they pre vailed. It Is very questionable, how ever, whether they have derived any material advantage from it, or could ever do so unless the tariff should be made practically prohibitive. The New York Tribune, which favors repealing or substantially modifying the tariff on art says: "Even If the ques tion of revenue were important, and It is admitted that the tariff on art makes no really serious addition to tbe national Income, the educational issue Involved is so great as to Justify a heavy sacri fice. It seems an extraordinary thing that at a time when millions are being freely spent in one way or another for the Intellectual Interests of the coun try, art alone, one of tbe most potential forces of civilization, should be sub jected to humiliation and persistently handicapped." It Is not quite creditable to this country, either, that it stands alone In thus taxing art, the tariff of no other nation, so far as we are aware, doipg .this. Certainly the government does not need the little revenue that comes from this source and If It be a fact as attested by our own artists, that the tariff is of no advantage to them, it is difficult to find justification for it The Tribune believes that the reform asked for is bound to come, . because public opinion is being enlisted more and more on Its side. This public opinion, however. Is far from being general, the Urge majority of the peo ple taking no Interest In the matter. So far as it goes,N however, it is , an enlightened opinion, and ought to exert a very considerable Influence. But it is safe to say that no change will be made In the near, future, that Is, by the present congress. ' Tbe policy of leaving the tariff undisturbed will be adhered to and consequently the agitation for removing 1 or substantially modifying the duty on works of art will be for the time being fruitless.' - BROOKS VERSUS QOLT STICKS., A well-reputed woman writer In one of tbe current periodicals suggests that from the standpoint of physical culture, churning Is Just as good exercise as equestrianism and broom-wleldlng Just as stimulating as golf. The Intimation is that if the new woman wants to de velop her muscles symmetrically, she can accomplish as much If not more by attending personally to the varleus de mands of housekeeping than by follow ing the fads of the society circle.. We apprehend that there is no grave danger that this advice will be taken seriously enough to impair the popu larity of golf as a social diversion or to break the butter market by increas ing the supply of home-churned product The great trouble with this expert opinion Is that It overlooks altogether the psychological, side of 'the physical culture mania. The churn and the broomhandle may bring Just as much vital activity into the body as the golf stick, but that will not take the former out of the classification of "work" or divest the golf links of their attraction for "exercise." And then, too, what pleasure would a society belle find In drawing a medal for the champion but ter maker as compared with the glori ous prestige acquired through winning out in the golf tournament? Brooms In place of brassies never! Investigations by the chemist of the Agricultural department Bhow that con siderable quantities of food products im ported from abroad " are adulterated. Possibly the European nations which are so captious about food supplies from the United States msy have a chance to taste some of their own medicine. Asldo from any idea of retaliation it would certainly be a good thing to shut out im ported adulterated products and also force home manufacturers to cease the practice. Statistics show that the Iowa prisons have drawn, all told. J2.000.000 more from the state treasuuy than the educa tlona) institutions of the state have re ceived. These figures'of course do not Include the common schools or tbe county and city Jails, but only the in stitutions conducted by the state. A reversal of the figures In appropriation bills might work a change In tbe de mands of tbe two classes of institutions. Tbe campaign of the City Improve ment committee of tbe Woman's club to eradicate unsightllness from our vacant city lots should meet with a cordial response from our public-spirited cltl cens. Experiments with vegetable gar dening as a relief for the needy poor bare been tried both here and elsewhere with a good measure of success, but the scheme of embellishing protruding bare Jpota with Tinea and flowers with yiew to beautifying the municipal exterior will be an Innovation here. The women have chosen the space adjoining the public library for this work and have already been accorded the co-operation ot tbe public library board, to whose approval the plan was submitted at its last meeting. If tbe plan prove a suc cess, as It Is sure to be, It can and should be extended from time to time and bring the city as near as possible to tbe goal of "a thing of beauty and a joy forever." Lincoln fuslonlsts object to the pro vision of the registration law which em powers registrars to note the politics of the person who registers. In Omaha the law has never proven a bar to dem ocrats registering as republicans and casting a vote in republican primaries, to be followed by a democratic ballot at the polls, and there Is no apparent rea son why the Lincoln fusion conscience should be less elastic. The brevet honors for officers of the volunteers who served In Cuba and the Philippines were slow In coming, but the result Is likely to be more Just than If the list had been made up soouer. The officers of the First Nebraska, the only regiment from this state which saw active service, come in for a large share, and the splendid record of the regiment Is good evidence that the honors were earned. Stirring lu Trouble. . ' Washington Post. If this thing keeps up. General Miles will soon be known as the administration's easy chair. Soothing; Syrup la the Orient. Chicago News. You are led to believe from the various pronunclamentos ot the great powers that henceforth It is going to be so quiet in tbe far east that you can hear a pin drop any where thereabouts. Seeing; Is Believing;. Chicago Inter Ocean. Our conscience is clear. Prince Henry cannot tell the kaiser anything that we are ashamed to bave blm know. If tbe kaiser is In doubt about us, however, be might run over himself. Missouri's Spartan Host. Baltimore American. The American mule did not stampede after all. - This will relieve those ot his admirers who hold that the American mule never recedes from a stand once taken while life and heels remain. Seeking the I'nattalnable. Baltimore American. The movement to render war. more hu man is commendabl in Itself and may save much suffering, but It la difficult to eliminate savagery from any practice which is savage by its very nature. A time will doubtless come in the civilization of the world when- war will be looked upon as w now look upon the old methods ot trial by torture a species of brutality beneath human tolerance. Coining; a, New Word. ..New York Tribune. Without any formal understanding a num ber ot papers are beginning to us the word "marconlgram to desortb a message sent through the sir without wires. The word is euphonious, and. compared with such a barbarism as "electrocution," de serves commendation. ' "Marconlgram" and the verb "to ma rcoal graph," which will naturally be formed from it, will probably establish themselves, la tha absence of any thing better. Passing; of thn Wir Taxes. New York World. The senate committee on finance has au thorized a favorable report on tbe house bill repealing the remaining Spanish war taxes. Tbe changes mad by the committee affect the phraseology of the bill, but not Its substance, so that an agreement seems certain. The people will be glad to have $75,000,000 of excessive taxation stopped, even though It is not done In tbe way that would give tha most relief to the greatest number. Suffrage Burled la Iowa. Philadelphia Record. The ungallant members of the lower house of the Iowa legislature refused to agree to a proposition to submit the question of woman suffrage to a popular vote. " They did worse. They "Indefinitely postponed" the matter without debate. This was equiv alent to an unceremonious chucking of the corpse Into its coffin and afterward putting parliamentary screws In tbe lid to Insure against resurrection. The women will never get the suffrage until a majority of them shall ask for it ' . Logrolling la the Senate. Chicago Chronicle. The statement comes from Washington that there la a nice little Job of logrolling in the senate in the subsidy business. A good many western republican senators are opposed to the steal either on princi ple or because they know that their con stituents hare no liking tor It. At the same time they think those same con stituents are crazy for the oleomargarine measure of class favoritism. Therefore they vote for the shipping steal in tbe ex pectation of eastern votes for the oleo monstrosity by way of. a quid pro quo. How beautiful are the ways of statesmen. LEAD THE WORLD FOR COMFORT. Asaerleaa Cities Eaulppea with Mad era Convenience. St Louis Republic. To the untraveled American who has been led to believe that th capitals ot Europe ar far ahead of American cities In their us of all modern discoveries and appli ance for comfort and convenience the tatement that London Is only now substi tuting electricity for gas lnv street lighting will come with something of a shock. This same American would doubtless b equally astonished at having to make his way through th crowded downtown London district in a cab or atop of a 'bus, th prog ress ot either a slow as molasses in winter. He would wonder why th London under ground railway system was not arranged to gridiron all sub-London or why elevated roads had not been built. Also would he marvel, shivering, at th absence of heaters In London houses or, be grimed, of bathtub in Paris houses. In sober fact, Indeed, on of th most salutary results of a visit to Europe is that the average American come horn entirely convinced that th cities of his own coun try ar infinitely mora comfortable to llv in and that European capitals ar but slowly attaining th standard established by American cities. And this Is a good lesson for American to learn. ' Th tlms baa com when w should know our own worth as th strong est and most progressive geopls in th world and eeas to falsely sail mat Europe and all thing European. Let th Old World bratutr eonfa our superiority la comfort there Is a other course aoaaaUy JLSi U taa fao ft tha truth. , BLASTS ntOM RAM'S IIORX. Pubtl temptations need swift resistance. Oood treasure do not need large bouses. He only needs to fear who fights sgalnst Ood. Th silent worker 'i sure to be beard from. The hatred of th bad Is the halo of th good. Th wells of salvation ar not filled with tears. An addition is not necessarily aa In crease. Ood's method admit of no mlddl men In religion. Lov is th great type-feature of dlvln likeness. Only th spirit-taught can give spiritual teaching. Th petulant pastor Is as pitiable as be Is powerless. ' Preparation may be more than half of performance. When the heart Is uplifted In pride it Is seldom brcdened In charity. It makes all the difference whether re ligion Is our pastime or our passion. He gains no knowledge who Is unwilling to acknowledge what be does not know. The man who makes the most racket about his religion often has tbe least of th reality. SKC't I. A It SHOTS AT TUB PlLl'IT. t St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The New York minister who says that tbe Sabbath Is likely to be entirely unobserved in fifty years may be as badly mistaken as Bryan was In predicting the disappearance of th Fourth of July. Buffalo Express: A prominent dlvln de clares that the shadow of the frying pan I the real cloud on the happiness of the nation, and that there can never be any real union of hearts where there Is dys pepsia. It may be that good cookery is tbe potent preserver of romance. Baltimore American: Men all over tbe country. Irrespective of class or creed, will brighten up with eager anticipation when they hear that a woman minister lately an nounced at an organization meeting that some of the methods used by women in raising funds for church purposes are open to criticism. For the feminine charity or church financier Is dreadful throughout the land, though her system of social brigandage has been meekly submitted to as a tyranny, resistance to which Is hopeless. Philadelphia Ledger: Dr. Ralnsford is by no means the first man to hold that bad cooking Is responsible for many ot th sins that men commit. It Is well known that a disordered stomach has a correspond' Ing effect on the brain, causing men to hold views and commit deeds which they would think of only with horror under normal conditions; but this class of missionary work, as it really is, has been much neg lected by reformers In the past. They are giving It more attention now, and the cook ing schools, despite th ridicule heaped upon them by the comic writers, are doing good work toward raising the general average of American cooking. Kansas City 'Star: '. Desconnesses in the Methodist churoh ar m th nature ot J new departure; s Five 'of them were consecrated at tbe Grand .Avaau Methodist Episcopal church on Tuesday evening. For five years they glvs themselves up to ministering to the sick, taking care cf the poor and -to other kindly desda. i la the old days almost very Methodist "sister was a deaconness without the form of ordination. The women ot that church fifty years ago, were power ful in exhortation and prayer and Instant in good works'. They were required by th "Discipline" td pay so little attention to their clothes, and to the other vanities of life that they had mora time than th wo men of the period can find to devote to other people. - If th Methodists have bor rowed the idea of deaconnesses from some other denomination there 'are few. churches which have not borrowed something from th Methodist. PERSONAL AMD OTHERWISE. The river and harbor bill is now recog nlzed by tbe bouse ot representatives as a dough-dough proposition. . Considering the weather of the last six weeks at a safe distance, it is fair to admit that the groundhog knows a thing or two. Lord Wolseley's trip to South Africa for the benefit of his health indicates that hi military reputation is Immune to graveyard Influences. It Is announced again that Dick Croker has gone for good. Not much. Dick la booked to return in September in Urn to manipulate tha fall campaign fund. John W. Gates, a Chicago promoter, ad mitted In court that he cleaned up $4,000,000 in syndicating th wir trust. Mr. Gate was recently breveted a captain of Industry, After all, Mrs. Hetty Green Is Just like a man.- She is kicking on th taxes as sessed against her at Bellows Falls, Vt., and threatens to move out We, Hetty, be lieve It. Two of Missouri's learned men are gravely discussing th origin of th phrase, "You'll have to show me," both assuming it to be of modern construction. Yet a party by th nam of Thomas made a similar remark some nineteen centuries ago. On of th Solomons on th bench ot Chicago believes in horn treatment as a spec 111 o for unruly boys, but Invariably In sists on their fathers touching 'the spot IS worth In his presenc. This lends a courtly dignity to a performance which "old boys" will .recall with varying emotions. It is easier to imagine than describe the feelings of the congressman who received from an admiring constituent a tetter read ing: "Please send me some volumes con taining memorial adreases on dead mem bers of congress. There is nothing I read with more pleasure than obituaries of dead congressman." A large crowd of curious women listened eagerly to the reading of "guahy" letter in a divorce case in a Missouri court, and giggled audibly at th tender sentiment. But when the Judge remarked that a repeti tion of th giggling would cost each giggle "th price of an Easter bonnet," a solemn hush fell upon tbe crowd. Cackles at that price is a luxury for th rich only. It is generally admitted that St. Patrick was a gentleman. According to recent as sertions be was also a versa til dispenser of th gospel. In Kansas City aa orator claimed him aa a Methodist, and la Omaha h has been eulogized as an Episcopalian. Now comes Southlngton, Conn.. . with th claim that St. Patrick was a Baptist mis sionary. If modern research keep up its lick th religion of Ireland's apostl will soon rival Joseph's coat. REMEMBER OUIt NEW LOCATION. EYES TESTED FREE Best Equipped Factory in the West J. C. HUTESOH & CO. Wholesale Opticians. Photo Supplies. 118 9. lBtti BU DOMESTIC ri.KASAJITRIEft New York aim: Father Ten rr. wl r you ant to et married? laiihter t 't It's on of th t Sit 1 Inherited from my mother. i irveisnn l imn taier: insns m. -T Iowne, isn't 117" Tea.'1 "If funny that Ms wlf persists It tail ing him down." Brooklyn Life: Th "ome1tan-1 tl maht you and Miss Poser were to b m rrie-l this week. Is It postponed? The Heavy ni. slrl Fhe antually n ns her name to appear before min I i ih wedding announcement. Boston Globe: Gussle I say, I hot' u and I won't quarrel when we ar mi "Hel. like your father and mother do. Hybll Oh, dear, no! You'll b so Tiuch more easy to manaa. than poor, deaf pa! Philadelphia Press: Husband Whi ar you pussllng ovorT Wife I'm trying to deride what art i( bat I want for Easter. O, dear, It's i rg ulnr conundrum. Husband Hem! Suppos you giv t up. Brooklyn Life: Clara Half th tin ho says he doesn't know whether I love I m cr not, about one-quarter he hopea thai I i j and the rest he thinks I msy. and In idd.. tlon he Is nearly alwnys utterly mlse aW, Maud Well, l m glad you're making sjcti a euccess of the affair. New York Sun: Mrs. Crawford Sh astl she had no faith In men. Mrs. Crabshaw No wonder. Iter f.rt husband wan a handwriting expert ant he second a weather prophet. Chicago Tribune: "1 It not true." mtSi the Poulful Young Thing, "that the' Is somethlns; sadly poetical, and even mu.lrs'., in the sound of a giant tree falling ti tha earth?" "Yes'm," said the Michigan tlmberTjnn "T suppose there la what you might t ill i kind of logarithm about It." Happy Father. Somervtlle Journal. He loved, he sighed, he wooed, he woo. He made his love his bride. In time there came a little son. His heart was filled with, prld. The boy at length began to walk. Just like a little man; But when the boy began, to talk, -His heart with joy o'er-ran. And now his friends upon the street All shun him, filled with dread That he will tell them, when they m et "Something my Tommy said." A PRAYER. James Whltcomb Riley. I crave, dear Lord, No boundless hoard Of gold and gear; Nor Jewels fine. Nor lands, nor kin. Nor treasure-heaps of anything. Let but a little hut be mine. Where at tha bearthston I may It as The cricket sing. And have the shine Of one glad woman' eye to make. For my poor sake. Our simple home a place dlvlrte Just the wee cot the crlcket'a chirr Love, and the smiling , face of her. I pray not for Oreat riches, nor For vast estates, and castle-balls Olve me to hear th bar footfall Of children o'er An oaken floor. New-rinsed with sunshine, or bespread With but the tiny coverlet And pillow for the baby's head; ; And, pray Thee, may The door stand open and the day Send over In a gentle breeze With fragrance from the locust trees. And drowsy moan of doves, and blur Of robin-chirps, and drone of bee. With after-hushes of the stir Of Intermingling sounds, and then The goodwlfe and the smile of her. Filling the silences again The cricket's call And the we cot. Dear Lord of all. Deny ma not. I pray not that Men tremble at My power of plac And lordly sway I only pray for simple grace To look my neighbor In the faea Full honestly from day to day Yield me his horny, palm to hold. 1 And I'll not pray For gold .; i i - . Th tanned face, garlanded with mirth. It hath the klnglleat smile on earth The swart brow, diamonded with sweet. Hath never need for coronet, , And so I reach. Dear Lord, to The. And do beseech Thou givest me Th wee cot, and the cricket ehlrr. Love, and the glad, sweet face of her! The Man Who Waits t Too Long A man may b perfeotl solvent when be dies Assets twice or four tlmi hi liabilities but without ready cash ti , meet the persistent de mands for prompt pay ment th estate has to b sacrifled and widows an. orphans ar left penol less Th man who Is In debt ti th vary man who mos needs th protoctloa e ' life assurance Th proceeds of an Eault able policy" hav. sav many an estate tron bankruptcy. The Man Who Acts In Time Th free-from-car man li the maa who doesn't have to worry for th future Who knows that ' lovet ones are going to be carsd for If b dies That his own old age I going to be free from want if b lives Who, then, is ths.fr from -car man? Who ceuld b b but th man with adequat llf' assurance? Are You a Free-from Care Man? We Cam Bel Ya Frovld th Patsur. The Equitable Lift! H. D. Neely, , Manager for Nebraska, Merchants National Bank Bldg. OMAIIA.