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All Is quiet again at Brussels, but the
king of all the Belgians Is stilt a suf
ferer from crowned head sleeplessness.
Now that congress has decided to take
off the tax on bucket shops dealers in
options and futures should be more lib
eral when the contribution box is
passed.
With the opening of spring Game
IWarden Connseman is kept busy in pur
cuing poachers who navigate Cut-Off
k ...lake and subsist on broiled catfish in
stead of baked canvasbacks.
One thousand American mules left
WciflIfCnalmett0 la8t Thursday to 3oln
origtnaj'vrltlsh forces in South Africa, and
Jjnel Crowder less than forty rods
becopay. if John Finnerty had only been
in U
MUsere,
f. I s
Governor Cummins has signed the rail
way merger bill and the big Iowa rail
road anaconda will begin to look about
to see what defenseless little railroads
It can devour without impairing its
digestion.
Miss Ellen M. Stone, the recent vic
tim of Bulgarian highwaymen, has at
last reached her home in safety, but if
he dou't quit talking her proposed
lecture tour engagement will yield a
very slim surplus.
Dealers in renovated butter who have
been shouting for the bill taxing oleo
out of existence are liable to get the
worst of the bargain. The bill as
mended puts the ban on re-churned
butter as well as Imitation butter.
It required just thirty-seven minutes
to pass the postotBce appropriation bill,
carrying In round numbers the sum of
$187,000,000, through the senate, but it
often takes the senate thirty-seven
Jhours of hair splitting over a bill that
aloes not involve the outlay of 137 cents.
l The Iowa legislature has thrown a big
bait for public buildings to Uncle Sam,
Living the United States government a
blanket grant to lands as sites for fed
bral buildings. Up to this time a spe
cial act was required ceding jurisdiction
to the United States for lands occupied
tiy. each separate building.
The river and harbor bill, which con
tains $70,000,000 of pork in one barrel.
also carries with It an appropriation of
$150,000 for the improvement of Mis
souri river navigation above Sioux City.
W may confidently, predict, therefore,
that about 150 snags will be pulled up
from the bottom of the Big Muddy dur
ing the coming season. Improved aav
Igation of the Missouri at $1,000 a snag
comes cheap.
General Schofleld, formerly command
lng general of the United States army,
declared before the senate committee on
military affairs that General Miles and
President Roosevelt do not speak as
they pass. With General 8chofield on
record la favor of the War department
bill to reorganize the army we appre
hend that henceforth General Miles and
General Schofleld will pass each other
.without saluting.
The National Nonpartisan Reciprocity
league, just organized at Chicago, had
a very fair sprinkling of Sugar trust
representatives and speculators in Cu
ban prosperity, who ingeniously roped
In unsophisticated delegates . from N
braska and Kansas to pull their chest
nuts out of the-fire by the adoption of
resolutions requesting congress to pass
a law that will enable the president to
negotiate a liberal Cuban treaty.
THE II EXT THISO Iflf ORDER.
Now that President Roosevelt has
summarily relieved the Treasury depart
ment of Towderly and the Incubus that
lias brought odium titmn the Immigra
tion bureau, the next thing in order
should be a complete overhauling of the
supervising architect's office.
The methods pursued by the super-
vising architect In the letting of con
tracts and construction of public build
ings Justify the belief that radical re
form Is necessary In that branch of the
public service. The Chicago Tribune
has recently called attention to the In
excusable delay In the completion of the
public building In Chicago. "The treas
ury offlcluls," says the Tribune, "de
clare that there is no lack of disposition
to expedite tho work. Nevertheless the
leisurely pace of architect and con
tractor Is not hastened. It Is almost in
credible that an architect of good stand
ing in charge of a much-needed public
building should delay work on It in
order to lengthen out his 'Job' and In
crease his own compensation, but what
other construction can be put on the
amazing delays which have made the
Chicago government building so notable
an illustration of the difference between
Individual push and government drag?"
In his blunt way Congressman Can
non, discussing the Chicago building on
the floor of the house, exclaimed:
The history of the administration of gov
eminent architects, whether In the super
vising architect's office or private archi
tects, is that when once they have got
their heads Into the manger they stay
there as long as there la any fodder to
eat.
Mr. Cannon has hit the nail on the
head. Ills assertion is fully confirmed
by the experience of Omaha. I
The first appropriation for Omaha's
new federal building was made fourteen
years ago. Of the $1,200,000 authorized
$100,000 was made available for pur
chase of site and $800,000 for construc
tion. To this amount another $100,000
was added. After dragging along for
eleven years the main building was com
pleted and $500,000 more was appro
priated for the erection of the west
wing. Ilulf a million dollars was con
sidered by expert builders as at least
$200,000 more than was necessary, but
at the end of two years It was dis
closed that the amount taken out for
architects' plans and supervision for the
main building had exceeded $100,000
and the expenditure for architects'
plans, supervision of construction and
allowance for disbursing officers would
exceed $120,000 by the time the whole
structure is completed.
In explanation of this enormous draft
for the plans, specifications and super
vision the supervising architect of the
treasury declares that 5 per cent of the
appropriation for public buildings Is set
apart to pay the office force at Wash
ington, which for a period of ten years
while the Omaha building was under
construction would aggregate only
$0,000 a year, exclusive of salary to
superintendent of construction and on
allowance of $5,000 for the disbursing
officer. When it is borne in mind that
the standard compensation exacted by
American architects for plans, specifica
tions and supervision of the construc
tion of buildings is 5 per cent of the
cost, the extravagance of the supervis
ing architect's office must be apparent
At the very highest rate, the expendi
ture for planning and supervising the
construction of the Omaha federal build
ing should not have exceeded $70,000.
And the very best architects in the
country would have Jumped at the
chance to do the work for $50,000.
To set apart $9,000 a year for the
office work at Washington may seem
small, but when ten years are consumed
In erecting a structure that should be
built In three years, the $9,000 a year
grows out of all proportion to the value
of the service. The Omaha building is
only one of sixty or seventy public
buildings In course of construction
under the supervising architect from
year to year.
The unreasonable cost of the archi
tect's office constitutes only one of the
grounds for the demand for a general
house cleaning in the bureau. The most
flagrant abuse, as pointed out by Con
gressman Cannon, is the methodical pro
crastination and the reputed partiality
to favored contractors.
SUPERVISION AND REGULATION.
"After combinations have reached a
certain stage it is indispensable to the
general welfare that the nation should
exercise over them, cautiously and
with self-restraint, but firmly, the
power of supervision and regulation."
This is the position of the national ad
ministration, as defined by Treeldent
Roosevelt, and it is approved by intelli
gent public opinion. It does not contem
plate harsh and reckless measures
against the corporations, as counseled
by demagogues and irresponsible agita
tors, but the application of wise and
practicable legislation, having in view
the general good and in the interest of
justice to alL
It is remarkable that the shrewd and
sagacious men who control the corpora-
tlons, the "captains of industry," do not
recognize the wisdom of this position
and put themselves in accord with it.
Instead of constantly antagonizing it
They should be able to see that it is
certain to ultimately prevail and also
to understand that persistence In hostil
ity to it not only intensifies the demand
for snpervlsion and regulation, but ere
ates sentiment favorable to extreme leg
Ulatlon. The course of the corporations
generally in opposing such legislation as
conservative public opinion and intelli
gent statesmanship demand legislation
which experience has shown to be
proper and necessary is most helpful
to the demagogue and the agitator and
the inciter of class hatred. It supplies
these with an argument which they can
use with great force and in fact are
constantly employing to inflame popular
senumeui against me corporations in
dlscrlmluately.
It Is rkrtlcularly, surprising that the
leading railway managers of the coun
try, men of the highest business ability
and practical Judgment, are with few
exceptions found opposing regulations
demanded by an overwhelming public
opinion and exerting their powerful In
fluence upon legislative bodies to defeat
the public will. With the fact admitted
that existing law has been persistently
violated and that It is not adequnte for
the prevention or correction of abuses
Injurious to the public, the railroads yet
array themselves against every proposi
tion for strengthening the law and mak
ing it more effective. Some of them
profess disapproval of rate cutting, re
bates and other violations of the law,
but they are unwilling that congress
should adopt legislation for the correc
tion of these abuses and evils. Measures
for this purpose Introduced in congress
have met the determined opposition of
the railroads, with few exceptions, and
It Is safe to say that the hearings In
progress before the house committee on
Interstate and foreign commerce will
show a practically unanimous opposition
on the part of the railroads to proposed
legislation.
The attitude of the corporations of
all kinds regarding the popular demand
for supervision and regulation is a most
mistaken one. If persisted in its inev
itable effect will be to strengthen the
already extensive sentiment in favor of
the most radical and drastic legislation
against the great corporations. If they
will not accept the moderate and rea
sonable policy now proposed they must
be prepared to be far more severely
dealt with in the not remote future.
SHE MEAT QUESTION.
The law authorities of the federal gov
ernment having taken up the subject ot
special railroad rates given the meat
packers, the Philadelphia Press suggests
that Attorney General Knox and his
associates might profitably address
themselves to the machinery by which
the farmer is robbed at one end and
the butcher at the other. "The facts
have been established by repeated In
vestigation," says that paper. "The
course and current of prices Is itself an
eloquent proof of the barm done both to
the Individual consumer aud to the gen
eral progress of the land by the condi
tions which now exist. Nor is it pos
sible to attribute the present rise In
meat to a three-fourth corn crop last
fall, though this undoubtedly plays its
share." The Tress earnestly calls for
the execution of the law against the
meat trust
Interest in this matter is being every.
where strongly manifested aud rather
more strongly in the east than else
where. As we have already noted, the
wholesale and retail dealers in meat in
New York and Philadelphia are organ
izing to fight the alleged trust and the
subject is being seriously discussed In
the newspapers. Indeed it has even in
vaded congress. What the effect of all
this will be cannot easily be foreseen,
but as we have heretofore suggested
the most practical way to deal with the
matter is for people generally to curtail
their consumption of meat This seems
to be the most certain way of bringing
about a reduction in price.
W1LL MAKE NOMORli PROPOSALS.
It appears to be the determination of
the Canadian government to submit no
more proposals to the United States
looking to closer trade relations. The
premier, Sir Wilfrid Laurler, is reported
to have announced that the government
had sent its last delegation to Washing
ton to seek reciprocity and at a dinner
of the Canadian club of Boston a few
days ago Mr. Longley, the attorney gen
eral of Nova Scotia, said that if Canada
were approached In a fair and liberal
spirit her government would be found
ready to discuss the question of reci
procity, "but that Americans should go
to Washington rather than to Ottawa,
if they wished to secure reciprocity."
He Bald that he had reached the con
clusion that "we will discuss reciprocity
no more until we see evidence that
it is to be a reciprocity Indeed and a
reciprocity which means giving as well
as taking." Another Canadian speaker
at the dinner stated1 that "since the
public men of Canada bad been unable
to get consideration from this country
by reasonable appeals, Canada was
seeking to place United States impor
tations in a less favorable light" that
is, the Canadian government Is con
templating placing higher tariff duties
on importations from the United States.
The strong desire which the Cana
dians are manifesting to secure a reci
procity agreement with this country is
certainly entitled to respectful consid
eration. We have a large trade with
the Dominion which it Is desirable to
retain and of course closer trade rela
tions would tend to strengthen friend
ship. But Canada Is at least quite as
much Interested in the matter as the
United States and it is a somewhat ex
traordinary position for the former to
take in asking that this country shall
take the initiative in proposing reci
procity. It is not the fault of the
United States that there are not closer
trade relations with the Dominion.
True, the schemes of reciprocity sub
mitted by the delegations which Canada
sent here were not acceptable, for the
reason that Uke the old treaty, they
were distinctly one-sided, but when this
question was before the joint high com
mission there was a fair chance of an
agreemeut being reached when Canada
blocked the proceedings by her attitude
regarding the Alaskan boundary. It
was insisted by the Canadian repre
sentatives that the boundary question
muat be settled before any other mutter
could be acted upon.
The responsibility for the existing sit
uation, therefore, rests with Cauadu and
if there is any obligation as to initiative
for renewing obligations it is upon that
country. So far as the threat of tariff
retaliation Is concerned. If it should be
carried out it would perhaps prove quite
as much an Injury to the Canadian
people as to our own and this Is quite
well understood among our northern
neighbors, who are in no hurry to put
their threat into effect Reciprocity with
Canada Is practicable, but not on such
terms as that country has thus far pro
posed, which are little if any better than
the conditions of the old treaty.
ELEVATlXd THE MEDICAL STANDARD.
The affiliation of the University of
Nebraska with the Omaha Medical col
lege. Just arranged for by the liourd of
Regents, making the latter in effect the
medical department of the university,
Is significant both as a forward step In
the development of our Institutions of
higher education and for the promise
It holds out for the elevation of the
medical standard. Prom tho very nature
of things tho State university has been
compelled to go slowly In the enlarge
ment of its scoi, adding to its faculties
from time to time as occasion has war
runted. With science, letters, art aud
law represented In its curriculum, med
icine remained the most important field
unoccupied. By annexing at one stroke
a fully equipped medical college and
stuff which have been successfully
maintained over twenty years, the uni
versity avoids not only the laborious
and costly work of ci cut lng aud build
ing up a new school, but also the unnec
essary duplication uud certain competi
tion with existing institutions.
That the medicul instruction, espe
cially where it requires M luteal demon
stration and hospitul facilities, tun be
given satisfactorily only lu large popula
tion centers, goes without saying, uml
makes the reteution of the medicul
faculty at Omaha instead of Lincoln
an absolute necessity. All the great
schools for medical instruction ure
located in the larger cities and In profit
ing by the experience of other educa
tional Institutions the regents have
taken the only safe and sensible course.
As a forerunner of Increused require
ments for medical practitioners the
juncture of university and medical col
lege should exert an influence far be
yond the educational circle. The eleva
tion of the medical standard means
more expert ministration to the sick,
more skillful succor to the mu lined,
more intelligent attention to all suffer
ing from bodily aliments. The elevation
of the medical standard means the ele
vation of physical standard of the
bumun race, the reduction of the num
ber of the deformed and the defective,
the advancement of right living. The
huge strides mude in the last few de
cades by medical science are sure to be
overtopped by twentieth century prog
ress. If an improvement of medical
education brought about by the union
of these two Institutions can contribute
to this end, more will have been accom
plished by it than even those directly
concerned now realize, and Nebraska
will have the credit for taking the lead
among western state universities.
GENERAL WADE BAMPTOS.
The death of General Wade Hampton
removes another of the men who were
conspicuous in the war against the
union, not many of whom are left
Hampton .won distinction in the con
federate army as a brave and able sol
dier, although he waa without military
training when he went into the war.
He was a cavalry commander and with
a few exceptions there was none in
either army who performed more daring
and brilliant service, he having attained
the position of lieutenant general a
year before the close of the war.
General Hampton was prominent in
the politics of South Carolina until
within the last ten years, having been
twice elected governor of that state and
represented it two terms in the United
States senate. He was subsequently
appointed United States railroad com
missioner, occupying that position sev
eral years. He was a man of good at
tainments and of decided force, who
commanded respect for frankness and
honesty in declaring his principles,
which he had learned in the school of
politics of which Calhoun was the head
preceptor. Hence he always believed
the confederate cause to have been right
and Just The people of South Caro
lina had a strong affection and admira
tion for Wade Hampton and they will
mourn his death and honor his memory
as a citizen whose courage In war and
service In peace were most creditable to
the state. I
The postal appropriation bill for the
fiscal year 1902 gives the postmaster
general authority to make contracts for
pneumatic mail tube service for a period
not exceeding four years, under certain
restrictions which afford a soft snap
for the contractors. Why a great gov
ernment like ours should sublet the
pneumatic mall service to outside spec
ulators when it can ana snouia esiao
llsh a permanent pneumatic tube system
In every large city, Just as foreign gov
ernments have done In London, Paris,
Vienna aud Berlin, passes comprehen
sion. The United States can borrow
money at 2 per cent and operate the
system just as cheaply and just as
efficiently as private corporations that
will not be satisfied with anything less
than from 10 to 20 per cent Interest on
their Investment
Santos-Dumont the young Brazilian
airship Inventor, feels sure that regular
lines of transatlantic airships sailing
between New York and Paris will be
in operation within his own lifetime,
but he has not yet divulged the names
of the way stations where the airships
will stop to give the passengers a sea
bath. i
. Herolsaa of .
Baltimore American.
An Iowa man succeeded la getting bis
poetry Into pilnt by pinning his verses to
his garments before committing suicide.
When a poet is determined to publish his
work nothing will stop blm.
Uaesalea sf Trees.
Philadelphia Press.
Trees are becoming better appreciated
and better cared for, but the law of this
country does not give tho tree owner the
adequate and complete protection that be
Is entitled to. The tree bas many enemies,
chiefly bf the insect variety, but the over
head wire man U Just now probably the
tree's worst toe. lie seeds special and
druMo legislation to keep blm within
bounds snd punish blm for exceeding tbem.
I aaeeesaary Haste.
Washington Post
One western bsae ball official hat com
mitted suicide. He might have saved hit
family the disgrace by waiting for the
opening of the season and becoming an
umpire wltb a backbone.
rrrile of Eitriittsu SteJy.
Baltimore American.
An Insanity expert has gone Insane from
studying his profession; a consumption
specialist bas contracted that disease in
the same way. It would teem that the
poor man ought to study money.
Early Bird In Actlen.
Buffalo Express.
It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.
Enterprising Yankees bsre loaded a steamer
for South Africa with clocks, pianos, organs,
cocktails and other necessities, In the belief
that American goods will now be more
popular than British goods in South Africa.
IIott Things Have haaed.
St. Louis Republic.
When Adam delved and Eve spun
wouldn't that worthy and democratic old
couple have laughed to look down the
ages and see American women taking det
sarte lessons In order to cut the proper
capers at the coronation of a king.
Live Illrd hoots.
Baltimore American.
It is to be hoped the day of refined hu
manity will arrive when such a piece of
brutal sport as a live-bird shoot will be
unknown In any state of the union. It has
begun to receive the brand it deserves, and
public opinion is being roused to see the
sport as it Is the exhibition of skill by
torture of the most helpless creatures.
Rlalnar Tl.le of Benevolence.
New York Tribune.
The tide of benevolence and goodwill bas
risen to a greater height than ever before.
Men and women, of means are giving more
bountifully, and their benefactions are more
widely diffused than in any spring of earlier
yeara. Libraries and hospitals and
churches, universities and colleges, and
charities and good cauBes and undertakings
of almost every kind are fairly Hooded with
showers of gold. The world goes very well
now so far as the open band ran make
it go.
TALK EKGI.ISH l. SCHOOLS.
Proteat Against Lagging? In the Cock
ney Drawl.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Anglo-Saxon has been a vigorous
tongue, but some of those who teach It
in our public schools are trying to take
the life out of it. A new and cockney
drawl is substituted for the true sound
of some letters, notably those which con
tain the short sound of o. For Instance,
pupils in this city are told to call a dog
a dahg; they muBt pronounce coffee as
cahfy; a log as a iabg, and to drop la to
drahp. Where Is the Turk that has such
twisted ear drums that he can't hear any
straighter than this? They doa't talk
that way In Limerick, and they don't talk
English like that in Berlin, when they
try to talk it. It is peculiar to somebody
la the schools here, and it Is not peculiar
to the language nor the people. . Some one
who is used to understanding English ought
to call the attention of Mr. Maxwell to
this extraordinary and lackadaisical mode
of utterance and secure an order from him
to go back to the teaching ot English.
Meantime, parents and others who
speak English are urged to correct their
children when they talk In the parental
presence as it they had hot mush in their
mouths, or as If they were too feeble or
too affected to give the straight, plain
sound of a straight, plain, tongue. Chil
dren used to have their faults of locution
corrected in schools, but now they are
provided with faults. Of course beg
pardon ahf cawse, there are people who
cannot discriminate between sounds, just
at there are people who are color blind,
and people with blind noses, but nobody
hat a right to teach defects. The ma
jority of folks hear straight enough to
recognize in the talk now declared offi
cial la our English clawsses the languor
of a feeble Intellect. Cease it. Be Amer
ican and talk United States, to that United
States people will know what you are
talking about. We mean you, every teacher
and superintendent in this town.
THE RULE OP SOBRIETY.
Temperance Reform Moving; Along;
Practical Lines.
Portland Oregonlan.
Practical temperance reform took a nota
ble step forward when, a few weeks back,
the Union Pacific railroad management
made an order to the effect that no man
who frequented drinking saloons, while
either on or off duty, could remain In the
service of the company. Everywhere along
the Union Paciflo lines there followed a
sudden decline in saloon patronage, and at
Cheyenne, Wyo., the chief center of rail
road labor oa the transcontinental route,
twenty-live drinking places shut their doors
within a few days. This Incident illustrates
conspicuously a principle which Is now be
ing very generally enforced. First, the
ban was put upon the drunkard; now the
line it being drawn against the occasional
and moderate drinker, who Is regarded as
an incipient drunkard. The great railroad
companies led off In the movement, and
their example is being followed by em
ployers in every situation where large re
sponsibility is involved or where a clear
head and a steady hand are essential to
efficiency.
The progress of Industry and the pres
sure ot competition have practically elimi
nated the drunkard. When Industry was
oa an individual basis. It was possible to
"get along" In tome sort with partially
efficient men, but under modern conditions
this is no longer true. An Inefficient man
or a man not dependable Is a nuisance In
any relation. In the railroad service bis
lapse of attention or Judgment may result
in the most serious disaster; In factory,
one man not "up to his work" may hold
back a score or hundred of bis fellow work
men, and he is certain to destroy the dis
cipline upon which the general competence
of a working force depends. Under these
conditions there is no room for the drink
ing man and no tolerance tor the man who,
through the saloon habit, is In the way
of becoming a drunkard.
The principle applies to professional as
well as to other forms ot labor. We used
to hear of famous lawyers, doctors, generals
and statesmen with an in arm ity of "aelf
lndulgencs;" but such men are heard ot no
more. Nobody now employs In any rela
tionship ot responsibility, in any duty call
ing for steadiness and judgment, a man
who cannot be relied upon for the best
that is in blm at any time. The fashion
ot the world has changed, and it bas
changed not in response to any merely sen
timental feeling, but from a conviction en
forced by many and painful experiences
that the drinking man, whether he be a
drunkard or a mere occasional tippler. Is
a dangerous man. So important a change
is having, naturally, an important effect
upon social and domestic manners. The
social club la no longer a place where ex
cessive drinking Is tolerated; no decent man
becomes fuddled with wine at dinner; la
respectable social circles, no matter ot what
rank, there Is no toleration of those prac
tices ot excess which no less than twenty
years ago were common If mot general.
SEC ILAR SHOTS AT TIIE PILPIT.
Boston Globe: Why should the religious
folk ot Washington feel shocked because
President .Roosevelt hat accepted an Invi
tation to a race track? The horse en
thusiasts never complain when the presi
dent goes to church.
Brooklyn Eagle: A New Haven clergy
man baa obtained a divorce because hit
wife would not call on the parlshoneri
and do other tocial duties. Sympathy is
wltb the woman. You ought to tee tome
ot the people that ministers" wives must
be pleasant to.
Courier-Journal: A New York preacher
how we lovo a lord! bas been Indus
triously digging in genealogy and now tri
umphantly proclaims that President Mc
Klnley is descended from eighty-one kings.
And the pitiful thing about It Is that this
preacher believes he Is faithfully observ
ing the rule to say nothing but good of the
dead.
New York Mall and Express: When Rev.
Dr. Charles S. Ryman arose In the Newark
Methodist conference last Thursday and
said that he "would pray for the day to
come when all Methodist churches would
adopt a system such as prevails In the
Eplscopsl church, so that the worshipers
coming to Methodist churches would know
Just what part to take in the service," be
voiced a feeling the growth ot which Is ap
parent In his own and other denominations.
Minneapolis Times: The church nursery
is a new departure and a good one. A
room in the basement Is fitted up with
everything necessary to the comfort and
happiness of a baby, sweet-faced nurses
are placed In charge and the little ones are
checked aud cared for while their mothers
enjoy the services without fear of an out
cry. When a church is thus equipped the
presence of an Infant at home is no longer
regarded as a valid excuse for non-attendance.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican: The
action of the archbishop of Montreal In
forbidding Roman Catholics to attend the
passion play professionally performed In
that city Is evidence that public opinion in
America is not yet ready to tolerate the
portrayal of the sacred scenes on the stage.
Heretofore Mgr. Bruchesi bas taken no
position In the matter and his final deci
sion has been largely the result of public
opinion. Meanwhile the Passion play is
still being performed by professionals in
Paris. There the Catholic church Is tald
to have given tacit consent, though priestt
are forbidden by Archibabop Richard from
attending, on the ground that such specta
cles "prevent Inwardness, create an Idle
frame of mind and are foes to seriousness
of religious sentiment and thought"
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
People troubled with spring fever will
find work a soothing specific.
Kansas City has placed In cold storage
enough squabs to serve quail on toast all
summer.
To accurately measure New York's Sun
day thirst It Is necessary to vlBlt Hoboken.
The spectacle Justifies the risk.
Higher education comes high. It cost tlx
Princeton students a little matter ot $4,60)
for the "Innocent pleasure" of defacing
property. "- -
In the light of conditions revealed by the
report of the grand Jury it Is not surprising
that St. Louis entertains grave doubts of
its ability to produce a model city in one
year.
Philadelphia's reputation as a Blow town
was rudely Jolted last week. Within three
days after the commission of an Infamous
crime the criminal had been tried, convicted
and sentenced to be hanged.
To appreciate to' the full the Inspiring
poetry of the man with the hoe or the rake,
a silent view of him over the fence will do
the business. A few blisters on his palms
serve to italicize the soulful lines.
When Greek meets Greek, look out for
trouble. A bunch ot them met In a Chicago
church to elect officers. Tbey did not settle
their troubes then and there, but were es
corted to a local Infirmary for treatment.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox reiterates her claim
to the authorship ot the poem beginning
"Laugh and the world laughs with you.
Weep and you weep alone,"
and she repeats her offer of a reward of
$5,000, to be given to a charitable institu
tion, tor an authenticated copy ot a news
paper or magazine containing the verses
prior to February, 1883.
Occasionally a gem of "purest ray se
rene" sparkles in the chronicles of wed
ding. Here la one fashioned by the deft
hands of woman and produced in a Missouri
paper: "The bride was 16 years old, wore
a short dress and black kid shoes, black
dress, red choker, blue velvet bat with
plumes arranged to give a wing effect.
crown flat and white rosette in front The
groom was tall, gawky and light com
plected, wore a blue nectle, striped trous
ers, dark blue barred sack coat, standing
collar, black shoes laced upside down with
strings trailing."
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BLASTS PROM RAM'S HO IN.
A te1fih tuecess It a tsd failure
Many words do not make much wliom.
. God't sympathy is not exhausted Inslghs.
The braggart deceives no one but he self.
The church Is weakened by wicked wealth.
Many a man must lose bis all to flndhtm
self. No man falls of succes who conquers tlra
telf. A racket it a revival of nothing but
noise.
Religion without Joy It a tun wlthjut
light.
The path to greatness with God lies ocn
to all.
The great life it made up of greatnetttn
littles.
Sincerity it the best sermon against h -pocrlsy.'
It Is hard to be healed when we hide our
wounds.
The perils of truth lie deep In the sea o'
patience.
A man may be Judged by hit Judgment
ot others.
God wants flowers on hearts more than
on altarcloths.
The foolish bark at truth because it is a
stranger to them.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Judge: He And now I suppose I'll have
to rkk your father's consent?
She Not at all. Just ask mamma. She'll
tuku care ot papa.
Philadelphia Press: "I suppose you own,
the house you live in?"
"I used to."
"Bold It, eh?"
"No; got married."
Boston Transcript: He Darling, what
do you suppose I have done today f
She I couldn't guess In 100 years.
He I have had my life Insured.
She That's Just like you, John Mann,
All you seem to think of la yourself,
Chicago Tribune: "Harold," murmured
the maid, "I don't believe you love ma
half as much as you prtstend you do."
"My angel!"
"1 am sure of it, Harold. No young
man that truly loves a girl would step on
her dress half a dozen times In one even
ing. New York Weekly: Wife You are Just
as ugly as you can be. Before we were
married you used to hold me close in your
arms by the hour.
Husband Did I! Hum! Well, I supposa
It was to keep you from talking.
Boston Transcript: She Do you think
the growing fashion of women's clubs Is
likely to have a bad effect upon the mar
riage relation?
lie Not necessarily. HuBband and wife
don't have to belong to the same club.
Philadelphia Times: A little girl asked
her mother It there were any men in
heaven, i
"Mamma," she said, "I never saw a pic
ture of an angel r.ith a beard or mus
tache. Do men ever go to heaven?"
"Oh, yes," replied the mother. "Men go
to heaven, but it's always a close shave
for a man to get In."
Chicago Post: "That doctor," he tald
dlxKustedly, "Is a fool."
"What la the matter, dear?" asked his
wife.
"He said I needed exercise. Think of
it! Exercise! Exercise for a man who has
looked after his own furnace ail winter
and is now contemplating the opening of
the lawn mower season. Huh!" x
PLANT A TREE.
Baltimore Sun.
He who plants a tree,
Plants a hope.
Rootlets up through libers blindly gropei
Leaves unfold Into horizons free.
So man's life must climb
, From the clods of time
Unto heavens sublime. ' --
Canst thou prophesy, thou little tree,
What the glory ot thy boughs shall be?
He who plants a tree,
Plants a Joy;
Plants a comfort that will never cloy.
Every day a fresh reality.
Beautiful and strong.
To whose shelter throng
Creatures blithe with song.
If thou couldnt but know, thou happy tree.
Of the bliss that shall inhabit theel
He who plants a tree,
He plants peace.
Under its green curtains Jargons cease,
Leaf and senhyr murmur soothingly;
Bhadows soft with sleep
Down tired eyelids creep,
Balm of slumber deep.
Never hast thou dreamed, thou blessed tree,
Ot the benediction thou Shalt be.
He who plants a tree,
He plants youth;
Vigor won for centuries In sooth,
Life of time that hints eternity.
Houghs their strength uprear;
New shoots every yesr
On old growths appear.
Thou Shalt teach the ages, sturdy tree,
Youth of soul is Immortality.
He who plants a tree,
He plants love.
Tents of coolness spreading out above
Wayfarers he may not live to see.
Gifts that glow are best;
Hands that bless are blest.
Plant IJfe does the rest.
Heaven and earth help him who plants a
tree.
And hla work his own reward shall be.
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