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w The beet sugar mt-n have won a fa
Inous victory.
Santos-Duruont will bo ready to fly
from St Louis before tbe bot weather
eta in.
( It la to be hoped that Governor Savage
((will not keep murderer Uhea too long In
suspense.
At the coming state fair the State
Board of Agriculture proposes to exhibit
Ihe resources of Nebraska from the
f rand Btand on the race track.
The bill for the relief of Cuban re
ciprocity has been temporarily laid un
ifier the table, but that fact will not seri
ously Impair the prosperity on the
Jsland.
And now the Beef trust is charged
(with sending up the price of boots and
shoes. This Is only another striking
.proof that corporations hare no soles
leven when they deal in raw hides.
William E. Curtis, who has reached
'Syria in his foreign travels, says there
re no public buildings, in Damascus.
Can it be possible that they have no
Cadet Taylor in the oldest city of the
world?
i
Before the commissioners of Douglas
County venture upon the count ruction of
bulf a dozen new bridges across various
Streams they had better confer wllh the
county treasurer and the taxpayers to
ascertain where the money is coming
from.
The Illinois Congress of mothers,
iwhich has Just concluded its session in
Chicago, was largely attended by
women who never have had any chil
dren to raise, but are very anxious to
belp to raise the children of other
people.
Down In Mexico, Mo., a court has
Just decided that school teachers may
hlp pupils whenever it is deemed
necessary. Up here in Nebraska the
teacher would have to 11 rut consider the
0lze of the boy or ascertain whether the
lrl has a big brother.
Denver never loses an opportunity to
advertise Itself. The mere fact that the
.Colorado volunteers have invited Ad
Jmiral Dewey to a banquet Is heralded
.far and wide by telegraph. Whether
JJewey accepts or rejects the Invitation,
Jenver gets the beuetlt of the announce
knenL Now that the agitation for a double
standard of coinage has subsided In
Colorado, Denver Is agitated from cen
ter to circumference over the case of
Robert II. Beggs, principal of one of the
public schools, who In-fore a meeting
of women teachers affirmed his belief
la a double standard of morals.
One of the most deplorable events of
recent times Is the reported sudden de
mise of the man who was about to lo
cate a glove factory in Umaha. The
diagnosis of the rnedjral experts was
"heart failure," but the political mind
readers of the Commercial club will
doubtless ascribe the lamentable fatality
to the hostile attitude of The Bee to
.wsrd the reuomlnatlon of Mercer for a
sixth term.
As between Ashevllle and Omaha for
next year's entertalumeut, the free ride
,and free lunch aggregation that pre
tends to represent the press of America
under the name of "The National Edi
torial association" has given preference
to Omaha. Nobody In the tar heel sum
mer resort would have spent 13 to en-
(terUJn tbe Junketeera. Tbe scenery in
the yellow pines la too monotonous and
troUe car rldejputauejejlon.
BMASHIXQ J UK TRUSTS.
The recent rise In the price of beef
which Is generally charged up to the
Beef trust affords an opportunity for
the local Bryanlte orgs! to exhibit its
Inck of common sense and common
honesty by slashing around promlscu
oimly against the trusts In general and
the republican party In particular. In
one of its double-shotted, double-column
editorials the popocratlc megaphone do
dares that "Destruction, not regulation,
Is the remedy for the trusts! It was
not the fear of blnictallsm which
prompted the trust magnates to con
tribute millions of dollars to the cam
pnlgn fund of the republican party In
18SX1 and 1900 for the purjose of de
featlng William J. Bryan. These men
knew that with William J. Bryan in
the White House public interests would
be protected and the trusts destroyed
Mr. Itoosevelt has tho same power to
day. It cannot be expected, however,
that he could sui-cef ufully wield that
power even were he so Inclined."
Such drivel may Impose upon Ignorant
partisans, but It will not down with
Intelligent thinking people. Did not
Bryan and all of tbe Bryanlte organs
proclaim In 181K) that the battle against
bimetallsm was waged by the money
power, which had entered Into a con
spiracy to make money scarce and dear
In order to depress the prices of all
commodities. Impoverish and enslave
the producers and finally monopolize
the wenlth of tbe nation?
Did not Bryan declare free silver to
be the pnra mount Issue In 1800 and did
he not declare free silver and Imperial
ism to be the paramount Issues of 1900
with the trust question as a mere inci
dent? Were not the Standard OH trust,
the Whisky trust, the Sugar trust and
scores of other trusts In existence when
Bryan was In congress, and why did
he do nothing?
Suppose Bryan had leen elected presi
dent. Could he have done any more to
smash the trusts than Roosevelt, or any
other president? Could be have dic
tated a trust-smashing law to congress
if tho majority of that body, or even
the senate alone, stood as a barrier
against such legislation?
Viewing the question from a purely
practical standpoint, would it be more
prudent to destroy the great combina
tions of capital eugnged In colossal In
dustrial enterprises than to regulate and
supervise them, so as to make them
harmless? ,
Take the Beef trust for example.
Suppose Bryan were king and could
smash the Beef trust with one single
blow. Suppose he could close the doors
of all meat packing concerns in Amer
ica by one single edict, what would
follow? Would it be to the advantage
of the American stock-raisers to lose the
advantage of the foreign export of
American meats and cattle, which can
only be carried on with organized cap
ital? Would it be of an advantage to
restore the old system . of individual
cattle buying for the use of u retail
butchers In the various cities and vil
lages of the country? Would the con
sumers . of beef, mutton, pork and
canned meat products be better off than
they now are, 'or would they' not have
to pay a great deal more for their meats
by reason of tbe unsettled state of mar
kets and lack of facilities for storage
and transportation?
Suppose that the packing bouses were
all closed and we had to depend on the
Individual soapmaker for our soaps and
other by-products of the packing house,
would not the users of these Indispensa
ble commodities have to pay more for
an inferior quality of goods? Would
the price of leather and leather goods
be cheaper If the meat packing houses
were closed and the old system of buy
ing hides from each butcher in all of
the villages and towns of America were
restored? A comparison of prices
twenty-five years ago and today would
afford ample proof that tbe new sys
tem of organized systematic production
and distribution has introduced econo
mies that could not possibly have been
obtained through small cattle buying
and Individual butchering.
What Is true of the meat packing In
dustry Is equally true of nearly every
Industry controlled by combinations of
capital. The most gigantic trust of all,
the Steel trust, has enabled America to
invade tbe markets of the world with
American rails, American structural
iron, American locomotives and Amer
ican steel and iron products, thus fur
nishing steady employment for thou
sands upon thousands of American
workmen at living wages In the produc
tion of commodities that would other
wise have been manufactured abroad.
What would the American people gain
by destroying the Steel trust and scat
tering the hundreds of millions now In
vested In Its vast plant among Inde
pendent factories operated by ordinary
capitalists? Would Hot the destruction
of this concern be disastrous not only
to several hundred thousand working
meu now on Its payroll, but also to the
whole country in deranging industry
and commerce? Would It not be more
rational and prudent to enact laws un
der which the interests of Investors,
consumers and working people could be
safeguarded and protected against trust
extortion and other abuses that are the
natural consequence of the new indus
trial evolution?
Would It not be more rational for the
men who are clamoring for the destruc
tion of the trusts to tell us what they
would do with the broken pieces and
what they would substitute for tbe cap
tains of Industry that are now conduct
ing the vast enterprises In which the
American people are vitally Interested?
According to a decision just rendered
by the supreme court of Ohio, 11:27 is
declared to be high noon in Akron. This
scientific astronomical observation from
the supreme bench was brought about
by a contest over a fire insurance policy,
take out by an Akron saloon keeper
t 11:30, standard time, but worded to
take effect at noon. Ohio law makes
I standard time legal time. At the very uiu-
jment that the policy waa delivered tbe
saloon caught fire and was burned. The
refusal of the company to pay the In
sura nee brought the case Into the su
preme court, which "decided that noon
at any locality Is the time the sun passes
the meridian. At Akron 11:27, standard
time. Is noon. Consequently the court
ordered the Insurance company to pay
the loss. Such a controversy could not,
however, occur In Omaha, because mer
idian time here is twenty-four minutes
less than standard time, so that when
the clock strikes 12 it Is only 11:3(1, sun
time.
QVKSTlOyABLK FIXA.C1AL EXPERI
MENTS. A leading financial Journal calls atten
tion to the multiplication of national
banks and trust companies which Is go
ing on In the east and expresses the
opinion that it Is of doubtful financial
expediency. It appears that recently
there has sprung up a number of smell
Institutions with slender capital and lit
tle prospect of acquiring any command
ing position. Some of these are de
signed merely to serve the neighborhood
needs of the districts In which they are
situated, but it Is pointed out that such
a subdivision of banking power5 is hos
tile to the best Interests of banking bus
iness and to safe financial development.
One of the very marked results or in
cidents of the last few years of extraor
dinary prosperity is the unparalleled de
velopment of tbe banking institutions
that are called trust companies. Until
recently these companies were deemed
to be simply allies of the national banks,
but It is now a question whether the
relation has not been reversed, so that
the more influential and powerf ul bank
ing institutions of New York are the
trust companies, with the national banks
as allies, either equal or subordinate.
According to late statistics the trust
companies of New York have nearly
$45,000,000 capital and more than f'.K),-
000,000 surplus aud profits, and they
possess total resources of nearly 900,-
000,000. They are said to be gaining In
resources so rapidly that If the .same
comparative gain Is reiorted at the end
of this year which It was possible
to report at the end of December last
then these companies will possess by
January 1, 11KXJ, nearly f 1,200,000,000 of
resources.
It is chiefly through these companies
that tbe colossal flotations of Industrial
and corporate securities have been made
In the last year or two. Last year the
trust companies of New York made
loans upon collateral securities aggre
gating $500,000,000. They carry deposits
upon which Interest Is paid of about
$700,000,000, a deposit line which is rap-
Idly paralleling that which marks the
boundaries of the deposits In the na
tional banks. One of tbe peculiarities
of these companies is that they are ac
customed to carry very little cash on
hand. Their profits are very large, hav
ing been reported last year at fully 100
per cent upon the capital.
While these financial Institutions and
other ventures or experiments have
prospered under the exceptional condi
tions of the last few years, paying lib
eral dividends and accumulating a sur
plus, the question is how long such ex
pedients can be maintained. The sort
of business by which the trust compa
nies have made their great profits in the
last few years, that of floating indus
trial and corporate securities, cannot
last forever. It has perhaps already
nearly reached the limit. What' will
these companies do when this means of
earning money is no longer available?
And In tbe possible event of a great
change in business conditions, where
would these companies, or such of them
as may be carrying a large load of In
dustrial and corporate securities, find
themselves? They may go on smoothly
enough while the prevailing prosperity
continues, but let a radical change come
and disaster would ensue to many of
them, with enormous injury to the finan
cial affairs of tbe country. This is a
phase of the present situation which Is
worthy of serious attention.
RETALIATION XOT FEARED.
Leading republicans at Washington
are not disturbed by tbe threat of Cana
dian tariff retaliation if the United
States does not enter Into a reciprocity
agreement with that country. They say
that there can be no negotiations with
Canada on the subject of trade rela
tions so long as the Canadian govern
ment makes it a prerequisite to such
negotiations that the United States shall
settle tbe Alaskan boundary question to
the satisfaction of Canada. The threat
of retaliation Is regarded as absurd,
for as a prominent official pointed out,
there are two aides to that .matter aud
we could practically ruin tbe trade of
Ontario and Quebec, too, for that mat
ter, for six months of the year, by the
mere stroke of the pen, which would
prevent Canada Importing through
United States ports goods In bond. In
that event she would have to enter her
goods at our custom houses and pay du
ties in order to get them into Cauada,
because her own ports are closed during
the winter season, excepting in tbe
maritime provinces. Of course nothing
of this kind is now being thought of,
but It Is mentioned simply to show that
two can play at the game of retaliation.
As to the Alaskan boundary question,
there has been no change In tbe position
of our government regarding It. An
official of tbe State department is re
ported as saying: "The boundary ques
tion, as our Canadian friends call it, has
no existence excepting in their own im
agination. Tbe boundary is the same
now that It always has been since the
United States purchased Alaska of Uus
sia and as it was during all the time
Russia owned that territory. Tbe Cana
dians have made certain demands In re
ceut years, but we do not recognize
them and do not proose to do anything
mora about the matter." It Is presumed
that the official did not mean by this
that our government will do nothing
looking to a final settlement of tbe dis
pute, but simply that It will pay no
further attention to tbe extraordinary
Canadian demands. Aa a matter of. fact
the government has sent to Alaska an
army and a naval officer with the un
derstood object of making a thorough
Investigation of the boundary question
on the ground, which it Is fair to as
sume bus in view the settlement of a
difficulty precipitated by the hunger of
Canada for an outlet to the sea from Its
rich possessions on the Yukon. As to
surrendering any territory claimed by
the United States, It Is out of tbe ques
Hon and the sooner Canada becomes
convinced of this the letter It will be
for her In respect to tbe question of
closer trade relations.
Meanwhile the New England Interests
which are urging Uie negotiation of a
reciprocity treaty with Canada aud
would have our government take the
Initiative, may be expected to continue
their efforts. ,
A CHAXOt. IS INDtAtt POLICT.
The latest plan of Indian Commis
sioner Jones for reforming the Indians
Is likely to be viewed with some con
cern by those who are Interested In the
welfare of the nation's wards. Tbe new
policy, a decidedly radical departure. Is
to let out to employers of labor lu va
rlous parts of the country the able-
bodied men on the reservations and It
is stated that the agent at the Standing
Bock reservation has offered to stock
men, farmers, railroads or any other
class of employers of labor the 534
able-bodied Indians who live there. It
has heretofore been the policy to en
courage the Indians to remain at home
and work on tbelr farms, but It seems
that this has hot worked satisfactorily
and so It has been decided to farm
them out to whoever Is willing to em
ploy them. The object of the commis
sioner Is lu iirt, it is said, to cut down
the rations allowed to adults. Agents
have been instructed not to supply ra
tions to able-bodied Indians, yuot al
ready self-supporting, who shall refuse
employment that is offered them. The
commissioner says that "instead of an
Indian agency being a center for the
gratuitous distribution of supplies, it
should be an employment bureau."
While It is certainly desirable that
able-bodied Indians should learn to
work and be encouraged to become self
supporting, the new policy of the com
missioner is open to some objections.
As the l'hlludelphia Ledger remarks,
"the letting of the Indians out to con
tractors at a distance, after the fashion
of southern convict labor, seems to be
pernicious and likely to retard the de
velopment of the Indians as citizens.
The place for the Indian Is on his own
land and if the 'family is the basis of
civilization,' the separation of these
Sioux from their families will be a
most unfortunate step." President
Roosevelt said In his message that "the
effort should be steadily to make tbe
Indian work like any other man on bis
own ground." The plan of Commis
sioner Jones Is pretty sure to be sharply
criticised and It would seem a quite
safe prediction that it will not prove a
success.
The Chicago Civic rederatlon has
promulgated a platform that contains
the following declaration: "The crying
necessity Is for a unity of effort a pull
all together by business men, public
officials and the press for either a con
stitutional amendment or a constitu
tional convention, and It must be de
cided at an early date which of the two
Is agreed upon. The federation has
stood for an amendment, but it must be
referred to the reorganized citizens
committee to ascertain which can enlist
tbe greater unit of action." This
declaration applies with as much force
to Omaha and Nebraska as It does to
Chicago and tbe state of Illinois. The
crying need of the hour Is constitutional
revision either by amendment or con
stitutional convention. Tbe cheapest
and most speedy mode of revision would
be by the submission of separate amend
ments through the legislature.
The formal installation of Nicholas
Murray Butler as president of Columbia
university marks an epoch in the history
of that great American educational In
stitution. The selection of Dr. Butler
to the position, filled by his predecessor,
Seth Low, with such signal ability and
marked distinction was within itself a
high compliment, seldom bestowed on
any man of his age. A man scarcely
40 years old 1b very rarely placed at the
head of a great university unless he Is
known to posses? remarkable executive
force and extraordinary organizing ca
pacity. No higher tribute could have
been paid to the new president of Co
lumbia than was paid by the presence
of President Roosevelt, who came ex
pressly from Washington to participate
in the ceremonies of inauguration,
which were attended by tbe heads of
all of the great American universities
and the most eminent educators of the
couutry.
According to tbe latest cable advices
J. Plerpont Morgan has been negotiating
a merger of tbe principal transatlantic
steamship lines. If Morgan keeps It up
at this gait for a few years longer the
transportation lines of the world will be
Morganlzed and the people of the whole
earth will be paying tribute to bis syn
dicates, whether they travel by rail, or
water, or balloon; whether they travel
on the great rivers, the lakes or the
ocean; lu rolling palaces or floating
palaces; on the Red Star or on the
White Star; t n the American Hue, Dutch
line, Trench Hue, the Hamburg-American
or the North German, and the man
who manages to get a merger paste
board good on all the Morgaulc Hues
will hive a good thing, providing be has
money enough to tip all sleeping car and
stateroom letters, diner waiters, bar
bers, stewards, musicians and guides.
The resolution adopted by the Na
tional Asssoclatlon of Manufacturers In
favor of the reduction of duties' on
sugar Imported from Cuba reached
Washington too late to be of service to
the Sugar trust " "
WELCOME TO THE TEOPI-E.
Action of (he National Authorities la
Enforclas; Law Aaalaat Traau.
Philadelphia Press (rap.).
Attorney General Knox Is enforcing the
law as he finds It. This Is new to the
trusts. It is welcome to the people.
The campaign brain with the attack on
the Northern Securities company. I was
continued by the Injunctions against the
railroads at Chicago and Kansas City. It
is carried a step forward In the proposed
Investigation Into the Beef trust.
There three proceedings cover each phase
or the modern trust. The Northern Securi
ties company Is simply a New Jersey cor
poration organised for control. It hsa no
other object or purpose. Its purchases ot
Northern Pacific and Great Northern shares
are not for cash. They represent nothing
but steps taken to consolidate control. As
with the trust organized In 18S5 to hold the
stock of the sugar companies, the Northern
Pacific represents the trust plan for elimi
nating competition carried out under guise
of a corporation.
The special railroad rates given the mem
bers of the meat combination by the rail
roads reaching and leaving Chicago and
Kansas City represent the second familiar
Instrument of monopoly. These special
rates exclude competition. They .enable
the members of the combined meat packers
to charge what they please to the consumer
and to pay what they please to the pro
ducer, because no one without these special
railroad rates can ship meat from the
packing centers to the retailer. The meat
combination would fall to pieces but for
this aid, which Attorney General Knox has
attacked by asking for Injunctions against
the railroads.
Last Is the meat combination Itself, an
association of packers to maintain prices.
This Is no corporation. It hss no trust.
It is simply a combination between firms
and individuals to maintain prices. This
is the simplest form a monopoly can take.
It has no machinery. There Is no corpora
tion to attack. Such s combination offers
more difficulties In prosecuting Its members
for violation of law than any of the more
complex corporate or quasi-corporate or
ganizations. If Attorney General Knox can
collect the evidence and break this combi
nation up all monopolies can be destroyed.
Each of them falls under one of these three
heads. They are all either corporations or
gain special freight rates or are mere
associations.
The power of the law over these monopo
lies has never before been asserted in this
manner. Attorney General Knox is testing,
and for the first time, whether the law
and the courts can arrest these combina
tions. He stands today the conspicuous
representative of the public determination
that no man, men or corporation shall be
able to evade the law prohibiting combi
nations to advance prices.
TIEI.ICS OP BARDAItlSM.
The Wedding; RIdk aad the Drea
Coat Craelly Assailed.
Denver Evening Post.
The erudite and gifted anthropologist.
Prof. Frederick Starr, In a lecture deliv
ered before the co-eds of the Chicago uni
versity on "The Relics of Barbarism," made
one or two Interesting assertions. The
wedding ring, for example, that existing
symbol of love, devotion, endearment, etc.,
Is shown by this gifted gentleman to be
merely an emblem of woman's vassalage.
Years ago the brute man looked upon
woman as a chattel. He put rings on her
fingers and bells on her toes, and the rings
were for the purpose of chaining her and
dragging her as a slave or tying her in
bondage as he would a horse, a cow, an
ass, a swine or other cattle. And yet this
ring used originally for such purpose Is
now an emblem of all that Is tender In our
higher civilization. It is "a relic ot bar
barism" that was in the first case mis
applied, but by a matter of evolution as
sumed Its proper position.
And the dress coat! In times remote,
but not prehistoric, that garment was tbe
feature of a hunting dress. Man's swallow
tails were buttoned up behind when the
wearer mounted his horse to go In search
of game. The servant In those days, as
now, also wore the dress coat, but that waa
done simply to wear out the master's garb.
Today this "relic of barbarism" is the
somewhat dark and gloomy badge of polite
society. It is still used, however, for
hunting game, but largely in the drawing
room and the other haunts ot our Twentieth
century social life. Many other things were
said by this scholarly professor which go
to show that the present owes much to
tbe past, although the point ot view Is
wonderfully different.
After all, there la little new under the
sun, and old Seneca uttered a great truth
when he observed that originality died cen
turies ago.
Old Homeric "Push" Oatclassed.
Minneapolis Tribune.
If there were some modern Homer to
sing the physical prowess ot the youth ot
the present generation, tbe chances are
that Achilles, Ajax, Ulysses, Hector and
all the rest ot the old Homeric "push"
wouldn't be In It with our college boys.
The strength test being made in the edu
cational Institutions throughout the United
States give some remarkable results, and
Indicate that the race In this country Is not
deteriorating.
Joys Money Cannot Command.
Saturday Evening Post.
Within the past year tbe number of mil
lionaires In this country has Jumped over
the four-thousand mark and Is now In the
fifth thousand. But all of them put to
gether, with their millions piled In one big
heap, cannot buy the Joy of the small boy
who lets down his little hook and hoists up
tbe first fish ot spring.
Where the Blame Belongs.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Out weat they are blaming tbe law and
tbe shopkeepers and the butchers and all
sorts of people tor tbe shortage In the
supply of game birds. But they have noth
ing to do with It. It la the gunner who
has made the shortage to all kinds of birds.
Example Worth Kmalatlna;.
Indianapolis News.
Mr. Carnegie shows his wisdom In noth
ing so much as In giving bis millions by
deed and not by will. No one can question
the former. Almost any lawyer can at
tack a will when it is In the interest of the
public.
Let la Be Thaakfal.
Baltimore American.
Things might always be worse. There
la no way of extracting oxygen from tbe
atmosphere so as to form a trust for tbe
purpose ot supplying breath at arbitrary
rates to air consumers.
Two Lives Meaaared.
Bos-ton Transcript.
On the whole, the eulogies of Wade
Hampton justify more compllmenary Infer
ences than do the eulogies of Cecil Rhodes.
Tet he died In poverty.
Distinction Worth Kotlas.
BomervlUe Journal.
The young man who seeks employment
kn't as likely to succeed as tbe young man
who looks for work.
Poor L'oaselatloa.
New Tork World.
Oom Paul may even smile grimly aa he
sees how British humanity la staggered by
yhe "eora tax,
BLASTS FROM RAM'S HOR.
He who will not learn of all shall teach
none.
Hard times try our valor and good times
our virtue.
It takes a brave man to retreat front
temptation.
Men reach God by realities and not by
formalities.
God never forgets the man who ran for
get himself.
The man who is willing to work is not
kept waiting.
To foster the fires ot lust la to furnish a
hell In the heart.
Uncharitable thought will deface the most
charitable actions.
The bigoted hold no beliefs; tbey are held
In bonds by thrm.
Idleness and riches furnish time and tide
for the devil's ships.
The elabotate coloring of ritual cannot
cover moral corruption.
Prosperity becomes a poison when it
grows at the expense of piety.
The full salvation of the saint depends
on what he Is doing for the salvation of tbe
sinner.
SKI I LA It SHOT AT TIIK lt LI'IT.
Somervllle Journal: People would listen
to long sermons with more patience. If
more of them were as broad as ttev were
long.
Ilcston Transcript: The late Dr. Tal
rr.nge preached to larger audiences than
any other American clergyman; but that
was due to the fact that he did It throush
the newspapers.
Detroit Free Frees: The Presbyterian
creed, as revised by the committee which
has Just completed its work, specifically
repudiates the Idea of Infant damnation.
This not only enables the good to die young,
but the young to die good.
Atlanta Constitution: That Kaunas
preacher who has been pronounced a he
retic 1b disposed to continue the argument
and make his case unfinished business for
the higher councils of his church. A he
retic without publicity is as miserable as
a bally-hoo with a aore throat.
Boston Globe: A woman who preached
In Wlneted, Conn., Inst Sunday in the
place of her husband, a clergyman, told
among other soul-scaring things of a
woman friend of hers who attended a dance
and drank a glass of beer and ton years
later died a drunkard. And yet there are
some women who will continue to dance.
Brooklyn Eagle: The "Mormon peril. "
forsooth! The Mormons have a church In
Brooklyn! Yes, and have had it th-Be
twenty-five years. It has probably
not grown 1 per cent in that time. As for
Mormons controlling the western states,
we shall expect that when the Mahometans
control New York, and not a second sooner.
Facte, not hysterics, must rule in these
matters. There is not the slightest peril
from the Mormons, even If It Is true that
the faith is spreading, which we doubt.
When the nation rises against the Presby
terians, or the Congregatlonalists, It will
be time to consider the peril which we
suffer at the hands of the Mormons. Aa a
matter of plain fact, we are not In the
slightest peril from any creed whatever.
So go to sleep.
BEEP ROASTS.
Indianapolis News: . By Duttlnr un h
price of meat the Beef trust has become an
active supporter of the vegetarian propa
ganda.
Milwaukee Sentinel: The news that the
prices of provisions are going up ought to
Inspire some scientist to Invent a cheap
and nutritious dinner tablet to be taken
with water three times a day.
Philadelphia Record: Shakespeare often
put a nugget of wisdom in the mouths of
his fools. Sir Andrew Aguecheek said: "I
am a great eater of meat, and I believe
that works much harm to my wit."
New York Journal: At the Omaha cattle
yards quite a number of beef steers find
sale at $6.50 to $6.80 per 100 pounds, on the
hoof, which Is the highest at this season
for several years past. With prices for
cattle on this generous scale, the beef men
can afford to divide with consumers the
proposed special tax on chemically clean
butter, colored to meet established preju
dicenot because the coloring adds to the
value of the article.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican: The pop
ular uproar over the high prices of meat
appears to have stirred the Washington
Department of Justice Into ordering some
Inquiry whether a combination exist
among the leading dressed meat houses ot
Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City. This
is an old subject of government and con
gressional Investigation which has hereto
fore come to nothing. There is less evi
dence of a combination here than la known
to exist In a hundred other. Industries
touching the necessaries of life.
New Grade of Prosperity.
New York Mall and Express.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach Is a man who
always wants to be moderate In his state
ments. He says in his budget speech that
"the last year has not been exceptionally
prosperous." What the budget lteelf said
was this: "Gross deficit, 45,000,000.
When you buy a new Carriage, Phaeton, Stanhope or Surrey. You don't
want to And out after you have paid a good price that you are driving an out-of-date
vehicle. We can show tbe latest and best in all Uhe new ahapea and
snappy styles. Tbe new store will set the pace in Oiuaha for swell rigs at tbe
right price. It you haven't seen our new store you have missed something
worth while.
Vehicles from $45 to $300.
Automobiles from $600 to $2,000.
Steam, Electric end eisollne power.
Bicycles, New and Secondhand, All Prices.
Talking Machines or all Styles from $5 to $150.
Columbia and Edison new moulded records. 5,000 Colum
bia Wax Records at 30 cents each, while they last.
VISIT OUR AUTO STABLES A novelty in the west. We cars for machines
and send them to your residence or place of business when you telephone.
STYLE, the latest. QUALITY, the best. PRICES, the lowest
Ht fREORlCKSON
THE NEW STORE
15th and Capitol Ave.
Bennett's old location remodeled.
PKRSOSAL ASf OTHERWISE.
Betides his talent as a poet the new pen
sion commissioner Is an adept In the na
tional game of poker.
St. Louis is becoming reconciled publicly
to the fair postponement Idea. Privately
the town is tickled beyond expression.
A sage Missouri court holds that "a Jng
Is not a full load." In the lexicon of Mis
souri a full load Is measured by the extent
of the paralysis.
A brick drnppcd from s height of 1.10 fe?t
fell on the head of a white mnn In Neur
York City without Injuring the brick or the
head. Both may rightly bo classed as
phenonn.
Buffalo is talking of moving the electrlo
tower of the exposition to tbe lake front
park and rebuilding It at an rstlmated cost
of $1.M.4!,. But the money has not been
subscribed.
A New York contractor has bren fined V
for littering up the streets. Affairs hava
come to a dangerous pass In the big city
when the rights of contractors are thus
cruelly curtailed.
The awful thirst generated in New York
City by dry Sundays truly "drives mfn to
strong drink." One of a crowd of Idle can
ners could not endure the drouth and soaked
himself with carbolic acid. That did tbi
business.
A court and Jury In Wisconsin and In
Kentucky have within a week decided ad
versely on claims that unsought hugs ate
damaging to thH fair plaintiffs. Courts are
beginning to realize the necessity of In
gratiating themselves In the affections of
mankind.
Kentucky dors not produce all tbe "moon-
shine" whisky, nor la the "water cure" an
exclusive Philippine Idea. New York City
has. a moonshine factory, and the authori
ties of the town are Investigating the death,
of a girl of 14 w hose Ills were cured by lea
wr.ter baths.
Owing to frequent explosions in New York;
City dealers in window glass are forced
against their will to boost prices. It Is
said the rate makers sobbed so hard that
their tears blurred the boosted figures. In
such a paneful situation none but the heart
less would harbor the thought that the
dealers needed the money.
Colonel William Hester, president of the
Brooklyn Eagle association, celebrated on
the 12th Inst, the golden Jubilee of his serv
ice with the paper.. Among the employes
of the paper the colonel is affectionately re
ferred to as the "Easy Boss" and the com
pletion of fifty years' service was signalized
by presentation of an autograph congratu
latory scroll and a watch from the em
ployes. Colonel Hester's record Is a notable
one. May his years and his tribe increase.
HOMES TIC I' LIS A S A X T It I E S.
Chicago Post: "Why do you call It a
fairy tale?"
"Heeause It suys they were married and
lived happily ever afterward."
rhllndelphia Press: "My daughter Is
taking piano lesons," suld Mrs. Nexdore.
"Yes,"' replied Mrs. Pepprcy, sadly, "so
I hear."
Detroit Free Press: He Why were you
so nervous while I proposed?
She I was so afraid sumeone would Inter
rupt. Judge: Mabel ttlanche, are you going
to accept Mr. Oldboy?
Blanche Yea, I think so.
Mabel But he's three times as o'd ns
you.
Blanche But he does harmonize bo ly
with my antique furniture.
Brooklyn IJfe: "Rose and Mabel have
never spoken since they took; purt .n the
private theatricals."
"Professional Jealousy?"
"Worse than that amateur Jealousy."
Philadelphia Press: Mr. McCail The
woman 1 expect to marry must be beauti
ful, cultured, sweet tempered and
Miss t'assay (coyly) Oh, you flatterer.
Washington Star: "Do you think your
father would offer me personal violence it
I were to ask him for you?"
"Hardly. But there's no telling what he
will do if you don't say something pretty
soon."
Chicago Post: "Do you think the very
young wife of an old man can be really
happy?"
"Why, certainly. If the old man la con
siderate enough to stick to his club with,
reasonable persistence and Is properly gen
eroua In financial matters."
W11E THE OLD MAX GOT RELIGION.
Frank I Stanton In Atlanta Constitution.
When the ol' man got religion things sorter
changed aroun',
The house wuz topsy-turvy, the worl' wus
upside down;
We didn't know what hit us; 'peared Ilka
we'd started wrong;
IJfe had to be made over to his hallelula
song.
He ken' the whole house hustlln'. "Work
while It's called today!
An' pray whilst you're a-workln"; but work
an' work away!"
But ever' youngster of us with sad an'
solium face,
Wus prayln' fer the ol' man to fall away
from grace.
Long years have passed, an' left us still
with our work to do;
An' the ol' man, beln' weary, went home
an' left us, too;
Led by his homely counsel safe to the
shelterln' fold
Sightln' the fur-off city, with shlnin streets
ot gold.
An evermore we're praluln' of the Provi
dence on high
That the ol' man got religion In the happy
days gone by;
An' we hope to hear him ahoutin", when we
reach the heavenly utalrs,
In the bright, celestial mornln', "Rise up
to lam ly prayers:
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