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Notary Public.
Western railroads will now undertake
to show their eastern rlvalg what fast
railroading really Is.
With the striking teamsters It Is not
a question of long haul or short haul,
but of not haul at all.
Now that he has received the stamp of
disapproval of a Chicago Jury, Balzac
may aa well retire to oblivion.
Mont Felee may rest assured that we
all have every confidence In Its ability
to kick up a muss without requiring
any further practical demonstrations.
London Is preparing to celebrate the
announcement of final peace In South
Africa. If the joy shall have Increased
la ratio to Its postponement, It will
know no bounds.
With Its outdoor sport and general
forgetfulnesa of the solemnity of the oc
casion. Memorial day observance Is
gradually degenerating into Thanksglv
lag and Fourth of July Jollification.
Bryan was for Allen when a sena
torial vacancy was to be filled by gu
bernatorial appointment and now Allen
la for Bryan for the gubernatorial nom
ination. Turn about la only fair play.
Members of congress who have felt
Called on to vote themselves dry by ex
cluding the sale of liquors In the cap.
ltol are reminded that there la nothing
In their oath of offlce io prevent them
taking either the pledge or the cure.
In view of the accidents attending
them, our French guests who came to
America for the Bochambeau monument
unveiling must have a hoodoo with
them. The right thing for them to do
la to advertise at once for a mascot that
will drive the evil charm away.
A Chicago alderman la figuring on be
coming a millionaire as the beneficiary
f the estate of a deceased relative who
41e4 In far-away India. Most Chicago
' aldermen are presumably figuring on
becoming millionaires, but have selected
different routes to reach the goal.
Sir Thomas Lipton denies having Is
sued another challenge for the America's
cup. Sir Thomas' devotion to sport will
In all likelihood spur him on to try
again for the cup with a new yacht, but
he need be In no hurry, but can remain
confident that no one else will take It
away from us in the Interval
Popocrttlc organs that for years out
did themselves to decry Senator Hanna
in type and picture are now exerting
themselves to proclaim his popularity
with a view to playing him against
President Roosevelt. This political
gams Is too transparent to fool anybody,
least of all either the senator or the
president. '
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Perhaps the proposed amendment of
the constitution to provide for the elec
tion cf United States senators by direct
popular vote would not be so unpalata
bis to tns senators u it embodied, a
specific exemption for all the present
members of the Americas nouas of lords
and confirmed them In their seats for
the remainder ef their natural lives.
Where else could a calamity such as
the eruption of Mont PeW have worked
such destruction of homan life In this
twentieth century era without entailing
a draft en the life lnanrauri companies
that would be honored -with difficulty 1
Blotting out 40,000 lives U any part of
this country would present a serious
problem for the Ufa Insurance people U
WAS TBtHt AT PRINCIPLE 1RVULYED1
Iatelllgent nea who listened to the re
publican debate that took place at tbe
Crelghton-Orpbum Thursday night could
set have failed te be Impressed with the
fact that during all that waste of words
sot eo public question was discussed, not
one principle waa considered. It Is
Indeed a regrettable reflection that a mag
ntflcent audience would alterable to listen
to this debate where not one-tenth of the
number of people could be persttaded to at
tend a serious discussion of questions af
fecting th life and welfare of the people.
Sometimes one Is tempted to suspect that
there Is something wrong with "tbe peo
ple" and that tbey would prafsr a quarrel
to a principle. World-Herald.
In the discusMon of the candidacy of
DaMd II. Mercer there may have been
a waste of words, but no Intelligent man
or woman who heard the debate, or who
will take the trouble to read It and pon
der It will fall to be impressed with the
fact that a great principle, a principle
vital to the perpetuation of free govern
ment, was involved. The discussion
over Mercer's candidacy Involved the
baslo principle of a government by tbe
people, of the people and for the people.
In the last contribution of Benjamin
Harrison to the political history of our
country that patriotic statesman made
this declaration:
In every representative government such
as ours the people either directly or Indi
rectly at popular elections choose the per
sons who make tbe laws. Our dependence
must always be chiefly upon tbe educa
tional conscience of the people. The leg
islators under our state make the laws
and If they are unwise in the opinion of
the majority of tbe people they can be
changed. This Is the baits of our civil
system. In the election of a member of
the house each voter In his proper district
puts his own ballot Into the ballot box for
the person he desires to have chosen,
while Id the choice of senator his vote Is
given through members of the state legis
lature with more or less Information aa
to whom the member, If elected, will sup
port for senator.
' The lojrio of this declaration Is, that
the whole fabric of representative gov
ernment rests upon the conscientious
discharge of obligations assumed by leg
islators to their constituents. The most
sacred obligation of tbe legislator Is
faithfulness In redeeming the pledges
made directly by himself, or made for
him Indirectly by his party In Its plat
form. The greatest menace to rep
resentative government such as ours Is
a failure of representatives to represent
tbe people whether it Is in the making
of laws or in the election of United
States senators.
In fact, a betrayal of trust In the elec
tion of United States senators is a thou
sand times more reprehensible than
would be the failure to enact good laws,
or the failure to repeal bud laws. Bad
laws and unwise laws enacted by one
legislature can be readily repealed by
the following legislature, but the sub
version of the popular will of the people
cannot be rectified within twenty-four
months.
Tbe failure to enact state laws de
manded by the people, or the enact
ment of mischievous laws, affect the
people of but a single state, but defi
ance of the popular will In the election
of United States senators affects the
whole nation, and Inasmuch as the
United States senate is the treaty-making
power of the United States, It may
even affect International relations be
tween this country and foreign nations
in time of peace or war.
We cannot hope to perpetuate the free
Institutions of this republic under a rep
resentative form of government unless
the principle of responsibility of the peo
ple's representatives to carry out the
known and expressed wishes of the elec
tors and the pledges made before elec
tion Is faithfully lived up to. If It is
political Infamy for representatives to
soil out the people. It is equally Infamous
for men to seek to Incite them to a be
trayal of their most sacred trust To
reward men known to be guilty of either
offense Is to put a premium upon polit
ical treason In its most odious form.
DEALISO WITH TBE V0MB1SAT10SS.
The declarations of recent republican
state conventions are in accord with the
position of the national administration
in regard to the supervision and regula
tion of combinations engaged In Inter
state commerce. The Indiana repub
lican platform declares opposition to all
trusts or combinations of capital whose
purpose or effect Is to restrict business
or control prices, especially denouncing
thoee whose tendency is to increase the
cost of living and the necessaries of life,
snd It favors legislation to prevent such
abuses. The Ohio platform declares that
all combinations that stifle competition,
control prices, limit production or un
duly Increase profits or values, and es
pecially when tbey raise the prices of
the necessaries of life, are opposed to
public policy and should be repressed
with a strong hand.
These utterances reflect tbe sentiment
of republicans everywhere. They ap
prove the view expressed by President
Roosevelt that In the Interest of the
whole people the nation should, without
interfering with the power of the states
In the master Itself, also assume power
of supervision and regulation over all
corporations doing sn Interstate bust
ness. There is practical unanimity
among republicans in support of this
position and that being so the rep
resentatives of the republican party In
congress should give heed to It The ad
ministration Is doing tts duty in endeav
oring to enforce the law against combi
nations believed by the federal author!
ties to be unlawful If It shall be sue
cessful In these cases there Is no doubt
that it will proceed against, other com
binations. But the course of the admin
istration in this matter does not preclude
action by congress looking to super
vision and regulation, which existing
law does not provide for. The public
demand Is for legislation that will give
the federal' government without Inter
fering with the power of the states, the
light to look into the affairs ef comblna
tlons engaged to interstate trade and to
exercise a certain control aver them.
There Is no doubt aa to the authority of
congress to do this.
Discussing this subject Prof. Hawkins
Ip f Byacus nnlvsrsit says plavca tha
trust under such legal restraint end
limitation ss will prevent abuses In over
capitalization, concealment of facts that
should be known to stockholders and In
vestors, tbe filing of unreasonable prices
snd the extinguishment of competition.
Compel the publication of the facts of
organization and operation. Set a limit
to the proportion between tangible as
sets snd capitalisation. Prevent the
temporary and local lowering of prices
by the trust for the purpose not of meet
ing competition, but of preventing com
petition. When the trust lowers the
price for that purpose, compel It to do
so uniformly and everywhere It sells In
this country. "Do these things," he
saye, "and we will compel gigantic In
dustrial organizations to live and do bus
iness solely on tbe basis of economic
superiority. The trust will be forced to
compete fairly and If It survives In the
struggle It will survive because It can be
of greater benefit to its stockholders snd
the public, to labor and capital, than its
competitors."
The present congress must deal with
this question. The people expect It to do
so and tbe party In power cannot safely
disappoint this popular expectation.
A ROTABLE DECORATWX DAT ADDRESS.
The address delivered by President
Roosevelt at Arlington, on Decoration
day is notable In several respects. It
pays sn eloquent tribute to tbe men
who fought to preserve the union, whom
It declares "did the greatest and roost
necessary task which has ever fallen to
the lot of any men on this western hem
isphere." It vigorously defends the
army In the Philippines against the in
discriminate assaults that have been
made upon it saying that they are en
titled to the support of all men who are
proud of what the union soldiers did.
It reasserts In unmistakable terms the
purpose of the government to go on with
the task of giving Just and responsible
civil government to the people of the
Philippines.
What the president said of the soldiers
who are upholding American sovereignty
In those distant Islands will be approved
by all fair-minded citizens. Cruelties
there have been, but they were excep
tional and do not Justify the sweeping
condemnation of the army that has been
made by the opponents of the govern
ment's policy. The president pointed
out that there were abuses in our civil
war and that thoee who were then op
posed to the government slandered the
defenders of the union. They have their
heirs today in those who traduce our
soldiers in the Philippines, "who fix
their eyes on individual deeds of wrong
so keenly that at last they become blind
to the great work of peace and freedom
that has already been accomplished."
The president's arraignment of the re
vllers of our soldiers Is most incisive
and of the soldiers he salfc "They are
doing a great work for civilization, a
great work for the honor and the inter
est of this nation, and, above all, for the
welfare of the Inhabitants of tbe Phil
ippine Islands. All honor to them, and
shame, thrice shame, to us If we fall to
uphold their hands."
Not the least Important feature of this
admirable address, In every line charac
teristic of the courage, the earnestness
and the patrotlsm of its author, is that
In which he says that when the people
of the Philippines have shown their ca
pacity for real freedom by their power
of self-government "then, and not till
then, will it be possible to decide
whether they are to exist Independently
of us or be knit to us by common ties of
friendship snd Interest" No ouo can
now foretell when that day will come,
but It will be put back If we yield to the
counsels to turn loose the Islands snd
give them over to murder and anarchy.
The president rightly declared that this
should no more be a party question than
the war for the union should have been
a party question, yet it is being made
so by the same political element which
during the civil conflict persistently as
sailed the government and gave aid and
comfort to the enemy.
ECONOMY Or POSTAL 8AV1NQ8 BARKS.
In the current number of Harper's
monthly magazlns Dr. Richard T. Ely,
one of our foremost American political
economists, discussing a novel Industrial
experiment declares:
Having recently traveled some 8,000 or
000 miles, and having constantly in mind
this question put to me in San Francisco,
"What la th greatest present economic
need?" I am inclined to believe that no one
measure would do more to cultivate the
economic virtues and to promote th eco
nomic welfare of th people ef the United
States than postal savings banks.
While some msy disagree with Dr.
Ely that postal savings banks would
fulfill our greatest present economic
need, and others might even deny that
ther are necessary to answer any pres
ent demand, there is almost general
agreement that postal savings banks
could be made a most vital factor In
promoting economic welfare.
The economic virtues to which refer
ence is made sre, thrift prudence and
foresight A people that lives only for
the day Is subject to disturbance by
every wind and storm. The most pros
perous peoples, on the contrary, are
those which have cultivated to the full
est extent the economic virtues that pro
vide against the stress of misfortune
and disaster.
It has been argued and fairly proved
that nothing serves to arouse among
tbe common people so strong sn Interest
In the stability of the government as
does the wide-spread patronage of postal
savings banks, giving each depositor n
direct concern In the faithfulness ef the
government ss custodian of his funds.
It Is ss a stimulant to the economic
virtues that costal savings banks over
shadow all financial considerations. The
chief objection entered Is that such in
stitutions could not be made to pay out
and while this csa be controverted, yet
even If tbey did not pay out In dollars
snd cents, in promoting the economic
welfare of th people their value would
ha Incalculable.
It Is certainly sn encouraging sign
what foUttcal soaomlsta, whs kek at
the subject from sn entirely dlspasMon
ste and disinterested standpoint, urge
the establlohment of postal savings
banks as sn economic measure.
THE VWlOlt PACIFIC BRIDGE TAX. ,
For more than twenty-five years the
Union Tsclflc railroad bridge has been
sssrssed snd taxed for county and city
purposes ss a separate property. Now
the Union Pacific lawyers contend that
the bridge is part of the main line and,
therefore. Is Included with Its mileage
and can be assessed only at tbe mileage
rate, which has been fixed by the State
Board of Equalization at $9,800 per mile,
with the west half of the bridge reck
oned ss one-sixth of a mile.
If the contention of the Union raclflc
attorneys is sound, the collection of spe
cial bridge tolls is an imposition un
warranted by law. The laws of Ne
braska fix the maximum passenger rate
at 3 cents per mile. The distance be
tween Omaha and Council Bluffs, as re
turned for taxation by the Union Pa
cific, being less than three miles, the
legal rate would be 9 cents per pas
senger, but 25 cents Is exacted from
every passenger that crosses the river
when he pays In cash, and if he travels
on mileage ten miles are torn out of his
mileage book for transporting him three
miles.
It is passing strange, too, that the
Union Pacific bridge is assessed sepa
rately from the main line In Iowa, but
must be treated as a part of the main
line In Nebraska. In Iowa the east half
of the bridge Is assessed at (84,000 snd
In Nebraska the west half is assessed at
$1,633. If this double shuffle Is per
sisted in the managers of the road will
compel our citizens to test the question
in the courts by proceedings to restrain
the collection of special bridge tolls.
It Is a piece of rank Injustice to com
pel th taxpayers of Omaha and Doug
las county to bear the burden that
should in Justice be borne by the Union
Pacific, especially in view of the fact
that Douglas county has donated
$250,000 in bonds to aid the construction
of the Union Pacific bridge and more
than $500,000 has been collected to meet
the interest on the bridge since the do
nation was made.
IS TBEBE A REMEDY TOR LYBCH1RQ1
A resolution is before the senate Judi
ciary committee directing it to make in
quiry Into the subject of lynchlngs In
the United States and to report to the
senate whether under the laws and con
stitution of the country there Is any
remedy for the evil. The author of the
resolution, Senator Galllnger of New
Hampshire, submitted statistics show
ing that during tbe seventeen years end
ing with 1901 there were 2,658 lynchlngs
In the United States and there have
been several since that time, one of the
most revolting and fiendish in the an
nals of this crime having occurred re
cently in Texas. While lynchlngs have
occurred in other than the states of the
south. It is needless to say that that
section has furnished" by far the largest
number.
Senator Galllnger said that all over
the land there Is an Intense interest In
this matter, many good people bitterly
complaining that the strong arm of the
federal authority should be used to sup
press the evil. It sppears very ques
tionable, however, whether the federal
government can do anything In the
matter. Senator Hoar, chairman of the
Judiciary committee, expressed doubt as
to whether congress has any constitu
tional power over the matter and noted
the fact that the committee had already
had the question In one of Its branches
before them. In the form of a bill pro
viding for the trial and punishment of
this class of offenses in the courts of the
United States, and had reported in favor
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Of the lnaenmte postponement oi iue
measure, which was done by the senate.
It is probable, therefore, that it will be
decided that nothing can be done by the
federal government the power of deal
ing with the evil being lodged entirely
in the states. Lynching is a terrible re
proach to the country, but how to pre
vent it or properly punish those who
commit the crime is manifestly a most
difficult problem.
Commencement exercises sre again
being held all over Nebraska and the
surrounding states marking the ended
school days for those who have finished
their courses of instruction. Few, if
any, of us appreciate the full sig
nificance, of this annually recurring
event The public schools constitute the
greatest snd most Important social
mechanism of modern civilization, im
pressing upon each generation the stamp
of their influence and work, which be
come steadily more and more far-reach
ing. Commencement marks the end of
the school days, but not the end of the
school influences. The leaven continues
to work and to determine the scope and
character of the citizen, which in turn
reacts on the school snd so on In
definitely. Neither the serious side nor
the gay side of tbe commencement
season should be overlooked.
If Chancellor Andrews does not want
that $10,000 place, waiting to be filled at
the Wisconsin State university ' there
msy be s chance yet for Omaha's pro
found and Illustrious educator whose
light Is now hid under a bushel In the
position of superintendent of our city
schools. Mr. Pesrse's educational capa
bilities bsve been altogether too long
hampered and hemmed iu by the nar
row limits of s school superintendent.
A man who could expand over night
from a $1,200 village employment to a
$3,600 city Job could certainly make, the
next step to a $10,000 university presi
dency without winking a lash.
The Increasing frequency of automo
bile accidents throughout the country
serves ss a reminder that all Inventions
of new, transportation methods have at
the start worked unnecessary injury to
persons snd property. It wss so with
the steamboat with tbe locomotive,
with the cable car and electric trolley
and with the bicycle. Until the devices
are perfected and we become accustomed
to their employment and tbe observance
of ordinary rules of precaution for pas
tenners snd pedestrians, the sccldents
will continue, although In decreasing
ratio. Automobile locomotion does not
relieve snyone from exercising common
sense to avoid mishaps.
That grand Jury report exposing the
appalling corruption of St Louis muni
cipal officers Is sure to have sympathetic
readers In Chicago.
Give the Girls av Skew.
Baltimore American.
If the congressmen will kindly stop talk
ing for a few days the sweet girl graduates
will take tbe floor and settle publlo ques
tions. What Oil Wells 'Will Do.
Washington Post.
A boiler explosion in the house of s Texas
millionaire resulted in tbe death of two
persons. A few years ago boilers could
have exploded all over Texas without hit
ting a millionaire.
Senators Fear Popalar Eleetloaa.
Minneapolis Times.
Once more it is painfully apparent that
tbe senate, or the majority thereof. Is well
pleased with the present method of elect
ing members of that body and wIlV grant
no encouragement to the proposition to
give the people a right to choose their
servants In the upper house without the
Intervention of legislatures.
Roles or National Condaet.
Boston Transcript.
"No nation, no matter how glorious its
history, can exist unless it practices prac
tices, mind you, not merely preaches
clvlo honesty, civic decency, civic
righteousness," says President Roosevelt;
"no nation can permanently prosper unless
tbe Decalogue and the Golden Rule are Its
guides in public as In private life."
Let's Reciprocate.
Springfield Republican.
A few rumblings of protest against erect
ing the statue of a king in the capital of
the United States may be heard, but the
kickers generally think it politer to keep
their feelings to themselves. The statue
business ought to be a reciprocal matter,
however, and the suggestion stands that
a bronze Oeorge Washington should be
raised In Berlin,
Nebraska's Fake Gather.
Philadelphia Record.
The attempt to get up a volcanlo out
break somewhere in the Nebraska back
woods shows an enterprising spirit and
a determination that the Lesser Antilles
shall not have a monopoly of subterranean
disturbance. Thus far, however, the news
lacks the deadly sulphureted hydrogen gas
and hot mud quality that carries terror
and confirmation along with It. It might
be judicious for Nebraska to stick to vol
canlo politics.
Another Shattered Trust.
Springfield Republican.
More characterltlc trust financiering la
revealed In the report of expert account
ants on the affairs of the International
Power company, whose stock fell through
the bottom a while ago. It Is shown that
while the trust declared dividends of 10
per cent last year, the set earnings
amounted only to 8.7 per cent. Before this
report was published the stock had dropped
from 199 to 76 H bid, and yesterday It
dropped to 65 bid, with no sales. The trust
record grows worse as It grows older and
it is still of tew years.
' SPEAKING OF OPPORTUNITY.
Some Old Notions Dissipated ?
Modern Condition.
New Tork World.
In th college commencements which
begin this week and will continue for al
most a month tbe most popular subject of
the orators Is "Opportunity," and we shall
have the favorite word presented to u
from many points of view. It will be well
If the subject is treated without regard
to tbe old myth that opportunity goes
around knocking at doors, that It calls
once on every man, like a veiled lady or a
prlncoss Incognito, offering a wand of en
chantment to all v who show the proper
recognition.
Opportunity is not that sort of thing at
all. It 1 as much a physical fact as the
tide that flows or the wind that blows. It
Is not to be waited for In an idle boat far
from the deep channels; It is to be sought,
and when found there must be some good
steering.
In the really large successes of this
matter-of-fact world the men who win ar
those who first prepare themselves to use
an opportunity, then work for and create
the opportunity and seize it on the instant.
OUT OF TUB ORDINARY.
The insurance companies of the United
States paid out last year on account of
their policy contracts J2O0.000.00O; for taxa
tion, $7,230,000: for services, $103,000,000; for
loans. $160,000,000.
Four hundred Masons from all parts of
the state gathered at Austin, Minn., the
other night to witness the initiation of six
brothers Charles, James, Andrew, William,
David and Oeorge Aultfather.
The Portuguese woman who left her
nTGhey to a rooater no doubt felt cocksure
the bird would get It; but one of tha heirs-at-law
was equal to the occasion. He
simply killed the wealthy fowl.
Mistaking Mrs. Lulu Thurman for a
black woman, a conductor on the American
Southern railway made her rid in the
"Jim crow" car. At Lexington, Ky., th
lady has been awarded $1,000 as a solatium
for the Indignity.
J. H. Hale of South Glastonbury, Conn.,
a large peach grower and generally ac
cepted as good authority, estlmstes that
tha peach crop of Connecticut thla year
will reach 1,000,000 bushels, which Is more
than in any previous year.
In municipal government the European
cities continue to leave ours far behind.
Liverpool Is engaged In tearing down tl.000
unsanitary houses and replacing them with
sanitary ones. Twelve thousand of tbe
number have already been rased.
Ptttsfleld, Mass., which calls Itself the
"gem city of the Berkshlree," has bn th
horn at various times of many llurary
clbrltls, among them being Longfellow,
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Hawthorne and
Herman Melville. On East street stands
the house In which Longfellow wrote "The
Clock on the Stairs."
The people of cartaln blocks la Brooklyn
took It upon themselves soms months ago
to plan and perfect harmonious Improve
ments In their premises. As a result they
have mad their section of that city famous
throughout the country. It le said, too,
that these Improvements have been aulte
inexpensive. It Is the complete application
of the plan to a given pact of th city that
has distinguished tbe effort.
Statues to the memories of DeWItt Clin
ton, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay will
be erected In tbe New Tork Chamber of
Commerce, adorning Its nw home la
'Liberty street. Tb thr dad me a war
associated with the early history ef tha
chamber, and th thr living men to par
petuat their names and looks ar Morris
K. Jup. John 8. Kennedy and William
F. Dodge, present members, who defray
the expanses. The cost of each statue Is
estimated at about 1 11,000, and the sculptars
doing th work ar Denial French and
JhiUp Maxtiny.
BLASTS FROM RAM'S HOR.
The church Is the creature ana not th
creator of Christianity.
To employ a revivalist will not help us
evade our ewa responsibility.
Th world Is not a see-saw la which you
go up by sending another down.
On hypocrite may eclipse the sun to
some, but he cannot hid it from all.
He who does not bear the burden of souls
now will not bring his sheaves then.
Men are nearer te Ood than the angels,
as the sons are closer than the servant.
It Is sometimes easier to avoid offenses
ourselves than to forglv them In others.
Reputation I th shadow cast by charac
ter and dependent on th light In which It
la seen.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Trains are moving so fast nowadays that
Mlasourt road agent Had great difficulty
la living up to their reputation.
Let us be thankful tor small favor.
Visitors to Mount Pele cannot erupt' in
the magazines for at least a month.
The rotten sidewalk accident in New
Tork City Indicates that there ar a few
Buddenselks eutsid tbe walls of Blng Sing.
The New Tork elephant which swatted
a man who pushed a can of stale beer under
tts trunk furnished cheering evidence of
the fool killer en duty.
Tbe success of Chicago In cinching the
authorship of "Cyrano de Bergerso" encour
ages the Baconltes to glv Shakespeare an
other fall.
The most popular works of art In Chi
cago at the present moment are stlll-llfe
pictures of dining rooms showing large
Juicy porterhouse steaks on the tables.
Tbe Imitative faculties of the Filipinos
are working overtime. Labor unions are
thriving In Manila, and a lively strike
gives an Americanized atmosphere to the
town.
The meanest mortal whom an inscruta
ble Providence molded to the likeness of a
man has been found in Chicago. He pawned
his wife's false teeth to raise money for
a oan of beer.
The action of th lower bouse of congress
does not banish "cold tea" from the na
tional capltol. Not much. The senate may
be depended on to sit down hard on "hys
terical innovations."
Some clerics are killing time arguing
as to the relative wickedness of Chicago,
London and Hong Kong. Meanwhile New
Yorkers assume a virtuous face and breathe
not a word about the tenderloin.
Orover Cleveland discourses sonorously
on the perplexities of managing the fed
eral pie counter. Still the distinguished
fisherman did not lose much flesh during
the years hs distributed the spoils.
The esteemed exile of Haiti, President
Simon Bam, displayed marked talent as a
surplus demollsber. Although his de
parture was somewhat hasty he took $80,000
cash as a' solace for the pain of parting
and left an empty treasury as a reminder
of his reign.
Russell B. Harrison, son of the late Ben
jamin Harrison, expects to deed to tbe
United States the tract of land known as
the burial plot of William Henry Harrleon,
at North Bend, O. The government will
take care of the lot and erect a statue to
"Tippecanoe" Harrison.
Bourke Cockran thinks that there must
be something in the Irish air that tends
to the manufacture of "bulls" by sons of
the green isle. He Is also credited with
turning out this fine specimen: "If Eng
lishmen were born there tbey would doubt
less make bulls themselves."
DIVORCE LAW REFORM.
Moat Important and I'rgent of Social
Reforms.
Chicago News.
In appointing a committee of ministers
and laymen to co-operate with the commit
tees of other churches in securing uniform
divorce laws tha Presbyterian general as
sembly has given aid to one of the most
important and most urgent of social re
forms. A grave menace to the sanctity and se
curity of the marriage institution is to be
found In the discrepancies among the di
vorce laws of tbe different states. The
mere fact that divorce may be secured
under a great number and variety of condi
tions Is only one phase of the evil. The
whole effect of th various provisions re
garding separation and remarriage Is to
break down respect for the marriage rela
tion. When (he governing power regards
divorce with levity It is not surprising that
contempt for the solemn obligations of
marriage should be widespread. There are
few dissatisfied couples tbat cannot find
somewhere in the union a stste whose
statutes will fit their case and admit of a
"legal" separation. A person residing in
Maeeacnusetts, where tbe laws are strict
and a residence of from three to Ave years
is required, may go to Idaho, where tl
laws ar lax, b divorced there and return
to Massachusetts. It Is entirely possible
under the present system for a man to en
ter legally Into a marriage In one state,
while In doing so he is constructively com
mitting bigamy under the law of his own
state.
Uniform divorce laws for the whole
United States are urgently needed. It Is
right that the churches should strive to se
cure such laws.
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Surreys all kinds. If you happen to want the best work
manship and smartest styles see our vehicles before
purchasing.
Vehicles.
Bams low prices and a large aaaart
. xant to cboona tram. Think this ewer.
Bnniea. tram Ms to C&Q.
ffrmf tram S54) to SZ2S.
Surreys, tram gTS to 1300.
tnohop, Bnckboarda, Park Phae
tons and all tba nwvattlaa at all prloea
jk full II n ot Top and Ovn t livery
Wagon and a variety of slsea In
verythlng:, from th amajlaat pony
Automobiles.
Me motor JMrwar. trmn WO ts Vt.OUL
Bicycle Repairing.
Belds wagtnf tV th most
competent and apnncd men. w
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nabl thero to glv us their beat
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BECl'LAR SHOTS AT TUB FTLPIT.
Washington Post: Bishop Potter 1 oa
th verge of another collapse. The gooi
mas has been overphotograpbed.
Boston Transcript: Tb clergyman who
aid that 'It require no great amount ot
brains to play cards" might bav cause to
revise his opinion after a little game ot
draw or bridge. A great many persons
have paid dearly for their belief that brains
are not a necessary concomitant to card
playing. ,
Chicago Tost: Rev. '. T. Morgan of St.
Paul admit tbst h cannot prov abso
lutely hi charge that ther was a deal la
vote between Senator Hanna and Arch
bishop Ireland. In such circumstance th
reverend gentleman would have shows the
possession of a grain of wisdom In refrain
ing from saying a word. Tbe public la
growing tired of gossip started by persons
who cannot prov what they ssy.
Minneapolis Times: Nebraska's fighting
parson, who dwells at Wymore, manifested
a willing spirit, some strength of fleab,
but a very poor aim. At close range he
fired five shots at his enemy and failed to
score. It is a fortunate thing for both th
preacher and his Intended victim tbat th
bullets flew wide of their target, but It is
at the same time something of a reproach
to Nebraska, a atate one famous for good
marksmanship.
Brooklyn Eagle: All this movement ia
creeds is towsrd love, mercy and tender
ness, and away from vengeance, rancor,
revenge and tyranny. The desire to reduce
damnation in creeds coincides with tb ,
effort to abolish capital punishment in law.
The kinship of these proposition is un
deniable by intelligent men, whether they
approve ot one or the other, or neither of
them. And what time the Presbyterian
assemblies were denouncing the idea ot
Infant damnation snd proclaiming sgalnat
fetishism or fatalism, in the ways men
tioned, the young king of Spain was say
ing that he would Ilk to bring bull
fighting to an end and for it substitute
horse racing, cricket and base ball in his
kingdom. Churches shy at damnation.
Kings shy at barbaric feats of blood and.
cruelty. Slaughter houae thsology, slaughter
house law and slaughter house sports sre
waning. The world moves and an honest
creed's the noblest work of man.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Philadelphia Press: She You don't lova
me as you once did. Before we were
married you considered me absolutely per
fect. He exactly, and now you're perfectly ab
solute. Chicago News: Youngwed (on bridal
tour) 1 would like rooms for myself and
wife.
Hotel Clerk Suite, I suppose?
Youngwed That's what. She's the sweet
est thing that ever happened.
Bomervllle Journal: A woman has rea
son to begin to doubt a man'a love for
her when she finds that It is no longer pos
sible tor her to torment him.
Harper's Bazar: Msy I had no Idea be
fore Inst night that Mr. Pllcher wss a
man of such lofty ambitions and exalted
Ideas.
Maud How did you come to find It outf
May He proposed to me.
New York Sun: First Chlcagoan What
whs the reason of their separation?
Second Chlcagoan They couldn't agree
on a mutual cause for divorce.
Smart Set: Prof. Wing Now that w
have discussed the entire feathered king
dom I wish you young women would tell
me which one of these birds you consider
most Important to the welfare of the human
race.
Tbe Class (In chorus) The stork.
New York World: Little Girl-Ma, Uncle
Silas eats with his knife.
Ma Uncle Silas Is rich enough to eat with
a fire shovel If he prefers H.
Philadelphia Press: Daughter I don't
see why you dislike Mr. Spooner.
Father Well, for one thing, he's too
close and
Daughter Oh! pa! Were you mean
enough to spy oh us laat evening?
Chicago Tribune: "Esmeralda," asked her
father, with some sternness, "what was
that young congressman's business her
last night? '
"We were merely holding a caucus,
papa," she replied.
''H'm!" he rejoined, glancing at some
thing thst sparkled on one of her shapely
fingers, "and you adopted a ringing reso
lution, did you?"
THE GOLDFINCH.
He, the audacious harbinger,
Of matin pure, Bets morn astir;
The redbreast Is not fleeter
Than this lithe, yellow-feathered bird
Whose violative song Is heard
In such a gushing meter.
He wings away In snowy mist
Of silver thistle-down, breese kissed.
And triumphs In its mttzes;
He pecks the shaggy, half-blown sheatk
And thrusts his saucy head beneath
While chirping sweet self-praises.
How with his gay, capricious curve
Through spring's ambroalal air h swtrvea
In freedom mad, delighted;
And where the droning bee has sipped
He lifts his head, vermilion tipped,
As If a feast he sighted.
Then with fresh rivalry he sings
Until the very woodland rings
From minstrelsy in feather;
And when the other carols bring
Their echo thence, perched listening,
He mocks their. vain endeavor.
But just ss he a hope elates
He In a willful mood migrates,
As would a nymph of laughter;
And passing through the shadowy Isles
Of friendly trees for miles and miles,
Man may not follow after.
CATHERINE RUSH.
Phonographs.
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Wax Beoords at 0c Edison
Moulded iteoords. We ach, IS pcr
dosen.
Com in and axrjoy fh free conoarta.
Bicycles.
Th mske with a reputation, tn aa
th. 190 model, Including Orient. Ivr
Johnson, Steaxna, World and many
othara. sold oa ay term. A faa
Una at Xtaraond Ttraa.
Auto Stables.
A novelty la th -weet. W car to
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du r place of business whan yos
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