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,- June Insists on again vindicating Its
record as the month of weddings.
Paradoxically the commencement sea
ton ends as soon as It commences.
Felee might have waited till the
fourth of July before firing Its salute.
Little Alfonso of Spain appears to
bare had his coronation more success
fully managed.
That coal strike will strike home about
the time the balance Is struck on next
(winter's coal bill.
Statehood-seeking territories, will have
to wait a while, but their patience will
be eventually rewarded.
Nebraska cornfields never presented
so Inviting an attraction to tempt the
raft of the summer sun.
Nothing compares with the sudden
subsidence of the wireless telegraphy ex
citement unless It Is the more sudden
collapse of the airship air-currents.
' Strange the popoeratlc press has not
yet denounced President Koosevelt for
expressing sympathy for Britain's
Stricken monarch without first asking
Congress for Its consent.
' Home rule In municipal government Is
one of the pledges In the Missouri re
publican platform. Municipal home rule
one of the coming Issues in every
progressive state In the union.
Keep the railroad tax figures before
the people. The more they are studied
fhe more thoroughly convinced the peo
ple will become that railroads have over
reached themselves in the evasion of
their taxes.
. Give our late fusion conventions at
least one credit mark. They observed
the proprieties for once to refrain from
Uttering the usual dismal lameut of
Calamity and denial that the prevailing
prosperity ! the real thing.
If Mr. Bryan redeems his promise to
hold lilmtwlf at the roniinund of the Ne
braska 'campaign roiuuilttee from now
Until election, he munt he sntlHtiod that
Ills services la other states are not nearly
aa Imperative to his cause as right here
t home.
Richard Mansfield at all events has our
gratitude for devising a method of pit-
cleltatlug newspaper discussion without
resorting to the time-frayed fakes of
thp cheap stage mouther. When Mr.
Jlansfleld consents to public Interviews
be1 Imparts a few Ideas of his own with
out serving as a phonograph for mana
gerial operators.
i ' Unfortunately the postponement of the
coronation failed to come soon enough
to intercept the coronation ode which
foet Laureate Alfred Austin felt obli
gated to contribute to the solemnity of
the occasion. It is needless to add that
the Austlnlan ode Is hors concours ex
cept with other poetical effusions of the
same la urea ted singer.
- -
The outcome of the fight for the com
tnlttee chairmanship of the Illinois tie
rnocracy leaves little from which the
Jirysnltes can draw consolation. The
randldate supported by lien Cable, who
actively Identified with the national
JtsorgauUsers, won out, which must be
i
taken to meau that the sliver element Is
losing Its grip In Bryan's native state.
The death of Altgeld and several other
ardent champions of the Bryanlte wing
' has apparently made things easy for the
reorganlsers, and the transfer of Illinois
Jrora the one side to the other In demo
crstic councils Is likely to exert an Influ
ats (hat may proT 4ecialvaV .
KKKP IT ntrOHE THK PEOPLE.
While the tax Mtrenu bum-o steerers
of "the rallroiuls of Nebraska" are try-
Inir to befog- the public mind, a few
salient facts should be kept before the
people.
Keep It before the poodle thnt, while
the value of railroad projiertle on the
market has almost doubled within the
past doeade, their assessment for taxa
tion In Nebraska In litoi Is less by sev
eral millions than It was In isni.
Keep It before the people that 5,418.15
miles of railroad were listed for taia-
tlon In Nebraska In 1S!1 at $2n,2V..917.
while In 1901 R,V2.3.t miles were listed
tor only $2(5,3 M5,7.'l5; In other words,
while the mileage has been Increased
by 234.18 miles, the assessment has been
reduced by $2.19,182.
Keep It before the people that under
the flimsy pretense of distribution
among the counties traversed by tne
line, the costly Missouri river bridges.
valuable depots, depot grounds, yard
age, right-of-way and terminal facilities
In Omaha, worth millions of dollars.
are completely absorbed and sequestered
and pay no taxes whatever to any
public treasury anywhere.
Keep It before the people that under
the pretense of distribution taxation
has not only been evaded on all these
valuable terminals, but the assessments
have been actually reduced throughout
the various counties below what they
were before all these costly Improve
ments were made.
Keep It before the people that the
railroads of Nebraska have plenty of
money tovspend on oil room lobbies, tax
bureau appendages and political favor
ites, but niHke It good by forcing the
less powerful taxpayers to bear their
tax burdens for them In addition to
their own.
Keep It before the people that the
only way to secure equity and Justice In
railroad taxation Is through an aroused
public sentiment that will hold to strict
accountability the public officers charged
with the duty of fixing railroad assess
ments. TKKDKXC1KS IM V0-KDCCAT10X.
The subject of collegiate co-education
as distinguished from equal nut sep
arate education of young men and
women, which has been exciting con
siderable discussion, has elicited a very
common-sense expression from Presi
dent Nicholas Murray Itutler of Colum
bia university. President Hutler Insists
that the question Is not one of educa
tional policy that would discriminate be
tween the sexes In facilities for their
Inst ruction, but simply one of practice
determined largely by local custom and
prejudice. He culls attention to the fact
that the eastern colleges maintain sep:
arate Institutions aj a rule, although
often under the same direction, and that
la this they simply follow the organiza
tion of the public school system there,
which provides for separate boys' and
girls' schools. In the west, on ihe other
hand, where a more democratic spirit
has pervaded the schools, the boys and
girls are taught In the same classes, the
state universities are almost all co-edu-catloual,
with few, If any, hard and
fast lines drawn between different ele
ments of the student body.
President Butler expresses the opinion
that these two different practices will
continue as long as public sentiment
east and west forms the' separating
basis and hesitates to say which he
thinks will eventually yield to the
other. The suggestion comes, however.
from several sources that for the pres
ent the plan most likely to find favor Is
that which separates the boys and girls
In their elementary and seeoudury edu
cation and through their strictly college
courses, bringing them together when
they shall have arrived at the point of
entering on real university work.
If this proves to be the common ground
It will mean a compromise between the
co-educatlou of the west and the equal
education of the east As most pro
gressive movements take the form of
compromise, this suggestion appears
quite plausible.
AMtRKAX PRODUCTS i.V UERMAX7.
The agrarian party In Germany Is de
termined that American products shall
cease to coiujete successfully with the
products of Germany In her own
markets. The league, which has the
support of the entire agricultural com
munity, will apparently accept nothing
short of prohibitive duties on all food
stuffs which Germany cau produce. Al
ready an embargo, has been placed uixtn
our meats and Iron and steel manu
factures nre threatened with prohibitive
duties. It has even been proposed that
American coal oil shall be shut out of
the German markets.
Fortuuately there are two parties to
the contention and the agriculturist
are opposed by the manufacturers, who
represent the great body of consumers,
so far as food products are concerned.
Discussion of the government tariff bill
In Germany appears to have settled
dowu to a contest between the dwellers
of the towus and the dwellersf the
country. A short time ago a conven
tion was held In Berlin, where 700 mu
nicipal officials, representing communi
ties In all the German states and
Frussiaa provinces, met and unani
mously declared against every Increase
In the duties on the necessaries of life.
Those who addressed the convention ex
pressed the opinion that the passage of
the government tariff bill would most
certainly be detrimental to the interests
of the wage-earning classes, as it would
Increase the price of material, send
down wages and drive German capital
abroad. It was further declared that
the passage of the tariff bill would pre
clude the jiosslblllty of renewing the
commercial treaties, which failure would
exclude Germany from the markets of
the world
It apicar that these expressions have
not been without influence- with the
government, Connt von Buelow having
openly rebuked the Prussian agrarians
- 1 for their extravacant tariff demands
- 1 and for opiositlon to pending commercial
I treaties, lu view of the fact that the
SEEP
With Over 234 Miles More Lines and Vastly Improved Terminals and
Equipment .Almost Doubling the Value of Their Property on the
Market, the Railroads of Nebraska Pay Taxes on an Assessment
Nearly $3,000,000 Less Than Ten Years Ago.
.Name of Railroad.
of Track
Burlington & Missouri Kiver 101.51
Omaha & Southwestern .0.84
Nebraska Uailroad 13(5.35
Republican Valley r."2.3."
Atchison & Nebraska 107.50
Lincoln & Northwestern 73.13
Nebraska & Colorado 430.71
Chicago, Nebraska & Kansas 5.2S
Union Pacific 41)7.22
Omaha & Republican Valley 414.45
Kansas City & Omaha 103. HS
Missouri Pacific I03.i5
Missouri Pacific (Crete Branch) 5S.1S
Pacific Railway Company in Nebraska 71.22
Missouri Pacific (Springfield and Papillion Branch) 7.SS
Stjoseph & Orand Island 112.53
Sioux City & Pacific 2(5.05
Fremont, Elkhorn &' Missouri Valley 0SO.73
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha 2;o.l
Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska (C, R. I. & F.) 141 .28
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 54.03
Republican Valley, Kansas & Southwest 8.50
Grand Island & Wyoming Central : 352.04
Omaha & North Tlatt'e 80.78
Lincoln & Black Hills 157.88
Oxford & Kansas 50.01
Kearney & Black Hills 05.73
Republican Valley & Wyoming 0.71
Kansas City & Beatrice (K. C. & N. W.) 20.00
Nebraska & Western 120.10
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 3.22
C, R. I. & P. (St. Joseph Branch)
C R. I. & P. (Nelson Branch)
Sioux City, O'Neill & Western.'.
Missouri Pacific (Omaha Belt Line)
Missouri Pacific (Weeping Water Branch)
Missouri Pacific (Lincoln Branch)
Total
Increase.
Why Should the
German chancellor has for months been
laboring to conciliate the agrarians and
to bring about n compromise of the
differences of the two opposing forces.
Ills present position marks n complete
change, which It Is said wns ordered by
the emperor himself, a not Incredible
statement when It Is remembered that
the emperor has never been In hearty
accord with the agrarian policy. What
favor he has shown to the demands of
that element was due to the fact that
he needed its support for certain gov
ernmental plans, chief among them
being naval extension, that he was sock
ing to carry out. The vigorous opposi
tion to the agrarian policy, however,
seems to have convinced Emperor Wil
liam that it cannot, safely be adopted.
It Is quite possible that the appre
hension of some sort of retaliatory policy
on the part of the United States has
exerted an Influence upon the German
government. The emperor and bis ad
visers are quite nware of the fact that
there is a strong scntlmcut in this coun
try in favor of resenting any discrimina
tion against American products deemed
to be unjust, as in the case of the em
bargo upon our meat and the prepara
tions thereof, and they perhaps realize
that further steps in this direction
would be pretty certain to be met by a
policy of reprisal on the part of this
country that would le severely felt by
Germany. The present indications.
therefore, are that the agrarians will
not succeed In having their extreme de
mands complied with and that the Ger
man tariff will be so adjusted us not
to seriously Interfere with our trade
with that country.
FAITUFCL PVBLIC KERVAHTS.
In his address at Harvard, President
Roosevelt paid a tribute to the public
services of Secretary Root, General
Wood and Governor Taft which we
think will have the approbation of all
fair-minded men. He pointed out that
all of these men had performed their
duties with absolute fidelity, honesty
and courage. In regard to Secretary
Root, the president said that he had
accepted the position at a personal sac
rifice uud It is to be presumed that no
one will question this. The ottlce of
secretary of war pays but a small frac
tion of what a lawyer like Elilm Root
can command and at much less laltor,
yet he accepted that arduous position
and is still there from a sense of patri
otic duty to the government.
The same is tiue of Governor Taft
When he was appointed to the Philip
pine commission by President McKlu
lcy, w ho knew of his great ability and
worth, he held a federal Judicial post
tlon that gave him au opportunity to
sometime be a member of the supreme
court of the United States. He yielded
to the solicitation of the late president
to take up the work of establishing civil
government lu the Philippines and how
well he has performed the duties there
devolved upon him the record amply at
tests. From the very outset Judge
Tuft has justified the confidence reposed
in biui by President McKluley and has
commended himself not only to the con
fidence of his own countrymen, but also
to the respect and esteem of the more
Intelligent of the Filipino people. And
what did this man. eager with the am
bition U do something for the beucut
IT BEFORE THE PEOPL
1891-
Vnludtion
per Mile.
$11,800
0,800
5,300
5,000
5,000 .
4.500
4.000
4.000
11.440
4.500
4.000
5,100
3,500
3.500
3,500
5.500
5.000
. 5.000
5.000
4,000
4,000
4,000
3,500
0,000
3,500
3.500
3.000
3.500
3.50(1
3.000
5.000
Miles
5,418.15
Railroads Pay Less Taxes in 1901
of a foreign people and the glory of his
country, say to the suggestion that he
might have the greatest Judicial posi
tion In his government. On the author
ity of the president of the United States
he said that if a Justiceship In that grent
tribunal were offered him and congress
should take off bis salary as governor
of the Philippines, he would neverthe
less go back to the Islands, because he
thought the Filipino people needed and
expected him back and believed he
would not desert them. He Is going
back to the continuance of that great
duty which he believes to be Impera
tive and In the performance of which he
conceives to be the glory and the honor
of his country. Who can doubt that he
Is Inspired by the right spirit?
And what of General Wood, who at
the beginning of the war with Spain
was known only to a very limited mil
itary circle and only as a medical of
ficer, with no marked claim to distinc
tion even In that capacity? The Span
ish war gave him an opportunity and
his record since is before the world.
Who has made a record more worthy
of commendation? He went into that
war at the head of a regiment, ap
proved himself a gallant soldier, took
up the work of administration after the
war and demonstrated extraordinary
qualities, carried out with most re
markable success the work which had
been committed to his care and left it
without a flaw. It is a record of good
conduct and of honorable achievement
that merits all the commendation which
the president bestowed upon it.
The list of faithful public servants
could be extended almost Indefinitely
Those referred to by President Roose
velt lu his Harvard address constitute
a very small minority of the men,
equally worthy,' who are entitled to the
respect and honor of their countrymen.
In the history that this republic has
made in the last four years there figures
a multitude of men who are entitled
to Imperishable fame for their faithful
performance of duty.
Virginia's constitutional convention,
which has at last adjourned after ses
sions more or less Interrupted extending
over a year, cost the taxpayers of that
state $176,000, and at that the document
was not submitted for ratification by
the voters under excuse that such an
election would add needless expense.
The principal work of the body has
been the engrafting of a provision de
signed to disfranchise the blacks without
Interfering with the whites, and for this
wonderful achievement the bill of ex
penses Is considered moderate. Is It any
wonder x that Nebraskans have fought
shy so lopg of proposals of a conven
tion to revise their constitution when it
cau be amended so much more cheaply
by legislative Initiative?
That the St. Louis exposition must ex
perience for itself all the troublesome In
cidents that have beset its predecessors
goes without say lug. Just now the
problem pressing upon the management
is that of getting In the money due on
stock subscriptions, which appear to
have been taken with the customary in
discrlmlnateness and usual disregard of
serious Intentions on the part of the sub
scribers. While past due assessments
have not jet been covered In on a large
Total
Assessm't.
$2,250,818
345,712
722,055
2.701,750
537.050
320,085
1,722.840
21.120
5.344.000
1.805.025
774.720
087,015
203.030
240.270
27.580
018.015
150.020
4,003.(550
1.300.800
(540,888
218.520
34,000
1.234,240
533.148
552,580
208.(535
107.100
33.058
72,100
387.480
10.100
$20,205,017
portion of the shires, appeal Is made to
those In position to do so to pay up in
advance the unmatured parts of their
subscriptions In order to help out the
treasury with needed ready cash. Im
posing lists of names on paper are not
necessarily good working capital for a
great world's fair. St Louis will have
to discount some of the promises on
which it has been banking Just as iius
every other great exposition undertak
ing, but with its almost Inexhaustible
resources and liberal government appro
priation It Is bound to come out all right
in the end.
The Indiana supreme court has ruled
that the good will of a business estab
lishment Is altogether different from a
franchise and that while franchises con
stitute taxable property, what Is known
as good will Is not property at alL This
is a pointer, however, that will not be
relished by our friends of the tax bu
reau of "the railroads of Nebraska."
What We Are Coming To.
Chicago Record-Herald.
A Frenchman has completed an invention
which does away with the flash, the smoke
and the sound when a cannon Is fired. Now
if they will get rid of tha bullet war will
be perfectly lovely.
Na
Difference In the
Cut.
Indianapolis News.
The difference between perityphlitis and
appendicitis seems to be that one is of a
little older fashion than the other. The
knife used In the cure is equally sharp in
both cases and quite up to date.
' "A Vindication at Home."
Minneapolis Times.
The Nebraska democrats reaffirmed the
immortal utterance of 1896 and 1900 any
how, and Mr. Bryan feels that be has re
ceived a vindication at home even though
the brethren in Indiana and Illinois did
sidestep and duck.
Some Additions Necessary.
Chicago Chronicle.
Jewels ere not wearing apparel, according
to a recent decision of the United States
court. The average society leader, whose
full dreas costume consists mainly of a
tiara, s diamond necklace and a atrtng of
pearls, will kindly take nottcs and put on
soma clothes.
Cherlahtns Tain Hopes.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Several democratic papers are proposing
Mr. Cleveland for a third term. This sug
gestion is being attacked by other demo
crats, but the excitement which is shown
is unnecessary. The democrats have not
the faintest chance of carrying the coun
try n 1904 under any candidate whom they
can name.
Is There to Be a Chancer
Washington Post.
It is the business of a political fakir to
Impose upon the party with which he
chooses to be identified. It is the business
of a political party to keep Its affairs out
of the clutches of the fakirs. Mr. Brysn
has been attending to business and the
democratic party baa not. Is there to be
a change?
Factors of Modern Proa r ess.
Philadelphia Record.
Tha official returns of immigration show
tbat the number of arrivals is not nearly
as large now as It waa thirty years ago,
when the population of the United State
was not much more than half aa large as at
present. Formerly very few Immigrants
returned to their native homes even to
make a visit. Now nearly every outgoing
steamer carries back immigrants either for
a temporsry visit or permanent stay. In
this facility of locomotion Is on of the
great factors of modern progress.
, 1901 ,
Miles Valuation Total Decrease in
of Track, per Mile. Assessm't. Assessm't.
101.51 $10,580 $2,020,175 $233,043
50. S8 (5,570 334.281 11,431
13(5.03 4,000 (528,408 04,157
551.05 4.500 2.483,775 277,975
107.85 4,000 40(5.110 41,840
73.40 3,000 204.504 04.521
430.71 3.340 1,438.571 284,200
5.28 3.000 10.008 2.112
407.22 0.800 4.578.750 706,240
414.41 3,500 1.450.540 414,483
103.38 3.500 . (57(5.830 07,800
02.25 0.000 553.500 434,115
58.18 3.540 205.057 2,327
71.22 3,200 234.313 14,057
7.88 3.050 24.034 3.54i
112.53 5.000 502.(550 50,2(55
2(5.05 5.000 134.750 10,170
0S3.05 3.(500 3.542.220 1,301.430
271.10 5.200 1,410,032 1 09,212
, 049,888
124.10 ' 0.000 745.140. 520,020
8.50 3.040 25,840 8,100
352.44 3,150 1,110,186 124,054
80.50 6.550 527.8(54 5,284
176. 61 3.040 536,804 15,686
50.01 3.540 211,010 2.384
05.74- 3.000 107.220 30
40.17 3.040 140,470 llo.SLS
20.10 3.050 61,305 10,795
00.56 2,000 181,120 206.300
16,100
00.86 4.500 314.370 31 4.370
51.53 3.500 180.355 '180,355
120.16 3.000 387.480 387.480
16.54 6.200 102.548 ! 02.548
04.88 5.000 324.400 '324.400
45.30 5.000 226.050 226.050
5,052.33 126.346,753 $5,211,373
Net derroase. .$2,910,161
Than in 1891?
PKRSOXAI. AMI OTHERWISE.
Inanimate things often display human In
telligence of a high order.
The appendix Is destined to he a notable
chapter in King Edward's history.
ran a ma hats with sealskin ear flaps are
the favorite headwear In Chicago, these
"rare June days."
The most perplexing queetlon In New
York at present is whether the local
Chollys will carry imitation to the limit of
perityphlitis.
The combine formed to market the
goobher crop innocently declare prices will
not be raised. This is another way of say
ing that consumers will shell cut.
It was fortunate for the British empire
that our own Dr. Chauncey Depew was on
the ground when trouble began. Ho said
the king would recover. That settled It.
A recent visitor to Yellowstone park re
ports having "a nice quiet time." Ho was
chased around a mountain peak by a
hungry bear and slid down a steep Incline,
seriously rupturing his clothes.
It is seriously proposed by the common
council of Chicago to acquire street rail
ways to refund fares to passengers when
the road Is blocked. It is presumed the
managers will accept the hint and make
an early call on the indignant city offi
cials. VICE OK MONEY BORROWING.
Efforts to Clip the Claws of Modern
Shy-locks.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Western Union company baa adopted
a drastic remedy in New York for the cur
ing of the borrowing habit among its em
ployes and the suppression of the usurious
money lenders who encourage the vice for
self gain. Operators who are addicted to
borrowing and patronise the Shylocks are
being weeded out of the service. The
practice of paying orders for salaries given
to the money lenders as security for the
loans grew into an . Intolerable nuisance.
It is assumed that the discharge of the
borrowers will drive the usurers out of
business. It may have thla result, but it is
doubtful. The only effect It will probably
have will ba to discontinue the use of the
cashier's office as a collection agency, for
money lending on these lines Is too profit
able to be easily relinquished by the men
engaged In It.
It would doubtless be a great boon to
every large corporation In tha country if
tha habit of borrowing by its employes
could be permanently abolished. The cor
porations doing business In this city are
afflicted by tbe practice. The usurious
Shylock is in evidence In tbe neighborhood
of the cashier's window every pay day to
collect his "pound of flesh." And the war
rant shaver is tbe curse of the city ball,
where the vice of borrowing from profes
sional money lenders who carry their offices
In their pockets has grown to enormous
proportions.
If the history of many of the defalca
tions and embezzlements In private and pub
lic service could be fairly followed in nine
cases out of ten probably the foundation for
tbe crime would be traced to tbe act of
borrowing from one of these accommodating
money lenders to meet what may seem an
urgent necessity at an outrageous rate of
interest and the embarrassments which tbe
act aubsequently entailed. There are times
In the career of moat wage earners when
they must borrow to bridge over periods of
financial distress. This Is ordinarily tbe
professional usurer's opportunity and be
seizes It with avidity. Once bVs prey Is In
bis net he keeps him there ss long as he can
continue to collect bis victim's wsges. Tbe
latter Is seldom allowed to escape and each
month makes It more difficult to get out of
the tolls which are constantly tightening
around him. If this kind of borrowing and
money lending could be effectually stopped
It would be s blessing to society and it
would doubtless remove one of tbe cblef
sources of anxiety of employers regarding
those occupying positions of trust in their
estsbllsbments. It would certainly go far
toward elevating tha standard of honesty In
the publlo service.
BLASTS FROM RAM'S HOW.
No truth ran bo cxpresned by the tongua
lone.
There aro do pure lives without
pur
hearts.
Th richest promises are for tha poorest
people.
Don't trim your lam? so italously as 'o
extinguish it.
Character la the best commercial asset
in tha world.
The world needs a pure-thought crusade
more than one (or pure food.
A great mauy are, living in hopes there
will be no collection in heaven.
The more personal you mnke your
preaching the plainer it will be.
It's of no use for your lips to b talking
of grace unless your life tastes of it.
Our thoughts in time ar weaving the
garments we munt wear in eternity.
The man who gives to advertise his char
ity has no charity worth advertising.
The eloquence of the preacher cannot
take the place of the influence of the par
ent. The wisest sympathy will not sing our
dirge with us, but it strikes a note of God's
anthem in harmony with ours.
SKCll.AR SHOTS AT THK riXIMT.
New York World: It remained tor a
Cleveland (O.) preacher to declare 8t. Teter
a victim to the fisherman's traditional vies
of overstatement.
Chicago Record-Herald: A Cleveland
preacher has won fame by saying St. Peter
as a lying old fisherman. He might have
written books all his life and never been
known outside, of his own ward.
Washington Star: Church-goers are
sometimes put into a difficult position.
Those who give liberally are accused of
worldly display; those who do not are
charged with indifference or parsimony.
Chicago Chronicle: Among other Inter
esting' local intelligence is the discovery
by Rev. George Whltceldo that the devil
has established his headquarters la Evans
ton. There has been a suspicion to tbat
effect since another Evanston divine de
clared that the game of golf as played by
the people of that town was a direct per
sonal invitation to his satanlc majesty. We
may assume that the invitation has been
accepted.
New York Sun: Of the six composers
of the mass which Is to be sung In the
Roman Catholic cathedral at Newark, one
is a Presbyterian and two are Kplscopal
clergymen. In churches of the ritualistic
school of EplscopallAnism the first prayer
book of Edward VI Is looked on as the true
standard and accordingly the terra mass is
used by tbem Invariably and the doctrine
of traneubstantiatlon is taught with some
slight attempts at variation. That two Epis
copal ministers, therefore, should assist In
writing a mass is not surprising, but that
they should write it for a Roman Catbolio
church is rather remarkable. That a Tres
byterlan minister should be a colleague In
the production Is very remarkable. A gen
eration ago such a circumstance would have
struck Protestants with amazement. Now
It Is likely to pass without any very serious
comment or, at least, any blttnr ebuke.
Washington Post: Rev. Dr. U W. Munhall
is quoted by the Chicago Inter Ocean thus:
"No Methodist may dance or play cards
without perjuring himself." 'Terjury"
means false swearing the wickedness of all
lying; an offense which, under certain con
ditions, Is defined and punished as a fel
ony. We do not imagine that Dr. Mun
hall intended to apply tho brand of crim
inal to dancing or card-playing Methodists,
for he must know there are thousands of
excellent young men and pure-minded
young women In the Methodist church who
occasionally take a hand at whist, euchre,.,
old sledge, high five, casino or soma other
game. Nor is it reasonably presumable
that Dr. Munhall is Ignorant of the fact
that there are many young Methodists who
sometimes dance. And the felicity with
which they move their feet in saltatorlal
exercise is positive proof that they are not
weighed down with a load of conscious sin.
DOMESTIC 1'I.E AS A.NTHIES.
Judge: "Are you sure you can support a
family?"
"1 only want the girl."
Brooklyn Life: Blonde Bridesmaid The
ushers haven't seated your Aunt Maria
with the family.
Other Bridesmaid (sister to the bride)
No, she sent only a pickle fork!
Chicago Tost: "Matrimony," mused ths
elderly woman, "spoils many a romance."
"In that case," replied the younger
woman promptly, "I would like to have a
romance spoiled."
Smart Set: Mrsi Bliss (reading paper)
Dearest, I see marriage licenses are only $2,
whllo divorce papers cost InO; why Is It?
Mr. Bliss (also reading) Worth more.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Did the old
man seem to hesitate when you asked him.
for ljiura?"
"Not a bit of it. He said the caterer and
the florist owed him a lot of monev and it
would be a good way to get even with
them."
Philadelphia Fresa: "T don't nee any dif
ference between the society woman's decol
lete gown and the costumo of a ballet
girl."
"The only difference is that one's too far
from the celling and the other too far from
the floor."
Chicago Tribune: Mrs. Chugwnter I'd
be ashamed to sleep in church the way you
do.
Mr. Chugwater I can't help it. It's ths
only way I know how to sleep.
Chicago Tribune: Raynor Yes, I be.
Ueve In ghosts. I have seen at least one
in my life.
Shyne Well, I have never seen any. You
have a shade the best of me.
Detroit Free Press: He I love you, darl
ing. I swear it by those lofty elms in yon
der park
She Don't swear by those, Reginald.
He Why not?
She Because those trees are slippery
elms.
Chicago Tribune: "Nellie, dear," whis
pered the Washington youth. "I see my
mother and yours are in earnest conver
sation over there. 1 wonder what they're
talking about?"
"Maybe," said the Washington maiden,
with a bright Mush, "they tblnk they're
holding a steering commutes meeting."
FROM ONE LONG DEAD.
Egbert Bridges.
What! You here In the moonlight and
thinking of me?
Is it you, O my comrade, who laughed at
my Jest?
But you wept when I told you I longed to
be free,
And you mourned for a while when they
laid me at rest.
I've been dead all these years! and tonight
In your heart
There's a stir of emotion, a vision that
si I pit
It'a my face in the moonlight that gives
you a start,
It's my name that In Joy rushes up to
your lips!
Yes, I'm young, O so young, and so little I
know!
A mere child tbat is learning to walk and
to run;
While I grasp at the shadows that wave
to and fro
I am dazzled a bit by the light of tbe sun.
I am learning the lesson,
I try to grow
wise,
But at night I am baffled and worn by
the strife:
I am humbled .and then there's an Impulse
to ride,
And a voice whispers, "Onward and winl
This la Life!''
And the Force that -is drawing me un to
the HelKht.
That Inspires me and thrills me each day
a new birth.
Is the Force that to Chaos said, "Let there
be Light!
And it aave us tweet glimpses of Hcavea
so Ltrlh.
