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14 Tie Omaha Sunday Ber I. R08EWATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TF.RMH fW HITRfBIPTIrtV Dally Bee (without -inday), One Year. It CO I'aliy Bee and Bunds, one Year '. Illustrated Bee, une rear ) Sunday lie. On tear J-'O Baluraay Bee, One Yiar Twentieth Centurv Farmer. Ohe Year DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy, Liallv Vtee iviihnui feuiiriav). uer " Delly he (including 8unayi, per week..lic Sunday Bee, par copy 6C Evening Bee (Without Sunday), per week.luc Evening Bee (Including eunuay), per wak lia , Complaints of Irregularities in delivery houla b addressed to City ClrcuUtlon 1epartment offices. Omaha The Bee Bui. ding. South Omaha City Han Building. Twen-ty-ftttn and M Street. Council Bluffs 1') Vearl Street. Chicago 1540 L'nlty Building. New York Temple Court. Washington M Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to nw and editorial matter rhould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addreesed: The Bee Fub.ishlng torn pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, espress or postal ordr, payable to The Bee Fub.lehlng company. Only 2-cent SUmpa accepted in payment of mall account, tentorial checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE i'CBL.loHl.tU tOMPAM. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss.: Oeorge ii. Ttschuck, Secretary of ihe Bee Publlsning Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number ol full and complete copies of Tha Dally, Morning, Evening ana Sunday Bee printed during the month of June, 1DQ2. was as follows; 1 ' t a c 7 1 10 11 II 14 IB .... 211,4 1U ....ilU,4t0 ,...so,ao ....HO.BTO ....ao.Buo ...ao.oio ....flU.ATO ....m.uoo ....XU.B40 ....ait,io ....Xtt.BBO ....2M,810 ....ittl.SMO ....iiW.HOO ....VtSBHO 1. 3t4tH 8U,ft40 2U,7iM) SU.T40 Kfl.fkH) liD.BTO X9.BHO Utt.BHO 1,81 JO zo,too ZO.BSO SO.ttttO SH.04O im.nuo 2O.610 17 18 1 20 21 a a M 25 26 r? 29 SO I Total 8,B0 Leas unsold and returned copies.... 9,OSa Net total sales STU.BH8 Net daily average 2U.818 OEO. B. TZSCHUCK. 1 Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 30th day of June, A. D., 1902. (Seal.) M. B. HL'NCIATE, Notary Public. Tbe summer school novf has the right of way 60 the educational thoroughfare. The auditorium cornerstone Is laid. The capstone laying will be still more Impressive. A statistical compilation of what it costs to celebrate would be au instruct ive exhibit With the Invasion of the teachers this week Minneapolis ought to rise percep tibly on the scale of literacy. ' Watch those London bostelriea and shops try to make up for lost time when the deferred coronation is really pulled off. ', July 4 is fast becoming an Interna tional holiday. No country of the world la without Americans to keep up the celebration. If there is a fatted calf anywhere in sight it should be butchered and broiled at once. Our DaT Is coming noma to stay until the day after election. Congressman Boutell declares In an In terview that the best republican cam paign document Is the country's pros perity. That la where Mr. Boutell'a head la level. If St. Louis succeeds in landing the democratic national convention for 1004, as It baa set out to do, it will hare a midway fenture sure to furnish unex celled amusement as au exposition side show. It is now up to the Filipinos who reap the benefit of the president's amnesty proclamation to show by acts 'rather than words tbat tbey appreciate the more than generous treatment accorded them by the American nation. It Is beginning to be suspected that the special embassy of the United States to tha coronation of King Edward VII Is getting Its money's worth in free adver tising If not in parading the streets of London with the king and participating in medieval mummery at Westminster Abbey. .President Roosevelt has struck the keynote of genuine reform when he de clared In his Tlttsburg Fourth of July oration tbat what' counts most for good government is character, and what we need most Is honesty and resolute cour age in men who fill the positions of honor and trust Louisiana has put a law on Its statute's forbidding the use of any school history In that state that does not give Admiral Schley full credit for destroying Cer vera's fleet That will not feaze the school book publishers. Tbey will be pleased to prepare and furnish textbooks to conform to their patrons' ideas. Ak-Sar-Ben need not worry over the kind of reception that will be expected by President Roosevelt when he comes t Tlslt Omaha in the fall. A good old fashioned democratic reception that will enable everyone who wishes to sdqw bis personal respect and patriotic enthu- aiaam for the chief executive of thtrCa- tlon will fill the bill. In union there is strength. Combina tion la the order of the day. During the coming week Kansas farmers propose to hold a convention with a view to or ganising tbe milling and grain shipping Industry of Kansas for the purpose of marketing their products at higher ratea ' by reducing tbe cost of trsnsportstion and squeeztug out the speculator. This scheme is by no means wild-eyed or vi slonary. If successful. It will doubtless be emulated by producers of other states libera IX conditions exist. a few yrri to crack. Within the past twenty days the rail road tax bureau has flooded the state with a perfect shower of bulletins to dispel the Impression that the Nebraska railroads are not bearing their due share of the burden of taxation. Instead of convincing the people that tbe railroads are overtaxed, the bureau has succeeded In arousing public attention to the fact tbnt the railroad corporstions are up against It and arc spurring hard for wind. The array of figures projected Into the bulletins and press advertisements do not refute the Specific complaint tbat the state board has refused to assess tbe franchises of tbe railroads, which con stitute the most valuable asset of these corporations. Tbe Ingenious and mis leading pleas advanced on behalf of the railroads fall to Justify the flagrant dis crimination In the assessment of rail roads as compared with other classes of property. Up to this time the bulletin tftrowers have failed to convince the people of Ne braska tbat If 3,4(15 miles of railroad with Inferior rolling stock and Inferior roadbed and rails were worth $29,33'J,031 In tbe year 18112, 5,704 miles of road with double the equipment, a vastly Im proved trackage and enormously valua ble terminal facilities are worth only 2C,58t),502 this year. In other words, the tax bureau cannot convince the peo ple of Nebraska tbat the railroads with their enormously Increased earnings and that have doubled tbelr market value of ten years ago should be assessed "nearly three millions less, notwithstanding tbe Increase to their main Hue mileage by 23!) miles. All the bulletins the tax bureau lint yet Issued have failed to show why tbe assessed valuation of railroads In Doug las County, Including their, terminal fa cilities, right-of-way, depots and depot grounds and the west half of the Union Pacific bridge, should be assessed for $38,000 less In 1002 than tbey were as sessed In 1891 without the bridge, with out the costly passenger depots and without millions of dollars expended for Improvements In Omaha and South Omaha within the past ten years. The tax bureau bulletins have utterly failed to explain why the east half of the Union Pacific bridge should be as sessed for $84,000 in Iowa, while the west half Is assessed only at $1,308 In Nebraska. In contrast with this scan dalous attempt to defeat fair taxation la tbe notorious fact tbat one-bajf mile of Union Pacific railroad in Jackson county, Missouri, situated within the limits of Kansas City, Is assessed for $150,440, exclusive of buildings, while tbe Union Pacific la assessed for tbe same distance at Omaha at $4,000. But tbat is not all. Tbe Missouri state board assessed the franchise of the Union Pa cific for tbe one-half mile In Kansaa City at $30,000, while In Omaha the Union Pacific franchise la not assessed for a penny. While the railroad bulletins persist ently deny that tbe $15,000,000 terminals, depot and bridge properties lu Omaha have been gulped down by tha railroad whale without showing .he slightest sigu of expansion of Its digestive ap paratus, no bulletin baa yet pointed out where any county, town or city along the line of the Union Pacific baa been benefited one penny by the so-called dis tribution. Nor has any bulletin yet en lightened us as to the whereabouts of. tbe new Burlington depot and its valua ble terminal facilities In the assessment of the Omaha & Southwestern, which Is assessed at $6,500 a mile in 1002, as against $ti,800 a mile ten years ago. The6e are bard nuta to crack for tbe bureau and there will be a great many others harder still when comparisons are instituted between the fast and loose methods of railroad assessment In Ne braska and the precise and compre hensive systems that are In vogue In other states. TUB MUST DIFFICULT PRUBLtMS. In his address at Pittsburg, President Roosevelt spoke of the concentration of great individual and corporate fortunes aa presenting especially difficult prob lems. This wealth, ' rightly used, he said la for tbe Interests of the country, but when Cot used right It becomes a menace and a danger. ' In order to meet these problems there must be new meth od and Instruments. He believed there wlll .be need of new legislation, but It must be conceived "In no radical or revo lutionary spirit but In a spirit of com mou seuse, common honesty and a reso lute desire to face facta as they are." That is a position which will be an- proved by Intelligent public oplnlou. Reckless railing against combinations of wealth and demagogic demands for Im practicable or impossible methods of meeting the problems presented by such combinations no longer have the serious attention of thoughtful and conservative men. These know, as was said by tbe president, that the problems must be solved by degrees, that "If we recklessly . try without proper thought without proper caution, to do too much we shall do nothing, or else we shall work ruin that will be frit most acutely among those of our citizens who are most helpless." While seeking remedies fur the abuses and ' objectionable practices of the in dustrial combinations It Is necessary to consider what the effect of proposed measures might be upon the Independent Industries. For example, If the tariff should be taken off all articles manu factured by the combinations, would not the effect be damaging to those ludus tries that are outside of and competing with the combinational Not all the iron and steel manufacturers are In the trust and ao with other industries. There are many Independent companies producing the same articles as the combinations and we eannot strike at the latter through the tariff without hitting the former. Another thing to be considered Is the Interests of labor. Drastic meas urea for the suppression: of the Industrial combinations. If they could be enforced, would operate Injuriously to hundred! ot thousands .of people employed by the TIIE OM.AIIA comblnstions. It may be said thst this labor would find employment In Inde pendent Industries, but It could not do so at onc The resulting Industrial and business disturbance .would preclude this. Another matter for consideration is the possible effect of the policy some propose upon our foreign commerce. It will not be questioned that the Industrial combinations have had much to do with tbe extension qf our foreign trade. Their destruction. It Is therefore reasonable to assume, would result In more or less Injury to the country In this direction. "Much can be done along the lines of supervision and regulation of the great Industrial combinations which have be come so marked a factor In our civiliza tion," said Mr. Roosevelt but to deal with them "In a spirit of envy and hatred and malice would be to Invite disaster a disaster which Would be SO widespread that thla country would rock to Its foundations." This Is the rational view, the position of sound statesman ship, with which there Is no doubt the most Intelligent and conservative opin ion of the country la in accord. A PCll FOOD PROPOQASVA. There was recently incorporated an association of the manufacturers and distributors of food products, the object of which is to seek national legislation In the passage of a pure food law by congress, lucre is to be a convention under the auspices of the association the latter part of the present month. which will be attended by delegates from all the large cities of tbe country and at which national legislation for purity In food products will be dis cussed. This subject has frequently been be fore congreHs, a bill having been intro duced at the last session, but failed of passage. This measure, which may be considered at the next session, permits the president of the United States to appoint a certain number of army and navy officers, with whom the chief of tbe chemical division In the Agricul tural department may consult on tech nical sanitary problems. It also pro vides that the chief chemist of that de partment may appoint consultants ot this character and glvea him the. power to fix standards of purity for the manu facture of drugs and foods In this coun try. It was objected to this measure that It glvea too much power to the chief chemist of the Department of Ag riculture and It was also urged that that Is not the proper department to have charge of such a matter, but this ob jection Is not particularly important. If national legislation for pure food is de sirable it would undoubtedly be as well enforced by the Agricultural aa by the Treasury department. Nineteen states have pure food laws and they also have nineteen commis sioners or boards to enforce them. Con sequently there is a good deal of dis cord In legislation and in legal construc tion and aa foods are largely produced In one state and shipped Into many others there la an Inconvenience to deal- era in some of the states that has cre ated a considerable demand for na tional legislation. It is to support and strengthen this demand that the associa tion of manufacturers and distributors of food has been formed and It will probably have a strong popular backing, since it must be presumed that every body wants pure food. PRICSIDHXT ASD MlSt US' bTRlKC. A congressman whose district includes many of the striking anthracite miners appealed to President Roosevelt to take some action with a view to ending the strike and In reply the president said he hoped such a result would be accom plished before long. Another reassur ing statement by the president was that be is considering all the propositions made to him on the subject which might enable him to act intelligently in the event' of an occasion arising where In terference should become necessary. There Is no doubt that President Roosevelt Is taking a very great Interest In this matter and would be glad to do something to terminate tbe contest, but It is a matter which requires tbe most careful consideration. There is in some quarters a disposition to find fault with tbe president for not proceeding against the coal combine, In view of the patent fact tbat tbe anthracite coal railroads are combined. It is asserted by these critics that the course of the railroads which control nearly all of tbe anthra cite mines la clearly in violation of tbe federal anti-trust law and that criminal proceedings under that law would be Justifiable. The president, however, cannot act upon assumption that the law la being violated. He must have sub stantial ground for action and the un derstanding is that the attorney general of the United States, by direction of the president, Is Investigating the situa tion with a view to ascertaining whether the coal roads are amenable to the fed eral statute. Sd far as the nature Of tbe issue be tween the operators and tbe miners Is concerned, the president has full Infor mation in the report of Labor Commis sioner Wright, but it cannot be deter mined fron that whether the law Is be ing violated. Admitting there is a combination of roads, and we believe thla Is not denied, the question Is, as we have heretofore pointed out, whether this combination operates in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states. If It can be shown that it does then It is certainly in violation of the law, but otherwise it cannot be held amenable to tbe federal statute. It is a matter aa to which the federal authori ties cannot afford to take hasty action and howeve anxious President Roose velt may be for the termination of tbe strike, the prolongation of w hich would be d.fwiaglng to the business Interests of the country and might have other seri ous consequences, he can be. depended upon to take no action that is not Justi fied by sound and sufficient reasous. Meanwhile the trike situation ap pears to have undergone no Important change. Some of the operators claim that they could resume production at DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, any time, with most of their old men, but tbey show no disposition ,to do so. Of course the miners deny this. It Is not Improbable, however, thst there will be a change In the near future. J3KVH AXD LUW WATtH MAftRS. There la tine unwritten law no con gress or legislature can amend or abro gate and no combine or trust can per manently suspend, and that Is the in exorable law of supply and demand. Speculators and combines may occasion ally create an artificial demand, or tbey may, by obtaining control of the bulk of any given commodity, curtail the avail able supply and for a brief period raise prices in the markets of the world. In the long run, however, the law of supply and demand asserta Itself and overturns ell artificial barriers. Thla fact Is strikingly Illustrated by the prevailing high prices of grain, live stock and the by-products of the mill and packing bouse. All the beef pack ers of the country who constitute the so-called beef trust have been unable to repress the perslsteut rise In the price of cattle, sheep and hogs. All the grain gamblers have been unable to materially a'dvance the price of wheat or keep down the price of corn and oats In conformity with the available supply, Immediate demand and prospective harvest A glance at the following table affords ir refutable proof for any rational person: AVflRAGE CHICAGO PRICES. Beef Year. 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 Wheat. Com. Oats. .18 .IB .21 .25 .25 .88 .42 Steers. $3.70 4.80 4. 20 4.70 &.0S E.10 160 Hogs. (3.70 4.10 t.80 3.90 6.60 - CIS 7.15 . .68 . .89 .1.04) . .71 . .74 . .70 . .74 .25 .17 .8 .84 .80 .49 .7! It will be noted that while the price of wheat thla year la only slightly above the price that prevailed six years ago, It is more than 30 per cent below the price at which wheat Bold four years ago. Corn and oati have nearly trebled In price within six years, while cattle aud bogs have fully doubled within that period. Had It been possible for the beef combine to control absolutely prices of live stock. It goes without saying that It would not have paid 100 per cent more for cattle, hogs and sheep In 1902 than was paid In 1806. It is as plain as tbe nose on a man's face that the high price of the foodstuffs required In the production of meat has forced up the price of live stock and Is consequently the chief factor In the rise of the price of meat and the by-products of the pack ing houses. That the Increase In the price of meat and meat products may be out of pro portion to the raw material on tbe hoof by reason of ft. combination among the buyers and packers nobody will attempt ,to gainsay, but it must be patent to everybody that the so-called beef trust has not been able to suspend the laws of supply and demand by compelling the cattle raiser to sell at low water mark prices, while the packers and butchers are marketing their products at high water mark. cariiiKbr AMttXAtiox tals. The speech of Senator Elklns of West Virginia, made Just before the adjourn ment of congress. In regard to Cuban annexation, has been considerably com mented upon and with ' very few ex ceptions the comment has been adverse. Representative Newlands of Nevada la another advocate of annexation, though he thinks there ought to be no pressure on the part 6f this country to bring It about, but on the contrary that any proposition for annexation should come from Cuba. He is also in favor of doing something for the Island, whereas Mr. Elklns la opposed to this. It Is said that the subject of Cuban annexation Is likely to be seriously con sidered at the next session of congress, but this may be doubted, for public opinion here, we believe It safe to say, is very largely opposed to the annexa tion of Cuba with the condition that It should become a state, and the Cubans would not wish to be annexed without that condition. If ever Cuba aska to become a part of the United States she will require statehood, of course upon equal terma with the existing states. This we have no doubt an overwhelm ing majority of the American people would refuse. Unquestionably Senator Piatt of Connecticut was right In say ing that Mr. Elklns does not, In this matter, represent any considerable por tion of the people of the United States, aa he also was in pointing out the un tlmellness of presenting and advocating an annexation resolution In the senate so soon after the new government of Cuba had been Installed. It was a pro- ' ceeding very likely to cause a feeling Of OlSirusi among iua uauo, would be unfortunate at this time. Governor Jeff Davla of Arkansas, haa written to President Roosevelt protest ing against the reported consideration of Senator James K. Jones for a place on the canal commission. Iu words more forcible than polite Governor Davla calls attention to tbe fact that Jones has been repudiated by Arkansas democrats, who turned down with a thud his application for a re-election to the senate, and insists that their desire Is to have Jones retired td private life as soon as his present term expires. It will of course be a great hardship on Jones to be dislodged from official position, but other statea men of equal prominence have had to endure the aame experience. President Roosevelt la not afraid that the credit attaching to bis administra tion may be shared by hia associates. On tbe contrary, be goes out of his way to give credit to bla cabinet officers and other subordinates for the important work they perform even where tbe In spiration haa emanated from himself. Full particulars about the driving of tbe first rivet la Ihe keel of tbe Nebraska by Oovernor Savage and Cfovernor Mc Brid have reached us by telegraph, but what tha governor of Nebraska said to tbe governor ot Washington state after JULY 6, 1002. the first rivet bad been driven haa not yet transpired. It would not take a long distance mind reader to condense the mutual expressions of the Interstate comity Into these words, "It la a long time between drinks." Coarteales of War. Chicago Record-Herald. Dewey says bs killed a few people at Manila to please the Spanish commander. There Is nothing like being accommodating In these little matters. Baltimore American. Now conies forward an expert to prove from statistics how few people sre ever struck by lightning. This Intelligence, however, will be anything but resssurlng in political circles Just Dow. Doa't Throve the Rollins; Pla. ' Brooklyn Eagle. The modest girl, tha prudent wife and the careful matron are much more service able in life than pettlcoatcd philosophers, blustering heroines or virago queens. Now, don't throw .missiles this way. Ooldsmlth said that. Oliver Shocklaa; Brwtallty Lawyers. New Tork Sun. Whenever a woman la acquitted ot charges of matrimonial misconduct there are always those who sneer at the weak ness of the law, at least toward women. Thla apparent partiality could be ex plained la a number of recent suits which have come under our obtervstlon by tbe extraordinary brutality and coareenesa with which the opposing counsel have at tacked the women is the case, even though there wss a fairly even balance between the evidence ot Innocence and of guilt. A Plea for Mare Laaghter. Toledo Blade. Ars American young women really se riousmore so than those of any other country T It seems hardly creditable. It Is a serious matter it American women sre forgetting to laugh. It mar drer the wrlnklea, a minor matter after all, for they are the character lines of the face. Or they may wish to avoid the consequences ot laughing and growing fat. However, if It la becoming characteristic of American women to be Serious, it la a deplorable condition ot womankind. ' If America la still too homogeneous for a characteristic type of beauty It may be too much so for any sort of a characteristic type. "Long live the merry, merry heart that laugha from mora till night" tbe Amer ican heart. One Month'e Work !a Caba. Havana Poet. Tha republic of Cubs has completed Its first month of existence. For some et tha things that have happened during that time she is undoubtedly to bs congratulated, while for others she must be blamed for lack ef energy. Congress has met, but aside from assigning salaries, suppressing tome few positions snd creating' a good many others, nothing particular haa been dons. - The people in the rural districts ars complaining ot tbe lack of security ot life and property, and the working classes ars still asking what they are to do during the summer months In order to make a living. la addition to this we are beginning to hear of the Increase of smuggling, and even of piratical sets that are being committed every day. Cuba la beginning to find out It is a great deal caster to criticise and to run a -country theoretically than it la to da It la practice. WASTE P1.ACB MADE VALUABLE. Positive BeaeBta af Irritation ta the Whole Coo a try. Minneapolis Times. ' The new irrigation law will probably. In time, disposes forever ot the question of our arid lands, and at the same time begin to convince us that while we sre still rich enough to glvs a farm to most ot the peo ple who are wanting farms aw present, there will come a time when the estate will be divided up and wa must make the best of what we have. There is no reason why we of this gen eration should worry our heads greatly over that, however. Another 78,000,000 of people could And homes In ths west without our bothering about even our children's chil dren; for the agriculturists tell ua that ths Irrigated lands yled great and more evenly returning crops than the farms which rely upon the natural rainfall. ' Ths provision which limits the farms to 160 seres to shy one person in one tract gives the new set tlers confidence that the possession by one man of large acreage will not prejudice their future content or security. One hun dred snd sixty acres of land ts mere than ths average stxe of farms In this country, which was recently estimated st about 118 acres. If we add to the unknown value of the to-bs-lrrlgated landa tha unknown value at tbe vast region of cut-over pine lands of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan of all the states which have been left to tbe res toration of nature by the departure ot ths lumberman we can find plenty of hops tor the return to the soil of all those who long for some life outside of ths city. From the commercial, the agricultural, the social and the manufacturing sides ths matter of irrigation in tbe west will return benefit to the whole country. An If it will alao enforce upon us ths necessity for conserving and restoring tha lands ws have left behind us, or which Us at our own doors. It will do an even greater good. COMPLETING THE HOPKINS FIKDS. Baltimore's Faaaeae Ualveralty ta cares Necessary Endowment. New Tork Times. It will be good news to the friends ef sound and progressive scholarship la tbe t'nlted States and throughout the civilised world that the endowment fund which was regarded as necessary to ths continuance of the work of Johns Hopkins university haa been completed. The sum wss not large, as such things go st the preaent time and in this country, only 11.000,000. and the slowness with which It was gathered haa seemed a little pustllng td those who have underatood the value of the uslver tlty and tbe peculiar distinction it con ferred on tbe city where It was situated. But the money haa now been raised, snd the fact la a cause of congratulation. The work of Johns Hopkins Is knowa ths world over.. Under the highly intelligent guidance ef its former president. Dr. Oil man, It haa from time to time secured the enthusiastic service of some of the most learned and efficient men la their respective lines, and It has suocseded la Inspiring Its students with a fervor snd persistence in thorough study ssd Inquiry tbat have made tbe proportion among them of distinguished names very remarkable. The univeralty haa united courage and aound conservatism. Its work haa been solid and painstaking as well ss progressive. It has been free from fads, and that freedom has been as com plete from tbe old fads as from the new. It has Bought to teet and to prove, and while holding fast ta that which has been Shown to he good In tbe past to aeek safely and surely all practicable acquisitions la the realm f knowledge and thought. There haa been ao Institution for ths higher edu cation la tbla country that has beea more completely and characteristically Amerl taa. and none tbat haa done mors te bring eur country Into harmony with the world's movement of clvilUatlaa. , BLASTS FBOSI KW8 HOBI. . Men do not stumble, on salvation. Moral exercise makes moral athletes. All great work conslsta of small deeds. Hard living does not make easy dying. Orowing and giving sre lbs best evidences ef living. The heart makes a good engine, but a poor rudder. Yesterday's success may be the secret ef todsy's fsllure. Ood csn give us pstleere, But Hs cannot give ua practice. Religious teschers count tor mors thsa re ligious teachings. Sponges gather easily, but they are quickly wrung dry. It Is better to be ssved In a storm than drowned In a calm. The edifice of character cannot be built without an architect. Ths first effect ot knowledge Is the con sciousness ef Ignorance. PERSONAL AKD OTHERWISE. Senator Beveridge denies thst he got it la the rubber. ' Minneapolis rejoices because Its Juries have tha courage of their convictions. Denver has a slight touch of the exposi tion fever, ftatter watt until Bt. Louis csn measure Its deficit. Old Mother Necessity la wise In her day. Observe how charming tbe Jeweled pins la the back hair keep the rubber taut. Ohio's funded debt will be wiped out dur ing ths preaent year. la the hands of men fairly great, republican polities work that way. , , A census bulletin tells of tbs production of needles and pins In this country, but does not tell what becomes of them. That's ths sticking point. It Is ssd to think, after our outburst of joy st the launching, that the kaiser's yacht. Meteor, abould come In second best at ths Kiel races. Alice, alackl It la announced la advance that Presi dent Roosevelt will dispense with hand shaking on his coining tour of tbe country. That "shake" will soon be shaken in ths west. t If all ths vagaries of summer westher srs chargeable to the eruption, Mont Pa les has a proud record la soma respects. It has atrangied the reputation of weather prophets. Chicago Is struggling bravely to protect tbe integrity of Its Jury system. In three months four unscrupulous lawyers bava been pinched for plugging Justice In the Jury room. Notwithstanding tbe closurs announced some moons ago, former Secretary Long la talking in ths magazines about the bat tie ot Santiago. It Is a question who will get the last word. A "beauty doctor" In Chicago, who doped the complexion 6f a patient, causing death. managed to elude Indictment by producing a diversity of medical opinion on the cause ot death. Expert evidence Is fine shelter ID a storm. A strange Illness, so-called, has assumed the proportions of an epldemlo la New York parks. Young women ar the chief victims. Ths symptoms sre falntness snd swooning. In every case where tbe sweet heart Is on to his Job, recovery ts prompt. Ths generosity of congress In hsndlng Buffalo a bunch ot 1500,000 to apply on Its deficit Is mighty pleasing to ths town. Nons of the money goes to exposition stockholders snd bondholders, or for ground rent. The beneficiaries are the contractors who built the exposition. After this money Is distributed there will still remain a deficit of $2,817,863.25. consisting of stock payments, $l,4J.I84.t5; second mortgage bonds, $500,000; balanc on first mortgage, $174,979. Liike all men prominent In Wall street James R. Keen is continually being naked for tips on the market. Ths other day aa Impecunious friend said to htm Inslnuat Ingly: "Ars you a bull or a bear, Mr. KeeneT" Rather curtly came the reply: "I'm nothing 1" "But maybe you'll recover; maybe you're not Incurable," waa bts eal ler's droll remark. It ticked Mr. Keene, who said, with a grim smile, "Com In and see me tomorrow," snd they do say that the Impecunious man's quick retort waa worth money to him. SILLY FAILT-FIXDEIIS. ( Aksara Objections t Eelacatton of the Chlldrea ( Alleaa. Baltimore American. That philosophy whloh did not look too tar into the future to be uncomfortable, and which held that the evil of the day sufficed therefor. Is contemptuously flung aside, snd thst of todsy Is exercising all Ita efforts, apparently, to bring out on more dsnger to add te the many In the midst of which ws have been needlessly walking all these years. One of ths latest of these sdditlons Is the fear tbat the beneficial philosophy which would hssten as much ss possible tbs development, through the children, of ths alien races pouring upon our shores is a mistaken and a mischievous one. It Is claimed tbat the Americanising of the younger generation proceeds too rapidly; that tha children ef the Immigrant classes absorb too readily the Ideas, habit and customs of the new home te which they have been brought; tbat these Ideas and customs ar supplied their receptive minds too liberally, snd thst the result Is the virtual aeparatloa of children and parents. Ths children are taught higher standarda of living; they Imbibe finer ideals; they r brought into a wider range of thought; they ar urged to grasp better Industrial advantages; tbey exercise more liberty and quickly leara their right to Individual In dependence, snd all this. It is said, create a gulf between tbe old and the young gen erations, sad tends to break up homes. There ar the grains of truth in this presentation ot the case which ar Just large enough and numerous enough to be Irritating. With the old, assimilation of aew Ideas and new hablta la difficult. In many cases Impossible. But cllnclng, aa they do, te old Ideals, the parenta of our future cUlsen have confessedly left their homes to "better" themselves and their children, and they ar by no means slow to claim for their children tbe benefit of our achools and other institutions. Even If they tried fo form eolonles among them selves, they could not by any means la their power keep young, plastlo minds from yielding to the Influences of such a strong atmosphere aa surrounds them her. But, ss a matter of fact, they want , their chil dren te be Americana, snd enjoy all the advantages ef American life, and to this they frequently bend all their energies. That children should be superior in In telligence, In culture snd ia position to their parents no doubt brings about cer tain undesirable conditions, but ' there are few parenta who do not desire for tbelr children something better than they have enjoyed themselves, and If the level Sf the latter Is to be preserved through a false sentiment, development of a raee or a class is at an end. It Is the pride ant boast of many a promlneot man today that hla parent toiled, and tolled hard, to ylv him the education aad advantages tbey had not themselves, and that they lived to b proud of him that hla position was not aa accident, but wrested from fate. The parents will hardly Indorse this lateet stand of their pessimistic and un-ealled-ti chaaiBtoua. SKfl LAR SHOTS AT TUB It LMT. Brooklyn Eagle: The minister who from his pulrll lat Sundsy told his congre gation that his fsmlly wss starving would have aroused trior sympsthy It he bad l taken a trip to Europe Isst eummer. Chicago Chronlrl! Respect tor dlvlna mercy and the deductions of eommoB sense Silk commend th definition of a Idesl clsrgymsn who declsres that "It la what a man la. not where hs is, tbst makes mans heaven or his hell." Ths P repe tition never has been put mors tersely ami logically. Washington Tost: . One editor IS engaged In finding fault with Biehop Potter because he msd use of th sdjectlv "brainy" U speaking of th late Archbishop Corrlgsa. But la not an up-to-flat prelate Ilk BIthop , Potter to b permitted a few special privi leges In bis vocsbulary department. v If the- various institutions of learning have strung about all th letters of th alpha- bet from th rear plasa ot his name! Detroit Tree Frees: Even aalvatma has been unionised. Nearly 100 member of ths United Mln Workers left St. Patrick's church st Olyphant, Fa., during mass Sua day morning because th priest would aot sak a nonunion man to leave th church. It Is spparent, ot courss, that it would never do for. t he trade unions to permit th ssving rft "scab" souls. Heaven ta supposed to be a state of perfect bliss, snd there can be no perfect bllsa where all th souls do ot have union cards aad aa eight-hour day tor th glorlOcatloa at their Maker. New York World: Rv. Father White eg Little Falls appears to have a bead ea hie shoulders snd a heart In his bosom. De dining sn appeal to Join ia a eruead against base ball games on Sunday, tha good priest said: "I believ that people should go to church and worship aa Ood intended, but that does not, IA my opinion, mean that the rest of the day should b spent In solitude and with drawn curtains." And he sdded thst he saw no objectloa ta "an orderly gam of base ball en Buaday afternoon, providing that the peace Of no body is disturbed. There ar many evils worse than base ball requiring th atten tion of strict moralists. Working people, need some recreation, aad It la better ta play or watch base ball than to pas the day in tbe saloons. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Detrclt Free Press: He My dear, wa can't marry until I know how Our board is to be paid. She If you really loved m you wouldn't i b bothering about board. Puck: Th'e Adorlna Mother (showtne Bahr How plain the darling speaks! Just Uete to him calling "brother Freddlel A Man Friend Er-er what is he calling hlmt Philadelphia Bulletin: "He haa a pictur) of hla sweetheart Inside his waioh." "Indeed I Well, he looks so happy lately, I thought there must be a woman ta th case." Chicago Newe: Artist Yes, fr glvea this picture of a pretty young widow a sort of horticultural name. Friend Indeed! what did you call Itt Artist "A Daisy Beneath th Weeds." Philadelphia Preea: "Not tnurh la thjs life," continued the chronic kicker, "not much for me. Everybody else 1 know seem to get along, but I'm left out In th cold." "Well, that won't happen to you In tha life to come," remarked the sly Mr. Pep prey. Detroit Free Press: Boarder This ream will suit me very nicely. What are youf terms? I ' Landlady You take It by th week and If you don't pay my son .takes you by thai ncK. New Orleans Times: "If I only had anr ambassador at the court Of love!" Sighed the bashful Swain. "A minister would be good enough far me," repMed th demur maiden. "Arabella!" "Herbert!" And So they were married. ; Chicago Post: "fthe haa a splendid fig ure,1' he commented. "Apparently." replied her rival spitefully, "but whenever I see anyone admiring It I feel like calling his attention to the prin cipal feature of some advertisements. ' What la that?" V " 'Beware af Imitations!' SHAKE HARDS WITH FATE. Rglna Armstrong In Leslie's Wtkly. 'Tls a sad old world and a bad old world. It is scarce worth while at all; Ita aorrowa cling and its friendships stiaa- And even It Joys will pall. But dear is life for all Its strife, And love is better than hate You'll And a grace In tbe surliest face If you Just shake hands with fat. witn light in your your stance. gianc and right las And your Tips in a curve to th sky. A spring in your walk and a ring In your talk, Bure, hope wilt not pass you by. The path that you will winds over a hill, But it leads to an open gate; Bo trill you a son to lure love along. And -Just shake hands with fate. "lis In yourself la th demon elf, 'Tls In yourself Is Ood; And you'll never stray from jreuraetf' away God s light or the devil's prod. Whatever your mind you'll meet in kind. And what Is yourself create; The world will view what la really vau Therefore, shake handa with fate! PIANO LEADERS Arrest the Attention of tfii Public The Beautiful Stock of Pianos now Ex hibited and for Sale at Hospe's . Musio Rooms Creates Most Favorablo Comment. KNABE Piano in Art eases, la fla walnut, in mahogany and rosewood cases. 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