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SN,B40 14 81,830 1,. aw.vio 25 2W.OOO 11..'. 9W,BSO 24 S9.880 It' SS.S10 17 2U.USO U. a,sso 28 at,4o 14.' 8,00 2 2,BK 14.. sn,S80 to ro.aio " Total smvuo Less unsold and returned copies.... V.esa ' ;.'Net total sales 8T,BUS Net dally average., 30.81S OEO. B. TZSCHUCK. 'Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before roe this JOth day of June A. D., 1932. (Seal.) M, B. H UNGATE, . ' Notary Public Kitchener is borne in time to partici pate in the coronation after all. 'Aa a presidential retreat Oyster Bay haa a more euphonious Bound, anyway, than Buzzard's Bay. It is greatly to be feared that Arch bishop Ireland has made himself a per sens non grata to the great yellow Jour nals of the country. Uttle King Alfonso of Spain may not be equal to all the most refined frum perles of twentieth century coronating, but he managed to pull off his modest Went on schedule time. That Panama canal will have to prove clear pedigree before it can be passed en to Uncle Bam by bill of sale. Uncle ,6am .Is not often caught buying goods tot up to what they are represented. Senator Bailey and Senator Tillman ought to form a team for a double stunip- apeaklng act, with a pugilistic exhlbl tlon on the side, if they want to bring all their versatility Into play for the campaign. .President Roosevelt is said to have Ideas of his awn upon army uniforms. 4s the. president wore the uniform in the. field himself, he can speak from personal experience, which Is really "the thing that counts. Genera I Kitchener's ovation In Lon don Illustrates the commanding position that can be obtained by a military hero wjto Is not only brilliantly successful In war, but at the same time an eligible cn the matrimonial market -." Some of the women who were pre pared to outshine one another at the coronation can now appreciate more keenly the feeling of a bereaved sister compelled by unkind fate to go into mourning just after ordering a ball gown of the exquisite variety. For Governor Crane of Massachusetts ike boast la made that every re com Emendation made in his annual messages to the legislature for the last three years has met with response by enact pent into law. Governor Crane should tell the governors of other states how be manages to do it. i It Is beginning to dawn upon the fusion reformers that the Omaha fusion iteform organ Is again playing into the Hands of the corporations, just as it flayed Into the hands of Charley Moaher, Joe Bartley and their ilk on former occasions. A few bottles of railway advertising pap does the DUSl- peSS. J' The late ceremony at Seattle in con Section with the new battleship Ne braska Included only the laying of the keel The vessel will have to be Uonched some c these fine days and tpen. there will I an opportunity for Mother oflV.'Ul excu'-slon from Nebraska to the cout, witVumia! side trips and topovers. xln i lectcr at the University of Chi cago an eminent specialist In poetical literature declared that it Is impossible tor men who have to work at manual ot mental labor to be poets. "Poets Ctnnot be doers of things," he is credited with saying. Bow fortunate for the world that the poets are comparatively few in number. Oklahoma authorities are exerting henjselvea to draw In as settlers for their territory the greater part of 45,000 Kinlanders said to be beaded for America to follow agricultural pursuits Xere. Oklahoma Is pretty far south Jot people accustomed to a Finland jciimate, Nebraska and the Dakotss ought to offer them superior attractions. TIME FOB DECISIVE ACTIOS. The condition of affairs that prevails In and about the Winnebago reservation demands prompt, vigorous and decisive action at the hands of the Interior de partment. For a number of years the Winnebago Indians have been a source of enormous profit- for a syndicate of land lease speculators and land grab bers banded together to enrich them selves st the expense of the Ignorant and helpless Indians. This systematic and organised conspiracy to despoil the Wlnnebagoes was made possible only by the co-operation and connivance of the Indian agent, who is presumed to art as a guardian and protector of the Indians. About five months ago formal charges were preferred against Charles P. Mathewson, agent of the Omaha and Winnebago Indian tribes, supported by abundant proofs to Justify his dismissal from the service. It is a matter of notoriety that Mathewson has a record as an absconding bank wrecker that should have barred him forever from any ofllce of public trust His appoint ment through former Senator Thurston scandalised the federal service and was severely criticised by the press. To put two tribes of Indians under the supervision of a man of this character was as appropriate as would be to put a wolf in charge of a flock of sheep. To retain such a man In control of the reservation In the face of the notorious fact that he is constantly in close touch with the land speculators and land grab bers would reflect discredit upon the de partment. It Is a matter of record that fully 40,000 acres of Indian lands have been leased to and sub-leased by half a dozen members of the middleman's land syn dicate. It is a matter of record that the head and front of the land syndi cate was not many years ago indicted for bank wrecking and swindling by the criminal courts of Iowa. It is well known to every man living in the neigh borhood of the Winnebago reservation that neither this man nor his confed erates could have secured control of the Indian lands but for the connivance of Agent Mathewson. , A very conservative estimate places the profits of the land syndicate at $100,- 000 a year, and that explains why It has been possible for the Indian land ring to subsidize public officials and news papers and buy certificates of character from white men and red men. The recent order of the Indian bureau. by which the heirs of deceased Winne bago Indians will be permitted to sell more than 50,000 acres of allotment lands, affords the land syndicate a long looked for opportunity for making a rich strike. Under the rules of the bureau, these lands are to be appraised by the Indian agent or three farmers appointed by the agent and their valua tion will form the basis of the purchase. With an accommodating agent it will not be difficult for the ring to clean up half a million dollars in the next sixty or ninety days In the purchase and sale of these lands. Most of the Winnebago lands are among the choicest and most fertile lands In Nebraska and would regularly sell at from $50 to $60 per acre. ; An ap praisement at $10 below their market value would enable the syndicate to declare a larger dividend on a smaller Investment than any concern in tie country. There Is nothing to hinder the land ring from carrying its latest plot into execution except the prompt and decisive Intervention of the com missioner of Indian affairs or the sec retary of the Interior. That the depart ment will take such action In tie in terest of good government and for the protection of the Indians we entertain very little doubt When Secretary Hitchcock realizes the shrewd game of procrastination which the band grab syndicate has been playing through its backers in securing investigations and re-lnvestlgatlons to gain time for com pleting their big coup, wo feel aure he will put an end to It on short meter. ANOTHER TALUK CHARGE BILESCED. It having been alleged that teachers In the Philippines were attempting to convert Catholics to the Protestant faith. Secretary Root called upon Acting Governor Wright for information and his reply shows that there was not the slightest foundation for the charge. On the- contrary It appears that in' the nor mal school at Manila two of the teach ers are American Catholics, while there are five in the city schools, and the native teachers, 140 In number, are all of .the Catholic faith. Mr. Wright de clares it to be utterly untrue that there has been any attempt at proselyting and what he states Is confirmed by a Catho lic priest at Manila connected with the school system and of course familiar with all that Is going on in the schools. Mr. Wright says that teachers are se lected without reference to religion and are not allowed to preach or teach re ligion in schools. ' In the course of an address a few days ago, before the National Educational as sociation, Archbishop Ireland, referring to the reckless and unfounded statements published regarding conditions In the Philippines, said: "I shall name In this connection one Instance, which I am particularly pleased to censure. A little while ago certain Catholic newspapers raised the cry that proselytlsni was the order of the day la the schools of Manila, the chief officials, it was said, and the teachers in the normal schools being regularly ordained ministers, who divided their time between the multt- I plication table and tract reading. The matter was Investigated and it was dis covered that the chief officials and teachers In the normal school were not ministers and that their own good sense, as well as the strict rules of the gov ernment held them strictly to secular matters.'' Thus another false charge, manifestly Intended to Incite prejudice against the administration of affairs in the Philip pines, has been swept away and the fact shown that the same principle which prevails In the public schools of the United States obtains in the Philip pines. TO WBUM CREDIT 19 DVE. Whatever may be the outcome of the appeal to the supreme court to compel the assessment of the property and franchises of railroads and other public carriers for taxation on an equitable basis, the people of Nebraska will owe a debt of gratitude to M. F. Harrington of O'Neill and John D. Howe and Ed ward W. Slmeral of Omaha for their voluntary and gratuitous labors In pre paring the briefs and conducting the hearing of this important case. Unlike the suit involving the taxation of the public utility corporations In Omaha, the railway tax case, in which fifty times as much property is Involved, has not had the financial backing or in dividual support of any commercial body or real estate brganliatlon. While The Bee has borne all the expenses in cidental to the litigation and has as sumed the responsibility for the costs. the attorneys have devoted their valu able time and talents to the work purely from patriotic motives as citi zens of Nebraska. In the Real Estate exchange case the legal contest was waged by paid at torney against paid attorneys. In the railway tax case the three volunteer at torneys for the people were arrayed against a phalanx of corporation law yers whose recognized abilities have found for them rewards In handsome salaries as the regular legal representa tives of the great corporations. In joining as co-relator with the edi tor of The Bee, who Instituted the pro ceedings, M. F. Harrington is entitled to special commendation for sharing the risks and exposing himself to the dis favor of powerful Interests, that sel dom forget or forgive those who have the courage of their convictions In de fense of popular rights against cor porate encroachments. THE LA.RO E IMillOHATloy. Immigration for the year ending June 30 was the largest in a number of years. During the bast eighteen years the smallest number of Immigrants was In 1898, since which year there has been a steady increase. Referring to this the United States Investor remarks that the great increase in immigration is not only a register of the enlarged indus trial prosperity of this country In re cent years, but It is in itself a means to an end namely, the still greater prosperity of the United States. That paper regards the advent of large num bers of immigrants of the class that are now coming to as as an economic blessing, pointing out that It means the more rapid development of our resources and the more rapid creation of national wealth. "For a great many years," says the Investor, "there will be room enough in the United States for us and for a great host of . newcomers. The latter will come here to work, to make or do some thing to be given In exchange for some thing else. For the next few decades at least a heavy Immigration movement will mean only added prosperity for the country. , It will mean a larger and burger increase in our Industrial produc tivity and easier and easier conditions of existence for the average American." This is the practical, common sense view of the matter. During the last ten years our population has been in creased from immigration to the extent of about 4,000,000. It will not be ques tioned that these people have added materially by their labor to the wealth of the country and both aa producers and consumers have contributed to the general welfare. t It is a narrow and unpractical policy that would keep out of the country any one who Is sound in mind and body and capable and willing to work. Canada is Inviting Immigration and offering liberal inducements for It Some of the countries of South America are doing the same thing. Notwithstanding the large immigration to the United States in the last few years there is a demand for labor, particularly in the west in excess of the supply. Yet there are still advocates of further restrictions upon immigration and bills are pending In congress, the passage of which will doubtless be urged at tile next session, providing for additional , restrictions. There is still room here for all capable and willing workers from abroad -who may come and the laws we have regu lating Immigration are ample,. If prop erly enforced, for protection against the Incoming of undesirable people. TRUST QVEMTlOt) r AH A MOUNT. The democratic congressional cam paign managers Intend to .make the trust question paramount Judging from a recent statement of Chairman Griggs of the congressional committee. The attempt will be made to discredit the action of the administration and the utterances of President Roosevelt in re gard to the Industrial combinations. Mr. Griggs professed to think it very amusing that the republican party should assume a position antagonistic to the trusts, although that party en acted the federal anti-trust law and the republican administration is proceeding to enforce It The chairman of the democratic con gressional campaign committee has a poor opinion of publicity as one means of correcting abuses by the Industrial com binations. "Publicity Is nothing more than moral ouaslon," he said, "which would have about as much effect upon a trust as it would have upon a highway man." ' On the other hand Mr. Rich ardson, the democratic leader in the house of representatives, is of "the opinion that good may be accomplished through publicity. "Bull light must be turned on the affairs ot trusts in order to accomplish anything in the way of legislation," he la quoted as saying. "If we oblige the trusts to report the condi tion of their affairs from time to time we will be In possession of facts which will aid us In acting. Such information will no doubt be vwy valuable to con gress In framing proper and effective legislation." This Is In complete ac cord with what President Roosevelt said In his first M-ssnge to congress. "The first essential In determining bow to deal with the great Industrial combina tions is knowledge of the facts pub licity," suid the president "Publicity Is tho only sure remedy which we can how invoke. What further remedies are needed in the way of governmental regulation or taxation can only be de termined after publicity has been ob tained by process of law and-n the course of administration. The first requisite is knowledge, full and complete knowledge which may be made public to the world,." This policy the president will undoubt edly again recommend to congress, to gether with such other methods of trut regulation and supervision as he shall deem judicious and practicable. The only plan tipou which the democrats are agreed IS that of cutting off tariff duties. Tbey see an opportunity to strike at the protective policy and will make the most of it, quite Indifferent as to what the consequences uiigiit be to Individual or Independent industries and to the in terests and welfare of labor. The cam paign is to be .prosecuted rather for the promotion of free trudu than against the trusts, for it Is to be borne in mind that when the democrats had control of con gress and the presidency they did noth ing hostile to the trusts. Democrats like Mr. Griggs may affect to be amused by the position of Presi dent Roosevelt regarding the great In dustrial combinations and attempt to discredit his utterances, but the large majority of the people, it is not to be doubted, believe him to be iu earnest and that he will exert all proper and legitimate influence to have enacted such legislation dealing with the combi nations as he thiuks necessary and prac ticable. And now King Victor Emanuel is on his way to visit with Czar Nicholas In St Petersburg In conformity with the rules of royal etiquette that govern the Interchange of royal courtesies. If the international calling list concerned only the royal personages, who became one another's guests, the people of the dif ferent countries would doubtless bo pleased to have the privilege of wit nessing the passing show. But when It is realized that the spectators pay the bills In the form of civil list appropria tions out of the budget they might be contented with a cheaper exhibition or at any rate with a less continuous per formance. We suppose, however, that In countries that must have kings, the kings must be amused. Among other things provided for in the Philippine legislation enacted by con gress 1b a census of the inhabitants, on which representation in its assembly is ultimately to be based. " Here la a chance for the Omaha school teachers who have been serving as school census enumerators to put the experience they have gained to still more practical uses. Nothing in the new law bars women from taking the census of the Filipinos. " Nothing longer prevents Agulnaldo from inflicting himself on the country from the lecture platform, except pos sibly, his own exalted estimate of hlB value for accumulating gate money and the reluctance of the managers to specu late on his success as an attraction. These obstacles, however, are not In surmountable and Agulnaldo may yet enter the talking race for American dol lars before bis notoriety wanes. A New York national bank hi con testing in the courts the validity of the tax ; on its undivided profits imposed under the war revenue act now repealed. In these days of prosperity the banks have undivided profits that could be taxed aa contrasted with the period within the memory of all when the con stant losses were busily reducing sur plus figures. Announcement Is made that Hill, 01 nev. Pattison and others of their brand of democracy are to be Invited to par ticipate in the Ullnois campaign under the patronage of the democratic state committee. The Illinois committee might aa well strike the name of Bryan off their SDeakers' list at once If there has been any thought of an invitation for him. Quite a commotion has been precipi tated by the free distribution of 1.000 hnnnftt lust executed, in New York but the recipients of the gifts are horses nd the donors the Society for Uie rre- vention of Cruelty to Animals. A much greater commotion would have been pre cipitated had the bonnets Deen duih xor women instead of equlnes. Tker War Others. Detroit Free Press. Ttia consensus of opinion throughout the country, as gathered from exchanges, Is that the srueat ot honor was not the only mnnkT mi the notorious dinner in which the swell cottagers at Newport participated. "Don't Prophesy I'alesa Yaw Kaaw." Boston Olobe. ' Prof. Alexander Graham Bell is certainly . .K if y.m ham aald. aa renorted. that wire less telegraphy will never be mad prac ticable for service on tana, in wis sgs nf wonders It is dangerous to declare that anything Is absolutely Impossible. Pea Saeeeeda the Swerd. Baltimore American. The Boer generals In their contest for Justlos have laid down the sword, it is trus, but in its place they have taken up the mightiest weapon ot modern times, and will writs their aids of the history of the war with Great Britain. And if they can write as well and convincingly as they can fight, they will make some vary interesting rssding. Falta Carlsts Hit the Doctors. Chics go Chronicle. Mrs. Eddy is quit right in calling atten tion to the fact that a few weeks ago 1,000 physicians gathered in St Paul's ca thedral and prayed for the recovery of King Edward. Ths circumstance implies that, attar ail,, the medical fraternity is not so skeptical of the faith curs as It professes to be la dealing with Christian Seleses, Dowlelara and other systems ot mental therapeutics. It likewise Implies that ths medical man In ths last analysis relies upon Providence rather than drugs. Moral. Ahollah Harked, Washington Post. A St. Louis court has decided that It Is both legal and proper for a wife to go through her husband's pockets and take what money she may And. It Is a deci sion which will tend to help along tnat sartorial reform which Is designed to do away with pockets In men's clothing. Era. of Oeaeroaa Gifts. Jew York Tribune. This Is the generation of generous gifts above all others. In the history of man kind, when was there ever an era In which liberal benefactions were more conspicu ous? Colleges and churches, hospitals and asylums, houses of relief. Institutions of every sort which do good, have been en dowed and equipped with lavish bounty. lie Wli Look In a; for Troable. Washington Post. An Arkansss gentleman started out the other day to dynamite a neighbor of whom he did not approve. The latter perceived his approach and, suspecting that his In tentions might be of the strenuous variety, landed a rlfie ball directly In the pocket In which the dynamite was located. In case they are able to prove the corpus delicti there may be some litigation over tho matter. Pipe Dreams of a Plpor. Minneapolis Times. Omaha mourns the loss of Its only lake. It was a rather pretty little body of water formed by the damming of a stream. Hotels and recreation grounds made It 'an at tractive summer resort for the people of eastern Nebraska, and Omaha set great store by It, as lakes are very scarce In that part of the country. The heavy rains of the last few days caused the waters rf the lake to overflow the dam and weaken It and Anally the barrier burst and Omaha's Iske quickly found Its way, Into the muddy Missouri. The hotels face a most unpleasant mudhole end guests have fled to their homes or found quarters at other watering places. The people of Omaha make a great mistake In remaining where they are when they could come to Minne sota and have their choice of thousands of reliable and well behaved lakes of every conceivable size and form. Two Kinds of Silver Men. Chicago Chronicle (dem.) Many excellent democrats will sympa thize with the stanch democratic newspa per at Indianapolis, which, in wrestling with Mr. Bryan, exclaims: ' "The Sentinel has always been a bl metallist but never a fool. The same may be said of the democratic party of Indiana." The democrats of Indiana took the lib erty this year to ignore the silver ques tion In the Interest of harmony, and the gentleman from Lincoln, Neb., objected. He accused them of timidity and treach ery. He withheld his blessing. He found nothing in the platform, embodying well recognised democratic principles, which be could commend. He was not sure that the so-called democrats of Indiana were not republicans. The retort of the Sentinel may not be parliamentary, but it covers the ground pretty well. Dr. Harper and Sensationalism.' Denver Republican. ' President Harper of the University of Chicago had something to say to the Na tional Education association In Minneapolis about sensationalism In the university. According to Dr. Harper a professor abuses his privilege who takes advantage of a classroom exercise to propagate par tisan political views, or who seeks In any way to Influence his pupils or the public by sensational methods. Dr. Harper has suffered more from the sensational professor than has any other university president In recent years, and no doubt ha speaks from his somewhat bitter experience. Probably he had the case of Prof. Triggs In mind when he de clared that the professor who falls to use common sense abuses his privilege. The stand taken by the president of the Uni versity of Chicago Is eminently proper, and It la to be hoped that It will have some effect in shutting off the unwise professor, who. If anything, Is a shade worse than the unwise preacher who stoops to sensational methods. The day of sensationalism has passed, whether It Is In the pulpit, in the class room or In Journalism. In all these great modern forces the people are looking for instruction and enlightenment and there is no place today for any abuser of privileges, whether he be the sensational preacher, the sensational professor or the sensational editor. IS THERE TOO MICH HlSTLKf Present Pace Believed to Bo Too Svrlft for Comfort. San Francisco Chronicle. Do our business men get more out of life than their forefathers got out of It a hundred years ago? Ia certain directions It Is quite evident that they do. There are more ways of having fun, there are more things to do. It is far easier to go about. And yet It seems to be true, also, that people have less time, nowadays, and take less real, solid comfort than did their grandfathers. It has been lately discovered that ths individual of today Is fjfty times as able to supply his material wants as was the Individual ot one hun dred years ago. That is to say, the pro ductive power of the race has Increased fifty fold. It would seem reasonable to suppose that under these conditions a man today would have far more leisure than ever man had before. But the truth la the man of today Is dreadfully pressed for time; he Is "driven to death," as he sometimes puts it by his terrible social and business responsibilities. He rushes off from a hasty breakfast to board an ex press train, to be whirled to his tele phone and typewriter and other devices for saving time. Everybody, nowadays, Is out of politeness supposed to be over head and ears busy busy in trade, busy in his profession, busy socially. We are con tinually hearing people say "I have no time for anything." It Is the fashion to be overwhelmed with engagements and pressed for time. " If there Is a death la the family, the clergyman Is hurriedly summoned by telephone to perform the funeral services. Personal letters are dashed oft on a typewriter, because this suggests rushing employment; and the re sult Is that the growing generation of young men . does not know how to write a letter with the proper forma of saluta tion a ad superscription. Now the moral of this tale is that while a moderate degree of "hustle" may be a good thing, It is possible to take an over dose and then It becomes a bad thing. If we are "terribly rushed." "driven to death;" and It Is not with us a bugs Joke, or an assumed affectation, and Instead of being tho masters ot time, we are really the slave of time, and things have got us under the ssddls and are riding us, we would do well to go out some quiet sight and sit under the stars, and ask ourselves what we are hero for, and whether we are really getting tho beat out of life, and perhaps they will say to us, as tbey said to Emerson, "Why so hot, my little man?" SECl LA II BHOT9 AT THE PVLPIT. Cleveland Plain Dcalrr: There is some worry again ovr the fact that while the pastor is away on his hot weather vacation the lndefailcabl? thief of the brimstone ranch ia right on the spot and ready for business sll the time. He doesn't even permit himself a Saturday half-holiday. St Louis Olobe-Democrat: If a compro mise be necesssry on the Pbllllpplne friar question It will be one In which the United States will not give up Its stsnd on the school Issue. The frlsrs will not be permitted to handle any of the state moneys la school matters. The separation between church and stste which Is decreed In the constitu tion will be Insisted on. All religions will be trested alike by the United States gov ernment. Indianapolis Journal: - A Cathollo au thority in Baltimore makes the surprising announcement that the Cathollo church Is losing ground In the United Ststes. The number of Cstholics In the United States in 1902 is 10.076.757, which Is 1,675,300 more than In 1890, but during that period the number of Roman Catholic Immigrants wss 1.705,185. Thus the loss In twelve years, without taking Into account the natural In crement from births snd conversions, has been 29,784. The loss Is attributed tb members dropping out of the church Into atheism. New York Sun: The "Saints," a sect of belated but still hopeful Mlllerltes, waited at Blnjrhamton from Thursday until Sun day night for the end of the world. Then they adjourned for a season. They still nurse the unconquerable belief that this oblate spheroid Is a bad risk and the last scene of the last act of this tragic-comedy Is getting mighty near. There have been such dreamers for agee and they die with out the sight they long for. Excellent per sons all, but somewhat too full of that haste which takes the grace from every action. Tls a good old world, this, and some of us like It so well that we are In no hurry to leave or to see It leave us. Even If the end la to come this week or next, why must we buy tickets to Blng hamton? A noble town, no doubt, and a few days there may reconcile the sojourner to the departure of the world. Still, Blng hamton seems a curious place to go for a spectacle. PRRWOVAL AND OTHERWISE. "Old Probabilities" Is acquiring a large reputation as an old soak. That monkey dinner at Navnni k. clafsed as a tender tribute to the poor re lations or me host. "The American Plunderbund" is the latest variant for "plutocracy" In demo cratic nomenclature. Statuary memorials to nuhiin m. ... growing In favor, enabling sculptors to cut quite a ngure in things Inanimate. Nature's tearful moods have thai .mn... eatlon. So far we have been spared the Joyless greeting, "ft n hot enough for your Advocates of clastic muslo shnnM nui,i their hands and take a fresh grip. A band master speaks of ragtime as the "llmburger of music." It Is estlmsted there in l. ..-.- genuine buffaloes in the country. The mongrel 11-cent variety were not consid ered In the guess. : - : l The Boston Globe, rbeerllv v. day woke up with a frown, but went" to sleep with a smile." - KvMantt. th -in door yielded to the pressure, - o : s- Although the race hnra namnr rwfh pulling down a nurse now anil than -k. i. handicapped by the absence of his running mate. Taxes. The team is esteemed a sure thing. Managers of the New York armarium thought they had secured a real octopus, but tne armed wriggler turned out to be a cban- nomureana viuata. it seemed the minnn sioe-steppea wall street In their search. The projected war on maaauitoea mu k a public benefit, yet the festive twilight singer baa some commendable qualities. When other things fail the mosquito bill mcses people come up to the scratch. The whirligig of time makes atranre blnatlons. One of Holland's submarine boats, orglnally designed to further a reman movement for the freedom of Ire land, has been added to the British navv. The Department ef Agriculture, In ' a piquant monoaranh on bedbun th comforting Information that tha an Mant ttomans were pestered lust as some mod erns are. The information is Important, In view of the rage tor antique furnlturo and fixtures. A Butte woman who shocked rrnfeam mi of a bunch of money by publishing a book spiced with decollette Ideas, tn nn i Chicago a few days ago and was greeted wun columns or free advertising next to pure reading matter. Chicago is dead easy wnen you know now. WESTWARD TIDE OF POPULATION. SIcds of tho Times and Their Big. nlfleanee. Kansas City Star. Even those who are familiar, la a gen eral way, with the Increasing immigration into the western states the last few years will be surprised at ths statements of Rev. Dr. J. Henry Smythe as to the extent of the colonization ot railroad lands. Dr. Smythe, In an interview in the Times, declared that in less than two years 12,000 families have been brought from ths middle and New England atates and from England, Germany and Sweden and set up la farm homes in Kansas, Colorado and Texas. The suocess of this colonisation plan lies mainly In the tact that the rail ways represented by Dr. Smy(se the Gould and Harrlman lines allow Tfielr-appllcants to select 100 acres of land each, build them houses and barns and allow them ten years to pay tor their property. Such terms are very attractive to people of small meana, and especially to those who are unable to make more than a bare livelihood from small farms In the east. What Is true of these railways is true to a lesser extent ot some of the other systems. (The Santa Fe, the Union Pacific and the Rock Island roads have all exerted themselves recently to bring about the cultivation of their land. But, Independent of these systematic movements, the general tendency toward western emigration Is noticed throughout the east. It is more marked than at any other time since the great "boom" period. Ths years of depression almost entirely cut off this westward movement, but with the return of prosperity, and especially with the high prices commanded by farm prod ucts tha last few years, there has corns about an inevitable desire on the part of easterners and Europeans of agricultural life to ssek the better opportunities of the west. In the middle and New England states, because of the denser population farm lands still command higher prices than they do la the west, and yst they are Incapable of equal production per acre. When those farmers realise that they can sell their old farms and for the money received buy perhaps twice as much and better land In the west the Incentive to emigrate becomes very strong. Aside from the general satisfaction that nlust come to all western people from ths Increasing population, there Is additional gratification In the general character of the new settlers. Those brought by the railways, for example, are very largely from those eastern states where nativity is in itself a pretty good guarantee ef worth. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Brooklyn IJfe: Couln Madee Po you were In lovel And did she return your love? Bertie No. and worse still, she didn't re turn any of the presents I gave her. Detroit Free Press: He 1 already hsve the house snd aa soon at we're married we can go to hotmrkaaplng right away. But duas my anael know how to cook? She (aweotly) No, but my mother does. Chicago Tribune: "Do you mean to tell ma. Miss Quickstep," demanded the young man, pale with wrath and mortification, "that you're tired of my coming to see you?" "No, Mr. Pnoonamore." elta saM, gently. "Not at all. I am hoping you'll find it out without my having to tell you." New York Times: Mr. Benham The doctor sava that I crave things that don't agree with me. Henham That's nothing; I once had the same trouble. Mrs. Benhstn When was that? Henham When I married you. Philadelphia Press! "I've brouaht back this motto you painted for my parlor," said the old-fashioned man. "You seem to think I'm a bigamist." "Why, how's that?" replied the sign palmer. "You've made it read. "What Is home without a nother?' " KO CASTE BBYOBfD THE GRAVE. James Barton Adams In Denver Post. Oh! ye who poise a lordly head In haughty gold-created pride. Who wnlk the streets with kingly tread And hcjsh the honest poor aside. Who think the tollers but the scum Of earth and always In the way. Know you the time will surely come When you will be aa poor as they? That death will level king and slave? There'll be no caste beyond the grave. Yau look wHh proud and cold disdain On those who toll for dally bread; The clanking of the labor chain You hear with carelesa toss of head. You never shake a poor man's hand Unless you have an ax to grind Some new ambition to be fanned From coal to flame, but keep In mind Death knows no master, knows no slave- There'll be no caste beyond the grave. This life Is as a quick-drawn breath . Compared unto eternity: 'Tis but a span from birth to death, Then out upon the shoreless sea We drift, and there the man of pride Who was a king upon the earth Must float as equal side by side WHh fellow man of humbler birth. He cannot ride a private wave There'll be no caste beyond the grave. Till crack of doom wise men may preach Of universal brotherhood. With tongues inspired may strive to teach That principle ao grand and good. But Just so lone as gold Is god And purse-pride sways the human heart A battlemenf both high and broad Will keep the rich and poor apart, But death will equal lord and slave There'll be no caste beyond the grave. 3 Thcro is No Excuso For the man who goes through the .world these days-without providing some means tor his future happiness and that of his family. A liberal En dowment Policy In the Equitable Life Assurance Society, for a period of years that will make the payment of premiums a pleasure. Instead ef a burden, will take care ot both. any Good Companies Only Ono Best An Equitable endowment policy Is a compulsory savings bank with all its advantages and Insurance beside. YOUNG F.1AN Life Insurance Is a subject in which You should be deeply Interested. It will coat you Less now than it you wait a ' tew years snd there is no other way In which you can ao easily and Safely Provide for your future that is If you Insure In tho Equitable Lifo Siron rest la the World II. 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