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Unless all signs fall, the friars will
eventually have to go.
i
No more doctor's bulletins on the con
dition of King- Edward till Monday. The
patient must be Improving.
It Is to be hoped the railroad tax bu
reau Is not getting tired. The people of
iseDraska are just, Beginning io nave a
real cest for the educational part of the
campaign for tax reform.
The Lincoln Journal has been careful
not to repeat Its assertion that market
value Is the true standard for assessing
railroad property for taxation. It must
nave heard from headquarters.
Those people along the Puget aound
country who see Tracy, the escaped con
vict, every time they turn a corner must
be the same people who were seeing air
ships every night In this vicinity only a
fw vmi ra aero.
The freedom of,St. Andrews has been
conferred on Andrew Carnegie In recog
nition of his generosity to the Scottish
university. He can doubtless have the
freedom of all the great universities at
the) same price.
That Swedish military man who failed
to keep his duel appointment evidently
prefers to run. away before fighting
rather than , to fight and run away.
There Is certainly more safety in his re
vised version of the old saw.
Somebody called for three, cheers the
other day for David B. Hill as "the next
president of the United States." Here Is
the chance for Mr. Bryan to get in an
other fine stroke by recalling that the
same kind of a salute has often been
paid to him, but wlthoutvany tangible
results. "
More than 1,000 Spaniards are re
corded among the Immigrants coming to
this country during the first six months
of this year. No unhealed breach cre
ated by the war with Spain seems to
prevent subjects of the Spanish king
from Joining in this peaceful invasion of
America. ,
Perusal of the stiff sentences Imposed
on the directors of the Prussian I mort
gage bank convicted of falsifying the
records of the institution for fraudulent
purposes should afford convincing proof
that bank-wrecking is a far safer busi
ness to pursue In this country than It is
In Germany, and mora especially at
Berlin.
It Is asserted with the air of complaint
that nearly all of the great promoters of
corporate combinations and stock ma
nipulators on Wall street are recruits
from the west The way for tha east to
get even is to send out west Its surplus
population to help develop the natural
resources on which continued prosperity
depends.
The Cuban government has already
Deen recognised as tnai or an inaepena
nt nation by nine of the princlpul In
terns tlonal powers, Including Spain, to
which It was formerly attached as a tie
pendency. Let the Cubans ask them
elves how loug they would Lave had to
wait to attain this position without the
tin bought and unpurchasable aid of the
United States.
A university lecturer over at Chicago
endeavored to startle bis audience last
week by declaring that the aversion to
labor Is growing along with the desire
to attain wealth without working for It
But Is there anything new about thlsT
Does not the preference to enjoy uu
earned wealth date from the cradle of
mankind) Is there any prospect of the
race ever outgrowing It I
CLvaiao arqcmzst is railroad
TAX CASK.
With this Issue we conclude publica
tion of the stenographic report of the
testimony and arguments In the rail
road tax case heard before the supreme
court, on which the court has reserved
decision until Its session In September.
In conformity with our policy of ab
solute Impartiality, we have given space
not only to the arguments urged by the
attorneys In behalf 6f the people for
whom this suit wss Instituted by the
editor of The Bee, but have also printed
In full the pleas of the railroad attor
neys for a continuance of the present
evasion of taxes by those corporations,
notwithstanding the fact that the argu
ments of these railroad attorneys are
directly at variance with the ideas and
convictions of The Bee. So confident
are we that our position on this all
Important question Is right that we are
perfectly satisfied to have our readers
presented with both sides of the contro
versy and placed in position to sift the
testimony and weigh the arguments pro
and con, so as to form their own Judg
ment We venture to add In passing that the
address of John D. Howe, closing the
case, Is last, but by no means least, as A
lucid and convincing statement of the
points at issue, and should be carefully
read by every taxpayer In the state, and
more particularly by every taxpayer in
Omaha, South Omaha and Lincoln,
where the Inequity of the exemption of
railway property from municipal taxa
tion constitutes the most flagrant abuse
in the municipal body politic
LABOR HTR1KK8 AND PROSPERITY.
Six weeks after the first election of
William McKinley to the presidency
William Jennings Bryan declared that
the failure of twelve banks in the United
States since the presidential election
afforded striking proof of the disastrous
consequences of the gold standard. Mr.
Bryan did not seem to realize that the
menace of free and unlimited coinage,
Intensified by bis election to the presi
dency, would have been followed within
sixty days by a crash that would have
closed more than 12,000 banks, In fact
every bank in the country.
The same logic that would ascribe the
failure of twelve banks, following on
the heels of the national election of 1890,
to the evil effects of the gold standard
would doubtless regard the labor strikes
of 1002 as the natural consequence of
the policies pursued by President Roose
velt and the republican majority dom
inant in congress.
As a matter of fact the labor dis
turbances in American Industrial cen
ters are the natural outcome of pros
perity. In times of commercial depres
sion prices are invariably low and labor
superabundant In hard times the con
flict between labor and capital always
turns on the pivot of wage reduction,
or for reduced hours of labor and more
general distribution of the opportunity
of employment
The advent of prosperous times brings
with it increased industrial activity, a
greater demand for the products of labor
and higher prices. With the avenues of
employment thrown open to the army
of unemployed labor there comes in
creased consumption, and that in turn
causea stlU higher prices. The general
rise In the price of all articles of ne
cessity, higher-priced food, higher-priced
fuel and higher renta forces the bread
winner to demand higher wages and that
brings on the Irrepressible conflict be
tween the employer and the employed.
Colossal industrial concerns, like the
Steel trust or Standard Oil trust whose
profits are proportionately greater by
reason of the special advantages they
enjoy In the purchase of the raw ma
terials and distribution of finished prod
ucts, are In better position to raise wages
than are their less fortunate competi
tors, and especially the owners of small
mills and factories. The giant trusts
have almost a monopoly of production,
by controlling the marketa, and are
able to grant reasonable advances to
their employes without the threat of a
strike, while their less fortunate com
putitors, the owners of the small fac
torles and mills, whose profits would be
eaten up by any material advance In
wages, are frequently foiced into the
conflict which they would very much
prefer to avo'd.
The resistance to the Just demands of
labor on the part of the anthracite coal
operators and managers of railway cor
porations la Inspired by a desire to raise
dividends and decrease operating ex
penses. An advance of 5 cents a day
to the man who Is the employer of a
dozen wage-workers amounts to $1S7.20
a year, but 5 cents a day added to the
pay roll of the employer of 1,000 men
amounts to $300 a week, or 115,600 a
year. The railroad that carries 20,000
workingmen on its pay roll would in
crease its operating expenses by more
than $300,000 a year on an advance of
only B cents per day per man, which
would represent only a 2 per cent In
crease on a $2 per day wage. An ad
vance of 10 cents to 20,000 worklngmen
would be equal to SftM.OOO a year, or 4
per cent on 115,600,000 of caplUl or
water.
In the face of a rise of 25 per cent
In the price of all things that the wage
worker wears, eats and drinks, a raise
of 10 cents a day can scarcely be re
garded as his full share in the general
rise of prices. Under such conditions
it Is to be expected that orgsnlzed labor
would exert all the pressure at its com
maud for a general advance In. wagea
and It Is not la the least surprising that
this pressure should take the shape of
strikes at the polnta where their grlev
antes are greatest or where the supply
of labor Is not equal to the demand.
To the partisan demagogues, the labor
strikes are proof positive that prosperity
Is either a sham or a curse. Why
should the tollers bless prosperity If
they have to strike for better pay
What good Is prosperity anyhow if the
wage-worker cannot buy all he wants
with the money he Is able to earn?
Would It not be far better for ua to go
back to those blessed times of low
prices and cheap things, .when the dol
lar was as big as a cartwheel and work
lngmrn were scrambling to get a chance
to earn It? Would It not be better to
close half of yie factories, or all of the
factories, ror awhile and give the work
ing people a holiday?
What advantage would It be to the
laborer If he could buy meat for a
penny a pound, If he did not have a
penny to buylt with or the chance to
earn the penny? Grant that labor dis
turbances are the natural sequence of
prosperity, how would general hard
times, low prices and cheap things
afford the desired relief? Would the
condition of the wage-workers of Amer
ica be Improved by a return to the
good old times when sonp houses had
to be opened in every large city and
hundreds of thousands of men and
women would have been glad to toll
from morning till night for a bare sub
sistence? Surely the great mass of
American worklngmen wonld prefer to
battle for their light to earn living
wages In an era of prosperity and high
prices than to struggle against famine
and starvation la times of general de
pression. 1H OCR fROORtSH TOO RAPIDt
The former finance minister of Japan,
regarded in his own country as a man of
great ability, recently visited the United
Statea and made a careful study of
financial and commercial conditions
here. While he was necessarily im
pressed with our energy and commercial
development the effect of his observa
tions wss to make him somewhat pessi
mistic regarding the near future. In an
interview, he expressed apprehension
that the "too rapid progress of tbo
United States Is likely to experience a
serious setback In the nearuture." He
thought too much business has been
done on borrowed capital, which coupled
with the magnitude of the commercial
operations common in the United States,
"will probably lead to a panic at the
first untoward circumstances, such as a
bad harvest or similar misfortune."
While there is at present no apparent
danger of financial or business disaster,
but on the contrary most favorable
promise of an Indefinite continuance of
prosperity and material progress, the
fear expressed by tbe Japanese financier
may well command the attention of men
In this country who are largely engaged
In financial and commercial affairs. The
United States has been advancing com
mercially at a pace which if not already
too rapid for safety may become so un
less" more conservative methods are
adopted, particularly by the great finan
cial Institutions of the country. It Is
probably true that most of the great
banks of the country have been lending
too much to aid business enterprises, or
have not been sufficiently careful and
circumspect in regard to the character
of the enterprises aided. It la certainly
a fact that there has been more or less
recklessness on the part of banks in aid
ing Industrial combinations whose
soundness was not established. At pres
ent financial Institutions generally are
exercising more care In aiding business
enterprises, but It is Impossible to tell
how long this conservatism will con
tinue.
In the main the business of the coun
try seems to be on a sound basis and
whether or not too much has been done
on borrowed capital It is of course Im
possible to determine. If such is the
fact it Is of course a dangerous condi
tion. ' The real danger, however, as
everybody who has given the matter In
telligent consideration understands, is in
the greatly overcapitalized combinations.
It is tbe possible collapse of some of
these, which may come at any time, that
gives reason for apprehension. Not a
few of these are now, it is not to be
doubted. In a condition bordering upon
collapse and would go down before the
slightest adverse circumstance. But for
this there would be no substantial
ground for fearing financial or business
disaster.
OBjecuorta to annkxatiox.
A movement is said to hare been
started by the sugar planters of Cuba
In behalf of annexation. There is an as
sociation of these planters and according
to report it proposes to Inaugurate In
tbe island an annexation propaganda,
for which it would doubtless find more
or less support from those in this coun
try who want Cuba to be made Amerl
can territory and given participation as
a state in this government
Referring to this the New York Trib
une says it may as well be understood
plainly at both Havana and Washington
that the United States does not desire
the annexation of Cuba. "Its reasons
therefor are sound and convincing and
are not derogatory to Cuba," says that
paper. "For one thing, it does not want
a detached or Insular state. This la a
continental union, the United States of
North America, and not of America and
the Islands of tbe sea. The best states
manship and the best popular thought
strongly Incline toward keeping it so,
Whatever outlying possessions we may
have, tbe union of states la to be
confined to contiguous territory on the
mainland of the North American con
tlnent. The United States wants no de
tached members. Another reason
against annexing Cuba Is that her peo
ple are aliens in blood, speech, tradl
tlous, customs and institutions and
would not for many years, if ever, form
a homogeneous part of this union. They
would remain an alien community. Still
another reason why Cuba is not wanted
as American territory is "because ber
entry would increase, intensify and com
plicate the race problem, which is al
ready serious enough to absorb our best
attention."
These are objections to annexing Cuba
that ought to be quite sufficient but
they are not all that can be urged
against the proposition. It is difficult
to understand bow any American can
seriously advocate giving the Cuban peo
ple, who have not, yet shown that they
are capable of self-government repre
sentation In congress and In the
electoral college, as la proposed in the
F.lklns resolution, which it is expected
will be pressed st the next session of
congress. There are manr who believe
that Cuba Is destined to be ours, but if
she should become American territory it
111 not be as a state, nartlduatlng
equally In the government with existing
states. That we confidently believe, a
majority of the American people will
not assent to.-
"CORytRS" in QRAlIt.
The recent corn "corner" at Chicago
has led to an effort on the part of mem
bers of the Board of Trade to have that
body amend Its rules so as to pre vent a
recurrence of this form of speculation.
It Is proposed to make a rule that when
ever the price of corn is fictitious, ''Not
In line with the price in other markets
and above its legitimate and actual
value," the board of directors shall, upon
petition of twenty-five members, deter
mine the actual and legitimate value of
'contract corn" and provide that deliv
ery may be made of a lower grade on
payment of the difference between the
price of that grade and the price fixed
for that contracted for. It is also asked
that the same method be applied in con
tracts for the sale of wheat and oats
under like circumstances and conditions.
In referring to this the New York. Mall
and Express observes that it Is long
since any attempt was made to corner
grain on the New York Produce ex
change. It 1b apparently prevented by a
simple rule that In case of failure to de
liver on maturity of a contract the com
mittee on grain shall buy for the account
of the person in default "but no unrea
sonable price shall be paid, arising from
manipulated or fictitious markets, or un
usual detention In transportation." As
this takea the pressure for delivery from
the person who made the contract and
throwns It upon the exchange it renders
the working of corners.lmpracticable. "If
In any case it should prove ineffectual,"
says'the Mall and Express, "It would be
an easy matter to adapt the rules to a
complete prevention of efforts to control
the market supply of any Important
product for the purpose of forcing up the
price on those who have sold for future
delivery."
The effort of members of the Chicago
Board of Trade to do away with the
practice of cornering grain ought to be
successful. It la utterly indefensible,
having, as our New York contemporary
remarks, not even the merit of fair gam
bling, "for it attempts to defeat calcula
tion and block the working of chance at
the same time, In order to squeeze
money out of those caught at a disad
vantage." Such an operation is un
known on foreign exchanges and should
not be permitted here. There are forms
of speculation which perhaps cannot be
done away with and which it is claimed
by some not only do no harm but serve
a useful purpose. There Is nothing,
however, to be said in defense or justifi
cation of the "corner."
EDUCATION CHINA'S HOP.
In an interview prompted by his recall
to his own country, Wu Ting Fang, who
as Chinese minister jto this country has
distinguished himself for his rare per
spicuity and sober common sense, de
clared a few days ago with reference
to China's needs: .
There are three Important things for
China. They are education, railways snd
newspapers. I would like to see China Im
prove la thea things, because China has
need of good men, and th way to get good
men Is to have good education.
We ought to have mora schools in China
snd mors young men studying In Europe
and the United States. I should Ilk to
have schools In China as you have in your
Country. We ought to have a system of
popular education, so that everyone can
b educated. W want our people' edu
cated. Then we want more railroads. Railroads
are th means of education also. They al
low people to travel and allow those of on
town to come in contact with peopl of
ether towns. That Is education.
Tha third of tbe pre-eminently Important
things Is tha newspapers. We want high
Class newspapers la China. That Is an-
sther form of education. They must b
conducted In a proper way.
Boiled down, the three things sug
gested by Minister Wu aa most Im
portant for China resolve v themselves
each into education, or rather a dif
ferent method of achieving popular edu
cation. Carefully ntlllzing bis oppor
tunities of observation during bis mis
sions abroad at the capitals of various
European countries as well as of our own
be has bad it impressed upon him that
tha handicap under which China labors
and has labored for centuries as com
pared with the more civilized nations is
the lack of universal education among
the common peopl. The thrift, frugal
ity, energy and Integrity of the Chinese
by the side of other Orientals Is con
ceded, but their Inability to turn these
praiseworthy national traits to best ad
vantage arises from want of knowing
how.
What makes American labor superior
In efficiency and more versatile In ap
plication to ever-changing conditions Is
Its superior education. What haa made
America lead the world In inventions
and practical scientific discoveries is
the general diffusion of Intelligence
through Its public schools and educa
tional institutions. What has made the
American army and navy Invincible baa
been competent direction by trained of
fleers specially educated for the pur
pose at West Point and Ann Arbor.
Minister Wu expresses the wish that
more young men from China could
study in the United States because be
knows our universities and colleges are
unexcelled both In equipment and teach
ing fore and that Chinese students can
learn more there than they can at home
He wants more railroads in China be
cause he has seen tbe enlightening ef
feet of close contact between people and
communities produced by constant In
terchange of travel and traffic. Ho
wants more newspapers in China be
cause be has bad proof In America of
the powerful Influences wielded by hu
enterprising and nntrammeled press for
the moral and Intellectual uplifting of
the entire people.
China's hope unquestionably lies In ed
ucation In education that will bridge
the chasm of medievalism, separating
It from the Twentieth century condition)
now surrounding It For this great task
every tried educational agency will have
to be called Into requisition, but when
once tbe re-a wakening Is accomplished.
the movement will go on Irresistibly by
Its own momentum.
It is interesting to note that one of the
weekly trade reviews Issued by the great
commercial agencies Incorporates Infor
mation relating to "summer resort busi
ness," which Is reported below expecta
tions wltb few exceptions. This means
that the summer resorts have now at
tained to the status of a business whose
pulse Is felt in the arteries of trade In
the same manner as other businesses.
This Is of course a result df tbe tre
mendous expansion experienced by the
summer resorts . during the last few
years and tbe Introduction at the same
time of business methods In their man
agement. A serious mention of tbe sum
mer resort business even ten years ago
would have elicited merely a smile from
most intelligent people.
Predictions are ventured by men who
have reputations at stake on them that
this year's com crop will exceed any
previous crop produced by this country.
What greater tribute could be paid to
the efficiency of the American farmer
working with the most modern machin
ery on tbe most prolific soil known to
the world.
Coal from Newcastle.
Baltimore American.
Four thousand tons of coal Imported to
this country for transatlantic steamers Is
an evidence of the effect of the strike.
A Polat to Be Kept la View.
Chicago Post.
Food prices continue to soar, which again
reminds us that in most of the open wars
between capital and labor It Is the public
that pays the biggest assessment.
Riches with Frost Trimmings.
Boston Olobe.
A million dollars a month Is the esti
mate made by the bureau of statistics of
the present value of the market, which
"froten Alaska.'' offers th producers and
manufacturers of th United States. And
yet people stay around here and swelter
in the .heat
Right Sanctioned by Law.
Denver Post.
Thd decision of s St. Louis Judge that a
wit has a perfect right to go through her
husband's pockets In search of small cbang
larger discoveries not neglected may bo
baaed on a realization of the fact that
It Is impossible to stop her from doing
it, anyway. ,
Good Cause for Alarm.
Brooklyn Eagle.
No wonder tbs sultan Is afraid that
things will happen If he allows the new
railroad to be put through to Mecca. There
Is cause for alarm If Turkish train crews
ar anything Ilk the American, for our
brakemen would swear the halo off from
Mahomet's reputation In no time.
No More Boy In Blac.
Indianapolis News.
One of th most sensible moves In con
nection with the army Is the proposed
change in uniforms. Khaki has been found
by British experience In South Africa to
bo too light, so the proposition Is to dress
our soldiers In a working garb of ollve
flrab that, is hard to distinguish at a dis
tance from their environment of trees,
haze and earth. Th change proposed is
practical and businesslike, but alas! what
becomes of "th boys in bid?"
Train's Forthcoming Book.
New Tork Press.
A rsrs, rich book will be George Francis
Train's autobiography. Francis Whiting
Halsey, for twenty-two years literary critic
on the New York Times, sow with the Ap
pletons, sends his stenographer every morn
ing st 10 o'clock to Mr. Train's apartments
in th Mills palae to take the "Cltlien's"
dictation. The Tolume will bo entitled.
Friends I Have Met." Mr. Train depends
entirely on hi memory, which Is about th
most tenacious, recollectlv faculty yon over
dreamed of. Incidents of half a csentry ago
ar is fresh In his mental consciousness as
If they happened yesterday. If this grand
old man will unbosom w shall hav some
surprising revelations.
PASSING OF THE BLCB.
OoIof Ideatiaea with th Army from
th Bearlnalnsr.
New York Tribune.
The final passing away, for practical
purposes, of the famous old "army blu"
Is an Incident of much sentimental and
historical interest. The blue uniform haa
been Identified with our army from th
beginning. It dates back beyond the na
tion Itself to colonial times. W might
ven trace It as far as the civil war in
England. Certainly to the present genera
tion it seems almost Inseparable from th
army; absolutely Inseparable from tbe his
tory of the army and of tbo nation. Half
the literature of our wars Is tinctured
with It Th "Boys In Blue" hav for many
a year been as much a household word
as the "Red, White snd Blue" or the flag
under which they serve. To abandon th
historic blu for what Is described as
a "greenish yellow" happily, not quit
a "greenery yallery" Is nothing short of
revolution. ,
The chang Is also of Intensely practical
significance as well as ' sentimental, and
affects the present and futur even more
than our memories of th past. It mans
that henceforth th "pomp and circum
stance" of war ar to give plac to busi
ness considerations. Effectiveness, ant
sentiment or aesthetics, will rule. For
whatever reasons and they sr plenty as
blackberries blue was adopted for out
army, and red for the English, and whit
for th Austrian, practical effectiveness
was certainly not included among thm.
In th substitution of khaki w ar sub
ordinating sentiment to sens snd aesthet
ics to utility. The British did It s Uttle
before us. But then again we did It b-
for tbera, with our grean-clad riflemen
in th Revolution. Far back of that, per
haps, w may discover an earlier appli
cation of the principle by our ancestors,
whll as yet th Anglo-Saxon rac was un
divided. In th "Lincoln green" of Robin
Hood and his merry men.
The results of th change, which bids
fair to extend throughout th armies of
sll tbe world, will probably b eomples,
and may b somewhat surprlsipg. Doubt
Wss khaki-clad troops will b mors effi
cient. They will b less readily discerni
ble and therefore less subject t Br at
long range. But their Identity will b Wis
distinguishable, and It will be far more
difficult to tell friend from foe; where
fore w may expect much confusion whaa
hostile armies mt clad allk. Nor
should w overlook th possible effsct of
making war so Intensely practical and
businesslike. It may b that thus It will
fall into discredit and be abollshsd al
together. Th suggestion is not faatasti.
BLAST! FROM RAM I NOR. "
Some men are bora with a revert gear
and nothing else.
The true servant la discovered In his
master's absence.
It Is better to miss being rich than to
make others poor.
Th world Is profited nothing by the
pleasure-seeking life.
No man caa both measure his work and
do It at th same time. 1
Not the things we endure but those we
miss make life's tragedy.
When laws and legislators ar respect
able they will be respected.
It Is not our fault If temptations' call oa
ua; but It Is It we entertain them.
A man's desire for religious truth is not
showa by his despising all other truth.
PERIORAL. AND OTHERWISE.
There la but one specific for vacatlonltls.
A vacation will cur it.
Outlaw Tracy's remarkable curves ought
to bring him a steady Job as a base ball
pitcher.
Those monkey dinners at Newport are an
Interesting modern Instance of aping sim
ian ancestry.
Talk about shipping coals to Newcastle.
Th old saw Is cracked. Chicago Is sending
welnerwurtt to Austria.
Although the reporters have not succeeded
In Interviewing htm, all chroniclers of the
chase agree that the elusive Tracy wears a
hunted look.
Henry K. Dosch, manager of the Oregon
exhibit at th Transmlsslsstppl and other
expositions, has been chosen executive head
of the Lewis and Clark exposition which
Portland will pull off In 1905.
Horace White, editor of tbe New Tork
Evening Post, has been made a trustee of
Belolt college. He graduated from that
Institution, soon afterward going to Chicago
to engage in newspaper work.
A Chicago school teacher demands dam
ages to th amount of $50,000 for an alleged
attempt to klas her. Tbei lofty figures
measure the distance between th ecstacy
of success and poignant grief of failure.
Pious old Boston has sent another cargo
of New England rum to cheer the ssvage
breast In 8outh Africa. Boston's efforts In
behalf of civilization In the dark continent
ar a shining example of unselfish mission
ary seal.
Two young men In St. Louis have been
fined X10 each for making goo-goo eye.
This Is part of the plan to make the fair
city s model one for 1904, but an extra good
reputation will not swell the crowd at the
box office.
Tbe tmportatlon'of snakes from the Phil
ippines Into Hawaii has been checked by
th authorities. It Is confidently believed
th mainland can supply all reasonable de
mands In that line, not only for snake-bite,
but also enable the native to see wrigglers
without stirring the grass.
The board of review of tax assessments
In Chicago is suffering from an acute at
tack of nervous prostration. On of the
McCormlcks dropped in on tbe board, un
announced, one day last week and asked to
have his personal assessment raised from
$250,000 to $475,402. May his tribe Increase.
S. R. Taber of Lake Forest, 111., comes
out with a warm demand for reform In
Fourth of July observance. He wants to
check the appalling wast of good money
and stop the noise. All th old boys will
second th motion, but, before putting It to
a vote it would be well to consult th small
boys.
VACATION HABIT IN AMERICA.
Btoaailr" Espan41a Festsre of Na
tional Life. -
Chicago Tribune.
Not many years ago If a man who could
not number himself among the great ones
of the earth fell Into the habit of taking
vacations he was likely to be regarded as
either a trlfler or a valetudinarian. Now
almost everybody has a few days off at some
time during the year.
It Is not difficult to understand why there
should have been such a growth of senti
ment In this matter. Not only hav more
people com to be able to afford vacations,
but the character of modern life haa made
vacations almost Inevitable. One cannot
keep pace with the city all the year round.
After traveling under high, pressure for
eleven months, one needs to travel under
low pressure for the twelfth. One overdoes
snd then recuperates. It may be that this
la not a Judicious mod of life. One can
think of objections to It. All objections
break down, however, before th Impact of
business necessity. No matter how much a
man may rebel against it, he ends by fall
ing in with bis fellows and keeping up with
tbe procession. Thea about th 15th of
July ha drags himself off to a shady tree
and tells himself that h will never again
get himself so near nervous prostration.
For these two reasons, therefore greater
necessity and greater opportunity the va
cation habit has b acorn established. It has
further become established that the vaca
tion shall occur In summer. To our tore
fathers, who lived when the country was
almost totally agricultural, this would have
seemed midaummer madness. On needed
th summer then for work. The winter
was th Urn for whatever play was possi
ble. Today th cas la altered for s large
part of our population. Winter means
steady grinding. Summer means a llttl
relaxation. Even for those who ar In abject
poverty something ia done.
Here, therefor, is a wish for a vacation
for everybody, and as long a one as possi
ble. Th vacation maans change and rest.
Changs and rest means increased powers.
OUT ON THE ROLLING DEEP.
her Daty Naval Oflleera Ordered to
Try Their Saalcas.
Philadelphia Press.
Secretary Moody Is showing a disposition
to curtail som of th perquisites of naval
officers, which, whll It may not Increase
his popularity la th department, ought
to win for htm public approval. Ha thinks
that naval officers should spend a good part
of their time at sa and that there ar alto
gether too many officers In our navy de
tailed for shor work. He has tent out a
letter addressed to naval officers la Wash
ington and olsewber on shore duty asking
aeh oa for bis opinio as to th neces
sity of detailing a naval officer for the
work th on addressed Is engaged In.
The queatlons asked appeal to th honesty
of every maa and no doubt will receive
honest replies. But a man holding a de
sirable position on shor may not be able
to sse quit aa wall as som other parson
that a civilian could perform the duty Just
as well and thus snabl th officer to go to
aa. Not all of thaa officers on shore
duty can b spared for sea duty, but there
sr a good many of thnt that can be sent
to sea with advantage t the aavy and to
themselves.
There srs sltogetber too many naval
officers oa shore duty. In no other navy
In th world, it 1 said. Is there such a
large percentage of officer detailed to
shor duty. As ther Is a lack of officers
to maa th ships Secretary Moody's policy
of substituting civilians for shor duty
wher that caa be done as we'll at aot and
of consolidating offices In other esses Is a
good on. He is deserving of tbe thanks
of the public for taking bold of this matter
la a courageous manner, with a view of
stopping aa abuse.
SECtLAR gROT AT THE PtLPIT.
Chlrtgo Trlbuns: Bishop Potter should
meditate before entering the marriage atat.
Put why give advice? Youth Is forever
headstrong.
Chlcsgo Post: Ther Is profound Interest
In th action of th Vatican la selecting
Archbishop Feehaa't successor. Bishop
Spalding of Peoria Is a leading candidal
and he probably haa tnor admirers and
friends in Chh-ago than any other st those
"prominently mentioned."
Boston Olobe: On of th dreams et Ed
ward Bellamy his been realized la Wash
ington. Last Sunday every church la th
city had a telephonic connectloa so that
patrons eould remain at their home sad
listen to the service Instead of going
through the heat to th church.
Atlanta Constitution: Th whistling wo
man his appeared In a Naw Tork ehureh
choir. 8b did her turn during th offertory.
it is now in order for som rival paster to
Introduce the female high-wire bicycle art
iste doing a stunt between th front gallery
and the pulpit detk. The gotpal mutt be
mad attractive!
Philadelphia Prets: A Boston clergyman
haa discovered that Mssont, Odd Fellows,
Elks, Red Men and secret societies gen
erally are the "woive in sbeeps' clothing"
referied to in the scriptures. W always
suspected that their goat-riding business
would get secret societies Into trouble
sooner or later.
Chicago Newt: It would be difficult to
fix limit defining th extent of the Influence
exerted upon this community by Archbishop
Feenan during bis long and useful life. Th
vital factors in tbe social or religious evo
lution of a people are frequently those
which art not moat cousplcuou. Archbishop
Feehan seemed to shun the public promi
nence which naturally would hav been his
had he chotcn to play a posltlv part la th
mora obvious and superficial concern! of
public life. Personally of a retiring dispo
sition, he lived th lit of th churchman
and of a kindly benefactor of his fallow
men, performing his countless good deads
In a way to escape notice.
Boston Transcript: Th popular cant
about the supremacy of th devil during th
heated period when th clergy take thlr
vacations Is being more and more disproved
tach year. Not only do the summer meet
ings of various denominations quicken th
spiritual life and establish that toleranc
which makes for culture, but th growing
custom of business men to leave their etera
and unrelenting strife for wealth and power
and go out with wife and children to th
shadows of forest and the cool, clean touch
of great waters is of Itself an uplift to the
world. The days spent In simple, loving life
ar mora than sermon and theology to an
overtired and tempted soul. Th bills at
twilight and the starlit aea ar full et
healing and real religion tor all who come
to them for rest.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Detroit Free Press: Bess What's your
Ideal of a man?
Jess A man who has both sand and dust.
Chicago Tribune: Scolding Wife Tou
wish I were at the antipodes, don't you?
patient Husband No, my dear. I think
your proper place would b th Xantlp
pedes. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Do you con
sider Plnkerby Intellectual?" ,
"I guess he Is Hia wife belongs to two
clubs and his daughter is going to marry a
book agent."
Chicago Post: "But why did you en
courage him If you didn't want htm to
proposer' v
"Because Just at that tlm ther wasn't
any on else to encourage."
Detroit Free Press: He I expect to lead
your sister to th altar very aoon.
Younger Sister You'd better raak th
most of that trip, because you'll never
lead her any further.
New Tork Sun: Mia D Style What did
Miss Beers say to Charley when he brok
off the engagement?
Miss Ounbusta 8h aald there's as good
lobaters In th aea as ever were caught.
Philadelphia Press: Mlaa Prim (severely)
Married women, above all others, hav
no business to flirt.
Mrs. Gay Business? Of course, not; It's
a pleasure.
Chicago Tribune: "That text of yours,"
said the critical deacon, "should hav ben
'Let not the left hand know what th riih
band doeth.' "
"Yes? replied the new minister.
"Yes, and what you said was, Lt not
the right hand .know what the left hand
doeth. "
"Well, but I'm left-handed, you know."
BLINDFOLDED AND ALONE I STAND.
Helen Hunt Jackson.
Blindfolded and alone I stand
With unknown thresholds on each hand;
The darkness deepens aa I grope,
Afraid to fear, afraid to hop:
Yet this one thing I learn to know
Each day more aurely aa I go,
That doors are opened ways ar mad.
Burdens are lifted or are laid.
By some great law unseen and still,
Unfathomed purpose to fulfill,
r'Not as I will.';
Blindfolded and alon I wait:
Loss seems too bitter, gain too lat
Too heavy burdens in the load
Ana too rew neipera on tne roaa;
And Joy Is weak and grief Is strong,
And years and day ao long, so long;
Yet this one thing I learn to Know
Each day mort surely as I go.
That I am glad th good and ill
By changeless laws ar ordered still.
"Not as I will."
"Not aa I will;" the aound grows sweet
Each time my Hps the words repeat.
"Not aa I will;" the darkness feels
More sate than light when this thought
steals
"Like whlnpered voice to calm and bless
All unrest and all loneliness.
"Not as I will, because the On
Who loved us first and best Is son
Before us on the road, and still
For us must all His love fulfill,
"Not aa we will."
It Pays to Trado
With Us
Morning
We will pla:e on sale
100 pairs Rope Portieres
worth 12.50 for 98c.
100 pairs of fine Irish
Point Curtains, worth
1 7-50 pair, for $3.98.
Do not overlook th sample furni
ture sal. Thar Is only on plac I
buy carpets.
Shiverick
Furnituro Go.
Wt Closi Saturday tt I p, n.
Monday