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'" king; Oscar of Sweden should present
'Uiuaelf with a life aster's medal.
'A the army divisions In the Philip
pines withdraw, the school teachers'
brigades advance.
It King Edward's lead should lie un
easy he will know It is because bo
.Wears the crown.
;,Jf any other national associations or
societies want Omaha to furnish execu
tive officers, their requisitions will be
cheerfully honored.
Disappointing as It will be, according
to present outlook the north pole will
sot be found among the exhibits at the
t Louis exposition.
The astrologers and soothsayers who
insisted that Edward would never be
Crowned king now have a call to "go
fway back and sit 'down.
AJax .defying the lightning will not
te in it with the country that tempts
fate by harboring the proposed Interna
tional earthquake congress.
. King Edward may shake hands with
liliuself that he does not have to go
through the coronating performance
more than once in his royal career.
Great Britain is said to have politely
declined the czar's Invitation to partici
pate in a conference on sugar. John
Bull Is evidently fighting shy of har
mony dinners.
' Another of the few industries that are
languishing In the midst of prosperity is
that of the professional sky-bombarders
who otTr to produce rata artificially at
schedule rates.
By the self-inflicted death of Tracy,
the contemplated merger; of outlaw ban
tilts on the com rannity-of -Interest plan
Jias received a setback from which It
It may not recover.
We trust that by this time Colonel
' rryan haa succeeded in making it plain
'that his absence from the Tllden club
harmony jubilee was not due exclu
sively to overlooking the invitation.
' Why an earthquake congress anyway,
t when we have our own congress regu
florly recurring at Washington, with
lcot!tant exhibitions of active volcanoes
In operation and political and physical
jjars at frequent special occasions
't summer vacation for the railroad
tax bureaucrats. The task of convin
cing the people that the railroads of Ne
bi'ueka are overtaxed itself taxes all
1 tJjflr resourcefulness and ceaseless en-,
rgy.
'- President Itooeevelt could not have se
iH tid a letter time to survey the ex-Jt-ut
of prevailing prosperity. Oo all
Lis proposed trips, east, west and south,
tie will encounter only a prosperous
eople.
Chicago university will honor Itself
ty conferlng an L.L.U. degree upon
I'rvsideut Itooaevelt wheu he makes hts
.wt'btern tour. It tnkes a strenuous man
to carry the load of honorary collegiate
degrees heupod upon the president these
days.
Perhaps the lire underwriters' combine
can presently be induced to remove a
few of the points of d!tii1iuination tlu-y
kive marked up axuluBt Omaha with
out good cauue. The Are insurance
companies only wish all their fields
!ere as lucrative as Omaha.
If Mr. Bryan confines his 1002 cam
paigning to slates whose conventions
Lave expressly endorsed the Kansas
City platform aud the candidate who
was nominated on It, he will not have
d repeat his record-breaking, long-distance,
rear-platform ormiorlat expedl
tout this year.
Tiro uot.u nnrrit. -When
the republican state convention
of 11)01 by an overwhelming majority
demanded the recall of the Hartley
parole, the aspirations of I-.rs P. Sav
age for a popular endorsement of hts
accidental state administration received
a shocking jar. Prompt compliance
with the demand of his party had a
tendency to smooth the ruffled temper
of the people. But while the popular
tempest was sulmlding, the wrath of
Bartley was on the rise, and well-defined
rumors were circulated that he
was sttoiit to make damaging disclo
sures. The threatened eruption brought
on a crisis aud for several days every
roadway leading from Llncolh to the
peplteutlary was lined with carriages
filled with visitors anxious to placate
Bartley. But according to reliable ac
counts the star prisoner would listen to
nothing less than an assured full par
don. A council was thereupon held by
the parties in distress and an emissary
enlisted In the person of United States
District Attorney Summers to employ
his persuasive talent upon Governor
Savage and Induce him to Issue the
necessary pardon.
Aa a preliminary to the negotiation
Governor Savage waa promised In the
name of the potential persona for whom
Bummers waa ambassador his much-desired
nomination for governor at the
hands of the next republican state con
vention. What other Inducements en
tered into the deal has not been di
vulgedsuffice it to say that Bartley
received bia unconditional freedom on
New Year's day, while the governor
found himself In possession of a gold
brick that proved to be absolutely
worthless when assayed. That the
bnnco man and his backers had not the
remotest Intention to deliver the goods
was painfully manifest to the governor
long before the convention and his
withdrawal from the race created no
surprise anywhere.
But It seems that one gold brick did
not complete the governor's collection.
And so he grasped at the first opportu
nity to get another. The decision of
the supreme court In the police com
mission case furnished the hoped-for
opening. This time-the game waa
played by a brace of bunco men John
N. Baldwin on one side of the table and
David IL Mercer on the other.
In this Instance the play was even
more bold than the first and the assay
showed more brass to the aquaxe lech.
The prize package handed to the gov-'
ernor by Mercer and Baldwin aa the
consideration for allowing them to name
the police commission contained nothing
less than a guaranty of a federal ap
pointment for Mr. Savage immediately
after the expiration or his term next
January with a salary of not less than
$3,000 a year attached. To secure this
lucrative job for the ' great pardoner
Mercer promised the active backing of
Senator Millard as well aa of himself.
aud John K. Baldwin pledged to rein
force Millard and Mercer by Secretary
of the Treasury. Shaw, Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson, Senators Allison
and Dolliver, Speaker Henderson and
other members of the Iowa delegation,
who, he said, would march or drive up
to the White House with Savage to Im
press' upon the president the magnitude
of his services to the party and country.
The only possible obstacle to cashing
this political draft will be encountered
vltb a man by the name of Theodore
Koosevelt, whose signature is essential
to make It pass muster la the great
political clearing house. President
Roosevelt, moreover, is known to en
tertain very ' peculiar views about ex
ecutive clemency to embezzler and we
feel sure that it will take a great deal
more influence than can be piled up by
the Mercer-Baldwin alliance to convince
him that Ezra P. Savage la fit to fill
any position within hi gift, ereo If
$3,000 appointments ahould be aa thick
aa blackberries la attidjmnuner. Presi
dent Roosevelt's Tiew of the Savage
brand of governor was declared within
the presence of Senator Dietrich and
the editor of The Bee last fall when
he expressed his gratification that the
republicans of Nebraska had succeeded
In putting the embexxllng state treas
urer back into the penitentiary. It will
take a great deal of high pressure to
Induce President Roosevelt to ratify the
bargains by which Governor Savage has
been buncoed into giving Bartley the
keys of the' state house and Broatch
the keys of the police commission vault.
THE SSACOA.ST IZrtNSBU.
Rear Admiral Taylor is quite right In
urging that the seacoast defenses should
be well protected against attack by any
European- power. There is no Im
mediate danger, it is true, of our get
ting into serious trouble with any coun
try of Europe. It is not difficult to
conjure up possible conditions that
might cause trouble, but the chance of
the United 'states being challenged to
maintain by force the Monroe doctrine
Is extremely remote and the idea that
Germany contemplates any such thing
may be dismissed as utterly groundless,
Germany is building up a strong navy
as a defensive preparation and for the
protection of her foreign Interests
and her commerce, not with any ag
gressive intentions. The policy of
Germany is one of peace and the ex
tension of her trade and she Is quite as
anxious to maintain friendly relations
with the United (States as with any
other nation. That she covets territory
in this hemisphere has been emphat
ically denied and there is every reason
to believe that the official statements to
this fcffeet were entirely sincere.
tit 111 it Is sound policy to keep our
coast defenses in good condition, as
generally they are at present For
many ytars they were almost utterly
neglected and the seaboard cities were
without protection, but coincident with
the movement for building op the navy
the strengthening of the sea coast de
fenses was begun and a great deal of
money has been expended la this work.
It would be stupendous folly to allow
this expenditure of many millions to go
to waste, a would be the case If the
Improvement niade are nt maintained
and agnln expose our senboar'd cities as
they were twenty years ago. It will
cost a considerable, sum annually to
keep these defenses in proper condition,
but tho money will be well expended.
As win said by Samnel X Tllden seven
teen years ago. money spent on const
defenses is a good investment as insurance.
THAT PKAITSATIAHT JVNK.
LINCOLN. Aug. t, ISO J. To the Editor of
The Bee: Are you not altogether too se
vers on . your new police commissioner, W.
J. Brratch, when you try to make him
responsible for the whole deal by which
our enterprising fellow cltUen, William
Dorjraa, tbe Involuntary successor of
Charlie Moaher as lessee of the peniten
tiary, succeeded In disposing of what you
call his junk for $33,000 to the stats of Ne
braska? If memory serves ma right, there were
two other appraisers besides Broatch. Ons
of these was J. N. Oaffln, and the third
man by the nam of Gala. Broatch and
Caffln represented the stats and Oale waa
ehoaen by borgan as arbitrator In, case
Caffln and Broatch could not 'agree on the
price. Broatch and Oaffln asstned to have
n trouble In making ths appraisement
without tha Intervention of ths third man,
and each of them received $500 for the serv
lo rendered to Dorgan and the state.
Tou may be correct In saying that ths
whole Job lot of Dorgan's belongings, which
Broatch and Oaffln appraised at $33,000, was
worth less than $5,000, but you ought to
have drawn tha line at that mule team,
which I am sura was a, piece of salable
property. J. H. L.
The Bee has no disposition to do Mr.
Broatch injustice or to misrepresent any
of bis acts. . It Is doubtless true that
Mr. Gaffin shares the responsibility with
Mr. Broatch for appraising the property
of the penitentiary contractor at more
than six times Its value. Its Informa
tion concerning the Dorgan mule team
was derived from a letter to the editor
of The Bee, written by a responsible
and prominent business man from west
ern Nebraska (whose name for obvious
reasons it Is deemed proper to with
hold), from which we moke the follow
ing extract: .
While visiting ths penitentiary today I
waa shown by ths warden a wagon that
was appraised at $42 by your friend Broatch.
This wagon, If put up at auction on ths
streets of Omaha, would bring about 15
sents. I also saw a team of mules, which
was appraised at $250, whloh would be dear
at $30. If you could make arrangements
with tha warden of ths penitentiary to ex
hibit the wagon and team of mules at
Omaha, with a sign stating that this outfit
was appraised by ax-Mayor Broatch tor
$29J, you would create a great -sensation.
The letter from which we quote has
been preserved as a souvenir of the
closing chapter of the famous Stout-Mosher-Dorgan
penitentiary contract. It
is only a pity that a man as familiar
with horse flesh and mule flesh as our
noble - governor could not have seen
those mules on their homestretch before
they turned up their hoofs about . , six.
weeks after they had been appraised by
Broatch. We feel sure the governor
would at once have appointed Broatch
as state veterinarian and brevet . mule
Inspector general.
FBKPABISO FOR JCT10N. -There
are indications that the advo
cates of Cuban annexation are prepar
ing to make an active campaign for
their proposition at the next session of
congress. They ere losing no oppor
tunity to get their views before the pub
lic and are putting out in support of
them every plausible argument they can
conceive of. Senator Elkins of West Vir
ginia, who is most prominently Identi
fied with the movement, said in a late
Interview that the time was opportune
to carry into effect "the well-defined
wishes of a majority of tbe people of
Cuba and of the United States In re
gard to annexation, that no sufficient
reason could be urged against annexa
tion, for, considering all the circum
stances, it was to the best interests of
both countries."
It would be Interesting to know how
Mr. Elkins ascertained that a majority
of the American and Cuban people de
air annexation. So far as the newspa
pers of this country . represent popular
sentiment it has been shown to be very
stcongiy against annexing Cuba, while
as to the Cubans It is tbe general Im
pression that most of them resent the
Idea of annexation, only certain Inter
ests there favoring It As to whether
it would be to the best Interests of both
countries, it will readily- be admitted
that annexation would benefit Cuba,
but making that island a state of the
union, participatuig on an equality with
the. existing states in the general gov
ernment, could certainly be of no ad
vantage to the United States. It must
be apparent to every thoughtful man
that annexing Cuba and giving it state
hood would be a menace to our politics.
The Cubans are radically different fiom
Americans In their political habits, tra
ditions and Ideals. General Bragg was
more than half right to his judgment of
them. Politically, there is nothing In
common between them and -us. Then
there is the race question to be consid
ered. Khali we add to our own difficul
ties in this respect by annexing a large
negro population to participate in the
government? It is impossible to believe
that a majority of the American people
desire this.
Senator Morgan of Alabama b? an
other annexationist, who urges that
Cuba Is as necessary to the United
States as Ireland is to Great Britain.
Regarded strategically there la some
plausibility to this, but do Americans
want such an experience as the relations
between England and Ireland have
created) Representative Newhinds of
Nevada thinks Cuba should be invited
to become a part of the United States
"In order to disarm any suspicion on
her part that she might become a mili
tary dependency such as the Philip
pines.'' If there is such a suspicion it
is largely due, to the talk of the annex
ationists and the better way to disarm
it la to slop- this talk aud abandon the
annexation movement, thus reassuring
the Cuban people thut the United States
desires that they shall maintain their
independent government and establish
the Island republic on a firm and stable
fouudatlon, If this shall b done
will have a friend and ally In Cuba
upon which we could always rely and
the political dangers Involved In mak
ing that Island a state of the union
would be avoided.
SrtKlSQ BUVTHKFtr THA DS.
There appears to be a revival of In
terest among American manufacturers
In the trade of the countries south of
us. promising a greater effort In the
future to secure a larger share of this
great and Increasing business. The
next meeting of the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers does not occur
until the spring of 11)03, but In the
meantime the officers of tbe association
will endeavor to arouse an Interest
among the business men of Central and
South America in commercial relations
with the United States, with a view to
having them scud representatives to the
meeting of the association, which v(U
be held at New Orleans.
This is a practical move that ought to
have good results. As the secretary of
the association says, by tbe Interchange
of visits of the peoples of our respective
countries, and particularly between the
business men of those countries, very
much more can be learned and more
thoroughly than by any other means.
The Interchange of Information and
ideas between our manufacturers a n't
the business men of other countries
should be productive of much benefit
to both sides. The trade situation at
present between the United States ant!
the southern countries Is far from satis
factory and It is not Improving. We
are doing no more business with Cen
tral America now than we were ten
years ago, a fact which does not show
well for the enterprise of our manufac
turers and merchants.
Undoubtedly good results would come
from the interchange of visits contem
plated by the association of manufac
turers, but our greatest need is better
transportation communication with tbe
southern countries. The American
consul at Buenos Ay res, Argentine re
public, points out that in order to in
crease trade with that country we must
have a direct steamship service, and
what Is true in this case applies equally
to most of the other southern countries.
This essential requirement will un
doubtedly be provided In time and
meanwhile American manufacturers
should employ all other practicable
means to win more of the valuable
southern trade.
WXSTMKN WYASIOA- Of WALL STREET.
What la designated In Wall street as
ti.' "western contingent',' appears to be
just now the controlling influence In
. S 1 . a . ,
that center of speculation and financial
activity, it nas, so it is saia, aston
ished the eastern financiers and specu
lators by its Indifference to, precedents,
its fearlessness and assurance and the
audacity of Its originality. A New
York correspondent fays there seems to
be an association or combination that
has brought into one group a consider-,
ble number of those who hate recently
and chiefly through the utilization of
modern , methods of financing corpora
tions become very rich. - The best Im
pression there is that this combination
is made up from 75 to 100 men. Among
the members of it, according to com
mon report, are some who gained riches
through the steel combination, a number
of Ohio capitalists, some from the
northwest and Mississippi valley and
many who now are, or recently were,
residents of Chicago.
This pool is believed to control a very
large amount of money. Various esti
mates have been made, some putting
the amount within the control of the
pool , at $100,000,000, others insisting
that it has at command as much as
$300,000,000. High financiers of New
York who bav been watching the
movements of this western contingent
and have had some financial relations
with it, say that there, is no doubt the
pool can control resources reaching
$150,000,000. Whatever the extent of
Its resources, it appears not to be. de
pendent upon New York banks or trust
companies, a fact which quite naturally
causes It to be . regarded with aome
jealousy and perhaps also distrust.
This so-called western contingent Is
credited with some daring operations,
which If not wholly new to Wall street
there have been few precedents for.
This suggests a possible danger which
the older and more conservative finan
ciers' of the east are not blind to. What
Is to be the outcome of his speculation
on a vast scale is a question that
naturally arises. Its tendency is all In
the direction of inflation and It is a
question bow long that can be main
tained without precipitating a financial
crash. This western invasion of Wall
street, with its bold and reckless opera
tions, can certainly result in no lasting
benefit to the country and there Is good
reason for apprehending that It may
prove exceedingly harmful.
An attempt Is mode In some of the
eastern papers to belittle the beet sugar
Industry by comparing the acreage of
sugar beets reported for the current
year at 259,513 acres with millions of
acres planted to wheat, oats and corn.
Every Industry, however, has to have
a beginning. Ten years ago the sugar
beet acreage was infinitesimal. When
discussing the prospects of the beet
sugar Industry it will be well to keep
In mind the tin plate Industry which has
been built up from nothing before the
McKlnley tariff until today tbe entire
home demand is met by the home-made
supply.
In this, era of political reminiscences
it may not be out of place for The Bee
to reprint a suggestive letter that found
its way into the files of this paper dur
ing the blessed year when Dave Mercer
and William K. Gurley were on the pay
roll of the Union Pacific lobby at the
state capital:
OFFICE OF THS OMAHA REPUBLICAN,
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. ti. 1887. Dr. George
Roberta, Crelghton. Neb. Dear Sir: We
are advised by tha state central committee
Uhar, of the caiupalan ..BeMes. but wlthlr
a day or two a draft nuuis upon you has
been returned unpaid.
By this action you com pel others to pay
your debts. This is so unusual that he-
fore commenting thareon In the Repub
lican are shall be R)ad to have your ex
planation. Very reepect fully,
CADET TAYLOR.
If the defunct Omaha Republican
could only be resurrected a duplicate of
this letter, bearing the well known sig
nature of Cadet Taylor, could be dl
rected with propriety to the nonreai
dent congressman from the Second dis
trict, with whom It Is not unusual to
let others pay his political debts by
repudiating his share of the campaign
expenses.
Wheat tke Csra Coaies la.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The corn crop prpmlses to be so big this
year that ths packers will have to Invent
soma new explanation of the high price ot
beef aezt winter.
No Chang- la Reaalts.
Washington Star.
hoys in olive gTeeo" will never
sound as poetic ss "the boys in blue." But
tbe men inside tbe Uniforms may be de
pended on for the usual results.
Mwch Depends the Gaaa.
Bomervllle Journal.
wnen tne government begins to use
Martha Washington's picture on a pottax
stamp, it will not be polite to pound ths
stamp to stick It on an envelops.
Coaapeaaatloa fer Fallare.
Louisville Corrtar-Journal.
Baldwin net only brought back a picture
of Nanaen's but, but he brought back a pic
ture of Baldwin in Arctic costume. Evi
dently the pole bad a narrow escape.
A Pleasla- Chaasie.
Buffalo Express.
f
Oeneral Kitchener Is .to meet Botha,
Dewet and Delarey, on their arrival
at Southampton and escort them to the
king. It will be a pleasing sensation tor
the general to find them wher he la
looking for them.
Novelty la Divorce Case.
Indianapolis News.
An Omaha woman has sued her hui
band for divorce because he declines to
wear evening clothes for dinner. The hus
band works In a packing bouse, and de
Clares that ths stockyards' perfume he car
ries around In his working clothes Is
strengthening, and should be appetising.
This recalls the Indiana gentleman who
declared that tbe man who could not ap
preciate ths smell of a hog was "a leetle
too nice to live."
CompllnientlBaT Newspaper Eaterprlae
Chicago Poet.
Could the newspapers of this country re
ceive a higher compliment than that to be
paid them during the naval maneuvers this
month T It is to be the entire strength of
the navy against the dispatch boats manned
by reporters! These boats are to be treated
aa enamlea' acmita and ta ha svalded nr ran.
IUIVIJ, li Will UJ IU IWBIIKH VI IUO UK T J
to kee0 u wtended ffi0TemenU Mcret.
tured. It will be the business of the navy
the business of the reporters to make them
public. If the navy can beat ths reporters
at .this game It can beat any other navy in
the world In the same way. It will be a
royal contest and we are Inclined to place
our wagers on the newspaper dispatch
boats. J ' .
WORK FOR CONGRESS.
Where Learal SearealtaThts Should Be
Taraed Oa to Stay.
Philadelphia Press.
Publicity Is the first great publlo need
to prevent abuses in the organisation of
great corporations.'
Ths Rock Island company, a New Jersey
corporation organised to control ths Rock
Island railroad system, has this clause in
Its charter: "
"No stockholder shall have any light to
Inspect any account or book or document
of ths corporation, except as conferred by
statute or authorised by tho board of di
rectors or by a resolution of tbe stock
holders." .Congress ought, when It meets, to sweep
away this attempt to conceal tbs operations
of a corporation whose sole object and pur
pose Is to conduct and control Interstate
commerce.
In dealing with manufacturing corpora
tions, like the United 8tates Steel corpora
tion, front whose charter this clause Is
copied, the power of congress may be in
doubt. A state corporation Is not directly
amenable to federal legislation unless it
enters tha field of federal powers.
But about a railroad company or a cor
poration organised to control a railroad
there can be ne question whatever. Con
gress can open tha accounts, books and
documents of such companies to any of their
stockholders. This should be done. Proper
regulation should be imposed. Reokless and
meddlesome inquiry should be discouraged.
But publicity serves the public The bare
faced attempt to secure secrecy In manipu
lating a great railroad system for apecu
latlvs ends should be crushed.
SUMMER Lira Or AMERICANS.
Pksaas of tfc Taoatloat IlaMt sal Irs
Effect.
Philadelphia Post.
One of the most Interesting feataree of
oar modern American life Is the develop
ment and growth of the summer resort. In
places where a few years ago there were
but two or three summer hotels there are
now two or three dosen. For ths hundreds
who ten years ago left home for a summer
outing there are now thousands.
Men who owned desolate llttU bits of
land, half sand and half water, along the
seacoaat, have sold for $5,000 what they
purchased for $50. The seaside resorts are
no longer little collections of cottages, but
have bscom large cities, with mayors, fire
departments and police. Mountain resorts
to which, ten years ago, a few of tha bold
est flocked for hilly tramps, country board
and quiat life, are now thax centers of
groups of enormous hotels.
And In all this there are distinctly grati
fying features.
One Is that the moderately well-to-do, as
well aa tbe very rich, era partakers of this
summering enjoyment. The summer homes
of the wealthy and ths expensive hotels
have not driven out all of the farm houses
and boarding houses and hotels .where a
moderately filled purse will pay tbe ex
penses of a fortnight's outing. Most of
tbe railroads which run Into the popular
resort districts furnish lists of moderate
priced stopping places. Hundreds of thou
sands of the fairly well-to-do enjoy 'the
healthful delights of tho country.
Another source of gratification Is that
the general movement toward ths country
a movement spreading throughout ths en
tire land shows that tbs Americans s,r
coming to realise that Ufa should not be
entirely devoted to money making; that
harassed nerves should havs a time of rest;
that we are becoming a wiser as well as an
older nation.
And while thoae of the cities are flock
ing for recreation to the wilderness and
the country, those of the small tpwns and
of the country are more and more flocking
for a vacation time to the cities. Thus It Is
that the summer habit is lnfluenolng and
ImproTlng ail sections of ths country and
Uu .UasJ.
ni.ASTS FROM RAM'S HORN.
t
The light needs Do label.
Pestlny depends oa origin.
Innocence la not character.
Treachery leeds to tragedy.
Disposition is more than position.
Silence la often tbe sign of strength.
Tbe nan who thinks lads tbs crowd.
Pride needs to look out for puncture.
Piety does mors tbaa pity the needy.
Many a small cnglns baa a big whUtle.
Tha church la a chisel and sot a statue.
Better a clean sinner than a dirty saint.
Better a fair failure than a false success.
Tour life will be worth what it costs you.
8BCIXAR SHOTS AT THE PFLPIT.
New Tork Mail and Krpress: Archbishop
Ireland successfully combines his faith la
his church with confidence In his country
Boston Transcript: With municipal muslo
and sixteen different, varieties of religion
on the common yesterday it must have been
a dull mind Indeed that did not not carry
away something.
Brooklyn Eagle: The success of the
Methodists in respect of their million'
guinea fund In England la frightening other
denominations lest a Ike fund should be
called for by their clergy.
Washington Post: The colored preacher
who predicted a tidal wave for Atlantlo
City made the mistake of using an early
i'.e. It didn't give hint sufficient time to
take up his collections.
Washington Star: A Delaware clergy
man whistled his text, the theme of his
discourse being ths song of a meadow lark,
which be had heard during a visit to the
country. This Is, perhaps, as Innocent a
form of pulpit sensationalism as has yet
been devised.
Et. Louis Globe-Democrat: There Is a
marked contrast between the situation in
the United States and that In Bpaln On the
religious associations question. It Is a
curious fact that In Catholic countries like
France and Bpaln the Cathollo religious or
ders get worse treatment than is accorded
to them In some of tbe Protestant nations,
especially In Germany and England. No
sort of religious associations find any fault
with their treatment in the United States
Ail are on an equality here. No discrimina
tion Is made in favor of or against anv
kind of a religious or non-rellglous order
In the United States. It would be Impos
sible to get up any sort of an issue hero
which could bear any resemblance to the
one in' Prance, or to that which Is about
to bo renewed In Spain.
Detroit Free Press: , There Is a novel
movement afoot in Indiana. It Is nothing
leas than a censorship of the Methodist
pulpit, initiated and prompted by a pastor
of that denomination. He proposes sermon
Inspectors appointed by tbe church to ex
amine ail sermons before tbey are delivered,
having the right to cut. slash or reject with
no right of appeal by the victim. The' pur
pose Is to prevent heretical utterances and
to preserve the literal scriptures In their
Integrity, even to' the story of Jonah and
tbe whale, the apeotaoular ascensloa of
Elijah and what the worldly are prone to
designate aa the romance of Adam and Eve.
But the Job will be no sinecure. There is
to be a verification of all allusions, soien
tlflo, literary and historical, the correction
of all that is ungrammatlca! and even the
"fixing up" of the spelling.. The movement
Is endorsed In some quarters', but the prob
ability of Its general endorsement Is Tory
remote. .. .. ri t: -.-
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
A bunch of . Chicago gravediggers went
on a strike rather than bury thotr trou
bles. . ' '
Minneapolis Is doing some tall stunts In
the reform line. Street car conductors
now use megaphones In announcing streets.
A wise Boston man who runs a restau
rant exclaims in print: "Tho guy who
said this Is a nation of dyspeptics doesn't
know beans."
The Portland Oregon tan managed to tell
with great detail "Why ths pursuit of
Tracy failed" Just two days before the
bandit turned up his. toes.
As a midsummer diversion several pa
pers are discussing the question, "Are
There Women In Heaven T" Why bother
about It. Those In sight ore tho salt' of
the earth.
Fresh air olubs are the popular tad down
east. They are common everywhere, but
not by that name. Boy and girl and a
hammock for two oonstltuto a club and
equipment.
St. Louis Is putting up a fine article
of hot air nowadays. A bunch of It rolled
down on tbe fair grounds last week and
wreck! $30r,OCO of fair work. Can it and
save lumber.
The gentleman who distinguished him
self at Mole St, Nicholas sons four years
ago Is preparing to do some tall work at
ths forthcoming army and navy man surer
around Long Island.
uno or the autotnobfles in the Ohlosgo
racoa, nnaDio u throw a row of ths spec
tators into the lake, took revenge on the
riders by burning up. The occupants
barely escaped cremation.
. .
vviuiniM memsere of the a wan set In
St.
raui received a rude shook frna thi
club
associates. The prlvllea of order.
Ing drinks In slab rooms has been denied
mem ana tnsy are too dry to
calmly. '
speak
"Dear Mary," wrote on Omaha boy of
JO to his slater at a nearby resort, "we
ore all very weU, only mother has a boll
en her neck, lira has the whooping cough
and Jaue has a toothache. I hope you ore
tbe some.1
pvzelh row PsroHOLOttirrs. r
BmmAU Tswoy'd WHS Cmw ud laraa.
aalatowa Flats.
Chicago News.
Bandit Tracy's career has been brought
to a close. After terrorising two states,
defying sheriffs posses, outmansuvering
militia, holding up families and kidnaping
such human beings as he needed to assist
him hs has met the inevitable. Hla ex
traordinary record remains an interesting
subject for speculation by Lombroeo and
the other knowing gentlemen who study
tho psychology of crime. In the two months
which elapead Between the time of his es
cape from prison and his death Tracy
showed not osly absolute fsarlcssnesa but
high strategic ability. Tbs audacity of his
offensive and defensive operations was Na
poleonic. The dime novel writer has never
conceived anything more extravagant than
his plan of foraging for supplies and am
munition and Impressing horses, boat.
steam loootnotrvea and human t-'ugs into
hla servtoe as ha needed them. Possibly
It is a sign of Tracy's pride in his calling
that at the end he would not even give
his pursuers the privilege of killing htm,
preferring to meet death at his own hand.
It will ho Interesting to learn from the
psychologists how they acccmat for Tracy.
Was he a victim of hereditary erlmhuU im
pulse? Is it possible that a man of hts
fearlessness and evident mental power is
classifiable as a degenerate? Was hs sim
ply a highly endowed animal or was he In
spired by some strangely perverted form
of ambition T Was his dominant motive a
genuine love for tho profession, or greed,
or misanthropy, or a desire for notoriety T
It would be Interesting and possibly in
structive to learn what Tracy thought of
bimsaU and aba world.
DOMKSTIO n.RASA.vTRIKS.
Baltimore News: "But before we wen
married," she complained, "jou used H
give me beautiful prexents."
"Ves, but a dollnr looked like a dim)
then, nnd now er a dime looks like
miracle!"
rhllauVtrhla Prem: Young 'Wife (wltl
a poutj 8o I am a "bird," am IT You usei
to say I was an anrl.
Young Husband Well, I still give yH
eredlt for having wliifri, don't IT
Boston Post: "Yoi promised yo wou't
marry me, fifteen years heni-e," coii.-ewxl'iej
the aMrnt suitor, "and now you br. tbt
eiiKHKement."
"Ves," she replied listlessly, "and It's I
great watt off my mind."
Chicago Tribune: Johnny I 'sp.ct if 1
wasn't here, Mr. Hpoonamore, you'd klsl
Bella, wouliln't you?
Miss Bella (flushing with Indignation)-.
You Impudont boyt Leave the room thil
moment!
Plttburij Chronicle: "He certainly glvet
promise or living to a green old aae."
"Huh! He's reached It already. He's Just
married a girl thirty years his Junior sn
he thinks she loves him fur himself alone.'
Detroit Cr.. lr.. a Pan. V , , ...
...... - ........ . BhW A V. U UB
late last night, daughter.
Lauirhter Vea iiuim. ftii fT-.aK.(.. .i,.h
met on the plasxa.
i-apa Who belongs to your fresh-all
Daughter (slowly and somewhat re- -luctontly)
WeU, Jack and and me.
Philadelphia Pmu! "ne ur.. I, ... .
silly .f him." uawA tM.m ir..iti..e
coyly, "but when he proposed to me hs
said he was 'intoxicated with ardor.' "
"Of course he must have been that way,"
remarked Miss Pert, "but 'ardor Is a new
name for a drink, isn't Itr'
Cleveland Plain n,.l.-t v-n....ttA ... v.
lsn t going to the Wlllngers' again."
'Hs mam altrlnv In rk. Y5i i it
mock with Susls Billlnger when it efl
down.
'That's nothing. Hammocks often fall."
Tte. but Husla'a Httl. hmth.. u. v. .. a
put three or four garden rakes under this
one, with the teeth standing up."
TUB PASSAGK.
Oeorge Cabot Lodge In Atlantic.
Onward ever and outward ever, over the
With over before us the perilous vista, be.
h ik -ausruier ana ugnt or the
With the wind of tho wilderness fresh In
me rain in our hair Uke a
As the silent low Ilht of the Dawn, like
.iien ana snea tnrouan .
the raiment of night.
Jld H"L R'r8 "h11 be smitten In sunder
Befora ue
With lightning and voices of thunder
In onorus.
We shall pass over desolate places, strange
' lucaogiim, plain.
And ths moon shall relent and The spaces
tj in twain:
Over meadows that murmur with foun-
1 1, wuere rivers lute serpents Ue
Wo shall pass to the wall of the noun.
world- eage of the
Till the last low ledge of tho lea
Makes division.
Till the wild wide waste of tbe sea
Fill our vision,
ess....
And the bonds of allegiance that fetter the
.... ul uucuienco sworn in
Inn no
8hallt word" of tha '""on of life we .
1 """"wm, unaerscooo. super,
seded at last;
We are done, with the gods of our old
adoration, we acknowledge they served
" 1 ' uriB i air.
But ?, " lor boholdt after long prepara
tion who no man haa dared to die-
oover. we dare
Till the body and soul and all time
Shall be blended
Aspiration and virtue and crime
Comprehended.
Wo must fathom the sense and the spirit
till we stand self-possessed of the
whole
Onward ever and outward ever, over tbe
uttermost verge of the SouL
In the Time
of Our.
Prosperity
The prosperity of this ooun
try Is today the wonder of the
world and we of the west seem
favored most of alL While'
this tide ef wealth is pouring
in upon aa-whlle ws are reap
ing ths harvest of the fst
years Is It not ths part oc
wisdom to store up a portion
of our galas for the inevitable
lean years to corns T Hard
times will come again as sure
as death and taxes. How are
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There are a great many dif
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"Stronxett la ths World.
II. D, NEELY, -
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