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'THE OMAHA DAILY ItEE: SUNDAY, SEFTEMUEH 28, 1902. Tie Omaiia Sunday Bee, E. IlOSt; WATER. tKilUK. PUBLISHED EVERY liOllNINQ. TKRM8 OK BL'UHCRHTION. l!illy lue (without cunday), una Yer..4.0u i.'ut.y lice una Bunuay, un tear....... 6UU illustrated ie, Uiik tear buimuy ti-v, Una lai - lw buturuay lice, one Year l.iw '.twentieth Century farmer, une 4mr...i.w DfcXlVEKED bl CAiti.lcK. Dally Hie (without Sunday), per copy.... io Daliy lite (wltliuut Sunday, 111T wck...Uc Dally lite (including Bunuay), per wten..lii; bunuay life, per copy do Everlng bee (wlth'iui Sunday I, per wwk u Evening He, (Including ttunuayj, per wpck loo Complaints of Irregularities In deliver Shoulu be addreaned tu City Circulation De-liarinit-iil. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Utillulng. South Omaha CUy Hall building, Twen-ty-tltth anil M Streets. Council blurts lu l'earl Street. I hlrago 1WO Unity Building. Mew Vork Bark How Building. Washington 6ul Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication!! relating to nes and edi torial matter kIiouM be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Buslnesti letter and lemitiHiicea tdiojld be addressed: The Bee i'uoilHhing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order. payable to The Bee Publishing Company, Only z-cent stamps accepted in payment 01 mail accounts. 1'ersonal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchange! not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State ot Nebraska, Douglas County as: George B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bm Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, JJvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during th, moDtu or August, was as iouows: 1 28,720 16 2,0UO t JM.770 isw.oao 4 2b,U10 t XH,mo ( 2S.TU0 1 3H.7IIO 1 2H,To a,HH 10 HN.750 11 28.7041 12 XH.T.W 13 XM,20 14 2N.020 U 28.730 17 2(4,820 18 811,80 1 ZU.TTO 20 30.HM0 n 3o,i2o 22 8IMMUI 3 ao.ato 24 2M,7;t.1 28 ao.::io 2t 2I.M 27 2,i0 28 glMMtll 29 3O,07 SO 80.110 11 2-.M20 Total f)OO.440 Less unsold and returned copies1.... I,S"7 Net total tales S90,5i:i Net dally average 28.021 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. (Subscribed In my presence and' sworn to before me this lt day of September. A. D., IS02. M. B. HUNGATE. (Seal.) Notary Publlo. The abandonment of the packers' com bine pitta may have a Htring tied to It Colonel Bryan insiRts that the Kaunas City platform, although a trifle disfig ured, la still In the Hug. Governor Cuumilns of Iowa has filed another answer this time to Speaker Ueuihrxt . latest explanation. In the matter of taxation all that the railroad corporations in Nebraska want Is, like Jeff Davis, "to be let alone." Having once furnished a minister to Chile, Lincoln bus to go only one step further to furnish a minister to Brazil. It is just possible that the man with a woodpile this winter may consider himself lucky for once Instead of un lucky. Senator Foraker Is bound to take Issue with President Roosevelt If only to show his Independence of Senator llanua. Tom Johnson's circus tent plays to one-night stands only. The show won't bear repeating before the same audience. Reports of renewed uprisings of the Boxers In China indicate that they are not willing to stay boxed after -they Lave been canned. No newspaper Interview with General Miles has appeared for over forty-eight hours, but this is explained by the fact that he Is on shipboard out in the Fa cine. Mercer proclaims to the voters of this district that be asks no quarter and will give no quarter. The black flag Is the appropriate emblem of political pirates as well as of sea pirates. Stories of Alaskan gold strikes will be put In ref rlgeratiou now until naviga tion reopens In the spring and the transportation companies unllmber again for the gold seekers' traffic. Tho prophets who have ventured pre' dictions of the settlement of the anthra cite coal strike seem to be faring no better In this year 1002 than the proph eta who have been taking guesses at the weather. Members of the tobacco combine are patting themselves on the back and as suring the public that It la the first com blnation that has been effected "on right lines." We will prefer to watch the course of the Tobacco trust for awhile before acquiescing in this ver dict The Wall street yarns to the effect that there Is friction between- the presi dent and Secretary Shaw, when sanely Interpreted simply mean that there is friction between Wall street and Secre tary Shaw. The secretary has not Jumped when Wall street says thumbs down, wherein be doubtless has the president's complete approval. v The new British ambassador to the United States is quoted us saying on the eve of his departure, for his post that "going to America is Just like going home." It would have beeu worth his official position for a British uui bassador to have made that remark dur ing the first hulf century of the re public. But times have changed. Minister Couger is complaining on be half of the American shipiiers agalns the depredations of Chinese pirates. 11- rates of the Burlutry states once thought that American vessel aud Ameiicuu goods were easy booty, but a few Amer ican men-of-war persuaded them differ ently. If the Chinese government can not talk to the Chinese pirates, perhaps a squadron of the American nary can talk to them mora effectually. AO CALSK FOR ALARM. In Jta review of the relations of or ganized lalwr to organized capital The Bee has Ignored one point raised by Mr. David Anderson on behalf of or ganized capital which deserves more than passing attention. Mr. Anderson expresses grave fears that the course being pursued by lalior leaders will pro voke the captains of industry into clos ing the factories and mills for the sen son, anil taking a rest until the laboring classes can appreciate good pay, good treatment and general prosperity. We know of some foolish people who would cut off their noses to spite their faces, but the captains of Industry are not classed among fools. The big cap italists and trust managers are not car rying on business for fun nor for their health. They do not employ armies of labor out of sheer benevolence, but be cause they have found it profitable to employ them. They are not so rash or stupid as to close their factories and mills, plug up their mines, tie up their steamships and lay off their railroad trains Just to make the discontented worklugmcn tired, or to compel them to work on their terms or starve. Such a policy would soou pry the cap talus of industry loose from the salary list and make couiion clipping unprofita ble, because nobody would cash the coupons or buy their bonds or stocks. To close the mills and factories against organized labor would make a great muuy other people shiver in the cold besides trades union workmen. Even if the dividends were guaranteed by the largest banking i-onwrn in the world it Is doubtful whether the trust mag nates would dare to enter the eonliict in which their concerns would be wrecked by idleness. Fortunately, such a condition Is not conceivable and Mr. Audet sou's apprehensions are groundless. SkXAIOR HOAR OX TARlt F RKViStOn. Senator Hoar of Massachusetts Is not unfavorable to tariff revision, but he says that when made it should be on the principles of the protective system nd not on the principles of free traders or the revenue reformers. The latter, emarked the distinguished statesman, have tried their tariff revision twice and the result was the horrible nightmare f Cleveland's first administration and he still more horrible nightmare of his second administration. Senator Hoar further said Unit changes In the tariff should be made when public confidence will not be disturbed and business will not be endangered. "We must maintain In general the pxlstlng protective system," said the Massachusetts senator. "Wage earners never had better wages than now; man ufacturers never in general had a better market.- We desire to take possession of the foreign market. We were never doing better in that respect than we have been doing since the republican party came Into power In 1897. The farmers were never doing better. We are the largest manufacturing nation in the world. We are the largest ex porting nation in the world. . We are the most prosperous agricultural nation in the world. These things have come to pass under protection. They will con tinue while the protective system con tinues. Our prosperity in these respects will be largely impaired, and we shall have hard times again if the protective system be overthrown." This pointedly and clearly states the ituatlou and undoubtedly all repub licans will concur in it If existing prosierity is to be maintained the policy that has been so largely Instrumental In producing it must be continued. Modi fication of the tariff Is one thing and republicans very generally agree that It may be advisable whenever it can be made without disturbing confidence and Injuring business. The democratic propo sition to overthrow protection and open our markets to the free admission of foreign manufacturers and combina tions is quite a different thing, which would inevitably result in the destruc tion or many of our industries and a serious setback to our prosperity The Judgment in this matter of so eminent and experienced a statesman as Senator Hoar merits the earnest con sideration of all who are concerned for the preservation of our industries, the welfare of our labor and the mainte nance of prosperity. The republican party can be depended upon to deal with j the tariff with reference to the best interests of the whole people. It has not failed to do this in the past and it will not fail now. And whatever it shall determine ought to be done will be carried out so as not to check Indus trial growth or lower the standard of living of American worklugmeu. HtJr MARKKT R1UHT1XQ ITSELF. The developments of the money mar ket fully Justify Secretary Shaw ln re fusing to take radical action for its re lief, and the belief that there will duly be recovery by natural processes. Two concurrent causes have mainly produced the struiu that is especially felt in New York, but which also necessarily af fects the large money centers, east and west. Those causes operated at a time when business and industry are ex traordinarily active throughout the country and when a correspondingly un usual amount of cash Is required. They are on the one hand the absorption of funds by the Innumerable uew issues of securities which have been put upon the market and on the other the with drawal of deposits ln New York by in terior bunks for moving crops. Comparatively recent consolidations und mergers are unexampled, both in number and ln magnitude. As a result a prodigious muss of stocks aud bonds have been floated, and that too, ou high aud steadily rising level of prices because of the astonishing earning ca paclty and showing of transportation and Industrial properties. The financ lug and iecu!utlve operations Involved ln this movement have tiecn an almost incalculable draft, not only upon the cash resources etqieclally of New York, but also, although to a smaller extent, upon Boston, Philadelphia and other eastern dcxsitnries. It is well known, too, that immense amounts of these securi ties have been hypothecated with British and continental banks. New Vork, however, Is the great de pository for the banks of the Interior, especially In a period of large demand, such as there has been for many months, on account of the creation of large new issues of securities. It is inevitable under such conditions that the recall of their funds by the western banks for harvest aud crop use should embarrass the money market In which they are so important a factor. This Is precisely what has occurred and is occurring. It is well that the resources of the national treasury should not be pre cipitately used as an auxiliary to an al ready excessively inflated speculative boom in stocks. Most of the consolida tion and merger stocks are over-issues and water-soaked, and if every dollar of available treasury holdings were scoop shoveled to the promoters, brokers and speculators it would merely aggravate a bull movement that has already gone too far. A. halt must be called some time, and it had better be called now than later, when the effect might more seriously involve the public. The banks and trust companies them selves are able now to apply the remedy. They are restricting or calling In loans on the speculative collaterals, while ac cording to all accounts protecting com mercial customers at not excessive rates of iuterest. The gold resources of the world are ut their command and im portations are already announced. These facts, together with the conservative provisions of the Treasury department are sure to operate effectively, although slowly, to relieve the strain. A firm check on an excessive speculative spirit is really tho remedy most needed, for the good of the country, however it may be regarded In certain quarters in Wall street, and whatever the effect may be on the steerers of mergers and consolida tions. BESTRW1XO Till WORLD. The stupendous scope of modern in dustrial combination is only beginning to be generally appreciated. The re organization of the Iron and steel in dustries of the United States under the Morgan plan, involving the unification of Interests representing more than a billion of capital seemed when first announced the limit of the most daring conception. It was swiftly followed by another combination, under the same control, of hardly less Imposing proportions, the merger of the groat ocean carrying com panies, including some of the most im portant British lines, and a harmonious adjustment with the German ship owners. Either of these combinations, If con sidered by itself, is of almost bewilder ing magnitude to the average mind and virtually implies an industrial revolu tion. But they cannot be considered In isolation. It is now perfectly ap parent that the prime motive of Morgan and his associates in the merger of the ocean companies did not have reference merely to the freights which they bring to and take from the great American railroad systems which the same men also control, but they had In view an immeasurably greater undertaking. It is nothing less than the harmonizing of the Iron and steel industries of the United States, Great Britain and Ger many, not merely as among themselves, but also with reference to the markets of the world. Thus the series of combinations, each of such tremendous scope in Itself, turn out to be merely parts of a world-wide system, absolutely unparalleled in his tory, and Involving a radical departure in the methods of production and distri bution. It was to present this plan In It practical aspects that J. Pierpout Morgan spent many months in Europe. Although the high diplomacy of indus try has been conducted with extreme secrecy, It appears that the leading manufacturers of Great Britain and Germany look with favor upon the plan, and Mr. Schwab Is now abroad to prose cute the practical details. The fundamental idea Is that there are some markets which the iron and steel men of Germany can supply more economically than those of the United States and Great Britain, and the same 18 true of tne latter ln relation to other markets. Not only so. but each of these countries has superior advantages over the other two for some parts of these great basic industries. There re mains the adjustment of their relations in markets aa to which they all stand on a substantially equal footing. To attempt to reconcile such vast interests on a practical working footing mav seem like a Utopian dream, but It is being actually undertaken by the hard headed men of business. It is simply the application in the theater of the world's commerce of identically the same principle ou w hich the American Iron and steel industries have been combined and their manage ment consolidated. Controlling these Industries In all three of these great nations, controlling their shipping aud adjusting iu all markets the supply of iron aud steel, the aim of these captains of industry Is to dominate the business of the world. The conception Is as fascinating us it is colossal. In place of their customary lecture course, Omaha public school teachers have this year subscribed as a body to a course of university extension lec tures ou economic and sociological topics. Those who attend these lectures will doubtless receive instruction aud entertainment probably more ln the wuy of Instruction than they received from the lecture courses given under their own patronage and management but there Is no good reason why the orlgl nal idea of the teachers' lecture course for a series of lectures by noted educa tors on educational subjects should be abandoned. Teachers In the Omaha public schools who want general cul ture have ample opportunity to listen to lectures by men of more or loss celeb rity In their various branches who are brought here by various local organiza tions and associations, but a lecture course distinctively educational and helpful ln the every day work of school teaching is what our teachers need, but unfortunately have never had. TH TAX AM ART. There are Indications tnnt another earnest effort Is to bo made, perhaps at the next session of congress, to se cure a removal or modification of the tariff duties on paintings and other works of art. It is stated that there are now In Europe belonging to Amer icans works of art to the aggregate value of $30,000,000, a large part of which will be allowed to remain abroad unless the duties are removed or ma terially modified. Many paintings ac quired by Americans In Europe are on exhibition there, particularly in Ens laud, aud It is urged that thus our peo ple are being deprived of the privilege of seeing these works of art while the government is getting little revenue from this source. One advocate of re moving the duties says: "This country can become the exhibitor of the best ln art aud there are Americans who are willing to spend their money and who have spent their money in order that it may become so. There Is no ques tion of free trade or of tariff reform or tariff smashing in the plea of the Amer ican artists that pictures may be ad mitted free of duty. It is merely the revision of a special schedule, a schedule which was a mistake in the beginning." It is quite true that American artists, or the better class of them, are not in favor of the tariff on art which they say is of no advantage to them. They do not fear the foreign competition and therefore do not usk for any protection. But it is not at all probable that the present congress will change the tariff law in this particular. This mailer of taxing art was pretty fully discussed when the Dingley tariff was under con sideration aud our recollection Is that the sentiment ln congress favorable to the duties was strong, Mr. Diugloy among others vigorously advocating them. It is safe to say that not many members of the present congress will be found disposed to remove the duties, or even to materially modify them, unless all other schedules should undergo mod ification, which is not contemplated. However plausible the argument for re moving duties on works of art, they will not be accepted by the people generally, who feel that Americans who can afford to spend millions abroad for palming aud sculpture should be willing to con tribute to the government the 20 per cent duty If they wish to beautify their homes with these works of art THE LATEST LABOR VOSFXRESCK. All who understand the great Im portance of Industrial peace will be dis posed to encourage every rational and practical effort looking to that end. The conference held at Minneapolis during the past week was earnestly Intended by its promoters to bring about better relations between employer and em ploye, but It was not very successful ln bringing together representatives of these Interests, so that the deliberations were to a very large extent academic. For this reason the conference com manded less attention than it perhaps merited, for much that was presented In the addresses of men who have given the labor question careful study, or have had large experience In dealing with labor, is certainly entitled to con sideration. For example the address of Mr. Job, chairman of the Illinois board of arbi tration, pointed out the benefits of the system in that state ln a way to suggest that a similar plan would be found generally advantageous. The Illinois law makes the nearest approach to compulsory arbitration found In any of the laws of the various states relating to the subject When a strike or lock out occurs affecting the public interests and the parties tc it decline to submit the matter ln controversy to the arbi tration board, that body having first at tempted to effect a settlement, the board Is authorized to proceed of its own mo tion to make an investigation of all the facts bearing upon such disturbance and make - public Its findings, with such recommendations to the parties Involved as ln Its Judgment will contribute to a fair and equitable settlement In prosecuting such Inquiry the board has the power to Issue subpoenas and com pel the attendance and testimony of witnesses. Mr. Job said it had been found that public opinion invariably brings the guilty party to time. He expressed the opinion that conciliation can do ten times as much us formal arbitration. "Conciliation and getting people together to talk their own troubles over will. In almost all cases, accomplish the desired result. A formal arbitration. where it is settled not by the patties to the controversy, but by some third party, is never as good as a bargain made by the contestants themselves." An Interesting fact noted by the chair man of the Illinois Board of Arbitration Is that a great mauy employers and employes who formerly were the last to even think of the matter of conciliation and arbitration are now the most eager to take the matter up. This Is very conclusive proof of the wholesome in fluence and effect of the Illinois arbi tration law and should commend it to the careful consideration of the legisla tures of other states. Mr. Carroll I). Wright United States commissioner of labor, took a somewhat pessimistic view, remarking that he could not see iu arbitration a solution of the lalwr problem. Arbitration, be said, means simply the interference of the public ln the relations of the em ployer aud the employe, yet be admitted that It might prove to some extent remedial. This has certainly been demonstrated in some of the states, no tably Massachusetts and Illinois, which Justifies the belief that It would be found so in other states. There Is no more momentous problem than this of devising means for Improving th rela tions between employers and employes and promoting Industrial peace and Its consideration Is always In order. - " The statement Is made on most com petent authority that the bank deposits of the people of the United States have doubled in the last ten years. Of what other nation on earth at any time ln its history could such an assertion be truthfully made? With this as an ludex, however fallible, of the marvel lous material expansion of the nation, la it any wonder that the people of other countries look to the United States as the apex of prosperity and recruit our population year by year with an infu sion of hundreds of thousands of freshly arrived Immigrants? America used to be known abroad chiefly as the haven for the oppressed, whereas now it is regarded more as a prosperity-spreading retreat, only to be entered to share its wealth-producing beneficence. Omaha is getting quite a little no toriety these days ln the realm of cur rent literature. Iu one of the October magazine stories Omaha is honored as tlie starting point of a mysterious long distance telephone call, which Is said to have come from the very end of wlre talklug space. Whether this is Intended as a compliment or a reflection Is not exactly clear, although It may be start ling information for down-east bar barians to learn that we do use the telephone once in it while w hen occasion demands. General l-'unstou, who bails from the prohibition state of Kausas, and knows how utterly impossible It is to suppress the contraband sale of liquor to soldiers garrisoned at army ixists. recommends the re-establishment of the army can teen as lhe most effective measure to counteract the temptation to which en listed men and officers of the regular army are exposed. General Fuuston's views, expressed iu terse English, are shared by nearly all the army officers of the country. Very Incouth Hetort. Detroit Free Preso. The editor of that Russian newspaper which had reminded Secretary Hay that the Roumanian Jews are probably better off than the Filipinos, Is probably a rude, coarse person who la incapable of appre ciating the beauties of disinterested med dling. Credit to Whom Credit la Dae. St. Louts Olobe-Democrat. Somebody says the term "Bryanarchy" was Invented by the Chattanooga Tlmea, and is a creation of the last few weeks. "Bryanarchy" was a coinage of the late J. Sterling Morton, and he used It freely in the canvass in which his old neighbor Bryan first figured, that of 1896. The des ignation struck the country as being graphic. Facta Riddle Assertion. Indianapolis Journal. Ex-Governor Boies of Iowa is not a free trader but a modern protectionist, he says, and what he wants Is to cut down the tariff on the articles the prices of which are "crushing Iowa." At the same time reports from that state show that the value of farm lands Increased about 20 per cent during the past five years, and Investors are hunting mortgages with S per cent money. Fear of a. Coalle Winter. Boston Transcript. A curious feeling of apprehension as ot an impending calamity Is in the air, an in definable fear of widespread suffering and Intolerable Inconvenience In which all classes are mutually interested, and which few 'can entirely evade in the far-reaching effects of a coallesa winter. In a thousand unthought of ways the lack of coal makes itself felt, and only in this manner is one brought o realize how absolutely Indispen sable an article coal has become ln this busy age of ours, Train Soldiery to Shoot. Philadelphia Press. The English defeata (In South Africa) were. In short, due not to superior num bers, but to the one cause which will de cide all future wars accuracy and effi ciency ln the use of the rifle. Ordinary military drill does everything but furnish this. War will treat all things as negli gible except the unerring power to hit a man at 1,000 to 2,000 yards. Tbe troops which are able to do this with unfailing accuracy will be worth from five to tenfold more than troops which fire without aiming or are untrained in taking cover and in the use of the rifle In all attitudes. Yet soldiers get minutes of training with the rifle where they receive days at mere drill. INCREASING OF SWEBTHKS9. Remarkable Increase In the Ceneamn tlon of Sugar. New York Mall and Express. Medical men. If not psychologist, might find an interesting subject of study ln the largely increased consumption ot sugar ln the last 100 years. In the first quarters of the last century the average per capita hi the United State was eight pounds, and In the laBt decade it ranged from sixty to lxtv-eicht pounds. In Great Britain It rose to about ninety pounds per year before the century's end. The cause of this advance was purely economic. Time waa when sugar waa a costly luxury, indulged In only by the rich or decidedly well-to-do, but that waa be cause it was scarce, for all mankind have a sweet tooth. The production has In creased so enormously that tbe saccharine product has become cheap, and la conse quently rated as a necessary of life. More over, the mass of people ln civilized conn- tries have become ao much better off as the result of industrial progress that their standard of living Is much higher than 100 years ago, though they may be no more contented with It. The growing plenty caused cheapness and consumption kept steady pace with produc tion. Appetite for sweets grew with what It fed on. Of course, it Is not plain sugar alone In which the people now Indulge so freely, but all manner of confections and preserves; sod what Is set down aa the con sumption of a country Includes what It puts up in one combination or another and aends abroad. But the question with which we began Is, What Is the effect upon health, or upon mlud and morals, g this vastly Increased consumption of material sweetness T Has It anything to do with the rise or fall ot prevalent diseases, upon the death rate or upon the genial Influences of civilization? Now that philosophy is seeking a physical baala for everything In human nature. It might Inquire whether the sugar habit has anything to do with the "sweetness aad .light" of humanity. Pr.HSOSAL AMI OTHKRWISK. Jokes about the price of hard coal ar no longer eligible for a placa la tha humor ous column. Chicago footpads are doing good business on State street In the daytime. Something uncommonly Chlcagoesque Is necessary to approach within gunning dlstauce ot the strenuous prees agent of St. Louis. A New Yorker has sued a barber for 110, 000 damages for Injuries which compelled blm to shave off his beard. Evidently the metropolitan barbers grow reckless as they grow rich and deserve a periodical Jolt. The greatest opportunity of a lifetime Is now seeking a leader courageous enough to start Into action the plain people and th handsome people, too, with the Invincible cry, "Free coinage of coal at any old ratio." Some of the reckless residents of London take balloon trips above the fog and smoke to get a breath of fresh air. . Their courage la admirable, but how much wiser It would be to take ship and get out of the "blawsted country." ' Thtnes are getting so strenuous In New York city that "holrl-ups" are doing busi ness In front or the city hall. One of the late victims of the push who was so indis creet aa to "holler," was arrested on the charge of disorderly conduct. The amazing accusation uttered by a Kansas lawyer that such a "trifling cour tesy" as a railroad pass Influenced the Judge who held and used It In favor of the friendly corporation, comes unpleasantly near taking a fall out of the dignity of the bench. It i a particularly serious accusa tion In the "Bleeding Commonwealth," where the bench has precious little dignity to spare. The muse Is working Industriously la St. Louis, being encouraged and Inspired to lofty periods and thrilling harmonies by tbe historic Sklnker road and a bunch of $500. Sklnker road la to be the dividing thor oughfare between tbe main show and the midway of 1904. The prize winning elegy and epic insures a period of fame and pros perity for the author, but much depends on tbe ability of the prlnterman to avoid typographical errors In the title. BOWETS IN CHTRCH. Advice to Mlnlatera to Let the Women Settle the Question Themselves. New York Times. The ministers of various denominations are having a great deal of what would appear to be unneceasary trouble concern ing the way women dress for church, especially as to their heads. Hnta of fash ionable shape and trimming, and especially what are known as picture hats, have been repeatedly denounced aa sinful abomina tions, blanketing the preacher from those behind the wearers and attracting a de gree of attention from other women Incon sistent with devotional concentration. And now a pastor of a church near New York has launched the major excommunication. or Its equivalent, against the Immodest creatures who come to church without hats, declaring that to thus present themselves In a place of worship argues disrespect to God, because St. Pan! 1 reported to have sail that women should come to worship covered. St. Paul doubtless spoke wisely In his day and generation, though perhaps In thla lnstacce not for all time; but it would be an Interesting recreation to follow the pro cess of reasoning which leada a pastor to conclude that millinery involves more re spect for God than the lack of it.' Instances might be called to mind ot millinery In such' shocking taste that even fallible and sinful 'human beings have resented it as offense. If a mlnieter of the gospel feels himself authorized to say what ia or Is not pleasing to the Creator In such mat ters, and declares ex cathedra that some hata and no hats are alike anathema, what Is a poor woman to do who wants to go to church, unless some form of ecumenical council shall be called to decide what sort of bonnet she may wear? Meanwhile the pastor who proclaims the latest of the can ons of the toilet makes the following an nouncement: "Now. hereafter, any woman who attends church without a hat will not be admitted." The conclusion Is Inevitable that If this message was Inspired a large discretion waa left to the bearer of It In the choice of language in which to express it, since his syntax Is not Inerrant Obvi ously a woman cannot attend church unless she be admitted. The language of our clerical friend's proclamation recalls the wording of a notloe printed on the tickets of a recent east aide social function, and Intended to convey the idea that they were not transferable, which read: "No gentle man admitted unless he cornea himself." Would It not be a good scheme for min isters to let the women of their congrega tions regulate their attire to suit them selves? Tbe confidence with which some of them frame dicta In such matters ia not even indicative of the "confidence of half knowledge" of which Tyndall speaks la hla beautiful monograph oa Dew. The church is at Its beet In dealing with tbe hidden mysteries, and becomes purile and meddle- aome when it concerns Itself with fashion in outer garments and styles ln millinery. In such matters society establishes Its own conventions. Even modesty and propriety are relative terms, depending for their definition upon what happen to be the local and possibly temporary standards. The less Its ministers give heed to such matters the better for their usefulness In the discharge of their legitimate functions. WRRENNETTCO I le 1 ia Is 16?& Pianos. Self Piano Player Music and Musical Merchandise (ftSC?) We sell everything in MUSIC. Our line ot PIANOS Includes th leading makes of today, regardless of name or fame. Wa bare chosen OUR stock on merit. IYER3 ft POND. STARR. LJNDITMAN, 8MITH 4V BARNES, HARVARD. RICHMOND, NEW ENGLAND. NEWBY ft EVAN8. MIL ' LARD, ARION and a dozen others. 80 LD ON FIVE DOLLAR MONTHLY PAYMENTS. CHASE ft BAKER means a Piano-Player that has the respect of other makers of self-piano players. Everyone admits Ita superi ority. Coating but little more. Price the world over, $259. Rtswnktr we are etrletly oae a rice. MUSIC WE AIM TO CARRY ALL. THE POPULAR MUSIC OP" THE DAY and we sell It at 60 per cent off regular price. H1IIKMEK k WOOD libraries of standard music 40 per cent off nullahera' prioe. MUSIC AND MUSIC BOUKJJ, INSTRUCTION BOOKS, at reduced price. MUSICAL MERCHANDISE Oultars. Violins, Mandolins, Accordions, BMnjoa. Fin-tea. Auto harp. Zithers and furnishings for mud. OUH I'KICB NECES SARILY THE LOWEST. SECOND FLOOR, SECIXAR SHOTS AT THE IM'I.PI T. Washington Post: Elder Powle hm pmng a financial crisis on his flock. Thlj means another nsfnpnl for Dowie. Chicago Recoril-Foialrt: A London ninn named Tlggot claims to be Jesus Christ re incarnated. It would be Interesting tr know whether this man has ever hear-1 if Elijah II. Dowle or not. Cincinnati Tribune: In giving his r-n. sons for withdrawal from the MethiMiist ministry Rev. J. W. Henness of Iowa lays the blame oa his wife. Evidently thcro la a good-sized chunk of the old Adam ia Mr. Henness himself. Indianapolis News: It le Interesting to conjecture Just where the colored supple ments of tho sensational newspapers ur to lead us. In the extremity of thrlr de sire to obtain something "funny" snnn of these papers have been printing plcturoe of Noah's ark and Its Inhabitants, the ani mals being made to exhibit the common weaknesses of mankind and to communi cate their opinions to each other In the alang of the day. Tbe silly stuff Is now to be Improved upon to the extent of nial; Ing comic representation of other bille stories. One shudders to think what the result of It will be upon the mind of the child that aces tbeae things, but a lack of reverence for all things religious will doubtless be one of Its fruiU. SEDATE SMILES FOR SABBATH WEAR Puck: Mrs Towe I don't '.Ike this young man you're engaged to. Mrs. Unda Towe Well, mamma, I 11 let you pick out the next one yourself. Baltimore News: Butler Sir, the car riage waits without. Mr. Btruckttrich Without what, ye blame numbskull? . Butler Without hoeees. It's the auto mobile. Philadelphia Press: "Well." remarked the optimist, "opportunity knocks once at every rtoor-" . . ... Y'es, there s something very feminine about opportunity," replied the pessimist. "She makes her call when she n pr.-tty sure you're out, and that' the end of it." Record-Herald: "How often have ymi been married?" the Judge asked the lady who was applying for a divorce. "Four times, you honor," she answered, "but I don't think you ought to count them all. Two of them were to the same num." New York Weekly: European Innkeeper How do you like your room? American Tourist tjoklng'y) Seems just like home. Makes me feel as If I was hack In New York. The room smells of sewer gae. Innkeeper (to clerk) Add S shillings for sewer gas. Puck: The Missionary But you don't know what we Christians teach. The Chinaman Oh, yea! Teach ("hlr.n man love evlybody coughee up Corg;vo mlsslonally ! New York Tribune: Nebuchadnezzar shouted for Joy a he waa turned Into thi graas patch. "Suppose," he eald, "they had tried to make me eat breakfast food!" With a violent shudder as he piiKsed thn sawdust pile he started his dinner with a choice piece of clover. New York World: Josephine, on learninc that Bonaparte had divorced her, took the news calmly. "Your majesty doesn't seem to lose much sleep over it," remarked a lady in wall ins. "No," rejoined the beautiful empress, "I have merely lost a little Nap." However, having private advice that the Man of Destiny would be sent to the island shortly, she allowed matters to take their own course. THE OLD COLM'KY ROAII. James Newton Matthews. Where did it come from, and where did It go? That was the question that puzzled us so As we waded the dust of the highway that flowed By the farm, like a river the old country road. We stood with our hair sticking up thro' - the crown Of our hata, aa the people went up and went down, And we wished In our hearts, aa our eyes fairly glowed, ' We could find where It came from the old country road. We remember the peddler who came with his pack Adown the old highway, and never went back; And we wondered what things he had seen as he strode From some fabulous place up the old coun try road. We remember the stage driver's look of de light. And the crack of his whip aa be whirled Into sight. And we thought we could read In each ? lance he bestowed e of strange life up the old country road. The movers came by like a ship ln full sail, With a rudder behind, ln the shape of a pall With a rollicking crew, and a cow that was towed With a rope on her horns, down the old country road. And the gypsies how well we remember the week They camped by the old covered bridge, oa the creek How the neighbors quit work, and the crops were unhoed, Till the wagons drove off down the eld country road. Oh, the top of the hill waa the rim of the world. And the dust of the summer that over It curled Was the curtain that hid from our sight the abode Of the fairies that lived up the old country road. The old country road! I can see It still flow. Down the hill of my dreams, as It did long ago, And I wlah even now I could lay off my load, And rest by the side of that old country road. HAfiNCY U OMAHA Although always a strictly high grade piano. This Is a distinction that has been gained ln the past two years. Sold Oa Strictly Una Price Plan.