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Omaha's next red letter event Is the
great Christian church convention.
The Stratton case illustrates the old
saw that where there la a will there la
a way to break It.
If only permitted to do so, the public
will be glad to call the Putnam Bradlee
Btrong incident closed.
it is easy to accouul fur the un
friendly weather. The army maneuvers
are now on In the vicinity of Fort
Riley.
All the nations of Europe applauded
Secretary Hay's note on the persecu
tion of the Roumanian Jews, but they
seem to have exhausted their -enthu-alaani
with applause.
Indications are that Carrie Nation baa
at last got up agalnat too tough a prop
ortion even for her In the students at
Yale. She could stand their levity, but
their singing proves too much for her.
The new president of tiie National
League of Republican Clubs waa elected
by acclamation. It would not have
looked well to have had a roll-call. The
league is petered out Why not call
It off?
Cuba seems almost resigned to do
something for herself without waiting
for I'ucle Sam to do something more
for her. What Cuba accomplishes for
herself will be the strongest argument
for additional assistance from the
United States.
Even In the mountain states free sll
ver is a dead Issue. The people have
lost Interest In It. The Montana demo
crats, In their late convention, dropped
all reference to silver out of their plat
form. And yet a few years ago Mon
tana was almost as redhot as Colorado
, Itself for the sliver delusion.
The Bee knows that In pleading for
the elevation of the morals of future
Street fairs and the elimination of the
debasing and ruffianly elements it runs
the risk of being classed among the
"knockers." But It does not hesitate to
take this risk In a good cause, In which
It knows It voices the sentiments of
all the more reputable elements of the
Community.
Dreyfus will not attend the funeral
bf bis great champion, Zola, but the
exhibition of Intolerance which makes
bis absence prudent will hurt the na
tional character of France In the esti
mation of the world Incomparably mora
than It will hurt the persecuted officer.
No act In the whole career of the dead
author was more noble and honorable
than his unselfish championship of the
cause of Dreyfus.
Ou the whole, the democrats seem to
be getting the best of the populists In
the nomination of fusion candidates for
the legislature throughout the various
Nebraska districts. The momentum
given by the democrats when they cap
tured the head of the state ticket has
glveu thein encouragement to stand out
for the nominations In the lesser con
Tentlons and all that Is left for the popu
lists is to take their medicine and try to
took pleasant
President Walsh of the National Irrt
gatton cougress wanta to Impress upon
the officers In charge of the govern
meut irrlgatiou work the necessity of
selecting proper locations for the expert
meutal reservoirs. As the reseVvolrs
are expected to be built on land now
belonging to the government, so that
co real estate deal can enter Into the
site there is no good reason why the
location should not be fixed exclusively
with a view toward producing the beat
results from aa engineering standpoint
THE STRIKE WILL GO On.
The hoi that Pneltelit Itonsevplfi
effort fo lrlnjr alot a Ptttrniut of the
anthracite strike would be suoovasful
has twen dlnnjiKlnte(l. The nxratora
hate sgain nhnwn that their rlilef pur
pose la to tlpstroy th orjrniilr.at.lon of
inlnera and that they are determined to
ac'-ouipllali this repardleaa of the coat
or of the connecjuein-ea to the public.
While the miner desire to autnult their
demnnda to Impartial arbitration the
operators will listen to no aiiftjcestlon of
this kind, asserting that the orgaulza-
.i.,... ,
tlou of miner Is
a lawless body with
which the operators will not deal.
What's to be done? la a question that
has become urgently pressing. There
la no satisfactory answer, for there ap
parently la no way of 'compelling the
operators to resume mining, a there ia
none to force the miners to return to
work. Neither party la amenable to law
aa the situation now stands and If
neither will glre heed to public opinion
the struggle must be fought out. The
arbitrary attitude of the rallroaA presi
dents and coal operators. In the full
light to which the conference exposed
them, confirms the general popular Im
pression that they hare been arbitrary
and tyrannical from the first In dealing
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w,lu lue '"" ""V
teriy reckless as to consequences is now
f HpniontratP1 Want of fuel Is
rul,T aemonsiratea. v am or tuei is
oniy a teas serious aepnration man
want of bread and in cold weather a
coal famine would be as destructive as
a pestilence. If a bread famine were
to 'be created in our great cities, re
maiks an eastern paper, by the refusal
01' the millers to grind flour, no amount
of respect -for the rights of property or
of labor would stand In the way of
making very short work of such a situa
tion. As the. fact that; fuel is as ln
dlppenaable as food becomes painfully
manifest, those who are stopping its
supply will have to reckon with a pub
lic sentiment quite as little diaposed to
argue the case as would be millions of
famished people. "It la oue thing to
reaaou about the right to labor or not
to labor; the right to operate mines or
not to operate them; and quite a dif
ferent thing to stand helplessly by while
sick people, old people and Infants are
perishing for lack of the heat whose
source of supply has been arbitrarily
cut off. Public patience, pretty well
exhausted already, will not stand a test
like this.'!
President Roosevelt has done his duty
In the matter and there does not appear
to be anything more that he can do un
less tie should conclude that congress
could formulate a remedy and that an
extra session of congress In advance of
the regular session, would bring forth
the necessary legislative measures. The
conference disclosed no new facts, but
It forcibly demonstrated the obstinacy
and arrogance of the operators and It
Is not to be doubted that public senti
ment against the anthracite coal com
bine Is stronger than before the confer
ence. On the other hand, the wise and
conservative attitude of the miners has
very greatly strengthened their claim to
public sympathy. I ..
A M1LLWX PBXMOlfKBS:
Twenty-three years ago James A. Gar
field said the pension list had reached
Its limit. At that time, 1870, the num
ber of pensioners was 242,755 aud the
sum paid for pensions was a little more
than $33,000,000. The pension report
for the year ended June 30 last shows
that there were then carried on the
rolls 808,046 . names,' a gain of 1,711
over the previous year. There is doubt
less at present a round million of pen
sioners and the list Is growing. Since
July 1, 1866, there has been paid for
pensions on account of the war of the
rebellion the vast sum of $2,728,878,000.
These figures show that our govern
ment haa been liberal beyond precedent
In history. It Is the most magnificent
example of national gratitude ever given
and It . Is surprising that there should
be among those who receive this bene
faction of the government any dissat
isfaction or any feeling that the country
Is not dealing fairly with them.
It will be Interesting Jo note that Ne
braska has 17,630 pensioners, who re
ceive annually $2,414,213; Iowa has 37,
008 pensioners, who annually receive
$5,481,002; Kansas has 41,063, to whom
Is paid annually $3,051,054; Missouri has
53,738 Venaloners, receiving annually
$7,160,034. Thus In these four states
the annual disbursement on pension ac
count exceeds $20,000,000. Pennsylva
nla has mors pensioners than any other
state in the union, but Ohio gets the
largest amount of pension money an
nually, over $15,000,000 going to that
state. The commissioner Of pensions
Intimates In his report that death is
removing many veterans from the rolls.
yet the list of pensioners grows and as
there are more than 338,000 claims
pending no decrease In the rolls Is to
be expected In the near future.
THE A EE D& OF ALASKA.
The governor of Alaska has pointed
out that the needsyef that territory are
a representative in congress, the ex
tension of the land laws to that country
and some change in the method of
school government Similar views have
been expressed by every governor of
the territory, but congress has given
scant heed to them. At first the ob
jections to congressional action were
based on the plea that such measures
would Involve needless addition to our
government expenditures. Now that
Alaska la pouring millions Into the na
tional purse and receiving a mere pit
tance In return, that objection no longer
holds. '
Mr. Frederick W. Seward, whose dla
tlngulshed father negotiated the pur
chase of Alaska, makes an earnest plea
for . the recommendations of Governor
Brady, lie says that under existing
coudHlona no one can have any but
a "squatter's right" to land and yet
there are millions of acres of arable
Uud and thousands of miles of densely
wooded coasts left useless and unoccu
pied. AH along the Pa el flu coast are
men eager and aaxlous to go to Alask
TITF, OMAHA- DAILY IU2E: SUNDAY,
to seek their fortunes and make their
homes. There seems to le no good
reason why congress should not make
better provision for that territory, which
is a moat valuable possession and un
doubtedly can be made more so. The
laud laws should be extended there
and education should be promoted. Fur
ther neglect of these requirements will
be indefensible.
TIME FOR IHUIIKR IDKAUi.
Now that the Ak-8ar-Ben carnival Is
over It may not be Inappropriate to ex
press the hope that the popular amuse
ment features of the street fairs of the
future will be placed on a higher plane
than has prevailed In the past The
coarse, vulgar and vicious exhibits of
the Midway should by all means be
eliminated and a class of amusements
substituted that do not shock the mod
esty of well behaved and respectable
people of either sex.
It Is a lamentable commentary upon
the Indifference to public morals exhib
ited by tbe Board of Education, that the
children of the public schools should be
given a holiday without strict supervi
sion on the part of school officers and
reasonable assurance that the boys and
girls of this city would witness Innocent
and harmless amusements rather than
demoralising and brutalizing exhibitions
that should be banished from all cities
even for the grownup and matured pop
ulation. If it is essential to supervise the lit
erature which the children of school age
are permitted to read It certainly Is fully
as Important that they should be safe
guarded from contaminating lnfluencea
that tend to deprave their tastes and Im
pair their moral stamina.
POST CdXTCCNS FAVORED.
It is stated that Secretary Root will
recommend, In his annual report, that
the law prohibiting the sale of intoxicat
ing beverages In military reservations
be repealed and that the canteen system
be once more established. It Is said
that Information received at the War de
partment from general officers and from
posts all over the United States and in
the Philippines, with few exceptions
bears out the predictions which were
made that the abolition of the canteen
would be followed by an increase of
drunkenness among the enlisted men, by
an increase in the number of trials by
court martial and by an increase In the
number of desertions. '
The report of Genral Funaton regard
ing conditions in his department as the
result of the abolition of the post can
teen will undoubtedly be supplemented
by others of a similar character. It
shows a state of thlnirs which ought to
moke an impression upon the minds of
the most radical tempetance advocates
and change the opinion of the few army
officers who urged the repeal of the can
teen law. The general sentiment amoug
army officers when this matter was be
fore congress was that it is better to
allow the enlisted men to have the privi
lege of drinking beer and light wines in
moderation within the limits of the
army posts than to allow them to resort
to the low saloons' and dives outside the
posts, where they would be uuder no
restraint and where they would be sup
plied with liquor as long as they bad
money to buy. If -Secretary Root has
decided to recommend the restoration of
the post canteen, as reported, there Is no
doubt that he will hive abundant ma
terial with which to Fjustaln his position,
TBI WEST FVlt BOMI.SEMKERS.
The winning of the west so far as re
claiming It from the possession of the red
man, has long ago been accomplished,
but the winning of the west In exploit
ing its resources to their fullest ca
paclty has been only commenced. What
was labeled In the geographies a few
decades ago as "the great American
desert" has been, long ago blotted from
the map and the borderland that was
supposed to separate civilisation from the
unbroken wilds has completely disap
peared.. With the exception of a few
remote sections, the work of the pioneer
has made room for the homeseeker and
settler not the fortune hunting adven
turer looking for a chance to make a
strike, but the substantial, thrifty and
experienced farmer and his family who
desire to locate where they have room
to expand and where their children can
In turn become home owners for them
selves.
The immeasurable possibilities of agri
culture in .the west have as yet been
realised by none of . us. Every
little while we read some note of
warning that population Is fast out
running the food supply, but improve
meuts in the methods of production
new inventions in labor-saving machiu
ery and organization of agricultural in
d us try have repeatedly refuted this
menace. What has been done la this
direction la the past is simply the fore
runner of what Is to be done in the
future, and the man who devotes bis
abilities and talents, Intelligently to
farming, stock raising, dairying and
other close-to-the-soll occupations is sure
to become steadily of more and more Im
portance lu the industrial world.
That the opportunities for agricultural
development are larger, mors variegated
and more inviting lu the great west or.
more specifically, In the states between
the Mississippi river and the Rocky
mountains, than in the east goes without
saying. This territory la steadily in
creasing - in population aud popula
ton, too, . of the most . substan
tlal character. Farm lauds are con
stautly rising In value and the profits
of agricultural pursuits ace becoming
surer and more satisfactory. The hard
ships that formerly enveloped the fron
tier are no longer met there. Railroads
traverse every quarter, nearby market
are at hand, the benefits of good schools
and churches, sdequate postal service,
telephones, telegraphs and all the fa
cllities that make for social intercourse
are at hand, in fact almost everything
that the mors populous communities of
the east can afford.
The homeseeker who visits these west-
ern stales will surely find what he Is
looking for.
ryWAHltAHTt U liKSEATMEHT.
Home ot the South aud Central Ameri
can republics are manifesting a spirit of
resentment Itecanse of the action of the
United States tu protecting the opera
tion of the Pauama railroad, in com
pliance with its treaty obllgationa. It
Is said that the presence of marines
along the line of the road Is regarded as
evidence of the Imperialistic purpose of
tills country. South American news
papers have pointed to this incident as
ludicating an intention on the part of
the United States to acquire territory lu
that part of the hemisphere, although
this Is not the first time that United
States marines have guarded the
Panama railroad. There is a report
that the South and Central American
republics, or a part of them, may unite
lu forming a United States of South
America, with a view to maintaining
the existing territorial status.
There could be no objection to a union
of southern republics and undoubtedly
It would prove beneficial to them, but
no such thing is needed for protection
against the United States, for there Is
no thought in this country of taking
territory from any southern republic. A
proposition of territorial acquisition lu
that quarter would be overwhelmingly
rejected by the American people, who
not only want no more territory, but are
especially desirous of maintaining
friendly relations with the southern
republics. What our people want is to
cultivate a larger trade with the people
south of us uud this cun be done only
by cultivating friendship, as our course
has been toward those people for three
quarters of a century.
So far as the Panama incident is con
cerned it gives not the slightest war
rant for resentment. We have simply
fulfilled the obligation assumed in a
treaty made many years ago and we
have done this in the Interest of all
countries whose merchandise la trans
ported across the Isthmus of Panama.
It Is most essential to trade that that
route shall be kept open and the United
States having accepted Hhe duty or
obligation to keep it open must do so.
The course pursued infringed upou no
right of Colombia, but in fact was dis
tinctly lu the Interest of that govern
ment since the revolutionists undoubt
edly would have tukeu possession of the
Panama railroad had not our govern
ment Intervened.
The spirit of resentment over this
matter shows how ready some of the
people of the southern republics are to
suspect the United States of unfriendly
designs. In spite of the multiplied as
surances they have received of the good
will of the American people and our
earnest desire for the progress und the
welfare of all the sister republics. The
growth aud advancement of those coun
tries must be to our advantage com
mercially and in order that this may be
realized we shall continue to show to
ward the southern republics the same
friendly-interest that has marked our
relation with them during the greater
part of a century.
By the Bworn statement of the ex-
chairman of the democratic state com
mittee In Missouri, now holding the
most lucrative office In the gift of Gov
ernor Dockery, it appears that for a
long period the chairman, in conjunc
tion with state officials, has been re
ceiving campaign contributions from big
corporations and trusts Interested in leg
islation and in dodging taxes. Yet
the State Board of Equalization in Mis
souri assesses railroads at an Immensely
higher figure, relatively to other prop
erty, than the State Board of Equaliza
tion In Nebraska. In 1801 the average
assessment of Missouri roads was $14,
605 per mile, against an average assess
ment of $4,678 per mile for the Ne
braska roads the same year.
Over In Iowa the practice seems to be
established, at least on the republican
aide, for candidates for congress to issue
a letter of acceptance In which each de
clares himself on the principal Issues In
which his constituents are Interested.
Judge Blrdsall, for example, nominated
to take the place declined by Speaker
Henderson, defines himself at length In
an opeu letter on the tariff and the
trusts. This practice has not been In
troduced in Nebraska, although It might
be with perfect propriety. Voters who
are asked to send a representative to
congress have a right to know where
each candidate who aspires to represent
a constituency stands before called on
to cast their ballot
It is the height ojt folly for the hard
coal corporations, absolutely refusing to
make any concessions with a view to
break the fuel famine, to raise the In
solent question: "What are you going
to do about it?" The American people
may not Just now, be able to say pre
cisely what they will do. But one
thing Is dead sure: A way will be
found, If the coal barons and their em
ployes cannot between them find a way,
The American people are bigger than
either or both the parties to this inter
ference with public comfort aud safety.
The transportation and mining com
panics had better be doing something.
and not asking what the public Is going
to do.
Futility of the power to suggest with
out the power to enforce the sugges
tions Is again illustrated in the presl
dent's conference between the coal op
erators and the coal miners. 'If the
law vested the president with the au
thoiity to impose penalties upon those
resiKinslble for the strike 'situation, the
operators would not feel ao free to dis
regard his advice.
The financial theorists are again call
ing for a bank currency whose volume
will expand and contract automatically
to conform to the country's needs. The
trouble is that no su. h automatic-ex
panulon currency has ever been devised.
In the past whenever our circulation
has beea artificially Inflated almost Lu
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su
rmotintable difficulties have arisen In
the way of contracting the volume, the
ly means of getting even being by
alting until the expansion of trade
ssed the money supply. Automatic
uks with dejssslt balances conforming
the drafts of the deimsltors are about
likely to be realized as automatic
urrency.
Sending the first message across the
Pacific cable, now in course of con
struction, will mark another epoch in
the electrical transmission of Intel
ligence and will no doubt le celebrated
with due formality. Iu the present
day, however, the Juncture of the far
cast and America by direct electric wire
Is by no means of as great Importance
an was the Joining of the Atlantic and
the Pacific by the Pacific telegraph
forty years ago. The revolution worked
by the discoveries of Henry and Morse
and their practical application to the
uses of the business world is even today
not yet fully realized aud perhaps not
fully completed.
As each successive democratic con
vention Ignores the Kansas City plat
form aud smothers Bryan with silence.
ex-Senator Allen gives thanks anew that
the populists have 1101 abandoned their
uatlonal organization, but are keeping
it in reserve as a haven for silver dem
ocrats who may be driven out from the
democratic party when It la reorgan
ized.
The same statesmen whose souls were
so troubled a few years ago over low
prices are now showing profound con
cern on the score of h.gh prices. But
the great muss of farmers and wagc
taiuers, merchants and manufacturers
are not demanding a lay off, but are
busily and contentedly at work.
Dinadvautagri uf Pride.
Saturday Evening Post.
V:te costs. The bald-headed inau pays
as much for a hair-cut as anybody else. If
he called for a shine he might save.
lousamptlon Frowned I pom.
Indianapolis News.
While there may be, as Commander Peary
says, no pulmonary troubles in the Arctic
regions, there are authentic reports of a
great deal of stomach trouble due to under
eating. Even if a man is free from con
sumption he never feels at his best when
he Is starving to death.
(e for Thankiglrlnf.
Kansas City Star.
There is cause for heartfelt thanksgiving
that this country has finally reached a stage
where the sharks and gamblers of Wall
street, with their Indecent scramble for
spoils, can overreach and destroy them
selves without hurting the people who are
engaged in legitimate business pursuits.
Democratic Thankfulness.
Philadelphia Record (dem.)
Ex-Senator Marlon Butler of North Caro
lina, a high populist authority, declares that
his party will go it alone in the next con
test for president. If the populista will go
and take with them their whole cargo of
state socialism and cheap money humbugs
the democrats will have reason to be thank
ful. , "Native" Favorite Sons.
Chicago Chronicle.
Among the ten "native" statesmen of
Mississippi who portraits are to adorn
the walla of the state house at Jackson are
Jefferson Davis and Sargent 8.- Prentiss.
Davis was born in Kentucky and Prentiss
in Maine. If the remaining eight are the
same kind of "natives" Mississippi must
be having a hard time raking up favorite
sons.
Mortifylas;, bat Unavoidable.
Boston Transcript.
Doubtless It will strike many as mortify
ing that a new dinner set for the Whits
House has to be procured ta a foreign
country. It certainly does not apeak flat
teringly of American art or ef American
industrial conditions if, after all the the
cost ot protecting that industry as good
chlnawar cannot be turned out hers aa
la Oreat Britain.
TUB MAR WHO WALKS.
Caearjr Sermon far Huetlere am
Two Fee.
Philadelphia Ldger.
We are entering upon a most delightful
period of tha year, when a walk afield takes
on tha semblance of a duty. One of our
accredited writers tells us with charming
frankness that perpetual devotion to what
a man calls his business ta only to be sus
tained "by perpetual neglect of many ether
things, and it is by no means certain that
a man's business is the most Important
thing he haa to do." A walking tour, ac
cording to two brilliant essayists. William
Hailitt and Robert Louis Stevenson, ia the
Ideal way to cast off the burden ot dally
care. Soma of the finest sentiment to be
found In the books is tha emanation of tha
saunterer's brain. We recur to Bayard
Taylor's "Views Afoot" and to Charles
Dudley Warner'a "Wanderings" and "Saun
terlngs" with unending pleasure, "Ad
irondack" Murray's journeyinga opened a
mountain vista which will never lose Its
Impresslveness.
Nature la prone to hide her most allur
ing nooks from all explorers save thcae who
approach them afoot. A tourist willing to
undertake infinite labor to gain a certain
summit ot tha Adirondack to get the best
view of the sunset was rightfully aet dowa
by the knowing guides aa a man of superior
quality. Hailltt'a conception of happiness
was "the clear blue sky over my head, tha
green turf beneath my feet a winding road
before ma and a three hours' march to din
ner. 8teveason makes much ot the rest
after a day's walk:
pipe reeking whltely In the darkness, your
Doay iuu 01 aeiHious pains, your mina
enthroned In the seventh circle of content.
At least you have had a fine mo
ment, and looked upon all the kingdoms of
the earth: and. whether It waa wise or fool
ish, tomorrow's travel will carry you. body
and mina, into some airrerent partsn or
the Infinite.
In the era of the bicycle, tha electric car
and the automobile there la some danger
that real walking will become obsolete. Oc
casionally we meet a sinewy representative
of the old school striding along the high
way, but mora frequently tha byway, striv
ing to keep alive tha One eld traditions con
cerning the Joy, the inspiration and the
healthfulnesa of mere walking. Now and
then Is discovered, even In town, a resolute
disciple of the cane, a robust old fellow
who on principle never rldea from his
home to his office er his store, probably a
mile away, though a car la going that way
ta which he could ride for a trifle.
Persona ot this aturdy and intrepid stamp
are becoming ao rare that they are pity
Ingly regarded by the common herd of
riders aa eccentrics, curious survivals of
the walking age. A brisk five-mil walk
into the country haa become an adveature,
A man or woman who can accomplish the
feat and report for duty In gaod trim the
sexi Aay is something ot a kwt,
Ili.AT FROM RAM'S MORS.
'
Practical piety must be peracnal.
Tha greedy man always cheata himself.
Profanity la often a speclet of Insanity.
Good Intentions do not Improve with age.
The flame of lust quenches the light ot
life.
Strength In prayer cannot be measured by
length.
Grapes of peace do not grow on thorns ot
passion.
It la a vain hope that tha chains of habit
will rust off.
The recording angel cannot b fooled by
church reports.
To be at our best tomorrow we must be
at our best today.
The day book of time determines the
ledger of eternity.
When a father Is too tender his sons
usually balance things. .
The world's premiums are never worth
the cost of the coupons.
A man must have a poor hope of another
world who fights so hsrd for the posses
sion of this tne.
PF.HSOV4L AMI OTHERWISE.
The Philippine question has retired so
far from the front of the stage that eves
Boston Is not worrying about it.
In the case of the c, al strike the consumer
gets what the "Innocent bystander" Con
tracted In a Kentucky shooting soiree.
The corset truit, having determined the
relative merits of the straight and the
curved front, will now proceed with the
squeeie.
"The eternal fitness of things" Is aptly
shown In the selection of Watervllle as the
place of meeting of the Massachusetts pro
hibition convention.
Any AmerioHU with $300,000 to blow In can
secure the North role for a parlor orna
ment. Lleuteuunt l'eary says as much and
be ought to know.
Collins, Mo., harbors a man bearing the
name of Glad Smith, but, like the mule of
his native state, much depends on the way
you approach him.
Before killing himself a Duluth man
wrote, saying, "I have Just found out what
an ass I am." Then he folded hla eara and
went to sleep with his revelation
Only about $7,000,000 worth of property
waa destroyed by Are In the United States
last August, August, It should be remem
bered, wss not as hot as its reputation.
It ia said that Washington policemen are
so extremely virtuous that they will not
enter a saloon to stop a row. Here ia ma
terial for a revival of dime museums. '
The mayor of Seattle chased a bear out of
town one day recently and both mayor and
bear got lost In the adjacent timber. The
report falls to mention the brand of bear
oil hla honor keepa on tap.
Dr. Robert Bell, who haa been making
a study of the west coast of Baffin Land,
reports that the Island la 300,000 square
miles In area and the aecond largest island
In the world, being surpassed only by
Greenland.
Membera of an Indiana "shlvaree" party
are diligently picking blrdshot and rack
salt out, their hides. There Is no exer
cise equal to this in tiring gsv eld hoys and
young boys to a realizing aense of the beau
tics ot autumn and the wonderful color pic
tures which the season presents.
A wise old Solomon with tha beard of a
patriarch holda down a Beat on tha bench of
Pennsylvania and occasionally leta loose a
Judicial ripper among thlnga domestic. The
other day, with becoming gravity, he held
that a husband waa not guilty of desertion
when his wife rents a room to a boards
and crowds him out of the house. HIn other
words, a husband la entitled to half a show
even' In Pennsylvania.
DEBITS OP THE STATES.
General Redaction ia Obligations In
tha Last Twelve Years.
New Tork Sun.
Remarkably healthy and creditable is the
showing made, by the states In their general
reduction of tha debts incurred for public
purpose.
The forty-five atatea have, collectively, a
bonded debt of $200,000,000, and although
other debts, municipal and count. hv.
been Increasing largely of late yeara, state
aeots nave, in most cases, fallen off.
Tha state which haa the larreat debt
contracted through obllgationa entailed by
tne civil war la Virginia, which owea $24.
883,000 la bonded debt. Twelve years ago
tU debt waa $31,000,000 and It haa reduced
the amount by $7,000,000. '
The flnaaclal debt of Massachusetts la so
high that It has. since 1890. been nlded t
sundry towna for local liabilities, the pay
ment or tne bona issued for which la pro
vided for by direct taxation. Tha actmi
state debt, which waa $28,000,000 la ISM, is
now $12,400,000, a reduction of $15,800,000.
Toe aebt of Tennessee, which, next to
Virginia, Buffered most from tha civil war,
la now $18,200, 000. Twelve yean ago It was'
$16,(00,000. $404,000 more. During this period
tha population of the atata haa increased a
quarter of a million.
Louisiana haa a atata debt of $10,800,000.
Twelve years ago It waa $11,800,000, a re
duction of $1,000,000.
New Tork'a present debt, insignificant
when compared with its manifold assets, la
$10,000,000, an Increase of $3,600,000 com
pared with what it waa twelve yeara ago.
This Increase la due. almost exclusively, to
the canal debt, now $8,600,000, authorized In
1896. and of what remains of tha in....
$676,000 1b for tha acquisition of Adirondack
para und. .
The debt of Alabama la ts Boa mm t
Pennsylvania $7,800,000. a
$4,000,000 In twelve yeara; of South Caro
lina $6,800,000. of Georgia $7,600,000 a
ductlon since 1890 of $2,400,000. and Mia.
atsstppl $2,800,000. ,
Texas has reduced Ita atata debt In the
same period from $4,200,000 ta ith oon
Arkansas from $2,000,000 to. $1,200,000,
North Carolina from 17.700.000 ta t ?na nns
and Maryland from $10,000,000 to $2,800,000,
partly ny disposing of Ita railroad inreat.
menta.
Tha debt ef Kentucky, never lrr ..
been Increased 60 pee cent In twelve years.
It la now $1,100,000. Nebraska has no state
debt; neither haa West Virginia nor New
Jersey, which awed $1,260,000 twelve years
ago.
Illinois. lews and Oregon have no atata
debta, which having matared are payable,
but they have small outstanding obliga
tions which hava either not beea presented
for payment or have not matured. These
obligations amount to $18,000 In the case
of Illinois. $10,000 In that of Iowa, and
$1,000 In that of Oregon.
Wisconsin owea $2,'200,000, Michigan
$400,000, an Inconsiderable sum for ao large
a state. Indiana $3,800,000 agalnat $8,600,000
In 1S0, Vermont $335,000, California $2.300..
000, Connecticut $1,700,000. Kansas $580,000,
Missouri $5,600,000 against $8,600,000 twelve
yeara ago, Mentana $900,000, Ohio $450,000,
Rhode Island $3,250,000 and Main $2.600,.
000.
Tha credit of all American atatea ta
unexcelled, the rates at which they can
borrow money are low. The need of public
Improvements, kulldlngs and waterways
Is often urgent, and of the aolveney of
American statra to pay for these there la
no queation; but the policy of th states
la ta dlmlnlsfi. not to Inereaaa the dihla
and collectively tha atatea have dona ao
aad ara doing aa.
KKt't t,AR SHOTS AT THE MTriT.
Philadelphia Led" Dr.
report, the total church 'b'"h'l
the fnlted State. In 1901 to be
Ha dldn t get these flgurea from counting
the attendance on Sunrtar.
Chicago Post: Rev. Dr. Psrkhur.t has
been talking again and If yeu read car,,
fully what he ha. to ear ahof f u
you will And that he has put hlm In
a position to cry. "1 told you so," no mat
ter what happens.
Kansaa City Journal: The St. Louis
preacher who was chosen chairman of the
St. Louis city republican committee Bays
that he expects to harmonise the pulpit
and polltlra. Will he lower the pulpit or
raise politics, or both 7
St. Louis Globe Democrat : The
ers throughout the country IJ
they cannot draw the usual crowds with the
usual church service. It la the same with
the political orator and the latter Is rising
to the occasion with the glee club and
circus.
Kansaa City Star: ' The colored mlols
tere who were criticised In the conference
of the African Methodist Episcopal church
st Sedalla for ateallng their aermona have
made a double exhibition of the Imitative
Instincts of their race. They have not
enly practiced plagiarism, but In doing
bo they have followed the example of many
pale-faced pulplteera.
Chicago Chronicle: It waa a surprising
bit of news when Dr. Thoroaa Neier
general cretary ot the Methodist Tract
society, declared the Methodist church to
be an unsocial organization. If the Meth
odlsts are unsocial, where ahall the
Presbyterlane and Baptists be classed T
And what about the Congregatlonallsta,
who emphasize Indlvlduallam to an ex
treme And what of other denomlnatlona
even colder than tncser j
has always been noted for hla warmth of
heart, his enthusiasm, nromeny io
outpouring of spirit. He never claimed to
have the Intellect of the Unitarian or the
anceatry of the Puritan, or the aristocracy
f .h. HniscoDallan. Hla waa the down-
right democratic, genuine klndllneee that
glowed with fervor for a lenow mu. ...
his brother were a sinner, so bjulu m
more did he give him sympathy and love;
it .r mint, so much the more could
he receive Joy and cheer from holy com
munion with him. Haa an tnm
away?
DOMESTIC PI.BASAJITR1ES.
. . . hi 1 . w a 1, vmild 1A tO
smart nei. nuw ""
live alone with you In yonder light house,
he whispered, tenderly.
..v.. .h murmured, abstractedly, "and
do light housekeeping."
w. ... , 1 Tn m ..AWlAtArV it f 1 (1,11-
bury. Vt., Is a stone, erected by a wldyw
in her lovina- husband, bearing this In
scription: , .,..
KeBt in peace uum mco, ....
. - n.iw..MA. vmmv Wl f tat con
clusion of their first quarrel) I think you re
norrui! i m kouik imm .
Young Husband Don't do that, dearest.
Bring her here.
Philadelphia Press: "I believe." said
MIh Oldun. sharply '.'that there should be
a law against bachelors."
"Nonsense. exciaimea rrppetj , ",
. riv hmu of im women are the bach
elors, for the widowers ore too particular."
Now Toik Times: Mrs. B-r.hsrA-Mo'h"
Is .. .
Benham No, she lsn t. .
Mrs. Uenham What do you mean?
Benham Whatever is la right.
tt . . . t I T I , ' T"V. a , IrAI, tl c
Blmler, who married the Mixer girl, aaya
he's going right to housekeeping."
jnaeea. is ne wru iwnii
"I guess he is. One of hla friends told
me that he had enough coal to last him
through the winter."
itiuiAkiwn T.tfA ' T vint vmi in under
stand.; sir, that my pride forbids me to
accept anything from you after I marry
your daughter." ' '
"How are you going to live?"
"Well, I thought you might make some
kind of a settlement beforehand."
Chicago Tribune: "Maria," ' asked, the
husband and father, "how did you cure
Bertha of - her Infatuation for young
Kadger?"
"By suggestion," replied the wife and
mother. . " .
"Suggestion?"
"Yes; I suggested that she look htm up
In Bradstreet'a."
Washington Star: "I don't suppose he
meant anything unkind," said the young
woman, "but it was a very startling coin .
cldenoe."
"What do you mean?"
"Just before Harold and I got married
bis friends persuaded htm to Join a 'don't
worry club.
RlfD OP TUB UVEST.
- I
. Prank L. Pollack In the Atlantic
Unarm him here. Now wish him rest.
Ills waa the fate of those who fil,
Who never end the knightly quest,
Nor ever And the Holy Grail.
He was the fiercest lance In all
That virgin honor called to dare;
The courtliest of the knights in hall.
The boldest. of the barrlere.
Joyful he took the aacred Task
That led him far by flood and field;
His lady's favor at hia casque,
Ood's cross upon the argent shield.
See where the Palnlm point has cleft.
The crimson cross that could not sav
See where the sclmiter has reft
The favor that hia lady gavel
For this poor fate he rode ao far
- With faith untouched by toll or time,
A perfect kntght In press of war.
Stainless before the Mystic Shrine.
One find the Rose and one the rod:
The weak achieve, the mighty fall,
None knows the dark design but Ood,
Who made the Knight and made the
Oral).
The single eye. the steadfast heart.
The strong endurance of the day.
The patience under wound and smart
Shall all these utterly decay?
The long adventure resteth here;
His was the lot of those who fall.
Who rode unfouled bv sin or fear.
Yet never find the Holy Oratl.
J. 'J- . X'l 1,1 ' III!
Mil
1.1 . i ?. Hijv.il
ARTHUR
HOCHMAN.
SAM J. FOX
USTHltTOR IX
Physical Culture,
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