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19 TITE OMAHA DAILY HEE: SUNDAY, OCTOBElt 20, 1002. Tim Omaiia Sunday Be& E. ROHEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Dally life (without Sunday), One Year. .MOO Dally and Sunday, One Year (00 Illustrated lire, One Year 2.0O Sunday Bee, One Year 8-00 Saturday lire, One Year l&u Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. l.W DELIVERED HY CAKRIER. pally Bee. (without Punday), per copy.., !c pally Bee (without Sunday), per wreK...l-c Dally liee (Including Sunday), per week. .He (Sunday Hee, per copy 6c Kvenlug Hee (without Sunday), per week e fivenlng Bve (Including Sunday), per week 10c : Complaints of Irregularities In delivery hould be addressed to City Circulation De yartment. , OFFICES. Omaha Tlie Bee Building-. South Omaha City Hall Hulldlng, Twen-fy-nith and M Streets. Council Bluffs 10 pearl Street. ; Chicago 1G40 Unity Building. .. Mew York 2311 Park Row Building. ; Washington 6ul Fourteenth Streeu CORRESPONDENCE. 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Txschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of September, Uu2, waa aa fol lows; I ........30,130 ,J...- 80,740 30.BSO P 30,310 II 81,BTO 80,420 7 St,870 ! 1 80,tMH ' f 80,700 10 81,000 11 - 80,820 12 81,2 SO 13 31JH 14 20,390 U ..... .31,000 18., 17., 18., 1., 20., a., 23. ..81,150 81,020 81,140 31,ltH) MM.81,4SO ...... 80,070 ..81,000 ..... 23 84,000 24. ... .82,240 25 ..A. 31,200 7 ..3O,TT0 27 .... .80,080 28 29,020 29 ..80,800 30 .81,100 Total 828,228 Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,144 Net total sales 918,081 et dally averago 80,002 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to Tnefore me this 30th day of September, A. D.. 1902. '21. B. HUNOATE. (Seal.) Notary Public Montana train robbers presumably pre Cer to play the game as solitaire. , Few of the political volcanoes In the Latin-American so-called republics seem likely to become extinct. Just the same, It took an American to Ioat j. p. Morgan out in that -London Underground railroad deal. ' Every college president must be sorely lempted to resign Just to bo able to play (he star part In a new Installation. In addition to strengthening its foot ball team, the University of Chicago has Just added 40,000 bugs to its collection. 1 King Edward is plainly imbued, with the correct idea that to be a popular tnouarch people. he must keep close-to the 1 The tenor of the official dispatches in Bonialiland is that the British forces tame, saw. and found themselves up against it What is puzzling the Chicago univer sity authorities is whether segregation of the students means segregation 'from the students. Congressman Mercer is significantly lilent about the principal public services he ever rendered, viz., his services to the corporations. iiiey are now naving a good many "dull" days in the New York stock mar ket.; It is usually dull when the time comes to settle. The Colorado democrats are beginning to talk about tho referendum. In other words, they admit that they are likely to be whipped out of their boots this year. From now on mall trains are to have the right of way over the Union raclfle. Female trains will remain restricted to dean-swept parlors and unswept side walks. There are probably not less than fifty Itatesmen each of whom before long will k claiming the credit of the settlement which President Itoosevelt effected In the coal strike. ' Governor Taft Is drawing up at Ma nila a law for the suppression of la fSrones. American legislatures ought to bo furnished copies for use In suppress ing the political ladrones In this country, 8 far more dangerous and mora numer ous element. , 1 It is evldeut that part of the popula tion of the earth survived before anthra cite coal was known or used at all, and poMslbly In this fact there is some sug gestion of a way to get even with the monopoly of that article. With the advent once more of the borsc show season, the usefulness of the horse as a domestic animal is again vin dicated no other dumb beast offers such a glorious excuse for patronizing the dressmaker and milliner. The famous Dr. Lorens consoles his patients with a rather grim sort of hu mor. After a thorough examination of Frank W. Gunsalus' diseased leg show ing that It was incurable the VIeuna spe cialist said to him: "Cheer up. There Is no hope for you." Marshall Field of Chicago resents as doing him great Injustice the statement of John W. Gates classing him as next to Rockefeller and Carnegie the richest man in the world. It's worse these days by far to beve one's riches overestimate thaojto hva-Luem -undervalued. , . a little more n.Aty talk. Nearly four months have now elapsed since President Burt Issued his piece work edict to the machinists and boiler- makers employed by the Union raclfle, which was equivalent to sn order to cut loose from the union or get out of the shops. The general public, while de ploring the arbitrary action by which several hundred hardworking, frugal and well behaved mechanics, who con stitute a valuable part of Omaha's In dustrial population, were summarily thrown out of employment, could do nothing but sympathize and fold Its arms during the . progress of the con test. The right of the Union raclfle Railway company to manage its internal affairs In Its own way could not be disputed and its privilege to adopt any policy Its officers deemed best for Its owners could not be called Into question, even though It might cause indescribable misery, wreck hundreds of homes and reduce their Inmates to -downright want if not to beggary. The conflict between the so-called strikers and strike breakers might be prolonged for nn indefinite period without public protest so long as the Union Pacific railroad continued to discharge its obligations as a public car rier; In other words, so long as the traffic over its lines was carried on whn safety and reasonable dispatch. In this regard, however, the . Union raclfle has failed lamentably for.several months past. While complaints from Individual shippers and travellers have been repressed and suppressed, we have reached a stage where forbearance must cease. It Is an open secret that the passenger train service over the Union raclfle has been wretchedly Irregular for months and the freight traffic has been seriously impeded by the deranged rolling stock, which the company has been unable to replace. This has af fected travel and traffic on connecting lines in Omaha until well-grounded com plaints of damaging delays are to be beard on all hands. While Tresldent Burt and. his sub ordinates are bending every 'energy to overcome tho drawbacks the road is en countering by reason of deranged motive power, the facts still remain patent that the Interests of the public demand the restoration of expeditious train service over the Union Pacific at the earliest moment This the public has a.right to demand and the state has the right to enforce. Quite apart from the. damage to 'the commercial, manufacturing and pro ducing Interests of this section, the -damage mflJcted upon Omaha by'a prolonga tion of the conflict can scarcely be com puted In' dollars." Already quite a num ber of the homes erected by Union Pa ciflc shopmen have been vacated and the evicted inmates forced to remove from the city, leaving their' homes tenantless. These homes cannot be disposed of to the imoorted strike-breakers, who are for the most part rolling stones - who never build homes anywhere. Would It not be more rational and humane for Mr. Burt to submit to arbi tration the differences between his com- any and' the mechanics who have been ocked out for no sin of their own but by an order that they cjuld not obey without violating their- obligations, to their union ? j j . THE HOME HARK EI SUPREME, In his address to which we have here tofore referred, Mr. Carnegie empha sized the assertion that the most power ful weapon In conquering foreign mar kets Is a profitable home market "In vasion of Europe, especially of Great Britain," he Is reported to have sold, "by American manufacturers Is not to be apprehended to any considerable ex tent, except "at rare intervals, because the home market in America took 96 per cent of the manufactured articles, hence our prosperity." He declareo that "foreign commerce is a braggart always in evidence at home; internal commerce Is the true king." No one understands better than Andrew Carnegie the value of the American home market alike for our manufacturing Industries and our agricultural producers. It is this home market, as he says, that has made us prosperous and com merclally and financially powerful and no effort should be spared to maintain I It. The hope of the agricultural pro ducers of the United States Is in their home market and the policy that will build ud that market should be their policy. The home market has been ere ated and Is sustained by the policy of protection. Before that economic piin tiple was firmly established nothing was heard about a home market. Before the republican party began the work of building up American Industries our ag ricultural producers looked abroad for their markets. It was from that source they expected a recompense for their la nor. mere was little rellat.ee to i placed upon the home market, because labor was poorly employed and not well paid. The average consumption of our people was small. The old democratic tariffs "for revenue only" did not per mit of industrial development and there was consequently little demand for la bor. Nearly everything in the line of manufactures used by our people was Imported. In 1855 Horace Greeley. writing of the deplorable conditions then existing, ascribed the fause to ' the steady outflow of gold to pay foreign laborers for the cloth, the shoes, the Iron and other things that could be produced by American labor, but which were not produced owing to the revenue system f M . 1 m cu inr as tue nome market was con cerned at that time there was no en coursgemenc ror our agricultural pro ducers. If democratic policy had continued to prevail can any rational man believe that we should hare realized the In dust rial and agricultural development of the last thirty-five yearsf Can there be a reasonable doubt that under the blight lng effects of that policy we should now canlt third or fourth, among Indus trial and commercial nations, Instead of first? Is It not, then, obviously neces sary that In order to maintain the lead wo - have taken and to still further strengthen our position we must adhere to the policy under which we have at tained our eminence? The American market by far the greatest In the world, must be held for American pro ducers and the woy to do this Is In con tinuing the protection to American In dustries and labor. THOU SHALT HOT KISS. irTIio Missouri Valley Homeopathic so ciety has startled the scientific world and shocked all womankind by Its sol emn and specific declaration not only against promiscuous public smacks at the railway stations and weddings, but also against the spontaneous kissing either In broad daylight or in the dark. These conclusions were reached after profound deliberation over the contribu tion on sanitary science inndo by Dr. L. C. Boss of Columbus. Neb., who has made a special study of the subject and after many tests feels convinced that the kissing habit Is as unhygienic as it s agreeable. The eminent oscullst, who at one leap has gained International prominence, Im plores all men and women who desire to remain healthy, happy and sage to express their affection toward each other In the Eskimo fashion, by touching noses rather than lips. This they will doubt less do when they are assured that kiss ing is the mother as well as the father of skin diseases, tuberculosis and the majority of Infectious maladies to which human flesh Is heir, not Including, of course, infections from kissing enameled cheeks, French fashion. It now remains for Nebraska to set In motion the life-saving agitation by or ganizing antl-klsslng societies in every farmhouse, hamlet, village and town. Let us stamp out the contagious epi demic and make Nebraska as salubrious as Alaska. Let us for once get ahead of Kansas, the hotbed and Incubator of all isms, by raising the antl-klsslng banner to the skies and planting the standard on the outer wall emblazoned with the eleventh commandment, "Thou sbalt not kiss." THE O ROW ISO WEST. The report of the commissioner of the general land office of the Department of the Interior, for the year ending with last June, gives some Interesting facts In regard to the growth of the west In population. It shows that during those twelve months more applications for homestead entries and claims for min eral and timber lands in the west were received than during any previous year since the homestead law was passed. In fact, says a Washington correspond ent, the west is experiencing another boom and there is now and has been during the past eight or ten months a great rush of easterners and southerners to settle on the public domain west of the Mississippi. During the past year the government gave away to these settlers 19,488,530 acres, which is 'sev eral million acres more than were dis posed of in any single year since Uncle Sam adopted the policy of distributing his landed holdings' some forty years back. It Is stated that of the 19.000,000 and more acres of territory allotted last year, the greater portion of It 11,000,000, went to homesteaders. The balance was taken up In the location of mining and timber lands. The receipts from the sale of land which was deemed too valuable to be turned over to homesteaders were also greater than during any other year in the history of the homestead act. The commissioner of the general land office Is reported as saying that the number of homestead entries and the number of mining and timber claims filed each year Is a good barometer by which to Judge of the business condition of the country. In times of prosperity the eutrles and claims swell to large proportions but when business is bad and wages are low the figures drop in proportion. The growth of the west during the hist three or four years has been rapid and there Is every reason to expect that it will go on for several years to come, it existing business con ditions continue. THE fUItCIWlt Of THE ARBITRATORS. The arbitrators to whom the anthra cite difficulty has been referred are now about to begin their investigation, and it is of immenso Importance that they reach a satisfactory conclusion. It is Important for the Interests immediately involved, which relate to an Industry directly employing 150,000 miners and control the supply of an indispensable fuel for the whole country. If nothing was Involved but the fuel supply the nubile Interest would be vitally affected at this Joncture, when severe weather may ensue any day. Pending tho de cision of the arbitrators the miners have resumed work, so that there is no longer danger of acute suffering from fuel famine or of the disorders which might easily crow out of such a condition. It Is for the arbitrators so to solve the problem as to remove the peril of the recurrence of such an emergency. But the real function of the arbitrators Is of Infinitely more Importance than the settlement of the anthracite sltua tlon considered by Itself, and seriously Involves arbitration as a general method nf settling disputes between vost num bers of organized labor on the one hand and vast combinations of corporate cap ital on the other. These disputes, car rled to the extreme of gigantic strikes and lockouts, inevitably affect the in terests of the whole community under the conditions of modern industry. While the losses of the combatants them selves In such wars are enormous, they are trivial In comparison with the in Jury inflicted upon the public, which as yet has no direct means, or at best only imperfect means, of protecting Its para mount Interests. What thtt country anxiously -hopes . - to secure from the hands of the arbitrators In this case Is a settle ment which not only will be sub mitted to, eveu unwillingly, by the parlies to the authraclte controversy, but which will be so fair, satisfactory and conclusive that It will command the moral support of the whole public and demonstrate the utility of arbitration In all similar controversies. If such a re sult shall be attained, then It will be obvious that arbitration should be In voked at the outset and not after a long period of terribly wasteful Industrial warfare. The prominence of the anth racite controversy renders It almost a test cose of arbitration and Its relation almost vital to a consummation devoutly to be wished for. OXL TBT CO A S TITUTiOIfA L CO.V VEKTIUX Out of forty-two leading American teachers of political economy, to whom the New York Evening Post submitted the question, "Are you In favor of amendments to tho constitution of the United States to give congress additional power to control corporations?" twenty three answered unqualifiedly In tho af firmative. But it Is significant that not one among the whole array of learned professors pointed out the only prac tical way in which the national consti tution can be altered in the desired di rectionthat Is to say, by a constitu tional convention, but all assumed that It must be done by amendments sub mitted by congressional acUon. If the Initiative Is to be left to con gress, tnese eminent gentlemen, what ever their longevity, will not live long enough to see the constitution clothed with additional power to control corpo rations. That method requires a two thirds majority of the full membership of both houses of congress, In order to submit a proposed amendment to the several states for ratification. It need not bo argued that It is utterly Impossi ble to secure a two-thirds majority for any amendment giving plenary power over corporations In congress as It Is now and certainly will continue to be constituted. If by any chance or miracle such a proposition should receive the assent of two-thirds of the lower house, it would inevitably fail In the senate, where corporation -influence is impreg nably entrenched. To suppose the con trary is virtually to suppose that the corporations will co-operate for their own subjugation, and if they would do that they would cure the abuses which render their subjugation necessary. The only way in which. tThder existing conditions, the reform can be effected Is by calling a constitutional convention, which must be done by congress "on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of tho 6tates." By this method the power resides in the state legisla tures, and In fact In the people them selves of tho several states, and it would be Impossible for corporate Influence, however formidable, to defeat a propo sition on which public sentiment Is so thoroughly aroused as It is beginning to be on this subject Moreover, the power to control corpo rations Is not tbe only point in which the constitution tdiould bo changed. There are many other points, such as the election of United States senators by direct popular vote, itself vitally related to efficient restraint of corporations, which the people demand but -which they cannot secure through congressional Initiative. In short it is indispensable to tl.e great reforms that the legis latures shall take the initiative in calling a constitutional convention for the re vision of the national constitution. It Is very well so far as It goes to emphasize the need of changing the con stitution so that corporations may be controlled, but it is equally Important it Is absolutely vital, that the American people should now see clearly the only way In which it can be accomplished. CUBA OA TRIAL. The lately renewed discussion of the ultimate fate of Cuba, whether In this country or in the new republic. Is pre mature. It Is futile as well as untimely now to meet the question of annexation. most certainly from the standpoint of the American people. The Cubans are in fact on trial and have yet to prove their capacity for self government Whatever opinion Individ uals m:iy entertain of their capacity and whatever the fact may really be In that respect It Is a matter that can be settled only by the course of events. Nothing can be more certain than that anarchy and mlsgovernment will not be per mitted as a permanent condition In Cuba. In their own self-interest the American people cannot permit It They Intervened at last on this very ground to put an end to Spanish misrule in Cuba. It was no part of tbe American pur pose to substitute Cuban for Spanish misrule. Every possible effort has beeu put forth by the United States to aid Cuba to establish a stable and salutary government As soon as Spanish au thority was ousted the Amerlcins were for several years at enormous expense not only to maintain order, but also to establish good sanitary conditions, to provide educational facilities and to build up the public administration on modern and endurable conditions, while the Cubans were rallying from the pros trations and ravages of a protracted war, preparing to take the reins of au thority into their; own bands. But when at length the government was turned over to them, a few mouths ago, It was only on the fundamental con dition that they should prove themselves worthy of It. The Piatt amendment Im poses rentrlctlons not only upon their foreign, but also upon their domestic relations, and particularly restrains their power of creating public financial obligations. From beginnlug to eud the attitude of the American people Implies responsibility for safe government lu Cuba, but the chance has been given for the Cubans to carry It on for themselves, I They me ou trial. If they show them - r- . ... - J selves fit that Is one thing. If not, an other way will tie found to secure, toler able government Let the trial p-ocecd. pniTisH smrriaa prestige. The menace to Great Britain's shipping prestige from American control of the Atlantic shipping combination and Ger man ascendancy in ocean records, has led -the BrltlRb government to pny an annual subsidy of $750,000 to the Cnnard line on n twenty years' contract and also to agree to lend the niouey on easy terms for the construction of two new steamships that are to be record breakers. This arrangement is said to be fully sanctioned by public oplulon as a practical and necessary measure for regaining British mercantile prestige. A London correspondent remarks that the naval reasons for this action are not conclusive, for It would be obviously more economical for the admiralty to build fast cruisers than for the govern ment to pay the subsidy subvention for the sake of beating the German record, but John Bull is thoroughly In earnest and determined to restore the prestige of the British commercial marine even at high cost This payment of a direct subsidy by tho British government Is a departure. It has heretofore subsidized shipping In tho guise of mall contracts and other wise to Just tho extent that its inter ests required. The government has paid no more than it deemed necessary to ef fect Its purpose in building up and main taining its shipping Interests, but to that extent it has always gone. It is proba ble that hi future the British govern ment in order to maintain its shipping primacy and prebtlge, will find It neces sary to go more largely into tho pay ment of direct subsidies, meeting in this respect the policy of Germany and France, particularly tho former. The start that has been made in this direc tion is not likely to end with the con tract with the Cunard line. In that event the ship subsidy policy may be come a fixed one with the maritime countries. Mercer pretends that he has resided continuously in Omaha, although be has visited the city only for a few weeks every two years, when sejkiu. re-election to congress. How many Omaha merchants or business men have ac counts on their books of goods sold to David H. Mercer? What , butcher or grocer or milkman or Iceman in Omaha has he patronized? What servant has he employed? Who Is his family physi cian? Where does his wife's dressmaker and milliner live? Mercer lias drawn upwards of $00,000 out of the national treasury, to say nothing of perquisites, since he was elected to congress. How much of this money has be spent In Omaha and how much Ft Minneapolis, Washington and Atlantic City. Is our nonresident congressman the kind of an investment tbe people of this district want as a permanent thing? Almost anything that Is called farm land and appears cheap sells like hot cakes, and a great many people are be ing gold-bricked in the exploitations In Cuban real estate. In all such far-distant schemes the average American farmer ought to look twice before ho leaps. , Three kings are to get together when Emperor William of Germany and King Charles of Portugal visit King Edward of England next month. Three kings, however, are not an unusual hand. It Is noticeable that during his western tour Secretary Shaw Is not being Im portuned to throw, open the national treasury. to the bankers. The western banks do not need treasury help. No Pockets In His Shroud. Detroit Free Press. Mr. James J. Hill is the last man in the world who would have anything to do with a trust that was not organized purely for benevolent purposes. Good Way to Start Troable. i Washington Post. By circulating some of the newspaper fashion supplements among the wives of the Philippine sultans we might be able to make them so much trouble right at home that they would be only too glad to drop out of tho revolution business. Little, bat Oh, BIyl Minneapolis Times. Superintendent Cooley of Chicago says the little teachers are Just as good discip linarians aa the big ones. He Is right. We have all known little teachers who could not only boss the big boys of the school, but one or two big ones who were not en rolled. Plenty of Work tor Alt Philadelphia Record. With a shortage In anthracite production of from 25,000,000 to 30,000,000 tons, tbe ap prehension that some skilled men willing to work may be denied employment at the mines seems rather far-fetched and illu sory. Both operators and miners will be constrained to use every effort and every man in the endeavor to make up lost time. Folly Eipssdi the Fire Taa. Philadelphia Press. The fire tax of the United States runs at th average of $150,000,000 a year, the greater part of which loss Is a disgrace to the na tion. That Is what experts In the ore in surance business say, and tbey ought to know. Three-quarters of that loss could be saved by proper care and by properly con structed buildings. There will have to be legislation In each state to meet tbe source of tbe trouble. Shortage la Locoanatl ee. Philadelphia Ledger. The two most completely oversold prod ucts of the United States are those of tbe steel mills and the locomotive plants. The railroad managers are in desperate straits for locomotives, though quantities of raw material and finished merchandise await shipment at many industrial comers. East bound lines are troubled rather by shortage of engines than one of cars. Most of them have enough cars tor their present large tonnage, but are short of engines to haul the cars when loaded. The westbound mer chandise traffic Is heavy, and will be throughout the fall and winter. The roads being unable to bring enough coke to west era furnaces to permit these to keep work ing at full capacity, a number of furnaces JjikTaJtlgwn, ou.1 ths. lut two week RCt l.AR SHOTS AT THE Pl't.riT. Brooklyn Eagle: A woman has been elected pastor of a Unlversaliat church In Kansas City. Why should not woman be a preacher? She has been a lecturer from time Immemorial. Boston Transcript: The promoters of the plan to hold sn International Sunday school convention In Jerusalem In 1904 should con sider the fact that, from a practical point of view, that ancient city Is not a good convention town. Its accommodations for visitors are not Ideal, and In sanitary mat ters It does not rank well with American cities. Louisville Courier-Journal: Before hold ing Brother Newell Dwlght Hlllis to full responsibility for the views be Is alleged to have expressed sgalnst the anthracite strikers might it not be well to ascertain whether they are his own views or whether he came Into possession, as be got some of the best things In one of his recent books, through the process of unacknowl edged appropriation? Springfield Republican: ' An astonishing charge against missionaries is attributed to Senator Burton of Kansas, who baa come back from his services on tbe Hawaiian Investigating committee. MA number of missionaries have been over there re cently," he Is quoted as saying, "and have given many of the natives certificates guar anteed to admit them to heaven In ex change tor their lands." Mr. Burton also commits himself to tbe particularity of "Boaton missionaries." And yet Kansas Is a prohibition state. Zlon's Herald: We wonder what would happen were a well-informed man to break In upon a sermon, address or lecture, while It was being delivered by a man careless as to matters of fact with such comments as these: "That statement is not true. Those facts are garbled. Those figures are incorrect. That incident never happened. That la ecdote Is a myth, long ago exploded. Those statistics are ten years old. That last utterance Is false from end to end!" We have listened to lectures, and once In a while to a sermon, which could have been aptly punctuated, and punctu ated as well by a series of such comments. It might be a wholesome thing were some man to undertake such a task on an oc casion when truth la being perverted by Inaccuracies and carelessness. PERSONAL ASH OTHERWISE. New York society Is now going to the dogs. The show will last a week. The activity of the Mad Mullah shows there Is method In his madness. Richmond, Ind., Is going to try municipal ownership of a coal yard and cut Into retail prices. Dealers affected by the move are warm enough to heat the town. Enthusiastic receptions tendered to Ad miral Schley In the southwest Indicate con siderable disregard for the dictum tbat the Santiago affair was a closed Incident. A man died In New York the other day at the age of 107, who had used tobacco since he was 15. Some Importance might be attached to this item It the brand of tbe tobacco waa given. Considering the high grade of weather St. Louis puts up in summer, there Is no reason to doubt, no matter what the re formers may do. that tho midway will be warm. In spots at least. Snakes twenty inches long now wriggle out of the pipes supplying alleged drinking water In Chicago. The average Chlcagoan can see anything the day after the night before it he toys with a water faucet. A New York woman wants $3,000 aa a salve for a tickling sensation produced by the bite o! a neighbor's pet dog. The de mand is a risky one, because, If sbo gets the money, she might be "tickled to death." An accommodating negro In Texas waived his right to thirty days of life after sen tence rather than disappoint the crowd which wanted to witness a hanging. The crowd reciprocated by applauding his grace, ful descent. Street car companies of New York owe the city $17,671,317.99 In back taxes. This is a remarkable showing for corporations which have not indulged In a joint serial story on taxation. The figures are loud enough without words. ' Strenuous life among the shady Is near perfection in Chicago. Thieves raided a police station armory and carried off all the hippocket artillery In sight. Oppor tunity does not need to knock twice at tbe door of tbe wideawake. Again tbe American mule breaks Into national history. The variety traded In Missouri and shipped to South Africa kicked up a large scandal in British army circles in London, and the revelation is more disagreeable than tbe regrettable stam pedes on the veldt. ' Barnum's famous bearded lady, known In private life as Mrs. Annie Donovan, lies dead In Brooklyn, and will be burled with ber whiskers uncut. Mrs. Donovan's rare adornment attracted three husbands at dif ferent times. Though not a proud woman she "looked down" on more people than any of ber sex In public lite. , TRIBUTE TO THE MORNING NAP. Protest Against tho Aneleat Kotloa of Rlainar Early. Philadelphia Press. The time of rising In the morning has not, in fact, kept atep with the progress of other events. Tbe old custom of early rising and breakfasting by candle light dur ing tbe season of short days still prevails, although tbe need has largely passed away. Forty years ago farm work began with the break of tbe day, and laboring people were expected to be in shops and factories at 6 o'clock In tbe morning tbe year round. The agitation for a shorter day first reduced the hours to ten and later to nine and eight. But It Is doubtful If the hours given to sleep have Increased as much as the hours of work have ceaaed. And In particular the time of rising Is still where It was when ten and twelve bourn of labor were demanded. This is wrong. There Is nothing mors conducive to health, good morals and good temper than a nap la tbe morning. It rounds out tbe night's sleep and imparts a satisfaction which Is a considerable factor in tbe day's work. There Is nothing like sleep to tone up the nerves. It Is better than the best tonic, and with tbe nerves In good condition the whole man or woman Is prepared to meet tbe struggles and competition tbat modern life brings. So ciologists also contend that it people would sleep more there would be less crime. An other argument In favor of longer hours of rest Is the saving that would be made In light and fuel. Less coal would be burned and less gas or other lllumlnants would be consumed. And this Is an argu ment wblcb will appeal at the present time to every housekeeper when tbe necessity for economy is being enforced so sharply. There are early closing movements. Wby not a late rising movement? All methods of work and business have been changed during the laat two generations and tbey are still changing. A man with the help of modem machinery accomplishes many times mors In a shorter time than his grandfather did. Wby, then, should be get up In the morning at the same time bis grandfather did and find bis energies used up before noon hour? Tbe morning nap will cure this and the effort to estab lish it can be helped along with a clear conscience. BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN. Eloquence Is not of the lungs. Man Is ever greater than his tools. The best self-help Is helping others. We live to die that we may die to live. True religion Is duty linked to the divine. You cannot fatten your soul on furniture. The Infernal must fall before the sternal. The poor In goods are often rich In grace. Reverent sons will become revered fath ers. It takes much misery to make some nun seek mercy. The waiting work furnishes us sufficient warrant to do it. He cannot consecrate his gift who fears to have It consumed. It doesn't take much gold-leaf to cover the pupil of tbe eye. If you use' a mirror to find your own faults you will forget to use a mlcroscops for those of others. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Helen's mother looks an young as one does." "Helen's mother hns hnd very llttln trou ble. IW husband died soon after they wore married." Chicago News: Ida Before the wedding she used to say he was a "Hon." Docs h i call him that now? ' Rue No, she Just calls htm a plain "beast." Philadelphia Pres: "I shall never marry.' said Miss Ann Teck, with an ulr of determi nation. "Perhaps not." replied Miss Pert, "but . everybody will admit you have niado a brave tight against the Inevitable." New York Times: Mrs. Benham Tho doctor says that I crave things that don't agree with me. Henham That's nothing, I once had tho same trouble. Mrs. Henham When was thatT Benham When I married you. Harper's Bazar: Stella I came near miss, lng a proposal last night. Bella Ynu did? Btella Yes. 'He Rot down on his knees, and I thought he was merely looking for a ping pong ball. Somervllle Journal: Mrs. Spaulrilnir (wearily) Anything new In the line of meat this morning, Mr. Cutlets? Butcher Yes, madam. A ten-pound baby at my house. Chicago Post: It happened at tho golf link "Where's Brown?" "He's taking a hazard. "What do you mean?" "He's making the round of the links with Miss Flirte." New York Sun: "Is she married?' "Partially." "What do you mean by that?" "She got a divorce and her husband took an appeal. One court says she's married and one says she Isn't." . Richmond DlOpatrh: Mrs. Towers Heze klah. If you were to live all your life over again, and It came to the matter of choos ing a wife, do you think you would choose me? Mr. Powers (submissively) There's vn doubt about It, Maria, provided you wanted me. Boston Transcript: Mrs. Tower Frankly, John Tower, I think you are the meancet man I ever saw. John Tower I wouldn't say that, 'Gusty,' yon know you've said hundreds of times that you have been the making of me. Philadelphia Press: "I wish. I could stop selling postage stamps," complained the druggist, "that sort of thing's a nuisance." "I should think It would pother .you." re. plied the customer, "because you can't say you're out of them, but that you have 'something just as good.'. " . Yonkers Statesman! Mrs. Dearborn Have you a speaking acquaintance' with, that woman next door? Mrs. Wabash A speaking acquaintance T I know her so well that we don't speak at all. . DEAR, FOLDED HANDS. ' . ' Youth's Companion. Dear, folded bands, so worn with cars, Bo quiet on the pulseless breast, Will any burden need you there, . If heaven Is a place of rest? And you, dear heart, will you forget The struggles of these, lower lands I Or Is there some sweet service yet For folded bands? v Yours was the never-ending task Born of a never-ending need. Our selfishness It was to ask, Your sweet unselfishness to heed. And now In the unwonted rost Long promised In the better lands, How can you sit an Idle guest With folded bands? No tears to dry, no wounds to bind. No sufferer to tend and bless Where will those eager tinners find A noed for all their tenderness? Yet, knowing all they did before, Purchance the Father understands. And holds some precious work in store For folded hands. HOSPE P Knabe Pianos. . ' V Kranlch Bach Piasoa, Kimball Planoa,"4 Kxell Pianos. B Hallett aV Davis Pianos, Sterling-Pianos. Schumann Pianos A Melville Clark Pianos. McPhall Pianos, Hospe Pianos. Keedban Pianos Whitney Pianos. Hint Pianos. Vlotor Pianos, lArlon Pianos, i Tiffany Pianos. Brlnkerhotr PtoncoV Heller Pianos. Swvtlsnd Pianos. Lowest Prices. Finest Makes. Easiest Payment tats Investment,' A. nn.QPP R ana IIWWI aaal; n 1513-1515 Douglas St. SU.l J. FOX Instructor In Physical Culture 1404 FARNAfl ST. a4 Ala,
