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18 The Omaha Sunday Ber E. ROSE WATER. EDITOR. I'L'BLJSHED EVERT MORNINQ. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. pally Bee (without 8unday. One Year.MW J-lIy H'o and Sunday, On Year u0 Illustrated Wee, One Year 1"' Sunday Bee, One Year H" Ualurday Hee, One ear i w twentieth Century Farmer, One Year., l.w DELIVKKtD UY CARRIER. Dally Kee (without Sunday), per copy.... Ic Daily Uee (without Hunday). per week. . .U'c Iia.ly bee (including Sunday), per week.. 17c Bunuar Bee. tier t-ooy be tvenlng Bee (without Sunday), per week c Jbvenlng Bee (Including Sunday), per week ,-10C Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should be addressed to city Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twen-ty-tltth and l Streets. , Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street i Chicago 1W0 Unity Building. New York 2328 l ark How Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaba ISck, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addressed: The Bee publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. ' Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Be? Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. TUB BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. 'State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as: V George B. Tmchuck. secretary of The ee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, 'ays that tbe actual number of full and 'complete copies of The Dally, Morning, t.veiAnr and Rundav !) Drlnted during he month of October, laoi was as follows: x ao.roo t 80,030 1 81,190 8U,70 . XO,3ftO ... aijuto 7 80,010 ! i 81.0TO t 81,04)0 10 81,100 11... 32,000 12 28,020 13 81,300 14 81,200 IS .31,040 If 82.700 17 81,820 . U 31,430 1 30,400 30 32,2 lO Jl 32,8.-10 a 31,870 23 81,740 34 82,150 .81.140 It 20,250 XI 81,070 ft 31,000 2t 31,030 10 .12,300 81 81,830 Total 000,013 Lea unsold and returned copies 0,872 Net total sale 050,743 Net average sales 3O.000 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 21st day of October, A. D., 102- M. B. HUNOATE, (deal.) . Notary Public President Roosevelt will show us again that a state document can be also a lit erary production. Tbe Cobden club sounds Its annual free trade keynote at London, but the cry even In England Is growing- fainter and fainter. . Congressman - Loud should not take bis defeat so much to heart There are other congressmen who failed ot re-election in the recent contest What a stroke of fortune that Thanks giving day is located on the calendar ahead of both the opening of congress and the convening of the legislature. Congressman Llttlefleld says he Is not yet prepared to announce his retirement as a candidate for the speakership. Such an announcement in fact is a useless formality. Between health foods and correspond ence schools of physical culture guar anteed to prolong human life the life Insurance business should be decidedly on the up grade. ; President Mitchell's experience In the coal strike inquiry ought to stand him in good stead in case he should later want to go into the expert testimony business and make a living. It is a little curious that the Cramps Shipbuilding company, in the same cir cular in which is announced the' omis sion of the usual dividend on its stock, asserts that Its profits have increased. In addition to the. so-called "Iowa idea" regarding the tariff, it appears that there is an "Iowa reciprocity scheme" which Governor Cummins Is to exploit at the banquet of the Nonpar tlsau National Iteclproclty league at Chicago. It does not appear Just why Dave Mercer has not filed the statement of campaign expenses required by law. Hut so far as Information is concerned, !, It makes little difference, unless he would make a statement of very differ ent character from the notoriously false exhibits filed In his previous campaigns. - And now the declaration is made on scientific authority, that pop corn is an excellent food product whose value, es pecially for children, is not properly ap preciated. Before It can compete with the favorite prepared cereals, however, ; It will have to be christened by some ) other name and be advertised exten- alvely under a popular trade mark. It should not be overlooked that Krupp, tbe great gunuiaker, who at the time of his death, a week ago, was by far the richest man in Germany, has left two young daughters as sole heirs to bis fortune. If turn about Is fair play, these young Jadies should, In the due course of time, contract American alliances to offset the American heir esses who have leen annexed by titled foreigners. A declaration by Senator Depew is be ing quoted to the effect that In his opinion overcapitalization operates as a retrain t upon great combinations, be cause in pressing their credit to the limit by capitalizing prospective aa well as present profits they become an easy mark for competing concerns. How to reconcile this specious plea, however, with the notorious fact that were It not for the profits attendant upon over capitalisation gathered in from the stock-jobbing operations the main In centive 4 for these combinations would be wanting, presents a puzzling propo sition. Senator Depew should furnish diagram with his argument niDDCir HC ROES'. "Heroism in Everyday Life" is the title of a suggestive article by S. Weir Mitchell In the current Century Maga zine, embodying the results of an In quiry Instituted through a newspaper clipping bureau Into published accounts of heroic conduct involving the risking of one human life to save another from death or danger. Tbe records secured In this way, necessarily partial and In complete, numlM-red In ten months 1.103, which, when sifted down by a process of exclusion, cutting out those Inspired by special relationship, left 71? exam ples of men, women and children who took grave risks to save persons In peril without any selfish object what ever. Clnssifled still further, the ex hibit disclosed 2oS attempts to save from drowning, 1&4 efforts to rescue from fire, 61 acts of self-devoted cour age on the part of engineers, brakemrn, stvltchtenders or railway employes, 48 Instances where persons not in the rail road employ made like efforts to save the lives of children, women -or drunken men from the swift approach of trains and a miscellaneous list numbering 156. While Dr. Mitchell discusses Instruc tively tbe lessons and conclusions to be drawn from the statistics he has gath ered, We wish here to draw attention chiefly to the bidden heroism of which these records afford but a glimpse. Self sacrifice or unselfish devotion manifests Itself usually In forms that avoid pub licity. Brass band charity that advertises Itself by ostentatious contributions to public institutions Is really overshad owed by the innumberable instances In which much-needed help Is privately ex tended to suffering humanity, conform ing to a conception of personal duty. The endowment of colleges, libraries and schools, with a view to perpetuating tbe name of tbe donor, while calling for commendation and encouragement Is not to be compared with the devotion required to forego educational advan tages In order that a sister or brother may enjoy a course at college. So in the examples of strikingly heroic con duct the heroism is largely the product of the opportunity, and the very fact that courageous gallantry is so often exhibited when the helpless are in im minent peril is best evidence of the ex istence of a hidden army of heroes who stand ready to go to the front whenever their call comes. J COOKS JA POLITICS. The question to what extent Judges on the bench should participate In politics Is still being discussed as an echo of the recent campaign.. From the abstract standpoint there is no room for dUiputr that political proselyting should not be allowed to interfere with Judicial func tions. When the judge goes on the bench he is expected to lay aside politics and creed, as well as personal favoritism, and to interpret the law without dis crimination or partiality. To use the in fluence ot . bis Judicial position on the bench to promote political partisanship off the bench is also admitted to be of questionable propriety. On the other hand, because a lawyer dons the Judicial robes does not necessarily deprive him of his right of citizenship or his right to express his views on men and measures even though they Jnvolve political Is sues. In this connection a statement by Judge Grosscup of the federal circuit court at Chicago, called forth by criti cism of his action in presiding over a republican rally In the recent campaign, expresses the most sensible view of the matter. Among other things the Judge says: Is not the real objection to a Judge at tending political meetings the tact that participation in politics offends whether rightly or wrongly make no difference a large portion of our neighbors and con stituents T The not wishing to give offense is the main reason that would keep me away from a political meeting. But that, too, has its limitations. So far as promotion in the judicial line Is concerned I have always felt that It would come, it it came at all, from the quality of the aerv ice on the bench and from nothing else. Had I considered participation In a political meeting in connection with promotion the argument would have been against, .rather than for going there. And he concludes by saying: The Ideal Judge la the one who the moment he ascends the bench leaves the world behind htm, allowing his Judgment to swing as the pendulum swings, just to the influences of tbe courtroom. Nor Is it so difficult to do that as tbe layman thinks. When the judge is off the bench he ought to be like any other self-respecting man among men. This puts tbe whole question in a nut' shell. Summed up in a word Judges In politics are not half so dangerous as politicians on the bench. MNlSTtR WVS LAST WORD. That able man of affairs as well as ac complished diplomat, Wu Ting-fang, in his address to the business men of Ran Francisco pressed upon them a lesson which they, in common with the mer chants and manufacturers of the United States geuerally, have been too slow In learning. His point is the necessity of studying stM conforming to the business methods of the Chinese If we would in crease business In that vast market to the possible maximum, t promote which the late minister is now returning to China to become head of the department of commerce. In foreign trade Americans have fallen short of their opportunity by Inappre clatlon of the tastes, hnblta and demands of the customers. It Is singular that business men alert and eager to cater to the demands of their own' public should be so slow with respect to the "people of other countries who have peculiarities as marked as our own. But until com paratively recently the dominating ob ject of' American manufacturers and merchants was almost solely the supply of the American market For years the consular reports have teemed with com plaints that they refuse to comply with foreign requirements In quality and pat tern of goods aud methods of packing, as well as with the system of credits and THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1902. other customs of foreign peoples. This has been especially true with regard to the countries of Central and South America, our near neighbors and friends, and we have undoubtedly fallen far short of what we might have accom plished In trade In those markets be cause we have not equalled our Euro pean competltlors In catering to their peculiarities. But if tbe rule applies to the Latin American markets, Wu Ting-fang does not too much emphasize It with regard to a people of such marked peculiarity and so immovably set in their ways and prejudices as the Chinese. The door to the well-nigh illimitable market of 400,- 000,000 of people there Is opening. Trans portation Is solved on a basis of great advantage to Americans. The sole fur ther condition of success lies in conform ing to the advice given by the former Chinese minister. THt RKClPRVCtTT MOTtMSRT. The convention soon to.be held at Detroit to discuss and urge commercial reciprocity will at least have the effect to revive public Interest in the subject If It shall have no other result Since the Buffalo speech of President McKln ley, In which he said that "reciprocity Is the natural outgrowth of our wonder ful Industrial development under the do mestic policy now firmly established" and that "reciprocity treaties are in harmony with the times," the question has received a great deal of' attention. The reciprocity policy was endorsed by a number of the republican conventions of this year. Yet there are still many who are opposed to It' and It cannot be confidently asserted that the policy is approved by, a majority of the people. It is stated that the object of the De troit convention is to specially urge reciprocity with Cuba and with Canada. A treaty Intended to establish closer commercial relations with the Island re public Is being framed and will probably be ready for submission to congress at the coming session. , It Is the under standing that President' Roosevelt will again earnestly advocate reciprocity with Cuba as a matter of national duty and honor and a public expression in sup port of this view may prove helpful to the administration in Its efforts to Induce congress to ratify a treaty. There Is no indication that Cuban reciprocity has gained supporters In congress since the last session, though it probably is some what stronger. As to reciprocity with Canada there is no prospect of its attainment In the near future, or Indeed until that country shall show a better disposition regarding Issues awaiting settlement and abandon its unwarranted claims in connection with the Alaskan boundary. There is a strong sentiment In New England favor able to closer trade relations with the Dominion- and this Is shared to some extent in the northwest but there will be nothing done in this direction so long as Canada adheres to the position taken In tbe Joint high commission in making the settlement of the questions sub mitted to that body contingent upon the concession of her demands in Alaska. The advocates of reciprocity with the Dominion urge that our government should now take the Initiative In asking that the Joint high commission be 're convened, but as Senator Lodge said in regard to this proposition, tbe United States will not go bat in band to Can ada and ask for a reuewal of negotia tions that were terminated because of the attitude of that country in respect to Alaska, which it still maintains. The Joint high commission was, created at tho instance of our government which has always been desirous of effecting a fair and just settlement of the matters in controversy between the Dominion and this country. The failure of the commission to accomplish anything was due to Canada and it is not Incumbent upon the United States to ask for (he reconvening of the commission. Commercial reciprocity Is one of the live and Important questions, relating particularly to the expansion ot our for eign trade. It therefore merits the most careful consideration and the Interest of all who are concerned in tbe growth of our external commerce. cuLTirrnvo amkhicaa good will. President Castro of Venezuela appears disposed to cultivate the good will of the United States. In a recent Interview he said that his country entertains cor dial and sympathetic friendship for the United States and desires the closest relations with this country. He added that tbe Monroe doctrine Is of the great est possible importance and value and that tbe motto of the United States should be accepted by the Pan-American nations, which should be bound in lndissoluable ties of comity and friend ship. These are commendable sentiments, whatever may be thought of their sin cerity, and they express what ought to be tbe prevailing feeling throughout tbe South American republics. Venezuela has. Indeed, a special reasou for feeling friendly toward the United States. A few years ago this country interposed In a controversy that bad become very serious for the southern republic and succeeded in having the issue submitted to arbitration. That was an Instance involving danger to Venezuelan terri tory and called for an application of the Monroe doctrine. But the other coun tries of South America have reason to be friendly toward and to cultivate tbe good will of the United States for the security that has been given them against possible foreign aggression. While tbe rival European natious have been conquering, colonizing and dividing Asia, Africa and extending their sway over vast areas, in tbe period tince the Monroe doctrine was declared, their holdings In the western hemisphere have not been Increased. Itespect for that principle, stronger, now than ever, has excluded the Spanish-American repub- lies from territorial raids and campaigns of conquest which have been in prog ress throughout the rest of the world, For this protection and security the United States should have the hearty good will of every southern republic, yet evidence Is not lacking that the people of some of them are not friendly to this country, though most willing to ac eept its assistance whenever trouble arises with a foreign government. Aa soon as Venezuela, for example, was seriously threatened by Great Britain and Germany, she looked to the United States to see that no Injustice was done and she Is still expecting moral support from this country in the effort to effect an amicable adjustment of the difficulty. The Independent countries of this hemi sphere owe a great debt of gratitude to the United States and there Is no ex cuse for the distrust and suspicion with which some of them regard us. We should have their unqualified friendship and confidence, which we have" made every effort, even to the extent of en dangering our own peace, to obtain. ItATlOSAL LlVC STOCK SCPBRYISIOS The outbreak of contagious cattle disease in the vicinity of Boston strik ingly illustrates the importance of the foreign market to the live stock pro ducers of the United States and of the system of national inspection and quar antine In maintaining it Tbe price of the export surplus has a vital Influence on domestic prices. To have the foreign market suddenly closed would be a blow that would be severely felt on every farm and cattle range throughout the west, and In fact by every Interest of the community. Even the temporary closing of the single port of Boston to transit of western cattle must cause great loss and excite universal appre hension. It Is certain that if there were not an efficient system of federal quarantine the Infection of cattle In New England would be speedily followed by Indis criminate exclusion of American live stock from all European markets. Tbe European countries are exceedingly jealous of our live stock Interests and their own cattle growers ana farmers would eagerly take advantage of such a situation, as bas been repeatedly demon strated. It Is not unlikely that serious effort will now be made In this direction. The power to close great porta and to embargo extensive districts Is an impe rial one, and its use by the national gov ernment In the Inspection and quaran tine regulations was strenuously op posed on this score. But obviously noth ing less could be adequate. . Tbe Interest to be guarded Is a national interest and one of the greatest of national interests. The authority of the states separately falls far short of meeting the emergency.' The movement of cattle is essentially Interstate, reaching from Texas, to Mon tana and from the ranges to the corn growing states, while from the-latter through the eastern ports to final mar ket it is International. It will, we are sure,-prove fortunate that the national government has been clothed with power f.o safeguard this movement at every stage. RKSTORR- TRK CASTKKS. Perhaps congress at the coming ses sion will not be disposed to restore the army canteen, which was abolished at the last session as a concession to pro hibition sentiment but the facts made public by the War department from re ports of army officers present what must seem to unprejudiced people to be an Irresistible appeal for the early res toration of tbe canteen. Instead of its abolition being promotive of tem perance in the army, it Is shown most conclusively that it has been conducive to intemperance. Hundreds of saloons have been opened near military posts, with the result that drunkenness has greatly Increased, desertions have be come more numerous, discipline has been impaired and there has come both physical and moral deterioration. Not a post commander has yet expressed the opinion that tbe abolition of tbe canteen bas bad a beneficial effect This condition of affairs should not be permitted to continue and congress ought to accept without question tbe uniform and unqualified testimony ol the officers of tbe army on the subjecr. Of course the prohibitionists will make a strong fight to have the law stand, but all tbe arguments and claims they made to secure Its passage have been utterly confuted and discredited. The opinion of the federal court of appeals at St Louis is remarkable for flatly overruling the decision of the Iowa courts on a point Involving construction of the state constitution. The Iowa su preme court recently held that bonds Issued by a water plant and to be paid out of a special tax are not to be reck oned as, within the 8 per cent constitu tional limitation on municipal Indebted ness, and the federal court of appeals now holds the exact contrary. The case will go to the supreme court of the United States, and the attorney general will Intervene on behalf of Iowa. The point is of great Interest because the decision of the state supreme court opened the way for a multitude of cities and towns to provide aud operate mu nicipal utilities, a method of supplying light water and the Ukn which has proved highly satisfactory Where the municipalities have been free to try It whereas the contrary ruling keeps them at the mercy of private franchlsed cor porations. The unofficial membership roll for the Fifty-eighth congress shows that the po litical parties will divide In tbe bouse with 208 republicans and 178 demo crats, leaving the republican majority exactly thirty. This is not quite as large a republican preponderance as la the present house, but in view of the positive claims of the democrats that they would take a majority of the con gressmen cuoseu at the recent electlvn It looks pretty substantial In cold figures. Renewed efforts are foreshadowed to promote further legislation restricting foreign Immigration Into this country, with a view to putting the bars up against all who are not able to read and write their own language. The extrem ists are getting very particular these days. If such a restriction had been enforced upon the fathers of the repub lic a great many of our most useful citi zens would not be here today. The trustees of the Carnegie lnstltu: tion have had advice tendered them as to how to spend the money at their dis posal, embracing nearly every con ceivable scheme except the establish ment of an endowed newspaper. We suggest that if they want to make a ten-strike they might furnish the public with a newspaper that does not need the money from either subscribers or advertisers. From the strenuous way the Western Union Is bucking the removal f the tele graph poles by tbe Pennsylvania Rail road company from Its right of way, In dications are that a franchise to use the public highway must be worth having aud worth fighting for, although when it comes to the matter of taxation it Is so freely represented aa worthless. He) Royal Road la Sight. Boston Globe. 'An interesting light on tbe subject ot government ownership of railways comes from Victoria, Australia, where the 10,000 employes of the government railway, de feated in an attempt to elect legislators who would raise their pay and shorten their hours, are threatening to strike. Evidently there is no royal road to industrial peace. laklndeat Cat of Alt Boston Transcript. The most unklndest cut ot all to Mr. Bryan is the decision of the state of Ne braska to Invest $300,000 of Its school fund in Massachusetts gold bonds. Times have changed wonderfully In Nebraska and elsewhere since 1896, and Nebraska has changed with them, being now a republican state that insists on making investments on the gold standard basis. ' A Mlaehlevowa Notion. Chicago Chronicle. Pension Commissioner Ware decrees that women clerks who get married must resign their places, maintaining that when a woman marries she should be supported by her husband. This doctrine will be deemed mischievous and revolutionary by a very numerous class ot citizens who hold and exemplify the theory that a woman who gets married should expect, to support her husband. Trath la Diplomacy. Portland Oregonlan. - Minister Wu, among other -good things In his goodbye speech, said that the age Of deception on- the part of the diplomat Is gone. Freely Interpreted, this means that the modern diplomat , is not sent abroad to lie for his country. Perhaps a large part of the generous and friendly estimation In which Minister Wu is held In this country is due to his practice of this new order of things in diplomacy. , Edacatioa of Iadlaa Calldrea. . .... Minneapolis Times. ' If the Indians of the San tee and Omaha reservation in Nebraska have petitioned for the admission of their children to the reg ular district schools, all honor to the In dians. They state In support of their re quest that Indian schlldren are likely to be come civilized more rapidly If they are per mitted to mlnglo with the whites inthe days of their childhood. They believe their children will be inspired with a higher am bition and better fitted to make a success ful struggle for a livelihood. This may not be quite In line with the theory of the In dian Rights association, but If it means that the Indians are becoming impressed with the idea that the best thing for a man, whether he be red, white or black. Is to go out into the world and work for a living. there is that much gained. PERSONAL AXD OTHERWISE. A scientific investigation of the phe nomena of sleep states that many people go through life without having been really wide-awake. Evidently the investigation was conducted In Kansas City. The striking; school children of Chicago had their grievances settled in the wood shed In the usual affectionate manner. The soothing Influence of the parental slipper applied to the right spot at the right time seems to defy the changes of tjme. St. louis bas a real heroine In Mrs. Al- wilde L11I, who risked her life to rescue a pet cat from the perilous perch it had taken to lead an evening serenade. Mrs. Llll dropped fifteen feet, sprained an ankle and battered three ribs, but the cat escaped In Jury. A young woman applicant for a rural school In Kansas was questioned by tbe ex amining board: "What is your position upon whipping children?" "My usual posi tion," responded the applicant, "is on a chair, with the child, held firmly across my knee, face downward." She got the job. When the attorney general of Arkansas reminded the governor of that state that be (the governor) was a stranger to truth,- a rude hoot of joy echoed through the office of tbe Fort Smith News-Record and Andrew Jackson Kendrlck danced a midway two- step out of sheer ecstacy. A coroner's jury In New Tork, after ex ercising its collective gray matter for a fortnight, declares that no one Is to blame tor the explosion of fireworks In Madison square on election night, by which fifteen persons were killed and scores injured. Like tbe cowboy, gun In border days, the fire works "went oft spontaneously." A Nebraska farmer who witnessed a game of foot ball tor the first time on Thanksgiv ing day gives his Impressions of the game in picturesque style.' "Nothing new about it," he said. "Just let twenty big hogs out on a soft Held any day and then throw down a peck or so of corn In a sack, and aee .'em go for it, and you'll know about what a game ot foot ball looks to a farmer." In its heroic efforts to attain the emi nence of a model city St. Loo la Is cutting novel capers. A bunch of thirsty neighbors tendered a cow bell serenade to a newly married couple and demanded the custo mary keg of beer. The bridegroom gen erously responded, and filled a few of the crowd with a charge of blrdshot. It was Juat as effective as beer ia scattering tbe mob. Mr. Andrews, Detroit's farmer banker. has landed In the penitentiary at last. As this gentlemanly crook got sway with over $000,000 of other people's money, he should be able to bring the necessary pressure to bear upon the pardoning power. Tbe fact that his family grieves for bis company evokes gobs of sympathy from former beneficiaries of Andrews' sharp practice. His victims, however, are satisfied with his present position. ECVLAR HOTS AT THE MXFIT. . Chicago Post: A priest at Naples gave his congregation Such a realistic picture of hell that a panlo resulted, in which many were hurt. Now and . then a page from the dark ages manages to get Itself bound In the enlightened history which we are supposed to be making. Detroit Free Press: "The great need ot mankind at the present time," said Rev. Dr. Nehemiah Boynton In his Sunday morn ing sermon, "Is the espousing ot the creed of otherness; a realisation of the fact that he is iiot the only individual on earth." This is rather a free translation of that exquisite sentiment ot the vaudeville stage: "Remember you're not the only tin can on the dump." St. Louis Republic: Pope Leo's encyclical appointing a commission to interpret the scriptures "as the needs of the hour re quire" is a recognition ot advanced thought which is worthy of tbe progressive spirit which has been manifested in so many ways by the pontiff. This commission will have final authority. Modern research has changed many things and none more than certain assertions concerning the Inter pretatlon ot Holy Writ. Minneapolis Times: Who shall say that "thirteen" Is unlucky and, thus saying, re member that it Is tho numeral attached to the name of the great Leo, ruling pontiff ot the Catholic church T His holiness la reported as having promised, doubtless In semi-Jocular fashion, to remain alive for three years and greet a loving subordinate upon his next visit to Rome. Sincerely do the people in Christendom, Protestants and Catholic, orthodox and heterodox, faithful and agnostic, hope that the good old man can keep his promise. This world Is a better world for the living in it ot Leo XIII and any sectarian who disputes that proposition Is to be pitied as he would be by the gentle old prince whose court Is ia the Vatican. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Detroit Free Press: Alice What do you uu w nvn jura isikk ioox oau to your Julia Well, I try to look intelligent- Chicago Tribune: "That young Throgglns nan society aspirations, nut l don t otten near or nis oeing invited out.' "He Is 'whenever old Pscadds finds him caning on nis daughter." Philadelphia Frees: Mrs. trplalght My uuBumiu promised 10 De noma at iu anarp, Mrs. Newltt But he wasn't. Mrs. uplalght Not quite. He got home m v, uun. Smart Set: Old Crustlelgh How did you dare, sir, to kiss my daughter last night on the dark piazza. Young Gayboy Oad, now that I've seen ner Dy aayugnt, i wonder myself. New Tork Times: Madge I hear that pnotograpner lanes a very nattering pic ture. Dolly I really couldn't say. It btn't necessary for me to go to that kind of a photographer. Boston Transcript: Martha That horrid Mr. Roamer kissed me in the hall last night. Constance Tou don't mean It! How did It happen? Martha It was pitch dark In the hall Constance Ah, I see. That accounts for it, dear. New York Weekly: Mr. Farwest I met my old schoolmate. Lakeside, today, for the first time In an age, and I thought from the way he acted when I mentioned you that you and he must have had some ro mance or other before we met. Mrs. Farwet No romance about It. We were married for a few years, that's all. ; Town Topics: "It Is appalling to think of the temptations to which young men are exposed. We women should do what we can to lessen them." - ' ' "I do my share. For the last five- years I have made it an inflexible rule never to flirt except with married men." LIFE'S MIRROR. v ' Baltimore American. The world, my friends, ia a looking-glass' Before which men and women pass In a motley crowd and a mingled mass Of sorrow and bliss and glee. It reflects what passes before' Its face. Happiness, honor, woe, dlHgrace Its lights and Its shades keep steady pace With what before it may be. Face the world with' a load of care. Groaning; aloud of troubles to bear It will show you nothing but dark despair. And life's but to mourn and' mope; But show it a spirit full of fight Of burdens and worries making; light. And it straightway grows a prospect bright. Nerving you .on to hope. Look at the world with a bitter heart. With friendship and love aa things apart From the dally life of its busy mart. And the world holds no good for you. Oo to the world with an open hand. And its narrow limits will soon expand . And its cynic humor will understand ' With you the good 'and true. The world gives back Just what It sees; You can make it mirror whatever you please Deceit for meanness, comfort for ease 'Twill give you back guile for guile. - Or virtue for good it will mirror true; Yours ia the say what it shall do; If you want the world's face bright to you, Then look at it with a smile. Some people seem to think that If the y oaly wear glasses it will be all right with their eyes. There would be Just as much sense in prescribing the same. medicine for. every disease. . : WE GIVE AN EXAMJNAITON THAT CAN J. C. HUTESGN & CO., IFOR . with its lovely seaside resorts, orange groves, beautiful gardens, and quaint ' ' old mission towns is visited every year by thousands of tourists who travel Over the Union Pacific because it 13 the Best and Quickest route, and the Only Line -Running THROUGH TRAINS FROM OMAHA TO CALIFORNIA It is also' the Only Line Running Four Personally Conducted Excursions to California from Omaha every week with choice of routes. Foil information cheerfully furnished oo application to City Ticket Office, 1324 Ftrnirn SI 'Phone U. Union Statloa,.10ta and Marcy. "Phone in. BLAST'S FROM RAM'S HORS.' . A clean youth makes a clear eld age. There is no golden key to the gate of heaven. The big sword does not make the brave soldier. God's plow ot sorrow Is Ills promise ct harvest. To pray for rest may be to postpone your reward. Disasters are but disguised blessings to Ills children. Oreat sorrows expand the heart to re ceive great Joys. One man's dollar Is not nearly a big as another man's dime. Humility Is the secret of the steady hea l on the giddy heights. Tbe best prayer for more power Is tbe practice of that you have. To return good for evil Is to make a flower bloom from a weed. When tbe church Is a continual hold-up It will not be much of aa up-llft. It is no harder to believe la another world than It is te believe In any world. The preacher's mlssloa Is not that of amusing the saints by abusing the sinners. Vain Regrets of Life How many live out their alloted time without some vain regret? How many pages in the book of life show a grievous error? And how differ ently some of us might order our lives could we but call back the by gone days and live life o'er again. Here is a letter from the cashier of the STATE Bank of Milford. Mr. 8allldln did not neglect all his oppor tunities, but he still has some regrets, and his case is typical of many: Frederick 8. Johnson, President. Geo. E. Salladln, Cashier. THE NEBRASKA STATE BANK. MILFORD, Neb., Nov. 14, 1902. H. D. Neely; Manager, Equitable Life Assurance Society, Omaha, Neb, Dear Sir: I acknowledge receipt of check, $1,292.20, In full payment sur render value my ordinary life Tontine Policy maturing September 28th last. At the time thla policy was written I doubted somewhat the wisdom of the action, but now my greatest regret la that It Is not two or three times larger. It Is a matter that speaks well for your own business stability and like wise for the good management of the company that you took my applica tion in Beptember, 1S87. Fifteen years later r receive the surrender value of the policy, from, your hands. With best wlahea for your future success, 1 am very truly youra, GEO. E. SALLADIN. The "Strongest In the World" offers you today the opportunity of a life-' time. Don't neglect It ' Don't pave the way for vain regret. H. D. NEELY, rianager for Nebraska, Merchants Nat l Bank Bid;. OMAHA. GLASSES and GLASSES LEAVE NO DEFECT UNDISCOVERED. 213 South 16th St., Paxton Block.
