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14 THE OMAIIA DAILT 11EE: SUXPAT, JANUARY 11, 1003. Tim Omaha Sunday Her E. ROBE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERM OF SUBSCRIPTION. tally lut (without Sunday), On Year. MOO Imily Hr and Hunday, One Tear ! Ulustrsted H-r, one Year .) Hunday Hee, ore Year K.t'i But unlay He, One Year ...... l.W twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.W DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dairy Pee (without Sunday), per topy... Io lally He (without Sunday), per week.. lie Dally bee (Including Sunday), per week. 17c Sunday H, per ropy be Evening lire (without Sunday), per week tc Evening Hee (Including Sunday), per week 10o Complaints of Irregularltlea In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha-City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Btreeta. Council illufla lu Pearl Street. Chlraco 1H Unit HulMIn. hew York 2328 Park Row Uulldlng. Washington sol Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed itorial matter should be addrensed: Omaha Jbce, Editorial Department. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraaka, Dojglas County, ss.: Oeorge B. Taechuck, secretary of The Bee Publlahlng company, being duly sworn, tays that the actual number of full and com- ..!..... . . I TV- ri-lt.. X I a. IT.van. Ins and Sunday Bee printed during ths momn of December, iwi, was as louowe; i sa,sso 1 81, ISO 1 81.4T0 4 ai.ooo t 81,00 ai.sao 7 UH.OOO I 80,900 1 80,000 JO 8O.0BO u bo.ooo U 8O.BT0 U .30,0 tO 14 n,nso 15 80,810 u 8o,aio T7 ao.Kao jg so.uio 1 80.KHO w 91 . .3I4.70U I 22 80,ooo i H 8o,(WO nw,wiv 2i ao.stso it so.ftao J7 O,fT0 28 ,e)B n no, too 30 82.N2U SI ..8O.870 I Total 1)52,045 Less unsold and returned copies..,. 10,181 Net total sales , 4,444 Net average sales 30.4OJ GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my pieeence and sworn to before me this Wet day of December. A, D. 13. M. B. HL'NGATE, tUeal) Notary Public. Resurrection of the meat packers' merger may be expected at the first favorable opiwrtunlty. tSovernor Mickey's Inaugural Indicates that ho la a man who believes In talking little but saying much. Tt-xas has had Its oil craae, California and Wyoming still have theirs and Ne- braska cannot escape the epidemic. i i President Roosevelt's aerogram to King Edward Is entitled to atmospheric right of way and all ordinary aerograms enroute should take due notice. i. .j , The South Dakota capital la to be put on wheels, although navigation In and around Fierre will remain on snow shoes and In sleds for the next two I Independent coal operators, after forcing that by the time they shall have fol montha. I tDe trust operators to permit the abroga- lowed us we will be still further in ad- ? I Publicity does not hurt the national banks In their legitimate functions, and tha onblic will not belleva that publicity would hurt the trusts except to stop I abuses and repress evils. 1 1 ' New Year's- leaves do not very often atay turned. The anti-pass agreement whlcb was begun ten daya ago struck a nag before It had become a week old and now reposes quietly In the railroad archives. i iL I The school board committees have I been apportioned according to he orlg- lnal agreement without a scratch and the machinery In the fifth story of the clty hall will run smoothly for another year without further oiling. ii .' i j Governor Durbin of Indiana recom- mends to the legislature of the Iloosler state tha repeal of the law under which graveyard life insurance companies are operated. The governor Is evidently I not satisfied to let them die a natural death. 1 Not content with following In the steps I of men as politicians, three Denver women have taken to the manly art of highwaymen, or. rather, highway women, It is only fair to say, however, that thla Is no necessary part of the enfranchise- ment program. ' ' What would we say If American resl- dents In China were compelled to undergo description and Identification under tut Rertillon system as If they were all criminals? let that Is pre- Clsely what It Is now proposed to do I with every Chinaman In this country. I . Jf the 8t Louis exposition manage- nient want to take the shine completely out of the Chicago orlds fair, It ahould arrange at once to have the great Durbar repeated on the bauks of tho Mississippi in 1904. with all the par- tlclpatlng figures of the original, Includ- Ing viceroy and elephants. i a And now Council Bluffs will have an opportunity to partake of the benefits of Mr. Carnegie's free distribution of library buildings. Had Mr. Carnegie only started his work sooner the people of Omaha might have had their library building erected without voting a $100,- 000 UsiM of bonds to provide tho funds. 1 . jm The proposed profit sharing scheme of the Steel trust doea uot promise to be- come a howling success. Out of lrW.OoO on the payroll of the trust only 15.000, or 7 1-7 per cent, have signified their wllllngnesa to share profits by Investing la shares of stock. Manifestly tho men who labor for the trust are afraid of getting rich too suddenly. ar A measure bas been Introduced in con- tern of compulsory arbitration would suited general Imitovetisbment of the gress to submit a constitutional amend- work successfully, so strong Is the oppo- people, aud Secretary Root says the oc nient limiting tha amount of property sltlon to such a plan of both employers caalou for relief In the Phlllpplues is any Individual msy hold to 1 10,000.000. Unfortunately the proposition fixes only a maximum aad no minimum. If it la - eluded guaranty of a comfortable birthright for every person boni into tha land it would t assured of much water k'pularlt. cu&TLr Ltssaxsor jhk coal strike. I At the Hid of the twentieth week of tlip anthracite roal strike tlio following 1 estimate of the losses wan published: Loss to strikers In wage $2,300.0o0 Nonunion worker! SR0.OM) Employee other than miners 6,170.0001 Rallroads Id earnings "000 (H)0 r,g)on 14,800,000 I Business men outside of mining region 1,900,000 Lois to mines and machlnerr 6.G00.OOO Troops In field........ 1W.VVI inn ruA Coal and Iron police.. 1 400 000 1 Totsl $7R,:o,ooo Id addition to this, fully f--".""""" I was lost by mining oin-rators through the closlnf of the mines, but $UK.0,("0 Is a very small percentage of the actual losses Imposed upon the country at large and the amount extorted from coal con- sumers by tho conscienceless mining I trust and their allied combines. I That the anthracite strike bus given a tremendous Impetus -to socialism must be conceded on all hands, end it will I not be surprising if public ownership of I oul mines is to become one of the Issues 1 In the natlonnl campaign of 11)04. Within the past two weeks the trend of public sentiment lias been emphaslr-ed In nearly all tne population centers. In Chicago Mayor Harrison has pro- Ifllllnwxl Hint i-nnilltlnlia now nrevalllnflr I I emong tne poor or cincngo as a result i 0f tuo scarcity and high price of fuel j ..-, ,l,af rollof la crl-on I ,nv i, uupiauiv .a.,. . . . e"'" Immediately, and In addition to the police force the Stilvatlou Army has been enrolled for this work. In the city of Milwaukee the Federa- ton 0f Labor has declared In favor of the establishment of a municipal coal yard. I In Detroit a special session of the city couucll has voted that the banks lie asked for an emergency loan of $50,(XK) for the purchase of fuel to lie dlstrlb- uted to the poor. In the meantime the! prosecuting attorney Is Investigating the I alleged lllegnl acts of the Coal club, and I criminal prosecution of the coal dealers More than that, we have stood ready In the combine will be Instituted within at command to supply the most ap a few days. proved American machinery In all lines In t,,e lltv of Cleveland the disclosures of R combination among coal dealers ana tneir armtrary exactions nave raised a storm of Indignation, and, while the dealers declare that the people have lost a benefactor In forcing their association to disband, the public appears to bo will- ing to suffer all the consequences of the breaking up of the combine. At the national capital the congres- "lonal Investigation now In progress has disclosed a shameless degree of rapacity both among the wholesalers and retail- n In While absolute proof of conspiracy la still lacking, circumstan- Un evidence J untitles the belief that the tlon of contracts, are now dictating prices. The Independent operators are reaping the harvest and recouping them- selves for losses during the atrlke. I As a sequence to these disclosures I congress" will In all probability in the Immediate future be compelled to grap- plo earnestly with the trusts and the legislatures of the various states will doubtless feel constrained also to enact drastic laws against trade combinations, mursrLVAHiA'S obligation. The state of Pennsylvania baa an ob- Ugatlon to the couutry which its leglsla- M"1. now In session, should not Ignore, This Is to provide against a recurrence of such a calamitous conflict as the anthracite coal strike, it may be ad- mltted that It Is not an easy problem, but it cannot be conceded that It Is one which the people of that commonwealth, through their representatives, are inca- Pl" of dealing with and it is the gen- expectation that the legislature will grapple with the question earnestly and intelligently. In his message to the legislature Gov- ernor Stone says that the Industrial dls- turbances of last year cost the ajate not leas than a million dollars and nearly all of this' was on account of the coal strike. That conflict called iuto service almost the entire militia of the state, necessitating a large outlay from the public treasury. This, however, Is lm- material In comparison with the loss and Injury to the great body of anthra- cite consumers from the strike and it Is this which should especially Impress Itself upou the Pennsylvania legislature, The people of that state will not se- rlously feel the expenditure of a million I dollars for the preservation of peace 1 and order, but the many who are suffer- Ing because of an inadequate supply of coal or for the reason that the price Is more than they can pay, are hoping that the legislature of Pennsylvania will find a way to prevent another such ca- lainlty to the country, , The message of the ex-govemor ree- ommends a compulsory arbitration law for the settlement of difficulties between I employer and employe. It says that such a law Is entirely constitutional and feasible from a police standpoint look- Ing upou strikes as Injurious to the public, harmful to society and destruc- tlve to life and proirty. "Wo should recognise strikes," declares tho message, I "as existing evils and as dangerous to the public good, and while mindful of I the rights of both employer and eni - ploye, adjust them from a higher stnd- point, namely, for the good of society, the preservation of tho public pea.e I and of life and property. Without crlti - I cluing employer or employes, without I blaming either, we should so legislate as to prevent the recurrence of these disturbances." This Is In the right I spirit, but it Is doubtful whether a sys - aud employes. The fact that the system has been found to work well In New 1 Zealand, for Instance, doea not prove that It would lie equally successful here, At all events, Pennsylvania owea a I duty to the country In this matter which llts legislators should glva earnest atten - tlon to and if they will do thin It 1 not to te doubted tbut a wsy can le found 10 prevent such a contest between labor land capital an the anthracite coal atrlke. T714 AMCHICA X AT. tn 0D Interesting- reixrt on the ol- servatlous of the Mosely commission of woramifinea uuim iuhi icttul tonr of American industrial centers one 0f tne accompanying members of the -.i,. attention In the Outlook to . ! . . 1 Y, tUn M.lna. urin mTMiuum uj iuc niiuuj- nesa of all tne larjre manmacMinng in- Utltutlons visited to admit the Inquisitive strangers without question or reserve. in only one case, It Is noted, was per- mission refused to Inspect a factory. "if similar body of Americana," the writer deelures, "had gone on a like quest through Jrent Britain or the con tlnent, I don't think everything would have bren thrown open to them as It was done here. It speaks volumes for the supreme confidence of Americans in themselves that they took the attitude expressed by one of them to me In the words, 'See all you like and welcome, and beat us If you can.' " To us, because this has been the American way Invariably from the days of the steamboat and tho cotton gin, the freedom of our Industrial establlsh- monta tn all mho bairn a nlaiialt.lo ran " .... ".-. ..... son ror wisning to investigate them Is taken as such a matter of course that It - ,1... t I. ii iivfc riru aiuaii UB6iiii anvil tlon. The American manufacturer has realized that In these days of science and invention the ordinary trade se- crets and special methods of operation cannot be kept secret If the effort were niado and that no adequate gain Is to le hnd from any such policy of exclu- slon. Quite the contrary, we as a rule take selfish pride In the modern and up-to-date Installations we have In our manufacturing establishments and rejoice in having visitors remark upon the advance we have made upon com- pet I tors, both at home and abroad of industry In response to every requlsi tlon made for It abroad until American made mechanical devices can be found In all parts of the world. In other words, the American way Involves willingness to let every country start equal In the race for trade supremacy and depend upon the efficiency of Amerl can labor aud the superior alertness of American genius and skill to keep American Industry In the forefront Our willingness to permit Inspection of our factories by bodies like the Mosely commission is founded on the conviction that we are In most respects ahead of our European competitors and vaace of them. muiORATloa commission. The National German-American alll once has proposed the creation of an lm partial commission to study the imnit gratlon question before there Is any new legislation on the subject. The Phllu- delphia Record commends the Idea, re- marking that not only should such a commission be created, but It should be made permanent In New York for the protection of deserving Immigrants from wrongful deportation. That paper says there Is no such protection at present and that Immigrants are deported by the arbitrary decree of the officials be- fore their friends can have an oppor- tunlty of interceding iu their behalf, It charges that "hardly a day passes In which cuses of great Injustice and in humanity do not arise through wanton exercise of authority stimulated by prejudices of nativlsiu toward all for- elgners. This is a pretty serious charge, and, If well founded, as doubtless It Is, calls for Investigation bv the authorities at Washington. It was expected when changes were made of Immigration offl clals that conditions would be improved and that the faults and abuses which caused so much complaint during the Powderly administration would be done away with. It appears from the state nieut of the Record, however, that such Is not the case, or at any rate that there are still some abuses, showing that the spirit which actuated the former ofll clals Is still active. This Is a reproach to the government and the Washington authorities should look Into the matter and summarily end the injustice and Inhumanity which are aald to be of al niost daily occurrence. It is very prob- able that a properly constituted couimls I slon would prove useful, though it ought to be possible to fiud men for Immigra tlon otdclals who will faithfully execute tha laws without dealing unjustly with Immigrants. As to proposed new legls J la tlon, it is unlikely that anything Mill be done at the present session of con I gress. DISTHMSS is THK PMLtrPtsts, Undoubtedly cougress will appropriate the money for the relief of the distress In the Philippines, ai recommeuded by the president and secretary of war. Ac I cording to the statement of Secretary I Root there is an exceedingly bad condl tlon of affair In the Inlands. Ninety 1 ler cent of the draft animals died from rinderpest, the rice crop, upon whlc I the people mainly rely for subsistence. I was a failure the past season, then the 1 decline In silver operated agalust busl I neta aud reduced the revenues of the I Insular government so that It has been able to do but little for the relief of the people 1 From all these afflictions there has re greater than It was In Cuba when cor. gress appropriated $3.(JO0,0U0 for the I payment of the Culan soldiers, or than lit wss In Porto Rico when hundreds of thousands of dollars were contributed I by tho people of the United States and mor tha a a mllllou dollar paid out of the natlonsl treasury for the relief of be sufferers from the hurricane In 1S!. Of course the' duty of congress In the matter Is plalu. Provision must be made for the Filipino people in their present misfortune aud the only question Is as to whether the amount proposed to be pproprlnted, $.1,000.0(W, will be suffi cient. Assuming that the conditions are s bad as represented, It Is more than likely that double the amount asked for will be required to give adequate relief. The fact appears to be that there has been too long delay In meeting the Phil ippine situation, which has been serious for months and of course has been growing steadily worse. It has now reached a polut that calls for prompt action and It Is to be presumed that there will be no opposition to this. After relief has been provided there should be no unnecessary delay In providing n remedy for the currency conditions In the archipelago, for It Is certain there can be no recovery In business until there Is a change in the monetary situ ation. PHOTA-CTJAG THK PUBLIC. Governor Odell of New York, In his message to the legislature, recommends legislation for the protection of the pub lic from injury through conflicts be tween labor and capital. The governor says that under our system of govern ment both capital and labor are entitled to equal protection and from both should be exacted the same-respect for law and authority. He expresses the opinion that wherever the necessaries of life are Involved in dispute between em ployer 'and employe, power should be conferred upon those affected to apply to the courts for relief, and no power should be possessed by either capital or labor to deprive the people of that which is necessary to their welfare, but ample authority should be lodged in the Judiciary to enforce properly Its man dates and that such disputes, whenever they arise, should not be permitted to In terfere with those rights which are paramount and necessary for the well being of the people. Unquestlonobly there are a greot many who will concur with the governor of New York In the view thot the people, who may be Injured by labor disturb ances that Interfere wtth'the production of necessaries of life, ought to have the power to secure relief. It Is manifestly, however, very difficult to determine: how such power should be conferred. Much suffering might have been averted If the people of Pennsylvania could have in terposed between the anthracite coal operators and the miners and compelled them to settle their differences without contest. There is, however, a very strong sentiment In this country hostile to any policy of a coercive or compulsory character In regard to labor disputes. Men who feel that the third party the public should have proper considers tlon, which under present conditions it does not get from either capital or labor, at the same time doubt if any power con sistent with our institutions can be con ferred upon the people that would effect ively protect them against being de prived by labor disturbances of what is necessary to their well being. The chief argument of the opposition to com puUory arbitration Is that It Is unanierl can and It Is antagonized with practical unanimity both by employers and by organised labor. The question of protecting the people wherever the necessaries of life are in volved In dispute between employer and employe is, however, one that calls for earnest consideration. "Organized cap ital and organized labor alike," said President Roosevelt, "should remember that la the long run the Interest of each must be brought Into harmony with the Interest of the general public, and the conduct of each must conform to the fundamental rules of obedience to the law, of Individual freedom and of jus tice and fair dealing toward all." If capital and labor could be induced to take this sound view of their interests and of their relations and obligations to the public there would be no need of such legislation as Governor Odell rec ommends. In the flood of bills that will deluge the legislature during the present week a score of bills to create a board of pardons may confidently be looked for. This is perfectly natural. A flagrant abuse of power Is always sure to be fol lowed by an epidemic of nostrums and sure-cure remedies. By the time the board of pardons bills have been fully discussed the legislature will discover that the constitution vests the pardoning power exclusively In the governor, under such restrictions and limitations as to the niode of sppllcatlon for pardon the law may provide. The discreet exer cise of the pardoning power therefore depends entirely upon the good sense and Integrity of the governor. The board of pardons may advise the gov ernor, but it cannot exercise the par doning power. A reckless or vena governor can override its advice and take bis chances of being impeached. That was exactly what the last gov ernor did when he pardoned Hartley in defiance of the popular disapproval of the parole, as expressed through the republican state convention. Moral: Elect honest governors. Iu hla acceptance of the caucus nomi nation that is the prelude to his election as I'nlted States aeualor, ex-Governor William J. Stone of Missouri asserted that while be was opposed to the reten tion by the I'nlted States of possessions In the Orleut he was in favor of exian slon by the acquisition of contiguous territory. This must bo taken to mean that he would have this government re linquish all its rights of sovereignty In the Thtlipplues and acquire sovereign rights over Cuba by anuexatlou. As Mr. Stone may be exacted to rank among the leaders of the democratic porty iu shaping its posltlou In nattoual affairs, his remarks may be taken aa a straw pointing the direction In which one ele ment would nluie the democratic policy. In that case the democratic pnqiosltion will be to treat the Philippines the same as Cuba and then to treat Cuba the same as the Philippines had been before tho change. The persistent tendency of trusts to destroy competition by benevolent as similation or forcible destruction Is Illus trated by the attempt of the bllllmard trust to monoHillze the bill posting busi ness in Chicago. A damage suit for .-0,000 brought In the Illinois courts discloses the fact that a oomietlng con cern to the trust was first Invited to sell out, and, refusing to do so, was forcibly driven out by the destruction of its billbourdR. Has a Kick roinlnar. Chicago Tribune. If we Judge the Missouri mule aright that sagacious animal will not abate one aw-he- haw-he or omit one lone kick by reason of any Judicial decision defining its status. Let the judges keep their distance. That ts all the mule asks of them. Marvelous Prores In Hawaii. Cleveland Leader. No wonder the Hawallans are pleased by the completion of the cable connecting their Islands with the United States. When it Is remembered that they were a race of savages leas than a cntury ago the prog ress of those people toward civilization is truly marvelous. Prosperity la the Colleges. New York Times. ' The year books of American universities and colleges show Impressive figures of In crease In the lists of professors, tutors and instructors of every grade, and the enlist ments In the ranks of the pupils have been swollen to highly encouraging totals. The big armies of bachelors of arts, of phlloso- j phy and of science are augmented every year with huge accessions, while the lists of trained 'lawyers, doctors and preachers throughout the country are expanding an nually with a truly aniaijng growth. Slow (irowlh of Proflt Sharing. Springfield Republican. It does not appear that the profit-sharing or Btock-dlstrlbuttng plan of the Illinois Central railroad has been particularly suc cessful. In other words. It Is not being availed of generally by employes. It was Instituted In 1893, and in 1898 only 750 employes had taken stock, and then only to the extent of 2,500 shares altogether, or an average of a little over three shares per man. Since 1898 the annual report of the road bas ceased eaylng anything about the experiment, which would indi cate that stock purchases by employes have not been increasing greatly. WONDERS mOMISHD KOIl 1903. New Elements of Progress In the Cru cible of Development. Baltimore American. The present year promises to be quite as remarkable as its predecessor in a number of directions. Marconi has begun the necessary work for a transcontinental wireless line of .telegraph. Winnipeg Is to be the halfway station, and experts have gone beyond that point to lay out the bal ance of the route. When the coast of Brit ish Columbia is reached this wonderful necromancer will have the choice of several countries on the other side of the water, but be is likely to select Siberia as offering the fewest difficulties. When that polut has been gained there will be no difficul ties except those Interposed by the Russian government, and the world will be prac tically girdled. At the present rate of progression this should occur long before the end of 1903. Each new venture is. apt to be carried out more rapidly than its predecessor because of the increased ex perience and confidence. But other wonders are promised for 1903. Santos-Dumont has Just made public the Information that he la building an airship In Paris to carry passengers. It Is to ho'.d twelve passengers and a crew of two, and he says that as soon as he can train enough aeronauts he will build more. Ht says the airship is an established Institu tion, and that there will be plenty of them flying about in a short while In fact, he compares them to automobiles. It will not do to laugh at this, because not only he, but three or four more have successfully experimented with Dying machines of that pattern. The advocates of the aeroplane are not wise In asserting the Impracticability of the Dumont machine. If they were able to show a single success by their own method, or If they could explain the latter consistently with the laws of science, there might be some palliation for their sweep ing criticism, but to say something cannot be done when It bas already been done doxens of times is undignified. Prof. Bell says he has made a wonderful discovery, but the public will continue to be skep tical about flying on kites until an object leesoh baa been given. In medicine it la believed that there will be during the year a realization of assets that the Immense number of valu able experiments will be crystailzed Into principles which will be practically ap plied for the relief of disease and suffering. SE I LAH SHOT9 AT THIS PI LPIT. Brooklyn Eagle: Were preachers to out rank organists in churches and should ser mons outclass singing, life would not be come unendurable, and reverence and worship and moral stimulation might bs more than they are now. Indianapolis Journal: Of the $20,000,000 raised by the Methodists of the country for the Twentieth century fund of their church one-tweaty-flfth, it Is said, haa been given by Methodist ministers' sons. This will make It necessary to modify the traditional Ill-repute In which ministers' sons as a class have been held. Boston Globe: A Baptist minister told a lot of brother ministers in New York re cently that it was notorious that extempore prayer is the weakest point In modern religious services. In everything else re lating to the service of the church, he said, the tendency baa been upward, but prayer has greatly deteriorated. Perhaps more prayers would be answered If prayers gen erally were more convincing. New York World: A Philadelphia preacher makes the charge that young women "drink and gamble." Of course they do some of them; equally, of course; most of them do not. If the clergyman it "Judging by sample" he should be mora fastidious In his associates. In any caae, no reform is helped by reckless overstate ment or by wholesale libel of tha more se date sex. Cincinnati Enquirer: It Is announced that "a London preacher will try the plaa of holding services in darkened church ao that the women's minds will not be drawn from the sermon by the study of bounets." Newspapers are printed nowa days nut so much to make public opinion aa to molt a popular demand, and those who take pleasure In believing everything they see in print have that great privilege. It the story about the London preacher is true, the Enquirer suggests that he should avail himself of modern Improvements in electrUal appliances and provide for an occasional sudden flashlight, so that he may know what Is going on la the coagrega-tloa. NEBRASKA STANDS BY HER OWN nusineeps in force Dec. 31, 1902. $5(234,500 Xew business in 1902 2,3 3 2,75 0 Set gain iu business for 1902.... 1,813,000 THE BANKERS RESERVE LIFE Invites the attention of Xebraskaus to the fig ures taken from its books contained in the three foregoing lines, and advises every man aud woman in Nebraska, interesteed in the up building of this state, to keep an eye on these columns for the next two weeks. Next week the Bankers Reserve Life Association will publish here its financial statement for the year 1902. The week following will appear the annual report to the stockholders, prepared by- BLASTS FROM RAM'S IIOR.V. Any fool can find faults; tha wise man discovers virtues The memory of blessings furnishes a rem edy for the blues. Every vloe thickens the veil between our selves and virtue. Doctrines found by dissection necessitate the death of truth. The gospel in life will save the world where the gospel in literature would fall. When you see sin ripening in your neigh bor's garden look out for the seeds in your own. The beauty of our lives depends on the clearness with which God can shine through them. Ha who keeps the powder of passion in his heart roust not be surprised it there Is an explosion. Only the short-sighted egotist Is capable of mistaking his little chip for the whole mountain of truth. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Andrew Carniegie gave away about $11, 000,000 last year and starts the new year with a donation of ,1,500,000 to Philadel phia for branch libraries. Here's hoping Andy will not die poor. Down in New York they discovered a woman disguised as a man who had been married for ten years to one of her own sex. Strange to say they lived happily until the disguise was penetrated. Chicago girls are several laps ahead of tbelr St. Louis sisters. One of them rode the elephant at the durbar. But St. Louis girls will hump themselves when the camels parade the streets of Cairo. -According to an authority in such things Missouri maintains Its lead In the industry of train hold-ups, scoring twenty-three last year. Thus Is the memory of eminent Mis sourians cherished and perpetuated. ' Boston proposes to' biild a public forum on Hz Common, where all sorts of mouth organs dm; get Into action. In view of the scarcity of coal Boston shows great wis dom In utilising i a superabundance of hot air. In one branch of municipal statesman ship New York aldermen reach an altitude tbolr brethren in "the provinces" cannot hope to attain. One of the members tied 1,000 matrimonial knots last year and never missed a smack. A bunch o! sheriffs In Maine recently held a Joint convention and served notice on adjacent saloons to cough up or shut up. Subsequent sessions of the convention became a practical demonstration of the Ir rigation movement. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, famous for its bom bardment of commissary departments, is about to test its skill on Lord Roberts and his staff, who are expected next September. With admirable patriotism the Ancients leave American soldiers off th?lr lists and reserve their indigestion for the foreigner. Major Church Howe, formerly from "the state of Nemaha," now American consul at Sheffield, England, recently attended a speakingfest of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce. In what a Sheffield paper pro nounces "a remarkable speech, which every workman and employer should carefully read," Mr. Howe said the English were the unwlsest people on earth when they threw tbelr trade doors wide open and "let other send In anything they wanted, from a rat skin to an elephant, without any duty on it. What you want is not protection for your selves, but as a weapon wherewith to tight protection in other countries." I This Week's Values Special in Our Children's Department ; Notwithstanding the superior qualities of our clothing ifs not high priced as the following description will prove. 50 Per Cent Discount Boys's Reefers 3 to 16 years $1.73 to $3.73, regular price, $3.50, $7.50. Child's Wool Kilt Suits- 2, 2 and U years, $1.25, $1.73, $2.50 and $3.50 qualities. Vestce Suits 3 to 6 years are now just half price. And our :5 PER CENT DISCOUNT SALE on Boys' Blouse Suits, Boys' and Child's Suits and Boys' and Child's Overcoats continues with unabated success. Early purchasers will meet with just reward. No Clothing Fits Like Ours There are a few more of those Boys' $1.00 and 75c Shirts at 25c. Also soma of ths Winter Gloves and wVn,ts at 2ic. All broken lines are placed on separata tables and are greatly reduced In price to close out quickly. R. S. WILCOX, Manager. STORK CLOSES AT t P. M. SATURDAY. B. H. ROBISON, President. DOMESTIC PI.RASAXTR1ES. Judaje What Is your age, rr.adflm? Witness I'm at leant five yenre younger then the mlghbors think me. Philadelphia Press. Ethel My husband was awfully hard up when he married me. Maud lie mu8t have been. New York Times. "Pn did you ever have any halcyon days?' "oh, yes; lots of them," Mr. Hrnpeck replied, looking: cautiously around. "I didn't get married unill 1 was nearly 30 years old." Chicago Kecord-Herald. "Hlgsby has a very artificial way of talk ing." "And yet he Is an exponent of natural gas." CJovelund Plain Dealer. Mrs. Wayback Such a man as you don't deserve to have a wife. Mr. Wavback Exactly. M'rla. I've won dered for years what I have ever done to deserve this. I-eslle's Weekly. "I understand she's an artist." "An artist! Why, that doesn't begin to describe her. She s a gonitis. You ought to see the way she can make over a last year's gown or hat." Chicago Post, Pearl Did you hear about the awful fright Oeorge got on his wedding day? Maude Yes; I was there; I saw her. Brooklyn Engle. "Do you believe In the equality of the sexes?" "Yes, I do. Hut I wouldn't like my wife to know It." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "t mended a hole In your trousers pocket last night after you had gone to bed John, dear. Now, urn I not a thoughtful little wife?" Husband (dubiously! We.ll-er-er-ye-es, you are thoughtful enough, my dear. But how the mischief did you discover that thero was a bole In my pocket? New York Sun. FOR ALL OF MB. J. P. Folaom In the Independent The king can keep his crown, The plutocrat his gold. For all of me; I have no ilRh to own. No tint I shape to hold Their Jewelry. Let them,' by their pale light, Dwell sober-minded, Just That pleases me; I grudge no vested right. No unearned pelf I lust, Enviously. I claim the widest range For peace, for thought, for breath; For mine and me; I force no undue chnnge. But live secure 'twlxt death And liberty. The men of discontent. Who patch the world outside, Have naught in me; I fn'n would sew the rent, " Within, that It might bide Eternally. The king can keep his crown, The plutocrat his gold, For all of me; For when mankind has grown Into the Master's mold ' They'll cease to be. Huteson Fits Eyes' Hutason Grinds Lenses Huteson the Best Optician CONSULT inn, 213 South 16th St. Paxton Block. 50 Per Cent Discount
