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Tiie Omaiia Sunday Per E. P.08EWATF.R, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS or subscription. 'Bs!!' i&an" niustrateu im, one ear " i Sunday Bee. One Ir f ?? (attiroay Bee, On Year Twentieth Century Farmer. One Tear i DELIVERED BT CARRIER. tatljr Bee (without Sunday), per copy.... Ic iDarty Bee (without Sunday!, per week.. .120 ially Bee (including Sunday), per week. .170 Sunday Bee. per copy 60 Evening Bee (without Bunday), per week Kvenlng Bee (Including Sunday), per er week to I'T Complaint of Irregularities In delivery should b addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omane-Clty Hall Building. Twenty-fifth and M Street. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 14 Unity Building. New York a Park Row Building. Washlngton-401 Fourteenth Btreet. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed Be'EdTtoVia'i &lrttnn"t?dr"M"S mmb remittances. I Remit by draft. epreas or postal order. payable to The Bee ruoiisning iompnj. i Only J-cent etamp accepted In payment o t mall account. Feraonai cnecaa, eci. u.i i Omaha or eaatern exchange, not Bccepieu. THE bee FUBLiBninv uuMrAnx. - i statement or CIRCULATION. ist of Nebraeka. Douglas County, , ss. s . nellr and the conservatives rallying to ,B,ntlve actlon bv the U8 of corrupt ln Oeorv B. Tsachuch. eecretary of Tn Be i ..... . r I ., .t ..ii... Publishing company, being duly eworn. aays that the actual number of full ana eonip,. coniea oi in ueiiy, aoru-ni -"w Tw I Sunday Be printed ounn m mnn. " January, uug. waa as louow.. miim it wmkw I '.'.!!'.'.!'.!'.!!.!8050 i W1? t ao.Tao M4HS t SO.BOO 80.B9O 7 BO.BM 1 80,400 ( 80.4HO id aoiao 11 M.TSO II 80.BB0 11 SO,SOO 14 80,400 IS 80.0TO II 8O.4T0 Total " -"'.r: 30 aB.OU.OW I 91 81.000 a. S3. .80.440 M 80.BT0 " 222X2 a.'.".,... 8O.B30 80 SO.BTO n 80,1 041,43 Lcm unsold and returned copies.... Net total sales ai.eoT Nat average sale -.,whs .nS wor 'to befor m this list day of January, a. V. I !" . "ur,u? '.f I (Seal.) . Notary ruuuc. i These automobile shows seem now to J be all the go. - In all these pay Increases for railway men, th sleeping car porter seems to hate been negligently overlooked. . I If th coal dealers were up t snuff they would Import aome of that 68 de- greea below aero weather from Dawson City. Bradstreet'B report that labor Is scarce In the lumber campa might have added also that lumber Is scarce In the labor camps. Mr. Rockefeller explains that when he declared the anti-trust bill must not In i Pickwickian sense. Of coarse the raising of that peace ful blockade la intended simply to prove to Venezuela, that the Intentions of the powers are still peaceful. ... : ,... ma mm ib ox m, ji on i ... J raTbpu7g bar. been expecung remiuances ou i Ize, The coal etrike arbitrators could learn I a thing or two In the way of expediting Business by copying after the arbt- .. J run.. inK nHnW Btrlke- It looka aa If the Mormon question Aitla T.re tA he threshed over In con- gress every time a new senator or rep- resentatlve from Utah presents his I credentials. Another spasm 'of pretended Indigna tion Is duo from the first families of -the south over the musicals given In the White House at which coon songs had a Dromlnent place on the program, - a Th announcement la going the rounds that a Pittsburg firm has re- cently taken a single order for 7,200.000 quart bottles to be delivered this year. I pint at a time used to be the usual qusnwiy cmrneu .u w. I The assurance of Mr. Balfour that the I lrnnv .Wtrln haa no enemies in I Great Britain will be received with thanks, but tsken for what It is worth. The best assurance of the Integrity of the Monroe doctrine Is the readiness of . . 4 , . ,j. .., .I, Violators. French scientists are claiming to have demonstrated by their experiments that silk can be produced in any color with- , out being dyed by feeding the silk worms with materials of corresponding shade. The next thing we will have will be colored Eastt r eggs laid to order by hens dieted upon mixed paints. We note that the scheme for the fed-1 eratlon of church workers set In mo- tlon at the Christian church convention held lu Omaha last October Is being r.dopted In other states, tho cburihes of California having recently organized along these lines. The very fact that the plan Is being favorably received and acted upon attests Its merit and If it proves to be entirely successful the credit for having originated the scheme should redound to Nebraska's benefit. Our prohibition friends have been very quiet on the subject of the repeal! sf constitutional prohibition by Ver - mont after a half century of expert - tuent and experience with It. It will be remembered that when Nebraska waa In the throes of Its prohibition I pletly every two years. This Is today campaign, Vermont was held up aa althe real guaranty of senatorial con - paragon of temperance, where prohibi tion was held to as the only true solu tion of the liquor problem. But that was twenty year ago and many change take plies in twenty years. AFTtH PVBLirtTT SCPKRVISIOX. The loltlfll movement for the repree-1 slon of trusts was taken ten years ago by the legislature of Minnesota In the shape of resolutions directing the gov- .rnnr of that ttate to call a national the trust menace ftnj devise measures Tor the regulation ..... I or suppression of the trusts. in compliance wun inese resoiuuons i i - Governor Knute Nelson. Dow United States senator. Issued a call to the various states to appoint delegates to meet In national convention at Chl- CBgO, June 0, 13. From Uie OUtSet there was a sharp cleavage between the extremists under the leadership of General Weaver, Ignatius Donnelly and Henry D. Lloyd, who advocated the abolition of nil corporations, and the conservative element led by Gov- ernor Nelson and Congressman Taw- nev. who recoenlzod In the trusts a I natural outgrowth of Industrial evolu- tlon that called for regulation and re- tk .- iii..i I'n-nniuu imun unu uimut iruiuuu. Th . t . i,,ti- atrenirth came in - - ..." . I tne contest over tne chairmansnip or u. ... , i i,ii7 luuiiuiivrc ju irsuiuL iruBi iuc uc I structionlsts supporting Ignatius Don- tne support Of the editor of The Bee, , - I culminated In the adoDtlon of reaolu- .w. iiuu rxurcBDive ui iiie conseusus oil opinion aa to the most rational method of dealing with th tmsta. - " " Tlie resolutions favored the onrflninfl- tjon of a. nntlnnAl untl-tniaf ion truA. I the repression of the dangerous ten- dencles of the trust system through publicity and supervision. As the first step In this direction an appeal was mDni, . tK. . I . .. . u . w wub.co inn ticauuu ui ai bureau, whose head should be clothed . . . . with substantially the same power in I the supervision of corporations en- eased In Interstate commerce, iha exercised by the comptroller of the cur- renry over the national banks. ,., . I Aiiuuugii tuere nas Deen an unprece- dented Increase in the number of cor- porate combinations within the past ten years, and while several of the trusts organized within the past decade have assumed gigantic proportions, nearlv all the men who have graonled with the trust problem concur In the onlnlon that nnhiipitv ani cri-i a - cuirvi ? initUi no I recommended by the first national antl- trust convention, will afford relief from the worst evils and abuses Incident to the centralized capitalization and In- dustrial combination. This was the view held bv President Roosevelt fl. now formulated Into law by con- gress. and it may be confidently ex- pected that under tlie searchlight of publicity the most dangerous practices of the trusts, stock watering and flctl- But publicity to be effective must he supplemented by supervision It l not merely, essential for the public i.'iy tnai tne widest publicity be given to the capitalization of the tmat. and their financial Derations hut authority must be vested In mm. a, Dartment of th nrrmm, n . halt upon every trust that seek, tn t fra.,.' government against fraudulent capitalization and wildcat flnanrlfr. a w ... I tasic win necessarily have i i .. . . I " "c ""i-u upon tne nead or one of lu m me new department of commerce. Much wUl doubtless d. Pend upon the character and capacity or tne man entniato1 trlih ,!. , --.... . " 1 1 .1 iuib Klt-Ull responsibility. m this respect, how- ever, the chief of Publicity and n.r. vision will not differ materially from the head of any other Important bureau or branch of government where hon esty and competency are prerequisites. rmroLors ubjkctioss. In explanation of the only vote cast in the Illinois state senate against the resolution calling on congress to sum- mon a national constitutional conven- tlon to propose an amendment to the federal rnnatlrutlnn nmtrMinir fnr i,l" election of United States senators by direct vote of the people, the following statement was offered: I am onno.ed to the Drlnclole contained In this resolution, because It takes away I the guaranty of conservative, careful poncy m iub congreea oi tne unuea States. The house of representatives MnHaanti mim nmna.lv , K I rant nterets of ths people the interests of agriculturists, of mechanics and of laborer. The United States aenate I not only represents these Interests also I I m.rchanta and manufacturers. Whr ahould the agriculturist or the mechanic or the I laborer have his houie and not the mer- chant or manufacturer havs his? if tho request In this resolution is granted state conventions will propose candidates who , j,. electe(1 Dy pluralities instead of by I majorities. If these frivolous objections contain the whole argument against the demand I for direct popular election of senators, the only wonder Is that a single vote should be recorded against It In any legislative body except the senate of the I United States Itself. I In the first place, the plea that the guaranty of a conservative, careful I nollev on the part of congress ran be I preserved only by maintaining the I present character and composition of the senate has no substantial founds- tlon. As much radical or experimental I legislation originates In the senate aal I In the house and the brakes are as often applied In the one end of the capltol as in the other. The retention of the longer term and subdivisions 1 holding over, so as to make a perma - 1 nent bod v. would retain for the senate! I all the stability It now enjoys, as com - I pared with the house, changing com - servatlsm rather than the method of circuitous election. The frank admission that the lower bouse of congress represents more properly the direct interests of the people, while the senate represents not only these, but also the Interests of capital In addition, ought to be one of the most powerful arguments In favor of the proposed change. If the house represents the Interests of all the peo- pie. why should the capitalistic class ue emitted 10 a second ana special rvp , tt-i ... resentatlon In the senate? Vt hy Should apuai unm au u"' branch or the legislature wun laoor and then exclude labor from an equal voice with It In the other? Does this not give the whole case away that the Brume ' Heroine me lnirnj, n 'ere. of the great corporate powers nd merger magnates and that they can maintain a sure grip upon it only manipulating legislatures to choose npr creatures as senators who could never secure the popular endorsement o' direct election at the polls? The suggestion that the election of sen- "tors by direct vote of the people would ,u lu i"un"" ' tBU uTe -"e weleht with thinking neonle. TTniler - - - - --- tne present system, senators often rep- - ,. i,u. ,,,, , , 1 ur.ii j.iinai hm. but merely a small mlnorltv of v corporation captains, wno dictate leg " rA-uuuuie of colossal sums of money. These fnc- , . . , . . . , l",0"J,"l,uiruue,"lu couveu tlons. hut thev would hnva emalW mnm ' for P1' and the common people with unpurchasable votes would have the 11 . ... "uni uu "iivory unuiuaw ot & single TQIld reason tins yet been advanced anywhere aimlnst an amendment of the constitution that do nwaf wltn ,he "notorial dead- ,ock8 and "candala in which so many or our 'PRis'itures have been Involved DEIiAVCHlnO THE PBKSS. - .1. A wne ieaiure or uie receuuy uncotei correspondence bv which tne raiiroaa obby at Lincoln endeavored to per suade the editors or country newspa P"s to Insert made-to-order articles Justifying railroad tax shirking in their A,i. ll 1r,a nrnn.loo nt nil. c"ll"1K" """"" , meat of any bill of expense tney mignt render, calls for further emphasis. It 18 tne insidious attempt to poison un public mind by corrupting tne wen springs of public opinion Several of the publishers who con: piled vv'th the requisition from railroad hcudouarters have endeavored to rx- I,,flln tl,e,r act'on by asserting1 that they have advertising space to sell and that ,n Printing the misleading appeals for tax exemption for the railroads they were simply selling their wares to a purchaser willing to pay the price. There Is a distinction as well as a dif 'ereuce, however, between selling ad vertlslng space to the railroads and sell ln& edltr'al opinions to the railroad lobby. w,th the different railroads of Nebraska 0Dd If H were Intended to have articles Prepared by the tax agents inserted as mltted lu the usual order with lnstruc t,ons to charge to the railroad account, what the lobby chiefs sought to do in offering matter to be Inserted In the UdltorIal columns at the editor's prl the tj of the paper rather than space In the paper. Tne nelnousness of such debauchery f 4 Via tnna inn Vfk nnlw wntntAltnni1ar1 t n-lmn Ita dlunatrniia pnnunniwnppi nre " ; ' duty to the Pub,lf"' hose betrayal caD no more bo JU8tlfled tlian tne urnujcij ui n. Buiuii-i in lutr uriu. i editorial opinions are to be bougnt add BOla every iKjweriui .merest w.iu ful1 'ould command the en tire press of the country and .the wrongs of the people cry In vain for a champion. , ' In principle, offering money to 8n ed Itor to distort pub'le onluion for the purpose of Influencing the legislator to betray the Interests of his constituents '" no d'erent rrom offering the i"gis lutor tDe money outright to support the . . ..... .. Interests of the corporate bribe givers against those of the people he Is elected to represent. In its essence, pay mjc tne editor to fabricate Justifications for dishonest lawmakers Is no different from paying venal lawmakers to be dls honest. That the men who hire themselves out to engage as lobbyists In corruption work for the big railroad , corporations Bllould in their depravity seek to da baucb the press an well as the leglsla ture is not surprising. But we mistake the character and the caliber of the ed Itors of Nebraska newspapers If their effort prove successful. THK KLUISS BILL, The passage by the bouse of repre sentatives of the Elklns bill, which sup plerocnts the Interstate commerce law and will render that act more effective Is an advance in anti trust legislation' of I very great importance. There are some I who are not quite satisfied that this legislation will be adequate for the pur pose of regulating and controlling the combinations. They assert that the publicity it provides for is not suffl cient. But that Is a matter to be de- trrmlned by the application of the law I Objection In advance of that Is uot to be very seriously considered. Meanwhile It Is interesting to know I that the Elklns bill Is most favorably regarded by the Interstate Commerce commission. It Is viewed by that body aa very materially strengthening' the present law and there Is no question thit such Is the case. Tlie present law lbas been shown to be inadequate for the purpose it was intended to subserve 1 Everybody knowa that to be the fact (The railroads hsve persistently dlsre I garded and defied the law as we now 1 have It and there is every reason to be- lieve they will continue to do so unless I there Is additional legislation restrain ling them. This is supplied by the Y I kins b.ll, which not only prohibits re- I bates on the part of tho railroads, but also provides for the punishment of those who accept rebates. Thus under this law It Is madi a criminal offense for persons to ask and accept a rebate, so that not only the common carrier but the manufacturer or merchant can be held under the law for accepting a dis crimination In freight rates. The Justice and fairness of this prin ciple we thlnk.no one will question. It alms to establish absolute equality be tween al Interests and to maintain It Enforced, as undoubtedly It will be, we shall have In every part of the country n absolutely fair and proper regula tion of freight rates and consequently none of the Issues and controversies that are now continually arising. In a word, the Elklns bill gives promise of settlement of pending rate contro versies that will result to the benefit of the people as a whole. It may not be the final requirement, but it Is a very long and decisive step In the right direction. HWMggfWH AS AMERICAS TMCMPtt. The United States has triumphed In the Venezuelan controversy and that Issue may be regarded as practically settled so far as any danger of war is concerned. That is to say, the Euro pean powers, having shown what ag gression they dared to and put them selves In an absolute warlike attitude that Incidentally challenged the United States, have at last decided that It will be a wise policy to abandon their posi tion In regard to Venezuela and permit the United States to have a controlling nfiuence In the settlement of the con troversy. In other words, both Great Britain and Germany appear to have come to the conclusion that It is the pnrt of wisdom to concede something to the greatest nation on earth and not o get Into a quarrel with a power which Is today beyond question the foremost nation, so far as Influence and moral power are concerned, In the world. The position of the United States In regard to the Venezuelan dispute has been absolutely fair and straightfor ward. Our government has simply said to the European powers that It does not propose to shelter any of the southern countries from the payment of their obligations. The United States Is not the protector of dishonest gov ernments and will not shield them from responsibility for their Just obligations. This has been adequately demon strated and the southern countries ought to learn a lesson from the Venez uelan matter which would be of per manent value to them. If they have hitherto fancied that the United States would defend them In their dishonesty they must now understand that this country has no such idea, but on the contrary Insists that all the common wealths of this hemisphere shall act in good faith and failing to do so roust suffer the consequences. The adjustment of the Venezuelan dispute is a matter of very great Im portance. It Is a renewed and very great lesson i In the Influence of the United States; While our government has maintained a strictly neutral posi tion. It has still been well understood that we had a very vital Interest in the controversy and this has had Its effect upon the' powers. It Is another evidence of the greatness of American Influence In international affairs. In tlsconsiu the railroads want to keep the taxof 4 per cent of gross, rev enues as their contribution to the ex penses of government unchanged for fear that the adoption of a tax system subjecting their property to assessment the same as other property will make them pay more taxes. In Nebraska the same railroads are content to pay on r valuation of their property rather than on gross receipts, provided only the valuation is made by officers whom they feel they can control. The differ ence between Wisconsin and Nebraska must be explained on the theory that the railroads (fear they might not be able to handle the officers constituting the assessment board there as easily as they have manipulated the assessment boards in Nebraska In the past. The need of authority vested lu the president to veto separate Items In ap propriation bills was never so apparent as it is now. One house or the other of congress Is undertaking to load up these bills with appropriations for all aorta of sinecure Jobs over the protests of the department beads, who assert that they are not needed. A most fla grant example Is found In the attempt to retain crooked Indian agents, whose salaries were dropped in the estimates made by Indian Commissioner Jones with view to trsnsferrlng the control of the reservations to the Indian school superintendents. If the president had the power1 to veto separate Items of the pproprlations the political pull of the Indian agents wouM avail them noth ing. According to the Washington corre spondent of the Lincoln Journal, It is going to be a hard proposition to get the appropriation fur the maintenance of the Indian warehouse at Omaha restored to the bill that passed the house with that lt m struck out, be cause the commissioner of Indian af fairs has made a report that the cost of the Omaha warehouse Is excessive and out of all proportion to the bene fits derived by the government. In tne same dispatch It Is added: "If Senator Millard cannot get the Item restored nobody can." What about our Dave? Is he not still a full fledged congressman, with power-plenlpotentlnry until March 4 next? A statement of the deposits In the savings banks of the state of New Tork shows that they were considerably more than a thousand million dollars at the end of last year ami that during that year they bad Increaxed more than $63, 000,000 Think of that for a single state and then carry the thought which It suggests over the entire country. Would It be an exaggeration to assume that for the nation at large tho savings of last year were ten times the amount of those In the single stste of New York? We do not think It would and therefore It Is perfectly legitimate to assume that In the year 1003 the Amer ican people put In the savings banks of the country at least $030,000,000 and probably more than that sum. Measured by such a fact, what a pro gressive people we are and how sub stantial Is our reason for confidence In the future. Plrat Laa la Loot. Ksnsas City Star. Hswsll has ssked congress for $8.(00.000 for public works this year. It has tskea Hawaii almost no time to learn that tb United States treasury Is a legitimate loot. The Hoodooed Coin. Indianapolis News. Oovernor Taft's report shows that th government of the Philippines Tit lost 11,277.941 by the slump la silver, and it wasn't trying to corner the market, either. Decorated a Troafcle Breast. Boston Transcript. If Slgnor Mascagnl carries back no hoard of American ducats, st least he has re ceived the title of Chevalier of the Order of Savoy In recognition of his American tribu lations. Time Rip for a Maasl. Chicago News. If a presidential Invitation Is In reality a "command," as th social leaders of Washington assert, will the president kindly invite th social leaders to stop talking that kind of aoaaense? Large School of Goda-eoaa. Minneapolis Journal. Another get-rirh-qulck concern Is on the rocks. From the revelations coming out concerning the extent of Its business. It would sppear that th mors Improbable th allurements held out to Investors the bet ter the chance of getting the Investments. Medical Progress. Loulevlll Courier-Journal. An snslysls of the philanthropic gifts made in the United States during the last year shows that larger sum has gone toward the alleviation of physical suffering, and work that gives promise of alleviating It, than toward any other cause. This Is the dictation of a sound estimate of the relative Importance of human needs. It Is a fundamental philanthropy; bodily health is a condition precedent to mental, and even to spiritual, growth. As Good as a Gold Mlae. New Tork Tribune. Th .Wagner heirs are still drawing roy alties of more than $100,000 a year from th production of the operas of the Teu tonic composer. The music drama of Germany may not be quite as lucrative as th telephone patents la America, but It seems to be well buttressed and fortlfljd financially. How much did Shakespeare get for "Hamlet." and what wss paid to Milton for "Paradls Lost?" This Is a generation of big figures. PRAISE FOR THE CLVB WOMAX. Clak Llfo solckeaa Eaergtlcs Hitherto DoeBaaat. Collier's Weekly. A woman who csa hold a club together, who can control a body of women, many of whom arc these same drone, I not a woman who will manage her house, her husband or her children In a shiftless man ner. The woman who organises a club must be a good housekeeper ; she cannot help herself; It Is born la her, snd club lit and organisation only tend to develop a char acteristic which I will sdmlt Is dormant In many women and which club life quicken. Tou will find. If you are fortunate enough to be .Invited to a clubwoman' house, 'that everything will run like clockwork. There will be no hitches. Th servsnts will be perfectly drilled; system and order will prevail, simply because the woman has brought her talent for organisation Into her home ss she has Into her club. You .will also find that the woman who holds a prominent position In her club Is slso more companionable to her husband. The msjortty of clubs tak up torn spe cial study. It political (snd you know a woman never does things hy halves), she will study the stlvsr question or th tariff, or th trusts, and. In th end, her husband come to look upon her as sn intelligent being, with whom he can discuss political Issues, which were formerly considered too abstrus for her feminine understanding. PERSONAL, AND OTHERWISE. There are few signs of spring in sight, but It Is certain to arrive on schedule time. Th Hudson Bay region la coming to the front as a diamond field. Th presa agent of the summer excursion season is "getting buy." Miss Maud Oonns Is gone, for better or worse. His nam I McBrlde. Th an nouncement will make on or mor Omaha heart throb with grief. The crop of French sardines Is a failure this year. But w hsve "omthlng ut a good." The art of printing French la bel! has reached perfection In Maine. Th man who careaae hi nude dome as he reads of th wonders wrought hy hair restoratives msy be pardoned If he enter tain a doubt or two about truth abiding with medicine. It Is now proposed to build a railroad bridge over Hell Oat, s noted locality tn New Tork harbor. Apparently th water rout cannot furnish a sufficient quantity of freah, dry material. The oldest man in California has sdded two yesrs to his century. He has been a moker for eighty-live and a moderate drinker for seventy-five years, but never touched modern breakfast foods. A Boston professor says pretty girl do not msk good wlv. Th profesaor talked for home consumption snd reached the spot. Fourteen federated clubs toaad him bo- quets adorned with pink and blue ribbons. A New Tork bride whoa husband Is a trainer of reptile, paid him th compli ment ot wearing a wriggling snake a a necklace when the marriage ceremony was performed. Such devotion paaaeth human understanding. "It atrlke me aa peculiarly appropriate remarked th Saddl Creek phlloaopbar ss be fondled a package from th Agricul tural department, 'for a eongresamsn who was Jarred loo laat fall to send his do voted constituents farewell packages ot beet seed." Peopl who put up good money on prom isee of from to 11 per cent a month from turf and cereal Investment companies csa obtain some consolation by employing an automatic kicking machine. Tbea appli ances are warranted to rub la grief tn sa lmprelv fashion. During a basket ball gam la on of th New Torks high schools th girl con testants mussed each other' hair, indulged In knockdown and scratched faces la shocking manner. Accounts of th fracas neglect I stst that th girl had a "per fectly lovely tlm.- 'Strongest in The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. HENRY H. HYDE, Founder. Outstanding Assurance, Dec. 31st, 1002. v 11,292,446,595.00 New Assurance Issued in 1902. 281,249,944.00 Income in 1902 69,007,012.23 Assets December 31, 1902 ... 359,395,537.72 Assurance Fund and all other Liabilities. . 284,268,040.95 Surplus 75,127,496.77 Paid Policy-Holders in 1902 29,191,250.79 JAMES W. ALEXANDER, President. JAMES II. HYDE, Vice President. II. D. NEELY, Manager for Nebraska, 404-405 Merchants National Bank Building, Omaha, Neb. "Strongest in 8CCIL.AR HOT9 AT THIS PBLPIT. Baltlmor American: A New Jersey min ister nsmed pammes Is In trouble with his congregation, snd th Utter sr missing no chance to pronounc. Brooklyn Eagla: On minister's wife hss obtained a rals In hr husband's salary by going upon th variety stag. It Is hoped that th xample will not b wldoly fol-. lowed, became ion ministers' wives can not set a little bit. Buffalo Express: Ther I a Jersey City clergymen whom sny Jufy of womea would condemn after a moment's deliberation to capital punishment. In a marriage certifi cate he sdded fifty yars to the bride's sge. Only hanging would meet th requirements ef such a case ss that. Chicago Post: The Brooklyn minister's wife who went on the vsndevlll stag to help eke out a living Income for her family has gone back home because her husband's alary ha been Increased. This may he a hint to other churches to recognise that th laborer I worthy of his hire. New Tork Pre: Priests who cannot marry are the last men In the world to preach about the decay ef th sturdy old Amerlcsn stock. There Is no such thtng today ss Amerlcsn stock. We have had the natlv Americans th Indians over 400 years, snd hsve reduced them to a handful of harmless imbeciles. There wss th stock to graft to! But we preferred th scum of effete Europe. We sr snollspodrtds. W are a hash, and a cheap boarding-house bash, st that. By and by w ahall be a re hash. But we still live. Our preachers are talking for th newspspers. It they had only tbelr congregations for an audience they would talk differently. But they ar talking to th world. Kansas City Star: The Methodist au thorities seem rather mor certain that they hav secured th millions of dollars they set out to rats for th new century than that they have saved the number of souls tbey aimed to gather tn. Th contention that th church had mad 1.600,000 converts In th lsst four years was sharply disputed by Dr. Buckley In New Tork recently. Methodism, this stanch churchman asserted, wa declining In th east, snd ther was no us disguising th fact. It Is to be hoped Dr. Buckley I mistaken. Th country has been In the hsblt ot looking te th Metho dist church as th great evangelising arm of Protestantism. But It th salt of Metho dism has lost Us savor, whst Is to be done? It msy b assumed, however, that even If Dr. Buckley is correct, th church will be In nowl d'saoursged. It will doubtless press forward with renewed energy to re cover lost ground la Its ancient assurance that th church militant Is to become th church triumphant. SPRUCING trousers neckwear these are the things that will tide you over and make you feel well dressed nntil time for the spring suit. Here and now is the place and time to get these things to your advantage. yO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. Browning, King & Co JR. 8. Wilcox, Mjr. tho World' the World" DOMESTIC PLEAgAXTRIES. Borem I'm aur your father doesn't like me, although he' alway very poilt and all that. Mis Koy Ah: yea, that' Jut Ilk papa: everybody say I tak after him, you know. . Philadelphia Press. He I suppose now that I shsll hav to ask your father tor hi consent. She No, Harry. After th first time you called pa said I might hav you If I wanted you. Pa and I hav understood It for a long time. Boston Transcript. BsrkerCome over here, old man. 1 want to Introduce you to my wife. Parker Oh, I know Mrs. Barker already. We were engaged for three month tn the summer ot 1&94. Somervllle Journal. "For th flrt year of our married llf. dear," aald the young man who wa poor, but had prospect, "w shall hav to live principally on love." "Well, people can live on spoon victuals, can't they, George?" she said, snuggling cioser to him. Helen Yes. soclaj llf I wearing. I hav ao much on my ahoulder. Emily In what way? Helen Going to balls, etc. Emily But, my dear, every time I saw vou at a ball you had nothing on your ahoulder. Philadelphia Record. THE FOOL'S PRATER. Edward Rowland Sill. The royal feast was done: ther king Sought out some new sport to Danish care. And to his jester cried: "Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for ua a prayer!" Th teeter doffed his cap snd bell. And stood the mocking court before; They could not see the bitter Smile Behind th painted grin he wore. He bowed hi head and bent hi knee Upon th monarch'a silken (tool; His pleading voice aroae: "O, Lord, . Be merciful to me, a fool! "No pity, tord, could change th heart From red with wrong to white a wool; The rod mut heal the sin: but, Lord. Be merciful to me, a fool! " 'TVs not by guilt the onward aweep Of truth and right. O, Lord, w slay; 'Tls by our follies that so long W hold th earth from heaven away. "These clumsy feet, still In the mire. Go crushing blossom without end; These hard, well- meaning hands w thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. "Th 111-tlmed truth w might hav kept Who know how sharp It pierced snd stung? The word w hsd not sens te say Who knows how grandly It had rung? "Our fautts no tenderness should ask Th chastening strip must clean them all; But for our blunder oh. In ham . Before th eye of heaven w fall! "Earth bear no baltam for mistakes; Men crown th knave, and scourge th toe That did nls will; but Thou. O Lord. Be merciful to me, a fool!'' Th room wa hushed; In silence rose Th king, and sought hi garden cool; And waiaed apart, and murmured low, "B merciful te me, a fool!" UP f'
