THE OMAHA DAILY 1JEE: SUNDAY, FEHHUAUY 1003.
1
Tim Omaiia Sunday
E. ROStWATKH, &DITOR.
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HViSII.trCV! BIRTHDA Y.
On till anniversary of tlio birthday of
(fcorce Washington It would Ih well for
doubted tlint tlic young mm of tli
country will bo more i1'ikih(1 to Jlo
the nutlonnl gunnl when they undrr-
r-vcry citizen to devote a little time to stnud the new bnsl nnd the opiort ti
the fontemidntlon of the lofty character! nlty It gives for obtaining the liext nnd
of that Illustrious man. It has been imnt thorough nillltary training and
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Etste of Nebraska, Doja-las County..:
George B. Trschuck. secretary of The Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn, says
that the actual number of full and ramplete
copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening and
Sunday Beo printed duilnc the monln or
January, vn3, wa as louows.
1 80,420
t 80,lt5U
1 30,T
4 2H.N4IB
6..... 8O.50O
, 80.S7O
7 SO.ftiM
80,40
80,4.0
10 80.BBO
11 Jt8.TK
12 .....3O,B0O
IS 30,550
14.'. 80,4t0
15 80.BT0
16 80.4TO
Total
Less unsold and rsturned cop'ci.
Net total sales 82HI
Net average salea 80,oo
OBOROE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me ttola Slat day or January.
Vjjnj. M. B. HUNQATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
17 ao.oiHJ
jg 2H.02O
19 30, 540
30,530
n 81.B50
J2 30, 10
H 80.9.10
24 30,750
25 1W.SB0
26 80.5TO
27 SO.BTO
28 80,S4tt
2g 30,530
30 8O.BT0
n ...ao.eio
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If George Washington were only alive
he would certainly be feeling a burning
sensation In his right ear.
Our old friend Agulnaldo, who was
once hailed as the George Washington
cf the Filipinos, seems to hare missed
out on the birthday celebration.
The people of the United States know
by this time that Senator Morgan Is op
iwsed to the route selected for the Isth
mian canal. The senator might let it
go at that
The credit for this legislation Is very
In this resect lm still serves the coun- liirgely due to Secretary Hoot, who 1ms
try that he loved more effectively than I been persistent ami Indefatigable In
In any other. Patriotism. In the truest urging It upon congress. lor three
and highest sense, was his most com- years lie hits U-cn Intioriiig to have t lie
mantling quality and the one which regular army placed on a practical busl-
niost strongly oppeals to the citizens of news footing, having In view the highest
the republic he founded. It ,1s no dls- efficiency attainable, while at the same
pnrngement of the other great men who time ln hns earnestly ndvocuted pro-
were his contemporaries to say that as vision for n disciplined army of volun
a pntriot Washington was pre-eminent, teers ns an always available auxiliary
His foremost thought wns that his coun
try ought to be a nation and not a con
federacy and that It was to expand.
His great mind had no little thoughts
to the regular force. Tor this work
Secretary Hoot Is entitled to the- most
cordial commendation.
incuts. In the opinion of Mr. I Mil the
corporations would voluntarily avail
themselves of such legislation for sev
eral reasons, chiefly self -protect Ion and
self-preservation. It has Itecome neces
sary for sound corporations to create a
public distinction Involving a recog
nized difference between themselves
and those who are following lu their
wnk and attempting to Imitate their
standing and position. These sound
corporations, there can be. no doubt,
would avail themselves of a national
law. "No corporation engaged In In
terstate commerce," says Mr. 1M11, "no
corporation desiring to do business
throughout the length and breadth of
the country, could afford to le other
than a national organization. It would
not be long before the Investing public
would draw the lines sharply between
state-created organizations assuming to
do a business national In extent and
true national corporations."
There will be no further legislation at
present dealing with the corporations.
This congress has done all that Is
thought to be now ' necessary aud
Judicious. It Is oulte probable, how
ever, that the next congress may And
It expedient to add to corporation leg
islation and the question of n federal
Incorporation law is very likely to re
ceive serious consideration.
load the larger share upon other mem
bers of the community.
for his country and he believed It had MisRsrRKSKHTifio hovkrsor siwuKr.
a splendid destiny. Misled by garbled reports of one of
In scientific, mechanical and ecauomlc "ls nnuresscs lu wjncii tne governor
things, the time of Washington Is al- "pressed himself with reference to the
most as far distant as the time of Co- public schools, a iiumlH-r of eastern
lumbus. He belongs to a different pe- papers have been Indulging In caustic
rlod of civilization, an older order of criticism of Governor Mickey entirely
socletv. Yet Washington Is not reced- uuwarmuieo. ny tne iacis. cine jnnne-
ing from otir view or fading from our "P0"" V, for example, goes so far
thought. He Is not simply rememlered 8 proclaim that the governor of Ne
as one of the ancients, a great force In braska, Is opposed to non-sectarian
a bygone age, who must be honored but "bools nnd to the whole public school
need not be reckoned with. On the con- "yMfm ns now constituted, nnd that he
trary his wise counsel nnd patriotic ex- hns announced his opiwsltiou to any stXTH cuMMASDMEyT-sctr SCRIES.
ample continue to exert a potent in- additional nppioprlatlons for the com- "At th(! ,n8t n,,,tlnK of tne depart
. ... . . I mvn anlm..lf 4-1. a. . 1. t A. I
nuence and win go on doing so as long nw.. vu .u uccouim uuu u mpnt of lons,hold economics of the
as the republic lives. Time has not lm- proceeds to express in forcible Ion- Woman's rlnl, a new edition of the
paired the vitality and force of the Fare- KK ie opinion it holds of such an ton mmnwndmeilt, waa promulgated,
well Address, but has rather strength- of wulcll the Blxth rert1, follows:
a . 1 a . a I i" !r-nr,Ti t I i-lnu o l..i b1.. I
eneu its power ns 1. guiue to true ano J " "'f Sxth 0,. day. .halt tnou wgh nd
loyal citizenship. No intelligent Amerl- Jlt 01 education are known to be i,epp thyself clean and on the seventh take
can citizen can read this great deliver- Qtilte the opposite. Ills friendship for a great bath; for In six days man sweateth
ance of Washington without having his tlle P""c "chools Is clearly attested In an(J thereth filth and bacteria for dls-
patriotism stimulated and made stronger T1H "'Oreii made to educational In- . ,,K mnA h .,,.
nnd his Ideals of citizenship broadened stltutlons in his Inaugural
which reads ns follows:
and elevated.
Knowing the real Washington, the hu
man Washington, the man of like pas
sions wnn ourselves, thousn with a
bathtub and hallowed it
message, rnndldlv cimfpss thut the cliih
women can engage in no work that will
ine people or .ebraska are justly proud rase to them so lastine a monument as
of their educational institutions. The
by their united efforts to endeavor to
Washington are Inseparable. One Is
linked indissolubly with the other. Both
are glorious, both are triumphant"
foundations Of these interests have been
laid hrnnd nn ri..n m. v.. i secure the general observance of this
1 . 1 . i . I -
Bv.i-.nB.tlJr e inunui uoiisi, a muu 01 regarded aa the cornerstones of that de- new sixth commandment,
BympHuiy ami sensioiiity, as well as gree or eminence and distinction which A teacher In one of our Omaha pub
extraordinary common sense, mintaiy . 7 1 . olner .r" 01 lie schools not long aeo propounded the
gen.us ani great political powers, we cent of cy J - nue8tlon to her class ns to when each
ihu love as vi en as reverence mm. AS in nronortlon tn nnm.l.tlnn in . . nr child had taken Its Inst lnth. nnd si-
was said by one of our most eminent good school buildings, fine equipments and though two of therti nnswered that they
men: "The nation and the name of specially fitted instructors. At the head .,m nnt -..,.i 1,.,
Of thpflO InforMta atanHti ti mtmta nnlvop. I "
sity with its numeroua departments, closely n"Jory dechrVe.1 that they had been
seconded by the State normal. Tbe lnstl- Immersed in the bathtub the previous
tutlons have done, and are doing, for the Saturday night or Sunday morning.
state .won greater tnan can ne eetimatea. The wwkJy bnthi therefore lg aa e8.
ax iSTtRtSTMO ADMisstuS. out ... The, .aUrtmtmh'u " tabllshed American institution, recog-
The Railway Age, which is perhaps celve the careful attention of your body nized by all classes of our population.
as accurate a spokesman for the rail- and uch appropriations ahould be made I and any lapse among its votaries
road magnates and managers as Is ' w.m lnaur tBe continuance of their should call forth condemnation as se-
to be found anywhere In this country, wlth th ....... develonment vere n" that pon the Godless
in trying to combat the growing outcry so far aa concerns the address in wno have 'allpn away from the true
With the new anti-trust law in force against the railroads for seeking to question which has jclven rise to the 'a,tn to wors,lP talse Idols. At the
It may be no object to organize the obtain higher rates on passenger and criticisms referred to our best lnforma- Mme t,me ' should be distinctly un-
meat packers' combine that was pro- freight traffic. Insists that those who tion is that it in no point deviated der8to(1 that no penalty attaches to
jected at the time the secret rebates mane tneso complaints overlook the from this declaration The ffnvernor anT one wno nlHy take a bath oftener
were stopped. fac that while the railroads have sue- was snenkinsr extemnoraneouslv to the tban once each week and that the new
ceeded in reducing to some extent the I stain Convention of Aasnntatwi rhri. th commandment Is not Intended to
The Department of Agriculture Is said cost of operation all this better service ties and laid stress on the fact that safeguard the bathtubs from being
to be engaged in experiments aiming at has been accomplished only at the ex-1 many were now recipients of charity wora out'
me growing 01 leaiuen. . peuso or immense sums or money on who would not have become burdens
After It coreatms achievement it may which interest must be paid. To re- on socletv had their earlv training ri.
1urn 1U attention to the production of lnforce Its point, it goes on to say that celved the careful attention which It
names cutter. tne ougaooo or watered stocK has shrml.l Tn thin Mnn4in i, ,i, e
i Deen BO thoroughly and SO Constantlv I wturotlnn In mnonl mH n neforn It lenvea the cnntmvprnv nre.
President Baer will ne heard rrom dinned in their ears that any addition hnth
again without doubt as soon as the coal tcf capitalization is thus characterized, tlons. While he personally nreferred to commission appointed for Omaha, it
strike arwtraoon Doara renders us ver- ThHt 8ome roads have Indulged in over- have his children educated m .crtn would be in order for our amiable con
diet, in the meantime ne wi n De a capitalization Is not denied, but that the schools while pursuing their higher temporary, the World-Herald, to back
silent member of his partnership with railroads of the United States as a studies because he thought the restraint water a little further. Its case of acute
iue Aiuiiguijr. I Wnoie can be fairly Chanted With such nnd rolltFlmia lnflii.n. V,n.n k dlstreaa eem to hnvo heen enuaod h
I a Course is dismited. rTh rnllrrtada tf I i ... . i.Aine..i At . I i,n i.n . i. n .. AnA r
. . . . . r.n.l Mn I ' . w... , t I iin-iii 11-1I1 ui, 11 llie PHUie lime ne 1 oc-icvuuu vj iue (Uiciuui an uuc Hi
Officers of the old Panama Canal com- th, tH.,A .t . .lo,.,, .... ... , . ' ....... .L... .... . , -
IA t Ka nlntfllnlnc n rlirld I "t sum ur iinu ine lUill'Bl Hppreciaiion Oil lu" uriuucinnv uiFiuurn ui iue uuaru oi
saiawMmainiainngBrKi the amount represented In their capltall- the efficiency of the public school sys- John F. Coad. whose loyalty to Bryan
Blessed be the bathtub. May Us
number increase and its usefulness
never diminish.
Hy the wny, what has become of the
professions made by members of the
Iouglas delegation to the legislature
during the campaign that they sub
scribed to the principle of home rule
and their suggestion that if elected
they would try to have the question
submitted to the citizens of Omaha ns
to whether they wanted any branch of
their municipal government npiointed
by and responsible to state officers
rather than to the people themselves?
From their work so far at Lincoln the
conclusion is forced that their special
mission Is to subvert the principle of
home rule wherever possible.
Wanted A champion of the people
against railroad tax evasion. A re-
spouse by the right man will entitle
him to a popular ovation after he
makes the fight In earnest whether he
wins or loses.
Cabana Catching On.
Baltimore American.
Tbe Cubans are become very decidedly
Amertcanlied. They bave doub'.ed the rent
for ground occupied by the United States
troops.
A Leader Who Leads.
Philadelphia North American.
There Is in all the world no alliance so
strong as the American people and their
president as a president worthy to lead a
people who know him to be worthy to lead.
Against that alliance none can stand.
Heroic Remedies Seeded.
Buffalo Express.
New York physicians have discovered that
hypodermic Injections of diluted carbolic
acid are good for tetanus. Maybe. a few
squirts of it would eaae up some of these
legislative deadlocks in various states.
ASSETS
Bonds and Mortgages J70.006,S74.15
Real Estate tn New York.
Including the Equitable ... ,
Building 21.7,4.047.44
United States. State, City and
Railroad Bonds and other tn-
ventments (market value over... ... ...
cost, $18,073,362.00) iso.om.iw.uu
Loans secured by Bonds and
Btocks (market value. S21.882.-
614.0") 17.Ml.Wn.0Q
Policy Loans 14.10M74.51
Real Estate outside of New
York, Including 12-ofllce build
ing 15,439.521.31
Cash In Banks and Trust Com
panies at Intereet !,862.441.SO
Balance due from agents f78. 232.97
Interest and Rents.
(Due $225,308.07. Accrued
$142,l!tt.97 367.S01.04
Premiums due and in process
or collection 4,b27,993.0t)
Deferred Premiums z.370.723.00
Iloondleaanesa of Unman Charity.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The persecuted Finns, hoanded and har
assed by the Russian government, starved
and distressed, have expressed their gratl
tude for the financial aid which they have
received from tbe people of the United
States. Human charity certainly can in
terest itself In no worthier cause than this
of a people being destroyed by govern
mental oppression.
The New Department.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Tbe new Department of Commerce and
Labor will bave charge of manufactures,
corporations, immigration, navigation, sta
tlstlcs, census, national standards, coast
survey, lighthouses and fisheries, and tbe
president is authorized to add any other
division engaged in scientific work. There
is no danger that the department will be
troubled for lack of occupation.
pany are
iillence concerning their plans. They.
want to get their hands on tbe f 40,000,
000 In coin which Uncle Bam is to pay
for their property and rights before
they let any one else In on tbe game,
cation, a condition which probably does tern and believed it accomplished a and to the late democratic candidate
noi aiiacn to any other Industrial inter- work of a broader and more universal for governor the World-Herald took If
est, and the people ought to know it" character than the denominational upon itself to question, asserting that
This is an Interesting admission. But schools, adding, further, that he be- It had heard by pipe line or wireless
the trouble with the railroads and their lleved all teachers in nubile or nrlvate telegraphy that Mr. Coad had voted
API ft flsl 1 41 tVint1 t Yi A SP a.liv aa 11 tVAaaA . I 1 i t . i a . I a aii nnA v w m m -m
O V rnK,llna hna tulft.n nna . .uB iUCIr;ui -UUK BCIIWW BI1UUU. UP 11161 ami WOmPll ftf Wf JlKKey 111 JiU. HOW .11 T. UOHU
i mi . ,tHnn in r. crding as the object before them high moral and rellsrious character, tn voted, or would have voted at the elec-
f using ball to Lieutenant Governor Till- chanKe8- 11 maT b rt to combat order to set an example for the youth tlon we do not know but we do know
J. the outcry against higher rates hv 1 rtlncAd tn fhnlr ftiuifra .n I InraatliraHnn n . tha ronnrrU of tha ltw
man. neing neia ror nis cowaraiy muruer . .J . uu m imiuiui
. i -in f i, f,,nv Pln"nB" to the increased Investment them to blsrh ideals. clerk's office shows that Mr. Coad
Ul JLiUIlUr UUUI-tUtS), W vr m ws, Li t 4 -will- -
reinstated in the public confidence, how- lctl the railroad property represents, It Is certainly unjust to Governor neither registered nor voted at the last
ever, until It fits the punishment to the bUt ,y 1 "honld repre- Mickey that he should be charged with election. He, therefore, could not have
. I B wutru me same prop- saying someth nar at vsrinnw w-m, 1,1. exnrcssed his preference effectively for
criiue. , I f. .. . . . " I - -
m v aiui-u ior taxation mat. views ana only fair to those who have any of the candidates who were seeking
No danner of the offer of the St. Jo- u can pe reproaucea ror a mere fraction criticised him lenorantlv ihnt the suffrages of the neonle at that time
senh Street Railway company becom- ot the amount of stock and bonds it Is should know his real nosltlon with We hardly imagine the World-Herald
Ing contagious, to donate f 125,000 to- tarrying, arm mar it should not be reference to educational institutions. will charge the election board with hav
ward the construction of a convention on more tnan tne estimated cost :. , inar doctored the records In antlclnntlon
hall, providing the citizens will raise a of reproduction? FKDERAL iscorporatios La'. of a water board, but the World-Herald
like amount to complete the fund. Few The railroads' spokesmen will find it Thero will of course be no action by clairvoyant should step up to the side-
street railway companies do business on nam to convince the public that what the present congress upon the btll board and take something to relieve him
that plan. Ine raurona is worth as a basis of rate which has been introduced In the house self.
making with a view to earning Inter- of representatives providing for the in-
oiui-v j - cot nuii inviucnus it is not worth nlun cornnrntlon tiv thp natlnnul imvamnmni rn. vi, c i, .-..v. i 1....1-,
i . - - mov i i ......... . . . ...... ... ui- .rw a .j i . . . 1 1 . i . . (7 1. t: in n
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
The earl of Yarmouth Is going to marry
a Pittsburg heiress named Thaw. Evidently
a warm proposition.
When one reflects on last week's tern
perature the claim of the groundhog to
high rank as a weather prophet does not
admit of doubt.
The most pathetic sensation a house
holder can experience in sero weather ts
bad by watching his coal pile calculations
disappear through tbe furnace flue.
Bines the sultan of Bacolod was Induced
to try the water cure for swelled head his
warlike demonstrations have been turned
Into protestations of peace and good will.
There appears to be an International fuss
over the quality of the wine used at tbe
launching of tbe yacht Meteor a year ago
It isn't the first row precipitated over a
bottle.
Cubans are catching the American aplrlt
at a great rate, A large lasue or Donas
have been authorised. When a free people
go into debt for millions within a year
there is no call for outside sympathy.
Philadelphia boasts a social organisation
known as "Tbe Bum Husbands' club." Its
motto Is "There are no bad husbands-
some are better than others." Every well
regulated husband will subscribe to that
motto.
It happened in Kansas, of course. In no
other state could be found cause or war
rant for opening the dally proceedings In
a newspaper office with prayer. Evidently
the profession in the Sunflower state must
tustle to be saved.
An industrial and international exhibition
will take place in Rhetms, France, from
May 15 to September IS, next. Rheims Is
famous for the quality of its wine and
wool and those who canpot v- alt for the 8t
Louis show might cross the pond, pull tbe
wool and absorb the other.
office, Governor Mickey has been called for the purpose of taxation.
upon to appoint two . Judges to district
bench vacancies In less than two
months. If he can appoint one a month
for his entire term, by the time he fin
ishes be will have the whole personnel
of the district bench with very few
exceptions.
It Is pointed out that Secretary Cor-
telyou Is the second member of the
president present cabinet who has pre
viously served as private secretary to
the president. Secretary of State Hay
having acted In that capacity for Pres
ident Lincoln. The position of secre
tary to the president must be a good
training school.
No tears are being shed over the re
tirement of Mrs. Leland Stanford from
the active management of the university
established In memory of her sou. A create a force homogeneous in all re
university without the personal equation I"'" throughout the country, instead
of Its founder seems to get along bet- or WIiat "k'ht wen ie termed forty
ter. That is probably the reason why elKht Prt armies, each varying
universities whose founders have been frt,lu ,no other ,n W1U1T wxpects, and to
long since dead progress with less frlc- lnre a degree of practical usefulness
U0C- I tor tne punoes for which soldiers are
i trained which will justify the liberal
The newly orgn:zed religions educa-1 expenditure of public funds made by
tlonal association proposes to under-1 the state ana nation on the citizen sol-
take for Sunday school Instruction I diery, all of which the confusion and
work of the same nature as tha pursued I frlctloa In nwbllltstion ,f the national
by the National Educational nssocla-1 guurd and Its general lack of prepare
tion with reference to the public school tlon in the practical wotk of the soldier
instruction. The defective character of In t'mp aud Held wss deuiwistratvd by
our Sunday school teaching is calling tbe war w ith Spalu to be a necifty.,
loudly for reform. The new orgaulia-1 Under this law Me shall have In a few
tlon has plenty of work ahead of it aud I V rltlswn soldiery that wtU be no-
rannot ret at It too soon. 1 where excelled and It Is not to be
of companies purposing to engage In ing more closely Into new corporations
Interstate and foreign commerce, but applying for the listing of their securl
MILITARY Lkqislatiox. the measure present a question of ties than it has been the custom to do
Not the least Important of the legisla- Tery Breat interest, which will undoubt- heretofore. It is stated that the lnfor
tlon of the present congress is that re- receive wide consideration In the jnatlon demanded from new corpora.
latlug to the reorganization of the army not remote future. There Is soon to tlons Is becoming more and more com-
aud placing the militia of the country De organized a new department with a prehenslve In character and covers prac
on a new basis that will render It more bureau charged with the duty of In- tlcally everything outside of trade se-
avallable for national defense. The lat- v'(,tlKatins" corporations. It is by no crets. When it is stated that at every
ter is of particular Interest, for under nieans Improbable that this will prore meeting of the governors of the ex
the new law the national guards of the to be a stepping stone to a federal In- change there are applications from six
couutry will hereafter compose a homo- corporation law. j0 a dozen new companies for listing se
Such a law has now some strong ad- eurltles it will be seen that a more rigid
vocntcs. At the last annual meeting rule for investigatinf tne corporations
of the National Board of Trade the than has prevailed Is necessary. This
matter received consideration and It course of the Stock exchange will afford
was declared that "as to the deslrabll- aoiue protection to the public, since It
Ity or a national Incorporation law gives a measure of assurance that thi
which will give greater elasticity and listed securities are trustworthy. This
unify the conflicting provisions of state and the Investigation provided for by
laws there can be no doubt." One of congress ought to result In weeding out
the most prominent corporation law- the unsound and spemlatlve corpora-
yers in the country. James B. Dill of I tlons.
New York, is an earnest advocate of a
national incorporation act He urges I The preliminary report of the Inter
genoous body, uniformly equipped and
under the same discipline and training
as the regular army. It Is needless to
say that this must result In very greatly
Improving the mllltlii of the country
and there are few who will question the
wisdom of doing this.
As stated in a circular of the National
Guard association, the "law alms to
that the business of the country de-1 state Commerce commlwilon on the In
mauds uniform corporate legislation, I come accounts of the railroads of tbe
formulated upon the good of the coun-1 United States shows that the gross
try as a whole, and not sectional Iegls- earnings per mile for the fiscal year
lation. state against state. He would ending June 80, lOtrj, wss $8,761, mark
have a law along the lines of the nu- Ing an Increase over the previous year
tlonal banking act not abridging the I of 838 per mile and more than 12.700
powers of the state to create local cor-1 per mile over the gross earnings of 1806,
portttU.ns, but affording an opportunity I which was evidently low water mark
to urbanize corporations, uattoual in ex-1 The net earnings per mile from opera
tent, whose business relates to trade tlon were, for IWXi. $.'.100, as against
between states or with foreign coun- $'J.8M for the year preceding and 11 4M7
tries, with protection of the nattonal for the year 1S95. It would seem that
government sgstust cunfllctrng state I the railroads were protertng enongh to
Iegh!atkn aud kucal political enact-1 pay their taxes without trying to un
SBCtXAR SHOTS AT THE PIXPIT.
Philadelphia North American: Rev. Hugo
Wendel of Trenton, N. J., Bays he preaches
regularly to spirits, as well ss to bis ordl
nary congregation. He la probably tbe only
clergyman who tries to cover home and for
elgn missions at one time.
New York Tribune: A clergyman highly
esteemed for bis many excellent qualities
of which oratory ia not one. baa recently
had placed in bta church by bis loving con
gregatlon a new pulpit. It ts a fine piece
of work, ornate with carving and artlstl
embellishment. But tie text Inscribed on
it, considering the effect ot the good pas
tor's sermons, might have been more hap
pily chosen. "He glvetb His beloved sleep
It runs.
Brooklyn Eagle: At a church function In
which Bishop . Potter recently took part
several deacons happened to be present
One of them called the bishop's sttentlon
to that passage in the liturgy which reads
O, all ye priests ot the Lord, biers ye tbe
Lord." and complained that there was "no
mention of us deacons." "Yes, Indeed,
there Is." replied the bishop; "don't you
remember. 'O. all ye green things upon tbe
earth, bless ye tbe Lord?'"
Indianapolis Journal: Pope Leo XIII 1
making a remarkable record for longevity
and well preserved powers. A few day
past bis 83d birthday his physician saya
be "reads without spectacles, walks with
out a cane, dresses and undresses without
assistance, and works about fourteen hours
dally." The responsibilities of the most
importsnt ecclesiastical omce in tbe worm
sit easily on him, and with bis regular Ufo
and serene tempeiament be may fulfill the
doctors' prediction ot living to be 100 years
old. '
The
Life
Equitable
Assurance Society
Of the United Sta rev.
HENRY B. HYDE, FOUNDE$.
Forty-third Annual Statement, for the Year Eoainw
December 31, 1902.
INCOriE.
PremtVM Receipt
Interest, Rents, etc
.)53,3S.:3.44
. lli.074.58
Income $69,007,012.28
Total Assets $359,395,537.78
DISBURSEnENTS.
Death Claims 15,S81,MU 7.1
Endowments and deferred divi
dend policies ,S37.S4S.9
Annuities 76S.OW.09
Surrender Values 2.124.72 8:?
Dividends to Policyholders .. 4.477.924 15
Paid Policyholders . . ..$29,191,250.79
Commissions advertising, post
age and exchange ,Bl4.M0.09
All other disbursements 5, 898, 104. S7
Pinking Fund.
Reduction of book values Of
Disbursements $4 ,24 8, 10 1 .45
We hereby certify to the correctness of tbe above statement.
Francis W. Jackson, Auditor. H. II. Coursen. Asst. Aud r. A. W. Maine, A. Aud'r.
LIABILITIES.
Assurance Fund (or Reserve) $279,450,753. 00
All other Liabilities 4,817. 287. SJ
Total Liabilities $284,268,040.95
Surplus... $75,127,496.77
ASSURANCE.
Instalment policies stated at their com
muted values.
Outstanding Assur
ance $1,292,446,595.00
New Assurance $281,249,944.00
the above statement. The
We hereby certify to the correctneu
' icuciiuBiii vHiuHiina or inn rv v Tn,i,..n.. rw-, . .ww.
Superintendent's certificate see Detailed Statement
J. Q. VAN CISE, Actuary.
Reserve as
For
R. O. HANK, Assistant Actuary.
We have examined the accounts and Aamti f th nari.i ...
correctness of the foregoing statement. (
vM. A. WHEELOCK, V. P. SNYDER. C. LED YARD BLAIR.
C. B. ALEXANDER, GEO. H. SQUIRE,
Special Committee of the Board of Director.
JAMES W. ALEXANDER. President
OAOH E. TAR.BELL, 8econd Vice Free.
GEO ROE T. WILSON, Third Vice Prea.
W ILLIAM H. McINTYRE. 4th Vice Prea
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Secretary.
i mom ah u. JORDAN, Comptroller.
JAMES H. HYDE. Vice President
SIDNEY D. RIPLEY. Treasurer.
H. R. WINTHROP, Asst. Secretary.
8. C. BOLL1NO. Sjpt. of Agencies.
JAMES B. LORINQ, Reglstraar.
M. MURRAY, Cashier.
EDWARD W. LAMBERT. M. D , and EDWARD CURTIS, M. D.. Medical Directors.
J. W. ALEXANDER,
tt. MY UK,
LOUIS FITZGERALD,
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW,
WM. A. WHEELOCK,
H. C. DEMING,
CORNELIUS N. BLISS,
GEO. H. SQUIRE.
THOMAS D. JORDAN,
C. B. ALEXANDER,
V. P. SNYDER.
SAMUEL M. INMAN.
JOHN A. STEWART.
A. J. CAS8ATT,
ROBT. T. LINCOLN,
J. J. A8TOR.
GAGE E. TARBELT.
MARVIN HUGHITT,
DIRECTORS.
WM. H. McINTYRE.
M. HARTLEY DODGE,
BRAYTON IVES,
BRADI8H JOHNSON,
LEVI P. MORTON.
WM. A. TOWER,
D. O. MILLS.
GEO. J. GOULD,
GEO. T. WILSON.
T. DeWITT CUYLER,
E. W. LAMBERT.
H. M. ALEXANDER,
J. F. DE NAVARRO.
M. B. INQALLS,
JACOB H. SCHIFF.
JAMES J. HILL,
CHA8. 8. SMITH.
HENRY C. FRICK,
WM ALEXANDER,
JOHN J. McCOOK.
H. C. HAAR8TICK,
DAVID H. MOFFAT.
SIDNEY D. RIPLEY.
JOHN SLOANE.
E. H. HARR1MAN.
ALFRED O. VANDERRILT.
T. JEFFERSON COOL1DOE,
AUGUST BELMONT,
SIR WM. C. VAN HORNE,
THOMAS T. EOKERT,
C. LEDYARD BLAIR,
WM. H. BALDWIN. Jr..
JAMES B. FOROAN,
JOSEPH T. LOW.
If. B. FOR FURTHER PARTICULAR! BEE DET ii STATEMENT.
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BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN.
Pleasant circumstances may not be ours.
but we can have sunny souls.
The world loses faith In the church when
the Christian treats It as a fad.
It la easier to sweep off tbe snow of an
act than to break tbe Ice of habits.
Tbe green wood ot Innocence burns
quickly amongst the dry sticks of vice.
Many put sero Into tbe collection and
then complain that the church la cold.
Purity of heart Is too gret a price to
pay for being posted on the poison of mod
ern literature.
The world will not believe In tbe church
that forgets tbe souls of the poor while It
fights over the spoils ot the rich.
There will be no more mercy for tbe
church obtaining money under false pre
tenses than for tbe man who does tbe same.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Pearl Did you hear about the awful
fright George got on his wedding day?
Maude Yes, i was mere, i saw ner.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Softlelgh Are you quite sure Misj Banks
Is not In?
The Maid Of course I am. She gave me
one of your photographs in order to make
me doubly sure. Chicago News.
New Wife Reginald, dear, how are we
going to cook this pudding?
New Husband That doesn't worry me a
particle. Bella. I'm wondering how we're
going to eat It. Chicago Tribune.
Husband (Irritably) It Isn't a year since
you said you believed our marriage wss
made In heaven, and yet you order me
around ss If I wasn't anybody.
Wife (calmly) Order Is heavens' first
law. New York Weekly.
"And that," said Mr. Staylate, conclud
ing his etory, "was how my mother be
came Interested In the Home for Aged
Widows."
"Yes." Interrupted Miss Wornout.
"Speaking of homes reminds me; our clock
atopped today and I haven't the slightest
idea what time It Is." Philadelphia Cat ho
llo Standard.
"Doctor," she said, archly, "some physi
cians say kissing Isn't healthy, you know.
Whst do you think of It?"
"Well, really," replied the handsome
young doctor. "I don't think you or I
should attempt to decide that off-hand.
Let's put our heads together and consider."
Philadelphia Press.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
(From "Under the Elm," read at Cam
bridge. July 3, 1876, on the hundredth annl
veraary of Washington's taking command
ot tbe American army.)
By Jamea Russell Lowell.
Soldier and statesman, rarest unison;
Hlgh-polsed example of great duties done
Blmply as breathing, a world's honors worn
As life's Indifferent gifts to all men born;
Dumb for himself, unless It were to God,
But for his barefoot soldiers eloquent.
Tramping the snow to coral where they
trod
Held by his awe In hollow-eyed content;
Modest, yet firm aa nature's self; unblamed
Save by the men hla nobler temper shamed;
Not honored then or now because he wooed
The popular voice, but that be still with
stood; Broad-minded, hlgh-souled, there Is but one
Who was all this, and ours, and all men's
Washington.
Minds strong- by fits, trreaulurly treat.
That flash and durken like revolving lights.
i.uicn more ine vulgar eye unacnooiea to
wait
On the long curve of patient days and
nights,
Rounding a whole life to the circle fair
Of orbed completeness; and this balanced
soul
Bo simple In Its grandeur, coldly bare
Of draperies theatric, standing there
In perfect symmetry of self-control,
Seems not so great at first, but greater
grows
Still as we look, and by experience I'arn
How grand this quiet Is, how nobly stern
The discipline that wrought through life
long throes
This energetic passion of repose.
A nature too decorous and sever?.
Too self-respectful in Its griefs and Jos
For ardent girls and boys,
Who find no genius In a mind to clear
That Its grave depths seem obvious and
near.
Nor a aoul great that made so little noise.
They feel no force In that calm, cadenced
phrase.
The habitual full dress of his well-bred
mind.
That seems to pace the minuet's courtly
mate
And tell of ampler leisures, roomier length
of days.
Hla broad-built brain, to self so little kind
That no tumultuary blood could blind,
Formed to control men, not amaie.
Looms not like those that borrow height of
haxe:
It vai a world of statelier movement then
Than this we fret In, he a dcnlien
Of that Ideal Home that made a man for
Placid" completeness life without a fall
From faith or highest alma, truth's breach
less wall,
Surely If any fame can bear the touch.
His will say "Here!" at the last trumpet's
call.
The unexpresslve Man whose life expressed
so much.
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