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18 THE OMAHA DAILY 31EE: SUNDAY. MAltCII 0, 1J03. Tile Omaiia Sunday Bra K. ROdE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORMMJ TERMS OF fiUUHCRII'TIoN. Jly Pee (without Himdav). One Year.M.Oi Imlly He unit Htmriay. one Year .(' Miiifrstl Hee, one Year t.vt Sunday U, One Year.... i l1 Saturday One Year 1 t Twentieth Ontury Farmer, One Tear.. 1.M DELIVERED UY CARRIKIt. Illy Bee (without Sunday), per ropy.... 2c 1'slly Hce (without Sunday), per week. ..12c iaily Bee (Incltnilng Sunday), per weck..l,c r'inday Hee, p,r copy 5! :vcnlng Uee (without Hunday). per week 6c Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week 100 Complaint of Irregularities In delivery should he addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Houth Omaha-City Hall liulldlng, Twenty-fifth and M Street. Council Muff iO . Pearl Street. Chicago Unity Building. New York 232(1 Park How Building. Washington Ml Fourteenth Hire at. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newi and edi torial matter xhould be addressed: Omaha llee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or pout I order, rayable to The Bee Publishing Company. nly 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounti. Personal check.. except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not Accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: Oeorge n Tzachurk, secretary of The Be Publishing' Company, being duly sworn, aays that the actual ntimler of full and ran.dPs"dy lirprYnt'id- during In. J mouth ot February, Wus, was follows 1 MM, 10 2 ...ao,Bao l so,ao 4 80,MM t 80.490 JM.attft ie ai,aao 17 8 1,5 to lg 81.4UO II 81.490 .. ?.. I.. I.. 10.. 11.. 12.. li.. 14.. .. .80,870 ...SO,S0O ...XOJtOO .. .80,610 ...80.84 K ...80.MA3 ...80.840 ...80,040 ...80,070 20.... II.... a.... 28.... 24.... 25.... 26.... 27.... .Sl.ttlO .81.670 .2i,w3 .31.MIO .31.HAO .31.6HW .31,520 .31,000 81,70 Total.. ,.853,43J Less unsold and returned copies.... Ut8u4 Ket total sales 44.ott Net average sales 80,143 QKORQIS B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to briore me this 2b in uuy of February. A. V. Mil, M. B. HUNUATE, tSral.) Notary Public. The fittest gold discoveries have a Kotith Dakota dateline. All aboard for the new Eldorado! Wireless from Tacoma: ' Kegret that Unavoidable business will keep ine away from Lincoln until ttfter April 7. Ezra 1 Durlug his western tour the president will Indulge in no hunting, lie will himself be the object of the political huntsmen. In giving their head office to a South Omaha mia, the Omaha Elks are paving the way for municipal merger of the twin cities. Many signs ludlcatc thnt the political leg-puller Is again abroad in the laud witness the portraits of aspiring candi dates lu the little weekly hold-ups. A poor negro has just been hanged !n Alabama for highway robbery. Yet we boust of our advauevd civilization aud end-missionaries abroad to convert the heathen. The Cuban senate will now take Its turn at the reciprocity treaty and If the document comes forth, In a recognizable form. It will consider Itself born under a lucky star. The versatility of th weather bureau la well Illustrated In these flood days, when It undertakes to bulletin the rise of moisture from below as well as its fall from above. . An enthusiastic democratic ward meeting Is chroulcled at which thirty democrats were present Huch an un precedented gathering ought to develop au Irrepressible euUiusIasin. If Miss Helen Gould wants assistance In expending some of ber surplus money In worthy causes, she need not confine lierself to the work of the American In stitute of Social Service. Several other Institutions would be glad to make them selves of service to such a generous patroness. James J. H1U Is lu Europe seeking rest aud recreation at least that Is what he tell the reporters. If be is looking for a real strenuous rest he should have posted up first from Charles M. Schwab, whose recent experience as a traveling millionaire Invalid makes him au expert at the business. The troubles over wage scales In the building trades ought not to luterferc with the erection of the auditorium, but how are the labor uuious to make ex cept ious for oue c'ass of buildings as against auother? Tbe only thing for the auditorium directors to do Is to hold the contractors reinsllle. Presumably the legislature bus fixed upon the day of adjournment so far In advance lu order to give the Ileal Es tate exchange ample time to prepare for a triumphal reception to th home-coiu-lug Douglaa delegation us a testimonial to their heroic tight for the etiual taxa tlou of railroads for city purposes with other city projerty. According to our former congress man, the uew primary election test oath law was especially "designed to keep democrats from reglsterlug as -republicans and reiuiViltcaus as democrats aud Is uot half a strlngeut as the Minne sota law." If the gentlemau from Miuuenpolla had takeu the trouble to ask Cougressmaux Tawney how the thlug works in Mlunesotu, he might have fouud o't th-'t the most serious ohjetiou to the Minnesota primary law la that democrats lu disguise register as republicans aud republlciins lu disguise register aa democrats, notwithstanding tbe inquisitorial test oaths. Such a lit tle thlug te perjury cits' not trouble some Moplc, especially when they know that notary cuu disprove their false Ustliuocy, TJ1K roLICK lit PULIT1C9. An tinnsnieri rontrlhntor to a local iiK-rtfiiiii- sheet endeavors to con done- tlie attempt of tbe sham reform IkIIt? commission to dominate Omaha Kill tic tij giving currency to reminis cent misinformation. Admitting that there I considerable Dierlt In the com plaints launched again! tbe bogus re formers, the apologist for the Baldwin commiHHlon declarea that: The Impression prevails In the minds of many well posted people that It was Rose water himself who many years ago went down to Lincoln to boost a Br and police commission bill to give him and his allies control of . the city. Ever since that eventful period the sentiment of that gen tleman and all of his followers on the question of a fire and police commission has depended wholly upon whether or not the existing commission were one whlt he owned. If It were such a one, he was always disposed to believe a fire and police commission "a bully boy with a glass eye." It It were one which was disposed to thrust the pruning hooks Into him and his polit ical side partners, he haa been a violent and unrelenting advocate of home rule. Thnt well-tlellued UnprcHHlou bear the earmark of the "well-defined rumors" that were circulated for campaign con sumption eighteen months ago but have since been effectually punctured. The Omaha txillce mid file commission had It origin In the jMiptilar demand for taking the polW out of lltl.i- an.l not Into politics. The first police commis sion bill was enacted by the legislature In the winter of 1SS". when William J. Broatch was serving his first term as mayor of Omaha and John M. Thayer whs entering on his first term aa gov ernor. There was not the remotest expect ancy that the police commission to be appointed by Governor Thayer would play Into the hands of any iol!tlcnl faction and the experience with the commlsHloii during the first four years fully justified the expectations of the men who desired to divorce the police front tsilitics. The first Omalm police commission was selected by General Thayer without, political pressure from any faction or individual. It consisted of I.. M. Bennett, George I. Gilbert. Christian Hurt man untl Howard B. Smith. The only survivor of that com mission, Mr. Howard B. Smith, will, we feel sure, testify that during his In cumbency nobody attempted to project the police into politics. For the first six years after the creation of the com mission the police aud fire departments remained absolutely divorced from all politics, and every police officer, from the chief to patrolman, exercised his rights OA a citizen at tbe primaries and elections without restraint. This illcy was pursued strictly under the administration of George P. Bemls cs mayor of Omaha from 12 to By that time the powers of the police commission hud been eulnrged so as .o Include control of the police and fire de partments as well as the functions of a liquor licensing board. The degeneration of the Omaha pcllce commissions Into political machines dates from the perversion of the orig inal law. through the Itussell-Churcbill board, which, was created, expressly for thesubjugatton of Omaha by the uiie of the police club wielded by-appointed cor poration tools us commlssioiiers. It was this flagrant perversion of the spirit of the law by the Broatch-Vnn-dervoort commission that Inspired the popular demaud for home rule either by police boards directly appointed by the mayor and council or elected by the people. Had the corporation managers kept their bands off and allowed the governors to exercise their privilege ac cording to their best judgment, Omaha would probably have escaped the scan dals of a police force demoralized by political contention aud factional strife. Alt 1MPVRTANT PHUJKCT. It is more than twelve years since tri project of an Intercontinental railway, from the United SUUes to the southoru limit of South America, was first pro posed. Tills was at the first Fan-American cougresa In and waa suggested by James G. Bh'.lne, who believed thtt such a railway would be of enormous commercial advantage to this country and would also tend to bind the Inde pendent countries of ' this hemisphere closer together. The project was again discussed-at tbe congress of American republics held lu the City of Mexico last year and a permanent commission was appointed to promote the euterpnse, with headquarters lu Washington City. This is composed of men who fully be lieve In the feasibility aud great 1m portauce of the project aud some of whom are prepared to invest heavily lu It. Ileccntly Secretary Hay appointed a special commissioner to visit South and Central America and make a report ou the commercial aspects of the proposed intercontinental railway, as authorized by cougtvss at its last session aud the fact that Audrew Carnegie and former Senator Davis of West Virginia have each contributed $5.(100 toward the pay ment of the expenses of the commis sioner shows that men of business ex perience and ability have faith In the project. The scheme contemplates an all rail route from the sou t lie r a bound ary of Mexico, which Is now accessible by mil from the United States, down the west coast of South America and thcuce through the mountains to the metroisrils of Argentina. The route of the proposed railroad would be A7 miles lu length and tbe cost, as esti mated by the engiueers, would be $175, 000,000. lu the opinion of soma It Is a vision ary project, but this is not the view takeu of It by Mr. Carnegie and some other capitalists who have given the matter careful consideration aud are ready to Invest lu it if Investigation shall show that the commercial aspects are satisfactory. Such Investigation as has already lieeu made Is favorable and the best opinion of those who are well Informed lu regard to South American t-oudltlous is that with the building of railway there would come such speedy development of the rich mineral and agricultural resources aa would soon furnish profitable business. The Inter eft which our government has mani fested in the matter will doubtless stim ulate Interest on the part of the South American countries and may lead to practical measures. Perhaps the project will not lie undertaken lu the Dear fu ture, but that Its realization Is a possi bility Is not to be doubted. A SPLIT Utl TH VULOB LISK. The National Equal Suffrage associa tion, presided over by that veteran champion of woman's rights, Susan B. Anthony, has experienced a staggering shock by the Intrusion of the race ques tion nt the national gathering In New Orleons. The cardinal principle of the woman's suffrage propaganda Is the dee la rat ion of Independence that proclaims all men to be created equal and endowed with Inalienable rights to life. Utterly and the pursuit of happiness. These Inalienable rights tiro presumed to lie Inherent In women as well as In men, and Inasmuch as wonicn who clamor for suffrage cannot be happy without It they resent the limitation of the franchise to men as an luvaslon of their natural rights. Theoretically this position may be unassailable, but In practice It has eucountered many ob stacles. The right to vote Is not always nu accompaniment of happiness with the stronger sex and the great majority of the women In this world have not missed the franchise In the pursuit of happiness. If the truism that all men are created equal applies to women, it naturally fol lows thot nil women are created equal whatever may be their race or condi tlon. But this doctrine la being ve hemently denied nnd denounced by the blue blooded women of the south, who Insist that the color line must be drawn as tightly In the matter of suffrage as In tne matter of social intercouse. If the son of Ham and the daughter of Ham nre to vote the daughters of Shem will turn their backs upon )wlitlcs and take no part lu -elections. In other words, the southern euual suffragists are con stitutionally opiMtscd to having a com nmulty of Interests with equal suffra gists of the uorth who are willing to degrade themselves politically to the level of the uegro, the quadroon, or the octoroon at the ballot Imjx whether they appear In male or female apparel. The advocates of equal suffrage will find It very difficult to reconcile their cardinal principles! with practical ex perience and are rightfully alarmed for fear the cause for which they have been battling these many years will be shat tered ou the color line, rocks. FRKKVOM VF VAUOK. No feature of the report of the An thracite Strike commission has received more consideration and comment than that which reh-.tes to the right of nil men to work: The commission evidently regarded this as a most vital matter and its view in regard to the freedom of labor has been very generally and earnestly commended." It declared that the rlsht to remain at work where others have censed to work, or to en gage anew in work which others have abandoned, Is part of the personal liberty or a citizen, that cau never be surreu- Jered, "and every infringement thereof merits ami should receive the stern 'de nouncement of the law." The report as serts that the rJjcht of a citizen to work when he pleases, for whom he pleases and on what terms he pleases, cannot iks successruiiy denied, and says: "Tbe common sense of our people, as iwll as the common law, forbids that this right should be assailed with Impunity. It Is vain to say tbat the man who remains at work wMle others cease to work, or takes ine place of one who has aban doned his work, helps to defeat tbe as pirations of men who seek to obtain better recompense for their labor and better conditions of life. Approval of the object of a strike, or persuasion that Its purpose Is high and noble, cannot sanction an attempt to destroy the right of others to a different opinion In this resteer, or to interfere with their eou duct in choosing to work npou what terms and at what time and for whom It may please them so to do." This Is a position which all Intelligent worklngmen, particularly those con nected with organized labor, should give thoughtful consideration to. There is no doubt that It bus made a very strong Impression uikui the public mind and that It will be referred to Injustiflcatlon of opposition to any future efforts of organized labor to Interfere with the rights aud the freedom of worklngmen who are not connected with trades unions. It Is a position which power fully appeals to a vital aud dominant American sentiment-that sentiment which recognizes the right of every mau to control his own labor and to dispose of It In accordance with what he be lieves to Ik his Interest and advantage. That It will have a tendency to stim ulate feeling in behalf of the freedom of labor appears to be highly probable. There hns recently been develop! In the ranks of labor a sentiment In this direction that is very iikely to grow. In New York here baa been incorporated what Is calli-d the Independent Labor League of America, among the declared purposes of which is to protect inde pendent worklngmen in their Inde pendence and to opiose strikes, lock outsj boycotts and blacklists. At several points In Indiana associations of work lngmen have been formed with the avowed object of antagonizing trades unions. Insofar as they may seek to In terfere with the lndeieudence and free dom of nonunion labor. These are circumstances Indicating a revolt against the policy ,f organized labor which It would le well for the trades unions to think about seriously. A very large majority of the working men of the country are not organized. If they should generally unite to resUt the policy of tradu unionism the latter might be uuablo to survive the coutest. At all events It I perfectly obvious that organized lalor cannot persist, without danger to Itself, In denying or antag onlzlng the tights of lalmr that I not or ganlzcd. That, as declared by the com mission. Is against the common sense of our people, ns well as th, common law. Alt IMilMAX ISQ'JISlTloy. During the past week newspaper read era have becu afflicted with long ac counts of the testimony taken nt au In quest beld In Buffalo to Investigate the circumstances surrounding the sensa tioiial murder that occurred recently In that city, the principal part of this tes tlinony consisting of a disgusting de tailed narration of the liaison between the dead man's wife and the possible suspect, also dead, the testimony being extorted from the woman by an Inquisi tion Inhuman and uncalled for. All the filth aud rottenness raked up out of the social sewer by the relentless misuse of the machinery of the law has not served one bit to bring the M-iietrator of the crime to Justice, or even to Identify him more closely than could have Is-eu doue without putting the unfortunate woman uiKiu the rack. , It may have lteen perfectly proper to look lu'o tho family life of the mnr Mcrcii niuii ami to nnu out wnat enemies he had. what threats they may have made against his life and what forcible collisions may have occurred between them. It might even have been projier to have the letters Ideutlried which oc casioned the family estrungemeut and served as the basis of the divorce pro ceedings. But the minute story of the relations between the woman and her paramour were entirely unnecessary to the case. Spreading them before the public has contributed nothing toward the solution of the mysterious crime and nothing for the advancement of law and order or the promotion of good morals. On the contrary, it has scattered broad cast a virus that canuot but work mis chief throughout the whole social com munity aside from the outrage to which the defenseless witness was subjected, who could uot isisslbly have had any part directly or Indirectly In the mur derous deed. This jsrformance at Buf falo calls for an indignant protest from all decent people. SLIOHTIXO Tff CXIIiSITIOX. A g(Ml deal of disappointment was caused by the statement in the British I'arliauicnt a few days ago that the gov ernment had decided ou a grant of $150,Ooo for the purpose of helping to make a creditable display at the Louis iana Purchase exjiosltion. Subsequently It was Intimated that this sum might 1k increased, but we have observed uo formal proposition to do this. Slighting the exposition by tho British govern ment, should that be doue, would be un fortunate and regrettable. Germany and France, It is uow assured, will have exteuslve exhibits at J3t. Louis nnd Great Britain should not be behind either of them. Indeed It should be the effort of that .country to excel all others lu its display. As the I'hlladalpbla Inquirer remarks, "uot only Is the Anglo-American trade greater than any other, but Great Brit ain and the United States are drawn together by many ties of political Inter est, of historical association and of ruce relationship which do not and cauuot exist In the case of other countries. If only as au expression of friendliness and good will. It was supposed that Great Britain would do the most to promote the success of the great exhibition for which such costly and extensive prop aratlons are being made." Premier Bal four and bis colleagues should realb-.e that It will be a great mistake to allow Great Britain to be behind an? other foreign country at St Louis. Governor Mickey Is to be commended for tbe llrm stand be has taken against the legislative Sunday jamlsiree, which bus marked the closing hours of several legislative sessions. Whenever final. ad journment waa set for Saturday. It hns been customary to turn the clock back and continue the legislative day all night Saturday and up to Sunday noon, and sometimes up to sundown Sunday. The period intervening between mid night Saturday and the poon bell Sun day was converted Into a drunken orgy, during which the corporation lobby puts In Its most effective work in mutilating or stealing bills aud pushing their Jobs while baskets of champagne and boxes of bottled beer are being uncorked and Intoxicated members aud employes In dulge lu the lumoent pastime of smash ing furniture, throwing paper balls and raising shool generally. If Governor Mickey's opposition to Sunday desecra tion results In the breaking up of this demoralizing custom be will be enti tled to the unstinted gratitude of the people of Nebraska. President Roosevelt haa found It nec essary to decline au Invitation to visit Victoria, B. C, us a detour from his Puget Sound trip. While tbe Invitation was doubtless extended with the best intentions, the people there ought to know that it would hardly do for the president of the United States to leave the confines of this country even for the briefest social engagement particularly at present when the vice presidential office Is vacant, grave questions of con stitutional rights might be precipitated by the temporary transfer of executive authority (luestions which It would be far better to pMtpoue until they become unavoidable. The heavy official respon sibility restlug ou the head of this great American republic requires serious con sideration before any of the long-established precedents of the executive office be disturbed or overturned. There Is uo excuse, for collecting lu taxes Just to pile the money up In the state treasury, whether the fuud la U lelled for the university or for some other Institution The people of Ne braska cuu easily flud use for all tbvh money that la uot absolutely needed fo the malntenauce of public institutions and bare a right to protest against a tax levy that will produce more than the sums appropriated by an extremely lib eral legislature. Let the taxes stay in tbe pockets of the people until tbe state requires them. Think ef tho Salary. Baltimore American. With congressional bars closed and con gressmen taxed at Washington on their per suuai prvyony, wuai impulse na s a man to serve bis country In Its legislative halls, anyhow T Titled Snrkrn Baited. Washington I'oet. The London developments show that Mr. j. vnitaner Wright landed some titled sucKers who expected to profit bv the flnan clal discomfiture of the common herd. They usual mate tne most strenuous kickers. Raalt Amoaiat Karal I'errer. Buffalo Express. According to the Intent official calcul tlon. the United States now stands third among the naval powers In the number ot battle line ships built, building or author tied, though It Is still fifth In the number immediately available. Taking efficiency Into account, the rank of the I'nited States pruoamy would bo still higher, for It Is the only great nation whose officers and men huve had training In actual warfare. Tea Years la Too Brief. Boston HcrHld. A Jury of the law school of the University 01 lowa nas found Hamlet. Prinre of Den mark, guilty of manslaughter In killing his uncle. The case has been on trial for nearly a month and has engaged the attention or tbe most distinguished lawyers and alienists In Iowa. The verdict Is generally approved by literary and dramatic critics. who could never quite make up their minds that Hamlet wa insane. The penalty un der the law of Iowa Is imprisonment for ten years. Some Advantages of Wealth. Baltimore American. True, John D. Rockefeller has dyspepsia more or less, bis hair Is mostly abRent and he Is growing old. But he can stay as Ion as he wishes in Southern California In one of the finest hotels on earth, play golf ev ery day in the week, ride around In a prl vate car and never has to worry where thi next meal is coming from. In spite of the unpopularity of it, being a multlmillion aire really has some advantages that even a philosopher or a poet might see wlth'the naked eye, and very few afflictions that tbe rest of us haven't had or are liable to have. Commercial Morality. Philadelphia Record. Europeans cherish the fond delusion that the level of commercial morality is higher with them than with us. Englishmen and Germans, many of whom have loat money In imprudent Investments or speculations In the United States, are particularly prone to refer to American railway financiering as reckless or dishonest, or both, and Amer lean management of Joint Btock companies as no better than gambling. Tet England and Germany have in the last three or four years offered exhibitions of reckless and criminal mismanagement of financial insti tutions that could not be matched by any thing in tbe history of American specula tlon. Lie Abilities of Meter. Philadelphia Record. John Kendrlck Bangs writes to the water commissioners of Yonkers that hla water meter "betrays Imaginative qualities which it I could possess for use In my profession would make me the leading romancer of my time." . Probably people are prone to do injustice to the silent and industrious mechanisms that keep tab on their con sumption of gas and water, and guess work, especially by an interested party, may not be sufficient to convict a meter of men daclty. But people who complain of their meters receive some moral support from the report of the Massachusetts gas and elec tric light commissioners that more than 48 per cent of the meters tested last year registered too fast. GREAT LABOR PROBLEM. Activity at Industrial renters Pro- dneea Scarcity of Farm Labor. ' Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Attention was called In these columns some days ago to the letter of a Vermont farmer setting forth his entire Inability to get hired help. He had been driven Into a position where he must work himself to death, so to speak, or give up his farm, and similar cases In New Eng'and are doubtless to be counted by thousands. Western farmers are making louder com plaints than ever for this cause. They are now engaged in hiring help fur the season, and their agencies in the cities are meet ing with more than common difficulty In filling the demand. Ordinarily, In the region tributary to Chicago, a farm band Is paid from $16 to $18 a month, with board and lodging. This year $25 Is being offered, with extra inducements as to hours and privileges, but the desired help Is not forth coming In anything like the needed quan tity. Something more than the unattractive ness of farm life at the moment enters Into the problem. Tbe demand for labor In manufacturing and transportation Is now at a higher point probably than at any previoua time during the present period of industrial revival. Production Is taxed to its utmost. Tbe great railroad com panies of ihe country are planning ex traordinary expenditures for improvementa which will call for a large amount of extra labor, while the congestion of traffic Is such as to force into employment every available hand for which room can be found. Labor in manufacturing and railroading la de manding higher wages or shorter hours with exceptional confidence that Its place cannot be filled and that it has but to strike to bring employers to terms. Nor Is tbls all that the farmer haa to contend against. In the west there baa been going on a speculation In farm lands and the opening of new tracts ta settle ment which has caused an emigration of regular farm help, tenants and sons of farmers from the older to the newer agri cultural regions. Tbe railroads have been active In forwarding the movement, extend ing It southward toward New Orleans aud northwestward through the Dakota Into Canada offering landa on favorable terms and transportation thereto, moving whole villages of people, with their household goods and farm Implements, aa colonies in newly-settled sections. The speculative spirit of tbe period Is thus not confined to stocks and truat combinations and street railway extensions, but as usual at auch tlmea seises upon even tbe agricultural classes and hurries off large numbers from established positions into pioneer lend en terprises elsewhere. It is a time of extraordinary industrial activity and employment even for the boom period. Labor haa been taken up Into the boiling solution, as money has been taken up and floating capital, and tbe labor mar ket la as tight aa the money market io the more attractive lines of employment, which do not Include the farm. So the farmer must suffer most from the situa tion. If the strsin rontinues the western harvests will be apt to suffer simply from lack ot help to gather them ia. BLASTS IROtt RAMS HORX. Grief is thi graving tool that cuts the llnea of grace In tbe character. The sacrifice of professionalism may b the price of power In the pulpit. The atrength of family religion does not depend on the slse of the family bible. The wall of the conceit of knowledge la worse than one of the densest Ignorance. Ambition becomes sin when It turns from the blessing of service to the boosting of elf. When a man buys a healthy peace at the price of a sickly pride he has made a good bargain. There Is no way you can do greater works than by the greatness of your ordi nary works. Better throw a stream on tho smoke of your Imaginations than wait for the flame of sinful deed. Many men save their money at the faucat of duty while they leave the bunghole of desire wide open. KCt LAR SHOTS AT TUB PI LPIT. Chicago Tribune; A Missouri preacher announces that when he officiates at a fu neral hereafter he will tell the truth about the deceased. The other preachers In the town must have been getting all tbe wed dings. Chicago Chronicle: The dath of Canon Parrar removes from international amenity a genial and impressive figure, one of the few men of his time who helped to make union of church and state less odious to the British taxpayer. New York Times: The Rev. Or. C. H. rarkhurst Is widely noted for the plain way he haa of stating facts. In a discourse last Sunday be referred to those who are in the habit of dropping a nickel in the plate after listening to the eloquence and logic of some particularly distinguished di vine as "showing B cents' worth of evan gelical responsiveness." Louisville Courier-Journsl: It Is now re vealed from a Boston pulpit that women who wear birds on their hats will never get to heaven. If nobody gets to heaven who has been barred out at some time by the pulpit heaven will be a wilderness. The habit of using birds as hat ornaments Is certainly cruel enough, but It Is not a whit more cruel than the habits of hunting and fishing, which are indulged In by the very pulpiteers who condemn women for wearing dead birds. - Brooklyn Eagle: The Rev. Dr. James M. Buckley, the editor of a Mothodlst church organ, says that "the secular press cannot be relied on to stand up for morality; that where the Interests of Its political party are concerned that press will give way; that he never saw an Independent paper, although he reads 469 exchanges." Dr. Buckley can be safely relied on to say something more startling, when the effect of his latest statement shall have spent Its temporary force. He Is not a philosopher, he Is only a detonator. Springfield Republican: General Chaffee Isn't exactly a diplomatist. Addressing the Methodist Social union In New Tork, on an occasion when foreign missionary themes were uppermost, he bluntly said that while in Pekln he took occasion to talk with the most nromlnent Chinese. with the result that no Intelligent native over expressed a .desire to embrace the Christian religion. "The masses, too, are against Christianity." Rev. Dr. Gamewell. It Is reported, confirmed the general's statement In this respect, and he la a mis sionary of distinguished service In the China field. Still, the worn win go on with greater energy than ever. PERSONAL ASD OTHERWISE. It Is evident that Buffalo society has aome scents. ' - - The biggest man in Chicago Is dead. He weighed 450 pounds at tbe last aitting on hay scales. People who shy at the spring vintage of Missouri water will have their Innings later. Remember bock and keep your thirst on edge. Baron Mumm has been appointed German ambassador at Rome. The baron ought to make an Ideal diplomat If he does not break the eeal. A cocktail bottle figured promiscuously In he Buffalo Investigation. It furnished the only agreeable scent uncorked by the In vestigators. A Japauese woman ia quoted as declaring that American husbands are ordered about too much by their wives. Wonder who gave the snap away to the gossiping for eigner? The growing strength of Old Sol affords some comfort for the emptiness of tbe ooal bin and warrants a hoarse laugh at the dealer whose surplua diamonds fall to at tract tbe cash. Since King Edward laid In a moderate stock of Blue Grass dew he has been de clared eligible to membership In the royal order of Kentucky Colonels. A touch of the right spirit makes ail Colonels kin. Preparations for the summer rush of tour- fits are already under way In tbe eaat. Varioua boards of health are Investigating be prospective mosquito crop, and the prospects are favorable for bills of the usual calibre. A Chicago woman of modest years whose aged husband apent money too freely took heroic meana to protect her Interests. She Induced a court to appoint herself as re- reiver for her husband. In the matrimonial game December la easily eucbered by Msy. Victims of tbe get-rlch-qulck concerns who were surprised by the ease with which hey were taken In are not the only sur prised people In the bunch. Two of the promoters in New York were disagreeably urprlsed with a penitentiary sentence, al though they had an abundance of money to pay a liberal fine. An extraordinary decision waa rendered by the supreme court of New York state recently. In effect the court held that the will of a man who left $. 000,000 could not be broken. Here Is a state of things, surely. The Idea that an estate may be disposed of aa the testator willed without legal talent and oratory la Incomprehens ible. More than that. It Is irrelevant, im pertinent and revolutionary. Wherever You go those days, at horn or abroad, you will find nearly all well dressed men wearing Browning-, King A Co. 'a clothing And in almoat every city you can And on of our stores and when you are ready to buy your next ault or overcoat, juet look at oure and try them on. SIO.OO UP TO $2S.OO AO CLOTUWQ FITS LIKE OURS. vxTwi.Xuvq (go. ' M. a WUmm. Jfeaaem THK LAI K W . K. AM. "Speak of me as I am; nothing ex i tenuate, nor set down aught In mallre.' i That Is what tbe late Y. E. Annln would have desired of his friends. And they, re membering him aa he was, can wlh only to speak ot hlra as they knew him -I he gonial, cordial, generous man. who Infuncd life and spirit and brightness wherever n was. W. E. Annln was a man of urn on. -roon merit. He was possessed of morn thmt ordinary Intellectual qualifications :in I gifts. He was a most attractive com panion because of his genial qualities. hW great good nature and his Inexhaust IW mental resources for entertainment. He waa never known to be anything but t It agreeable associate, the engaging racon teur, the unfailing optimist. Who of thou- that experienced hla companionship ran re call a time when that cheerful heart not making pleasure for them and thnt bright mind waa not supplying something for their entertainment? It seemed to bn hla mission la a peculiar degree to contrib ute to the enjoyment of those with whom be came in contact. 'He was a very prlnco ef optimists. The bright aide was always before him. Even when he came to realize the shadow and . the Impending doom he did not give up that fine quality of his na ture which ever sought the sunshine. -Witness tbls letter written last December to an Intimate friend: It waa very kind and very thoughftil on your Dart to remember me and in write the Art son exile In his lair. I am here fo the winter on what our legal friend wnul I call a demurrer" fighting for delay In "Joining Issue" and pleading thnt even If the facts are as stated they do not cc n rtlt'it ground for action on the part ot the old fellow with the .-scythe. I don't know. Matters In a progressive dls nsi have progrestied pretty far. It Is pns-dbii that progreaa may be arrested. That It all that can be hoped for. I am cheerful and I hope philosophical. If the love of friends could change matters I would havti nothing to worry about. God bless them all. We do not think what his faith was. He did not talk of It. But this we do know, that he waa ever faithful to those precepts which guide the footsteps of honorable men, that he was earnest in his friend ships, that he waa true to hia home and all Its obligations and duties. How unutter ably great must be the grief of those who will never more know his tender love and care. May He who "tempera the wind to the shorn lamb" be merciful unto them. Dear old friend, farewell. Thou hast answered the summons that must couin fo all of us and let us believe hast entered Into a happier life. The many who knew you will long affectionately cherish the memory of your worth aa a man. a friend and a companion. E. C. H. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES, Impeciine Have you any Idea what your father would say If I axked to marry you? Miss Hookoey No, Oeorge. Pupa never uses that kind of language before inc. New York Sun. Kitty Theodore tella me all hia thoughts are of me. Blanche Yes, that's very pretty; but they do say that Theodore never thinks Huston Tranecript. "Have you told any one that we wero going to be married?" "OTi, dear, no! Only that we are en gaged." Detroit Kree Press. "What did she ever see In him that mads her want to marry him?" "Nothing. She married him because she wanted it home." "Poor rlrl! And he took her to a flat:," . Chicago Tribune. "The average woman treats her husbnnd about the same way thai a servant g.rl treats a bit of brlc-a-brac." "How do you mean!" "The more he's worth the more ahe tries to break him." Philadelphia Press. "I notice that the wife of that American dentist who wan banished from Haxuny affectionately alludes to her husband as "my king." " "I minnoee that's because he handles Afiss Youngthvng And what would you say, Oeorge, if 1 were to tell you I didn't believe one word you say regarding the lasting qualltlee of your affection? George I would say that you are far to- wlae for any ord'nary man to marry. Good bye. Baltimore American. lawyer Madam. It waa I who drew tip your late husband's will, aud In It he par ticularly requested that you should not marry again, but I Widow O, dear, Mr. Stt.indetn: your kind offer hae quite overcome me, but wouldn't It be more aet-mly to wait until the perlo I of mourning has expired before we an nounce the engagement? Phlladelplil Telegram. IK A CATHEDRAL. Aloysius Coll In Catholic Standard and Times. I stand within the great cathedral dour. The olive lamp, far ui the pillared alnlr. Burns low, and penance, prayer and elo quence Of organ reed are mute a little while. And yet, methlnks, the omnipresent Ood Love's prisoner on the gleaming nltir-stone-Forsaken by His Sunday worshipers, Is not this moment altogether lone. Shadows of the Apostles from a pane, Like ardent spirits, till each aisle and pew And Rllence makes a sermon of their love. Warming the vacant temple through ami through. Around the cornice and the rhadowy eavet The wind. In solemn procession, chants and moves; And, i hoii -Ilk, from the echoing belfry loft. Kntone tbe congregations of the doves. And over all far pleading publicans The prayer of Juy. and poverty, ani strife Are rising from the Jsrs-on of th streets The everlasting psalm Utry of life! 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