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14 Tim Omaha Sunday Bee E. ROSEWATBR, EDITOR. PfBLISIIKD EVERT MORXINO. TERMS OF BL-nsCRIPTION. Fally (without Sunday), One Teof. lJ W llly Hr and Munday, Ono Year muairateq wee, (in near Sunday Be. on Year Katurday Bee, On Tear Twentieth Century Farmer, One Tear. DELIVERKD BY CARRIER. X1y P (without 8nnil3)',. per copy. I I a 1 IT 1 1 .I........ ft .. n ..... tiaff, AlC 2 no s.w 1.00 2C ..Vic t'ally He (Including Sunday), per week.. 17c Sunday llee. nr ropy J0 Evening Dm (without Sunday), per Weak. 60 Evening He (Including Sunday), per week ,0c Complaint of Irregularities In delivery hould be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee building. South Omaha-City Hall Uulldlng. Twenty-fifth and M Street. Council Muff 10 Fearl Street. Chicago 1640 Unity Uulldlnp. New York IX2D Park Row Iltilldtng. Washington 601 fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newa and edi torial matter nhould be addreaed: Omana Baa, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expreaa or postal order, Payable to Tha Hee Publishing Company. Only 2-ceiit stamp accepted In payment of mall account. Personal checka, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COM 1 ANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nobraska, Douglaa County, George B. Tanchuck, secretary of Tna Bee Puhlisulng Company, lining duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Mornlnj,. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tin month of May, lu3. was aa follows: 1 80,MM 17 2H.4.-.0 11 si.oso 1! . 30,70 20 SO.tMH) 21 80,170 22 30.040 a 30,830 24 2H,230 X 30,830 26 80,700 27 30,700 t JIO.OHO 29 BO.IMIO to au.sno U 2T.UOO 1 3O,T0 I Kil.KOO 4 80.MM) ao.rao aa,67 T uo.uto I.... ....80.S10 8O.T40 10 7,T75 11 30,440 12 tfO,370 U 80,00 14 80.7UO IS 30.U0O 18 8U,Ht0 ' ToUl B3.00 Lea unsold and returned copies iOjt4H Net total sales M3.S81I Net average sales vo.447 QEORUfi B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this Slat day of May, A. D. 1903. M. B. HUNOATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. The anthracite coal barons seein to make hay whether the uu shines or not To the army of youthful graduates: Take a brief vacation and then buckle down to work. Joseph Chamberlain Is getting a whole lot of valuable free advertising out of it anyway. Tte American derby would be mt as Ms an event in the sporting world it it wtnt by an American naun. It really, is not necessary to deny as a malicious fabrication the report that the sultan of Turkey is about to abdi cate his throne. Tha ancestral founder of the dynasty of the new king of Servla may havo been a swine breeder, but In this King Peter has none the best of some of the other royal occupants of European thrones. The new telephone company down at Lincoln gives it out that it will install a plant that will be a novelty in its way. If it supplies a service that will do away with the answer. "Line's busy," It will be a novelty ir.deed. 1 . j. j The adage about a prjphet never being appreciated in his own country is again exemplified by the fact that the mourning over the late ktng and queen of Servla is Indulged in Itussia, while the Servian people exhibit only signs of Joy. The Iowa idea has prevailed for the readjusfment of rates for the fraternal order of Modern Woodmen. The Iowa idea in this Instance, however, is some thing distinctly different from the Iowa idea promulgated in the last republican state platform. The physicians ought to be a unit in favor of the proposed ordinance to pro hibit the sale of dope drugs in Omaha except on a doctor's Prescription. Such an ordinance might naturally he ex petted to stiffen the demand for pre scription papers. The aweet girl graduate who des canted at our High school commence ment on "Woman in History" did not have time to Include the changes that will have to be made in the text books on account of the wily Intrigues of Queen Drags of Servla. One of the veracious Washington cor respondents una uucarthed a plot to drag Adlal Stevenson out as a randi date for the presidential place on the democratic national ticket. Ad!:ti will be only on the verge of 75 when the next president is nominated. His old age ought to comma ml for him more veneration and respect. The principal object which the Keenw faction seems to be trying to accomplish In its fight with the Hariimau Interests over control of the Southern Taiiflc Is to divert to New Orleans truffle which wow goes through Omaha over the Union Pacific. Iu a fight turuiug on tola Issue Mr. Harrlmau can count ou the support of public sentiment in Ne braska and all the other states traversed by the Uulon Pacific. Iu tha face of a tremendous shrinkage la its put king Industry pud the general busluesn depression In comteqtieufe of tho receut floods, Kansns City makes a allowing of nearly 2,oJt),onu Increase In its bank elenrlngs for the past week, a compared with the aggregate of cletr lng twvlva month agu. In this respect Kuns City reminds us of the drcr.lution of a local yellow Journal that Increased 2.000 during a month In which It bid lout mora than 8,000 sub-acrlkart, rmsT htkp ro tax rktokm. By far the niot Important office to be filled by the people of every county In Nebraska at the next iret.eral eloctlon l.s the newly rrcatcd position of county HHM-anor. The aucceaa or failure of the movement for tax reform will depend lui-Ro!y upon th e?l-ction of the men who are entrusted with the responsible work of revision of the tax lint of the aercinl autxllvliilon township, pre ilnet and M100I district--of the va rious ount Ira. The leplalnture haa very wisely limited t.ie official tenure of the tat aaeeaaora to one term of four yenr. The knowl edge that he cannot be his own nc ivssor in the otlice will tend to stiffen tue backbone of the Assessor to an Im partial and feinies dlncbarfe of duty, however, rtNncroeable it may be, al ways provl.llnjr that he la an honest nmn. On the other hand, the one-term limitation' may operate as an incentive for partiality and favoritism on the part of venal assessors who have nothing more to expect, or hope for politically. The ;rrent body of Nebraska taxpayers are vitally concerned In the enforcement of the new revenue law in all its essential features. Its chief aim Is to distribute the burden of taxation equally upon the owners of alt taxable property in con formity with the spirit and letter of the constitution. What is most essen tial is uniformity and impartiality in the assessment of all classes of prop erty, but unless honest and efficient county assessors are chosen this fall the new revenue law will prove a dead let ter. T.'nfortnnately the distribution of county offices as party spoils has ren dered political caucuses and Conventions reckless and indifferent as to fitness of candidates for positions that demand above all things moral courage and In tegrity., In view of the fact thtt po litical nominating conventions have al ready been called and are to be held within the next sixty days, it Is of the utmost Importance that special atten tion bo given to the nomination of suit able men for the county assessorshlps, aud nominating conventions should bear In mind that the individual interests of taxpaylng voters will outweigh at the election the attachment to the party. PKOSAGE IN ALABAMA. It is gratifying to know that the De partment of Justice is determined to break up the system of peonage In Ala bama, the recent exposure of which caused general astonishment that prac tical slavery lu its worst form exists in that state. Several weeks ago the fed eral grand Jury at Montgomery found an indictment against a white citizen, charging him with having sold a negro in a condition of peonage or involuntary service. It appeared that the negro had borrowed a dollar from a white man, promising to pay it back the next day. Falling to do so he was arrested, con victed and fined for obtaining money under false pretenses. The man of whom he borrowed the" money sold him for $25, the purchaser working him for a year and then selling him to another party; who was working him when the case was brought to the attention of the federal grand Jury. It is aatd that many more negroes are still in bondage in several of the coun ties of Alabama. Under a law of that state the magistrates fine negroes, have someone pay their fine and work them, all the time keeping a guard over them during the day and locking them up at night. It la said they are sometimes brutally whipped, which is undoubtedly true. Following the disclosure secret service men were set to work Investi gating and the assurance is given that the federal authorities will spare no ef fort to bronk up this unlawful and abominable system. A large number of cases are now under Investigation and it is stated that in addition to the ar rests already made It is expected that warrants will soon be issued for a still larger number. It appears that the sys tem is not in operation to any consid erable extent near the cities and large towns, but in some of the more sparsely settled sections it Is quite common. The efforts of the officials of the De partment of Justice to destroy this sys tem, which is a reproach to the coun try, will hare the earnest support of everybody capable of understanding its pernicious character. ' All who are par ticipants In it should be punished to the fill extent of the law. In abuse and Injustice toward its colored citizens Alabama has an Infamous distinction. sot a partisan matter. The Philadelphia Ledger, an lndepen dent paper that is able to consider pub lic mailers without the prejudice of the partisan, says "the efforts which some ladlcally partisan organs are making to smirch the national administration by holding it responsible for the postofflee scandals should be condemned by the country's wise, Just Judgment." So It will be, there Is every reason to be lieve. It may be admitted that Post master General Payne has not at all times been as Judicious and discreet re garding the Investigation as he should have been, but It is not astonishing that ho khould have hesitated to glva full credence to tw.no of the charges. It cannot le shown, however, that he has put any obstacle in the way of the in quiry or has at any point In It progress fulled tit give necessary support to the officials who are prosecuting It, Ho far as the national administration Is concerned, there is nothing to nhow that the. prvuldent has not from the out let taken u most earnest interest In the Investigation. It was the understand ing ttiMt when it was instituted ht gav direction that it should be mad thorough and on hi return I rem his trip, after learning what had leen dis closed, his order wa to go to the bot tom, reg&rdlesa of who might bo hurt. Curtainly nothing mora could b Oiked arJd this order is being faithfully car ried out tnd will b to tna end, for THE OMAHA DAILY HEEi SUNDAY, JTTNE 21, 1003. should any official attempt to evade or disregard It he would undoubtedly e summarily dismissed. The partisan or gans that are trying to smirch the na tional administration lu connection with this matter will exert no Influence with fair-minded men. rifAXciso the enr debt. Proposals have been Invited by City Treasurer Kenning for the purchase of $484,000 of renewal bonds of the city of Omaha, bearing Interest at 4 per cent semi-annually, and payable at the ex piration of thirty years. Tlie proposed Issue of bonds has been authorised by ote of the city council, the proceeds thereof to take up outstanding bonds of an 'equal amount due during the pres ent ye.tr. While the refunding of the municipal debt h.is become imperative there Is a grave question as to the advisability of issuing a thirty-year 4 per cent bond when londs payable in twenty or even ten years, are negotiable. The credit of the city of Omaha has been Improv ing from year to year and will con tinue to Improve In the coming years by reison of its Increased growth In wealth and population. Although the Interest rate has temporarily been ris ing In the financial market within the past twelve months, the city will as sume no risk in an issue of Inmds that would mature in 1913 or 1923. No pre cedent for an issue of thirty-year city bonds exists prior to 1900. There is a very fair prospect that the state of Nebraska would ten years hence be willing to Invest Its surplus permanent school funds In Omaha re funding bonds at 3 per cent, or at the very highest at from 3V4 to 3Vi per cent. Within the past year several hundred thousand dollars of the permanent state school fund have been invested at those flgurea, and the city's bonrtod debt could readily have been refunded at 3 per cent this year were it not for the fact that the constitution requires the permanent school fund to be in vested In United States or state securi ties. Within the next five years at the farthest we may look for amend ments to the constitution that will validate the Investment of the perma nent school fund in approved bonds of Nebraska municipalities, as well as in approved county bonds. From every point of view, therefore, the Issue of thirty-year bonds would seem to be injudicious and undesirable at this time. In view of the fact that the bonds have not yet been negotiated, we would suggest that the resolution authorizing the Issue of these bonds be so amended as to reduce the period of expiration from thirty to ten years, or to authorize bids for two series of bonds, payable in ten and twenty years. Incidentally, It would seem to us also advantageous to have the competitive field enlarged, so that parties who are disposed to bid for small blocks of bonds, say from f 10,000 upwards, shall have an equal chance with those who are bidding for the whole issue or the bulk of the proposed Issue. ItiTKRItATlUAAL OBLIGATIONS. Not a great many people have an in telligent understanding of international obligations. Comparatively few have a correct idea of what is meant by the comity of nations. This is shown in the appeals that are made to our gov ernment, whenever anything occurs abroad to arouse popular indignation here, to formally protest and even to interpose with u view to preventing the recurrence of such an event, although it may not in the remotest degree affect any American interest. There have been many Instances within the last twenty years of the popular misappre hension in this respect and doubtless there will be more of them In the fu ture, though undoubtedly public en lightenment respecting International obligations is growing. It should be perfectly obvious to everybody of ordinary intelligence that it I not the duty nor the right of one government to Interfere In the internal affairs of another. Every nation must be permitted to administer its own af fairs without question from another na tion, so long as the consequence of uch administration do not menace the rights or interests of any other country. The United States, for example, would vigorously resent any attempt on the part of a European government to call our government to account for the lynching of negroes or for any other outrages in which only our owu citl aen were concerned by protesting against such occurrences. We should tell any government doing this to mind its own business. Similarly a European government would be fully Justified in resenting interference ou our part in its Internal affairs, so long as no inter est of ours was involved. It is certainly desirable that this should be W)ie generally understood. that our people should have a clearer comprehension of International obliga tion and of that courtesy and consider ation which I meant by the term com ity of nations. While those In official authority may reprobate as strongly as any other of our citizen outrages in foreign lands that arouse the indlgna tlon of civilized mankind, they are con strained not to give official expression to their feeling when no American In terest is affected. It Is not to be doubted that President Itoosevelt and Secretary Hay are in most hearty sym pathy with popular feeling regarding the KlshlnefT atrocity, but they could not commit the government to a recog nitlon of this sentiment without en dangering the friendly relation with Itussia and at tb tame tline placing the T'aited State In an unfavorable position among the nation. For our own welfare and security it i necessary that the government (hall pot under take to Interfere in the Internal affair of any other nation, aa wher Amer ican interest or the rights of Anieri can cltlaena ara directly concerned, and even In such cases great care should be taken to respect every obligation. Noth ing could be more unfortunate for us than to be regarded as a people ever ready to meddle In the affairs of other people. So far as the expression of public opinion is concerned, that In a matter over which our government has no control. It is not less effective than a declaration of official opinion and It does not Involve responsibility or lm ptrll friendly relations with other governments. keep tv erlastixg lt at it. All the schooling and education in the world will not make useful men and women out of our Infy and girls unless they have the get-up and grit In them Individually to sail In energetically at each task and the perseverance to go through with It. Most of the failures in life are due to the fact that people become too easily discouraged and lack the self-reliance to use the well-worn phrase of President Itoosevelt, "to keep everlastingly at It." To put the same thought in another favorite expression of the president, "When you play, play hard! But when you work don't play." One good purpose that all these an nual commencement exercises serve Is that it affords the opportunity to give a whole lot of advice ostensibly for the benefit of the young men and younj.' women emerging from ibelr school days, but In reality more suited to their grown-up brothers and sisters who have been out of school for years and need to be admonished periodically against falling Into the rut of inactivity. No matter how long we have been engaged in the pursuit of worldly affairs, we are all at the commencement of the next task In front of us. and to tackle It suc cessfully and win out with flying colors we need the same goad to spur us on as the youthful graduate with his freshly signed diploma in his hand. It Is not for any of us, then, to say "That Is good advice for the beginners, but we have gotten past that stage." The same rules of conduct that nre re quired to start the beginners out rUiht are Just as necessary to keep them right all along the after-course. We must all "keep everlastingly at It" from com mencement day till the very end. An Indignant protest sliould go up at once from every hamlet in the country against the iconoclastic decree of the superintendent of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad putting an embargo upon rice throwing in the rail road stations belonging to that corpora tion. This ill-tempered railroad official must be some crusty old bachelor who has been thrown down as a discarded suitor ou the matrimonial market and has no just appreciation of the beauti ful custom of showering the departing bride and groom with rice a custom handed down from generation to gener ation, so that no happy honeymoon can now be started right , without the orien tal breakfast food uccompanlment. Un less the obnoxious anti-rice throwing Order is rescinded, no self-respecting bridal couple can afford to patronize the road. The blacklist and tho boy cott are the proper weapons with which toretallate and the persecuted wedding parties may safely count upon having public sentiment and sympathy on their side. The prevention of floods and cyclones 1 the subject of a prolific newspaper discussion Just now with volunteer con tributors In every nook and corner, who have each evolved the real remedy. One of the most sensible suggestions is t'int made by Thomas E. Hill in a Dulntli paper, advising farmers in the prairie country to Construct lakes and ponds ;m their low lands to hold the water where it falls, draining the higher la. id into them. The excess precipitation would then evaporate in warm days. coming back as rain and dew where needed, and at the same time by keep ing the atmosphere cool and damp operate to prevent high winds and cy- ciones. lu Europe the lake or ooni i3 a regular adjunct of every farming tommunity, serving many useful i ur posts. The American farmer might do well to help himself and bis town neighbors in this way. Why should the Central Labor union have an "official" paper when every labor organization has free access to all the daily paper for everything of leglrlmato news value or general public interest? In the recent strike period The Bee issued a special Invitation to tho representatives of the Business Men' association and of the labor unions to state their case to the public through It as a medium and no official statement issued by either party to the contest failed to secure prompt publico tlon in this paper. An "official" labor organ has never been known to do fhe cause of labor any substantial good, but on the contrary has more often brought It Into disrepute. President Cleveland insists that there is not a political leader of any proml nence endeavoring to odvauce any movement to nominate him In any state, so far a he ! aware. This must be quite shake-down for the sclf-es teem of some of Uie eminent democrats, to say nothing of several well known democratic newspaper that have been laboring undpr the delusion that they were engineering the Cleveland boom Member of the English literature de partment of the Omaha Woman's club, In social session to pay tribute to a former leader of the department about to remove from the city, presented the guest of honor with a loving enp, "from which each drank to a sentiment from some literary author studied during the winter." Whut did they driuk? The apprehensive men would Ilk to know. ' ' There ought to b no difficulty In keeping a full quota of cadet at the Annapolis aavai academy. If th authorities would only let the people of the various districts know where and when the vacancies occur the ambitious youth eager for a chance to sail the ocean on Uncle Sam's warship would then take care that the congressman does not neglect hi duty to designate new candidates for the vacant cadet ships. It Is said that St. Anthony spent three years of his life In trying to evolve the problem, how many angels can stand on the point of a needle. So we need not be surprised if it takes three times three years for the embat tled ecclesiastics who are engaged in a wordy war over the divergence between the Anglican and Iloman Catholic churches in the World-Herald to reach a conclusion that does not conclude. Goddess Defying Lightning. Chicago News. It has just been discovered by workmen that the saddens of liberty on the capltol at Washington has been struck by light ning 100 times In the last year, but it will be observed that It never feazed her. Rzcellenre In Most Thlnga. Baltimore American. Statistics Just compiled prove that the United State Is not only the world' great est granary, but the world- largest fac tory. In fact, there are but few things In which this country doe not far surpass all of Its rivals. Punishing IMnobedlence. Chicago News. Kerosene has gone up a cent a gallon In South Dakota because Mr. Rockefeller does not like a law recently passed by the legis lature of that stnte. He finds It necessary to be strict with legislature to make them know their place. Great Waste of Labor. Chicago Chronicle. The lob of selecting a democratic candi date for the presidency continues to absorb the attention of numerous well-meaning journalists and their labors Illustrate the truth of the political maxim that the easiest men to nominate are the hardest to elect. One of the Roosevelt Kind. Springfield Republican. The gift to President Roosevelt by the king of Italy represents a nice appreciation by that monarch of Mr. Roosevelt's favor ite literature. The original war reports of Prince Eugene will delight the president. That great warrior of Marlborough's time lived in a strenuous, fighting age. A Throne Tvlth a Post. Indianapolis Journal. The new king of Servla will not have a very safe job. The late King Alexanders grand uncle, King Michael, was assassi nated June 10, 1868. Hla successor. King Milan, abdicated in favor of his son March 8, 1R89, and now Alexander has gone the way of his grand uncle. They are a bad lot. Tribute to Jewish Character. Indianapolis Journal. Kn niihlic man has ever shown better knowledge of Jewish character or paid a higher tribute to their learning, patriotism and good citizenship than President Roose velt did In his remarks at the White House on Monday. His speech will constitute a permanent and valuable addition to the lit erature on the subject. Boom la Higher Edncntlon. New "ifork Tribune. rn.nv cloistered halls of Institution of learning In the Vnlted State are now rising or soon to be built! To use a -common word, the universities and colleges, the echools of every kind, and the libraries, are now flourishing all over this republic with a "boom" never surpassed or even ap proached. Enormous business building of all classes are seen In our centers of trade. but culture and the highest forms or edu cational development are not neglected. Forecast on the Crop. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. . .ti... .iinii ! that the wheat A L'Mint .rait,. iv n-m roach n total of 740.000.000 bushels, as compared with CO.000.000 in 1B02, 748,000,000 In 1901 and SZZ.lwiu.mw in iw. i Is a very happy condition and will please the country. With sucn a neavy wi. yield as 740,000.000 bushels the country would be assured of cheap bread, but, of . -,0 doni will denend on the corn crop. This is two or three months too early to figure on the corn yield with any confi dence. The latest Indications In the corn- growing region., however, were laTomm. despite the cold weather and the ravage of the floods. A DIVORCE CKISADB. Kew Movement br Clergrmen asd Laymen- of Various Cborcnes. Boston Advertiser. Y", nt securing uniformity among the divorce statutes of tate and of ecur- , ..,ind low eminent clergymen and laymen have formed an organisation among themselves to ee wnat can vm aCCU.........- by their own personal efforts to check the divorce evil. They are not Indulging in oratorical flights in rallment against divorce, nor in bitter and vuupermurr o- thrmieh nresa and pulpit; they are striving by their own personal Influence to secure an agreement among mc rur, not to remarry any person who may have been divorced. In the movement are included some Meth odists, nearly all Catholics, a few Presby terians, high church Episcopalians, stray Universalis and Christian Scientists. The in this movement believe tnai as 1 1 .rrlaeee within the church pre- dominate so heavily over marriages with out, that the church may nave some in fluence to repress the freedom with which divorces are now secured, and with which .v.. hiomhi remarrv. Rev. Dr. Pardow, a Jesuit, who is directing the church union o.ain.r divorce, presents a startling array of statistics, showing the great extent to vhleh the divorce curse l ramiryinr throughout the country. I . AA AAA It Is estimated that mere are kiM..n in this country today who are the offspring of divorced parents. And the ef fect of broken homes, disregard of parental authority, and more or less prevalent misery must have a debasing effect upon the minds of children thu amictea. uuring the last twenty year there have been 2,- 716 divorces. During the same period Europe, with it population of mo.uno.ooo, had only 34.311 divorces. The U.ilted State. with a population one-nrth tnat or me pop ulation of Europe, ha had Be per cent more At-m Thl nrovea that the divorce evil i not characteristic of the times, but more of a national disease. r Prdow believes that the church can nariiv tinvrnt remarrliiKe of divorced peo- pie. but he finds that tne great power or coming to the rescue of the country In the -' . - nreventlon of divorce ha ben remove from the church to aoclety. The religious penalty of the church doe not em to ct a deterrent toward meruit. me eii in v niivhtest dearee. The only hope Ilea In social ostracism of the guilty. This course Is arbitrary, but It is tne court Of lst r. I sort, and clergymen and laymen are united that it must be Invoked, ir it ever come shout soctetr must be very different from what It Is now. "The best society" I I mado up mainly of divorcee. RCVLAR SHOT AT THE Pt LIMT. Washington Post: An Indiana minister la attracting some notoriety by preaching sormrms In Ms sleep, thus reversing the old custom of preaching while hi congre gation slept. Kansn City Blnr: One of the most touching Incident of the flood was the case of the Armotmlnle clergyman whose barrel of old sermons was destroyed. A great wave of sympathy will go out to this unfortunate m in from Methodist preach er all over thu country. Chicago Chronicle: Clerical gentlemen who assume to sit In Judgment upon other clergymen, not even of their own denomina tion, need to be reminded that there Is an eleventh commandment, which Is of great value even though it was not graven on the Slnaltlc tablets. It reads: "Mind your own business." Indianapolis Journal: The Inst of the Spanish Catholic dlgnltarle of the Philip pines haa resigned and will soon leave the Islands. The Vatican has Americanised the Roman Catholic clergy of the Islands very quietly, but none the less thoroughly. And H la Impossible to overestimate the effect of this change on the problem of govern ing the archipelago. Philadelphia Ledger: Rev. P. W. Bllder back, pastor of the Fourth Methodist Epis copal church, ha Introduced a new feature for his Sunday evening service, that of a choir of thirty young men whistlers. Tho choir made It first appearance the other night before a large congregation and whistled several selections. Some of the boys In the gallery Joined In the chorus. Springfield Republican: They have been having a long-continued drouth In New England, which led Rev. Dr. Wlthrow of Boston to preach last Sunday on the ques tion of whether or not It Is right to pray for rain. He argued that It Is right to ask the Lord to save perishing crops, as suring his hearers that If they did their part the Lord would do His. As heavy rains have fallen In and about Boston since Sunday, the assumption Is that the reverend doctor congregation went Im mediately home and began praying. PERSONAL ASD OTHERWISE. During the great strike of hotel waiters In Chicago some of the millionaire guests waited on themselves. They bad not for gotten the training of their early life. Oscar 8. Straus, president of the Civic Federation, has been chosen as the third arbitrator In the arbitration of a San Fran cisco railroad difficulty Involving $1,000,000 of wages. Don't pay W,000,000 a pound for radium when you can get a good article of po lonium that will answer household and kitchen purposes Just as well for only $2,500,000 a pound. A unique question has arisen In Brook lyn. It Is whether women barbers shall be admitted mto the Master Barbers' asso ciation. It Is thought that If they do gain entrance it will be by a very close shave. The Rock Islnnd railroad Is probably the only road In the country which employ a woman as a boss of a section gang. This road finds that she can make the men work hard. It would be Interesting to know how much her husband weighs. The new king of Servla says he is deeply touched by his elevation to the throne, and as he demand an Increase of the "clvi: list." which mean salaries and perquisites. It looks as If the Servian treasury was about to be deeply touched, too. The chambermaid who was discharged from an Indianapolis hotel for refusing to make Booker T. Washington' bed has lost her suit against the hotel company 'for damages. She will have to be satisfied with her collection of loving cups. In his early days Sir Thomas Llpton de nied himself almost every pleasure except that of amassing a fortune. Calling one day on a consul on business matters he was offered a cigar by the official. "No, thank you," said Sir Thomas (then Mr.) Llpton! "Although I am the biggest smoker In KUHN & CO. .INCORPORATED' WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS, ilanufacturlna; Chemlsta. 18th and Dou(las Sts. OMAHA, Neb., June 16th, 1903. Equitable Life Assurance Society, Omaha, Nebraska. Dear Sirs: I believe in pointers. Your Agent gave me a pointer twenty years ago by inducing me to take a policy on my life. It was for $2,000. By your statement just received I am informed of the results of this policj', which are eminently satisfactory. 1st. I can withdraw a dividend to ex ceed 50 per cent of the premiums paid in. 2nd. I can draw more cash than I have paid in. 3rd. I can take a paid-up policy for more than double the cash paid in. 4th. I can receive, as an annuity during my life, a sum nearly one-third larger than my original premium. I have had for twenty years the protection of f2,000 which has cost me not one cent and have now set before ine the above "Hill of Fare." It speaks more eloquently than I am able to. I regret that it had not been for $10,000 in place of $2,000. Yours truly, NORMAN A. KUHN. Equitable Life Assurance Society j "Strongest in the World" J H. D. NEELY, Manager for Nebraska Merchants National England, I never smoke cigar. "YVhnt li you smoke?" wn Ihs surprised query. "Bacon," was the prompt reply. Those who accompanied the lltieriy l.ril from Philadelphia to Boston any that t. r wa les demonstration over the pn-ci relic In New York than In any othrr pin . along the route. Aa on Of the party r i' It: "The bell passed through the mcir;. oil Ilk a consignment of structural r Requests were received from nearly every town and city between Boston and Mul ade.lphla to allow the people to see the relic, but no such request came from New York. So it happened that while lA,,) baseball dervishes gathered at the bulletin boards no single person In New York ,11 1 honor to the symbol of American tut-dom." DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Employer A raise? What have yeu heard that warrants your belief that w could pay you more wages? Clerk I ei heard Kdilh ay "yes1' ln.-t night, sir. Indianapolis News. First Cltiien What do you think of this Idea of an army of the unemployed march. Ing to Washington? Second Citlsen That' nothing hew. it happens every four year. New York Weekly. "So you quarreled with your wife?" "No. auh; she quarreled wld me." "Don't you ever answer back?'1 "Jedge," replied the wltnesa, "I'm 40 years old!" Atlanta Constitution. Tess Yes, my engagement ring Is lovely, but the Jeweler's nam Isn't on the box it came In. Jess That doesn't signify that It Isn't a genuine diamond or Tess Of course not, but If I don't know the Jeweler's name how am I to find out how much George paid, for it? Philadelphia Press. "They My that men don't propose. I wonder why it Is?" "Perhaps It's because woman Is so active these days that man gets out of brentli trying to keep up with her." Chicago Post. "Poor man," she snld. stooping over tha victim who hnd Just been dragged out from under her automobile, "have you a wife?'' "No," he groaned, "this Is the worst thing that ever happened to me." Chicago Record-Herald. Bridesmaid You poor, frightened darling. You looked scared to death at the altar. Bride Yea, (Jeorgn trembled so I whs dreadfully afraid he'd lose courage an I run away. New York Weekly. Mrs. Meadows Yaas, Hirnm got rid o' thet brlndle cow thet usctcr steal her own milk. Mrs. Korntop Dew tell? I s'pose he tuck most anything he could get for her. Mrs. Meadows He Jest got double w'nt he paid fur her: sold her to thet new man from the city es a "self-milker." Phila delphia Press. THE YVASDERERS. W. D. Nesbit In Chicago Tribune. "As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from hla place." Proverbs, vll:8. What Is tho call the wild birds hear, Too subtle for our ken? What hall comes to the fallow deer From distant brake or glen? Is It the same that soft and clear Goes out to wandering men? What Is the call that mind the bird Of Its long vacant nest? Is It upon the echoes blurred By vagrant breeze caressed, Just as the sighing, voiceless word Which tells men "Home is best? What puts the music In the call Which omes to them afar By mountainside or city wajl, Neath pine or deodar The music that bids one and all Turn where the home things are? None know the mystic call which come To man and bird and beast. As wakening as throbbing drum When warfare long has ceased Insistently It sings and thrum To great ones and the least It may be but a rustling tree Which sings It with its leaves. It ay bo that the sighing sea The summons softly weaves; But what and howsoe'er it be The call each one receive. It Is the melody divine The music of the sphere That clear In cadence, faint and fine, Conies sweetly to our ears A song of infinite design Through God' unnumbered year. Bank Bid?;., Omaha, i ! i