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The oddresa will be ckaageft
a often a desired.
The open door threatens to become epi
demic In the Orient. Corea wants to
open the doors and the windows both.
The birth of another ion to Grover
Cleveland, now In his slxty-serenth year,
may help to solve the much-mooted
problem what to do with our ex-presidents.
Contracts hare been let for the In
stallation of $134,237 worth of elevators
In the new Chicago' federal building.
That ought to give the public quite a
lift ditto the contractor.
General Miles declares he does not
know where he will live after he retires
from active army life. From recent ex
ploits it would seem that he would feel
most at home In the saddle.
Ex-Penator Thurston has thrown a
few bouquets at General Alger's admin
istration of the War department during
the late Spantah-Amertcan unpleasant
ness. Now If General Alger will only
reciprocate.
Dentists in national convention an
nounce that with advancing civilization
human teeth are becogjlng steadily
poorer. But why should the dentists
lament this fnct-lf It is a fact? Are
not all bnd teeth grist for their mill I
The story tlint Tranco Intends to traps-
tan nil If at 4ul nl wraoroai nt a Is 1,a
r ,! , j. - ...
i a . T. ,1 ,
need verification, Aftw U is ver fled Hip
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oiiiKuiu oi me i mtm Pintes win also
be necessary ns a preliminary formality
The State Board ef pdHitlnal Lands
and Funds has decided net to plant any
of the school funds u tg custody in
South CarpUna b$)ds. Whep Nebraska
wants to go Into the 'arlty business it ,
will be able to give the money awpy i
outright.
A professorial horticultural pjeport lias
found a new Insect pest Hint ii threat
ening to destroy the coining corn crop
and hopes to head the Invader off by
Inoculating hint with swine kind of iokoii
Tims. We sugKt liat he try cum
Juice on tbe corn bug.
Over- 200 finalities have buii rcorded
from Fourth of July accidents widely are
put down s unn-f8ury Bnd avoidable.
A census of deaths by drowning of biitlj
ers wpuld probably be. equally p;;i!Ju
-t'sptjclully to tjiose wo regit n) bath
ing as entirely unnecessary.
President Roosevelt la expected to
lend moral support to the caudlduey of
Mayor Ixiw for re-election as chief ex
ecutive of Greater New York. Certauly
bo pub ever expected rrenlU'iit lUMwe
vclt to lend moral support to any may
oralty candidate whon? election would
mean restoration of Tammany to control
of New York's city government. That
the president's ittaraj support will go to
Mayoi' Low eo?8 Without eayng.
The order of the secretary of war for
11 array ottlwrs who have been on da
ta chad duty for four years to return to
their regiments s ljkely ttj be decidedly
unpopular with the officers affected. A
detail pn, detach'"! dutjr hag elvvays been
sought after like a snap course at col
lege, with all sifts ef wire werked to
prolong the euty twrvlre. 8uie snUJWr
have managed in this way to do moxt of
their fighting a military iuMrut at
safely entrenelipd. colleges, a .'rhea
to diplomatic Malleus, and it wUl be an
nnusual hgrdnhip for tJem to report or
(arrUfip dutj at the Ptlimrj outposts,
JV8TICK BRKWtB VS IKJCSCTIOS.
In an address delivered last week be
fore the Iown State Bar association,
Justice Brewer of the United States
suprome court has taken the unequivo
cal position that the powef of Injunc
tion vested In the courts should not
only not be curtailed but should be ex
tended and amplified. "Shall It be anld
of law which Is supposed to be the em
bodiment of all human reason," he asks,
"that It abandons the work of staying
or preventing wrong and contents Itself
only with punching wrong?" And he
further affirms his belief that "to take
away the power of Injunction from the
courts of equity Is a atep backward
toward barbarism rather than a step
toward that perfect civilization toward
which we are striving."
While what Justice Brewer here says
would appear to us at first reading
as eminently sound, yet on closer
analysis it discloses a fundamental
error likely to lend to a false
conclusion. The courts with all
their writs have no more preventive
lower than the statutes enacted by the
lawmakers they cannot compel the per
formance of or the refraining from any
act, but" simply threaten with punish
ment for violation of their orders. The
only difference in penalty as between
statutory Infractions and disobedience
of injunction writs lies in the manner
of enforcing the penalty. A person
prosecuted as a law-breaker has all the
rights of defense guaranteed by the con
stitution, while n person cited for con
tempt for Ignoring n Judicial writ is sub
ject to summary punishment at the dis
cretion or whim of the Judge.
The outcry against government by in
junction therefore Is not a demand for
the complete abolition of the equity
powers of th; courts, but rather a pro
test against arbitrary punishment for
contempt without the privileges of trial
by Jury. We must confess we find It
difficult to see bow the work of staying
and preventing wrong would be In the
least Interfered with by extending the
constitutional guaranties to offenders
charged with violating injunction
writs, or how limitation of arbitrary
power to punish for contempt would
constitute a step backward toward bar
barism when Judicial despotism knew
no bounds and Individual liberty en
Joyed no safeguards.
WOMAN'S ISOUaTHlAL , KMAbClPATIOlt,
Tho industrial emancipation of women
is a matter of common observation, but
many puzzling questions arising out of
the new conditions remain unanswered
with any degree of deflnlteness, To what
extent are women taking advantage of
the newly opened avenues of occupation?
Are women in Industry gaining upon
men. and If ao how fast? What effect is
the employment of women having en the
domestic aide of society on the marriage
relation, on the number of children and
on the number of divorces? On these
questions, which go to vital points of the
problem, some very pertinent and sug
gestlve facts have Just been brought out
by an investigation carried on by the
Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Statls
tics, embodied in a report entitled "Sex
in Industry." which, although confined to
the one state of Massachusetts, furnishes
material of general value.
While the report declares the purpose
to be to consider the effect upon society
of fhb hundreds of women in tbe Indus
trial field, because of the many different
phases of the subject It undertake only
to show the numerical representation of
women In the different branches of gain
ful occupations in the commonwealth and
to furnish figure" for coropnrlson aa be
tweet tbe Kexe. "Tlmt females are auo
eroding males in certain gainful occupa
tions," we pre told, "Is apparent, for
while. Vn 1870 they constituted twenty tlons whose pbject Is to promote closer
two ent ef every 10ft persons employed, I commercial relations between the Do
In 1000 they constituted twenty-aevpn minion and the TJnited States nnd which
out of every 100 persons," and In illus
trntlon of the widening field of woman's
n . , ,
work It Is recalled that In the federal
census for 1S1K) it list of scvouteen was
glvei) as. "CujIqbJU pf tho Census,"
made dp of one astrologer, one nii
thoross, one chiropodist, five clairvoyant
physldaua. ana iarUine teller, two )e
Hirers, oe midwife, two nurses, two
philanthropists and one splrltqalUt, Aa
other table, depicting the Invasion of In
dustry by women, shows tlmt Jn 187Q (he
number of females employod in gainful
occupations ii) Massachusetts fpnv,ert
17.03 per tent of the lotal number of
f tuna lea of all ages, and in IQOr (he pep
rcntage to 22.88.
Without going Jnto the statistic In de
tail, H la enough to cite th summaries
wtilch give the results of the Inquiry as
to the . relative positions occupied by
men and women In Industrial pursuits,
For every 10 persons employed In gain
ful occupations n boujt tivrnty-spvpn arc
females and seventy-three piulcs. Tlwj
females exceud the males In domestic
service only, tho percentages belnj: 84.28
nvd 15.72 respectively. Ti e nnmber of
different branches of occupation in 2,0J,
of which ninleg only are employed in
l.OG'.l. or 40.00 per cent; female only in
thirty-three, or 1.26 per cent, nnd both
males and, females in J.521. or C8.03. In
1805, compared with 1883, females alow
an Increnpe In all rnlnful occupations ex
cept li profefsleual service, agriculture
and inapqfartures, ant in agr4outupe
clone (hey show a praltlvf loss. The ra-?
port Incidentally explain tfce main dif
ference which exists between the mule
and female worker In such, a succinct
manner that this part Is worth Quotation
In full;
Tbe mm works bercuse of ncceaalty. He
1 obMped to tofl at ome employment to
secure mean of subsistence for himself,
end. In case of bis being married, for hi
wife nnd children. If single, h often ha
ra-ente or other who look to him fpr up
rort. and If h I unw illing U be a char
en th publle or a criminal h works. Oa
the other Mad. ther are two reasons why
a worn, werk. Sometimes she 1 nnllged
'o s-ipport he-self, being entirely dependent
hr ewn ffor"; some" wive ere
wording because n invalid husband can
not a? a worthies hushand win ot ethsr
wo'k to help put a llvaiiheod to lhett
elves and family) widows who Me de-
pendent and have a family of children to
prcvlde for aleo work because they muat,
and many young girls work because their
small earning are needed to help take
care of the old folk or youngT brother
and slater. This clan of female I obliged
to work. But there I another class upon
whom no such obligation rest. They work
not because of the need, but because they
desire to add to their Income and purchase
urh luxuries aa the family pur will not
allow. Persons of this class are often, a
hindrance In the matter of wages, they
are willing to work for amall pay, and on
thl account they prevent the financial Im
provement of the female war earning
clns a a whole. No manufacturer who
employ thl claa fear a strike, because
a rule its members do not belong to
trades unions, and there are so many who
are willing to accept small pay that the
supply exceed the. demand. This class, no
doul t has brought abut the great Increase
In li e employment of women. They repre
sent an element upon which the employer
ran always draw for supply. They readily
adapt themselves to conditions, and If
they cannot get (tlO a week will take IS.
Probably many have entered Into the em
ployment previously filled by men from a
laudable dealre for mental development,
financial train and social progress; but It I
undoubtedly true thit the large majority
have entered the rank of Industrial work
er !n order to make an honorable living.
The Industrial emancipation of woman
would naturally be expected to have a
deterrent effect upon marriage and tend
to weaken the family tie. That this has
been the actual result In Massachusetts
Is conclusively proved by the tables com
piled by the bureau. The statistics re
lating to marrlngcs, births and deaths
cover the years from 1831 to 1001. In
1851 there were about twenty-eight
births per 1,000 of population, about
twenty-three marriages and nearly nine
teen deaths. In 1001 tho births had fal
len off to about twenty-five, marriages to
about seventeen and deaths to nearly
seventeen.
Another table shows the average rate
of marriage for the years from 1872 to
1001. In 1872 tbe average age of all
bridegrooms was 28.0 and In 1001 20.2. Of
all brides the average ag In 18T2 was
24.7 and In 1001 25.8. The average age
of men marrying for the first time In
1872 was 20.3 and In 1001 27.3. while the
average age of women marrying the first
time in 1872 was 23.4 and In 1001 24.0.
Still another table shows the ratio of
divorces to marriages for twenty years.
In 1882 the number of marriages was
17,084 and the rate 19.17 per 1.000 of
Imputation and the number of divorces
015, or one to every thirty-four mar
riage. In 1001 the number of mnrrlages
was 24.801, or 1T.34 per 1,000, while the
divorces had Increased to 1.370, or one
divorce to every eighteen marriages, the
rate being almost doubled.
That tbe industrial emancipation of
woman has brought Its abuses along
with its benefits Is readily apparent and
this investigation by the Massachusetts
Labor bureau serves to show where the
weak spots are that need strengthening.
Just how these benefits shall be realized
without increasing exposure to tbe evils
that accompany them Is the problem
that calls for constructive work on the
part of students of social and Industrial
evolution.
TUB POLICY TOWARD CANADA.
There is no doubt that one of the most
Important matters which the United
States must consider seriously In the
near future is that of commercial rela
tions with Canada. It Is steadily grow
ing in Interest and commanding more
and more attention in both countries. In
Canada It is the subject of paramount
Importance, taking precedent of every
other question. Vromlnent statesmen
and newspapers of that country are con
tinually discussing It, and Canadians con
tribute to the columns of the American
press arguments In behalf of reciprocity,
urging that such a policy would be of
great advantage both to this country
und to Canada. We have here organlzu-
are working industriously and zealously
In tills direction,
Alt this shows that the subject la one
of rery great tniportnttea nnd that It
must bje dealt wjtjj sopjuy or later, it
may be postponed, but It cannot be dls
pjbised, 'The propinquity of the two
WU,ntrWwi aWl their eemmon continental
Interests make it inevitable hat the
unwrtlon ftf their 0QJum4-fia,l relations
will have to be determined either in a
way to draw them chaser together or
effect a separation that will amount to
i praeHcal commercial hostility. .There is
aa element in Canada that Is not unwil
ling to have snot) hostility created. The
iuMBufuctursrs of thut country would
raise the tariff on American goods to the
prohibitive point They have no sym
pathy with "the reciprocity idea of the
! agricultural prodneers. who want free
access tp the great America q market.
In this country the opposition to reci
procity w(ilj Canada Is chiefly on tha
nart nf tUose wjth whonj the natural
I products of the Dominion would come
, Into competition. These pepple have In,
mind the effect of the reciprocity nr-
j rnrjfemont pf 18s. under which the ng
rlculturiil producers of Canada benefited
at tho expense pf American producer.
That one-aided treaty is stljl remem
bered and there is no disposition to re?
new it. Canadian producers were
greatly benefited by that arrangement
and t the extent that they profited tbe
Anierleau producers Jpst, Would a simi
lar condition result from A like treaty nt
this timer There are some who assert
that it would not nnd claim that on the
contrary the value of American prod
ucts would Improve if there was reci
procity. This Is most improbable. The
rcasonablo view is that the reciprocity
wanted by the Canadians would force
down the prices f American farm prod
ucts and Injure our agricultural produ
cers to the extent of many millions of
dollars anmutlly, It seems aulte impos
sible that it could fail to have thla ef
fect Tbe Canadian producer are not
aeeklmr free admission for their prod
ucts inte the American market wHb the
Idea that it would benefit American pro
ducers. Our Canadian commerce is large. It
Is a more profitable trade than we bave
with all of South America. It Is desir
able to retain and cultivate It. Neigh
borhood considerations plead for closer
commercial relations. But these must
be based upon perfectly fair and equit
able conditions and as yet Canada has
not offered such conditions. Her aim is
to secure tbe same advantage she en
Joyed under the treaty of.l5T4 and so
long as she adheres to this reciprocity is
out of the question. Our policy toward
Canada is not one of hostility, but very
properly gives first consideration to the
Interests of our own people.
TAVOHADLM iXDC8TMAL. COtiDlTlOSS.
In a recent issue tbe New York Com
mercial Advertiser published a state
ment relative to business conditions,
made upon a careful ascertainment of
facts from various authentic sources,
and the conclusion drawn from the In
vestigation Is highly satisfactory and en
couraging. Considering present condi
tions in the light of past experience,
that paper says that It does not follow
that general business now will follow
the course It took In 1880 and other years
when there was a marked decline In
stock values, as at present
It points out, very correctly, that there
Is a great deal of difference between the
existing situation and those times In the
past when the demoralization of the
stock market was tbe foreruuner of a
general breaking down of values and a
general process of liquidation. Refer
ring to tbe adverse conditions of the
past when there was panic and general
financial and business disturbance, the
Commercial Advertiser remarks that
thin year none of these adverse condi
tions, excepting possibly the high prices,
appears above our horizon. It views the
facts regarding trade as Justifying hope
rather than despondency and concludes
that the outlook for the current fiscal
yenr Is singularly bright This is In ac
cord with the Judgment of the most
careful and conservative observers. The
course of the stock market represents a
situation that Is quite apart from the
legitimate business interests of the coun
try and as now appears is not likely to
have any serious effect upon those in
terests. OUR UtTKMrtiTS JA THB PACIFIC.
Assuming to be correct the assurances
now given in regard to the treatment to
be accorded by China and Russia to
American Interests in the most important
of the Chinese provinces, so far as this
country Is concerned, Manchuria, there
Is an important gain made in regard to
the commanding question of our inter
ests in the Pacific ocean. It is well un
derstood that bad our demands In re
gard to the open door in China been
unavailing, at least so far as Manchuria
la concerned, the result would have been
very damaging not only to our trade in
tbe Orient but also to our prestige in
the Pacific.
It should be understood that the ef
forts of our government in connection
with the Chinese question have not had
reference wholly to the matter of com
merce." While trade considerations may
have had the primary Influence, the im
portant question of our future influence
and power In the Pacific has commanded
profound Interest and lg at the present
moment the great incentive to all action
on the part of our government In regard
to affairs in the far east. Tbe fact is
now recognized as never before that the
United States, If it shall take proper ad
vantage of Its opportunities, is to be the
greatest power In tho Pacific ocean nnd
therefore tbe necessity of placing Itself
now n a position that will enable it 1b
the future to assert the power that nat
urally belongs to It,
Because of this the United States has
taken position In regard to Ruaalan
policy in Manchuria which demands that
our tlfihts and. interests therp shall he
protected and according to tha latoat ad
vices this position Is fully reeegnlsfld
and respected by the Russian govern
ment, China, so thg teport aay. is to
open pew treaty ports In Manchuria, to
which the Itusslan government will
make no objection, and the United
Stotp i to have the. recognition, it bus
asked for.
The meaning ef this Is a larger power
for tills country In the Pacific. Once
hn.vl.ng pbtalried tl8 fofejsion e aTP
asked for in Chlua, the oomwerclal im
portance of which it would be difficult
to overestimate, five further growth of
our Papjfle Influence would bo abso
lutely assumed. As a most )nteIItfnt
French writer has recently said, the
domination of the rqclfjc ocean by the
Unltpd States seems to llf an inevitable
fart of the not remote future.
Russell Sago Is quoted as saying In n
recent Interview that it Is foolish to pre
tend that Rockefeller (lJ)d Morgan are
waging a financial war against each
other or that their individual Influences
are responsible for the recent decline on
! tho stock exchange, "Rockefeller and
I Morgan do not wage war in that sense,"
j Uucle Russell adds, "they da not make
money uni of eucn otner. iu wonts, a
trifle plainer, the big financiers see no
use grasping at one another's bank roll
when more Is to be gained by absorbing
the never vanishing pile belonging to
tlmt great lot of lambs waiting to be
fleeced known as the speculating public.
Wall street lives on the outside country
If its occupants started to subsist on
one auotber the meal would not last
long.
m niiiq nil m is
Justice Brewer thinks that the try
against government by Injunction will
eventually die out and It will be felt by
all that thu power Is exercised only
when the neeesslty prise, and when
equity and justloe demand. The learned
Judge should have added, however,
that before thjs time comes we will
flrt have to flevsie to the bench men
Of deeper loga training end. more Judi
cial character than as a rule occupy Ju
dic4l portions today, Before the prople
will ncqujeace without complaint to gov
eminent by injunction, they must nave
Judges In whom they can rest Implicit
confidence on the score of Integrity and
Impartiality.
Tax agents for Iowa railroads are
busy tr)lng to persuade tbe assessing
officials of that state that railroad prop
erty there Is overtaxed and Incidentally
citing Nebraska to establish their point
Railroad tax-shirking is a great game of
battledore and shuttlecock. Assessments
are pulled down In one state by com
parlson with another and then the sec
ond is brought down on the plea that it
should be reduced proportionately to the
first. Give tbe tax agents time nnd let
them bave their own way and each state
will owe the railroads money instead of
having a tax bill against them. ,
The Transmisslsslppl congress Is play
ing In luck. Because It would look well
as an ornamental annex to its Louisiana
Purchase exposition, 8t Louis Is bestir
ring Itself to keep It alive and being Its
next meeting place to that city. Then
for the year 1905 the Lewis and Clark
exposition will give an excuse for an
other meeting In the Puget Sound coun
try, thus Insuring at least two years
more uninterrupted existence. What
would income of the Transmisslsslppl
congress were It not for the successive
expositions?
Lincoln Bteffens, who has been play
ing up municipal corruption In different
American cities for a series of magatlne
articles declares that St Louis boodlers
are not up to snuff as compared with
the boodle bunch In Pittsburg and Phil
adelphia, where the corruptlonlsts get
more and give more. From all accounts
tbe impression has gone out that the St.
Louis boodlers got all there was In sight
and are now getting prison sentences
but perhaps they yet have much to learn
from experts In the eastern cities.
realaar Doea Not Coant. ,
St. Loula Globe-Democrat.
King Edward will never be able to make
much of a hit In Ireland until he. change
hi batting tactic.
Bplarratu amel Rltaaba.
London Punch.
There I not much 'difference between an
epigram and an epitaph. An epigram
aay unkind and true thing about tbe liv
ing; the epitaph say kind and untrue
thing about the dead.
Vankce Kollona Shelved.
Philadelphia Press.
Wu' Ting Fang wa better appreciated
la th United State than he I by tha
ruler in Peking. Ho baa been given a
subordinate position for the apparent roa-
on that he was too progreielve to eu.t
th men to cling to the past In Peking. '
Perhap the tlmo may come when China '
will appreciate a progresi.lv man. i
Soothing Royal Thirst,
Boston Transcript
Amongst other immortal word of
tongue and pen these of King Edward'
will doubtless go down to history emblaa
oned with th graUtud of two great na
tions. Seeing a yankee naval officer chat
ting with ome gueta, "Don't you think It
Is about time for a whisky and sodat"
quoth he. Th governor of North Caro
lina' sentiment has been stolen by t
king.
Prosperity' Barest Slg,
Philadelphia Record.
Not the big surplus In the state and fed
eral treasuries, nor th promise of abound
ing harvest, nor the peace that xlt
within our border, nor any ether of our
national felicities 1 of more auspicious
immediate and future moment than the
rush of marriageable lad and las to
get married. There seems to be a hy
meneal eontagton running it ioni and
flowery course throughout ue ien. iw
I at onee th esaurano of present pros
perity and mere ta com,
niDsaer Time lleneetloo.
0 Bt Loula Republic,
Mental wearlnaa overtakes tha reader
now and then so tht the business of
lVrnn!nir nosted ' OOStS tO ITIUOO WlOtl.
There are time when the mere flutter of
pages or tl) &recK1 of anything which
Mounds as If it mliht contain print get
on hla nerve, especially la mldafternoon,
when hla collar falls snolst and listies
about his neck and th thermometer ha
rrl,ait tha aoex of iia story. Then are
imifnenM In days Uka taw whn b mnd
like MJlWn" bUer hn W coniaer rs-
trirHa urocoBfiea or the action oi tea
nnn utital receptacle, when the eye 1
content te rest upon th Illusion cr4 by
tho revolution of an electu lau,
PBfLSQKAl- ASH OTHERWISE,
Th rtarvou agitation pf a ma preparing
for a vacation rivals tt) PStbp of Ch
rageaps prys tor th Uk breeze on a
hot day.
Tli fact that a Chicago ptaa wm a '"
with a poem should ot et undu -thuslastn
among weater vera mak- He
will not uppert her that way.
Elder Dowie of Chicago t characterised
by a former nasoclat aa "Elijah the Lb-
A " Tt sou nda well, but doeaa't fit.
Brother powle I net low not by evrl
mni)9ns.
The hlgaest man U MlMqurl hall frem
TToioi Run and iinswei to th nam of
Thomas Jefferson Moateller. He wejgha 606
Duunda and la sctieduiiea, to PJ ?" ri m
6t. Louis when tbe show open.
Vhn aa entomologist of mucD. repu
t?. tea that om localities la Jersey turn
out in a cr t.ono,ouo.r0 wqsiiittoe ia jne
quar mile It is eay to vJrtaod what
trouble the native experience In discount
ing the bill.
Report of a froaty atmosphere in Boston
during the toarhera' convention have some
foundation. Ten women and two men t
one table tipped tbe waltar wit a puree
containing 80 cent. Th waiter put on hla
dignity, epurned the cah and touched the
refrigerating button.
When the temperature mount to M ds
mcl In th courtroom and lawyer dili
gently PMmp hot sir, th court may be for
given U It throw judicial dignity to in
wind snO don a shirtwaist. Such an In
cident happened In Connecticut recently
and tbe blind goddee d,ld not fat off It
perch.
Peace ha epigrams as renowned, a those
of war. King Kd ward's cemark to so
American navl officer deserve to ran
with that of the governor of South Caro
lina. Said bis majesty: "CsntaJn 4cCrea.
don't you think it's about time for a whisky
and o4a?" Of course R was. When a
thlrrt eemwapds tin copt (or timber-
Powa in a small Mew York town an ar
dent ev af year prayed tor plvln
guidane wbea h found a youngar mao
wooing the fickle nioldan. During one Of
hi praying spell be recalled tbe promise
that providence helps those who help (bain
elvea tfortawMk he grabbed a ub and
got busy. The younger men Is la an boa
pita) with empl tijn te meditaU on th
uncertainties ef wooing;.
SBcruan shots at tmb pixpit.
Baltimore American: The prayers offorel
In a Methodist etroifchold for Pope Lino
XIII is a triumph over llllberallcm, which
goe to prove that one touch of real good
ness make all ChrlsUan kin.
Philadelphia Press: Rev. Dowie of Chi
cago, who says that he embodies th spirit
of the Prophet Elijah, admitted through
hi lawyer In oourt that he was worth
"everal million of dollar." Th difference
between th original Elijah and this pluto
crat I so great that language could hardly
depict It But Rev. Dowie know how to
make money by making uae of other people
and bow to keep It. And possibly he may
uae it for worthy ends.
Buffalo Express: No matter what th
elder and more strongly prejudiced ecclesl
asta may ay about It. th young people'
church societies are bound to unite. De
nominational line are doomeJ, and. a
usual, th advance movement must be
started and maintained by the' young peo
ple With the blending of the Christian
Endeavorers, Epworth leaguer and the
member of th Baptist organisation cor
responding to the two mentioned, muoh
will have been accomplished alms th Hue
of the inevitable amalgamation of all
creeds Into one broader and simpler.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat: Cardinal Gib
bons Is reproached with being "too demo
cratic to be a pope." Nobody ever sup
posed that Cardinal Gibbons or any other
prelate from this side of the Atlantlo would
have a chance to be promoted to that' dig
nity. Italy will hold the honor for a cen
tury or two more, it I probable. Still, as
a matter of policy It would be a good thing
for the Catholic church to relect a pop
occasionally from the United Btatea or
from England. It Is ao long since an
Englishman has aat In the chair of Peter
that th rlrcumstnnce that such a thing
ver took place I pretty well forgotten by
the world.
Kanet, City Star: "Even In Grace Meth
odist Episcopal church prayer wa offered
today for the pope," says a Sunday dis
patch from Chicago. But why "event" If
there Is anything in Christianity but mere
theology, why should prayer not be offered
In every Protestant church In America for
a man whose life has been as Faintly and
whose Influence for good has been a per
sistent and unwavering as that of Pope
Leo 7 Isn't tt, about time for all of the peo
ple who profess to worship the name God,
and who affirm allegiance to the same gen
eral tenet of universal brotherhood, to
cense regarding each other with Intolerance
and ausplclont Doe anybody who bel eves
in heaven have any Ides, that Bt. Peter and
John Wesley have not met and held sweet
communion In the abode of the blest long
before now?
"I HAVE HO IL,MSIOSS.,,
The Dying; Pontiff Remark to the
Man t SeJenoe.
Portland Oregonlan.
Thus apoke the dying pontiff, a the man
of science bent anxiously over his form In
the morning light "t have no Illusions and
am resigned." Nowhere could the words
have such tremendous significance as on
the threshold of the unseen world, whose
vision project themselves with greater or
less distinctness and compelling power over
every life. Nowhere could the word hav
more aolmn uggestlon than about th
bed where . theology nd sacrament fall
away In the presence of tho awful Summons
which no faith can parley with, no art oan
stay.
The Illusion of love, the Illusion of re
ligion, th .Illusions of life! Whom have
they not comforted, whom have they not
Inspired, whom have they not sustained in
the visitation of sorrow, the paroxysm of
pain, the anguish of the dying hourT And
if in life th pops has had illusion, has ha
not been tbe better for them? Who that
denies, never o strenuously, the sum total
and the every separate particle pf revealed
religion, would have wreated from to and
from the million like him the hope that
gave them serenity, the faith that made
sanctity, the love that brought forth all
weet virtu and grace T
Who oan ay, "I hav had no illusion?'1
Not the tnun of elence, whoa pathway h
en atepplng stone from one exploded theory
to another. Not the man of business, whose
ships go down full-fratghteit in sight of
their desired haven. Not the fond parent.
Whose darling mourns her faithless pouse,
or ait tnld bitter memories in hi prison
cell. Not the scholar, whose proudest
sehl'vement are ruthlessly act aside by
eome new discovery or . flaunted by the
newest popular Idol. Not the amMtjous,
whose prises of social or rolltlcal life turn
to ashes like Dead sea appU in the graap,
Tet there would be inly Pity for any who
coyld truly say he had no port In the Il
lusions of life. For every disappointment
tpcTO was onee the happy hour of expecta
tion. Pespatr 1 th overthrow at one tell
strvVe pf visions, that floated long and beau
tlfutly before the' eager eyes, Ther Js
lovs's young dream, and the mother s fond
Image above the cradle, and th eastle
in allcnveluplaw Bpain. Behold the nobis
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artroste that float In th halcyon sea of
life'a Illusions! Ther no tempest strike,
no cavern yawn, no night sink down In
mystery and dread. He Is an Inexperienced
and melnncholy traveler on whom those
perfumed breeae never blow, on whoe
enraptured vision never fall the light that
never wbji on sea or lnnd.
It Is a pleasure to know, In spite pf whst
he says, that th grod nnd great old man,
the poet, philosopher and anlnt. the friend
of America, the champion of righteousness
and peace, ha bad hla Illusions, with the
rest of us, and that they have helped him
to Hue over the storms of life's tempta
tions, doubts and losses. Hnply even in
passing he may find that death Itself II tho
most Illusory of all Illusions that It is the
birth of the soul Into a higher ond grander
sphere. No one has snld a better thing
about th Illusion of life thnn Oregon s
grand old man, George H. William. "I
have lived In handsome houses of brick
and stone." be snld one evening to a class
of students; "I have occupied many posi
tions of honor and responsibility. But the
finest hounes In which I ever lived, and
the grandest position I ever held, were
those which an unfettered fancy con
structed from the baseless fabric of my
boyhood Creams."
UOMESTIC PI.EASATHIKS.
Pan How that man stared at you.
(.tussle Ye; seem to me 1 was engaged
to him last ummer. Detroit Frea Press.
Fthel Do you really think th lieutenant
will propose to Beth?
Edith Oh, yes; he hns severs! medal for
bravery, you know! Puck.
Hick Do you get a vacation thla sum
mer? Wlrka Te. my wife Is pnlnpr nway for
three weeks. Scmervllle Journal.
Newltt I see a Brent statistician
that eonsideral-ty rnnr thnn one-half the
world's population is feminine.
Pepprey ftldlnuiourt If that ware so
how would he account for the fict thnt
"one-half the world doesn't knov linw the
other hnlf lives?" PVlladeirhla Pres.
Rejected Suitor Qh well. I "on't mind.
There' something I don't like nhout Nell,
anyhow.
Accepted Suitor What 1 It, my arm?
Toledo Blade.
., .
"I would p-lve th world to make you
happv," anld the romantic yourpr man.
''Never mind about the wo- Id " ssld the
level-headed Ispv "Just you rnnke sure of
125 a week with reisonsble prospecta of
promotion." Washing ton Star.
"Have you decided on a name for the
baby yet. Tnnksley?"
"Yes; we've named her for my new auto
mobile." What?"
"Fact. Wo call her Oasolena," Phlladel
phin Enquirer.
"Helen la a pretty bright girl."
"In what way?" . . .
'Why. Inst nlpht I told her she had her
herd on mv shoulder."
What did she sny. tld man?"
"Whv. she cold thnt wan nothing to 'what
I would have on m' Abouldcrs when I got
married." Chicago News.
Tonton-I wonder If she will Ilk this
ring?"
Cb-rk How ld Is she?
"What baa that to do with It?''
"Whv. If she's Jft or thereabouts, you can't
get a 'diamond Ms enough, but If she'a
over HO, she won't kick nt anything." De
troit Free Press.
VII E DYING POPE,
S. W. Gtllilan In Baltlmor American.
Softly-
He Ilea In sweetest Bleep,
While all tho world doth keep
A breathless watch about the blessed bed
On which recline the world-wide church
head.
Softly
We muat not wall and weep,
But in a silence deep
Iet heartfelt prayer soar upward to the
throne
Of him who even now reclaim hi ewn.
Softly- .
What need to pray for hlmf
Oft have th eyes now dint
Grown dimmer still with tear for all man
kind .
Th need of prayer 1 our who stay behind.
I.Ike perfume of the rose
Or UK tns oreain or hubs. wuuim,
A priceless ointment lor mo nuw, wi.
More softly than before;
Hta enrtn carr is tier.
The' sobs of men who weep o'er his demise
Are lost mm struma iriutnpuun uwu tin
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