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THE 0:fAIIA DAILY REE: BUftDAY, AUQUST 16, 1903.
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PARTIES LlfAVIKO FOU ItUHKII,
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Th address Trill be eaaaa4
. a efica aa desired.
It looks Bi If Turkey would have to
come off the perch.
Perhapg all the caloric la being held
back for our Indian summer,. . '
Wben It come to a show down TJncle
Earn' present currency system will
hold Its own against that of any other
nation. ' 1 .,
Senator Piatt of New York sees no
need of tieW currency legislation. There
are other 'too. vho wilt hava to be
shown. ' ' Y
Central Miles will find thnt President
KooeeTelt has been to. the Pacific const
and nailed down alt the presidential
favors ahead of him. '
The American army has a new staff
organization, but the fighting of the fu
ture, as of the past, will be by the
private In the ranks. ' ' '
By managing to survive a joint In
vasion by 8nm Jones and Richmond
Pearson Hobson, Nebraska agftln shows
Its wonderful reculwntlve powers.
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If Oyster Bay wet only a pood live
town full of western hustle It would
take better advantage, of It preroga
tives as the summer capital of the
Uulted States. '
It turn out that It was a Burlington
pass, and aa annual at that, which got
sway from Henator Tillman when his
pockets were picked down in Kansas.
Of course the Burlington Is out of
politics.
On of the Missouri' boodlert Is ap
pealing for. a new trial, having been
convicted already only four time. Thl
eminent statesman sat as if there were
no other boodlers In Missouri to claim
tho attention cf the courts.
Colonel Bryan is evidently dlfipleasod
i that the reunited populist Should have
ventured at Denver to Issue a declara
tion of Independence from -democratic
subserviency w ithout waiting - for the
Kid or consent of the sage of Falrvlew.
The adjournment of Parliament will
give the EritlBh law makers a rest nntll
November 2, making thoJr vacation less
than three months. If ' the American
congress , were to alt more than nine
month In th year our representatives
would soon be complaining of being
overworked. ' , ' . '
Tbe publicity bureau of the original
New York Chautanqua deserve self
congratulatlou on tbe huge amount of
free advertising It has succeeded In se
curing by prevailing on its lecturers to
take up subjects of time!' moment, 1IW
mob rule, trust tendencies and negro
suppression. The only danger is that
all the bis end little Clmutauqnns
throughout the" country will be trying
to Imitate tbe p.ireut oignnlzatlon next
year.
One of the editors who was put
through the mill by King Ak-Sttr-Ben
when be was visiting us for the editor
ial convention pay a glowing tribute
to the kn!ghts In his pot-morlnn
eulogy of hi trip, emldrlng the de
claration that -Jui10iug froii our lim
ited knowledge of such uiottcvs.' for
gorgeous, elnbomte and s'.upen-lou
nonsenstt and tomfoolery of the ftp He
some variety, Omaha la fur and away
ahead of every other city on the con
tinent That editor can coin again. '
a tvmviVAL or rue rirtT.
Senator Chauncey Depew, who Is now
rusticating In London, has given out an
Interview for publication concerning th
cans of the recent depression in Amer
ican railway and industrial securities
and the consequent contraction of credits
In the American metropolis. Dr. Df pew
has diagnosed the case as a natural
sequence "of the struggle between tbe
good and tbe bad among our corporato
Investments with the survival of the
fittest"
This may be a correct version, but
the great imedlclne man of the Vender
bilt tribe appears to have no apprecia
tion of the tremendous strain tbe finan
cial fabric is undergoing in tbe effort
to survive, nor does he venture, to pro
scribe any remedy. An eminent writer
on American finance declare that "the
prevailing condition In this country are
analogous to those which led to the de
pression abroad and especially in Ger
many three or four years ago. Great
Industrial enterprise on a fictitious
capitalization were created. Prominent
banks were Influenced to give these
their countenance and support. When
the crash came financial Institutions
found themselves loaded with undi
gested and Indigestible securities. Money
was not to be had the public was not
eager to buy and the hardest kind of
hard time in Germany ensued."
IIow much money ha been sunk in
the recent strain for the survival of the
fittest 1 Incalculable. Tbs shrinkage In
United States Steel and kindred indus
trial securities foot up Into an appalling
aggregate, and the water wrung out of
railway stocks approximate many hun
dreds of millions. How far the contrac
tion in over valued securities will nltl-
mntety affect trust companies and tar
ing Institutions which bold several bil
lion of these depreciated stocks and
bonda as collateral for loans and Invest
ments of depositors is problematic. That
these tremendous losses could have been
averted no well Informed person can
truthfully gainsay. Everybody convers
ant with the methods of trust promotion
and the capitalization of these gigantic
corporate combinations. must bar real
ized thnt however prosperous the coun
try might be, there must sooner or later
come a time when tbe securities floated
by these concerns would become a men
ace to financial stability and tend to
precipitate ruinous money panics, bring
ing to a crisis tbs Inevitable struggle
for the survival of tbe fittest.
If the disastrous consequences of
periodic financial disturbances caused by
over-capitalization were confined ; to
trust magnates, trust promoters and
speculators In capitalized wind th coun
try could look on the Agonizing struggle
for Survival , with equanimity, but the
victims of speculative over-confidence
and credulity are not confined to Wall
street or New York City. Thalr natural
tendency Is to Create distrust And shake
confidence in all parts of the country
and the forced liquidation caused by the
rnpld contraction of stock -and bond
aloes wottl.4 doubtless have caused
general business depression had It not
been for the extraordinary commercial
and industrial activity and the vast
reservoir of wealth In the shape of crops
that keep the channel! of trade in con
stant motion. '
The present struggle, for the survival
of the financially fittest- forcibly em
phasizes the imperative necessity for
publicity and supervision of corporations
engaged In Interstate commerce and
more especially the enormous aggrega
tions of capital Invested In corporate
form classed as trusts. When these con
cerns come under the supervision of the
Department of Commerce, Just aa the
national banks of this country are under
the supervision of the Treasury depart
ment, and when fictitious capitalization
nnd fraudulent manipulation of these
corporations are made criminal offences
punishable In the same manner as are
criminal manipulations of national
banks, and when a violation of the trust
regulation laws will subject corpora
tions to forfeiture of their charters and
franchises, the struggle for the survival
of the fittest will not be so fierce and
deadly.
A LA BOtt LtADKH'B CdCXStl,,
In his annual report President Lynch
of the International Typographical
union expressed regret nt the tendency
on tbe part cf trade unionist to make
HgU Of organisations of tinployers and
questioned whether It would not be
better to ahow a tolerant spirit toward
thecu In the hopo of establishing friend
ship. ''Surely.' he said. Mw cannot
deny to others the right which we claim
the right to organize find it is not
aside from tbe probabilities that through
this era of organization may come the
era of peace.".. Perhaps trade unionists
generally will not be disposed to accept
this view, -jet It certainly embodies n
principle which if It should be generally
recognise; could not fall to be conduct vo
to Industrial peace. That 8 more toler
ant spirit, on the part of both em
ployers and trad unionists. Is desirable
It Is presumed no one will question.
When on cither side there Is Intolerance
and a disposition to foster a feeling of
antagonism It Is of courts useless to
hope for peace or for a fair and rational
consideration of differences. Tbe culti
vation of a tolerant spirit, however,
would enable the parties to 8 contro
versy to discuss It calmlv and intelli
gently, and It would rarely happeu that
such discussion would fall to result In
an amicable and satisfactory settlement.
There can bb no question, of course,
that employers have the right to organ
ize, equally with those who labor. Right
of organization for a legitimate purpose
Is unrestricted. What employer should
seek to do Is to bring about that friendly
foaling between capital and labor with
out which Industrial peace s impossible.
In an address recently before the Em
ployers' association of Loti'sTtlle a mem
ber cf thnt organization said: "Let u
e ti nt our workmen get fair iUj and
our trouble will be lessened. Having
carefully ascertained tbe facts of any
question that may be properly pre
sented to ns by our employe, let ns. In
tbe spirit of fair play, give It careful
consideration. If we find tbe request
s Just and reasonable one 'let us not
hesitate to grant it If it is unreason
able, let ns Just ss promptly and with
equal fairness say that we cannot and
will not grant It If we can present
our ranks as one unbroken line for fair
play and similar associations through
out the country ahould become Imbued
with the same spirit what a power for
good will and peace would 'we be and
what an Inspiration It would be to all
who have these disquieting questions
tip for consideration. The great Ameri
can people will never countenance un
fairness on the part of any set of men
and In this great question the side that
foils to Com to tbt front with every
mark of fair treatment for Its opponent
cannot hope for public approval"
Herein Is expressed that tolerant
spirit which the president of the Inter?
national Typographical union had In
mind and who can doubt the wisdom of
cultivating this spirit on the part of
both organized employers and organized
labor.
MILKS 0 D13AHMAMKST.
On tbe day of bis retirement General
Mile said in an interview that partial
disarmament of tbe nations of ,the
world is possible today, practicable and
most desirable. He thought the United
States should take the initiative and
suggest an international congress to
meet at Washington at which an agree
ment would be drawn up by the mili
tary leaders of the world, and dnly ad
hered to by each government repre
sented, providing that the strength of
their respective armies should be based
on population, that each nation should
maintain an army with a maximum
strength of one to svery 1,000 of popu
lation and s minimum of on to every
2,000. He said that in this way the
relative power of each can be preserved,
Its people relieved of an unnecessarily
heavy burden of taxation, its army in
creased In efficiency and its govern
ment its liberties and Its institutions
strengthened and. made firm.
General Miles expressed the belief
that this would make for the peace of
the world and probably In this he was
correct though there are many who
hold the view that great armies and
formidable navies are conducive to tbo
preservation. The trouble in' regard to
this matter Is that no nation Is willing
to take the initiative in reducing arma
ment. When the question was before
the British House of Commons a short
time ago Prime Mln later Balfour said
that the government was not unfavor
able to disarmament but felt that
Great Britain should not take the
initiative. Were the United' States to
do so and snggest an international con
gress to consider the subject and pro
pose an agreement It is doubtful if
there would be any practical result
However desirable disarmament may
bo, it Is quite certain that none, of the
great powers Is yet ready for it
RUSSIA't PRStAHATtOlfik
Tbe report that Russia intends to
largely increase her military forces in
the far east although coming from an
English source, is by no means incredi
ble. It appears to be the most natural
thing" possible for Russia to do under
the circumstances and knowing . that
Japan is getting ready for a conflict
Which ber statesmen and people seem
to regard as Inevitable. A few weeks
ago it was stated In St Petersburg
dispatches that while Russia bad no de
sire for war yet she was preparing for
tho most serious possibilities. It was
apprehension of a crisis, the report
stated, that caused the Russian minis
ter of war to be sent to Manchuria
and It is the outcome of bis Investiga
tions that step are being taken to
nieet the worst contingencies. These,
it was declared, are purely precaution
ary and not aggressive, the hope being
that when Japan realized that Russia
is fully prepared she will be convinced
of the danger she will incur from pur
suing a hostile course.
Russian officials are represented a
having a rather poor oplolon of Japan
from a military point of view. They
ore credited With saying that Japan
could not put into the field more than
00,000 men, not nearly all of whom
could ba spared for foreign serried, as
a large force would be necessary to
protect the Japanese seaboard. More
over, she would need from four to six
weeks to place an army in Corea, while
Russia already has 110,000 troops lm
mediately available for operations
against Japan and could wlthlu a month
double this number. In the matter of
naval power Japan Is equal and per
haps superior to Russia In the far east
and it is quite probable that on the sea
the Initial advantages would be with
Japan.
One thing is certain, that should war
come Russia would find the task of
whipping Japan by no means so
easy as some of ber officials profess
to think it would be. The Japanese
re said to be In perfect fighting trim
and to have the utmost confidence In
their ability to win in 8 war with Rus
sia. An American who recently re
turned from the Orient and who spent
some time la Japan, says; "Japan will
never be content until she gets Port
Arthur buck. She la willing to risk her
national existence to take Port Arthur
sway from the Russians. The Japan rue
will fight like devils. They will have
all the advantage of transport and of a
well organized commissary." There Is
no question aa to the fighting qualities
of the Japanese. Tbey hava courage
and fortitude and the army Is well dis
ciplined. Of th soldiers Who were sent
to Peking by the powers st the time of
tbe Boxer disturbance those of Japan
were commended as among the very
best. On the s there 1 no doubt
thnt the Japanese are able to cope with
the Russians and very likely would
prove superior ss naval fighters.
A war between th two countries is
not believed to be Imminent but If It
be s fact that Russia Is making the
military preparations reported and
should fall to carry out the assurances
she has given In regard to Manchuria,
a conflict with Japan could hardly be
averted. The latest report from St.
Petersburg, If It should be confirmed,
must have a disquieting effect and
greatly Increase the seriousness of the
situation.
BA T CAS 6 ts. UO.Vg fVH ULSSlAPi JgPTS
Although the Klshlneff massacre has
passed Into history and the incident of
the Jewish petition seems to be closed,
people Interested in what Is known as
the Jewish question are still Seeking
for s more satisfactory solution and a
better assurance that this race persecu
tion in continental- countries will be ef
fectually repressed. It is pointed on
that the Klshlneff massacre and other
anti-Jewish outbreaks within both Slavic
and non-Slavic countries is the out
growth of local conditions which must
be in some manner relieved, but which
are not likely to be relieved until tbe
cause of the persecuted Jews' Is mada
s matter of International representation.
In a well written article contributed
by Arnold White to the current National
Review, summarizing the course of antl
SemitJcism during the last century and
its culmination in the recent Jewish
horror, the author concludes that tbe
only way ont is to be found In 8 confer
ence participated in by Grcnt Britain,
Russia and the United States for the
purpose of agreeing on a general policy
to be pursued harmoniously by all three
of these great nations, which are mainly
directly interested, and the recommen
dation of 8 plan that will conform to
the dictate of humanity. The .object of
such 8 conference as defined by Mr.
White would bo, primarily, an examina
tion into the conditions underlying the
Jewish persecutions from an Impartial
standpoint rather than from a stand
point In subordination to national in
terests. Its first effect he believes.
would be "to show that however brutal,
wicked and Indefensible is the conduct
of Russia, she has a easfc the strength
of which is not at present understood
In th English speaking countries,"
while the second effect would be to
show "that however difficult and com
plex is the problem, its postponement
Is dangerous to the peace of the world,
but that Its settlement is practicable If
the three nations chiefly concerned will
stand together and work together on
linos of humanity and Justice."
The advantage of such 8 conference,
Mr. White contends, would be the ad
mission by Russia that the question is
8 matter of international and not local
or domestic concern and the stimulation
of an interest throughout the civilized
worldwhich would prevent the matter
being again shelved before a solution
has been found. Mr. White's lwllef is
that the only wfty to ameliorate the con
dition of the Jews In Russia and to ar
rest safely their Immigration Jnto Great
Britain and1 the United States, Is by
permanently Improving thftlr lot through
tbs provision of more land, the exten
sion of boundaries, the equipment of
agricultural colonies and allotment of
adequate territory within or adjacent
to the dominions of the czar. Tbe trans
portation of any considerable portion
of the Jewish population of any coun
try to Palestine or South America, or
any other distant unoccupied territory,
has proved to be absolutely impractica
ble because the Jews do not understand
colonization, are not attracted to remote
homes and could not bo compelled to
wholesale Immigration 'even if the nec
essary funds were provided.
The suggestion of an International
conference on the Jewish quostion was
Incorporated Into the resolutions
adopted by the American B'nal B'rith
out of which the Jewish-petition grew,
but tbe position taken by tbe Russian
government with reference to this peti
tion makes it doubtful diplomacy for
the United States to undertake to in
itiate the proposal for such a confer
ence. If It Is to materialize In the near
future th Invitation will have to come
from Great Britain, unless the czar
shonld feel moved to Initiate It himself.
It must be admitted even by those who
are most hopeful for International ac
tion, that the prospect although brighter
than It has been, is not promising of
immediate results. International action,
however, is tbe direction toward which
efforts must be made and there IS reason
to hope that tbe goal will be reached
without pratracting the Jewish miser
ies many more years.
And now the University of Illinois
is offering courses of instruction lead
ing up to training for tbe insurance
business, with a view to launching
some of the graduates as insurance
solicitors. WU1 this not be destructive
of the prevailing idea that tbe art of
insurance solicitation required no pre
liminary education and that every
business mlsflt and dislodged office
holder had the making of a successful
Insurance agent in him? If tbe col
leges absorb the Insurance field for
their annual output of youthful prodl
glea. what will be left for the ordi
nary mortal who happena to find him
self temporarily without a Jobt Will
they have nothing to dor but work?
Prospect are good that several
pieces of handiwork of the late Ne
braska legislature supposed to have
Just gone into effect as contributions to
the statute book will have to run the
gauntlet of the courts before they will
reach the stage of workable operation
For half-baked legislation the last log
lslatlve gristmill must be entitled to
the prtsA.
The lone woman delegate to the con
vention of the International Typo
graphical Union convention at Wash
ington last week Is said to have at
traeted unusual attention. Why should
she? Is this uot ths age of Industrial
freedom tot women? Or is It because
she represents 8 unkia composed al -
moat wholly of men? If there were a
typographical union made up almost ex
clusively of women, would It send it
man delegate to represent it at the
sessions of the International body?
This last question doubtless furnishes
tbe key to the wonderment the woman
delegate has excited.
There Is no danger that any negro
accused of crime will get away from
prosecution In any part of the south or
thot any black criminal will escape the
penalty of his crime If he Is not lynched
on the spot On the contrary, the very
fact that he la a negro insures convic
tion and punishment if there is a
scintilla of evidence against him. Tbe
south ought to be tbe last plate In the
country for mob violence If Its purpose
1 to prevent the law from being
cheated.
In arranging Its future prize fights
pn xrancisco ougm to recognize ine
disparity in time between its clods and
those on this side of the mountains and
exhibit some humane compassion on the
patient housewife in tbe east whose
slumbers are likely to be disturbed by
the returning spouse who has staid up
to get tbe returns from the ringside.
No political capital Is to be made by
the democratic organs by pointing to
the fact that most of the republican
state official have indulged themselves
with brief summer vacations. When
the state house was occupied by popu
lists, the summer vacations extended
over every sheet of tbe calendar.
Haeedaala's Holy Tevvov.
St XiOUl Republic
W were wondering th other day
whether It was indeed another Alexander
that Macedonia has produced. It seems
that th gentleman's taame Is Barafoff, but,
In spite of the nam, he's a "holy terror."
Second tb, Nomlaatloa.
Philadelphia Ledger.
As there still seems to be some uncer
tainty about the meanest kind of thief, w
nominate for the championship the man
who stole $76,000 from th fund .established
for the support of superannuated preachers
In Massachusetts.
Improves oa gararlca.1 Lla.
Baltimore American.
Some radical' changes have been made In
the Snot ball rule for the eomlng season.
Probably they have been made to conform
with the latest discoveries In the matter
of surgery and the rendering of "firat aid
to the Injured."
' Growing Trade with Rassla.
Philadelphia Record.
If we have hot advanced during the past
year to a better diplomatic understanding
with the Russian government we have
nevertheless succeeded in very much Im
proving our commercial relations. We sold
th Russians during the year ended June
SO, 1903, double the value of goods sold to
them two years ago and 50 per cent more
than they bought of us In 1902, and there
la every prospect of a continually enlarging
trade. Profitable commercial Intercourse Is
the best seourlty for continuous political
amity. .
Our Borrowed National Air.
SprlDffleld Republican.
Complaint Is made that the "Star Span
gled Banner" is not treated 'with due re
spect when playad at plaoes of amusement,
and In explaining that It Is not popularly
recognised as the national anthem, "Amer
ica". Is decried, with the observation that
"since the air is borrowed, we cannot look
upon It as our own." The critics of "Amer
ica" do not seem to know that the "Star
Spangled Banner" is In the same case, elnce
Its tune is that of the eighteenth century
EnrlUh drinking song, "Anacreon in
Heaven." Imaginative people have found
in the music to which Francis Scott Key's
verses were written the very genius of
patriotism, battle, triumph and glory, but
Its splendid and stirring strains were pot
wrought with For McHenry In view.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Corn growers and Icemen are a unit In
favor of six more weeks of hot weather.
Dakota should nail down its laurels.
Ninety-four divorces were granted by four
Philadelphia courts In one week In June.
All the troubles we have had so far this
year have been traced to their tru cause.
Th figures of th year, added, mad thir
teen. Nuff said.
Soma queer problems are passed up to
Uncle Bam. A Pittaburger wants the gov
ernment to Investigate hi goat and cash
a roll of $75 which the feetlve billy de
voured. ' .
Rather than pay th regulation saloon
llcens ordered by the courts. Chicago clube
are closing up th6lr bare. The looker ere
being replenished, however, and no great
sufTertn Is anticipated.
Woman belonging to a religious sect In
Manitoba mortify their proud spirits by
going to meeting clothed with prayer
book or hymnal. Male members' of th
flock are equally fervtd In their attend
ance. '
James P. Tlttemor, th 0-year ogler
of Oalway, K who was pmched for
13.000 In a breach of promise case, has
gone Into bankruptcy to avoid payment. If
he escape th penalty assessed for hi
folly h should be nt to the nursery for
life.
A flush of shame can be seen through
the soot on the mug of Pittsburg. A
coterie of city officials were caught In a
little game within the sacred precincts of
the city hall. It Is likely the building will
be disinfected as a means of restoring pub
lic confidence.
Kentucky distillers are shipping 20,000
barrels of whisky to Hamburg and Bremen.
Later th boose will go by water to Cali
fornia, where Irrigation Is at an advanced
stage. Thus the dark brown taste will
travel half around the world at lea cost
than th overland rat to th coast.
A spotty chauffeur, mounted on a glar
ing "red devil," challenged th pride of
a lordly bull on th road near Coopers
town, N. T, Mr, Bull lowered his horns,
Uvattd his fly duster and started after
th auto. Presently there was something
doing. Th rhauffaur was able to walk
Into town for treatment, but the auto
lingers In the ditch.
If "the burned child dreads the fir,"
likewise do elders fear repetition of a
calamity. Popl of Galveston wer much
wrought up over reports of a hurricane
In th gulf end arrangement wer mad
for flight should tb storm approach th
city. Similarly th fear of a tornado la
deep-rooted In St. Louis and It doesn't take
much of a gal to chi.ne thm into cellars.
Bill Barlow's Budget, which flutters
weekly on th outer walls of Douglas,
Wyo., report trout 1 In a family In that
town. A lonaly, loving wlf found Strang
strands of hair on her husband' coat col
lar. Bh did not upbraid him with scorch
ing words or run for a rlub. Too gentlo
tor that. Bh merely reached for hi hair
and found It. Now she baa bar bands
1 full of bai
skcixar shots at tub pixpit.
Nw York World: Th meanest thief of
th year is not th on who "stol th
pinnywelght oft hi dead' grandmother'
yea." H la th pious fraud who embes
sled the funds of th New England Preach
ers' Aid society to get money to gamble
with.
Philadelphia Presst The new pope Is a
man of the people In more ways than one.
He Is said to wear a nickel watch with a
silk guard and to have frequently pawned
a ring In Venice to raise money for char
itable purpose. Such a man would nat
urally rebel against unnecessary formality,
and thlc may be th foundation for the
report that he will abolish much of the
formality heretofore prominent at the Vati
can. Springfield Republican: Methodism In
England last year gained In membership
only 1 per cent and the church leaders
are somewhat worried. Some fear that
whist I largely responsible for th small
Increase. However that may be. It Is no
slight thing for so Important 8 religious
body aa the British Methodists to hold their
own. Nowadays only the Christian Scient
ists seem able to Increase 100 per cent 8
year.
Chicago Inter Ocean: The name of Ber.
George Malrs Vanderllp, who died In
Brooklyn on Sunday, Is not found In
"Who's Who" or any of the biographical
dictionaries or encyolopedlaa, and yet Mr.
Vanderllp, In 1851, at the age of 19, organ
ised tbe first Toung Men'a Christian asso
ciation In the United States, and thus be
gan the movement that has brought to
gether In the United States and Canada
S2S.0O0 Christian men In one society.
Minneapolis Times! The regretful pathoe
in th following words of the new pope
somewhat dim the das sling eplandor on the
pontifical honor t "My first pleasure) when
I can spare tbe time, will be to explore
the gardens which now confine my little
world. Helgho, how shall I get on without
my long country . tramps T How I shall
mis them and my Sea." After all, to know
the pains of power, we must go to those
who have It; the pains of power are real.
Its pleasures are Imaginary. Nothing can
recompense) a man for the loss of his per
sonal liberty.
Kansas City Times! It la Interesting to
note that several good old prophecies re
garding the papal election hava failed to
come true. There waa the witch, for In
stance, who predicted that the bishop of
Santa Ruflna would be the next pope.
But Cardinal Vannutelll, who bold that
blshoprlo, is still a plain cardinal. A long
series of predictions, onoe supposed to have
been made by St Malachl In the eleventh
century, but now believed to have been pat
forth only a hundred years ago, hava been
highly ' regarded by many persona The
pseudo-Malaohl foretold the reign of Leo
Xlfl m lumen In eoelo "ll&ht in heaven"
and It Is pointed out that Leo' coat of
arms Included a star. For Leo's sucoessor
the motto Is Ignis ardens a "flaming fir."
The flames In Cardinal Oottl'e coat of arm
made him a favorite with one party,
whereas another applied the forecast to
Cardinal Svampa, since vampa Is the Ital
ian word for flame. It may be supposed,
however; that no difficulty will be encoun
tered In discovering that Cardinal Sarto is
the true Ignis ardens. ,
"It I Always that Way.
Chicago Chronicle,
- Of course the . retirement of General
Miles, like every other episode of more than
passing moment,' has brought to the front
the ubiquitous notoriety-seeking ass. In
this ease It. is a Georgia official who cele
brated . Mile' retirement by a display of
confederate relics and flags. It goes with
out saying that this fervid partisan of the
"lost cause" wasn't bora when tb .War
began. It Is always that way, . -, -..
Mta the Kattek.
Semervllle Journal . .. ,
When the office seeks the man It gen
esally finds him out on the front door
steps, or even coming down the street.
J.
An Age of Precaution
History has taught us that the early devel
opment of a race has invariably been marked
by the establishment of the homo, and by the
cultivation and preservation of family tiea.
The second step in the development' seems to
be an awakening sensibility to the need of
protection against the dangers of the future,
and not simply an animal-like instinct to pro
vide for present wants. The great heed given
by the American people today to provide
against contingencies of the future may be
taken as sure evidence of their progrefs and
development.
For example, consider the widely diver
sified forms of insurance extant. ' To begin
with, there is life and fire insurance. Then
there is marine, accident, health, burglary,
plate-glass, lightning and windstorm insur
ance; titles to property and mortgages on
real estate may also be insured.
With but one exception, however, nil ex
isting methods of protection are simply safe
guard against possible dangers. The excep
tion is life insurance, which provides for the
inevitable. A house may burn, or a ship may
sink, but every person -must die. While life
assurance cannot prevent death, it can miti
gate the loss usually resulting from the death
of the breadwinner.
Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the United
States.
H. D. Neely, Mgr.,
404-405 Merchant's Nat l Bank Bldg.
OflAHA.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Chs rile Toung Btrt-ttey seems t think,
the girls sre rrasy after hltn. ,
Kli Well, tli ones who are after him
certainly must I craiy. New fjrk Pre.
Blngs Tea, a singular thing happened to
me on my wed.llnn lay. 1 ao iiJenialW
swallowed a silver dime.
Hangs Well, I've always wondered whnt
your wife cmilil have seen la you. Cleve
land Plain dealer.
"So you like me a little" she said,
coquotlshly.
"I would like you a Uttle," be replied,
and the matter waa aa good a settled, for
Little was hi name. Chicago Post.
"See here, you. sir," crVd tho irste
father, "didn't I tell you never to call upon
my daughter again T
'No, sir, you, didn't," replied the vouih.
"Toti said not to "cross your threshold,' so
I climbed la U window." Philadelphia
Press.
Tom I had ' my fortune told the other
day, and my ftanoee broke off the engaue-
ment,
Jaok Why, la she a believer in such non
sense T
Tom Nonsonse nothlngt It wsa told her
by a mercantile agency. Chicago New.
H Is very devoted to M wife. He al
ways goes with her when she has to have
"Tea: he told tne be admired a man hi
eould atop any woman talking for halt an
nour. uncinnau xriouue.
To yon remember, dear, how 1 nrnA to
serenade you during those) moonlit summor
nights?"
,Tra, I remember. Now yon only snore."
Cleveland Plain Dealer. .
Toung Atterfeet Millie, I don't see how
I ran live without you I
Ilnlre who knew nlrat -Probably have
to go to work, will youT-Chlcg3 Tribune.
"Well,' he said, after being rejected,
"you certainly are the most Inconsistent
girl."
"Why sof demanded th haughty
beauty,
"Yon declare you will marry whom you
please, and yet you won't marry me when
you know you please mi more thnn ar.y
other girl I know." PhUinolphla Press.
THO ARROW HEAD.
Youth's Companion.
Peep crsdled In the forest clay,
Long toet. It snugly slept away
While winter, summer, passed It o'er
Through twice a hundred years or more;
Whll nplliigs Into oaks upreared:
While rood by rood th land waa cleared;
Till glancing from the paleface plow
It waked to meet the world of Now.
And on my study desk it lies,
A derelict, in mute surprise.
Where vanished Is the em'wlfl shade?
The aisles of the primeval glade?
The deer's shrill snort, the turkey's 011?
The Indian's measured guttural?
The moocasln, tbe copper face.
The war whoop and the, striped grimace?
Perchance, could but thy tale be told.
Some wrinkled arrow maker, Old,
Another Minnehaha's sire,
Close crouching by his wigwam flra
with patient labor, chin by chip
Slow wrought thee barb and edge and tip;
And striding over trunk and brook
A Hiawatha came and took. . ,
The mind may nalnt but cannot give
The breath to make Its figures live.
Gone are the hands that shaped tnee so;
Oon is the warrior and his bow:
Gone Is the quarry and the oak:
Gone are the wild red forest folk
Like their own bolts forever sped:
Gone all ,thy world, cm arrowneaa.
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