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TIIE OMAITA DAILY DEE: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1903.
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State of Nebraska, Douglaa County, sb.:
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Puulls i Ins comuanv.
helng duly sworn, says
that the actual number of full and com
plete copies of The Dally Morning. ,venn
and Sunday Bee printed during the mon
Morning. Evening
tn
or August, iyuH, waa aa rouows:
1 89,010
liT,24R
17 acMUfff
is no.oio
19 .aao
20.. aoitio
21 80,270
22 0J8)
28 2,0O
24 SIO,SHO
K., ..jtti.sao
. n aoso
27 a,H0
28 OT.330
29 ao.soo
so t,sao
81 Z9.4T0
I M.TBO
4 9fiJO
i ..,too
SO.TfiO
7 ...2,020
I 80,180
t 241,4)10
10 24,ftOO
11 StO,4KH
12 Dft
It 2,OflO
14 20,430
15 31,H2
18 XHAUIO
Total
OtM.M.TJ
Leas unsold and returned coptc
Net total sales Mn,TO
Net average sales gs.iHKl
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.Extra session of congress talk lias ap
parently died down to a whisper.
Perhaps a food palm reader might
help Uucle Sam decipher his Alaskan
line.
Indian summer must not be allowed
to gtv us the go-by this year of nil
time.
s, .' ijl. ;
The Ohio democratic platform la an
elaborate fulmlnatlon of only 4,000
words. It Is to be hoped this Ohio
Idea will not spread.
. When talking of political machines,
don't overlook the local democratic
mechanism, which Is so well oiled and
manned that It seldom slips a cog.
., . i
If trouble really comes, the presence
of a couple of American cruisers .in
Turkish waters will be right handy for
the protection of American interests.
- With the secretary of war represent--lng
our interests before the Alaska
boundary commission, that body ought
to be able speedily to get at the Root
of the matter.
The American Bar association should
hare taken out a patent on .Its proposal
for the creation of a sptrtfil federal
court of seven judges to pass on patent
ami copyright' coses.
It goes without saying that President
Nash would much prefer not to have
Ills scheme to monopolize Omaha's
street lighting submitted to the voters
for a popular expression.'
It seems that the School Book trust
also furnished some of the sinews of
corruption for the Missouri handlers..
The School Book trust Is a good trust
to watch wherever It may" be operating.
. Secretary Hitchcock can easily sat
isfy himself that the frauds practiced
upon .the Indians with the connivance
of the Indian nrfents have not been con
fined to the Inillnn Territory reserva
tions. Nor should the work of refor
matlon stop half way.
If Colonel Bryan can swallow n gold
bug corporation lawyer as th demo
cratic nominee for I'nlted States sena
tor in Ohio, ho ought not to have to
strain bard tq gulp down a goldbng
Statesman on the democratic presiden
tial ticket next yosr.
The compllr-tlon of Iowa railroad as
sesmnents discloses that the most volun
Me mileage in the state Is In thu county
opposite Omshti. It may be worth
while after atl (o have a Ul city on
the state's border, even If It Is within
another state's Jurisdiction.
Secretary Shaw has broken into Sec
retary Wilson's pr?serye. Ills :s"o-,irs
to the Ohio ff.r-.'.iors about 'tho prUn
pigs end prlz3 ptt'.'.inklns Inllmti'S as
much familiarity cri tlir jmrt of t!i.
secretary of the treasury v',t!i vni
planters and haymows as with lor.d
Issues uud bank cle.nrlnps.
Sir Thomas I.lptoa Is rtrsti'iously op
posed to letttoig on y.'cht rste and de
clare that lio uever put v.p n wsgcr on
the outcome of any of his ontnt$. in
this Sir Thotuaa shows Ms lrntf li-ad.
Had he been a lictiiny inu lii .v-'i'u
bave had to buck '.its own ynciits a;ul
the stakes would have stayed on this
tide of the Atlantic, as well aa the cup.
PnoPUSEO CCURXXCT 1KTLATMX.
Is there money enough to do the busi
ness of the country) When the business
of the country Is done wlhi money there
Is money enough to do the business of
the country. Whenever there Is not
money enough the functions devolving
on money In effecting commercial ex
changes will be performed by substi
tutes for money or by barter.
In the eighteenth century metallic
money was scarce In the American col
onies, and hides, furs, and tobacco were
the medium of exchange because there
was not money enough to do the busi
ness of the country. In the middle of
the nineteenth century money was still
scarce and the formers were compelled
to barter their products for merchan
dise and laborers and mechanics were
compelled to accept payment of the
greater part of their wages in store or
ders. During the early years of the civil
war when the silver dimes and half
dimes had completely disappeared from
circulation because metallic money
both gold and silver had gone to a
premium, postage stamps were generally
used as small change until tho want
was supplied by the United States treas
ury In the shape of postal currency com
monly called "shin-plasters." Before
this postal currency had come Into gen
eral use retail merchants In the princi
pal cities coined for themselves brass
tokens receivable in payment for mer
chandise very much as chips of various
denominations are receivable and re
deemable at the counter of a faro bank.
Today the farmer not only markets lils
live stock, grain, poultry and dairy pro
ducts for cash but buys the commodities
he needs for cash. The workman In
the factory and in the mill is paid off
In money and makes bis purchases
where he can buy cheapest for money.
In spite of this tangible proof that
there Is money enough to do the legiti
mate business of the country, prominent
bankers and financiers persistently con-
trnd that we are confronted by n money
famine unless congress provides for
material Increase In the volume of paper
money, endowed with elastic properties
that will Insure expansion or contrac
tion to meet commercial exigencies. It
Is asserted In all seriousness that an
abundance of crops in the west and
south would create a demand for such
a large volume of currency that It would
Inevitably precipitate a panic, unless
the national treasury would come to the
relief of the banks with an Issue of
emergency currency, and we are told
In the same breath that a complete crop
failure would also bring on a panic
uulcss the banks are empowered to is
sue emergency currency.
Fortunately the American people are
not easily alarmed. They have abun
dant proof that the financial condition
of the country has never been on a more
solid basis than Jt is at this time. , A
few striking comparisons will suffice.
In 1873 with a population, of 41.6TT.000
the amount of money in circulation was
S18.04 per capita, the debt per capita,
$50.52, and the Interest on the public
debt per capita, 12.35. In 1S9.1 the pop
ulation bad Increased to 'i0,349,0OO, the
money In circulation per capita to $24.07,
the public debt per capita . dropped to
$12.U4 and the interest on tho debt to
3R cents per capita. On August 1, 1003.
the estlmoted population, computed by
the statistician of the treasury, was
80,002,000. the money in circulation per
capita, $20.35, the debt per capita, $11.34
and the interest per capita 33 cents.
In 1S0.1 the number of national banks
was 3,781 with an aggregate circulation
of $183,000,000. Five years - ago the
total number of national banks was
S.oRS, with a total circulation of $194,.
000,000. On August 1, 1000, the num
ber of national banks was 3,871, with
on aggregate circulation of $28.1,000,000.
On August 1. 1003, the national banks
numbered R.044. with an aggregate cir
culation of $418.0O0;000. It will be noted
that within five years the number of
national banks increased by 1,450 nnd
the national bank circulation has more
than doubled. .
This enormous Increase in national
bank circulation Is, however, not the
limit of their capacity for stecu ring cur
rency. The national bnnks of New York
alone have' a right to increose their
pressnt circulation by over $50,000,000.
providing that they deposit In the treas
ury an equal amount in government
bonds. The national banks outsldn of
New York could add $100,000,000 more
to their circulation by making a do
posit of an equivalent. In bonds.
The amount Qf specie held by the na
tlonnl banks, Henteihbrr 20, imis. Mas
$29.1.000.000. The amount of specie held
by the banks September 15, 1002, was
$.100,000,000. The amount of specie
held by the national banks June 0. 1001,
the last call, was $181,010,077. or an
inerense of very nearly
$100,000,000
within five years.
The entnare of cold by the mints of
th United Stntes within the pnst thret
ye-jrs amounted to $201,708.000.50 and
tho coinage of silver n mounted te $01..
37S.40i.jo. making the total coinage cf
.20K.140.404.70.
To summarize the f.nanclil situation,
the aggregate stock of gold in thet United
States, including bullion In the national
treasury, August 1. 1003. was $1,255,
740,005'; standird silver dollars. $555,-4"o-n.?;
subsidiary silver, $101,070,100.
iik'- n tot.! stock of metallic utility
' $1.011.r.1.07l. or $21.75 nor csnltii.
The str-lc of paper currency on August
Wt. .unsistod cf grsnhsrks. $141.
"".otrt: treasury notes of 1800. $18,550.
v1. p-vl national Hnk notes r.f $417,
m87. or a total of $792,531,503, or a
t-'nl stock, of coin and paper money rf
Tm,440,l74. Thf gold coin and bul
lion held In tb treasury August 1, 1903.
rxrgr-'S'nted f?48 400.870; standard all
'T dollars, $27,000,517; subsidiary ll
. $0,412,720; treasury notes of 1S90,
rT-2; ereenbtcks $11,485,451, or n
:"ti of $.110.110 0(11.' leivlng in actual
clrrtihtlon $2,382,018,498.
It will be noted that the increase in
the stock of coin and national bauk
currency within three years lias been
more than $400,000,000. In order to
keep psce with this enormous Increase
In the stock of money the volume of the
business of the country, which under
ordinary conditions is transacted 95 per
cent by checks and drafts and 5 per
cent by money, would have hud to In
crease by $8,(KtO,ooo,000 in round fig
ures. As a matter of fact, the In
crease In the volume of business has not
kept pace with the Increase In the vol
ume of current money.
The rstlonal conclusion, after diges
ting these figures, must be that there Is
no necessity whatever for asset cur
rency, or any other form of currency
that would permanently inflate the
stock of money. On the contrary, such
Inflation would be an unhealthy stim
ulant to speculation and might, if car
ried to excess, impair the ability of
the government to maintain all Its
money gold, silver and paper on a
parity.
BKLl&YRS M AH BIT HAT ION.
In a recent Interview Judge Gray ex
pressed unqualified belief in arbitra
tion for the settlement of ' differences
between employers and labor and said
he had noted a growing willingness on
both sides to tfbeept arbitration. Tills
Is a reassuring statement from one who
bus shown a very great interest in what
Is certainly one of the most Important
questions for the consideration of the
American people. Judge Gray does not
favor compulsory arbitration, his opin
ion being that it is not arbitration at
all. In this he Is in accord with many
employers and with all the leaders of
organized labor. He entertains no doubt
that were voluntary arbitration gen
erally resorted to and he thinks it will
be in time the results would be found
so satisfactory tbat Industrial peace
would be assured. '
Perhaps the distinguished Jurist,
whose work as on arbitrator has been
so successful, is by reason of his ex
perience somewhat too optimistic, but
surely no one will be disposed to with
hold whatever encouragement can be
given bis view of the tendency toward
arbitration and of the duty of both cap
ital and labor to recognise that prin
ciple and apply It In all cases where
It can lie made available, and It is rare
that any controversy between employ
ers and employed Is of a nature that
cannot be arbitrated. What Is greatly
needed Is a fairer and more tolerant
spirit on both sides nnd whenever this
shall prevail there will be no hesitation
about submitting differences to arbitra
tion. Most of the disastrous labor con
flicts have been marked by passionate
and unreasonable hostility on one side
or the other, or on both sides. Such
conflicts between Intelligent men should
bo hardly possible. Another thing that
in very many cases is lost sight of is
the public. Interest, i '
1 The question is one that , merits all
the attention which can . be bestowed
on It and such contributions to it as
that of Judge Gray cannot fall to bnve
a good effect. Its tendency Is to fit
least Inspire hope of better relations be
tween capital and labor and that Is not
valueless.
hew hvlc run coxsvlah skhvicm.
President Roosevelt baa adopted a
new rule In relation to appointments in
the consular service which it is not to
be doubted will prove beneficial to that
service. It is simply a recognition of
the sound business principle that ex
perience nnd fitness thould be the basis
of appointments and that promotion
should be tho reward of proved effi
ciency. The announcement Is made that
hereafter the president will appoint to
Important consular positions men who
already had served and who have had
experience and training in minor posi
tions which will render them the more
capable of filling places of higher grade
atid greater Importance, .
While tho president could not without
authority from congress extend the
'civil service regulations to consular offi
cials, he has gone as far as practicable
In this direction In making merit the
basis of appointments. Hereafter, under
tho present administration, men who
have shown ability nnd efficiency In the
consular service will be advanced' as
opportunity offers and the effect of this
will be to stimulate interest and elTort
on the part of these officials. They will
strive to merit advancement. Had this
policy always been applied to the serv
ice, instead of Its having been to a
large extent the prey of politicians.
there would not be the complaint ths.t1"
frequently heard regarding defects In
the service.
It Is unquestionable 'that the service
has been very much improved within
the pnst nix years. It had become some
what demoralised Mnder the last demo-
critic administration, due to sweep
ing changes for polltlenl reosons, Presi
dent MeKlnlcy. however, was friendly
to cnnsuWir reform and under his tul-n-lv!
Oration the servlee was raised to
Hs present standard of efficiency and
usefulness. Secretary Hay thoroughly
vnderstmds what such n service should
be nnd to hlra belongs much of the
credit for the Improvement that has
taken plsce. The new rule of the presi
dent respecting appointments should as
sure sllll further Improvement, but to
make the consular service all that It
can be made lejrlslatlon Is required re-
movin.T It entirely ctslde of politics"
nnd spplylr.r; to It the merit system.
M are not among those who are dis
posed to depreciate the consular serv
ice. Xtost of the officials are thoroughly
rapiMe men, who perform their duties
with seal and fidelity. Foreign govern
ments have borue hearty testimony to
this. Whet Is to be deseed Is that this
standard of efficiency and usefulness
shall not be lowered, but rsther made
higher, and this can le assured only
throiii-'h dlvcrrlng the service from
politics, so tbtt U shall not be snbleet to
itclu'j revolutionised by political ehange
In sdmiutstratlous. President Iloose
relt is committed to this policy. In his
first message be said: "The guardian
ship and fostering of our rapidly ex
panding foreign commerce, the protec
tion of American cltlsens resorting to
foreign countries In lawful pursuit of
their affairs, and the maintenance of
the dignity of the nation abroad, com
bine to make It essential that our con
suls should be men of character, knowl
edge and enterprise. It Is true thot the
service Is now In the main efficient, but
a standard of excellence cannot be per
manently maintained until the princi
ples set forth In the bills heretofore
submitted to the congress on this sub
ject are enacted into law." it Is to be
expected that the president will urge
the coming congress to provide the de
sired legislation.
HOW TV ACQUIRE TRADE.
In his address before the National As
sociation of Merchants and Travelers
the secretary of the treasury referred
to our commerce with the countries
south of us and said that if we ever
secure the trade of those countries we
will first secure regular lines of com
munication with them, "and If we ever
secure these lines assistance rnut be
afforded." Secretary Shaw went on to
say that h was not mourning the de
feat of any ship subsidy bill, but be
should mourn the defeat of a bill, if
any such shall ever be Introduced,
which If enneted "would Insure regular
lines of American ships flying the Amer
ican flag and carrying American mer
chants and commercial travelers -with
their wares and merchandise, the pro
duct of American" labor, Into those coun
tries to which I have referred. Such
a bill must offer special advantages to
ships plying between our ports nnd
countries where our trade Is undevel
oped." It was the view of Mr. McKlnley that
in order to Increase our commerce with
the southern countries It was necessary
to establish American steamship lines
between our ports and the principal
ports of those countries. He said at
Buffalo that "one of the needs of the
times is direct commercial lines from
our vast fields of production to the fields
of consumption that we have but barely
touched. Nest In advantage to having
the thing to sell Is to have the con
venience to carry It to the buyer. We
must encourage our merchant marine.
We must have more ships. They must
be under the American flag, built nnd
manned and owned by Americans. These
will not only be profitable In it com
mercial sense; they will be messengers
of peace and amity wherever they go."
The suggestion of the secretnry of the
treasury, however, that In order o es
tablish American steamship . lines to
southern ports there must be assistance
from the government, is not likely to
meet with general' approval, nt least In
the west. It may be a fact that without
government assistance American lines
will not be established, yet no one who
Is familiar with the strong sentiment
against subsidies can doubt that any
proposition to subsidize Mnes of steam
ers between our ports and those of
South and Central America would fall.
It Is not questionable that our com
merce with the southern (.uiitrles
would be very materially benefited If
trade was carried on In our own thlps.
That iias been repeatedly said by mer
chants and others of the southern coun
tries. It seems safe to predict, how
ever, that no lines will be established
through government assistance.
A biographer , of Plus X expresses tho
opinion that although the position of
pope, like that of president of our re
public, Is open ,to the ambition of the
humblest person, ond offers great en
couragement to poor parents to put
their clever boys in the church, the peo
ple prefer a yontlff of noble birth, one
of good figure and to the manor born.
If this constitutes the resemblance be
tween the two offices. It nlso draws
the contrast between them, Certaln)y
no such preference or prejudice exists
among the American people with refer
ence to their chief executive. On the
contrary, our presidents have been more
of lowly birth nnd the products of self
education than of Inherited culture and
luxurious surroundings, if there Is any
preference, the people prefer to see suc
cess crown efforts that have spanned
the entire distance from the bottom of
the ladder to the top. Noble birth may
help a youth ambitious to be pope, but
It would In itself be no advantage in a
quest for tho presidency.
Harper's Weekly undertakes by
specious reasoning to disprove the Im
plication made by the Nebraska repub
licans when they endorsed President
Roosevelt for having In n niHsterly way
carried Into full ami complete execution
the magnificent policy of William Mc
Klnley. Jt labors hard but uncoil
vlnclngly to show that all the main
features of President McKln!ey's ad
ministration have been inconspicuous In
that of his successor, but It fulls to take
cognizance of constantly changing con
ditions. President Roosevelt has done
601110 things President McKlnley would
not have been expected to do, but he
has done more Just as McKlnley would
have done. The policy of Roosevelt has
been progressive from the policy of
McKlnley not revolutionary. That Is
what the peoplo will everywhere under
stand by the phrase used in the Ne
braska convention declaration.
While there Is grave doubt whether
the lote lamented legislature will ever
be called together aguln during the re
mainder of its mortal existence, there
Is u bare possibility that It may have
to be reconvened la u extraordinary
emergency. For that reason the secre
tary of state should notify the proper
authorities In each of the legislative
districts thst they are expected to fill
all vacancies - In the legislature from
whatever causes they may have been
crested.
Under the provisions of the anti trust
statute of Illinois, which has recently
been held valid by the supreme court
of thst state, every corporation Is com
pelled to make affidavit that It has not
entered Into a pool or trust to control
prices or M-ages, end it Is safe to pre
dict that no corporation officer will tes
tify by affidavit or otherwise that he
and his associates hove violated the
anti trust law. In Illinois, ns In other
states of this union, men In good stand
ing in their respective communities do
not hesitate to make affidavits with a
mental reservation.
According to a compilation of forty
five years' weather records for Ne
braska, Jack Frost usually visits us
about the 1st of October, although last
year he made his advent as early ss
September 12, which was the record
breaker with the one exception of 1803,
when he surprised everybody by put
ting in an appearance on the 25th day
of August. In view of the persistent
backwardness of Old Sol this season, J.
Frost should ' take notice that we are
in no hurry to welcome him.
Safeguarding the Onlllble.
Baltimore American.
In closing the malls to certain swindles
the Postofflce depurtment la working sors
havoc with the, rush of fools speeding to
ward every possible avenue to bs parted
from their money.
A Popular Ticket.
Washington Poet.
Denmark now proposes to dispose of the
Panlfh Wast Indies by raffle. Secretary Hay
will probably Increase his popularity by see
ing that 'the United States holds a blank
ticket In the drawing.
A Migratory Teople.
Philadelphia Record.
The fact that there are more than 2.000
American mining engineers In the gold and
diamond regions of South Africa la one
among many Indications that tt-ls Is rtrealy
becoming one of the migratory nations.
Diplomat Tells the Trnth.
Chicago Chronicle.
"My country Is very much occupied at
rresent," says Cheblk Bey, the Turkish
minister at Washington, In explanation of
the dilatory proceedings In connection with
the Bayroot Incident. "Very much occu
pied" la good.
Photography Without Light.
New York Tribune.
A way has been found, they say, to get
prints from a photographlo negative with
out light. Treatment of the plate with cer
tain chemicals, It Is alleged, will moke It
possible to secure reproductions In the dark.
The discovery promises no revolution, The
old method Is cheaper and probtbly more
rapid than the new. Only under very excep
tional clrcumatnncca, apparently, would en
operator find the latter valuable.
Hlffht to Cheek Speculators.
Detroit Free Press.
We hold trusts down to a reasonable ex
erelso of power. We preserve the advan
tages of competition in railroads. We make
and enforce laws to see tbat all seotlons are
treated a"ke, or upon the onultab'.e baris
In the shlp-nent ef goods. ' We suppress
bucket shops erd are' Vigilant la the pur
suit of the get-rleh-oulek concerns. It Is
all done for the good of the greater number
and the continued prosperity of the country
at large. Why cannot reckless and un
scrupulous speculators be restrained Ml the
same way? They are a. constant menace
to tho stability of our commercial Institu
tions and national conduct of trade, and
there "Is the same right to check them as
any others who Impair our prosperity, and
wn do not believe the solution beyond the
ability of honest statesmanship in this
country.
cojfCEnifisa coi rtbst.
Folly of Aplnsr Vnnners of the Earn.
penn Ilrniid,
Saturday Evening Post.
Eome Americans return from abroad so
deeply Impressed by the courtesies shown
them In expectation of and In exchange
for tip that they use their first Intake
of native sir to fall afoul of native man
ners. We should listen to these critics as
to al' much may be learned from criti
cism, little can be learned without It. And
no doubt cur manners do need Improving.
We have always been In a great hurry un
der the press of work, and there Is still a
great deal more to do than our competent
doers can And time for. But In polishing
our manners we must be careful to use u
good sound brand of democratic polish,
not the European brand so much admired
by those who yearn for a deference from
others whlrh they would not venture to
show themselves when all alone with the
looking-glass. .
Back of manners la instinct. Often !ack
of manners In a man enables us at once
to see whether his Instincts are right or
not. Manners hide moral and mental de
fects Just as whiskers and clothes hid
physical defects that is, manners of Eu
ropean brand. What we ought to develop
Is sincere manners not the bowings and
scrapings of fear and cupidity, and servil
ity end snobbishness, but the level-eyed
courtesy of one self-respecting human be.
lng to another. And, above all, we don't
want the manners that make men and
women seem to have bo Individuality or
personal color, but to be cut all out of the
same monotonous, mindless pattern.
AG All ST WOMEX STBKOGlt AP11ERS.
Belated Expression of aa Old Preju
dice" by a Western Road,
New Tork World.
Tho Northwestern rsjlwsy's decision
that none of the women stenographers In
Its service will be allowed to qualify for
promotion or be eligible for Its pension list
hss naturally created a stir among the
women workers In general and women
stenographers In particular. The company
explains Its action on thi ground that "a
woman stenographer can never be anything
else."
That certainly Is not true In other lines
of business, however It may be In railroad
service. Women who begin Of stenographers
In law and commercial houses and In
the service of city, state and nation are
flying higher positions, with broader and
more responsible dut'es, In large numbers.
They become private secretsrles, clerks In
ehsrgs of correspondence, court stenog
raphers and librarians. Not a few of
them conduct Independent businesses, with
staffs of stenographers and typewriters
whom they furnish to do the work on
call, and make net Incom's of M.000 to
$7,(00 a year.
It Is a fact of current interest that while
In some other calling notably that of
school teaching women are paid mueji Isas
than men for the same service, the woman
stenographer is paid aa well and soraetlrms
better than a man stenographer. If tbt it
expert and has general aptitude for busi
ness apart frora, her stenography, she often
receives from $1,109 to tl 60S a year; as a
court reporter one of them at least In this
city Is known to bs paid the last named
sum. The Northwestern railway's curious
ruling Is a I slated expression of tbe old
prejudice against the Industrial equality of
woman, which is nevertheless almost extinct.
BCVLAR SHOTS AT THE Ft LPIT.
Milwaukee Sentinel: A few sectarian
bigots are growllr.g at President Roosevelt
for sending condolences on the death of
Leo Xttl. Religion iy seem to pucker up
the souls of some pcj-'le.
Somervllle Journal: When a girl marries
s young minister It la generally several
years before she gets through wondering
why more editors Uon't write to her rev
erend husband, asking for permission to
publish hla sermons.
Chicago Inter Ocesn: "Teaching religion
tn the home and the caurcli." says Illehop
McFaul, "la not sumclent." The only
answer to this Is that It will have to be
sufficient. To teach religion In our public
schools tt would be necessary to make
American Institutions over from the bot
tom, and that will never be done. In this
country church and state have been perm
anently separated.
Boston Transcript: What the Turkish
minister says about missionaries Is very
much to the point. Missionaries In Turkey
are bound to treat the Turkish government
and Turkish national sensibility respect
fully. A missionary living In Turkey who
writes or publicly aays that Turkey should
be wiped off the face of the earth has
really no claim morally on tho good offices
of our government if the sultan simply tells
him that hla room Is better than his com
pany. We have noticed with pain thnt
there are quite a number of reverend gen
tlemen who, Instead of preaching peace,
frequently vent the opinion that Turkey
or some othor nation, so called r.cstheu,
ought to be "pounded."
Kansas City Star: Rev. Father Merscher,
a Catholic priest at Taylorville, 111., hna
issued an ultimatum against bareheaded
women In the sanctuary. He even refused
a few days ago to marry a couple In bis
church because the bride had no covering
on her head. It Is Inferred that Father
Merscher has taken this radical stand be
cause It has become the custom for women
to remove their hats In theaters. Clergy
men cannot be too scrupulous In preserv
ing a d'stlnct line of demnrkatlon between
the church and the world, tho flesh and ths
devil. Father Merscher a'so inhibits tho
wearing of decollette gowns In church,
but, of course, this Is never done any
where but In Taylorville.
Indlnnspolls Journal: The reolutlons of
the Evangelical Lutheran .t imaters criticis
ing the president fcnd stc:etary of state for
sending a message of condolence on the
death of Pope Leo show the narrowest
possible view of tho case. The Idea that
such a message sent to the papal secretary
of state was a recognition of the temporal
power of the pope and a violation of tho
spirit of the constitution of the United
States will atrlke aonaihle laymen . s very
absurd. To make their action more ;ldlcu
lous and Impertinent the ministers' as
sociation sent a copy of tho resolution to
the president. It will probably eoke n
reply ihut will show the ministers that 'he
president understands the proprieties of his
office better than they do.
PEHSOXAI, AJS11 OTHEfl WISE.
Designer Fife Is at lllicrty to Wrlngo off
on yacht construction.
A Chicago girl -vent fishing and csught
a pair of trousers with ts.li In the pockets.
Borne girls are born lucky.
Much as his methods are depreeable, one
cannot help admiring the taste of the fel
low who wanted to marry Mlas Alice Roose
velt . .
If Mr.',.C,arneele would engage In the
yachting business with a little cf Ms char
eotertatlo ardor he could soon spossess
rJmself of a few of his millions.
A Chicago Justice, fyoarlpg the philosophic
name of Pooley &x$n the price' of stolen
kisses at .$26 each The fee system 'Is an
artistic booster of court values.
Just to show what they oan do when the
crowds come next summer, two flt. Louis
policemen pulled their artillery and biased
away at a fugitive and succeeded In shoot
ing themselves.
Phlny Boper Is the name of the United
Btates attorney. In Indian Territory whose
doings are being Investigated. Naturally
the Investigators are being regaled with
soporlflo explanations.
The fateful thirteen deserves reinstate
ment In the affections of mankind. It was
ths thirteenth husband who checked the
mad career of an Indiana woman who
hankered for too much of a good thing.
There Is a touch of nature that makes
many kin In this publlo announcement In
an Oregon town: "Medford blacksmith
shops will all be closed on circus day. Do
not expect to get blacksmlthlng done on
that day the smithies have a contract to
carry the elephants to water and to amuse
lewey & Stone Furniture Go.
1II5-III7 FAR NAM STREET.
fill, September
Hn Furniture Sale
$ffl Oak Bedroom Suit
$83 Mahogany Bedroom Suit
$ Mahogany Rocker
$i Mahogany Honker ,
40 Mahogany Dresser
164 Mahoguny Bookcase......
$. Oak Combination Bookcase
$16 Oak Combination Bookcase
t& Oak Princess Dresner
$l Maple Dresser
lt Oak Drepser
te J-pl.ee Mahogany Parlor Suit
$4S Mahogany Parlor Chair
$47 Gold Divan
$M Oak Davenport
$12.50 Oak Parlor Chair
$4 Oak Booker
$15 Wea. Oak Hall Brat
$28.50 Oak China Case
$4100 Oak China Case
$TI Oak China Case..
$3J Oak Buffet
$3 Osk Buffet ,
$350 Oak Buffet
$J.tiO Box-seat 4 hnJrs. oak
$4 Box-ast Chairs, osk
ti Oak Buffet .
$71 Mahogany Dining Table
$31.60 Mnhoganv Dining Tab!
$i Oak Dining Tab's
M Brass Bud.
$4 Br.se Bed
M Iron Bed Oold
$'W Mahoganv Dressing Table
$.S Oak Hall Tree
ti Oak Hall Tree
OVER ONE TIIOt'SAND OTH
THE 8AME WAY ALL THROl'Q
DEWEY & STONE
1II5-III7 FARNAM STREET.
the monkeys. Our employes all threaten a
strike If wo nsk them to work when there.
Is a circus In town."
A Bloomlngton, 111., woman was fined $18
for Jabbing her hatpin Into the hide of ai
horrid man. Justice is surely opstd.
when It penalise u woman for exercising
the Inalienable right of prodding backward
men.
The Vnlted Btates Hay Fever association,
at Its Inst convention, lamented the paucity
i of numbers seeking admission, although
the Inducement of fellow feeling Is held out
to the afflicted. Moauwhllo the federated
sneezers continue to snocxe.
UOMKST1C PI.E ISS THIKS.
"Io you know anything .about flirting?"
"No,'1 ho lepllod. surtlv. "I thought 1 did.
but wl'.cn I tried H, hansed If the girl didn't
marry me." Chicago lost.
"Kubellk. the violinist, will ilay no more
soW'S."
"Why. has he been Injured'
'No married. "Jin' Is n polls Journal.
Tho chronic bachelor finally tuiiied 10 the
Sulet nun, who hid taken no part In the
Iscusslon. "Would you. sir, he said,
"marry the beet woman In the world?"
"1 did." was tho repl ."Judge.
"M-y wife save If there's one thing she
hntes It's to sco me with my hunds In my
pockets."
"Mine. too. She prefers to put her own
In." Detroit Free J rcss.
"Yes, Plngrglns has rltrn In the world. 1
know, hut it s all due to his wife. She spurs
him to action "
"Well, any man wit p portlc'" ?f S'-lrlt
will get up when 1 1 s wlf uses spurs n hi,
won t lie.' 'Chicago Viibunr.
' Hateful thing!" she cried In the midst of
their spat. "I waa a silly goose when I
married you."
'Terhaps so," replied the great brute, "at
any rate, you were no chicken." Philadel
phia Press.
"Yes." snld the ymmir nobleman. "I am
to ho married to Miss Hoodllnfrton."
"Thst demonstrates mv theorv," said the
embittered author. "I have alwnys ssld
that a catohv title would sell almost any
thing." Washington Stnr.
Surprised Father What, mnrry rny
doujrhtor. Why. sho Is a mrre child.
I'nubnslied Htiltor Yes. That's what she
says her mother was when she married
you." Somervllle Journal.
She lest her hesd when he proposed
Hut he, a trifle bolder.
Made search for It distractedly,
And found it on his ahoulrler.
Philadelphia Record.
THE IIOYDAYS.
W. D. Xesblt In Chicago Tribune.
The hoydayn-tho boydays they were the
best of all ! '
Through all t ho hus'ies of the years the
boydays ever call:
Out of the darkness of the night resplend
ently thoy shine,
And what a wreath of memories for one
nnd all they twine!
No matter what of baser stuff the later
years may hold ,
We n ay look up end back and noe the boy
days all were gold.
The rnyd-we tho boydays when come tho
threads of B-ay.
You fay live !n Tomorrow, but yo-i dream
i f Yesterdsy ;
You -ray look in the -.tlrror, but the only
face voti Sec
Is ore that has the semblance cf the biy
feed to o ,
And. -M!'nr vou mhv tttinible on a broV.ei
bit of ong
That wanders from tbe boyd.iys In a
rndence s-vect nnd strong.
The 1 ovdsys a picture with not a hue to
fade:
The fi'nmonf of the R-rsees where the sum
mer sunshine nlayed:
The snnrklo of the ripple In some Jol'y
little stream
Whore ong was built of Jewels of a never
dying gleam:
The nodftlng of the. rosea, and the whiteness
of the snow---
They b'nd n cross the picture of the long
rd lorg sgn.
The bovdavs the boydays we mver lrs
them all:
The best ef all the memories, they eeme at
fancy's call.
Somehow thev srs made perfect by the
alchemy of years,
Which keeps Hvr the smiles they held and .
nevor fl"d tbe tears.
The heart Is but . s treasure , chest our
precious tblprs to hold,
And ehirfsst of goodly store IS all the
boydays' Rold.
BROWNELL HALL,
OMAHA.
Boclal atmosphere home-like and happy.
General and allege preparatory courses.
Exceptional advantages In music, art and
literary Interpretation. Prepares for any
college open to women. Vaasar, Welleslsy,
Mt Holyoke, Western Reserve University,
University of Nebraska and University of
Chicago, admit pupils without examination
on the certificates of the principal and
faculty. Thoroughness Insisted upon as os
sontlsl to character building. Physical
tralr.lng under a pr ft ssional director.
Well equipped eymnaslum, ample provi
sion for out door sports. Including private
skating grounds. Bend for Illustrated Cata
logue. Miss Macrae. Principal.
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