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I.. 19 TIIE OMATTA' DAILY REE: SUNDAY DECEMBER 13, .1903. - Tim Omaiia Sunday Km K. KOBE WATER, EDITOR, PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF BUnSCRlPTION. , PetlT Pee (without flundny). On Ief..M Intlv flee and Sunday, lint Tear 6.00 Illustrated Hee. One Year Sunday He, One Ywir J Hntiirilnr Hee. One Year J-W . Taentltth Century Farmer, One Year.. 100 DELIVERED BY CArirUBrt. Pally T!xi (without Bunday), per copy.... Jo , Jall7 Hee (without Huml.iv). per week...l3e Imlly Bee (Including Sunday), per week. 17c Punday liee, per ropy " KvenlnB Bee (without Pundny). per week tic Kvenlng Bee (Including Sunday), per week TVs Complaints of irregularities In delivery should he addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. ' Omaha The Bee Building'. - Routh Omaha City Hall Building, Twen flfth and M Pfeets. Council Bluffs in Pearl Street Chlcaro 1640 Vnlty Buildln. New York-2331 I'nrk How Building. Washington Wl Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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Taschuck, eecretary of The Bee , Publishing- Company, being duly sworn, aya that the actual number of full and . complete copies .of The Dally Morning, Kvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during , the month of November, .1903, was as fol lows: 1 l'............X,0TO , 1 .' 30.T40 t 30,040 17 80,100 SO,OflO li 89,040 4 87,400 1 80.2.10 t 80,030, 20...., 40A)B I".. 41,100 tl 80.0H0 7 S1.7B0 J2 8T.170 M 0,M4H 13 80,030 80,120 24 SO.IZO (' 10 SOOO 25 30,000 11 ICO.VOO . 2 81,150 12....... ,.2,U40 27 81,020 . 13 40,003 ... 28..... 30,100 ,14 20,810 29 27,OZ3 li..............ltO,t50 10. , 80,300 ' Total 032,833 Iss untold and returned copies.... Iojm Net total sales 022,073 ; Net average sales... 80,709 r - 1 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me tbla aula day of November, A. . l. ISI'3. , M. B. HUNUATB, . , (Seal.) Notary Public ' In the interval General Wood finds It Wisest for him to buw wood. Even -Germany Is at last becoming Interested In the morality and humanity of Germany's army officers. ' When the fruit Jobbers perfect their proposed combination all things will be considered ripe for a squeeze. Colonel ' Bryan admires Lord Rose ery. Lord Ilosebery has not stated what he thinks of Colonel Bryan. ' rart(fhe republicans will open the entries In. the presidential race of .2004 and let the democrats follow. - - ' - '- June 21 will be one date when those ,whoenJoy excitement' would rather' be In Chicago than In St- Louis, fair or u6 fair. . . .. k - - In arran1i8 -yonr -Christmas' dona tions It will be(well to remember that little Irish boys don't care for 'any oranges In theirs. Senator Foster .declares the beet the natural enemy of the refining trust This true, Nebraska1 Is distinctly "the enemy's, country." A North Dakota sheriff was-fined for "approaching" a Juror. Thus we see bo,v prevulent has become the popu larity of golf terms. Tills Is an ago of evolution. The twentieth- century Snuta Claus has un' loaded the bulk of his Christmas, gifts on the rural delivery carrier. It la suspected Unit Mme. Nordica'a Atnlre for legal separation from her hus bnud Is prompted by a prior desire to separate hlrrfrom her Income. . Ills friends haTe the consolation of knowing that by this time nerbert Spencer does not care whether his ashes arp admitted to Westminster abbey or sent elsewhere. KenatoPiIanna's advice to members of the , republican national . committee to statid "pat" will doubtless bo heeded, especially the uieuilrs whose political ambition leaves nothing more to hope or to pray for. " Colonel Bryan may possibly have al reudy written a book on Ids observa tion In England. Distinguished for eigitfara have ; frequently undertaken to lutiStt and criticise American institutions- on much briefer acquaintance. No sooner had the Fifty-eighth con gress fceen formally opened by the read ing of the presldmifs meHnage than Its overworked and underpaid members be gun to ponder and wrestle with the ques tion of adjournment for the holidays. By the way, how do the populists like the idea of the democrats running I'urker or Gorman for the presidency? Would tlu-y be willing again to be the tall' of the democratic kite with either ef these two great reformers at the head? ' Germany's luluiuter to Servia is leav Ing Belgrade rather than dunce at Klug IVler's ball. A foreigner would uatur 'ally feel some delicacy about encircling women whose husbands do not hesitate to kill even a king when they do not like his ways. . - A, commentator on euucatloual move ineuts expresses himself as glad to see the English following the American custom of lurge gifts to institutions of learning In that a man of meuus has given a quarter of a million dollars to University college In Loudon and at the same time kept Mb name secret Amer ica u philauturoplxts seldom make their endowment anonymously rather con dltlou them on the perpetuation of their tuiuiea In the favored institution rns rARAMuvxT isscks vf ism. Great national Issues are not created by party platforms, but by conditions that force themselves upon the people for solution. The two burning questions that will overshadow al! others In the Impending national campaign are "trusts' and "labor." These issues occupy the . minds of all thoughtful Americans and cannot be sidetracked or brushed aside by polities! tliucservers who luck , the courage to grapple with them. Before the opening of the historic cam paign of 185)0 predictions were made by prominent republican leaders that with McKInley as the standard-bearer all Issues except the tariff would be forced into the background. But that forecast proved Itself deceptive. Financial dis tress and commercial . stagnation had created awave'of popular discontent that culminated In the clamor for cheap money and the free silver craze. Pro tection or free trade, high tariff or tariff for revenue, became secondary Issues and so continued to the end. That politi cal wlll-o'-the-wisp did not spend Its full force even in the campaign of 1900. The over-capltallzatlon of the colossal trusts organized Vlthln the past five years, with their natural sequence of reckless speculations and stock gam bling, followed by terrible contraction In the price of over-valued" securities, over-production of trust commodities and threatened general wage reduction have created a problem that'demands solution through national regulation and cuper vlslon. The magnitude of trust capitalization and the injuries trust inflation has In flicted, not alone upon Investors, but upon the entire country, can scarcely be exaggerated. What would have become of the country had the Mississippi and Missouri valleys been afflicted with drouth and the cotton states with gen eral crop failure during ' the present year? These, crops represent at the most conservative estimate $2,500,000, 000. What would have become of the country had not this stream of wealth poured out of the west and south to offset the shrinkage of $1,500,000,000 in the value of industrial and railroad se curities? ' 1 V Linked In with the trust problem and even more difficult and delicate to handle Is the labor problem. Organized lnbor lnr many' of Its features Is a counterpart of the corporate monopolies that dominate nearly all American in dustries. When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war. The clashing of contending forces of organized labor and organized capital must be reckoned with and these agencies of modern Industry kept Ithln due bounds in order to pre vent destructive and ruinous conflicts. 'A foil and free discussion of the rights and wrongs of labor and capital will constitute the paramount Issue of 1904 and while no party will dare to proclaim Itself as' committed in faVor of the" trusts and against trust regulation and control or for the crushing out of trades unions, the divergence tetween the parties will be along those lines. " " ' " FATING COLOMBIA. i It is stated that Secretary Hay Is very strongly in favor of the United States paying Colombia $10,000,000 for its title to the canal route and it is said that the president and secretary of state can readily demonstrate to the national legislature that a much greater sum than that named may be requlr.ed to aid Panama in , maintaining Its inde pendence. As a menus of assuring peace between Colombia and Panama the expediency of paying a sum of money to the former, may be conceded, but it is doubtful if American public opinion would approve adding another $10,000,000 to the very liberal amount which It is now proposed this govern ment shall pay for.tltle to the canal. Granting the desirability of "healing the wounds in the national honor of Colombia by an application of American gold," it would seem that Panama should be willing to at least divide the $10,000,000 she Is' to' receive with Colombia and that the latter should be fully satisfied with such an arrange ment. Our government will not of course, attempt to coerce any payment on the part of Panama, but it can with entire propriety advise a division with Colombia of the money to be paid by the Unjted States for canal concessions and it is hardly to be doubted that such advice would be ' favorably regurded. So far as this government is concerned. it of course does not concede that Co lombia now has any title in the canal. All title Is vested in Panama, as is fully recognized in the treaty negotiated with that republic. Any payment made to Colombia, therefore, would be solely In the Interest of peace, since we should distinctly stultify ourselves by even in directly acknowledging thut Colombia still possesses any title or claim in the Panama canal. Perhaps $10,000,000 would not be too much to pay for the preservation of peace. Possibly if Colombia should uu dertnke a guerrilla warfare against Pamima our government would be called upon to expend more than that amount In defending tbo new republic and maintaining its Independence. It Is, however, doubtful if there is any real danger of such a warfare or of any serious attempt on the part of Colombia to regain possession of Panama. The Colombian government must now fully understand the hopelessness of any such undertaking. It has certainly been in formed by its representatives in the United States that not only Mill our government not recede from the position it has taken, but that it intends to fully protect the Republic of Panama and maintain its independence. The re ported movements of small armed bodies toward the isthmus, if true, are hardly to be regarded seriously and it seems most unlikely that Colombia will Invite a conflict with the United States by un dertaklng an Invasion of Panama. As to the new republic, it has received recognition, f roui tlx nations and at an early date will have a completely or ganized government prepared to enter into relations with all countries. . SianCBAVT marix commission. President Roosevelt correctly says that a majority of our people desire that steps be taken in the interests of American shipping, "so that we may once more resume our former position in the ocean-carrying trade." The gteat Importance of the subject is fully real ized by those who have given it in telligent copslderatlon. There are few Americans who will question the de sirability of this country carrying on its trade with foreign nations In Ameri can ships sailing under our own flag. But how to attain this end is a question as to which there is diversity of opinion and at present there is no promise that the differences In regard to the policy that should be adopted will be recon ciled. The advocates , of subsidy hold firmly to their position and the op ponents of that method are equally im movable. In his message the president recom mends a commission for the purpose of investigating and reporting to congress at Its next session what legislation la deferable or necessary for the develop ment of the American merchant marine, lie suggests that such commission con sist of the secretary of the navy, the postmaster general, the secretary of commerce and labor and such repre sentation of the senate and house as congress may designate. A bill has been introduced In the house of repre sentatives which provides for giving effect to the executive recommendation. It being reasonably certain that the subject will not receive consideration at the present session of congress, perhaps It would be well to have a commission Investigate and report at the next ses sion, though there Is really little reason to think that the investigation would have any practical result. No subject has been more thoroughly discussed than this and It Is difficult to see how a commission could shed any new light on It However, no harm could be done by such an- investigation as the presi dent recommends and there is at least a possibility that It might be conducive to practical steps foe building up an American merchant marine. Flltt RAT EH AUD ISSCBASCX PROFITS. An article in the current number of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science entitled "Fire Insurance Rates1 and Methods" presents an analysis of the financial ex hibits of our American fire insurance companies that is sure to be on eye opener to the holders of fire risks and to keep the champions of the under writers busy with explanations for some time, The sum and substance of the article is a severe arraignment of the fire companies for extravagance 1n the conduct of their own business and the exaction of extortionate rates from policy holders in, order to pay exorbitant commissions and excessive dividends. Instead of the 25 per cent Increase In rates ordered last year under pretext of recouping losses, the author, Walter C. Bctts, insists that there were no unusual losses to recoup and that rates should have been materially reduced instead of raised. ; It Is his opinion that the colos sal waste Involved in ,our entire system of insurance against fire would swamp a less prosperous nation and that radical changes are imperative to make the out lay more commensurate with the re turns to the great body of insurers. The statistical tables embodied in this study have been compiled from official data presented at the annual meeting of the National Board of Fire Underwriters on May 14, 1903, and are not likely to be questioned even though issue may be taken with the conclusions. Mr. Betts maintains that these returns, embracing the business of all the American joint stock fire companies, slmw this state of facts: That tne yearly average aiviaenu on stock from 18(50 to 1902, inclusive, has been 11.14 per cent. and the average for the last eight years has been still higher, vbelng highest in 1902, when it reached 11.96, Just when the under writers raised rates to recoup losses. That the increase of business, compar ing 1900 and 1902, was HVj per cent and the increase of outlay for commis sions and brokerage was 20 per cent so that out of an increased income of alwut $39,000,000, $8,000,000, or over 20 pef cent, went to the brokers. That the payment to the Insurance broker has steadily grown from an average of 10.5 cents per $100 in the years 1SU0 to 1870 to an average of 17.7 cents- per $100 In the year 1902 and is today greater than at any . time since 1S0O. . That out of the money taken in by the fir companies, while they paid out for losses in 1902 $00,000,000 of lndem nity, they retained $47,044,000 for them selves, their ' agents ' and expenses, or nearly $48 out of every $114 entrusted to their care. That the average yearly premium on a policy of $10,000 charged by all the Joint stock fire companies doing bus! nes8 In the United States has risen from $80.32 in 1800-70 to $115.18 In 1902 and 1s now much higher than at any time In the last forty-two years. A That the losses entailed on the com panies by f.re have varied only from $40.55 to $51.67 per $10,000 of risk as sumed by them and or 1902 were $44.17, or less than the average. . That the percentage of Insurance money ' returned to the public has steadily grown less and that retained by the fire companies grown greater, the figures for 1!m2 having been $44.17 and $71.01 resjMH-tively. . The author demolishes the excuse found In the surplus fund as a Justifies tion for overcharges, asserting that these reserves do not belong to the in surance companies, but to the succes sion of policy holders, and that Income from investments la if much payment for current business as the annual pre mium receipts. He Insists also that iBiich loss could be obviated If the com panies sought more actively to eliminate the causes of fire and to Increase the facilities for 'extinguishing it rather than to await its scourgings and then to raise prices as a result most people to day buy fire insurance because It allows them to become more careless.- The' thorough ventilation of this Im portant subject cannot fall to work some good and may even bring about what Mr. Betts demands: "More In telligent, more economical, less distaste ful and less evident methods of exploita tion," MURTOAOtNO TUB AIR. In this age of credulous trust fullness nobody appears to be surprised at the effort now being made by audacious promoters to mortgage the very air we breath in the shape of Marconi wireless securities. The advertisement that has been inserted extensively in the lending papers of the country announces that the safest and most promising invest ment before the public of today is the securities of the Marconi Wireless Tele graph company of America. Assurance is given by the promoters that the policy of the directory is Jonservative and the capitalization is exceedingly moderate. A limited allotment of the Marconi se curities is offered for Investment and to make the bait very attractive attention Is directed to the fact that the original Edison electric light stock sold for $4,000 a share one year after it reached par, and the Bell telephone stock has paid $200,000 on each original investment of $100. The information is also vouch safed that "while the'stock of the British Marconi company is now. selling at only $22 a share, it is likely that Marconi securities representing $5 will increase In value $200 or even $300." This is a very attractive prospectus and were it not for the wavering of popular confi dence in get-rlch-qulck schemes the air line mortgages would sell like hot cakes. CIVIL HERTtCM PROBLEMS, The house committee on civil service reform will have presented to Its atten tion at the present session a number of matters relating to the civil service of the government which, in the Judgment of the chairman of the committee, Mr. Glllett of Massachusetts, call for pres ent consideration. It is stated that hitherto this committee has been little else than a graveyartl for certain objec tionable measures that could 'properly be referred to it with the certainty tha,t they would be burled, but the new chairman has determined to Infuse some vitality into the committee and give it a standing which It has not heretofore had., He proposes to make it a working body, from which. some practical results may be obtained. It is the Intention of Chairman Glllett to summon the executive officers of the various departments and bureaus, to testify concerning the alleged Incompe tency of many of then clerks, after which the committee will dlscuse a remedy for the situation. Including the pressing question of superannuation In the civil service. The Washington cor respondent of the New York Evening Post says that friends of the merit sys tem realize that something must be done with the superannuation question, or the service will become much over loaded. The civil pension Idea being unpopular, the question as to what shall bo done with those who have grown so old in the public service as to be no longer able to efficiently perform the duties required of them is a perplexing one. There Is naturally a feellnir of sympathy for these old public servants. yet at the same time it is realized that their continuance in the service is more or less of a detriment to it, which even so beneficent a government as ours can not reasonably be expected to tolerate. But how to provide an avenue of grace: ful retirement for the superannuated is a problem yet to be worked out and this the house committee on civil service re form will endeavor td do. In regard to the incompetents the question would seem to be simpler, ft is almost incredible that any consider able number of Incapable clerks should be allowed to remain in the public serv ice, yet such appears to be the fact and it is natural to assume that their reten tion is largely due to friends In congress and others having political Influence. It is also stated that executive officers with but a short term ef power and responsi bility will not dismiss employes simply because they are incompetent If this is the fact it is not easy to see how con gress can do anything to remedy the matter. We can conceive of no prac ticable rule or regulation which con gress might make that would be ofany value if executive officers are indifferent regarding the incompetents under them. There are other matters which the house committee will find worthy of its attention and the friends of the merit system will be pleased to learn that the committee intends to do some earnest work. The St Louis Post-Dispatch Is cele brating a dual occasion by the issue of a beautiful special number devoted to the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding by Joseph Pulitzer and the approaching opening of the great Louisiana Pur chase exposition. The Post-Dispatch is almost as much , as the New York World the foundation upon which the fame of Mr. Pulitzer as a Journalist rest, and his achievements .with both papers have been so wonderful from every point of view that they would be Incredible but for the verity reinforced by the daily work of these great Insti tutions. These twin champions of pop ular rights the one In the east and the other in the mid-west -are factors of national progress whose efforts for en lightenment are unremitting. It is types of Journalism 'like the Post-Dispatch that mark the efficiency of American newspaper makers and the superior in telligence of American newspaper reader.' The Tost-Dispatch and Irs patrons are both to be congratulated. The world's output of gold for this year is computed at $300,000,000, In round figures, while the value of this year's crop of corn raised on the farms of the United States Is computed at $1,000,000,000 and the value of the cotton raised on the plantations of the southern states this year will be marketed for another $1,000,000,000. The wise soothsayers at Washington seem averse to venturing a prediction aa to the time required to ratify the new Panama canal treaty until they get some definite idea of the amount of wind kept in reserve by the redoubtable Senator Morgan. Pair to Look I'poa. Chicago Inter Ocean. All the big- countries as well as the little ones are recognizing Panama since she fell heir to 110,000,000. Prosperity Favors the Brave. Bt. IjouIs Globe-Democrat. This country Is a great deal bigger than it used to be. It Is having hard times in the east and good times in the west Maejaetlsm of the Chaperosu Baltimore American. Russia has recognised Panama. It Is quite remarkable the notice the new re public has made since her debut in world society with Columbia for her chaperon. Melancholy Decadence. Minneapolis Times. There is painful evidence of Mr. Bryan's decadence In the fact . that he is writing long letters to his Commoner about his tour abroad and unblushlngly telling about his merry jousts with dukes and plutea. Wonldn't They Ron. Philadelphia Press. . i It begins to look as If a distinguished citizen of Nebraska now abroad would bring back a ready-made democratic presi dential ticket constituted of William ). Bryan for president and Richard Croker for vice president. The platform would be all smiles. WHAT AMERICANS READ. Mental Pabulum Served la the Form . of Fiction. E. D. North in the Outlook. . Someone has eald that all of us can read and that most of us would rather lie down and die than think. One is reminded of this remark when works on philosophy, metaphysics, psychology and theology are kept completely in the background In the average book store. Certain It is that, if these books be widely read by the general public, they must be taken from the libraries or bought direct from the pub lisher, as they do not appear for sale to any considerable extent In the ordinary market. In examining the statistics of the year showing the number of books printed and the olassea they represent, one gets an idea of what the publio really reads. The fol lowing figures, although representing the publishing end of the business, ' are also fairly representative of the book-selling end. Fiction, imported and home-made, heads the list of 1902 by an output of be tween 1,700 and 1,800. Aside from teohnlcal publications, which are merely tools for the workman, the entire, lists of , other works of literature for the same year; upon an acknowledged- approximate estimate, number only between 2,000 and 2,600. We must accept then, the fact that - In these days we prefer our mental pabulum served in the form of fiction, and acknowl edge at the same time that the boundaries between fiction and philosophy or psychol ogy, or sclentiflo statements, have quite disappeared, and everything included in the entire universe can, it now appears, be put into a stgry. PERSONAL NOTES. It Is generally believed Mr. Bryan escaped from Ireland without attaching the historic O' to his name. ; Florists, horticulturists and surgeons do not provoke much criticism, although they are experts in the art of grafting. ."Demote," used as an antonym for "pro mote," Is the latest horror perpetrated by the Washington end of the Associated Press. Occasionally democracy strikes the stren uous pace. Observe how easily the supreme Judges of Missouri throw boodlers out of court. . , ' The young bloods of an Indiana school gave their teacher a "treat" by thrusting her Into a pond of Icy water. The fooikiller should get busy or throw up the Jpb. Just now Chicago Is In a temper to agree to a general disarmament. The chief ob stacle to peace Is the dlQculty of catching the gun crowd, which Is both wise and shady. Galveston proposes to lift Itself above high tide, about seven feet, and complete the Job in three years. Things come our way when we puh them. Galveston is pushing. John D. Rockefeller appeared on his pri vate golf links the other day attired in a satin vest of vivid green, gray striped trousers, yellow shoes and a tourist's cap. Another fit la due from Ida Tarbell. Boston, the admirable, the sedate, the hoohoo of the hence, soberly admits a rec ord of 19,334 arrests for drunkenness in seven months of this year. People who haven't the price to move away often drown their sorrows " in deep poLatlons." The statistician of Harper's Weekly goes to the trouble of showing that the amount of liquor consumed by the American public last year would fill a canal 100 miles long, 100 feet wide and ten feet deep. What's the use! Navigation could not be Improved by enlarging the Jagway. George H. Lorlmer, author of "Letters of a Self-made Merchant to His Bon," In his latest contribution to packing house phil osophy, takes a shot at millionaires who make conditional contributions to publio institutions. "These millionaires who give away a hundred .thousand or so," Old Gra ham is made to say, "wltlt the under standing that the other fellow will raise another hundred thousand or so, always remind me of a lot of boys coaxing a dog Into their yard with a hunk of. meat, so that they can tie a can to his tall the pUp edges up licking bis chop at the thought of the provisions and hanging his tall at the thought of the hardware. If he gets the Is meat he's got to run himself to death to get rid of the can." BLASTS t'HOM HAM S HORN. Greedy masters make greedy men. God never demands the impossible. Sacrifice Ls the measure of service. True culture la simple soul growth. No homo is built with hands alone. They who court fame never win It. Faith does not exclude forethought asy virtue is the nurse of hard vice. It la not necessary to be Irreverent in or der to be reasonable. A man's reflections on others constitute a fair reflection of himself. The light of success needs to be trimmed with the uars of humility STRONGEST IN THE WORLD, - 0 Make Yourself a Christmas Present Wouldn't the absolute assurance of the substantial sum of money every Christmas morning during your declining years be a pleas ant anticipation? Write for details as to the 5 per cent Gold De venture Bond. Do it today THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY II. t). NEELY, Manager. Merchant National Bank Bldg. COUTANT Goal I We sjell Scranton, the Also Spadra, Arkansas Antnracite, nut, tgg no S9.00. Ail kinds 8oft Coal, Including the best Ohio, Illinois, herldan, Cherokee, Missouri ana itoae, woua, nnung, 8!eano Tefephone 93a, SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: A Boston minister is to ba tried for his peculiar views on the subject of eschatology. A minister might as well 'lie. swear and steal as to be weak in his eschatology. Minneapolis Times: There is a priest In Peeksklll. N. T.. who la a bully good chap. He has taken Aip the cause of a young edi tor whom a 'republican political "ring" has been boycotting and trying-' to put ont of business because he dared to speak his mind. Bo Father Curran called a publio meeting and announced: "I hereby donate one-half of my year's salary a pastor of this church to Thomas Pendell, editor. I do thta in the name of fair play, of com mon decency and of common manhood. He Is a Protestant and I am a priest of ithe Rqman Cathollo church, but we are brother Americans and I fight at his side." Good for rather Curran, "may his tribe In crease." We can stand- plenty more pa triots of his Ilk. Chicago Chronicle: The sudden Illness and death of Rev. James Mlnto Pullman In Lynn, Mass., coupled with tHe falntlngs on the same day of two women In the First Methodist church of Racine, should lead to an Investigation of our churches and an improvement of the means of ventilation. Many of the churches throughout the coun try were built before the present knowl edge or means of sanitation were thought of. The decay of years lurks in hidden comers and microbes galore wait the Bun- day opening to feed upon their prey. The fact that Rev. H. P. Haylett was twice stricken In the pulpit of the Racine church should have been warning enough of the existing danger without waiting lot addi tional threats of death. Kansas City Btar: "Imagine what you or I would have been if we had not been saved," said John D. Rockefeller, jr., to his Bible class, in New York on last Sunday. The people of the United States have reason to think about that every day, and they never cease to thank Qod that young Mr. Rockefeller has been saved, and that his sainted father removed in his youth from Rich ford, N. T.t which was a wicked town, without those religious influences which have sanctified the whole Rockefel ler famUy. The price of crude oil has ad vanced only J6 cents within the last few months. Just think how much higher It might have gone If young Rockefeller and John P. Rockefeller pere had not been snatched as brands from the burning and soundly consecrated to the service and worship of the living God I PJrs.Wiggs,hfa Cabbap Patch If you have not read this delightful little story, you really ought to, it is a perfect gem of humor and natural pathos. Mrs. Wiggs' philosophy is tender and beautiful and withal wholesome. It is a philosophy that we could all apply to our everyday life and thus become more happy and contented. She has a delightfully quaint way of ex-, pressing herself that makes the reader watch with pleas urable anticipation and . hopes for her appearance on every page of the book. It is one of the few stories that can be read aloud and hold the absorbed attention-of the listener. One of our windows is full of the original Illustra tions and the books and it will pay you to come down and examine them to use as Xmas gifts. Sals Continued Moodiy, Dee. 14. Tuesday, Dee. '15, we will sell Regular Edi tion fer 90c (postpaid 10c EUri), New ll!vstrated Edltloi for 51.75 (Postpaid 15c extra). The Bluest Book Store in Omaha 1308 Farsazn St., For Your Accomodation & SQUIRES best Pennsylvania Antnraoue, Offloe I40S Firntm St. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "I want a million In my own right, papa," remarked Mrs. Croesus. "Why?" he asked.. , "So that I'll feel I can afford a hus band." Chicago Post. . , An Atchison bride had printed on her calling cards, "At home Wednesday after noons." After six months' marriage she has added: "And every day in the week, and can't get the work done then. "Atch ison Globe. ! ' Clara I knew by the tone of hi volcs" that he was going to propose to me. Maud Was there a ring in It? Detroit Free Press. 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