THE OMAnA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 190.
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MOS. M. B. HUNQATE,
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Walking may be alower. but It is
probably safer than riding in a railroad
train I
Even now there are homes in Omaha I
that know not the beauty of the 1904
Calendar.
Would it not be more appropriate for
me czar to insist upon tne r inns ennui
tng In the navy rather than the army?
Aa between oriental warfare and
lAmerican railroading, the cautious man
doea not hesitate to stand up for the
orientals.
From all of the preliminary talk Japan
) and Russia might by some be mistaken
tor aspirants for the heavyweight cham
pionship in the prize ring.
At this season of the year the school
teacher hesitates to correct the remark
that someone "cuts no ice." The pupil's
father mav be in that buslnesa. . .
If we must have war, making the
neighborhood of Manchuria the fighting
ground will be putting the carnage as
tar away from us as possible.
That Missouri man whose surrender
upon an indictment was refused because
no warrant had been issued must have
a peculiar and impressive idea of the
forma of law.
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no. ussla nanny lair u ue Aiuer-
,can mu.e. e nas not yet recovercu
iron. w tuera -k we eamga w
oouto jmm.
The emperor of Japan has taken an-
other look at his troona for th an ma
reason that an Arixona cowboy feela for
tbe butt of his revolver Just before he
starts to a dance.
According to the governor of Colorado
that state is emulating some South
American republics by having two sepa
rate and distinct revolutions upon its
hands at one time.
The enactment of 115 pension bills in
twenty minutes by the house of rep-
. jesentatlves would seem to give the re-
tort positive to the aphorism that re-
publics sre ungrateful.
Weather conditions sre poor argument
now for railroads seeking to attract Ne- or les troublesome irritation, and there
braskans to California or to Florida. 'ore tnat 14 would be better to let the
Nebraska has been producing s very
superior article of weather of its own.
When Senator Tillman wrote that "the
democratic party will be successful
when It deserves to succeed." be sr.Dar-
ntly forgot the contradictory situation
which placed him in his present posl-
tlon.
It is said by engineers that It will take
thirty years to complete the ranaina
canal. No one yet, however, has at-
tempted a prediction as to when Sena-
tor Morgan will complete bis speech on ln the public mind will be but little re
the subject if given a free and uninter- Heved. Tbe great misfortune of the fire
rupted track.
Having added thirty mluutea to the
working day of the clerka in the execu-
tlve departments of the government, the
cabinet thinks that it haa avoided the
necessity of greatly increasing the force,
The clerks are now required to work
seven hours. Needless to say, they are
not specially interested in the eight-
Hour movemeut.
The belligerents in the far east will
bo committing sn unpardonable offense stage hands and the theater employ ea
if they engage ln actual conflict at arms are for tbe most part financially irre
before the corranpondenta and photog- sponsible, and the managers snd owners
raphers hastening in that direction shall
have reached the seat of war. Tbe two
fighting nations ought to have consld-
era tlon for the people who want to see
the pictures in tbe papers even If they
tavs su lor one a not bar.
a xoteworthy trust lkssvk.
Tbe passing by the United States Steel
corporation of the dividend on Its com
mon stock haa caused a good deal of
comment In regard to the character and
operations of that corporation, coru-
nionly known as the Bteel trust, and j
tnuch of thl ' by no nieans compll-ln
mentarv. The explanation riven by the
, ,
corporation for passing the dividend is
the decllne n Jt8 business during the
last quarter of 1903. but this will hardly
Batlsfactory to those who investel In
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tne common stock with confluence In the
assurance of the corporation that such
Investment would certainly bring at
.
least 4 per cent annually. It is no con-
solatlon to these Investors, and partlcu-
. . . . .
larly such as are employes of the com-
pany, to be told that business Is not as
good now as when they were invited to
buy the stocks and to a great many
people it will seem that this great cor-
poratlon has not been altogether fair
towards those whom it Induced to pur-
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chase its common Stock at figures above
rea, f u gtQck
rrue Philadelphia Inquirer remarks
that either the Steel trust was born in
sin and conceived in Iniquity, or else
here dependence whatever to be
.
placed In Statements issued by any cor-
poratlon. "There is no middle course."
"ay that paper. "The Stoel corpora-
tlon by its own showing had plenty of
money to pay the dividend on the com-
mon aside from the enormous surplus
which it claims to have accumulated in
tne ,a8t three years. Tho swindle Is
apparent, and this is aside from the
been doing less business for six months
than usual." After citing the financial
Batement ' tne corporation, the In-
Qulrer expresses the opinion that either
the statements are absolutely false on
jjj,. face( .,or elge the company is
wicked in refusing to give the 40,000
holders of half a billion dollars worth
of common stock the interest on their
money which has been earned and
which ought to have been paid." It de
clares that if the directors of the cor
poration, who were all along familiar
with the situation,, have told the truth,
they re recreant to their duty and are
nwning investors in me stocs. or 04 a
share, or less, of their real earnings,
while the stock itself sells for about 10.
The term "Bwlndle" seems to prop-
erly characterize the action of the Steel
trust, which could not have disposed of
its common stock excent unon the nn-
aer8tandinir that it would continue to
pay dividends. It was this that induced
a considerable number of the employes
of the corporation to buy this stock and
they now find themselves "buncoed." It
is a very practical lesson in trust meth
ods which ahould not fall to make an
impression upon the public mind.
ARMED UIP9 OS THK LAKES.
The report that the Canadian govern
ment Is building a cruiser for service on
tbe lakea has revived discussion of our
own opportunity for shipbuilding in tht
Interior. Under an old treaty there is a
fluasl agreement that neither the United
otatea nor ureat Britain shall maintain
any amps or war on the lakes. Tbe rev
enne cutters kept there by both govern
menta represent the extent to which
either country may have a navy on those
waters. For yeara certain sections of
tbe west have chafed under the limlta
ttons of tbe treaty. The west has tbe
iron, the deep water, the labor, the skill
and the capital and the question is nat
urally asked why they should not have
the opportunity to show what thev
can do.
Representative Smith of Mlrhlmin
,.ho ha, been tMn ,Q tJw argument
for ,nIan(1 shipbuilding, it is Stated, will
make an effort to have tne tfcaty ,nhl
blUon ,wept awayt gQ a8 t0 gjy,, the
western "Wpyarda the free field they
I nave Deen oeroanuing ior so many years,
Tthe matter h" alreaJy beea t"8nt to
iiiv aucuuva vi iuo uepanmenr, or
State, which is said to have made a
quiet but effective inquiry into the char-
'ct" of he Canadln cutter, reported
iu ue huuit construction, uouotiess the
question of doing away with the treaty,
or so much of it as appllea to the use of
naval vessels on the lakes, will be pre
sented to congress and undoubtedly will
n"To the 8PPrt of all the shipbuilding
nter8 on the great lakes. There Is
TOUCn to -,d ln ,nvor of action that
w,u 8t,ra'nte those interests, but it Is
a rious question whether the material
increase or the lake fleets by either
I Part7 would not prove a source-of more
long-prevailing condition continue.
THE MILK IS THE CUCOAHUT.
itn all the different investigating
co1111" working independently to
et at facU "nd ocats the responsl
blllty ,or the ,ate Chicago theater tire.
ine nances that tney win view tho evi-
I deuce from the same standpoint and
reach the same conclusion becomes more
autl wore remote. With conflicting test I
niony different bodies of investigators
are TeI7 "Pt to bring in conflicting re
ports, with the result that the confusion
la that all the Inquests that may be held
from now till doomsday cannot restore
a single life extinguished ln the terrible
stampede, no matter how much good
has already been done and may yet be
done lu the way of providing against s
recurrence of such accidents,
Tbe milk in the cocoanut, however, in
the divergent views as to responsibility
revolves around the question whether
any one cfcn be held liable ln da maces
for the terrible loaa of life, plainly in
curred by some one's neglect The Door
of the wrecked building are already In
volved in boneless financial ruin. If. on
the other band, the blame could be
definitely placed on the negligeuo of
the public authorities charged with sp-
I clflc duties which they failed to perform
tha foundation would hm laid for a
mountain of litigation seeking to hold
the municipal corporation for Indemnifi
cation of the losses sustained. No one
need be surprised to have the whole his
tory of this deplorable catastrophe re
ramped again and again In tho courts
damage suits brought against every
one who may be included in tbe condem
nation of any or all of the investigating
committees. If money damages could
make good the destruction wrought the
success of the impending litigation
would be a consummation devoutly to
be hoped for, but unless the evidence is
more direct than now appears the out
come Is decidedly problematic.
PREV1UVS METAL PRODUCTION.
A San Francisco paper declares that
the annual report of the director of the
mint, giving figures of the production of
gold and silver in the United States for
the past year, is erroneous. According
to the report the total amount of gold
mined during the year was a little over
$74,000,000 and the commercial value of
the silver production somewhat in ex
cess of $30,000,000. These figures rep
resent a decrease from the preceding
year of over $0,000,000, but as a matter
of fact there was no such decrease, if
indeed there was any at all.
The San Francisco paper points out
that the statement of the mint director
as to the gold production of South Da
kota makes it much too small, and the
same is true as to Oregon and Califor
nia. The gold output of the latter is
placed at $10,535,525, but the paper re
ferred to says that while gold mining in
California was slightly disturbed for a
few weeks by labor troubles, it Is a
much safer guess than that of the mint
director to assume that, with all the
drawbacks the mining industry experi
enced in California, its gold production
at Wst aggregated $18,000,000 in 1903
It further remarks that if due allow
a nee is made for the manifest error In
the South Dakota and Oregon returns it
is quite as probable that the total gold
production of the United States is at
least equal, if not greater, than that of
1002, when the director of the mint
placed it at $80,000,000. Of course the
official statement of the production of
the precious metals is the one which
the public must accept, yet It is not at
all unlikely that the San Francisco
paper Is right in the opinion that the
statement is erroneous in making the
production of gold and silver in the
United States for the past year materi
ally less than in tbe preceding year.
There is no question, it appears, that a
mistake was made by the director of the
mint in regard to the output in South
Dakota and it is not unreasonable,
therefore, to suppose that there are
other mistakes. Indeed there is no good
reason to believe that there was so large
a decrease in precious metal production
the past year aa the mint director's re
port shows, though it is doubtless a fact
that the output was not quite up to that
of the preceding year.
THE LAWE DELATE.
The state of New York has a commis
sion charged with the duty of investi
gating the causes of delays in the execu
tlon of the laws and suggesting a rem
edy. This commission is now prose
cuting the work devolved up t and
there have been some very . -Ming
developments in regard to the dilatory
course of the Judicial administration of
the Empire state. In a recent statement
the counsel for tbe commission pointed
out that according to official records the
supreme court of the state had run be
hind the calendar ln the past seven
years to the number of several thousand
cases and what was true of that court
applied to inferior tribunals, noue of
which bad come anywhere near keeping
up with tbe cases brought before them.
The counsel for the commission shows
by indisputable facts that the procedure
in the courts of New York is very much
slower than ln the courts of England
and be reaches the obvious conclusion
that the English Judicial system is very
much superior to our system, so far as
expediting tbe work of Justice is con
cerned. While admitting that American
Judges compare favorably in ability
with those on the English bench, he
says that however this may be, the re
sults accomplished by the English
courts must be attributed to .some extent
to more effective methods of procedure.
thus clearly implying that there la need
of reform ln the way ln which our
courts are administered.
This has been pointed out by one of
our most eminent Jurists, a member of
the supreme court, who baa urged that
the law's delays could be remedied by
curtailing the right of appeal aa it now
exists. A writer in a recent magazine
discusses the subject with a clear un
derstanding of what is required. He
urges that to relieve the Judicial system
of this country from the reproach of
being tbe most dilatory ln the world
there must be a change in the practice
regarding appeals, as suggested and
most ably argued by Justice Brewer.
The matter of the law's delays Is cer
tainly oue of commanding importance
and it la of no ordinary interest to know
that the state of New York Is giving
the subject the attention which it merits,
with a view to finding a remedy. There
Is no good reuson'why the United States
should be subject to the reproach of
having tho most dilatory Judicial system
of any country and certainly every
American citizen will heartily welcome
a chauge in Judicial procedure that will
relieve the country from such a re
proach. Tbe matter is oue that ought
to receive the very earnest attention of
all associations of the bar, national,
state and municipal, since it is only
through the influence of such associa
tlona that the necessary reforms cau be
reached. There la reason to expect that
good results will come from the a pita
tlon that haa been started.
Tbe European governments plainly do
not like the idea of s war between Rus
sia snd Japan. If they were sure the
people of these two countries would
light it out among themselvei they
might not be so much concerned, bnt I
there is no telling where the fire will
end when the blaze Is once started, and
that is what creates the uneasiness
abroad.
some popular miscobceptwjis.
It Is beyond question that ex-Senator
Allan's term of office, under the appoint
ment of Governor Poynter, expired ths day
Mr. Dietrich was elected. Allen was ap
pointed to serve until his successor was
elected by the legislature. Lincoln Journal.
Not necessarily. This is one of the
popular misconceptions as to the official
terms of United States senatora which
Is not borne out by the facta. The ap
pointment of United States senators ad
interim is governed by this clause of
the federal constitution
If vacancies happen by resignation or
otherwise during the recess of the legis
lature of any state the executive thereof
may make temporary appointments until
the next meeting of the legislature, which
shall then fill such vacancies.
By a strict interpretation of the con
stitution the authority of
appointive
senators would cease when the next
succeeding legislature should meet, al
though the practice of the senate has
been to construe the words to mean the
end of the legislative session rather
than its beginning. Appointive senators,
however, are not entitled to serve until
their successors are elected and quali
fied any more than elective senators are
entitled to continue beyond the time for
which they were chosen. The failure
of the legislature to elect leaves the
state without representation and several
western states within recent years were
entlrely unrepresented in the upper
branch of congress because their legist
lntures on whom devolved the duty of
electing United States senators failed
to reach an agreement. As to the time
for which a United States senator Is
cntltled to draw his pay, that depends
solely upon the order of the senate, 1
which may entirely within its discretion
Ai . , M
moke the compensation run from the
time of election or appointment, or from
tho time of qualifying by taking the
oath of office, or for the time of a full
. I
ICl Uli
Another popular misconception, which
has no foundation in law is that the
position of United States senator and
the office of governor of a state are ex
elusive of one another, so that the same
person cannot legally hold both at the
same time. There Is nothing to prevent
a United States senator from holding a
....
" execuuve oiuce "u periunuiug us
duties co-termlnously. David B. 11111
was elected United States senator while
etlll governor of the state of New York
and continued to serve as governor after
his election to the end of bis guberna
torial term even while occupying his
seat in the senate at Washington.
These considerations are offered sim
ply to clear the public mind without
reference to tbe question of the pro
priety of a man occupying two offices at
once and drawing the salary pertaining
to both.
One of the current monthly magazines
contains a contribution labeled "fiction"
from the pen of a local literary genius,
who takes tills medium to pen under a
thinly-veiled disguise a dastardly libel
. .
on one of our prominent citizens who,
whatever his faults, has done much to the attitude and conduct of Russia before
build up Omaha, and is entitled to credit the world, while on the other hand, ex
for what he has done. This is not the Passions favorable to Japan have been
first offense of this particular writer,
who, while making his home here, loses
no opportunity to run down our city
and give Its people a bad reputation
abroad. The last time be imposed upon
an eastern magazine with a slanderous
account of Omaha and its inhabitants
the Commercial club passed a resolution
of thanks snd we presume it, will be
i
in order for .that body to recognize his
latest effort in the same manner in order
that he may continue to find a lucrative
market with the Dubllshers for bis reck -
less screeds.
If the action of tbe Mississippi legls -
lature serves as a precedent southern
senatora who have alwava made much
. ,. . .,
Ul luc uiauuawa vi mo .wyw-
eigu Biaies wnicn mey represent win
before long be under instructions to vote
for the ratification of the Panama canal
treaty irrespective of any decree which
the democratic caucus may promulgate.
If the caucus decision should be against
the treaty and legislative Instructions
be for it, some of the senators will be
In an Awkwnril nrotltpflinont vhen rh
: .
ireaijr wind uV iut uua. .ui,
American railroads have worked up a
tremendous tourist traffic of people who
1 fn r,l.,r or fu.rn.Hnn thr
., . ,
than from necessity or for business. If
they want to continue to reap the bene-
fif of this part of their patronage, they
n-lll liflTft to dn anmethtnir anvilllT tn
reduce the apparently increasing danger
of accidental wrecks.
After insisting upon holding a ma
Jorlty in the college of cardinals it is
hardly fair for the Italians to claim
Joan d'Arc Just as she is to be canon -
lzed. Many people are accused of want
ing the earth, but the Humans seem to
be dissatisfied with anything short of
tbe hereafter.
The kaiser will put his fighting men
In khaki. After a While war may be on
a busiiiesa basis and a general no more
resplendent thun a civilian. When that
day arrivea many ambitloua persons
who are now eager to be generals will
be content to remain civilians.
From the published reports the elabo
rateness of the various Jackson day
banquets seems to be in Inverso ratio
to the hope of democratic success in the
states where held, the festal board tak
ing the place of the pie counter ln an
ticipation at all events.
Were Job alive today he might be
tempted to amend his remark about his
enemy writing a book by substituting
the words magazine article, viewing it
from the light of General Wood's ex
penence.
Ferftloa ef Rereae.
Somervlll Journal.
No mast who has ever had the rheuma
tism la aver at a loss when ha wants to
think of something: mean to wish an enemy.
rrerentloa Better Thta
Care.
New Tork "World.
The man who breathes through his nose.
keep his feet dry,, avoids draughts and
liquor, and observes ordinary rules of
hygiene has comparatively little to fear
from pneumonia.
Glrle, Olrla, Has at
Chicago Tribune.
As to tbe late General Longstreet, the
sons of the confederacy who fought under
him mar be nardoned for reaentlnar with
i0me emphasis ths aspersions aglnst bis
fame and honor by the daughters.
Torches Shlialnst Mark.
Chicago Post.
Speaker Cannon complains that he has
been swindled by a book agent. And the
worst of it Is that the agent who came It
over your Uncle Joe wasn't even a sweet
maiden who was bravely suDDortlna an
invalid mother.
The Marines at Panama.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
There were fewer than fifty American
marines at Panama when the revolution
occurred. Their business 'was to protect
tn llna of transit, and they held their
grounu. ina.1 is mo extern oi uncio omu
participation In the revolt.
Looks Like a Hot Spot.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
When former Governor Bradley of Ken
tucky was offered the post of minister to
Corea by Preeldent Harrison he exclaimed,
most Irreverently: "Where In aheol Is
Corea?" Only he didn't say sheol. Possl-
b'y u wa earnestly expressed deelre
ior lniormauon mat p-iariea japuu iiu
Russia to hunting the old place up.
Dead bat Doesn't Know It.
Kansas City Journal
David B. Hill la so dead politically that
nn fin. haa unitartjLkpn to start a nresl-
aeriual boom for him in these days of many
booms and much booming. If David had
hPd 'or resurrection he could scarcely
nave cnuBBa a poorer way ui bcciuus
tnan by pubcIyp opposIna cana, pollcy
which the south almost solidly favors. The
administration haa nothing to fear from
ny aint who attacks its most gen-
eraiiy popular policy.
Thins; Comlna; Oar Way.
Chicago Chronicle.
Two large discoveries of radium have
been made lately in this country, one In
TTtnh .nil nn tn TitaVin .Tllftfflnr hv the
hl8tory of aluminum, we may reasonably
expect radium, fn the course of time, to
become as common as copper. What the
ect will be on therapeutics the arts and
even transportation, must be left to the
imagination. Certainly an Illimitable sup
ply of electrical energy at a practically
nominal cost would revolutionise every
conceivable human Industry and Interest.
Rnsala Aaralast the World.
New Tork Tribune.
One. of the most significant features of
the controversy ln the far east is the
frlendlessness of Russia. In Its agressions
upon China, Corea and Japan It literally
has not the support of a single nation,
but Is acting against the sentiment, the
sympathies and the convictions of the
whole civilised world. That does not, of
course, mean that Russia would ' neces
sarily stand alone In case of a war In
volving a number of powers. Considers-
tlons of policy and of "balance of power"
"T" ?? " T . " ."
pathleB. But tho impressive faot la that
In the present controversy no nation haa
sv1 ,l moral or diplomatic Influence In
favor of Russia, or haa given It assurancea
. ... nvmn h " BOU,ht to lu8tlfy
innumerable.
PERSONAL, AKD OTHERWISE.
These are days when the sultan of Turkey
enjoys a respite from ultimatums.
Borne lawyers acquire knowledge without
the pain of being tossed over the fence by
the judicial locomotive.
There Is much talk about Mlssourians
stifTerlng from enlarged consciences. The
rest of mankind are willing to be shown.
No rival east or west cares to wrest from
New Tork Its pre-eminence aa a billiard
resort. Even Chicago Is out of the run-
1 n,n'-
Eddie Foy is not working his advertising
opponuiMlJea uiv num. a ii v fmo ui m
later-day Kate Claxton does not fatten the
1 box office.
I Surely the depth of reform was sounded
n Chicago wnen an aiaerman was iouna
I with enough courage to propose the banish
went of theatar ..e, from the clty hall
Ther w much pathb, and suggestive
I wisdom In the funeral oration of a Illinois
woman who exhorted those present to fol
,ow. ,n th 't8teP ot ner Prted con-
. ...... iuAn arw. ., nerl
,nc the conclusion that lying Is not con-
fined to any particular class In court
R'"ht here It la in order for lawyers to file
I n exception.
I i There's blood on the moon and much wall
. . ..,. warrlor circles in the Buckeye
state. Governor Herrtck Insists that every
I tinfoil colonel on his staff must know the
manual or arms, i ne iaea is snocKing.
A New I or oi vorce lawyer declares
there are 1.000 "silent homes" ln that city
homeg ln whtch hu,banda and wives do not
apeak as they pass by. Think of It, fellow
benedicts, both parties to the compact
I Sl-ent!
Strange things happen now and then in
Chicago. A local paper gravely announces
that "a reporter ln a hurry was standing
ln line at a local bank, waiting his turn to
make a deposit." Bar happenings excite
comment.
Tropical countries do not enjoy a monop
oly of carrion watching for prey. The re
1 cent railroad wreck
in Kansas caused a
scandalous scramble for business among
Topeka undertakers. Unfortunately none
of them was Injured In the rush.
In transmitting payment by check to a
publishing house for sixty volumes of an
Amrlcan historical work. Speaker Cannon
made this Indorsement on the back of the
check: "Tula check is In full payment, both
,fal nd mora1' for "'ty volume book"
called in the contract with the payee
i-h hnnki are not worth a damn and ara
hlgh at that. "We are never too old to
learn,' but the way your gentlemanly
agent came It over your
Is worth the check."
'Cncle Joseph
There Is no more welcome New Tear
visitor to a newspaper office than 'The Chi
cago Dally News Almanac and Tear Book.
I The number for 104 la compiled on the lines
of former numbers, which is commendation
enough for those familiar with Its stores of
Information. But there la added a vast
amount of political Information having
direct bearing on the approaching presl
dentlal campaign. The great variety of
contents makes It Invaluable as a reference
book for busy ofSce men, for spellbinders
and for the multitude seeking accurate In
(orma.uoa ea toplos of every -day later eat.
ECllJMl SHOTS AT Tltfc PILPIT.
Brooklyn Eaale: It Is not surprising that
the Cathollo hotel for women In Manhattan
haa closed Its doors. It argues no hostility
to the church to say that the attempt to
create and conduct a hotel with a religious
clientele and under religious management
was foredoomed to failure.
Waahlngton Post: Whether missionary
work Is more needed In Asia, Africa and
other heathen lands than here at home
among the forlorn and neglected tn our
own slums Is a Question which the Indi
vidual must decide for himself. Apparently
good people with money to give to such
enterprises are disposed to prefer the for
eign to the domestlo crusade. One hears of
thousands of dollars contributed to missions
In China, Japan, etc., as compared with
hundreds, even tens, for use at home. It Is
entirely clear to our mind, apart from all
Other considerations, that the unhappy, de
graded and miserable millions who swarm
In the slums and purlieus of American cities
constitute a much more Imperative appeal
to American solicitude than the alleged
pagans of Africa and Asia.
Leslie's Weekly: One cannot question the
practical good snse of the advice given to
candidates for the ministry by a prominent
Philadelphia clergyman In urging them to
learn some trade either before or after their
ordination. He haa examined the statistics
of the various Protestant denominations
and has been appalled by the number of
ministers who are without a charge. He
thinks that a trade would be a good thing
to fall back on in such cases, besides stand
ing the preacher in good stead in many
ways while still In the pulpit. The advice
Is applicable to men entering almost any of
the learned professions, but particularly so
to clergymen, who run greater risks appar
ently than any class of professionals of
being "laid oft" from their regular line of
work. Most of the large denominations have
a fund to provide for their superannuated
olergy, but the stipends awarded are usually
too meagre to do more than pay for the
barest necessities of life.
Detroit Free Press: There are many
preachers who wrested the honors at col
leges who are possessed of intellectual at
tainments that would insure them wealth
ln any other profession who are working
with all energy and all solicitude, heroically
carrying the burdens of others, and who do
not receive a salary that equals the wages
of a good mechanic. They are beset by lay
officials, buffeted by lay complainants,
knocked about between warring factions and
are without time which they can call their
own, yet are paid less for a year's work
than expert Jockeys have made ln a dash
of less than two minutes. It strikes the
unbiased mind that It would be far more
becoming in these agitators for better
preparation to get out and make a fight for
better pay and a more appreciative treat
ment of the band of heroic men who are
battling against such heavy odds to im
prove society and produce a higher type of
character ln every community,
DAN CtPlD 1.1 THE SCHOOLS. -
Matrimony and Pedaaoary Make i
Admirable Combination.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Dan Cupid, the mischievous elf, has been
playing havoc In the public schools of "Ne
braska, and boards of education In other
states are almost at their wits' end through
fear that his archery will be extended. So
many young women teachers ln the schools
of Omaha have left their stations as In
structors to embrace the Joys and reapon
sibllltles of married life within the last few
weeks as to render it necessary to dismiss
some classes and combine others ln that
city. A veritable problem confronts the
staid members of the board.
If the Nebraska schoolma'am is anywhere
near as prepossessing aa the type that has
been ln evidence ln Milwaukee during the
convention of the State Teachers' associa
tion this week it is no wonder there Is con
sternatlon ln the ranks of the governing
bodies. The wonder Is that the trouble, or
the problem, or whatever it may be called.
hasn't hit nearer home. Possibly probably
even there Is such a problem In Wisconsin,
but the dictates of wisdom prevent the
making of any noise over It
Much has been said anent the Inadequacy
of the pay given to teachers tn the publio
schools, and the necessity of adopting
higher schedules in order to retain the best
talent has been urged with great energy
When Cupid enters Into the calculation
however, high salaries will not solve the
problem. The only thing the boards of
education ran do, In fact, la to surrender to
the Inevitable and make the best of It. To
preside over a home Is the laudable ambl
tlon of every or nearly every young
woman of normal temperament, and It Is
an ambition that is excusable even when It
means the giving up of the charge of
heterogeneous mass of other people's chil
dren.
Matrimony and pedagogy form a combi
nation that works for the better Interest of
11 when the subject comes to be analysed
thoroughly. Nine times out of ten the man
who robs the schoolroom to get a wife
carries away a woman who la an honor to
her new station ln life. And the vacancy
she creates by entering the mnrltnt state
makes room for another. Cupid Is doing a
noble work. His arrows will do more to
sustain the nor-oal schools anil make their
products of practical value than hundreds
of thousands of appropriations and scientific
methods of training for the duties of teach.
Ing.
BENKFAtTIOMS OK 10O3.
Millions for Rellalons, Edacatloaal
and Charitable Institutions.
New Tork World.
The gifts of philanthropy during last
year, the .donations ana Dequesia 10 re
ligious, 'charitable and educational organ!
satlons, libraries, art galleries, museums,
etc., exceeded $85,000,000. It is an Impressive
total, though less by nearly 60 per cent
than the prodigious outpouring of million
aire bounty in 1901, which aggregated $123,-
8S8.73L
Mr. Carnegie's name, as before, leads all
others, but not in the "Eclipse first, the
rest nowhere," manner of earlier years
Mr. Rockefeller In 1908. with benefactions
amounting all told to $U,930.617. was a good
second to Mr. Carnegie's $15,878,500. The
Ironmaster's bounty, though well below
that of 1D0! and 1901. reached a memorable
high-water mark In the proffer of his thou-1
sandth library. His year s gifts to libraries
alone amounted to $5,595,500.
Libraries altogether received $7.583.05.
Schoola and collegea fared better, the year
for them being one of abundant Increase.
They received $39,950,692. of which eight col
leges. Columbia, Cornell, Barnard. Johns
Hopkins, Harvard, Chicago, Pennsylvania
and Tuskegee, came In for nearly a third,
or $14.487.788 large figures even for an era
of large bounties.
For charity $21,726,318 was set aside In be
quests and actual gifts. Religion received
$3,805,912; art galleries and museums and
municipal Improvements $2,927,500.
The year was particularly noteworthy for
Individual benefactions exceeding $1,000,000.
The Wentworth teqiiest to Boston chari
table and educational Institutions. Including
an industrial school for poor boys, ap
proached $7,000,000. Frederick W. Hubbelt
and bis wife of Pes Moines gave t'.OA.ono
for a college. Clordon McKay left Harvard
14.000,000. Jacob Tome bequeathed $3 600.000
for a college at Port Deposit. Md. Prince
ton waa remembered with !M 30.000 by Mrs.
Mary J. Wlnthrop. Columbia received $1.
000000 from Joseph Pulltier for a school of
journalism, with an additional $1,000,000 upon
the successful operation of the S"hool at
the end of three years.
Altogether within the
year there weraai
eighteen gifts of bequests of 11.000,000 and
upward. In the same period also there was
a notable Increase of legacies ot from $2.(00
to flt.OOO. y
QVAIST KEATtltES Of UFB.
Osceola, chief of the Florida Seminole,
Is about to visit New Tork for tho purpose
of securing the best substitute for the
right hand he lost about two years ago.
Wlille carrying home a heavy load of
white whisky one evening ha fell alongside
railroad track and went to sleep. His
right hand lay across the track, and a
train cut It off. Then and there Osceola
swore off, and ha has kept his oath re
ligiously. That is, he swore oft white
whisky, which ho haa renounced In favor
of the colored article.
Senator Reagan of Texas, when ha was
ln the senate, was one of tho men who
strongly objected to being Interrupted. On
one occasion Henry W. Blair, then a sen
ator from New Hampshire, tried to ask
Reagan a tuestlon during the latter's
speech. "I da act want to bo Interrupted,"
said Reagan, "but I will listen to a ques
tion." "it la not exactly a question, but a
statement," said BlatA "Then I refuse to
yield," said Reagan. V11, the senator
has missed an opportunltj greatly Im
proving his speech," remarket .Puir, aa he
ambled toward Uie cloakroom.
Mrs. Maud Bchwarts was the first ps
to congratulate Walter A. Bchwarts whea
he obtained a divorce from her In a Bt.
Louis court The Judge had summoned bet
as a witness, when she did not offer any
defense to the suit. She said that Schwarti
had treated her kindly, but ahe learned ah
did not care for him, ao left him. The de
cree was Issued Immediately.
Going to Schwarta, his recent wife aaidi
"Good -by, Walter; I wish you luck and a
merry Christmas."
"Thank you." ha said, with teara la his
eyes.
Then the woman hurried away.
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Sullivan celebrated the
sixtieth anniversary of their marriage at
Castallan Springs, Tenn., last Sunday. Five '
generations were present, tho oldest of
whom Is 91, while the youngeat is 10 days.
Bullivan waa never 111 a day In Ma life;
was never out of ths county; never saw a
railroad; voted for every republican presi
dent but one. He has read the bible through
twelve times and oan quota any passage.
The descendants of Sullivan are aa fol
lows: Fifteen children, eighty grandchil
dren, three great-grandchildren and seven
great-great-grandchildren. A coincidence
with Sullivan's anniversary was the pres
ence of his brother snd wife, 80 and 71
years respectively. They joined the party
and celebrated their forty-third marriage
anniversary. They have no children.
Strange to say, ths minister who per
formed the ceremony which united the lives
of Sullivan and his wife was present, al
though he had to be carried In a pushcart.
One other person, a slave, who waa pres
ent at the marriage, was on band.
Ex-Mayor O. S. Kelly of Springfield. O.,
celebrated his seventy-ninth anniversary
and his fifty-sixth wedding anniversary last
week. Mrs. Kelly died four yeara ago.
The unique feature of the double celebra
tion was the character of the guests pres
ent. There were 121 of them, and every
one waa seventy-five or more years of age.
The entire 121 were from Springfield and
vicinity.
Mr. Kelly haa lived In Springfield nearly
all of his life. For years he was one ot
two partners of William N. Whiteley,
known as ths "reaper king."
The dinner, which was a feature of the
celebration, began at early candle light.
It was an old-time social In every particu
lar. Mr. Kelly, as chairman (the word
chairman being preferred to that of toast
master), occupied a seat at the head ot a'
long table. Arranged on either side pf him
were' the white-haired ploneera of the
county.
By agreement the program was devoted
exclusively to pioneer days, and each of
the guests was called upon for reminisc
ences. A stenographer took a complete
stenographic report of the remarka made,
which will be published ln book form.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"I suppose you and your daughters agree
pretty well?"
"Agree perfectly, except on one point."
"What's that?"
"I'd prefer self-supporting aona-ln-law."
CluvtiuuU lialndealer.
"My husband, you know," said Mrs. Ne-
dore, "Is a drummer."
"Indeed?" replied Mrs. Newcome, "I
thought It was your daughter."
th? How do you mean?"
"I thought It was your daughter Who
used the piano." Philadelphia Post.
"Let us talk of something we don't know
anything about," he suggested.
"Buch aa what?" aha asked.
"Marriage," he replied after which they
went into executive session. cnicago Post.
What's the matter? Deadbroket"
"Well, to be mora exact, I'm 'stone
broke.' "What's the difference V
"1 went broke buying a solitaire far my
girl." Detroit Free Presa.
He We must economise. Suppose, dar
ling, that you try your hand at making
your own clothes.
She Oh, George, dear. I never could do
that. Suppose I begin by trying to make
yours?" The New lorker.
Alice Dolly Is going to be married."
Kate Who Is the lucky man?"
Alice Arthur. She rejected him last Au
gust. Now she's going to marry Jack,"
Bomervllle Journal.
"Shucks!" said Mr. Meddergrasa, "I be.
lleve these here patent medicine fellers la
all In cahoots."
"What makes you say that?" asked the
druggist.
"Well, I've got five different almanacs
so far this year an' every blame one of 'em
Is alike except fer the name ot the medi
cine." Judge,
"What's become of JobsonT".
"Blest If I know. I-et me think. He
dropped out of sight last summer, didn't
her'
"Tes, and I havn't beard his name men
tioned since."
"Oh, now I remember, he married a
clubwoman." Cleveland Plaindealer.
Miss Ann Thrope-I was shocked to bear
you were married. I wouldn't marry the
beit dikii on earth.
Mrs NewbrlJe Huh! He never gave you
a chance. He assures me I waa the o .ly
girl he ever proposed to. Philadelphia
Press.
THE ITHKKE.1 CITT.
Thou art stricken to tha core.
Oh, Chicago!
Lost thy loved ones by the score.
Oh. Chicago!
Like the sound of Kaohel weVfo,
Oer this land thy grief Is sweepingr
Death has done his best at reaping,
Oh, Chicago!
In vain, for many a child's aweet song.
Oh, Chicago!
Thou'lt lislen thro' the yeara sd long.
Oh. Chlcaao!
At home, at school, how aad 'twill be.
Their smiling faces not to see,
Dearest of earth's fair flowers to thee.
Oh. Chicago!
So many homes are wrapped In gloom.
Oh. Chicago! ,
So many souls have met their doom.
Oh, Chicago!
There seems to he no light, and yet
The leve of Ood Is Infinite.
Look upwaid thro' thy tears, forget
Oh, Chicago!
Forget the horror, anguish, sighs.
Oh. Chicago!
Direct thy ansa to paradise.
Oh. Chlraso!
Above, beyond, there's one can save
Thy loved one's from the dark, dark grave
For such as theae His life He ve.
Oh. Chicago!
Kfekawka. Neb- I A. X.
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