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Notary Public.
It's 8 poor winter that does not give
the iceman his day.
Ei-rresident Horace O. Burt has now
i ecu red bis passports for a tour around
the world. He had the requisite passes
before he resigned.
, There Is yet hope for universal peace.
The religious newspapers have suc
ceeded n getting one college to drop
foot ball On Thanksgiving day.
The democratic press Is a unit for any
republican to beat Roosevelt for the re
publican nomination, and then for any
democrat to beat ' the republican nom
inee. If anyone ' else wants to shift the
blame for bis part in the negligence re
sponsible for the Chicago theater hor
ror, he should come forth at once and
speak out
jj Cabs is certainly ungrateful. Having
seciirea an it asked for In the way of
reciprocity, It now offers to return a
Nebraska political banker for a con
sideration. Millionaire Hearst has not yet se
cured the democratic presidential nomi
nation, but be is acquiring much noto
riety and getting any amount of free
advertising.
Is long as Wyoming can get the as
sailants of women Into the penitentiary
within forty-eight hours sftor apprehen
sion, there is no likelihood of the growth
of lynching In that state.
It is gratifying to note that Omaha's
bank clearings continue on the Increase
slde of the weekly comparative table,
while too many other cities of its class
reflect in theirs' a lesa prosperous bust
ees. It must be gratifying to the czar of
Russia to know that there can be no
question of the constitutionality of bis
' sets when be does occasionally make a
law for the ' benefit of the working
classes.- . J ,
If Senator Hanna succeeds la his do
sir to harmonise capital and labor, his
flutlee will have been more arduous and
bis glory more real than that of any
president since the foundation of the
slmerican republic.
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Missouri baa the questionable consola
tion of knowing that the men who paid
the bribes in the larger number of cases
live la other states. This fact Is also a
rock of refuge to some of the men who
accepted the money. ,
If we remember rightly, the populists
In their Denver manifesto asserted that
they were going to take the lead in sub
tnlttlag a national ticket to the public In
1004. The chances are good, however,
that the populists will tail up all the
rest, as heretofore.
With the grain dealers of the west in
specting the terminal facilities at New
Orleans, there may be more than ordi
nary reasons for the proposed union of
the trunk lines running east and west
Lower rates on grain may be the ef
fect of either cause.
Twice in a week Are has abown its
Ironies,) nature. First it destroyed the"
shop of the president of the Nebraska
Firemen's association, and then. Imme
diately after a a official inspection, it
burned the rim of the alleged asbestos
rnrtaia of a Kansas City theater.
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, The experience ef the Chinese Ameri
cas Commercial company, which la now
winding op Its affairs, is sn Indication
ef the real Importance "of the United
P fate becoming nodal? interested In
the eastern situation. So far as Ameri
ca a trail is concerned, the 8.000,01)0
residents of China srs sbont where they
were tm the days of Colonel Hellers,
THS TIGHT IS 50IF O.f.
Another blow to President Roosevelt's
political hopes was struck from an une
pected quarter today, when the republicans
of Nebraska decided to put off their con
venuon to May 18. Tho president s sup
porters urged an early convention, so they
could start the Roosevelt ball rolling, and
so confident wero they a few days ago that
they announced that the convention would
be beld In March. Then something hap
pened. Just what It was has not been
mads clear to Nebraskans In Washing-ton.
but Its effect has been to convince them
that tho president's opponents won a sub
stantial victory.
It is conceded that Instructions for Roose
velt will be harder to obtain In May than
in March and that the president's chance
of receiving the support of Nebraska's del
egation has greatly lessened.
Tha lesson conveyed by the action of the
Nebraska state committee Is very startling
to tha president's friends. They have been
assuming, and without contradiction, that
whatever eastern atatea might do In the
matter of sidetracking Ms candidacy the
west could be relied upon to fight for him
to the last ditch. The west was aflame
with Roosevelt enthusiasm, these friends
have been proclaiming, and, curiously,
everybody believed them.
It can hardly be charged tHat tha west
has fallen under the spell of Wall street,
which the president has assumed la hostile
to him. A more reasonable explanation Is
found in the statement of a western sena
tor, who possesses unusual facilities for
keeping In touch with publlo sentiment,
that the Roosevelt boom Is decaying and
will fall to pieces and disappear before tha
Chicago convention meets Washington
Special to Chicago Chronicle.
In Nebraska politics the unexpected
sometimes happens. The action of the
republics a state committee in putting off
until May the convention that Is to
nominate delegates to the national con
vention has been just aa startling to
the rank and file' of the party in Ne
braska as It has been to. the president
and bis friends in Washington. It Is
now clear that what has happened was
not accidental, but is a part of the pro
gram mapped out for the managers of
the allied railroads of Nebraska, Iowa,
Minnesota and Wyoming by the com-munlty-of-lnterest
railroad magnates
and captains of industry.
The beating of base drums and the
vociferous shouting for Roosevelt that
preceded the meeting at Lincoln was
only a prearranged demonstration to
lull to sleep the rank and file of the
party in Nebraska, tvbicb. Is enthusias
tically for Roosevelt Then something
happened. Members of the committee
who had. come to Lincoln to register
their votes in favor of an early conven
tion were hypnotized by the railroad
lobby into voting for a convention in
May, under the pretext that the most
ardent friends of Roosevelt desired only
one convention Instead of two. The
majority of the committee, against Its
own convictions, allowed Itself to be
confldenced. Now that the mask has
been dropped the fight is on, and it will
be fought to a finish.
The republicans of Nebraska are in
earnest for Roosevelt and they will not
allow themselves to be hoodwinked or
misrepresented. The issue to be fought
out is clear-cut and men who want to
be candidates for any office or delegates
to any convention will have to show
their colors. . The republicans of Ne
braska have a right to their choice and
will not allow themselves to be buncoed
but of that choice or sold out in con
ventions. .
Western senators in Washington who
possess unusual facilities for keeping In
touch may delude themselves Into the
belief that the Roosevelt sentiment Is
wsulng, but they will discover their
mistake before they are four months
older. Western republicans, and, above
all, Nebraska republicans, are not as
fickle ss all that Nothing has hap
peced within the past six months to
lessen their admiration for and confi
dence in President Roosevelt and noth
ing la likely to happen within the next
few months that, will cool their ardor
in favor of' his nomination. On the
contrary, the tactics being pursued by
his bidden enemies to wsylay him will
surely rouse them to greater activity
and unyielding determination.
TB DKMAHD FOU GOOD HOADS.
The movement to secure national aid
In the construction of public roads
seems to be making headway. The
matter ia receiving attention in con
gress, the senate having called upon the
aecretary of agriculture for information
relative to' the cost of constructing pub
lic roads In this country and in foreign
countries. Speeches in advocacy of the
construction of good roads and urging
aid on the part of the national govern
ment have been made in both bouses of
congress. A bill has been Introduced
in the senate which provides for a plan
of co-operation between the federal gov
ernment and the various states and ter
ritories for the construction and im
provement of the public roads. It pro
poses to create a bureau of highways and
to appropriate 124,000,000 to be avail
able as a fund for road construction and
Improvement to be ' distributed among
the states and territories according to
population. It requires that before the
statea or territories can receive the bene
fits of the act they must provide for
one-half of the cost of any construction
or improvements that muy be under
taken and secure the necessary riijut-of-way.
Ti matter is of particular interest to
the agricultural producers of the coun
try, especially in the eouth and west.
In a sieech In the house of representa
tives a few days ago, Mr. Zenor of In
diana made the statement that the farm
ers snd the agricultural people pay the
enormous sum of 11,000,000,000 for the
transportation of farm products from
the farms to the market places st which
they sell tbem. He asserted that half
this sum could be saved to the farm-
era if there wae a geueral system of
good roads. He declared that the farm
ers of the country need all the facilltiea
possible for transporting their products
to the market. "They need all the fa
cilities, all the advantages to which our
present advancement and high civilisa
tion in this country entitle them. They
of all the classes ef people In this coun
try share the least in the advantages aud
benefits of legislation which has so ma
terially contributed to the wealth of this
country. They sre leaving the coun
try. It Is an isolated life and it be
comes monotonous to the young men,
the bone and sinew of the farm, the
young men upon whom responsibility
must ultimately fall for the operation
and conduct of the farm. They are get
ting tired of the isolation and drudgery
of farm life In the country and there is
a constant tendency to shift from the
healthy atmosphere of the counter, from
the farm on which the young tnan re
ceives his best Impressions snd that
physical and mental discipline which so
well serves him in after years snd pre
pares him for sn honorable and useful
career as a good citizen. He needs to
be made contented. To do that you
have to improve the public highways."
In a speech on the subject in the sen
ate Mr. Latimer of South Carolina made
a strong argument in advocacy of na
tlonal aid in the construction of public
ronds, expressing the opinion that it is
only by federal aid that we will ever
have good roads uniformly throughout
the country. "The government must
stimulate and aid the people In the
work. It is the history of road devel
opment in every country." It is tin
likely that there will be sny action
taken in the matter, by the present con
gress, Or at any rate at this session, but
if the agricultural Interests of the coun
try earnestly espouse the public roads
cause It will certainly in time receive
from congress the consideration to
which its obvious importance entitles it
MXOLlSa LABOR UNIONISM.
The current bulletin of the national
bureau of labor contains an article on
labor unions and British industry which
is exceedingly instructive In the show
ing it makes of the effect of the organi
sations of workers on the industries of
tha United Kingdom. The charge has
been repeatedly made that the British
labor unions have retarded industrial
growth and thus have permitted the in
dustries of other ' countries, notably
those of the United States, to attain a
development they might not otherwise
have reached, until the competition with
British industries has become so great
that they have not only been almost
driven out of markets which they for
merly dominated, but the home market
has also been invaded by American and
German manufacturers. Only a short
time ago the London Times sharply con
demned the policy and practice of tho
labor unions, which it held responsible
for the unsatisfactory industrial condi
tions in the United Kingdom, in this re
flecting the view of many manufactur
ers ond men in public life.
According to the author of the article
lit the bulletin of the labor bureau, the
appeal to force the strike on the one
hand and the lockout on the other Is
by no means an archaic weapon in Eng
land today, but he says that both sides
recognise the wastefulness and folly of
resorting to force and endeavor by
every means possible to secure a set
tlement of difficulties by an appeal to
reason and the employment of methods
of conciliation. In this respect It seems
that the British labor unionists are
more advanced than the labor unionists
of this country. It appears that the re
lations between capital and labor in
this country are not so cordial as in
England. This has not commonly been
supposed to be the case, but It appears
to be a fact at this time, though it is
only In very recent years that the Im
provement In the relations between em
ployers and unionists in Englsnd has
taken place.
The writer of the bulletin article says:
"The evolution of the trade unions the
newer view of the relation that ought
to exist between employers and em
ployeshas led both sides to look upon
harmony rather than strife as the great
end to be attained. There Is constantly.
noticed a marked Increase in the de
sire of both employers and men to cre
ate the machinery, in many cases reach
ing the dignity of a tribunal, by which,
by voluntary compact any matter in
dispute, whether It be the compara
tively insignificant one of a -holiday or
the much more vital one of a decrease
or Increase in wagea or hours, shall be
settled in an orderly method under pre
scribed rules, both sides loyally abiding
by the decision." Obviously in this par
ticular both American employers and
labor unionists can learn something
from England. It Is an unfortunate
fact that In thla country arbitration and
conciliation have few earnest support
ers among employers or the leaders of
organized labor. The disposition of
both la to find objections to these
methods, while it appears that the re
verse of this is tbe case in England.
There ia another respect in which labor
unions here are behind those of Great
Britain and this is in their attitude
toward nonunion men. The writer
above quoted states that in nearly every
case brought under his notice union and
nonunion men were found working side
by side. There is some opposition, of
course, lr nonunion men, but U is far
less marked tian here.
The information conveyed in the ar
ticle in the January bulletin of the
labor bureau nlv-.uld receive tbe care
ful attention of the leaders of organ
ized labor In this country and Indeed
(In1 rsr.k and file of labor unions also.
It shows that organized labor here is
In some very Important res poets behind
that of the United Kingdom.
The death of Prof. Herman Edward
von Hoist, one of the great nineteenth
century school historians produced by
Germany, has a peculiar importance to
thla country, from the fact that Von
Hoist was a most perspicuous student of
American constitutional history more
so than any other foreigner who has
written about our institutions, with the
possible exception of Prof. James Bryce.
Von Hoist's work on American constitu
tional history will alwaya be counted
among tbe authorities on that subject
His views have already entered into
many Judicial interpretations of our con
stltution by our highest tribunal, and its
Influence, strongly national as against
the decentralization tendencies of state's
rights ideas, Is seen in the works of most
of our most eminent commentators on
constitutional law. The brief connec
tion of Von Hoist with the faculty of
an American university was only sn in
cldent in bis long and notable career.
He was never Americanized, but simply
dealt with American life from the Ger
man point of view and with the German
thoroughness snd comprehensiveness.
AN IMPROVING UBRVICI!.
That the consular service has been
steadily improving in recent years Is
unquestionable, but this fsct does not
make less necessary legislation under
which tle standard of efficiency and
usefulness that bas been reached can
be maintained. In the event of a
change in the political character of
the national administration it is not to
be doubted that most of the consular of
fleers who are republicans would be re
placed with democrats, as was done by
the last Cleveland administration. Tbe
effect of this would necessarily be to
Impair more or less the efficiency of the
service. We should have a lot of inex
perlenced men in consular positions,
some of whom would be very likely to
give little attention to the duties. That
has been the experience in the past and
is to be expected in the future if the
existing system of appointing consuls
continues.
Representative Adams of rcnnsyl
vania has a bill which proposes to
change the system, so as to take tbe
consular service but of politics. He
will make an earnest effort to have the
measure considered, but in view of the
fact that he did this unavailing in the
last congress it is quite probable that
he will not succeed In securing action
by the present congress. As the Phlla
delphla Ledger remarks, the subject
does not appeal to the sympathies of the
average congressman, who has found
his patronage steadily diminished
through the improving organization of
the civil service and clings to the prlv
liege of suggesting consular appoint
ments ss the remains of a valuable
vested right The commercial interests
of the country, however, will not aban
don the demand for consular reform
and sooner or later It will be secured.
Tbe profuse use on the floor of the
house by Congressman Williams, the
democratic leader, of the phrases of the
poker table shows that he knows the
language with which to conjure . the
members. Familiarity with the poker
dictionary is a required study in every
curriculum leading to proficiency in the
halls of national legislation. Tbe rules
of the game ought to be incorporated in
the house manual and the congressional
directory for tbe benefit of new mem
bers, If nothing else. The wonder is
that they should have been so long
omitted from those standard publica
tlons.
The attorney general of Kansas has a
rather late start but be may yet suc
ceed In catching up with Circuit Attor
ney Folk, although his field Is not aa
large as St Louis. He says be bas
finished bis work before the grand Jury,
while the Missourlan has started on his
fifth inquisitorial body, and tbe end is
not in sight
Since both Russia and Japan have an
nounced a desire for no mediation on
the part of other powers, the rest of the
world may now resume its wonted pur
suits, leaving the interested parties to
decide tbe ultimate result of the negotia
tlons. America can be depended upon
to furnish supplies, either for peace or
for war.
It is to be feared congress will have
little sympathy ' with- the charges of
nepotism against Fourth - Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow. Most of
the congressmen are themselves pretty
busy planting their relatives In jobs
carrying salaries on the government pay
roll and exacting the least possible
work.
Prosecuting Attorney Folk evidently
wishes to be understood as not permit
ting his campaign for governor of Mis
souri to interfere with his campaign
against Doodling.' But perhaps be be
lieves that when be shall have corralled
all the boodlers be will have silenced the
opposition to bis political ambitions.
Tbe new official staff of the Commer
cial club is a wholesalers', as distin
guished from a retailers' administration.
If the club does not grapple with the
problems of railway discrimination this
year it will be only because the Jobbers
do not care to fight for their own in
terests. There is more truth than poetry in
the remark of tbe St Louis Globe-Demo
crat that "there must be a typographical
error about appropriating $30,000,000 per
annum for improving the Missouri
river. A new river could be built for
that that would stay in its place."
The railroad earnings show an increase
so far for tbe first three weeks of the
new year. That contradicts pretty ef
fectually tbe stories that the laying off
bf railway employes is due to contracted
business, when, In fact It la due simply
to usual exigencies of tbe season.
President Roosevelt bas appointed a
woman to be receiver of public; moneys
at Gunnison, Colo., 'doubtless in recog
nition of the women voters of that state.
There ought to be no question now
where Colorado will be found on the
presidency.
The charge that the republican party
a becoming a party of negation Is
hardly well taken. Tbe republican
party bas been the party of progress
and prosperity from the very day of its
birth and has bad constantly to combat
- .
he bourbonlsm of the democracy. A
republican platform Is an enumeration
of policies and principles which the
party champions a democratic platform
is an enumeration of measures which
the party opposes.
Retail merchants of the country should
observe the effect of the parcels post in
Greot Britain. The retail dealers In
British provincial towns have not been
driven out of business and the parcels
post has been In operation for many
years.
RIM Ip to Date.
Bt Louis Globe-Democrat.
Russia calls the Japanese pagans; but tha
Japanese have sense enough to figure up
their calendar so as not to be two weeks
Denina the right time.
Ose Road te Wealth.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Somebody who likes to fool with figures
has found that there are. 20,000 different
medical remedies on tha market. It Is Big
nincant, too, that moat of the manufactur
era or tnem are rich.
Gentle Art of TarniaaT Dowa.
Bomervllle Journal.
When a new friend wants you to Invest
money In some schema that Is absolutely
sure to bring enormous returns lm-
madlately, tell him that you sre unwilling
to rob him of the opportunity to get rich
out of It himself.
it rays to ASrertls.
Chicago Chronicle.
If a man may advertise a yellow news
paper by running for the presidency why
should not other exploiters do likewise
There Is a great field here or soap, sooth
tng syrups, bitters and patent medicines,
to say nothing of whiskies and cigars.
When Denials Cease to Troable.
Boston Transcript
At some good time to come every
public speaker's utterances will be caught
by a phonograph and tha record turned
over to the newspaper reporter. In that
day no man will suffer by reason of things
he did not say and no tnan will be
able to blame the newspapers for printing
what he actually did say.
Deapotiam and Free Government,
Collier's Weekly.
While France Is purifying herself In the
retrial of the Dreyfus case Germany lm
prisons Lieutenant Bllse for criticising the
army In his novel "In a Little Garrison
Town," although at the same time the
government admits tha truth of hie ex
posures by punishing the officers whom he
attacks. Lieutenant Bilsa may have de
served his fate, but the Incident Is a re
minder of happenings not long past, which
point the difference between a untry In
which. In spite of military needs, publlo
opinion ls In ultimate control, and one
where, although the people are liberal and
enlightened, tha system of government Is
dee pof! o.
A GOOD EXAMPLE.
Heirs to Mlllloas Foraaka Sports and
Get Down to Work.
Louisville Courier-Journal. .
Tha fact that tbe son of a Ban Francisco
multi-millionaire has given up his automo
bile and polo ponies and gone to work for
1160 a month is creating a sensation from
ocean to ocean. Buch cases are so rare
that all kinds of reasons are offered as
leading to his change of life. It la sug
gested by some that bis allowance has been
out off by his father, while others account
for his strange conduct with reasons which
sweep the whole field of possible causes.
from pique to mental aberration. Few
seem to have ascribed It to the cause as
signed by tha young than himself to learn
his father's business so that at some fu
ture time he may, when It becomes neces
sary, be able to direct It. Buch a specta
cle has not been presented since young
Cornelius Vanderbllt put on overalls and
went to work In the shops of the New Tork
Central and became the Inventor of valua
ble Improvements In locomotives. It Is
true that his father had cut hint off In his
will with a meaaley five or six million for
marrying against Ills wishes, and some as
cribed his strange conduct to his feeling
of poverty as compared with the other
heirs. Few gave him credit for a manly
desire to make himself useful In life and
devote himself to something practical, fit
ting him In time for a higher sphere of
business. The country applauded him for
his manliness, and In time his mora highly
favored brothers and sisters contributed
from their legacies to repair In some do
gree his disparity of fortune. Mr. Vender
but has his town house and his yacht and
caters to his wife's fondneaa for society,
occasionally taking a European cruise and
hobnobbing with the Emperor William and
other continental celebrities whom ha num
bars among his friends. Perhaps In time
young Bpreckels, the California prodigy,
may relax the austerity of his apprentice
ship and, as with Vanderbllt, show that
wealth Is not necessarily a bar to useful
ness in Ufa. ' Such examples are needed to
check thi tendency so generally prevalent
among such young men to run a killing
pace with race horses and automobiles, and
should be encouraged. ;
ECt'LAH SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.
Beaton Globe: An Omaha minister boasts
that he was tbe first to teach the doctrine
of evolution from the pulpit forgetful of
the fact that It Is always a mistake for a
minister to boast.
Washington Post: A Mormon bishop
has had a revelation commanding the peo
ple to drink only water In the future. That
does not Interfere with the Indulgence In
other beverages in the present.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat: It Is very
strange that so many churches have to be
cloaed In Chicago because of peril from
fire, when It la to secure their members
from su.-h peril that tbe churches are
carried on.
Indianapolis Journal: A London clergy.
man complalna that American women are
entirely too dazzling. The English think
they must criticise American woman, and
they go to laughable lengths to find some
thing to complain about Couldn't tbe
minister wear eyeahadea, or smoked
glasses, or something?
Boston Transcript: "God. if I may say
so, Is dreadfully set In His ways," re
marked Bev. Dr. Parkhurst of New Tork,
Sunday. This reminds us 'of tha good old
clergyman in tha weatern part of the state
who prayed as follows: "We thank thee,
O Lord, that thou art a persistent and aa
obstinate God, and wilt have thine own
way, right or w.-ong."
Portland Oregonlan: Rev. Charles A.
Biigga ts again in trouble with his ecclesi
astical brethren. Why does not this man
cut loose from theologioal orjsnUatlonsT
It would surely be worth something to him
to be able to speak bis views upon the
apoatolio succession," the "inerrancy of
tha Bcrlpturea" and other weighty points
n evidence In ecclesiastical dogma without
being publicly drawn up to the snubbing
post and disciplined. And It would be
worth a good deal to the publlo, too, o'er
wearied aa It Is with theological contro
versy. Tbe world la wide. Why should
Out Brother Brtggs barrel bis sermons,
pack his valiae and go forth from tho
church and from a professorship In Union
Theological seminary a free maa
KRMO9 IJf SHORT METES.
Love cannot be leased.
FMlenc Is the eloquence of sympathy.
The happy man cannot help being help
ful. Bitter remedies ofte.i have blessed re
sults. A llar'a legs can never keep up with his
newa
He who courts martyrdom weds no
crown.
Mercy to the guilty Is malice to the In
nocent. Failure Is a spur while success may be
a snare.
The devil Is toe old to be scared by blank
cartridges.
Hunger Is the only ticket required for the
heavenly feast.
The good Samaritan Is never afraid of
sorting his hands.
Only the Infinite Tlty can fathom the
Infinite pathos of life.
No man can be fattened on the feast that
spells famine to another.
When a man speaks the language of hell
he proclaims his nativity.
The revival that doea not stir the sheep
will never win the wolves.
They who love God tor what He has
never done know what lie Is.
The man who prays to be nothing has
been answered before he began.
Nothing Is staler than bearing other
people's crosses with complacency.
There never was an argument that could
compete successfully with an appetite.
Many men are so absorbed building the
house of life that they let the tenant die.
Chicago Tribune.
PERSONAL AJID OTHERWISE.
Blg-ns of spring are appearing In spots.
Strawberry prices are breaking into the
market quotations.
Closing- ckurches in Chicago as a fire pre
ventive la a serious reflection on stars
whose specialty is fire prevention.
With the mercury below sero downesst
ers strive to keep their spirits up by hum
ming "In the Good Old Summertime."
The supreme court of New York has been
called upon to decide what constitutes
"drinking to excens." It is expected to test
the capacity of the court
Assurances are given by the St. Louis
managers that ample provision will be made
at the democratic national convention to
check knivee and things at the door.
Russell Sage has retired from business
with 1100,000.000 more or less to the good.
The siae of his pile Is a lofty example of
what a sage rustler can do in a lifetime.
Fra Albertus, boss of tha Philistines', hss
done it again. Ha has annexed Miss Moore,
a maiden of 42. "bound in full Levant,
hand painted, with Initials Illumined by the
master."
Musical and literary taste in New York ts
moving forward by leaps and bounds. Borne
Idea of the strides It Is making, as well as
the delicacy of sentiment expressed, may
be had from the refrain of a popular song,
"My Little Chvinpansee You Are All the
World to Me." Boston is a hopeless tail-ender.
TKe
Enterprising
Man...
Is on the look out for a good in
vestment, a something which
will be beneficial to himself, his
business and his family. You
will find that the enterprising
man is the man who Has a
policy with the
Equitable Life
Assurance Society
H. D. NEELY, Manager.
Merchants National Bank Building, Omaha.
"Strongest in the World."
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DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Goodman Of course. It's terrible to havv
your wife elope with another, but why
you weep? Tears cannot bring her back.
Henpeck Hal ha! That's why l m shed
ding these tears. Philadelphia Frees.
BJenks What Is your view of married
life?
njinks An outside one, thank heaven.- i
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
"Whet! Tou for a son-ln-lawT" snorted
old Roxley. ,
"Yes, or you to the boneyard." replied
jsrn iMervey. i va rot the girl and her I
mother with me." rhlladelphla Cathollq
Standard.
Husband What! A hundred dollars f
an opera clonk? Why, It ts perfectly ridlv
ulous. my dear. -
Wife Yes; I know it Is; but you said yo
couldn't afford an expensive one. Chicas
News.
Mrs. Kewlybleased But you certainly
don t object to such a wee little baby as
that?
Janitor Oh. It Isn't the else as counts,
Judge" th ""'nc,,, M ' thing.-
hiher,aly r nd drW h" fu bo"
v.'.'.I'i6". your nw' l not" ahe aald In
husky tones.
t.,'LMr d.?"r. lSy'" th m" remarked In
nis gentlest manner, "l told you eight
years ago that I could not marry you.
1 .hV not rnsnsed my mind.''
Tw J.?dy P"""! n the doorway.
. 7" you saln In four years." she
sald.-Cleveland I'lain Dealer.
Bald the maid: "Let me wed hlm-pleass
oo;
He's the best man 1 aver knew!"
"T.t "l w,no w wlo,
Bald: "I strongly surmise
He s entirely too good to be true."
Baltimore American.
UNMASKED.
Elisabeth Stuart Fhelpa In the Century.
The bit of toll, set hard between the teeth
Gave auddenly, and seemed to yield, as if
The Iron hand that drove repented It
"Now In the name of Him who gave thee
power
To make me beast ef burden to thy rein.
Give answer. Life!" I cried. "Wliat freak
hast thou?
Why piay st thou with me, mocking- me
withal?
Thou masked thing that darest not show
thy face!
I know that thou must drive and I must
run;
I know that thou art master and I slave;
I know that though I weary to my heart
Of thee, yet must I urge me on and on.
A harnessed creature, lashed unto the end."
But while I flung these bitter, brawling
words
Into the very ears and brain of Life.
And waited, quivering, for the biasing whip
Behold, a wonder did befall; for, lo,
The too femlllnr harness loosed, and dowti
From every gall and smart dropped silently;
And as I turned, there in the dusk one
stood.
And drew the mask from off my driver's
Drown,
Then all the anna of morning sang to ma
Within my soul. for. as my soul doth live.
The face I saw was the dear face of Death.
Oh. bllndtna-. beautiful It Is to see!
Half angel and half lover, and all mine.
And heavenly sweet the commune that we
have,
Drawn arm to arm and heart to heart at
last
One traveler along a shining road;
God In the burning bush beside the way.
Glasses
comfort but to avoid actual danger,
In every way ana correctly uni