Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 01, 1905, EDITORIAL SECTION, Page 10, Image 10
THE OMAHA DAILY REE: PrXDAV, JANUARY 1. 1005. The Omaha Sunday 'Bee E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. rIIy Be (without Sunday), one year Daily Be and Sunday. nn year Illustrated B. one year Sunday Bee, one year Haturday Be, nrie ar Twentieth Century Farmer, on year. SI W S.'M 2'0 2.5-1 1 SI 1.CO DELIVERED BT CARRIER Pally Pea (without sunil.iv). per ropy... i. Im'lv Bee (wlthoi t Sund.iM. ir week.. .120 Dally Bee llncluilrg B inday). per we. k..Ic Sunday Bee. per copy aC Kvenln pea (without Sun layi. pr week .c Evening Hea (including Hunda , per week ....13c Complaint nf lrregulnrltc In delivery hould pe addressed to City Circulitlon De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City ll:ill building. Twenty fifth and M streets. Council Bluff le Pearl street. Chicago t0 I'nltv building. ' New York-232 Park How building. Washing ton Mil Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new Hnd edi torial matter should he rtdre.s"d: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by drift, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-eent stamps rec Ivrd In payment f mall account Personal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accented THK BKK PI HLI8HINO COMPANY. STATRMENT OF CIRCULATION. Ftata of Nehranki. Dnuglaa Countv. as.: Q-nrfre R. TsseMtek. eeor'tarv 'if Tt I Publishing Compain. being duly pwirn. aiya that the actual number of full and complete por ie if Tli' Dallv. Morning. Kvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during the month of November. 19W. wa as fol lows: .31.A10 .21. 400 ao mo .40, WO .87,40(1 .40.1IM) J 2,!W0 17 2H..HI0 II 2fl.n0 It. SH.800 tfi 30.2TO a aw.B.To is at.o 2J 2U,43I 24 ai,UI50 28 SJ0.70O .zn.nno 4,ltH 19 34.100 a 80.800 12 Sl.o.'to U ao.OftO H ait.aoo li xv.xso Total , Leas unsold coplo.. 26... V... tt... a... ... ...32.2110 ....:hmmi ....2,7oo ....211,320 ....nw.ssoo onn.ono 10,510 Net total tales U45,nt4 Daily average ... U1.S1T GEO. U. TZSCHI CK. Subscribed In my presence imd aworn to before ma tliia aoth day of November. 11M (Seal.) M. P. II UNGATE. Notary Public. All ball, l!Hi.-,! Turn over a new lenf. No leap yWir this time. Senator Icjcw inny jet pose a nu .expert In tlip science of political Jiu-jitsu. 1 . 1 Russian sailors should In- careful, since Admiral Togo nays lie 1ms no time to take part In reception. Dr. Chadwlek threatens to write a book. By the time hp hns hennl nil the evidence be may change his mind. Borne annoyance can be avoided If writers will atop to think for a few days , before placing the date on letters. While we are creating and Improvis ing new stute offices without number, why not have n state ornithologist? The cry of 'Independent roland" would sound better If it were not ac compunled by the waving of red flags. Since an absolutely "new" .fossil hns been discovered In California, there A still hope for a "reorganized" democratic Irty. Dr. Chndwlck was nervous when ho reached New York which would indi cate that his wife hnd a corner ou the nerve of the family. In discussing water works appraisal considerable light might follow the ex planation of the difference between 'going value" and "franchise." To the departing school teachers: If Omaha has treated your state conven tion right, please to come again and enjoy our hospitality another time. Australian statesmen seem to take k!ndly to the Chuiuberlnin preferential policy, but. In the language of the buck woods, others are "smelling the trap." Dispatches from fork Indicate that boyi-ottlng has lost none of Its power in the land of its origin, despite the transplanting of the system to the United States. Not all the insurance companies which oppose the president's suggestion of na tional supervision of Insurance are wild cat concerns, but all the wild-cat con cerns are opposed to such supervision. A second demand has been made on 'Turkey for the punishment of brigands who robbed an American firm. The sul tan must hnve imagined that the season for troubling turkey ended with Christ mas. In discussing the advantages of an alien exclusion act British statesmen who favor the plan fall to point to the condition of China, which has had such a system in effect probably longer thnn any other country. That letter alleged to have been writ ten by a Russian on board the cruiser Sevastopol and fouud by Japanese would have sounded but little different had it been written by a Japanese correspond ent for circulation ut home. 1 , . ... The Omaha Water Works board, which hns been more ornamental than useful since Its creation, euters upon the new year with a fair prospect that Its mem ws will be able to earn their salaries easily as they have the lust year. u. J fowa politicians are probably begin ning to wouder why Mr. Conger desires Mexican exerlence before entering the contest for governor, nnd some are 110 doubt hoping he will not secure Dim' recipe for holding office indefinitely. Tou Watson's new venture in the shape of a populist magazine, fashioned after Brysn's "Commoner," Is to appear in New York City within a few days. While the name hns not yet beeu di vulged, we surmise It will be nicknamed "The Coroner." WIIEX QAHRIEL BLOWS Jtlfi HORX- It takes a man saturated from the soles of his feet to the crown of his bead with optimism to view the future of the deniocrntic party with any degree of hopefulness. With the exception, possi bly, of William Jennings Hryan, no rec ognized leader of democracy, or any wing or any faction of democracy, would stake his reputation on a forecast of democratic supremacy in national affairs In the next decade or even within half a generation. Mr. Bryan alone of all the star gazers that are constantly exploring the political firmament has ventured to ninke a forecast of democratic rejuvena tion nnd rehabilitation in power. Ac cording to Mr. Bryan, "the democratic party Is now In a position to consider the moral Issues presented by pending problems and In the presentation of the moral phases of the public questions is the strength of the democratic position today." I'nfortnnntely for the democratic party it Is not now In position to grapple with pending problems of government nnd Is not likely to be for years to come. An army outgeneraled end routed in the open field must first find a rallying point for Its shattered, decimated nnd demoral ized battalions before it can take the offensive or even before It can hold its own ground in the fnce of n triumphant and compact army actuated by a single purpose nnd moving forward with Ir resistible force. This paramount condi tion precedent to democratic regenera tion Is Ignored by Mr. Brynn, although he must surely know tluit the cleavage between the democrats who share his views on taxation, government owner ship of railroads, municipal ownership of public utilities, M-iuetallisni and pro tective tariff, the labor Issue, the trust Issue and Imperialism, and the ilemo- 1 crats who share the views of Cleveland, Parker. Cormnn. Hill nnd their followers Is as great as Is the cleavage lietween Bryan uud the rank and lile of the re publican party. With complacent self-satisfaction Mr. Bryan views the debris of the recent democratic smnshup nnd reaches the conclusion thnt all is for the best. "The time Is ripe," exclaims Mr. Bryan, "for nn nppeal to the moral kciisp of the nn Hon, and the time Is ripe, for the ar raignment of the plutocratic tendencies of the republican party before the bnr of public conscience nnd the democratic party was never In letter position than it Is now to make this appeal." Mr. Bryan's optimistic vision of tri umphant democracy, like the vision of the new Jerusalem with its pearly gates nnd streets paved with gold. Is alto gether too millennial to bo taken seri ously. Ills political prophesy will nin-terlallae- about the time thnt Onbrlel blows Ida horn. i RAILWAY OFFICIALS TO CM.YFfiR. It is announced that there will be a conference of railway officials in Wash ington this week, for the purpose of con sidering the proposed legislation for en larging the powers of the Interstate Commerce commission so as to enable It to regulate rates. According to report shippers will be admitted to the confer eui"e, so that the two Interests can dis cuss the subject of rate regulation nnd if possible come to nn understanding or agreement as to what should lie done by congress. It Is said that an effort Is to be made to reach a compromise, but that the only basis of compromise now under consideration Is the oimj suggested by Secretary Morton, which is govern mentul power to make rates on the one hand and legalize pooling on the other. A dispatch to the Philadelphia Press says It is believed that most of, the Im portant railway Interest, are prepared to concede government rate-making, 110 compauled hy some such safeguards ns those suggi'stiil by Mr. Morton, pro vided they enn get legalized pooling Jn return. It Is further said that there is good reason for believing the shippers will accept pooling if they can get gov ernment power to fix rates. It Is stnted llp 1,ll''s ''" 1,0 stopped only by resort that if the railway interests and the j ' ' means the general public shippers enn get together ou a measure j would prefer to let the birds be slaugh- satisfnetorv to both nn effort Is to be I made to Induce congress to take nction nt this session. The fact thnt a conference Is to be held evidences the profound interest which the railway magnates nre taking in the subject of rate regulation by the govern ment, but It cannot be confidently pre dicted thnt it will have any practical result. While there are some railroad men who admit that something must be done to correct existing evils nnd who see the necessity for a more compre hensive federal control and supervision of rates and regulations, these nt present are In the mluorlty. As one of the lend ing flnuucinl papers. In close touch with the railway Interests, remarks, probably the numerical majority of rallrosd presi dents would oppose the suggestions con tained in the president's uiessnge, "nl though It may well be doubted whether the weight and Influence of the minority In numbers would not be sufficient to throw the scnle the other way." It ex presses the opinion that however thnt may be, nothing but good can result from the calling of railroad men In coun cil so thnt principles may be formulated and means devised for applying those principle. It is further urged that "especially in this matter Is it desirable that the government should be able to draw upon the accumulated experience of the men who hnve been largely re sponsible for building up our magnificent railroad system, and that It should be guided In the maze of detail by the best experts thHt th ciuntry hold." It is understood thnt President Roose velt dculres to obtain the views of rail road men on all proposed railroad legis lation nnd thnt Secretary Morton Is now engaged In securing these view. Un doubtedly senators and representatives lu congress are also getting the opinions of railway presidents in regard to the recominuiMlatloiis of Mr. Koosevelt. Such n conference ns It I announced will t? held would, however, put the public In possession of the views of the railroad men and this Is essential to Intelligent discussion. The rnilroad presidents should confer ami let It be clearly and unmistakably known Just what their po sition Is. A CHAXCE TO MAKE GOOD At tli,? hearing lefore the Board of Fire ami Police Commissioners lu a esse involving the validity of the publication of a notice of application for a license to sell liquor In the city of Omaha. !. M. lIitchi"ock. acting on tiehalf of the Otiinha World Herald, declared that the Omaha Kveuing World-Hern Id has a liona fide circulation In Douglas county exceeding M.iiiio daily. Vnder the decision of the supreme court of Nebraska, the Isma tide circula tion of a newspaper consists of actunl paying subscribers, served either by enr ri"r delivery or by mail. Now, in order that Mr. Hitchcock's sincerity may be put to a test, we herewith offer to pay to any benevolent or charitable Institu tion he may name $." for every Vina fide paying subscriber in excess of lo.fmn per day served by carrier delivery and by mall in Douglns county with copies of the Omaha Kveuing World-Herald nnd the Ouinha Morning World-Herald combined during the month of Decem ber, mm. And we hereby offer ?r for every pay ing subscriber served by carrier and mall for Isith the Omaha Kvening World Herald and the Omaha Morning World Hern Id combined In excess of the bona fide paid circulation of The Omnha Even ing Bee delivered by carrier nnd served by mnil within Douglas county during the month of December. 104. Comparison of the subscription lists of the respective newspapers above named to be innde by William Hayden. F.mil Brnndefs, J. K. Bnuin, Thomas Kil pntrlck and C. M. Wllh.?lm. or any three of the above named business men. verl lient'oii of the lists to be first made by nccredlted representatives of the two papers. TIIK BEE PT BT.1SHIXO COMPANY, Per E. noSEWATEU, President. A DESriCAHLE DEVICE. A great many people who have been thoroughly In sympathy with a move ment of the Audulsju society to per suade feminine. Immunity to relinquish Its plumed headgear because of the In centive the fashion offers to the dp at ruction of feathered birds will cer tainly be disposed to draw the line against the .latest device for furthering that end. Wearing bird-bedecked Ikiii nets mny Indicate a lack of humane feel ing for the creatures robbed of their covering, or even a relic of savagery when the uborlglues ornamented them selves with such finery, but it does not yet operate to ostracize the wearer from polite society! We hnve now, however, a proclama tion not officially signed, but evidently emanating from an overzeulous enthu siastannouncing that the aldermen of New York have under consideration a measure for registering women of the town nnd compelling them to wear stuffed birds or feathered millinery n a bndge of their cnlllng, nnd appealing for the exercise of Influence to secure the pnssnge of this ordinance and to extend to other cities the practice of causing the fallen women to declare their profession by wearing dead birds, wings or feathers In their lints. Of course, were It. understood that social outcasts were ordered to display feathered millinery no respectable woman would consent to wenr any gar ment ornamented with bird plumage, nor would the nbnndoni-d women so label themselves If there were any way of avoiding It. -The scheme, however, would operate so ns to brand every woiunn who, In Ignorance, should nppear In public with fentherod trimmings in their huts nnd thus to nflllct the Inno cent, while the guilty would be wise enough to don the garb of respectability. The whole proposition is despicable In Its plan nnd scope. If the slaughter of tercel, XEED OF SVIiSIlJlAItr COIX The II111 currency bill, which hns been favorably reported by the house commit tee on banking and currency, makes pro vision for the recolnlng of silver dollars Into such authorized denominations of subsidiary silver coin as tho secretary of the treasury may deem necessary to meet public requirements. The super intendent of the mint at Philadelphia stated a few days ago that nearly all the silver bullion had been coined nnd said that "dangerous as the Imprudent policy of purchasing more silver bullion Is, It will have to be resorted to unless the secretary of the treasury is given authority to coin some of the sliver dollars In the vaults of the mint, for which there Is no demand, into sub sidiary silver." He stated thnt there nre about 100 cnrlonds of these dollars of about fourteen tons per car. in the mint now. ngnlnst most of which silver cer tificates nre Issued. Thcs? would of course be canceled If the sliver dollars back of them were recolned. It nrpenrs that for tho first time in nmuy decudes we cannot supply tho do maud for fractional coins. The old sur plus has Imvh used up and the seignior age coined, so that there is nothing at present to turn Into small coin, for wliich the demand steadily increases. It is manifestly Important that some pro vision should be made for Increasing the volume of subsidiary coin, which Is now absolutely fixed. In limi) the limit was put at hh),00(i,k) and such addi tion as might be made fmtn the pur chased s'lvcr then In the treasury. That is now exhnustnd nnd the outstanding volume is something under $1 lO.OOO.Oial. There is no reason for putting a fixed limit iiKin It, remark the New York Journal of Commerce, and the' issue should be determin"d olely hy the de mand for use. "There Is no diiugcr of accumulating Jhls clas of silver coin, but there is now an accumulation of abont r8.Mss),(H)U silver dollars, most of which do not circulate except by means of certificates. The best way of provid ing fractional coin is by recolnlng some of these superfluous, dollars. In which process there would be a profit of nlnnit 7 cents on the dollar to the treasury." There Is no doubt as to the expediency of doing this nnd congress should with out delay give the secretary of the treas ury the necessary authority. COSClLtATloX AXP AftmTRATlOX. When so able nnd earnest a worker In li'lmlf of Industrial pence as Presi dent Eliot of Harvard declares opposi tion to arbitration in labor disputes, it is certain to command serious attention. President Eliot is a member of the Civic Federation nqd It Is the policy of that body to refuse to arbitrate any question between two parties. In a statement published a few days ago he snld thnt conciliation that Is, direct discussion be tweeu two parties to n controversy often docs grent good, but on the otlier hnnd arbitration seldom results In any thing but a compromise unsatisfying to both part'es. He urged that one great evil of arbitration is thnt both pnrtles to the controversy generally Increase their demands in a ratio proportlonnte to what they believe will be stricken off, He declared that so far as his personal observation went he hnd yet to see when arbitration hns successfully accom plished its purpose. This Is not in accord with the common belief, which Is that nrbitrntion is the proper nnd surest, method for the settle ment of labor controversies, nnd we nre quite confident that numerous Instances c,i,i , cited in which arbitration has successfully accomplished Its purpose. That It often results in compromise may be admitted, but that Is true of nearly all the nfl'alrs of life which become In volved In controversy and cannot reason ably be regarded ns militating ngnlnst the principle of arbitration. There Is no doubt as to the value of conciliation. It Is the first and most Important element In dealing with difficulties ls'twecu em ployer nnd employe, but where it falls, as Is too often the case, voluntary arbi tration is the most effectual nnd satis factory resort which has yet been found. If It hns not In all cases been successful, tills was not been use of nny fault In the principle, but whs due to some error or mistake In Its npplicntlon. The use fulness of nrbitrntion will increase as men gain experience In its employment and perfect Its details. While the views expressed by the dis tinguished president of Hnrvnrd merit consideration, we do not lel!.pvp thnt they will effect nny grent change In public opinion regarding the soundness nnd the usefulness of arbitration In lnbor disputes. The candidacy of John N. Westberg for the chief clerkship of the house of representatives, or nny other position within the gift of the incoming repub lican legislature, Is a piece of imperti nence almost without a parallel In the annals of the state. In the national cam paign of l'.KM) Westberg, while holding a lucrative office nt the hands of the re publican party, that hnd honored nnd favored him way beyond his deserts, wiih an active member of the knifing brigade thnt supported the whole fusion legislative ticket in Douglns county nnd oncompnssed the defeat of four repub lican members. Had they succeeded !n bent lug two more republican candidate for the house the fusionlsts would hnve organized the legislature nnd two dvmo pops would hnve been elected to repre sent Nebraska in the senate. During the late cnmpnlgn Westberg nnd the gang thnt trains with liim sought to de feat two-thirds of the republican cnndl' dates for the legislature, but this time their bush-whacking proved n dismal failure. To place a man like AYcstls-rg on the legislative payroll would be simply placing a premium on political degeneracy. The statistics of railroad casualties show that the ratio of passengers to em ployes Injured is only about one to six but that does not prove that Jhe expert enccd traveler Is more liable to be hurt thun the Inexperienced. Each railroad man Is exposed almost all the time lie Is on duty, while the passenger spends only a few days or'a few weeks nt the most on the trains. If we could get nt the figures it would be snfe to say thnt they would show the number of victims of railway accident contributing to their own mishaps by negligence or recklessness to be proportionately far greater nmong the pnssengers than among the employe. The disclosures of frenzied finance sug' gest that In legislating for the regulation of corporations the line must be drawn between investors and speculators. The investor is 1. Hiking for sound business enterprises, and the speculator Is hunt ing for a get -r!ch-qu!ck scheme, nnd usually does not care whether or not his gain is made nt another's loss. The investor Is entitled to protection. The speculator enn look out for himself. Although the veterans Of the civil war are passing over to the majority very rapidly ami thousands are dropping from the pension roll every month, there .was an Increase of M,0ii0,(K) last year In the expenditure for pensions from the na tional treasury, which goes(to show that the old soldiers die, but the widows hardly ever. 1 1 1 j An advertisement Issued by a western railroad calls attention to the fact thnt not a passenger was killed or Injured on Its line during the year just closed. Now thnt this phase of travel has attracted the attention of the advertising depart ment some determined effort may le made toward fewer uecldeuts. The selection by Tresldent Hooevelt of J. Hampton Moore to head the bureau of manufacture under the Department of l abor and Commerce cnrrles out the president's policy of manning the strat egic point In hi administration with young men who have the reputation fur doing things. The new commissioner has 1m?pu city treasurer of Philadelphia, where he Is nuususlly popular as a lender of the younger republicans, and hns otherwise had cxicrlcnce to tit him for the place which be will shortly fill with credit The battle is ou at Lincoln and the fiercest scramble will be between the aspirants for the cbnplafiishlps of the two house. Three dollars for a ten minute prayer is a sugar plum almost as tempting as $"." a month for a clerical visit to the penitentiary on fifty-two Sundays In the year. Ynlne of ( Inch. Minneapolis Tribune. When they knocked a little piece off his stock. Mr. Rockefeller slipped the price of gasolene up a lialf-ent with a nilrth leea smile. He has It fixed so nobody ran get him. Foraret It.. Baltimore American. Conareaa Is aaked to undertake a. vagt work In compiling exact statistics showing J the entire cost of wars. Including pensions. since Idea. Why not let the ded past bury Its dead and everybody agree to avoid fur ther killing-? Corapetltloa a l.nat Art. Washington Tost. President Hughltt of the Northwestern System says that President Roosevelt's plan of railway regulation would stop all competition among roads. It Is an old shipper who can remember the time when there was any real competition among the transportation agencies. Like Cures 1,1 be. New York Tribune. Washington Is said to be looking favor ably upon the propositions to set up a whipping post for wlfebeaters, In harmdny with the president's suggestion In his mes sage. The treatment would not be homeo pathic, but It would at least furnish n striking example of the efficacy of a vener able maxim similla slmillhus curantur. Keeping; the Ruat Off. San Francisco Chronicle. When Judge Swayne was asked by the congressional Investigating committee to explain how It was he tnivtled' uround without expenso In a special car belonging to a railroad company In the hands of a re reiver appointed by himself, the commit tee's report to the house of representative shown that he replied that he and the re ceiver hnd agreed "that a car was In better condition running thun In standing on a siding." No wonder the reading of It creuted a guffaw. Disobedience if Train Orders. Philadelphia Record. The Southern Pacific railroad undertook recently to ascertain precisely what per centage of orders was obeyed, and lis offi cers were astonlfhed to find on one division that It did not amount to two-thirds. In nearly thirty-six Pases out of every 100 an engine man would run past a danger signal or commit some other violation of tho rules. When the employee found they were being watched and their advancement depended on their discipline, they paid more attention to orders. On the entire system the per centage of obedience was ralfd to SW.6 111 June and In October. CAXADA FOISTS TIIK WAY. How the I.ody of the Snow Deals with Offendlnir Corporation. Chicago News. The following clipping from the Toronto Star of December 21 convey a lesson of peculiar Interest and Blgnlrlcunce to resi dents of American cities: The grand Jury at the court of session this morning brought In a true bill of crim inal Indictment agulnst the Toronto Rail way company on account of the fatal acci dent in Queen street east, finding that the company unlawfully neglected und omitted to take reasonable precautions nnd uee reasonable care to avoid danger to htiniun life in the operation of cars on Queen street east and other streets In the city by having In its charge and under Its con trol nnd by maintaining nnd operating cars that were not of the most approved design for service and comfort, and by neglecting and omitting to provide proper and suffi cient fenders, guards, brakes or appliances to avoid danger to human life, whereby on November 17, 114. the death of Russell Stephens was caused." It Is sofe to say that street railway ac cident In Toronto are somewhat rare and thnt they will be still rarer in the future. Tho Toronto method or culling negligent traction companies to account nnd impress lug them with u sense of their responsi bilities Is worthy of the careful attention of those American municipalities where street car casualties are common and effort to punish the persons responsible for them are almost unknown. C ITY AM) t'Ol .VI'HY BOYS. One t'lideratnnd Nature, the Other Know Human Nature, Chicago Chronicle. The country boy has been extolled n tha boy par excellence. He I said to have I tha rugged frame, the steady habits and tha earnestness and gravity essential to the making of the mun who will tske a position in tho world. Cases Innumerable have been given of the statesman, the capitalist, tha successful business mun who owed. hi attainment to tha character and habit he formed a a country boy. The city boy ha been almost Ignored In tracing greatness to Its source. Now comes Prof. FInley of the City col lege of New York, who believes tha city boy Is better off morally, phyalcally and Intel lectually than the country boy. "Just think." ay Prof. FInley, "what a boy has in the city which he calls his home. He ha the whole history of hummlty and the best men In the country within ear- I hot." He further added that so far a health was concerned most of the prairl boys he usid to know are now under the sod. There Is reason for believing Prof. FInley to be right, In spite of the fact that many of our great men were country boys. Recent statistic go to show that people In large towns live three and a half year longer than people In the country and the health of Chicago could hardly be matched by ar.y rural retrtat, however promising tha location. A to moral health the city boy having good home and accustomed to the glare of footlights and knowing somewhat the meaning of daszllng scenes has an ad vantage over the rustic youth, who I lured to temptation by his very innocencs and curiosity. He Is more liable to step In anywhere and fur more liable to be "taken In" when ho I led astray. Tha country boy may know more of na ture, but tha city boy understands human nature, which I more important and mora Interesting. Hi Intellect Is constantly whetted by the friction with other minds and ha I not allowed to get rusty. Perhaps tha best situation for a boy la where he can have tha advantages of city und country combined. Kmersou delighted In Concord, but thanked God It was locate I so nt-ur Boston, uud the youth who has all the privilege afford' d by the lurge city and yet ha his home In tha qult re treat of the country may count himself the most favored of tho land. The time tny come when easy transportation will grant this favor to the large majority. Th promise I already In sight. khmos nott.Rn now V Happlnejs la the harvest of helpfulness. Worry never made anything but wrin kle. Making n life Is greater than making a living. Place on earth waits for the peace from heaven. The man who suspects even body is surely a suspicious character. Banning In old ruts may be more rlky than blazing new trails. You cannot touch men on long as you think of them masso. The man who sows nothing always reaps something a good deal worse. You can't ctpect a nickel's worth of r llglon to laat you over Monday. The flowers on tho streets of heaven ar the transplanted sorrow of earth. They who rtally pray for, the poor find themselves saying HrSen at their door. It Is ftifiy to preach on the benefit of walking when you are In the band wag m. There's something wrong about a man's piety when It provokes others to profan ity. When a man thinks he has a rlnch on Wn he Is apt to find that tne halter Is on 'llnrl i ou never Know now much religion you have until some one trend on your best corn. Chicago Tribune. PKBSOSAL An OTIIKIIW lK, Happy New Year! Good resolutions should hold water. Get onto the water wagon and saw wood tloodby. old year. May we see many of your kind again. Of course, If you Insist, this day won't count. The watar wagon will wuit. Count this day lost to good Intent whose passing hours show the same old bent. In tho cool gray dawn of th marnlni after many a good resolution sobs foi broniu-seltser. IMtto the resolution. lon't permit your zeul to cause the de struction of your pipe and left-over cigars, t'eslre mounted on a tomorrow in a poor tespectcr of resolve. That uncertain tropical locality said to be paved with good Intentions will get busy today, provided there Is a satisfac tory agreement on paving upecllicatlons. Some good oft springs from failure. A defeated office seeker from Michigan Is go ing about lecturing to woman's clubs, advis ing the members not to many until Uiey are able to support husbands. New Year's day la fixed upon us the time for the un married to resolve, and stick to It. In this Incident may be seen how the hnnd of Providence turns would-be politicians Into a wise lecturer. ' Herbert Gladstone, son of the famous English statesman and himself a man of note In public life. Is about five feet seven Inches tu 11. und with his extremely boyish face might well be taken for a man of less powerful physique than he really Is. As a matter of fact, he Is u very powerful and a very m'uscular man, and is able to do great feats In athletics when he likes. Ho inherits his rtrrngth from both hi parents. A wise old preacher, who had accumulated the wisdom of years nd varied experi ence, used to preach on New Year's day from the text, "Don't do us I do; do as I tell you." The elders of today will doubt less honor the text of the bygone pulpiteer and tell the youngsters what they should do. Put will tho elder et th example? Ah, there' the rub. Meanwhile the young sters put on dutiful look and wink the other eye. A FEW POIXTEII THOIUHTS. Hare Yon Hated Yourself Daring the Fast Yesrf O. S. Marden In Success. i How have you hated yourself during the last year for doing the mean, contemptible, questionable thing! Yet you have tried to console yourself with the great good you could do with the money you made by It. It Is astonishing how men will play with the poison of dishonesty, which is so insidious at tirst, which Intoxicate und stimulates oiie, but paralyses and kills later. If every youth were only taught thnt to be suc cessful n man must be greater than his oc cupation; that his character must not be for sale at any price; that he will always bo rich so long as he retain It, and Jurtt In proportion to Its strength and Integrity, and weak and unhappy and a failure no matter how much money he may have, just In proportion to the weakness of hi charac ter: If he only started out with the convlw tion that only one real failure 1 possible, and that Is tho loss of self-respect, the bar ter of one's character, either for pleasure o for money; If the youth were only taught that he cannot afford to deceive even a little bit In the quality of goods he Is Bell ing, nr In the quality of the service he Is giving, whut n revolution would coma to our civilization! ealth H Happiness May 100 of each be yours for 1905 RESOL VED: That for the . coining year I will do my trading with Browning, King cr Co. Commence Tuesday Morning. Store Closed All Day Monday. NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. owning - R. a WILCOX, Mgr. ' SFttXAH SHOTS AT THK PVI.FIT. Chicago Record Herald: Those Mormon apostle have their business flown tr such a c!ent!fic. point that they can get all their revelations during regular buslnfss hours and In strict accordance with legal require ments. It I a beautiful system. Chicago Tribune: It Is best not in gloat too much over moralists wh, turn out to be Immoral. The cause of wonder nhould be that there are so many persons who aim high In moral and o few comparatively who totally mlf their mark. Give the church the credit It deserves. It keep thousands of men. who are Just men, up to a standard which It Is not usual In men to observe. Chicago Chronicle: The disgraceful scan dal In the Episcopal church over "Rev. Lr " Ingram N. W. trvine has gone far enough to Illustrate one of the weaknesses of the clergy and that Is the passion for writing letter. How foolish ny man looks when his letter are printed! Then why does he write letters? Martin Van Puren said he would rather walk forty miles to talk with a man than write him a letter. Probably Bishop Talbot hereafter will prefer to go to the north polo t, talk about one of hi priests than to writ a letter to him. New York Globe: Despite the clatter about outworn creeds and the anxious look on the face of amateur diagnostician as they sit up with the church and feel It pulse, the statistic are still on the shin of the church. They show it vital, not mor ibund. The figure for practically every denomination h5w a percentage of growth during llM larger than the Increase In population. There Is not such a drift awar from traditional theology as ninny would have the world believe. The average per son Is not as determined to break away from tho faith of the fathers as Is cur rently represented. The truth Is the pul pit always haa taken far more Int. rest 111 iheuloglcal puzzles thun the pews, an I. there can be a mighty churning of tho doctrinal waters without the church rank and tile becoming disturbed. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Mr. GunbustR Thero are 10U females to every 103 male In thin country; how happy the men ought to be. liutibusta Huh! Only two out of every bunch! New York Sun. "Jack, do you think I look like mamma ?" "O, yes, Matlu as your mums' wwe.t face must have looked when she wa Just your age." Chicago Tribune. Knte Polly told me the other day that She had been engagtd eleven times. Mildred How ri cKiess young men are! Bomervllle Journal. "80 he's going to marry that beautiful, stunning girl, Is he? Why. the poor old fellow ha umi loot In the grave." "Vis. That's why he suing to marry her." Chicago Record-Herald. "Going out, eh?" she sneered, after their quarrel. ... , "es," replied her husband, "I m going ti eongrutuhito Ned I'ilklnton." "You're slow. The engagement was an nounced six weeks ago. "Ye, but It was only broken off yester day." Philadelphia, ledger. "Kdlth!" the old gentleman bawled from the head of tho f airs, "vou Just ak your young mun If he don t think it s near bed time. "Verv well, pa," replied the dear girl in the 1 arlor; then, after a pause, ".lack says yea, If yourr sleepy, go to bid, by all means." Philadelphia. Press. "Pa," ald Mis Strong, "I wish you would May In thl evening. Mr. Tardoy will want, to speak to you." "Ho ho has really proposed at last, eh? "No," replied the daughter, with nn air of determination, "but ha will tonight." Philadelphia 11es. "Ye." slghod the grocer, an he looked over hi books, and put black murks against the names of ht worthless aomors, 1 f:ucs there's no doubt about the trust In uring the small dealer." Cleveland Leader. Mix Bklnnatibowen Would you believa It, dear, I liung up my stocking on Christ ina! Mies Partingshott And what did Bantu Clans put In it, dear? Miss Sklnnanljowen The loveliest silk umbrella. Miss Pnrtlnhott How grand filled It clear full, didn't he? Why, what' th mat ter, dear? Cleveland Leader. A TIMELY TOAST. Frances Benson In Iesllo's Weekly. Come have an hour with me. my dear. And another hour, with right good cheer. And another yeur, with right good cheer, For the year we've Just begun. Kor song and Jest. For work and rest, For trial and laurel won. We'll catch the momr-nt of gold, my dear, As they pllp through their silvern srreen; Then we'll turn the glass without a fear, And with youthful hope, serene. For no ono'a old, Till zeul grown cold. And kindllnee turn to epleen. Come, let us be young together, my dear. With the hour that ever I new; We'll drop the istat and start right bare With the winds that trickle through May day's delights And slumbrous nights lie on their way to you! rosperity Kng - $ (2 . .