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George H. Tzarhuck, secretary of The Bp
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ays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Puily, Morning.
Evening and Rundav Pee printed during the
month of March. 1906, was aa follows:
1 27.0SO 17 HS.OflO
J 27.3TO . 18 30.7IK)
I B,OGI It SO.ftOO
8,TOO 20 2T.HKO
I 8o.mo a jw.ioo
3N.07O 22 2T.050
7 27.no a a7,i:n
t ZO.HfMI 24 3H.B30
7,SOO 6 31,000
10 BB.MM 2 81.010
II 80.S1O 27 2T.H1M)
12. 8I.0OO 21 2S.UO0
It 2T,flS0 211 2S.020
14 24,320 90 28.1O0
15 37,tftl 1 2M,rBW
1 2T,40
TOUI 8I,0.0
Less unsold coplea OiMJ
Net total sales shB.235
Daily average SiH.ftBiJ
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THE OMAHA DAILY HKK: SfXDAV. AI'HIL 2.1. IMS.
The Bee's Raster ombrr.
Western Laborer. ,
The Omaha Bee's Easter edition, con
sisting of sixty-two pages, was got
ten up In very fine shape. The adver
tising matter was tastefully Bet and
there was acres of It. With the splen
did facilities The Bee has it is nut the
task It used to be to get out an extra
large paper on a special day.
Luckily the wheat Nebraska fanners
raise Is not delivered In May.
The "flcry Huns" arc doing ilie boat,
bat the Norwegian are playing a close
neeond In the game of dissolution of nations.
Judging from the commotion iu the
wheat pit, the president should have
gone to Chicago if he were really after
bears.
Equitable policy holders may be ex
cused If they wonder who is to foot the
bill for that corner on Amerlcuu legal
talent which young Mr. Hyde Booms to
be forming.
Commissioner Mc.Vcloo seems to be
having more trouble 'sittiug on the lid'
In the tenderloin of New York than. Sec
retary Taft has on the International lid
In Washington..
Now there is talk of Schwab starting
a shipbuilding company in Hussiii. If
the czar is wise he will flout all of the
internal loans he needs before the A mer
lon a prospectus Is Issued.
Aa a roller skating rink, the Audi
torium has beeu a gruud success. But
the people of Omaha were not aware
they were building a skating rink when
they subscribed to the Auditorium fund.
Minister Deleasse has decided to re
inn in in the French cabinet, which
doubtless means that other French
statesmen have promised not to "butt
in" on the Moroccan and Kussian situations.
Terhaps Russia may have a case for
the arbitration court when It discovers
the flag displayed by the ship which
carried that Jap to a place where ho
could tell how many ships were iu Knm
ranu bay.
Ninety per eeut of the Filipinos are
said to bo civilized, but present condi
tions would Indicate that they must be
still further enlightened Iwfore they will
be able to take care of the uncivilised
10 per cent.
"Home rule" must be a real Issue Ju
t'reat Britain in the campaign which
seems to lo oNnlng. to Judge from the
reports from Ireland, and the press
agent of the unionists is letting no
chance escape.
The management of the state nor
mal schools Is the last place that should
be given over to politics. It is a safe
proposition that the people of Nebraska
want no pontiles! normal schools main
tained out of their money.
speaker Cannon la quoted as saying
that he has reached the age wheu he
ought to be chloroformed. Uncle Joe
must have begun counting his birthday
backwards long ago. He will never
reach the chloroform age.
Two American officers captured at the
battle of Mukden have returned to the
l.'nlted States, nnd the question Is
whether to congratulate them on their
escape from the Russian lines or to
criticise their ability as sprinters.
Considerable interest will be fell Iu
the success of American Mho contem
plate establishing shipyards iu Russia.
American artisans are recognized us the
beat ou earth and it remains to Im- seen
If Ihla Is the result of natural ability of
lhe workmen or the condition under
which they labor. Cmi Uiissinii work
men under AiucrUau dlrcctlou produce
a surprise)
AMERICAS t'RDKRS Of XOIIILITY
In the feudal navs of Europe the no
hllltr ami the knights and meinls-rs of
the knightly families made up n warrior
caste who termed themselves gentle by
birth Hnd who looked down upon the
great mnss of the people ns Inferior be
ings. Tills class distinction still prevails
to ft greater or less extent In nearly nil
Kumpesn countries under monarchical
form of government. Any attempt to
create or perpetuate caste distinctions In
our great republic, whether it be by as
sumed social superiority on account of
descent, or on account of wealth Is to be
deprecated.
Last week t lie Sons of the American
Revolution and the Daughters of the
American Revolution held one of their
annual reunions with much of the pomp,
glory and circumstance that would dis
tinguish a gathering of the sons ami
daughters of foreign nobility. These
questions naturally suggest themselves:
Do the descendants of the men and
women who participated in the American
revolution Inherit a title of gentility or
nobility? Are the patriotic deeds of the
fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers
transmitted ns heirlooms to their
posterity forever? Are the grandsons
and granddaughters of revolutionary pa
triots nny better than the sons and
daughters of men nnd women who can
not point back to a revolutionary ances
try? Are the sons of the pioneers In
herently any better than the sons of set
tlers who came after the pioneers?
Is not American history full of shining
exnmples contradictory of the assump
tion that patriotism nnd heroism are in
herent? General Jackson, the hero of
New Orleans, was the son of a poor Irish
Immigrant without a drop of revolution
ary blood In his makeup, and so was
General Sheridan and scores of Ameri
cans renowned for patriotic valor. On
the other hand. Jefferson Davis wns the
direct descendant of a revolutionary sire,
but yet he sought to overthrow the gov
ernment nnd dishonor the flag which he
had thrice sworn to uphold and defend
ns nn army officer, member of the cabi
net and United States senator.
There wns not the slightest strain of
revolutionary blue blood in the veins of
Abraham Lincoln, who looms up as the
most heroic figure In the glorious war
for the preservation of the union, nnd
Lincoln's descendants cannot join the
Sons of the Revolution or t lie Daughters
of the Revolution.
The Impressive lesson that all Ameri
cans should derive from these compari
sons is that every generation brings forth
Its quota of patriots and heroes, nnd no
American man or woman is entitled to a
pntent of gentility excepting ns he or she
merits national or popular gratitude for
uobie deeds done each by himself.
THE LATE SEXATUR rLATT.
In the death of Senator Orville II.
Piatt of Connecticut that state has lost
its most distinguished citizen and the
nation a statesman whose services were
of great value. For many years Mr.
Piatt was the most Influential politician
iu his state and bis influence was al
ways on the side of conservative repub
licanism. He was one of the strong men
of the senate, whose ability and industry
won for hiru a commanding position
among his colleagues, who recognized his
statesmanlike qualities and the purity of
his motives. It has been said of the late
senator that in the clearness and sim
plicity of his mind, in the originality and
qualntness of his expression, in the con
fidence which he Inspired among the peo
ple, he suggested Abraham Lincoln in
the Illinois days of that great man.
No member of the national senate had
greater influence in that body than Mr.
Piatt nnd he achieved this as well
through the integrity of his character as
from a high order of ability. Ills public
career was Irreproachable. Although ac
tive in politics for half a century he was
nearly 78 year old there is no blemish
upon his record. He belonged to that
class of clean, upright, Incorruptible pub
lic men of whom not many remain. Mr.
Piatt enjoyed to a greater extent than
almost any other man iu public life the
esteem and confidence of President
Roosevelt, who frequently consulted him
upon Important questions. We person
ally know of the high regard in which
the president held the Connecticut sen
ator. Mr. Piatt's legislative service was
of great value to the country. He was
an earnest, though conservative, repub
lican and did not permit partisanship to
wholly control his judgment. Present
conditions In Connecticut politics give no
reason to hope that n successor to him,
his equnl in ability, character and Inde
pendence, enn be elected.
exert everywhere a great Influence on
the destiny of nations, live disunited ami
dispersed, nud are consequently unable
to provide adequately for the Improve
ment nnd rational distribution of the va
rious forms of agricultural produce, nnd
to safeguard their own Interests on the
markets, which. In the case of agricul
ture, are becoming every day more Inter
national. I'nr this reason an Interna
tional Institution, absolutely unpolitical
in its ninis, which would have before It
the conditions of agriculture In the dif
ferent countries of the world. Is to be de
sired." It Is to lo presumed t lint this
view will ba quite generally approved by
the Intelligent farmers of nil lands and
that they will be found disposed to pro
mote n movement which Is intended to
advance their Interests. Why should
there not be periodically nn international
conference of that class which contrib
utes so largely to the wealth of the
world nnd to the well-being of man
kind? And can there be any doubt
thut good would result from such con
ference? It appears to Im? an entirely
meritorious movement and the United
States, as the foremost agricultural na
tlou. ought to be well represented nt the
first conference In Rome. A congress of
farmers would be a most Interesting as
semblage and one that might accomplish
much good.
A CUNQRESS OF FARMERS
The king or Italy has extended to the
civilized governments an invitation to
send representatives to an International
conference to be held In Rome next
month to consider the creation of an in
ternational chamber of agriculture. The
Idea, it appears, originated with a citizen
of California who has shown, great inter
est In agricultural affairs, prompted
thereto by the cuuvlctlon that the farm
ers of the world could better their condi
tion If they were organized and would
periodically hold conferences to discuss
agricultural conditions and adopt pluus
for Improving and advancing their Inter
ests. The primary argument for an Interna
tional chamber of agriculture Is that
while capital and labor, concentrated In
the cities, are becoming more and more
organized, agriculture, the elementary
source of wealth. Is without adequate or
ganization. It Is further urged Unit the
orgunizatiiiti must le iiitiM'imtioual in
character, since the conditions governing
agriculture are tlnmselves primarily In
ternational. The work of the proposed
chamber would lie to diffuse knowledge
of all sorts relating to agriculture, re
lating to labor, to nld Iu the prevention
of diseases and thus in manifold ways
give the agricultural producer the advan
tages of organization which he now
lucks. ,
In a message to his ministers the king
of Italy said: "The agricultural rl.-ms.-i.
generally the uiost numerous, uud who
hASSAS VECISIOS NOT APPLICABLE
It Is said that Governor Mickey signed
the biennial elections uct because he wus
led to believe It wus not in violation of
the constitution, and that he grounded
his action ou a decision of tho supreme
court of Kansas on a similar act, but
under a constitution entirely different
from ours. The constitution of Kansas
merely provides that general elections
shall be held annually ou the Tuesday
succeeding the llrst Monday in Novem
ber, but it nowhere provides how many
nor what particular oftlcers shall bo
chosen at nny election. There Is no pro
vision In the constitution of Kansas
which either expressly or by Implication
limits the legislature in fixing the com
mencement of the terms of office It no
where provides when the term of any
office shall begin.
The Constitution of Nebraska pro
vides that there shall bo nu elec
tion held on the Tuesday succeeding
the first Monday of November each year,
except the first general election, which
should be on the second Tuesday In Oc
tober, 1875. It then provides that all
state, district and rounty officers shall be
elected at a general election to be held
as aforesaid; that judges of the supremo
court, district nnd county courts, all elec
tive county and precinct officers shall be
elected at the first general election (in
1875) and thereafter at the general elec
tion next preceding the time of the ter
mination of their respective terms of
office.
The present chief justice of the su
preme court and two inemlors of the
Board of Regents were elected nt a regu
lar general election six years ago this
fall, in the fall of ISO!), and their respec
tive terms as fixed by the constitution at
six yen is end on the first Thursday after
the first Tuesday of January, 1!KH5. The
county Judges of all the counties In the
state were elected two years ago this fall
and their respective terms end also at
the same time In January next. The pro
vision of section 1.1 of article xvl of the
constitution, that there shall be a general
election annually and that these offices
shall be filled thereat that is to say, at
the general election next preceding the
time of the termination of their terms of
office Is mandatory nnd cannot be
changed by the legislature.
This Is the construction placed upon
the constitution by every lawyer of rec
ognized ability in the state, who has
given the subject due consideration, nnd
the friends of constitutional government
in every section of the state agree with
The Bee that anarchy must not prevail.
A test case of the constitutionality of the
biennial election act will he presented to
the supreme court at nn early day and
unless the court shnll reverse Its former
decisions In test cases involving prac
tically the same Issue, an election will be
held this fall, and all whom It may con
cern should govern themselves accordingly.
son to doubt that In this the French
government is entirely sincere. There
nre the strongest possible reasons for
believing that it desires to keep out of
the conflict In the far east anil that It
is especially anxious not to become In
volved In nny trouble with Great Britain.
It Is of I'nr greater Importance to
France to be on good term with Fug
land than to continue the alliance with
Russia, which could do nothing to help
France In the event of war. Great
Britain with her vnst sen power would
easily be master of the situation should
she go to the assistance of Japan. No
country understands this better than
France and therefore she will do noth
ing that might draw F.ngland Into the
far eastern war.
The course which the French govern
ment should take is plain. It must let
Russia understand In a very definite
nnd positive way thnt neutrality must
be respected nnd that no sort of exouses
or subterfuges will be permitted to In
i. in re wiiii lis observance. The n 111-
mice between the two countries cannot
be allowed to interfere with n proper
recognition of the well-settled principles
of international law. It Is perhaps true
that France has been rather Indulgent
townrd her nlly in this respect, but she
ennnot continue tills without endanger
ing her pence and possibly the pence of
Europe.
and plants the appropriations for new
barracks and mess halls.
Just, wait tilt Tom Tibbies locates In
New York. If the commotion caused
by the advent of this peppery populist
on Wall street does not put the excite
ment of Black Friday completely in the
shade, his admirers lice Iu Nebraska
will be Inclined to doubt thnt be Is the
fellow they had come to believe him
to be.
From the fact that no report of dam
age to the Michigan and Delaware peach
crop has followed the recent cold wave
It is probable that there will be little
fruit from those states, for in previous
bountiful yenrs the crop has been
"killed" at least twice by Ihls time.
sFRMots nnii.rn novv
THE NEUTRALITY ISSVE
That anything particularly serious
may arise out of the neutrality Issue be
tween France and Japan Is Improbable,
though It is manifestly nn Irritating mat
ter, which might easily lead to grave
trouble. What seems to be reasonably
certain In the case is that the French
government wus not a deliberate purty
to the breach of neutrality committed
by the Russians. On the contrary It
appears that the French authorities were
prompt In instructing the governor of
Indo-Chlna that neutrality must be en
forced. If that can be shown to be the
fact It would seem that Japan cannot
fairly hold France responsible, but must
concede that that government complied
with the requirements of International
law. The dispatches. represent the Japa
nese government as being very resent
ful and there is certainly warrant for
such a feeling, but it is safe to sny there
will be nothing injudicious or reckless
done by that government. It will very
properly Insist upon a strict compliance
with International law In regard to nen
trallty, but will not go beyond that.
It has been suggested that under the
circumstances the Anglo Japanese alli
ance becomes effective and .In pan can
call upon Great Britain to see that
France observes neutrality. We do not
think there is warrant for this Iu the
treaty. That provides that If either of
the signatories shall be at war with
more than one power then the other will
come to its assistance and will conduct
Mar in common. Obviously this doeg
not apply to the present Issue. If France
should persist In allowing the Russians
to disregard neutrality thnt might justly
be considered an act of war. Justifying
Great. Britain in interisising tinder the
treaty, but clearly France has no such
purpose, she has urged the Russian
government to comply with lhe condi
tions of neutrality and there Is no re
AMERICA'S SVRPLC8 FOOD SUPPLY.
The United States is kuowu us au ag
ricultural nation for the reason that Its
exports from colonial days have been
predominantly of agricultural products.
Will the United States ever cense In this
sense to be un agricultural nation? For
eign political economists have fre
quently speculated on this possibil
ity and on more than one occa
sion set the date when the United
States would have a home market for all
the farm products it could produce and
should find it. necessary itself to enter
the world-scramble for food. But we
have gone right along up to this time
without apparently reaching much closer
to the limit, and even last year out of
a total of domestic exports valued at
$l,43o,179,017 some 5!.l) per cent, or
$N.i!),160,2U4 were still classed ns farm
products. When we take the compara
tive figures, however, the contention
seems to have some basis that we are
gradually ceasing to export chlqfly agri
cultural lines. Going back fifteen years,
the report of the statistician of the Agri
cultural department shows Iu 18!2 the
high water mark of 79.1 per cent of ag
ricultural exports out of the totuy of do
mestic exports and for the entire fifteen
years an average of 67.8 per cent of ag
ricultural exports out of the total of do
mestic exports. From 07.8 per cent as
an average to oO.l) per cent for 11)04 is a
drop of nearly 12 per cent, and on the
face of It a continuance of such a move
ment would bring us to the point of elim
inating agricultural exports altogether in
only a few more fifteen-year periods.
Tho fallacy of this sort of reasoning,
however, lies In taking the figures Indi
cating proportions instead of the abso
lute figures. The ofticlul table for fifteen
years' domestic exports in condensed
form is as follows:,
Annual
Average. Total. Farm. Other.
lMW-M $ S91.0S1.727 677,K,S;9 $1 3.1H4.848
lSSM-flK .... ftM,619,5'8 fit3.S3S,4o2 aS9.901.108
IS99-U1 .... l,3M,."4,ir2 StV.930,l:i7 4M1.b44.015
1904 1,435,179,017 859,160,204 576,018.753
lusteud of decreasing our agricultural
exports then because of the growing
home consumption, we have actually
taken care of all the mouths at home,
and at the same time Increased our an
nual contribution to the food supply of
Europe from ?(534,8."8,8()i In 1894) to
$8.VJ,10O.2!4 In 19(M, or more than !10 per
cent. Only because our total of manu
factured exports has Increased at so
much more rapid rnte, we have nn ap
parent loss in the percentage classified
us farm products, although our farm sur
plus placed at the disposal of Europe Is
greuter than ever.
Palpably Europe's danger of exhaust
ing Its food supply lies not so much In
nny prospective loss of the customary
contribution from the United States as In
the Inadequacy of the supplies nearer
home as gauged by Its own population
pressure.
According to William J. Bryau, the
victory of Mayor Dunne in Chicago has
Injected a new force in democratic poll
tics and Is giving the democrats great
encouragement. Mr. Bryan is easily en
couraged. He knows, or ought to know,
that thousauds of republicans in Chi
cago voted for Judge Dunne and the
Iuter Ocean, the most stalwart of re
publican papers, supported him outright,
not because of any change of heart po
litically, but because the republican nom
inee for mayor had bolted the repub
lican, candidates for mayor several times
in succession in other words, because
he had, in Omaha parlance, Bensonlzed.
-J j- j
The American consul general in the
City of Mexico bus turned the scurch
light on the Pun-Amerlcau Land com
pany of Kansas City, that has lured
farmers from Texas, Oklahoma. Kansas,
Nebraska, and -even the Pacific couat
states Into Investing their surplus in an
alleged Mexican land grant and in paper
town lots in the Mexican sand hills. It
strikes us that any farmer who allows
himself to be persuaded to abandon a
fertile farm In Nebraska for the land
of the greaser and the cactus Is entitled
to little sympathy.
Governor Cummins und Governor
Mickey have met at Galveston with the
governors of other states at a reunion
of Texan settlers, but what the gov
ernors of Iowa and Nebraska said to
the governors of South Carolina and
North Carolina has not yet been re
ported. All we know is that the water
of Galveston I not tit to drink.
Newspaper fakirs, who have flooded
the country with realistic stories of
President Roosevelt's encounters wllh
Colorado grizzlies. catamniiuts and
mounialu lions, will do well to steer
clear of the big stick wheu the president
returns from his hunt.
General Trepoff's appointment ns chief
of police of St. Petersburg seems to lie
bearing fruit It Is now ro)orted that
Russian liberals are becoming divided
In their councils, which would indicate
that tho chief knows the easiest way to
control the situation.
Tho hand of the Iconoclast can never
be stayed. Not satisfied with attempt
ing to destroy the beauty of Niagara
Falls they are now talking of straight
ening nn Indiana creek, which will de
stroy James Whltcouib Riley's "or
Swlniinin' Hole.'
Andrew Carnegie's declaration that he
wants no rich men lu his family may be
taken us n theorem and provd by the
converge. There1 are doubtless plenty
of poor men who would be willing to
acquire riches by annexing the Carnegie
heiresses.
The question is. When the Indian dis
covers that the United States supreme
court has taken away all the obstacles
to him procuring nil the whisky he can
get, how long will it take him to get all
the whisky he can nnd drink himself to
death?
Governor Higgins of New York is evl
dently of tho opinion that the "right"
of Equitable policy holders to any part
of the surplus of the company depends
upon the will of the stockholders. No
wonder young Mr. Hyde refuses to re
sign.
It la nurd to be happy in n huri
love Is always looking for a lend
It takes a fool to npprectnle 11 f.id.
Itevrrcnee Is the f uuudatlon of lasting
lo e.
The sense of duty Is n sign of the dilue
in man.
Killing time Is a sine way of spoiling
character.
Righteousness le u lot mere tli.in re
spectability. No words uf fnith have force until they
heroine flefh.
Hatred often vetoes from only knowing
hiilf of a man.
It is lmrd for the leek to see why people
prefer the Illy.
Me can new r te.u h l( i.iii w ho cannot
loarn of a child.
The only sure tiling about a lie is Unit
It will never die.
Many nitstnke their dreams uliout heaven
for deeds to lots up there.
The defenso of the devil usual!) hides
i-oine share In his dividends.
There Is nothing prouder th.tn ignorunee
or more Ignorant than pride.
It tiikes the toueli cif love to piek even
the mote out of another's eye.
The saddest people arc th- only ones w ho
are always fleeing from sorrow.
When Ills goods are his chief good a man
is likely to find little lasting good.
The happiness that eotues from Ignorance
of the sorrows of this world tuny b sin.
Some people never know that the devil
has been feeding them stones until nil their
teeth are broken. I'hiciigo Tribune.
rKitsowi, n otiii:ku isu.
K very thing .oe.
Philadelphia Tress.
Despite all this talk about "tainted
money," we do not find anvbudv oarrvlna
about with him a testing apparatus to de
termine the cleanliness of the coin.
Peril of Diverted Attention.
Washington Post.
An Omaha man laughed so heartily at a
vaudeville show that he broke a blood ves
sel and died. The patron of u vaudeville
show should keep his attention on tho per
formance and not think of things that
happened outside.
Impertinent Interrupt lou.
Philadelphia Record.
Sume aordid taxpayer has been base
enough to Interrupt the placidity of the
nation by asking: "Will the Panama, canal
puy?" What next? It would not tie mat
ter of surprlne, after this outbreak, should
some, blithering idiot undertake to throw
doubt upon Inventor Teslu's plan of es
tablislilng electrical Intercourse with the in
habitants of Mars!
I. aat, lint ot I.eaat.
Indianapolis News.
And now, Just when wo have found the
bones of John Paul Jones, conies tho Inti
mation tha.t all trace has been lost of the
late Wis. Rolfe, nee Pocahontas, so to
speak, who will Ht once be recalled by
Bomo of our older readers as a fruitful
subject for woodcuts In old sc hool readers.
It Is plain that our predecessors In the
management of the world were very care
less about burial records.
Ills Advice In C.ood,
Boston Globe.
Whatever may be said of Mr. Rockefel
ler's ethical principles, bis advice in one
ress?ct Is above reproach. "Men should
learn to sove," he says. "They should ac
quire the habit when they are young. It is
surprising how quickly money will Increase
when added to from day to day by little
Ravings. Every man should put a little
part of what he earns each day away.
Thus his old age is protected,"
Indianapolis Is counting on making its
new military post the finest in the
United States. They forget the new
IKist at Ies Moines and J tie fact that
Colonel Hull, who represents the I teg
Moines digtrlct In congress, still head
the house committee on military affairs
(illKAT IS DR. WILEY.
Biich of Praise for Ilia Part In
Making; I.lfe More Promising.
Kansas City Journal.
A light la breaking through the gloom
of our germ-ridden modern life. Within
recent yeurs the averagu clticen has hud
to dodge the malevolent bacillus and elude
the marauding microbe at every turn.
The acientists in their seal have discovered
danger of infection and contagion in every
thing we eat and drink, In the air we
breathe. In our houses and wearing up
parel, in the street cars and the chance
passenger who hangs to the next strap,
In our offices and among our business
cullers, and wa even have pictures of the
nlnibM microbe as he capers gayly through
the water mains on hln mission of deith
from his ancestral home iu the purling
brook. The glass of blushing wine and the
distilled nectar from Kentucky's sun
kissed fields are given a nt-w terror, for In
place of the grinning and friendly snakes
so long axaoclated with these liquids we
now have the lurking germ and among
the encircling beads are the sanguinary
bacteria in deadly ambuscade.
Now comes Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief
chemist of the Agricultural department,
who brings a messugH of peace. He holds
out hope to germ-chased humanity. He
wiya h has been making a study of
this unwholesome germ theory and lie
has found that it lias been overplayed
by the scientists. He. states positively
that the average age of mankind la In
creasing, and that the germs which have
been conjured tip ns an overwhelming;
menace to the human family are not half
ap deadly as we have been led to believe.
Dr. Wiley dispels the enveloping shadows
of despair in the following statement:
"I have little faith 'in fads of eating.
Hu h formulas as the faddists present gen
erally are founded ou no scientific piln
ctple. A man can eat almost anything,
wear almost anything, and do almost any
thing, so long as It Is within the lines of
moderation and conservatism The man
who starts out In infancy with a healthv.
strung body must b" temperate If be Is
to live long. 1 do not mean that he must
never touch a drop of Itquor. I am not a
prohibitionist. 1 mean that he must eat
and drink In moderation."
(ret is Dr. WUe.
1 doctors would have us believe that
whiskers are the natural lodgings of deadly
germs let thorn hike for a barber shop and
shaws their J.iws.
Maryland fruit growers licllevc the April
frost hiia done much damage to their crop.
In other nurds, the bottom of the boxes
must go up.
A little law now and I lien is relished by
the rudest men. Note the cleanliness of
Omaha sidewalks since the anti-spitting law
went into effect.
Another Chicago university professor bus
broken loose. It seems ns though tho coun
try will not be pirmitted to forget tho
Midway Plalsanee.
A New York official unnounces Joyfully
that he has solved the problem of keeping n
good cook. He married' her. People will
get gay during the hunt) moon.
"Uenrral" Jacob S. Coxey of hobo army
fame managed to pile up a bankrupt bill
of tJSo.oOO in ten years. It will bo recalled
that Jake started out to hit the money
power.
Canning young herring and labeling them
as sardines opened with a rush in Maine
last week. Herring is abundant and the
labels are as fetching nnd Frenchy as the
art preservative can produce.
'1 he telcvue, or seeing 'phone, will lie a
great convenience and a Joy when in gen
eral u.se. What greater pleasure could one
seek than a televue of the seraphic Binllo
of the hello girl when she murmurs, "Line
busy?"
Commissioner (iurfteld is said to have
pushed this question up to the Standard
Oil people in Kansas: "If you have spent
$10,0(10,000 in Kansas, why la your tax sched
ule less than fcao.OuO?" It is believed the
question will hold them for a while.
The supreme court of Kansas, in a re
cent decision, referred to the deplorable
consequences of perjury and Insinuated that
the practice "is increasing at an alarming
rate." This is not the firBt time the blind
goddess blushed without shaking the scales.
With generosity unrivaled In tills sordid
world the gas companies of New York
City toll their patrons that the most ef
fective way of reducing gas bills Is to sit
up and watch the wheels of the meter go
around when the company puts on the
pressure. A few weeks' experience enables
the watcher to distinguish between tweedle
dum and tweedledee.
Prompted by the achievements of Japa
nese soldiers, New York and other cities
are seriously considering revision of police
rules so as to admit low-sized men to the
force. An experiment in that direction was
tried at Poughkcepsle and worked well.
Five policemen of great size and flfty-two-girth
were given an indefinite vacation.
In a few mouths they were no larger than
the average citizen.
' se'U.ah shot at tub pi lpit.
Indianapolis News: The announcement
that Mr Hock-feller's fion.noo contrlhullnri
was really solicited by the prtlilentl.il com
mittee rullier indicates that the Joke Is
on the Congregatlonnllsis Instead of Mr.
Rockefeller.
Philadelphia ledger; The foreign mis
sions committee of the American board has
made public Its reasons for accepting
lhe gift .f John tv Rockefeller. Tlirse
are ethical, moral and legal. Besides, and
llnalh. It needed lhe money.
I Portland Oregonian: Montana prlesta
have received a request from the head of
the church in that state asking them to
pritV fT lain. Members uf the ennwetf.1-
Hons hne also been asked to Join In tha
prayers. Thus does history repeat Itself,
for. long before the coming of the wliita
men, the Indian medicine men offered up
supplications for rain, more buffalo or any
thing thai they stood -In need of. Tli
Indians, according, ie, sonic creeds, wera
Hot Clllltled to clussifli'ii I Ion ultli lhe -1,ii.
Hans, but It ts not on record Hint Ih.lr
('rent "Spirit was ever unmindful of their
players.
Haltlmore American: The crusade ngaing'
"tainted money" !. getting to a point
where whatever Impression has been cre
ated Is apt to be reversed by the intem
peruuee of the crusaders. When one min
ister calls a millionaire to whoso methods
he objects "n mean old scalawag." and
another openly prays that "the rurse of
tbnl iiihv reft upon the unholy alliance of
robbery and Christianity." people are apt
to feel move i evulsion than s.wnpathy with
the speakers and their theories. There Is
an honest division of opinion upon ths
subject, and dignity nnd moderation never
hurt any cause, while abuse will harm ths
best one.
St. Uiuifi (Jlolie-liemwral: The Cumber
land Presbyterian church has given a ma
jority for consolidation with the Northern
Presbyterian body, and the question of
union now rests with the latter. Old ques
tions of division havn passed away. In
ferences of half a century ago have lost
vital interest nnd ace no longer diee.ussed
or kept In mind exceot aa memories Tho
advantages of a united church are, so man-
nest tnni iney ate self-evident. As on
of the greatest denominations of modern
times, with a futuro In kef-ping- with us
extent and growth, Hie Presbyterian
church has a mission that can only Is
realized by harmonising for the work and
making its concentrated effort rtn hrnurf
as the country. For a long time the two
divisions have been drawing together by .
natural process mid the path to union now
Is direct nnd easy.
DOMKSTIC PI.KSATHIKV
WHAT EASTER PHOVEs,
Celebration tbat Testifies to lhe One
ness of Humanity.
Leslie's Weekly.
Wheu emphasis was put on the dogmatic
and historical aspects of the relation of
Jeaus' reappearance to the universal hope
of men. Ea'.er waa not celebrated as It
now is, by men of all faiths who cherish
the hope of immorality. Today there is a
widespread, Joyoiu celebration of Easter
by Christians of all names, by liberal
Jews, and by men whose allegiance Is
solely to ethics. Calvlnlsts, Armenians,
Avians, Episcopalians CofigTetcatlouaJlsts
and Friends forget their differences over
doctrine and ritual In their agreement on
a common, universal hope In a futura
stage of life, and in the continuance of
personality beyond what is called death.
This fact, so new end so significant, tes
tifies to the oneness of humanity and to the
universality of the fundamentals of re
ligion. It la symbolical of a marvelous
mood of toleration between religions and
sects', which the twentieth century man
has the privilege of seeing and enjoying
a mood of toleration nowhere else so mani
fest as lu the United States, which tol
eration, aa President KUot of Hnrvard has
pointed out. Is one of tho finest fruits of
American democracy.
Gladys If she thinks her voung man is
such a, paragon of perfection, whv does she
watch him so closely?
Ksmeralda Khe is 'afraid he Is loo good
to be true. Chicago Tribune.
Footpad Hands up!
Pedestrian See here. I've lust been
shopping with my wife and
Footpad Here, my poor man. take thu
dime and say no more. Thank heaven'
I'm not that bad off.' Cleveland leader.
Nell I've decided to marry your cousin
Jack. --
lj. He The Idea! Why. Jack never said a
word to me about
Nell Oh, Jack doesn't know It yet
Philadelphia Ledger.
"What's the matter, dear?" her mother
askid.
"I was Just thinking," the beautiful
heiress answered, "how terrible it would
be if the earl should decide not o take
papa's money on the ground that it was
tainted." Chicago Record-Herald.
Miss Klndart But you must admit that
she has fine eyes and her complexion is
lovely.
Mlsa Jellers Yes, but that horrid nose
how did it ever aet the fmntau rnni.nl
of ths rest of her face! Chicago Tribune.
"I see you a good deal with that young
Sparks."
"Yew."
"X thought you told me some time ago
that you didn't like him."
"I didn't like him sometime ago, but he a
changed."
"Changed? How so?"
"Why, he's bought the finest auto yow
ever saw." Cleveland- Plain Dealer.
MO AH EH, MY GOD TO THftH.
Sarah Flower Adams.
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to The.-.
K'en though it bo a cross
That ralseth me;
Still all my song shall be.
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
Though like the wanderer.
The sun gone down.
Darkness bo over me.
My rest a stone;
Yet in my dreams I'd ha
Nearer, mv God. to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
There let the way appear
Steps unto Heaven;
All that Thou sendest me,
In mercy given;
'Angels to beckon me.
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
Then with my waking thoughts,
Bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise;
Ho by my woea to be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
Or If on Joyful wing.
Cleaving the sky,
Hun, moon and stars forgot,
I'pward I fly;
Still all my song shall ba.
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
THR KW Dtl',
I thank Thee, Lord, for this new da,
It mysteries, all, hidden he.
To be reveialed, one by one,
Good or ill, ere day Is done;
And, when the sun has crossed the sky,
May I, whate'er befall, still cry
I thank Thee, Ijrd, for thla new Uajr.
Omaha. -LCCILE BYERLY MILLER.
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