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W1IKX Ot'T OK TOWN.
Subscribers leavluff the city tem
porarily should bave I'll Bee
mailed to thein. It Is better than
a dally letter froai home. Ad
dress will be cUusgtd often a
requested.
Lancaster did. uot rupture the con
gressional plum, but it mnnugeU to band
tbo plum to the prize winner.
Red Oak society bus eujoyed a sensa
tlonnl spectacular drauia for the past
tou duys, regardless of expense.
If Russia caa only effect a partnership
With the eurthquaKes the two together
may make some trouble for Japan.
. Captain Clado has proved to lie a true
prophet, and he is receiving the tradi
tional prophet's treatment at home.
The Portland . exposition has had an
lusplcloug opening. Let us all hope It
will have an equally auspicious ending.
If the Big Muddy is going to indulge
la an old-time June rise for our delecta
tion this year, now is the time for it to
get busy.
A contributor to a current periodical
heads his article "Why Japan Wins."
Would It not be easier to tell "Why Rus
sia Loses?"
. There are people who do not know
triougl) to know when to let go of a hot
poker. The czar is evidently a candidate
for that class.
Rudyard Kipling now has an oppor
tunity to take it all back and sell a few
verses on the subject of "The Bear that
Fights like a Lomb."
The selection of C. W. Tost as presi
dent of the CltlKens' Industrial associa
tion is another demonstration of the fact
that Judicious advertising pays.
Lord Dunruven, who is trying to find a
basis for compromise in Ireland, should
bewure of "the reddln blow," for next
to peace the Irishman likes a tight.
With the adoption of western Ideas It
must he pleuslng to Japanese subordi
nate naval officials to know that Japa
nese maidens have not learned to kiss.
As more detailed reports of their dis
astrous sen tight are forthcoming it Im
comes more certain tliat Russia will soon
have work for several courts of Inquiry.
. Admiral Kuqulst in seeking a port In
which to repair his vessels was wise
enough to enter one where there would
fce no question of the enforcement of the
neutrality laws.
' Russluu sailors In Manila may tiring
about an International quVstlon with fea
tures of the old fugitive slave law if re
ports regarding their disinclination for
further service lire trup.
- Joseph Chamberlain seem to be hav
ing as much trouble with the "stand
patter"" as some of the Iowa politicians,
and his troubles may ls still further in
creased since he bus begun to write letters.
Some of the heavy shippers who testl
fled before the senate committee on rail
roads that there U a deep-seated de
mand for rate regulating legislation
should have attended the First district
republican congressional courentloii and
had their eyes opened.
It Is now claimed that the real contest
In the Equitable Life Assurance society
te for the control of the funds by one of
two railroad systems. As the surplus
will have to bo Invested eveu after the
policy holders take charge the end of the
truffle c&nuot bo predicted. '
THE XATY OF THE rVTVRE.
The destruction of Russia's armada of
steel-clad battleships and armored cruis
ers In the Straits of C'orea within less
than forty-eight hours has set naval ex
perts of all nations to speculating alxait
the destructive power of modern wor
ships. In other words, the naval experts
of the world are wrestling with the prob
lem of the nary of the future.
When armored vessels cume Into Use
and quick-firing long-range artillery was
Introduced it was believed that the
power of unvles made up of such de
structive units would le almost irresist
ible. It was held by naval experts that
the heavy armaments of battleships and
the use of torpedoes and mines would
moke every conflict at sen a fight to the
finish and a disaster to one fleet or the
other.
In this respect the naval battle In the
Straits of t'oren has fulfilled nil expecta
tions. As In the war tetween China and
Japan In 1S04. the fleet that lost, was de
stroyed or captured. There was no half
way work. To the fleet that wou there
was overwhelming victory to the fleet
that lost absolute disaster.
It Is altogether too onrly, however, for
the ublest and most far-seeing naval ex
pert to make a reliable forecast of the.
dimension, armament, and form of the
most effective warship of the future.
Thirty years ago Jules Verne In his
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the
Pea" described a tour around the world
in the submarine ship Nautilus, com
manded by Captain Nemo. Jules Verne's
air-tight oxygenized submarine ship,
equipped with electrical appliances that
would light its Interior by the mere
touch of n button, and set Its paddling
machinery In motion by the touch of an
other button, was regarded as the crea
tion of n "pipe dream." Nobody then
had the remotest conception of electric
lights or electric engines, but Jules Verne
was only thirty years ahead of his time.
Like the electric trolley cor and auto
mobile the submarine ship has made its
appearance and come to stay. The part
which submarine torpedo boats plnyed in
the late naval bottle Is as yet unknown,
but there is every probability that sub
marine boats contributed much toward
the destruction of the Russian warships.
If the submnrine boat Is to play the port
of the sword fish that scuttled the whale
in the naval warfare of the future the
huge battleships and armored cruisers
would become as useless as would be the
armed three-masted sail propelled battle
ships of the American civil war period.
If It is practical to navigate slow
going submnrine torpedo boats it will
sooner or later be practicable to navigate
rapid moving submarine gunboats that
could play havoc with the greatest war
ship ever set afloat. The navy of the
future will, in all probability, have to
be remodeled on lines that will recog
nize the advent of the submnrine.
THE PRESIDENT CVVXSKLS PEACE.
The conference between President
Roosevelt and the Russian ambassador,
Count Casslni, upon request of the latter",
while quite informal in character, was
nonetheless Important lu the opportunity
It gave the president to express himself
hi favor of a termination of hostilities
in the far east and doubtless also the
willingness of the Washington govern
ment to exert its good offices in the in
terest of peace if both the belligerents
shull be found disposed to receive them.
It further enabled the ambassudor to
learn in the most unmistakable way that
the American chief executive bus the
friendliest feeling- toward the Russian
government
The reported views expressed by Mr.
Roosevelt in support of his counsel of
peace ought to juake a strong Impres
sion at St. Petersburg. That they will
bo upproved very generally by tbo
neutral governments, if any of them
shall be disposed to express an opinion,
is not to be doubted. It bus been pretty
clearly Intimated iu semi-official utter
ances abroad Uiut the feeling is that
the Russian cause in Asia is irretriev
ably lost and that to prolong the conflict
would simply result in additional dis
aster. The last great stake was won by
Japan In the Coreau Straits and what
remains for her to accomplish if the
war goes on presents no difficulties com-
purable with those she has overcome.
With her navy unimpaired and her
armies in Manchuria more powerful than
ever, there is nothing to check Japan's
further advance. Active operations ou
land, for which the most thorough prepa
rations have been made, are reported to
have begun and It is safe to say that
another overwhelming defeat awaits the
Russians. m The capture of Vladivostok
is now regarded as inevitable whenever
Japan shall decide upon taking it. It
might be saved to Russia in the event
of that power now suing for peace, pos
sibly with the condition that it should
be deprived of its military character, but
otherwise Its loss is certain. The driving
of Russia out of Manchuriu is only n
questlou of a brief time. It is 'mani
festly impossible that she can retalu a
foothold there, though she should send
every soldier in the empire to the scene
of war. The situation being thus hope
less for Russlu, she should, as urged by
Mr. Roosevelt, conclude pence lu her
own Interests and in the interests of
humanity. It is worse than folly to talk
about restoring her military prestige. It
cannot be done in this war.
Our government will take no steps In
regard to peace negotiations unless loth
belligerents are willing to accept media
tion. Should Russia favorably receive
the views of President Roosevelt that
fact would doubtless be presented to the
Japanese government and Its position as
certained. It may lie remarked In this
connection that there would be no Im
propriety in the United States tendering
Us good offices for peace. Under the
terms of The Hague arbitration conven
tion "the right to offer good offices or
mediation belongs to powers who are
strangers to the dispute, eveu during the
course of hostilities," and It is declared
that "the exercise of this right shall
never be regarded by one or the other of
the parties to the ctmtest as u un
friendly act." It is an excwillngly deli
cate matter, however, and, though fre
quently talked of since the beginning of
the fur eastern war, no government has
been disposed to take the Initiative in
offering mediation. An expression of the
views of the Russian government regard
ing the position of President Roosevelt
will be awaited with uiilvcisul Interest.
wiRELtss photography.
We live in an age of the sub-miraculous.
Since the days when lightning was
drawn from the clouds by a cord at
tached by Benjamin Franklin to n silk
handkerchief kite, the world lias wit
nessed marvellous discoveries with har
nessed electricity and unharnessed mog
netism. Telegraphy, or distance writing,
and telephony, or distance talking, has
completely revolutionized Inter-commuul-cation.
Electric motors and automobiles
have revolutionized modern locomotion
and the Roentgen rays and radium have
revolutionized medical science. No dis
covery, even where it Isirders on the su
pernatural, seems incredible any longer.
It was reserved for Admiral Togo to
give the first demonstration of the prac
tical uses of wireless telegraphy in bottle
on the seas and it was reserved for the
American yellow Journals to give to the
world the lirst demonstration of the sci
ence of wireless photography. Within
forty-eight seconds after the terrible en
counter letwcen the Japanese nnd Rus
sian fleets In the Straits of Coren photo
graphic pictures of the battle flashed
across a space of 10,000 miles and were
reproduced iu all their blood-curdling
realism regardless of cost on the front
pages of the up-to-date red headed press
of New York, Chicago and San Fran
cisco, nnd their phonograph satellites In
every part of the "home of the brave and
land of the free."
In ages yet unlwrn these wireless pho
tographic views of Togo's victory, taken
on the spot, transmitted and instantan
eously reproduced on the off side of the
Pacific and on side of the Atlantic
will be exhibited os indubitable proof of
the inconceivable achievements of the
mon behind the wireless camera curtain,
occupying the perilous position of Casa
blnncn. and the wizards that caught not
only the Inspiration but the picture pro
pelled like a flash of lightning over land
and sen upon the canvas In the art rooms
of the great American fakir factotums.
IS THE FIHST DISTRICT-
The republicans of the First Ne
braska district have selected lion, truest
M. Pollard of Cass county to represent
them iu the lower house of the national
legislature as the successor to Senator
Burkett, and their selection will, as a
matter of course, be rutltled by the
voters at the special election called for
next mouth. While this outcome is a
surprise to ulmost all of the politicians
who hud a hund in the nomination, it is
from many points of view a most fortu
nate solution of the problem tbat
threatened at one time to precipitate uu
endless dcudlock.
Without disparaging bis competitors
for the honor, It cau be truthfully said
that Mr. Tollurdls quuliticatlous are of
a superior churacter. A cormmratlvelv
young man, born und raised iu the dis
trict, educated at the State university
and enjoying the additional advantage
of lawmaking experience iu two sessions
of the state legislature, he is closely iu
touch with the sentiments and needs of
the people whom he will represent.
Equally Important, he is In position to
stand squarely upon the admirable plat
form promulgated by the convention.
pledging him to Hue up with President
Roosevelt on the overshadowing ques
tions of railroad rate regulation and
trust repression. As u farmer and fruit
grower Mr. Pollard does not have to put
himself under obligations to the rail
roads and cannot be cburged with in
gratitude if he carries out the spirit us
well as the letter of the platform decla
rations, v
The contest for this vacancy in the
First district resolves itself lu advance
Into merely a question of majorities.
There Is no reason why any republican.
or, for that matter, any citizen, without
respect to party affiliations, who en
dorses the Roosevelt program of legisla
tion and administration, should not vote
for Mr. Pollard, and, should they all do
so, he will come out of the cuuvuss witb
a majority over hjs opponent, whoever
he may be, that will be a record
breaker us compared with all previous
congressional contests in Nebraska.
MTERXATIOXAL ARUITHATIOX,
This year's conference of the advo
cates of international arbitration shows
that there is no abatement of zeal lu the
cause, notwithstanding that events have
not beeu of au altogether encouraging
character. Iu bis address as president of
the conference Judge Gray said it was a
slguillcant sign of the progress that the
cuuse bus made in the pust ten yeurs, or
since the beginning of the Mohouk con
ferences, that in the discussion which
preceded the refusal by the senate to
ratify any of the arbitration treaties sent
to it by the president no voice was heard
In opposition to the principle of arbitra
tion, or at least none Important enough
or strong enough to gain a national hear
ing. "The scoffer Is no longer ap
plauded," declared Judge (Jruy, "and if
there were any who believed In the Im
practicability of substituting the arbitra
ment of reason for the arbitrament of
the sword their opposition was compelled
to take the form of technical objection
and constitutional casuistry." Judge
Gray took a hopeful view of the future
of the cause, expressing confidence that
the public opinion and awakened con
science of our country will not rest satis
fied that the government of the United
States shall continue to be alone among
the signatory jvowers of The Hague con
vention lu not resixuidlng to this great
movement to support and strengthen the
tribunal thereby established.
A very lmportaut feature of this year's
conference Is the movement to form au
American iuteruutlonal law society, to
carry out which a committee was ?.p
pointcd which may be expected to ener
getically push the movement. That such
on organization would be of great serv
ice In promoting the cause of Interna
tional arbitration U not to be doubted
and whatever will contribute to this Is
to 1m heartily commended. The vl-ws of
a society of this character as to whnt
should be embraced lu International low
would certainly carry grent weight. The
conference properly approved the efforts
of President Roosevelt In behalf of in
ternational peace nnd Justice, In this
voicing the practically unanimous senti
ment of our people. Mr. Roosevelt Is
recognized today as being foremost
among those who are working for the
promotion of universal peace and his ef
forts In this direction, now especially
conspicuous, while they may not accom
plish oil that is hoped for, cau hardly
fuil to have beneficent results.
HUMAN Tf:aEKERATE8.
The curse of our modern civilization Is
the yellow Journal, that panders to the
frailties of humanity and prostitutes its
functions by stimulating the unnatural
appetite of the debased of lxtth sexes for
sensational recitals of vice, brutality and
crime. Not content with polluting the
atmosphere with the nauseating dilu
vium of the sewer, these purveyors of
scandal seek to create maudlin sym
pathy for human degenerates that float
upon the malodorous cesspools of vice
und crime.
A striking example of this Is furnished
in the piquant portraiture of the woman
whose husband was the star witness in
the Dennison trial nt Red Oak. The fol
lowing extract, regretfully reproduced,
carries with It Its own lesson:
When Sherman William Morris, otherwlso
known as Frank Shercllffe, won his pretty
young bride, only three months since, his
wooing was characteristic of the man.
Bold, dashing and persistent, his was
love at first sight and Sherman Morris
never permitted the courtship, to lag. In
less than two months from the night when
he was first Introduced to her he carried
her heart by storm. They slipped away
one day and without a word to any of their
friends of their Intention they were quietly
murrled at Murshalltown, la. Then they
returned to Des Moines, where the new
made husband has put his reckless past
behind him and la living quietly with his
golden-haired bride, who, despite hla his
tory, loves and trusts her husband with
all the ardor of untried youth.
"I am only a girl who Is much In love
with her husband and who would brave
any danger or any hardship with him.
Just as any good wife who really loves her
husband would do.
"Yea, you might call our marriage a sort
of an elopement," she continued, "al
though It was no secret to my mother that
I loved Mr. Morris and Intended to marry
him. My people are all church people and
members of the Presbyterian church back
In Des Moines, and they could not under
stand how anyone so quiet and well be
haved as my husband has been could ever
have been as reckless and bad as people
have tried to make out. He has always
been at home since our marriage and has
never left me alone for even a single even
ing. He has no bad habits. He never
drinks a drop and assures me that ho
never will." World-Herald.
Here Is u woman reputed to be hand
some, accomplished and well raised fall
ing In love at lirst sight with a case
hardened criminal twice her age, who
has sailed under half a dozen names in
an appalling career of crime and vice,
ranging all the way from petty theft to
highway robbery and from highway rob
bery to murderous assault for goln.
Was this young woman, not yet out
of her teens, under hypnotic spell of n
monster In human form or Is she a de
generate entirely unconscious of the hor
rible misalliance which she has volun
tarily assumed?
Does not her cose call for a law that
will prohibit the legalization of mar
riages like hers? Does not the attempt
of the yellow Journals to make heroes
and heroines out of degenerates call for
public condemnation of such a prostitu
tion of Journalism?
THE ESCAPED RUSSIAN SHIPS.
In his report of Russlau ships unac
counted for after the battle Admiral
Togo mentioned four protected cruisers,
three transports and two torpedo bout
destroyers. Three of the cruisers have
arrived ut Manila, said to be in a more
or less damaged condition and with
many wounded ou board. Ships of the
American squadron properly, under the
circumstances, accompanied the Russian
vessels to Manila and it is for the gov
ernment to decide what treatment they
shall receive there. As pointed out iu
the dispatches, there nre three ways of
dealing with them. They may be sent
out of the harbor after twenty-four
hours if seaworthy, or ullowed to re
main long enough to muke necessary re
pairs, or be dismantled and held until
the end of the war.
It Is suggested that the latter course
will probably be pursued and undoubt
edly It would be entirely satisfactory to
the Russians and not objectionable to
the Japoncso. If It should be decided
to allow the damaged vessels, which
probably are not in a seaworthy condi
tion, to remain only ntll necessary re
pairs could bo made, a Japonese squad
ron would lie in Philippine waters ready
to destroy or capture them os soon as
they appeared. Hence the Rusolans will
doubtless le quite willing to be Interned
until the end of the war. However, the
matter will be decided by our govern
ment according to what it deems proper.
So far ns can be seen it presents no seri
ous difficulty and certainly there Is noth
ing In it Involving danger of any com
plication. If Postmaster General Cortelyou means
what ie soys In his declaration that
postmasters must refrain from active
pnrtlclpotlon In nortlsan twdltlcn there
will be some resignations from the
new congressional campaign committee
named by the recent First district re
publican convention, t least two of
whose menders are holding postofflce
commissions. F.ven those who contend
that the postmaster general's order does
not constitute a prohibition against at
tending conventions as delegates con
cede thst It is intended to bar service
on managing campaign committees. If
the line is not to be drawn here, then
there is no place to draw It.
The first battle prospective Secretary
Bonaparte will have to fight will be In
his home city of Baltimore, whose loss
politicians have a rod in pickle for the
grond-nephew of Napoleon bvcuuse he
has failed to mingle with them lu Mary
land campaigns.
Indians are closing business house) nt
Muskogee because white merchants re
fuse to pay their taxes, showing that
even "civilized"' Indians have Iwcome
Inoculated with the barbarous Idea tbat
tax-shirkers nre not good citizens.
The much persecuted Beef trust has
reduced the charges on ice in Its re
frlgerotor cars apd raised the price of
meat In the retail butcher shops. But
"Jones, he pays the freight" either way.
Berlin was so interested In the royal
marriage that eveu the French repre
sentatives wereeheered. This Is not the
first time that raw prejudice has been
forced to yield lofore Cupid's nrrows.
Attorney General Brown, on second
thought, has changed front ou the valid
ity of the law doing away with annual
elections. It Is a poor lawyer that can
not argue on either side of a case.
Confirmation of the report that Ad
miral Rojestvensky hod n number of mu
tinous sailors shot off the coast of Africa
proves thnt under some circumstances
Russian lire niav bo denillv.
Of firent Moral Vnlue.
Bnltlmore American.
The big stick will probably not be called
on to do much active service hs long as
everybody knows that It Is there.
Sllenre Heroines Is.
8t. Louis Republic.
It Is too soon for us to say too much
about the horrors of wnr. Walt until a
few months after the Fourth of July.
Acts Speak Louder Thnn Words.
Boston Transcript.
True to his traditions. Admiral Togo
hasn't been saying much, but he has ac
cumulated a woodpile of extraordinary pro
portions. Bcvare the silent man!
Rzeltlnsr Hnninn Drama.
New York Sun.
We are living In a period which promises
to be the most revolutionary In human
history. The drama of human society was
never more exciting than It Is now.
Manifest Iwnornnre.
Washington Tost.
"Hell hath no fury like a Kansas cy
clone," says the Denver News, thereby
confessing Ignorance of the causes that
led the president's train to go around
Omaha.
Easy Money.
New York Tribune.
The question. "How old Is Ann?" Is now
supplemented by half a dozen other In
quiries, including the comprehensive one,
"Who was Ann anyway?" It Is a lawyer
who wants to know, and he advertises
that he Is willing to pay $100 for the In
formation. To most people this will seem
a difficult way to earning money.
Toko's flense of I'roprlety.
Chicago Chronicle.
That Admiral Togo has a keen sense of
propriety and congrulty Is shown In the
fact that he did not drag the Almighty
Into his report of the sea battle In the
Corean strait. The assumption, common
with Caucasian commanders, that Omni
potence takes sides with one nation In
killing off some thousands of people of
another nation evidently does not appeal
to the Japanese admiral, and he Is right.
When men engage in the business of
slaughtering one nnother wholesale the
less said obout Ood's blessing the better.
The Washdny of High Finance.
Saturday Kvenlng Post.
Every' once In a while there Is a quarrel
among the managers of some great en
terpriserailway, manufacturing, life In
surance. And In the struggle the door Is
pushed open and the public has a glimpse
of what Is going on behind bribery funds
for public officials, salaries of enormous
size to parasites, stock Jobbing, gambling,
swindles on the public. At the shout of
dismay and horror from the public, the
quarrelers grow silent, cense their strug
gling, hastily draw the door to. And
presently, on the mnrblo steps, appears a
smug, suave gentleman, a "bulwark" of
society; and he eloquently explains to the
public that it Is renlly mistaken In think
ing It saw things more like the doings In
a den of thieves than In a "great finan
cial Institution."
This happens not once, but every once
in a while. Some day the smug gentle
man will be pained by the discovery that
he Is no longer believed.
IKRSOS.lL AD OTHERWISE.
Father Clopen, the exiled Russian agita
tor, Is not shedding tears these days.
It keeps Chicago guessing whether high
waynien or strikers are the busiest class In
town.
Field Marshal Oyama must get busy if
he hopes to reguin his place on tha first
page.
Cyclone cellars have ceased to be a nov
elty in Kansas and are now commonly
known as "ftaid holes."
A' Missouri court, unable to decide from
appearances which of twin brothers was
shady, settled the problem by holding buth
responsible for a landlady's bill.
Burglars are looting unoccupied dwell
ings lu Kansas City, not su much for the)
loot as to boost the town's claim as the
second Chicago. Anything to get a reputa
tlou. A needless exhibition of scientific leal
is the claim of a chemist that a gluss of
beer' can be produced from one drop of
liquid. Interested poople can measure the
froth on that.
Prof. Mollsch of Prague says that photo
graphs can be taken by the light emitted
by raw potatoes und hard-boiled eggs. The
discovery enables burn stormers to dispense
with the more dangerous flashlight.
General Miles recommends cocked hats
and knee breeches for the Massachusetts
militia, contending that the uniform would
"Inspire respect." Material for the vaude
ville circuit must be getting scarce In the
realm of the sacred codfish.
Higher uducutlon as an aid to matrimony
will be the chief theme of the valedic
torian ut Vassar this year. Twenty. two
of the graduating rluss ure already' booked
for the matrimonial degree, and thirty
others ure said to be In a receptive mood.
Justice la painfully slow In some casus,
but lands occasionally. Although no one
responsible for the Blocum disaster bus
been punished, the vigilant guardians of the
law pounced upon a New York man who
fractured a statute by tossing a hall to
his young son on Sunday and soaked him
good and hard. Killers and crooks may
come and go, tut the ttabbulh Weaker sets
his due.
HERMOtS IIOILKD IOWS.
I'lety Is more than phrases,
l'reachlng down never lifts up.
Knowing Is only tributary to living.
Self-sacrifice Is but wise Investment,
fttlnts are more than sapless sinners.
Henil.' hearts come from bard plans,
l'rosperlty easily builds It own prison.
Our love marks the level of our lives.
Failure is fortune if It cures tlabblness.
Phatn sanctity has caused much sincere
sin.
Ixiyalty to ono truth Involves hospitality
to all.
Straw always stacks up higher than
grain.
Narrowing the mind does not cause It
to rise.
The smaller the fool the greater the folly
may be.
The heart of the world's hunger is hunger
of the heart.
Many a heavenly tune has been spoiled
by a holy tone.
Theology is no more religion than an In
ventory is a stock.
You cannot prevent the pieces from flying
by praying over the boiler.
You cannot nourish a beast In the heart
and have beauty In the fuco.
The sorrow of today Is often but the
shadow of tomorrow's shining.
The average advance notice of heaven
keeps lots of people nwny from It.
It's no use Inviting folks to heaven If
you're unwilling to nsk them to eat dinner
with you. Chicago Tribune.
SKCl I.Alt SIIOT4 AT TUB PI I, PIT,
Chicago Record-Herald: A Wisconsin
preacher Is to get a raise of salary be
cause he has become the father of twins.
This, together with the proposition to tax
Wisconsin bachelors, would seem to Indi
cate that the center of population ought.
In the natural courso of events, to estab
lish Itself somewhere In the Badger state.
Hprlngfleld Republican: Justice Harlan's
enthusiasm for his proposed rresbytelnn
cnthedrnl In Washington Is not shared so
very much by the 1'resbyterlan general as
sembly, now in session. Strong opposition
has developed. It would be surprising did
It not. Grandiose nnd possibly ndmlrabln
ns the scheme is, It scarcely Jibes with
Presbyterian traditions.
Wnphlngton Post: The Reformed Pres
byterians of Pittsburg have expelled a
member who uccepted a nomination for
congress on the prohibition ticket, a rule
of the church prohibiting Its members
from going into polities. The accused
member should be nble to prove that a
man who runs for office on the prohibition
ticket In Pittsburg does not go Into poll
tics. Brooklyn Eagle: A Manhattan mission
arythey need missionaries In Manhuttan
has secured the services of a reformed
mayor, a reformed barkeeper, a reformed
gambler, a reformed prize fighter, a re
formed policeman, a reformed burglar and
a reformed district attorney. But among
the clergymen who are to appear with
these Interesting orators not ono appears to
be "reformed."
Portlund Oregonlan: Three Sisters of
Charity set sail a few days ago from Van
couver, B. C, for Klmantu, Japan, where
there Is a large colony of lepers, there to
minister to the afflicted until death from
this most repulsive of all diseases gives
them release. The act Is one of utter self-
abnegation and ultimate self-destruction,
and can hardly be accounted praiseworthy,
unless deliberate suicide for a special end
can be so considered. Against such self
sacrifice Is opposed the theory of fact
that no human being has a right to do
anything premedltatedly that will shorten
his or her life. These lepers are beyond
all possibility of help, except of the most
temporary kind. It Is a tremendous
stretch of duty that requires untainted
persons to give this help with the cer
tainty of acquiring a disease at once the
most loathsome, lingering and hopeless of
any thut afflicts mankind. The most de
voted humanitarian can hardly look upon
such an act with approval, even though
he may exalt the motives thnt prompt it.
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'flft Pnsanv bns n fluepr habit of nod
ding her head and Interjecting 'yes, yes'
when anyone talKs to Her. r unny, lsn t it f
"Yes. 1 think she got that habit waiting
for some man to propose." Philadelphia
Ledger.
Van X. Pld you vote a straight ticket on
election day?
le (J No, my wife made me split it and
give her half. Detroit Free Press.
No." said Mrs. Bounce. "I don't know
as there's any real harm In smoking that
Is, In Itself; but when two or three men get
together, nutting nt their cigars or pines.
they seem so contented and so happy that
1 tear thev rorget wnat Mnrui creatures
they are. There s where the harm comes
In. Mrs. Green, as I've said to Bounce a
hundred times If I've said It once." Boston
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Freddie Do you think your father will
consent to my marrlng your sister?
j,wu fcure, and i tiiink no win even give
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He's got seven more besides me. Chicago
Tribune.
Hicks I suppose Dremer Is still pottering
along at his Inventions.
Wicks Well, he has actually perfected a
great la hor-savlng scheme at last.
Hleks You don t say?
Wicks Yes; he's going to marry Miss
Roxley. I'hiladelphla Standard.
The Wife I expect the new girl this
morning, and you inven t ordered that new
Iron bedstead for her room yet I
The Husband Oh. I wotildn t worry about
that, dear. Perhaps we'll be looking for a
new girl before night. Yonkers Statesman.
"No," said the mutual friend, "Mrs. Ras
per does not get along very well with her
husband."
"Indeed?" asks the caller. "Is he Jealous
of her?"
"No; that's Just the trouble." Judge.
TUB BEAt'TlFlI. WOMAN.
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W. D. Nesblt in Chicago Tribune,
One woman went out on the way of shame
And the wide world marveled, and read her
name,
And praised her beauty, and gaped and
cheered.
When, light and fluttering, she appeared,
But one little woman In hodden gray
Went out to the suffering, night and day
And never for her was the trump of fame.
And never a cheer as she went and came.
One woman went out on the path of lies
And the whole wide world praised her lus
trous eyes,
And paused and listened when she would
speak,
And marked the roses that graced her
cheek;
But one little woman In dingy black
Went down where the weary weie on the
rack
Anil carried the woes of the sad and lone.
And comforted many and was unknown.
One woman set foot on the road of wrong-
They blazoned her deeds In a Joyous Sonrf
That told of her daring, her charm and wit.
And the world went humming and singing
It.
But one little womnn In homely gown
Went seeking for sorrow about the town.
And smiles tame to gludden where she
found tears
But never for her were the thrilling cheers.
But somewhere the record is fairly kept,
I'nless at bis task has the angel sleep.
And. doubtless, there, when the warder
readi
The beautiful tales of the golden deeds.
In shining letters will stand each name
Of these little women who bad no fame
But who went patiently, day by day.
To do their work In the Masters way.
And further than all of the outmost suns .
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