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TI1E OMAIIA" PAIfV HEE: SUNDAY. JULY 23. 1G5. ' Tin Omaiia Sunday Bee B. BOSEWATEH, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MOHN1NQ. V, . - TERMS OF Bl'BBCRIPTION. ally Bee fwtthmit Sundav). one year. .MM ally and Sunday, ont year Ml llustrated Iee. on year ! W Bunany tjpe, one year i ?turday Bee, one year 1M wenlleth Onturjr Farmer, one year.... 100 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. !lly pee (without Sunday), per C'py.... to lly Ife (without Sunday. pr weok...l2c elly Bee (Including Bundey), per week..liO :venlnn Pee (without fiundny), per week 70 Ivenlng Bt (Including Sunday), per week IS" lunriay Bee, per copy (lomplalnte of Irregularities In delivery Should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. outh Omaha City Hall Bulldlnf, Twen-ty-flfth and M streets. Council Blnff--10 Pear) street. Chicago lt'. I'nlty Building. New York Home Life Insurance Building. Washington tdl Fourteenth afreet CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order. Payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 1-cent ttampB received In payment of Siall arcoiinta. Peraonal checks, except on tnaha or eastern exchangee, not accepted. TH3 BEE PUBLISHING COMPANI. t A tci r'xr'r nw rtDPtT.ATIOV. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: C. C. Rosewatrr, secretarf of The Bee Publishing Company, bring duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and enmplete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening- and Sunday Hee printed during the monia or June. itM, waa as iouows; i. so.ar.o 1 . 1J 82.1 no is sn.iioo 19 SU.OltO sn.soo I. S1.140 t .. ., so.itno SU.BUO 2l,UO SI, MHO 89,tMIU ao.iso sa.aio 20 J1,TKO a WI.OBO 12 as,tio it SO.4U0 24 81.2O0 a ro.oo M OT.TSO 27 1.T30 a B0.T3O tt W,7BO to ve.-ioo f. T , 10 tt JTtt.BOO U SM.TIO It ao.Tiew 14 2,TOO li 80.80 Total., SO4.0S0 Less unsold copies 8,044 Net total sales W4,10rt Dally average 20,803 C. C. ROBE WATER, Secretary. Bubserlbed In my presence and sworn to before me tbla 7th day of July, 1906. (Seal.) M. B. H UNGATE, Notary Public WHE.1 Ot'T Or TOW, abserlbers leaving thst city ten perarlly shoaJd kat Tke Bee snail4 to them. It fa better than a dally letter from Dome. Ad drosa will oo obaoaTOd sva ofteat s-eoaoatedL Premier Balfour refuses to be smoth ered In an Irish stew. Nebraska seems to nave furnished mors than its ratio to the fated crew of the Bennington. Fortunately there is no chance of the Bennington explosion to precipitate a war to avenge the victims. It is tip to the new beard of Equitable directors to prove to the policy holders and to the public that they are not dum- ,1.x. Judging by the appraised valuation of horses In Nebraska some county asses 'sors are not very good Judges of horse flesh. The new Japanese 4?4 per cent loan in the sum of fl.Vl.OOO OOO wa over. subscribed several times. Nothing sue- veeus line success. In the light of the accident to the Ben nington the impression may grow that the verdict on the Maine was delivered without sufficient investigation. Thomas D. Jordan of the Equitable by having the grace to "put it back" thus set an example to some people higher up on the pay roll of the concern. John Redmond's Idea of "parliament' ry campaign" falls flat when the enemy la not sufficiently acquainted with the rules of the game to know when he is beaten. It will not be long before Japan shows whether it Is waging war in Manchuria In favor of the "open door" or to get the Russians ont of the room before the door la locked. 1 General Funstou's carriage was struck by a street car in California, but it did not create nearly as mnch excitement as when his father was struck by a Kansas policeman. , The British cabinet crisis promises to make this "a presidential year," so to peak, for our British cousins, who will be railed on In due time to elect a new Parliament. , The awful explosion on the gunboat Bennington makes prominent the fact that many lnlandVtates are represented In the navy. Nebraska bad four in the Bennington's crew. Turkish police are resolved that no news agency vshall "scoop" the official bulletin of the country by telling of the attempt to' assassinate the sultan before the official account Is prepared. If the British naval department dis covers an explosive more powerful than cordite, means may ultimately be found for shaking Premier Balfour out of office, adverse vctes seeming to be Ineffectual. More than a week has paused since Tom Law son 'a swing round the circle of western chautauquas, armed with his "Remedy," but the "System" seems to be still doing business nt the old stand. ' Mayor Brown complains because for raer Candidate Berge did not actively support him for ongress. Why should Mr. Berge be singled out when so many other fuslonlsts failed to come to the polls? Omaha still holds Its own as a sum mer resort During the recent hot wave not .solitary case of sun stroke waa reported in Omaba, while scores of peo ple, were stricken fatally at the sea shore KMorts and in cities on the great lakes. COMMERCIAL trjLXOKLlSM. Business men in England and Wale rejoice over the fact that the great re ligious revival, which began in Wales and Is spreading In (Jreat Britain, is causing people to pay their 'debt. Strange as It may seem, however, there Is one bishop of the English church who remonstrates against religious conver sions on mercantile lines. In a recent address the bishop of Oartyle expressed his scorn of this sort of conversion snd Intimated that the man whose moral sense had not alreqrty made him honest was a doubtful requisition under an emotlonnT Impulse to any organization. "A man," he said, "should be honest up and down and through and through. A religion of emotion and crocodile tears might cause the man who was not thus honest to pay bis debts, but It will bnrdly transform him Into a person of real con science." Manifestly, the bishop regards the test of an honest man very much like the test of an honest dollar. An honest dollar will be worth as much when It comes out of the melting pot as when It went Into the melting pot, and an honest man must be as good before he becomes a convert as after ho Joined the church. The idea of the man who Is as relig ious out of the church as in it, and who would never require conversion to pre vent his buying things he never had any serious Intention of paying for Is attract ive. There are many such men, yet It Is easy to be convinced that the merchants and shopkeepers of whatever fnlth of moral society are pleased when they see the revrrallst pricking dull consciences and causing long-standing accounts to be settled. At any rate, the evangelist who can give assurance that he will persuade deadbcats to pay their overdue debts will find no difficulty In inducing business men to make liberal contributions for re ligious revivals. THE CHIXESE VOTE The note received by our government from China confirms the report that bad preceded it regarding the position of the Chinese government toward the peace conference. It states that the conflict between Russia and Japan having been carried on upon Chinese territory? there fore "no provision affecting China with out the approval of China being previ ously obtained, which the treaty of peace may contain, will be recognized as valid." It Is stated that this is re garded by President Roosevelt and Sec retary Root as exceedingly significant, perhaps involving the whole question of the commerce and commercial relations of the Chinese empire. Possibly this view Is correct, but in any event no fault can fairly be fqund with the Chinese attitude. The belliger ent powers 'having made the territory of China the theater of war, it is en tirely reasonable on the part of the Chinese government to ask to be con sulted in regard to any proposition which may be made in the peace conference bearing upon the future of that territory. Undoubtedly Russia will have to get out ef It and stipulate to stay out That, it may confidently be assumed, Japan will firmly insist upon. But what will Japan require for herself? W11 she turn over the whole of Manchuria un conditionally to China, or will she claim the right to retain possession of a part of it and perhaps exercise a protectorate for an indefinite time over the entire territory T These are questions which may quite' naturally have occurred to the Chinese government, which undoubt edly, now has a very much higher ap preciation of the value of Manchuria than ever before. It has learned that here is a territory whose resources are of greater worth than perhaps any other portion of the empire and that there are possibilities of development which would add enormously to the wealth of China, navlng had her eyes fully opened to the value of this region she desires that it shall not be subjected to the control of a foreign power and made to con tribute to the welfare of that power rather than to her own. The position announced by the Chinese government is therefore entirely natural and proper and ought to be respected by all the neutral powers. It implies no threat and no wish or purpose to put any obstacle in the way of peace negotia tions. It is not easy to see how it can be construed as having any significance regarding commercial relations. At all events, China has made her position so plain that there can be no misunder standing regarding it and it remains to be seen how the neutral powers will view and treat it. ABE UVB SCHOOL TEACHERS OPPRESSED The so-called insurgents in the Na tlonal Educational association are send ing out circulars protesting against the proposed plan for centralizing the organ ization and charging that for years a conspiracy has been afoot to make a des potism of our public school system. The circular goes on to say, among other things: The result is that teachers fear to pro. test against "fads and frills,,' against what they betlere to be wrong and In jurious educational methods, or even against "graft." for they know that any such protest Is certain to result in for felting all chance of promotion. If tt doea not result In persecution and professional ruin, as Is often the case. It Is safe to say that with the exception of a few specially enlightened communities there ex ists today in America no aucji thoroughly terrorised and oppressed body of men and women as our publlo school teachers. How much of truth and poetry there Is in this arraignment it would be difficult to say, but that public school teachers are sometimes subjected by their su perlors to a reign of terror could be dem oustrated without going far from home or delving into very ancient history. It Is one thing to maintain a healthy dis cipline of the teaching corps and a decent respect for authority and quite another thing to enforce an ab.iect subserviency breeding fear of oppression. The danger Is that the public schools may, like too many other Institutions, be commercial ised and become topheavy at the expense both of pupils and teachers and fur the leneflt of book trust cliques or Inside rings. The snfety of the public schools lies In the prompt checking of abuses whenever and wherever they may arise and the teachers owe It to the public as well as to themselves to expose growing evils as soon as noticed and to tell bow to repress tlieru safe In the assurance that they will be fully protected In the fearless, fnlthful and conscientious devo tion to duty. AMERICA 8 'riALUW PERU The unenviable reputation which many American cities enjoy Is due largely to municipal black-washers whom an In scrutable Providence has placed in po sition to use printer's Ink In all colors with which to pander to the tastes of the depraved. The Injuries inflicted upon communities that are cursed by yellow Journalism can scarcely be computed and no censure can be too severe for the miscreants who prostitute the profession of Journalism to such base ends. While Omaha has suffered from the "reptile press," other cities seem to have fared even worse, if such thing can be. No reputable representative of the press has had greater opportunity to observe the effect of yellow Journalism upon American cities than William E. Curtis, the famous correspondent of the Chicago Record Herald, who has recently made a tour of Colorado and described conditions at Its state cnpltal In a 'graphic letter to his paper, from which we make the fol lowing extract: Denver has a bad reputation among the people of the east a reputation for sensa tions, for extravagances, political con spiracies and corruption, dramatic mar riages and divorces, which la undeserved and la due to the yellow Journals which are printed In this city and to the efforts of Irresponsible correspondents to make a living. Everything Is magnified as much as possible; everything la treated in tne superlative degree. Denver Is the victim of exaggeration. If you will read the headlines In ths news papers any day you win recognize what I mean. If somebody falls Into an ordinary ditch he la represented as plunging head long Into a bottomless chasm; If some servant girl receives a legacy of a few thousand dollars from an uncle up In the mountains she Is described as the heiress of millions. Everything that happens, no matter how trivial or commonplace, la magnified Into a sensation, under a mis taken Idea that the public Is easily de ceived, when as a matter of fact the news papers themselves are the victims of their own prevarications. Last fall, during the trouble with the miners at Cripple Creek, the correspond ents of eastern newspapers at Denver, Colorado Springs and other places did the state an Infinite amount of harm by simi lar exaggerations, by representing that the disturbances were ten times as bad as fhey actually were, and it will be a long time before Colorado can recover from that reputation. Had Mr. Curtis written the above con cerning Omaha instead of Denver he would have shot close to the mark. While the Omaha yellows are slightly less lurid and red headed than those of Denver, their makeup and their general characteristics are Just the same. ADDING TO THE DEFICIT. The fact that the treasury deficit is steadily increasing, the addition to it since the beginning of the current fiscal year being over 115,000,000, will have the effect of strengthening sentiment in favor of legislation that will bring the revenues of the government np to ex penditures, or else material reduction In expenses. As to the increase In the deficit since the beginning of the new fiscal year the explanation is that every year, immediately after July 1,, there is a rush on the treasury and a great drain on its resources, growing out of the fact that on the first day of the fiscal year the appropriations made by the last con gress become available. it is stated that this year the rush on the treasury Is greater because of the law passed at the last session of congress making it a punishable offense to exceed the amount of the appropriations allotted to any of the departments, bureaus or divisions of the government It appears that chiefs of departments responsible for expendi tures in many cases suspended their work absolutely during the last few weeks of the last fiscal year. Now they are opening up full blast and conse quently the expenditures are shown to be unusually heavy. It is not expected that this will continue. But in any event the question of equal izing receipts and expenditures is of such urgent Importance that it la certain to be very prominent In the attention of the Fifty-ninth congress. Even now senators and representatives are giving It consideration. Expressions on the subject by republicans indicate that a majority will be found to favor a restor ation of some of the Internal taxes that were levied for carrying on the war with Spain. The advocates of this course urge that the taxation would not be felt by the masses of the people and there fore little if any popular complaint would result Then there are some re publicans who think that the best plan will be to lower tariff rates and thus In crease the revenue from customs, but the number advising this course does not ap pear to be large and Includes none of the leaders In congress. Others believe that a reduction of expenditures Is practicable and they promise to make a strenuous effort to bring this abont Every department of the government will be expected to make its estimates as low as possible with a due regard for the efficiency of the service. It is announced that already Postmaster General Cortel you Is giving careful consideration to the question of reducing expenditures in bis department and doubtless other beads of departments will do likewise before the time of preparing their estimates for suk mlsslon to congress. There Is reason to believe that a considerable aggregate re duction of expenditures can be made without Injury to the public service, though perhaps not a sufficient amount to ofNet the deficit of the last fiscal year or that which is estimated for the cur rent year. It consequently seema to be imperative that provision be made for In creasing the Income of the government and bow this may best be done that Is. the needed revenc obtained with the least burden upon the people as a whole Is a qtiestlnti that cnlls for careful de liberation. A growing treasury deficit Is a disquieting circumstance, notwith standing the fact that the government still has a ood sum on hand, snd the ex pediency of at least finnll7.!ng receipts and expenditures Is unquestionable. EDWARD T. TiASH- In the death of Edward W. Nash Omaha mourns one of its most public spirited and enterprising pioneers. As one of the founders of the Omaha Smelt ing works the largest silver refining plant in America Mr, Nash contributed a large share to the industrial upbuilding of Omaha and established for this city international reputation. Next to the Union Taclflc railroad the Omaha Smelting works constituted, up to the time of the South Omaha meat pack ing Industry, the largest employer of labor In this city and furnished a most substantial basis for other Industrial concerns. As a citizen Edward W. Nash enjoyed an enviable reputation for square deal ing and civic pride. While largely inter ested in business enterprises In other sections of the country and compelled by reason of his elevation to the presidency of the greatest smelting and mctnl re fining corporation In the world to spend much of his time In the American me tropolis, Mr. Nash always made Omnha his home and never failed to render sub stantial aid to all great enterprises nnd projects tending to promote the growth and prosperity of Omaha.' Identified with many of the Important Institutions of tills city, Mr. Nash was always ex ceedingly popular with his nssoclntes and enjoyed the esteem and confidence of all who had the fortune to come in contact with him. FATHER OF THE KA VT. The arrival of the body of John rnul Jones in this country may revive inter est in the question as to who was the father of the American navy. That title has been given to Jones,, but some stu dents of our early naval history assert that he was not the father of the navy, though ho gave it greater prestige and glory than any of his compatriots. One writer affirms that the father of the navy was Commodore John Burry. He states that Barry was at Bristol and Liverpool with his ship, the Black Prince, when the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill were fought In Sep tember. 1775, he hastened home, sailing from Loudon. He arrived in Philadel phia October 13, 1775, the very day con gress had ordered two armed cruisers to be fitted out to capture supplies going to the British army In Boston. Barry was selected, as captain of the Lexing ton, the very first appointment to the vpry first vessel named after the first battlefield of the revolution. In April, 1776, he captured the British ship Ed ward, which was the first capture un der continental authority and the first prize brought to congress. Thus Barry was in at the start and continued In ser vice during the war, at the close of which he commanded the Alliance, the best vessel the united colonies ever owned, and was in command of the whole navy. These historical facts' seem to con clusively establish the claim that Barry was the father of the navy and that he did good service. Taul Jones, however, was the heroic naval figure of his time and nothing can dim the lustre of his fame. He was undeniably the greatest sea fighter of his day. An Iconoclastic writer in one of the eastern periodicals has the brnshness to question at this late day whether the body that is being brought over In state from France really belonged at one time to the late John Paul Jones. He im pertinently asks whether if any one of us learned that a relative long since dead, whom no one living could recog nize, was interred In an European ceme tery, would we solely on the proof of Identity so far advanced In this case, ac cept an otherwise unknown body nnd go to the expense of transporting it across the ocean and burying it in our family plot This Is going altogether too far. There are occasions when it becomes a patriotic citizen not to ask too many questions. Bradstreets agency computes the losses by the Chicago teamsters' strike at 13,000,000, of which the strikers' losses are estimated at $1,000,000 and the employers at $12,000,000. Come to think of It however, those losses were not altogether such losses as are in curred by fire, where millions go up In smoke. The bulk of the money lost In that Chicago strike was gained by the grand army of strike breakers and the small army of deputy sheriffs and spe cial policemen, and last but not least the lawyers and doctors, and they in turn must have paid out the surplus to the butcher, the baker and caudlestlck maker. To Judge by reports from Oyster Bay a number or American statesmen neueve Bret Harte knew the Chinamen, and the real meaning of that identical note is anxiously desired. Perhaps China made a showing so that its real meaning could depend upon eventualities. Governor Folk Is not making very great headway in the suppression of race track gambling. Thirteen hand books operated openly In the betting ring at the Delmar track near St Louts last Thursday without molestation by the sheriff or his deputies. ' It ia now said that the Husslan muti neers went on the warpath because they were not permitted to go to the Orient. If this Is true, the officers In charge of the Russian navy took the wrong men. as the ether fellows refused to fight tie cause they were sent. It Is surely gratifying to learn that the managers of the Chicago V Northwest ern railway hare, after mature dellbera tlon, decided to abandon the Idea of making Poison Creek the westcrp ter minus of their Hue and are seriously contemplating Its extension to Death Valley, the home of the flying Scotch man, better known as "Scotty." Omaha bank clearings for the last week are very closely up to the nlne-mllllon-dollar point and show an In crease of 33 per cent over the clearings of the corresponding week last year. Another strnw that Indicates Omaha's substantial progress. The Harvester trust proposes now to get even with Mr. Swift, for the fool hardy attempt of Mrs. Swift to ninke the trust disgorge some of the tainted money it is alleged to hnve amassed by ways that are dark and tricks that are vain. The price of Nebraska horses and mules has gone up by leaps nnd bounds, thanks to the State Hoard of Equaliza tion. If tbla thing keeps up, Nebraska farmers will all trade their horses and mules for automobiles. In suggesting an Enclisli education for American girls American residents of Ixmdon would imply that the Incubus to the American dollar In the transatlantic wedding Is not tip to the standard. Crops tn Kansas. Baltimore Herald. Notwithstanding their prominence, Kan sas raises more wheat than cranks. Why Lawson Wonders, New York Tribune. Thomas TV. Lawson calls Chicago's pet Idea of municipal ownership a wlll-o'-the wlp. That Chlcajonns should follow this delusive light Instead of devoting their energies to a pursuit- of "the system" Is one of the few things Mr. Lawson falls to understand. John Hall Responsible. Cleveland Plain-Dealer. The Dhleematlc nrntMnpra nf T.rfini1rm Are a good deal worried over the amount of money fncle Sum spends on his Fourth of Jtllv celehrstlnns. . Tut If It hniln'r hpn for John Bull's obstinacy it Is doubtful If tno aay would ever have cost anybody a cent. Prosperity In Prospect. Milwaukee Wisconsin. Factories are not overstocked. Prices In the stock market are not so high as to threaten breaking oft from their own weight. The present outlook favors the belief that this Is a year In which the people of the United States are going to get a great deal of wealth out or the ground tn the form of minerals as well as In the form of crops. All these Indi cations point to a good year for buslnoss. Free Passes In Georgia.. , Atlanta Constitution. By the passage of the bill prohibiting the acceptance of free passes by the judi ciary, the policy of Georgia has been de clared. There is no reason In the world for discrimination tn this regard between different classes of state officials. It having been deemed proper to prohibit the Issuance of passes to the judiciary and to make Il legal the acceptance of such favors by the judges, the. lame principles should govern with regard to all other stata offi cials. One Poor Trnst. Buffalo Express. The annual report of the International Mercantile Marine company shows a def icit of more, than $2,000,000 in 1904. By de ducting a surplus Insurance account of $897,052 this deficit was reduced to $1,142,000. The fixed charges of the company amount to $3,845,150. The transatlantic shipping trust has made by far the poorest show ing of any of the great Morgan enter prises, much to the chagrin, It has been said, of Mr. Morgan. The trouble last year was due to a decline In Atlantic freight traffic. Where Nebraska's At. Washington Star. Mr. Bryan does not appear to be recover ing his hold on Nebraska. At a congres sional election In his home district yester day the republicans won handsomely In a light vote. The democratic candidate was one of his friends and bad his support. Nevertheless Mr. Bryan as a national quantity will continue his activity. De feat does not discourage him, nor custom stale his Infinite variety. As he reads tho stars, he and all for which he stands will get there ome day, and until then, not mum, but talk Is the word. If Nebraska will not heed now it will later. And so will other states. The Bryan philosophy Is calculated lor all latitudes and all con ditions, and the man who once thoroughly absorbs It Is proof against both discourage ment and disillusionment. SECl'LAR SHOTS AT THE PIXPIT. Atlanta Constitution: It Is noticeable that the Rockefeller millions are not so tainted that the good deacon finds It neces sary to give anonymously tn order to get his benefactions accepted. Cincinnati Enquirer: Bishop Wilson of Chattanooga said hell laughed when Bishop Potter opened the subway saloon. These amenities between bishops are Interesting. Bishop Potter probably did not laugh when he heard what Bishop Wilson said. He merely smiled. Cleveland Plain Dealer: Rev. Dr. Corw ell told his Boston hearers recently that "the nearer a man gets to the Christian Ufa the less likely he is to be understood." Unfortunately, this Claim of not being un derstood haa long been a standing excuse with hypocrites and Incompetents. Philadelphia Record: "No questions asked" Is the assurance given to a thief from whom a favor is desired. When Prof. Fox of the Congregational Theological seminary In Chicago telegraphed John T. Rockefeller that endowments for two pro fessorships were needed, and that no ques tions would be asked, ha Insulted Mr. Rockefeller and he affronted the moral and religious sentiment of the country. The American board might accept Mr. Rocke feller's money on the ground that ques tions regarding It elicited no evidence that It was obtained corruptly, but the Chicago Theological seminary could not Indorse the assurance that no questions would be asked of any man who would put up the desired funds, and Prof. Fox has been dis missed. Detroit Tribune: Rev. B. W. Horner's declaration that he would rather die than accept aid from the Methodist .church's fund for old clergymen seems to us ex travagant and liable to be Interpreted as throwing discredit upon the fund Itself. That, of course, was not his purpose, and yet no one could speak more feelingly and strongly If It was proposed to send the superannuated preachers to the poor house. There Is no disgrace In accepting even as small a sum as $100 a year from this fund. The fact that the fund la Inadequate may be a reproach opon the loyalty and liber ality of the members of the Methodist Episcopal church, but It doesn't reflect on the old clergymen, many of whom were among the pioneers of the land and helped to carry the gospel In the clrculi-rldlng days. Browning, Ming & Co CLOTHING, FlBNlStflNGS, AMD DATS morning "The win wan," taid fleau lir'um vul, "takes ndmntr age of all thing.n f Filteenth nnd Douglas Sis. I Broadway at 82nd Street NEW , SEXTKACF. SERMOXS. Hope always helps. 1'etulance Is self-punlshment. Opportunity weurs rubber shops. Nothing fiKhts age better than happiness. Bettor a sweet failure than a sour success. The open heart always finds the opon heart. Many a moral squint comes from a money monocle. The fortunate people are those who bi'- lleve they ore. The best eyed people are those who are blind to some things. A little plain honesty Is worth untold professional holiness. Nothing Is easier than being benevolent with other people's money. Friendships sown In youth furnish the sweetest fruits for old age. Most men feel like giving good measure when malice Is Jn the market. Sow the seeds of sin and the fru4ts of sor row will take care of themselves. It's no use trusting to Providence If you find your pastime In tickling the motor end of a mule. Tou never can see the worm In the apple from the other side of the fence. The orator in the pulpit needs to remem ber that no man was ever struck by thunder. Chicago Tribune. POINTS AnoUT PEOPLE. In order that he may familiarise himself with the work of railroad men Rev. Dwlght E. Potter, pastor of the Union Street Pres byterian church In Oakland, Cal., has gone to work as an oiler lrt the railroad yards of his city. Chief Engineer Stevens has promised to be1 a big sticker, so far as his position In Panama Is concerned. And it will be no sinecure; no one but a housekeeper In a suburban town will ever have experienced greater difficulty In securing and keeping competent help. Vice Admiral Jorge Montt of Chill has arrived in Ban Francisco, on a tour of the world. His mission Is to look Into modern naval problems with the idea In view of lending assistance in the reconstruction 'of the Chilian navy He was president of Chill from 1891 to 1898. Thomas F. Ryan patronises a newspaper bureau, and since' the recent Equitable ex pose he has been flooded with clippings. He sought relief by asking the company to have only favorable notices sent to him, and It is said that he has not received a single clipping for ten days. For the first time the Vltet prize, 'most coveted of all literary awards made by tho Academic Franculse, has just been given to a woman, Madame Henri Lapauze, who writes under the name of "Daniel Lepueur." This prize Is not awarded for any single work, but for the whole of one's literary production to date. A one-time associate of Tom Scott, the "railroad king," and Andrew Carnegie, the Ironmaster, la at present a clerk in the pentAon office N't Washington. His name Is J. Howard Larcombe. He was born In New Jersey at the close of President Monroe's administration and the major portion of his llfo has been spent in the service of the government. IX THE CLOVER BLOSSOMS SWEET Iet's rest here In Clover deep! Vain regret and care will keepl Woo the sky with all its blue, Shimmer of the sunshine too! Song of river, laugh of child. Humblest thing that ever smiled; Steep the soul and bathe the feet In the Clover blossoms sweet! Let's forget all weary things! Woo the blossoms and the wings Where the bending asure meets Argosies of silver fleets! All the World Is full of joy, Take It as a child Its toy Fling Its fever and unrest Down to the deep ocean breast Of life's yesterdays. Today God's glad promises .hold sway, In the river's rush and ken Of the happy hearts of men! Woo the sky with all Its blue Shimmer of the sunshine too; Steep the soul and bathe the fee In the Clover blossoms sweet! Wading In the Clover sea, We'll claitp hands with memory! Let her lead us swift along By the golden chain of song; leaning, llst'nlng the refrain Of the Robin's trill again! Ah, the voices loved of- yore. Say nut they will come no morel Rpeaklng with us as 'tis meet 'Mid the Clover blossoms sweet; They've forgot the angel's kiss!' Knowing only that we ndss Tender tones we called our own On the throne of love and home! So we steep our souls today In the blossoms o'er the way I J-E. B. L. Thompson In the Transcript. X DoiVt fail to look at our Douglas street windows before Tuesday OMAIIA NEB. y YORK Factory. Cooper Squr IIOMESTIC J4C.I.KS. "Women will yt assert their superior frlfts In conducting the practical affairs of life " said Mr. Meekton s wife. "Well," he replied, "let 'cm. The s.ioner tfcey go downtown to a hut. Irritating of fice and let me climb into a kimono and rend summer novels Hie better I'll bo pleased." Washington Star. Mrs. Fox CJrent news! George Is an- guved to Miss Tioxley. Mr. Fox What! our son enquired to Miss Iloxley? I must object. Mrs. Ft.x Nunsense! Are you out of your mind? Mr. Fox Not at nil, but If we don't kli k a little the Hoxlc' will think we don't rimount to much and they'll probhbly cill it oft Catliollo Standard and Times. Mrs. Nfwlywod I made a big batch of these cakes today. Mr. Newlywed Tou did, Indeed, dear! Mrs. Newlywed How do you know how big a batch I made? Mr. Newlywed oil. I thought you said "botch." Louisville Courier-Journal. Mrs. Grogan Keegan and his wife had a fierce scrap. Mrs. Hogan An' did they separate Mrs. Grngan They did; but Keegan mi most dead before tli' cops could get th' twisters on Mrs. Keegan an' separate thlml Puck. Mrs. Blinks That horrid Mrs. Winks says I'm a fool. 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