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THE OMAHA DAILY HER: MNDAY. AT'OTST 0, 1905. The Omailv Sunday Bee V. ROFEWATF3H. EDIT' 'II. II l:l.lh)llll KVKHY MORNIN'L TERMS OF St'HSCRlPTB'N pally Pe (without Sunday i. "n year I 'ally Bee find Sunday. one year Illustrated li-e. one yar Bnndsy lire, i.nf yerjr Pfttur'Iny I'1. one v'-ar Twentieth (Vnturv FArmff. fin" year.. 14 M 1 SJ) l.'t) 1H 1 00 ijKr.iVF.nF.i ny c akkiek. Pallv Re (without S'lnrtiy), per copy.... 2e Pallv Pee (without Siir.dnt. per ... ' Pallv tiff (Including SundnyV per wk.1;'' Evening Bee iwltlnut Sunday) "T week if Evening lire (Including Sunday I. r Week Sunday Pee. prr ff.pv -e Complaints nf Irrcf'ilnrltlr In delivery lintil.l he addressed to City Circulation I ' partment. Oninha The Pee Kulldlng. South (mnlii- Ity Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M streets Cou-icll Bluffs -l' I 'carl street. Chicago-IMti fnlty Building. Now York 15o0 Home Life Insurance Building Washington V'l Fourteenth street. conn ESPONDENCK. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be aililrr used : Omaha Bee, Editorial I partment. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express "r postal order, payable to The tlm Publishing Company, finlv 2-rent stamps received In payment nf mall accounts. Personal chocks, except on Omnlin or eastern exehnnges. not accepted. THE I1EE PUBI-I8MIXU COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIROLATION. Btato of NrhraFka. pouclas County, as.: C. C. Rose water, secretary of The Hoe Publishing Company. cmg duly sworn, savs that the actual nutrh.-r of full and complete copies of The l.inlly. Morning. Evening and Sunday line printed during the month of July. V.f, wu as follows: 1 Xt.RIO 2 XII.iBMI J 21I.M0O 4 20,100 5 2U,7BO 8...., 2S,tn 7 2,r g ao.ooo t 2s,ino 10 2M.IMMI 11 2M,U 12 2S.IIO0 li 2N.IMIO 14 2S.T10 15. an.wto 17 18 19 30 21 .. 2. 430 .. 2N,mo .. JiS.lOO .. 28,:UM) 22 2.ro 23.. JW.BOO 24 2W.070 25 2H.170 20 2K.HIO 27 JSS.ISO 28 2.10 29 2!,4X 30 2M.4.HO 31 27.01O 18 as.i.io Totals sna.ifclo Less unsold copies ,t15 Net total sales 8H2,4l Pally average 2M,4 C. C. ROSE WATER, Secretary. Subscribed In my presence, and sworn to before me this 31st day of July. 1906. (Heal) M. B. HL'NUATE, v ' Notary public. w ii K.i otT or TOWS, Subscribers leaving the city tem porarily ahonld liiti Tbo Bee mailed to them. It la better than u daily letter from home. Ad dreaa will be chanced aa often as rcqaeated. In the luoautiinc, King Corn is doing quite well, tlinuk you. Uncle Sum's mosuito fleet has been called out to engnge tlie yellow fever momiulto in inortnl combat. The si-andiiU in the ltritlsh war office may help explain how men can afford to serve in Parliament without pay. Vhen n rain waNtiea out an irrigation dam it is almoHt time to cttase Including western Nebraska in the seml-arld re gion. If the Mikado wants to enjoy a vaca tion he should take time by the forelock while he has Secretary Taft there to sit on the lid. It turns out that the Agriculture de partment Is not such an innocent branch of the government as people had been led to believe. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson will not take his August vacation this year. There are no flies on Jim Wllsou when be is house cleaning. Lord Kitchener's victory over the civilian government In India proves that the hero of Khartoum fears red tape ns little us black suvagefi. "With an Anglo-French and Husso-Ger-man alliance in prospect. Francis Joseph of Austria may be warranted In fearing for the fate of Ills successor. China has been awarded $450,000 to cause one of Its warships was sunk by a Canadian merchantman. A warship which could be sunk by a liner Is hardly worth full price. If Itussla really feurs a famine, con tinuing the war and letting the troops forage upon the enemy until the next rrops ore harvested may be n remedy entitled to consideration. Now that it is publicly announced that "Uncle Joe'" Cannon is the holder of a Ndlege degree. Henry Watterson may be jompelled to revise his Ideas regarding he college man in politics. ' Ardent champions of state sovereignty is Louisiana people are, they do not hes itate to call upon the much -abused 'Ven ral" power at Washington when they -unt to curb tlie yellow fever. Travelers visiting Honolulu report hat the Hawaiian capital Is almost com pletely Americanized. The cities In our ntlicr Insular possessions may here see what they are eventually coming to. Now thut tribal Indian schools are to ? abolished in the Indian Territory, the lborlglnes will begin to have a better dea of the white man's burden; provld ug they are also as heavily burdened ivlth educational grafters. The announcement that the Aasocta tlon of International Anarchists Is to lold convention at Paterson, N. J., may iccouut for the alcondlng of the mayor it that city. The creditors, however, will probably attribute the act to another ;ause. Now that ihe Chinese government Is making a profit from its railroads the lowuger empress may look with greater fvor upon the devices of the "forelgu devils," while opponents of government ownership iu America may devote their time to proving thut tlie example has no bearing on the question bere. taxatiox An nrrnESKyTATioy. A cursory glance at the grand assess ment roll Just completed by the State Hoard of Initialization Is decidedly in htrui llve ns well as suggestive. The aggregate taxable wealth of Ne braska, Including the railroads, Is com puted at $l,ril,0,.Mi,7i;i.l(. which, divided by .", places the assessed value of all tax able property In the state at $:i04,4i:t, ato.t'i'j. On this valuation the total rev enue for the maintenance of state gov ernment, including a fraction over $;sM, ". to be applied toward the repayment of the state debt, aggregates $2,1.10, (.'!.'!.. 1.1. Apportioned among the various counties In ratio with their assessed val uation. Iouglas county comes in for $2(i.S.i).1T).ll, or approximately one-tenth of the entire sum to to raised by taxa tion for state purposes. From every point of view I)ouglas county's contribution toward state gov ernment Is out of all proportion to its allotment of political patronage, or rep resentation in the various departments of state government executive, Judicial and legislative. In the executive department Itouglas county Is represented by the lieutenant governor, an officer who draws just $0iH) out of the state treasury for two years' services, and plays wall flower most of the time, unless the governor, who la usually a robust person, should resign, die, receive promotion to a seat In the United States senate or appointment to a lucrative federal position. In the Judicial department Douglas county has ltcen favored with one su preme court commissioner, a recorder of the cou:-t and a supreme court bailiff. In the legislative department the con trast between taxation and representa tion is even more disproportionate. Lan caster county, for example, which will pay into the state treasury $10!),7!)S..1C( In taxes next year, is represented by two senators and five memlK-rs of tho house, while Douglas county, which is to pay $2)S,;i,15.11, is represented by only three senators and nine metutters of the house. Lancaster and Cass counties together, which are taxed an aggregate of $100, .180.85), have the same representation In the senate that Douglas county has, al though Douglas county pays $42,000 more into the state treasury. Cass and Otoe, which pay together $10.",10.77, are represented by two senators and five inetnj,iers in the house. Buffalo and Sherman, with $-18,40.1.80, are repre sented by one senator, and Adams county, which Is taxed only $.1(1,217.01, Is represented by one senator. At the same ratio Douglas county would be en titled to six senators. Adams, Cass and Otoe counties together have three sena tors, although they pay only $141.378.7.1, against $208,0.15.11 paid by Douglas. These discrepancies of representation are still more glaring when comparison is made with relative populations of the legislative districts. The proportion of Douglas county's contribution toward the maintenance of state institutions affords very interesting study also. While Douglas county has been favored with only one secondary state charitable institution, nnmely, the School for the Deaf, maintained at about $33,000 per annum, the contribution of Douglas county toward the maintenance of the State university will aggregate $30,000 for the coming year on the 1-mill tax and fully $10,000 more for its pro rata covering the general aggregate of expense. The state benevolent institu tions which require an aggregate of $."i00,ooo a year for maintenance will take $."0,000 from Douglas county. These' figures should convince the peo ple of Nebraska that Douglas county Is an Important fuctor In supplying funds for the maintenance of state government and state Institutions, and it goes with out saying that Omaha to all intents stands for Douglas cojinty. so far as tax ation is concerned. The value of Its growth In wealth and population to the rest of the stnte must be apparent to all who have given the subject the slightest consideration. THE FUTURE OF TEACHERS. We are accustomed to having the lot of tlie school teacher portrayed In such dismal colors and the attractions of the teaching profession decried as so inslg nificaut In comparison with other voca tlons thut it is refreshing to find the op posite view taken in the address deliv ered by Dr. W. T. Harris ot the recent meeting of tlie National Education nsso elation, now accessible in its complete form. By reason of his long service as com missioner of education Dr. Harris will be recognized without contention as Ieing the one educator best versed in conditions as they exist among teachers In our coun try schools the country over. He asks and undertakes to answer two questions: First, whether the positions of teachers are permanent or merely temporary oc cupations; and, second, what a teacher making his profession n permanent life work can look forward to in the way of rising from the ranks to better positions, with more remunerative pay, and how these positions compare with possibilities elsewhere? To throw light on this subject a large amount of statistical Information has been collected disclosing the fact that the average annual Increase In higher eduoa tlon throws open uearly 1,000 new places a year in colleges and universities for teachers promoted from the secondary schools, found to have the requisite skill and scholarship. Tlie number of profes sors and teachers enumerated by the cen sus at successive periods proves that their increase is faster than the increase tn population. Analyzing returns of a recent canvass of tho salaries of teach ers made for tlie National Educational association by a special committee, Dr. Harris points out that as against M.M1 positions in the cities covered with an nual salaries upward of $ou there, were 14.103 with annual salaries tetwen $ro0 and $O0, and only 17,728 with annual salaries tit-low $.ViO, and he adds: "No teacher has a right to complain on a so cialistic basis if he Is receiving a salary of $iUk)." and in conclusion: Th future of teachers' aal&rivs is a hrlrht and promising one, viewed In the lljtht of prneral Industrial progress, hut a far more hopeful one, viewed from the economic light of Increased values for vocations that have for their object pro tection and culture. Tills address surely ought to be Inspir ing rending for teachers who have al lowed themselves to vo persuaded Hint the teaching profession Is, considering the character of the service, the least recognized and poorest paid of all. Ttr.arijATVix of life ixsvrakck- Discussion of the question of federal regulation of life insurance companies shows a very general public sentiment In favor of giving the federal government oine such supervision of the business of life Insurance as It exercises over na tional banks. A valuable contribution to the discussion is" made by Mr. James M. Reck, formerly nsslstnnt attorney gen eral of the I'niteij States and now coun sel of one of the great life insurance com panies. He finds in the language of the act creating the Department of Com merce and Labor an implied declaration by congress that Insurance may to a part of Interstate or foreign commerce. Mr. Heck urges that there are peculiar reasons why there should be strict gov ernmental supervision of insurance. Its success depends upon a multiplicity of contracts in order to establish a safe av erage, and even when conducted on the mutual plan, as distinguished from n Joint stock company, such multiplicity necessarily makes it impossible for the policy holders to exercise any but an in direct control over the affairs of the com pany. Moreover, many of the contracts are conditioned upon the death of one of the contracting parties, and it Is emi nently proper that the state should super vise the faithful execution of the con tract by the surviving party. Mr. Beck points out that almost every civilized country has appreciated the necessity of governmental supervision of Insurance and In almost all the insurance depart ments Is a bureau of the department of commerce. The I'nlted States Is the only government in which such a power Is de centralized and permitted to remain in a constituent state. "Uniformity of con tract in n given class of Insurance Is n, basic principle of the business, but many states attempt by legislation, often In Judicious, to read into insurance con tracts statutory provisions which, apply ing only to contracts in a particular state, are destructive of uniformity." In regard to the decisions of the su preme court of the United States, that Insurance Is not commerce, Mr. Beck re marks that that tribunal has never had occasion to consider the validity of a fed eral statute to regulate Insurance, Its de cisions having been predlented upnn state statutes. He expresses the opinion that a law might be drafted which would re quire insurance companies to serve the fiscal purposes of the government to such an extent as would bring them within the scope of federal power. These views and suggestions by an able lawyer who has given the subject of federal regula tion of insurance careful consideration should command attention and are likely to exert a considerable influence. The bill introduced in the senate at the last session, proposing a comprehensive scheme for the regulation of life insur ance companies by the federal govern ment, will undoubtedly be brought for ward at the next session and the sub ject thoroughly discussed. The author of the measure. Senator Dryden of New Jersey, is president of the Prudential company, and the bill is understood to have the indorsement and support of all the principal life Insurance companies. WEAK SPOT IK DIRECT PRIMARY- The selection of candidates for office by the direct vote of members of political parties at primary elections under super vision of regular election officers Is a measure of reform that must commend itself to all who desire to purge our po litical system of some of Its worst abuses. It is an open question, however, whether all the features emlmdled in the new primary election law enacted by the last legislature for this city and county will stand tlie test of the courts. It is ordained by the constitution of Nebraska that "all elections shall be free and there shall be no hindrance or im pediment to the right of the qualified voter to the elective franchise." This provision interpreted in its broadest sense means that no law shall be enacted that would prevent any person qualified to exercise tlie elective franchise from casting his ballot by imposing upon him unreasonable burdens, or exacting from him any money consideration as a condi tion precedent to th exercise of his priv ilege. Under this provision, for example. It Is doubtful whether the voters of Nebraska could te required to pay a poll tax be fore being allowed to vote, as has been the case in Pennsylvania and other states. It follows as a natural sequence that the freedom of elections should not be abridged by the imposition of a tax or a license fee upon candidates for office, and no law hus ever been enacted in this state contemplating the collection of such a tax as a condition precedent to the printing of the name of any candi date on an official ballot. Whether the provision of the primary election law that requires all candidates to pay into the public treasury 1 per cent of the salaries and emoluments to which they would be entitled during one term If elected to tlie office to which they as pire, is for the same reason an open ques tion. This head tax on candidates may have been legitimate so long as it was imjwsed by political committees to as sist In defraying the expenses of con ducting primary elections. It becomes a serious question, however, whether the exaction of such a fee Is permissible un der our constitution wlin the state as sumes the function of supervision and conduct of primary elections. If the legislature has the right to Im pose a tax of 1 ier cent on the aggregate salary of each candidate for office, it could with the same authority make this tax 2, 3, 5 or even 10 per cent of the sal ary. With some candidates 10 per cent would not be prohibitive, with other cau- dldates 1 per cent Is prohibitive. In the very nature of things, If a moneyless man aspires to nn office for which he is qualified he must either desist from le Ing a candidate or place himself under obligation to somelxaly to loan him money or pay bis fee for him. It may be said that the moneyless man has no business to aspire to office, but that Is contrary to the spirit, if not the letter, of our constitution and certainly not In conformity with the spirit of American institutions. If the state must pay all the expenses incident to a general election because It exercises supervisory functions for Its citizens to ascertain for them under legal forms who Is their choice for public office, does it not bo hoove the state also to lear the expenses Incident to primary elections whenever It assumes the prerogative of conducting and supervising primary elections for the various political parties and throws around the election officers all the safe guards and authority with which the state surrounds the officers of regular elections? In view of the fact that this feature of the direct primary law Is to be contested, the decision of the courts will le awaited with much Interest WILL PUSH lXVESJIUATIoy. Secretary Wilson is actively investi gating charges affecting his department and intends to remain at his desk throughout the summer for this purpose. He has found that allegations regarding the weather bureau and the bureau of animal Industry were without foundation and possibly some other charges may be shown to be groundless. There is said to be evidence that much of the so-called scandal in the Department of Agriculture Is manufactured for tlie express purpose of breaking down the government cotton reports, and It is more than suspected that this is tlie work of speculators who hope for u return to the old system be fore the government undertook to esti mate crop and acreage. It is said that government reports upon the cotton crop have been the bane of the speculators for several yeurs, or ever since they reached a degree of accuracy that has proven them tlie most trust worthy estimates ever obtained. Before the government issued its estimates Im partially to the world it wns possible for a firm of brokers to employ a force of agents at n large expenditure to canvass the cotton territory and secure a very ac curate estimate of the crop. The data secured was the firm's own property and could be used unscrupulously 'to swing the market one way or the other. This cannot now le done and tlie speculators would like to have the government esti mates abandoned. It Is said Unit when Secretary Wilson set about perfecting the government reports so as to place ac curate information before the commer cial world he Incurred the enmity of the speculators and tlie fight against him has never been relaxed. The secretary of agriculture Is taking the proper course In personally conduct ing an Investigation of his department. It Is an assurance that the inquiry will be most thorough and that anyone found to be delinquent will be summarily dealt with. Meanwhile Mr. Wilson has the earnest support of the president and the entire confidence of the country in his Integrity. KVW THE COA FE REKCE. Tomorrow the envoys of Russia and Japan will arrive at Portsmouth and without delay will meet and open nego tiations. That the conference will result in ending the costly conflict In the far east is the hope of the civilized world, but it cannot be said that the prospect Is altogether bright. The recently re ported utterance of the czar and expres sions credited to M. Wltte, assuming them to be authentic, are not reassuring. They indicate a state of mind tbut does not make for peace. There is in the re ported expressions of the chief Russian plenipotentiary a tone which implies that the nature of his instructions is such as to make' him feel that the negotiations will be fruitless. He has spoken, if cor rectly reported, only in a pessimistic spirit. It may be that there is n purpose iu tills, that it is intended to warn the Japanese envoys to be enreful to make their demands moderate, but its effect has been to create doubt whether the conference will result In peace. As to tlie representatives of Japan they have been mostly discreetly silent and while there have been repeated statements of what they will demand nothing has been published on their authority. It Is pointed out that there are but three demands In the probable peace terms which will require any surrender on the part of Itussla of property to which she has any valid claim. These relate to the cession of Sakhalin al ready in the possesion of Japan the transfer of ownership of the Manchurlan railway, and the payment of an indem nity. As to the latter, it Is generally con ceded that Japan will be wholly within her rights in demanding that she be re imbursed for her share of the expenses of the war. Undoubtedly the Itussinn ne gotiators will bend all their efforts to evade any such payment, but there can be no peace without it. Indemnity is to Japan the vitally essential part tf the acknowledgment that she is lieing treated by Itussla on a basis of absolute equal ity. For that very reason it Is the bitter est of all the elements in Russia's cup of humiliation. Portsmouth now becomes the center of world interest and tlie little New Hamp shire town,' never lefore heard of by most pttople, Is given historical distinc tion. If, however, the conference shall result in a treaty of peace It will be known as the treaty of Washington. Fools sometimes ask questions which it puzzles wise men to answer. The question is asked by the Oinuha demo pop organ. Why Attorney (ieueral Brown did not liegln proceedings against the Nebraska grain elevutor men's com bine before a private citizen hud driven tlie trust under cover. Manifestly lie cause Attorney Ceneral Brown is not a gramlstund performer. Ue is not in the habit of making a ronr unless he has something tangible to sustain the roar. He does not Invuke the jower of the courts on mere rumor and take his chances of being thrown out of court for want of evidence to make good. Attor ney t.eneral Brown had no legal evi dence or proof of any conspiracy or com bination In restraint of trade on the part of the alleged Grain trust until the lid wns taken off In the civil damage suit brought by one of Its former members. He was very prompt, however, in taking decisive action Just as soon as he had proof to warrant him in taking official action. The Increase In savings bank deposits in New York for the year ending June 30 last was nearly $8t'.,0oo.ooo. If pri vate savings banks can show such growth it Is reasonably certain that gov ernment postal savings banks would stimulate thrift among the poorer classes not reached by private bunks to a degree that would add every year to the accu mulated wealth of the country millions that are now practically wasted. The enactmeut of a corrupt prnctlces act to restrict election expenditures in Connecticut is being hailed as a great achievement in the name of reform. The efficacy of the corrupt practices act may perhaps be greater in Connecticut than In Nebraska, but here a six years' trial has demonstrated the fact that the candi date who wants to 1k separated from his money will not have to hunt for a way to do it An eastern publication ventures the opinion thut there will be no large de mand upon the east for money to move the crops this fall because the west was never liefore so well provided with the funds required for this movement. It might have gone better than this. If the east gets real hard up the western farmer will come to his rescue with his loanable money. Although New Orleans has been virtu ally blockaded by the yellow fever scare, its bank clearings for the last week were 05 per cent higher than those of the cor responding week of last year. Wonder what that means. Does the yellow fever mosquito increase the circulation? Omaha has reached out uud pulled in a few little conventions for 1000, but it is amply able to take care of two or three of the big ones. The way to get to be n convention city is to start early and keep at it. Doubtlnar Japan's Professions. Washington Post. There ara persons who will doubt Japan's profession of love for America so Ions; as It refuses to ahow any disposition to relieve us of the Philippines. Promise and Performance. Cleveland Leader. The Russian envoys will have a g;ood answer for the demands of the Japanese. They can say. "Didn't we promise two years ago to get out of Manchuria? Aren't we out or going? Well, what do you want?" Russia's Robust Representative. Boston Transcript. The various descriptions of Serglus Wltte given by English and American travellers go to show that if he were czar, Russia would have a man, not a scarecrow, on the throne. Physically, his will be the com manding personality at the peace confer ence; but physique won't count so much at Portsmouth. Expert Advice. Baltimore American. Remembering the .little Indemnity It had to pay Germany thirty years ago, France Is In a logical position to say to Its friend Russia that l,000,0no,0of Indemnity to Japan Is not a cent too much, and Just to prove that such Indemnities are not ruinous. It can say that It has paid Its own long ago, and Is now able to put Its hand in its pocket and lend any amount to Russia. Same Old Story. Springfield Republican. This projected consolidation of nineteen companies manufacturing street railway cars Is of Interest. Indicating that the ten dency to combination In competitive Indus try still continues. The usual promises of great economies In production appear in the prospectus, and possibly their generous capitalization la provided for. Experience has proved, however, that calculations on this score almost Invariably turn out to have been grossly exaggerated. It Is a warning that new combinations would do well to heed. Moral Standard In Business. Nw York Mall. From a thousand pulpits our midsummer moralists assure their perspiring auditors thut things are bad, very bud, In the busi ness world Just now. The publicists and the reformers shake their heads dolefully and repeat the pessimism. The magazlnlsta and the pamphleteers search In vain for some less depressing theme. Isn't It barely possible that the vast majority of observers are all generalizing too much? The morale of our business life is not to be measured by the rascals who occasionally come to the surface in it any more tban the potency of the Christian religion Is to be Judged by the backsliders from It. Value of a Business Education. Lyman J. Gage. The influences and effect of a business education are not dissimilar. It opens the mind to a comprehension of that dis tributive system of commerce by which the division of labor Is made possible. It shows the student the Interdependence between agriculture and transportation, between manufacturing and Insurance. It reveals to him the principles and details of the banking system, that great and useful mediator In all Industry and com merce. He learns the power and usefulness of credit, by whose aid things are pro duced, transformed and passed on to the customer. He becomes familiar with the various Instruments of the world's ex changes, such aa books of account, promissory notes, bills of exchange, stitps and railroads; he learns, or ought to learn, the legal sanctities which are thrown around all evidences of claims and titles. If a diligent student In a proper business school, he will acquire a mental grasp of the simpler principles of political econ omy, for there are axiomatic truths here as there are In mechanics and mathe matics. That the wages paid to labor cannot exceed the value of the product Is as simple a proposition as that the part cannot be greater than the whole. That wealth Is the surplus of useful things left over beyond the cost or exhaustion of pro ducing them Is equally simple and true. Resting on this satisfying conception, we can no longer be fooled with the Idea that wealth can be Increased by diminishing the measure by which It Is counted, whether that measure be yardsticks, dollars Of weight In avoirdupois. mXAR SHOTS AT THE Pfl.PIT. Philadelphia Press: All Methodism mourns the not unexpected death of Bishop Joyce, one of the broadest minded snd most sweet spirited leaders of the denomination. The wide reach of his Influence Is Indicated by the statement that he has preached In every clvlllzid country on the globe. Chicago Chronicle: Treadling Is declared by a church magaxlne to be one of the lost arts, but the religious Journal Is un duly discouraged There may be little preaching from the pulpit, but there Is a great deal everywhere else. The tendency to sermonise extends from the emperor of Germany down to the man who sits next to you at the lunch counter. Thus the amateurs have thrown the professional preachers into the shade. Minneapolis Journal: Bishop Ludden of Syracuse, N. Y., has made a move for the observance of the Snblmth by refusing Christian burial to those who die by acci dent while seeking amusement on the first day of the week. His action has the ap proval of Andrew P. White, who has writ ten a letter commending tho bishop's po sition and Inveighing against the pnganlz lng of Sunday. We should suppose that the principal effect of such ruling would be to minimise the Importance of Christian burial. If It were denied on such Insuf ficient grounds, It might come In time to be considered unnecessary. Chicago Tribune: In Chicago, and doubt less elsewhere, the ministers who preach on timely subjects draw the largest crowds They do so because their sermons are the most Interesting. The great end and aim of preaching Is to teach people what Is right and get thorn to do It. But before the minister can do this he must get him self heard. There has been a good deal of discussion as to why many city people do not go to church. The main reason prob ably has been that many preachers have not striven to keep In touch with the peo ple In the struggling, playing, sorrowing world about them have not kept Informed as to what men are doing and thinking and, consequently, have failed to provide In their sermons the kind of Intellectual and moral pabulum for which their con gregations were hungering. Preachers who strive constantly to keep up In their lives and their sermons with the tHought nnd life of their time seldom complain of lack of hearers. New York Sun: Cardinal Gibbons, as quoted by the New York Herald, looks on "the evil of divorce as a greater evil than corporate corruption, because corporate corruption rights Itself by Its own wrong" that Is, it provokes the publicity of an exposure. The cardinal, however, ques tions the practicability of the plan of social ostracism of the divorced which has been proposed by the very earnest Roman Cath olic women banded together as the "Daugh ters of Faith." Is not the publicity which Is making corporate corruption so danger ous to personal reputations having some thing of the same result as respects fash ionable divorces? Is not the current ex posure of the vanity of the social climber and pretender having a good moral effect also? Is It not tending to Increase the value of genuinely deserved distinction and to impose on self-advertisement the pain ful penalty of public ridicule? Will not the rush to get Into published and pictured lists of the "smart set" bo diminished hereafter? Exposure Is working a cu:e all around. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. American Iced drinks are going down rapidly in Europe. Admiral Rojestvensky Is able to sit up and take nourishment. Maine Is a state of high moral ideals, but It managed to pull oft M6 divorces lust year. New York Insurance companies will have no trouble tn figuring up a surplus of in vestigations. The Buffalo price for an Involuntary kiss is Judicially fixed at $X and costs, a pretty good price for the Buffalo article. The report that the Hon. Hlnkey Dink of Chicago Is traveling Incognjto appears to be unfounded. Mr. Pink Is traveling In his old clothds. With the mercury In the 90's recipients of cards about hard coal prices may "smile and smile again." Later on the coal man will brush It off. The marvelous evolution In the life In surance business may be measured by the fact that one noted agent was dismissed for talking too much. Miss Edna Dlckerson, a Chicago court reporter, has come Into undisputed posses sion of a fortune of 12,000.000, bequeathed to her by a second cousin whom she had rarely seen. One of the moonlight belles of Swamps cott, Mass., Is confined to her chamber by a shattered rib, a painful souvenir of an ardent hug. But she Is not complaining. Men are too scarce In that locality. One of the ocean liners brought across 109 babies and the captain Is credited with remarking that It was one fierce squall all the way over. Evidently these little immigrants huve started In early to grow up with the country. 'The sliver punch bowl presented by the state of Kansas to the battleship bearing Its name was borne from the state before Carrie Nation could Inscribe It with her hatchet. As a consequence the gift lacks the coat of arms of tho state. Thomas Jansen Datura of Memphis, Tenn., wearied by a name so outrageously cari catured, petitioned a local court to change It to llamm. The petition was granted, and the transition from Damm to liamm ef fected with Judicious decorum. Jolly wedding guests at Eastport, Me., recently captured a brldegrootn and merrily soaked him with flour paste after parading him through town In a melon crate. The vlctljn had Srevlouly engineered similar pranks on others and had earned the dose he received. Women of Ross Valley, Cal., went on the warpath a few days ago and blotted out with green paint every signboard In town. Oreen matches the color of lawns, and Is more soothing to the eye than the LOCATE ON THE OR WE BOTH SB NOW IS THE TIME to investigate the resources and opportunities of securiu. good land at very low figures In the Great Southwest. Missouri, Arkansas, Southern Kansas, Oklahoma.. Indian Territory and Texas, are again to the front with v "Bump ing" Crop, Beatin All Records Ask your home agent for Home seekers' Hates and Tickets, on sala the first and third Tuesdays of each month, and ask us for descriptive literature, which will be mailed to you without cist J, C. LOVRIEN, Ass't Oen'l Passenger Asset. 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"That or matrimony," corrected the man to whom he was talking. Detroit Free Press. "Yes, there's a new baby at Snlffkln'a house, and It takes after the mother" "Mvl That's great; lucky child!" "Why, have you ever seen Mrs. Sniff kins T" "No. but I've seen Sniftkins." Philadel phia Press. , "Mr. Meekley and Miss Strong are aot- uallv to be married, eh?" "Yes, unless he gets scared and backs out. It makes hlpi nervous every time sh mentions the 'trousseau' she's going to wear. She pronounces it so much like trousers.' "Chicago Tribune. She But do you really like me Just as I am? He (enthusiastically Just as you arel There Isn't a single thing about you that I would change, except your name. Somer ville Journal. "Mother, what sort of a sign -fs It when you dream that you are married?" "They say that dreams go by contraries, m"Moher. I'll be afraid to go to Sleep now." Cleveland Plalndealer. "I think, dear." said the bright girl, "you had better speak to father tonight." "Why tonight particularly?' asked her timid lover. "Is he In a good humor this '""We.7 he's In the humor to give me to you. I arranged with my milliner, dress maker and dentist to send their bills to hlia this murnliig.' -I'hlladelplila Press. THE IHPKSHG. W. M. Gamble In tha Atlantic O vast, unwieldy land of ours! Like some huge Titan boy thou art Whose blood surges through his heaTV In a crude strife of powers, l-ntil some tingling moment when t)ne cry wrings all true souls and then Thou standest in tho strength of wrath and Thou ga'herest all thyself to tower abovs thy peersl t Thee, newborn far beyond the main. God cradled In a new-found clime That wistful Europe's dreams subllm Might not seem all In vain: Hope, reawakening at thy birth. Thrilled the droopt songsters of tbe earW To brief ecstatic Joy. Ere- long In tljee Shall they behold the pledge of one Hu manity. ( The nations, aye, the nations wait Thy ripening. Shall they lift their eyea To see thee knit thy thews and rise. Single and whole and great? Not sooner for the bugle call. Not sooner for the sound of all Tlie cannonades that roar beneath the sun. Knowledge and Love and Toll shall slowly niake thee one. What song shall hail you far-off morn? Must Hope be sung in sweet, sad walls By Europe's rich-voiced nightingales Bleeding against a thorn? Come, new-world Krk! Come, future, seer In thy strong chanting men shall hear Ixve dominant through the triumph hymn While long-retreating drums beat the dead march of strife. FRISCO SYSTEM LOSE MONEY A. HILTON, Oee'l Passenger Age I, T. LOUIS, MO.