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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 190a. The Omaha Sunday Beb E. R09EWATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORN1NO. TERMS OF BUBflCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday), one year. .MOO Iaily Bee and Bunday, ono year IS 'JO llluatrated ilea, one year !S0 240 1W 1W Hunlay Bee, one year... Hat unlay Bee, one year Twentieth Century Farmer, one year. DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Daily bee (without Bunday). per copy.. 2a Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week.. lie Dally Bee tlncludlng Sunday, per week..liO Evening Bee (without Bunday). per week 7o Evening bee (Including Sunday, per week 12c Bunday Bee, per copy 60 Complaint of Irregularities In delivery hould lie addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The, Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twen-ty-tltth and M streets. Council BlufTs 10 Pearl street. Chicago li0 t'nlty Building. New York 1600 Home Life Insurance Building Washington Ml Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to tifwi and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee PunltFhlng Company. Only 2-rent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or entern exchanges not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. IBtate of Nebraska, Douglas county, ss. : C C. Rosewator, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, 'says that tho actual numher of full and 'Complete copies of The Dally, Morning, (Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the jmonth of July, 1906, was as follows: I 81. mo t UU.X'H) ' I SD.SUO ! 4 Stll.lOO t nn.-no : ss.oflo '. T BS,KO J I so.ooo I , 10 2M.OOO 11 2H.I140 12 2S,M0 13 2H.IMIO U ii,71 li au,K5o 17 2S.4.10 IS 2S.0N0 19 2K.B10 "0 3 'MOO 21 28.800 12 20.O7O 2t 2S.0OO 24 28,070 28 2S.170 2 2S.1HO 27 2, ISO 28 28,10 2 20.4O0 20 28,40 31 27,910 16 XM.iau Totals M.2tt Less unsold copies 9,815 Net total sales MM4,4lft Dally average 88,4410 C. C. ROSEWATER, Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before in this first day of July, liwo. trleal) M. B. 1U NOATK, Notary Public. who oiT of TOW. Subscribers Ieavlag the city tem porarily should have The Bee mailed to them. It Is better than a dally letter from home. Ad dress will be changed as often mm requested. ;, Now Unit a Yankee yacht bag raptured 'lie Canada cup, Cnuudian I.lptons can Ind a new field of activity., At last accounts the freiulcd Zlonlsis, lithough divided Into two hMtli camps, nerd still maintaining the statu tio. " That Loiub must have been sent ! banker Schlff to inuke him realize that le had been taking part in Russian poll Ich. r it remains to be seeu if President Roosevelt is as successful in capturing the dove of peace as he Is In bagging y ildcnts. ... ; London is to destroy a large "slum" ilBtrict, but there will probably be nough left to meet the wants of all American sightseers. .The new. Iiiukuukc, ."buperanto," can not be an acknowledged success until it enables diplomats to express two oppo site meanings with the snmo words. Uussell 8age says he expects to live 100 years, but most people will think this Impossible from the fact that he has ex isted too long before starting to live. Hefore Emperor William finally closes the Baltic sea he should receive expert advice from St. Petersburg, which has had some recent experience with a closed sea. ' If those Apaches in New Mexico really go ou the warpath the government might be compelled to send Geronlmo Lack home to show the braves the logical conseiiuenco of their practice. Jn ordering uil saloons closed when a mob threatened to lynch a negro, a Texas mayor brought out unexpected supporters of law and order, and the uero will be tried in t!k courts. Now, if the Postothce department will only Issue a fraud order against the general land office, which has been con ducting another Jund lottery, Uncle Sam might get a tnste of his. own mediclue. Since he has, expressed complete satis faction with the results of the St Louli exposition. It is certain that President Francis has not seen all the snapshot photographs taken of Its chief executive officer. Recent Injuries to participants are said to-have sounded the death knell of auto mobile racing. Promoters of that form of sport should not abandon It until they fall to' have it reeognlr.ed as a legitimate college contest. Just to make sure of a return these' Arctic explorers who .et wealthy Mends to put up the money to lit out the exploring expeditious nhouM also rulse a nod in advance to s :id out tho rescuing party. It Is fortunate Colouel JJi-un did not make the trip to the Philippines ulontf with the Taft party, otherwise he, too, might have been converted nway froi his anti-lmperlallst associates and no one would be left to chsm'j'.on the cause of the Immediate evacuation of fr fur eastern lnsttlnr possession. Automobile Ure euglue ure said to Ihj tu satlhfnctory use lu New York, Bos ton aud Hartford. We might Introduce them here In Omaha were It not for the peed limits prescribed by the state law and municipal ordinances, to say noth lug of the lack of money in the Are fund to Indulge In such a costlf experiment XKARMQ TBS CRISIS. A few more days will determine whether or not there la to L pence iu the far east. The crisis, it Is expected, will be reached at the next meeting of the conference and the present Indica tions are not favorable to an agreement as to those demands of Japan which the Russian envoys are said to have un compromisingly rejected. The gravity of the situation la emphasized by the fact of Iresldent Roosevelt summoning Iiaron Rosen to a conference after hav ing conferred with Baron Kaneko as a representative of the Japanese govern ment This Is manifestly a move of Tery great significance, its purpose being obvlons, for the president would not take such a course unless fully convinced that the conditions are such as to Justify him in seeking a conference with one of the Russian envoys. Theworld will await with Intense Interest some Information as to what the president of the United States shall propose to the belligerent nations and the opinion may be veutured that what ever he proposes will have the approval of the neutral powers. It is stated that the British government Is bringing Its Influence to bear upon Japan in the Interest of peace, while both France and Germany are doing tho same with Rus sia. If those governments should unite In approving what President Roosevelt may recommend to the belligerents neither Russia nor Japan will be likely to reject It. There is ground for hope, therefore, that the interposition of Mr. Roosevelt may result in effecting an greement on the two Items in the Japa nese demands vvulcn now inrenten 10 bring about n rupture and prolong the war. Meanwhile there jtppears lo be little if any confidence either at St. Petersburg or Toklo that peace rv'll result from the Portsmouth conference. CIVIL PENSIONS AQAIX. A recent article in The Bee discussing the inauguration of a movement on the part of the department clerks and em ployes to persuade congress to create a civil pension system expressed the opin ion that the taxpayers of the country may be safely counted upon to oppose vigorously such a proposition. This declaration has elicited a reply from Dr. Llewellyn Jordan, the vice president of the United States Civil Service Re tirement association, who is also em ployed In the United States Treasury department at Washington, Intimating that the opposition of The Bee is based upon au entirely .erroneous assumption that the retirement fund out of which superannuated employes In the civil ser vice are to be supported is to come out of. the money paid by the taxpayers of the country into the national trensury. Quoting the substantial part of Dr. Jordan's letter, he says: Historically It should be mentioned that there has been In existence tor about five years an association called the United States Civil Service Retirement association, which has been charged with the duty of collecting statistics as complete as possible dealing with the questions of age, salary and disability of employes In the classified executive civil service In order to Intelli gently proceed to formulate a bill for pre sentation to congress proposing a plan of retirement based upon a certain percentage of salary deduction of each employe which will be without expense to the government. I wish to emphasize the point In the strongest possible manner that It is not a fact that a civil pension list Is desired at the expense of the general government, as stated In your editorial, but on the con trary, the efforts of those Interested In the movement have been directed solely to the accomplishment and perfection of a plan of retirement for the aged, disabled and super annuated employes without any expense ttt the United States government at all. Dr. Jordan goes on to say that his association has purposely avoided using the term "pension" In order to avoid the appearance of creating in any sense a civil pension' list with Its consequent burden upon the taxpayers and that the desire Is to pay premiums from personal salaries as they are annually appropri ated by congress in order to insure an income of a small amount of retirement pay after a certain period of service or on reaching the retirement age, and that the sanction of congress Is absolutely necessary to accomplish tills end. The facta as set forth, so far as they relate to the Uulted States Civil Service Retirement association, The Bee is not disposed to dispute, but from the prac tical side it falls to see where the expres sion of Intention In the constitution of the association in any way alters condi tions. The story of the camel who In serted his nose under his master's tent then his eyes, then his head, then his neck, then his hump and finally evicted the occupant altogether Is generally fa miliar. If the employes In the executive civil service want to club together for any sort of an old age insurance or pen sion scheme there Is nothing whatever to prevent them. They have the priv ilege of paying In their premiums monthly, quarterly or yearly to any In surance fund they may wish to Institute, butsthey want the sanction of congress apparently to make it a compulsory in stead of a voluntary contribution. If the pension premium Is to be dipped off at the treasury every payday with or without the consent of the beneflclury, it would at once tte regarded as a reduction of salary and the next step would be to tTlng Influence to bear upon congress to restore the salary list by making good the pension premium by direct appropri ation out of the treasury. Why should the taxpayers who are not In the public service and who have to provide for themselves for a rainy day be compelled In addition to provide pen sions for the civil service employes who are supposed to occupy specially favored positions both as to work and as to wages? The taxpayers of this country who are not lu the public service are quite willing that the government should pursue a most liberal policy toward its employes, are willing that tbey should enjoy minimum hours and maximum pay, regular vacations and good behavior teuure, but they see no reason why with all these advantages they should not be responsible for their own car whenever their usefulness ceases and their retire ment leconiea Imperative. If the government Is ever to go Into the old age pension business It should not discriminate between public officials and private Individuals, but should spread its teneflts as haa the German government proportionately to all alike. HOW IT WORKS- The publicity bureau established by the railroads to combat public sentiment tu favor of railroad rate regulation is a thlag of beauty and a joy forever. It la a double back-action, automatic affair that catches them coming and going. An excellent example of bow smoothly the railroad publicity bureau works is to be found in a printed circular, prepared to show how public opinion la changing, which it has kindly sent out to news papers with the privilege of printing with or without credit In the first place two South Dakota papers are quoted, one at Sioux Falls and the other at Aberdeen, reiterating the railroad argument against rates de termined ou a mileage basis. This is followed up by au extract from a Kansas City pnper, commeptlng upon an Inter view given out by the superintendent of the Kansas City transportation bureau, and urging that the' fixing of railway rates remain in the hands of the railway managers. This is trumped by a quotation from another paper at Chlllicothe, O.. ringing tho. changes on a protest said to have been sent to the president by the local' freight agents, presumably at the instigation of their superiors. Aud the Joker conies last in a reference to the action of an organiza tion of railway employes in Illinois pla cing themselves in opposition to the fed eral control. All this stuff sent out to these various newspapers by the railroad press agents has evidently been gathered together by pome press clipping service to which the railroads have subscribed and ar ranged seriatim with running digest to make a single complete article for which space has been found in a Boston paper to which it is ascribed in the- printed circular. Thus the manufactured amunl tion Is sent around the circle to be started off a second time with another itinerary of newspaper offices in the hope that it may here and there find ita way again into print. ' When the congress convenes we have no doubt that some plausible member of the house or senate will rise from bis seat and gravely weave into a speech all the excerpts furnished hi u by the railroad publicity bureau that have been smuggled Into the press In different parts of the country with the sublime assurance that they voice the general drift of public sentiment. This may be the sort of an excuse some member of the august senate Is looking for, but the members of the bouse who expect to hear from their constituents when they seek re-election next year will be rather wary of depending upon raflroad manufactured sentiment for their back ing. ALLIANCE SUGGESTIONS. The prevalent discussion of methods for insuring international peace, and the prominent position which the United States has taken in connection there with, has brought out suggestions of alli ances between this end other countries which merit at least passing attention, since it is quite possible that In the not remote future the matter may call for the serious consideration of the Ameri can people. ( The high place which this republic has attained among world pow ers and the large Influence it exerts upon International affairs, with the certainty that this Influence will Increase, very naturally creates a desire on the part of other nations to court the closest friend ship with the United States and un doubtedly there Is not one of them but would be glad to have an alliance with this republic. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, who recently returned from Europe, said in an interview: "I saw a great mnny offi cials while abroad and I fouud this: France and Great Britain have such a thorough understanding now that- it practically amounts to an entente cor dis le. Those two powers are very close; and, also, both of them have a very warm feeling for the United States. More I cannot say." The report stated that the Inference from the senator's re marks and tone as he spoke was that a very close entente between the United States and Great Britain and France was bound to come very soon and that it will probably be an alliance In every thing but in name. There is no doubt that both those nations would most cor dially welcome such a relation with this country. It would be a mistake to treat these suggestions with levity. They are made j seriously and should be so considered. In the present state of mind of the American people no foreign alliance would receive popular approval, but who can say that public sentiment In this re spect may not change? Since the foundation of the government It has been the policy to have no alliance with a foreign power. Washington admonished his countrymen against "entangling alli ances" and his counsel has thus far been heeded. We make treaties intended to promote friendship between ourselves and other nations. We enter Into agree ments to submit certain differences to arbitration. We seek to strengthen friendly relations with all the countries of the world. But we have made no al liance with any and shall not so long as the public sentiment remains as at pres eut. When, however, so prominent a public man as Senator Lodge makes such an utterance as that above quoted It may well be asked whether a change is not taking place in the sentiment regard lug foreign alliances a change which may make rapid progress If there is in difference on the part of those who would have the government adhere In this respect to Its traditional policy. It has been said that owing to the varied character of our population an alliance with any foreign nation, as a measure of practical politics, except pos sibly lu a great emergency, cannot '? accomplished; that "we should have our own people ty the ears the moment nil alliance with any particular poer or group of powers in Europe was con summated." There certainly Is force In this, but the protection tndlcate-1 Is not absolutely secure. Tbt time Is oppor tune for once more Impressing upon the American pieople the wisdom of keeping free (from alliance, or anything even remotely In the nature of an alliance, with any European power. FHAVD ORDERS' Postmaster General CorteJyou'a order excluding from the use of the mall serv ice every individual, firm and company fouud to be conducting a fraudulent business, and requiring greater activity in this Hue on the part of postofflee In spectors, is au effective stroke in behalf of public houesty. It supplements and reinforces the efforts of several states to suppress various get-rlch-quick schemes designed to swindle credulous people. The fact that such a measure is neces sary to check the operations of swindlers is not flattering to nations 1 pride. Wc esteem ourselves the equals Intellectually of any people on the globe, uuequnlled lu Inventive skill, uurlvaled in lnduritriul development and traders of surpassing enterprise. With perceptive faculties highly trained we quickly see. and take advantage of the shortcomings of com petitors. But beneath our Intellectual strength is a vast strata of credulousness. Upon this strata the sharper operates skillfully and shrewdly, masking his scheme with the name of some legitimate business and concealing his purpose in artfully written prospectuses. Promises Impossible of fulfillment are made, and unheard of profits "guaranteed" the vic tim. Thus the credulous honestly seeking to better their condition, are lured Into the net. The natural desire for a home has ten played upon to perpetrate the most flagrant swindles with which court rec ords are littered. In almost every in stance the gambling Instinct Is appealed to in some form. Indeed the sharper over looks no method or means to realize his sole ambition "get money, honestly If you can, but get money." The extent to which swindling schemes have been carried on through l'ie mails In .the United States presents an amaz ing record. A computation mude by an investigator a few years ngo showed that during the last quart u- of the last century upwards of $60,000,000 was taken in by various got rlcli-qulck schemers, and less than 20 per cent of that vast sum was returned to the mil lions of victims. Millions wen added to this total in the past five years by the home co-operative companies, turf in vestment and grain gambling schemes, Franklin syndicates, togas bnuks and diamond tontine swindles. Soirm of these concerns are still in operation and de serve prompt and vigorous action ou the port of the postofflee officials. The difficulty experienced heretofore In securing action by the Postolhce de partment was the rule requiring a com plaining citizen to furnish document ary evidence of the offense com plained of. In several instances In Ne braska and Iowa the department im posed such a task on complainants, the expense of which obliged them to abandon the cases. Postofflee Inspectors had their attention called to flagrant abuses of the mails, but did not act until the remains of the swindles were dragged Into the courts. The depart ment now proposes to initiate action against all concerns of doubtful char acter and to Investigate promptly every complaint. That it means business Is evident from the closing of the Lewis banking concern in St. Louis and the exclusion from the malls of scores of fraudulent schemes. RUSSIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. The Russian people are to have what is culled a national representative as sembly, but it will be subect to such restrictions and limitations thuc it prob ably will be able to do very little toward remedying the abuses and briugiiii, about the reforms which tli.t people want. It will have scant powers, its freedom of action will be narrow mid Us participation in the goverutueu: will bo largely negative. Still it Is perhaps to be regarded as a sign of progress and a promise of Letter conditions in Russia and therefore as an eoocli-muking event The assembly will not be chosen by all the people, but chiefly by proerty holders, so thut a majority of tho people will have no voice or only an Indirect participation in the election of the body. Consequently It cannot properly be re garded as a popular representative as sembly, such as are possessed by coun tries which have free Institutions. Fur thermore, It will not be a legislative bin simply a consultative body, paiu; udg ment upon certain matters of legislation which may be submitted to t a ad bavin; no authority beyond that. The autocratic power Is to remain unchanged. In all thluga the will of the czar will continue to be the supreme luw and in the future as in the past this undoubtedly will be to a g-i-ot extent influenced by the bureaucracy, whose power aud privileges will be practically unrestricted. The grand dukes and others who hang about the throne nud are chiefly responsible for the exJtin unfortunate conditions of tha empire may be watched more closely than at present and something of a choc; put upon their corrupt practices, for one of the privileges of the assembly will he to pass upon the departmental, tnin's terlal and national budgets, and some thing In the way of reform may le expected from this, yet the men upon whom the czar leans will still (ind ways to enrich themselves out of thu public treasury and thus keep their hold upon power. While, therefore, the national assem bly will give the Russian people u vMce and enable them, through some "no chosen representatives, to get th ar of the sovereign, It must not be assumed that It U going to rtvolutlouixj coudl-I tlons and bring about all needed re forms. It la a step forward and there fore to be welcomed by all who hope for better things for a grently expressed and aorely suffering people. In behalf of the Taul Revere Me morial association. It Is Intimated that If every American man and woman over 21 years of age who, when at school, read aud probably declaimed Teuny son'a poem, "Paul Revere's Ride." would send a contribution, the $30,000 which it Is desired to secure would soon bo at hand. If this Is the basis on 'v'.ikh memorial funds are hereafter to be col lected, we will soon see monuments rising In various places to Barbara Fritchle, Hiawatha and all the other old standby s of the ancient school reader. If humnn nature Is the .me nil tho world round. It may be taken for granted that the hotel keepers und restauranteurs of old Portsmouth aro not lu the least disturbed over the pro longation of- the peace coufercuc-3 ses sions. Cubans will probably learn In course of time that only the supreme court of the United States has the right to nullify a law' formally passed by congress and approved by the president The Piatt amendment will stand. Advices from London would Indicate that the only reason "frenzied finance" has not been as prominent across the water as here Is that the Thomas Law- sons of Great Britain all received their share of the plunder. American exports of cotton cloth to China Increased during the fiscal year ending with June last from about $4,000. 0OO to $27.7o0,O00. That does not look as If the tariff were seriously obstruct ing foreign trade. Hindsight Palis the Hammer. Baltimore American. The Russians have agreed to evacuate Manchuria, if they had done so when first asked It would have saved a lot of trouble all around. One Wr to Settle It. I New Tork Tribune. Japan might well afford to strain a point about the limitation of Russia's navy In ths Pacific. If if became troublesome she might call upon Togo to annex it Task Slsed l'p. Philadelphia Ledger. Somehow the Tanama canal has suddenly struck Uncle Sam as a formidable under taking. It did not seem thus a few brief months ago, when Benator Morgan was ex hausting the floor. Haa Troubles Rnoofffa. Indianapolis News. Knowing how busily he Is engaged other wise, M. Wltte's statement that he did not come to America to defend the rights of the press will be aeoepted without either heartburnings or carping criticism. 'Work for Idle Hands. Portland Oregonlan. All over the Pacific northwest there Is a great demand for harvest hands at from $2 to $5 per day. The grain crops are ripen ing so rapidly that some of the farmers are threatened with serious loss unless help is forthcoming. PERSONAL AKD OTHERWISE. Portsmouth turns out a dally crisis with out Impairing the supply. According to Wooster, "conduct unbecom ing an officer and gentleman" has a variety of definitions. The Japs are diligently raising sunken Russian ships near home and Russian money In America. The report of an abundant crop of prunes on the Pacific coast ought to hold the boarders for a while. ' The yellow fever mosquito is known to the doctors as the stegomyla fasclata and to the victim by its bill. The tone and atmosphere of a "high old time" does not appear to advantage In the broad light of a divorce case. Bank Kamultah, a Comanche Indian, Is dead at the age of 109. He escaped being "good" all these years by staying on a reservation In Canada. A bit of Roosevelt luck was revealed in the . wreckage of the Albany department store. The president's picture wasn't hurt a bit. Not even the glass covering was broken. The gaiety of newspaper life shines amid the shadows of human affliction. A west ern editress, recently bereft of her hus band, soberly announces, "We have cut our weeds." A party of seven persons In Indiana had their curiosity satisfied by the light of a match at an abandoned gas well. No funerals, but an abundance of blisters for which gas leaks are Justly celebrated. Luck clings to the plumber through all his troubles. One of the famous tribe in Maryland, while patching a drain pipe, struck a pot of money three feet below the surface. With characteristic gener osity he discounted his bill for the cash in lia.-.d. The mystery surrounding the disappear ance of Mahmod Khan ha been cleared up satisfactorily. "He died quite sud denly," explained a Persian functionary, naively adding, "He was not sympathetic to the grand viiier." This style of rushing the Khan is popular In Shahdom. SERMONS HUILEU UOHK. ' Duty Is a door to delight. Hidden sins cannot be healed. Worship Is but the vulce of love. Disinterested men get the greatest Inter est. Nothing proves culture better than kind ness. Tou never find a beautiful life with boast ful lips. This world needs new Impulse more than new Ideas. The Lord have mercy on the boy with a faultless father. He who would do divine work must not be afraid of dirt. Tou cannot advertise men into affection for the Almighty. Soma men would be most miserable with out their miseries. He who loves men needs not to pray for power to love God. A good deal of plgglahness goes under the name of principle. Warm friendship are not likely to be fused In heated arguments. It takes more than milk and water to make the meekness of a Moses. Most men imeglne that a fissle In business furnishes a fitting tor the ministry. Ufe Is but our name for that which the great Master may call His first lesson. No man le fitted to oversee any great work who' cannot overlook some small things. The world always will choke on a religion made out of philosophies first petrified and tban pulverised. Chicago Tribune. One Hundred Thou sand Dollars is the neat addition to the cash assets of the Bankers Reserve Life Company, Omaha, Nebraska. Since the first of August, this popular com pany has purchased $77,000 worth of registered County and School Bonds, bearing five per cent interest, and secured $'J3,000 in Farm Mortga gesthe best securities in the world. And tho month is not yet ended. One - Half Million of Dollars in just such securities, including the deposits with the State of Nebraska, aro behind the poli cies of this company, giving it a security not ex ceeded by any company in the world. Agents are wanted to gather in the harvest of new bus iness, coming to us as. the result of successful growth in the confidence of the people. Address, BASCOM H. ROBISON, PRESIDENT. SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PIXPIT. Boston Transcript: According to the new Methodist Episcopal dispensation the bride promises not to "obey" but to "keep" her husband. We don't see that that reduces her responsibility much. New Tork Post: Bishop Potter says that a sermon should not exceed twenty min utes. But this Is no real improvement on Mr. Evarta, who put it: "Twenty minutes with a leaning to the side of mercy." Cleveland Plain Dealer: No doubt that New Orleans clergyman who haa dropped all his other duties and devoted himself to cleaning up the street or that city is firmly of the opinion that cleanliness Is very close to godliness. Boston Transcript: "Oh, day of rest and gladness" Is the way the old hymn de scribes Sunday; but according to the head lines in Monday papers it seems to be more than any other a day of accidents, suicides and other extreme crimes. Philadelphia Ledger: A Connecticut par son delivered a powerful sermon on the In iquity of women of his flock exclaiming "Oh, fudge!" What, may we Inquire, may church women properly say In lieu of this naughty word when they make an unlucky play in progressive euchre? Minneapolis Journal: Josh Billings said: "I like to see a man as honest when he Is measuring a peck of onions as when he Is shouting hallelujah." The humorist hit off in this condensation the phlllsophy of real church membership. The people like to see a man who can say amen to his own acts as heartily as he does to the words of the preacher. They have not much use for the sharp practicioner who uses up all his re ligion on Sunday and has nothing left for the weekdays following. Bprlngfleld Republican: Writing of re forms In the Roman Cathollo church In re cent years. Prof. Brlggs haa noted that the Influence of the papacy has been thrown toward the style of preaching that empha sizes the simple problems of good living rather than those of dogmatic theology. The same tendency has become strongly confirmed In the Protestant churches, and It Is seldom In these days that one can hear what used to be called a strong doctrinal sermon. Clergy and laity seem to be glad that theology has suffered an eclipse. If It has not passed into downright disrepute. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Mrs. Poplev What do you think? Baby spoke her first word today! Mr. Popley Well, well! And It won't bo many years before she II be having the lust word. Philadelphia Ledger. Hicks-.What do you think of Miss Wlu son's new photograph? Wicks Well, the photographer Is cer tainly an artist. Somerville Journal. "The baby always becomes perfectly quiet when I sing to it," said the prou.id young father. .... "Yes" answered the mother, "it knows that If It makes a noise you will keep on singing." Washington btar. Mayme Notice that couple we Just paaaed? They're Mr. and Mrs. Pvrrh-6im-mons Their courtship was one of the most roniuntic affairs of tne season. Md belle Why, she s as homely as a tel egruph pole! ... Maymi-I know It. and he's as poor as a church mouse. That's what made it so ro mantic. Chicago Tribune. First Society Baby I met an old friend today-one I hadn t seen '' rnonlhs Bocond Society Baby-Indeed! Who was " First Society Baby-My mother.-Clevs-land Plain Uealer. Miss Hygee I'saw you at the concert last night. Did you notice how my voice completely filled the hall?" Miss J.ilers-ree. dear; It undoubtedly had much to do with drawing the crowd though there was a good deal of public curiosity to hear the new orchestra and Miss Dearly, the wonderful harpist, you I. now. Chicago Tribune. "Young man," said Her Father, "do you smoke cigarettes?" . "I should say not!" declared the youth hastily "I would consider It disgraceful to lie seen with one of the vile things In my mouth. I think all cigarette smokers should be Jailed. Why do you ask sir?' "Thought perhaps you could let me Have one," said the old man, pointedly. "I smoke 'em myself." Chicago Tribune. Smoothleigh Your daughter made a great hit with me! Wise Father I never knew a woman vet that could keep a secret! I told her not to let you know that I had any money. Detroit Free Press. FOREVER AND A DAT. Thomas Bailey Aldrlch. I little know or care If the blackbird on the bough Is filling all the air With soft crescendo now; For she is gone away. And when she went she took The springtime in her look. The peachblow on her cheek, The laughter from the brook, The blue from out the May And what she calls a week Is forever and a day. It's little that I mind How the blossoms pink or white. At every touch of wind Fall a-trembling with delight; For in the leafy lane, Beneath the garden boughs. And through the silent house une ming aione t imk; T'rrtll she rttmA strain The May Is not the May, ' And what she calls a week Is forever and a day! EASY PAYMENTS Furnish your Home here. We have the largest stock in Omaha. Our goods have merit and al ways give satisfaction. Our prices are cheaper than at stores. installment WE FURNISH 3 ROOMS sfJi COMPLETE C FOR $75.00 OUR TERMS: 25 Worth, $1.00 Week S 50 Worth. 1.50 Week 5100 Worth, 2.G0 Week Omaha Furniture & Carpet Go. BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH ON FARKAM ST. r 1 '