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2 THE OMAHA DAILY TJEK: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 190G. The Omaha Sunday Bee B. ROBKWATEIt, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MOKNINO. TKRM9 OF SUBSCRIPTION. rally lU't (without Sunday), one year Dally Bee and Sunday, one year IlluHtrutf Die, one ear Sunday Bee, one year Saturday B-e, one year 14 00 I.M . 1.50 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally f!e (Including- Sunday). p r week. .17s Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week..l-. Evening Bee (without Sunday), per w"',,; Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week..l0e Sunday Bee, per ropy : ; ' ' -'." , Address complalnta of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Be Building. South Omaha-City Hall Building. Council Bluffe-10 Penrl Street. Chicago 1040 Unity Building. New York-15fJ Home Life In. Building. Washington 6)1 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to newt and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Onlv l-eent iitampa received aa payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION 8tate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ea t C. C. Roscwater. aecretary of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full ami complete copies of The Dally. Mining. Evening- and Sunday Bee printed dnrine the month of Januarv. 1908, was aa follows: l no,sro 17 oi. boo 1 81.0TO t 81.7HO 4 81.TT0 5 at,s:io 32.UOO 1 no.ino 1 81.TKO 1 81.0DO 10 83,000 11 ai.o.to 12 ni.nco u. aa,-M 14 ll,,10 IB 81.KTO 1G 81.7TO " . ... Ml 7711 jg 81.451) I na,240 n hu.iii" J2 M.4WM a 81.000 24 81,470 25 81.BTO K 31,410 37 32,80 28 SO.OSO a si, a bo 10 81.. 'I0O 31 81, BOO Total 1,008.400 Lees unsold copies ll,o:iN Net total sales 002,451 Dally average 32,014 C. C. ROSE WATER, Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st day of January, 1906. (Seal) M. B. HUNOATB, Notary Public WHEX OCT OK TOWJ. Sabenrlbera leaving the elty tent' poravllr should Have xnt Bee mailed to them. Address will be changed often as reiaested. At all events, we do not have a White House wedding every duy. The men and wouieu who want to make Omaha beautiful seem to bo either hibernating or taking to city politics. Omaha High has laid Lincoln low in a game of basket ball, but Lincoln still holds the pennant in the Salt Creek re gatta. What will the Omuha yellows have to talk about for the next few weeks now that Tat Crowe bus been taken off the stage T It will be interesting to watch Sen ator LaFollette when Senator Spooner Introduces his bill pretending to regu late railroads. Admiral KoJestvensky's talk seems to be more effective than revolutionists' bombs In cleaning the Russian army and nnvy of "grafters." If Iowa solous succeed In suppressing the Fourtli of July firecracker, the rising generation will be compelled to look to Its politicians for pyrotechnics. The czar may get a few valuable pointers from the plan adopted at Al geclras to prevent the introduction of contraband arms Into Morocco. If the Chicago packers could replnce the Jury empaneled to try them by the Jury that acquitted Pat Crowe they would feel much more comfortable. The gubernatorial contest over In Iowa seems to be alrendy warming up to midsummer heat without waiting for the aid or consent of the weather man. Anoiner tnsK now devolving upon Omaha Is to counteract the Impression abroad thnt the city is inhabited solely by highwaymen and their abetters and sympathizers. TUe Panama canal Investigation threatens to be almost as Interminable as the Siuoot Investigation, but pios pects are fair thnt it will be concluded at least ns soon as the en tin I. Now Mr. Longworth may begin to can the wedding presents nnd separate the "white elephants" from the others A museum depnrtmeut will have to be Instituted In the new household. . The Pat Crowe Jury Is entitled to Its pay and board bill. Most everybody : expected n disagreement nnd that would have entailed upon the taxpayers of Douglas connty another expensive trial. If. as alleged, those Cincinnati pro moters floated $3,000,000 of securities on an actual investment 0f pio.ono, Wall . street financiers will surely retain them after they hnve thrown off their present troubles. All the legislatures now In session nre grappling with the question of in surance legislation, just as If the recom mendations of .the associated state in surance commissioners had not settled it already. If a war can be started between Turkey and Egypt It may be easier to settle the differences at Algeclras as every uatlou of Euron seems to be do ing whnt it can to malutalu the status quo on the Bosphorus. 1'ollUcn docs make strange bed-fellows. The bed tliut holds William J. Bruatch. Tom Denulson. Frank E. . .uu uuiirr muim uuuer oue w - i""-u u uiuiuoa in tne rotunda or the city hall. THE SDClnLOOTCAL ASPECT. While the acquittal of Tnt Crow e was n travesty and mlsrnrrlage or Justice from every point of view calculated to place Omalm In fulse light heforp the whole country, the verdict hns a sng- frestive sociological aspect that ennnot safely be ljrnored. The demonstrations of popular sympathy during the trial and Immedlntoly after the announce ment of the verdict were simply a reflex of the atmosphere thnt permeated the court and Jury room, nnd the verdict must he Interpreted as a popular ex pression of prejudice against the rich nnd especially the men who have ac quired wealth by extensive enterprises thnt Involve investments of large capital and generate comhl nations of capitalists engaged In competitive pursuits. Way down In their hearts the Jury men, who were nearly nil representa tives of the lnlwr element were appar ently imbued with the Idea that n poor mnn who robs a rich man commits no crime because under our economic sys tem the rich man is allowed to rob the poor man with Impunity. The enormity of the crime perpetrated by Crowe did rot impress the Jury becnuso the victim wns a millionaire. Under the snme circumstances, the kidnaping of a child of a poor man and ItntA .,,vm .f CO V tClfA t " - ueen regarded uy me bhuip jury us uu atrocity that must be punished to the fullest extent of the law nnd the crowd thnt cheered the acquittal of Crowe for kidnaping young Cudahy would have cheered n verdict of guilty on the no better proofs, had the victim been a man working In Cudnhy's packing house. Deplore it as we may, this cleavage between the rich and the poor and the prejudice generated by wealth Is grow ing nnd cannot be Ignored by thoughtful people. This feeling Is not confined to Omnhn It exists in every section of the country. POPULAR VOTES OF PREFERENCE IN NEBRASKA. An article by Dr. George S. Haynes on "Popular Control of Senatorial Elec tions" In the December Political Science Quarterly refers particularly to Ne braska's experience, but Dr. Haynes has apparently been misled by unreliable sources of Information when he says: In twenty-flve years and more sllnce It (the vote of preference) became a part of the constitution they (the people) have made use of It but once, and then with results that are significant. In 1886 Gen eral Van Wyck made an active canvass of the state In his own behalf as an anti- monopolist. Neither tho republican nor the democratic party put forward a sen atorial candidate In the popular election In November, at which, although 138,209 votes were cast for governor, only 60,448 voters expressed a preference for senator; of these more than 91 per cent voted for Van -Wyck. When the legislature met he led the first two ballots, receiving forty votes out of 100; but he failed to secure election, a result which he attributed to the Interference of railroad officials ami monopolists. The operation of the constitutional provision referred to does not warrant tnese assertions. Ting clause, la our constitution is not self-acting and the necessnry ennbltng legislation wns not passed until the session of 1870, so that the first opportunity to try it did not come until 1RS0, when a few scattering votes of preference for United States senators were returned, although at the election of 1882 no expressions of prefer ence are recorded. For the election of 188(1, however, the third "preceding the expiration of the term of a United States senator" after the law beenme operative, it was In voked by Senator Van Wyck, then serv ing as a republican nnd seeking re-elec tion. The total number of ballots cast was 138,71V. the total number for United States senator, F0,0rt4; the number re corded for Van Wyck, 40,110; the num ber recorded for the next highest cnndl date. Paddock, 2.320. But the. popular verdict wns not recognized ns decisive. The contest wns trnnsferred.to the legls lature, where, although Vnn Wyck re ceived the votes of n majority of tlie members on different ballots, they were so Juggled thnt he failed to receive majority on any one ballot, nnd Tnd- dock wns Anally elected. Naturally the people's fnlth in their constitutional privilege to Instruct their representa tives wns shnken when they saw a can dldate for whom only 2320 had voted succeed over one for whom 40,110 bnd voted. In 1P88 n few votes of preference for senntor were ennvnssed, the highest Pllwl for Bnr one enndidnte being 4.129 out of n totnl vf,t approximating 190, 00(' ,n this instance the re-election ' tne 8,ttln6 senator was universally conceded. In 1802 no votes of senntorial prefer ence were tabulated; yet the records of this county (Douglnsl show that votes were enst for senator, although appar ently never canvassed by the state board. in 1MH another appeal to popular choice was made and for the first time under the pnrty name. William nrynn was formally nominated for United States solictor by the democrats and C. E. Bentley by the prohibition party. The total vote was 210,r47, out of which Bryan received 80,472 nnd Bentley 23.MM. John M. Thurston, who was elected by the republicans, who controlled the legislature, received only 1.800 votes of preference, In 1808 but a scattering vote for sen otor wns registered. Senator W. V Allen, who was the active candidate of the fusion democrats and populists for re-election, was convinced that a party nomination would be a source of weak ness Instead of strength, in the light of what had befallen Van Wyck and Bryan, and the republicans had such mall hopes of winning that no sens i.i... ..luiiiMdirR ramp out or cover. The senatomhlp ft.l to M. I Haywnrd I who hsd been the unsuccessful rcnuN i ncao cannniate for governor. m iis no senatorial nomination w.r. made, but the name of Edward Ilosewater was printed on the olllclnl bnllot by petition of ,) voters. The total vote was 2."1.0ui, and 4Ti.KH were returned for him, nltlioupli In ninny dis tricts the vote for senator wns not counted nnd In others the canvassing Kinrds neglected to return the votes of reference. The ensuing contest, which wns to determine two senatorial sents. turnedjnto a protracted deadlock In the eglslnture, out of which came the elec tion of two dark-horse candidates whose names hud previously not even een mentioned in that connection. In 101)4 the 'republicans nominated Elmer J. Burkett for United State sen- tor. No nominations were made by the other pnrties. The total vote was 232.4.")"; Burkett received W7,r!t5 and ,577 scattering votes were canvassed. All the straight party ballots cast for Roosevelt counted for Burkett. The legislature wns more than nine-tenths republican and Mr. Burkett was elected. The effectiveness of our constitutional provision for impulnr control of sena torial elections in Nebraska hns, there fore, been generally nullified by the form of ballot. The preference for sen- tor was placed at the tall end of the ticket. Where no pnrty nominations were made nnd the voter had to write In the name of his choice, no sufficient centering of votes could ensue. Where political party had n enndidnte under whose standard it wns rallying, and who received the benefit of the straight pnrty votes, as good a showing wns made ns by his associates on the ticket, but no m.-itter how large a vote might be cast for him. It could not Insure con trol of the legislature by his pnrty fol lowing. STUDYING LATIN AMERICA. lion. John Barrett, American minister to Colombia, N making a commendable effort In a practical way to create in this country greater Interest in the Latin American republics through a study of their political and economic develop ment A year ngo Mr. Barrett offered prizes to Ainerican college students for the best papers or essnys on the rela tions of the United States with the IUtlu-Amerlenn republics. The result of the competition having shown that there is great lack of knowledge here regain ing those republics, Mr. Barrett repeats the offer of prizes to college students for essays relating to the history nnd the political nnd economic conditions of Lotlu-Anicrlen. The competition now invited Is much broader in scope than that of a year ago and should enlist many college stu dents In whnt could not fall ,to prove a most Interesting and Instructive study. There can bo no question ns to the de sirability of our people acquiring more Informntlon thnn they now hnve respect ing the countries south of ,us. Wo should know more of their history, of their political nnd economic policies, ns well as of present conditions. This be cause the relations lietween them nnd the United Stntes will Inevitably In tho future become closer both politically and commercially. Those countries are within our "sphere of influence." All of them are embraced In the Monroe doc trine. Their progress, politicallv and otherwise, is a mntter of interest to our people. They are continental neighbors In whose welfnre we are deeply con cerned nnd whose Independence we shall always be found ready to defend agnlnst any foreign nggression. Yet we have given comparatively little attention to the study of their history nnd their In stitutions. Our people generally know fnr more nbout China nnd .Tn;nn thnn they do of the principal countries of South nnd Central Amerlen. If the ef fort of Minister Bnrrott to direct the nt- tentlon of college students to the his tory of the Lnttn-Americnn republics and to a study of present conditions and what they promise shnll be ns success ful ns there is renson to expect, he will have done a renl service thnt ennnot fnil to hnve beneficial results. JAPAN SOT RESmNSIBLE. It hus been charged that the Japanese nre more or less responsible for the Chinese boycott of American goods and also for the uutl-foreigu agitation In China. The Japanese consul general at New Yurk makes a public denial of the charge. In a letter to the Times he stntes that the allegation thnt his c-oun trymen have been uslug the Chinese press to foment popular hostility to foreigners, and especially tq urge oil the movement against American goods. Is wholly unfounded. He states that while there ore many Chinese papers pub lished by different foreign proprietors, us a matter of fact these papers are solely owned nnd controlled by the nn tives and their nominal foreigu proprie tors have nothing to sny except In cose the publications are interfered with by the Chinese authorities. The consul says: "Thnt our public men are not supporting -or sympathizing with the Chinese In their nutl-forelgn movements Is proved by the fact that tho leading pnpers In Japan nre strongly advising China against such action They are explaining to the Chmese how much more beneficial It would be for China to have the open door and Invite foreigners to Invest their capital for the development of their business nnd In dustry." While It U quito possible that there are Japanese merchants In China vho are encouraging the boycott, there Is not the slightest reason for holding the Japanese generally responsible for the antl-forvlgn movement, and so fnr as the government I concerned thero con be no doubt that It looks upon the agitation with disfavor. Japan Is friendly to Americans nnd to American goods. There Is not the slightest indica tion of any change of sentiment there toward the United States. Japan Is still buying our goods and treating Amer ican merehmts end, manufacturer with as much consideration-and favor as they show those of other countries. That government has shown Itself to be earn estly In fnvor of the oeu door In Chtna sod there Is no reason to doubt that It will continue to be. The obvious fact la thnt the boycott of American goods Is an act of resentment and retaliation due to our exclusion law, while the nntl- forelgn movement Is a fresh demonstra tion of a spirit that has long prevailed. Each Is of Chinese origin and do not require any outside support or encour agement for their further development It Is manifestly unfair nnd unjust to Japan to charge her with any responsi bility for these conditions. v.4 run MUORSS' appeal for rroatch Tho nppeal of Frank E. Moores to his political and personal friends In behalf of William J. Broatch Is next to the Pat Crowe verdict the most uuexpected. sensational event of the hour. It Is a matter of history that Broatch not only sought to rob Moores of the office to which he had been elected by the peo ple of Omnhn under pretext that Moores was not eligible because in default ns a public officer nnd vindictively sought to send Moores to the penitentiary, but thnt he nlso carried his warfare into social circles and endeavored to have Moores expelled from the Loyal IiCglon and circulated vile stories about him thnt represented him ns a human mon strosity. It is a matter of history also that the bitter, vindictive nnd sometimes cruel warfare and persecution of Moores con tinued year In nnd year out, and until Moores was prostrated with a very dangerous Illness, nnd no longer able even to defend himself. It Is a notable trait for a mnn in this condition to for give his personal and political enemies, but It Is neither natural nor commend able for hi in to seek to embarrass his friends and place them In a false light by asking them to foist his mortal enemy inte a position of honor and authority In which he would lie enabled to feed his Insatiate lust for power nnd rnpncityi The question which the personal nnd political friends of Frank E. Moores have a right to ask is whether this ap peal is the result of sincere conviction after mature reflection or whether It simply echoes the wish and will of his evil genius. Everybody, friend and foe alike, will ngree with Frank E. Moores In his declaration that "we must have a man for mayor who will be moyor for all the people, and not for a certain class," but does any one who knows William J. Broatch believe that he will represent the people or even half the people? Was Broatch the representative of all the peopte when he approved that gas steal In the midnight hour of the last day of his first terra of office? Did he represent the people when he signed the electric light contract a few minutes before midnight of his last term? "The rich man," declares Mayor Moores, "can take care of himself, while the poor mnn must be protected In his rights." Since when has William . J. Broatch become the champion of the poor and the bulwark of the oppressed? Has ho not been nt all times notoriously hand In glove with the big corporations? Wns It in the interest of the poor that William J. Broatch sold his residence at a fancy price to Jack Morrison, the proprietor of the Diamond gambling house', when he was mayor of Omnhn? Conceding thnt Benson lacks breadth nnd cosmoiolltan Ideals for the mayor of a metropolis like Omaha, what Is there about Broatch that should com mend him, and what is there about Hen- nlngs that condemns him In the eyes of the mayor? As chief executive of Omaha Broatch hns been tried and found wanting. As treasurer of Omaha Hennings has been tried nnd proved himself fearlessly honest and faithful In the discharge of bis duties. Crediting Mayor Moores with patriotic devotion to the present nnd future wel fare of Omnhn, why should he rise from the sick bed to ndmonlsh his pollticnl and personal friends to support the most dangerous political desperado thnt ever set foot upon Nebrnfka soil for the office of chief executive? The mere fact thnt these friends have stood by Moores in good and ill report does not Justify him In a presumptuous- demand thnt they follow the lend of Tom Dennlson. Iee Snrntlen. and Walter Moise Into the Broatch enntn. The scandals that have brought the three big New York insurance compa nles Into disrepute have given an Im petus to the small insurance companies and germinated -a brood of new insur once companies all over the couutry that are liable to collupse at the very first finnnciol ponlc the country will ex perience. This only illustrates that the pendulum swings back und forth In lifo lnsrrance ns it does in all other classes of business. The White House wedding Is over, the bride lias been kissed, the presents hove been Inspected, tho preacher has been paid and Alice Roosevelt, trans mitted Into Mrs. Nick Longworth, has Joined the multitude of uncrowned American sovereigns who en'oy the right to come and go without belns pur sued by camera fiends nnd served up for brenkfnst. dinner and supper lu sen satlonnl newsnneers. Compilations by the Financial Chron Icle show that the gross earnings of rail ronds lu the United States show an in crease of about 8V per cent for 10O5 over 1!X)4. And still the railroad man ngers persist In trying to' avoid paying taxes on railroud property valued on the same basis as that of other tixpaylng citizens. The action of the Ohio legislature re ducing the maximum passenger rate from 3 cents to 2 ceut per mile is nl ready starting ugltutiou for similar leg- tshitlou lu Illinois. There is a maximum passenger rate law on the Nebraska statute books, which fixes 3 cents mile as the maximum to ho charged, and this law has not been changed since it was enacted lu 18N7, a period of twenty j-er.rs. A Minnesota Judge hns de ' ' -d thnt dramatic acting does not constitute the kind of labor prohibited by the Sunday law any more than operatic singing In the churches, even though the actors are pnld a higher price than the church choirs. This opens up the old question whether musicians coming to America from foreign countries can be barred out under the contract labor lnw. One of the problems that twentieth century citizens hnve to solve for them selves Is whether the perambulating hand orgnn music Is to be supplemented by stntlonnry, unlicensed, unbridled, free-for-all, alr-rendlng, enr-plerclug nnd soul-harrowing grnphophone and phono graphic concert performances. The West Virginia legislature Is to lie convened In extra session to consider the rnllraad rnte problem, but Oov- ernor Mickey seems to prefer to let the rate regulation business In Nebraska go over until the regular session, which will be torn up by n senatorial contest ahd n dozen other Issues. Two tall, thin men, wearing heavy overcoats ond carrying revolvers, have carried on a very profitable business In St. Louis In holding up snloon keepers nnd street enr men, which only shows thnt Omnhn is not the only town subject to the periodic Incursions of highway men. If Colonel Brynn has decided to' di vorce himself from all educntlonnl In stitutions which accept tainted money, a withdrawn! of the prizes he hns of fered through the University of Ne braska may be expected next. In the re prisal of thnt Rockefeller donation. The sennte railroad committee Is snld to be divided six nnd five on the rnte regulntlon bill. Senntor Millard knew whnt he wns doing when he Insisted on retiring from the committee nt the be ginning of the session. Secretary Root says that American consuls need watching. If the watchers nre of the kind formerly used bv the Indlnn burenu they will hnve to be watched as closely ns the consuls them selves. Shelved. Washington Star. That adage "Competition Is the life of trade" has become very dusty and moth- eaten in the last few years. Their Taths Diverged. Washington Star. The president took a long walk with Senator Lodge on Sunday. On Monday Senator Lodge took a long walk In an op posite direction from the presidential path. Opportunities for Acquaintance. Cleveland Leader. Consideration of the railroad' rate bill In the senate will do one thing If nothing more. It win make the people a little better acquainted wUh some of the sena tors. Rights lnually iKnored. Indianapolis News. The mine operators are undertaking a pretty large task if they are seeking to crush the miners' union. And yet, unless the union shows great wisdom In the next few weeks, the operators will be likely to have the sympathy of the public. The people who pay the bills think they have some rights In the premises. Nnvnl Graduates. Philadelphia Record. In spite of the dismissals for hazing and the dropping of a dosen midshipmen so recently as last week for being deficient (n their studies, the Naval ncademy gradu ated 101 young naval officers, who. It is to be hoped, will promptly forget the "code" they have lived under for four years and will conduct themselves as officers and gen tlemen. XKHIIS SO DEFKMSE, Mr. Cudnhy's Course In Yielding to Atrocious Threats. Milwaukee Sentinel. Fdward Cudahy while on the witness stand last week seems to have thought fit to enter an indirect plea In justification of his payment of the $26,000 ransom to the scoundrels who kldnapod his son. Whilo there are some heroic spirits heroism In principle Is easy for those not In Mr. Cudahy's situation disposed to disapprove his yielding to the atrocious threats of the kldi apors as contrary to the public Interest and encouraging the commission of that peculiarly odious type of crime, Mr. Cud ahy's simple words on the stand formed a touching and quite sufficient reply to coun sels of perfection of that sort. In effect Mr. Cudahy asked every parent present to put themselves mentally In his place when his boy was In the hands of the unknown ruffians who threatened to mutilate and then kill him unless the blood money demanded were forthcoming, and Judge how they would have acted under the circumstances. "I can state," said Mr. Cudahy, "that twice I have had death enter my house, but I never suffered greater anxUty and grief than when my boy was taken from me and until he wi returned." Added to the father's dreadful and con suming anxiety as to the boy's eventual fate, was of course the consideration of the boy's own terrors and perhaps bodily privations and sufferings, a factor In Itself quite sufficient to determine the average paront to yield on the point of principle and obey the parental Impulse. And it seems to the credit of human na ture that Impulse outweighs cold reason In such cases. Now that the pressure of sur prise and anxiety Is removed, Mr. Cudahy can sit down calmly and in cool blood and reason that the chances are the kidnapers would not really have dared to carry out their threats of torture and death; that they were making a huge bluff to extort money; that to pay the ransom was to en courage similar attempts, and so on. But while the boy was In the tolls luch consid erations paled before the dreadful possi bility that the ruffians, desperate men In any event, might mako good their threats. Suppose Mr. Cudahy had taken the chances, stood out on principle, refused to pay the money, bnd the murderous threats had been executed. How would til position at the bar of public opinion '.he rich pucker who rt-fusrd to part with a small portion of his wealth to save his child from the elutchea of cutthroats have compared with his posi tion today? Mr. Cudahy's course needs no defense at the bar of conscience, and the penalty for kidnaping should be commen surate with the heartlessnesa and enormity of the erlme The Question Before the House Any piano dealer who will not give you the best plnno In tho house for the money you pay, unless you bring a friend with you to help select It, cannot be trusted, can he? If any friend would ad vise you to buy of such a dealer, Is he a real friend? Why take any chances? Why not buy your piano of the IIospo house which sells the best pianos in the world in each grade; which sells them at the lowest prices obtainable anywhere; which marks each Instrument with Us one lowest price, and which saves you all commissions? You need no one to help you buy a piano here. There is no dickering or Jockeying In this store. A child ran buy as well and as safely and as cheaply as the most expert buyer or musician. WE SAVE YOU $50 TO $150 ON A PIANO. A. HOSPE COMPANY 1513 Douglas Street YOU SHOULD IIISAU THE AXGELU8 PLAY THE PIANO. SECt I.AH SHOTS AT THE PILPIT. Chicago Record-Herald: A New York minister says that the colored men own the United States. It must be admitted, then, that they make very reasonable and liberal landlords, considering the degree of freedom enjoyed by the whites. Baltimore American: The chaplain of the Pennsylvania legislature grayed the other day that the day would come when none but the statues of Washington and Lin coln would grace the rotunda of the eap Itol. He seemed to forget what a strain such a constant standard as this Implies would put upon the various members. New York Post: Archbishop Keane la evidently another of those plain-speaking old fogies who can't distinguish between tweedledum and tweedledee. The unions that force employers to pay Incompetent laborers more thnn they earn, he says, as well as the trusts that "deprive men of natural rights" are alike schools for thiev ery. Boston Transcript: The Salvation Army In England offers to take charge of all criminals whom the government will give over to It for regeneration. 'And It be lieves there Is hope even for the v.-orst of them which Is incidentally why the Army has grown from what most of us considered un absurdity to something that most of us take off our hats to. New York Sun: From an esteemed and respectable contemporary in the city of Elizabeth we derive the subjoined news of more than local Interest: "The men's meet ing at the Young Men's Chrlstlnn associa tion will have two speakers tomorrow aft ernoon, and the subject will be: 'Hell; Its Certainty, What Sort of a Place It Is, and How to Escapa It.' The musical part of the program will be very attiuctlve and will consist of a barytone solo by Walter T. Griffin, who will sing, 'Tell Mother I'll Be There.' " We earnestly hope that the Information afforded by the first part of the program led the worthy barytone to reconsider. PERSONAL AJSD OTHERWISE. The fact that Count Bonl clings to the Ooulden nest does not affect his reputation as a bird. Jersey has one brand of lightning en titled to esteem. A man who committed murder in that state three weeks ago is to be hanged next Friday. Two cents a mile Is now the legal charge for transportation on railroad trains In Ohio. The cut on free passes cut deeper than the magnates bargained for. A New York crltld of flying objects re fers to the Standard Oil king as a "petro leocrat of a petroliferous plutocracy." No wonder Rockefeller took to the woods. Mr. Rockefeller's enthusiasm for the out door life proves exceedingly useful Just now. Observe his agility In dodging pro cess servers. Rocky's Joints are well oiled. As we slip and slide along in this sec tion of the foot stool one sign of the times Id conspicuous. "Rich people with children should keep the kids indoors after dark." The western banker who Is reported to have dropped a wad of $650 in New York could have found an equally effective game at home. Men so Inclined need but show the goods to suve travel money. Boston is stirred as it hasn't been since the phantom Spanish fleets of 1S9S. The lurking pneumococcus Is abroad in the town and exceeding busy. In less cultured localities the trouble Is recognized as pneumonia. Thomas H. Swope, whose name as donor adorns a park of 1.300 acres In Kansas City, will now build and endow a marble art gallery nnd present It to the city. Mr. Swope presents an example of public generosity that may be emulated every where without Infringing on the copyright. Ed Howe, the Atchison Globe man who Is doing the globe trotting act for recrea tion and to reduce his surplus wealth, drops this chunk of experience In a late letter: "If you must see the tropics, see Honolulu, and quit at that; there Is a good deal of duplication after you pass Honolulu you can easily Imagine the rest. If you are very adventurcsomo, go on to Japan. But in the name of all that Is sensible, do not go beyond Japan." 5Ae Right Collars There's great comfort in right fitting collars everlasting discomfort if they don't fit No Trouble in getting correctly fitted here if you buy the Arrow Brand Clupeco Shrunk 1-4 size Collars 15c, two for 25c Browning, King $k Co Ft. S. WILCOX, Mantair, IERMOJII non, ED now. Sin Is setting appetite before authority, Doctlt la the poorest kind of diplomacy.' Haste to be rich makes waste of the real riches. Every duty neglected is the loss of some thing divine. Gold on the heart does not make tho golden heart. At times of revival It Is easy to mistake racket for results. They are making the least out of life who are ever thinking of what they oan make. The most mistaken endeavor and fervor is better than sleek apathy and Indifference. He who is too busy to listen to the voire of a child is likely to miss the voire of his Lord. The feet of men are not kept In the path of right by the light of brilliant thought alone. The heretic hunter thinks that the cutting of many thistles will create at least a few roses. Not he who has no weaknesses Is the strong man, but he who makes them serve his strength. It's not by being awtlnst many thlnr that you will save the world, but by belli for a few things with all your might. Chi cago Tribune. DOMKSTIC IM.KASATHIKS. "One of Solomon's wives must have been a peach." "Which one?" "Oh, I don't know. But she wns one m a thousand, all right." Cleveland Leader. Haughty Damsel You made a mlstko. Mr. Allgreen. when you thought I would marry a lobster! The Young Man (with a parting how I certainly made a mistake In thinking you were a penrl oyster. Oood-bye, Miss Peach ley 1 Chicago Tribune, Mabel I never noticed that bracelet be fore. When did you get it? Maud Undo Jack had it made and gave It to me at my coming out party. Mabel Isn't It old-fashioned ! Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I trust, my dear madam, you realize the fact that you must husband your re sources." "I am doing my best, sir. I have mar ried off six daughters." Baltimore Amerl oan. He Has she been married long? She No; she still thinks that her husband eats cloves because he likes them. San Francisco Call. Mrs. Chugwater (looking up from her newspaper) Josiah, what Is the "rear ele vation" of a church? Mr. Chugwater It's the place where the choir sits. Haven't you been Inside a church a few times In your life? Chicago Tribune. Lawyer When did you first detect symp toms of your partner's Insanity? Witness Two weeks ago. Lawyer What did he do? Witness He left the office and went home early In tho afternoon, though he knew that his wife was giving a musicals. Cleveland Leader. THE PIIOMISE. W. D. Nesblt In Chicago Tribune. Came the south wind vesterday, Laxying along the way. Humming humming, low and sweet. Through the highway and the street; Came the south wind whispering Of the robins on the wing, Echoing the far off chime Of the song of summer time. Ho, the song of summer timet Roses woven Into rhyme, Golden reach of duBty road By boy footprints heel-and-toed: Woods where mottled sunlight shlnew Through the lattice work of vines; Aimless pathways through the field Where the lark's dawnsong has pealedl Ho, the song of summer days! Distant trees that melt In haze That Is gray and blue, and drifts As an altar's Inrense lifts; Jewel green of wheat and corn Flashing In the dew of morn; . Madrap dancing of the rain; Child lips wet with berry stalal Ho, the song that summer sings! Honevsurkle scent that clings To the breeze that Idly trails Through the trees when sunlight falls And the honey laden croon Of the bees each afternoon; And the brook that laughs away, Coaxing you to come and play I Came the south wind, laughing low Whispering the song we know; Breathing of the summer nights With their sky-hung lantern lights, Scattering a whlfT of musk Caught from some far summer dusk Where the stars began to climb Ho, the song of summer tlmel