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WHEN Ol'T OF TOW!.
Subscribers leaving; the city tem
porarily should bave The Oca
mailed to them. AUdreaa will be
changed as often a requested.
The Funatnu cauul will be equipped
wltlt locks, but If all goes well It will be
always open to all the world.
Mr. Vanderbilt aliuuld have remem
bered the Texan's advice aud not bare
pulled bis gun unless be iuteuded to
UKO It
Bad air way be discovered la the
St. Got hard tunnel, but Switzerland can
not be considered up to date In railroad
ing until water la found in the stocks.
. The railroad rule question is fast ap
proaching that point where United States
senators who bave been sitting on the
fence will bare to crawl down on one
tide or the other.
With over $1)21.000 in his strong box
when he failed, J. Whlttaker Wright
proved himself a tyro at the game com
pared with some American financiers
not. so widely advertised.
- If Idaho will abolish the "inner circle"
of the federation of miners and the
federal government dissolve the "inner
circle" of captains of high finance life
would be more tolerable in that state.
The next man who steals a sack of
flour in Omaha within reach of the
erlmlnnl ftfvlalnn . tt IKa .Hut.!.
will have to serve at least one term
in the bakery before he is allowed a
loaf.
. When those 20.000 miners in the
southwest go on strike we should have
OUr Coal bias full, for n onnl atrlko In
Kansas means' more to Nebraskans than
total suspension of business in the an
i. ... i
TKa MnM. .1 I . n . At 1 1 V
uc uc it cuuur ui me .xeuranita in
dependent, which for years has been
practically the otHelai organ of the
populist party in this state, is vouched
for as a "sterling democrat." Shades
of Tom Tibbies!
From the fact that it bus provided
hlra with a comfortable job at satlsfac
tory wages during good behavior I'nul
Morton could not be expected to find
much fault with the report of the Arm
strong committee.
General Orosvenor of Ohio may be
retired from congress, but that will only
tfrl -n tit.n ...skba (.. . ...... I li . . 1 .
aw uiui umiv uuic w ai'i'iy ma luteins
to his farorlte field of political arithme
tic. An election would not be the rea
thing without Orovenor's politico
weather forecast.
Aud now farmers are called upon to
boycott all but co-operative elevators.
The order will le as effectively obeyed
as the order to them to hold their corn,
which was one of the master strokes of
the defunct farmers' alliance.
.- Senator Klkius sees a "solecism" in
"the reporting of the Hepburn bill by a
democratic Senator. He will probably
' consider It a real breach of courtesy
, should the senate decide to pass the bill
without permitting him to amend it to
edeath.
t The selection of Hot Springs, Ark., for
the nest meeting of the International
Association of Chiefs of Folic indicates
, that these officers of law and order hare
a good Idea of combining pleasure with
business by going to a place where they
can Inspect the tiger in Its Inir.
1. The supreme court of Nebraska has
ruled that the law prohibiting the sale
of liquor to minors does not make It
unlawful for a minor to buy liquor for
the use of another xrou, provided be
Informs the liquor seller of that fact
"jJut what U the little boy lies)
AX APPEAL FROM CAESAR
When Judge Munger rendered his de
cision dissolving the Itijuuctlon to pre
vent the collection of taxes levied
Under the state appraisement upon the
Union Faciflc and Burlington railroads
It was expected that the railroads would
gracefully render unto Caesar what be
longed to Caesar and pay their taxes In
Nebraska without further contention.
There was absolutely no excuse or pollia-
tlon for the attempt of the railroads In
question to coerce the people of Nebraska
by the starvation policy, or to seek to
evade their Just share of the burdens
of government.
There Is not another state In the union
Whose people have so tamely submitted
for more than a quarter of a century
to arbitrary taxation on the part of the
railroads lit the shape of excessive tolls
levied upon their products. Never In the
history of Nebraska hove the railroads
been more prosperous and never have
their earnings approached the enormous
volume of the pnst two years.
With nearly double the equipment and
with all the marvelous Improvement In
facilities of handling the products of
this state, the railroads have been fre
quently unable to meet the demnud for
locomotion and cars. Although this
enormous Increase in their earnings has
correspondingly Increased their value in
the markets of the world, they still have
the hardihood to withhold their shnre
of the tax levy to meet the ordinary ex
penses of state, county and school gov
ernment and deliberately seek to exas
perate the people of this state Into an
other political revolution.
It Is not a wild presumption to predict
that that revolution Is not very far off
and when It comes to a test of strength
between the people of Nebraska and the
railroads, the railroads with all the tre
mendous power they wield will find
themselves overwhelmed Just as they
have been In Wisconsin nnd other states.
In the irrepressible conflict which they
are forcing upon the people of this state
the battle will not involve simply the
right of the state to assess and tax the
railroads in proportion to their value,
gauged by their earnings and market
price.
Thoroughly aroused the people of Ne
braska will stop nothing short of com
pelling the railroads to reduce their
freight rates to the level of the rates
that prevail In the adjacent states of
Kansas, Iowa and Missouri. Even the
maximum rate bill passed in 1803 to fix
the freight rates In Nebraska 30 per cent
higher than those prevailing In Iowa
will be repudiated as outrageously too
high.
The railroad magnates who have ruled
Nebraskn through corrupted legislators
and subservient state officials will dis
cover to their sorrow that they have
made a great mistake when they ordered
the Nebraska tax case appealed to the
supreme court of the United States.
Long before that tribunal has had on
opportunity to pass upon the questions
at Issue the supreme court of public
opinion will have rendered its decision
In Nebraska through a popular verdict
at the polls that will make further ap
peals to Caesar unnecessary.
A SUCCESSFUL ADMIX IS Tit A TIOX.
The Fostoffice department Is closer to
the people than any other department
of the government. Therefore the char
acter of its administration is a matter
of great importance and Interest to the
public. Fostmaster General Cortelyou
has been at the head of the department
for nearly a year and In that time be
has instituted some reforms that have
already proved beneficial to the service
and will be more so In the future. Re
ferring to this the Washington corres
pondent of the Boston Transcript points
out that Mr. Cortelyou has striven to
put the department on a business basis
and to a lurgo extent has been success
ful. He has reduced the Influence of
congressmen in postal affairs to a inlal
inuin. Fourth-class postmasters have
been taken out of polities absolutely and
presidential postmasters have been
made to realize that the service they
render the government, and not the
service they render the politicians, will
In the future govern when the question
of retaining them In office comes up.
Congressmen have had fair warning that
merit it the rule In the choosing of post
masters. The department has been completely
reorganized under Mr. Cortelyou. The
work of reorganization, begun last De
cember, is. now an accomplished fact.
Very soon after entering upon his duties
he found that a great weakness was the
division of authority over certain In
timately related branches of the service.
He brought together, as pnrts of the
same working organization, such
branches of the department as were In
terdependent. A radical change, was
made in the distribution of duties and
the results have Justified this action. It
U stated that the postmaster general Is
now devoting a large share of his time
to the reorganization of the rural free
delivery service, the first Important
change in which will go luto effect at
the beginning of July. At that time
the supervision will pass from rurul
superintendents to postofflce inspector.
The postmaster general Is understood to
hare other well-defined plans for im
proving the postal organization. Two
hundred and eighty thousand persons
are now employed In it and Mr. Cortel
you believes a private business concern
would maintain closer relations with its
omployes than the postal department
maintains with these men and women.
He therefore Is gradually moving to se
cure tills friendly authority over the
a i my of employes and hopes to in time
estubllsh a definite system of super
vision over the whole working force.
Another almof Mr Cortelyou is to put
the rostofrlce department' on a self-sustaining
basis and. the house committee
on postofflces'ltud postroada Is now lay
Ing the groundwork for corrective legls
latlon with a view to making the service
self-sustaining.
Mr. Cortelyou has shown In the office
of ostinaster general a very high order
of executive nbflity and it Is unquestion
able that the service has been much Im
proved since he took charge. Some
things necessary to place It upon a
thorough business bnsis have not yet
been accomplished. Some difficulties
have not been overcome. But that they
will le Is not to be doubted. Having de
cided upon a policy the postmaster gen
eral has the persistence and patience to
carry it Into effect. The excellent record
he has already made will be much ex
tended before the expiration of his term.
XEtT YORK'S DECLIXIXO CREDIT.
I,u st week New York City 4 per cent
bonds sold for the average price of
108.052. It appears that this was a
lower price than 3Vd per cent bonds of
that city have been sold for during the
past ten years. According to the Sun
this decline In New York's credit is
due to the municipal ownership agita
tion. It says that Inquiry as to the suc
cess smaller cities of the country have
had In disposing of their bonds recently
shows thut many of these smaller cities
where municipal ownership has not be
come a fad as yet have sold their securi
ties at prices higher than New York,
On the other hand, the same investiga
tion has shown that thirty cities, of
Europe that have taken up municipal
ownership have seen their bonds de
preciate by thirty to forty points since
they embarked on such a policy. The
Sun further says that as a result of the
steady drop In the price of bonds of
the city, the values of estates have
been considerably offected.
How much the agitation for munici
pal ownership has to do with the decline
of New York's credit it would be ex
ceedingly difficult to determine, but
doubtless this Is not the only Influence
and perhaps not the strongest The po
litical conditions ' in the metropolis. It
seems reasonable to assume, have no
little to do with the fall in the price of
bonds. The strong socialistic tendency
there, as shown In the large vote polled
by Hearst for mayor, Is certainly calcu
lated to make capitalists cautious In
buying the city's bonds. The possibility
of the city falling under the control of
a socialist administration may well
cause some apprehension as to the
future value of Its Iwinds. In oil probo
billty this has more to do with the de
cline noted than has the municipal own
ership agitation.
SEXATOIt DOLLITER'S POSITIOX.
Senator Dolllver is to be congratulated
on the courageous and firm stand he has
taken in not only refusing consent to the
emasculation of the Hepburn railroad
rate regulation bill but in voting with
the democratic minority of the Inter
state Commerce committee to have the
bill reported back to the seuute without
amendment.
Corporation politicians, who delight in
parading their republicanism, and cor
poration organs that sail under the re
publican flag, will assail Senator Dolllver
ond taunt him with affiliation with the
common enemy and especially with
Fltchfork Tillman, but honest republi
cans who do not wear the brass collar
will respect and honor him for his
manly attitude In championing a meas
ure demanded by the great majority of
the American people. Honest republi
cans who believe in the square deal will
applaud Senator Dolllver for braving
the odium that might attach to his tem
porary affiliation with Senator Tillman
In a good cause.
Itallroad regulation Is not a party
issue. It concerns nil the people and is
favored by oil the people regardless of
political creed or section of country. It
is the burning issue of the hour and
must be met and settled right by con
gress and the president. If Fresident
Boosevelt and the present congress do
not settle it right, the American people
will see to it that the next congress and
the next president shall settle It right.
It Is no disgrace or dishonor for a
republican to stnnd up in congress
shoulder to shoulder with democrats in
support of a measure designed to curb
the power of rapacious public carriers
and confine; them within their orbit
while at the same time safeguarding
their patrons against excessive exac
tions and ruinous discriminations. The
man who divests himself of partisan
prejudice uud even sacrifices party ad
vantage to accomplish such a great re
form has nothing to fear from partisan
crimination or vituperation.
HUME RULE OUTLOOK
How far the present British ministry
will go toward granting Ireland home
rule no one can foretell with any degree
of certainty, but the Indications ore
favorable for at least a decided improve
ment lu the administration of affairs In
that country. The statement made In
the king's address at the opening of
Parliament, which of course was a
ministerial utterance, that there was
under consideration plans for Immedi
ately Improving and effecting economies
in the system of Ireland and for Intro
ducing therein the means fur ussoclatlng
the people with the -conduct of Irish
affairs, was certainly eucouraglng to the
friends of home rule. That It was re
garded as significant by the opposition
was shown lu the amendment proposed
to the addres. declaring that the loyal
ists In Ireland were alarmed by the
statement In the speech from the throne,
and of still greater significance was the
overwhelming vote KW to 88 by which
the amendment was rejected.
Mr. James Bryce, chief secretary for
Ireland, replying to the unionist sup
port of the proposed amendment, de
clared his unutterable adhesion to the
principle of self-government for the Irish
people. He said the speech from the
throne meant nothing more or less than
what the premier and other of the
liberal leader had outlined in every
public utterance prior to the late gen
eral election and this had been approved
by the English constituencies. Mr.
Bryce declared that home rule had no
terrors for him and that the demand for
It was one which no constitutional gov
ernment could deny. This statement
by the man who will mould and direct
whatever remedial legislation Is applied
to Ireland's political and economic grlev
ances was of the utmost significance,
Amounting to an almost positive declara
tion that Irish home rule will be a fea
ture of the administration of Sir Henry
Complell-Bonnerman.
While the ministry may not grant Ire
land absolute home rule, the utterances
noted very clearly foreshadow that the
Irish people will have a voice In the dis
position of their own affairs hereafter
and perhaps that Is all they really de
sire. One thing is evident and that is
that home rule for Ireland Is no longer
the bogy It was when Gladstone Intro
duced his home rule bill and there was
organized the conservative-unionist
party to overthrow the liberal lender.
A FAR-RE ACHIXQ IXVESTIOATIOX.
The Investigation ordered by congress
of the action of certain railroads in
carrying products owned by themselves
under conditions supposed to hamper
the shippers of those products ond to
work Injustice to the public, is likely
to be far-reaching in its effects. As
passed by the senate the resolution,
which was' prompted by the alleged
combination between the Pennsylvania
railroad and some other lines, applied
only to the carrying of bituminous cool,
but the house amended It bo as to In
clude anthracite coal and oil, thus broad
ening its scope so that the railroads of
many sections of the country may be
brought within the Investigation. .Doubt
less the amendment will be accepted by
the senate.
The inquiry will be prosecuted by the
Interstate Commerce commission, which
Is to report from time to time to con
gress on the progress of the Investiga
tion, and after the adjournment of con
gress to the president as occasion may
require. It Is stated that taken In con
nection with the decision handed down
last Monday by the supreme court the
resolution has afforded some ground for
anxiety to pro-railroad- advocates who
do not like the Idea of government in
terference. It is also said in reports
from Washington that predictions are
being made to the effect that within
the next few weeks many suits will be
filed by the Interstate Commerce coin
mission to restrain railroads from vio
lating the low In the way Indicated in
the Chesapeake & Ohio suit, as to which
the decision of the supreme court was
rendered.
The action of congress In this matter
will have very general popular approval.
In his explanation of the resolution Mr.
Townsend of the house .committee on
Interstate ond foreign commerce said:
"It Is alleged Hint hundreds of owners
of coal mines nnd oil fields are prevented
from operation for the reason that the
ronds which under the law should serve
them, either fall entirely In furnishing
the menus of transportation or else
furnish them so Inadequately as to make
operation unprofitable." The allegation
Is unquestionably well founded nnd will
be so shown by the investigation. If It
shall be made ns carefully and exhaust
ively as it should be. It Is noteworthy
that there was no opposition In the house
to the resolution ordering the investiga
tion. And now the public Is promised n
new sensation in the real reason why
the United States decided to retain the
Philippine Islands, the facts having been
kept In secrecy all this time. There
are, doubtless, a great many reasons
that moved Fresident McKtnley and his
pence commissioners to insert the clause
In the treaty providing for the transfer
of the Philippines to the United States.
But the treaty would never have been
ratified but for the efforts of William
Jennings Bryan, who personally went
to Washington ond belabored demo
cratic uud populist senators to vote for
It. The change of the vote of Senator
Allen of Nebraska alone would have
defeated the treaty, but Its defeat
would have deprived Colonel Bryan of
an b-siie on which he foolishly thought
he could ride Into the White House on
his second trial.
The Independent telephone operators
representing 100 companies in Missouri
have held a two days' conference In
Kansas City, with a view to effecting n
merger, and the sentiment is said to
have been unanimous In Its favor. And
this reminds us of the numerous and
varied telegraph companies that were
wrestling for business many years ago
ond finally were merged ond watered
Into one huge company, now known os
the Western Union, to avoid disagree
able and unprofitable competition. It
does not take a great stretch of imagi
nation to anticipate the marriage of all
the telephone companies, dependent. In
dependent and monopolistic, under one
Bell. Jones always lias paid the freight,
including the expense of the legislative
and couucllmanlc lobbies.
The meanest libel about the street
railway is that no reductions are made
to the adult passengers, whether they
stand ou the front platform or rear plat
form, or hang on the straps, when as a
matter of fact a very respectable per
centage of Omaha street railway patrons
pay their fare in a countersigned script,
bound In booklets, and generously Issued
without money nnd without price.
If Congressman Norris should have
his way he would donate tho public
domain in Nebraska to the state In
order to get rid of it. but this unique
method of disposing of the public do
main would meet with some obstacles.
A bill to give away several million acres
of land in order to get rid of It has
not the remotest chance of raising con
gress; but, even if congress were tlls
posed to make the donation, It would
not be desirable. The acquisition of
this vast land grant would saddle uin
the state n bigger white elephant than
was ever raised In the kingdom of Slam.
It would, moreover, generate more Job
bery and graft than oil the penitentiary
and saline lands Nebraska was ever
called on to distribute through the la
mented Boss Stout.
Bichord Manstield has authorized the
announcement that he had formulated
plans for retiring from the stage ond
closing his theatrical career In the
spring of llHii). But Mr. Mansfield may
be prevailed upon to change his mind.
Other great actors, great actresses nnd
prima donnas have formulated plans
for retiring from tho stage and played
forewell engagements for years and
years after they had been expected to
retire. In this respect Illustrious actors
do not differ from eminent men In other
professions.
There Is a well defined rumor afloat
that all the sheriff's field deputies,
office deputies, Jailers ond turnkeys ore
plugging owny for Broatch. Aud yet
John McDonald was the very man who
moved to make Benson's nomination
unanimous. Consistency has never been
a Jewel In the snout of a full grown
political Oinahog.
Tho advance of foot bull reform In
the University of Nebraska Is said to
be measured by the fact that the newly
engaged couch for the coming year' will
receive $r00 less than his Immediate
predecessor. In other words, there will
be r(0 less of professionalism In the
game In l!Xl than there was In 1!05.
Friends of Senators Allison nnd Dolll
ver are doing them no good wheu they
Intimate that the agitation In Iowa for
the election of United States senators
by direct vote Is Is a blow aimed at them.
No senator who has done Ills' full duty
need feur a direct vote.
Pipe Drenm.
New York Post.
French briar Is now said to come from
Scotland exclusively. With amber from
the celluloid factories and Havana leaf
from Connecticut, the smoker has a good
beginning for his reveries.
Soandlnar n Strange Note.
New York Mail.
Speaking of congratulations, about the
queerest thing in that line Is the felicita
ting of American musical composers on
the fact that the negroes and Indians are
going to supply us with a national music
some time.
Compounds "Chaser" for St. Louis.
Chicago Inter-Ocean, I
Now the thing. for St. Louis to do is to
become reconciled to our microbes. The
fact that she persisted In the follv of cunn
ing that suit against our pure water dis
charge is conclusive proof that she needs
them.
Fart of Hnnian Nature.
Baltimore American.
The new queen of Denmark la called "the
mother of her people." And In this connec
tion It may be noticed that while the most
Independent nations resent any attempt at
paternalism In the government, they are
willing to accept any amount of "mother
ing." That Is something of which a man
never entirely outgrows the desire or the
need.
Where Are the Poets t
New York Sun.
Never before this year of grace 1904 has
Tyranny oppressed Freedom wltho'ut some
Milton wrote of the Alblgenses, Dyron
poet to sing the wrongs of the oppressed,
sang of the Greek struggle, our Massa
chusetts poets of the negro's wrongs. But
here i.nd now Is a people the Russians
scourged with whips for a century and
with scor-lons for a year, a picturesque
rabble fL.iting for their rights and the
rights of mankind against a picturesque
despotism and not a line of verse do we
give them, unless It Is a sonnet or two
from Alfred Austin's bread and butter
muse.
There has been no poetry on the Rnsstan
crista because there have been no poets.
In the Anglo-Saxon world Is the race of
poets ext'nctT
PERSONAL 1D OTHERWISE.
One of the many bright sides of the
weather la that the oldest inhabitant is
hushed.
A man named Sorrow was vice president
of Chicago's busted bank. That's about all
the depositors get.
Jollying aside. General Grosvenor has one
fulfilled prophecy to his credit. He said he
would be defeated for renomlnation. He
was.
Los Angeles Is about to absorb some ad
jacent territory, giving the city an area
of TOO square miles. Los Angelenot need
the ozone to expand their lungs.
St. Louis Is not cast down by the judicial
vindication of Chicago microbes. Since the
lid was screwed on the town has previous
little use for water as a "chaser."
Count Bon! continues to emit lamentations
of the Jeremiah order. There Is little hope
of soothing his melancholy until the count
ess stretches her purscstrlngs to the limit.
As though their cup of trouble was not
overflowing, heartless people In Illinois ask
the railroads to settle a little matter of
15.000,000 of back taxes. Verily, this Is rub
bing it in.
A Chicago woman was awarded HO 0
punitive damages for kUse3 extracted with
out her consent. Thus another profitable
Industry Is added to tho repertoire of Chi
cago women.
Congressman Rede Insists on substituting
the stork for the eagle as the national bird
because while "the eagle can only scream,
the stork delivers the goods." A string of
six little Bcdes shout approval.
An Illinois man, whose dignity was rudely
jarred at an Initiation by riding a mechan
ical goat Instead of the real thing, wants
t-'.OuO damages from the lodge. When a
Jlner doesn't get all that's coming to him
he ought to get the cash.
"Senatorial courtesy" is a wonderful in
stitution. A new member of the upper
house who referred to a colleague as "the
gentleman from Idaho," apologized for
calling him a gentleman Instead of senator.
Senatorial courtesy accepted the apology
and donned a complacent smile.
Consumers of gas In certain Jersey cities
are disposed tJ doubt the Integrity of the
miter, and, like the kid and the phono
graph, mould like to smash its face Just to
sea the works. The trouble seems to be
that the old reliable meter failed to notice
the reduction from $1.60 to 11 and rolled up
bills to the old level. Jersey Innocents
seem to forget that meters register the air
as well as the (us f Uinred In.
Piano Bargains
ALL MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES
n Prlca Only. It's the Hospa Plan. You Will Llka It.
Victor Piano, mahogany, slightly used..... flflA
Wellington, oak, upright, slightly shop-worn ft 10
Vose & Son, ebony, large upright in good condition ft B0
Vose & Son, mahogany, large size upright, slightly used .$175
Walworth, mahogany, almost new ...$200
Straus Tlano, slightly shop-worn, mahogany .9175
1 Square Piano, Wllhelm & Schuler, rosewood 933
1 Square Piano, J. P. Hale, Rosewood $25
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The keen eye needs the kindly heart.
Menial work may be noblest service.
There's no argument equal to a happy
smile.
Imaginary evils have more than Imagi
nary effects.
Homes are often closest knit about some
grave of separation.
Earthly prudence Is a large part of
heavenly providence.
They who live off the flock are never
willing to die for It.
You cannot travel toward heaven with
your back turned to honor.
The life that would be fruitful seeks
showers as well as sunshine.
One of tho worst offenses agalnBt hu
manity is the pretense of divinity.
The leaders of men are not the ones who
are trying to get ahead of their fellows.
It's not the man with a putty backbone
who Is most truly resigned to the will of
God.
If you are going to do good work for
all men you will have to be against some
men.
The saddest people In this world are
those who are always fighting against sor
row. When two churches find a bone of con
tention you may be sure the devil has
the meat.
Success Is not In an endeavor to do a
great thing, but In repeated endeavors to
do greater things.
Many a man thinks that taking a lease
on a front pew gives him a freehold on a
corner lot In heaven.
In the European cathedrals they gather
the dust of the dead, but In the American
churches the great thing is to get the dust
of the living.
8ECII.AH SHOTS AT THE PCLPIT.
New York Tribune: Bishop H. P. Tur
ner, colored, does his race and himself a
bad turn In denouncing the American flag
as "a dirty and contemptible rag." He
should go to school to Booker T. Wash
ington a decade or so, for he would then
know more about the banner he despises.
San Francisco Chronicle: The telephone
Is being used by a revivalist In Lorraine,
III., to spread the gospel. There must be
a special brand of hello girls In that city,
otherwise the experiment would be more
likely to win recruits for the other place,
not to be mentioned, than converts for
heaven.
Philadelphia Press: The priest in St.
Gabriel's parish, near Haileton, has aban
doned the practice of preaching funeral
sermons on the ground that the mai who
has lived a useful life needs no eulogy
over his coffin. As a matter of fact, in
death, as In life, It Is the bad fellow that
needs praying for.
Philadelphia Record: A pious statistician
complains that the cost of four first-class
American ships of war Is greater than the
annual expenditure of all Christendom fur
converting tho heathen. But then he over
looks the consideration that these ships
may be necessary to convince the con
verted heathen that they ought to stay
converted.
Boston Transcript: The new overseer at
Zlon City surely has a lively sense of meta
phor. His first proceeding has been to
raise nearly $40,000 by contributions after
a vigorous appeal, In which he told the
people that he wanted them to "self-sacrifice
until your skin Is worn off." The ap
peal Is especially picturesque, In view of
ouulde opinion that Zlon City is more or
less of a skin game anyway.
Brooklyn Eagle. We have heard of the
man who wears the livery of the Lord to
serve the devil in, but It remains for this
glorious era of enlightenment to produce
the man whose devotion to business Is so
intense that he does not mind compound
ing a "wine" of wood alcohol, hard cider
and coal tar dye to serve to Christians
at the communion table. Commissioner
Darlington has discovered that the wine
sold by the commercial benefactor Is so
made.
Pathos of Male Vanity.
Atchison Globe.
After a man has been told that his hair
Is getting thin on top for the first time
In his life he finds out how to handle a
hand glass.
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DOMK1TIC PLKASAKTRIBS.
'Harold, are you sure you con support
me In the style"
"To which you are accustomedT Tea,
dear, but 1 can't support you In the style
to which I am accustomed. My salary
will have to do for two hereafter, you
know." Chicago Tribune.
"The day of the boss Is over," said tha
talkative man.
"Married or single?" Interjected the man
Who hadn't spoken before.
Thoughtless listeners deemed the ques
tion Irrelevant. Philadelphia Ledger.
Rachelor I hear there's a new arrival at
your house. Pater.
Pater Lh-huh.
Bachelor Well, I'll have to have a cigar
n that, won't IT
Pater Er well, you'd better have two
cigars? Cleveland Leader.
"I have come," murmured the suitor, "to
ask for your daughter's hand."
"A-ah, snapped the father, "can you
support her In the style to which she hum
Deen accustomed?"
"Better than thnt! I can even keep her
supplied with bonbons and matinee tick
ets!" Pittsburg Gaxette.
"I don't see your wife often, Mr. Huck
Step." "No; she's always In some sort of charit
able work."
"What particular work Is she engaged
In?"
"I believe she Is trying to save Niagara
now." Indianapolis News.
"What was the most Important bill you
ever had anything to do with?" asked the
Interviewer.
"The bill thnt did most for mo," an
swered Senator Sorghum, "was a bill tor
services rendered." Washington Star.
Mr. Cadd No, Indeed. I never associate
with my inferiors: do you?
Miss Pepprey Really, I can't say. I
don't think I have ever met ny of your
Inferiors. Catholic Standard and Times.
"Yes, that's Borroughs. He's an adept
at constructing short stories."
"You don't say? He doesn't look liter
ary." "He Isn't. I mean he can think up
more ways of telling you he's broke than
any other man 1 know." Philadelphia
Catholio Standard.
The camera man had Just returned from
a scouting expedition to a wedding.
"Anv luck?" asked the city editor.
"Luck! 1 should say so. 1 was ltcknd
twice, arrested once and got a snapshot
at the groom Just as a shoe hit lilm In Uie
neck." Philadelphia Ledger.
Henrietta Whitewash I suttlnly am 'spl
clous ob Ferdinand. Eb'ry lettah he writes
me he swears ter be eternally true an'
axes me ter hasten de weddin', as he am
plnln' away wlf love.
Mrs. Whitewash Wa-al, I don't see nuf
fln' 'apicloua 'bout dat.
Henrietta Whitewash Oh, It ain't dat
But he always adds a postscrlpturei "P. B.
Burn dls lettah." Judge.
people: will talk.
John Q. Saxe,
You may get through the world but 'twill
be very slow
If you listen to all that Is said aa you go;
You'll be worried and fretted and kept In a
atew
For meddlesome tongues must have some
thing to do
And people will talk.
If quiet and modest, you'll have It presumed
That your humble position Is only assumed.
You're a wolf In sheep's clothing, or elso
you're a fool;
But don't get excited keep perfeotly cool-
For people will talk.
And then If you'show the least boldness of
heart.
Or a slight Inclination to take your own
part.
They will call you an upstart, ooncelted and
vain,
But keep straight ahead don't stop to ex
plain For people will talk.
If threadbare your dress and old-fashioned
your hat
Someone will surely take notice of that,
And hint rather strong that you can't pay
your way;
But don't get excited, whatever they say
for people will talk.
If your dress Is In fashion, don't think to
escape,
For they criticise then In a different shape
You're ahead of your means, or your tai'x
or'a unpaid;
But mind your own business, there's naught
to be made
For people will talk.
Now the best way to do Is to do aa you
please,
For your mind. If you have one, will than
be at ease.
Of course, you will meet with all aorta of
abuse;
But don't think to stop them It's not any
use
For people will talk.