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THE' OJttAHA DAILY BIIE: SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 190t, Tiie Omaha Sunday Bob B. ROBEWATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. rny Bee (without Sunday), one year J"ally Bee snd Sunday, one year Illustrated Bee, one year 'inday Bae. one year Saturday Bee, one year HO l.aO DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Party Bee (Including Sunday), per week..lTo Dally Bee fwlthotjt Sunday, par week. ..12c Krenlng Bee (without Punriay), per wee o Evening Bea (with Sunday), per week.,..10e Mnnday Bee. pw PT V". Address complaints of lrregularltlea In fle 1lry to aty Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. t'ovnoll K luffs 10 Fenrl Street. I'hk-ago 1R49 I'nlty Building. Nfw York 1508 Home Life Ina. Building. Washington 61 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. ' Communications relating to new and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Hee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee PuhlNhlng Company, only I-rent stamps received a payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or tastern exchanges, not accepted. THB BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Slat of Nebraska, Douflas County, as.: C C. Rosewater, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, cays that the actual numner of full and iwnplete coplr.a of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of February, 190, waa aa fol low!: 1 81,30 i tfiim t 32.2O0 4 W,MO 1 81,T0 81.TIO 7 81.KAO t 81,41IO 81,4K 111 82,7241 11 Stt.ttOO II 31.&AO 13 31,119 It 81.SOO 15 aiflo 10 17. 1 i 30 21 12 HS.040 82,0 81,380 81,870 Sl.SItO 81,KM 23 8,43U U 32,(MM a JW,2BO M 31, BOO ij 31,430 tt 81,30 Total " ITMIO Less unaold copies ft,l2 Net total sales 8U9,04s) Dally average 81,374 C. C. ROSEWATER. Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to before me this 6th day of February, 1906. (.Seal) M. B. HUNOATB, Notary Public. 1 WHE.1 OUT OF TOWN. , Saaaerlaers leaylaa; the city tern rarlly sheald have The Bee mailed theaa. Addreaa will fee damaged aa aftea aa reaaeeted. Witness Rogers' memory seems to have Improved even If his temper Is not ho food. It the proposition to settle the wfl.gr wale by dlHtrlcts Is adopted the country may possibly again experience real coin let!tlon among coal mine owners. , I cf a matlon of City Treasurer lieu nings by his political opponents is the Kiirewt sign that they believe blui nearer than themselves to the coveted goHl. Grandpa" Rockefeller noems to have wented a trap In Attorney General Had leys promise of a trace. All the men who have to be shown are not from Missouri. With the New Orlcaua Picayune din covering qualities of a real leader in Mr. Bryan there can be no doubt of the truth of the saying that absence makes the heart gjow fonder. Be it remembered that In this free American republic, no public office cau be transmitted on the death of the In cumncut to anyone, either hv In heritance or by bequest. lu order to prevent subsequent dis agreements full steuograpliic reports should lie taken of Fcrklns-Oummins de hates, as some Iowa politicians exhibit decidedly poor memories. The general public Is less interested in the statement that the anthracite mine owners have large reserves of coal as it Is In knowing the price at which It will be released. If the United States is forced to take decided action against the Chinese pi rates ordinary residents of the kingdom may come to a better understanding of the powers of this nation The demand for an Irish university would be more hopeful did not all British parties admit Its Justice but question Its expediency. Irish affairs have always thrived on opposition. A Lincoln newspaper asks whether all the "Ineligible" candidates for office in Nebraska this fall are out of the way. Hardly. A lot of them who are eligible in law are ineligible in practice. The latest novelty in the way of u famine is a famine lu automobile tags, due to exhausting the supply iu Chi cago. No drouth, however, has leeu noted that is able to dry up the gaso ' line odor. aBBBBBBBBBaSBaaBBBBBBBBaBBSBaaSSBBBSBSBB All these mine disasters with their terrific loss of life should spur on the HWentlsfti who are working at the prob lem of storing the sun's beat for use f ruaukiud without resorting to coal nt all. With Mexico competing for business in inter-oceanic traffic it would seem that government control of the Panama railroad doea not carry with it such demoralisation of rates as would ruin rivals.. The report that Italians are making goods and palming them off on Europe mad in the Vnlted States may ac count somewhat for the "Amertcau in vasion" which filled European statesmen with terror a few months ago, and it may a loo explain one of the planks iu a lute democratic platform. The cashier of a Missouri bank, ttyalust whom waa charged almost every crime possible under the state banking laws, baa pleaded guilty to forgery rather than stand trial. Aa bis employer la a former chairman of the Missouri democratic committee the ends of Mis souri Justice arc no doubt satisfied and the records will prebably be destroyed. n-ftrnn the rrtAycni.itcn vorpura- TIoNS STAND. A great deal of wild tnlk is Ix-ing In dulged In the present municipal cam paign to the effect that the combined frsnchlsed corxrations are promoting the candidacy of this man or that man, who Is, therefore, the corporation candi date. This talk may fool people un familiar with conditions existing lu Omaha as regards the franchlsed cor porations, but It will not fool any in telligent person whose ryes are opened to the fact. First and foremost, ' the franchlsed corporations In Oir.alia are just now confronted with such divergent inter ests that it Is absolutely inpossible for them to get together back of auy can didate or auy political program. The gas company and the electric lightiug monopoly are at swords' points In their efforts to iMach upon each other's pre serves. Having stolen a march upon the gas company by getting n flve-yeur contract for street lighting, the electric lighting monopoly has for months uudcr mask been blocking the street lamp con tract of the gas company, and in addi tion undertaking, incidentally, to bain- mcr down the price of gas to private consumers by way of retaliation. The suggestion that the gas company and the electric lighting monopoly could be found working together under these cir cumstances is simply preposterous. In the second place;, an Irreconcilable feud is on between the Nebraska Tele phone company and the local promoters of an Independent telephone franchise. The Independent telephone people hap pen to be identical In large part with the management of the Omaha Water com pany. The Nebraska Telephone people want to keep the Independents out of Omaha and the Independents want to break Into Omaha, and there Is no like lihood of their getting together on this proposition. Again, the street railway company, which in ownership is supposed to bo allied with the gas company. Is com peting with the electric Hunting' monopoly In furnishing electricity for power purposes. It is to the Interest of the electric lighting company, if pos sible, to stop the sale of power by the street railway company, and of the lat ter to increase its power business, the consequences being a sharp note of dis cord between them. The franchlsed corporations, under recent court decisions giving the city almost unlimited powers of rate regu lation, naturally want to be protected against arbitrary exactions or vindictive reprisals. Presumably, each of them would like to have men in office who would tike their orders and tight their battles against one another, but when convinced they cannot have a creature of their own. they are forced to Ite sat isfied with men who may be expected to le fair rather than with creatures of competing corporations that are fighting them. In the three-cornered contest for the republican mayoralty nomination, we have candidates who represent the ex tremes on the question of dealing with franchlsed corporations. On the one side Is Broateh of midnight gas deal fame and a public record of abject cor poration subserviency, and on the other side is Benson on a cantankerous anti corporation platform, but backed by men who have notoriously sold out to the franchlsed corporations In the past. Between the two Is Hennings, who stand for rigid protection of the tax payers against corporate Infringement of their rights, with enforcement of the best service and reasonable rates, and for the protection of the corporations against holdups nnd unjust demands lu n word, for a square deal for the patrons of all the public net-vice cor ioratlous, guaranteed by his proved freedom from rornoratlon strings. The Bee lslleves Hennlngs as mayor would see to it that the franchlsed cor porations act fairly by the city and the people, and that this is what the great majority of our citizens really want. DEPARTMENTAL REFORM President Roosevelt's address to the menitxrs of the Keep commlssiou, a body of the ablest experts In govern ment employ, which has been engaged for a year in investigating departmental organisation and operations, touches the vital part. What he Is driving at Is to raise the efficiency of the public service, and the tidings which have ls?eu com ing from the commission are more to the point that much la wrong than to the point how to set It right. It did not need the formal tludiugs of auy commission to apprise the public of the Inefficiency, the waste, the red tape, the coufuslon and the procrasti nation with which the departments ofteu carry on business. But the reports of the commission have freshly empha sized the abuses and sharpened the president's eagerness to correct them. A a . I . . ; I ... - , - 1 . . I ,uc Ke I from department to department, from bureau to bureau, through the almost Infinite subdivisions of trie government servk-e, they have found duplications of machinery, conflicting jurisdictions, ex travagances, obstructions, and obsolete forma, which excite wonder that the public work can go ou aa well as it does. But to remove these things is so dlf fereut a matter front finding them aa aerlously to test the patience of so posi tive and energetic a man aa the presi dent Yet the commission is not to be blamed because it cannot prescribe as rapidly as it can diagnose, nor does the president blame It. Many abuses huve been already corrected and economies HiH-ttd upon its m-ommendatlou, so far aa executive orders can do the work. The evil, now growu to giant pro Krtiou, is an outgrowth of the growth of our goveruuicut machiue. An ener getic chief executive or official can do much, but iu additiou to the abuses and Inefficiencies which have been long ac cumulating he must coutetul with the disheartening Inertia which has always been found among bureaucrats. It Is safe to say that no other experience ha la-en more exasperating to President Roosevelt or any other earnest man In public life who really wants things done. CANCELLED HOMESTEAD The order requiring all eancellatious of homestead entries to be forthwith marked on the maps and available for public Inspection at the proper local land office will be very Important in Its effects In western Nebraska, where a large amount of land Is affected by such cancellations. Such land is practically restored to the public domain, although technically cer tain rights of contest remain against the land department's action. As a mat ter of fact thousands of the bomestetid entries and titles In the western counties have Ihhmi cancelled by the geueral laud coinmisslonei on evidences of fraud and under other circumstances which render it morally certain the alleged home steader or his assignee, with knowledge of the facts will never appear to con test with bona fide homesteaders now taking up the same lauds. The abundant rainfall and prosperous conditions which have existed for a terlea of years In these western Ne braska counties have tended powerfully to direct thither the attention of those in other parts who are all the time in quiring for low-priced land, while the widely advertised fact that the land de partment has already vacated great numbers of fraudulent homestead en tries aud will vacate more will cause a rush of homeseekers there this spring. The process of settling up the western couuties, hitherto largely given over to the big cattle herds, is certain, under the cancellations for fraud aud the rule facilitating Information, to go rapidly forward this year, and to help fix the final development of that section. JVDUIAL HAIR SPLITTING. Sandwiched in among other passages of the recent statement made public by Lieutenant Governor McGilton in ex planation of 'his w ithdrawal from the gubernatorial contest, is this declara tion: It Is a fact well recognised by lawyers thst courts decide cases largely on the facts brfore them and that nice definitions and hair splitting constructions of statutes and constitutions are frequently Indulged In In order to fit the facts of the case being decided. The significance' of the passage quoted was doubtless cither overlooked by those who rend It or was accepted as a matter of course, calling for no further comment. If some newspaper critic of the courts had made this arraignment of them, however. It would in all prob ability be subjected at once to a coun tercharge of seeking to destror popu lar confidence in judicial authority. The essence of the statement quoted la that our courts make it a practice to decide which party to a law suit ought to win on the facts presented In the case and then deliberately under take to square the statutes and coustl tlon with .their purposes by mere hair splitting constructions.. If that were always the case, statutes and constitu tions would count for nothing aud the litigant would win or lose, as he might appeal to the sympathy or prejudice of the Judges, or impress them that his de mand was more worthy of considera tion than that of his opponent. We would not want to believe that this is the regular practice of our courts, but that there has been altogether too great tendency toward hair splitting construc tion Is not to be controverted, still fur ther evidence lolng found lu the fact that these opportunist precedents come buck invariably later to plague the court when some other case arises that calU again for the common sense construc tion. The courts should and must realize that the estimation In which they are held by the public and the alacrity with which the !eopIe submit to their decision depends largely on the reputation they establish for them selves for laying down the law as It is as against hair splitting constructions aud twisted legal definitions. MR. BRYAN AND INDIVIDUALISM. William J. Bryan's presentation of individualism In hla urticle, "Individual ism versus 8ociellsm." in the Century magazine for April, is an argument in words for a doctrine contradicted by hla support .of various public measures. While Mr. Bryan professes a political creed and tradition which fall distinctly within the category of individualism, iu his most notable appearances In practi cal politics, he has been as distinctly Identified with the social forces mov ing in the opposite direction. For the purposes of his homily, which the article is rather than an exact or scientific sociological discussion, he de fines individualism as "the private ownership of the means of production aud distribution in which competition Is possible, leaving to public, ownership those means of production aud dis tribution in which competition la prac tically Impossible," and draws the line between the two schools "at the point where competitiou begins to be possible, loth schools favoring public ownership where competition Is Impossible." Th body of the paper Is a contrast of In dividualism with socialism, from an idealist standpoint, to the advautage of the former, and Mr. Bryan forcefully re peats some of the familiar suggestions of the authoritative writer. But the article leaves wide open the whole practical question, because it falht to deal with "theKdnt where competi tion begins to Im iossible" or leyoud which "public ownership is practically huKssille." That Is the very point in controversy so far as the two schools are practically concerned, and It is of uo avail for auy one to call himself an individualist and to dilate ou the theoretical beauties of the competitive principle if he stands with socialists on political propositions for abolishing coua- petition. By profession Mr. Bryan Is a democrat of the .Teffersonlan school, holding as the chief tenet to the min imum of state interference with the Individual, but his public career ' has Ikh'u a conspicuous advocacy of extreme Interference,' and latterly with mani festations of sympathy for various pop ular socialist proposals. All that aggressive socialists ask or could desire would le to .have Indi vidualists yield "the imint at which competition Is possible." as the succes sive proposals for nationalization are preseuted. Theoretical Individualists who sympathise and go with the social ists ou these proposals would bo called by the latter practical socialists, and would probably command their approval. Mr. Bryan's article leaves the practi cal phase Indeterminate and while It shows traces of the Idealism of his Imag ination It can hardly lie taken, in the light of his political acts and words, as Indicating the direction In which his feet will henceforth move. SVLLlTAy ASD JEROME. There Is no necessary conflict liotween the views promulgated by Judge Sul livan and Trosecutlng Attorney Jerome to the grand Jury which la investigating the contributions made by the big life Insurance companies to party cam paign funds. Mr. Jerome, after thor oughly studying the facts, advises the grand Jury that indictment for larceny or other crime Is not warranted, be cause there Is no evidence of felonious Intent, Judge Sullivan advises that it Is for the grand Jury to determine whether felonious Intent could le estab lished by proof ou trial. Mr. Jerome advises as the prosecuting officer. Judge Sullivan advises iu the altogether dlffereut capacity of a Judi cial officer. He may personally have the same opinion as Mr. Jerome, but feel that his duty as judge prevents hlin from expressing it to the grand Jury, as it was the plain duty of the prosecuting attorney, when asked, to express hla opinion as to sufficiency of the evi dence. There is not a ghost of a question that If the evidence supported ill the mind of the grand Jury the probability that the fuuds were contributed for fraudu lent or other felonious purpose, the men concerned In it could be indicted. The prosecuting officer simply thinks that under the law, the evidence is insuffi cient for conviction and also for indict ment. MR, OOMPERS' ABIT PARTY. The privilege Inheres In any two or more citizens to form a political party, and Mr. Gompers and any number of others who agree with hlin, are under no limitations, save those of Judgment, as to new party organization. But they may well pause before attempting to build a new party on tie basis stated In the memorial of grievances presented the other day to President Roosevelt. The radical grounds taken by them with respect to the judicial power of 1 in junction, to the denial of uny exception to the eight-hour rule, to Chinese labor and other questions, would be hopeless for effective appeal to the American peo ple. President Roosevelt's broader view but not less friendly purpose toward labor represent more nearly the Amer ican judgment, which would co-ordinate luiior with all other greut Interests of the eople. On this safe and wholesome line legislation which has gone to such lengths in behalf of labor has mainly proceeded, and In all human proba bility will continue to proceed in the future. Scores of KilItical parties have been formed In this country or effort hus been made to. form them, but their efficiency has been in very direct relation to breadth of outlook. To narrow It to one idea is either to doom the party to impoteucy or to make It potent for mis chief, most especially usually for the very special Interest which the design U to promote. Such party organisation carries to the mind of the average citi xeu suspicion of Impatience,' selfishness or rashness, and tends to provoke resist ance rather tliau to invite co-operation, thus often sacrificing valuable result which might by wiser methods be se cured. " , . Back of Mr. Gompers' threat of a separate labor party uiovemeut is the assumption that tiie mass of the people under existing party divisions are hos tile or indifferent to hilior's demands. Nothing could In fact be further from the truth, as the statute books teeming with legislation, especially that enacted the last decade or two, "bearing directly or indirectly In favor of lalsr so signally testify. A report from Washington to a New York tiuancial paper says that the re cent visit of H. II. Rogers to the presi dent was for the purpose of enlisting the sympathies of the chief executive in a campaign against the criticism now being passed upcu the senate and the captains of Industry. If this was the real object of Mr. Rogers' visit it shows that even such capable H)ple as he sometimes waste efforts. Criticism hurts no gol cause, while il often Im proves u bal one. An epistolary duel ia ou lK-tweeii Gov ernor llocb of Kausas and Wllllum Alleu White, who is pushing his i:uill to drive the governor into calling an extra session of the legislature to enact an auti-puss law and a 2-cent passen ger rate law. The gulH-rnatoiiul a .ver sion to extra sessions of the legislature secuis, however, to be s well fortified In Kausas as It is Iu Nebraska, ami HI the railroad bureaucrats vvuut is to be let ulo'if. The organization by a squad of Co lumbia students of a "Fouotic Spellng Aasoelashun of Koluuibiu I'uiversity" to help Andrew Caruegie in his laud able enterprise of spelling reform sets the pace for college students every where. The students at Nebraska un iversity, presided over by Chancellor Andrews, who signed the phonetic re port, will le exectod to wheel promptly into line. Having admitted thst the Standard Oil company of New Jersey holds the stock of the Republic Oil company, the Waters-Pierce Oil company and the Standard Oil cotnpauy of Indiana, the attorneys for the Standard are pi-olwibly auxlotis to know what the state of Mis souri Is going to do atiout It: and per haps MUsourt Is a little anxious Itself. Boer leaders who expect the lileral party of Groat Britain to relieve them from the power of the "Landlords" have studied English history to little ad vantage. Parties inny come nnd parties may go. but the colonial policy persists. Governor George Curry of the Island of Suuiur Is said to be missing after a tight with puhijanes. If the New Slcxl can Rough Rider has his usual luck the next dispatch will Indicate that the pula- Janes have gone out of business. All the candidates on the inunicinl primary race track are now turning Into the home stretch that is, all except those who were distanced at the start, and the distanced nags constitute a big proportion of the total entries. Perhaps the fact that l'.0ti Is not a pres idential campaign year accounts for the proa-et that so many congressmen throughout the country who got In un opposed last time will have to fight to get another re-election. On the Chat. Somervllle Journal. Many a man who gets in on the ground floor of a new business scheme finds in the course of a few months that he has been dropped with a dull thud Into the sub-base-ment. Both ta the game Boat. New Tork Tribune. The chief objeotlon to a southern demo crat as a candidate for president seems to be that he could not be elected. The same objection appears to hold true, also as to a northern democrat. Tarntas; on the Light. Indianapolis News. A more careful examination of the records has evidently convinced the Standard that it really own more property than It had heretofore suspected; or, at least, believed other people suspected. N Foeaaalag Public Wrath. Cleveland Leader. Senator Tillman struck the nail squarely on the head when he warned congress that failure to provide adequate railroad reg ulation now will call forth a cyclone of passionate public resentment. Kaperlence aa an K e-Opeuer. Washington Post. After their experience with Judge Parker, It Is quite natural for tne leaders of the democracy to feel that a candidate from the south would be "something equally as good." , Why the Mob gklddooed. Washington Post. Delayed reports from Omaha Indicate, that the mob which was trying to lynch a few negroes was dispersed when a loud-voiced cltlsen secured attention long enough to shout: "Remember, gentlemen, this Is not Sprtngtteld, Ohio." Will the Donations SaTr lllmr Springfield Republican. To run away from a subpoena, as Mr. Rockefeller has, may be "business." but somehow it does not Increase Mr. Rocke-fellec'-s popularity In the country. He can not efface the Impression thus made even by founding a dnxen hospitals. Wisdom of Moving Slowly. Pittsburg Despatch. The senate has rejected the estimates for the fortification of the Philippines. Another proof that It has Us uses, despite sweeping and indiscriminate criticism. It will be time enough to fortify the Philip pines when It is definitely determined that we are going to keep them. Rivalry Among- Weather Prophets. Philadelphia Record. The t'nilcd States weather bureau, which haa decided' to withhold Its latest dally barometric reading from the public be cause of the uses to which It Is put t unofficial forecasters, is peculiarly sensi tive. Can it be that the rival prognosti cators have been making a better fin ished product out of the government's raw material than the official weather sharps? ILUARIAU THE WAV. ICSTrettve Proeeeatloa of Traat aplracles Now Possible. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. It is undoubtedly a decision of far-reaching Importance which the United Statea' supreme court renders In the trust cases. By virtue of It the Inquisitorial powers of federal grand Juries and courts In the cases of corporations engaged In interstate com merce are given almost unlimited swep. Individual officials of such corporations can claim Immunity from prosecution and pun ishment on account of testimony concern ing lawless acts of their own, but not so the corporation Itself; and on demand of the proper authorities the corporations must open their books and submit their papers. Thus, sho.uld it be possible easily to determine the Innocence or guilt of cor porations or persons charged with viola tions of the federal anti-trust act, as In I the tase of the leef concerns now under prosecution. Th9 argument of the majority opinion of the court la made clearin the following I extract: j "The individual may aland upon lila rights sa a cltlsen, but the corporation Is a crea- ture of the state. It Is presumed to be Incorporated for the benefit of the public. Ita (lowers are limited by law. It can make no contract not authorised by Its charter. Its rights to act aa a corporation are only preserved to It so long as it obeys the lav.s of Its creation. There la a reserved r&ht In the legislature to Investigate Its con tracts and find out whether It has exceeded Ita powers. It would be a strange anomaly to hold tliat 'i state, having chartered a corporation to make use of certain fran. chiaes. could not. in the exercises of its sovereignty, inquire boar these franchises had been ubused, and demand the produc tion of the corpoiale books and papers for ! that purpoe." And state rornoraiions which enter tha field of Interstate commerce under exclu sive federal jurisdiction become as If they were creations of the federal government pialead of the etutea. The field would now seem to be cleared for effective prubecutuins of such con spiracies In restraint of trade as are al leged against various Industrial cucublna-tiona. kroj non.r.n mmv Htnigtjle I the School of strength. Palth Is food as well as medicine. He who fears to leave tradition cannot find truth. The wra'th of true love will cure the love of wealth. A bard head Is apt to be dull without the brlplit eyes of love. Personal righteousness will be the source of any permanent reform. The life that Is written In blue Ink does not turn to a permanent cnlor. The kes of life art- not given to those who cannot keep the door of the lips. Reverence reveals the heart of every truth: superstition sees but the surface. It takes more than the Sunday dress pa lade to nmke the Christian warrior. When you have honey from the rock you will not want glucose from flatterers. The peoplo are losing much of life where the prophets are afraid of losing. life. When a man Is drifting with the stream he Is likely to think that the stream lias ceased to flow. There's a lot of people so perfectly good they cannot give the rest of us a chance even to be pretty good. Some people think that first-class piety Is simply a feeling of pity for the third-class passengers on the glory train. Tou get near the real valuation of a man when you see him put a penny In the offer ing while he sings. "Take My Ilfe.V One of the great defietenrtes of modern worship is that It presents only one oppor tunity to walk tip the aisle with the new dry goods. The man who wants to make a million In order to build a hospital often satisfies himself with donating his old clothes when he has made his pile. Chicago Tribune. PERSON 11, ASD OTHKRWIdE. This is the season when the early robin gets snowballs on his tall. If there be a doubt about the advent Of spring, flash an almanac on the wretch. Phlladelphians can scarcely believe they are awake. A local traction company naa offered the city real money for a franchise. A man who boasts of an Income of $4,000 a week wants a Job as trustee of a New Jersey village. A man of such amaslng modesty might first explain how he got the money. Some generous - friend should present a Tsrbell picture of John D. Rockefeller to the state of Missouri. As the state can not reach the substance It might be soothed with the shadow. Chicago saloon keepers, smarting under the lash of high license, threaten to boost the price of canned beer Just before the election. The expectation Is the growler will bite the high license alderman. More likely the canners will can the saloon keeper. Having nothing to live for and being weary of the struggle, a Connecticut man attempted to shuffle off. A doctor pumped him out and presented the Nutmegger some thing to live for In the shape of a bill for $78. Thus did a kindly "touch" rend the gloom and cheer the weary. The gaiety of the New York Insurance world would be greatly improved If the "yellow dog" did not supplement his barks with a bite. It la very unseemly and In convenient to bave gentlemanly trousers wrenched at the bosom while the owners are scrambling over the fence. The monks controlling the Sienna marble quarries In Italy refuse to furnish marble to replace steps in a Philadelphia hotel. They made so much money out of this. Job three years ago that they will not do a tap of work while the money lasts. Evi dently these misguided people have not im bibed the spirit ot the age. " This thing of governments butting Into profitable deals Is Increasingly offensive. Take the Icemen of Toledo. They tolled some during the winter and piled up an av erage crop. But they got together and spun tall yarns about an Ice famine and boosted summer prices to the top notch. Just aa they were chuckling over the prise in sight a request came to each to call on the grand jury and expjaln. If this Inquisitive fever keeps on It is feared some captains of In dustry will have to work for a living. Ql ARK DEAL, IMPERATIVK. Necessity for Restraining: Corporate Agarresslone. United States Investor. The application of the propositions call ing for a square deal to rhe railway cor porations of the country Is emphasised by the degree in which they affect all Inter ests. The head officer of the great Rock Island system haa well said that "No other groat Industry enters lmo the warp and woof of national, local and Individual life with such Intensity." This being so. It is Imperative that the national and Individual life shall be adequately safeguarded, par ticularly from aggressions of the kind which. In the past at least, that great sys tem, as well as others, was carrying on. It would be the sheerest folly to expose the nation's life to these aggressions, not only because of the oppression which It in volves, but also because. If It is permitted to continue. It will seriously affect these admittedly useful and indispensable corpo rations. The vicious Influences of the ac tions of a minority of railway managers who lack scruples thus menace political rights on the one hand and vested Inter ests amounting to billions on the other. It Is conceded by all right-minded men that tha nation owes the latter protection equal to that to be accorded to the former, and that protection now Involves the curbing of those tendencies In the administration of the vested Interests that are bound to be destructive to them. Kven-handeil jus tice to all. as nearly an ft can bs at tained, will produce the best results for all. Corporation managers will soon, be con vinced that square dealing la ultimately conducive to more satisfactory returns In the general income account. If they can not be brought to this view, and the ownera do not supersede them, the law must be applied. The Hospe Plan Tiie real riub-btratuin ami foundation of this store is Bore through the advertising, through this store full of Pianos, down to the bot tom and vou will find The Ilospe Plan I whether you pay actions. The Hospe Plan makes this a good and safe store for Piano buyers. It makes It possible for us to say: We Save You $50 to $150 on a Piano A. 10SPE CO. 1513 Douglas St. Ves, We hell Picturea and Make ramrf. - srrn.tjR shot at run rti.prr. Philadelphia , Press: It Is said tha' Prophet Iowlo hen n to lose faith In hu manlty the Instant lie found that h couldn't convert Andrew Carneele suf ficiently to finance Ms New Jerusalem Schemes. Pittsburg Dispatch: That Omaha pastor who favors the opening ot sahsins en Hun dsv because they are the "wot klnirman s club" might take counsel of the aorklng man's wife as to where the club hits tha hardest. Indianapolis News: The remainder of Mr. Rockefeller's Ilrt.uu0 tainted conlribu tlon has been delivered to the Congreg. tlonnl church, but Ir. Gladden wanta Ir distinctly understood that he has found no rea.on to change his mlml. However much of a chance the church Is willing to take he declines to assume any persomd risk. Rnston Transcript: A Missouri preacher bewails the use of profanity among the women members of his church, more than half of them being addicted to such ex pressions ns "Oh. heavens!" and "Oh, IjOxA'." mossed Innocence! Kit her the women don't let themselves go in his pres ence or the kind of swearing that Is un happily prevalent In polite society In the east hasn't reached Missouri. Baltimore American: The minister In New Tork who astonished people by say ing that if Christ's life were followed lit erally business would cause expressed the same Idea made familiar In the famous epigram that In politics and business Ufa tha ten commandments are aa iridescent dream. Rut, then, the epigram was re garded as the caustlo sarcasm of a brilliant cynic with a poor opinion of hu manity. New Tork Trlbunot Tiie Rev. Ir. Paik hurst haa much to say concerning "tha easy and self-satisfied way 4n which we regard the mowing down of savages ami semi-savages In the Philippine Islands." Something might be said, also, as to the minister of the gospel who, In n easy and self-satisfied manner, brings the gravest of charges 'against the honor of the United States army and the president of the United States without waiting for faots to substantiate his charges. New Tork Postt A Cleveland preacher has advertised a course of twelve sermons to be delivered to the following clssaas of people, respectively! Merchants, clerks, bookkeepers, traveling men, carpenters and builders, musicians, Inauranoe men, school teachers, newspaper men. physicians, law yers and electricians. The text chosen for the discourse to tha Insurance men Is the charitable Injunction: "Bear ye one an other's burdens." Tha brother has evi dently overlooked the scriptural reference to those who "devour widows' houses,' DOMESTIC FLEAIATTRIES. "No, Mr. Spoonall," tha young woman said, edging away from him, "you mustn't try to railroad yourself Jnto my affections." "To railroad myself T" "If; you seem to think your arm has the right-of-way around my walst.'-Chl-cago Tribune. "You have nothing to fear from that young fellow as a rival. My sister says the woman treats him Ilk a dog." "Good heavens, man I Don't you know she Is always kissing and petting that poodle of hersT" Baltimore American. "Dear," said Mrs, Spendlota, by way of preliminary, "would you consider an opal unlucky?" "I would If I got a bill for one and had to pay It." replied her husband sternly. "Ah! 1 m ao glad I ordered a diamond ring instead." Philadelphia Catholic Stand ard. "So you've been calling on Mr. Cayman's daughter for over a year. It's a wonder he has never asked you your Intentions." "Well, you see I never get to hla house until after 8 and I always leave before 2 In the morning." Cleveland Leader. He When I get there, darling, shall J telegraph T She why no, dear, if you get there all right. I don't think there is any need of going to that expense. Just telegraph If you don't. Somervllle Journal. Th portrait painter (In despair) Madam, I find it Impossible to procure colors that will match your exquisite oomplexlon. The Sitter (without reeerve) Well, then, Juat draw the outlines today and when 1 come next time I'll bring some of my colors for you. Lipplncott'a Magaslne. "Tou are not In- It with me," said the Nightingale," with a superior air. "Tou can't touch a high note at all." "Not" replied the Bird of Paradise: "why. even when I'm dead and embalmed on a bonnet, I'll bet I'll come pretty near touch ing a 60 note, all right." Philadelphia Ledger. Dicky Blame It all! If I ever get out or this mess I'll never again believe what the funny papers soy about summer engage ments. Jimmy What's up, old man? Dicky Why, two of the girls I got en gaged to last summer have Insisted on keeping It up all winter! Cleveland Leader, OXH BT ONE. Adelaide Anne Proctor. ' One by one the sands are flowing, One by one the moments fall: Some are coming, some sre going Do not strive to grasp them aifa One by one thy duties wait thea, Let thy whole strength go to earn! I et no future dreams elate thee Learn thou first what these can teacf One by one (bright gifts from heaven) Joys are sent thee here below; Take them readily when given f Ready, too, to let them go. One by one thy grlefa shall meet thee. Do not fear an armed band; One will fade as others greet thee, Shadows passing through the land. Do not look at life'a long sorrow. See bow small each moment's paia, U'l will help thee for tomorrow Avery day begin again. Kvery hour that fleets so slowly. Has Its task to do or bear; Luminous the crown, and holy. If thou set each gem with care. Do not linger with regretting. Or for passing hours despond; ' Nor. the aally toll forgetting, Look too eagerly beyond. Hours are golden links Ood's token-, Reaching heaven, one by one. Take them, Inst the chain be broken iire the pilgrimage be done. The Hospe Plan The Ilospe Plan The best Pianos in the world la each trade. $190 or $1,190. Pianos bought In carload lots for apot casfl. Strictly one price, that tha lowest, and it marked In plain figures on each Piano. No corumlbbions paid, either openly or secretly, to people who bring or send customers to our store. Absolute integrity of word and deed in all trana