Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 29, 1906, EDITORIAL SECTION, Page 4, Image 12
THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: SUNDAY, AFIUL 2D, 106. Tim Omaiia Sunday Bee B. ROBE WATER, EDITOR. PUBUS11ED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF b'RBCRIITION. I'ally ttee (without Hunday), one year..$I.W iily Wee and Bunday, one year ") Illustrated Bee, one year Hundar Hee. una year I.W Saturday Hee. one year LW LfciLl VEHED HT CARRIER. l'ally Hee (including Hunday), per week. 17c 1'aily Hee (without Sunday). per mk..U'. Kvenlng iie (without Huniiay), per week o Kvtnlng Boa (with Bunday), per wee.k..l0u tSumlay !(, per copy 60 Address complaints nf Irregularities In d liveiy to City Circulation fepartinenl. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Houlli Omaha City Hall Building. Council Blung-10 Pearl Street. Chicago iMO Unity Building. New York 15U8 Home Life Inn. Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! relating to nrwi and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omaha Wee. Editorial Lepartment. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee, Publishing Company. Only 2-cent alampa received u payment of mail accounts. Personal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEii) PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Htate of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: C. C. Rosewater, general manager of The Tlee Publishing- Company, being duly sworn, fays that the actual number of full and complete rnples of Tho Daily, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the mnnin or March. 1303, was as follows l ai.tno 1 .ii.mko 17.. ,.:i:i.12o 1 19 1 Zl tZ ....ai,ao( ....31,tH ....81.2R0 ....SI, 120 ....31..120 I i-2,i-j 4 1:0, 5no i ai,4.v 1 31,470 7 3i,uto t 31,. !! t 31.3TO 10 nz.ttfto 11 XU.IOO 11 81,24(0 11 SK.OTO 14 81,410 is at, iso 1 &1.430 Total I-eea unsold copies 23 a,nao 24 32,is:o 25 ait, 1 BO 2U 31.310 27 at.oso 28 3i;nu 29 ai,XM 30 .ii.;hh 31 .ta.iao ....tMiT,4AO .... 10,741 Net total sales VUA,7oit Daily average at, 161 C. C. ROSE WATER, General Manager, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st day of March, 1;. (Seal) M. li. HUNGATE, Notary Public. WHM OlT OF TOWN. abasrlbere leaTlas; the city tea. orarlly shswld ksr4 The Be nailed to them. Address will be ekasgea aa ofteat aa reqaested. Now that the rallrouda arc rushing ce n lent to Panama It in iOHsibIe some of tlie "leaks" 'tuay bo stovpod. If you have neglected to register you will have no right to blame any one else If things do not go the way you want them at tho election. Some allowances must be made for the Missouri republican club because It has not been accustomed till lately to holding Its-, meetings in a republican state. In summing up their net loss Sou Francisco banks seem to' have found earthquake and Are less disastrous than, the traditional games of poker played lu the days of the Ixiuunza kings. perhaps a deal might be mude whertfby Senator Aldrk-u would give the people the railway rate law they de mand in exchange for retention of the present tax on denaturized alcohol. The fact that a week after the fire safes burst into flame upon being opened at Ban Francisco should show an im mediate necessity, for tho Invention of elf-ventllatlng as well as fire-proof safes. Those who see the hand of Providence in the California horror must still be reluctant to accept the plea of not guilty made by alleged criminals who are to go unpunished because ail evidence against them has been destroyed. The Smoot case may be ended next week so far as the senate committee Is concerned, but as the Utah senator has a few friends among tils associates there will be little difficulty In making the speeches extend over his present term. Now that lawyers have started to dis cuss the creed of the Trotestant Kpis eopal church the members of that or ganization may find their fundamental law "Incompetent, Immaterial and Irrel evant." But the theologlnns will have the final word. The rojiort that a "sliding scale" would Increase the cost of . anthracite coal to the consumer needs explanation since at this distance the "sliding scale" Is supposed to be a plan whereby the wages of the miners depend uion the price of the product. Judge Taney Is credited with saying that the supreme court Is of as much Importance as the presidency; but then Judge Taney lived lxfore the Injunction had reached Its present development and Judges of today may think the distiu guished Jurist over modest If "Jim" 11111 had any real designs to make Seattle suiersede Saff Francisco as the metropolis of the I'acillc coast It Is hardly probable his pet city, Instead of ending supplies to the afflicted, would probably have luvlted the txlckeu people to come and get them. (ioreruor Pardee has "straightened the rei-ord" by filing a request for reg ular troops lu the earthquake affected part of California. As the troops were already on the ground tlia application can be considered only as a tribute to red tape. Fire Insurance companies that are advertising prompt payment In ful' of claims for destruction of property at Sao Francisco are rightfully reaping a reward of iopular approval, but all the good things said about them are likely to be unsaid If they proceed at once U recoup themselves by raising fire mtes U over th country. i?f..vso.v fin dahlmaM The municipal campaign In Oiiinliu is practically at an end and It devolves tion the voters to answer at the polls Tuesday whether the next mnyor shall be Uenson or I inhliiiiiii. The campaign, taken nltouether, has been rather tmue and devoid of spec tacular features. The candidates have been dully explaining their views on the questions at Issue to their followers and the relative positions of the two op posing candidates must now be well known to every intelligent citizen who manifests any Interest iu the govern ment of the city. Hcnson has conducted his campaign iu a conservative and soltcr manner, re flecting the characteristics of the man who appeals chiefly to business inter eststo the taxpaylng citizenship which above all wants a well-adiuinistered, economical and law-enforcing, adminis tration. Mr. ISensnn has told the people what they may expect of him as mayor, repeating his promises made before nomination and explaining tlicni In greater detail. Dahlman's candidacy has proceeded more upon the order of a huge Joke. The candidate started out on n plat form of fierce denunciation of the fnin chlsed corporations, on whose every plank, ho declared he stood squarely be fore even he had had time to read the document Having swallowed the plat form with his eyes shut, Pahlninn hns ! sought support by picturesque posing as a courageous cowboy and a niiin of backlsme, and making promises In hf- half of personal liberty which could be construed In any way that the particu lar voter might prefer. Through It all several salient facts stand out In a strong light namely, that Renson has been a resident of Onialui nearly twenty years, actively identified with the business Interests of the com munity and enlisted In the successive public enterprises for the upbuilding of Omaha, while Pahlnuin is a com para the newcomer In the town, with little or nothing to make him a part of this city, without business or property In terests here to fcpeak of ami with no sub stantial backing behind him. Irrespective-of political considerations, there Is no question but that Benson will make a more creditable chief executive for Omaha for the next three years than would Hahlman, his democratic op ponout. THE SAX FRASCISCO LOSS. The effects of the San Francisco loss are only beginning fairly to make them selves manifest, but the consequences are already notably appearing in the stock market, In bunking, in Insurance and in the general situation of business and finance. A disaster Involrrng tho sudden destruction of probably not less than $3(0,XM),0U0 of property massed In one city, and that city a great center of domestic and foreign commerce, Is a blow of national scope, the effects of which such Is the solidarity of Indus trial Interest will be felt, throughout the length and breadth of the laud. The result Is virtually that of n sud den call upon the resources of the coun try for a loan of the enormous amount of the total loss. The first payment, the voluntary sympathetic public con tributions for Immediate necessities, al though the aggregate mounts far up and may, all told, reach $20,000,0(10, Is one of the least parts of the , prodigious draft Of the same character are the private contributions by relatives and friends of unfortunate Pan Franciscans of which no pnblic record will be made, but which will le very large. The largest single Item, of course, will be the Insurance settlement, which, it seems certain, will far exceed $100,000, 000, every dollar of which, of course. Is a draft upon property owners through out the country and even upon multi tudes In foreign countries. In like man ner, although the banks which have hurriedly dispatched $15,000,000 of cash to accommodate the stricken city, the burden will be distributed throughout the banking system and ultimately to their Individual stockholders and pa trons. So, too, the great mercantile In dustrial and transportation establish ments must, by extended credits and di verted energies, bear their several shares In one way or another of the tremendous strain. The disturbance In the general stock and securities market Is In large part a direct expression of the loss and a means of Its distribution. Whether the holdings of insurance companies are sold outright or used as collateral for loans, the effect is necessarily depressing on the market, especially In the condition of speculative and excessively high price levels In which the San Fran cisco disaster caught the country. It causes immediate strain Isiih ways, on the one hand calling funds to the scene of disaster aud on the other hand caus ing increased demand for funds in the money centers, against a falling and threatening hecuritics market. And every shrink In stocks amounts to an assessment of lss back upon every bolder thereof and Indirectly upon the whole couimuuity whose business must le adversely affected by such condi tions. Heyoud all the vast direct loss to San Francisco as a great Industrial and busi ness community must be regarded as a going concern suddenly stopped, the period of whose reconstruction Is to be reckoned as Itself an additional element of los. F.very dollar of It all Is a sheer subtraction from the total resources of the country. Certain indivldnalwill, of course, profit hi the pita-ess, but that circumstance cannot alter the grave fact of loss, however it may disguise it to the unthinking. It U indeed a grievous aud a heavy burden upon tlm whole nation and as time passes the weight will lie more keenly felt even In the interests and places which seem most distant That very fact, however. Illustrates the Ix'tieticent effect of present-day socln and Industrial adjustments, because such a burden. If It should fall upon one locality or community alone, would be absolutely crushing and would cause Incalculable suffering. conroiiAThixs i.v federal electioxs The unanimous report of the senate committee on privileges and elections lu favor of a bill prohibiting corporations of nil kinds from contributing to cam paign funds in elections of presidential electors, representatives In congress and members of legislatures which are to choose United States senators Is one of the good signs of the times, especially In connection with report of lellef nt Washington that the only question as to enactment 1s whether congress can reach the bill In time. The suggestive fact Is that the mens ure has lieeu prepared and is approved without Tegard to party lines and it does not appear to be opposed even by some of those In congrpss who are rcputedto be Identified with corporation Interests, On the contrary, they have changed the bill, which iu its original form applied only to Insurance corporation contribu tions', broadening It so as to .apply to all corporations. J lie measure, of course, in no wise undertakes to prevent citizens as indl vlduals from contributing funds to the political party of their choice, as they please, for legitimate purposes, and no one makes such a proposition. lint there is a profound and universal con viction thnt the time has come to draw the lino in party activities as well a in legislation, and all official action agnlnst all methods and practices which tend to magnify corporation influence In government Mil . 117, l, (AM S' '71 tW jf." uiien congressman Williaius, the leader of the democratic minority in the house, indulges iu a theatrical cxploita tion of tho tariff, concluding In mock heroics, "If you don't revise the tariff we will," he simply takes occasion to hand out a choice specimen of what, iu the lingo of the false pretense, is termed "bunk." What Mr. Williams party is pledged to do, now as during the last forty years, Is to destroy any republican tariff and to put in place of it a democratic tariff arranged on a different principle. It is committed thereto without regard to the question whether a republican tariff was enacted a month ago, a year ago or ten years ago. If it had been practicable for the republicans to revise generally the schedules and rates of the tariff at this session the democratic party would be committed precisely, as it is now, to overthrow such republican tariff legisla tion whenever It could secure a majority In congress. During the long period since the re publican party came into control of the government it has enacted tariffs at such intervals as sound business Judg ment approved, changing from time to time the rates as the change in Indus trial and commercial conditions, foreign and domestic, and revenue needs re quired. 15ut from the first republican tariff under Abraham Lincoln to the latest under William McKinley all such legislation has proceeded on the pro tective principle, which Mr. Williams' party, If It be honest and true to Its history and pledges, stands to reverse. The republican party under Theodore Roosevelt is Just as competent to make a republican revision of a republican system of import duty as It has been under .other republican presidents to make the numerous revisions during the last forty years. Under his leadership the party In its own wisdom will under take tariff revision, but not under the leadership of Mr. Williams. When the people of this country want a demo cratic tariff they will turn the govern ment over to the democratic party. THE EABT1IQUAKE rKRIL. Though contrary to the assumption commonly entertained by our people, it may well be questioned if this continent Is favored with special immunity from outbreak of the elemental forces of the earth's Interior. Charleston was over thrown tweuty years ago and San Fran cisco a few decades before that but these visitations seemed to be the ex treme, and. terrible as their effects were, still to be short of the historic catastrophes of Europe and Asia. The possibility of such experience has seemed to most people here as extremely remote If ndt inconceivable. It is true that there are localities In all continents, especially near sea"" !.", where earth tremors occur with greater frequency than elsewhere, but It cannot be said tLai-cvcu the interior of our continent is saf? from shocks of de structive violence. The great convulsion that almost a century ago shook a vast region about New Madrid, literally changing the face of the earth In south cist Missouri, was probably far more severe than the nu- t.iat has Just devas tated iin Francis!.;. The difference is that rja;i. hl Jihbltatlona and his works, were not then iu the way to be crushed and' overwhelmed by the blind aud Ir resistible vengeance of Nature. Hut with the spread of dense population and Its collection here and there lu denser centers over the continent no one can put a limit to the disaster that would follow a recurrence of such a blow, even iu regions which have I wen regarded as ufost secure. TIm very linblllty to overpowering calamity, from storm or tidal wave or fire. If not equally from earthquake, may therefore well stir all to limitless sym pathy and exertion to relieve the dis tress of any community that is thus stricken. No human isnver can avail when the solid earth gives way, nor can human foresight discern wucu or .where the next great catastrophe will lofnll or who will 1h the victims. All that can le done Is to meet the blow bravely when It falls, and, in the spirit which the people all over the hind are showing towards their stricken brethren at San Francisco, to do unto others as in like cae we would have others do unto us. Municipal ownership in Chicago Ir stalled pending al'pllcation of the street railway companies for rehearing of the famous decision of the supreme court on the nlncty-nlne-ycar franchise act Chicago municipal ownership people may learn several things alsuit obstruc tion by contemplating the work of "Im mediate" compulsory purchase of the water works In ' Omaha begun three years ago by a salaried board of water commissioners which as yet has no water plant to manage. The position of city clerk Is not a very important one beyond demanding faithful and efficient service, but the republican nominee. Ram K. (Ireenleaf, has had experience in the office and knows what Is wanted there, while Us democratic opponent would have to learn It all anew. as an expert accountant W. Finest Johnson Is far bettor qualified for the place now filled by Comptroller Ixbe.-k than Ix1ock ever was or ever will be It has been a long time since Cnmp troller liobeck has not been holding one office and asking for either re-election or election to another one. When the citizen who takes pride in Omaha goes to vote on Tuesday let him ask himself .whether, when a delegation or distinguished visitors linmnn lio city's guests, he would rather have tho hospitality of the elty extended bv Mayor Itenson or by Mayor Pahlman. i ne report that a Mexican warship has seized an American fishing boat might once have been cause for war. but In this day it will more likely result in the company owning the jesscl ltelng called to account If the free congressional garden seeds are to be no more, the last remaining excuse for n democratic member of con gross from this district, as given by the last Incumbent himself, Is absolutely token nwar. "malm needs some men of previous councnmanic experience In the next city council. It will get them by elect I . . Tt - iok . . jiingnam nnn Harry H, zim- man as memliers from the Second and Third wards respectively. If politics continue as warm over In Iowa as they are at this stage the corn crop over there will be ripened before tne repuiiiican state convention, whether tlie sun shines or not. - Good Work Well Done. New York Tribune. uivo the railroads their due, for they are not exacting it so far aa San Francisco Is concerned. Prosperity Haa the (ioods. Philadelphia Press. Another tiling that has Jeen demon siratca within the last Week is that our prosperity Is the kind that can deliver the goods. Tip for Sober Tlionsht. Washington Post. A great deal of satirical comment lias been exelted by the report' that the liquor bill of the country for the last year was $1.B48,70k.307. although the figures undoubt edly call for sober reflection. Will I he Sennte Declare Itselfr New York Post. A close student of the United States senate Is Inclined to dispute the prediction that that body will declare the earthquake at San Francisco unconstitutional. The prophecy, of course, came from those who look upon the shock as a "blessing In dis guise" and who have observed the senate's recent attitude toward "remedinl" meas ures. Slse of Army Ofltcers. Indiana palls News. President Roosevelt has Issued an ordet nxing me minimum height of army officer at five feet five inches. The order, of course, will apply only to future officers. It Is pointed out that the enforcement of this order may exclude many West Point cadets from, the service, for a helel.t of five feet three inches Is enough to admit them to the academy. If they fall to gain an additional two Inches they will, tio mat ter what their other qualifications may be, fall to get their commissions. An officer ought undoubtedly to be a man of sturdy physique, but there seems to be no reason why he should be five feet five Inches tall. Napoleon was only Ave feet two Inches when lie became first consul. PERSON 4.1, AM) O I IIKH WISK. In the mntter of municipal "shakedowns" the earthquake has no rival. A casual glance at the weekly parade of matinee girls proves that the peach crop la safe. The, Boston Transcript notes that "Pastor Crane explains It. God did It to attract attention." Wonder if this is the Crane who D' ed a maguslne article and worked it off us a original sermon? A T xaj statesman has Introduced a bill prol'.iKtlng the title of colonel to any man wl o j'as not borne that military rank. The t is to hark back to the primitive Lone Star salutation, "Hello, Pardl" A private secretary of a noted United States senator haa blossomed out as an authority on mummies. The announcement Is coupled with the explanation that en vironment has nothing to do with hi talent. Withered bachelors and hopeless spinsters may bo pardoned for regarding the boom In marriage of the homeless in San Fran cisco u a boost for the adage, "Misfortunes never come singly." Right they are, vo cally. Marriage la not a single institution. The record of the Omaha man who slept undisturbed while his wife, returning lute from a club meeting, pounded doors and window In vain for admission, must glvo way to that of a San Franciscan who slum bered on unconscious of the siiake-up and crash of buildings. Ten able-bodied women accuse a man at Atlantic City, N. J . of being their husband. The accused Is a Cuban doctor and the accusers are black , and white. Be sides accumulating a liberal stock of wives, the strenuous doctor scooped in feminine Jewelry and cash. Other troubles paled be fore the trouble theft brought him. That landed him lu jail. K.nW AnO KO'KW ITKR M l'IU. PA HIS. April 1 (IMitorlnl Corre spondence.) Ths whlrlslg of time appears to produce no perceptible chnnge In the French metropolis. Externally, at least, the Paris of toda differs very little from the Paris of fifteen ers ngu. A few monumental structures have been erected here and there since my first and only visit, the most conspicuous of which ar tho Palaces of Industry, designed and con structed fur the International exposition of Mi9. The largest and most magnificent of these exposition buildings, tho grand Palace Elyseo, lias recently been converted Into a hippodrome unci Is at present the chief attraction for the Parisian fashion ables who dilight In exhibiting themselves and losing their money at a horse show. The opening, which wan honored by the presence of the new president of the repub lie, l. rallleron, and Mine, lallleres, was made an event. My invitation and courtesy of Ambassa dor Mcf'oriulck, I availed myself of the opportunity for meeting the chief execu tive and members of bis cabinet and wit nessing the equestrian performance. A large concourse of civic and military func tionaries and members of tho diplomatic corps greeted the presidential party at the entrance to the palace and acclaimed President Kallleres as he ascended the magnificently decorated tribune. Thnt was, however, the only popular demonstration during the entire afternoon. The feals of the horses elicited but very little enthus iasm from tho superbly dressed audience. Comparison between the Paris and OmHha Auditoriums would naturally be In vidious. The Grand Palace Klysre. as Its tiame Implies, Is in every respect palatial. Its frescoed walls are hung with paint ings, Its galleries adorned by costly tapes tries and its corridors by statuary. Put when It comes to the real thlnn tlie horse show Paris Is outclassed by Omaha. From first to last the Parisian horse show was a tame affair, lacking In spirit and variety. The grooms and horses there was only horseback exei else appeared to be drafted out of a circus. F.very American who has visited the capitals of Kuropo concedes without de bate that Paris is not only the cleanest, but also tho best paved city In the world. It Is not generally known, however, that in Paris the construction, repairs and maintenance of all public Improvements, Including sewers, subways, electric wire conduits, pavements na'd all street clean ing. Is a municipal futiction, performed by city employes, without the Intervention of contractors. The city buys all the re quisite building and paving material, street cleaning and sprinkling machinery, and hires all the mechanics and laborers to do the work. AH worklngmen employed by the city, and, for that matter, nil work lngmen employed by the general govern ment, work eight hours per day, the wage scale being established by law. The pay of common laborers ranges from fiO cents to $1 per day. while mechanics are paid from 11.25 to $2.:S per day. Working over time Is permitted, with corresponding extra pay. Inquiry among the working people elicited some facts of Interest, both to American workmen and employers. There are no open shops In Paris. Every work tngman and working woman Is enrolled In the syndicate (the name for Jabor unions) nd scales of wages and rules for wage workers are formulated by the syndicate, by mutual agreement between employers and employes, or by arbitration. While sauntering among retail stores I learned that clerks are generally required to work from 8:30 a. m. to 8 p. m., with an allow ance of two hours for meals. In the de partment stores male clerks earn from $:n to $S per month, with lunch and din ner thrown In. Women earn the same wages, but I observed that more salesmen than saleswomen were employed. In the smalt shops more women are employed at wages ranging from 20 to $40 per month. Incidentally, In conducting my labor In quiry, the fact was elicited that while the cost of living provisions, meat, etc. In Paris Is about the same as In New York, the price of household utensils, furniture, clothing and rent Is much lower, so that the difference In wages In America and France Is almost equalised. And yt Paris Is wrestling with the labor problem. Tho undercurrent of discontent appears to be growing. On tlie one hand. the men of means, the bankers, merchants and' land owners, complain that they are subject to the domination of the labor union and deprived of freedom of action In enterprises that require lurge Invest ment and constant employment of wage workers, and the working people complain that capital Is still receiving more than Its Just share from mutual production. In response to the question. What-Is your solution for the labor problem? propounded to the editor of the leading labor organ, I received this answer: "The only solu tion In co-operation. We must do away with the middle man by establishing a system of profit sharing." To my re joinder, "But, suppose there are losses instead of profit?" the editor replied: "We must prepare for that and share the de ficit. In the end the burden always falls upon lhor." Asked what Influence French workingmen were exerting In politics, he exclaimed: "We can accomplish nothing so long as we are divided. At present every member of the National Assembly is party by himself. We have as many parties as we have members. No two agree on any proposition." This was a revelation to me. The unexpected does not often happen, but the - most unexpected sights In the streets of Paris are the wood block pave ments. Fifteen years ago the avenues and boulevards In the heart of tlie city, which for centuries had been paved with stone, were being re paved with asphalt. Now the widest and most traveled thoroughfares are paved wtih sawed wood blocks, of about 4xS inches surface and three inches thickness. These blocks are first creosoted. then laid on a heavy base of concrete, and oiled. Thus treated, the wooden block pavements of Paris are as smooth as a waxed ball room floor. The preference of wood over asphalt Is claimed to be due to the softening of the asphalt In the summer season ana lis siippenn.es in win ter. The wood pavement is Just as noise less, much easier on the horses and more agreeable to drive over than asphalt. It Is conceded, however, that the originul cost of wood block pavement Is much greater than asphalt, owing to tlie high price of lumber, but Paris Is bound to have the best paved streets, whatever the cost may be. The experiment of public ownership of mblle necessities lias proved a success with the single exception of the telephone. The French government owns and oper ates all telegraph and telephone lines aa part of Its postal system. While the ad ministration of the postal telegraph has lieen a phenomenal suriess. the postal telephone, at leust In Tarls. has proved dismal failure. In the first place, the French telephone apparatus Is antiquated. In the next place, the service is wretchedly Inefficient. It Is very difficult fijr anyone to make himself heard at any time, how ever loud he may taia. During me noon hour, which generally lasts from 12 tit p. m., the telephone exchange toys and girls 'rarely answer calls, and the com plaints of patrons remain unheeded . As a natural sequence, comparatively few peo ple avail themselves of telephone facilities, even though they are within everybody's reach. EDWARD ROSEWATER. TIE LOST CMS Is Found in (he Tone of the ItMKAUER PIANO We have recently secured the representation of this celebrated piano, whose subtle tonal excellencies are so generally recognized by the exceedingly fastidious and discriminating. musical critics, 'that the output of the Kit AKAI'KU Hros. factory was Inadequate to meet the demands of old established agencies until the completion of their pres ent large plant, which permitted them to consider a few new outlets, and we are among the fortunate ones. We now have samples of the KKAK.M KK Pianos in stock and in cite the Omaha musical public's investigation. L MOSPE 0 aa&s sf.rmos noii.p.n now. Piety does not prove Itself by petulance. It takes more than rust to win reverence. The way to duplicate a fool is to argue with him. For every real sorrow there are a hundred shadows. Wrong rather enjoys the blows It gets from blowers. No man ever became wise who feared to be called a fool. Master, your tools and your treasure will take care of Itself. A man's imagination reveals mora than the imuglnnry man. Some people think they have peace when they are only petrilied. It's never hard to find a good argument to back up an Inclination. Hard is the exit from Easy street and many there be that find it. "Most men ate willing to pray for their enemies to get the worst of It. A gentleman would rather bo taken for. a servant than fall to bo of service. It will take more than an eight-hour day to make the twenty-four hours divine. The man who always has the sins of others before him puts his own in his pocket. He who carries a cup of cold water to a thirsty world finds his way leading besido the still waters. Man a man thinks that the elimination of the evil and the slaughter "of his personal enemies Is the same thing. SKCI LAK SHOTS AT T1IK PI I. PIT. New York Post: The telpgraph states that the Chicago ministers did not, in their Sunday discourses, ascribe the San Fran cisco disaster to "an avenging Deity." It was considerate of them to let God off so easily. Cleveland Plain Dealer: A Boston cler gyman Is responsible for the statement that what this country needs Is a king. What the Boston clergyman needs Is a permanent leave of absence that will en able him to enjoy the blessings of royalty where they make a specialty of It. New York World: Times have changed. A Philadelphia evangelist who was ac cused of saying that the earthquake was a punishment for Snn Francisco's wicked ness promptly declares he was misquoted. What he said wai that the calamity was Intended as a warning of the brevity and uncertainty of life. Springfield Republican: The death of the "black pope" scarcely gets the notice it de serves. Luis Martin, general of tho So ciety of Jesus, was a remarkable man and perhaps one of the ablest of the long series of the successors of Ixjyola. He was ordained priest In France when he was 18 years old, In 184, being a Spaniard by birth. In 1R77 he became rector of the old T'nlverslty of Salamanca and there he gained fame as a theologian, When Au derledy died In 1S92 he became general of the Jesuits. Luis Martin much opposed the alleged "Americanizing" or the church of Rome and from his point of view was quite right. The Society of Jesus has al ways been more papal than the pope. "KEEP COOL, BHETH11ES." Impressive Protest Against Critics of las Franclsoo's Morals. An impressive editorial, prophetic in the afterglow of the disaster, was written the afternoon preceding and printed In the San Francisco Call on the morning of . the earthquake. It was written In reply to clitics of" the city's morals, and serves a like purpose now when a few such critics unfeelingly liken the city's fate to that of Sodom and Gomorrah. ITnder the head ing. "Keep Cool, Brethren," the Call said: "Excellent and high-minded clergymen In this city are discussing, rather warmly. Its moral status. All citlea need to have their morals medicated. San Francisco Is no exception. Bishop Hamilton, who lives and hag spiritual Jurisdiction here, has filed a description of San Francisco, in cluding anarchy and social vice as aninng our characteristics. Others, supporting his statements, express a fear of local revolu tion and bloodshed. "This is a very cosmopolitan city. We have here the good and the bad of many races and nationalities. We blaspheme In Browning, Ming $k Co ORIGINATORS AND SOLE MAkEIS Of HALF SIZES IN CLOTHING. CLOTHES OF QUALITY Clothes don't make the man, to be sure, but its about the only thing that nine-tenths of the people we meet have to pro by. The ?aan who does not make a pood appearance these days id badly handicapped. Clothes are the all important part of a man's make-up, and its right here that we come in. Our 15, 18, 120, $22.50"and 25 Suits Are splendid specimens of modem tailoring. Hand some, stylish and correct in every detail. The fabrics are the latest and we believw that we can please any man with a spring suit, regardless of how "fussy" he may lie about his clothes. "We are aa ready to show as to sell. Fifteenth and DouQlas Sts. Broadway at 12a4 Street MEW my V ii ii ' mi iiiiiiimininiiiiiini mi 1513 Douglas St., OMAHA. NEB. many languages. Once In a while a red Mag Is raised. Put let us be calm. In aa many languages as wo use In blasphemy we offer prayer and praise Out of the same mouth come curses and blessing. One red (lag docs not maku a revolution. It Is usually nt one end of a polo that has a fool at the other end. If the fool gel frac tious the police take him tn. . "San Francisco Is a lrank sort of city. It displays its vices. They are not con cealed. The city puts up no false pretense to being a new Jerusalem. Let us not be heavy hearted. The vices we havo roost high to be seen, and their Jackdawing may be heard nfar Hut our virtues far over match them and make less display and not as much noise. If theso good men are fearful and moved to flee, to what city of refugo will they take a ticket to better themselves In moral surroundings? Better stay with It and work redemption, talking luss." domksi ic pi.i;asa. ihies. "Kvery woman has one hope as age ad vances upon her." "And thnt is?" "That she doesn't look it." Philadelphia Ledger. "Sir, my daughter tells me that you kissed her without her permission." "Well, tiho told me I'd have to kiss her that way or not at h.1I. 1 did my best to follow her wishes." Clovuland Leader. "Her mothct usually asks her daughter to Bin:, doesn't she?" "Only when disagreeable guests are pres ent." Cleveland Plain Lealer. Mother But kissed you If your refusal surely ho wouldn't have you had been emphatic In Daughter I was emphatic, if I'd let him kiss mo and much." Philadelphia Press. He asked me 1 said: "Nut "My daughter," said Mr. StoJt&nbons, doubtfully, "la by no means poor, you know." "Oh, that's all right." responded the suitorcheerfully. "I'm plenty poor enough for two." Cleveland leader. Tess It's really true, then, that Martha Etrnngmind Is to be married to Mr. Tlmmld. Jess Not exactly. Martha says he Is to be married to her. Tess Oh! yes, of course; she has asked you to tie her bridesmaid, hasn't she? Jess No; she asked me to be her "best woman." Chicago Tribune. "Ma, how did you ever happen to marry pa?" "I was 29 years old, my dear." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Miss Passny He was talking to you about me, wasn't lie? Miss Knox Tes. He -asked me if you were 35 yet, and I said certrinly not. Miss Passay What a ridiculous question! Miss Knox Just what I told him. I said, "How long do you expect her to be 85?" Philadelphia Ledger. A LOST FKIKND. John Boyle O'Reilly. My friend he was; my friend from all the rest; Willi childlike faith ha oped to me his breas . No door was locked on altar, grave or grief; No weakness vetled, concealed no disbelief; The hope, tiio sorrow and the wrong were bare. And ah, the shadow only showed the fair. I gave him love for love; but, deep within, I magnified earh frailty Into sin: Kuch Till-topped foible In the sunset glowed, Obscuring vales where rlvered virtues flowed. Reproof became reproach, till common grew The captious wojd at every fault I knew. He smiled upon the censorship, and bore With patient love the touch that wounded sore ; T'ntil at length, so had my blindness grown. He knew 1 Judged him by his faults alone. Alone, of all men, I, who knew htm best. Refused the gold, to take the dross for test! Cold strangers honored for the worth they saw; His friend forgot tho diamond in the flaw. At last it came the day he stood apart, When from my eyes he proudly veiled his heart; When carping judgment and uncertain word A stern resentment In his bosom stirred; When in Hs face I read what I had been. And with his vision saw what hu bad seen. Too late! Too late! Oh, could he then have known, When his love .died, that mine had perfect grown ; That when the veil was drawn, abased, chastised. The censor stood, the lost one truly prlsej. Too late we learn a man must hold his friend Unjuilgcd, accepted, trusted to the end. OMAIIA NEB, Factory, Caopar Mar I