Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, August 26, 1906, EDITORIAL SECTION, Page 2, Image 14
2 TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 26, 1906, Tile Omaiia Sunday Pes E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Fostofnc m seconl class matter. ' TERMS OF SUFSCRIPTION. pally Be (without Bundayi, ona year.. $4 OJ ellr lie and Sunday, una year Runday Bn, one year J Saturday Hra, ona year DELJVERED BT CARRIER. Pally Bee (Including Bundar). Pr week..l7o lally Bee (without Sunday), par wek..lle Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week Jo Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week....l0o Sunday Bee, par copy " Address complaints of Irregularities In de llvery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha Tha Bee Building. 8011th Omaha City Hall Building. Cauncll HI u It a 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1 t'nlty Building. New York ISM Home Life ln. B sliding. Washington 401 Fourteenth Btraet. CORRESPONDENCE. Comaiunlcatlona relating to news and edi torial matter ahould be addreaaed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to Tha Bee Publlahlng Company. Only ?-Cent stamps received aa payment of mall accounta. Personal check, except on Omaha or eaatern exchanges, not accepton. THE BEJJ PLBUBH1NO COMPANI. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglaa County, a: C. C. Rosewater, general manager of Tha Bee Publlahlng company, being duly aworn, aaya that tha actual number of full and complete coplei of The Daily Horning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of July. 10. waa a follow: 0,140 . IT... Y,W0 81,710 18 31,ta0 38.536 19 81.880 38,900 20. 81,660 38,800 1 38,480 1,980 SI 30,500 8,880 11 31,750 s 4 .. 1 1 80,800 (4 31,880 10 1,880 Si 31,830 31,560 S 31,570 11 31,630 H, 33,580 IS 83,380 14'. 34,080 15.... 80,400 IT 81,750 si a,ieo 80,680 SO 31,830 SI 81,810 It 39,800 Total 887,88 Leas unsold cople 10,863 Net total salea 878,984 Daily average 31,515 ' C. C. ROSEWATER, ' General Manager. Subscribed In my preaence and aworn to before ma thla Slat day of July. 1906. (Seal.) M. B. HUNOATE. . Notary Public. ' WHEH OCT OF TOWH. Babacrlbers leavtnsr the city tern, porarlly shoald bar Tha Be availed to them. Address will ha ohaaged aa often aa reqaeated. When Bryan comes marching home, the fatted calf will be slaughtered. Cuba has the satisfaction of know ing that Its present trouble gives It a chance to prove Its right to Independ ent existence.' Having "hung" Itself the lynchers' Jury in Missouri will have the analogy with the victims made . complete by being severely "roasted." ' Having faced a bomb Premier Stoly pln will probably be recognized by the most bitter reactionary as a member of the Russian ruling class. , Valparaiso's real opportunity- Is In showing how, with a handicap of sev eral months. It can win the race with San Francisco In building a new 'city. The statement that Russia does not need a foreign loan comes In time to reassure those Investors who expected a raid upon the strong boxes of the world. , Laborers attracted by low rates to the Pacific coast should take the precaution of learning what the return fare will be when the busy sea son is over. In considering the activity of Secre tary Root In Sonth America It should be remembered that it is winter south of the line and one has to work to keep warm. The sale of a seat on the New York stock exchange for $93,000 is evidence that the crop of spring lambs looks large and enticing to the professional traders on Wall street. Commercial travelers who complain oc the pernicious activity of politicians la the reception of Colonel Bryan should remember that It is a wise bird who first reaches the plowman. The report that President Palma Is virtually a prisoner should cause the csar to rejoice In that there is no great difference between some republics and bis own autocracy when revolution begins. Walter Wellwun has discovered do feota In bis airship. He is lucky to have found them before he Quit the earth and he has the satisfaction of knownlg that the Advertising has so far been worth .the money. . The 8uggestton of a Sioux City nauer that Mr. Bryan, apply to Shallenberger the. rule be attempted to enforce on Roger Sullivan of Illinois again calls atteutlon to the fact that circum stances alter cases. A leading club woman at Lincol has been appointed a special police officer to exercise authority over nea pie who mistreat dumb animals. The Woman's club will now get into action literally as well as figuratively. . While there Is eo much agitation about the abolition of free passes on railroads, It might not be out of place also to agitate for the abolition of free passes on street railways, free tele phones and, free gas to officials and people with Infloo-ence In the city hall and court house. The admission that a land officii In spector accepted a bribe may indicate a determination on the part of the In terior department no longer to accept as true every report which may be submitted to It by Inspectors. This would be a 'valuable tip also to the commissioner pf Indian affairs If It should attract his attention ABOLITION or TUB LORBT. Tha democratic platform demand that the corrupt and corrupting profaaalonaJ lobby be abolished, and the republican platform ha not a word to say against tha lobby." World-Herald. The abolition of the corrupt and cor-. ruptlng professional lobby cannot be accomplished by platform platitudes any more than It was abolished by Governor Mickey's grandstand pro nanciamento against the lobby when he came Into office. There are other and more practical ways, and one of these la the searchlight of the press and a rogues' gallery In the state house modeled after the Bertillon system that now obtains In all police headquarters. Another and more effective system still Is to make association with pro fessional lobbyists as disreputable aa association with prostitutes. When ever It becomes odious and dis reputable for a state officer or member of the legislature to be seen at any time In the company of a professional corporation capper, the occupation of the professional lobbyist will be gone, and the way to make the corporation lobby odious Is to expose it and de nounce it and keep denouncing it, and to keep the rogues' gallery before the people. This method of treatment should ap ply not merely to the professional lob byist, but also to the still more danger ous walking gentlemen who fraternize with legislators as representatives of the substantial interests and better elements and are always lavish and generous with courtesies of every de scription, while Insidiously corrupting men who otherwise would be traveling the straight road. This class of public-spirited citizens, who contribute lib erally to benevolent, religious and edu cational institutions, and, like Rocke feller, teach a Sunday school class oc casionally, have proved the most dan gerous of lobbyists. The only way to make that class of lobbyists harmless would be a grand Jury drawn from all parts of the state, to sit at the state capitol during the session of the legis lature, backed by law officials and an executive nerved up to send to the penitentiary every man who tampers with law makers, public officials or a Juryman. POST!, 8AY1NQ3 BANKS FOB SAFETY. A vigorous campaign for the estab lishment of postal savings banks prom ises to be one of the salutary out growths of the recent disastrous bank failure in Chicago. In this case 'the recreant officers not only wrecked their banking Institution, but produced An its wake an appalling train of misery, business failure and suicide. As email Incidents sometimes lead to great events, bo here a society of Turners, whose members suffered severely by the collapse, is to be the initiating force to enlist, first, every member of their national organization, who In turn is to become an active factor in the prop agation of the movement. It is de clared that every candidate for con gress throughout the country will be required to state his position on postal savings banks and all political parties requested to assist in bringing on thla much desired reform. The great and overpowering argu ment in favor of postal savings banks is the necessity of absolute safety for the accumulations of thrift. This the government would Insure in a degree which no private or corporate banking establishment could do, and however small the rate of Interest paid and however low the limit of deposits ac cepted the Incentive to the poor to save would be powerfully stimulated as compared with the present banking system in which the prospective profit to the owners Is the determining con slderation in all relations to the public. That the drift of public sentiment toward postal savings banks has been noticeably quickened during the last few years 1b plainly apparent on all sides. Proposed bills for postal sav ings banks now receive respectful at tention from congress where not long ago they were pigeon-holed without ceremony. The agitation may have to be kept up for awhile longer, but the goal is sure to be achieved, when the influences which are now being aroused focalize on the one point that safety for the people's savings la necessary for the safety of the govern ment. VNTTORM INSURANCE LEGISLATION. Some of the features of a uniform code for the regulation of life insur ance which the St. Paul meeting of the insurance commissioners and attorney generals of a number of states have agreed upon are admirable and should receive the endorsement of all the state legislatures. Public sentiment universally favors the absolute pro hibition of Insurance company con trlbutlons In any form for political purposes, which Is one of the strongly drawn provisions of the bill. It also will endorse stringent restrictions on compensation of insurance officers and agents, and compulsory testimony as to their knowledge of all violations of law, although, of course, the giving of such testimony would exempt them from punishment. But these and many other admirable provisions, while they ought to be en acted into law by every state, can only be recommended to the several legis latures. It has been demonstrated to be almost Impossible to secure uni formity br state action on insurance or any similar subject of Interstate business, and even if uniform legisla tion were attainable the equally vital question of uniformity of enforcement would still remain. The more the subject Is considered, therefore, the stronger Is the tendency among candid and thoughtful observers to accept the conclusion reached by the Insurance committee of the American Bar asso ciation, that effective remedy can be found only In national legislation, which would secufe both uniform regu lation and uniform enforcement. the kino or cBors. The tremendous corn crop now standing In the fields has one more enemy to escape, namely, frost, but every day of hot weather advances It rapidly on the road to safety. The 'million-dollar rain" that Is bo re freshing is always welcome, but the exasperating August heat Is not less valuable and Indispensable to the king of American crops, especially in a year like this when the planting season quite generally was late. Throughout most of the corn belt, as the reports agree, the ground was well stored with moisture by. the second week In Au gust, and every day of uncomfortable temperature stnee, although nowhere In the form of damaging hot winds, has added mightily to the prospect of the corn yield. Nothing remains to make doubly sure the assurance of the record corn crop In the hUtory of farming but the continuance for a short period of the favorable conditions of the last week or ten days. An abundant yield of the whole circle of small grains of the finest quality, except oats, which is far from a failure, is already a cer tainty. PROSFERrrr and extravagance. The statement made before the Ohio bankers' convention that $400,000,000 has been spent for automobiles the last three or four years contains a striking illustration of the . extrava gance which flush times produce and which by sinking capital impairs abil ity to meet the enlarging circle of ob ligations. For the most part that vast aggregate cannot be regarded as capi tal, not being capable of reproducing wealth, and like an almost endless list of other Items of increasing common expenditures, is practically as effectual a subtraction from capital resources as If an equivalent value had been de stroyed by fire. It is indeed no time for pessimistic forecast, for the foundations of indus trial prosperity never seemed more firm, but It is opportune to warn against the tendency to reckless out lays which that very condition has never failed to produce, and which is clearly manifesting Itself now. In every nook and corner of the com munity the present improvident spend ing on a scale would ultimately cause trouble unless checked within bounds of prudence as the only guarantee of enhancing and prolonging the good fortune both of Individuals and of the Industrial whole. It Is, of course, neither desirable nor necessary that anything approaching the degree of self-denial which finan cial depression makes compulsory should be set up as the standard in a time of abounding galnfulness like the present. But rational and provident self restraint Is none the less a duty in prosperous as in adverse times. Un restrained individual gratifications will Inevitably absorb the store of reserve sources against the day, be it sooner or later, when crop shortage or other misfortune causes industrial opportun ity to shrink. It la a singular circumstance that severe and prolonged industrial de pression should be the time when the average man by extreme sacrifices saves a surplus to spend lavishly In good times, whereas by moderation in prosperity he might more easily secure himself against the extreme pressure of hard times. And there la no doubt that we have reached a point when the lesson of this paradox should be enforced. tfES TERJf RAILROAD GROW Tit. A change in western railroad policy Is already far advanced, meaning de tailed occupation of vast regions through which lines are already being constructed or are projected. The last five years have been notable for the Immense sums expended by the strong western companies In all kinds of bet terments, lowering grades, straighten ing curves, heavier rails, new rolling stock, etc., and although higher divl dends have been paid the surplus earn ings have been such as for the most part to provide the necessary funds. This policy has Indeed been forced upon the roads "by the prodigious de velopment of the west, In. which every section, mineral as well as agricul tural, has had a share, producing alto gether a trafflo which the facilities of a few years ago could not trans port at all. and which to be carried economically required vast enlarge ment. Maintaining the old level of rates and In many respects actually raising them, the roads on tha In crease volume of tonnage have thus put themselves in position to take enormous profits, with prospective in crease as long as either rates are main tained or volume of business swells. Tne immeasurable expansion of the newer west has rendered this great progress In transportation betterments on the old lines merely the precursor of what Mr. Harriman within a year called "an era of competitive construc tion", upon which be declared the country was just entering. The ca pacity thus secured and the contempo rary Increase of surplus earnings in fallibly call for branch lines and ex tensions Into unserved territory or In vading the territory of rival lines. Ir rigation, mineral development and the Immense transfer of population are all opening outlooks which Irresistibly tempt railroad expansion. The old agreements which twenty years ago checked western construc tion are accordingly nullified In every direction, and 'construction Is today going on limited practically only by the supply of labor and materials, and upon flZZ which nothing but some great unexpected financial revulsion can Interrupt for years. Indeed, the completion of extensive betterments on the principal western roads will tend to put In their hands tar greater re sources for new construction the next few years, while the growth of the oountry under existing and prospec tive prosperous conditions crowds closely upon every new facility that JOllB L. KENNEDY. The renomlnatlon of Congressman John L. Kennedy as thecandldate of the republicans of the FJrst) Nebraaka district was a foregone conclusion. It Is unwritten party law, observed with few exceptions, that a representative In congress who has given reasonable satisfaction be accorded a second term nomination by his constituents, . and this accounts for the fact that no com petitor among the republicans entered the race In this district. For a first term member Mr. Ken nedy has made a good record and proved himself a useful representative for his people. While he was not ex pected to link his name with any epoch-marking legislation, he managed to make himself heard and felt on several Important matters, and voted right on all the crucial measures that made up what is known as the presi dent's legislative program. If the contest In this congressional district is to turn on the question of standing by Roosevelt, Mr. Kennedy's record of loyalty to the Rooseveltlan principles should insure his return to Washington by an Increased majority. While making comparisons of the platforms, our democratic contem porary seems to have been oblivious of the fact that the republican plat form calls for a revision of the revenue laws that will compel the railroads to pay municipal taxes in the same pro portion to value as all other classes of property. That plank is of more vital moment to the citizens of Omaha, Lin coln, Plattsmouth, North Platte, Mc Cook and, In fact, every city and town fn the state, than all the catchy plat form platitudes that have been in serted In the democratic platform for twenty years. The life Insurance commissioners have projected some excellent legisla tion, with a view to increasing the divi dends of policy holders In the standard companies, but they have not yet sug gested a feasible law that will compel life Insurance companies to reduce their charges to a standard that will do away with all dividends and save the policy holders from paying an ex cessive charge into the treasury first and then taking their chances of get ting back the excess. The very latest grandstand perform ance in which Governor Mickey will appear aa the star actor is the trial of the South Omaha Police commission on charges of stuffing cotton in their ears and wearing blinders on the Sab bath day while the dram shopB were trying to keep pace with Omaha, In order . to retain their week-day cus tomers. The offense Is rank and smells to heaven as much as the South Omaha packing house fumes. But there are others. The private secretary of Senator Mil lard declares that "Edward Rose- water's ambition to be senator cost Omaha the senatorahlp." The ques tion is, Has Nebraska had a senator for the last five years? Did the people of Nebraska ever recognize Millard as tbeir senator? How can Omaha lose anything that it never had? General Greely has made himself odious with the warriors who wear double stars on their shoulders. His declaration that there are altogether too many generals on Uncle Sam's pay roll for the size of the army forolbly recalls the brigade commanded by Artemus Ward, in which every man was a general. If all the political conventions were as peaceful and harmonious aa that which has handed Congressman Ken nedy a certificate of renomlnatlon without opposition the excitement of politics would be "aa iridescent dream." The resolution of Ohio railroads to giant no reduced rates to state conven tion delegates now that the 2-cent fare law has become effective may be the railroads' way of "playing even," but it Is Just what the ordinary citizen wants. President PulHam expresses surprise over the remarks of one of the man agers of a ball team In the National league. He has evidently not heard the opinion of President O'Neill of the Western league on the same subject. The statement that the foot ball rules have been so amended that its friends will not know the game can be accepted for what It Is worth until the casualty list is published, but after that the facta will be established. When James J. Hill and Sir William Van Home engage in a fight for terrt tory for their railway lines, re spectively, there may be some cause for making railway legislation subject of treaty as well as of statute. It Is announced with due solemnity by the Associated Press that Paul Mor, ton had an amicable conference with William Jennings Bryan before he left Europe, shades of J. Sterling Morton! What a spectacle! Voders Toola Icaored. Indianapolis News. Tha Cuban, it appear, have yet to learn that, when they are dissatisfied with elections and appointment, tha mora eul twred way la ta ua the hammer Instead of the dagger. NEBRASKA SENATORIAL COKTK8T. Sill I at the Old Staad. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Edward Roaewater waa defeated on Wed nesday In tha Nebraaka atate convention In hie ambition to ba United States senator. Of tha fire candidate Attorney General Norrla Brown was chosen. In the middle wast the Nebraaka senator ahlp contest has been of general Interest nd particularly because It concerned Mr. Rosewater, who, aa editor af tha Omaha Bee, has been a stanch republican alt his Ufa. In fact, Mr. Rosewater was a re publican In Nebraaka when a republican waa somewhat unpopular owing t the temporary populist hysteria. But Editor Rosewater refused to ba frightened either by whiskers or warm air, and tha fact that tha peerless leader of tha opposition party, who was domiciled within the' state, carried Nebraaka for a time out of tha republican column worried him not at alt. For Editor Rosewater la a fighter. Any- body In Omaha will tell you this even If you are only stopping over between trains. Ha has seethed with tha caldron for over twenty years. There have been time when he has been ebscured by tha steam, but ha has emerged dripping, It Is true, but ready to stir ttunit up again. It has been found utterly impossible to boll all tha aap out of Roaewater of Omaha. If there I any other man In tha weat who has kept things hotter for a longer time than Mr. Rose- water his fame has not reached Chicago. That tha Omaha editor cornea out second best In his contest for tha United States tenatorthtp In Nebraska this time does not mean that he I finally defeated. He will undoubtedly support Mr." Brown. But there will ba other times and other days. Mr. Rosewater will rise again. The Bea ha uot lost Its sting nor has It quit business. Therefore, whll Mr. Brown Is to be con gratulated, Mr. Roaewater la not to be commiserated. Bom Boeeeaa la Defeat. Bloux City Tribune. The greatest factor in the contest agalnat railway domination and In the victory won yesterday I Bdward Rosewater, who was defeated by Brown. Rosewater carried on his fight In the years gone by when a how of Independence waa the gravest treason. Ha stood alone among leader as the advocate of reform and kept alive tha ember of popular protest which have now been fanned Into flames by a combination of circumstances and the energy of younger' men. Fearless, he never hesitated to at tack political corruption. But hi great Service la behalf of the public aroused lingering bitterness In the hearts of dis honest bosses which has so permeated the republican organisation that hla senatorial ambition 'was thwarted. With the emanci pation of the rank and file through a direct primary fully consummated, he might have been the choice Instead of Brown, such Is the popular recognition of his great service to tha public. It Is the irony of politics that makes him the victim of hla seal In the cause which he finally helps to triumph. lis haa failed of the senate but hla will ba the. great name of Nebraska republi canism In the .years . to .come.. Ha stlil lives, and If Brown does what u expected 6f him he will accomplish It with the aid and assistance of Edward Roaewater. The Post of Honor. Chicago Chronicle. Without undertaking to question tha Judgment of tha Nebraska republicans we must confess to some disappointment at their failure to name Editor Rosewater for tha United State senate. He was far and away tha most active and aggressive personality n tha field. Per haps It waa the very fact that contributed to his defeat." Mr. Roaewater haa made a good many enemies and they art all enemies to be proud of. Thla la a erretrmetance which may well solace hi disappointment. If he feels any, which w doubt. There are some attrac tolas In political office, but there la, after all, no office within the gift of the people of Nebraska that is more honorable, dignified and Influential than the position of editor of the Omaha Bee. Tha post of honor la often tha private station and It Is so in the current Instance. Editor Rosewater will continue in the future aa ba haa in tha past to show up fakes, frauds and rascals throughout tha state of Nebraska, and with this certainty in mind it will be surprising if some people who opposed1 him do not find themslves wishing that he had gone to the aenate Instead of staying at home. Corporations tha Ran. Kansas City Ftar. Yesterday's defeat of Edward Roaewater of Omaha for United States senator and of Clark Howell of Atlanta far governor of Georgia serve as reminders that It. la mighty hard for a good editor to be elected to office. The most significant detail of the day's convention is the Ignominious defeat of Senator Millard, who waa named by railroad influences five years ago and waa a candidate of tha aam agencies In thla contest. Ha was not even aecond In the race. The corporation, In both the senatorial and gubernatorial fight, scat tered their forces in an effort to make a strong Held against the peoplo'a candidates. But tha strategy did not work. The people won. Nebraaka republicans have dona what Kaaaas republicans should have dona, and what Kansas democrats did do. Navigation of lb Missouri, Bt. LoUtS- Republic. The recent report of Colonel J. B, Qulnn, engineer In charge of Missouri river work, ought greatly to strengthen the hands of Congressman Shaxkleford and other advo cate of more liberal appropriations tor betterment of navigation in that stream. Work already done prove that ths river can b kept safely navigable throughout the t,2S7 miles of Its length from the Great falls to the Mississippi. But Colonel Qulnn's report Is only scientific confirma tion of fact already known. That the Mlssoyri river wa navigated by steam boats throughout this distance for many years I tha best proof that It can be kept navigable by pulling out the snags aa fast aa they lodge in the Bed of tha atream. Flatterers Ont of Favor. New Tork Mall. Demo Is a pretty reasonable chap after all and his admiration for fighting cour age la wellntgh extravagant. His Instinct lead him to despise tha small men who cater to hi whim, dance when he pipe and tremble at his vary katsenjammere. The gospel of honest dissent Is going to be more popular In this country than ever be fore. Hitherto the steam roller has heen reserved for the men of Independent cour age. It look as If for a while the voter were going to run It back and forth over men who are willing to "altar their oon vlctlon to Suit." A Trathfal Jollier. New York Sua. Secretary Root's tribute to the "laeom parable beauty" of tha women of Argentina who pelted hla train with flower waa not the language of diplomacy or of gallantry. Travelers agree that the composite fem inine typo ol AiiXVa Is irresistible. Bar Heated y for Bank Wrecking-. Minneapolis Journal. Ths Chinese banking law, that when a bank fails the head of the officials shall bo cut off and deposited with the assets, has worked well DIAMONDS PAY DIVIDENDS YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD Diamond buying Is gilt edge Investing. The supply Is slowly de mlnlshlng, prices are raising and a perfect stone Is always resaleable at a premium My gems are beautifully cut, pure of color and hand somely mounted; no better gift could possibly be selected, buy one now of me and pay in small amounts. , A DOLLAR OR TWO I 1.50 This Watch S14 1.00 i?TtWET5.t 11.00 $1.00 a WEEK BUlTnIK,S , VV BUTs THIS STONE WEEKSj iVEEK RING I 530.00 j ,20,00 1522 FARNAM 8ECIXAR SHOTS AT TUB PILPIT. Kansas City Times: John V. Rockefeller will bear all the expenses of a Kentucky revival meeting. Thus salvation and tainted money are to have It out at last. Philadelphia tndger: Father Vaughn tells. Emgllsh society that Its members en gaged In picking pleasure would better pick oakum. Perhaps some of them will later. Philadelphia Press: A burglar was mean enough to rob a clergyman's house in Tork. The name of the latter waa Rev. Mr. Apple. That burglar must have been a peach. Washington Post: According to a Chi cago minister, roller skating comprise all the evil there I In life. That let out the bank officials In hla congregation who are quietly getting away with everything that Isn't nailed down. Baltimore American: An ingenious min ister in a New Tork town haa arranged for a phonograph to deliver sermons from hl pulpit while ho taltes a vacation. This arrangement also suits the congregation, as in caae the sermon la too long for hot weather attention the phonograph can, unlike the minister, be taken down. Chicago Chronicle: Another preacher, In Cincinnati this time, says he will not voluntarily leave a church organisation whose doctrinal essentials he absolutely repudiates. "I don't believe your creed," he says in effect, "but If you want to get me out you will have to kick me out, and I shall fight aa hard as I can." What strange inconsistency; what singular mental strabismus! Why ahould a man desire to make hla religious home among people whose faith he repudiates? Edinburgh Review: This year, perhaps for the first time since Queen Elisabeth's day, a service was read In Irish at St. Patrick's cathedral In Dublin. Ten years ago any man who had predicted such a thing would have been counted a lunatic; today many will resent it. Tet none the less It is a sign of a growing feeling that the Church of Ireland, If It Is to Justify Its title, cannot ahut Itself off fqnm the national life, and the common heritage of a much-neglected language and literature haa given scope in more ways than this for the meeting of ancient opposltes. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Fortunately nature haa so adjusted mat ters that the Ice trust will lose Its grip in a few weeks. i Former President Aleiander of the Equi table Life haa recovered his health and Is able to ruminate on the folly of rocking tha boat Chicago's board of review has taken an extra million of Pullman velvet and nailed It to the city's tax roll. This make a total of $8,500,000 In personal property, from which Chicago will extract a neat sum. After long deliberation and solemn think ing a New Tork court holds that It la not lawful to ahoot an iceman. It waa a hard struggle, but duty triumphed over Inclina tion. ' Tho way in which the New Tork syndi cate of widows extracted the coin from ancient greybeards matrimonially In clined tenda pathetic frtgrance to the old saw, "A fool at forty," etc Truly the lot of the fat policeman li not happy on. Chicago's corpulent bunch must train down to I'M pounds to be eligible foV a mount. Imagine a police man letting go ao much of a good thing. ' The appetite for pie, as an American institution, deserve respectful considera tion when It provokes a widespread dem ocratic "holler" two and a half years be fore It Is possible to start the bakery. So rare Is the custom of officials doing their duties faithfully and Impartially that Chicago doff it hat to a pair. One I raiding seller of Impure food; the other enforce the building law. Nowaday of ficials achieve eminence by simply doing their duty. IS It Worth While to Save $50 . to $150 on a Piano? There' Bo trick of flfuring; there'B no guess work. ' The saving Is real and pctual. Wg will prove it to you if you will call. If you haven't a Piano, think It over. Tou don't need to be rich to buy a piano. Come here and pick out the piano you wish. There's the price plainly marked upon It, and the price la the same whether you pay cash or buy upon time. Simple reference that you are honest and of good Intent; and, if a worker. Industrious and regularly employed that removes the risk and, when you have paid us 110 In cash, home goes the piano, with stool and cover free. Take your pick from this list: Used Walworth Piapo for 9105 New Gilbert for Il Used Voae for 1B0 Second-Hand Chickerlng It Bon 91SA New Knabe for 94SO Nearly New Stelnway for , 900 We Save You $50 to $150 on a Piano. A. H0SPE CO., 1513 Douglas St Omaha, Nebraska A WEEK WILL DO 0MAHAS LEA DING JIVLLDH IGRMOIS BOILED DOWN. A Uttle duty cures a lot of doubt. The truth thaf does not liberate vou en. slaves you. Who gives a little help finds a large piece of heaven. The best protest against dirt Is that which la made with a broom. ' J ' 1 n i j . i v 1 1 1 niijtiv-ljr, iut nut from activity. Bearing the cross should not give you a cross bearing. A narrow man la the one who most eaalty la twisted crooked. The piety that pulls down your face was prepared In the pit. The wise always are willing to be called fools, but never anxloua to hasten the event. The church that doea not Invest In hu manity haa no dividends awaiting It In heaven. There la more spirituality In a little song than In a week's sighing. Every time you try to encourage another vou learn a little more of tha lanauaaa of heaven. It takes more than a sisterly way to make a saint of a man. It's a profitless task trying to lay up other people'a treasures In heaven. He who seeks out the suffering never needs to worry aa to whether he la walk-. Ins with the Savior. Chlcaro Tribune. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Mother How often have I told you not cu amrw mat young man 10 Kru your a . mif.., ma, nui uoi iiniy not aa often as ha has kissed me. Balti more American. "When , you have a quarrel--with- your t husband, do you threaten to ko home to your mother?" ' v i inucrU) nun, (uifu wuum Jltbl UU ' I threaten to have mother cvme here," Cleveland Leader. "But," persisted the rejected suitor, "don't you think It's possible for you to grow moxe fond of me In time?" "Well," replied the heartless girl, "they do say 'absence makes tha heart grow fonder.' "Philadelphia Press. Oldrox Tes, I'll admit that rm anxious ta get my daughter off my hands. Stonebroke Then why don't you let her marry me? Oldrox It wouldn't work. Indianapolis News. , Miss Jenks Have you really broken oft your engagement to hlmY Mis Fly tie Oh. yes. I Just had to. Ha was getting too sentimental U'gan to talk to me about matrimony. Philadelphia Ledger. "We have come," aald Mr. dayman, en tering tha employment agency with hla wife, "to eecure a cook." "Plain or fancy?" asked the agent. "Plain." put In Mrs. dayman, promptly; "the plainest or.e you have." Philadelphia Press. "When did you first become acquainted with your husband?" ' "The first time I asked him for money after we were married." Buffalo Express. THE TOUCH. New England Magaslne. The God of the great endeavor gave me a torch to bear; I lifted It high above me In the dark and murky air. And straightway, with loud hosannas, the crowd acclaimed Its light, And followed me aa I carried my torch through the starleea night; Till mad with the people's praise and drunken with vanity I forgot 'twas the torch that drew them and fancied they followed me. But slowly my arm grew weary upholding the shining load And my tired feet went stumbling over tho hilly road, And I fell with the torch beneath me. In a moment the flame was outf Then, lol from the throng a strpUng sprang forth with a mighty shout, Caught up the torch aa it smoldered and lifted it high sgaln. Till, fanned by the winds of heaven, It fired the souls of men! And as I lay in darkness the feet of the trampling crowd Passed over and far beyond me, Its peans proclaimed aloud While I learned, in the deepening shadows, this glorious verity! "Tls the torch that the people follow, Who ever the bearer be I