TITE OMAITA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY' 10. 1007.
n
Tiie Omaha Sunday Bes
FOUNDED BI EDWARD ROSE-WATER.
VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
Entered at Omaha postoffie a second
class matter.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
PH7 Re (without Sunday) on yar...$t00
Ially e and Sunday, on year MS
Sunday Bee, one year J J?
Saturday Baa, on year
DELIVERED BY CARRIER.
Dally Br (Including Sunday), per week..ljc
IwUly Hm (without Sunday). per Week...luo
Evening Ue (without Sunday), per week. 00
Evening Be (with Sunday) per wetc....)"c
Addrens ornpaint of Irregularity In 0
llvery to City Circulating Department.
OFFICES.
Omaha The Be Building.
Couth Omaha City Hall Fulldlng.
Counclt Bluffs 10 Pearl BtreoU
Chlrago-lftaj Unity Building.
New York-lCW Home Life Ins. Building.
Washington 601 Fourteenth Street.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Comunlcatlona relating to new and edi
torial matter ahould be addressed: Oman
be. Editorial Department.
REMITTANCES.
Remit by draft, exprea or postal order,
payable to The Be Publishing Company.
Only 2-cent stamps received In pnyment or
mall accounts. Personal checks, except on
Omaha or eastern exchange, not 'ecreptea.
THE BEK PCBLIgHINO COMPANY.
STATEMENT OT CIRCULATION. '
Btate of Nebraska, Douglaa County, :
Charlea C. Rnsawater, general manager
f Th Bee Publishing company, being duly
worn, say that th actual number of full
nd complete copies cf The Dally. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Be printed during th
month of January, 1W7, waa a follows:
1 30,900
17
I 81.990
It 31,790
10 30,300
ii.;.. x,9oo
II.,.., 33,050
II 81,640
H 31,780
16 ...31,700
C 31330
17 30,800
31,930
It ...31,653
0 31,390
II.. 31,630
I .83,090
91,970
4... ...... .81.960
91360
....80,600
7f 31,950
I .....33300
33.360
10 ....83,040
11 81370
II... 83,060
It,.. 80,400
14 31,730
15...; 31,930
It 83,180
Total t 889,480
Lees unsold and returned oopies.. 9,134
Nat total 078,346
Daily average 11,301
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER.
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before m this list day of January, 1907.
CBeal) ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Public
WHEN OUT Or TOWS.
Sabacribers leaving tb city teas
rarity should bav Th Be
mailed t them. Addrees will b
ks(t eftea aa reaatU
Tho Thaw case strikingly re-enforces
the saying that "dead men. tell no
tales."
The naval appropriation bill baring
passed, there will probably be a no
ticeable cessation of Japanese war
talk.
President W. E. Corey of the Steel
trust has returned from Paris and,
strange to say, still clings to his
maiden name. ' . '
Senator Da Pont of. Delaware and
'Admiral Schley bear a striking re
semblance to each other. Both were
originally powder experts.
The country Is now "full of men
whose work behind the snow shovel
ought to qualify them for Jobs at
Panama. ' " " , - -
Financial reports show a shrinkage
of $600,000,000 in the value of Wall
street securities since January 1. That
Is the usual etfect of cold, weather on
water.
A Kentucky Jury has assessed the
value of two fingers at $3,227. It
must -have been a rare brand, as the
ordinary price of two fingers is but
IS cents.
The Swettenham incident has gone
a-gllmmerlng along with the Bellamy
Storer incident and several other in
cidents that make much smoke and
little fire. '
"If we give up the Philippines, Cap
tain Hobson will have nothing to talk
about," says a Virginia paper. ' An
other argument In favor of giving up
the Philippines.
A New Yorker has devised a new
system of memory training. It might
be tried on some legislators who Bhow
Signs of having forgotten their plat
form promises. ' '
After It la all over, there will be a
disposition to give Senator Bailey
credit for being one of the few men
Stble to get something out of the Stan
Card Oil company.
China send a report that 1,000,000
subjects are starving and that the gov
ernment has just appropriated $10.
000,000 for a new navy. China is
certainly awakening.
- BBaSBaBtaBB9aSsSaBaaBBxBBBa
Senator Foraker seems to be laying
the foundation tor proof that certain
deceased cltlsens of Brownsville ts -
gulsed themselves in soldiers' uniforms
and committed suicide.
. About a half-million cubic feet of
dirt was taken from the Culebra cut
In January, That la almost as much
as they used to take out of a Farnam
or Douglas street block.
rr rr
Prof. Thomas of the Chicago univer
sity told bis class the other day that
"monogamy is unsatisfactory." , The
record falls to . show what happened
to Prof. Thomas when he got home.
Tennessee has passed a prohibition
law, buv, It remains to be seen whether
tt wa t the instance of the temper
ance advocates or to' meet the desire
of the moonshiners to eliminate out
side competition. ' . '
"Boss" Ryan of New York refuses
to go into the deal for building the
Panama canal by contract. This looks
Ilk a corroboration of Mr. Oliver's
claim that bis bid left, no room for
tat pickings by syndicates and sub
contractors. '
RKTrtlKO THX TREE PORT.
Secretary Shaw's proposition for
creating bonded . zones .or export
manufacturing is meeting opposition
from those who apparently look upon
it as a theoretical Innovation, a scheme
to aid manufacturers in certain lines
without interfering with tariff
schedules. Newspaper criticism of the
plan has been generous, the general
contention being that the bonded tone
plan is simply shield against alleged
popular sentiment for tariff revision.
As a matter of fact, the bonded tone,
or free port, proposition is not original
with Secretary Shaw, but was sug
gested first for this country by the
late Edward Rosewater, then editor of
The Bee, as a result of his observation
of the free ports of Germany during
his trip abroad in 1891. Bills drawn
at his Instance were Introduced in the
Fifty-third congress, in 1894, and fa
vorably reported by the committees in
both the senate and the house, al
though they failed of securing - final
consideration. The measures were
sponsored by Senators Frye and
Chandler, and backed by a . proposal
from the late Austin Corbin to estab
lish a free none at Fort-Pond bay, on
Long Island. Mr. Rosewater reported
op bis study of the free port, systems
at Bremen, Hamburg and other points
to the senate committee considering
the measure. Only the sudden death
of Mr. Corbin put an end to the agita
tion for free ports at that time.
Secretary Shaw's proposition is dim
ply a revival of the plan then urged
for encouraging American manufac
turing for export trade, the need of
which Is even more urgent now. The
proposition does not conflict with any
policy of the government, but, in fact,
simply extends the present bonded
warehouse system by which imported
materials used in the manufacture of
goods for export are relieved from the
payment of customs duties or internal
revenue taxes. As elaborated by Sec
retary Shaw, this plan is as follows;
Suppose ' Instead of a bonded factory w
bond a well defined section of land, con.
talnlng, If you please,' several thousand
acres.. Within this) bonded territory all
kind of factories could be built, .and Into
this son all kind of raw material could
be entered without th payment of duty.
This port should, of course, contain no
dwellings. I would allow free coal and
every other element of manufacture, ex
cept labor, o be entered free.
Competition is keen in the export
trade and experts in trade affairs con
tend that the facilities for shipping
and transshipping merchandise, un
hampered by burdensome customs
regulations, contribute quite as much
to the success of manufacturers in free
port as does relief from tariff fees.
The establishment of these .bonded
zones would also bring to them the
manufacturing establishments now
conducted by Americans in other coun
tries, for foreign trade,. thus Increas
ing employment fdr' American work
men. The free porta at' Hamburg,
Bremen, . Copenhagen and , .other Eu
ropean points have been marvelously
prosperous, adding materially to the
shipping industry where they are lo
cated and proving nbtable factors in
the general growth and development
of these cities. ...
The drawback feature of the pres
ent tariff laws was intended to meet
this demand, bt its cumbersome
operation causes costly delay and ex
pense incidental to th entry of the
raw materials and to the rebate when
goods manufactured .from them are
scheduled for export All this would
be obviated by the bonded sone plan,
under which goods would be subjected
to tariff and customs regulations only
when entered for home consumption
instead of for export. The free port
idea Is both practicable and desirable
and deserving of early and serious
consideration by our government.
A T0REU3S CBlTJv'S JVDQUEST.
Our changed national attitude Is
strikingly Illustrated by the welcom
ing and stimulating Interest excited by
a book of criticism under the title';
'The Future in America," by H. O.
Wells, a keen and cultured English
man. No more than a generation ago
such a dissection would have aroused
resentment. But that what Mr. Wells
calls our eeotlstlc Interest in our own
past is largely at an end has been
since notably signified by our self-ques
ttonlng of our own methods and moral
and political standards and by the
whole anxious movement of our peo
ple the last few years for their eleva
tion. Such a-frame of mind, honestly
seeking for betterment, naturally in
vites instead of repelling the view of
sincere foreign criticism.
It will strike most of our people as
curious that Mr. Wells regards as com
paratlvely unimportant in our na
tional life "things like the Chicago
scandals, th insurance scandals and
aU fh MllM crU(llUe9 of Amer,
I ...... .,thouffh he Dercelvo. mucl
can life," although he perceives much
wrong doing of this sort. It is sug
gestive that in this connection he em
phaaiies tne point tnat "graft is no
American specialty." In his view the
protest that is so vehemently and to
some extent sensationally and fantas
tically made against such excesses
proves a genuine awakening to the
criminal character of the economic
and cutthroat game that has been per
mltted to develop here as elsewhere
In the most advanced nations. The
protest proves two things first, that
the same has been carried so far as
to "hurt obviously universal self-interest,
and, second.' that there is here
also pervading moral sense to bo of
fended and to assert itself efficaciously
While, therefore, few have drawn In
stronger colors the nnscrnpulousness,
the cruelty, the corruption and the
lawlessness of our Industrial and com
mercial abuses and -our "political
degradation," as he terms it, in con
nection therewith, still Mr., Wells
forms npon the whole a distinctly and
boldly optimistic Judgment of the situ
atlon and the outlook. " And he argues
with discrimination and far more faith
than many of our own prophets that
amidst our current self-accusations
and agitations there are Incomparably
more signs of public health and hope
than of decadence and demoralisation.
MR UARRIMAS S JOCVLAB VIEW.
Mr. Harriman must misconceive the
public movement to correct transporta
tion abuses as totally as Swettenham
misconceived the Kingston catastrophe,
or he would not in a conspicuous pub
lic utterance treat it as a Joke. That
attitude of so important a factor in
transportation and finance as Mr. Har
riman is gravely Inauspicious from the
point of view either of the corpora
tions or of public interest. The effort
to reduce them to subjection to lawful
uthority proceeds from Inflexible pur
pose and not from any mere popular
whim or caprice. The overt proofs
of that purpose, aside from the neces
sity of the case, ought certainly by this
time to be apparent even to the
aughtiest railway magnate, and espe
cially to those who must In their vital
concerns deal with a determined and
aroused people. Their settled purpose
is. Indeed, the paramount fact with
which the administrators of great
transportation and other corporations
must now perforce deal and adjust
themselves.
To treat such a situation facetiously,
to sum op in the spirit of sarcasm
the results of the memorable conflict
culminating in the rate law enacted
at the last session of congress, neces
sarily carries the unfortunate Infer
ence that Mr. Harriman and the In
fluences he represents miss the true
significance of the popular movement.
It would be infinitely better if they
could realize the serious character of
public purpose, not, indeed, to hurt
corporations as corporations, but by
correcting abuses to harmonise their
doings with public good. Inability or
failure to realise this truth can tend
only to protract the struggle for pub
lic supremacy, to produce irritation
nd animosity and to foroe In many
cases, perhaps, extreme measures from
which-corporate as well as public in
terests may receive injury.
GOVERNMENT AND DISEASE.
Present action and interest in legis
latures show what a change has been
effected in conceptions not only of
the facts regarding tuberculosis and
like diseases, but also of the duty of
the government with respect to them.
Laws are being considered to estab
lish state sanitariums, for medical ex
amination of school children, for seg
regation and treatment of the dis
eased, as well as for Increased com
pulsory general sanitation and popu
lar education in correct principles of
preventing capital contagious diseases.
Few more notable features in lawmak
ing are to be fonnd than 'the Scope of
pending propositions regarding these
ubjects and the earnest attention
being given to them. .
The old let-alone theory of govern
ment long influenced the course of our
legislation. It has not been many
years since the idea of such state
provision tor .treatment of consump
tives, as has already been successfully
employed at sanitariums on a large
scale In several states, would have been
peremptorily rejected as a perversion
of government function, even it its
efficacy had been admitted. Govern
ment interference in innumerable
sanitary and health matters, which
within the memory of the generation
now living would have seemed Intoler
able aggressions on Individual liberty,
are how accepted as a matter of course
and even welcomed and demanded.
The auspicious fact, is that we have
got rid of the fetish of a false idea of
the character of government so as
tonishingly soon, opening the way for
beneflclent legislation on humane and
scientific lines. It means much that
now, when progressive proposals are
made for the protection of the public
against "the' great white plague,," the
only question is as to merit or as to
ways and means. Popular Ignorance
and the force of habit are, of course,
still formidable obstacles, but an In
calculable advantage has been gained
since the power of the state can now
be enlisted for dealing with all such
problems.
INCREASING GOLD.
The struggle going on throughout
the commercial and Industrial coun
tries for the possession of gold could
hardly be sharper It the output of the
world's mines were now, and had for
a series of years been, on the decline.
Yet sre in the midst of- the
most remarkable increase la gold pro
ductlon known In history, and every
sign points that the increase' will con
tinue indefinitely
Corrected figures given out by the
director of the United States mint, the
universally accepted authority, shows
the total gold output for 1906 to.be
$400,478,448. an Increase of more
than $22,000,000 over 1905. The low
est point of production In a half cen
tury was In 18S2, when the total was
slightly below $100,000,000. But la
the eleven years since 1896, when It
bad risen to $202,000,000, there has
been added to the world's gold stock
the enormous aggregate of $2,222.
000,000. .
It is a matter ot dlepute to what ex
tent such an Increase of th world's
basic money metal has directly had
on prices, though the better opinion
seems to be that it has been consider
able. But there Is no difference ot
opinion that the stimulus to enterprise
has been immense. It has a most im
portant part in Increasing production,
conmerce and credit, which have over
leaped all previous bounds, and this
unprecedented , expansion la turn
causes the eager competition for every
dollar of gold Increment as tt is pro
duced. The fact that the Increase of the
new gold supply is almost certain to
continue is therefore regarded as hav
ing an essential bearing on the gen
eral business outlook. The strength
of the position of the United States
arises from the circumstance, ' not
merely that our country is one of the
greatest producers of gold, but also
that it has demonstrated its ability
to hold its own according to its finan
cial needs out of the gold stores and
output of the rest of the world.
VPES SEASON FOR PROM 0TI ISO FREAKS
July and Newport have long been
synonymous with the opening of "the
silly season," the monkey dinners, the
society circus and other bareback per
formances, affording the smart set a
desired relief from the round of for
mal social duties and contributing in
a large degree to the.gayety of the
rest of the nation. However, even
casual reading of the telegraphic re
ports In the daily press will convince
the observer that July and Newport
have been backed off the board to
make room for first best bets on Feb
ruary and the state legislatures, as
odds-on favorites for the silly stakes.
For many .years Kansas was in the
limelight as the storm center of freak
legislation, but a summary of the
week's proceedings shows that the
virus has taken and that Kansas has
been outpopped from Maine to Mexico,
from Oregon to Florida, the authors
of freak legislation parlaying their
bets, playing both ends against the
middle.
It would stump Solomon to award
the belt for championship freaklsm,
on the exhibits now being made by
the different states. Bills pending, in
one form or another, propose to regu
late or restrict everything in the whole
gamut of human emotldns, from love
to larceny, from matrimony to mur
der. In five states, bills are pending
providing for ' making divorce more
difficult and marriage as trying as a
civil service examination. Indiana,
Wisconsin and Vermont propose to tax
bachelors, while Iowa wants to have
candidates for matrimony undergo ex
aminations as to their mental state
and ancestral records, while Kansas
contemplates compelling the publica
tion of engagements thirty days before
marriage. Nothing affecting the most
sacred of all human relations has been
overlooked by the freak legislator.
Missouri has apparently Inherited
some of the freaklness of Its former
neighbors, and the legislature at Jef
ferson City is wrestling with such Im
portant problems aa to whether a man
shall be allowed to tip his barber, his
waiter or the cabman, and whether it
is law, Justice and good public policy
to limit a wife to two new hats a year,
neither to cost more than $1.98. Ala
bama proposes to make It a Jail of-f
fense for any woman to play or al
lowed played in her home any . game
of whist or euchre that carries with It
prizes of value. California would
make it a penitentiary offense for any
person In the state to dock horses'
tails or to import docked horses. Utah
wants ' to allow amateur dentists to
practice on the convicts of the peni
tentiary,, and a half-dozen states are
considering anti-cigarette and antl-
treating laws. If there is any fool prop
osition that has not been made the
subject of a bill In one of the state
legislatures, it Is because the right
man has not thought of it.
WIDE AiTAKE CAL1FORNIANS.
California's enterprising citizens are
making a determined effort to offset
the advertising they have received
from the earthquake and the Japanese
school muddle by fnvestlng a large
sum of money in calling attention to
the state's resources and advantages
through advertisements in newspapers,
magazines and other mediums of pub
licity In the country feast of the Rocky
mountains. The work Is being done
in a systematic manner, as all adver
tising should be, by the Development
Society of California, an organization
formed for the purpose. It is the an
nounced purpose of the society to
spend at least $500,000 in advertis
ing the state.
Promoters ot the California plan
apparently appreciate the fact that ad
vertlsing is as essential In these busy
days for the advancement ot a state
or city as It is for the sale ot a com
modity. Capital is seeking investment
and enterprising men are looking for
locations for employment and the es
tablishment of business enterprises.
Men and money will go where Induce'
ments are offered rather than spend
time In seeking fields themselves. The
state or city that has attractions for
investors or homeseekers can employ
advertising to as much advantage as
the merchant who has bargains on
his counters. The wide-awake Call
fornlans are not only entitled to credit.
but their publicity plan is worthy of
emulation. ,
Reading between the lines of some
editorial comment in the Commoner
on the speech delivered by Senator
Bailey at Austin, Tex., the conclusion
is inevitable that Colonel Bryan and
the Texas senator are no longer pull
ing together in double harness. Col
onel Bryan suggests Ironically that
"If Senator Bailey doesn't make any
more mistakes than the democratic
party made in 1896, he will have made
a. fine record for sagacity." Senator
Bailey's rejoinder is yet to come.
The judiciary committee ot the
house has reported to congress that
th regulation of woman and child
labor rests with the police power of
the various states and Is not a proper
subject for federal legislation or regu
ration. It will be difficult to convince
Senator Bevertdge that the members
of the house Judiciary committee read
his seven-days' speech on the subject
Another argument against the re
vised federal judiciary bill Is that It
would deprive jurymen and witnesses
In federal cases out In the state of
their occasional visits to Omaha at
Uncle Sam's expense. The educational
features of these expeditions surely
more than repay any Inconvenience of
which litigants may complain. f
San , Francisco is willing to make
the school concessslon asked by Japan
if Japanese laborers may be excluded
from this country and Japan replies
that It Is anxious to have Japanese
laborers kept at home. That seems to
furnish a basis for compromise satis
factory to everybody except Richmond
Pearson Hobson. ,
Now that John D. Rockefeller has
added $32,000,000 to his general edu
cation fund for the endowment of
colleges and universities, it Is up to
Andrew Carnegie to slap in at least
$10,000,000 or $20,000,000 more to
the pension fund established by him
to take care of superannuated college
professors. (
Governor Sheldon has been In office
now for nearly six weeks without
hearing a single application for par
don or commutation. Just imagine
how many legalized prison breaks
would have taken place in these five
weeks had former Governor Mickey
been holding over.
John N. Baldwin will have to induce
Justice Moody In some way to sell
his stock In the Union Pacific railway
before any more Union Pacific cases
are taken up to the United States su
preme court. If the railroad attorney
is to insist on trying them before a full
bench.
Adjusted to the Setting-. .
Baltimore American.
Roosevelt's portrait will be hung In Th
Hague Peace place, but it will not bo a
copy of the one which represent him as
charging up Ban Juan H11L
Band OS by Courts.
Kansas City Star.
In no state In th union where a legis
lature has passed a law providing for 3-
cent railroad far have the courts passed
adversely on the1 enactment.
Reqalem of the Free Pass.
Washington Herald; ,
With one concerted voice th various
stats legislature are demanding 8 cents
pen mile aa ample compensation for the
railroad in th matter of passenger traffic
This may be looked upon as something In
the natur of a requiem for the free pas.
Blocking- Jary Betteraaeat.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It Is all very well to cry for better Jurors,
but there will be no lasting Improvement
as long as technicalities and absurdities
and musty legal notions as make speedy and
reasonable procedure an Impossibility The
way to reform the Jury system Is quit
clear. Courts and lawyer must begin by
simplifying and rationalising practice. .
v. Appeal to Wtsdena ef Coagreas.
New York World,
Dr. Anita Newcomb McQee, th famous
army nurse and surgeon, adds her plea
for the restoration of th post canteen.
'Like every on who knows something
about It," sh says, "I am heartily In favor
of giving our American soldier their club
whera they may enjoy themselves harm
lessly. As a woman and a physician, I
deplore the horrible results of making a
man .seek ills amusement where he la
liable to fall a prey to the worst temp
tations." This is the ort of wisdom which,
will prevail if congress ha the strength
to undo Its own mistake of five years ago.
PUBLICITY AND. THE! CHTRCHES.
Blsm Pointing; th War to Increasing
, Chwrch Attend.
St. Tjoula Republio.
Advertising for an Increased Sunday
school attendance ha proven successful In
the case of an East St. Louis church. It
1 on of th first Instance of. direct re
mits of publicity used to promote religious
Interests and confirms a suggestion made
some time ago In St. Louis by a visiting
clergyman. The advertisement, which ap
peared in a church paper, propounded a
scriptural conundrum In the form of "Who
Was Cain's Wife?"
That th curiosity of nine persona wa
aroused was evident from the appearance
the following Sunday of that number of
new attendant. None of them were so un
coached on bible class Information aa to
Insist upon an answer to the question, but
th novelty of the mean used to draw
them Into a new atmosphere made a gain
for th church. This response to the un
usual, or "catchy," to use expressive
colloquialism, emphasises the power of
novel advertising even when applied to
religious Interest.
The practical outcome of the first reli
gious "ad" recorded In this locality prob
ably will leave Its Impression on this side
ot the river. That its us brought such
Immediate returns suggests at least the
wisdom of the scriptural Injunction not to
hide one's light under a bushel. In Its
quaint way, the command seems to Intimate
th seeking of publicity.
PERSONAL AMD OTHERWISE.
ClArngo has street car to burn, but pot
enough to accommodate the rush hour.
Ice men are working now, but the finish
ing touches will be reserved for summer.
Cleveland man who fell heir to a for
tune of t30,0U0 fell afoul of John Barleycorn
and hit the unknown pike. Sudden pros
perity Is a dangerous chum.
Nothing short of a large package of
money from Uncle Bam' treasury, to be
used In building fortifications, will ease
th Japanese war scare In Honolulu.
Taking th cue from Washington, th
lawmakers of Pennsylvania regard aa the
acme ot wisdom a bill fixing their pay at
I1M a month for the full terra of two
years.
Believing that state regulation affords a
wide field for reform, an Indiana legislator
proposes a law limiting , women to two
bats a year and th cost to 11.98 eaoh. As
a bargain statesman th Hooator take th
yellow ribbon.
Kew York courts are unfeeling enough to
reject the suggestion of th Ice trust that
short weight and high price promote
longevity by restricting the consumption of
lc water. Trustful philanthropy 1 getting
hard knocks these days.
As ground for a divorce a St.' Louis
woman points tb finger of scorn at her
husband "trying to beat a pat hand' with
a pair of deuce." If th udg ha any
sporting blood In hi system the deer
of seiaraUoa Will be Issued promptly.
". vyt ".iVM wrry,mm ww ''" wio svj
Si
FOR A ."VALENTINE
TAKE advantage of my Liberal Credit system
and give a Diamond for a Valentine. A
gift that will last sweetheart, mother or sister
a life-time. Always remember, "YOUR CREDIT
IS GOOD."
$75.00 $100
$2.59 a Week $2.50 a Week
My Liberal Credit System is open to all. If
you are an honest or responsible party "Mandel
berg's Credit System" is at your service. A DOL
LAR OR TWO A WEEK WILL DO.
AsMaMelberg
OMAHA'S GIFT SHOP
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULP IT. '
Washington Post: A Colorado minister
who quit preaching and went Into mining
U now worth $3,000,000. Hereafter ha can
let his money do th talking for him.
Chicago Chronicle: It becomes mor and
more apparent that John Alexander Dowle
was th Zlon movement. With his decline
Zlon has come to th verge of disintegra
tion. The men who have made war upon
him now realise that It Is on thing to gain
possession of the "giant's rob" and an
other thing to wear It
Boston Globe: Th ministers at that
Reading convention who discussed race sui
cide In the home, declaring that Americans
live under too high pressure, indorsed the
statement of one speaker that U Is a de
scent average number of children for-eaoh
family. ' Soma' might regard living In a fam
ily of 11 children -as high pressure living.
Baltlmor American: A year ago a min
ister in a Connecticut town gave shelter
on a stormy night to ft. shabby old man.
Now th minister is th richer by many
thousands of dollars for his benevolent
hospitality. These angals.unawares ar vary
common in stories and plays, but they ap
pear so'soldom In real llf that when they
do tho fact Is considered real news, aston
ishing enough to print.,
SERMONS BOILKO DOWN.
Many a man loses bis heart trying to get
ahead. ' v ' " . '
He cannot be clear eyed who Is not clean
hearted. ' (
They ar best remembered who forget
themselves. '
A man does not get on the bright aid of
llf by scouring hi fellows.
Manv men would be righteous II thy
could be ur of th revenue.
Some folks never feel cheerful unless
they are dispensing bad news. '
There are big . black shadows behind
th Ufa that seek th limelight.
It take more than information to worg
th transformation-of th world.
No man has power with man until be
understands the patience of God.
Tou may be sura you ar wrong wmu
some men ar sure you ar right
vnivi hn tnka Ufa a a dos always
want to prescribe for th rest of th world.
Whn a man is conscious or nis recuuiue
ne is least convincing in talking about It
TkA iu r.t tha-world .never wholly will
be healed without the healing of our hearts.
The preacher wnose siuay is uuuuuou w
four walls Is sur to say many fcoltah
things.
ni. nrAno nnl la not wasting any
Ink on th good you ar planning to do
later on.
tong suffering acquired through listening
to the sermon will not help in th trials of
th week.
Arguments aa to the orthodoxy of the pat
era of your lamp will not aton for Its
light being out Chicago Trlbun.
It Was Napoleon
Who nevor entrusted an Important matter to an nnlucky man.
It is still more-reasonable that customers should PJ J
best value and best treatment trom the store dolnj
buslnets-betse success In business Is a masnet that draws
the 'etonetxt. ot further success, and best values come as J aatura!
from the moat successful store aa doea water to 1U level.
The business we have won has come on this laonai
ONE MUCB-KO COMMISSIONS BEST "OSr-"
EST PRICKS. A cLlld can buy here as safely and a well as U
most expert.
The February Sale
ASfir Tarsias V ""
creasing our sales. And It could not be otherwise.
The very exceptional values found In those new B ddle Pianos
at $65 00. those new Gilbert Pianos, a few left at $16.00 These,
are handsome, up-to-date pianos. There is a very special bar
gain In a most expensive .upright mahogany Kimball Piano at
1 23 5 00 There are Knabes. Kimball. Krallch A Bachs, Bush
& Lane 'and a few used Planoa which offer unequaled possibili
ties for economical people. ' '
We guarantee the lowest spot cash price to each and every
customer, and you have the privilege of settling monthly by
paying 8 per annum. If you are too busy It will be perfectly
sate to send one of the children down to make the selection.
They will get the same low price and the best service that could
be given to the most experienced buyer.
A Hospe Co.
1513 DOUGLAS 8TSEET.
WE DIVINE? YOUR THOUGHTS! YOU WANT
WI NAVB TH GENUINB-ArrtR 3 MONTH ADSKIfCK r
VICTOR WHITE COAL CO., 1605 Farnam Tel. Doug. 121
- yw.v ywyMrw yttw tiw vm'w y u.
3
1522
FARNAM
STREET
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"And did you really enjoy my sermon
this morning 7" asked the Kev. Dr. New
man. "Yes, indeed," replied Rownde, "it waa'
very refreshing. You see I iiMl, crmt
sleep last night and I need It" fniladeipiua
He Marriage without love 1 a terrible
thing.
She (sighing significantly)-Not ' half so
terrible as love without marriage Jtkwtou
Transcript ,
"Her is a paper with a department
headed XJdd Things Women Are Doing.'
Uut they don't mention the oddest tuiuc of
"What's that?"
.''Remaining single." Cleveland- Plain
Dealer. ,
:"Why do you hav everything in , your
wife's name?"
"I don't. W hav our children In my
nam." Chicago. Record-Herald. .
"I hear you've been to Dr. Hlprlc."
"I hav
"Did h do you goodT"
"To th queen's taste I' Houston Chron
icle. "I say, mamma," asked little Tommy,
"do fairy tales always begin with "One
upon a tlme T'
"No, dear, not always," replied mamai
Vthey . sometimes . begin with 'My love, I
hav been detained at the otnee again to
OlghV "Judge. . ..
i "Ladle," said the. male speaker at th
Suffrage convention, "there la a way out
of all your troubles. There Is an eaay
method by which th foot of tyrant nma
may b lifted from you." -f
There waa a murmur Of applaua and
then breathless interest i
"Just move to Colorado,',' continued th
speaker.
Then they remembered that th West
had agents out to drum up population.
Philadelphia Ledger.
"AW OLD-TIMID VALENTTifa.
New Tork Sun.
I found It In a drawer today,
With half forgotten, old time thing
, Holding within a ring of gold
A Cupid with close folded Wings,
And greeting traced in faded ink,
Signed with a name that once could stir
Each languid puis of swiftest beat
Ah, tne, how wt those old day werei
W UtU dreamed th tlm would com)
When seas and continent would b
Tb least of ail tS mighty bar
Between the path you tread and ma.
What cruel wind of draumstanc
Was it that blew across our way, ,
Till all Hope's cloud capped palaoe "
In Shattered ruins, round u layl ,
What matter sine a ramory
Alone unite our Uvea todays
Bine I am. sitting hr'iona,. , ;
And you ar wandering far awayT
Z would not turn Tim' chariot back,
E'en if the power was given to met
I know the dream, waa sweet who knows
If th fuUlllment sweet would bet
If I oould know that you Soday ,
Remember one this faded scroll,
And wondered If, In time to come, .
When soul goes seeking kindred soul.
Our souls might meet across the suae
With understanding, death beatowe
The lagging year would seem to m
But ntiilston on a pleasant road.
OMAHA, NEB.
pi
k
1
In
fcjr r.
