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THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: JANUAItY ID, 1903. Tiie Omaiia Sunday Beb FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROEWATER VICTOR R08KWATEH. EDITOR. Fntered at Omaha Postofflce as second clam matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dally Hee (without Sunday). one year.H Dally Dee and Bunday, one yer Sunday Uee. one year f Saturday Use, one year -M DELIVERED BT CARRIER: Dally Den (Including Bunday). per week..JSo Dally liee (without Bunday). per week..lo Evening Fee (without Bunday), per weefc so Evening Ilea (with Bunday). per week ...loo Address all complaint of Irregularities In delivery to City rirculatlon Department. orricm Omuha The Bee Rulldlng. fiouth Omaha City Hall Hulldlng. Council Bluffs 15 Bcott Btreet. rhleago NMO I nlvcmlty Building. New York 16us Horn kits Insurance Building. . Waahlngton-725 Fourteenth Btreet N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Cnmmunlcatlnna relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed. Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit .by draft. express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing company. Only Z-cent stamps received in payment or mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha, or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County. sat George B. Tzschuck, treasurer of Tne Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full ana complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Bunday Bee printed during the month of December, 1 AT, was as fol lows: 1 88,400 IT se,M0 S 37.180 1 9690 t 37,370 1 36,640 4 7,a90 SO 38,580 37,330 21 36.S50 86,960 21 86,300 T 37,090 18 30,400 1 86,200 24 36,890 .... 36,930 25 86,600 10 87,030 26 36,680 11..., 87,000 27 88,890 12 36,740 28: 36,360 1 37,630 1 36300 14..... 36,610 SO 36,110 IS 36,900 81 36,610 K 86,960 Totals 1,133,980 Less unsold and returned copies. 9,804 Net total 1,189,776 Dally average 36,444 OEOnaE B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 2d day of January, 1. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public WHEW OUT OP TOW. Safcscrtbers leaving (be oily tens porarlly should have The Be mailed to them. Address will be changed aa oftea aa reqaested. A bi. brewery at Atlanta 1b to be turned into a pickle factory, Its own ers having soured on the old business. ThoBe "Hose Scandal" headlines in the New York papers relate to the Are department and not to theatrical af fairs. A German army officer pronounces the American army inefficient. It has always been bo considered In times of peace. They are putting up pretty strong proof of Harry Thaw's Insanity. It has been shown that he put in seventy five telephone calls In one day. Bills uemandlng that the motto be restored to the gold coin may now command a little more attention, as the people have more of the coin. The country is getting along remark ably well in view of the fact that Tom Lawson has quit reforming the coun try and Carrie Nation has moved to Mexico, Secretary Taft urgently recommends the widening of the Panama canal. The secretary may want to travel that wav some day and he likes plenty of elbow room. The arguments advanced. against al lowing surgeons to command battle ships are not very Bound. An enemy would naturally expect to be cut up by an admiral-surgeon. If U Is true that the announcement of the sale of the London Times was premature, that newspaper ,has gotten a lot! of free advertising the world over that ought to be taken back or paid for. A Paris paper wants France and England to arbitrate between the United States and Japan "before it is too late." Blessed is the peacemaker who refrains from butting in ahead of time. The) Tombs prison In New York Is crowded to its capacity, but District Attorney Jerome, is not to blame. He never takes more than two years, ex clusive of vacations, to try an ordinary case. The panic must be over all right. The Nevada mining companies are again advertising bonanzas at prices which enable every workKgnian to go home at night as a millionaire mine owner. Secretary Cortelyou admits that, with the exception of the fact that he is not going to resign and is not going to become president of a New York trust company, the recent story about his business plans is substantially cor rect. What la Idaho going to do about bringing Harry Orchard to Justice for the numerous murders to which he has confessed? No matter whether or not Orchard told the truth about his al leged pals, he ought to save the state the expense of prosecution by pleading guilty. Colonel Bryan's paper tries to make out that the real motive power behind the presidential boom of Oovernor Johnson of Minnesota emanates from "Jin" Hill of the Burlington -ad Oreat Northern. That ought to rele gate Governor Johnson permanently to the political acraj) htn THE 9Tt BBC RDM BED COMMlStlON. The report of the Interstate Com merce commission furnishes ample evi dence to support the assertion that the commission has been loaded down with an amount of buslnets In the regula tion of all the railroads of the country beyond the range of human possibili ties for It to perform efficiently. So far as statistics can convey an Impres sion of the rapidity with which- work has been piling up on the commission since the enactment of the new rate regulation law, these figures compiled from the report may serve the purpose: During the year there were over 6,000 complaints; of these the 41S formal com plaints related directly to 2,236 carriers; 36 petitions for reparation have been served on 2,500 carriers. This Involved more than 15,000 tetters and notices, besides gen eral correspondence the number of letters have averaged a for each working day. At the ITS hearings, 85,000 pares of testi mony were taken. Of Informal complaints there were over 4,000, as compared with about 600 In 1906. With the commission have been filed over 2T0.0C0 tariff publications and about 4(0,000 notices of concurrence. There have been 171 cases Involving over 700 violations of the statute regarding safety appliance alone. ' It goes without Baying that no seven commissioners can give personal at tention to this variegated and unwieldy conglomeration of business. Many meritorious appeals must Buffer prac tical denial simply because they cannot be reached until too late to provide an adequate remedy. The Investigation of many other cases must be delegated to referees or inspector without author ity, whose findings the commission can only approve or reject. With the constantly increasing In flow of this stream of business the Interstate commission will before long be swamped unless It Is reorganized along traffic divisions, with subordi nate tribunals to pass on the cases tn first Instance, according to some plan such as has already been outlined in The Bee, corresponding measurably to the organization of our federal su preme, circuit and district courts. The longer this reorganization Is put off the greater will be the accumulation of un digested business before the commis sion and the greater the dissatisfaction over the delays and obstacles in the way of prompt relief for shippers and the general public. THRIFT OF ITALIAN LABORERS. Statistics Just published by the Bureau of Labor at Washington fur nish a striking Illustration of the thrift of Italian laborers in this coun try and also an effective refutation of the Btorles recently sent from Home to the effect that the distress among the poor In that city and in other parts of Italy is due largely to the return of so many empty-handed workingmen from the United States. The bulletin shows that the Italians who seek employment in this country are the most saving of all workmen and send back to their homes In money orders alone, some thing like $32,000,000 a year, or about $1 per capita for the population of Italy. This amount Is largely in creased by the money carried in person by the returning workingmen, bo that the Italians returning to Italy after a season or two in this country are a marked source of revenue to that coun try, rather than a burden. In preparing its data the Bureau of Labor made extensive inquiry into the wages, cost of living and other ex penses of Italians In this country. The result shows that the average Italian workman, In railroad or other con struction work, earned, in 1906, about $40 a month, while he confined his cost of living, Including rent, fuel, food, clothing and sundries to less than $10 a month, leaving a net saving each month of about $30. According to lecords of the Postofflce department for 1906, the total amount of money orders sent to foreign countries was in excess of $62,000,000, and of this more than $32,000,000 went to Italy. These sums, large as they are, rep resent but a part of the total savings which s these , laborers Bent abroad. Large amounts, of which no record Is kept, are sent over by Italian bankers and other large amounts, in the aggre gate, are carried in person by return ing Italians who prefer to spend their witters In Italy with their families rather than live in Idleness in crowded tenements in the large cities. Statis tics show that the Italian laborers save more money at the same wage rate than any other class of laborers. POLITICS AND WAISTCOATS. This "Hands Across the Sea" senti ment which Englishmen insist upon displaying toward Americans, with or without provocation, might have more weight if it were not for the fact that Americans have acquired the habit of reading the commercial columns of the newspapers, as well ss the space de voted to politics and society gossip. As a result, practically every expres sion of commendation of American statesmen or American political move ments made by the English press Is almost certain to be coupled with some Item on the commercial page that shows that the .Englishman, whatever else may be said of him. 1b a born trader always with an eye open to the main chance. The latest illustration of this fact Is supplied by comments from two sources upon the possible candidacy of Tim othy Woodruff of New York for the vice presidency on the republican ticket. The staid London Times as sures Its readers that Mr; Woodruff Is a man of rare attainments, a deep thinker, a student of American and world affairs and well equipped by training and experience for the office he seeks. That is all right and fine, and highly complimentary, but the ef fect la spoiled a little by the Haber dasher, which, alao arpUu4i tho atten tion being pitld to Mr. Woodruff and refers to him as "one of the best dressed men In America." That lets the cat out of the bag, because further reading of the Haberdasher reveals a distressing state of affairs among the tailors of London. It appears that early last spring some male leaders of London faBhlon decreed that among the proper things for men's wear would be waistcoats as vivid aa a Nevada sunset, combinations of sage yellow, sky blue, pansy pink and all the other colors, blended or scrambled to suit the fancy of the individual. Tailors stocked up and came near going into bankruptcy. The Englishmen did not "fawncy" the new styles. Then naturally followed an effort to unload on the American trade, with the result that J. Ham Lewis bought one and Tim Woodruff bought a dozen. London tailors are still overstocked with varl-colored waistcoat patterns. Their hopa rests with Tim Woodruff and his effect on the fashions of American men If ele vated' to the vice presidency. That Is why the English are unanimously for Woodruff for vice president and they have the advantage, at least, in having a good reason for favoring his nomination. cavses or THE PANIO ' A few weeks ago The Bee presented an analysis of the causes leading up to the recent financial panic, showing that the trouble waa to be traced not to any single source, but to many, and that it was not to be cured by any sin gle remedy or panacea, but chiefly by the natural reaction of Industrial con ditions. That this is also the' conclusion of the most careful observers of indus trial movements is quite evident from the general discussion of the paste and its causes that has been going on. To cite one case in point we reproduce here a statement from Prof. Davis R. Dewey, secretary of the American Statistical association and head profes sor of economics and statistics in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who thus answers the prejudiced at tempt of Harper'B Weekly to put Bole responsibility upon President Roose velt: An academlo student of economic affairs hesitates to pronounce a final Judgment until all the evidence Is in. But it seems to me that thero are sufficient data already at hand to show that the present financial and Industrial disturbance is logically occa sioned by the working out of a variety of forcos, and cannot be attributed to the at titude of any one man, even If he have enormous executive power behind him. In the Interpretation of the present situation we, must take Into account the vast in crease in the supply of gold; the dislocation of prices on an ascending scale; the rush of Industrial enterprise to seoure the profits which accompany a period of rising prices; the strenuous desire to borrow capital and the consequent increasing rise In the rata of Interest; the revaluation of old securities at a lower price with loss to their holders; the great strain upon banking capital as evidenced In the call and time money rates In the money market; the waste of capital by wars, earthquakes and In extravagant living. If to these forces should be added bad banking practices, as shown more par ticularly In the unregulated methods of trust companies, and the locking up of loan capital In enterprises not Immediately pro ductive, there will be found a much easier explanation of, the trials through which the country Is passing than to make them at tributable to President Roosevelt. The history of the panic of 1907, with Its economic Interpretation, is yet to be written, but the main outlines are already plainly enough visible. When scrutinized closely the latest panic will prove to differ from preced ing panics only in degree and li the relative influence of the different fac tors that produced it. EFFICIENCY OF iVR ARMY. A lieutenant of the German army has Just Issued a pamphlet In which, with the disinterestedness that marks the attitude of foreigners toward American affairs and institutions, he points out the glaring defects of the American army. Incidentally, he offers some ad vice as to remedies and the manner of their application with an implied warn ing that we should take prompt action in bracing up our military establish ment before some designing foreign power discovers our vital weakness and whips us. He finds that discipline is sadly lacking, that we make no pro vision for war in times of peace and that the feeling of private citizens to ward the army is one of Indulgent tolerance. Americans will naturally consider the source of the criticism before they become alarmed over these predictions. Foreign military attaches naturally fall to understand the methods of dis cipline employed in the American army. They fall to understand that the American Is a citizen before he is a soldier and that enlistment does not mean enslavement. The American soldier soon learns that prompt, im plicit and unquestioning obedience to the commands of a superior officer is one of his first duties and to that ex tent discipline is as rigid in our army as in the military service of any nation In the world. ' But there Is no feeling in the Ameri can soldier that his officer is a su perior being. He retains his independ ence and, on duty or off duty, has firm convictions of his rights. In that re spect, the American Boldler knows nothing of the discipline of the foreign soldier, the German, for Instance, who would never dare to quest! jn the right of his superior officer to indulge in any insolence or oppression of the en listed man. The German lieutenant makes the mistake of concluding that because the regular army of the United States Is but a skeleton formation "no prepara tion is made for war in times of peace." Tho keleton formation i. highly drilled and kept to the highest point of effi ciency, In the belief that, In time of need, the ranks would be rapidly filled up and whipped into shape by recruits from the National Guard and by volunteers from all walks of life. It is true that, in an unexpected emer gency, the service might suffer tempo rarily from lack of preparedness, but the record shows that the American army has always been able to give a satisfactory account of Itself when called upon. There is admitted need of legislation strengthening the army service, but no occasion for serious alarm over the defecU pointed out by the German officer. CITY GOVERNMENT BT COMMISSION A number of cities In Iowa are pre paring to take advantage of the new law permitting municipalities in that state to provide themselves with gov ernment by commission In place of government by mayors and councils and other elective offloers. InBtead of finding the commission plan an auto matic guarantee of good city govern ment, difficulties are already being en countered In the way of realizing on this ideal. In Des Moines, for example, where it Is proposed to center all the respon sibilities of city government upon five elective commissioners, to be paid each at the rate of $8,000 a year, a distinct dearth of suitable men willing to serve Is being experienced. The usual crop of professional politicians or out-of-a-Job derelicts are reaching out for the $3,000 salaries, but the successful business man and patriotic public citi zen whose character Inspires universal confidence refuses to be drafted. The probable result will be that govern ment by commission will give a gov ernment by men of about the caliber and ability of the average citizenship and little, It any, better than would have been secured under the old plan of elective mayor and council. The lesson Is the same that has been repeatedly taught that the mechan ism of government is of far less Im portance than the men who manage it. The ideal city charter will avail naught against a bunch of Incompetents or rascals in control whether they call themselves commissioners or council men, while honest, capable and con scientious public officers, backed by healthy public sentiment, can over come mountains in the form of vicious charter limitations. TAXISQ INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGES. The measure offered by Congress man Sabath of Illinois which provides for a tax upon all dowries, gifts, set tlements or advances of property made in consideration of or contemplation of marriage between citizens of the United States and citizens or eubjec(s of foreign countries, will elicit much academlo "discussion even If It falls of seriouB , consideration by the law makers. The bill contemplates a tax of 25 per cent on all such transfers and empowers the Treasury department to enforce the law. Mr. Sabath figures that $900,000,000 tas been sent abroad as dowries and settlements previous to or after marriages between American girls and foreign noblemen, many of whose titles are spurious or contrary to law and adds, "I believe It Is time to Interfere In the manner my bill indicates." From a purely commercial stand- pointy in times of financial stringency or financial stinginess, a 25 per cent rake off on $900,000,000 would help some, If It could be collected from the offending party. But, the record shows that such a measure would not help to get any foreign capital into the game. It would result only in forc ing the American father to add 25 per cent to his daughter's expense account, for the titled bridegrooms prospective would be quick to insist upon a clause in the ante-nuptial bill of sale providing that all expenses of the transaction, uch as trosseau, hotel bills, railroad fare, tips for the porter and taxes should be borne by the party of the second part, the certified check end of the partnership. The bill will be endorsed by those ertfhusastlc souls who are ready to approve any proposition calculated to discourage international marriages, but in practice it would prove about as valuable as photograph albums in an asylum for the blind. Jefferson was right; the United States supremo court Is the least democratic of all the departments of government, and yet a bare majority of it can stretch the constitution out of shape or contract its powurs. The Commoner. . ThiB recalls the pusilion taken by Colonel Bryan In the preliminary cam paign of 1896 in advocating that life tenure judgeships on the supreme court he abolished and the judges made elec tive. ' It Is intiinuted that Mr. Bryan will forgive eastern democrats for what they did in 1896 and 1900 if they will support him in 1908. The difficulty seems to be that eastern democrat's are not disposed to forgive Mr. Bryan for what he did in 1896 and 1900 and likewise in 190 4. A New York family which kept a tiger as a household pet actually chained the animal up in the basement and limited it to four meals a day be cause it tried to eat up one of the chil dren. These New York folks occa eionally get terribly solicitous about their children. Railroad managers are rather boast ing of the fact that they have supplied cars enough to prevent any coal short age this winter. All right, but the weaUicr man tbould not bo overlooked In distributing credit for the healthy state of the coal bin. It 1b a real relief to learn by cable that the Tarls anarchists who were going to blow up the American fleet off the coast of South America have de cided to postpone the event until they can raise money enough to pay the ex penses of the trip. "No man Is In position to predict what a republican convention will do," says Colonel Bryan.. Ou the other hand, Colonel Bryan is in position to ltXive prediction aside and tell exactly what the democratic convention will do. It Is too bad, of course, that Ad miral Evans has rheumatism, but it gives him an excuse for breaking that pledge he made on January 1 to be more careful about his use of exple tives this year. An official at Albany was voted $35, 000 to repair the ventilators at the state house and returned $33,000 as unused. Now they do not know whether to send him to congress or to an asylum. Judge Gray of Delaware has declined an Invitation to a Bryan dinner at Philadelphia. The Judge fails to see any reason for showering honors on a man whose only victories have been defeats. V Two Kentucky Industries. Louisville Courier-Journal. Night riders will eventually learn that while raising tobaoco at trust prices has Its drawbacks, no industry Is so barren of permanent profits as raising hades In the dark of the moon. A Low Down Salute. Fittsburg Dispatch. When the provisional governor of Cuba waa holding his New Tear's reception at Havana the adulatory Cubans could not be prevented from going down on their knees to him. It was not his fault; but It Illustrates the difficulty of deal ing with people who are disposed to be more Imperialist than the Imperialists. Women In Business 1,1 fe. Louisville Courier-Journal. Americans are considered the most highly civilized people on earth because the men are more completely enslaved by their women. The Spartan women who made bowstrings of their hair, were no more potent a factor In the military achievements of the Spartan men than are the American women In tho commer cial achievements of American men. Get Out Into tato Open. Washington Herald. Bo get out In the open occasionally, Mr. Cltyman. Take time to walk to your office, If you cannot find the opportunity to get exercise otherwise. Do something for your body, as well as your pocket book, and the chances are that the latter will be the gainer In the end, after all. Doctors are expensive luxuries, and a aick man la not ordinarily a glittering success as an income producer. Exercise for tne Toagae, , Bt. Louis Republic. It Is erpUlned that though spelled almost wholly with x's, j's and y's, tho name of the latest nobleman who Is to establish a matrimonial mortgage on American per capita assets 1b easily pronounced as "Bay-chaln-yer." . The bearing of this easy pronunciation which lies In the appUca tlon, may continue, tn spite of the di vorce courts, to apply to those who are expected to create divldenda on the -per capita assets. A llolduo Pat Down. New York Sun. k They manage these things better In Cali fornia. The train robber is a very terrible and ghastly person until some one with nerve and quick address subjects him to a challenge. His potency resides wholly in the timid surrender of a whole carload of grown men. At the first obstacle set up by courage he is undone. "Charles Gray was covering the passenger on the Redondo electrlo car late last night," says dispatch from Los Angeles, and no doubt he would have had things all his own way, as is the custom, but for the untoward accident of a hostile presence. Not to put too fine a point upon it, he was "seized by R. O. Williams, a plucky passenger" and then followed the most obvious and easy consummation. The conductor killed the robber in buckram, and the rest of the passengers wondered why they hadn't thought of it before. QUESTION OP TUB SERMON. Painful Thoughts Bused on am Anonymous Letter. Minneapolis Journal. Bishop Potter recently forwarded to tho Churchman an anonymoes letter sent to him, which seemed to contain matter of value. The writer dictated it nt the Uni versity club in New York on his way home from church. The service at the church was perfect, he tells the bishop, "solemn. lovely, exquisitely rendered." I!ut a shal low curate made a pitiable attempt to preach about the financial panic; and the laymen in tho pew felt his endurance over taxed. The layman knew all about finan ces. Tho curate Knew notning. rience the sufferings of the former. The letter goes on thus: "For forty years and more I have felt thfit tho exquisite beauty of the church's services made them the highest of prlvll- (?rs. Hut the tedium the horror, I may say, oh I am ununymoua-trie intolerable bure, of the avtruge sermon. Is too high a price for all but the mot faint hful church man to pay even fur the privilege. Would It not be belter to direct that curates slii'uld be plven a sermon by some emi nent clergyman of our church and directed to practice rending It and then told to read It instead of compelling congregations to sit through their st.'Uifsles with words?" In his note transmitting this letter, the bishop says that this is a "burning" ques tion and one that cannot well be evaded. He makes a suggestion that the church adopt the polley of specially licensing some of its clergy to preach, after they have re ceived a special tra'nlng. He dots not soy that lie would forb!d the rent to preach, but that would aeem to be the logical Inference. A half-way step might be to forbid a curate to preach on any but a chosen line of subjects. Why. for Instance, should a callow graduate attempt to tell New York financiers about the financial situation? Hut why a sermi.n anyhow? Is It neces sary to the worshipful mate of mind to hear each Bunday a de luncitlon on any subject tl at happens to come Into the mtn. Inters mind? The Christian Scientists seem to have abllUhed the sermon, as It Is known In the old churches, and to have established a ett of readings called a lea-son-sermon. And there is no evidence that the lack of the sermon has driven people away from thalr churches. A Bishop roller says, this la a "burn. U&" Uaatlua Our Annual Clothing $ale Has boon vory gratifying to us. It proves that the dis criminating buying public appreciates the values that are to be found in our Vi Price Sales do not come within our scope for two reasons . First, we do not make such enormous profits as to permit us to sell goods at half price and make money. Second, we give the values we advertise. We find we have about 50 suits left which we are anx ious to dispose of before the arrival of our Spring and Summer stock, which is due in about ten days. EVERY SCARF IN OUR HOUSE AT HALF PRICE Black and White Goods Excepted. Pease Bros. Co. 1417 Farnam Street SEtTLAH SHOTS AT TIIE 11 LPIT Boston Transcript: Does the statement of that Jersey City minister thai tho church of the future will be "an ecclesiastical de partment store" mean that there will be bargain counters for salvation? Baltimore American: "Clod calls some men to be lawyers, some doctors njid some millionaires," said a well known bishop recently. Those who are not CHlled at all probably go Into politics or become plumb ers Springfield Republican: A Hebrew rabbi In New York has become alarmed because. In Ills opinion, the Jews In this country are assimilating themselves too rapidly to their surroundings. What especially dis turbs him la that his people aro becoming infected with thel American love of money making. New York Sun: A remarkable ecclesi astical record is that of Archbishop Daniel Murphy of Hobart, Tasmania, whose death In his 93d year Is announced. He waa the last surviving bishop consecrated by Pope Gregory XVI. That waa In 1816, and he had thus been a bishop for sixty-one years. He was born the day of the battle of Waterloo, was In charge o" his see in India during the mutiny and was transferred to the Van Dlomen's Land dloccso forty-six years ago because his health had broken down. New York Tribune: Churchmen will watch with much interest the operation of the new marriage laws of the Roman Catholic church, which, according to re ports, will be universally enforced after next Easter. The most Interesting clause Is tho one providing that betrothals, to be binding before ecclesiastical courts must be formalised tn writing and attested by a priest or two other trustworthy per sons. What makes this significant la the fact that It has long been Insisted upon, la all essential respects, by not a few priests here and there, and In some cases has resulted in tempting many persons to break with the church. Will the increased authority with which the regulation is now promulgated succeed In bringing the free American back to the good old custom of "publishing the banns?" The merits of this custom are great indeed, but we sus pect that the headstrong and too inde pendent American youth will not see them. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. One visible effect of midwinter mildness Is the loneliness of exposed thermometers. The troubles of the Japanese cabinet is an oriental version of the occidental saw, "You can't eat the cake and have It." The festive bird comes higher than the bottle In New York. One restaurant was pinched for (4,-86 for feeding gourmets with game out of season. When economy is, necessary In corporate management, the example of the Southern railroad Is commended aa unique and ef fectlve. President Fin ley slashed the salary roll only, beginning on himself. Washington Is patting on the back a citizen wno turned down a 6,Hl0 job in New York for a $5, (XX) one at home. With such patriotism blooming at the national capital, the country Is reasonably safe. New York usually saves at the spigot and knocks In the head for the boys. The rotten hose of the fire department was not tested before acceptance because the contractor hud a private line on the powers. The Portland Oregonlan, heedless of the exact science of law, boldly asserts that a layman's guess, as to what the law Is. Is as reliable as a lawyer's guess emphasizing the assertion by pointing a long bony finger at the "five-to-four guesses" of the United Btates supreme court. Colonel J. Ham Lewis of Chicago de clares with Vexatious sclrlt that he did not say, "All women are natural liars." What he did say was Uiat "women He more grace fully than men" during an afternoon siesta or after a hard day's wash. The colonel turns a sharp comer without ruffling his whiskers. "Stuporous melancholia'' sounds more dreadful than "brainstorm." It is In tended to Impress the Jury as forcibly aa did the hobo's tale of woe unfolded to a Cuban millionaire. The Cuban wept copi ously at the telling, and calling a servant, he bald in tearful voice, "John, put this poor fellow out Into the street. His troubles are breaking my heart." uskin Was Eight New Pianos S125, S145 $165. $190 S225 and Upwards Pay Monthly $5 and Upwards al. Now don't you make the mistake of putting off the purchase of a piano another day. The children need it; your wife needs It; you need it and it will be a source of entertainment to your frlendu. The economy in buying from Honpe's is acknowledged cu every side. Hospe's sell the best pianos and the One Price No Commission Plan guarantees you that your money is as good as anyone's eUe. Call today. A. HOSPE k. CO. 1313 Douglas St. Branch Ileuses:. Council muffs, Iowa; Lincoln, Neb.; Kearney, JTrtk ' We do ttpert piano tuning and repairing. $ERMO ROILED DOWN. The highest In humanity Is the best tro know of divinity. The best way to get rid of sn enemy Is to make a friend. It's an empty business feeding the heart on brain food alone. Oenius Is simply drudgery oonverted by tho glory of a vision. All real religion Is fed by a deep desire for reality In religion. , The life soon ceases to rise when you forset to often look up. No church Is more noedy than the one that neglects the needy. Defining religion always tends to become a substitute for doing It. Habitual righteousness Is Just aa possible as habitual crookedness. ' Charity without cheer is likely to leave tho world only more chilly. No man ever found his soul refreshed by sleeping In the hour of duty. No man ever died from thinking too much, unless he. was thinking of himself. The largest rooms of destiny may be en tered through tho smrllest doors of duty. Oreat thoughts are those that go deep enough to take root and bear fruit in lives. When a. man tries to hide his religion he Is wasting time covering up an Invisibility. A man's place Hi the heavenly race will depend much on his relation to the human race. The Ihws we make for others are often framed by the plans and loves of our owu lives. Chicago Tribune. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "Two may be able to live as cheaply as one." Well?" "But they can't dreus, or pay doctors' bills, or go to the theater on thut basis." Philadelphia Press. Aroused by hearing a slight noise on the floor below, Mrs. Jag way got up, went to the door, and listened. Somebody was stumbling over the furni ture In the hallway and swearing in a sub dued tone of voice. "it's Ebenezer," she said, crawling into bed again. Chicago Tribune. "Father," said Miss Btrongley, "I wish you would stay In this evening. Mr. Slo man will want to speak to you." "Ah!" exclaimed her father, "he haa proposed at laBt ,eh?" "No," she replied, with a determined air, "but he will tonight." Baltimore Ameri can, "Only a dollar on my wedding ring?" exclaimed the poor woman. "Only a dollar," said the pawnbroker. "I buy 'em fer four dollars a grofs," ex plained the poor woman when we followed her out to sympathize with her, "but I usually gits more on 'em than I did out o' that gent." Louisville Courier-Journal. "Look here," remarkfd the thrifty man to his extravagent wife, "you're currying too much sail, my lady." "Indeed!" she retorted. "I don't see why you should bother about that." "Well. I think I should, alnce I have to raise the wind." Philadelphia Press. Miss Peaehley (approaching the subject timidly) How do you er let a young man know when you wish to discourage his at tentions? Miss Flyppe O, there's no prescribed form. If you tell him he's on the pasxta so far as you're concerned he'll catch on, all right. Chicago Tribune. LIFE'S JOURNEY. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. As we speed out of youth's sunny station, The track seems to shine In the light. But it suddenly shoots over chasms Or sinks Into tunnels of night. And the hearts that were brave In thg morning Are filled with repining and fears, As they pause at the City of Sorrow Or pass through the Valley of Tears. But the road of this perilous Journey The hand of the Master has made; With all Its discomforts and dangers. e need net be sad cr afraid. Paths leading from light Into darkne4 Ways plunging from gloom to despair, Wind out through the tunnels of midnight To fields that are blooming and fair. If you pause at the City of Trouble, Or wait in the Valley of Tears, Be patient, the truln will move onward, And rimh down the track of the years. Whatever the place Is youiseek for. Whatever your game or four quest. You shall come at the lat with rejoicing To the beautiful tiiy or kbsi. You shall store all your baggage of worries. You shall feel perfect peace In this realm. You shall sail with old friends on falf waters, with i.,xr inH rl. -lli-lit at the helm. You shall wander In cool, fragrant gardens With those who have loved you the best, And the bones that were lost In life's Journey You shall find In the City of Rest. Do you know that the great philosopher put music fourth in the list of bodily needs-first, food; second, clothing; third, shelter; fourth, music? Take this to yourself and family. Many m man thinks he does enough because his ohll drtn are neither hungry nor rugged. We onco. knew a farmer who was readily fara!liar with the number of hogs apd cattle he owned, but who, when asked how many children he had, turned to his wife and asked: "Mary, how many have we?" Now this man was a good man. But, as Is the case, with many another man, the de velopment of Ms children waa purely Incident r