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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 31. -1903. B t U a el ft ti 0 tl If tt fl it m tl tl 1 4 14 i 3 Ml t t 1 a 14 al 1 81 ?! it . Tl IE ' OMA11A t SU7)AY I DCS FOUNDED BT TOWARD R06EWATER VICTOn ROSEWATER. EDITOR. ' Entered at Omaha Postofflca as second clans matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: tallr B" (without Sunday), one year..M W Daily Bee and Sunday, one year Sunday Uee, one year J-WJ Saturday Bee. one year DELIVERED BT CARRIER: Dally Bee (Including- Sunday), per week. 15c Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week..lOc Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week So Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week.. .10c Addreaa all comnlalnta of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES: ' Omaha The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha-City Hall Building. Council Bluffa-li Scott Street. lUA TTntvaraltv Rulldlng. New York-Rooma uol-Uu2. No. U Weal Thirty-third Street. , Waahlngton 72S Fourteenth Street N. 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TOOMVCn RAILROAD CENTRALIZATION but possessing all their original merlU, upon these encampment will Impose n nf the best known and most to the laundries and have had them no burden except a saerince or ume. widely experienced raHroad men of returned looking like samples of total The War department authorities are j - vi.., a.v that Usnnrin Kdf rpr men nave gone wisely turning iiiniuun vu i Aumnca uucp uw u"imiw j . - i u, -w . - - - i - . m. r,ininn th centralization in on finding the buttons Ironed off their building of the rxationai uuara .1 - . a, a ... al . . i a. a a. 1 frvAA r management of our American railroads shirts, the buttonholes giuea tignt ana ruDiic wuuni ubb has already gone too far. The process new holes where none should be. Tneir tue to me maintenance vi ""t" of railway extension and consolidation collars have come back from a first standing army and experience has .... . m - A ' . t .1 .a. V.4V I a) J aa i AaiiI? r Tn O I Tl ft ! Tl has been continuous from the first sue- offense jagged ana irayea ana craineu buuwu u ut"... cessful experiments with rail transpor- until their owners have been tempted such an army In times or peace ana tation and it is. doubtless, destined to to resume wearing the "Uncle Bam" prosperity even unaer uie most iavur continue In future years. paper collar which can be turned at able conditions. Our chief reliance Under Dresent conditions, however, least once or the celluloid affair which for military strength, tnererore. must th conclusion is forced UDon this rail- can be cleansed with a sponge and does continue to be placed upon the Na- v ...twitv mhn ha Wn at the not need Ironing. The shirt of Nee- tlonal Guard, the second line or ae- head of a great and prosperous rail-1 sus, lined with poison barbs, would fense, road system of the middle west, that often be a welcome change to the vlc- the limit of economical and profitable tlm of the modern laundry. TBS tuberculosis congress, administration has been reached. If not Of course, Mr. Moore's measure will Conservation' of the national health already passed, and that the next not become a law without vexatious is quite as Important as the conserva awina- nf the nendulum will be toward litigation and delay. The laundrymen, tlon of the national resources. The a division of the authority that has hardened by long Immunity, will resist conference on tuberculosis to be held been so highly focalized and Its re- to the bitter end any attempt to de- In Washington from September 81 to distribution among officials responsible prlve them of their privilege of break- October 12 promises to give a decided 8TATMENT OF CIRCULATION: - vnK..,i,. rmnrlu County. ss.t Oeorite B. Tsuchuck, treasurer of The Bee Tj.,t,n.t,i onmnanv. bains: dulr aworn, aaya that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of April, 19U6. waa aa follow i ae,HK I a.eoo I 88,750 4 17,010 aasoo' a r?,8o 7 87.840 07,040 87,140 10 87,080 II 87,0M 11 87,000 II 87,840 14 87,380 U 37.UU ToUla l,Oe.Bao Uu unsold and returned coplea.. mm ! .bo , . , ae.eoo S7,1.40 It . o ae,eao jl a,sao II 88,40 JI 88,090 14 88,880 II 88,880 t 38,800 17 88,780 II 88,880 II 88,80 10 38,870 1 v.. total 1.087478 n..l. ...,u. 88.878 GEO ROE B. TZSCHUCK. 1 Treaaurer. Subscribed in my presence and aworn to before me this 1st day or may, imi. USeal.) ROBERT HUNTER. . v ' Notary Public WHEX OUT Or TOWS. Sabacrlbers leaving the elty tern porarlly efcoa.14 have Tke Bee ; mailed te tmem. Addreaa will be chanced na often na requested. I There is no emergency imminent de manding emergency currency, anyway, ' "What la the use of asking Senator Piatt to resign?" asks the Washington Post. There Isn't much fun in gnaw lng a file. ' The trouble with most of the poli ticians represented as "sawing wood" is that they produce nothing more val nable than sawdust. A Kansas court has decided that women may wear overalls f they want to do so. They may also wear dlreo- tolre gowns If they dare. Impetus to the movement now under way for ridding the race of the "white plague." Reports already received Indicate th.at several thousand delegates will attend the tuberculosis congress. All the European governments have taken great Interest in the meeting and not men who have devoted their lives to the study of the dread disease. The concentrated efforts of enlight ened nations will be represented An York state might BUnd a chance of catching a couple that would be of real service to the state and the nation. The price of admission to Mr. Bryan's "Commoner Army, wnun in cludes a subscription to his paper to the end of the year, has been reduced 25 per cent. A premium may be offered with free admission for those who delay enlisting until about elec tion day. An Arkansas man has been fined $1,600 for dynamiting fish.- He should move over into Kentucky, where his eal and experience would win him honors in the ranks of the "Night Riders" who spend their time dynamiting tobacco barns and farm houses. ' "Were Hamlet alive be would not object to my portrayal of him," says Eddie Foy. All right. Let's drop arguing about Hamlet's Insanity. "Even the pessimist must cheer up occasionally," says Leslie M. Shaw. Sure. The Washington base ball team won two games In succession last week. I . , According to the scale of assess ments levied on the Nebraska delegates to Denver, Bryan democracy comes perilously close to Parker plutocracy. A California judge has decided that it la Illegal to hold auction sales at night. Most patrons of daylight auc tion sales do their buying in the dark. This new directolre gown they are making so much fuss about apparently differs from the evening gown only by having its decollette effect at the bot torn. An Arkansas man died after taking a drink of, whisky and eating a ban ana. This will tend to make Arkan sawyers more careful about eating fruit. I Oovernor Magoon baa sent all the officials of a Cuban town to jail for abetting gambling. Oovernor Magoon would make a great mayor for New York City. The New York World blames Presi dent Roosevelt for the heavy appropri ations of congress. Congratulations to Mr. Loeb, who appears to have es caped for once. A Pennsylvania man is producing a plan to double the democratic vote. These political Luther Burbanks bloom every four years, but are always nip ped by killing frosts in November. for smaller territorial divisions. The lng buttons and manufacturing saw very centralization of railway manage- tooth effects for collars and cuffs. ment with one traffic manager, or one Laundry reform may be a forlorn hope, passenger director, or one operating but It calls for the encouragement of head, for tens of thousands of miles of a brave, llberty-lovlng, collar-op railroad, stretching almost across the pressed people. ccntlnent and affording transportation facilities to millions upon millions of prkss frkedom jy aeasiAXr. people, Is productive of cumbersome The supreme court of , appeals of less than 1,000 delegates are expected methods, costly delays and unsatlsfao- Germany has taught the members of a from abroad. Among the most eml- tory service. certain clique of the royal court at nent medical men from Europe who Even the financial potentates In the Berlin a most wholesome lesson and, have signified their Intention to par- top circle are beginning to realize that incidentally, given judicial endorse- tlclpate in the congress are Drs. Pan the successful conduct of a railroad ment tQe growing sentiment ' for wltz, Calmette, Von Behrlng. New- depends largely upon responsive ad- freedom of the press In Germany, by sholme, Welchselbaum, Conl, Phillpps, Justment to local conditions, and that overruling the findings of the lower Williams, Turban. Frankle, Vargas, this can be had only by lodging au- court which convicted Editor Harden Spronk, Bang, Kltasato and Shiga thorlty In those Immediately In touch of libeling Count von Moltke. The with the people of the different locall- high court holds that the trial was un ties. With the engineers who keep fair, was In violation of the law of the their hands on the financial throttle empire and was a travesty on Justice the danger signal that is most heeded The case in question was one of the this meeting, out of which is expected Is that which registers on the scale of most sensational In modern European to come a campaign for educating the profitable returns, and whenever they affairs. Editor Harden, who appears masses In practical methods for pre are convinced that further centraliza- to hav nal sources of information venting this terrible disease and for tion will turn the balance on the ledger from members of the most exclusive curing It in Its incipient stages. The they will reverse the lever and back up court circles, In a orles of articles consensus of medical opinion is that from the direction In which they have charged Count von Moltke, Prince the time will soon come when tubercu been going. . Eulenberg and other members of a losis will be merely historical instead In the judgment of far-sighted rail- Becret cl,Qu.' tQ close' touch with of being, as It Is today, the greatest way experts a different organization of tne ernperor, of tho grossest lmmorall- single cause of death among civilized management of our great railroad sys- tiea and corruption. Sued for libel, be people, terns must be developed and may be won out after a most sensational trial, looked for before long, and although m wnicn ne produced overwhelming an ill-timed OBJECT LESSOR. it may not come suddenly or rapidly. Proof or the truth of his charges. Over 600 inhabitants of the town it will be headed toward decentrallza- While all official Germany was waiting witnessed the execution of a convicted tlon. to see wnat the emperor would do In murderer at Pottavin. p. th. punisningtne offenders, Editor Harden day by Invitation of the sheriff, who governors akd senators. was forced to trial on a criminal libel had conceived the brilliant Idea that Speaking of the recent assemblage charge, in which the Jury returned a such an object lesson would serve as of governor at the White House to verdlct of Sullty, and he was sentenced a deterrent to crime. The murderer confer on the conservation of the to a heavT flne anl short term of was a Slav and the sheriff thought the natural resources and the DrosDect impnsonmont- appeal the highest other" Slav Inhabitants of Pottsville growing out of It of further periodical ludlc,al tribunal In Germany has would be Impressed with the duties of meetings of governors, Collier's Weekly ordered the verdict of guilty set aside American citizenship by witnessing this says: ana remanaea tne case for a new trial, consummation of the administration of The effect of this development muat be a The court goes further and notifies Justice. Instead of beine awed Intn great Increase in the Importance of the the trial court that In the next hearing respect for the law th VETaS ?XC rirt,l:e,ir ? ,U H reul in their effort. aenatorshlpe aa a promotion, but the cime " V. V in- tt oecure pieces or tne Hangman's rope, may be near when the governor will be a rluencea Dv pressure from royal court being possessed of the superstition pre areater man than a senator. circles. valent in Slav countries that ...rh . in tne eany aays or tne republic a I ine aecision of the supreme court rope Is a cure for rheumatism governor was universally regarded as oi uermany is not only a victory for It is a mistaken notion that the a greater man than a senator and this Editor Harden, but It is a triumph for spectacle of a public execution has a opinion continued to prevail until after the freedom of the German press and deterrent effect upon the lawless ele- me war ot me reDenion. Tne com- a teuing mow at tne custom, long In ments. The Anglo-Saxon world haa monly accepted theory of the senate In vogue In European countries, of in- very generally suppressed public exe- me eariy days was mat it was a con- cung juaiciai penalties to uphold cutions, because the exDerinn f clave of plenipotentiaries representing the pretended prerogatives of nobility centuries has shown that such brutal tne sovereign states, ana wis tbeory n town uisregara or the facts and exblbitlons simply stimulate crime In found its support In the fact that each merlU of the points in controversy. the earlier days, in the more barbaric state, big or little, has the same voice - countries, criminals were not only pub- and Influence In the senate, and under ESCOURaoino the militia. cly executed, but were suhiwd the constitution cannot be deprived of Officials of the War department have atrocious maltreatment for the Dumose t i I., . . . . I v r . . .. .... , . , 1 , ..... - ua ctjuai laiuesemauoa wunoui us oucceaeiui la puBning ue oi instilling rear. Thieves were ex- own consent From that standpoint Plan, which originated with Mr. Root hlblted with their ears removed tne senator occupied tne position of wnen ne was secretary or war, to make tne heads of murderers were dianiav an ambassador for a people whose chief the organized mllltla of the country on pikes in the market places it . executive was the governor, and was more enective and to place It on a quired centuries of advancing thought an uiucu uu iron iiea Dy tne governor as Kurreeyuuaing wiw mat or tne to accomplish abandonment of these tne president would outrank one of his regular army, ine tneory is that the innuman practices and with the aban ambassadors to a foreign country. standing army Is remarkably small donment of cruel and unusual rjunioh What did most to reverse the former compared with the trained fighting ment the standard of civilization t..a oraer or precedence as between gov- forces or otner nations, making it heen raised and violent crime r errors ana senators was the absolute ni8n1' important to nave a strong re- trance was the last of the enlightened ueeirucuun oi me oia state sovereignty ivree iramea ana prepared ror nations to aoandon the public gulllo idea as a result of the war. The state service in case or a war. tine, although only after Dublin nt governments became of comparatively Congress has appropriated M.000,- ment led the lawmakers to refuse to less importance and the federal gov- 00, about twice the usual amount, for appropriate money to pay a public eminent more ana more potential. If lu" '"iuuuuio ana upouiiaing or tne executioner. a o,m.am. I. . 1 . v . I militia ft iin.U,.. . . I T. .... - (iuui is tm iu ue greater man I "v " " eiaico lur luo i iu uur own country the smith ha. a senator, the governors will have to do comln vear. Of the appropriation testified amply to the failure of th Atn.thln. V K.An...ti . t. . ... Ill Ann Ann la trt Y,a tiaaA n - j I mi VHrt . i ... Liui.,g i.j vw-vyoiaiiua i ii a i wni i t-i--- i-w v i ma auu j ccl u liuh q stop crime For tiring them into national prominence equipment, not only for the existing years many leading dtiiena of the and make the people look to them as forces, but for recruiting the compan- south condoned the lynching of negroes their natural leaders for tackling big les t0 ul1 war strength. This appro- charged with assaulting whltA problonis rather, than to the senators. Priation will be used in supplying the on the ground that burning at the now soon, u at an, tma will be brought uull" w,ll moaern nnes, inus avoid- siaae would serve as a warning and ouuui win uepena a great deal on " ' "'rente vi me conditions at tne aiminisn sucn offenses Th the kind of men we have for governors outbreak of the war with Spain when proved true and It is generally ad. ""5 i"J uw icw years. ' 1 " v uuaiu nu-u nnei iuuicu iubi tnese public lvnehlnt.. of discarded form and generally have merely brutalized the whitea .- worthless, and many regiments were multiplied mob outbreaks by arousina: without arms of any kind. It is pro- a thirst for torture. The south,- ... ...t l .1 j .. . ... I ti .... u- i"" u v" euara suppuea witn moriues are now agreed that thir .i n , . , . .1 . v . .... tneir in, laivuuKua ana otner equipment lyncnmg snouid be suppressed and give i cgumr army. I way io mwiui PUnisnment Of rrlmln.i- TV,. .tv..al... il . , I I ... ..... .uo cumins aucu&iu vi me organ- urcoyeciive ot tneir color or the nature In the matter of a campaign pub licity bill It will be noticed that Mr. Bryan sent his telegrams favoring the measure to the newspapers, while Mr. Taft sent his letters urging Its adop tion to the chairman ot the committee having the bill in charge. A bill has been Introduced In con gress making it unlawful for a Wash lng ton laundry to tear a customer's shirt. .This, of course, Is out of defer ence to members of congress who want to tear their own shirts. It Is now claimed that Mrs. Guin ness is living in Colorado. She ought to go back to La Porte long enough to Identify her teeth and a part of her jaw bone that were found In the ruins of her farm house. Congreaalonal "Soldiering." Indlanapolia New. Notwithstanding the fact that a number of eenatora and representatives quit con gress before the session waa over. It Is un derstood that they will expect to draw their full (7.000 for the year. 'Work for Flnre Sharps. Washington Post. If the government statisticians ever ran out of work they might be put on the job of finding out to what extent the sale of court plaster haa Increased since the in troduction ot the automobile. PUT YOUR MONEY IN DIAMONDS The safest and surest Investment in the market today Is a Diamond. They are constantly increasing In value. Take advantago of my liberal Charge Ac count. Call and visit with me ten minutes, will "ex plain how we do our business. Received the finest line In the city In solid silver ware, Diamonds, Watches, Cut Glass, Novelties of all kinds suitable for Wedding and Graduation Pres ents. Give the bride or bride-to-be, a handsome Dia mond Ring, the graduate a fine Gold Watch, a Dia mond Pin or Ring. We have the goods. See our ehow window. FOR EXCEPTIONAL VALUE A fine Chest and Table to match, solid mahogany, with three drawers containing 163 pieces of Solid Silver at 100.00 We havo a graduate Optician who will test your eyes FREE. Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing a Specialty. Mandelberg's Gift Shop 1522 FARNAM STREET. OMAHA, NEB. 8ERMO.XS BOILED DOWN. A deadhead is almost sure to be a block head. Easy street Is not a thoroughfare to heaven. Blghlng for a lost Eden will not make a new earth. The double-faced man always la convlnc- The Intelligent Plan. New Tork World. The managers of the southwestern rail roads have agreed not to raise freight ratea, but to consider the advisabllty of making reductlona. Their view of the remedy for the loss of freight traffic is to Invite shipment rather than to discourage lng to himself. them. It Is the Intelligent views There la no love In the charity that doe? pot court secrecy, Wisdom of Going; Slow. Many an alliance with sin is hidden by a New Tork Tribune. defiance of the devil, The decision not to be In a hurry about No father ever lost any of the time he withdrawing the protecting and steadying spent with his children hand of the United Statea from Cuba is The man with many corns always wants wise. Withdrawn that hand will be In due to go barefqot In the crowd, time, but to do It too soon would entail people with putty heads usually like to danger that Intervention would have to be think that they have brittle hearts. repeated. Americana earnestly desire to see Talking moonshine about being sunshiny Cuba restored to Cuban control, but they does not make this world any brighter, want to see It done at a time and in a way He who succeeds In dodging duty la sur- which will give the greatest possible assur ance of permanence. v f V- ' . - A Wonderfnl Day's BotlaeM. St. Louis Republic. As the most advanced colonies In the world. Australia and Canada report a population which combined la slightly over 10,000,000. Thla la on an area more than double that of the United States. As advancing American states, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana have more popula tion now than the two greatest colonlea the world. Measured In millions of money and men, the best day's business ever done In history was done at Phila delphia hi 1776. Congress has passed a law and made an appropriation for the protection ot American bison. The only thing needed now ts the discovery of some American bison In need of protection. Open season for the fly screen. Med leal science has agreed that the fly is a pest to its own right; or, aa Mr. Bryan would say, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other insect on earth. The Tammany organisation has elected one Colahan to "fill Bourke Cockran's place." Can't be done, al though Colahan may hold the position from which Tammany fired Bourke Cockran. ' I . r .. William Randolph Hearst wants It understood that he la not In favor ot Mr. Bryan. Mr. Hearst's first; second, last and only choice Is, William Ran dolph Heatst. just as Mr. Bryan's first and , exclusive . cbolc 1 William Jen Bryan. . . tTBEX THE WORM TURNS. The popularity of Mr. Taft, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Watson and other presi dential candidates and aspirants Is In imminent danger of being totally eclipsed, if the people become fully aroused to the importance of the bill ,zed mimia of the country is now of the crimes introduced by Congressman J..Hamp- aDout 10.000 men, with an average When the death penalty is inflicted ton Moore or Pennsylvania demanding ,u,usi" l lony-two men uoum oe aone as it is done in r. renei rrom tne sawtooth Instrument of I ut"' lu" war iui ot m ewuuy and with as little nuh. torture wnicn laundrymen insist upon ui oiug numuers iiuwiDie, returning in lieu of the rniir Ior otner orancnes of the service. By - ... - their shops for sanitary reasons. Mr. tne Provisions of the bill Just, passed Jne university of Nebraska is under Moore would by law require manglers everjr "tate in the unl011 ma fll1 P its " conJPU'sion to make application to of Innocent linen to take out a license uard re6'mntB to the full quota and f Put on tn accredited list of the and to pay heavy fines and Denaltlea nav6 tbem supplied with the most im- '-rer lounaation bo that its nrofea. when caught using adds or "violent provea "n ana equipment, such as "'" ,n,rw " the superannuation machinery" in their work Ha ar U8e by the regular army. If the Pensions. But neither is there an. strengthens his demand by a speech ,tate8 take advantage of the opportun- compulsion for the professors to forego in whu-n he declares that unlcsa a liy onerea D" tna Dl" the guard 7" v"peci ot superannuation ba i . . ... . I ttroiwth rf tKa ..in I lODI DV rnn tin 11 In a a m from the nefarious practices of the cru,ted to something like 150.000 men, institution refusing to make possible laundry we may aa well hand over our a Iorce wa,cn' supplementing the reg- 7"r ""Biuimy to Carnegie fund pen inon . v... . . . uiar armv. shonid tut monntia tn .i. '" " iw kuv iruuvr uieri-ira ui me l mt bulldog or the blllygoat." mo,t any emergency Men who boast that their fathers The new 0,11 b1bo makes provision When the senate was considering a fought, bled and died that the country tor Par,n the expenses of officers and proposition to provide for the election might be free have been going along men attending the encampments and of United States senators by popular for years submitting to an odious form ,chMl where regulars are to be gath- vote Senator Depew of New York pro of tyranny at the hands of the haughty ered for mll,try practice and maneu- posed an amendment to provide for laundrymen. They have committed Ter"" To,, 'V1 believed, 1H have a choosing senators on a basis of popu thelr fine linen to the laundries and ca0"t timulatlng effect upon the latlon. stipulating that no state should paid for Its destruction. They have euarasmen and infuse new life and be permitted to Have snore than six sent shirts and collars, a little soiled I ,oyaItT in the service, as attendance I teen senators. On that basis New prised to find how success dodges him. It takes mora thn,.'.Keep off. the gtasw" algns to mark the path of rJghteousness. When a man steals the fioney from sin he always tella himself that he will pay for It with the . coin of - repentance. Chicago Tribune. . , - PERSONAL ANI OTHERWISE, The battleship Netraska hasn t a corn belt, but It has something Just as good. May's reputation a calendar beauty la seriously Impaired by lta stunt as a tank show. Money talks, but never above a whisper when you have the price to pay for a divorce through the referee system In vogue in New Tork. The Kansas receiver who wound up the discussion at the coming convention of the affairs of a bankrupt concern at an ex League of American. Municipalities Is on pense of $250 Is a shining candidate for Home Rule for Cltiea." Everywhere In the a Carneglo hero medal. land this phase of the municipal problem Is Tho prei, Bgent ot the mosquito concert receiving attention and study, and nowhere ccmFBny gives It out cold that the bills mere greater neea ior ine aipm.iun . tn 10iol.t, are equipped with suction of this doctrine than In our own city and ,,lnn. for tha ...on a business. . Homo Rale for Cities. Baltimore American. One of the principal subjects assigned for state. The standing reproach against American inetltutiona by foreign critics haa been the inferiority of municipal man gement Great progress toward betterment haa, It la true, been made In recent years. but the fact remains that there la great room for Improvement. Five banks of Pittsburg have aurrerea from defalcatlona aggregating 3,ocq.oto. A vote for postal savlnga banks In the smoky city would be practically unani mous. A Chicago aclentist who claims to be ablo to convert human cuticle Into brasa SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT I might learn something to hla benefit by sending plans and specifications o cam- Baltimore American: Several general palgr. committees conferences of various denominational Hetty Green, the New Tor millionairess Christian churches are now in session at is getting gay and blowing herself on different points. It is a fact of significance swell dinners, fashionable dresses ana that three of these conferences have under modish coiffures. If this news rtoesn t consideration the subject of reuniting under bring General Confidence out of the hospt common organisation branchea which I tal, his caae is hopeless have hitherto been under separate systems DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. The elderly man gave his consent. "But my daughter Hlwnys insisted that arte wanted a husband with a title.'' ho artiled. . Well. I showed her my two, replied tho young man. "One was to a town houxe and the other to a place in tho country." Philadelphia Ledger. Teas He aald he'd go through anything for her.i Jess And o she married hlmT Tchb Yea. and now he's rolng through her fortune. I'hlladelphia Press. The young man had proposed and beeu accepted. -nut wnat s inia you re aoing aear. ne asked a moment later. "I'm taking your Bertlllon measure ments, Clarence," said the determined young woman. "The laat one got way,T Chicago Kecord-Herald. "Yes, he's Impulsive, but there Isn't mui-h likelihood of his ever getting mar ried; he stammers so." "What has that to do with it?" "Well, you see, he may start to pro pose to a' girl, but before he gets It out he has time 'o cool of f.'-' -Philadelphia lresb. ... . ( "Don't you think the women now have adopted a very loud way of. wearing their halrr "Not half so loud as when they wore bangs. Baltimore American. A. I'SALM OF LIFE. Henry W. Longfellow. Tell me not in mournful numbers . Life Is but an empty dream, For the soul Is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real, life Is earnest, And the grave Is not its goal, "Dust thou art to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our di:tlned end or wav. But to ai:t that eac tomorrow Kinds us farther than today. Art Is long and time is fleeting, And our hearts though stout and braw, Still like muffled drums are beating funeral marches to the grave. In the world's brrmd field of battle, In the bivouac of life. Be not like dumb driven cattle! Bo a hero in the sirli'e! J Trust no "future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury lta dead! Act act In the living present! lleait within and God o'erhead! Uvea of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. Footprlnta that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A Vrlorn and shipwrecked brother, Beeing, ahall take lieurt again. Let us then be up and doing. With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. of church government. There seems to be ah unmistakable tendency on the part of various Christian denominations to drop minor differences and get together on tha common, important general principles of faith. American Hebrew: The truth seems to be that the near future must see a new lining up of the religious forces. The thelstlc re ligions will have to face the various faiths or nonfalths which are trying to do without God In the world. Under the name of agnosticism or ethical culture or modern Ism or whatever title be chosen an ever- Increasing number of persons are trying tha dangerous experiment of letting the natural man exercise his full powers with out any check from any supernatural con siderations. At tha root of the new move ment la an attack on tha family aa tha center of civilisation. Aa against thla ten dency It may well be that the great thelstlc religion-Judaism, islam. Christianity may find it neceasary to ally themselves ana Prof. Delltaseh'a suggestion may cease to be an Impracticable dream. Minneapolis Journal: The difficulties the Presbyterian general assembly finds In the way of church union call attention anew to tha minute divisions of many of the irotes tant churches. Under the heading of "Bap tlste," tha Christian Advocate prints this list of divisions: Regular North. Regular Bouth. Regular Colored. Six Principle, Sovamlh-Ua. rrewI. Original Freewill. General. Separate. United, Baptist Church of Christ. Primitive. Old Two Sted In the Bolrlt. Predestlpariau and Church of God and Balnts of Christ. The Methodists boast thla fine list: Methodist Episcopal, UrJon ij.i.an Methodist Enlscopal. African Methodiat Episcopal. African Union Melho dlst Protestant, African Methodist Eplsco Dal Zion, Methodist Protestant, Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Bouth, Congregational Methodist Colored, New Congregational Methodiat, Zlon Union Apostolic, Colored Methodist Episcopal Primitive, Free Metho dlst. Independent Methodist and Evangell cat Mleatoi-ary. AU this represents not only a great wast of energy, but it verges en lb ridiculous. Your Piano Cerflf icales Are Good for $50 At A, Ihw cVs. 1513 Dauglas SI. Store. As part payment on any new Piano. Player-Piano or Piano Player purchased with them. YOU KNOW OUR PRICES You also realize that we offer the easiest terms, the best goods and the moat genteel treatment. 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