THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 12, 1908.
The Omaha Sunday Der
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION:
Plate of Nebraska. Pouglas County, as.:
c,ei. rue K Taschuck, treasurer of The
P e Publishing company, helng duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of-June ISirt. was ni follows:
1 39,830 18 38.490
8 33,740
3 38,030
4 . .' 36,800
8 36,760
33,830
T 35,900
S 35,900
35,810
10 35,970
11 36,350
13 36,030
13 35,890
14 38,050
18 36,080
IS 38,490
17 36,930
18 39,110
19 38,480
30 38,890
81 38,750
S3 36,480
83 36,099
34 38,340
35 36,800
36 36,070
38 35,830
39 38,800
30 36,330
Total 1,089,090
Less unsold and returned coplea.. 0,877
Net total j.. 1,079,313
Dalley nveraga 36,977
QEORQR B. TZ8CHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me thin 1st dav of July. I.
M. P. WALKER,
Notary Public
WHEN OITT OF TOW1T.
Saaecrlbers ltarlaa tke city tea
porarlly skoald have The Be
mailed la them. Addrese vrlll ha
changed, aa oftaa. aa reqaeateat.
Denver will now come down awhile
from the clouds.
Give Judge Gray credit for knowing
when to let v.-ell enough alone.
Speaking of the democratic kite tall,
anyway Ton- TaRjrart saw him first.
There at ronauts at any rate occupy
a little liij.hrr plane than the common
everyday automobllisU.
The new secretary of war will have
to go some to keep up with the official
pace of his immediate predecessor.
That Juvenile city election would be
mighty like1 the real thing except for
the failure to cry fraud and corrup
tion. The weather that grows the corn In
Nebrnska makes prosperous and con
tented farmers.
So long as Hobson gets back safely
into port, the country will take cour
age against tho threatened yellow peril.
Mr. Hearst's paper says the demo
cratic party has become a weathercock.
Is this sufficient answer, Mr. Bryan?
Colonel Bryan has evidently con
cluded that Colonel Guffey'a answer
got all the rejoinder It needed from th
convention.
California has shipped only 3,543
carloads of lemons so far this season.
There will be enough to go round In
November, Just the same.
The new chairman of the republican
national committee Is a young man,
being yet in his '308. The young
man in politics is keeping well to the
front.
It will now be the proud privilege
I the democrats to hoist a Bryan ban
Tier to the most conspicuous mld-alr
position they can find within the city
limits of Lincoln.
A man who claimed to be the cham
pion steer roper of the world has Just
died In Oklahoma. He'll have to show
us folks who live In the same town
with Mayor "Jim."
The United Btatea and Venezuela
bave officially decided not to play, for
the present, in each other's backyards.
But they may be depended on to kiss
and make up at some future time not
so very remote.
Ordinary sea water will cure almost
ny old ailment that besets human
kind, according to a Chicago homeo
path. What will subject the new pan
acea to suspicion is that sea water la
too plentiful to be cornered.
It turns out that Willis J. Abbott,
who is the personally retained Dress
agent for William J. Bryan, gave out
wrong steer on the vice presidency.
Ir. Abbott cannot be taken as far Into
the inner citadel of his chiefs confi
dence as he would have outsiders be
lieve. Chairman Clayton declared that
Taft must be beaten to prevent him
from carrying out President Roose
velt's policies. Candidate Bryan has
been asserting that Taft must be
beaten In order to make sure of carry
ing out President Roosevelt's policies
That part of the Clayton speech re
ferring to Taft as a Roosevelt man
must have accidentally escaped the
Falrvlew blue pendL
noVT Of "THI ALLIES."
Surveying the two great nominating
convention, which have now passed
Into history, the most, striking feature
Is the signal rout of "the allies" nt
both Chicapo and Denver. To a great
extent, while massed behind different
favorites on opposite sides of the polit
ical fence, "the allies" who were try
ing to beat Taft at ChleaKo represented
the same Interests as "the allies" who
were trying to head off Uiyan at
Denver.
"The allies" are' the reactionaries.
They are the ultra conservatives who
have been putting obstacles in the
rath of the Roosevelt policies. They
would like. If they could, to undo all
the progressive reforms which have
been areoraplished under the lead of
the president since he took up the
executive reins. t
"The allies" did not want Taft be
cause he has been so closely Identified
with the Roosevelt administration and
Is so firmly committed to the continu
ance of the distinctive Roosevelt poli
cies. There may have been other
names before the Chicago convention
objectionable to "the allies," but they
were ready to stake their chances for
some one more satisfactory to win out
In the event of a successful effort to
break down the Taft forces.
At Denver "the allies" had set them
selves an even easier task, notwith
standing greater preponderance of the
Bryan following, because under the
two-thirds rule they needed only one
third of the delegates to accomplish
their purpose. The vote on the Pennsyl
vania contest disclosed the fact that
"the allies" could muster more than
one-third of the convention on Inci
dentals, but were unable or unwilling
to register the necessary vote to veto
an undesirable, nominee.
Having suffered a double rout "the
allies" are In hard lines. Those of
them who have nothing to gain or to
lose will stay within their respective
party lines and those who have no
politics will be up against what they
consider a choice of evils. But the out
come of the election will depend not
upon "the allies." It will depend upon
the great mass of the people who have
been applauding President Roosevelt
and who will, we believe, in sober
Judgment Insure four more years of
Roosevelt government under the party
of Roosevelt and the administration
of William Howard Taft.
AN ArPROPB Mil Af OA CM fc T.
The most characteristic part of the
will of the late Grover Cleveland, just
made public, is that which relates to
the monument to be erected over his
remains. As expressed by the dead
president, his desire Is tor "an appro
priate monument with brief inscription
and only moderately expensive."
Evidently Mr. Cleveland realized
that a monument appropriate to a
man who had held his exalted position
in public life must be impressive and
suggestive of his high standing among
his fellow cltlsens Manifestly, how
ever, he rebelled at the thought of
elaborate ostentation at the grave. He
does not say that his monument shall
be Inexpensive, but that it shall be
"only moderately expensive," plainly
putting the emphasis upon the appro
priateness rather than upon the cost.
Mr. Cleveland also exhibited a known
trait in Interposing a veto upon ful
tome eulogy in the inscription. As he
disdained flattery and fawning In life,
he clearly wanted his permanent
obituary kept within tho strictest lim
its of truth and shorn of everything
savoring of laudation.
Mr. Cleveland's idea of an appro
priate monument should be an exam
ple to all men called upon to provide
for the marking of their graves. Ex
travagance and display are more out
of place in the cemetery than at any
other point In a man's career. A great
man will be long remembered and his
works live after death, but no tomb
stone folly will make a man great or
perpetuate his memory.
ANOTHER AMERICA! TRICMPU.
The American army rifle team has
Just won the world's championship in
competition with teams from other na
tions at Bisley range In England. The
great Olympic match brought together
expert shots of all nations and in that
Impressive gathering of cracks the
men from the American army,
equipped with the new service rifle,
held the lead from the very beginning.
Finishing the shorter ranges with a
small advantage over their nearer
competitors, the English, the Amer
icans went to the longer range firing,
and there established supremacy be
yond a doubt. The match finished
with the Americans so far In the lead
that no dispute will ever be raised as
to the outcome, the British second,
the Canadians third and the rest no
where. This victory is merely keeping up
the American tradition of skill with
firearms and will serve to convince the
foreign experts that not only are
American methods of training well
founded, but that the American soldier
maintains his high quality as a man
as well as a marksman. The condi
tions of the firing were far different
from those under which the men had
their practice at home, atmosphere,
wind, light and all varying In Eng
land greatly from similar conditions
at home. It is distinctly to the credit
of the men that they were able to re
lain their confidence and cool assur
ance, so eminently necessary to suc
cess, under the changed conditions.
The triumph for the new American
army rifle is also noteworthy. Sev
eral years ago, when the government
was seeking to substitute a modern
hl&h power gun for the obsolete arm
then In use, the patriotism of the peo
ple was seriously shocked by the an
nouncement that a gun of foreign tie-
sign was to be adopted. The Krag
Jorgensen came nearer to what were
considered Ideal requirements than any
other and was taken on as the arm
that was to supplant the Springfield,
so long in service. This was enough
to spur the gunnery experts of the
service, and under the stimulus of the
presence in the army of a gun with a
foreign name the Springfield was de
veloped, until a short time ago It was
considered fit to supplant the Krag
Jorgensen. Experiments proved It
worthy, and now a test In competition
with the best arms of the world, in the
hands of experts, shows the new
Springfield to be the leader of all. Not
only has the American army the best
marksmen of the world, but they are
armed with the best military rifle
known. This triumph for American
aims la the direct result of the applica
tion of the lesson of the Spanish
American war.
TaLCK OF A LOCAL MARKET
The question of a market is the one
that is most important to the producer.
If his farm or factory be located within
easy reach of a center where goods
may be exchanged with facility and
from whence other similar centers
may be easily reached, then the pro
ducer enjoys the benefits of a local
market. IfKon"the contrary, he Is sit
uated at some considerable distance
from such a point, he Is at a distinct
disadvantage in the carrying on of his
business. These simple truths have
been well illustrated during the last
few days for the edification of the
farmers and others In the territory ad1
Jacent to Omaha.
Corn has been Just sold on the
Omaha market both for cash and for
the July option higher than on the
Chicago market. . This without taking
Into consideration the added freight
from Omaha to Chicago. This means
that the farmers who sold corn in
Omaha Would, in the absence of the
Omaha market, have been compelled
to sell on the basis of the Chicago
market, less the cost of hauling the
grain from the river to the lakes, which
would have meant several cents a
bushel less than the price actually re
ceived. What is true of grain was estab
lished with regard to live stock a long
time ago, and will be eventually es
tablished as to wool and other commo
dities in the very near future. The
importance of Omaha as a market town
Is daily being emphasized by experi
ence and the growth of the several
markets here Is as certain as the busi
ness foresight of the farmers can
make it.
Si T 71. , MORE tCOVOCLASM.
As if it were not euough to have
Paul Revere, Betsey Ross and Barbara
Frltchie subjected to the captious crit
icism of the heartless historian, we are
now threatened with a complete de
molition of our patriotic reverence for
the far-famed "Liberty Bell," popu
larly supposed to have proclaimed the
birth of the republic. Instead of toll
ing liberty throughout the land with
such vehemence as to crack Its rim,
the sacred timbrel is charged with hav
ing been as dumb as an oyster and as
mute as a clam, and to have allowed
the glorious Declaration to take wing
without a single paroxysm of righteous
Joy.
The disillusioning of the "Liberty
Bell" has all come about over an un
timely attempt to induce the Sons and
Daughters of the American Revolution
In Philadelphia to erect a marble slab
over the grave of William Hurry, Il
lumined in history as the "grand
father" who rang the bell on that
fateful July 4, 1776. Not only is It
now denied that Hurry hurried to pull
the bell cord, but it is boldly asserted
that "there Is not a single reliable au
thority to show that tho bell was rung
at all on July 4." The Illustrious
declaration was not adopted until the
night of that date and was not pub
licly proclaimed until four days later,
and we are told that even then there
Is no evidence that the bell was rung.
According to the Iconoclast who tore
the veil from the bell before the Phil
adelphia Sons and Daughters, the
whole "Liberty Bell" tale is based on
a story told by a novelist, George LIp
pard, who lived in the middle of the
last century, and upon an anonymous
poem entitled "The Independence
Bell." The details of the exposure as
exhumed from musty tomes by the his
torical grave digger Is as follows:
The story is repeated, but no authority
is given and no mention of the ringers
name is made. The episode is not men
tioned in sny way by any other historical
authority. In these stories Hurry is men
tlonrd aa an old gray haired man.
and we have the evidence of his recently
cUcvvered tombstone, that he was 60 when
l a died Mid only 55 ut the time of the sign
ing of tl.o Declaration. This hardly tsillea
with the gem-rally accepted description of
tlio man.
The Uev. Hughes O. Gibbons, in hla "His
tory of the Old Pine Street Presbyterian
Church," refers lo an annlversaity sermon
preached In the church In 1S by the Rev.
Dr. Klchard H. Allen, then pastor, In wh:ch
he said thut among the other revolutionary
tatnots buried in the churchyard was Wil
liam Hurry, who rang the Liberty Bell,
withojt giving any further authority for
the statement. It would appear from what
I iiaw been abld to learn that the entire
story la merely tradition.
Of course, if there was no bell
ringer the bell could not have been
rung and. If the bell was not rung, our
school histories have been filled with
a yellow journal fake, to say nothing
of the unearned obeisance mistakenly
lavished upon the bell.
But while there is life there Is hope.
We pause for some distinguished an
tiquarian consecrated to the cause of
true romance to bring forth the proofs
that will vindicate the good old "Lib
erty Bell" and restore to it it former
good name and fame.
Receipts of fifty of our largest post
office for the month of June show a
substantial net Increase over ths cor
responding month of the year before
although seventeen of these postof
flees show a decrease of business. This
Is a pretty big country, which keeps
right on growing In spite of occasional
little setbacks affecting local condi
tions. AtTlTlTl' IS BC1LLISO.
Reports from forty-four principal
cities of the United States, published
In another part of this paper, Indicate
a general resumption of building ac
tivity. While the total is not quite up
to that of June of 1907, yet the per
centage of decrease is small, and the
showing of gain made In some of the
larger cities. New York, for example,
is such as encourages the general
builder.
The figures are especially significant
in that they are a recognised sign of
returning confidence. New buildings
are erected chiefly to provide homes
for more people or to house new en
terprises or permit the extension of
established businesses. In either In
stance the erection of a building is an
evidence of growth. The present ac
tivity is due in some measure to the
cheapening of building material, prices
for which have been shaded very sub
stantially during the last few months,
but this cause Is not entirely responsi
ble for the renewal of the Industry.
The fact is that the growth of the
country has been steady, even during
the last few months, and the actual
requirements of the people demand
more and better buildings than have
heretofore existed.
The matter of the payroll involved
in the fevival is of some importance,
too, foe. it means that a vast army of
workmen engaged in the building
trades Is employed at remunerative
wages, and that the general prosperity
of the country Is aided to that extent.
No matter from what side it Is viewed,
the report of building conditions In
the United States is encouraging.
The first time he ran Mr. Bryan
hitched his kite to two tails one in
Maine and one in Georgia. The sec
ond time he ran he took his tandem
partner from Illinois. For the third
try at kite-flying he will choose a little
ballast from Indiana.
Although President Roosevelt Is to
be the highest paid of all magazine
contributors, his publishers expect to
make a little profit out of the bargain
themselves. They know a good thing
when they see it.
Pabllrlty that Blight".
Chicago News.
Omaha's cowboy mayor will not shoot
out the lights In the convention hall to
show how skillful he la.
Saving; BeneBte of Vlgrtlance.
Boston Transcript.
The estimated fire loss for the Fourth
was only a little more than 800,000. This
shows the benefit of extra vigilance.
IMeaaant Mldsammrr Heading:.
Cleveland Leader.
It is Peary's Intention to reach the pole
this time or drop out of the game. We
should hate to see him do this. He Is about
the best midsummer reading we know.
Cheering- a Tract Baater.
Baltimore American.
The New York attorney general has
started a movement to put the Ice trust
out of business In the state. A trust like
this in weather like this, with arbitrary
power to curtail production, kill competition
and raise prices, ought not to be tolerated
In any civilized community.
Mora Beared Thau IT or.
Bt. Louia Globe-Democrat.
Why not talk prosperity? It la atated
that for the first half of the present year
railroad dividends In the United States
amount to I27:.854,0U, against $273,593,507 for
the corresponding period last year. The in
dividuals who have been unduly acared
should begin to realise that they are not
erlously hurt.
Death of the Koad llogr.
Automobile Journal.
The death knell of the road hog haa been
sounded by the automobile association,
which haa appointed a special aubcommlt
tee to look after him. It may be difficult
at times for the committee of public safety
to bring Itself up to the striking point, but
we hope it will harden its heart against
compassion. There must be no milk-and-water
bualneaa about the work to which It
has turned its hands.
Froth front n lloosery,
Kansas City Star,
t'pon the heela of an Interesting atory
from Denver to the effect that the demo
cratic convention was really a temperance
meeting, comes the conflicting news that
the Kansaa delegation was congratulated
upon the prospect of carrying the state for
Bryan thia fall. The idea that the demo
crats have any aort of prospect for carrying
Kansas this fall agalast Taft certainly
could not have originated In a temperance
gathering.
Safegaardlng the Home.
Baltimore American.
Unfform divorce lawa are needed In this
country, and the movement for their con
aummatlon la one of those movements
which, It must be aaitl in commendation of
the people of the land, will not down. Uni
form divorce lawa will remedy much of
the evil which must be attributed to the
present often lax regulations governing any
desired release from the matrimonial bonds.
But In addition to uniform divorce laws,
uniform marriage laws should be enacted
also. It la Just as well to begin at the be
ginning when trying to eliminate any evil.
O.N' FROM I Kit OF tO0.lEST.
Air Kavlgatora on Threshold of Great
Achievements.
Wall Street Journal.
What would Caesar'a legion have
thought If 1,000 years ago, when they
camped on the shore of Lake Constance,
they had seen a spectacle like that of
Count Zeppelln'a airship hovering for half
a day over the frontlera of the Koman
empire?
Yet these navigators of the air are
frontiersmen of the moat daring type,
who are pushing out the boundaries of
achievement of machinery In Its mas
tery of nature. With the great leviathan
ahlps ploughing the ocean, lth tunneling
of the earth to overcome limitations of
distance, and with the perfection of me
chanical means by which man may gain
for himself firm footing and sure flight
through the atmosphere, la It any won
der that dreamers look forward to the
time when a trunk line of alrahtpa may
be established between this mundane
ul ant, t at ouxg and U moont
SFFtMOMI ROILED DOWJt.
Faith in Ood la best evidenced by fel
loashlp with men.
Too many meaaure their means by their
meanness.
Trouble that might break us (nay be
made to make tiff.
The hardest seats In the world srs those
on Easy street.
Nagging people are always praying for
peace In glory.
Social sympathy Is the solvent of many
theological barriers.
Worms of the dust make poor leaders
of men to the divine.
The world is not lifted to virtue by
picturing It as wholly vicious.
You cannot have harmony within your
self without conflict without.
No preacher ever caught men who wsa
fishing for compliments.
Formalities are the substitutes with
which the empty heart tries to make up
for faith.
Prayer Is measured by Its aspirations
rather than by the information it sends
to heaven. ChloHgo Tribune.
PKRJOIAl, A!n OTHER WI aR.
As a crop booster Old Sol Is the Peerless
One.
Despite Its bad spell, Loce Ank-le-ess Is
still on the map.
John Johnson of Minnesota Is only 47
and will keep until 1912.
After all It was really a shame for Den
ver to take the money when everything
was fixed st Fnlrvlew.
No organization, political or otherwise,
can pull off a successful campaign by
pulling apart at the start.
By one of those singular coincidences
which provoke a smile, Denver's Imported
snow banks turned Into slush when the
nominating speeches began.
If the hot air poured out ho prodigally at
national conventions could be canned and
preserved for eight months the Coal trust
would perish of heart failure.
Dave Francis of Missouri Is a fine sample
of the "show me" tribe. He la the father
of thirty-six feet of sons, six In number,
each rising six feet above his stockings.
There is no apparent connection between
the project to widen anil deepen Hell Ga'e
and the return of the cheerless Tammany-
Ites from Denver. The former Is a wat-r
route.
Denver hotels were dead sore because
the railroad yards were full of sleeping
cars used by delegates and visitors. Some
how the hotel men cling to the ldsa that
railroads do not need the money.
When the shouting snd the tumult dlod
out there sat New York and Oeorgla dele
gations vindicating and upholding the
graveyard motto: "Let us alone." They
foresaw the finish In November.
Graham Bell, of telephone fame, a kite
flyer of some repute, gives a glowing ad
vance notice of "twelve varieties of suc
cessful flying machines" which will soon
compete for the summer excursion business.
Prosperity and life Insurance are look
ing up.
Cleveland more than any other city is
aroused over the Fourth of July slaughter,
the folly of explosive patriotism being
brought home to the people by a prema
ture explosion of fireworks In a store, fol
lowed by panic, death and destruction of
property. It Is proposed to enact a state
law prohibiting the sale of explosives. But
the legislature will not meet for seven
months, and midsummer Indignation Is short
lived.
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
Savings of Working; People tho Back
bone of Enterprise.
Washington Post.
In 1896 there were 6,201,182 depositors
in the savings banks of the United States,
with the sum of $1.935,46.488 to their
credit. To that extent labor was then
a capitalist, though labor was taught that
It was wicked to have money.
In 1907 there were 8.688,811 depositors
In the savings banks of this country,
with credits to the stupendous amount of
$3,495,410,087. And thus labor pro
greased in the thrifty art of becoming a
capitalist.
These billions are only a part of the
capital accumulated by -labor. There are
life Insurance policies snd building snd
loan associations that have absorbed Im
mense sums. In addition to these there
are tens of thousands of laborers who
have bought homes and paid for them.
In view of these facts what a folly it
Is to hold that labor Is benefited by as
saults on capital. Those billion In the
savings banks, the accumulations of la
bor, are In the channels of industry and
of commerce. H Is possibly true that
Immense rums of the savings of labor
are loaned to Harriman, to Plerpont Mor
gan, to Tom Ryan and men of that Ilk,
who engage In vast enterprises that re
quire capital of colossal proportions.
An assault on capital threatens the
savings of every laboring man. Abolition
of the writ of Injunction would make It
Infinitely more difficult for the work
ing man to get a Job or to hold It 1
secured.
Then a plague on ail demagogues!
MISSED HIS OPPORTUNITY.
Bonn's Treatment of Parker and the
Cleveland Heaolatlone.
Sioux City Tribune (dem).
Opportunity came to Mr. Bryan in the
person of Judge Parker and In the form
of li s first resolutions expressing democ
racy's tribute to democracy's latest If not
last prealdent, to repair a gross wrong he
had committed, to recant a grlevoue error
he had made and to display a magnanimity
that la one attribute to real greatness. lie
let opportunity go by unused.
What waa Cleveland's greatest service
to his countrymen? Unquestionably, It was
preventing the debasement of our currency,
being rushed to the climax of disaster un
der 4 cowardly compromise with monetary
heresy. He stopped a movement which,
defying Immutable laws of commerce,
would have compelled commerce to carry
the handicap of a metallic money whoae
burden had become Intolerable and from
which It had atrlven to escape. He served'
hla party by preventing It front aban
doning its own historic ground of aound
and honest money. The panic which
greeted his advent to his second presi
dential term, caused by the monetary
policy he forced congress to repudiate,
would have subsided immediately nad his
party accepted his policy. It was the
doubt caused by the opposition In It that
prolonged the suspension of confidence
until 1897.
Time and events vindicated Cleveland.
Since 1900 the national conventions 6f
his party have admitted by their alienee
the rlghtfulnesa and aoundnesa of hli
action. Mr. Bryan himself virtually
conceded it while evasively attributing
resulting conditions to Increased output
of gold mines. Why, then, not admit
It? Mr. Francis pleaded for burial of the
past; how could the past be better1 buried
than by frank admission that It Is past f
The resolution finally adopted la spirit
less, perfunctory and trivial. It reads
like one of thoa stereotyped resolutions
which societies alwaya reiterate when a
member departa for the other shore. It
Is an affront to the memory of one of
the few great presidents democracy has
given the nation. It lays no soothing
balm on old sorea. Democracy will atlil
have las Cleveland. dsujKTl
THIRTY
VEHICLES
MUST GO THIS WEEK.
Watertown (New Tork) Carriage Co's Racine Sattley
Co.'s and other mnkes 15 to 50 per cent reduction to Close
them out.
This Is our opportunity to get goods at almost yon
own price, buggies, Runabouts and Carriages; Commercial
Wagons and the largest stock of harness In the city. Don't
delay. Sale closes this week.
Johnson -
Racine-Hattlry llulldlnR,
W. Cor. 10th and J one 8t.
0 LONGER A MISSION l,.lD.
Chance In Stains of Catholic Church
In lha United State.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The United Elates, by decree of the pope
taking effect shortly, Is no longer a mis
sionary Jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic
church. For purposes of ecclesiastical ad
ministration the United States, together
with Canada and Newfoundland. Great
Britain and Holland, Is removed from the
control of the congregation of the propa
ganda, or central board of missions. In
other words, the United Btates. In canon
law as well as in fact. Is recognised ss a
"Christian" country.
Doubtless there are some Protestants who
may ask by what right tho United States has
for the last 2C0 years at least, been re
garded as anything but a "Christian"
country. The distinction may be regarded
as one of the nice quillets of the canon
or church law. However, the same distinc
tion Is observed by those Protestant bodies
which maintain their "missions" In Latin
America and In various European coun
tries. Including Italy.
American Roman Catholics will natur
ally be pleased with the change, for two
sets of reasons. One of these Is sentimental.
It plesses to know that they are no
longer regarded as needing any special
guardianship by the highest authorities of
their church. The other Is practical. The
process of selection of bishops and sreh
bishops Is simplified. The names of the
candidates go directly to the pontiff with
out passing through the mission board.
And certain litigations will reach the court
of final appeal without delay in an Inter
mediate tribunal.
THE HOMESTEADER.
Isabel E. Mackay In Youth's Companion.
Wind-swept and firc-awept and swept with
bitter rain
This was the world I came to when I
came across the sea-Sun-drenched
and panting, a pregnant,
waiting plain
Calling out to humankind, calling out to
me!
Lafy lanes and gentle skies and little
fields all green
This was the world I came from when
I fared across tho sea
The mansion and the village and the
farmhouse In between.
Never any room for more, never room
for me!
I've fought the wind and braved It. I
cringe to It no more!
I've fought the creeping fire back and
cheered to see It die.
I've shut the bitter rain outside and safe
within my door
Laughed to think I feared a thing not
as strong as I!
I mind the long white road that ran be
tween the hedgerows neat.
In that little strange old world I left
behind me long ago.
I mind the air ao full of bells at evening,
far and sweet
All and all for some one else I had
leave to go!
And this Is what I came to when I came
across the ses,
Miles and miles of unused sky and miles
of unturned loam.
And miles of room for some one else and
miles of room for me
The cry of exile changing- to the sweeter
cry of "Home!"
The meanest man on earth ought
to carry enough life insurance to cover
his debts, even if he doesn't leave a
cent to his family.
THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
Strongest In the World.
Vaul Morton, President.
K. S. JTeely. Mauafsr.
Merchant's National Bank Building.
SIX PIANO BARGAINS
6 PIANOS. 6 DAYS
One for each iay this week or six
for one day.
MONDAY $650 mahogany (liickring & Sons p'.ano.
16 cash, $2 per week.
TUESDAY $300 walnut Hrtioeiilnwr iiiano
$10 cash, $1.60 per wwk.
WEDNESDAY $350 mahogany Hrliumaii piano
$10 CSBh, $1.60 per week.
THURSDAY $400 walnut Wing piano
$10 cash, $1 per week.
FRIDAY $275 French Walnut Iliiize piano
$10 cash, $1 per wek.
SATURDAY $450 mahogany Kty piuno
$10 rasli. $2 per week.
Stool and scarfe with euch piano.
Every one a positive bargain
Come Monday and get first choice. You can buy any
all. Ask to see the art styles Kranlch & Uach and Kimball
A. H0SPE CO. 1513 POUCUTSfREET'
Good Unto now to have piano tuned, 92.00 work guaranteed.
-v -huh lis a
Danforth Co.,
DOMKSTIC PI.RASANTR1ES.
Teas Yes. she said her husband mar
ried her for her beauty. What do you
think about that?
Jess Well, I think her husband must feel
like a widower now. Philadelphia Press.
The Doctor I can't vote for Taft. He t
running on a cut and dried platform.
The Professor And I can't vote for th
other man. He's going to run on a plat
form that has been pickled In Hty'n for tht
last six months. Chicago Tribune.
"My dear. I have something awful to tell
you. Thut Mr. Parker, with whom you are
carrying on such a mad nffalr, Is a married
man!"
"Nothing of the kind. Hla wife has rone
to the country for the summer." Cleveland
Leader.
"A monarchy," said the long-faced man.
"Is the best form of government for an
agricultural country."
"Why a monarchy?" asked his compan
ion. "Because the people understand the neces
sity of relgna for the country." Baltimort
American.
Jane's Mother Jane can't make up bet
mind which to marry. Mr. Byng or Mr.
Bang.
Jane's Father Tell her to pick Bang. H
seems to have the smaller appetite. Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Pearl Yes our college has a femsle base
ball team.
Rtihv Did yoi have any good catchers?
Pearl I should say so. Five of them
caught husbands the first seaaon and broka
up the team. Chicago News.
"Now what shall we name the baby?" In
quired the professor's wife.
"Why, this species has been named." an
swered the professor. In astonishment.
"This Is a primate mammal, homo sapiens?''
St. Louis Republic.
"Flow far have you proceeded In your dis
cussion of domestic problems?" asked the
reporter of the president of the woman's
chih.
"I think." she replied, "we have shout
gone through the trousers' pocket matter."
PliKjuVlphla Press.
After more than a year In prison the Ban
Francisco grafter was released on 11,560,000
ball.
"What a beautiful city!" he exclaimed as
he emerged from the prison door. Then h
grew pensive.
"And to think that I didn't steal It all
when 1 had a chance," he murmured.
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Mr. Flirty, whom vnu admire so much.
Is a college trtan. He la a Bachelor of
Arts."
"I should av he was. Can flirt with
six girls and have 'em all on the string
at the same time." Baltimore American.
YOUR CHILD'S
EYESIGHT
lliiw sad It Is to see a ohlld wit
cron-eye or enulnt. Nea'1y every
rase or cross-eye Is the direct re
mjii of u. tei tive eyeHlght and can
be relieved by proper lenses. Let
uh talk to you about It.
ONTREV
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