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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 19. 1903. Tiie Omaha Sunday Bee, FOUNDED BY EDWARD RUSEWATEH. VICTOR RdPBWATER, LDITOR. Entere.1 at Omaha postofflce as secotid rla.is mutter TKiuiH of subscription: Dally -e (without Sunday), one year 14.00 Daily Uee and Sunday, one year 00 DELIVERED H Y CARRIER. Dall Bee (Including Snii.l.tv I, per w-eek..lc lml. y lli-e (Without Sunday), pel "K. .I 'c Evening Bee ( w n huu t ? uieday . I" r w'k i : Lenng Bee (with Sunday), per week. 10c Monday lli'f, one year i 69 batunliiy lira, one year 1 60 Adelie-.ss all a oniplu I ritfi of Irregularities in delivery to City Circulation Department, OFFICES. Oinahii Tha B'-e Building. South Unialia City Hall Building. Cuumll Bluffs IS 8e ott Street. Chicago ifelS Marquette Building. Ni-w York Rooms 1 101-110. No. 34 N. Weil Thirty-third street. Wa.hlngton 2ro Fourteenth fitreet, U' CORRESPONDENCE Communications relating to news and editorial matter should he addressed: Diuaha Bee, Editorial liepartment. REM ITTANCES. Remit hv draft, express fir postal ord.-r payable to The Hee Puhll-hlng Cninpiny. (.Inly 2-cent stamps rprelved In payment of mall Recount. Personal check, except on Omaha or eaHtern exchanges, not ac cepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION: Stste of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss.: Oeorge H. TimcIiuc k, Ir. usure r of The Bee puMI'hlns eompany, being duly worn, says that the actual numbe r eef full and rompht" copies of The Dul.y, Morning. Evening and S'i day llee prinui during the niontli of June, 1D08. was as follows: 1 35,1)30 9 35,70 3 36,090 33,800 8 33,760 36080 7 ?5,S00 B 33,950 33,910 10 35,970 11 36,330 13 30,020 13 83,890 14 36.000 19 36,0(30 13 38,490 16 38,430 IT 33,980 18 39.110 19 31,460 80 35,890 81 35,750 33 36,480 83 36,099 84 38,340 85 30,600 86 36,070 88 39,830 89 36,500 30 36,330 Totals 1,089,090 Less unsold and returned copies.. 9,677 Net total 1,079,313 Dalley average 35,977 GEORGK B. TZSCIirCK. Treasurer. peiloscrlheei In mv nree.ere,-n unit ui,r..-n my pr 1st da before me this 1st day of .Tub-, inns. M. iv walker. Notary Public. WIl K OUT OF TOWN. Knhsrribcrra leavlnir the cltjr tem porarily abnnlil have The lire mailed to tliei.e. Address will be rhnngred ns often as reqnested. Society high-flyers nre naturally in terested in the balloon experiments. Dr. Osier has passed hlb 60th birth day without asking anyone to pasa the chloroform. The Cleveland Leader has an edi torial on "Tammany Conscience." Nothing to it. The Bryanite organs have suddenly revised their former good opinions of William Randolph Hearst. The man who insists tat the sun is cooling off ran get a membership in the Ananias club by a unanimous vote. There is never a dissenting vote in the Hearst party conventions. Mr. Hearst never quarrels with himself. Then, too, a little later on, the voters will show that they know the differ ence between enthusiasm and excite ment. Mrs. Elinor Glyn is going to lecture on "Why I Am Misunderstood." It is unnecessary. She is not misunder stood. While Mr. Bryan may believe in the public ownership of railways, he In sists upon private ownership of the democratic party. When Mr. PeeUe tried to get the prohibitionist rational convention to endorse Mr. Bryan, the delegates promptly a-boohed him. King Edward is diplomatic at least. He declares that the most beautiful English woman he ever saw Is an Irish woman named Pole-Carew. Mr. Hearst should accept the nomi nation of his party. The voters could pick from William Howard, William Jennings and William Randolph. Wu Ting-fang sa8 he expects to live to be 200 years old. Evidently he hopes to be present at the long deferred "awakening of China." It will dawn upon Mr. Kern a little later that the voters, and not Mr. Bryan, pick the man who may live in the White House without paying rent. "William," said a Kansaa farmer to his son, "vote for Taft this time you can vote for Bryan any time." Mr. Bryan has not promised not to run again. "I wear these whisker," said Mr. Kern, "chiefly because they belong to me." No one has accused Mr. Kern of wanting to wear anybody else's whiskers. Now we know why Lincoln was flooded by the elements last month. Llucoln has been selected as the place for opening the prohibition national campaign. Mr. Harrlman has engaged the fa mous oarsman, Ten Eyck, to teach his sons to row. It is surprising that Mr Harrlman should find it necessary to employ an outsrder to teach his sons anything about water. The reason why the Brownsville af fair was not mentioned In the Denver platform Is Belf-ev'.dent. Jn the first place, all the democratic senators sided wllh the president and. In the second place, Mr. Bryan has to have the votes ol Uio wblttf people down south. UKL11TL1SO TUB OFFICE, Deflnlng hla conception of the dency for the current Collier's, Mr. Bryan begins by asserting that "the president's power for good or for harm! la often over-estimated " Explaining that our government Is a government of checks and balances, he undertakes to show how powerless the president is over legislation, etcept as a majority of the house and senate concur with hlni. "Even In the enforcement of law," he continues, "he Is hedged about by restrictions, these restric tions being the necessity of'prosecutlng offenders In the courts, and of secur ing senate confirmation for his ap pointment of officils through whom he must act." The whole tenor of Mr. Bryan's con ception of the presidency Is that the riff lee is by no means so exalted rs we have been led to believe and that it ran be filled, by a man of mediocre ability without endangering the repub lic. This is the first time, we believe, that any man has sought the office of president on the plea that if elected he can do no serious harm. It is the first time, so far as we know, that any can didate for the presidency has dwelt on the binding qualities of his platform promises and at the same time empha sized how impossible it is for him to carry them out. Everyone familiar with American history, however, knows that the power of the presidential office can scarcely lie over-estimated. The last democratic president before the war of the rebel lion unquestionably did more to paralyze the government and make it unprepared for war than all the seces sion leaders put together. The inca pacity of President Buchanan cost the nation thousands of lives and millions of dollars. When Andrew Jackson, al though elected as a republican, tried to turn over to the democrats, he gave us another example of the Incalculable harm that can be inflicted by misuse of presidential power. Fortunately, we have had few democratic presidents and few Instances where the presiden tial office has not been administered intelligently for the country's good, but the power and responsibility belonging to the president have constantly in creased and expanded with the growth of the nation and are, today, greater than ever before since the time of Washington. The president's power for good corresponds with his power for harm and is practically limitless. The big gest man the country possesses Is none too big for its biggest office. . OHATifiiya. The Bee Is in receipt of a letter from a well-known specialist, practicing in this city, suggesting that our people might be interested to know that Omaha has really had a safer celebra tion of the Fourth of July this year than heretofore, in spite of the fact that the country In general shows a continued bad record. Quoting from this letter: The records in the office of our eye and ear men show nine Injuries, three being serious. Last year twenty-eight, of which nine were serious. By "serious" I mean material loss of sight or hearing.. It Is my impressloni that the credit for this Improvement la to be divided, part to the awakened conscience of our dealers and part to the efforts of the police to enforce respect of our laws. With this much gained, perhaps It is not too much to hope that we will eventually do away with explosives entirely, limiting displays to the more beautiful and less dangerous of flreworka. It U certainly gratifying to know that Omaha has made progress In the safe and sane direction. What has been done can be improved upon and the shortened casmlity list for Omaha this year should be shortened still further next year. HF (VSPaPF. K CAMPAIO.V tOCRTF.ST. Our friends, the democratic enemy. are already congratulating themselves that their third-time candidate for president Is not quite in such a bad way for newspaper support this year as he was in 1896 and in 1900. Tak ing comfort over this thought, our amiable local contemporary, the World- Herald, insists that the number of im portant newspapers that will give Mr. Bryan positive support in the pending campaign will be more numerous something, of course, which is not re markable In view of the fact that he had practically no newspaper support before and also that the newspapers opposing Mr. Bryan are showing a disposition to accord him "eminently fair and honorable treatment." The inference, of coursa, is that Mr. Bryan in previous campaigns was subjected to unfair treatment by opposing news papers under the standard of fairness that should obtain in a hotly-contested political fight. It Is to this last inference that re monstrance is herewith entered. Of all the men in public life, who have been pre-eminently made by newspaper pub licity, Mr. Bryan is the one shining light. He has had more free advertis ing In the lant twelve years man any other one man and he has been more considerately treated by far by oppos lng republican newspapers than have our distinguished republican leaders in and out of office by the hide-bound partisan Bryanite papers. Particu larly In their news columns have the newspapers politically antagonistic to Mr. Bryan given him the advantage of a public forum, tnjoyed by no other man, and Mr. Bryan himself la on record In grateful acknowledgment even for his first campaign of 1896. when parttsan rancor ran highest. Mr. Bryan has testified that the news re ports of the two great press associa tions In that campaign were "fair and impartial and quite complete," and further that the special correspondents assigned at different times to handle the news of hia campaign were "an honorable body of men and a credit to the high profession to which they be- presl-'longed." We wish only to remind our demo cratic friends that It Is a poor rule that does not work both ways and that Mr. Tsft may consider himself more fortu nate than any of his predecessors on the republican ticket If he is treated with as much fairness and as much decency by the democratic press as has been and will be accorded to Mr. Bryan by the republican press vacation run thf, houses. I'ostofflce officials opened a real complex problem '.vheu they decided a few days ago that fvery horse owned and used by this bnnch of the public service in Washington Ehould have a thirty days' annual vacation, to be passed in a flue pasture five miles from the nation.nl capital. The of ficials took the position that the horses were among the most faithful servitors of the government and were entitled to their annual leives, the same as other clerks and employes. Humani tarians and societies that make it their business to look -lfter the protection and comfort of animals applauded and the department officials oegan to feel rather proud of themselves until faced by a charge of discrimination. The rural dellv.-ry carriers of the country, some 30,000 In number, have come forward with the plea that their horses ore entitled, by the department ruling, to the same consideration that the city beasts of burden are to re ceive. Compliance with the claims of the rural carriers would entail a con siderable expense Liid the department officials have been compelled to modify their order, for the present, holding that the rural carrier's horse, that Is driven over the country roads, with the scent of green fields and lush meadows in its nostrils and the chance of a nibble of gre-m Stuff at the close of the day's work will have to get along without his annual vacation un til tha postal revenues find themselves on more chummy terms with the dis bursements. The action of th? postotfice author ities should, however, accomplish good In calling attention to the need of oc casional rest for the horse, In or out of the government service. The horse j that works in the city should have a vacation Just as woll as the man who works in the city. The horse usually works harder than any man, Is ex posed to more diverse weather, has harder taskmasters and receives less consideration. It was born to the open air, the gren pasture and the running water. Its feet were not de signed to be curbed with Iron and beaten on stone pavements. Its sleek coat was not formed by nature for the galling collar and the rough traces. It has been broken to work, but rest from It furnishes as much re lief and recuperatlm of strength and vigor to the horse as It does to work broken man. The horse should do better work after a restful vacation just as a man will. PASS1XG OF THF. BLOSVE. A writer in the Contemporary Re view presents a cause for alarm com pared with which the utterances of recent political platforms are flat, stale and Insipid. This writer predicts that the blonde type of humanity is sched u'ed for early extinction and that the brunettes will soon Inherit the earth and the fulnesB thereof. He has been making investigations and inquiries and has received an overwhelming ma jority of evidence In favor of his asser tion that "Everywhere the conclusion is the same a dark type supersedes the fair." This might be set down as the product of a magazine writer's imagi nation were it not that Prof. Mason of the Smithsonian institution at Wash ington, that repository of about every thing old under the sun, ventures the prediction that in six centuries the blonde type will have vanished unless something is done to preserve it. Of course, It will help some to have the blonde with us for six centuries, but the magazine writer holds no such en couragement. He insists tnai me blonde is disappearing rapidly as it were before our very eyes. History falls to record how, when and where the blonde complexion orig inated. Some scientists have claimed that the blondes originated in the Arc tic circles where centuries of exposure bleached them. Others contend that the blonde complexion was the product of scarce and unnutritlous food, while others insist that they are perfectly natural products of inolBt climates and that.the light tint is due to the super abundance of water in the blood. These theories really cut no figure, compared with the horror of the thought that the blonde Is passing. Back in the times of myth and before historical accuracy began "to be felt in the world, the blonde type was exalted above the -commonplace. The heroes of Greek mythology were, almost with out exception, described as "fair as the morning and with the pink and gold of awakening day," and the highest conception of the painters of the old and new gods was to limn them with blue eyes and fair hair, the blue of the sky and the pink and gold of the day break. History shows, too, tbet the blondes of the early days were of the aggres sive type. They were the leaders in war and the advinced reformers in civil life. It Is even Intimated that the blondes are burning themselves out be cause they assume the burdens of war and leave the brunettes to stay at home and thrive. Be all this as it may. the investigations show that the blondes are passing, both in the country and in the urban centers, and being re placed by the darker-hued and darker haired people In all parts of the world. No on has undertaken to. show whether the vanishing of the blonde spells a gain or a loss to the race In vital energy, but s 11 are ready to admit that it means a distinct loss on the esthetic side of the ledger. It is going to be a dreary old world. In a way. If the flaxen-haired young girls and the fluffy-haired girls of larger years are to disappear. The very thought almost reconciles one to peroxide JWR. KKRXSVni.irlCAL STRF.SGTH Democrats who have been inquiring into the political history of Indiana sre not nearly so enthusiastic over the nomination of John Worth Kern for vice president as they were when his nomination was announced. The se lection of an Indiana man Is meant, as a rule, to indicate a desire to make less doubtful a dubious result, but the record falls to show that Mr. Kern, In his several attempts to secure office at the hands of his fellow Hoosiers, has developed any particularly strong vote-getting abilities. Not having been closely identified with either fac tion of the democratic party in the state, to that extent he has both strength and weakness, but no more than any other colorless candidate who might have been named from Indiana. Mr. Kern appears to be a respectable American citizen whose qualities as a statesman have not made him con epiciouB even in his own state and have not made him known outside. He supported Bryan In 189G, con fessedly from a desire to be "regular," although he was openly opposed to the Bryan platform. In 1900 he was nom inated for governor, avowedly to win back the gold democrats to the democ racy. He ran 3,216 votes behind Bryan and only 401 votes ahead of the other democratic candidates for the state ticket, being defeated by 25,000. In 1904 he was again nominated for governor and he and Bryan stumped the state for Parker. He was defeated by 84,374 plurality, while Parker was defeated by 93,944. The other can didates on the democratic ticket polled about as many votes as Kern, show ing that their higher vote was due not to the popularity of Mr. Kern so much as to the unpopularity of Judge Parker. Compared with Mr. Sherman, Mr. Kern has had no congressional experi- ence and no association wim mc greater public affairs of the nation, while Mr. Sherman is equipped with wide knowledge of administration af fairs, in which he has been an active participant for twenty years. Mr. Sherman has been returned year after year to congress by increasing majori ties, while Mr. Kern has reaped only cumulative pluralities in his defeats. AS OPKRA-DOVFFt BKVOLVT fON. While George Ade was laboring un der the responsibilities Imposed upon him as a delegate from Indiana to the convention at Chicago and 'Augustus Thomas was rehearsing his speech, seconding the nomination of Bryan at Denver, the near-republic of Paraguay, South America, ' was pulling " off an opera-bouffe revolution that would have been worth dollars to either of these eminent playwrights If given proper attention. All the conditions, climaxes and scenic effects are ready at hand and the situation needs only the gifted pen of the playmaker to pre pare it for presentation on the boards. The revolutionists have been gain ing decisive victories In Paraguay and have forced the retirement of General Benigno Ferrlera, the president of the country and have named a new minis try, which has been recognized by most of the independent states of the country. Paraguay is of a portion of South America that achieved its in dependence from Spain In 1811 and has been electing Its rulers by revolu tlon ever since. When the Ins become Insolent and the outs outrageous, the stage is set for a revolution and the winner is connected with the treasury Paraguay 1b about ns large as New York and Pennsylvania combined with a population of about 400,000, spread thinly over the southern third of that area, with n. bare sprinkling of Spanish whites and half-breeds who control the government and take turn about fighting for it. It is an agrlcul tural country, devoted chiefly to the production of cattle, tobacco and tlm ber. Its entire export trade Is about as big as that of an Omaha Jobbing house of the larger grade and Its Im ports hardly worth counting. The striking feature of Paraguay, however, is that it is almost a manless nation. After the long war with Brazil and Argentina, about a quarter of a century ago, Paraguay appeared in the census reports with nine women to one man. and the latest reports show that there are still four women to every male member of the popula tion. An American consul in a recent report states that "the Paraguay men. who, on account of their scarcity, are at a premium, sit idly by. smoking cigarettes and drinWing the whisky of the country, while the women do all the work." Apparently the men have no recreation except the seml-occa-slonal revolution. The current news simply serves to call attention t6 opera-bouffe conditions such as exist in no other country. In his speech at Denver, seconding the nomination of Mr. Bryan, 'Gus Thomas, the playwright .declared that Missouri was the first state to put its house in order after the reform wave Btsrted throughout the country. He neglected to explain that Missouri put its house In order by electing a repub lican legislature, a republican United States senator and an entire list of republican state officials, with the single exception of governor. Speculation is not very strenuous over the probable Identity of the dem ocratic national chairman, wbo Is to be named during the coming week. Every one knows that no matter who la na tional chairman, Mr. Bryan will be his own campaign boss this year as he was In 1S96 and again In 1900. Stuj vesant Fish says It is harder to exist on $1,000 a week. after having been accustomed to spend $4,000 a week than it Is to drop from $15 to $10. Most folks will have to take Mr. Fish's word for the suffering entailed by a reduction In the first-mentioned instance. The appraisement of estates offered for probate shows how the pioneers made money out of Omaha real estate. The prediction will come true, how ever, that more money will be mado out of Omaha real estate In the next generation than was made during the last. "John Hays Hammond gets a salary of $500,000 a year; Herbert Spencer got $340 a year," Bays the Detroit News. Yes, but Spencer never wanted to run for vice president. Mayor "Jim" anaounces that he will not enter the campaign In New York until later in the season. T. Fortune Ryan will not be home from Europe until later In the season. If Mr. Bryan should want to put In more than $10,000, we presume It would be legitimate for him to label the forbidden excesses as coming from Commoner subscribers. "Ow,r government is a government of checks and balances," says Mr, Bryan. The last time the democrats were in power It was a government of checks and bond Issues. An Oklahoma paper asserts that the air of that state is a tonic for nerves. Perhaps, but the Oklahoman who needs a nerve tonic has not been dis covered. The California apricot crop Is esti mated at 120,000 tons, but even that makes it a trailer of the meek and humble prune. 1.1 m It for the Predatory. Chicago Record-Herald. 1r. Rrvan dm a not want antibody to con tribute more than $10,0u0 to his campaign fund, calamity nowiers win wonuer wuy he llnds It necessary to make such an an nouncement. l.eaila the World. Philadelphia Press. There are 100,000,OCO acres of American corn. That Is enough to make a belt one mile wide arid 157,000 miles long, or over six times around the earth. As a farmer Uncle Sam leads the world. For Piibllcltr'a Hake. Kansaa City Star. The democratic national committee bjv nounces It will accept no campaign con tributions for more than tlO.OuO. So If you desire to bestow $30,000 upon the Bryan cause you must give half of It in your wifa'a name. . Unlit That War. Philadelphia Ledger. The Lumber trust, lately organized at Bt. Louis, Is declared to have among Ita pur poses the preservation of the forests. Just as much as the Meat trust Is devoted to promoting tro longevity of the steer. Oslerlsm Discredited. Brooklyn Eagle. Dr. William Osier, Oxonian, has pa'ed his sixtieth birthday In full possession it his remarkable faculties and ao fulfills the traditions of his high calling, disagreeing with the Dr. Oslor whose shoes he onca lllUd and through whose hat he once Select Left Overs. Pittsburg Dispatch. In these days of associations of all sorts and conditions of men it la about time to have one ass6ciation of men who been under the steam roller and another of those who have been mentioned for vice presldtn tial nominations. Fltfhtlnw Economic Uni, Philadelphia Record. It Is no accident or chance that building materials are a Utile cheaper and building operations are Increas.ng. The cheapening of materials Is chiefly In brick, lumber and stone. But structural steel has been slightly reduced, and the demand for It has In creased slightly. A more substantial reduc tion would probably have caused a mora substantial Increase In the Uemaud. The theory of the Hteel corporation and of a professor in the field of economics that price does not effect consumption is one of the most remarkable that has been put into circulation. THE KEUN XOMI.VATIOM, Rivals Head of Ticket In Number of Defeats. Cleveland Pluin Dealer (Ind. dem.) John V. Ktin, twice defeated for gover nor of Indiana, Is picket fur running mate for Mr. Bryan, twice deluatcd for presi dent. It Is thus a ticket of the twice de feated that the Denver convention gives the country. In spile of the apparent weakneas of an appeal based on two candi dates thus distinguished, It Is possible that the convention did the best It could. Demo cratic hope of success restB In no Bmall measure on the carrying of New York, Ohio and Indiana. The party in this slate, through its sorry split over the question of control, took Itself out of the reckoning. Had New York been ablu to present a aat isfactoiy candidate for vice president Mr. Bryan was ready to accept him, but demo cratic afalrs in that state are In suc h con dition that It wan Impossible to cl a man to unite all, factions, 'i'ue man of aulficlent ability ai.d prominence could not be found who was neither tainted wlta Hc-arstlfcm, handicapped by the support of l'arker nor compromised by Tammany's fight on Mc Carren. Of the three Important states to be considered this left Indiana alone, and probably Mr. Kern was the bekt available man from this narrowed field. Governor Johnson, Ju.Ue Gray or ex Governor Douglas would, of course, made a vtuitty stronger man for tall of the Den ver ticket. It Mas Impossible to convince either of t lie first two to accept and It would have been a waste of ammunition to give the nomination to Massachusetts, for the democrats of that state promise tjotlung for the ticket. For the opopslte reason, that the democrats will have the South anyway, the convention did not con sider It worth while to give the vice-presidency to that section. Had Missouri been wiling to unite on Governor Folk he might have been the convention choice, arxl It would have been a popular one In the party. Perhaps, after all, John W. Kern was the best, tbe Diiv; convbotkm could 4a. Don i Make the Mistake of Buy ing Your Child a Poor Piano The other day a gentleman came Into our store to buy a piano for his little girl. "Give me a cheap piano" he said. "It's Just for my little girl to practice on. When she develops I'll get her a good piano." Fatal error too commonly be lieved. To give a young, sensi tive child open to every Impression a cheap piano of uncertain action and poor tone is to kill both ear and touch. The same line of rea soning would lead a man to give his children poor food and send them to poor schools. We have the finest line of pianos in the 1'iiltotl State. Kadi one Is marked not only at one price, hut in Ihe best for Hint price. We are factory distributers for the Krnnlrli & limb, Krakauor, Kimball, llallet & lavl. Bush I,nno, Cable Nelson, Wcwer Urn., .Melville ( lark, Ittir Um (onwny, Kensington, Cramer, etc. The Hnspo plan saves vou money. If you can't call write for particulars. A. Hospo Co., 1513 Douglas Street Branch Houhcs: Lincoln, Ken nicy, York, Nob.; Council Bluffs, In. SERMONS HOI I.ED DOWN. The desired haven la not reached by sail ing lefore the wind. Many are willing to be soundly pious ao long aat piety la all sound. Bud times often come ns a result of too much living for good tlmra only. Cynicism Is the atrophy that comes from refusing to real lie our own Ideals. No man has said Amen to hla prayers until he gote busy answerlna- them. lie who never said a harsh word of any one failed In his duty to every one. The problems of any day are the Indica tions of the keenness of Its conscience. The needy can better afford to miss your gifts than you can afford to miss the giv ing. It la hard to see In what way an imputed rlchtc ousness la better than a borrowed reputation. If the man who boasts of always saying what he thinks were honest he would; say mhthty little. There's a lot of difference between serv ing one of these little ones and kowtowing to one of our great ones. No man Is of much uso in this world un til he has found something more attractive than his personal happiness. He who only prays "Give us our daily bread with some butter, , too," does not pray at all and he dies of hunger. It Is a good deal easier to shut out the sights of the world's needy than It Is to evade your answerability for them. Borne think they must be in the beaten way to heaven bora use they seem to be ao successful In heating their way there. It makes a lot of difference whether you think of religion as a system of medlolne or as the simple life of full moral health. Chicago Tribune. SECVLAIl SHOT AT THE rtXPIT Baltimore American: A New Jersey pastor has devised the plan of passing cigars around to the men of the congrega tion so that they can smoke during- service. For the sake of religion it Is to be hoped mat tno pastor Is a good Judge of cigars. Washington Post: "Wear the smile that won't come off. Laugh and be happy. There la health giving tonic In the laughter that comes from a happy heart. Disease and death abide In solemnity and morbid ity," said a Washington pastor who is promulgating a "happiness religion." Thera may be a difference of opinion as to whether such sentlmenta' are theological, but everyone will agree that they are mighty good advice. Brooklyn Eagle: The American Unitarian association has placed advertising contracts with thirty-two dally papers and twenty one weeklies and will pay for the publics. tlon of pertinent paragraphs making clear tho Unitarian view. This Is practical mis sionary work. The churches will be crowd ed as soon as they master the art of news paper advertising, because what they have to offer Is something every man feels tha need of at times. Repetition, In the right way, wiy lead all the stray sheep Into the fold. New York Press: Bishop Potter, It will be recalled, preached at Holy Trinity church. Brooklyn, during Int, this year, on "The Healing Touch." A man with the abundant faith attested throughout that beautiful sermon, Is, Indeed, p! rt about with the armor of truth, and his recovery Is not so much a coincidence, or a consequence following medication and njrslng, us It is an effect flowing from his serene and holy life. Fortunately for the distinguished patient, he did not have to read tho dis couraging bulletins issued by tho doctors. Kansas City Times: The Michigan pastor who is to be "tried" by a commission nn a charge -of horse trading may become a man of Importance at least a man of dis tinction. It seems that Pastor Khle pre sides over the' congregations of New Bill' falo, Derby, Galien. Three Oaks and Ld Re side, a considerable "circuit," and one re quiring a good horse or some other reliable "conveyance." Now, If a preacher, de pendent on some means of transportation In the performance of the arduous duty of attending five flocks has a chance to make! a good horse trade), tha 11 he be culled to account for Improving it? The ironical thing about this matter is that if the preacher had been the victim inHtem of the victor, his congregations probably would have felt sorry for him. but might have been slow to comic-inn the trade itkeli'. It is all right for memucva of the church to be "shrewd," but a pastor must show no capacity fur getiiug iihend in material things, except on "donation" d.ivs. PERSONAL AMI OTHERWISE. Ju'y days'throw humanity In the tdvula. t op out persp rut on is a Sinn of a l-ooft -r corn crop. Nebraska's roru-ucc.pla grows more cor pulent w Hi every round uf the glaring sun. Calculations of Ir.tlmate friend pace (lie vuluu of the (Inner C'levelunil eilau; a from 3 0.000 to ICjO.OOO. Chicago's arid belt Is InUatei ly 7.1'i't saloons. In two years high license put 1)17 kulouna out of business there. The j res, nc o of the sheath hkirt on th. parade at Anbury. 1'ark, N. J., and lis failure to ir.ale a d sturhance is stronger pr.of than an excursion tt'ket that tin: ureal moral ei.sor of that re sort Is away off on a vacation. President-elect ol aldia of 1'ana.ma is be II Vert to be a Montana man who dl-guistcs Ills identity by giving a alight i an sh twist to the family mountain name, or bid)', Then, again, I f may Le a shining victim of balr renovate r. If the city of ( 'leve and htle ks fe,r a year to a lot al law Just panned It wlil l ave th sanest Fourth In the land next y.ar. No flrtW'rks or no:se-mker will le al ow.-el. The ten live s j. lificel there- two w e k ago have not been whol.y In vain. The tenth biennial confess on of how the Fenders shuffled eff Is promptly d s credited by the sheriff w ho particle, at. d In the chase of the famous kllh-rs. The Bender mystery Is a Kansas institution, and Kansans resent every attempt to turn on tha light Not a bit moro absurd when you think of It- You need not buy tho most x pensive piano, but you must buy a piano good in tone and of re sponsive action If you are looking towards the best Interests of your child." As the twig is bent so will the tree Incline. " Faults of touch contracted through pounding a poor piano remain to handicap all futuro efforts. For tho child even more than tho grown up is a good piano necessary to develop talent. CAtTIOVAIIV S10.l. Helps on (he Hlnhnax to lliaheit Levels. Wall tstroe t Journal. Never mix jour Hie with business. It te net good fe.rm, outside of cannibal socleHy. vi an irnuus nobt,ly i, cheating himsolf qulto so nefariously as tho ono who neve wearies In doing tho other fellow well. Above all things bo loyal to the endurln human relationship. Otherwise the honoatjl thnt is In you may bo transformed Into m living lie. It Is ever so much easier to pick flaw) by the hour In the other fellow's make-up than It Is to sit for five minutes In colcl hard judgment upon yourself. Don't 1 nettled if other people call on you to help them out of trouhlo. Tr i. . compliment to you for even a lost dog H assume mat you nave sympathies. It Is a good plan to sharpen tho edgi of one's honor on the artndstnnn nf tn,nt every morning so that our actions ancj inougnts may nave a- Clear-cutting edge whenever it Is necessary to draw th llmj of demarkatlon between the light and thd wrong. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES, "I unlerstand our friend, Malnchans, fll working on a scheme to remove wee-da" "I didn't know hu had any Interest la gardening." "lie hasn't; he's merely laying his plant to capture old Uutrox's young widow,'- Philadelphia, Press. Mrs. Caller Are your new neighbor refined T Mrs. Nextdoor I should nay so. The never borrow anything but our sliver anj cut glass. Chicago Newa. Sho You know, they any man -win alwayt be superior to women because of hla DOckJ cts. He Oh, Women will mon go through thafr argument Baltimore American. Mabel How do you like my new garner grandmamma? Grandmamma I don't. In my day glrla wore one button gloves and gnwna buUoneJ up to the neck. Now they wear one buttoj gowns and gloves buttoned up to the necld Judge. "Surely," began tha young politician, wli-a. waa abojt to propose, "you must realise what my frequent visits here muBt mean. "Why, no," replied the bright girl, "Blnce you are a politician. I naturally cxmc1ude that your viHlts were 'without elgnifVf cance.' " Philadelphia Presa. "Kings reign, don't they,' pa?" "Yes, son." . "Is that why the papers Bay ths peesriT receive them with thundering appelauaeiV'- Baltimore American. Oyer Isn't It queer thnt the bumpi of benevolence Is located exactly at the toj of a man's head? Myer What's queer about It? Oyer Why, It's as far from the pockcU book as possible. Chicago Hewa. Mrs. Hnrdapple Orscious. Hiram. I hope the jK'oplo around here won't send Zeka la the leglHlature any more. Mr. Hirdapple Why not, Mandy? Mrs. Hardapple Why, he writes homej that ho killed three hills in two days. Sup poso it should leak out? Houston Post. NIGHT IX IltrilEI.Oirg HALL. T. A. Dally. They've gone away! It ae-ems a year. Aye! weeks of years, since they were here And yet it was but yesterday 1 kissed them when they wont away, Away from all the scorching heat That grips this hrlek-walled city street. And It was 1 who bade them go. Though she, dear heart, protested so, And vowed I'd find no Joy at all Nor any peace, in Hachelor's Hall. 1 laughed at that, but she was right; 1 never knew a siideler 'night Than th's, while thus I tie-ail. nlono. Tin-so silent hulls I call my own. I never thou- t this place could changa So utterly aji-e Se-em so strange. 'I he night 'h hot,. and yet a chill Pervades (lie house; It Is hi still. 1 mist ihe living atmosphere Tloit comfort's me wl n.i ilmv are here; I miss the sigh, long-drawn nnd deep, The in iihIi - it refrcshinpr sleep. That undulate s the genfe br.etist of weary nn Hi rhood at rest. And in the ntiaccustomi d i:loorn That vhn uU the small aoion n lontn I lulus ;he nn ans, tie muffled screams, Ol hllelli tod troubled in Us dreams. .Ami Ir this all? Nsy. m ere I mli-s T!ie- r-lrong, heart-lhrillrii: Jnv, the hllsS e l warding, with protecting arm. I etwe e n these i iecious hearts und harm. O! sinir voiir s"n-. all ve who roam. Veeur wis fill soi g of "Home, Hw, et lloms,' Hut. I li . nn ii iinti.i i,y in vour lot. Vou w'll not find a sneleh-r spo( In all Ihe world than lleerne. when they Who make it lh tne h.iv, g im away. Excelsior Springs, (Mo.) ininsra! Watsr Wo nre receiving frequent carload shipments of Kxcelslor Springs Wate in .".-gallon sen It d Jugs, and quote you as follows .V;iull..ii jug .f Crystal Lithium Watepr, go 0Q ,1-Kullon JuK Salt Sulpher Water, f"i,1.,g."r"1 tr ''y v.''r5'';! Literature, showing analysis, upon re quest, 'i he quVility of theho waters ! as high In their respective luss us may" be found In the market, and the prlc is about one-half. Slwman & KcGonn'ell Drug Co. Cor. I tit Ii uikI limine K(k. IMm.uch IU.ii. Oj; ,. n10. OWL DRUG GO. Corner 19th and Harnsy. I'huiie-, Ue.iiK. IIM; l,j. 419. Here in Cmaha in Our Own Shsp We- rtrln j our own Invisible hifncjA h-tixe The-i-,- in no ceinent to flake! en up.y Im.- i 1. 1 1 1 - the vIhP.ii. Oii M -.-t ph. .. of g u. 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