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TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBEIi 12, 1909. B The Omaiia Sunday Bm KOCNDED BT EDWARD ROBE WAT IT. R. VICTOR RO.-!.'. ATf-R. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha . poalof flee ei aecond clana matter TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Baa (without Sunday, on year..$i Dally Bee and Sunday, one year 1 DELIVrRbl) BY f "A liRI KR. Dally Bh (Including Sunday), per '"J; Dally Bee I without Sunday I. per week ..loo Evening bra (without Sunday), per wee c Kvening Hp (with Sunday), per wek...ic fiurdny Hee. one year ' i JZ Saturday Bee, one year i Address all complaints of Irregularltlea In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Rulldlng. flouth Omaha Twentv-fourth and N. Council Hluffs 15 Scott Strtet. Lincoln lft Little Bulldlnr. Chicago IMS Marquette Building. New York-Rooms U01-ll No. $4 West Thirl y-thlrd Street. , Waahlngton-725 Fourteenth Street, N. w. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to newt and edi torial matter should be addressed: Oraana Dee, Editorial Iepartment. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expre-e or po1' ord" payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received In payment ot mall account Persons', checka. except on Omaha or eaatern exchangee, not accepteu. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, mate of Nebraaka. Douglas County . : Oorg B. Tanchuck. treaaurer of The nee Publishing Company, being duly "worn, aayt that the actual number of run and complete copies of Tha Daily, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of November. 1909. waa aa follow : 1 4A.070 1 41,30 2 43,000 17 49,10 t 43,500- IS .tt0 4 4a,l0 II 4lWf 6 42,480 20 4X.980 48.X70 21 40,340 7 40,040 it 4i,eao t ' 41,30 21 41,70 3 43,160 2 4 41,783 10 41.W0 25 41,700 Jl 41,760 20 . 12 48,680 37 41310 1$ 41,70 It 1.. 4O.4O0 14 40,100 it 41,650 14 41,800 SO 41.980 Total Returned Coplea .1,85980 8,845 Nat Total M43.008 Dally Average 41,76 GEO. B. TZriCHUCK. Treaaurer. feubacribad In my praaanca and aworn to before ma this Ul day of December, 19o. (.deal) M. P. WALK KB, Notary public. subscribers leaving tat city tem porarily ahoaJd hav Tk Be mailed to them. Addrea will i'bSBffV (at OfflV Hal There still appears to be considera ble delay about Zelaya. New York state has demonstrated that the ice combine stands in slippery places. The state supreme court seems to have succeeded in muffling the Bell in Michigan. Has anyone beard Mr. Calhoun say a word since he was appointed minis ter to China? Of course, cotton, would take another jump in price, Just when in such de mand for Santa's whiskers. If England has any more poets Vith grouches, let her keep them at home til) after the Christmas carol season. While RamoBes, or his cook, has cap tivated New York, Chicago seems to have revived the glories of old King Faro. Well, if it 19 true that Frederick the Great never gave a sword to Wash ington, it doeen't matter he didn't need it. The Wellesley girls who omitted their traditional forensic burning may have been too busy with Christmas pyrography , The success of Mexico's trans-isthmian railroad at Tehuantepec augurs prodigious business for the Panama canal as soon aa It shall begin opera tions. The Postofflce department says It's wrong to write on holiday parcels. Be fore another Christmas rolls around it may be necessary to start a correspond ence school in gift-mailing. The fact that San Franclsco'a new mayor is a poet is no additional recom mendation, in view of the awful possi bilities underlying the poetic nature as exemplified by Mr. Watson. They are making a great fuss in Eu rope over the alleged Immodesty of a lecture read by an actress before the kaiser, but Wllhelm Seems to have been able to hear it through. The news columns tell of a hen that gar a man a peck and the man died. The Idea of biddy giving anything away when the price of eggs is so high probably started the man's heart fail ure'. Promoters of the wire combine di late upon the great saving In operating expenses to be accomplished, but give no guarafitee that the public will share In this additional profit through lower rates. The nival observatory's confession that It never has been successful In' its annual boast of flashlag a new year's message around the world suggests that the conscience-stricken -observatory reform Its spelling to knaval. It Is not likely that the new record price reached by hogs on the market the last two days will be permanent, the untoward weather conditions being more directly responsible for the situ atlon than cthor causa. But the spurt la Value is an excellent Indication of the general coniitions that prevail, and proves most conclusively the ad vantage the farmer possesses. No mat ter what the reason the fact la prices for farm products are high, and au aarUla to remain nigh. The Law'i Delay. President Tnft's message contained, among Its mort interesting features, urgent recommenadtions for the adop tion of practical reformation in the procedure before the courts, to the end that Justice may be more expeditiously administered and rights of litigants In civil cases and of defendants In crim inal cases more speedily arrived at than Is at present possible. The pres ident characterizes the present practice before American courts as being ridic ulous in the extreme and suggests that it has made us absurd among the pro gressive and enlightened nations. Such language coming from a lay man might not carry conviction with it, but from a jurist of established renown and a lawyer of international reputa tion it must be given weight. In this, as in other things, the American peo ple have shown themselves so remark ably patient in the enduring of Incon venience that frequently amounts to actual wrong, that they are more mar veled at for their calm forbearance than for their wisdom. It Is not enough to urge that the mob violence, so often resorted to and so much to be deplored, is a form of public protest against the delay and uncertainty of execution of criminal law. Far greater hardships are borne perforce because of the uncertainty and delay of the ad ministration of civil law. The litigant whose limited means are not sufficient for him to pursue his course through the devious and tortu ous channels of the modern American law court stands very little show for either justice or equity. It Is not es pecially creditable to our system of Judicature that the party with the longest purse Is the one who has the most chance of winning a suit. Yet such Is the case, and this is said with out intention to question the integrity or fairness of any judge who has ever or now sits upon the bench. It is be cause the Judge in pronouncing his Judgment finds himself hedged about by an Infinitude of precedent estab lished from the beginning, and ap parently foreordained to direct his ju dicial utterances, and to permit a crafty or specious pleader to inter minably prolong the litigation. Law yers are but human, and it is hardly to be expected that they will to any great extent assist In demolishing their means of livelihood. And yet the ablest lawyers of our country have united in urging reforms that will sim plify court procedure and shorten the time between the beginning and the final adjustment ot cases in court. Ireland's Opportunity. Premier Asquith Is playing high cards and playing them well In the budget campaign, and his pledge that the liberals, If returned to power, will cot only force limitations upon the House of Lords, but also grant self government to Ireland, shows the lengths to which his party is willing to go to secure a victory. The liberals have been in control for four years, and while they have admin istered well the empire at large, par ticularly as affecting foreign relations, still they can hardly be said to have been effective In domestic matters. Their acts concerning education, plural voting, licensing and the budget, have been notable failures, not offset by their achievements with the trades dis putes bill, the eight-hour law for miners, and old-age pensions. It is more apparent than ever that the triumph of any liberal government depends upon its subordination of the lords, and the domination of the upper house has been responsible for most of the inefficiency of the liberals now appealing to the country. They failed to pass the Irish act of 1907, partly through the attitude of the Irish them selves, but the flat pronouncement of Asquith for home rule will give Ire land an opportunity for effective cam paigning in the present crisis. Defiance of Nature. New disciples in worthy causes fre quently carry their zeal too far, and It is possible to be mistaken in the appli cation of even such primary principles as loose clothing and fresh air The Pennsylvania Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Children Is in the thick of a contest with two exponents of the Greek idea over the question whether bsre legs, feet and shoulders are humane in the case of their little child exposed to the raw winter cli mate of America. Most parents will resent the idea of a child being thus treated, arguing that the white race Is not able to endure the hardships to which the native Patagonlan is accus tomed. Such Individual cases, however, give their own answers, and it may be con sidered that this particular child, hav ing survived the snow baths inflicted upon him at birth, has demonstrated sufficient ruggednes to enable him to continue to live In spite of his parents' violation of such customs as modern civilisation has come to consider nec essary for the protection of the body from the elements. Defiance of nature in a larger sense Is shown In the case of a Chicago school principal, who suddenly became seized with the Idea that a tero gale sweeping through the room would be an Ideal test for the fitness of the pu pils to survive. She bad the children sit through the sessions with their street clothes on, while the lake winds, snow-charged, played merry tag through the wide-open windows. Her rebellion against the rude interference of the parents may readily be Imag ined. Such an experiment was of course the height of folly, for In a mixed as semblage of children of varied ante cedents and In various stages of con stitution, nourishment and vigor, there were bound to be some weaklings. Msn lias through long ages proved his abil ity to endure, but he also has devel oped safeguards against unnecessary attacks upon fits physical citadel, and the sudden removal of the accustomed protections at this late day is not only cruel but mischievous. The Instinct of the hardiest races is to seek shelter, warmth and comfort, and It Is not within the province of any radical elder to force little children to submit to barbarities of this nature, from which generations of training have led it to expect the right to be shielded. High Prices and High Wages. If Mr. James J. Hill Is correctly quoted as to his remarks at the Com mercial club banquet on Thursday night, one would like to believe that he was moved by the Influence of the occasion beyond the limit of prudent speech. It is not pleasant to contem plate the spectacle of one naturally judicious and careful in his public pro nouncements delivering himself of the statement that the present high range of prices in the United States Is solely due to the high wages paid to the worklngmen. It is true beyond question that the general wage rate paid in the United States is far above that paid in Europe, and it has long been a source of pride to the citizenship of this country that this is true. Mr. Hill's comparisons were not especially apt, either. In Great Britain, where wages have been far below the American standard, in spite of the close organization of the working classes of that country, the price for living Is quite as high as in the United States. The worklngman simply absorbs the difference by doing without the comforts and conveniences his American brother enjoys. In France, to which blessed country Mr. Hill saya the millions being liberated by the Bale or liquidation of British industries are being offered for invest ment, the workers are as well organ ized into unions as in England or Ger many, and the prices for the ordinary necessities of life are even higher than in America. Here, too, the working man simply does without them. In Germany the same condition prevails, Mr. Hill showed much greater in genuity, as well as perspicuity, in ac counting for the high price of 1 food products by alleging the under-production of the country and urging that, even with the maximum productivity of the soli called into service, there is no hope of foods ever being cheaper. If he had delved as deeply into the economics of manufacture he probably would, have found an equally cogent reason for the high price of manufac tured goods without resorting to the transparent subterfuge of charging the condition to the avarice of the work lngman, who bands himself with his fellows Into combinations for the pur pose of keeping up the wage rate. It is not probable that Mr. Hill would like to have us understand him as favoring a reduction of wageB paid Iri America to the point where the American worklngman would be com pelled to live as do the poorly-housed, poorly-fed and poorly-clothed working men of Europe. Nor Is It likely that very many of the gentlemen who ap plauded Mr. Hill's utterances on this point would seriously contemplate a change that would necessitate the es tablishment of such conditions in this country. A candidate for president once said, "A cheap coat means a cheap man," and it Is not likely that the thinking American citizen Bincerely desires a lowering of prices at the cost of manhood. Prosecuting the Combines. From the annual report of Attorney General Wlckersham It Is evident not only that considerable progress has been made during the year In the pros ecution of combines, but also that Im portant steps are even now being taken toward curbing monopolistic oppres sion. Mr. Wlckersham regards as one of the vital interpretations of the anti trust law the supreme court's decision In the "commodities clause" cases. It will be remembered that, while up holding the right of congress to pro hibit absolutely a railroad engaged In Interstate commerce from carrying In competition with other shippers com modities in which it Is personally in terested, the court nevertheless decided that this prohibition does not apply to the transportation of commodities owned by another corporation, where the only Interest which the carrier had therein at the time of such transporta tion, arises out of its ownership of cap ital stock In the corporation owning the commodities so transported. Mr. Wlckersham points out that this decision does not necessarily determine the application of the statute to cases where the commodities transported are owned by a corporation, all, or sub stantially all, of whose stock is owned by the carrier corporation, and he In dicates that his office intends to have the question determined In Its fullest sense, remarking that "If the prohibi tion of the statute can be successfully evaded by the Blmple device of transfer ot ownership of the property to a cor poration, all of whose stock shall be owned or controlled by the carrier, congress should amend the statute so as to make It an effectual and not merely an Illusory prohlbtlou, or else repeal It." ' Progress Is reported In the cases ot the so-called coal and powder trusts and In the Union-Southern Pacific merger, all of which will soon be ready for hearings- The St. Louis terminal case, the American Tobacco company appeal and the Naval Stores, Standard Oil and Sugar prosecutions also are being expedited. Under the interstate commerce laws the attorney general has actually collected fines aggregating $320,600, and has various cases under the Hep burn act pending before the supreme court. Prosecutions for land frauds and for violations of the customs laws give promise of being vigorously pushed. On the whole, the report is encour aging as testifying to the vigilance of the Department of Justice In seeking to control corporate attempts at re straint of trade and other injustices, and the coming year will doubtless bring final decisions determining the force of both the anti-trust and inter state commerce acts, for the various test cases now pending, some ft which have gone seriously against the people, will then have been decided by the court of last resort.. Fplly in Willi. Too often wnen man comes to con template the distribution of his estate through his will he injects Into that document the hatred which has en venomed his life, and frequently his expression of It takes whimsical form. A case in point is that of a western young woman who was bequeathed a fortune by her stepfather on condition that she nurse his pet dog till his fif teenth birthday. This' was the grim deathbed Jest of a man who was un friendly to his wife's child. For years the young woman has been pampering the dog, trying to coax it to live the stipulated time. On several occasions it has been at death's door, and is now again In feeble health, with the goal some distance away. If it was the testator's desire to cheat the girl of her fortune, he may yet fall; but he has made the chase for' It so much a matter of mental torment that it Is doubtful whether the heiress will relish it much when she gets it. The lay mind, resentful of such tricks of a dying man's malice, is apt to consider that such freak wills ought to be barred from probate; but to the sermonizer they will continue to serve as examples of man's tendency to make sport of the comfort and feelings of others even when he himself is fac ing the kin? of jesters. I The Dictatorial Star. Out of Ainciica's newly awakened passion lor K'-a:l opera has developed one feat -re against which It is time for the public which supports the en terprise to rebel, and that is the dicta torial attitude assumed by. the stars as to the distribution of roles. Rivalries between great singers, par ticularly among the women, have been fostered by weak-kneed managers un til nearly every Important part Is sub ject to the 'caprice of some prima donna. The matter has reached such a point that each songstress appears to consider herself as possessing exclusive rights in. certain popular impersona tions, and whenever another singer of equal capability Is chosen for the part, her Imperious highness says no', and the flat goes. It would be just as fair to limit the enactment of Hamlet, or Ophelia, or Shylock, or Portia, to any one person. An opera which has become common property should have the same freedom of presentation as a standard play. In terpretation of art has no patent rights, and there should be no more restraint of trade on the stage than In any other channel. The public pays the operatic artist enormously, and Is willing to concede any Individual pos session of a role written especially for her and protected as the law provides. But In the general roles which anyone has a legal right to essay the public is entitled to hear anyone who can ad equately present them. In depriving audiences of a share of "these privileges the stars are be ginning to dim their own brilliance, and in lending themselves to such a selfish suppression of rival ability to enact the best parts the managers will In time kill the goose that lays the golden egg. It is high time to hear less of stellar privilege and more of public right. ' Bounds for the Hirer Bonds. The waterways boomers have had occasion to Indulge in tome sober re flections in connection with their con gress in Washington, for they have been shown that they must show the national congress a definite basis in black and white for their demand for a bond issue to carry through the work contemplated. They have come to a realization that neither junket nor ora tory will open the cash box; what is wanted ts facts. For the really substantial features of the waterways movement the facts ought to be readily producible and sufficiently convincing. Many of the members of congress have personally been over the ground and realize in a general way the needs of the rivers and the temper of the public concern ing their development into important channels of commerce. The president has Indicated the general tenor of the feeling In Washington in the sugges tion that congress will need to be con vinced that the popular interests back of the waterways project will give ade quate support to the enterprise after it shall have been established. Having the absolute data, there can he little doubt of congressional approval, but an undertaking of such magnitude must be started right, and It would seem to be the initial duty of the pro moters to have their fundamentals log ically prepared if they expect legisla tive sympathy to take the practical form of bond. Massachusetts cities and towns rot each year independently on the license question, "Yes" meaning wet and "No" dry. Analysis of the returns of the recent town meeting day shows a relative comparison of license and no license results averaging about as usual for the past twenty years, indi cating that the prohibition wave of the south and west has little In common with New England local option. It is to be regretted that the opera tions of the Immigration bureau In its efforts to suppress the Importation of immoral women could not have been carried on without publicity. The spreading through the public prints ot such knowledge can serve no good pur pose, and the work of the immigration agents would not have been seriously hampered if their operations and dis coveries had been kept in clone official secrecy. Some matters are of such a nature that their discussion should be confined to the clinic, and not be par aded through the press. But this un savory morsel was too promising for the yellow Journals to overlook, and so the revolting details have been spread as widely as the circulation of the sen sational newspapers could do It. The toll of human life taken by the great lakes has been unusually large during the short time since actual winter set in, proving how perilous the pursuit of the fresh water sailor. The demands of lake cokimerce have been constantly increasing until the only thing that stops it apparently is the presence of Ice too thick to be broken. It would seem, though, that no busi ness is of such imperative nature as to demand that boats put out from port in the face of storms that are almost certain to wreck them. The last wrecks reported are of a nature that might have been avoided if prudence had prevailed. Iau't Thin Awfalf Chicago Tribune. By a court decision expresa companlea are liable for the full value of whatever packages they loe. The tendency of this will be to make them more careful and whatever helps in this direction Is a dis tinct gain for humanity at large. Weekly Test for Army Officera. Philadelphia Record. Secretary Dickinson wanta the physical condition of officera tested weekly and re ports filed with the department. The next thing will be prescribed the breakfast food officera shall eat and to determine the amount of protelds they shall consume with their dinners. Ilia Tallin Waya. Chicago Record-Herald. The president of the Pheonix Insurance company believed In insurance so thor oughly that he thought his organisation would run along all right even If ha took $1,000,000 of lta funds for his own use. Ha does not claim that he was giving the com pany a business administration. What la Coming to Sarah. New York World. The supporters of Mrs. Sarah Piatt Decker, former president of the National Federation of Women's olubs, who ex pects to be a candidate for congress .In Colorado, ara asking: "Is any man going to be ungullant enough to question her right to sit in that seat If we send her to Washington duly accredited?" Most as suredly there will be, it for no other reason than that there are grounds for doubting whether tha constitution permits a woman to serve in congress. ACTIVE SKHVICE 1.1 BE THE MEN Prospect of m Row Fill the Recruit ing Offices. New York Press. Desertions from the army ara giving un easiness to the military authorities, while the prospect of a little active service by the marine corps In Central America caused the marina recruiting oftlcea to ba crowded by applicants for enlistment. Dur ing the Spanish war desertlona from the army and navy practically ceased. The morning after the news of tha blowing up of the Maine was received It was Impos sible to approach the gates of tha Brook lyn navy yard for the crowd ot young men clamoring to be enrolled as men-of-war's men. The American soldier, the American ma rine and the American sailor have their peculiarities. In other countries regiments ordered abroad for duty not infrequently mutiny. That is tha season for desertions over there. Dut when the American soldier or sailor sees active duty ahead you can't pry him loose from the service with a crowbar. It Is only when he Is living peacefully in barracks that ha deserts. You might furnish an American soldier with barracks filled with luxuries out of the Arabian Nights and he would not be oon ter.t unless he saw a prospoct of active service, and that pretty soon. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. fobs for the good, old summertime will keep In cold storage for some weeks. The approaching comet has no pull with the weather man. Mr. Halley Is a hot thing. The new painless surgery conies JuBt In time for the Christmas operation on ta pocketbuolc. The early shopping crowds bear Impres sive testimony to the efficacy of the news paper boost. Medicine Hot Is a prise kicker. The first lift of the ltd struck Texas and all the territory between. Shoveling snow off your own sidewalk Is the must efficacious exercise a mun can indulge In. Ditto, for women. Three-volume novels are among the prom ised events for 1910. Publishers are con vinced that the people need more sleep. Manusers of the Ds Moines Corn show complain of luck of local attendance, re sulting In a lean and hungry treasury. A Red Cross stamp gives a Christmas package the proper decorative effect and at the aame time carries a s:nall message of practical good will where most needed. Ten persons have buun killed and thirty nine wounded In Ohio during the hunting season. Mistakes are liable to lmpjn when Buckeyes turn from office hunting to real sport. King Ouatavus" experience as a coal heaver draws from countless puns glowing pictures of the man, tha Job tnd the pur pose. AU of them passed up aa Impertinent tha queatlon How was tha old man's back next morning T Tha National Gaa improvement company, a Philadelphia concern with a continental reach, la about to cut a "melon" worth tl.tOO.OUO. Almost every city In the wast piped Juice for this melon. If you doubt, read your gaa bill. No End of Tax Paying if you arc a land or house owner. Hut if you arc the owner of a Limited l'ayment Policy in the Equitable, your annual premiums will cease at the end of 10, 15 or 20 years, and you will have a paid-up asset to the credit of your estate. There is no "come back" in cash to you on taxes paid during past years; but under an Equitable Policy a gradually increasing cash or loan value is accumulating for you which may be utilized in any period of financial stringency. Drop us a line about it. PAUL MORTON, President H. S. NEELY, Manager, . - - - Omaha, Neb. SERMONS BOILED DOWN. This would be a foolish world but for Its fools. Nothing shocks the big slnr.. v worse than little sins. Confession ts tha hardest half of the cure of some faults. Next to deserving praise the greatest privilege la to give it. No man has the gospel unless Ills neigh bors ara glad of It it. No man Is his own master who knows nothing of tha obligations of service. Nothing beside will confirm Imaginary principle like real profit from them. The trouble with many who boast of being square la that they have so many angles. Gossip is the power to put two and two together and make twenty-five out of them. A dollar spent for the formation of character Is often worth a thousand on Its reformation. They who would find perfection without pain ara looking only to put an edge on a sword of lead. Chicago Tribune. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. Boston Herald: What has orthodoxy to say of the expressed belief that Bob lnger soll was of eminent use to Christianity be cause "his Irreverence made men shudder and hug their faith closer?" A Baptist clergyman in New York aald It. Cleveland Plain Dealer: A minister out In Missouri advocates sermons two hours long, and this in an age that demands con cise simplicity. We have never heard the Missouri pastor deliver one of his two-hour sermons, but wa fancy he might be able to hold his congregation through it If the church doors were locked. Boston Transcript: Tha Methodist clergy man In New York who celebrated his 100th birthday yesterday by preaching a sermon seems bound to havo the last word. Still, his record has bean beaten. Tha late Colonel Perkins of Norwloh, Conn., when 101 climbed three flights of stairs and de livered a spirited extempore address before a convention In that city. Charleston News and Courier: The Board Of Church and Labor of the Presbyterian home missions of New York head a con ference tha other day to discuss tha quoa tlon of Sunday base ball. It Is said that "wall ail the ministers present seemed In favor of Sunday recreation, they were against Sunday base ball exploited for com mercial purposes." Much as they might be opposed, to charging any admission to the game, they might be willing to pass around the hat in a religious way. How would It do If they tried to attend to their own busi ness just as a recreation? Baltimore Sum Bishop Good sell of the Methodist Eplsoopal church, who died on Sunday at his horn In New York, was a type of the strong, forceful, earnest clergy men who have made the Methodist church In the United States a power for good. A man of fine attainments was this dis tinguished prelate author, editor and pieacher. As a pulpit orator he ranked high In a church which has produced many elo quent, learned and masterful speakers. A many of originality of thought and expres sion, erudite, of strong convictions and with the courage to uphold them. Bishop Good sell waa a notable figure In Methodism for nearly half a century. PltEACIlEKS WANTED, Emptr Pulpits In tha Booth seeking Occspaat. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. The presiding elder of the Wilmington (N, C.) district of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, advertises for preachers, mentioning two charges In particular. 11a says: I need preachers. Tha charges will pay ti'XW to tuuo and $400. As them is no parson age on either charge and no house avail able for a family, only single men can bu employed. Write to me. giving some pre siding elder as reference. Under the conditions presented It Is no surprising that there should be an absence ot supply. But the Halelgh News and Ob server says that twenty-five years ago such an appeal as this would have caused a sensation. Then circuits wora some times dlvldod "to give work to the large classes of young men entering the minis try." Now the smaller pulpits beg for takers and continue In many cases unfilled. The harvest Is still large, but the laborers apparently were never so few. Hut the south In this respect does not sland alone. Indeed, the conditions here presented seem to have arisen In that section long after they began to appear In the north. No Man is Stronger Than His Stomach A strong man is strong all over. No man can b strong who is suffering from weak stomach with its consequent indigestion, or from some other disease of th atomacb and its associated organs hich im pairs digestion and nutrition. Far when the stomach it weak or dieeaaed there is a loss of th nutrition contained in food, which is th sourc of all physical atrenith. When man "doesn't feci juat right," wbaa be doesn't sleep well, has an unoomfortable Iselisg in the atoraaob after eating, is languid, nervous, irritable and despond cut, a it losing tb nutrition needed to make strength. Sac m mam mkoaH as Dr. PltKt'm Golden Medical Dltcorery. it earem dlaeaaea ot tho utomoca and other orgaam dlieetloa aad autrltlon. It earleaea tae blood, Invigorate the liver, etrengthene the kldaeve, nomrleaem the merree. aad eo GIVES HEALTH USD STRENGTH TO THE WHOLE BODY. Too can't afford to accept a ttertl noatrum substitute for this no- Jooholie anedicio of inown coMrotmoN, not even though th urgent dlr may thereby make a little bigger profit. Ingredients printed on wrapper. Vc Sell 100 Kinds ninoral Waters We will sell over 100 kinds Imported and American Mineral Watfrs, and, as wa otr4 tain direct from sprlnga or Importer, caj guarautee freshness and genuineness. Horo l.lthla W'ster, bot., hOc; case, 6.(V) Boro Llthla Water, pints, dozen, 1.M esse, 100, 110.00. Wa are distributing agent In Omaha for the celebrated Waters from Kxealalor plnga. Mo., and sell at following pri.t. Regent, quart bottle, 2Kc; dozen, 18; case. 60 bottles, th.OO. Hulpho-Sallne, quart bottle, 2&c; dosttn, 2.26;: case. 60 bottlea. s.U. Sulpho-Saline, quart bottle, 2io; dosen, 1.M). Soterlan, quart bottle. Mc; dosen, UOik. Poterlan, pint bottle, loc; doscn. IL50. Soterlan Ginger Ala, pint bottle, 16c; dosen, $1.60. Hoterlnn Ginger Ala, quarl bottle, ac dozen, $2.25. Diamond I.lthiH. half-gallon bottle, 40cj case, 1 dozen. $4.00. Crystal l.lthla. 6-psllon Jugs, each. IS OiK Salt Sulphur, 6-nallun Jugs, each, $2.26. Delivery free to any part of Omaha, Council Bluffs or South Omaha. Sherman & McConnell Drug Co. 16th and Dodge 81 a. Cwl Drug Co. 16th and Harney Sta. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Katie What a lovely ring! Matia -Isn't U? This ring waa given me on my twenty-first birthday. Katie Really? Why how well pre served it Is it's hardly a bit worn! Cleveland Leader. Housekeeper You here begging again? Aren't you the man I gave one of my plea to yesterday? Tramp It wasn't me, mum. I never fait better In me Ufa. Washington iter ald. "So Jack ha captured th rich Ml Young and Is now off on his honeymoon T" "1 really don't know whether on should nail It Jack's honeymoon or his harvest moon." Boston Transcript. Dealer I am looking in this neighbor hood for antiques. Can you tell me of any? Miss Pert Why, yea. There's been Mts Oldglrl, who came out the year before I was born. Baltimore American. While on his travels he was thunder struok at receiving from his wlfa a tele gram which ran as follows: "Twins this morning. Mora later.1' Lip pinoott'B Magazine. woman's loglo Is a good deal Ilk a flea,'' remarked the mere man. "What' the answer?" queried, the dens party. ''You know it's there, and It Jump around lively enough, but somehow yoi can never put your finger on It" Chicago News. "Why should that llttlo man grow so excited in hi defense of th compulsory marriage law?" "He has a half dosen excellent reaaona for favoring It." "What arS they?" "Six old maid daughtera. Cleveland Plain Dealer. A George folded tho fair youny crea tur to hi heart a dull, crackling sound, smote his ear. "Ah! It's good-bye to those cigars In m n m V j vesi pocaev n said, grimly, "tut hi the expense at a moment like this. hang I juage. PROBLEMS OF LIFE. What 1 it that can huik llf bleat Tho weary frame saya, "Heat," And In that rest sweet, solace knowsl Tha weary hands olasp In repose, And weary wings at evening's close Drop languid In auma cozy nrft. And count that blest. II. What Is It that van make life glad 7 An aim, more than soma passing fu4p A bit of color In the sky, A kindly glance In passing by. Perhaps, th twinkle of an eye; One moment rendering all It had. To make life glad. nr. What is It that can makn llf dear? A life or two to bind us here; A little service to be done, A battle to be fought and won; Some IlKht ahead to cheer us on. Borne rsdlant Joy supplanting fear, Can make life dear. IV. What Is It that can make llf grfiiiflt A crash of music from the liand? Home great and splendid work of art Homo actor In a hero's part? Ah, no. ono throb of human heart, Which God alone ran understand, Cau make life grand. Omulia. -BAYOLL, NB TBELB. I m