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6 The omaha Daily Bee FOI'NDED BT EDWARD HOSE WATER. VICTOR ROPEWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflc a econd clas matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Sunday Jjee, on year J jO Maluruay lee, on year 10 I'aiJy B (without Sunday), ona year. Daily Be and Sunday, ona year i.00 DELIVERED BI CARRIER. Evening Bra twlth 8undav), par month! c Daily Be, (including Sunday), pr mo.. c Bailv Be (without Sunday), per mo.. 4Sc Address all complaints of Irregularltle in delivery to City Circulation Dpartmnt. OFFICES. Omaha Th Be Building. BouthOtnaha-tt8 N. Twenty-fourth St. toi.nil Biulls 14 ncott Ht. Lincoln Ji Little Building. Chlimgo IMS Marquett Building. Kansas City Reliant Building. New York-Jl West Thirty-third St. Washington 73S fourteenth 8.. N. W. COHREBfONDENCE. Communication relating to newa and adltorlal matter should b addressed Omaha Bee, fcUltorlal Department. REMITTANCES. Uemlt by draft, express or poatal order, payable to Th lie 1'uhllnhlng Company. Only Z-cent stamps received In payment of mall account. f'ersonal check except on Omaha and eastern exchange not accepted. M.U CIRCULATION. 48,473 State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, as: Dwlglit William, circulation manager of lb bee in mliing Company, being duly worn, a that the averug daily circula tion, less spoiled, unused and returned copies Xor th month of May, mil, waa M.3. D WIGHT YWUL1AMB, Circulation Manager, transcribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st aay of Juno, 1111. tSeal.) KUBbttT Ul'M KR, Notary Public. Subscriber leaving th city tem porarily should have The Be mailed to the an. Addreaa will h rhaagred aa oltea a requested. To the departing for Omaha. editors: Boost Old Sol is violating the dignity of age by this undue hilarity. And the day Madero entered Mex ico an earthquake struck the city. In John W. Gates we see that even steel trusts have their Insurgents. How aptly Sherman's definition of war fits summer-time skirmishing on the Texas border. i .Perhaps it would not be a bad idea to apply the rule of reason to the Con gressional Record. If It does not rain soon that High school cadet encampment this year will break all records. The accumulating reports of auto mobile accidents warrant a repetition of the warning to slow down. The way Madero tip-toed Into the capital at least proves that he doea not fear any of his fellow citizens. We trust that burglar, who picked out the home of a police commissioner for his bperatlons, meant no reflection. The Baltimore American calls on its readers to "cheer up, they are going to enlarge Mount Hope." Is that the name of a cemetery? The health commissioner Is boosting for. artificial Ice, and the Icemen are boosting artificial prices. Sort of a boost all around. Considering Mr. Bryan as the pricks, then you cannot tell the democratic donkey that it Is no use to kick against them. J There may be no law barring lame ducks from chautauquas,, but neither Is there enough attraction to make them good drawing cards. ' Our old friend, Willis Reed, says he Is again a candidate for the nomlna tlon of United States senator on the democratic ticket. Not again, but yet. They may put Jack Johnson off into a corner by himself on that ship en route to the coronation, but they had better not try to make him take the count here. r I The Water board has finally held a meeting, With all members present but one. . It was in session "but a few minutes." Oh, you overworked and under-paid Water boarders. eena us a copy or your peace treaty and we will look it over," non chalantly observed the busy Kaiser Wilhelm, as he shoved that newest German battleship down the skids. Woodrow Wilson democrats profess to feel Jubilant over the early opposi tion of the New York Bun to their candidate, but the Charleston News and Courier admits that that alone will not elect him. Colonel Roosevelt took time enough off from his silence plans to deny very emphatically that he had come out for anyone for president next year. The colonel usually waits till he reaches the bridge before attempting to cross It. The grand Jury just adjourned cost the taxpayers of Douglaa county only about $1,900, but then It got Attorney General-For-a-Little-Whlle Mullen to admit that all he knew about corrup tion and law defiance In Omaha was not worth mentioning. When our last superintendent of schools departed the teachers were compelled to chip In and buy him a watch to show how glad they were to get rid of him. With Superintendent Davidson the teachers would much prefer to have him stay, and we may be sure any testimonial forthcoming would be entirely voluntary. Which marks the difference. Madero'i Entry Into Mexico City. As described In the dispatches, Madero s advent Into Mexico City had all the aspects of a triumphal entry. As a spectacle it was quite command ing, the more so because it came long after the tumult of war had died down and passions of the moment hsd had time to cool. The army and airs that accompanied the "conquering hero" were those of peace, not war. The triumph was consummate, since the vanquished Dlai had sought exile in a foreign land and all the forces remaining were submissive to the newly-proclaimed leader. But in the strain of patriotic cheers a discordant note is to be heard. In the impassioned "Viva Maderos" lurks, It is said, the rumor of assassi nation and another revolt. In the ruins of the overturned republic the old flames still flicker, the combustible elements still smolder. And Madero cannot be Insensible to all this. Neither can de la Barra, nor any of the other big mn In Mexico, who have assumed the reins of government and undertaken Its reconstruction. It will take the best combined pow ers of the new leaders to bring all ele ments into submission and co-operation. To do this properly they must gain control without antagonizing, If possible. One of the penalties of suc cess of a revolution In 8 country like Mexico Is the recurrence of the spirit of discontent In the form of a mob Instead of an army. When Madero and his government have fully mas tered the situation and demonstrated their ability to keep the reins steady, the apprehensions on this side of the border will be fully allayed. Niobrara Reservation. It Is to be hoped that if system- kaid will succeed In his effort to per suade the government to throw open the 66,000 acres within old Fort Nio brara for agricultural use. The gov ernment has abandoned the reserva tion for military uses and the land will lie idle and unoccupied unless some such disposition as that proposed In Judge Klnkald's bill is made of It. The land it rich and offers excellent oppor tunities for farming. It scarcely seems possible that the government should hesitate, much less refuse, to give Its sanction to the Kinkald plan. Not for six years have troops been sta tioned at this fort and there Is no like lihood now that they will be stationed there again. The government has long ago determined it does not need it for the army. Nebraska, however, needs every acre of arable soli within its boundary for agricultural purposes, and If this reservation Is thrown open to pur chase and settlement, with 'i 60 acres to the family, It would make room for at - least 400 families of settlers. Judge Kinkald should have the help of the whole Nebraska delegation to bring this about. He has already en listed the attention of Secretary Fisher of the Interior, and Land Commis sioner Denett, both of whom are said to be favorably Inclined to his propo sition. Joy Biding a Paradox. In Masaschusetts joy-riding becomes a paradox If the culprit is caught. The legislature has made Joy-riding a fel ony, and to prove that the legislature was neither Joking nor bluffing a Judge has sent the first offender to the peni tentiary for one year. Under the Massachusetts law, as in most places, Joy-rldlng is defined as the act of taking another's automobile without consent and using it for a period of time suiting the pleasure of the person. ' Usually, or, at least, very often, it Is a chauffeur who does this, as It was In the case of the man sent to prison. The court laid down a very good precept In that case, defining the act as simply stealing. For. he pointed out, not, only did the chauffeur take his employer's machine without the latter's knowledge or consent, running the risk of damaging It,, but since the machine consumes a certain amount of costly substances for its operation the chauffeur might just as well have gone into the owner's house or garage and stolen them or their equivalent In caBh. Of course, many impulsive persons will find fault with this law and Its enforcement, but the chances are Its enforcement will put an end to joy riding in Massachusetts, and if it does that will be Justification enough. , And such a law might not be a bad one to adopt In other states. Joy-riding, notoriously, leads to a good many serl ous automobile accidents, to say noth ing of being a tempting first step to a downward career. Anon at a Profession. Chicago police purport to have in their possession evidence of an organ Ized system of arson as a means of livelihood. A merchant who commit ted suicide soon after his store was burned is Bald to have confessed that he was approached by two men offer ing to set fire to his place of business for a price, that he engaged them and paid part of the money down and was to have paid the balance when he re ceived his insurance. If there Is any truth In this tal and the police are certain there I It discloses a most diabolical form of crime, one that must send a shudder through law-abiding people. Arson aa a profession Is as bad, if not worse. than open-handed murder, for It strikes recklessly not alone at property, but at human life, without affording the victims tne least opportunity to protect, themselves. But even that, insidious as It Is, is not the most dan gerous feature. That Is to be found T1IE BEE: In the peculisr nature of the crime, which is a subtle species that deals Its blow in the dark and under the disguise of accident. It Is to be hoped that If a system atic arson does evlst in Chicago the police will succeed In uncovering It snd bringing the perpetrators within the law's reach, where it may visit upon them something near a just penalty. Explaining. The Rev. I. F. Roach, the member of the State Roard of Education whose claim for $50 for delivering a com mencement address at thePeru Nor mal has been rejected, Is explaining, and Is entitled to the benefit of his explanation: I was Invited by the class of 1911 of Peru normal to deliver the baccalaureate ser mon there, an a pastor. I went as a pas tor. There was no arrangement whereby I waa to get anything for the service ren dered. I did give th president a memoran dum of my expense In reaching Peru. It amounted to $2.ftS for railroad fare and 3 for livery hire. That bill waa not presented by me to the state board, but was given to th president of th normal. I am not seeking pay or reimbursement of expense as a member of the board, but as an Indi vidual, a pastor called to deliver a sermon. It is usual to (five pastors who deliver a baccalaureate address an honorarium. That may account for the V in the bill which I suppose has been filed by the president of the Peru normal. Other pastors hav gone to state institution and have received honorariums for their service. I delivered the baccalaureate sermon for th School of Agriculture and was paid for It. There was no question there. I was there es a pastor and not as representative of th State Board of Education. That explanation is doubtless enough to satisfy the scruples of any conscientious minister of the gospel. It will be remembered, too, that Gov ernor Shallenberger while chief execu tive of the state likewise exacted com pensation for delivering commence ment addresses, and, of course, he took the money, not as governor, but as a private citizen. Cases have also been known where lawyers In the leg islature have taken "honorariums," not for putting bills through or for killing them, but merely as attorney's fees for legal advice. Political Clairvoyants. Some of our amiable contemporaries are again setting themselves up as mind readers for the purpose of chart ing the future moves on the political chessboard In Nebraska. This at tempt at clairvoyancy elicits complaint from one source that "it is all a bit confusing," and the question, "Will it not be well to have the truth told about these political Intrigues?" To this the Lincoln Journal responds, 'Certainly. That is what everybody wants," and then goes on to Justify Its political fiction fancies by admitting the Impossibility of telling the truth about one man's plans and purposes, the things another has in the back of his head and the schemes of the nu merous candidates for the numerous offices. If open confession is good for the soul, that probably offers the Journal some relief, but it means simply that it, and other political pipe-dreamers, will go right on constructing card houses to be blown down and basing on mere gossip the minutest detail of what public men are going to do with out even giving them a chance to affirm or deny. For these political clairvoy ants no tale is so preposterous, and no yarn so far-fetched, aa to require verification from the only people who could verify. Perhaps It is a harm less pastime, although occasionally some real damage is done. But the chief sufferers and victims are the newspapers, themselves, that make it a business to manufacture fakes sure to be quickly exploded, and to react upon their own heads. Contradictory Trust Magnates, John W. Gates may have strayed from the basic facts in his Steel trust testimony, but somehow It raises a question In his favor for a certain class of publications singularly predisposed toward coropration In terests to agree so uniformly on the unreliability of what he said. Of course, it may be simply the honest conviction of these organs that where they contradict one an other it was Mr. Gates and not Mr. Gary who erred In his statement of fact as to the modus operandi of the Steel corporation In Its acquisi tion of the Tennessee Coal and Iron and other business transactions. The suspicion will obtrude itself, however, that the undisguised candor of Mr. Gates has something to do with It. We hear a chorus of assertions that "Gates told nothing new, noth ing but what has been retold many times." Well, the record Is not so clear as to that. And whether he told nothing new or not, what he has told Is very likely to form a vital fac tor In the determination of the regu larity of Steel trust expansion it prosecution follows congress's investi gation. It must be of some conse quence or so much pains would not now be taken to discredit It It al ways creates an Interesting situation when two trust magnates fall out and go to disputing each other In a pub lic bearing, as Gates and Gary have done. More or less curiosity has been aroused by their conflicting statements and It ought .to be appeased as It will be, by fuller revelations. The Lincoln Star quotes with ap proval from the Plattsmouth Journal advice to friends of would-be candi dates for nomination to office to tell them the truth when solicited for sup port Instead of encouraging them to go after something they ought not to have, and have no chance to get This is good advice, but It will not be fol lowed, because the poor misguided OMAHA, FRIDAY, JUNE candidate declines to number among his friends those who refuse to help him Inflate his political balloon. Yet, it does seem strange that the Tennessee Coal and Iron company, ab sorbed by the steel trust to save a New York bank, was bought for $11, 000,000 more than It was worth, when the bank's obligations amounted only to $5,000,000 or $6,000,000. Some folks have professed to be lieve thst Mr. Bryan long ago deter mined that if he could not get there, no other democrat in his day should. But what can there be In Mr. Bryan's long public career that would lend substance to this theory? A Kentucklan was recently arrested for drinking water, we are told, charged with attempted suicide. And scientists say no man in his normal state will attempt to take his own life. rrrr. t Maverick Branded. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Traitor," hiBses the steel trust at th competitor which dares to cut prices. And If that be treason, consumer of steel will make th most of It. One Lonesome Rareptlon. Houston Tost. It is evident from the number of news papers that are speaking out against the would-be party dictator that the Interests now control all of the pres sav the Com moner. Great Value In Fsaniple. New Tork World. A great part of the value of the proposed Anglo-American treaty was expected to be the example It would set to war-weary humanity. Could the most enthuslastlo peace advocate have supposed that before the original pact could even be framed, France, Japan and Germany would desire to be counted In? Squeal of the Grafter. Chicago Record-Herald. A member of the Ohio legislature has confessed In open court that he accepted a bribe and he promises to go before the grand Jury for the purpose of telling all he knowa concerning legislative corrup tion. But what good will that do? We have seen what happened when members of the Illinois legislature did the same thing. Peace aa Roosevelt Views it. Philadelphia Record. Mr. Roosevelt Is In favor of peace, pro vided we can always have what we want. He approve of arbitration so far aa It can be depended upon to go In our favor. He Shy of It lest a decision might some time go against Us, and his Idea Is to get aa much as we can without war and fight for the rest. As to yielding anything In order to avert war, that Is not humanity. In his opinion, but rank poltroonery. Close to the Troth. Springfield Republican. President Taft has been quoted as dis liking the recent rulings of the I'nited State supreme court In Interpretation of the anti-trust law. But It Is now reported that he waa asked whether he thought the law waa antiquated, aa suggested by Mr Gary of the Steel corporation, and that he replied, "No, they are Just beginning to make it useful." This evidently kills th other report. It also comes close to th truth of th matter. General Diaa and Francis Joseph. SprlngfleJd Republican. General Dlax's exile from Mexico .Is ob served with more than ordinary interest by Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria- Hungary. Maximilian, whose career as emperor of Mexico was brought to a tragic end a generation ago, largely because of the military talent and prowess of Por- flrlo Diax, was Empen Francis Joseph's brother. Dlax was not personally responsi ble for the execution of Maximilian, but h approved of It. Th Austrian emperor and Dlax are very nearly of the same age. Concerning the Straw Vote. Philadelphia Press. Some progressive newspapers in N braaka are taking a straw vote on the next presidency. Roosevelt has a big lead among republicans and Bryan an equally big lead among democrats. If either of these distinguished men has any Idea of being a real candidate, he will put a stop to this poll. The straw vote is horribly misleading, as has been shown over and over again. Whether It is one way or another depend a great deal upon the Influence under which It is taken. People Talked About AUGUSTAS Thomas Orator, dramatist, poet and all-around gentleman, Augustus Thomas climbed to th top of th ladder by fore of merit. As a page In the Forty-first congress h learned his first lesson as a political booster. St. Louie is hi nativ town and New York his stamping ground. II Is 6 past. Charle Grleshauber of Bloom field, N: J., asserts he Is the champion rhubarb raiser In th stat. He 1 exhibiting lghty-nln stalks which he says were cut from on plant. Th smallest stalk weighed four ounces when cut. M. Lfort, president of th Academy of Dancing Masters, la one of those who be lieve In th future of the harem skirt and ha haa taken it for the Inspiration of a dance which 1 called "La Cherouelle," th nam of th puffed trousers worn by women of th cast. Th Teachers' Educational leagu of Memphis, Tenn., a woman' club, has a roan for president. H 1 Prof. Fred M. Hedge, principal of a Memphis school. Prof. Hedges waa a -delegate to tne con vention of th Tennessee Federation of Women' Clubs held in Memphis laat week. Sweethearts a boy and girl thirty years ago, yt separated by marriage to other, Lao L. Parmley of Palneavlll. O., re tired capitalist, formerly of Cleveland, was married to Mr. Martha Llewellyn of Lima, O., th crmony being performed by Dr. Edward Smith, president of th Ohio Northern university. I r ? nriQ 9, 1911. Washington Life Soma latriaf Phase and Conditions Observed at th Hatioa'e Capital. "The most august assemblage In the world," commonly known as the United States senate, occasionally responds to th e "pernicious influences" which th old guard are wont to decry. The gtlm specter of economy bearing a democratic label stalked from the south to th north wing of the capltol, knocked and waa admitted. An inspection of the specter satisfied, the m tubers that It was a genuine article, en titled to th consideration due a rare, dis tinguished caller. Without the formality of reference to a committee the vilt r was rrqtested to make Itself at home and help Itself to whatever wasn't nailed down. A a starter old economy spotted the pink lem onade fountain whereat the august sen ators slaked their thirsts and refreshed themselves when the mercury perched around the 90 degree shelf. The various fluids entering into th pungent water o pr-eared too extravagant in contrast with the clear distilled water provided as a stimulant for the representatives of the plain people, and forthwith the doom of senatorial lemonade was sounded. Vie awful decree is suggested by the obituary of the Washington Herald: "'Upon the pairing of the senatorial lemonade we drop a Falty tear. The fact that the medicine chf st, which mlnltrred to colds and cramps and all the other ills to which the human flesh Is heir, hhS also been tabooed does not so much concern us. Pills and powders are not In great demand at any time. The abolition of the lemonade privilege, how ever, Is a serious thing. We face a criols In the nation's history and wonder whether throats accustomed to the luxury of lem onade will not be now attuned to bitter lamentation. "Adieu, refreshing and Innocuous bever age! Surely these be parlous times." There Is a proposal before congress to change Inauguration day from March 4 to tv tn Thursday In April, the reason be ing because of the bad weather usually en countered at the earlier date. But Spesaer Clark has In mind a much more sweeping chnnKe, which would bring th Inaugura tion In the fall of the year. Th speaker says that If It were not almost a impossi ble to amend the constitution as It Is to Invent perpetual motion, h would propose an amendment which would have the elec tion of the president and congress take place on the last Monday In August and have the Inauguration of both the execu tive and legislative branches on the first Mcmlay In October. He woujd also fix the term of the president at six years and make him forever Ineligible for a second term. In view of the fact that Mr. Clark Is a candidate for president, thts view has some Interest- The speaker would have a proviso that th old congress should not legislate after ih. new MM la chosen. "The worst feature of our government." he says, "lies In the fact that a congress thoroughly repudiated In November haa three or rour remaining months In which to legislate." A newspaper man asked L. Whit Busbey, who served a secretary to Joseph Q. Cannon when he waa speaker. If Mr. Can non had written out the address which he Intended delivering on the Canadian recip rocity bill. "No, I think not," said Mr. Busbey. "Mr. Cannon very much dislikes to prepar a speech in advance and whenever he does he Invariably get off on to another angle and deliver an altogether different speech. Mr. Cannon's favorite method of prepara tion for a speech la to writ down th various headings which he propose to dlseuss. Then he has his stenographer write out these heading on small sheets of paper, takes them into the house with him and promptly lose them. He explains his inability to write out his peeche In ad vance by his early training as a lawyer. Then he was accustomed to rid horse back to the county seat, hav a conference for a few minutes with his client and go Into court to wrestle with the cas catoh-aa-eatch-can style. The training of thoae early experiences sticks to him and hi favorite method of debate Is yet the catch- as-catch-can style." One million dollar a day is the record that will be established throughout the United States aa the expenditures for Im proving and maintaining public road. Never before in the history of the country has there been such interest In the Improve ment of highways, and with the leglsla tares of the states appropriating millions ef dollars for this purpose, th good roads movement has received Its greatest Impetus since the foundation of the republic. The money that will be expended on the roads of this country during the next alx months will be more than ever before In the same period of time. In 1904, the total expenditure for the construction and main tenance of roads and bridge in th United States amounted to about $30,000,000, but t!e expenditure for this purpose in 1911 will aggregate about $14O,G0O.OOO. Exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, the outlay for roads will amount to 11,000,000 a day during the present road building season. This la elude all moneys raised by local taxation, bond Issue, state appropriations and private subscriptions. The position of an official reporter of de bates In congress la stenography raised to It nth power, writes th Brooklyn Eagle correspondent. Th reporter In the house and senate play a very Important part In th proceeding of th national legialatur. Their reports of th debate on th floor are official and rarely If ever I there any complaint of Inaccuracy. Thla Is remark able when it I considered that ther are many exciting day In congress, when half a dozen members may be trying to talk at th earn time. The official reporter has to know every congressman or senator by sight, because he cannot stop to ask who I speaking or who Is putting question. Most of th re porters know a great many of the member by voice, so that they do not even hav to turn their heads when an interruption cornea from another quarter of the hall. Not only Is extreme accuracy required, but frequently great speed, for In the excite ment of debate members often pour out words at a terrlflo rate. ' Each house has six official reporters, who get salaries of $6,000 a year, and ther are two assistants, on In each chamber, who get $2,600. l abor aa a Shield. Philadelphia Record. Mr. Gary Intimate that the cut In steel price may Involve a reduction in wage. It ought not to. Th common stock doe not represent an Investment, and during a good part ef Its career th steel trust did not pay dividends on It It can stand a large decrees of profits and still pay Interest on Its bonds and dividends on Its preferred stock, which two securities rep resent all, and probably a good deal mora than all, th aotual Investment. Coaraa of Uarat Placer. Cleveland Leader. At least Mr. Bryan must be given credit for th dauntless courage with which he burns bla fingvra vry tlin he bas th opportunity. EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. Cleveland Tlaln Dealer: Queen Mary s crown weigh only nineteen ounces, but It cost nearly as much as a real Panama hat. Chicago Post: That Victor Emmanuel monument In Rome, being chiefly remark able for It inartistic and expensive qual ities, sound decidedly homelike to an American. Chicago Tribune: If everybody has said that th tobacco trust ha been "snuffed out," or "has gone up in smoke," let us consider the Incident closed and plug along aa heretofore. Washington Tost: The Stat Department I having a hard time picking a suitable colored gent for minister to Haiti, Jack Johnson having declined the post because he could ride only alx minutes In an eighty horsepower auto In Haiti. Houston Post: If Mr. Bryan thinks It was his work that brought about the dem ocratic victory last year, he lias another think coming. Th truth of the matter is, most of the recruits were men who thought th Xehraskan had retired for a while. Chicago Tribune: Th Richmond Times Dispatch entreats Mr. Bryan to go hack to Nebraska and stay there, and not to manage the legislation of the country until he Is firmly seated In the presidential chair, "which will be after th 4th of March, 1913." Th emphasis Is on th "after." AS OITWORX INTEREST Heresy Trial Attract Slight Pabtle Attention. . New York World. The heresy trial In the Presbyterian church, by th slight attention It attracts out?de the denomination, well measures the progress of public thought away from the subtleties of theological controversy In twenty year. Where the trial of Dr. Brlgg In 1S9I profoundly tlrred religious opinion every where, now only a email element feels deeply concerned as to whether the doc trine of the ministers arraigned are or are not "a departure from the tandarde of th church," or takes sertoutly the al legation that views on sin, salvation and atonement not strictly In accord with the ancient tenets are "treason to Jesus Christ." What popular interest the trial ha had a an Indication of the extent to which "the fires of Calvin glow" In an age when Insistence on the letter of old creeds has been largely relaxed. Trials for heresy which result In convic tion no longer end a pastor's career of usefulness, and the fact Incidentally Illus trates their loss of authority. Borne other denomination Is alwaya found ready to wel come him. and the transfer of aotlvltie I made aa readily aa a railroad superin tendent leaves the service of on road for another. Dr. Brlgga after his suspension entered th Episcopal ministry and contin ued his production of volumes of theolog ical criticism. More In keeping with the spirit of the times than heresy trials and more signifi cant of modern religion tendencies Is the statement that the new pastor of a promi nent New York Presbyterian congregation is expected to "harmonise the old the ology with the new." That Is a work more profitable In every aspect than disputation over the non-essentials of religion. USELESS MANEUVERS. Hike of One Hundred Mile Under Scorching Saa. Washington Post.' It Is learned from press dispatches con cerning the soldiers In Texas and who Is not Interested In th soldier boysT that thts member of the First Independent bri gade took a 100-mile hlk from Galveston to Houston and back again. Just what waa accomplished for ' th good of the country, or th welfare of the brigade, Is hard to determine. But ISO were overcome by the heat before the first half of the trip was completed. With a temperature above 100 degrees men fell unconscious by th roadside, and the still able to strug gle onward suffered dreadfully from a burning thirst. It is further reported that the officers were called all aorta of un oompllmentary nam aa they rod coolly by the column of 4,000 men, choked with limestone dust and parched with the un endurable heat. England's greatest poet laureate ha celebrated the charge of the Light Brigade In unforgettable verse. That herolo on slaught was hopeless, but not altogether useless. Without chanc of success, ther was at least a tangible enemy to the front, and those who threw their lives away had the saving thought that the crowning meed of military glory would be theirs. But the Galveston-to-Houston march 1s bereft of all high honor. If comparable to any pre vious military feat. It mut-t b I kened to that of the king who marched up a hill, and then marched down again. Patting Money Into Good Road. Springfield Republican. It come from a Washington survey of th situation that the state of th union are together putting money Into permanent road Improvement at th rat of about 1150,000,000 a year. That Is nearly double th expenditure being mad for th same purpose not longer ago than 1904, a found by a census bureau inquiry. W must sup pose that It Is to th automobile that the country largely owes the rapid advance In a great national aconomy. B4 years of continuous management; 81 years of steady growth in Assets; S years of in creasing ability to safeguard the Increasing funds of depositors; therefore, a good place for VOIR account and especially your SAVINGS. 3i Interest on Time Deposits Formed a New Pasrlnisrtlp A. Man and Hits Money.,, Every few year you e a neighbor of your branch out witi. . nous, an automobll, and a fw other luxuries that you know possible In th daya gon by. now r lm- "How 1 thlaf" you aak. Th answer foretgl,idnss and confidence in homa irtn,..inn. saving Judiciously Invested. " "ofn institution-e Hav you Investigated th Oakridg Investment Comnanv. ,,.(,, , will l.rtng you 16 every year. company project? It For Full Particulars Cll on or Address H. D. TWOMBLY STOCKS BONDH I N VESTMENTS 1110-22 Oty National IUnk Rulldin. LAUGHING GAS. .u. .... t.,i- rH ! stories" " livery body ieamed and piayed. of "Tn' There would have been ahsolut sllen. e If It hain t been for the iet..r Inn ." 'What did he do?" "He shrieked tioirg d"n. as we paeoed each floor. 'Cleveland I'laln Dealer. "How does the wsr go? Which Side has the advantage now'.'" ... A "Thlnn are still rHthor event lslnni-ed. The regulars snd the revolutionists have each sained a recruit ' iAUiisville t'ouiier journai. 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