TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY "REE: JUNE 11, 1011.
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6mt'5t ttie day "What It Home
Wlthoiit a Bathtub?"
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When Imagining the weather la hot,
Just think, of . Houston, Tex., and
cheer ui.;. " ".' ...''',. .' '
In escaping; from Mexico, Diaz also
eacapea that Chinese demand for in
demnity". 1
The "Board of trade speculators wfll
burn the crops all up several times yet
before they are harvested... .-, - . -.'
"Our policy has been publicity,"
says Judge .'Gary. Then the' press
agent has not been doing his full duty,
that la ftU.'. V ' : ' .7. ,:. -.'
The) census of Scotland '.falls, a little
short of 6,000,000. There must be
more Scotch 'over -here than on fho
native? Jieitfa. ; ;,'" .;.";. ' "
SonpLlmatour, said It was.cQim
fortably cool when he left Mexico, and
when he got to S't. Louis he collapsed
from thVhetat-'
V.l i-r , -
Americans 'ikrtyramiets; ' ,M;tot'
oecause tney cannot siana xor ueorge
Bernard Shaw.', -At; least 'that U 'Mr.
Shaw'a way of viewiag -u. "
They are rehearsing the coronation
ceremonies,, poes, that -.Include prac
ticing toe. presentation of "Mary's
gift," which is MO.OOO-in cash?
Now what -reprehensible absquatu
lator was it who gaVe out that canard
about the colonel's early pronounce
ment for President faft. a his choice
for 1913? .
WonrKtr - If the bankers who were
so Btrehiioujily opposed to postal aav-'
ings are persuaded by, this time. thst
they wlU b helped more than hurt by
this nety-departure.
The two latest and most virulent
outbreaks against society In Chicago
appear .to h .commercialised arson and
systematic slugging. The Jackpot -belongs
la Springfield.
Now if General Humidity will lead
his forces vound.tp the south, whee
they beleng'we' will try to gward the
west flank against General Torridlty
without his assistance. - -"TT
Not only is a woman mayor of Hun
newell, Ka,n., but,. ,th mayoress Is
planning", to oast .the men aldermen,
which win serveo keep Hunnewtell on
the majjfor a whle'longer. "
That J-Jot .story trpui Cleveland
would Indicate that the much .adver
tised golde-ule chief-of poMoe had
gone back to, the 'old flnje-trled method
of using clubs and revolvers.
The Philadelphia Inquirer , asks,
"What "fcas become, of he old-fashioned
ma who thought It a rrlsgrase
to die rich?" He Is basking In the
cool shade 'of Sklbo Just now. , v
Tetraulul la one producer who-, hag
defied thetruatl without .fatal results.
She refused to sing for the opera
monopoly in the United States and
now la to begone of.' Be. coronation
warblera. : ' ; V-i. . . .
Lafe,, Young- fears the president's
Canadian' reciprocity policy "will defeat
Mr. Taft for re-election. And the
presdent -.doubtless believes , it will
help re-elect him. So there you are.
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It may do to set him off. to a, small
table wjth hts white wife, but it would
be bad'. ag'te.or the . captain (. the
ship carrying Jack Johnson to the
coronation to discriminate against hfm
on account ot his cplor! . '. !.
it lg quite plain that Mr. Bryan
does not, think half so much of Con
gresgmaft'.Underwpod now as be did a
few months ago when' the gentTeman
from Alabama was made chairman of
the ways and meaTjs committee by the
" " r 'm aa,
- IVom-the Side of Labor, r -
The reoent declBiongof the United
States supreme, court interpreting
the Sherman law prohibition of com
binations In restraint of.-trade have
been widely discussed from various
viewpoints, but very little from the
side of labor. In the Danbury Hat
cage the court had. ruled, that .a labor
union organized to promote the mu
tual Interests of Its members could be
a combination In" restraint of trade
coming within the limits of the Sher
man law, and' the fear that the Sher
man law might be successful in
voked against them has been behind
the efforts oflhe labor leaders to have
It amended so as to afford them ex
press exemption.
The suggestions In the Standard Oil
derision, reinforced - In the Tobacco
trust case, that the 'combinations out
laved are only those which interfere
unreasonably with the- free play of
competition by resort to underhanded
schemes and unfair methQds,, must be
equally applicable to combinations of
labor. Although the court has .held
that an Illegal combination of laborers
is equally iunishable" under the, Sher
man law with an Illegal combination of
capitalists or employers, It can read
ily hdld that'the" "organization of labor
along trade 'lines as commonly con
ducted for the purpose of .providing
fraternal help In sickness and old age,
regulating apprenticeship, limiting
hours,, fixing atandards of workman
ship, mediating or arbitrating indus
trial disputes Is wholly beneficial and
within the realm of jreaspn, to be. en-,
conraged and protected by the courts
rather than to be destroyed by thorn.
At the same time It Is also quite
conceivable that a labor combine that
fights with unlawful weapons, that
resorts to the boycott, that employs
violence' against nonunion 4 labor, or
tDa.t connives at.dypamltjnt, would, if .
Interfering with r interstate . business,
hi4 the risk of being adjudged a law
lens attempt at restraint of trad?.'
t it Is, therefore,' possible, and proba
ble", , qui In' tbea'e Sberman ;iaw . de-'
cislons the labor unions have won a
victory mat win mane it unnecessary
for them fp Mi further (for legisla
tive ' relief, beoauee ' they can And In
them assurance that by avoiding ques
tionable practices they may pursue th,e
e,ven tenor of , their way uninterruptedi-
The Day of Brevity. , .
.TnU la the dajr of brevity..--People
demand action, simple and direct. He
who meets Jhis . demand Is .likely best
to succeed. ' It la a demand cqmrnon
to most every phase of American life,
notably--so. In business..'- The Httle
mottoes "on' the wall of a busy man's
fflce admonltorjr of. ,tKe": Rvalue. of
time bespeak that. The shortened
workday proyea It. The employer
and employe are 'one On' tb'e jBropOBl-
i,tl0.n.
r . The newspapers and magazines..re-.
flectlve. of so tmiea.- thgf taharicter
Istlo pfihe times-'mlrTwt" tMa fact.
News 'artlclea'.jn eltp.rffcYs in" the.
dally press are-briefer than they' used
.to'be. . There is llttle(gpce today, for
the extended homily rn "the 'the edi
torial columns'. The vafagrapher la
in bis asfcendendy. ; So with the maga
glnes, even the technical and.. scien-.
tiflc articles and .the fiction are -not
as lengthy aa fPrmerly.-Mt Is scarcely
necessary to atop and argue why all.
this 1s,'bo.; , Diversity . of ,, interests'
and activities is alb the, ; argument
necessary. Thla spirit of brevity is
manifesting Itself , In the pulpit as
well (a in the press and business.
Sermo'4 ' ( 'tonally, ttam twenty to.
thirty mldutes in length Instead of
from one to two hours. People almply
wouldj not alt ;..and. " jlsten to' a' dis
course Sjucb las the old-time minister
preached. Even lawyers have learned
that logic and wisdom do Nnot depend
btt "all-day arguments. -.
The tendency, toward brevity is. up
ward in its Influence. It helps to
make ua a more alert, quick-witted
people. And soMon srs we continue
it without sacrificing thoroughness
it will be helpful. , . , ... , ,
-' The Scholar-in Politics.
In 'no department; or American life
should there be more room and op
portunity for the.' scholar than In poli
tics, notwithstanding the disposition
to dwell on the derisive expression,
"the scholar In politlca." ,Why should
not a scholar be successful there as In
any other line of private or public
er.vice? Aa a matter of fact, why
should he not be more successful, all
thlpgs being equal, than, the. man who
la not a scholar?- Is polities so sim
ple a calling; as not to demand trained
Intellects? Why should not a man
with a mind trained' to think syste
matically succeed In politics, aa well as
he succeeds In any other profession or
business?, ; .... ,
The American' people'jcculd ' not
make a bigger mistake than to imagine
that politlca la beneath the scholar
or the scholar . above politics. 'And
they have never,' as . a whole, made
the- mistake. They 'elect' many .men'
to office who could
classed aa scholars
rightk but - on the
scholar la not and
by no meana be
and . that Is all
other hand, a
never haa been
exceptional . in . our ' political.' life. , . If
he had been, -perhaps we ' would not
be quite as well ofttoday as we are.
Some of the most conspicuous pub
lic men today are scholars In politics.
The list la entirely too long to name,
but to say nothing of-President Taft
and Ex-President Rooggvelt,' we may
pass on to such men aa Governor Wil
son of New, Jersexj. Senator-.Burtoa
of Ohio, Senator Lodge of Massachu
setts,' Congressman, McCall of the
same state, 'Speaker Clark of Missouri,
all essentially scholars.
, Ttese areusa of virility and power;
ther are leades;."acbola;rs .ahould1 be
lea'deta. 'lt'may be smart campaign
buncombe to sneer at the scholarly
man, but It Is a sneer that means
nothing, nothing except campaign
buncombe.
Forward or Backward.
In the last number of hlB Crm-
moner In adjoining columns on the
same page, although in articles bear
ing different headings, Mr; Bryan
makes these two declaration:
I. -
The Underwood bill dealing with the
wtoln uchedule reduces the average xate
nearly one-half, and la therefore a great
step in advance.
II.
The t'nderwood bill lenves, a 20 per
cent tax on wool. This 1 a step back
wnrd at unie when the, tariff reform
sentiment of the country Is moving for
ward. . ' ' '
For these both X.6 be correct charac
terizations, the Underwood bill must
be a double-back-action contrivance
that goes forward ' and backward at
one and the sanle time.
Carrie Nation.
It has been sadd that- "Since the
days of Peter the Hermit there has
been no cfusader more earnest, more
zealous or, more courageous" than
Mrs. Crrie Nation. Perhaps .not.
But there'ts.a great difference between
the achievements of Peter the Hermit
and Mrs. Nation;' as great as the dif
ference In the times in which they
lived. Mrs. Nation, however sincere
and courageous, was behind her time,
and with all her fiery passion for the
extinction of demon rum,' her death
leaves It free from the marks of any
effective blows from her hatchet. She
could not help but Impress people with
her contempt,, for drink, but her
method defeated her purpose and she
leaves no example for saner advocates
of temperance reform to follow. Hers
was the kind of passion that consumed
more than It produced,' and It is not
.very doubtful that she, herself, paid
the penalty of her Intemperate zeal. ,
Much' as "restraint -needs ' to. be
thrown about the evil of Intemper
ance, there is a more effective way ot
doing It than the one Mrs. Nation em
ployed. Reforms of all kinds that
succeed depend upon a propaganda
that reaches the soberer qualities of
the" mind. Great issues today roust
appeal to reason, not alone to emo
tion. The most conspicuous thing
about Mrs. Nation's career Is the facil
ity, with which a poor woman in the
obscurity of a small Kansas town
achieved to International .' notoriety,
and yet at whose death even her
friends have to pity, more than ap
prove her and her plan of reform.
Echo of the Mexican Revolution.
When the Mexican financiers fig
ured up the total cost of their late war
at $20,000,000, they evidently did not
allow tot extras that ilgh"t!creep
into the expenses such, as the, Indem
nity of $6,000,000 demanded by China
tor the extinguishment of 300 subjects
of; Queen An. at.Torreon. This de
mand cornea now as one pf the echoes
of the war! which muBt atrlke rather
harshly upon the ears of those "in
power. ':- f
There may be a little of the irony
of fate in this demand from China.
The stories will be recalled that Mex
ico was giving harbor to a lot of Japs
and Chinese near the border, which
might enable them to come over the
line surreptitiously and now these
same refugees have become the source
ot perplexities to the already troubled
republic. The demand will doubtless
have to be met; in some way or an
other, for the killing of the Chinese
seems to have been' wanton. Not only
dpes China demand money indemnity,
but punishment .of the guilty, apology
for the insult and constitutional guar
anties of protection to all Chinese sub
jects in the republic hereafter.
This la no more than any other na
tion would ask under similar provoca
tion. Yet only a few years ago the
United States turned back to China
an Indemnity for the Boxer, uprisings
and later refused to accept money
balm for persecutions of American
missionaries. But no such conditions
as actuated us then exist between
China and Mexico, hence dissimilar
motives will naturally impel China's
action.
Crime and Its Publicity.
The old 'question whether crime is
fostered or discouraged by publicity
is revived In the passage by the Illinois
legislature of a bill prohibiting news
papers from publishing the details of
crime or attempted crime. Of course,
exaggeraton of the hideous aspect of
crime, capitalizing salacious scandals,
as is paraded by a certain class of
newspapers, is indefensible, but that
Is very different from publishing
truthful,' straightforward accounts of
wrongdoing. To prohibit the latter
la not to help suppress crime, but to
afford the criminal-the very shelter
and protection he most desires. It
must always be remembered that In
arguing this question the man who
violates law is always on the side of
concealment. Like the bata In a dark
cave, be cannot withstand the search
light. There is need for a reformed code
of 'ethics among yellow newspapers,
but because of that, who will say
that suppression of the details 'of ' a
bank robbery, for example, would
tend to . prevent another such plun
der? -' Or, who la simple enough to
believe that alienee by the presa'aa
to graft in high finance or corruption
In 'Official life would 'put a ban on
rascality "and In bringing the culprltg
to Justice? It la doubtful if the
gigantic insurance frauds In New
York, whose exposure shook this
country 'like a cataclysm", would ever
have been stopped bad not a fearless
press turned the spotlight mercilessly
upoh them.
No, the way to suppress crime and
punish criminals Is not to muzzle the
press, as the -forefathers who- -wrote
the constitution prophetically real
ized. In most Instances where at
tempts of this sort have been made
to abridge the freedom of the press,
they have originated with the very
onea who would suffer were the power
of untrammeled newspapers turned
against their nefarious practices. No
decent Interest has anything to fear,
and this country has everything to ex
pect, from fair publicity by a clean,
able, responsible press. .
House Cleaning. .
Our local bar association, through a
specially appointed committee, is try
ing to keep from admission to prac
tice a would-be lawyer charged with
fraud and extortion. If the charges
are true, and the applicant unfit for
admission, this move Is praiseworthy,
but this step would be still more com
mendatory if part of a larger move
ment to purge the bar of undesirables
already admitted. The estimation in
which the bar Is held by the public
would be greatly heightened If reput
able and capable lawyers did not have
to share the odium brought on them
by the shysters, blackmailers and ad
venturers who disgrace the profes
sion. We do not recall that our local
or state bar associations have ever
expelled anyone for unprofessional
conduct, although the need oT a thor
ough house cleaning has' been' more
than once pointed out and even ad
mitted by those on the Inside.
The Ideal in High Finance.
To Perclval Roberts, ir.', a director
in the United States Steel corporation,
we are indebted for the true view of
Mr. J. P. Morgan and the' right con
ception of high' finance. Irr testifying
before the house steel investigating
committee Mr. Roberts said:
Whatever he (Mr. Morgan) may accom
plish for the good of the government and
upholding .the bunlneae interests of the
country, he doea by reason of his quali
ties and his ideal. It Is not 'because of
his personality and name. It is the Ideal
which he represents that makes -the coun
try what it is.
, It la gratifying to know that the
man "who makes the country what it
is" acta not from a selfish, sordid
standpoint, but from an 7 ideal. .' WTe
may congratulate ourselves that, In
dustrially at least, we as a people have
about reached the Ideal In life. There
Is something so calm and satisfying
about Mr. Roberts' explanation that
one wonders why he chose to delay it
bo long. Into it sink all the cynicism
and asperities toward "the system."
Stripped of his vast, vulgar 'money
power, we see the real J. Plerpont
Morgan, the mari FMtfeas.yabBdrbtng
obstreperous Interlopers "for the, good
of the.'gpyer'nnlent"' 'and' to fuphold'
the business Interests of the country."
Our view of . him . as'. u.il Industrial
Colossus of Rhodes loses all Its animus
and he stands revealed as the nation's
benefactor, lost lnthe solitude, of tS'lB
one thought of philanthropy.
Ideal," Webster . says, carries ' the
thought of unreal, fanciful. Of
course, -theTe 1b nothing unreal or fan
ciful about high finance or big. busi
ness. T . The Sixty Per Cent Student.
This "Is 'he season when' young
folks' minds turn not lightly to final
exams. Commencement day draws
near.' "Have' you passed?" ' "Do yPu
think you will flunk?" These are com
mon queries today. They pass from
Up to lip with more or less trepida
tion. There are usually two kinds of
students In every class, the one who
haa put In his hardest licks to get the
most out of his books and the one
who done Just enough to "mak6
grades" and get through. He is the
60 per cent student. Sixty per cent
we will take as the minimum grade
tor passing. If he makes that and
barely gets . through, he is content,
while to do no better than that would
sorely disappoint the other student,
with hopes fixed on the 90 per cent,
or an even higher mark. '
These 60 per cent and 90 per cent
people are to be found all through
(if e, outside as well as Inside of the
school room and school days. They
are found In the shops and factories
and offices. Here is a man who can
hold his Job by doing' a certain
amount of work a day, a minimum
amount. His ambitions running no
higher .than ' that ' particular Job, he
strives each day to do no more than
the minimum amount, of. work. . He Is
unwilling to let himself out, to do his
level best and to give his employer
all he can, because, he argues, "what
is the use, I do not get paid for It; I
get paid only for a certain amount
and I will do that and no more." He
Is the 60 per cent, fellow. He man
ages to hold onto his Job. But the
time comes when a place above him
must be filled. To whom does bla
employer look for the man to fill It,
the 60 per cent fellow, or the 90 per
cent fellow, the one who was un
willing to do more than the rules re
quired, or the one who forgot the
minimum in his anxiety to reach 'the
maximum?
The school and college are but the
training stations for larger activities
in life. The young man or young
woman who forma the habit of sloth
fulness there Is very likely to practice
It after be or she gets out. Of course,
what Is called a "grade student" U
often not the one who gets most,
either out ot his education or his life
work, but certainly the one -who does
get most is not the 60 per cent stu
dent, who exerts no effort to - make
grades and la content tp skim through
along the lines of ; leas,; resistance.
The best Way to VeaKen pow'ers.nnPrT
tal or physical, is not to use them, I
and that la what the 60 per rent fel- I
low does.
The Outlook dr-nomlnntos as "cruelty
to congressmen" the scheme to bring
the Congressional Record Into accord
ance with fact by barring the nota
tion "applause" or "laughter" as a
privilege Inherent In the member's
right to revise his ropy. Of course,
no one wants to inflict any "cruelty"
on our congressmen, but then, neither
should our congressman insist on such
cruelty to their constituents.
On his return from his western trip
Governor Wilson expressed himself as
particularly gratified with the Tine
reception accorded him and his pub
lic addresses. The New Jersey gov
ernor Is entitled to feel pleased, but
he should not forget the sad experi
ence of another distinguished demo
crat who got so much applause and so
few votes.
The United States supreme court
has taken the Initiative to revise Its
own rules of equity practice with a
view to simplifying them and cutting
out what is obsolete or purely tech
nical. Some of our Btate courts might
take the hint and bring their rules of
procedure up to date In conformity
with twentieth century requirements.
A contributor to an eastern maga
zine, singing the gospel tf fresh air,
says he would like by law to require
bo much bedclothlng on "every bed,
fixed on and Irremovable, as to force
the most careless or most obstinate to
get up and open the window to get
cool. ' He could not have heard of our
Nebraska nine-foot bed-sheet law.
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon of Topeka,
the novelist-preacher; has invited the
members of his parish to tell him all
their troubles', no matter how private,
a nature. The. parson must be look
ing for material for a new novel.
The- Latest Appliance.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.-.
When It -cornea to presidential booms,
Woodrow Vlon seems to be In favor of
the initiative, .all right. ....... .
, No Interval In the Exhibit.
PltUburg Dispatch.
Spain declines with thanks the invitation
to be Officially prenent at the pumping out
and inspection of the wreck of the Maine.
Thla may- be dignity; but also suggents
lack of faith in the Internal explosion
theory now fashionable with some Amer
icana. . Moderation . la Applanae.
. Loulivllle Courier-Journal. "
A son of.Dta agys the. United States
took an admirable position during the
war in Mexice. Which, having In view
its opportunities, is . moderation as sur-.
prlalng to European countries aa -. the
moderation of a British rular of India was
to Win. " ' ' i
Smoking? M iiickere. -.' ,
T ' Brooklya Eagle. " .-..:
The Cbdntrybweg'a Bebt of gratitude to
President Taft ""for. hla ' "smoking . out"
speech. It Js better to call a-spade a spade
than to can tra'pruhuig-"hbok. or a" plow.
or S mowing machine. . The Chicago speech
clarifies, thing Anomalously," "amoklng
out" always has the effect of ' clarification.
The fingers of rhetoric are never wholly
consistent.
Penalty for Army beaertlon.
St, Loula Republic.
To leave the army afrer 1 enlistment Is of
course a much more ' serious violation of
obligation than to refuse to execute . a
contract for personal service in civil life,
but the - belief of some War department
officer that present penalties for deaertlon
in time of peace are too- severe la probably
well founded. The moral quality Involved
la small , and to. ml tig ate' the punishment
wl(l be wise..
Dramallat of the Old Bowery.
New York 'sun,
Tony Hart, Ned Harrigan, Johnny Wild
and the rest of those brave companies that
delighted a New York which now' seems
almost as remote aa Babylon what hours
of hearty and Innocent enjoyment they
gave iis oldsters,'1 less sophisticated,' no
doubt, than the later generation! Harri
gan; made an- honest and not unsuccessful
effort to build a genuine Manhattan drama.
He had a faithful,'" it 'Is not too much to
say an affectionate, public. A little for
gotten amid to- many nolaer names, ill for
a year or two,' an eternity tn New York,
hia ueath la to many of ua aa that of an
old 'friend. .-
MARRIAGE LAWS NEED REFORM
Nebraeka Profeaaor Advocatea
and Daalle Chances.
Hold
(Chicago . Itecord-.HeraJd.)
Prof. Howard of the University of
Nebraska, the author of a standard work
on the history and evolution of mariiase
customs, . advocates In the current iBsue
of the American - Journal of Sociology
bold and drasllo changes in our marriage
laws. Some of his views have been ma-le
familiar by the "science" of eugenics and
by the movement for social hygiene. Oth
ers are relatively new like the proposal
tor" endowment of motherhood by the state,
which Wells haa exploited In hla recent
politico-social novel.
It la unneceaaary to paaa offhand on the
merits of Prof.. Howard's program
aa a whole. There Is no disputing the
statement , that we have too many "friv
olous or mercenary magistrates and fleet
parsons," too many get-marrled-qulck re
sorts, where few questions are asked and
dignity and propriety are thrown to the
winds. Here in Chicago tha Staoey mar
riage mill just ' peremptorily closed has
given ua a vivid illustration of the free-and-rasy
way In which officials and mag
istrates treat' the marriage relation and
the privilege, of performing the ceremony.
. It may be observed,- further, that aa to
soma things the tendency la In the direc
tion pointed , to by Prof. , Howard. , In
certain states the common law- marriage
a source of fraud and abuse has been
aboliBhed'or greatly restricted. '. A better
Uoense system- Is being introduced; health
anf age standards are being cautiously
prescribed. j
Unquestionably education and a.tudy will
gradually prepare the ground for further
changes. The moralist, happily, la now
co-operating - with the scientist, and the
complex problem le-at lawt receiving seri
ous and profound conalderatloh. The law
maker will have his part to play, but it
Is wiaa to proceed . slowly In - the matter
of endowment, ootnpulaory Inspection,. etc.
Public sentiment la the only thing which
vitalises statutes, and the sociologist
knows better than anyone else how futile.
If not dangerous, it la to Jump at ideals.
and -leave -average opinion tar behind.
People and Events
1'ln-w ! ahd then ome.
In cotiKlKnlng to a tin roof for a siesta
of three hours the fellow who aoked,. "Is
It hot enough for you?" the maRlstratc
fitted the punishment to the crln;e.
An auto which got beyond control of
Its mnnager In New Jersey, tried to get
Into two roAd houses before its wild careei
was checked. Prof. Solomon's theory that
mechanical devices, like human machln.s,
acquire the habit, get a belated boost in
Jersey.
British Ambassador Bryce VnwnJ'unces
Washington "the most beautiful capital
of Its kind the world haa ever seen." If
there la anything In. Washington the uni
liaador Uinlies an a souvenir. h hns
but to indicate lit, pleasure Native
boosters wll! deliver the package.
Back In Pittsburg the i onecutlon has
lowered the flag to the council grafters.
The ramifications of loot and of tainted
money in high and low olrelm is such
that a confession of guilt is regarded
by Jurymen aa a aytnptnui of insunity. .The
Smoky City thus lines up wjth fSan Fran
cisco and Chicago.
Inquisitive marriage clerks were prop
erly rebuked by a California bride-to-be.
who inxlated that her. answer, "I am
over 21," was sufficiently explicit as t
age to satlfy the curiosity of a honid
man. , Hut it didn't, . .wheroupon she de
cided to patronize a more gentlemanly
clerk In some other county.
According to a 8U Louis doctor, If your
skull ls fractured, the tickling of your
ankle will cause your big toe to stick up
like a wart on a bungalow. If your up
per story is merely "tracked," the effort
tuu"wi ins rignt Dig toe with your
mouth will jirove it. Medical science 'pulls
off wonders regardless of the weather.
Fathers' day Is coming and preparations
for the event overshadow ordinary house
hold plans. Much .perplexity as to the
proper manner of ' celebrating may be
avoided by sticking closely to the uldf re
liable remedy that mother used to make
"Feed the brute!" For specially good
fathers, an extra helping of shortcake and
all tiunday off.
As becomes an esteemed leader of the"
Showmea, Ambassador Dick Kerens of
Missouri, la "making good" at the court
of -Vienna. Recently he gave "a coufV ball
on a .email scale," at the embassy, and
scored a Boclal and diplomatic triumph.
The deft touch of Missouri art ' entered
into ine decorative scheme. "A particu
larly striking feature,1- says the cafKe,
"waa the red, white and blue livery of
the embassy servants." St. Louie and
the rest of Missouri derive their- chief
comfort these summery days, from ac
counts of Ambassador Kerens' picturesque
aociai activities.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. '
Chicago Record-Herald: A , Chicago
preacher has been offered a salary of Jtf.000
a year, and the free Use of a parsonage if
he will take charge of a New Yora church,
People who are fond of making compari
sons between the salaries of preachers and
baae ball players must temember that the
preahers are provided with ne opportuni
ties to participate In the profits of cham
pionship contests at the end of the regular
aeasen. ... . . . - - -
New York World: In speaking of Cardinal
Gibbons as a great -clthten and patriot (t Is
not ncssary; "to idtfhjjjty .file name with
some one of the reforms or principles he I
haa linhcM rvf 'fKf.' l, 'i-i '..'..
" - ......... uisto mi v ,tiaiiy, iuv
the debt that the country owes to him la
that In i vigorous yet toieraliV,,wajt,he has
Insisted "npon ' the autle-of citizenship aa
the paramount obligation of all alike and
has made the moral rideals of" the' church
ootnclde with thV practical ends of demo
cratic government.
Boston Transcript : Protestants 'are too
much inclined tq'ftel that the Roman-Cath
olic clergy, and particulaily the hierarchy,
know nothing or care nothing, about Protes
tant writers or-.speak-era. But ttllaa McBee,
editor of the Churchman, who has been
making a tour throughout Europe and ..the
Holy Land In connection . with the move
ment for united Christendom, reports his
reception by Cardinal Merry del Val at
Rome, In last week's Issue of the Church
man. "While discussing Bishop Bonomelli's
letter and its effect . at Edinburgh '. and
since," he' say , "I . mentioned what Dr.
Alexander Whyte had said of it and de
scribed the wonderfully catholic prayer
with which Dr. Whyte had opened the con
ference. At the mention of Dr. Whyte's
name. Cardinal Merry del . Val .exclaimed
with In' tense feeling, -'Oh, but he's rare
man! Hla writings are' beautiful.'. This
was not "the only occasion on .which I
wondered how little Christians knew of
each other. How many. non-Romans, or
Romans, for that matter, have Imagined
the cardinal secretary, of. state reading and
appreciating the writings ' of the. great
Scotch Presbyterian? ; Or, from (he other
side, how many Anglicans -and Protestants
are -familiar with the wonderful writings
of this Scotch statesman and saint?" Echo
answers, "How many?"
Defylae; the'Llshtnln.
,. Boston Transcript.
. The senate committee chosen to Investi
gate the Lorlmer ease ls evenly divided so
far. as predispositions go, but we rather as
sume that they will be unanimous against
the senator. He ought to have . taken
friendly advice to resign tendered him when
he - was "exculpated" by the committee
some months ago.
BLUE RIBBON
PIANO:
The National Piano Exposition at Chicago, just closed,
had the finest models and designs in piano building on ex-'
hibition and" sale, and the up-to-date houses made thoir
Relections and ordered these very excellent examples of the
piano makers' 'art to grace their respective local ware
rooms. On Monday we put on sale the, best and latest:
- -- Mason & Hamlin Grand and Upright Pianos
Kranich & Bach Pianos Bush '& Lane Pianos -Krakauer
Pianos Kimball Pianos Cable-Nelson Pianos'
Pry or & Co. and Werner. Pianos .
Prices as-Low; as for Regular. Stock.
1 S13 DOUGLAS STREET
- P. SXUsed pianos" at $85, $100, $125 '$150, etc. , Small
payment down and a little, every ;month
' BLASTS FROM KAM:S HORN.
Mirny a man wh boasts Of hi hvneatj
In business roi clod without a biush.
A nail In the right plwe is a better thins
than a teliKinph pole In the wrong plase. , i
""The sounding brass ami tinkling cymbal
hi.iines Is, still brine: rnerrefii ally pnshed.
The man who rules himself is certain o
Peflome a commaniler-ln-chlef to somebody'
fire. '
No man would be willing to'llve In fin for
an hour If lie were nut clone blind to the.
truth. t
Without aetunintnre with others- we
wtniUl live and -die AuUiout knowing eur
nlvt i.
It is only -when wc do our best for Ood '
th.it we give him a chame to do his beXt
lor us. - . .
1 he devil Is :not nnul concerned about
what We arc ilolut," uliiti a.l men vpeatt
W 1 1 I us.
' .... I'
'iheie is auiiic'liing wionK with the man's
heuil who tow v l.ii oajj unci expects to
gvl a crop of wheat.. . . . , ,
DOMUTxC fLKAbANIRIZS.
Mrs. A tVhht ' I.I 0Ur husband
When uj shoved him the bill for you
sy
r trew
uee-iiive half .
Mrs. l: Stung!- UokU.ii Triisrript
"Can a married man acquire happlnewsf
''8vre! lou don't Hunk Mint hHchelors
nre tli' only ones lliai.die, do ?ou?' t-i'o-lecio
i.lHile. -
l-!elle- I nsked J k to send me some
thing personrtlly 'appropriate on my birth
day in the Way t.f u pmiit or flower, and
what do you think he sent 7 ' ' ' ' "
Nell--i ilon t know. v hat Old he send?
Belli-He' sent a rubber plant, the horrid"
thing!- ilalUuiore American,' ' ' '
"Some women bellvve everything a man
tells thetn." ' -
"yes.- replied- Mr. -Meckton. "Before 'I
married HenrieU.i 1 told her I would be
her slave for Hie, and her trusting nature
refuses to taocept any- romprOmise.''-
.)VttMhingtun Mar. .
"Is a sham battle always followed by a
festive celebration?" '
"I di-n t know. Why do you ask?" ' ' '
"Because wlieie there is '-a mam. battla
there ouhf In the f linos of things, to. be'
some shltm pafn."- Buffalo F.xpresa.
.r1"' Farmer Th big men always git to
th' top. don't they? .
Second Farrher-Yep. Pome's th'
Slrawberrte in a farmer's crate. '
.'big.
dlbhs--I 'wasn't Koinif to take anv vaea-'
tlon this summer, but the boss insisted, '
Dlbhs You don't uavt Mow i,,no- .. .
- - - -" - lung . , a-, mr" .
tlon do you get?
Glbbs As long aa It .akes me ito find an
other Job. Boston Transcript.
"Maud's husband ih,n hVia. .mm,A v., .
if he'd love her when Mh a niH hi,
told her no." .' .
"He's a cruel-hearted monster!
"Don't Jump at conclusions, you see. she
Is W and he's 70. so when she is old he'll ,
be deau." Philadelphia Record. w
. He You refuse me, then. Oh, well, there
are others!
. She I know there are. I accepted one
or them this afternoon Indianapolis News.
. ."Maria," Mr Doi kins said with a note
of exultation In his voice. "I turned a
iraae toriuy that netted me a clean J:!yiO."
"H'muh!'' e1nMllat,l him ........ , ,
, ' ; " . " i-'-'-'-r in 1 1 e i
you-make-mtt-tlreri manna,.. .
r
' out toaay to hunt up a first class
cook, and I got her, John-I 'BOt her! "--Chicago
.Tribune.
ALL THE DOCTOR'S FAULT.
Mark Kronen In Puck. ' " - -I
am strictly on a dlet-fw the doctor
made it plain.
That my stomach was rebelling at . the
gastronomic strain
Wiich my palate put upon It (I am prone
to eat with aest
A lot of fancy dishes which won't easily
digest).
The doctor told me sharply that I mustn't V
-eat-ao much:. - , ,.
That '! Jiave q uuU the rabblta and th
cakws and pies and. such,. - .
And he .figured out a diet which waa kier-
" . .tajn to agree. ............
, With by broken-down condition It .waii
merely-toaat and teal - , .. : . .
Yet my stomach isn't better, and I suffer
Just the same.
And I think the doctor's faking spite of
all his fees and film--
.I've been truly- very ;fulthful to -his-dietary "
, TtHII '
Though I've varied It u llt'fe with .some"
Bt.eek.and chops and fish.
With sumo njrely frjed potato:-, .and som
, . H,,t nr l.n ,, t u .uV. I . i
- i w,. .,,u .a mceii ftim 111,1
And a. .fine. old Englinh pUdillng that waa
Smoking from the pot; . . -.Yet
my chronic. indigestion la as bad aa It
, can be. ... ......
And I've lost all' faith in diets such as
- ' simple toast and tea! .....
In fact I think it harmful,. for' last night-
' I nearly died! ..- ,'
My panes were- something terrible,- I .'
moaned and groaned and criedl ,
I had -tlie fle.-ceei nightmare 'that a mortal---
ever knew! ... . . "
Yet toast and tea was all I ate except a
? clam or two.
A link or yo of sausage and -a glass. or two
of wine,
A' nicely roasted pigeon, and a lobster
-I that was fine. f
Now 1 know the other -items never yet
. have troubled me, '
-And It couldn't be the lobster, so It roust
have been the tea!-
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