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REMITTANCES. r.emit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Puhllshing Company. Only I-cent stamps received In pavment of mall accounts. Personal checks except on Omaha and eastern exchange not eccepted. JUNE CIRCt.-LATION. 48,466 State of Nebraska, Countv of Doug-las, ss: I'wt'ht Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly worn, say that the average dally circula tion, less spoiled, unused and returned coplea, for the month of June, 1911, was . DWIOHT WILLIAM, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this first day of July, 1911. (Seal.) ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. hocrther leaving th rltr tem porarily ahoold have The Ilea mailed to them. Address will b changed as oftca as reqaested. Conservative Boston Is talking of recalling It mayor. Oh, me! Oh, my! Perhapa Dr. Wiley might have fared better had he made fewer high-up hem lea. California proposes to raise more rice. It has a lot of natural con aumers within lta borders. If former Governor Brown is the "Little Joe" of Georgia politics, Hoke Smith must be the "Big Dick." The fatal fallacy of many a man's reasoning is that he cannot conceive of the possibility of his own error. "Boy Bitten by a Bear." Headline. Why not make It better and say, "Bit of a Boy Bitten by a Big Black Bear?" How times have changed. Not a shilallah was raised to greet King Oeorge upon his recent visit to Ireland. If the Christian Endeavorert would only hold all their conventions in At lantic City, one or the other might be converted. The lid has dropped on nomination filings, but the privilege to withdraw with honor will be available for a short while. Of course, King Oeorge must have known that Dr. Osier excepted kings from his superannuation chloroform ing doctrine. When it comes to playing the baby act, the fake reformers for revenue only hereabouts are matchless and unmatched. Evelyn Arthur See, the high jinks of Absolute life, has been convicted and may yet become an ordinary No. 6789 down at Jollet. .Senator Bacon makes a pitiful plea to get back to the good old days of "senatorial courtesy," a mantle which covereth many a sin. , Lillian Bell once said all men were insipid until they were 35. Perhaps that may help explain why Ethel Barrymore is suing for a divorce. Mr. Bryan's list or ellglbles for the J 91 3 democratic nomination ia lengthy enough, but It leaves out the head liner, who, when at home, lives at Falrvlew. Perhaps Dr. Wiley has the enemies he has made to thank for this trouble that has come upon him. But then his friends may be relied on to come to his help. The St. Paul Pioneer-Press speaks of "rural Chicago." Evidently has reference to St. Louis, and that por tion of Indiana lying north and west of Indianapolis. MSBSBBBBBBBBBaBBBSBSBSSaBSaBSaaBBBBBBBBBBBBBSl Wonder how much Ice that was cut In and about Omaha last winter was hipped away to other points to make the excuse of short supply for our home consumers. It's an "off" year in Nebraska po litically, but, according to the barom eters there seems to be almost as much politics to the square inch as in the average "on" year. The editor of the Houston (Tes.) Post l mad that'a very evident. Mr. Bryan's Commoner. We thought a certain local paper had copyright on that expression. And now Governor Deneen, too, says Mr. Hlnes did not tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Evidently somebody is quali fying for Ananias club membership. It is betraying no confidence, we trust, to divulge the fact that our Congressman Lobeck has had carefully prepared aeveral classified mailing lists of his constituents, who may ex pect to hear from him periodically with suitable reminder under govern ment frank. A Question of Confidence. Nearly every observer of social, In dustrial and political conditions notes the widespread unrest and discontent. The spirit that Is abroad in the land criticises and finds fault with nearly all the Institutions which we have In herited, explaining that while they may possibly have been serviceable In their time, they have outlived their usefulness, have gone lame or broken down altogether, and can no longer keep pace with modern progress. The tendency of this agitation and Irritation is to undermine public confi dence in the stability and Integrity of our governmental and Industrial agen cies, and even In the prevailing social fabrie. As a rule It ia admitted that the people as a whole are more Intel ligent, better educated, more prosper ous, more healthy, more comfortable and less overworked than they have been at any previous era in history, but their desire for still further Im provement is likewise more keenly whetted and popular suspicion or prejudice more easily aroused against whatever appears to menace their ad vancement or well-being. Assuming that there are many abuses that should be corrected and many grievances that should be re dressed, the next problem after ex posure is cure, and tearing down will avail nothing unless a new and sound superstructure Is substituted. In lta ultimate analysis the foundation stone of civilized society la confidence, and we must restore, maintain and strengthen public confidence in the permanency and beneficence of our free institutions. Whatever form of industrial organ ization is accepted, both employer and employe must be convinced that it will produce substantial Justice in the division of the product. Whatever society may do to ameli orate the living eonditlons of the masses and improve the opportunities of the rising generation; whatever it may do to relieve social festers and rescue social derelicts, confidence in the family as the social unit, and pro tection of the family group against disrupting forces, ia elemental and basic. Whatever changes may be made In the machinery of government, confi dence la our ability to secure honest, competent and devoted men at the guiding wheel, and In all the smaller positions of responsibility, will be in dispensable. Once, when we almost completely destroyed public confidence In our currency, the wheels of Industry came practically to a standstill and began again to revolve and hum only when confidence was restored. Without the tonic of confidence in ourselves, confi dence in our institutions, confidence in our public servants, confidence in the perpetuity of the republic, the body politic is sure to languish and the in dustrial organism to slacken its motion. Tyranny of Custom. A Chicago minister baa thrown down the gauntlet to the tyranny of custom and gone into his pulpit on Sunday morning in thin, white trdus era and without a coat, and has bade hlg congregation follow hia inspiring example in making himself comforta ble at the expense of empty form. In such heated weather as the coun try has experienced of late why should sot even a preacher adopt a humane style of dress? Does anyone suppose that this man would preach better if he were bundled up in a long clerical coat, with the perspiration trickling down bis body in streams so much that it made blm feel, while trying to expound the gospel, aa if he were pass ing through purgatory. Not only did this Chicago minister defy all prece dent, but he carried the spirit of it into hia sermon and preached on the subject. "The Tyranny of Custom," showing how thoroughly wrought up he must have been. Too often we pay exorbitant tribute to custom, especially in the matter of dress. It would be better for varied spheres of our public and private ac tivity if people would do aa this cour ageous pastor did. There la the po liceman, the motorman, the floor walker In the big store, and last, but not least, that man of sorrows, ac quainted with grief, despised and re jected the base ball umpire. Ty rannical custom bath decreed that they wear their uniforms no matter how blistering hot the sun may come down. Well, here is their cue, given them by this man of the cloth. Will they accept it, or will they continue to bow supinely to this tyrant custom? And in the meantime, how about the rest of the preachers? Will they have the courage of their Iconoclastic brother? Economy in Syitem. The economy commission named some time ago by President Taft, of which Dr. F. A. Cleaveland of Chicago ia chairman, ia soon to make its report, so Information from Washington states, and It will have a report to make on which the president may base recommendations in his next message to congress for the curtailment of niil llons of dollars la the expense of run ning the government. These recom mendations will form a vital part of the president's message to congress in December and therefore give the coun try something palatable to digest Just before the national campaign year dawna. An entirely new system of account ing and conducting other details of the government's clerical business will be instituted If the report of this com mission is adopted. The point of the report will b to Install more system Into government business and through system effect economy. It Is not graft, but careless waste of time and resources, that consumes extra money in keeping the official machinery of state going. There are too many sys tems. One department has Its way of doing and another its way. Uniform ity ia needed to effect greater effi ciency and economy, and It is pre cisely this towsrd which President Taft aimed when he took hold of affaire This new system Is to be more di rect and simple and therefore more responsive to public needs. For in stance, at present this commission es timates that It costs in time of em ployes more than $1,000,000 a year. on an average, to supply congress with Information it calls for. No one Is claiming fraud or graft here, but sim ply the fault of a bunglesome way of doing things. And all along the line such faults are to be found. If $1,000,000 can be saved here In this one remote place, what can be saved in the whole scope of official Washing ton? This Is a great work for the people the president has ordered done and congress would be derelict in its duty not to put the reforms into effect when they come up for Its approval. Now for Results. More than four months have been spent by the new congress in sowing. Now the time of harvest draws near and we are about to reap. Five big propositions are to be settled by vote In the senate, and when that is done congress may bring its long extra ses sion to a close. The votes for which definite times have been agreed to are: Canadian reciprocity, vote on which is set for July 22; wool revision bill, July 27; frets list bill, August 1; congressional reapportionment, Au guBt 3; Arizona-New Mexico atatehood bill, August 7. This will still leave the Lorlmer case pending, and as it was handed down as unfinished business from the last congress, it was all the more Im portant that it should have been dis posed of at this session. Undoubtedly it will come up again at the first reg ular session -of the Sixty-second con gress next winter. Failure to vote on it this time is, a victory for Lorlmer. It is to be hoped that the senate will allow nothing to arise to prevent final action on any of these five measures. Every one has been sufficiently de bated and the country is ready, in sistently anxious, for the curtain bell. Canadian reciprocity, for which the extra session was called, doubtless has a clear track and will be accepted In the senate without amendment by a liberal majority. That means that the free list bill is slated for defeat, since it was hatched chiefly to encom pass the defeat of reciprocity. No one outside a few democratic politicians takes it seriously. It would add nothing to our concessions from Can ada, but only to those we make to Canada, for all that Canada will do in the matter of tariff reduction Is embodied in the reciprocity bill. The free list bill does not even ask Canada for any additional concessions, but simply proposes that the United States make concessions which it does not have to. Conditional statehood and congres sional reapportionment, having been favorably recommended, probably will encounter no further difficulty of being enacted Into law, though aa to reapportionment, since It increases the membership of the house, will meet some popular disapproval. Money that Goes Abroad. Some people who have not gone deeply into the subject of foreign im migration find fault with the condi tions by which aliens can come to the United States, work, save their money and take it back to Europe with them. They profess to see In this a serious draining of our wealth into the old world, but do they stop to think of the way some of our own people are lavishly pouring wealth into these old world countries? Dr. Edward A. Stelner, an authority on immigration and an eminent sociol ogist, relates an experience on board a ship going to Europe, which fits this case well. In the steerage were about 1,000 southern Europeans going back to their native lands, carrying with them an aggregate of $25,000. In the first cabin he met a dozen wealthy Americans, men and women, who, he learned, were supplied with a total of $100,000 spending money for pleasure. One or two of them condemned the conditions that made it possible for "these foreigners to come over here and take back our good money to build palaces for their kings and em perors." But they had not stopped to think what tho kings and emperors would do with their much larger amounts. "What is the difference?" they were asked. "The difference is," one replied, "that we are Americans and they are not." "No, that Is not the difference; it is that these people down In the steerage have earned their money, while many of you have not." At any rate, every alien who goes back to his native land from America with hard-earned wages accumulated, becomes a valuable representative of democratic America In a foreign land and It Is through such a medium that the United States may hope to dis tribute and extend lta power and in fluence. In this way it may partially assimilate less fortunate peoples with out their ever setting foot on Ameri can soil. Back of every dollar these laborers take to southern Europe is something of a conviction of the su periority of the country that affords them the privilege of earning enough money to support themselves and have a small surplus to carry back home with them. They have not missed the moral force of such an experience. Summer Philanthropy. Many rich people in large cities are putting their means to the very use ful end of supplying the poor with warm weather comforts, among which are ice and water aid fresh air. Here are three two, rather of the com monest necessities of life air and water, and yet the most uncommon to those who most require them, because unpossessed of ample means. It seems strange to talk of philanthropy in supplying them. But the grim fact Is there. Just the same. Many a mis erable mortal In Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and other cities during every summer languishes for want of these commonest of nature's'elements and the people in places nearer home suffer for them. Conditions should be such as to af ford every person all the fresh air he needed to breathe and all the pure water he wanted to use, and all thel Ice required. But since conditions In big cities are otherwise It Is a fine form of philanthropy adopted by many good men and women of means to provide for their less fortunate fellow beings. If anyone imagines that the need for Ice in such weather as we have had of late is thua overdrawn hia illusion might have been dispelled by reading an account of a run on an Ice company's headquarters in one of the large cities, last week, where the crowd, when denied Ice, stampeded the place, broke down doors and helped itself. Fortunately, we of the west, while paying exorbitant prices in some cases, as in Omaha, for Ice, have not come to such extremes as this, but only be cause we do not have armies of Im poverished people to care for. Why should not philanthropy adapt its op erations to the seasons, giving timely effect to'lts beneficences? The good that free ice and free open-air excur sions and free water do for the op pressed In the squalor of large tene ment quarters Is not to be measured In dollars and cents. The greatest Benefactor the world ever knew at tached a very rich reward to the sim ple act of giving a cup of cold water. Helping the Laggard. Give more time to the laggard, is one of the recommendations to school teachers made by the National Educa tional association in its San Francisco convention. The complaint Is that too many teachers are not attentive enough to the boys and girls at the foot of the class. Perhaps this is natural, for Americans instinctively admire a winner. School teachers. doubtless, prefer to give their extra time to the pupil who is alert and bright in hia studies. In fact, we think this Is usually the case. The laggard generally lags not only In his own work, but also in favor with the teacher. To balance things, it would teem that more attention be given to him than to bis more fortunate class mate. It might make more winners. Still, schools must fit their pace to neither the best nor the poorest, but the average. It ia a question in the minds of a good many educators It this Is not overlooked too much; that Is, it has been felt by some that the course of study in the public schools might be above the average child. This theory has bad a good deal of consideration in the effort to arrive at the real reason why as many pupils drop out as graduate from the grade to the high schools every year. Two hundred and fifty thousand children pass from the grammar to the high schools every year and another 250,000 pass from the grammar schools out into the world to lay down their les sons and take up work for wages. Of course, economic reasons are partially responsible for this, but even that has not overcome the belief In some minds that the grades are above the average and that if they were not, fewer would become discouraged and leave school. So, while, it is doubtless important to give more time and attention to the laggard. It would seem to be most im portant to aim always at the average without holding anyone back. The Church and Worldly Approbation. Shall the church gain the approba tion of the world? This rather re markable question is raised by some of the "radical conservatives," the "Covenanters" of the Presbyterian faith, who are finding fault with their leading church organ, the Continent, because It excepts to the ruling of the General Assembly, which approves the verdict of guilty of heresy against Dr. Grant of Pennsylvania, In the course of an editorial on the subject the Con tinent, which took the position that Dr. Grant had not denied any funda mentals of the faith, but committed the sin of thinking for himself, said: The man in the streets concludes that Presbyterians consider independent think ing a sin, and that they protect them selves against new ideas by kicking out the men who harbor them. Which provokes numerous retorts, one of whom superfluously preludes his letter to the Continent by saying that, "I am 77 years old and was reared In the auld kirk on oatmeal, Scotch herring and the shorter cate chism," and declares: The Presbyterian church ia not conduct ing lta affairs in order to gain the appro bation af the American public, but for the glory of God. It is one of the exigencies of re ligious propaganda, however, that the glory of God often depends in this day on worldly approbation. At least no church making progress cares to ig nore that fact.' It was the Head of the church who said: "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to re pentance." True, to do that He did not become one "of" the world, but He was always "in" the world, down with the man in the street. Why, but to gain his approbation? And so Is any disciple or church of His today that amounts to anything. Intoler ance has been left in the rear. The church long ago learned that to hold a place as a potent factor In the world It must concede to the world Its right to do some thinking on its own ac count. Yet who will say that Is let ting down ecclesiastical standards? Approbation is generally gained through respect. The church knows It must have the world's approbation and It la seeking It at every turn and It knows that before it has its appro bation it must have its respect and it cannot have that unless it accords to the world a respectful hearing. All men do not choose to live on oatmeal and Scotch herring. Some even object to being gagged In order to be converted. This Is no day for unrelenting dogma in the shape of empty form. The Atlanta Constitution opines that If Hoke Smith and former Gov ernor Terrell had submitted their candidacies for the senate to the arbitrament of the people at a primary election Instead of the legislature, Smith "might not have been elected." In which case Smith, granting that the popular election of senators is a sure thing soon, might be regarded as having come under the wire by a neck. Plsrlng Illtth Stake. Cleveland Leader. Crop reports indicate that it will take more than reciprocity' to prevent good prices for most food staples during the next year or so. Something- Better In Mind. Chicago Tribune. Pocking Woodrow Wilson's pay when he absents himself from the state of New Jer sey will not keep him at home. Woodrow has something In mind that pays better than a governor's Job. O, several dollars better. Sympathy for the Left. Minneapolis Journal. It, has been decided by an Omaha de bating society that a horse Is more desir able than an automobile, and yet you never hear of any hlll-cllmbing contests nor long distance runs by horses. Battling Bob's Prime. Chicago Tribune. Mr. La Follette is only M years old, and after a little reflection It may occur to him that a man of his physical vigor and abounding activities should be Just in his prime and capable of doing his best work at the age of 60. Vexlnar Question Solved. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Former Vice President Fairbanks ex pressed hie horror of the awful sin of Atlantic City on the same day 100 converts were made there. We have at least found what to do with our ex-vice presidents. They should take to evangelism. PIONEER RAILROAD ENGINEER. Ragged Characteristics of Peter A. Dey, Famous lowan. Sioux City Tribune. The death of Hon. Peter A. Pey at Iowa City, at the ripe old age of So years, Is not so important an event as It would have been In years gone by, but It serves to recall the fact that he was once the most distinguished civil engineer In the United States and that he made Iowa famous. It is a long time back to the '60s, but In the '60s he was chief engineer of the first transcontinental railroad built In America. In that great office he persisted In being honest until he lost his position. The Credit Mobiller had been organised by George Francis Train, an erratio genius, who had taught school, written books, lec. tured, built the first street railways (tram ways) In London, and undertook to build them In Paris. In Paris he got his Idea of the construction company which ha sub sequently organized in this country under the French name Credit Mobiller, by which to build the Union Pacific railway. It af forded the first exhibition of cost swelling on an enormous scale. The men Interested In the railroad were also Interested in the construction company and the construction company was to be a very extravagant af fair and Its profits divided with the rail road managers, who were to take the rail road over as rapidly as it was conatructed. Peter A. Dey, as chief engineer of the railway company, refused to certify the correctness of the construction charges and he lost hia position. Meanwhile the con duct of the Credit Mobiller became so scandalous aa to bring about a congres sional investigation which Involved some of the greatest men In puhllo life at the time. Some men committed suicide, some congressmen resigned, some were expelled and some were so tainted that they were promptly retired from public lite. CATHOLICISM VS. CARNEGIE. Influence of Pension System Estab lished by Ironmaster. Brooklyn Eagle. The Catholic Educational association meeting at Chicago adopted resolutions de nouncing the Carnegie foundation as "a menace to the Intellectual and moral well being of the American people" and as "aim ing at the de-Chrlstianlzation of the educa tion of this country." Of course, no such aim can be fairly attributed to Mr. Carnegie. That his pur pose was a high one. we assume most Roman Catholics will concede. He provided pensions for Instructors In colleges that came within the terms of his plan. He barred out both Catholic and Protestant In stitutions owned or controlled by a religious body. In effect this took from Catholic In stitutions ail hope of participation. This was a natural corollary of the Roman Ca tholic view of education. And, frankly speaking, though th'ere was no "aim" to de-Chrlatlanlze the education of thia country, the question whether th'j scheme Is working out In de-Chrlstianlza-Hon is open to discussion. Protstsnt Insti tutions that refuse to surrender church con trol, like Catholic Institutions, find the pen sions In more favored schools and colleges a temptation to teachers and professors to leave them, and as a consequence, the re ligious colleges are placed at a disadvan tage in the matter of securing instructors equal in breadth and force to those of the secular colleges. That disadvantage is real and Is serious. We do not think the scheme has gone far enough yet to be finally passed upon. Perhaps the exclusion of institutions under church control was unwise. Perhaps Mr. Carnegie may be brought to recognise Its unwisdom. If ha should do so, and If the foundation plan should ba so amended, all criticism would be avoided, but In number and volume the pensions would not be what they are now QJooklncfBacWanl IhisDav In Omaha COMP1LF.O I'ROM DF.E FILf S l JULY m. L -H Thirty Years Ago Rev. Jsmes McCcsh. P. P.. L. I P.. rreHdent of Trlnceton university, accom panied by Mrs. McCosh, arrived to spend the Sabbath In Omaha as the guests of Mr. snd Mrs. O. F. Pavis. A young man, named Charlie Yorrlck, was caught just at dusk In the act cf try ing to steal the contents of Krwln Ellis' money drawer. He was seized by John McCaffrey, who held him until a policeman took him. The Merchant's Exchange at the corner of sixteenth and Podge streets, boasts being "the only place In the city where Schlltt beer Is found on draught." The B. A M. and I. P. nines played a game of base ball. Gxme culled at 3 p. m. At tiie end of tho seventh Inning they stopped because of the heat, with a score off 11 to In favor of the V. P s. Twenty Years Ago United States Senator John J. Ingalls of Kansas spoke at the Omaha and Council Bluffs Chautauqua. The city was visited by a fierce electrical storm with drenching rains. R. Arnot Flnley and Miss F. Mae Hal bert were united In marriage by Rev. Frank Crane, assisted by Pre. French and Wil liamson, at 1612 Burdette street. Charles Weymullers left for New Tork, whence he would sail for Europe on the 23th Inst. John Cooper and Catherine Fox, and Frltx Eiloomcr and Anna J. Jessen were married. The building permits for the day amounted to $1,900. The temperature ranged from M to 78. Burglars robbed the meat market of Samuel Preyfuss In the Hitchcock block at Twentieth and Farnam, taking advantage of the nhort police force. Many officer were attending a picnic, Ten Years Ag Rev. Merton Smith held a tent prayer meeting for rain In which 600 persons took part, among them Rev. P. K. Tlndall. The city council approved the paving con tract with the Grant company, over Mayor Moores' veto. The funeral services of J. (J. Cortelyou was held at First Methodist church. Revs. A. C. Hirst, J. C. Jennings and Bishop C. C. MeCabe conducted It. Rev. Edward Frederick Trefs bravely de clares the report that Kountxe Memorial church will sell Its site at Sixteenth and Harney streets Is without foundation. The home of John Welch, 1963 Martha etrtet, was struck by lightning. Petectlve 'J. E. Williams of St. Louis arrived In Omaha to visit his uncle, Judge Neville. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. St. Louie Republic: That preacher who is trying to find "The Real Jonah" should call at the weather bureau. Cleveland Plain Pealer: Does that pas tor who claims a minister cannot marry on less than W.SOO a year firmly refuse to perform the wedding ceremony for hia brethren unless the latter contrive to show up something above the 11,100 limit? Louisville Courier-Journal: "The liar," says the minister, "Is the littlest and most contemptible of all men." Wen, tnere are liars and liars. Some of them Inspire a certain sort of respect by the liberality of their design and the aavolr fair of their execution. Boston Transcript: It la reported of a religious meeting in Atlantic City that numbers of men were moved to tears. Without wishing to discourage the evan gelists, it may ba permissible to point out that In weather like this, the use of hand kerchiefs may be for other than the drops of contrition. Wichita (Kan.) Eagle: In the religious world Wichita has just received con spicuous honor by tha consecration of Mgr. Tihen as bishop. All Wluhita will Join with the faithful in the expression that "God would bestow the abundance of His grace upon the bishop-elect." People Talked About ' Sweet are the uses of advertising. Eh, Will? Chicago proposes to invest a bunch of money In voting machine. Omaha' Junk pile won't be so lonesome when Chicago builds its pyramid In a year or two. Drouth In New York cannot be as bad as reported. One concern there Jumped Its capital stock from iotiO to 113,000.000. Pos sibly a little wind was annexed on the aide. There are exceptions to the charge that actresses doff the matrimonial harness aa readily as they change costumes. Ethel Barrymore respected the marriage pact for two whole years. James Whlteomb Riley's gift of J75.0O0 worth of property to the home folks at Indianapolis is an example of the civic spirit that cannot be overdone. It Is not copyrighted. Any cltisen with oivio pride in bis heart and having a purse to match may In this way insinuate himself into the lasting good will of the community and hitch his nam to the chariots of pos terity. Now Is the proper time. Po It while you live. Former Governor Vardaman of Miss issippi Is pulling off a campaign for tha senatorshlp that throws in tha shade the best efforts of "Mayor Jim" last fall. Vordaman rode into Meridian recently In a chariot drawn by 160 oxen, all white and decked with streamers bearing the le gend, "Vote for the White Chief and Up bold the White South." The pace of oxen Is not as speedy a a motor car, but "the race 1 not always to the swift." Jim knows. General John S. Mosby takes several columns of the New York Bun to prove that the "Lost Cause" was lost at the first battle of Bull Run, because the con federates failed to follow up the victory by taking Washington, which he thinks would have been easy. Similarly, McClel lan at Antletam and Meade at Gettysburg might have crushed the rebellion had they vigorously pursued the shattered confed erates. In each case the troops had all the fighting that human endurance could stand. Hindsight would be more illuminat ing If it weighed physical limitations. Consul General Church ilowe ha be come the greatest peace advocate attached to the foreign servioe of Uncle Sam. The "stormy petrel" of Nemaha and Nebraska, having "fit and fit and fit" at hums while a feaJher clung to the proud bird of liberty, evidently looks back on strife and contention aa a shocking waste of energy, besides being fruitless. In his dove cote at Manchester, Eng., he coos a soothingly as a warrior retired en a fat pension. Manchester newspaper are charmed by hi vocal talent and rarely pasa up a chance to work him for copy. The Evening News of June I attached the general picture to a peace overture a a guarantee of good faith. r BLASTS FROM SAM'S HORN. Nothing tells for good Ilk truth that lived. giVe,, Good nature and good fortune cannot e kept apart. The higher lltt man la lifted, the more he shrinks. lieaning toward a sin is a bd a taking It In your arms. Po right, and God will M to It that you come out right. The mn who fight the dsvll with fir will have a warm time. ' The lazier a man I today, the more he 7 Intends to do tomorrow. A man s wife Is a better Judge ef hi religion than his pastor la. A man run down hi shoes because h walks that way In hi mind. The faster the wrongdoer travel the swifter he goes to destruction. When God la on our side every star in the heaven Is fighting for us. When the devil can run the choir he don't care who does the preaching. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "Mother. I'm lnvlud to fro swimming. "Well, niy dear, that's all right." "I know It Is. mother, but tell me should I leave my store hair on tr take It off be fore I go into the water?" Petrolt Free Pre. Olbbs Your wife seem to be a contrary sort of woman. Plbbs Contrary! Why. whenever I ask her to darn my stockings eh knit her brow. Boston Trsnscrlpt. "How could you fall in love with such a silent man?" "Herause he I a man not of word but of deeds, and he will make the most valu able of the deeds over to me." Baltimore American. "Look out." eald the woman with th determined look, "or that dog will bite a plere out of you." "Well," replied Plodding Pete, "remem berln' dat handout you passed me last week I wouldn't blame de pun fur goln' In deperate fur a change of food." Wash ington Star. "Young Mis Prettyface. who la ueh a social favorite, made a stirring speech at the suffragist meeting which caused every body to cheer." "Well, It ought to come natural to a bell to make ringing speeches." Baltimore American. "I've advertised for a reliable, careful chauffeur." "Po you expect to get one?" "Yes. indeed. All the reckless daredevils stem to be employed." Petrolt Free Press. "Joined In June" I the way a southern newspaper heads a wedding report. This suggests a few other alliterations, as. "Fas tened in February," "Mated in May," "At tached In August," "Spliced In September" and "Plvorced In Pecember.'' Boston Transcript. THE SCOUT'S GRAVE. TV". W. Edward In Pacific Monthly. An empty shack on the mountain side And an unmarked grave below. Where guarding the plain stand sentinel peaks, With helmet and shield of snow. A "waif of nature's" last renting place! Apart from the world's fierce strife. Mid well loved scenes, he haa "fixed hit camp" At the end of his journey of life. Though his history's page is a trifle dim. In the yearn that he called his best. He had piloted through an adventurous crew Who were lured to the golden west. He saw the change creep over th wilds That followed men's greed for gold; The cities that rose on valley and plain Where the buffalo ranged of old. But gold and cities held naught for him; Remote from the haunts of men. His spirit set forth o'er the Great Pivlde, And what was hi monument then? An empty shack 'neath the mountain pine Chanting a reaulem slow. And the sunsets fall like a royal pail on tne lonely grave oeiow. IN THE GLOAMING. Birmingham New. They were standing alone in the gloaming, t-acn clasping tne other s trail li As memory backward went roaming To youth and a faraway land Where mock-birds were trilling in merriest glee, And flower were blooming all over th lea- A far-away land which they, only, could, They, only, today, understand. His locks were of soft, downy whiteness, Her eye's brilliant luster was dim; His love was her life's only brightness, And she was the sunlight to him; "My Marie," he murmured, caressing her hair, A she lifted a face. In It lovellght still fair. And brokenly whispered, "My Jim." They were back in the day of youth's glory, With the sunshine of love In each heart; They were telling again the old story. Inspired by Cupid own dart; Her silvery tresses were gleaming with gold, His snowy whit lock were a brown a of old Fair visions th passerby failed to behold Yet lingered, still loath to depart. And there In the peace of th gloaming, Alone In the dear yesteryear, As memory backward went roaming They kissed, for the parting was near And she wa his Marie, fair, youthful and gay. And he waa her soldier her soldier In gray They turned, but the stranger waa walk ing away. And silently wiping a tear. Mr. Selby and Prize Baby " I hare always used Cutlcur Soap and no other for my baby and be has never had a sore of any kind. Its doe not even chare as most babies do. I feel sure that It is all owing to Cuticura 8ap, for be is One and healthy, and when five months old won a prize in a baby contest. It make my heart ache to go into so many homes and see a sweet-faced bsby with the whole top of Its bead a solid mu of scurf, caused by poor soap. I always recommend Cuticura, and nine times out of ten, th Beit tun I see the mother she says, 'Ohl I am so glad you told me of Cuticu ra " (Signed) Mrs. O. A. 6lby, Re dondo Beacb, Calif., Jan. it, mi, Although Cuticura Soap tod Oint ment are sold by drugiutg and deal ers serywhere, a liberal sample of each, with J2-page booklet will be seat, post-free, on spplieatkm to "Cuticura," Dept. S, Boston. - -4s ) 2 nr. 8 V I