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4 THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 13. 1011. T Tim Omaha Sunday Bee. Pocxnttp nr edward robewater. VICTOH ROSK WATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflc second class matter. TERMS OF f UMHCrtlPTION. Pundn- lit, on year -aturdsy Bee. on year 160 inly Bn (without flundsy). on year... 4.00 "ally lie and Sunday, on year 6.00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Kvenlng. Be (with Sunday). per month.. 2Sc Dally He (Including Sunday). per mo.. We Dally lleo (without Xunriay). per mo Sc Address all complaints of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICER Omaha The Be Building. South Omaha- N. Twenty-fourth Bt. C ounoll Bluf fa 14 Scott Ft. , Lincoln M Little Building. Chicago Wt Marquette Building. Kansas Clty-Brllanee Building. New york-M Went Thlrtv-thlrd St. Washington 725 Fourteenth Ht., N. W. COR R ESPON D ENC E. Communications relating to newt and editorial matter should he addressed Omaha Hco. Kdltorlal Department. REMITTANCES. Kemlt by draft express or poatal ordr Payable to The Bee Publishing Company, only 2-cent stamp received In payment of mall account. Personal chocks except on Omaha and eastern exchange not accepted. JULT CIRCULATION. 47,931 Btate of Nebraska. County of Dot: gin, aa.. Dwlght Wllllama. circulation manager of J n Bee Publishing company, being duly worn, say that the average dally circu lation. Is ano'ltd. unuaed and returned coplee, for the month of July. waa .,W1- DWIC5HT WILLIAMS, , M Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma thla 2d day of August, mi. (heal.) ROBERT HUNTER, . erltxra IcnTlaa; Ik eltr tem porarily abonld bite Th Ue mulled to them. Addreaa will be anar often aa rcajaeatea'. Admiral Togo ought to make a good mayor of Toklo. The coal men have combined to give true weight Now, ice men. "Why the Secret Caucus?" asks Mr, Bryan'a Commoner. What's the an swer? Senator Bailey Is as tart as a man who has had lemon Juice squirted In bis eye. Desirous of taking In the big noises of America, Togo Tlsited congress and Niagara. Just let them dare to put some of that benzoate in Dr. Wiley's beer and see the foam rise. This tariff question might have been settled long ago If they had not dragged politics In. Upple Sinclair's prison poem was doubtless on the short meter, for he was only in for three days. Senator O'Oorman's exclamation that he Is already tired of his Job ' rather commends the man. Funny none of these brewery ad men have seized on the belated report that Julius Caesar drank beer. Perhaps some of those lords hap pened to remember what it cost to stand pat on the Boston tea bill. Somebody wants to know whether Inebriety Is a disease or a sin. It al ways struck us that It was a condition. Some base enemy of the state of Georgia has dug up the fact that Ty Cobb was born In South Carolina. Cur-ses. Those British lords might have said, In explaining their votes, "Not that we hate the veto bill less, but love our Jobs more." The mayor of Philadelphia Is car tooned as throwing the law In the waste basket. That may be a new Idea for a cartoon. Kansas City has a policeman named A. B. Cummlngs. But he can never be as great as Iowa's senator, so long as the "' Is there. Now that San Francisco has agreed on and designated the site for the big Panama exposition, let the work of completing the canal go on. With Owner Hitchcock In Washing ton and Editor Newbranch in Califor nia, the World-Herald might ask Mr. Bryan which one he Is shooting at. In the off-year primary election in Nebraska two years ago the total vote cast was 93,347. The political proph ets say It will fall short of that this time. Congressman Thayer says, "Gov ernor Fobs Is an executive, pure and simple." The pure is all right, but will the Massachusetts governor stand for being called simple? Still, compared with what we have often gone through In previous years, the preliminary campaign, which la to close with the primary election Tues day, might be called tame. Postal savings banks are springing up all over the country, and were It not for the cloud under which our Omaha postmaster Is resting one of them would doubtless hsve struck In thla vicinity before now. It Is presumably by thla time noted that the harmony medicine mixed by j the democrats at Fremont, which Ed gar Howard pronounced to be a matchless concoction, did not take when tried on the patient. A municipal bath bouse opened at Cor.ey Island will accommodate 7,000 persons, charging 10 centa for the use of a room. The man, woman or child In Coney Island who does not keep clean will know where to place the blame. Judicial Settlement of Strike. Every Industrial dispute that eventu ates In a strike InvoWes the public as an Innocent third party In addition to the employers and the employes. The settlement of the street car strike at Des Molnts by thtt Intervention of the courts bss not given complete satis faction to those representing either cspltal or labor, but the much more numerous public, we believe, finds merit In this method. Whether we are yet prepared to Justify Judicial interference in all labor outbreaks, or only in such strikes as threaten a public service like that rendered by a street railway, the quick relief brought to the public by the court order commanding resump tion of business and subsequent Judi cial arbitration of the subjects in dis pute presents an attractive solution because of its effectiveness. In the Des Moines case the strike had already been precipitated. The rootormen and conductors had quit work; the street railway company had been unable to continue operation with strikebreakers and the cars had stopped, to the great Inconvenience and damage to the com munity as a whole and to Its individual members. But If It is right and proper for the courts to Intervene to restore interrupted street railway service, it would, of course, be equally right and proper for them to act when a strike Is threatened without waiting for the blow to be delivered or actual damage Incurred. In a word. If we are to have Judicial settlements of strikes, even though limited to semi-public undertakings, the court must assume to decide all serious differences which the employers and employes are un able to adjust between themselves, or with their own machinery of con ciliation and arbitration. Every labor dispute must be settled or compro mised one way or another, and it is certainly better for the public to se cure a peaceful settlement than to let the combatants fight it out to a con clusion. Judicial settlement of strikes also negatives the Idea which frequently produces the deadlock between capital and labor, namely, that there Is noth ing to arbitrate. The courts settle all other controversies, whether the stake be great or small, and whether on the cast of the die bangs liberty or even life. No good reason exists why a court cannot bring the same principles of Justice to bear upon a dispute over wages or hours of labor or the forfeiture by misbehavior of right to employment. We are proposing courts of arbitration to settle disputes be tween nations with a view to ending war and the horrors of conflict at arms. A peaceful solution of the labor problem, stopping the enforced idle ness, waste, loss of property and human suffering that have marked the stubborn strikes of the past, would be almost as notable an achievement. Of course, the solution will not come all at once, nor from one source, but every step in advance must be balled with delight by all who love Justice and fair play and detest the rule of force, by which th strong win at the expense of the weak. Population Center in Straight Line. Growth and movement of popula tion continues to claim a share of pub lic attention, which Is natural in a country so deeply engrossed in the task of Its own development. When the census bureau last month Issued Its report showing that Che center of population had in the decade from 1900 to 1910 moved westward thirty one miles, or twice as far as it bad In the ten years immediately preceding, attention was Instantly turned to the relative locations of the population and geographical centers of the United States. They were found to be 550 miles apart. The new center of popu lation is in Monroe county, Indiana, not far south of Indianapolis, while the geographical center lies at a point in northern Kansas. But it will be a long time yet before the two centers are nearly common, If they ever are. It might be recalled that the progress of the population center from 1890 to 1900 was the smallest of any ten years since 1790. It is likewise a matter of Interest that it baa taken these 120 years for the population center to travel about as far aa it Is now from the geographical center. It Is worth while to note the course of the center of population. It haa kept very close to the parallel that runs approximately due west from Annapolis to Cincinnati and Is Just about as far north of that line now as It was at the outset. In 1790 the population center lay across Chesapeake bay, east and slightly south of Baltimore. For forty years thereafter Its tendency was a little south, while, of course, west, and in 1800 It was about as far west of Baltimore and the same dis tance south as it was ten years before. It made the same progress westward and a little more southward by 1810, and by 1820 was but a few miles north of the parallel 39, Increasing Its westward and southward progress. In 1830 It bad dropped below this line south of Moorefleld, W. Vs., and In 1840 had started north again, hitting the line almost center, due south of Clarksburg. W. Va. It veered only a mile or two to the south, still touch ing the line by 1850, and was exactly center on the line In 1860, almost due south of Chllllcothe. O. In 1870 it bad shot further north than It had been since 1810 and was on a diagonal line almost midway between Chllll cothe and Cincinnati, and by 1880 bad dropped considerably to the south and a few miles west of Cincinnati. The year 1890 found it over In In diana, perhaps sixteen miles east and a bit south of Columbus. In 1900 it was almost at Columbus. Its course Since then has been practically due west to Monroe county, near Bloom ington. Ind. Whether with the rival growth of the great north and south and north west and southwest the population center will be able to keep as closely in the succeeding ten or twenty years ss It has since 1790 to this line will be the interesting point to watch. There has been little disparity as a rule In its progress by decades. Re-Election and Recall. At the very time that we in Ne braska are engaged In the process of choosing by popular vote Judges to sit on the bench of our supreme court, district courts and subordinate tribu nals, a general discussion is on over the merits of the recall for Judges. While there Is both a distinction and a difference between recall and re election, they also have elements in common In the appeal for popular favor and endorsement. .The argu ments Invoked with reference to the pending election of Judges are fraught with significance for the recall of Judges. Down In Lincoln great ado is being made over certain anonymous attacks on the sitting Judges, calling them to account for decisions in particular cases likely to prejudice them with the voters. The friends of these Judges insist that unless it is charged and proved that the objectionable de cisions were due to corruption or bad motives the conclusions conscien tiously reached by the Judges, even though unwarranted or unfair, should not subject them to discipline at the hands of laymen unversed in the in tricacies of the law. On the other hand, we have, both In Lincoln and elsewhere, a public proclamation Issued by the officials of the Anti-Saloon league listing certain candidates for Judgeships as friendly and deserving, and advising people not to vote for anyone for Judge who has been left off the list. In selecting the favored ones, of course, the eligibility of the- candidate has been here deter mined, not according to legal training or Judicial qualifications, but accord ing to presumed tendencies for or against a prohibition program mani fested by a disposition to tighten up the liquor laws whenever up for ad judication. In other words, the Anti Saloon league idea is to reward judges for deciding cases against saloon keep ers, while It would excoriate and de nounce a saloon keeper who should oppose the re-election of a judge for a reverse reason. All this may be somewhat beside the mark except that the recall of Judges would be based on this very proposition of appealing to the elec torate to unseat a Judge whose de cisions were displeasing to any con siderable element of the community. When a judge has to submit himself to re-election be likewise appeals for support to those whom he has favored (assuming that they have been favored In the conscientious discharge of duty), and expects the opposition of those litigants and lawyers who think they have had the worst of it. Whether this system gives us the best Judges, and keeps them at once re sponsive to public sentiment and faith full to the letter and spirit of the law, is perhaps debatable. But so long as re-election every four or six years gives us practically all the privileges of a recall, the demand for the recall will not be very urgent. The Caldwell-Cleveland Incident. Merely as a matter of record to sat- Isfy the critical demands of history, it Is well to give as wide publicity as possible to a letter tending to contra dict the oft-told story how Grover KCleveland hated his native town, where a movement has been started to buy the house in which he was born and preserve it as a national landmark. The story is to the effect that because his father was dismissed as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Caldwell, N. J., the son took on a dislike for his birthplace which kept him from ever visiting the town after the family left It. Opponents of the Cleveland memorial plan contend that on that account no tribute to the former president should stand In Cald well. That this spirit has no foundation, in fact, on which to rest Is shown, by a letter written by Mr. Cleveland in 1884 to Rev. C. T. Berry, pastor of the church his father formerly served, In which he says: I have your letter Informing me that on the 7th of the preseut month the cen tennial of the church at Caldwell. In which my father one preached, will be celebrated. Though I remember almoat nothing of the village where I spent a few early days. I can sincerely aay that the spot Is dear to me aa the place of his birth should be dear to every man. Th nam brings to mind scenea In the family circle, when the incidents of Caldwell life were recalled and dwelt upon .with pleas ure and gratitude. And when I remem ber that there my aalnted parents had their home and there my godly father wrought and struggled in hla Heavenly Father's mlsaion the place seems to me hallowed and sacred. Th Caldwell church, built up and pros pered by th labors of auch ploua and de voted men aa have been Ha pastors, has nuch in Ita centennial year to chasten and conaecrate Ha history. In th daya to com may It alwaya remain true and steadfast In th work committed to Its charge, faithfully teaching the pur doc trine of th gospel and avoiding all malic and uncharltablenesa. This letter will probably satisfy the people outside of Caldwell, and there fore should appease those there who oppose the project. Whether it does or not, the Cleveland memorial plan will doubtless go forward, since it has been taken up In other cities and states, on the theory that Mr. Cleve- land was president of the United states and that the duty to cherish his memory Is not local. Our Expressive Vernacular. Quan Kal, special representative of the viceroy of China, and Moy Bash Hin, Chinese consul at Portland, Ore., are impressed with our expressive American vernacular, and Ah Quan Is equally taken with our. newspapers. This street tongue and the press re flect a restless energy, a facility of thought and action that strike the slow-going orientals as quite Ideal, and the consul shall have his sons ed ucated over here that they "may be come how you call It?- live wires." "I like that expression," he adds. Perhaps here Is no better index to the spirit of the times and the habits of the people in the United States than their newspapers and their slang their vernacular. Sometimes both are carried to extremes, but as a whole they are what the people make them, and reflect the people's temper ament. The meaning of the term, vernacular, Mr. Webster tells us, car ries with it the idea of the "slave born in his master's house," coming from the French root, "verna." This defi nition Is a pst one, for certainly this slave which we make of our vernacu lar and to very good uses, too was born In its master's house. To the phlegmatic easterner, with his ponderous ways, this speech must, indeed, seem attractive, though strange. Being the prodnct of quick ened life, It naturally has a vividness and jauntlness to It which the pure diction cannot claim. Every age has Its own colloquialisms, but ours seem to surpass all others as much as our age surpasses ages gone by. So ex pressive is our vernacular that It has forced itself Into legal and accepted use, and it is doubtful If it will ever be less popular. How better, for In stance, could one describe what Is meant by a "live wire" In this case than with that term, Itself? Use and Abuse of Wealth. A recent book on religious and eco nomic problems quotes a lengthy dis sertation Xy a socialist writer, who answers the question. "What ia the meaning of enormous wealth to the rich?" by saying, "It means a life in which real values are lost and where money Is God." i The attorney for the late John W. Gates remarked that "the public knew little of the real Mr. Gates. More than thirty families were dependent on checks mailed monthly by him." The case of Mr. Gates seems fitting for use as an illustration of the gross un fairness of this too common concep tion of the rich man's attitude toward the poor, because Mr. Gates made no secret of his personal enjoyment of life. But, like scores of other men of large means, be did a great many things for others which he did not flaunt. It is impossible to know how much philanthropy of this kind rich men are carrying on every day. Of course, the rich man Is enjoying his wealth, but not always to the de basement of self, or to the exclusion of the poor. Only a comparative few do that. But these few should not become the standard by which all are to be Judged. Probably never before was the rich man doing more for the world than today. Never before was there as much of democratic fellow ship and sympathy between rich and poor. The tendency of the times In business and social intercourse make it so. The Balaamltes are woefully In the minority. True values are commonly taken as the test of man hood. It could not be otherwise in so pragmatic an age. There is no call for those who as sume superior learning to indulge in the pernicious practice of arraying class against class, especially in a country where equal opportunity is the slogan of all. Wealth Is bad only as it Is misused. Te berate the wealthy Irrespective of the use they make of their wealth can only perplex and confuse the unthinking. The man who is really looking for a chance to get along In this country will gener ally find the rich man not only an ex ample of self-made success, but also ready to take him at his true valuation and give him a chance to make good. Booms, West and South. In comparing the present era of ex pansion In the south to former periods of boom In the west, an eastern ex change makes the point that they differ only iu manner; "that booms In various parts of the west were always spectacular and sometimes unhealth ily feverish; the south's development In every material aspect Is steady, sub stantial and permanent." This Is all doubtless true, but it leaves a wrong Inference of present day development In the west. It, too, Is steady, substantial and permanent. Long years ago the west, when It was young, learned the lesson booms bad to teach; learned they were potential of harmful reactions, and so when the west, in its maturer years, set out upon Its new plans of expansion It cut away from the boom method.' There are no booms today In the west, and have not been for some years, unless the whole systematic growth and progress that is going on from the Missouri river to the Pacific coast might be regarded as a boom. Nor Is there any spectacular show about the west's growth, except in the open ing up of millions of acres of land to cultivation, the influx of millions of new home-builders, the exploitation of natural resources of every kind, the raising of prodigious crops, establish ment of new industries, new railroads and the conquest of new empires. In short, modern methods and sane ac tion are nowhere more in evidence. The south's growth Is remarkable and the west, as well as the east, re joices, because the south's develop ment was greatly needed by the coun try as a whole- Its resources and en ergies lay dormant too long as It was. The fertility of Its soil, Us mineral products, its mills and factories, all were needed, and their development Is a national boon. The south's at tention to intensive farming, which has been spoken of, is one matter In which the west feels especial concern, for the west rather prides Itself on pioneering somewhat in this great movement, and if Its example has caught other sections, so much the better. There can be no unfriendly rivalry in these two sections. One profits by the other's progress, or would lose by Its loss. Before leaving for the week's end at Beverly President Taft announced his Intention of vetoing the ArUona New Mexico statehood bill, the wool and free list bills and appealing to the country to force tho senate's ap proval of the proposed international arbitration treaties. Which shows that be is still determined to be presi dent for at least four years. Mr. Bryan's Commoner prints a let ter from a correspondent living In Jackson, Miss., addressed to Congress man Underwood, giving him this ad monition in black-faced capital-letter type, "Don't mistake the cheers of the politicians for the votes of the people." Mr. Bryan himself, cold give that ad vice with much more added force. Pretty soon people will be asking if Cupid can "come back." A New York woman wants a divorce because her husband Is too affectionate; a Kansas City woman gets a decree be cause her husband kisses her too much; a St. Louis man commits sui cide because his wife insisted on lov ing him. Poor Dan Cupid. Chicago's Juvenile court system is declared by a representative of the Russell Sage foundation, who has been making a special study of the subject, to be the best in the world. Yes, but the Russell Sage people have not yet reported on the Juvenile court system as conducted here in Omaha. According to George W. Perkins, our laws hav hurt business. That probably accounts for the lapse In this country's trade for the last fifteen years, during which Mr. Perkins and a few others have accumulated enough to keep the wolf from the door. Amen I Baltimore American. Ice trust business may be bad, but It cannot be half as bad as ice trust methods. Sowing of Yonth. Wall Street Journal. Reported wheat In some parts of north west Is Infested with wild oats. That sec tion of the country is still young. Price Too High. Washington 6tar4 An evangelist estimates that It costs $620 to save a aoul In Indianapolis. This looks like one case where a little rebating would be proper Awakening; In Kansas. Chicago News. Sixteen humorous young men of a Kan sas town kidnaped a bridegroom after the wedding ceremony, wereupon the bride had them arrested. Those Kansas women have the right Idea. Backing; I'p Borah. Philadelphia Bulletin. Even a progressive may hold fast to some things which are good. Many pro gressive republicans throughout the coun try will stand pat with Senator Borah on the protection of the judiciary. Domestic Economy. Houston Post. Every girl ought to learn the piano, but he ought to know at the same time that In the third year of marriage the ability to tease a first-class hoecake from the oven looms greater In her husband's eyes than a Beethoven symphony does In his ears. Competition and Comfort. Indianapolis News. Sometimes competition may, aa George W. Perkins asserts, have given us sweat shops and child labor, thrown labor out of employment, caused low wages and brought panic and failure, but let us not forget that the trusts have likewise done all these things and then some. People Talked About Cincinnati La Conte of Haiti ought to control the solid farmer vote of th Island. Ex-President Simon of Haiti seema to have been as little in accord with his time aa Lllluokalanl waa with hers. Much Is being made in ribald newspapers of the fact that the expert who waa called in to determine what Is beer la named Dr. Boos. Owen Wlster's monkey appears to have been reading some of the author's short tales of western life. Bad men should keep to the Rockies. The duke and duchess of Marlborough are about to be reconciled, peace overtures coming from the duke. One gathers that his lordship s funds are running a bit low. General Miles at 71 still maintains th clear eye, ruddy color and erect carriage 'that marks him as a man who through a diversity of experiences has always cared for himself. When B. A. D. Luck of Pine Bluff. Ark., registered at a Chicago hotel the other day th clerk did not assign him to room No. 11. W aiaum that the clerk does not pretend to be a humorist. James Haxen Hyde offers a $200 prize for th best manuscript tending to promote better understanding between the French and American peoples. Mr. Hyde, it will be observed, is not nearly as lavish as he one was. Hlrara Sprlggs of Mattoon, 111., 71 years old. Is th only man now living who took part In the famous raids of John Brown, th noted anti-slavery leader of Kansas. He bad seen but twenty-four summers, was athletic and a giant physically when he enlisted In th famous company at Osa-watoml. PSookipBackwanl IlilsDnv inOinalm COMPILED FHOM DF.R FILf 5 1 AIU19T 1.1. Thirty Years Ago - "Omaha needs a market house," says Th Bee. The Union Pacific brass band excursion and basket plcnlo waa held at Wshoo to day. In the announcement people are told that street cars Will run down Ninth street to accommodate those living In the north part of the city, and will be on hand In th evening on the return of th special train. In th contests. George Fleming won the COO yard race, James Hart was winner of th prize ball throw, showing a score of 110 yards; J. Dawson won the boys' race of too yards, and A. Hclnts made the longest standing high leap. Morris Elgutter left for th east to visit the principal cities of Interest. Mrs. M. II. Ooble, wife of the freight auditor of th I'nlon rarlflr, started on a trip to Salt 1-ake City. While King, the lion tamer, was In this cage with his animals this Saturday night at th Tlvoll, one of the brutes sprang upon hm and lacerated him considerably before he could escape. Th B. A M. nine went to Columbus for a ball game with the Keystones of that city, and must have run a foot race for the score was IS to 1. The game was umpired by Frank Kennlaton of the railway mall service. N. J. Burnham, the district attorney, and family left for Laramie on a vacation. E. A, O'Brien returned from his trip to Denver and the mountains. Twenty Years Ago Chief of Folic Beavey receives message from General Superintendent R. W. Mc Claughry of the Chicago police to arrest James, alias William Webb, 'and he docs so. The advisory board of the State Business Men's association met at the Millard and decided to send a carload of Nebraska producta through th east to advertise the state's resources. These members of the board attended the meeting: K. F. Hodgln, Omaha; F. J. Benedict. Hastings; H. J. Lee, Fremont; O. J. King. Lincoln; S. M. Crosby, Omaha; O. O. Hazlett. O'Neill. At the Instance of President Guy C. Bar ton of the smelter, John L. Webster pre pared an opinion of the eight-hour law and held It to be unconstitutional. Judge Lee Helsley hears evidence In the case against the "Rev. Dr." Sherwood, Mrs. Walker, colored, being the chief witness of the day. Samuel Burn said he and Mrs. urns made the trip across the Atlantic In Just five daya, which beat the world's record. Major T. 8. Clarkson waa chairman and George W. Holbrook secretary of a meeting of Omaha people, called to boost Omaha's chances of getting the national republican convention. These men wer named to formulate a plan of action: Dr. S. D. Mer cer, John L. Webster. Cunningham R. Scott, C. H. Boggs, C. H. Brown. Andrew Rosewater. David Anderson, Cadet Taylor and Charles Elgutter mad strong speeches. Ten Years Ago Councilman Isaac 6. Hascall introduced an ordinance designed to compel members of th Board of Education to testify before th city council as to diversion of funds fro'm fines. F. Bonnenschlen " of West Point, was shining on the street of Omaha. General John C. Bates arrived In Omaha and for the first time since the outbreak of the war with Spain gave thla city a resident commander for the Department of the Missouri. A good deal of official fuss was made at the city hall over the 60th birthday anniversary of . Mayor Frank E. Moores, who claimed ha had it on old Ponce de Leon by a mile. Mrs. F. A. Brogan .went to Buffalo and Toronto. Miss Helen Peck was the guest of Mrs. Joseph Barker. A pleasant surprise was given Mr. and Mrs. Tom Adams in the evening. Contentment In Canada. Boston Herald. It is significant that former citizens of th United States who have gone to live in Canada usually show no sign of homesick ness and are highly content with a land where law Is enforced and there are no lynchlngs. Crooked and Klnslve. Troy Times. The congressional Investigations seem to be resolved into an Interrogation point. It may be noticed that the peculiar features of the interrogation point are that it Is not straight and' Is not decisive. Prudence of the Elder Chicago New. Recently th sisterhood of states has be come cautious about adopting any more little sisters. SAM FRANCISCO 1 L iL .r' 1 11 J l.Ur tun Named after the patrou saint of its city, this hotel expresses the comfortable spirit of old California hospitality. European Plan -:- under, the Management or James Woods. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. Pan Francisco ChronlrioT A pastor In South Carolina Is reported to have prayed for rain so successful I v the cotton grower met for the purpose of considering whoffer they should get out an Injunction. New York World: If that antl-Astlir preacher in Philadelphia was right In sav ing "Our girls and women aro monrf mad." the women folk must be wi!;i matched with th men. ) Des Moines Register and Lender In a Chicago church thev are now Issuing Imi tation street car transfers punched for "Heaven." But so far not many of th recipients have appeared In a hurry to get to the end of the line. San Francisco Chronlele: A Chicago pas tor says the devil la aa subtle as a twen tieth century politician. Ills Satanic maj esty does not usually receive such compli T ITtTlve PUCll .-tr..jm- iihtlcss feci flattercf rlson of the port wli very much like Lofri- ments, but will dout It recalls the comparls said. "Hell is a city very don." Baltimore Amerlcnn: A minister In Colo rado In a sermon advised tho young people of his congregation to marrv soon, and on Its conclusion called the pretty orgnnlst and a brother clergyman tin and was mar ried himself forthwith, Hut It Is not every man who haa the couraeo so boldly to practice wlint he preaches. Kansas City Times: If the Kplseopal clerpymcn In New York are forbidden to perform the marrlngo ceremony for John Jacob Astor and Miss Force, there tfmr plenty ot other clergymen. A great many satisfactory mnrrlaues have been per formed bv pastors who were mere Metho dlstH. ltnptistn, Congregatlonalists, Presby terians or Lutherans. Houston Post: Dr. Jacobs told his Chi cago concreKatlon Sundnv: "Brotherhood! Is the Inevitable result and crowning evi dence of true and undrflled Christianity." We could say nothing finer thnn this In one of our addresses to a Bible class. And Isn't It apparent that brotherhood is not the inevitable result and crowning evi dence of true and undeflled statewide pro hlbltlonT ' New York Mall: A Philadelphia clergy man protests violently against whnt ho calls the sacrifice of vouth to the pomp of fashion and the power of money. It may be so the world at large will surely think so; but It Is not the world's privilege to decide vfor thla young girl. She Is mis tress of her own fortunes. The life she. has chosen to lead will be her life not the world's. It Is her own fate that she willingly goes out to meet: and for all time, come good, come 111. must abide by. MOMENTS OF MIRTH. Jack So you broke With Miss Xnenslve? your engagement r itV. John Neither she nor I broke It. Jack ell. why aren't the eni-ds our John Why, she told me what her cloth- . lng cost and I told her what my Income was. Then our rnangement gently dis solved. Toledo Blad. "Do you know Miss OarrelousT" "Not to spexk to." "But I thoiiKht you hnd railed on her." "I did. but she did all of the talking" Toledo niade. The Landlady At our table, Mr. PJInkl it Is customary to return thanks at eai meal." The New Boarder That's fine! I like l't lots better than paying cash 'loied muue. - . v. m 1 .trilV) w . (ID Will give you a lift ci.a minnt. nuA rut. K nhh. Th...'. n . ...... ..11 1 1 ... down the next. Slobbs What Is he, an elevator man? Philadelphia Record. "Then you do not yearn for fame?" "Not this weather. However, 1 wish the president would let me be secretary of war long enough to take a trip on a lacht." Louisvlllo Courier-Journal. 'That fellow Is a positive Joke." "Relative of your wife's or holding a bett,er Job than you?" Detroit Free Press. Belshazzar saw the writing on the wall. "It means your wife will bo home on the 9:22. and you hod better bcin to wash up all the dishes." advised the Interpreter. Herewith a distinct gloom waa cast over the banquet. Chicago Tribune. "Is you all lookln' for trouble?" "S'posln' I lzr or 8'ponln' l uln't. What ..", 11 ; "Well, If you Is. you'a wastln' yoh time. S You kin shet yoh eyes an' listen to talkin' to you right here." Washlngtll Star. BALLADE OF SUMMER SHRINKAGE Like flagons full of choicest wine In eager gulps the days are tossed; Too soon the wintry windx shall whine, Too soon the furnace must be boHsed; And there, where golf balls oft are lost, On field where beckons quiet sport. Soon will the golfer cusa the frost The summer alwaya Bet ma too short. Full many sights are still to see The tourist's hardly got his stride; Dim Dei-sons many a noaieny New camping spota, all charming, hide, And there are streams we haven't tried Where giant trout still hold the fort; Downhill the hours, fairly slide Tho summer always seema too short.' The plans we made, long months ahead The trips we mapped oh, where are they I All profitless the life, we've led We haven't seen the home team play. Nor caught a whiff of new-mown hay; King Leisure soon breaks up his court; Doggone such briefness, anyway The summer always seems too short! Denver Republican. i From $2.00 Up