THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEL: MAKCH 17. WIS.
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Sabeorlbrre lewvla' tha cl.
(saporartlr ahoald hav. raw
Htm Basiled tkaa. Address
will ba ehe.aed aa ftoa aa re
assets.
Oavernor Wllaoo, they say, It so
journing In Trenton, N. J.
Virginia scorsd (head of Nebraska
In th gam ol catching IU murder
out jail bird. .
. BUI), It la better 19 lock tbe barn
door at the penitentiary afterward
than not at all.
' Tblt la no year for dark horses.
It la going to take brlgbt colored
on to win tbla race.
; Evidently old Doe Cook bat tot
thought of anything to aay yet about
that South hole discovery. 1
H't aa 111 snow that blowt no
body good. Business prospects for
bridge buUdera look Bright.
' an txehange refera to "a female
daneeuee." Perpetrated, BO doubt,
by some mala man, aa a Jib at tha
fair one.
rational WiHawui th. tirii.
son boom la oa tha downgrade. It
ao, It probably will meat Mr. Bryan's
coming up.' . 1
We Just want to remark that It
tha water wagon It still oa tha road
tha boys cannot ba blamed, for de
serting It during tha paat week.
It Bt Patrick wera among ua now,
Instead of becoming famoua by drlv-
lag out the aaakea, h could make a
record by aboveling np tha enow.
Mr. Bryan waa the iuoat of Oorarnor
Harmon at luochaon. Naa I Urn.
How could tboee "crool". aanatort
have the heart 'to kill tha peace
treatlea?
The colonel t campaign maaagera
may object to referring to tha preel
deatlal conteet aa a "gama,' but
they play , It Ilka experts, Jurt the
tame.
That old one about "carrying
coals to Nawcaatla" his certainly
been treated with tha respect dna to
age stnoe tbla Cogllab coal strike
begun.
Evidently snow. Ilka rain, fills on
the unjust alto. Kanaaa baa been
getting Its share of tha blessings
tbe good Lord baa bequeathed to
Nebraska.
It ta to be noted that the pros
pects of an additional I tot in sal
ary baa not caused any withdrawals
among tha entrlea In tha eommta
alonerablp race.
Tha Kaoaaa City Star refera to J.
Adam Beda aa n "farmer congress
man." Perhaps that la tba reason
tha urban aristocracy of Duluth
beat him for re-election.
Tbe Office tad the Man.
Whatever may hue been toe
original Intention of any candidate
bo la In the rnnnlng for presiden
tial nomination on any ticket, tbe
delusion aboat tbe office seeking tbe
man must by this time have been dis
carded. On both sides of tha political
fence wa see the lines sharply drawn,
and each aspirant for presidential
honor hotly engaged In Ita parsuit.
This appliea to republicans and
democrats alike, bat la most strik
ingly exemplified la the case of Col
onel Roosevelt Prom being merely
a receptive candidate, mentioned by
friends aa a dark horse to whom tbe
convention might turn aa a way out
of n deadlock, he waa compelled by
force of drcumstanoea to declare
openly bis willingness to accent tbe
Domination if a party rail should
come to him, but be his been nnable
to stop even there to wait for the
spontaneous demand because our
methods of president making do not
permit. The willingness to be
drafted baa given way to a readiness
to help along tbe movement to nomi
nate blm by tbe use of the ntual ma
chinery of politics and personal ap
pearance on the hustings.
Among the democrats tbe situation
la no different Devotion to princi
ple, and, aeal tor the cause, la In
separably intertwined with the work
of campaign managera and press
bureaus, and acclamations to the
rule of the people" go hand in band
with tbe deala and wire pulling de
signed to get the delegate. In tbe
so-called presidential preference
stiles like Nebraska, the democratic
boasea are Just aa busy at medlcino
mixing and are doing Just aa much
Jockeying to fix up compromise dele
cations or to get the place of van
tage for their favorite race horses as
tbey ever did before.
We may aoma day see the high of
fice of preeldeot aeeklng the man.
but tbat privilege will not be ours
tblt year.
Maine'i Secret Sink with It
The historic battlaahla. Main
wb,oe destruction In the Havana har
bor marked the beginning thouth
It waa by no means tba cause of tbe
Spanish-American war, baa been
sunk, with dramatis ceremony, to tbe
bottom of tbe tea and with It, prob
ably for all time, gqea the secret of
Ita explosion, at least so far aa ih.
unofficial world la concerned. : Ex
pert bare their theories and some
of them hay be right, but the fact
aeema to be that none It conclusively
proved 11 to tbe exact and minute
etall of tha circumstances of this
deatinctloa. ,
And what doea it matter? If the
commissions that have laboriously
gone Into tbla subject returned pre
cisely the correct finding of far and
It waa not publicly disclosed, of what
consequence can It be bow td'thla
country, to Spain. Cubs nr ...
otherT If tbe truth, aa ascertained
by the expert examiners, waa not
fully set forth In nubile renorta. a
reasons must have actuated Ita se
crecy and there we can afford to let
tne .matter rest, remembering the
Maine, after all, only aa a sentiment.
At an event In the history of ..r
country, Ita memory ta traglo because
with Ita destruction want out the Uvea
or brave men and long before IU
ahattarad bull
... m imiiKim, many
more other Uvea had been aacriflced.
the map of tba world had been
changed, peace restored between war
ring natlona and progress aet to a
motion, which. In tba landa affected
by tbia overturning of affaire, had
never before been known. But aa a
cause of all tbla, tbe blowing up of
tbhi American man-of-war win not
an cannot, truthfully, be aet down.
The war waa on Ita way and tbla dr.
eumataace only hastened It
If those red-handed convicts make
a successful getaway our friends ta
Lincoln will please refrain tor n
while from reflections upon the po
lice autheiitlee In Omaha.
To allay fears engendered by
strike talk, local coal dealere report
an abundance of coal of all klnda In
Omaha. No one baa noticed, how
ever, any downward revtaloa of price
due to oversupply. '
The blgbeet compliment paid to
President Tift yet la that In the Ap
peal to Eeaeoa'a straw vote presi
dential contest he ranks last among
six candidates and has only 42
votes, aa compared with CS.Olt for
Deba and Ct.ft tor UcNamara.
Hon. W. Allen Whit of Km porta.
Kia., dad area the colonel will carry
four-fifths of the state west of the
AUeibealae, most of New England
and two-thirds of Ike south tor the
emlaaUon. But, then, W. Allen is
knows aa something of a humorist
Seliffioa gad the Preu.
The managers of the Men and
Religion Forward Movement have
comprehended tbe need of "a better
mutual understanding" between, the
churches and the newspapers. To
tbat end they have appointed a
commission,- which comprises sev
eral practical newspaper men, to
discover the proper basis for such
an understanding. Tbia commis
sion bsa sent blanks containing a
long list of questions to laymon all
over the country, answers to which
are to form the aubetaoc from
which the deduction la to be made.
One of these questlona la this:
Have you av.r written te your paper,
Uiankica the editor for any asactal aery,
tee he has rtnuarra tba chore dm?
A resume of the answers to that
question would, doubtless, oe very
interesting to the editors of tbe
eoantry. What proportion will be
In the affirmative! sWhat percent
age of churchmen ere aa prompt to
commend aa to criticise unfavorably
aewapapera and their editors?
When aa objectionable aewa atory.
feature or editorial appear there
la generally no hesitancy of erlU
desa or protest, but it Is different,
meet of the time, when n subject of
commendation appear. Tbe dis
position of the churchmen eeema to
be. that the editor baa done no more
than ala daty and la entitled to no
special word of appreciation.
Possibly, but that sort of attitude
seems to be exactly what the Men
and Religion promoters desire to
strike down in their commendable
attempt to get at a better mutual
understanding between the forces
of the press and religion. This
same set of men bare committed
themselves to tbe desirability of dis
play advertising for tbe church, not
as a bid for newspaper patronage,
but almply because they eonceivo it
to be a need of tbe church. And
tbey are right It is a good thing
hat alert, modern-thinking men
have leaped into the lead of the
church's management and applied
common sense methods of the busi
ness world to the temporal ad
ministration of religion. Tbe
churchman who thinks his sacred
function calls for an inimical atti
tude toward the press not only bas
a groea misconception of bis prov
ince aa an ambassador of Cod. but
a total lack of knowledge of hia op
portunities. Because tbe newspaper
cannot become a church organ is no
reason why the church and the
newspaper should not get on
grandly together and co-operate
toward the essential ends of right
living.
A Housemaids' Club.
It may never have occurred to the
ordinary housewife that what her
maid needa to make ber a better do
mestic la an element of club life,
but tbat Is tbe belief of the Woman'a
Christian association of Minneapo
lis. Tbe travelers" aid department
of tbat association baa Invited ail
housemaids Interested to Join with
It In the organisation of auch a club.
It la to be of such a character as will
afford aa opportunity for social cul
ture, with a moral atmosphere that
will make the life wholesome.
It aeema rather ironical that the
good housemaids have selected
Tburadky afternoon aa the day of
the club'a weekly meeting and that
tbey have decided it expedient tbat
one of tbe mistresses shall meet with
the girla each week la n sort of ad
visory or monitory capacity. Tbe
plan la auggested of having one of
the women read a paper or deliver
an address, aay, upon the highly en
tertaining subject of ber travels or
human life experience. ' We can
Imagine with what alacrity the cook
will respond to the opportunity of
going down to tbe club to listen to
a Ulk by tba "missus."
But tbla Ideal scheme baa some
unfavorable aa well as many favora
ble aspects. It would be aa bad to
overculttvite the mald't graces aa
not to cultivate them at all. Tact,
therefore, and Iota of It, will be re
quired by the good women in cbarge
of thla new philanthropy. It would
be exceedingly unfortunate for the
domeatle aa well aa ber mistress to
help her to ao lofty a conception of
life tbat the would feci herself look
ing down upon her own sphere of
labor whenever ahe had occasion to
think of her calling. It will not do
to give her distorted vision of the
honorable and Indispensable work.
which It has been the lot of herself
and . many other worthy 'young
women t6 do. ' - ;
The good women, of course, .must
appreciate tbe delicacy of their un
dertaking. " They will' surely guard
agalaat tbe possibility of having tha
maid walk In in the midst of Impor
tant family plana with the Informa
tion that aa the waa down for n Ulk
at tbe club that afternoon, why, of
course, she would be unable to look
after the affairs In tbe kitchen. But
aside from the facetious possibilities
of the Venture, It betokens exactly
the right spirit which ought to ex
tend from the parlor toward tbe
kitchen. 1
Doctors and Their Feet.
It may be all right for medical
men to enforce certain ached ulea of
price for their aervlcca and to
penalise those who cut the rate,
though the Idea of unlonlxlng tbe
profession aeema scarcely compati
ble with 1 Ita code of ethics. Pro
posal of a rule by the local Medical
society In deciding to expel all mem
here who, in consideration of whole
sale practice or for other purposes,
habitually Ignore established sched
ules. Invite attention hlso to exces
sive fees. The publle will be dis
posed to treat the minimum fee
proposition aa more Interesting to
tbe doctors, themselves, than to the
patient, the latter anxiety center
ing chiefly on the matter of overcharging.
Of course, most physician' and
surgeons 'give away their services
time and again to those nnable tc
buy them, and that ta commendable,
but even tbat doe not Justify exor
bitant feee at other times, and It
would seem but fair that in setting
limits to charges the profession take
equal cognisance of thla phase of the
case.
Another Important thing in thla
aame connection, about which an
ethical profession should feel great
concern, ia tbe practice of tee-split
ting. Carried to Ita logical ends,
baying business by splitting fee t
vidoua and dangerous. . It ought to
be stopped and. aa the Medical Jour
nal, itself, says: "Physicians, them
selves, through their local organisa
tions, can correct this evil if tbey
will. It tbey do not then tbey
must expect the public, itself, to
take the correct ka la ita own bands.
And if this is done the result are
Ukely to be exceedingly painful to
someone."
When an authorised organ of the
medical profession speaks so boldly,
other may be permitted to crttlds.
The fact la, tome ot the beet prac
titioner are doing all tbey can indi
vidually against this pernicious
practice sometimes at eonaiderable
financial aacri flee but we do not
hear much of medical societies or
association exercising their organ
ised influence to abate it Carried
to the extreme, fee-splitting almply
means putting patient up to the
lowest bidder, irrespective of skill
or. efficiency. It reels with the
reputable members of the profession,
who constitute tbe majority, to atop
this sbuae before he public feels
called oa to perform tbe operation.
Extremes in Kinert' Controversy.
Sooner or later the miner and
their employer will bare to get to
gether, but they start oat is their
controversy so far apart that nalesa
rapid progress is made, a long time
will elapse before they come Into
friendly contact
In short, tbe American anthracite
miners demand an Increase ia wagee
of 20 per cent. Their employer pro
pose a three-year renewal of the old
agreement The bituminous miners
are asking for 10 per cent additional
pay, while their operators propose a
1 9 per cent decrease.
There ia alwaya a common ground
between tbe contending force in a
strike nod there is one here, bat. un
less on side or the other I bluffing.
It going to be difficult to reach.
These proposed terms certainly are
so far apart as, la themselves, to
warrant liltla bope ot an early ter--nlnatloa
of the threatened strike.
Tbe public, the JJiird party in all
labor disputes, is not likely ta re
ceive any greater conaideratlon In
tbia controversy than it usually doea,
and It baa thla much In ita favor.
Jhat the winter being about over, the
burden wUI not be aa hard to bear
aa if the atrike came earlier. That
very fact also operate more in favor
of tbe miner than tbe mine owner,
particularly In view of tbe other Im
portant fact that European miners
are on atrike, compelling tremendous
demanda for fuel t be made- a pen
American markets. , ',, -
. Keipeot for tha Law.
The American people know by ex
perience that It la difficult to make
men morally ' good by law. They
hav aeen thla - and that evil arise
and heard men Inveigh against ex
isting conditions and propose self-
acting cure-alls ' without observing
tbe cure when the new teat I ap
plied. They hav beard it said thst
no abuse can aria which , law will
not remedy, but In the very vortex
now of a atorm 0 relentleaa reform
agitation, the people ot this eoantry
who are discerning know, by tangl
bl evidences upoq every hand, that
mere legislative enactment 'will net
tolv their problem for them. "
Back of every law; ta" make It ef
fective, must be a aerlou respect
for Jhe law W may pile statute
upon atatute mountain high ana
never reach the purpose of reform
nnlee tblt column rests pon a
foundation of substantial ' popular
support - Publle sentiment mast be
back of It before the law la really
felt But ot course, we are, gener
ally apeaktng, a law-abiding people,
only we grow aggravetlngly indiffer
ent at tlmea to the necessity of cer
tain legal requirements, and tbia In
difference, unchecked, lapaea Into
dangerous disrespect for .legal 'au
thority. "
The people of thla country have
first to erase a lot of impracticable,
and even silly, lawa and then to
raise their ideaa of tha Importance
of law enforcement before they may
hope to achieve some ot the Ideals
of clyio betterment, now so gener
ally exploited. Not the atatute, it
self, but the popular respect which
tbe atatute should command, la the
remedy. Out ot all thla turmoil of
wholeeome agitation for better
things, in Kselt a most hopeful sign,
thla. It aeema to us, is ths lesson to
learn Bad practice.
(This Da v inOmalia
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I 1 I V JJmJ fcWAAWtV aw) W eVAdafXW
DOMESTIC PLEAS AJriBIES.
The letter written by Governor
Aldrich to secure information aa to
prison conditlona and management
In other atatea merely prove that he
knew he bad smouldering volcano
oat at the penitentiary and waa try
ing to poet himself for the next
move. As a matter of tact, if we
are to reorganise our state prison,
the only thing to do will be to take
advantage of the experience of our
neighbors along similar lines.
Omaha la to hkre n German dally
newapsper published aa Tbe Tribune,
to which we extend a welcoming
hand. There have been other Ger
man datliee in Omaha, with varying
experiences, la time gone by. but
thia city ought to be large enough
now to support such a nswspaper It
tbe German reading members ot the
community themselves support It
Tbe disappearance) of the ex-
councilman who resigned under
graft charge really look worse for
his confederate than for himself.
His resignation waa confession ot
guilt while his night from the city
la confession that there are other
guilty parties whose Interest re
quire his siienc.
' Our doctor want to enforce a rule
prohibiting 'contract work at less
than tbe average charge tor tbe
same class ot work demanded by the
regular profession la the sant lo
cality. Ia tbia a combination in re
straint of trade
Thirty Tear Ago
W. Patrick's day was duly celebrated
with bltl mrnaa la the cathedral by Key
rather EacUak.
Charles Senear ef this city has been
offered aa encasement wtia aa eastera
bas kail team, bet has not thus tar ac-
eevted R.
Councilman Baker has been la tin
asually good huaaor for ever a weak. It's
a httim Baker, and there's sa lldorminlc
ripple ta Its laiarh.
Messrs. Dewey at Stone forwarded a
carload of foroitaro 'to Orion yea tat day.
"Tbia fat a kmg haul for aach coode and
shews tbe remarkable eatcrprtsa of the
Arm," : - ; ' - - t
Colonel W. E. Kinney ef ttie Seventh
New Tor It regiment. Colonel Stone, Oor-
ernor Win no. ton at Whwonaln. Oeneral
J. C. Cowtn, Colonel B. F. Eraytba. Cap
tain Ianrworthr. Captain w. s. ate-
Cleilaad. Colonel Gibba. Revel France, A.
O. Morse, B A. O Brie a. W. O. Bandera
and Homer 8tull wera entertained by
Captain 1. 1. Ketuth at his ales-ant rooms
ander Kaony's bail..
Mrs, W. F. Cody, wife of "Buffalo
Bill." aad daughter, are rt filtered at the
WlthaolL -Butchers
and stockmen are publicly ad
vised over th name of K. Estabrook as
follows: "My eattlo scales are asata la
perfect order. Call oa Mr. Vaa Omaa at
stock yards. Tenth street between Cap.
ttol avenue and Darenport street Plenty
of yard room and etabuag. Bright straw
In bales or bed tic la."
Twenty Tear Ago -
"Devils" was too subject of a Lenten
discourse by the Rev. John Williams, at
St. Barnabas' Cpunopal eh arch. He said
that he who denied tbe ex! Monro of
derila denied a fate. 'To betiere In the
teachings ot God la to believe In the
existence of derila."
Whtla the family of T. R. Kimball. ICO
St. Mary'a eveno. was away from home
la the afternoon, flU worth ot allrer
wars asd jewelry wss taken front tba
bouse. ,
Oeoraw M Iloldredre. Q. W. Loomls,
Dr. Clarke Uopea. ex-Mayor R. C Cuah-
inft aV M. Hallory and A. 8. Potter
formed the Western Harrta Gas company
to manufacture fuel and Illuminating aa
from soul by a process recently patented
by W. H. Harris ot Wsahington, D. C.
Ths Lincoln club held a SMeting In the
ooart room of Judse Davis and pa lead
reaorutiens favoring reforms In primary
e tactions and advocating the Australian
ballot system. A meeting wss arranged
to be held In Exposition hall the next
night to be addreased by John It. Thurs
ton. , . ,
T. Waxman, a shoe dealer, wss ran
over and killed by a t'nloa Pad fie switch
cnflos , while eroastng Twentieth street,
oa his way to hie place ot business at
he South Twentieth street His body was
aerrtbly mangled. Ths eselne was In
eaarse ef Nlcav Weeks and tha flagman
nearby was John Ken too.
County Treasurer Irey expressed de
light ever the fact. that be had closed up
a Us asie which aetted llS.SN.Tt, of which
Ill.Utie goes Into the general fund.
' ''
Tea Tear Ago
. Mr. Mary A. D turds! e, S) years of as,
wss danserouely, tf not fatally Injured.
While trying te board northbound ear
at 'bHiteenta street and Capitol avenue, at
.! p. m. She fall, striking the back of
bar head oa the pavement and causing
a fracture of the skull. Tbe conductor
picked ber up and aha wss taken to the
SL'Jooeph's boapttal, where Dr. R. W.
Conneil performed an ' operation, lira, j
Dugdsla, a widow of wealth, resided at
tm North Twenty-tilth street and waa J
ths mother ef Robert F. Thomas, James
and Charles B. Dugdate, and her eons
ware present at the operation for tra-
pannme.
A. it. Hunt superintendent of ' ths
Omaha Water company. returned from
the Wast Indies, Where he bad spent two
months. ' . ' ' . '
Charles O lover, K, a well know colored
man, was found dead In his bed "in ths
morning, "at lit North Twelfth street
Mrs. Eurte Weaterdahl, it, 11X1 Burt
street, died sTter aa Illness of oa Week.
She was the wtfe of . ek-Marshal C. J.
Weetardabli Tbey had four growa sons
County ' Attorney Qeorgs W. Shields
came oat as a democratie aspirant tor
conareaalonsl honors from the Second
district. Ignatius J. Dunn and 'Frank T.
Ransom also coveted that same pram.
A s weather forecaster tbe STotutdbog
has 'em all "beaten to a traisle."
The housekeeper whs ess make tbe coal
pile outpace th laps of winter deserves
a stay day bonnet.
The lnitallatloa of another provisional
president of the Repabile ot Chins serree
to re-empbaslss the fact tbat Dowager
Queen Anals "a dead one"
The Omaha youiurster who tackled a
two-foot drift of snow with a toy shovel
Friday morning filled papa's heart with
Joy In demonstrating the transmlasloa of
dauntless courage from aire to son.
With tbe troubles st Lawrence, Has,
settled tba aobaquad Is released In time
to pull off a string ot screams In the
anthracite coal fields. President Baehr
sheds his halo tm anticipation .of the
muss.
Virginia trots out the "fusty wnssy"
snd tbe "terrapin dandle" as rivals of
the "bunny hug." the "turkey trot" and
the "grlasiy bear" ra terpstchorean fsyor.
These are giddy times In tbe vestibules
at bughouses.
J. E. Chadwlck. who has been mayor of
Montgomery Mo.) for the last twenty
five years, bsa just announced that be
will refuse to be a candidate for the office
asata. He' has served a kmger Urns ss
s mayor than any other man in ths state.
IS the opinion of s Parti expert the In
habitants of Mars have mors lung power
than the Inhabitants of the earth. - The
Frenchman did not know a presidential
campaign was raging In this section of
the sphere and Is entitled to a revised
guess. '
Managervof ths Vacuum Cleaner trust
sacked in a large roll of money
in Chicago, but precious little of It went
to the shareholders In the snaps of divi
dends. Two million dotlsra worth of out
standing paper Is said to hare some value
aa specimens of fins printing. ' '
Captain Jesse O'Neil, who Won national
distinction while captain of a confederate
cavalry company when, with alxty-ftve
picked men, he rode twenty-six miles
within the federal lines at Cumberland.
Va., capturing Generals Cook snd Kelly,
Is dead st his horns at Mahomet HI.
Mlaa Mona Wilson, daughter ef Canon
Wilson, formerly anhdescoa ot Manches
ter, Krurlaad, baa Just been eppomted
ens of th board ef eommlasloners to ad
minister the new Insurance law ot Oreet
Btltlan, -She wlH receive a salary of
tS,0M a year for a tans ef five years. . .
Bob Fltsslmmons ot prise ring fame
wishes sa Instructive contribution to do
mestic literature. In a telegram tn hie
wit be remarks: "I mat year lover and
handed Mm a wallop. Win hand you ens
kuer." .An and sarins nimsgi. breathing
tbe spirit of tbe profession.. But It does
not compare with the-cager heart-throbs
of Mrs., Pits. Bereaved st the ringalds at
Csraoa, "Hit blm la the slats. Bob."
- Mrs. Chariot to Smith ml Boston la the
suthor ef s bill bow before the Massachu
setts legislature providing for a tax of
Bt a year oa bachelors, the money to be
id la "furnishing homes tor the 1I.M0
girls ta Massachusetts whs are not mar
ried every year." Most girls are satis
fied If married ones in a lifetime. Where
more Is demanded snd refused. Bay stats
bachelors who cannot keep ths pace get
oft cheap with only sn annuity of ti to
the boms fund.
Srranrer Vis Pharre. allow roe this)
, Is Mr. Bangs. r
Mias mai re rsni i oob i uww ivi, .
Stramrer Not yet. but I bsv aaksd
Mr. Bangs to introduce me. Boston
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Lady Too say every roan has a mis
sion: what's yours? '
Parson To save young men.
Lady Good! I with you'd ssvs one
for me. New York Bun.
"Tour husband has the reputation ef
being eery stera and dictatorial."
"I never noticed any sums ot It did
yon ma?"
Never. Houston roar.
Case of Yrmla Disaster.,
Philadelphia Record.
It is ths optntoa of mors than one of
the greet railway managers m the United
States thst disastrous railway accidents
are mainly due to bad nils snd structural
material. Tet ws pay a heavy protective
premium to the steel rail makers. In'
stead of competing for tbe production ot
strong rails, they combine to fleece the
buyers of rails la a cornered market Out
put, snd not quality, ht ths thing d est red.
The result is murderous, ss attested by
the recent terrible-accidents. How much
kmcer Is this frightful condition of af
fairs to go on unchecked by proper
remedial action oa the part ot the gov
ernment?
How Tbey Lav Swede.
New York Tribune.
The average contuse nibs still takes
himself seriously ss a distributer of
garden saeds. His heart may always be
depended npoa to beat true to the old
flag snd sn appropriation, and so long
aa be thinks thst be ess persuade bis
constituents that he b) giving them some
thing for nothing wbea he franks them
envelopes full of more or lea nourishing
food for the Mrds snd the chickess ha is
going to fight, bleed aftd die for the ap
propriation which perpetuates his pre sent
seed purveyorahlp rtshta.
Blrfawes to Ot Excites.
Pirtxoursk Dattpatch.
Tba father of thst Amartcaa suftiagatte
who got jailed la London for i-hr-f
windows refuses to become excited over
her pliant. Ha thinks aba as sa rlsht
where she kL Ooo case where tha aoUUaat
policy did sa. asls-a csanrert.
TBS MlIHe o4 he BwasitS.
Braokly Eagls.
The recall of the senate's eenascala-
tlos of tha peace treaties will eosse
tnronah ths slow processes eg ths years
"e hav sot yet Bees buaabuarvd to tbe
pout of national exhaustion.
' ( aiaarity ale.
St
The British strike Is still seodlns
the price ot food sad fuel tor ever sV
sexsNt people. It la a case af minority
rule or rula with a veaaesaos. '
SECUIAX SHOTS AT FULPIT.
Boston Trgnscrlpt; A bankrupt pastor
in Main baa Cva suits snd two over
coats, and yet It was written: "And If
any man will sue thee at law, and take
away thy ooat, let blm have ths cloak
slao."
Buffalo Express: The Method rt Minis-
tars' association bsa this week st Cin
cinnati lifted the Inhibition upon thesire-
a-olng. This may not Increase attendance
by members of tbat denomination, but it
will enable them to so with clearer con
sciences. Ws took to see later the ban
removed from dancing, and even clem
ency shows to solitaire and casino.
Minneapolis journal: Crookaton baa
under consideration a project for a anion
Protestant church. This throws a slds
light ea tbe church situation la almost
every small elty and town In the west
The newcomer In town usually brings the
pontics of his father snd the religion of
his mother. The town Is thus led ta sup
port vsrlsus. church organisations from
whose pulpits creeds are expounded, the
differences of which were mors signifl
cant In other day than now. These re
Ualou enterprises are noon to have tbe
momentum In themselves. The suetee
ttoa lias much to command It. There
is no doubt the protest churches have
been doing too much building and doing
some of It In a spirit of rivalry. . L'P
to s certain point rivalry spells Ufa and
progress, but It can be overdone, snd It
Is overdone when societies are so weak
thst they cannot stand slons and wbea
their creed differences from other no
de tlea are not serious enough to demand
a separate esJeteace,
Magnate (given to advice) My boy,
Toung Business Man (savagely) I
know it! She's got a little brother.
Judge.
Heck Jenkins Is getting married again.
Should I send aim another wedding pres
ent? Peck-Cert alnly! Would you let brew
ery go unrewarded? Baltimore Amer
ican. Johnnie (to the clerical guest who has
just finished an elaborate "grace")
Father says a much shorter grace than
yon do.
The Clergyman Indeed snd what does
he aay?
Johnnie Well, yesterday he said:
"Good Lord, what s meal'." London
Sketch.
He Welt, my desr. what did the land
scape gardener I sent out from town aay
about c aktrur the artificial lake where
we wantel H?
Fhe He was moat profane about It.
He told me the site we wanted wasn't
worth a dam. Baltimore American.
The plumber had married the barber's
daughter.
"No tips when you shave me here
after, remember," he said.
"All right, quoth the barber, '''and n
charging It in the bill when you walk
between my house snd your shop any
more."
On this basis they lived happily ever
after.Chleigo Tribune.
hesuskzctioh.
' Stephen Chalmers,
The air Is still.
The .edge ot Winter's blsda
Ia turned by long, hard use.
Tbe -brown earth, fallowed rich.
Break through the melting snows.
Th. mountain atream
Chanta a high anthem from a bubbling
near. - m
The grsr-hsired skies
Recsll the amooth-browed calm
Of blue-eyed youth.
The trees, still bare.
Yet breathe maternal mystery.
And whisper to the eager-asking birds
A secret prescience. And but last aight
A crickt stirred
And shrilled its bell-Uks song across ths
field. .. .. i
Now Flora walks abroad, ,
Her fertile tread 'i .
Leaving a magic imprint on the mould!
And who have eyes
May sea ber aa she pastes e'er the grass
Her breath la oalra, -
Her taae, compassionate warmth;
Her flnser-lips drip myrrh.
And everything that senses her approach
Thrills with ths joy of resurrected bops.
. .1
The birthday of the world Is come again.
The old, old earth.
Bo long despairing, wakes from lethargy.
Renewing faith the cynic. Winter, jeered I
Life Is Immortal)
. . I
TEE BETEAYED.
Chicago Record-Herald,
The world Is full ot men who might
ilave claimed the beat tne fates nave
riven. 1
Who might be standing or) ths height
uma tney oeea on van- . .: r
And tnink that rorturva. nas betrsytd
themt '
Who, while they ait around forlorn,
un avaae persuaae gutem.. .
The world I full of men who elan
ureat tnings tnst never are cornpieiea,
Who acorn to venture, rather than
To be defeated. ; ; y ,
The world Is full of men who mbrht
Do well to eease their futile suchlng
And help to make the outlook -bright
By bravely trying.' . Jv Nj
Dr. Ikfer' Tsbsses Bee Baals sa All
- Fsraa ef Tesaees MsM sa
Tg te ISO Havre.
Oe,"
- "What Tesaees Boo Wilt
IseattveudealArailel. aBoanTrssn
MhTV ebtHf for i. ,m ATtar .klw m
(."1'anl m eaouHeMty cure.- Uolsk
Xrtra. mt Plfwa pels. Wis, ntr "1 woels sot Uke
B.uVJ toe wkftlcaetf yeer TotoMoo Bee. d)4 ss" hae.
or ef simitar lettM ana evueflae asUeata
asMsaiBsn we sive a kwti tamii Tiimaalai aT
- mM, 1
i tta Tabacre BaMt aad I
e?nii" I
rnJCE RamdT. alao fu lnformauoa a
EoaanwtMBlviH he walks frsere plant seetaaa la
.laas. KWWII us! ai iaitaasi.il ToflsT.
tLBtsAlIsJBU tester, njtasAls.
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