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4 B TOE OMAHA SUNDAY REE: MAY 18, 1913. t' v M ,1 -4 M Tiro Omaha. Sunday Bee. PtTT NDKD BV KPWARD ROBWATBR victor robbwaVsr. kditoiC SbKB Bt'ILtflNOf FARNAM AND 1TTH, Kntered nt Omaha postofflce as sefcood- :ian matr. TKRM8 OP SUBSCRIPTION: 3tinday B one year M-w Saturday Bee, one year Is? Jaiiv ijee. witnout minaay, one year, j.w :auy ne. ana minaar, o wr.... o-w DELIVERED BY CARRIF3II. Evening and Sunday. per . month... .,40c ivenintr, witnout tsunaay. per rapnin m Jauy nee. inciuamg unuay, per mo. w Jally Bee, without Sunday, per mo..c Artili. nft pfimnUlnid of irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Oept. ntiAttTTAKCtt. rpayable to Tho Bee Publishing company. n.lif ;nl iiomm rrtlvA In Itarment 'Jt - . . . . 1 AV ICI rIIiH.il nccoums. ,imi unv. 4rnt nn Omaha and eastern exchange, not OFFICK3: Omaha-The Bee building. South Omaha-JMS N Strt-ot. Council Bluff 14 North Main street Uncoln-M Little building. Chlcago-l Hearst building. New York-Boom 1106. VA Fifth Ave. St. Louli-503 New Bank of Comroereo. Waahlngton 7JB Fourteenth Et.. fr. w. Communications relating to news and 'editorial matter anoum oe' nuarrwu Omaha Bc, rational aeparcmtiiu april. circulation. 50,106 tatiiof Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss: nAh wiiimma. circulation manager if The Beo lMbllshfng company, bell uly sworn, save, wax. ins avcra ujijr ircuianon lor ino monin u. as W.1W. DWIG11T WILLIAMS, Circulation. Manager. a..tBMIKA In rrtv nrHonrtt And BWOm .0 before me this M.day of May. 1913. (Seal.) Notary rublle. Subscribers Jlrnvlnif t" oily oiimornrllr alionlif lmve'Tho Beer $ mnllqd to them. Address will 1 chanced " often ns rcaurstea. Faint heart nover rebuilt gwrecked home.. Another clean-up day In do- landed. Sort of getting Into tho lablt. Tlrose lower water rates nro com ing, yes, thot'ro coming,, thankc to jThe Bep's persistent campaign. ' That KanBts bank, official found guilty of stealing' cigars two orthroo lqt a time, must havo been smokod -out. Omaha's dandelion crusade -would "look tetter to thcr naked oyo If tho Officials practiced In the parka what tthoy preach Id tha city hnll. - x Tho derhocrata are for; .full puh'lie jjUy for overythlnR except tariff tnak log, and such oth6r political modl- clso mljcinas Jthex-.thlnk thcjyinn do bottdr'tn iVdHurk: I U MnjQlrjMsW .Supply iU,fpebnlo ce4ta a ifious4n.d;. emTf! f)' Our-BoWT-tsloctlorr commleslohcr Kys hsxcaaigotHthp eloctou mtfchln pp all ready td;..fltrt' try . Jyly'lC if If so, ho' has certainly cut 'out a fslffy days of stroriUqasllfo, t6r-tolfu-tU. r ' - Jr Pamphlets setting eritt'JtboV "do "fonsolesB tiondltlon ' "of! ''California" are timed to reach newspaper offices just as California spurnH tho advice of tho federal government. Wbat'B tho explanation T " Objection la mado to certain foa Hturos of the proposed Incomo tax law that it Is doublo taxation. Hoad lng the -explanation of tho law of fered by Its ppensors loavoo tho Im pression, that la.wruttis intondod. Lincoln charter makers are askod to devise some scheme that will abolish slato-maklng, or' rather frustrate tho purpose ot the slato makcra. Lincoln must not expect to obtain the millennium In ono Jump. . ; . . . Governor .Suitor's invitation to Secretary Bryan' to participate In Itta New York primary camnaljm looks Uko n ch allonge to suspend oilblle pledBO 0i peace fi?r. the pleas- futa of taking another shot, at -a priaa named iurphy L - . ,, ........... . A ppoca election is tw bo called to vote tbolssue of ISfiO.OOO restor ation bonds, Where is tho protest from that newspaper that waa so doudly declaiming that a special election could not possibly be re eortod to - to ascertain tho will ot tho people? It has been mutually agreed , among the girl graduates of a cer- 1 tain high school. In, an interior town ip Nobraska that 110 be the cost t limit ot their commencement gowns, 'i Yes, but it a commencement gown 'can bo had for this outlay, what ex ; cune -will there bo later for paying . mora for Any other gown?. Jersey City is moving toward commission government at a smart pace. Public interest in tho change ' 1b uncommonly strong. In the pre jllmluary contest for. a, place on tho final ticket ninety-one oandldatos brought out a vote ot only 3,600 b$low tho vote cast .at the November election. Ten were selected out ot -the field of runners, and ot these t.fiva will be chosen at the final bat ljtleg Juno 10, to constitute the commission, The' favorite' in the 'primary balloting wran the noted llt arary switchman, Mark M. Fagln, who lumped from a switchman's shanty to. the offlca. of mayor as a truster ot boeiea, Soience as a Pacificator. In the Invitation to all nations of the world, formulated by representa tives of English-speaking countries, 'inviting thorn lo Join in the colobra tlon of oho hundred years of peace between Great Britain and tho United States, occurs a significant reference to tho poaco-maklng. pow ers of sclonoe. 'Although it may bo unreasonable to disregard tho possi bility of conflict arising In the future out of mutual or partial understand ing," so roads tho declaration, "yet we gratefully recognize that the cbancofl of misunderstanding have been largely, eliminated by tho de gree in which modorn science has facilitated intercourse nnd accel erated communication." It Is historically recorded that, al though tho last war between Great Britain and tho United States was officially- terminated by tho signing of tho treaty of Ghent, Dccombot 24, 1814, yot tho final battle of tho wnr was fought at New Orleans two weeks Inter, no nows of tho peaco agreement having reached thla, sl,do of tho Atlantic. It goes without say ing that perfection and application ot our scientific knowledge would havo prevented this unnecessary bloodshed, and probably changod mightily Hho' tuturo coutso o&oronts. It is equally cortaln thnt present-day means ot almost instantaneous com munication ' operates to keep us in formed as to what is happening all over the world, and by that very In formation disarms suspicion nnd mokes for mutual amity. , In still unothor way modern scl pneo proves lta power as a pacifica tor in binding togother groat intel lectual forces rogardless of geo graphical lines. Tho laws ot science- arc tho same tho world over, and scientific achievement, wherevor made, belongs to tho wholo human mco. In this respect sclenco is oven moro universal than religion, art. music or letters, each with variablo adaptation to. different races and different lands. Sclenco furnishes uniform standards with which to', moasuro national progress for all countries and for all times, and as a" natural consequence thoso countrios which havo -made tho most progress in sclenco aro tho onos most abhorrent of wnr and most ener getic in tho peaco movement. A Station Subway, The executlvo committee of tho Commercial club, basby. resolution recorded ltsolf in, favor of tho con struction of a subway connecting tho iTInlnn nnd Tlifrllriirtnn nlnHnn. hv n passage Under ' tho -tracks'. This is nn improvement which, we bellevo. ,Tho.,B,eo fJrBt suggested, and which 1 we have advocated from tlmn tr tlmn ;nan6o(lul conVenjonco to through passengers entering-and -leaving Uie city by differont railroad routes. Such a subway would obviate Lsorrio, bufnot all,' of tliobbjoctfons rtb' liavlhg separate "passenger sta tions Instead of ono union station, nnd would stop travelers nw an noyed by being- compelled to climb tho viaduct to get frdm one depot to tho other from coins away from Omaha fooling as if Ihoy had a grudgo against the city. Thoso who would use tho subway most would not come up into tho cjty, anyway, ineroly because forcod to ehango from ono station to another, und tin subway would often bo a- docldea conveulonco to our own pooplo as well. It Jjsc happona that while tho Commercial club is favoring tho pro posed subway, the retailors' organi sation not long ago resolved against it on, it Booms to ub, a mistaken theory that lta construction would bo inimical to tho proJ6ct for a now union station farther uptown. Whether tho demand for an uptown station nfthls time is pushed or not, it could not matorfallse for several years at tho earliest, and in tho in- tnrvnl thnrn la nn . w "W 'our dual passenger station plant snould not bo mado to accommodate tho traveling public to the full ox- tent ot its possibilities. Presbyterian Unity. Differences as to points in tho creed which havo hold apart their adhorents for generations, aro not easily to bo adjusted; but tho gath ering ot tho Presbyterians at Atlanta 1b most significant of the progress that is being mado by the church. Four great divisions pt this one or ganization exist in America, separ ated only by minor dogmatic tenets. In the main they are one, and as ono harmonious body might multi ply by many fold tho Influences for Rood now separately exerted. Tho obvious advantages havo often been dlscuseod, as the matter of union has boon betoro tho churcheB-for a long time, and tho ordinary argu ments In favor of the plan aro familiar to all. Yot tho Presbyterian character la Buoh that It does not lightly yield on poIntB that may fioom Inconse quential to others. The church was founded In a day when tho future ot tho Christian religion Itself) was belng.jiotermined, and its history is ot glorious examples of firmness and sacrifice to duty and principle. ItB traditions and lta teachings aro all against transitory movements, and this adds the moro Importance to whatever may be tho outcome ot tho Atlanta conference ot tho four great general assemblies- If Jt bo union, U will be founded on con clusions tho result of careful de liberation: If the union bo left over to another tlm'o, Jt will bo bemuse weight- reasons have supervened. Yet to a layman, It appears that the union of tho Presbyterians into ono body might be tho bost example at.prosent likely for. tho .odlfloatJiyi of all Christian sects. Overwrought Imagination. Do people fully roallzo that ln times ot stress an overwrought Im agination leads them to exaggerate what they see, and sometimes to think they sea things that do .not exist nt all? When Omaha was tornado-svfept that Easter Sunday many distorted descriptions socurcd pub'llclty in more or less distant towns; some of them sent out from horo, but moro of them carried by traVoIors passing through tho city, going so wide of tho' mark as to bo scarcely recognlza blb by thoso acquainted with .h'e facts. Just now wo havo again had a similar illustration of elastic ver dclty with referenco to tho storm that striick Soward. Somo of tho first stories emanating from tho stricken town fully match In lurid ness those that were sot adrift abojit Omaha. Jt.aecms to be a tendoncy of. hu man, nature to make out that 'bad aro worse than thnV nrn. though occasionally a horror grows as wo got fullor Information. In most cases It Is a 'Sato rule to mako liberal allowance for tho over wrought imagination of eye wit nesses. to any great calamity thatfor tho moment shocks tho sonscs and stuns the mind. , . College Athletes. 7 Tho presence in tho news 'col umns of voluminous reports of' .he mnotlncr nf vnrlonn mllnB-n t nam if-'in athletic contests might easily plvo support to tno tnougnt tnat undue prominence Is belnc Riven to siho matter' of physical development In wio groat scnoois 01 tno country; to- Anv A 1.4 ...III j ' uu.. UbVlU lllUUftUl Will UAPtU any. such conclusion. Athletics havo tholr propor place in tho trainlngiof Our' youth, for' the dovelopmenf'of tho body is oa ensontial as is that' of tho' mind to rqal Biipcess in life. "( J A very few yoars ago tho charge was mado, and with aome Justice, lhat Amoricana woro nogloctlng out door exorcises to tho extent that thoro was danger of physical degen eracy. This brought out a cry that at tho big schools of tho coufy'ry athletics wero for tho vory fow who had eUch endowraont ot physlquttras .made-jthem desirable for football 'and other stienUoUs feafflos. ' ifaxl clsm and comment followed on tho debato to tho end that for longer than a docado stress has been' laid .On tho need for nennral nnrttnlrinHhn hyoiin'g folkB nt college 'In. tho work of tho gymnasium and on the fiold, to tho end that bodily strength will' attend mental growth. This agitation has borno its fruit, nnd tho attention given the annual competi tions between tho schools is but a manifestation of it.' Porhaps tho greater1 result of tho inslstonco on physical training at school may bo found jolsowbere. All over tho Unltod States men and women in tho professions and in business aro foujid to bo giving over somo part of their waking hours to outdoor work or play, to tho end that steadier norvos. and clearer brains aro brought to tho real du tloa .ot life. School' sporta are thuo bringing horno a harvest In ,tho way of better llfo for tho nation. Is Sr. Cook Coming Backt la Dr. Cook coming back? Al though moat folks havo ceased to dis tress themselves over the North Pole discovery controversy, which raged so fiercely7 a short time ago, this question is suggested indirectly by an article In a current periodical on "Science and Polar Exploration," by William Hallock, himself a noted scientist at tho head of tho depart ment of pure science in Columbia university. .Dr. Hallock reviews tho recent work of professional explorers in po lar rogtons to support his conclusion that they havo contributed llttlo or nothing to tho serious advantage of sclopco. It was not at all nocoasary, ho tells us, for Peary to discover tho pole, "which it is assumed he did," because it had been discovered' by science long before, nnd continues: Peary, of course, verified tha fact that we were correct, lit discovered tha water at the North Pole, and he thrilled ua with somewhat unverified Information that it waa nn "unfathomable" sea. But he had lost his soundlnc instruments bo fore he KOt a chance to Use them In this water. Without desiring to orttlelso any Individual explorer, bo far as the records nre concerned upon which an explorer veracity la established, they can be manu factured In New York City with perfect accuracy. I can submit a set of tlsuree representing the roeords of an expedition to the North Pole right here In my office, whlcn will be absolutely correct, though I have never been there. This fact alone proves that science has a very thorough knowledge or the surface ot this earth, and that. In fact, there la very llttlo left on It to discover Poor Cook, discredited upon the ground that his figures could not. have been so accurate If he had ob tained them by observation In actual prox imity to the North Pole, may have been there, after all- Peary desorlbes having discovered on his approach to the North Pole some animal traoka, possibly a fox's, which would indleate land near by, be oaune these animals never venture very far away from land, where they must find food. At the same time. Cook de icribCB seeing land, for which he was aft erwards acoused of being a faker. Now I do not know but what Cook may have seen the land which Peary suspected was near by. In which event Cook's claim to hava reached the North Tola might be re considered. It has been generally takon for granted, wo bellevo, that Dr. Cook was a faker, and that his pretenses had been completely and thoroughly exploded. Dut hore is a scientist in good standing venturing at least an Intimation that Cooka claims may be ontltlcd to reconsideration. Before long some ono will bo proposing to send anothor explorer to tho polo to find out whether Peary, Cook, ono,, both, or neither ever got near it The Value bf a Calling.. estate," Bald Franklin, ."and ho thai nam a caning nath an office nf profit and honor." Tho wisdom of tho proverb should notbb lost slglit of by naronts Vltht sons, or bv 'fhn -sons, thomselvcs, facing tho realities! of life, it is a grf at thing for "a youth to bo thoroughly, trained in somo line ot work which ,no can call his own. That Is an European idea which has. provod'lts worth in tho lives of many, frugal people. ' No matter If a boy's" parents aro well-to-do, tho uncertainties of lifo ro-' main and the additional need ' fori charactor development that usually comes with an apprenticeship of somo art Is to be subserved. Whother It bo a mechanical trado or an art or a profession, it glvos any young man a tremendous advantage to BU;rt llfo with such an estate. Tho fovorish anxiety for quick re sults, sonds too many young Into llfo unprepared. This is an ago of chance, very largely, and many aro more prono to toko tho short cut and depend on . speculation, than tho long way around and hew out their way as thoy go. The value of a vocation ono has gained by def inite and decisive training is much higher than all tho gilded visions of tho rainbow chasers, and It is a good thing for elders to help their young folks to see that. How the Democrats Bule. When, after denouncing the fa mous lteed rules, the democrats came into control of the house thoy did not go far until thoy adopted the very rulos that they excoriated. Like wise, among other things that helped glvo tho democrats their present ma jority in our national lawmaking body was tho outcry and onslaught on tho methods of doing busJinesH typified in "Cannpnism," yet It Is already patent that democratic meth ods, hough slightly different, aro no lost arbitrary. When the tariff bill was reported and a motion to recommit offerad on bohalf of the minority, a point of order immediately raised against it by tho domotratic floor leader, Mr. Underwopdk drow. forth these re marks from the insurgent -.leader, Congressman MurdoOk: It is my observation In this house that rulings from the. chair on great political questions are made up of th'rea inAi. ents first, the moss-rrown precedents ana pracuces of the house: second, he political necessities of tho hour, and third, some mysterious lii.rtafineA lty which Is supposed to reside in the Dosom or tho speaker, which permits him to do Just about as he pleases. Attor he had boon sufficiently ad vised as to his duty, Speaker Clark promptly sustained tho point of order, and summarily ruled out the motion to recommit. It will be ro remembered, of course, that the rulos of tho bouso havo been reformed and "Cannonlsm" repudiated. Yet tho dominant democratic majority does bvElnoss ,JUBt as ruthlessly, and with Just as little, consideration for tho helpless opposition as over was charged by them upon tho repub licans of old.. Lest tho people of tho east infor from Governor Johnson's ittiwt preachment that the California legislature has its halo ot righteous ness on straight tho San Francisco Chronicle screamed with Joy on tho final adjournment of "tho most" vil lainous legislature that over cursed this or any othor state;" Later, when the extravagances of the body trlcklo down through tho sources of taxa-, tlon, Cnllfornlans will hava their pocket conscience most thoroughly scorched to make up annronrlations of 120,000,000. In oxceia of tho state's presont revenue. The governor of Colorado vetoed a "blue Bky" bill and one creating a commission to suporvlso boxing contests, but pormlttod a racing bill to bocomo a law without executlvo approval. It is confidently believod tnat selling blue sky mining stock and playing the ponies afford an ample ' outlet for tho sporting proclivities ot the population. For tho first time in its history a committee of the United States sen ate voted almost unanimously to sub mit a constitutional amendment giv ing women thovprlvllege ot citizen ship. The world moves and the United States- senate skips along with It. A committee ot the New Jersey legislature is about to mako an in vestigation of the tire. Insurance business In that state When It gets through It can find an. inviting field for extonslon ot Us Inquiry rtf,ht hero in Nebraska. SU11, it la hard to believe the loquaclqus Mr. Manuel would have talked bask In that fashion had he been permitted to contlnuo to draw the salary of the reform school 8uperini4eiicy. Looking BacWatd ulxisDwitiOraaW COMPILED rROM DEE. OOP f 1. MAY 18. OOQ Thirty Years Ago The spacious building originally erected by Ooorgp Francis Train on Ninth street. ad known as the Coirens house, has been reopened under: trie name of the Grand Pacific. The lessee Is T. J. Sales man of New York, andV. H. Aylsworth Ik In charge as chief clerk. The Norwegian Singing society, re cently organlxcd, made lta debut F. Andresen la the choirmaster, and the ar rangements committee is made up of John M. .tacobsen, E. Olsen, E. Jensen, John llofst&d arAl P. Wllg. (The river la twelve feet above low water mark. W i. Browp, the well known .furniture dealer, Is rejoicing' over the advent of another, boy. "As this Is 'the first' boy, BrowpiwtU'Bot 'cm up.' 1 The,reccptJon committee at the Odd Fel- iqwn social consisteatqr Mesaames m. Armstrong, M. E. Stuht. Silas Wright, Kdwln pavls, F. W. Wqoley; Messrs. J. W- NchiS)ls, M. Goldsmith, A. 8. Billings, Adolph Meyer) T. J. Cliff, W. F. Loren ken. iMetcalf & Bra., . 1006 Farnam, are 'advertising a well established tea and cgar business for sale. .. 1 A real estatcHransfer records the pur chase by C. C. Housel of lot I, block 192, for J938. - On account of th,e bad weather the Wild West postponed Its opening until Saturday. Twenty Years Aco Lowo'AVontie Presbyterian church sent this teleg'rf m to President Cleveland, hlmsoira Presbyterian: "In the name of God and humanity. In the Interest of rest and of righteousness, saye our American Sabbath." - A wild pony hitched to a bUckboard dashed down Douglas street, turning on Fourteenth, where It ran, Into and In jured a horse belonging to Dr. Coulter andd&rrtagea the doctor'sbUggy. A llttlo boy of 4 years named Julrus Alttrans, residing at Ninth and Leaven worth 'streets, was severely bitten on the leg .by. a- og belonging to - a neighbor named. Peterson. The dog was killed, forthwith. ; ,. . tinlted States Senator A, C. Bsckwlth ot Vyonjlngnrrved,!n town. Speaking of the flnanclarnuestidn.' he said that while he was not abtjoluf iiy 'lh favor gf frea silver, he would' like to see legislation beneficial to silver, provided congress correctly agrees on what constitutes a silver dollar. B. Bllloway, proprietor of the Murray hotel since September 1, 1SSS, passed the ownership over to Thomas Murray and prepared to go to Chicago to take charge of Hotel Omaha, at Fifty-fifth and Lex lngton streets. Mr. Ellloway said he had oevorat reason!) for giving up the Murray, but the chief one was that he had tried In vain for several years to come out with sufficient profit after paying Z18.000 a year rental, wh",h the business did not warrant. Ten Years Ago The Kastman Kodak company became the successor to the Robert Dempster company and took charge of tho store and supplies at 1215 Farnam street. Tho Board of Education surprised Itself by passlng.-all resolutions put up to It without a single debate. Member 'May nard presided In the absence of President Johnson and Vloo President Funkhousir. One Item of business was a decision to replace the .frame Beals School with a brick structure. v Lewis Wolfe died at his home, 1431 North Seventeenth street, and the family decided to take the body to Iltlca, N. T., for burial beside his wife. Mr. Podge Alloway, pitching for Peoria. held Omaha to six hits, while he and hla distillery friends were making ten off Bruner; yet Omaha took the game B to 1 G. 'F. Damon and Henry P. Kolb In corporated the Damon-Kolb Notion com pany, with a capital stock of 1100,000. to deal In wholesalo trade of dry goods and notions. Sophrona Jones, widow of A. D. Jones. filed a petition in county courtl asking that B. N. Robertson be appointed addi tional executor of the will of her lato husband. She asked this because her iixtreme old age rendered It difficult for her to. proceed with the duties of executrix. People and Events A Chicago man cheerfully forked over JJ1.000 alimony to get rid ot hla wife and mother-in-law. A man of 71 who writes leva letters is not necessarily week-mtndel. lccordlng to a Kansas Judge, but he has room to rent. Mrs. Barney Hemmtck, a society oracts In Washington, prophesies: "Everybody will be wearing trousers In 2913." Ashes toes? William B. Walker, a Chicago archl- tect. has planned to build bungalow home on the roof of an eight-story aky- roake you look like a piker by telling you his. Heroines ot the torch and bomb In England are awarded medals of honor costing a varying sum. thus: For valor. Jl.W; hunger strike, ttM; ted by force, 15; grill brooches, $10. Commercialism has thrown Us tentacles around tho former home of Fernando Jones, Chicago noted pioneer, marktna for tho wreckers a residence noted for Us social festivities In the early, times of Chicago. Buffalo Bill gave a special performance of his show for the entertainment ot Madame Bernhardt. Tha colonel hasn't pulled off as many farewells as : the madame and considers unusual courtesies are due a veteran fareweller. scraper. It will be of white cement with green slate roof, green shutters and red brltk chimneys and facings at the cor ners. Its 'doors and French windows wilt open on two sides on. to a terrace whose outer dimensions will be ISOxW feet Rich, widowed and only 19, Mrs. Mar tha WPilams of New York Is sailing over the Atlantlo sobbing hopefully of fulfill ing the commands of her late lamented to become the wife of a friend In Burop. She doesn't know his name or where he Jives, but being dutiful wife she will search for him. Boston boasts of a fat men's club with k membership ot 1.00L A search of hi reports of the proceedings of the annual convention, held last week, brings to light not one new spectflo for srttll fronts Anti-fat Is taboo. The business in hand consisted ot plans for big feeds during the summer and every plan presented got a unanimous vote. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULI11. Washington Post: A Washington preacher jays young men calling Sun day evening, should be led to church. Just give the girls time, and they'll see to that! New York World: The .organization of commercial travelers, which wants to "put a Bible in every hotel room," might compromise by putting one In the suit caso ot every traveling salesman. Cleveland Plain Dealer: The Episcopal church In New Jersey has fixed a mint mum wage ior a preacher. New Jersey la on' the right road. In course of time, it may work up to the silk workers. Chicago Record-Herald: The Episcopal church In New Jersey has adopted a canon providing for a minimum wage for clergymen. Naturally the figure fixed is a modest one, but It la a tp in the right direction, Baltimore American: A minister ob ject to. the styles of the day on the ground that ha can't shake hands with a woman without blushing. And, on tho other hand, the vice crusade sermon Is one to which the average congregation cannot listen without blushing In deep modification. Bt. Louis Republic: That eastern 'cleric, who compared the soul to u republic with the Intellect for a leglslatu.v, tho will for an executive and the conscience f,ir a Judiciary overlooked an imwitit dls. Unction. A good -working consclenci docs not wait for the legislative and xuu- Uve departments. to do wrong before do ltverlng Its Judgments.' WHEN A MAN FAILS. When he has no confidence In himself nor his fellow men. When he values bucccss more than character and self respect. When he does not try to make his work a little better each day. When ha becomes so absorbed In his work that he cannot say that Ufe is g cater than work. When he lets a day go by without mak ing someone happier and more comfort able. When he values wealth above health, self respect and the good opinion of others. When he Is eo burdened by his busi ness that he finds no time for rest or recreation. When he loves hit own plan and in terests more than humanity. When his friends like him for what he has moro than for what he Is. When he knows that he Is In the wrong, but Is afraid to admit It When he envies others because they havo more ability, talent or wealth 'than' he has. When he does not care what happens to his neighbor or .o his friend so long as he Is prosperous. When he Is so busy doing that he has no time for smiles and cheering words. Ideal Power. MUFFLED KNOCKS. if you keep your mouth closed everv. body will agree with you and respect your opinion. If a woman cin keep her temper and her good looks she has no trouble keep ing her husband. There Is an awful scarcity of rosea be tween the day a woman marries and the day they lay her out The latest hint says the bustle Is com ing back into fashion. What are they go ing to do? Sew an annex Into the rear .of the hobble? Tell a man that there are 270,160,325,431 stars and he will believe you. But if n sign says Fresh Paint he has to mako a personal InvesUgatlon. ' Keep your troubles to yourself. If you tell them to another man he will wait unUl you get through upd then he will The female garment designers met at Toledo and decided on tighter skirts. It won't be long unUl a modest man will have to stay homo and keep the blinds pulled down. The old-fashioned girl who married a poor young man and lived on love in a cottage now has a daughter who marries Into a furnished room where she con cook her curling Irons on a gas Jet and do her laundry on the window pane. Cin cinnati Enquirer. Rnaty on Currency Question. Boston Transcript There is a suspicion that modern con gressmen don't know as much about the currency question aa they did In the good old days when scrambling alter mileage grabs kept them in training. Hear the Bechstein Piano World F&med for its remarkable depth and rich sound, sympatbeio tone qualities, representing-iD every senBe the highest known art in Piano oonstruotion. ..The world's most famous artists have nothing but words of highest praise of r the Bechstein. HH HIIAR THE BEOHbxj&IN PIANO. . ' 1 as Played by Mr. Max Landow, i ! ' Monday Evening, May 19th, IN THE PIANO EEOITAL AT THE BRANDEB3 Benefit of Sacred Heart Academy We aro exolnslTe selling agents for these beautiful pianos la this vicinity, iraporting them from Berlin, Germany. Wo would tako graft plMUs la demonstrating to you the many superior points of tsess juauy i.toitu-buiu yiwiui. HAYDEN BROS. BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN. No man can live an Inch higher than he looks. . Ufe today depends on what we did yesterday. No beginning is small that leads to a great end. Many a man pets his dog. 'but nwir has a kind word for his wife. If angels had to live with soma, men there would be more fallen ones. - The man who helps his wife clean house, Is watched with Interest by' the angels. The wren would never be n singer If it had, to take music lessons from the crow. Nobody ever gets out ot the way when u slipshod man comes around the cor ner. The devil never gets far away inm the faultfinding man and the scolding woman. Merit may bo' kept at the foot of the . class for a while, but It 'wilt como to the head In Its own good time.. Well doing Is determined, not so much by what we do ns by what we do it with. An artist Can show with a plceo of charcoal that he Is one. How It would change the world for most of us If we would stop looking for flaws and begin to look for things to speak well of. SUNDAY SMILES. "How was the play you saw last night?" "Pretty melodramaUc. In the second act when the skulking villain. descends upon Hickory Farm and forecloses the mort gage on old Undo Zeko'a automobllo there was hardly a dry eye in the houoe." St Louis Republic. i "Why don't you try some light read ing?" "I have and it 'makes me feel more heavy-hearted than ever." "What light reading did you try to pro duce that effect?" "My gas bills." Baltimore American. Mr. Snapperly (reading) Man commits suicide by Jumping off a ferry boat Mrs. Snapperly Just like a man. Why didn't he Jump off a dock and save 2 cents? Puck. Sarcastic .Guest (In restaurant, after waiting a long time for His order) Say, waiter! Walter Yes, sirl 8. O. Would you mind bringing me 'a little, something to go with my knife and fork and spoon? Chicago Inter Ocean. "That's a wonderfully smart child of yours." ,J,,vYe,1i" replied Mr. Bilgglns, modestly, "I don't know whether he is so very smart now. But If he ever finds out tha answers to all the questions he asks, he will be a world-beater." Washington Star. "Experience should have taught you that such investments are risky." "Bah! Experience' never teachos mo anything until after It happens."-Cleye-land Plain Dealer. Goodfellow (with newspaper) Here's an old bachelor in OHIo died and left all jjj money to the woman Who rejected J F?SlcuaTAn yot iiey aav there Is no gratitude In the world. Chicago Tribune. " ( SPINNING. Jlelen Hunt Jackson. Like a blind spinner in the sun. I tread my days; - I know that all tho threads will run Appointed ways; T Wnnw mMi .1 1) ...til . . And. being blind, no more 1 ask. I do, not know the use or name Of that I spin: I only know that someone tame, And laid within- youd the thrcai1, and. said. "Inco Arc blind; but 'one thing you can do." Sometimes the threads' so rough and fast And fancied fly, I know wild storms are sweeping past Shall fall: but dare not try to find eoic. iMutc, since x am Diino. I know not why. but I am surs That tint and place, In some great fabric to endure Past time and race. My threads will: so from tha first Though blind. I never felt accurst I think perhaps this trust has sprung From one short word Said over me when I was young Bo vounc, I heard It, knowing not that God's namo signed fliy Drow, ana sealed me - tils though blind. But whether this be seal or sign . VYUIlin, WIIROUI, It matters not. Tha bond divine I never doubt 7 know He set me here, and still And glad and blind, I wait His wUL But listen, listen, day by day, To har their tread Who bear the finished web away. And cut the thread. And bring God's message in the sun. unou poor ouna spinner, wone ir aone."