Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 29, 1892, Page 4

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D, 1562 Average alation for April, 24,116, bl NS b A S L B by ik high schools and colleges of Ne- braska hive begun holding theit “‘end- ments,” and in the avalanches of lowers and white drosses perhaps wo shali for- got the floods. PROF. JACOB GOULD SCHURMAN, the new president of Cornell university, was once a clerk in a village store. It is a proud achiovement to have climbed from that humble position to distinction as one of the ripest scholars of his time and to the presidency of a great uni- versity before having reached the age of 40. OMAIIA people are not aware of the frreat fame given this city by the Lin- mger art gallery. It is an unconscious tribute not only to the philanthropist who founded and maintains it but to the ty in which it is situated. There are s of intelligence and culture in this country in which Omaha and the gullery ave not very favorably ussoci- ated in mind. THE ““friend of the family” who so generally comes up smiling with a poem a yard long on golden wedding occa- sions in"this country does not scem to Liave been on hand ot the festivities in honor of the fiftieth wedding anniver- sary of the king and queen of Denmark. There are some compensations, it would seem, for the trials and sorrows of those who sit on thrones. THE United States consul general at Montreal has received an apology from Colonel Cole of the garvison artillery at that place for the outrages committed by members of his corps in ordering down the Americdn flag on the queen’s birthday. It may take many years to convince the ultra-British residents in Canada that the American flag is backed by a vigorously loyal American people, but the lesson will be learned sometime. Pror. LoUNsBory of Yale college and Prol. Child of Harvard are agreed that the estublished spelling of the Eoglish language is about the most absurd thing in the world. But they do not suggest any practicable way of getting the English-speaking people of the world together on a better system. Thero have been many spelling re- formers, but the orthography of the language has undergone no important change as a result of their work. Tur Omaha gentlemen who have just returned from a visit to the east, where they inspected school buildings and in- vestigated various matters connected with educational work, are of the opin- fon that Omaha schools might he much improved by following the eastern ex- ample of spending money in direciions which malke school life attractive and pleasant to pupils. This is undoubtedly true, and although this city cannot yet vie with Boston and Philadelphiain this respect, it would be easy to make our school buildings and grounds much pleasanter than they are at slight ex- pense, ‘WHEN Nebraska celebrates the semi- centennial anniversary of statekood the precedent of 1892 will justify the change of date from March 1 to September 25, nbout the time of the hurvest festival, which makes it more convenient for popular demonsteaiions. When the first hundred yoars of Nebraska’s state- hood have been reached the centennial celebration will probably be held on Christmas of 1967, or possibly if the weather seems unpropitious the centen- ‘ A A * “nial anniversary can be shifted over to the year following. A few months, or a few years oven, muke no mutorial differ- snce, just s0 you celebrate, Tris1M in various parts of the world colebrated the 113th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Moore on Friday lust in o manner which showed how fondly they cherish the fragrant memory of the sweet singer whom they so proudly claim us their countryman. ‘The patri- otism of Moore, like that of the Irish peonle generally, wus of the forvid kind th t must find expression, and the poet’s best and most endearing songs are those which breuthe the spirit of patriotism and the love of freedom hich unimate every Irvish heart. ‘I'he Scoteh admire Buios and regularly celebrate the anni versary of his birth in every community Tw any considerablo number of Scotehmen may be found, but the Ivish, owing perhups to their luck of organiza- Mons distinetly their own, do not go g2nerally observe the unniversary of thoir country’s representative sioger. This, however, does not signify a lack of uppreciation, Thomus Moore's mem- ory will be kept green und his sweet songs will be sung as long us an Lrish heart beats in tho world, 1 A COMPOSITE VIEW OF THE FUTURE. | The cheapest thing on earth anybody can giveisadvice, This is a commolity that always can be had in abundance for the mere asking. This is doubtiess why the members of the Methodist confer- ence responded so liberally when they were interrogated by the Omaha organ for the fesble minded as to what Omaha should do to become a great, good and prosperous city of 400,000 population by the year of our Lord 1900. Such a ques- tion would have been a stunner for any cluss of men but the visiting parsons, who are always equal to any emergency. The composite recipe which the gentle- men of thecloth have left us is decidedly instructive ns well ns unique. Some of the suggestions touch upon things temporal. We are reminded that we are short on union depots, churches and first class hotels and long on corner lots and acre property in the suburbs, Others are directed chiefly to things spiritual tinctured with matters temporal, Several of the clergymen confidently predict that Omaha will have 400,000 vopulation by the year 1900 if we stop printing Sunday papers, close all the saloons und theaters and do away with dancing and card playing. A minister from New York City, where Dr. Park- hurst is now leading a crusade against rampant vice and wickedness, left with us a precious formula with the thres in- gredients, prohibition, strict Sunday ob- servance and rooting out of all gambling. How the American Babylon has man- aged to grow to 1,500,000 population without this preserviption will always re- main a profound mystery. The mest pointed and portinent sug- gestion camo from Now Jersoy. It has an Old Testament flavor and commends as the most effective promoter of the city’s rapid growth a more striet com pliance with the Lord’s command to Adam and Eve in the garden. This eminent observer says point blank: ““The greatest need in your great city is the question of more children in your homes. You have a perfect street ear system. but the tendency to small families containing but one child or none at all is not in keoping with u large and perma- nert growth of a city.” There is more truth than poetry in this well meant but blunt suggestion. It seems to us, however, in the lingo of the bar, decidedly irrelevant, incom- petent and immaterial what these 500 Mothodist clergymen conceive to be the most effective way to treblo Omaha’s population by the end of the century. If anybody wanted an option on corner 1ot on one of the golden paved thorough- fares of the New Jerusalem we should not hesitate to commend him to the members of the late conference, whose chief occupation is dealing in futures. Their ldeus on building great cities do not gonorally comport with practical expericuce. They want a city in the clouds peopled by angels and not upon the earth inhabited by men and women with all the defects, passions and vices the human race is heir to. A SUSCEPTIBLE JURY. The susceptibility of legislators to the blandishments of railrond magnates is well known, and juries have sometimes been suspected of having been influenced by gratitude or expectation in cases where a raiiroad corporation was con- cerned; but the jury that acquitted John C. Newton in the federal court at Des Moines and then accepted an elaborate banquet at the hands of the defendant will have to be awarded the palm. Newton, who is vice president and gen- eral manager of the Des Moines & Kan- sas City railroad, was tried before Judge Woolson on the charge of conspiracy to pad the mails for the purpose of defraud- ing the government. Whatever the merits of the case may have been it is evident that the jury did not regard the defendant as a victim of groundless prosecution, for it took from 8 o’clock Wednesday afternoon until 10 o’clock Thursday night to reach a verdict of acquittal. The banquet followed, and it appears that the railroad man and the twelve men who had acquitted him “got together” in fine style. On the fol- lowing morning Judge Woolson called the jurymen before him, and after giving them a severe lecture discharged them in disgrace, and then he told Mr. New- ton that he would order the verdict set aside and try him over again if it were allowable. It is not assumed that these jurymen were venal nor that they intended any- thing wrong in allowing the acquitted man to express his gratitude in this way, but the incident shows how easy it is for men of wealth, and particularly those reprasenting great corporate in- terests, to make themselves solid with people who are simple minded enough to be caught by their gentle allure- ments. The lesson enforced by Judge Woolson was a wholesome one. SOME SUGGESTIVE STATISTICS, Statistics now in courso of prepara- tion by the census bureau bring to light some interesting and suggestive facts velutive to the color, sex and nativity of the population of the various states. Tuking the matter of nativity by itself it is curious to note that in the three states of New York, Now Jersey and Pennsylvania the white population of ive parentage constitute only about one-half, or 50.83 per cont of the total population of those states. In the same group of states only 63.86 per cent of the population cav speak the English lan- guige, leaving 36.14 per cent who are foreigners in the largest sense of the word. The inc:ense in the number cf foreign born persons during the period frow 1850 to 1800 was and the increase in the native born population wus 1,479,085, Probably no other three states in the union will show so large a proportion of incrense in foreign popu- lution us the ones pawed, though the figures for New York and Pennsylvania show that the immigrants, though most of them lund in New York and ure sup- posed Lo stop in or near the metroplis in greater numbers than elsewhere, are veally filling up Penusylvania more rap- idly thun they ure the state of New York. New Jorsey’s increass in for- eign born population during the decade was 48,39 per cent, Peunsylvania's 43.87 per cent and New York’s 20.69 per cent. The increwse in Pennsylvania | over New York, covsidering how rap- THE OMAHA DAILY BE&: SUNDAY, MAY 29 idly New York City and its suburbs are { investigation, shows that the average filling up with foreigners, scams difficult to account for. That one-half of the population of this group of states should be of foreign born parentage is suggestive. Tt seems to emphasize the fact that our remarkable growth is due very largely to the in- ducements here offered to the people of othor lands to come and help develop the resources of the greatest country on earth. This steady influx of foreigners brings some objectionable people, but that element is not large. The major- ity are law-abiding, inoffensive and thrifty. There are practically no Asi- atics among them, and the hardy peas- ant stock of Europe that makes up the bulk of the foreign element is sure to become identified with the institutions whoee advantages it has sought. SHALL GAMBLING BE LICE DY An ordinance has been introduced in the city council to license gambling by imposing periodic fines upon kespers of gambling houses and men who make a living out of gambling. This s nothing more nor less than an attompt to nullify the oriminal code relating to gambling and make the mayor and the police judge and police force aiders and abettors in the defiant violution of the law, which they are sworn and in duty bound to enfore The plea in favor of the proposed or- dinance is that gambling, like prostitu- tion, is a natural vice which no law can extirpate and therefore the most prac- tical way of dealing with gambling would be to legalize, regulate and super- vise it. The assumption that gambling is an inherent vice on a plane with the social evil is not well founded. The propensity of men and women to amuse themselves with social games in which chunce plays a part should not be con- Aounded with the vicious disposition of a very small percentage of people who are drawn into gambling dons by the tempting opportunity to win large sums at the gaming table. But the social evil has never been licensed in Omnha, It is mevely toler- ated and the fines imposed do not legal- izo it or in any way nullify the statuto or compromise tho officers of the law. There never has been an ordinance even introduced to license disorderly houses and no law-abiding citizen would coun- tenance such an ordinance so long as the laws of this state make the keeping of such resorts a criminal offense, The effect of the proposed ordinance would certainly be mischievous and de- moralizing. Tt would advertise Omaha abroad as a law-delying community in which gambling dens were licensed in defiance of state laws. The mere fact that no gambler has been sent to the penitentiary since gam- bling was made a felony affords no ex- cuse for letting down the bars and run- ning riot with open gambling houses, into which hundreds of wage workers would flock to drop the scanty savings and earnings that,.should be given to their families. The gambling law is doubtiess too severe in its penalties and its weakest spot is the provision that makes the plucked victim equally punishable with the keeper and capper that fleeced him. These defects of the law can and should be amended by the next legislature, but so long as there is a law against gambling the council has no right to nullify or circumvent it. Suppose the ordinance licensing gambling by provid- ing for periodic fines should be enacted, what position would the gambler be placed in who voluntarily pleads guilty? ‘Would the paymentof the fine relieve him from the penalty imposed upon gamplers and keepers of gambling houses by law? Would not the payment of the fine be prima facie proof of guilt and woula not the county attorney be in duty bound to prosécute all such persons in the crimi- nal courts? WAGES AND LIVING HERE AND ABROAD The report of Mr. Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor, on the wages earned and the cost of living in the United States and various European countries is replete with interesting and instructive facts. These show a far more favorable condition for American labor as a whole than is enjoyed by the labor of any other country. There is not an industry in the United States that does not pay better wages than the like industry in any country of Europe. The employes in the cotton and woolen mills, the glass factories and the iron works of the United States average larger earnings than the workers in similar industries abroad. The work- ingmen of Great Britain come nearest to those of the United States in the annual amount of their incomes, but those of France, Germany and Belgium receive, in the classes of work above noted, only about half the incomes of American em- ployes in those industries, Germany being at the bottom of the list. As to the cost of living, the working- men of the United States spend more mouey than those of Europe, having more to spend, and they live much bot- ter. Their homes are better provided with conveniences und comforts, they and their families wear bettor clothing, they invest more money in newspapers and books, and as a whole they make a larger outlay for amusements. Al- though the average sum spent by the working people of any country for read- ing matter is not very large, it is inter- esting to note that the amount thus used in the United States is from twoto three times larger than in European coun- tries, a fact that will at once explain the superior intelligence of our working- men. There is not much difference in the average cost per family tor food in Great Britain and the United States, but in France and Germany the expendi- ture for food is considerably less, and it is hardly necessary 10 suy that the com- parison holds good as to quality and quantity. The greatest difference is in rents, which are much higher here than in any of the European countries, though doubtless in this respect also the Amer- ican workingmen enjoy an advantage in the superior conveniences. A particus larly interesting fact disclosed by this report is that the average cost of intoxi- cating liquors per family in the United States is less than in Great Britain and very little greater than in Frauce and Germany. On the whole this report, which is the result of most careful and painstaking condition of the wetking people of the United States is vary much superior to that of the workig poople of the prin- cipal manufacturing,countries of HBu- rope, and the differenco in favor of the | former has undoubrédly been widened since the labor cdminissioner obtained his facts, since thé obdt of living in Eu- rope has increased duping the past year without a correspanding increase in the earnings of labor. | —— MEMORIAK DAY How rapidly the years pass will be the thought of thuumdd,‘pn the recurrence of Memorial day; it hardly scoms a twelvemonth sinés' we last rendered homage at the graves of the nation’s dead, yet the time for performing this duty of affection and of patriotism is again at hand, and with an interest as hearty and earnest as in the past a grate- ful people will again attest their grati- tude to the men who died that the na tion might live. Tt has been well said that there is a fragrance in the flowers placed upon tho graves of loved ones which no other flower possesses, and every one who shall tomorrow lay a floral tribute of love upon u soldier’s grave will realize that this is trae. There is also a special inspiration in this beutiful service to the dead. Its influence is elevating and softening. 1t awnkens the swoetest memories and vitalizes the tenderest emotions. Tt lifts the mind above mere worldly things and refreshes it with thoughts that have no taint of selfish- ness. The observance of Momorial day has been invaluable in teaching the meaning and the worth of patriotism. It is a grand fact thav the greatest of nations, the outgrowth of all the peoples which have left their mark on human progress, devotes one'day of the year to honoring its dead who cheerfully and willingly gave up their lives for the preservation of the republic. With the recurrence of Memorial day we revive the memories not of the great heroes and leaders in the strugglo for the maintenance of the union, but of those hundreds of thousands of humbler men whose service totho nation was, according to their opportunities, us noble, heroic and self-sacrificing as those to whose memory we erect statues, and whose names will be household words as long as there is an American republic and people. Our thoughts at this time expand beyond the galaxy of illustrious commanders whose achievements gave imperishable glory to our history and embrace the whole vast army of patriotic heroes who went forth from tarm and factory and store, impelled by an enthus- instic love of country. It is of the hard- ships, the privations, the sacrifices and the bravery of the common soldier that we have most thoughtion the recurrence of Memorial day! Their names may never be rizntioned and there is no rec- ord of their personal traits, but we know they were men whom uo danger ap- palled, whose devotion' to their country no suffering or sperifice could impair, and whose love of the flag was their su- preme love. These ire the heroes who rise before the ‘‘mind’s eye” at this time—a spectral host of blue-clad war- riors whose equals no'other nation has produced. Their monuments are erected in the hearts of ths grateful people, where they will stand against all the torms of time and the surging waves of political passion so long as American in- stitutions shall survive. SOME RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE. To Methodism in this community and the west generally, the general confer- ence of the Methodist Episcopal church has been an_inspiration and an encour- agement which has already made 1tself felt. Every member of that church has experienced a personal and entirely justifiable pride in the men who have been logislating for these weeks upon denominational matters. They have won the hearts of the people and have proved to doubting persons that the fol- lowers of Wesley are cultured, high minded and sincere. The feeling that this most modern of great religious movements was confined chiefly to illit- erates, which prevailed to some extent among even the most inteiligent mem- bers of some other denominations and among unbelievers, has been entirely dispelled. No man who has heard the aloguent sermons of many of the emi- nent divines in this conference will doubt the intellectual power of the great body of Methodist clergymen, If west- ern Methodists are not greatly strongth- ened by the general conference it will be because western Methodists do not appreciate an opportunity. No man of education will hesitate to ally himself with this denomination upon the ex- ploded theory that the itinerant is usu- ally an ignoramus, The eastern members of the confer- ence have had their ideas wonderfully expanded by this memorablo meeting. To many of these men Chicago has hitherto been the frontier of civilization. In their minds Omaha was a faraway village and Nebraska a wilderness in which life must be a constant terror and a series of deprivations. They have learned by actual observation that Omaha is a thrifty, handsome, promis- ing city of 140,000, and Nebraska one of the most fertile commonwenlths of the union with & pepulation exceeding a million souls. Travel broadens men and facts seen with the'dye and met face to face every day for 4 month strengthens censas figures. Every far eastern visi- tor goes homo with, & better apprecia- tion of the vastness.ofhis country, and a stronger affectiofi for American insti- tutions and Amepicay people. He has broken up eny narfowminded sectional- ism that may hdve hitherto prevailed and when he talis of this great meeting he will necessarilyassociate with it the good people of Omala, the importance of our city and the'vastness of this great interior region. The conference has a complished & great deal for the visitor as well as for Omaha and the west in a material and secular as well as in a sec- tariun and religious sense. —e MOB LAW IN THE SOUTH, Governor Northen of Georgia, moved by recent exhibitions of mob violence in that state, has issned a proclamation that harmonizes well with the resolu- tions recently adopted by the Methodist conference in this city in relation to the sume subject, The governor declares 1892 --SIXTEEN ‘that he will put a stop to lynching if there is powsr enough in his hands to do it, and ho authorizes the secrotary of state to offer a reward of 0 for the arrest of persons who actively particic pated in cortain recent proceedings of this kind. The governor’s proclamation is a good thing in its way. but it will no more stop the application of lynch law in Georgin than it will arrest the procossion of the spheres. Until the public sentiment which approves mob violence is ro- formed these summary eoxecutions at the hands of lawless crowds will con- tinue. An illustration of tho preva lence of this sentiment s found in the colamns of the Atlanta Constitution, di- rectly following the proclamation of the governor. Tt is the heading over an article describing an attompted assault upon a young woman, and runs as fol- lows: ‘“Judge Lynch has another case, in which his peculiar method would do good service:” Elsowhere in the same paper appears an editorial warmly com- mending the governor’s proclamation, but the words auoted illustrate the fact that the southern pross is influenced by the sentiment which makes mob vio- lence popular in the south, Mobs have now and then taken the law into their own hands in the north- orn states, but such cases are extromely rare and nover receive popular encout- agement. In the south, where the ma- chinery of the law can be put into oper- ation as effectively as anywhere else for the punishment of the erime of assault, the exhibitions of mob violence so fr quently reported excite little comment. One of the first steps toward the im- provement of the state of society thero should be the enforcement of law in a regular and orderly way. The great fundamental principle that no porson shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law should receive the same respect in the south that it receives in the north, and untilit is respected ths southern states will suffer from the disadvantages in- soparabie from such a state of society as is indicated by the prevalence of mob law. The governor of Georgia has shown the right spirit in his courngeous proclamation and it is to be hoped that it will have some influence. PAGES, the Interstate Commerce commission, says that the claim of railroad companies that all possible progress is being made in introducing safety appliances is not borne out by the facts. While it is true that little remains to be done so far as locomotives and cars engaged in passen- gor service are concerned, in the freight service everything remains to be done, and it is in this service that nearly all the casualties toemployes happen. Thus out of a total of 1,105,042 cars usod in freight service, Mr. Adams states that there are but 87,390 fitted with auto- matic couplers and but 100,990 equipped with train brakes. Furthermore itap- pears that the increase in the equipment fitted with safety appliances is not equal to the total increase in equipment. Mr. Adams therefore reaches the natural conviction that the good intention of railway managers roquires the as- sistunce of legislation to malke it effec- tive. He thinks it practically impos Dl for the carriers, unaided by law, to secure the universal use of couplers and brakes of a uniform type. The aid of goyernment is required not so much to coerce reluctant companies asto avbi- trate between the advocates of various patents. Several bills have been intro- duced in congress relating to this mat- ter of railway safety appliances, and the importance of some legislation is un- doubtedly appreciated by the people’s representatives, but there is veason to apprehend that the influence of the cor- porations will, for the present, defeat action, and that the slaughter of rail- way employes will be allowed to go on. President Harrison, in one of his spe- cinl messages to congress relating to this subject, well said that “it is a re- proach to our civilization that any class of American workmen should, in the pursuit of a useful and necessary voca- tion, be subjected to peril of lite and limb as great as that of a soldier in time of war.” The Distingulshing Mark, New York Herald, Tho casiest way to distinguish a modern messiah [rom an ordinary mortal is to count his wives’ nose: ————— How to Achleve Success, New York Herald, The Methodist brethren in Omaha have again decided agamnst daucing. The only way to get dancing on the froe list is to elect younger men to conference. ——— Suggestive Laurels for Grubb, ' Philadelphia Times. Now that he has got American pork into Spain if Minister Grubb wauts to tickle Bos- ton's beart and at the same time make tho Dons feel better under tho waistcoat, lot him socure the admission of beans, e . The Cloud on Goutd's Horlzon, Philadelphia Times, A solitary 10 cent piece was all that once stood between Jay Gould and a state of glar- ing impecuniosity. That dune is a treasured souvenir which the millionaire still carries around in his purse and the only cloud upon the pride which he takes in it is the thought that it bas been nestling there so long with- out earning interest. ——— Raised on Beans, Boston Globe, Boston has been accused of vanity more than once because she has not boen averse to declaring ber pride in her distinguished sons. But the pride is a justitiable one. A crop of great men is the grandest harvest that can be ralsed on any soll, and for the raising of this kind of harvest Boston has shown her- self especially fortil - A Ploce of Enterp: Beatrice Democrat At tho present time Tik Osana Bk has its local representative here preparing o loug statistical article on Gage county and its re- sources, that It will soon print, aud that will £o into the bands of 250,000 people, This is not doune for the money that it can pull the public leg for, but as & plece of uewspaper enterprise. 1tis being prepared by men who live in Beatrice, and Tus Beg pays them for doing the worl se. Defects o e Schools, New York World. Prosident Eliot is quoted as saying that there is a0t & country o northern Europe which has not 8 better commou s0hool sys- tem thau ours, The criticism is not 100 severe, probably, if 1t 14 leveilod at the methods pursued in our common schools, Our system is great only in its umiversality, It offors sowothing of education to all, and frooly. Bat much ro- maios to be done befors what it ofters wiil be what it Should be. Tho rensons ars obvions to evory one who observes, Wo have a parnicious habit of employing untrainea and only half-educated toachers. We assume that any girl who has graduated from the grammar schools is fiv o teach, and tho fact quite otherw Apart from the noagreness of such n girl's learning, her mind is undisciplineq, her cul- turo is scarcely bogun and sho has learned nothing at all of the artof teaching. In this state our wisest school authoritios have mado strenuous offorts, with only partial success, to sot up a highor standard of qual- itication for toachers. Agaln, wo do not got the best out of teachers of which thoy are capable. The at- tompt of boards of oducation to reduce everything to system cripples ndividuality 10 overy [imb and makes of tho best teacher nomorethan a cog in & machine. Worse stitl, under a system which makes a fetich of examinations, and rosts a teacher's chauce of promotion and even of rotaining eraploy- ment upon the “‘marks” made by bis pupils upon examination, thero is a vpromium set upon bad teaching and a punishment for botter, i . Assertion and Contradictl Cincinnati Commeraial, Presidont liotof Harvard is nothing ' if not eccentric. His latest dodgo is an attack on our common school system, which ho do- claros 1s inforior to that in any countey in the northof Kuropo. President Eliot's state- ment is combatted by School Commissionor Strauss of New York City, who emphatically remarks that our grammar school system is superior to that of Goermany, and the school systom of (ermany is the best Europe. PR RELIGLOU A new roligious soot has boon _establistied in Virginia by a negro named Nathaniol Brown, which he eall the “No Meat Eators,’ The African Methodist Episcopal church is the first to grant permission Lo & woman to voto at a general conferonce. Tho lady is the wife of Bishop S. T\ Jones, Thero1s no wmissionary in Afghanistan, with her 6,000,000 people, Annam with 5,000,000, has only Koman Catholic mission- arios. Iudia hus one missionary to 2 people; Persia, one to 300,000; Thibet, ono to 2,000,000, The annual contributions to foreign mis sions of the evangelical church aro as fol- lows: Kuropean societies, £5,85: ative contributions, Atierican sooiotios £4,180,60: ative contributions, 507,883} total, $11,337,340, The Rev. Dr. Conwell of Philadelphia haa alaw practice yielding a revenue of £20,000 a year before he entered the ministry, So generous is he that ha canuot receive any gift from church or frieads without bestow- ing it, or feeling tempted to bestow it. on some one else, Impertinenco doserves robuke, man got it handsowmely. IRevamping an old saying, he remurked that if he were so un- lucky as to have a stupid son he should cer- tainly make him a parson. A clergyman who neard him replied: “You think aifferent from your father, then,” A bill was lately introduced into one of our state legislatures granting permission that the bisbop of the diocese might be buried in the crypt of his cathedral, One of the mem- vers, who did not admire the bishop greatly, moved an amendment to the bill thav it take effect immediately on its passage. In spite of his 82 years and his sorious oc- cupations, the pope sull writes pootry. His last effort in this line was a Latin hymo, which was sot to music by Maestro Mustafa and sung lntho Sistino chapel. The pope has subscribed 10,000 francs toward the in- ternational tauseum to beerected to Dante at Ravenna, Rev. Samuel Wells Powell, an authority in biblical history, died recontly in Massa- chusetts. Ho sorved with credit in the marine corps during the civil_war, then studied theology, graduating at Yale, after- wards devoted himself to the study of lan- guages, seventeen of which he is said to have mastered. He was also devoted to forestry interosts The Episcopal church in England has 43 bisuops and 24,000 other clergymen; 1n the United States, 61 bishops and 3,800 clorgy- wen; in Ireiand, 13 bishops and 1,807 other clorgymen, and 'io Canada, 24 bishops and 1,300 other clergymen; in Asia, 13 bishops and 713 other clergymen; in Africa, 12 bish- ops, and 350 other clergymen; in Australia, 21 bishops ana 260 other clergymen, and in Scotlund, 17 bishops and 250 other ciergy- men : in scattered diocceses U bishops and 120 clorgymen—a grand total of 159 bishops and 32,720 other clorgymen, The Christian Union having intimated that the Jewish Sabbath is gloomy and as- cotic, the Jewish Messenger remarks, “It the genial editors of our contemporary would visita typical Jewish housohold on'a Sab- bath, they would meet with an atmosphere and associations just the reverse of ascotic. Labor is forbiddon, it s true, aud business is prohibited, but the day is devoted to wor- ship, recreation, charity. Tho ideal Jewish Sabbath isa_day of delight, notof gloom. Ivis historically unjust to make the Jewish Sabbath responsible for Puritanical auster- 1y and one e BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN. A fact 13 as strong as the throno of God, There is nothing more cowardly than being afraid of the truth. Swnging “Nearer My God to Thee,” will never carry us a single inch toward hoaven uniess we are willing to step in that direotion with our owa foet. Somo pooplo never feel roligions except when they got in a tight place. Tho roal prayor meeting alwa; o0d whilo before the bell rings. Thero sn't a bit of religion in golng with. out sleep at night o talk about your neighe bors. The more the man who builds on_the sand Invests in his house the worse it will be for him, When in tine of battie no soldier ever finds much fault with the bowlegs of the man in front of him, ‘I'hore is no groater mistake than trying to persuade a man to be veligious by preaching altogethor to his hoad. It doesn't help & man much at homo to stout in ohureh, if ho makos his wife got up and kindle a fire the next morning. What a difference thero fs betweon the kind of headache poopia have on rainy Sun. days and the kind thoy have when the oirous is in town, bagins @ RENOUNCING FREE TRADE. Minceapolis Tribune (rep.): Lord Salis bury’s impressive argument against frec trade must nrovo a fatal blow to_the adyo eates ot froe trade in the United States. The speech of the premier in favor of protection 1§ e strongost argumont that has fallen uvon the ears of living men. ‘Iv should fill the ballot boxes with endorsomonts of pro- tection when tho votors register thelr will next fall, St. Panl Ploncor Pross (rep.): It will at loust appear from this frauk uttorance of Lord Salisbury that absoluto froo trade has attondant ovils as woll ns unveasonablo pro- toction; whiie his utterance is the most sig. nal assurance yet rocoived of the splondid triumph of the ropublican policy of recipro- oity, as a means of enlarging our foreign trade without the sacrifice of our own mar kets or othar injury to ourselves, Globe-Demograt (rop.): Iho ropublican party may well congratulato {tself upon the faot that the bromier of Great Britain thus DAYS tributa to the wisdom and officiency of the policy that it supports. Thero could nov bo a more gratifying and sugzestive endorse- mont of the American tariff system, and the voters who are to eloot our next.prosident will bo suro to tako account of it in their considoration of tho leading issue of the campaign. Now York 'I'ribuno (rep.): Obviously, what Lord Salisbury wants s an opportu. nity for imitating the American reciprocity volicy. If duties could be incroased or re- stored upon such articles as ho mentions, ho thinks that he would be armed with power 10 negotiate commoreial conventions on the basis of a froe markot for wino, spirits, silk, gloves and lacos. What ho wants is fair trade as distinguishod from fros trade; and ho indicates the reimposition of dutios with reciprocity behind it as the future land- matles of tho economio. progress of Lng. and. g iy, PLAYFUL POINTERS, Ho lounged wearlly agalvst a tablofn an irrigating reservoir anc ea off, A bys stander touched bim on the aem: “Say, Pat, what about the McKinloy bill *0ii, dom 'the DT 1f 1S ali right, pay it. ow York Merald: Makin' a frioy astlo mun 15 n good de: ve wid a poor razor, dc never know when you're g cut. of a like trying’ to 1 broddorn; you to «it de nex' sar It will b a proof that to lives run parallel in some ow cattle dis wolled- Lowell Courfer: murmured the crow as victim to the shotgu Yonker's Statesm Report comes from London of the discovery of tho thistlo as_un article of food for man s well as hoast. The thistle certainly has some very fino points. Hurrisburg Patrlot: Thoe young womon who will attend the ladins' sehool in the top of the Eiffel tower are likely to Indulgo In some broezy conversations. DROW New b The dencon was snugly onsconsed in his pew, And heslept, un‘d he'snored, and yot no one . was disturbe For his wife's flower-spanglod hat was so lond That bis stertorous breathing could searcely be heard. Washington Sta A woalthy uncle is usually uliowed to iave his own way becauso of his Will-ful character. Freo Press: Commissionor—You are under arrost for defacing United States coln, Whathave you to say for yoursolf. Prisoner—I am not guilty, your honor. T have too much respeet for i dollar to deface one, air. In fact 1 seldom biave the pleasure of meeting on Detrolt THE TIP-TILTED NOSE. Washington Star. s aro red. hor oyos aro bright, checks are like the roso: Her graceful nock I8 Ivory white, She hus a turn-up nose— A turn-up nose this pretty miss. Butshe's u charming croaturo, And I estocin that prob The most engaging feature. od 1do. You ask me why? hio roason’s simply this: s never in the way when L Attempt to snateh o kiss, Boston Trans It is pertectly safo to pliment a woman upon her chiseled fon~ tures, but sho would hardly like to bo toid that her head was turned. Puiladelphia Le A journal in the In- terests of manufacturess and workers in cork 18 projected. This should {nterest readers of lighv literature, E azotte: No, anxlous mother, tho sun that stood still at'Joshua's commund wus not huving his hair cuf = $BROWNING, KINGEE S Largest ) %’ $15. $12, ik’,&() and up. Ladies’ 6y .w;xists at half price. ufacturers and Retallers ot Clothing in the World, Y 5 Honoring the Brave Dead--- Our corner window dressed in memory ot our boys in blue who gave up their lives, has drawn im- mense crowds, and our attractions for this week will bring you out faster yet. First is a cut of 30 to 45 per cent on a number of suits that now go at $7.50, $8.50, $10, $12.50 and Next $15 to $25 spring overcoats at Then boys’ knee pant suits $2.50, $3.50, $4 and $5, and long pants at $5, and children’s blouse Straw hats just in. Browning, King &Co To glve our oraployes thelr evenings, wa closo @t 6:30 p. 1., oxcept Suturduys, atld p. |S.W. Cor. 15th & Douglas Sts.