Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 28, 1900, Page 26

HA DAILY BE OCTOBER 1900 28, BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORR, CHARACTER AS A PREREQUISITE. trol the convention a perplexing question Commentiug on the general tone of | may be presented to the Washington Mr. Bryan's specches and his plan of | government, namely, whether it shonld campalgn so far pursued, the Outlook, | at once abandon the American occupa which 1s publisked in New York us a|tion of Cuba or continue it until & religlous weckly and usually makes its THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE "ROBEWATER, Editors Balt {n the permon may smart, but 1t wiil heal. Prayer {8 & private key to the King chamber. The warm-hearted church never has a = bureau estimates give Bryan twenty-four states and 240 eleo- toral votes, leaving out New that incorporeal body known tional committes was taking gr Now that the democratic national com- PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ! — mittes s nearing the end of its labors peo- e TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION fly Bee (without Sunday), One gn Y Hiee and Bunday. one Year One ne Year OFFIC Omaha: The Be Bouth Omaha: ( ty-Afth and N Str Council Bluffa Chicago: 1849 L New ork. Te t Washington. wi urteenth Street. Bloux City: 611 Park et CORRESPOXN Communications rel K 1o torial matter should be addressed Beo, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS Business letters and remitta be addr The Beo Pub pany, Omal ews and edi- Omaha 14 n- ces who hing REMITTANCES. by draft, express or postal order, ayabls to The Bee Publishing Company nl it stamps ted In payment o mail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not accepted THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY Rem| | OF CIRCULATIO! | Douglas County, | Mecretary of | BTATEMENT Btate of Nebraska. Geores B, Tzachuck ublishing '1 th omplete . Morning, | EVening and Sunday Hee printed uring t menth of Beptember, 1000, was a8 follows: | 27210 16, cieiiinn. . 47,4 20,625 17 27, | L 27180 18 27,140 | ..27,100 20,970 27,015 27,050 .. 27,5680 20,740 27,230 20,0580 27,170 Total Lass unsold and returned coples.. Net tota Net dally wales averag 26,820 TZBCHUCK 1 sworn to ber, A. L. SORGE B. Bubscribed 1 ence Jefore me this th duy, of Beptomber, A (Beal) stury Public D ] Four more years of McKinley—four more years of prosperity The campulgn literary bureaus will | now close down to make way for the producers of holiday books. Yellow shirts and three-eyed peacock teathers are at a discount in China at present. They are a decidedly poor as set when the royal executloner aronnd looking for a sacrifice, — e 18 Men interested In large corporations should take the hint and put Bryan pletures in their windows. This Is only a countersign for protection when Ne- braska’s trust-smasher comes that way. During the month of September the fmports into the United States show a decrease of $11,000,000 and the exports an increase of 8,000,000 This tells the story why the United States has money to lend abroad. Unless the Boers are more consider ate than they have been General Rob- erts will be forced to eat his next Christmas dinner in Pretorla Instead of London, or clse leave the task in Bouth Africa for someone else to finish up. Only a few more days until election and then the manufacturer of popo- cratic fakes and scarecrows can take & much needed rest. If the time were much longer there 1s a strong proba- bility that he would not be able to hold out. Bryan was once ringmaster in a so- clety clrcus; he rode an ostrich down in Texas and after he has been stepped over agaln by the republican elephant next month his circus experience should bo varled enough to satisfy an ordinary man. Does anyone Imagine for a moment that the anthracite coal miners would have been able to strike successfully for higher wages if the country had not had the benefit of an unexampled era of prosperity under President Me- Kinley? In Chicago democrats stoned a wagon labeled “Republican Prosperity,” which had been sent around with campaign speakers. It Is not strange that dem ocrats are cnraged by such things, “Prosperity” 1s to democracy llke a red rag to a bull, How many of the judges passing on candidates to that Temple of Fame will ever be eligible to a place in some similar list of notables? The answer would be futeresting if It could be translated to the preseut from a perfod & century bence. The buying up of newspaper proper- ties and “luducing” middle-of-the-road candidates to withdraw, taken in con- Junction with the liberal use of money in other directions by the fuslion man agers, indicates that the ice trust and the cotton bale trust must have shelled out to keep the Nebraska fusion cam- palgn golng. — Another plot has been discovered to a inate the president of France, While such plots, and particularly the execution of them, are abhorrent to all except & small fraction of the people of every country, everyone Is indirectly contributing to the encouragement of this class who preach the doctrine of discontent and array class agalnst class. It Is reported that the emperor of China has appealed to Russla to adopt Manchuria and become respousible for its good bebavior. If the report Is true and Russia should consent, and there Is no reason to doubt that it would do #0, the door is opened for a scramble for the possession of the rich portions of China. The man who can tell whery this would end is wise beyond his day | judgment, | natures observations from a calm and unblased standpoint, remarks: We do not think the spectacle presented | by such an ftinerant tour of the candidate | for the presidency s likely to commend presidential stump speaking to the Ameri- can people. We have avoided discussion of Mr. Bryan's character, but it seems to us, as the result of this personal canvass which he has been making, that it 1s clear that he does not possess that sobriety o that grasp of great principles and that capacity to resist popular clamor and the personal influence of which are desirable, if not essen- tial, qualities in the chief magistrate of the nation The Outlook states succinetly what has been noticeable to all who have watched the current of the campaign and have noted how Mr. Bryan has al lowed himself to be turned now this way and now that by what he considers demanded by the exigencies of the ever. varying political situation. My, Bryan | started out with the espressed convie- | tion that the high position to which he was aspiring called for something more than a mere political stump speaker, and, inbued with this view, anuounced that Le would take litie part in the campalgn beyond the customary speeches und letters of acceptance and the reviewing of visiting delegations to his home. Before he had opportunity to put the plan In operation Le discarded it cowm pletely and started out anew on # glok toiting expedition in quest of popula applause, if not popular votes. Posing as the cmbodiment of the reform prin- ciples for which &he ullied fusion parties, especially in his own st Lad professed to be fighting, be has becoun almost cheek by jowl with Boss Crok aud his Tawwmany coborts aud in the glamor of the great demonstration pro duced for him by this discredited hoodle wachine even forgot 10 exclaim In public eat I Tam many and Croker is its prophet!” Even aside from the wild and ill-con sldercd appeals to passion and prejudice which le s constantly uttering, this subserviency to corrupt Tammany, never before openly ackuowledged by any presidential candidate of the party, marks him unreliable for the perform ance of the tremendously responsibl+ duties which devolve upon the presi- dent of the United States. permits himself to be bewlldered diring the campalgu by the ostentation of Boss | Croker, what could be expected of him it he were actually elected to the presi dency with the belief that he owed his success to the support of the Tammany gang? We do not believe the people of the United States want to put the guidance of the government in such hands or elevate to the highest office within thelr gift a man controlled by inusnces which they with good renson distrust v N WURK IN CUBA. What Governor General Wood says of the work done In Cuba under American occupatien is highly satisfactory and in view of what has been accomplished in preparing the island to be handed over 10 the government of its own people it Is strange that there should be any one among the Cubans hostlle to this evun try, The military occupation has been no hardship to the Cuban people, e cause our soldiers have not b to oppress anybody and aside from waintaining order have been chiefly utilized in cleaning out the unsanitary places in the cities. In this way suni- tary work of great importance been achieved from one end of the island to the other, so that the mortal ity from yellow fever, which under the Spanish reglue ran as high as 40 or 45 per cent of the cases, Las been reduced to 0 or 10 per cent, General Wood says there 18 no way of eradicating yellow tever quickly, but he thinks the patient process that has produced such good re sults in Jamaica will be equally suc- cessful if applied to Cuba. Under American supervision a thoroughly efficient mail service has been established, millions of dollars have been expended’ on public works, with very visible results, and between 600 and 700 miles of first-class roads bave been bullt. Asylums for orphan children have been erected wherever necessary, the prisons, whicli were In wretched condition, have been over bauled and repaired, telegraph lines have been projected in every direction. Educationally a marked change from the old regiwme has been wrought, Over 8,000 publie schools have been estal lished this year, with 3,600 teachers and 150,000 puplls, while the numbers of the latter are constantly fncreasing. Under Spanish rule the largest number of puplls ever known was from 26,000 to 80,000, These schools are conducted on the American system and are said to have already attained a high degree of efficlency. It is evidently the opinion of General Wood that Cuba s in condition to be left to the government of its own people and doubtless this wiil be done In the near future, unless the political ex- trewists there shall do something to compel a continuance of American oc cupation. There s admittedly some danger of this, but it is to be hoped that counservative counsel will prevail in the constitutional convention soon to assemble and fhat the hot-headed poll- ticians who are manifesting a disposi- tion to make trouble will not be per- mitted to have their way. The party representing those who fought against Spanish rule elected a majority of the delegates to the constitutional conven- en used unfriendly to the United Stat They will make a determined effort to have American troops withdrawn from Cuba and all American authority there abandoned in advance of framing a con- stitution and establishing & government. and generation. stronger | himself so far as | If Mr. Bryan | has | tion and among them aPe men who are |38 this element should be able to con | volce fu putional aflalrs, what sort of Cuban government Is put into opera- tion. It is probable that this matter has already been discussed by the presi- dent and cabinet. Meanwhile affairs in Cuba appear to be in a very satisfactory condition. | THE GER) CHANCELLORSHIP. | The new succession to the chancellor- | &hip of the German empire draws frosh | attention to this peculiar office and its resemblance to and difference from the ministerial offices in this and other countries, The chancellor, under the constitution of the empire, 18 the only fmperial off cer and is appointed by the emperor, ithout belng subject to the confirmn- tion of any legislative body or the con- tinned support of a legislative majority. The chaucellor is the responsible offi- cer for the cmperor, countersigning all his official acts, except those pertalning to military command, and thus serves to protect the irresponsibility of the emperor biself. As there s no method providing for his lmpeachment, the only person who can command his resigna tion Is the emperor himself, and his retention of office I8 not dependent upon | the political complexion of the Relch- | | stag or the council. The chanc therefore, 1s | llor of the German empire, the nearest appre {an Amerlean cabinet officer wi be found in f the Europ ernments. The points of diffe ate chlefly to term and tenure; In | enuse, 1n this country the appointment of a cabinet officer is subject to con | firmation by the senate, while his tery | of office expires with that of each pres. | Wential inenmbent. While our cabinet | officials have nothing to do with th uational lawmaking body the imperial | | chancellor is president of the fec | council and thus has legislative as well as ministerial duties to perform. If | the American vice president were made | & cabinet offictal he would be more akin | to the German chancellor from a con | stitutional and legal standpoint. | The German chancellorship is there fore as unlque a creation of constitu tional law as is the American cabinet. END OF THE MINERS' STRIKE. There will be a general resumption | of work in the anthracite coal reglons | | tomorrow .and it Is stated that the | mines will be kept on full time all win | ter to supply the greatly depleted coal market. Both the miners and the op erators are to be congratuluted upon the concluslon of the contest. The miners have made a distinct gain in having their wages increased, the price of powder reduced and In securing an agreement for the settlement of differ ences by arbitration. The operators have shown a spirit in treating with the men which will exert a good in- fluence. There has never been any | question that the miners were right in ca to his to 10 gov ance ral asking for an increase of wages, While there lLias been more or less misrep | resentation as to their eurnings, the average was low. Neither was it questionable that the charge for pow der was extortionate. Therefo the miners had the unqualified support and sympathy of the public and the opera- | | tors were not insensible to this. It was a notable contest not only for the large number of men lovolved and the wide area over which it extended, but also for the success of the leaders in their efforts to maintain good order. There were a few disturbance: but th were not of a very violent char- acter and certainly the leaders are en- titled to much pralse for their manage- ment of & body of men, many of whom are lmpulsive and easily Inflamed, It Lns been demonstrated that where labor has real grievances, such as com- wand for it publle sympathy, redress can be more readily obtained through orderly and peaceable methods than by a different course. Not the least important result is the acceptance of arbitration by the operators, which, if done In good fulth, should uvert future trouble, The consumers of coal will welcome | the end of the strike with a distinet feeling of relief. It may not have the effect to reduce the price of coal, since the supply in the country is small, but it renders improbable an advan which was certain to bave come If the strike bad continued. A DANGEROUS COMBINATION. Mr. Eckels, who was comptroller or the currency under the second Cleve land administration, sald in an interyiew a short time ago: "I do not belieye in Bryanlso: fn the west or Crokerlsm ‘n the east. If a coutinuation of Bryan ism and Crokerism constitute deinoc- racy, sound political wisdom' and honest administravve ability, 1 do not wisu to be of it. But 1 do not belleve it dovs, | and, therefore, 1 have falth in there being enough democrats who are demo- crats from principle to defeat Mr, Bryan so emphatically as to make o posgible the things we have witnessed during the past years in alleged demo ceatie conventions., 1 really would like to know what a thoughtful democrat thinks of reforms wrought In domestic aud forcign affairs through the coum- bined ‘wisdom and experience of Wil llam J, Bryan and Richard Croker.” The political alllance between Bryan sud Croker Is complete and it would be ditficult to concelve of a more dangerous combination, Bryanism means unsound money, destruction of our industries by overthrowing protec- tion, with disastrous consequences to labor, assavit on the independence of the judiciary, the fostering of class pregjudice and enmity. Crokerism weans the most unscrupulouy methods in government, corruption In politics, fraud in the ballot and plundering the public. With #Bryan at the head of the federal government and oker n coutrol in New York and having a la ple who relled on the tips sent out by the national committes four years ago are won- dering whether Cbairman Jones has col lected on his staft another aggregation of optimists equal to those who, in 1896, elected Bryan with such unanimity every week trom tho fime ho was nominated until the votes were counted % In 1896 the chief business of the cam- palgn committee was to send out pipe dreams. The opium of the Chiness quarter was nothing to the parcotlc which pro duced brilliant fancies in the minds of men 60 enchanted with the eloquence of their “peerless leader” that they mistook the signs of the times for harbingers of democratio success. A partial review of these wild guesses glven out aud publishéd as official fore casts In the local Bryan organ, from whose files of four years ago they are copled, affords interesting food for thought. The first man to hit the pipe which gave the pleasant dream was ‘‘Buck” Hinrich- sen, chairman of the Illinols democratio committee. He arrived in Chicago August 2, 1896, and this is what he sald for pub- Heation: 1 am confident that the regu- lar democratic tickst will carry every county in lllinols and al- most every township. Mr. Hinrichsen at that time had not reached the limit of his fancy, for the next day he made it & little stronger by declaring No matter what combination o Bryan will wet mors n halt of the votes cast in nols In November, Then “Buck™ took a rest. The hop was getting too strong for his constitution, and he went to sleep. The democratic com- mittee liked the dope, but it must find persons strong enough to use it more than two days, 8o the next pipe was given to A J. Warner of Ohlo, the man who, at Kan- a8 City the other day, said that he was not opposed to dropping the 16 to 1 idea yor Warner spoke only once before fall- Ing into tnsensibility, and then he said, on August 1 cannot see how wa shall fall 10 carry Ohto, [ am fully c¢on vinced “that Bryan wiil carry Ohlo, The dose had o still greater effect Committeeman Campau of Michigan, head of the campaign committee, who tr, it on himself. On September 11, 1806, be fore he fell into unconsclous slumber ho remarked for press consumption: Michl r for Bryan. The next man to try that pecullar brand was Senator Jones of Arkansas. Down in Arkansas they have a habit of drinking white corn whisky as it runs from the upon the ts safe | still, 80 it was no cause for wonder that he did mot succumb to the pipe as soon us the others, aud that the perfod of phantasy was prolonged. For a month he was under the 11, and here are the fictions of his impaired imagination feel fident York Now e, Marys jand and the Virginias, besic every state west unl south of the ~Ohio river. The press York ani New Jergey, He will carry Illinois by J,‘. ), Indlana By 30,00, Towa by 30,000, Wise in by 30,00, Minnesota by o0, Michigan by 30,00, Nee braska by 3,000 and Missourl by 60,000, Sept. 10,1 am now thoroughly eonvinced that both of them (New York and New Jersey) are ripe for Bryan and free sliver Oct ment 13.—Jones hat Bryan will have 1 Jral yotes, MoKin- ley doubteul. The fumes from the pipe were inhaled by ode Thompson, & member of the free siiver national committee. By the time be reached Omaha on his way to the Pa- cific coast he began to seo things, and to a local reporter unbosomed himselt as fol- lows: T am confident that the Pactfio states wiil be carried by Bryan and Sewall. Under the influence of the drug J. O. Johnson of Kansas, on September 20, took # guess at the result in Illinofs. He sald: Tllinols party workers say that Mr. Bryan wiil come 1o the Des- lajnes river with 40,00 ma- ority The next volunteer to pass under the sway of the pips was E. M. Carr of Towa, who, September 22, dreamed: lowa & absolutely certain for Bryan and the majority will not e less than 25.00. Ury Woodson, the representative upon the committeo from Kentucky, changed his potion and under the influence of the in- flation lotus saw on September 24 that: The Hiue Grass state is sure by 80,000 As the pipe fell from the hand of Wood son and he dreamed that the horrid night- mare was over and Carlisle and the old- time democrats were haviog sore throats from shouting for the Chicago platform it was handed to J. B. Weaver. Being & popullst, he was not willing to let any- thing escape and he drank so deep that time and facts were lost. September 26 he said The batile is practically won. Mr. Bryan's election is assured. There Is no ‘\IFH""I‘ way In which he can be defeated Leon Baily of Indiana also hit the pipe and under its influence he proclaimed Oc- tober 2 It there Is any one state in the union that is sure to gou for Bryan Indiana {s that one. 1 K what | am ta & canvass of the state by ¢ tles assures me of that fact As Mr. Baily sank upon the floor to be heard from no more during the campaign John P. Altgeld seized the vision-breeding bowl. He was under the influence 8o quickly and so completely that he wrote, under date of October 5, in a letter to the New York Journal, which was reprinted upon the editorial page of the local Bryan- ite paper From present indications T will say that Bryan will sweep this state (Illinofs) by a tre- mendous majority. While these individuals were smoking themselves into the Celestlal's paradise tities of some decoptive dru result was the official ammouncement om Beptember 16: Mr. McKinley wil] fall to carry his own congressional district or county. As the fumes permeated to the brain it saw many startiing things and on divers occasions gave out these official bulletins Beptember 24 —Reports _re- ceived in the last threo days strengthen the bellef that Mr. Bryan will carry at least two. thirds of the electoral votes of the United States. September 30.—Those in charge f the democratic national eadquarters say that Bryan s majorities in the following statos will be: Nebraska, 2,00; Towa, 30,000; Missourl, 50,000 "3 75,000; Tliinols, 40,000 outside o Chicago, 26,000 with the city. States which are certain to go for Bryan: Arkansas, Alabama, Golorado, Florida; Georga, (all* fornia, Towa, uas, Kel ky. Idaho, Loulsiana, M| f , Missourl, Montana, N . Nevada, North Caro- North Dakota, Oregon, th Dakota, Bouth Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, ir- ginia, Maryland, Delaware, Min. nesota, Michigan, Iliinois, In- dlana and Ohlo—3817 electoral votes, October 7.—Bryan will earry Ohio by 25,000, Indlana by 20,00 and lowa by & large majority. When the campaign was nearly at its close every man in the committee, pipes at full blast, uttered the wildest thoughts which could flow from mortal brain and the wildest were epitomized in this dispatch sent out October 28, 1836, as the last formal report of the committs Bryan will have more than 30 votes in the electoral college. As A result of his great journey and Minnesota are absolutely #afo wnd chances in Ohlo and Wisconsin are more than flat- tering. Secretary Gorman guar- antees us Maryland. Kentucky will_be carried by more than 40,000, The following states will give their electoral votes for Bryan without a shadow of & doubt: Alabama, California, Tdaho. Indiana, Kansas, Loutst: ana, Michigan, Mississippl. tana, Nevada, North Dakota, South ‘Caro'ina, Utah, Wash: ington, Tennessoe, Wyoming, Arkansas, Colorado, = Georgia, Tllinofs, lowa, Kentucky, Mary- Minnesota, Missoirl, Ne- ska, North Caralina, Orego s, 'West Virginla, Virginl electoral votes. In addition, hances for success are better than the republicans in Dela- ware, Ohlo and Wisconsir With such fllustrious examples as these before him Senator Jones will have a hard time to find persons suitable to fill the p of the democratic prophets of 1596 Were Joe Mulbatton in his prime or the celebrated Baron Munchausen a resident of the United States they could find posi- tlons with the democratio campalgn com- mittee, but they would have to add to their present reputations if they attempted to surpass the stories of four years ago. It you want to see the originals just turn to the files of the World-Herald for the dates named, where they can readily be found | with a host of others equally wild. reforms, indeed, should we either domestic or foreign affair Of course the adherents of Mr. will sy that us president he would | have nothing to do with Croker or Tam- many, but no one familiae with that| political organization and the character | of its boss will be deluded by this. A democratic president would not ignore the great state of New York in muking up cabinet and he would not select | a man unacceptable to the dewocratic ader n that state. Therefore it can uot reasonably be doubted that C New York member et and In this way at Jeast of Tammuny would have in the administration of na tional affairs, Nor would his intluence be less effective because mdirect, In condemning both Bryanism and Crokerism Mr. Eckels intends to vote to defeat them. hat is the wise and proper course for all true democrats, Real democracy eannot be revived until Bryanism is Killed and the demo who desires the restoration of his party will make a mistake if he does not vote agalnst the Bryanite party. —— One of the most embarrassing posi tlons In which a candidate for office can find himsell seems to confront the fusion nominee for governor In Kan sas, who happens to be at the same time bunk commissioner for the state While the chief stock in trade of his party has been dire forebodings and calumity Lowling, his officiul report of the condition of buuking belies all the denials of prosperity entered by his followers, Hiis report shows that as the result of four years of good crops the bank deposits in IKansas have not only increased wonderfully, but prom ise to continue to show still further increase. The deposits which a year ago aggregated $25,900,000 have grown to $31,600,000, while the reserve indi- cates the largest percentage of reserve deposits In the history of the state. It i needless to say that Bank Commis sloner Briedenthal is not using his offi- clal report as a calamity document for Lis candidacy for goveruor, — For nearly thirty years The Bee has ) a conslstent advocate of repub- lican principles and an unceasing cham- plon of the people's rights. In & news- paper existence extending over so long a period .it has had to take position on every great public question that has agitated the popular mind. The cursory review of The Bee's editorial utter- ances on another page, although cov- ering only a few of the many topics of general Interest, give a retrospect recalling much to old friends and open- ing up an Instructive vista to new read- ers of recent years, The Bee belleves it has a right to point with pride to the record it has made from the very day of its foundation, —— The election of United States sena- tors by direct vote of the people will never be achieved until lhe‘ people first use what power now rests with them to secure the election of senators who can be depended on to exert themselves for the enactment of the necessary amendment to the federal constitution. Such an amendment would long ago bave been adopted except for the per- sistent opposition of members of the senate chosen by legislatures in direct contlict with the wishes of the people ai cnbl volce | of the realm. by a system of barter and trade, If not actual corruption, In which the inter- ests of constituents are wholly lost slght of by legislutors empowered to vote for Unitel States senators. The best way for the people of Nebraska to emphasize their demand for direct pop- ular election of seuators is to make use of the privilege granted by the consti- tution of this state to express their erence at the ballot box and to see wweference is enforced hy choosing legislative candidates who will carry out “their wishes, The empress dowager of stricken with serious illness, to summon all the prominent physieians If the case I8 really seri ous the Chinese may yet have to ap. peal 1o the “foreign devils” for killed medical assistance to save their em press for them, e Snap for the Ratlroads, Baltimore American. The raliroads are letiing so many big contracts these days they must be making money. The politicians are now using many special trains. A ¥ t to Huwcllers, Chicago Post. The Democrats who are so determined to stop fraudulent votiug at the coming elec- tion should glve the major share of thelr time and atteniion to party introspection it they wish to be successful. Some G Decelvers. Minneapolls Journal. An Omaha man bad a surgical operaticn that changed his face o his wife did not koow him. Mauy & man changes his coun- tenance without a surgical operation when his wife looks him in the eye. Oue n of Prosperity, Minneapolis Times. The fact that Teiler Alvord of the First Natlonal bank bas pidked up a little mat- ter of $700,000 since 1396 is merely a case of individual prosperity and should not be used a3 & campaign argument Journal. While there Is no hard and fast definl- tion, a warried woman may be thought to have ceased 1o be a bride when, of the six- teen hooks iu the clothes press, she ha scaled down the number devoted to ber husband's wardrobe from eight to twe. How me Thin Minneapolis Times. How times chauge, (o be sure! Just look at your old friend Weyler, who was slosh- ing around in Cuba so ferociously & little over two years ago and then take a glance at Cuba, prosperous, contented and at peace, Verily the whirliglg of time does turn things topsy turvy now and them, Cuba's Future Secur Brooklyn Eagle, This government has spent over $3,000,000 In making Havana a more cleanly, healthy and seemly town. The expenditure was needed, yet some of the bills are large. Among the ftems Is one of over $27,000 for the plumbing in & house. Cuba's future is foreseen; the American plumber is- there. Pen Shics at the Ring. Baltimore American In former days the poor author habitually starved In & garrel, In these days writing books pays 80 well that a popular authoress has been compelled to put off her marriage because the siege lald to her time by pub- lshers and readers leaves her no chance to Indulge in mere unprofitable sentiment Truly, times have changed and the pen is mightler even than the ring Commerce on the Seas. Buftalo Express A quarterly return bas been (ssued by Lloyd's, showing that the United States at the end of the last quarter bad, next to Great Britain, the largest tonnage In ship- ping under construction. The sbip-bullding industry has been reviving with others. The melancholy fact Is that most of these Amer- tean bullt ships will sail under foreign fla SBCULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. Brooklyn Eagle: Dowle, faith healer, is having a sad, sad time of it in London. The British refuss to be healed, and Mr. Dowle has #o many stones thrown at him that he may presently be called to perform the task, most cificult for a faith healer, of healing himseif. Chicago News: Indiana has a set of re- liglous zealots known as Lazrellites, who think the end of all things is near and codsequent)y are preparing to go to Scot- land, where the sect originated, to take flight from some mountain there. They | seem to think Scotland is much nearer | beaven than Indiana. Philadelphia Post: Dr. Thomas A. Hoyt the pastor of the Chambers-Wylie Memorial church of Philadelphia, was recently en- tertaining President Patton of Princeton, | General John B. Gordon and other eminent men at dinner. The guests were speaking In strong pralse of a sermon the minister | had just preached, and those who were | versed in theology were discussing the doctrinal points he had brought out. Dr. Hoyt's young son was sitting at the table and President Patton, turning to him, said “My boy, what did you think of your father's sermon? I saw you listening la- tently to 1t;"” at which praise Mrs. Hoyt smiled cordfally, and all listened to hear what sort of a reply the lad would make. “I guess it was very good,” sald the boy, “but thers were three mighty fine places where he could have stopped.” Chicago Chronicle: Rev. Floyd Tomp- kins, rector of Holy Trinity church, Phila- delphia, sometimes tells a good story, and the point is not obscured even when his church or Profession gets the worst of It. Ho recently related the following incident “A minjster was preaching on Sunday morning and an old colored woman sat in the gallery and listened with parted Iips. Affer a while emotion overpowered her. She began to clap her hands, to Jump up and down fu her seat and to shout ‘Glory!" and ‘Hallelujub!' Her volce was louder than the preacher's. His thought- ful perfods were quite drowned in the flood of sincere but incoherent rejoicings that issued from the old woman. Finally the | sexton went to her and sald: ‘My good friend, you are making too much noise. You are disturbing the congregation. What {8 the matter with you? She answered: ‘Oh, Ah's s0 happy! Ah's so happy! Ab thinks Ah's a-gittin’ ‘liglon, suah.’ Well madam,’ the sexton remonstrated, ‘this is no place for that. Don't you know this is a the Chicago withd cold band. It is little use lending & band usless you give & heart. Success {8 not In what you have, ut fa what you are. No colp Is current with God without love's stamp on it. It tal mora than high price te m & thing highly preclous. It you lose the habit of giving you lose the happiness of living. The only limit to God ia which we fetch them. People who clear away new paths will be brulsed by the thorns. We may need many of life's hardships to cultivate homesickness. gifts s the bag DOMESTIO PLEASANTRIES, Atlanta Constitution: I don't like have my friends get married in the fail.” “Why not?" “I've got all I can do to buy my winter sult.” to Chicago Record: “What made that widow slope? DI "her friends object (o th Mateh? but she said her first marriags was #0 tumo and uninteresting.” Philadelphia Press: “The most consid erate wife 1 ever heard of,” sald the Cor fed Philosopher, “was & woman who use! to date all her fotters n week or 8o ahead, t0 allow her husband time to mail them Chicago Tribune: “Now that you ara married,” aald her Intimate friend, “do yo 1 intend fo hyphenate yvour name and call yourself Mra. Plumb-Duff > No."" replied the lovely bride, with 4 shy glance at her fond and proud young husband. “This is not a consolidation. It an absorption.’ Detroft Free Pre man—a real when he is in the with his wite?" “Oh, 1 don't know. George never ow up, but he aiways goes and buys me some thing real nice and expensive.” Pittaburg Chronlcle remarked Mrs. Sna guged couple, #ingle thought. “Binglo thought?" repeated Mr. Snags “It 18 the opposite of singleneas that ¢ cuples thelr mind; they are thinking marriage.” Don't you think ught to acknowle! Tong in an argumer “Frank and Kate, , referring to an en- o souls with but a Detrolt Free Press: “T like to have an awful speil of the blues once in a while," You do? What fo ‘Oh, it makes mo feel 80 fine when I get over {t." 0 News: ‘1 was greatly mortified a's wedding dinner." about?"’ It was a pink affair and she had pickled beets on the table.” Philadelphia Press: “‘What a4 ever \i me to induce you to marry m; ng." he replied #he cried indignantly. fsn't your fault/” he replied evidently had 'visions, and I have consulted an oculist at the Wh “Oh, soothin ought time, Chicago Tribune o, elderly hi bachelor sald when next yoU can't exactly be a ‘sister to m 0l promised the other day, becaiss you'are golng to be a stepdaughter to me It you are a ¥ood, obedient glrl, however, we'shall get along all right.” THE FALLING LEAVES. Wil T. Hale in New York Times. autumn-time the bird-notes make the lone woods lonelfer yet Adder all some strain renders o fences goldenrod sways in the In | As the Wilkite realm of regret; Along 1t chilly alr. | A beam of summer sunset lost, or held a eaptive there The thistledowr. a ialry fleet, Floats white as innocent thoughts we had when Iife was new and sweef And something couples in our The tairy sail blown ‘from minds, whose source we cannot know, slowly-fuillng autumn leaves with dreams of long ago. In autumn-time the sumac burns amid the | “wilent graves, As fed by treasured keepsakes and the let- ters of old loves; The dove's con, sounding from the flelds, could we but comprenend, be the musicked yearnings Joys that had to end; While “streams. unlfke the vernal brooks thut sing of coming days, Recall the laughter wa have heard in long untraveled ways TII we behold some vanished face and dear eyes' loving glow Oh, pathos of th: Talling leaves, oh, dreams of long ako! 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