Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1900, Page 14

fATA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, THE OMAHA SUNDAY BER ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED BEVERY MORNIN ) Dally Bee (without Bunday), ¢ Dally Hee and Hun'lu‘ One Year. Tllustrated Fes, One Year Bunday Hee, Ohe Year Baturday Hee, One Year Weekly Tiee, Ono Year OFFICES Omaha: The Bee Bullding. outh Omaha: Clty Hall Bullding, Twen- fth and N straets. uncll Blufts: 10 Pear] Street Chicago: 1640 Unity Building New York: Temple Court 'k Tem, Court W1 Fourteenth 611 Park Btreet CORRESPONDENCE Communications relating news and edl torial matter should bo addressed: Omuha Bee, Editorinl Department BUSL TERS 3 CLL) remittances sheuld pany, Omaha REMITTANCES Remit by draft, express or postal order, yable to The Hee Publishing Company mll 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of mafl accounts Personal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not accepted THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY STAT OF CIRCULATION Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, 8 George . Tzschick, secretary of Publishing Company, being duly aworn, says that the actual number of full and complate coples of The Dally, Morning Evening and Bunday Bee printed during month of November, 1000, wus as follows 10,470 28,300 2N, 200 RMS OF SUBBCRIPTION. Y Washin, Btreet Bloux (it Hee 16 17. 18, 19 20.. 7 2 2 u 28,870 24410 30,760 28,460 ... 29,200 28,940 28,680 24,650 27 620 27,740 27,770 ..47,668 Total soigeine Tess unsold and returned coples Net total sales Net daily average, G I B Bubscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this ist'day of December. A D., 1900, M. B NGATE, ry Publie. ————————— The time is fast approaching when raflroad managers indulge themselves in swearing off on free passes for the new year. Jerry Slmpson has the advantage of the other popocratic reformers. He has no need to worry about his Christmas stocking. Mr. Bryan modestly admits that he |s‘ engaged in literary work, but has not yet announced the title of his forth- comlug volume By starting out on N Nebraska legislature should be able to commence business with a full supply of good resolutions. e——— Several Amerlean citles are again look- fog toward Andrew Caruegle as a Santa Claus with his pockets full of free pub- lic library buildings for distribution as Christmas presents. For the first time in its history the state of Moutana is out of debt. That ought to persuade it to tinish the job of discarding democracy and embracing republican prospe As a result of the czar's serious {llness the czarina is reported to be thinner. It is to be hoped the czar's cpnvalescence will restore the czarina to her usual avolrdupois. Popocratic organs are f{rrigating the sénatorinl field in hopes of increasing the crop of candidates. Of oue thing they can rest assured, it will be kept clear of popocratic weeds. The annual exodus to Florida winter resorts is about due, but there Is danger of it being seriously Interfered with by the tempting offers of the steamship lines for Mediterranean tours. If Governor Dietrich has an expansive imagination he can pleture to himself the slege of office seekers he would have had to resist had he represented three allied parties fnstead of one, What a pity that Senator Towne will bardly be in the senate long enough to introduce the 16 to L free vomnage bill and use it asnn opening to get his cam- paign speeches printed in the Congres- slonal Record. The letting of contracts for eleven ships to be the finest fighting machines afloat 18 notice to all concerned that the United States proposes to greet all comers with a full measure of hostility if they insist upon it. The referees in bankruptey will, of course, be before congress agaln ex plaining how the Dbankruptey law should be amended so as to make less work for them and bigger fees—all in the interest of the deserving debtor and unfortunate creditor, T'he house of representatives has voted to close the canteen with the expecta- tlon that the senate will vote to open it again, The official cunteen in the na- tional capitol that supplies the senators and representatives Is in the meanwhile carefully overlooke: Kang Yu Wel, the Chinese reformer, writes to the foreign ministers and points out that affairs in the Flower: Kingdom will never be truly reformed unless he is given the job. Kang has all the earmarks of a reformer of the Nebraska popocratic brand. New York 18 experimenting with a few milllonaires in jury service, but a verdict by a jury composed of million alres will not be any more couclusive than one composed of Auy laborers. In this republic every man counts alike at the ballot box and in the jury room. The news which is gradually filtering out of the Chinese capital goes to show that the action of the foreigners in the matter of loot is one of the most dis- graceful affairs of the century. The latest charge implicates the late British minister to China. Such actions are not calculaced to advance Christian clviilza l tion in the Orlent, | thing is also cer THE BARTLEY PARDON. Under this caption the Nebraska In dependent, the official organ of the pop nlists of this state, charge that $35,000 has been offe tnduce Governor Poynter to grant pardon to the late embezzling state treasurer, Joseph ¥ Bartley. This charge with the following commen positive discl cerus The Bee ¢ niakes the specific to 18 coupled insof i dts edi Those who have been opposed to Governor Poynter have been in the habit of bringing the accusation that he “was a weak man Some distinguished gentlemen met with a surprise lately when they thought to bank on his reported weakness. A very sum of money was ralsed to securo Bart ley's pardon. It was large enough to get agreement for silence from the three great dailles of the state—The Bee, the World-Herald and the State Journal—be- sldes $35,000 to be pald cash down. There were lot who have pre tended to be or demo. crats (for revenue only) whose | fluonce was obtalned. They wrote letters to these dailles demanding Bartley's par don. When populists and democrats (who were not so for revenue) asked the permis slon to reply, they were refused ere were other editors who signed the Bartl petition. It was also presented to the In dependent, but the presenter got no signa- tures in this office, The actlon of the World-Herald in this matter will call to mind the time when it sold the use of Its columns to the repub- licans in the midst of a campalgn. Better things were expected of The Bee, whose editor sometimes has opinions different from the other republican bosses and dares to express them. But this time there seems (o have been enough in it to stop Rosewater's mouth. He has been as dumb Ak an oyster To this indictment The Bee pleads not gullty. During a career covering a period of more than a quarter of a con tury nobody yet been able to muzzle The Bee, either for money or any othe valuable consideration. be necessary for The Bee to prove an alibl to refute the report that it has been caught sleeping in the same bed with the World-Herald and Lincoln Journal, If the “distiuguished gentlemen” who are sald to have approached Governor nter with a $35,000 purse pretended that they had bought the silence of 1L Bee they simply indulged in pure tiction In order to persuade the gover: swallow the t. If, is asserted by the officlal orgun of Nebraska populism, these missionaries exhibited 2,000 names attached to the Bartley petition, ns wi it con a more populists | the name of the editor of The Bee was | ertainly not on the list. One other aln—the “distinguished gentlemen” who had taken this beney- olent task upon themselves were dis- t enough not to take the editor of The Bee into their confidence, While it was currently rumored that an attempt was to be made to secure a pardon for Bartley, no actlon has been taken under the law requiring notice by publication that would call for comment or discussion on the part of the pre No letters for or against the proposed pardon have been presented for inser- tion in The Bee and hence none have been either published or rejected. Whether other papers have been sub- sidized in Bartley's interests we have no means of knowing, but we do know that the intimation that the silence of The Bee has been bought is absolutely baseless. 8. ———e CO-OPERATIVE HOME BUILDING. 1t additional evidence is needed to show the substantial foundation of prosperity fn Nebraska and the marvel ous recovery in all lines of trade mnli fudustry from the disasters of seven ars 1go, 1t 1s supplied by the report of the condition of building and loan asso clations, complled by the secretary of the State Banking board. The report, a summary of which has been published in The Bee, shows the condition of these assoclations at the close of the fiscat year, June 80, 1900, and presents many facts of uncommon interest. For the first time in five y report shows a substantial nc in the busiuess of home building asso- clation, They did not feel the full ef- fect of business depression until 18¢ when their assets approximated $4,000, 000, During the four years following they showed a steady decline, and not until the last fiscal year did they feel to an appreciable extent the widespread tmprovement in business. While the aggregate assets of the sixty assocla- tions 18 yet § below the water mark of 1803, the report shows they have made a nee galn of $364, in one year. In receipts the increa was §300,387 and in wortgage loans $313 Equally favorable is the re- duced amount of cash on hand, indicat- ng stendy demand for wmoney, and a decrease of $62,000 in the real estate ac count. Although the number of asso- clations in the state has fallen from elghty-six In 1804 to sixty at present, the number of shares in force has stead ily grown from 71,231 in 1804 to 105,625 tn 1000, Indicating a membership of 16,000, the largest in the history of the state. The present number of associa- tions have, therefore, a rar greater con stituency, over 30,000 more shares in force, are rearing more homes and have resources almost equaling the high record of 1895, A very flattering exhibit, surely—flattering alike fo the associa- tions and to the fostering care of the state in preventing an influx of wildcat concerns from other states, and in hold ing in check speculative tendencles at home. Secretary Hall's recommendation ac. companying the report deserves the earnest consideration of the incoming leglislature, ing and loan associations places them under the supervision of the State Bank ing board. The secretary and the ex aminers appointed by the board, who have to deal with these assoclations, are required by the banking law to have had, respectively, two and th years' pructical experfence in banks or In the State Banking board. 'This dis- crimination works a hardship on build Ing aud loan assoclations, inusmuch as it subjects them to the supervision of men without experience in their busi- ness and ignorant of the principles on which they are grounded. Secretary Hall urges that the legislature remedy the iujustice by providing for a sep- ars the al which demands prompt and largo | It will hardly | to| high | The law governing bulld- | arate examiner, who should be experi [ #hould be given a fix [ left dependent on the viclous fee sys tem that now prevails | serious hardsiip has yot | worked by the discrimiaating qualifica tion required for exawminer” This not the fault of the law. It X due the men heretofore appolinted, | the associations of Nebraska have is becn | oftiey gated to glve them | 'The present officers have shown thorough comprehension of the principles of | | butlding and loan associations and have aiways been In full sympathy thelr alms, Officlal sympathy did not, however, relax efforts to within the bounds of safety or sanction speculative innovations, This 18 shown { tn the rules prohibiting separate expense | | funds and discrediting auxiliary 1 ards | |operated by state-wide itions | The marked fmprovement in the condi tion of ussociations at the present thne |18 largely traceable to the fostering care of the state, and a fair measure of R0 Y | eredit is due to the energy and common sense wethods of Secretary Hall, BRITISH POLICY IN SOUTH AFRICA. A few days ago Mr. Balfour sald in the House of Commons that no member of the cabinet had ever sald that he had even dreamed the Boer republics would nain permanently ung the crown | colony form of government, stricted phase of liberty,” sald the gov- ernwent leader in the House, “will only | be necessary a temporary expedi- ent.” The speech of Mr. Chamberlain, tary for the colon on Friday, | made still more plain the purpose of the government to give the people of the lute republies a civil administration, In which they may participate, as soon as Mr. Chawmberlaln sald it was | hoped this might done before (he “huuw met again, which will be in Feb | ruary next. The colonlal secretary declared that | the government is not animated by vin- | dictiveness against the wen In arms and [that it bad laid down three objects. | These ave to end the guerrilla warfare, | to Institute a crown government when | the conflict is ended, and ultimately to give the people self-government. In re- gard to the charges of barbarism made against the British, Mr. Chamberlain ed a general dental, declaring that “never in history had a war been waged with so much humanity.” As to this, Lowever, there s so wuch trustworthy testimony in suppoit of the charges that the colonial secretary’s denlal will ot be generally accepted. It may be true that there has been exaggeration us to the burning of farms and unquestiona- bly the Boers are not in this matter guiltless, but it is not to be doubted that there has been needless devasta- tion for which the British are chiefly responsible, “That, however, much as it may be de- plored, is irremediable. The important thing Is the treatment to be given the Boers when they shall abandon the struggle, The promise held out by Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain is cer- tainly reassuring. It is better than was to have been expected from the previous announcewents or intimations of Brit- ish policy. It appears evident that the attitude of the Dutch in Cape Colony ngainst extreme measures in the treat- ment of the Boers, supported by a strong sentiment in giand, has had an influence upon the cabivet. The statement of Mr. Balfour, that he real- 1zed deeply the terrible danger of em- bittering the Duteh In South Afrieca, is wanifestly shared by his colleagues in the government. What effect, if any, these declarations will have upon the Boers remains to be | seen, They are being r(-lvuth-snly' pressed by the British, there is no hope | | of any outside help, even Holland hav- ing no intention to intervene, and the! numbers are dwindling. Probably not to exceed 10,000 are now in arms, Un- der such hopelesg couditions it would not be surprising if the Boers accepted the promise given by Balfour and Chamberlain and gave up the struggle, which they could do without any sac- ritice of honor, as o possible, SHORTEN THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The growing length of the president's messuge. making those documents in re- cent yeurs such ponderous and formid able dissertations, may well arouse ap- prehension as to where it will lead, un- less sowething is done to check the tend- ency. The constitution requires the president simply to give congress from time to time information s to the state of the union and recommend to their | consideration such wmeasares as he shall | Judge necessary and expedient. In the earller stages of the repub- lic the annual wessage of the president could be made to cover all the branches of government activity in detail, without becoming tedious or unwleldy. The gradual cvolution of cabinet depart wments with the reports of their heads reviewing the work under their partic ular supervision left the president fre | to refer only In a geueral way to thelr contents and to emphasize such recom | mendations as demanded special atten- | tlon. For one reason or another, how- ever, the Department of State has never followed the practice of the other de- partments in transmitting to congress a separate report of the work under its Jurisdiction. Iostead, tne foreign rela- tions of the governwent, In compre- Lensive review, have been incorporated bodily into the president's messuge, as prepared by the State department, and | this accounts largely for the ever grow- ing volume of the presidential docu- | ment. I'he *foreign States during relations of the United the last few years Lave | covered more territory and embraced more subjects than ever before. Not | ouly tbis, but the Inevitable consequence | of American possessions in the Orient will be to involve the country more in world-power activity tnan was even dreamed of by the founders of the gov- | ernment. | 1t the president's message 18 to be enced in their management and who [on the « 1 sulary and not [ ments, reliey been | clgn relations would ¢ vadeed, | peculiarly_fortunate, both in the laws | telligence | enacted for thelr government and in the | effect ! with | hold them | | months to over | was chief of the financial bureau of the | Kept at all withiu bounds lll{ State de- partment will have to make Its report ne hasis as the other J t ng the president of minot the formy fon of his com which could then take the form of a critieal commentary on all th work'in administr, Our for Dtless continue to furnish the principal toples for dis cussion, but the message would appeal mich more «trongly to the popular in il command better attention detalls in munication, tive elreles from congress, THE CUBAN POSTAL FRAUDS, The statement of the senate commit- tee on Cuban relations in regard to the postal frauds shows that Rathbone, the director of the departinent of posts for Cuba, well fmproved the opportunity which his position afforded for reckless expenditure on personal account. He drew Invishly upon the public funds for supplying himselt with luxuries, the dis allowauces by the auditing of the War department mmounting for sixteen $72000, Nealy, who departmtent, did not indulge in such per sonal extravagance us Rathboue, but he spent the public money very freely The statement of the commit is slmply a compilation of figures and makes no remarks or recommendations, It was probably deemed unnecessary to do s0, since the case of these culprits 18 in the hands of the proper authorities and undoubtedly will be dealt with as the law requi Public sentiment calls for the punishment of the men gullty of the postal frauds in Cuba to the full extent of the law und there is no doubt that this is the intention of the administration. 1t would re- proach to the government if Rathbone and Neely should escape the punishment they so richly deserye, be RECIPROCIT WORK, Referring to what has been done by the reciprocity commission, the presi deut said in his annual message that the faflure of action by the senate upon the commerelul conventions submitted to It at the last sesslon has caused | much disappointment to the agricul- | tural and industrial interests of the | country, which hoped to profit by their provisions, “The policy of reciprocity,” sald the president, “so manifestly rests upon the principle of international equality aud las been so veadily ap- proved by the people of the United States, that there ought to be no hesita- tion n either branch of congress in gl ing to it full effect.” It is to be hoped this suggestion will induce the senate to act upon the reciprocity agreements at | the present session. More has been accomplished in this matter than is generally understood. The joint secretary of the commission states In an article in the December Forum that four agreements have been made under the third section of the tariff act, which have become operative by proclamation of the president, no actlon by the senate belug necessary. Under the fourth section of the tarift twelve treaties have been made, seven of which are pending in the senate and the others will be submitted to that body during the present session, This 18 the largest number of commereclal treatles ever negotiated by one officer on the part of the United States. A dozen reciprocal agreements were effected under the McKinley tariff act, but Sec- retary Osborne suys that not one of those agreements involved so much diMm- culty in negotiation as each and every one of the sixteen conventions nego- | tiated by Commissioner Kasson, The commercial arrangements con- cluded In 18! 2 were very satisfactory, but the task was made easy by auspl- cious circumstances, Mr. Osborne says that the plun of a Pan-American zoll- verein, to be based on a system of re clprocal treatles of commerce, was en- | thusiastically recelved by the govern- nents of the various countries of South and Central America, and they fairly tumbled over each other in their zeal to take advantage of the reciprocity fea- cures of the McKinley law. “In theh negotlations to this end they displayed, as a rule, a generous spirit, e con- cessions they could obtain from the United States were defined in the tarift act and were the same to all. They gave whatever was asked, usually with- out haggling or hesitan The com- merce of the United States grew by leaps and bounds and both contracting parties to the respective conventions were pleased with their bargain,” These arrangements weve repudiated nnd repealed by the democratic tariff act of 1804, while the present tariff law aroused resentment in the commercial world which was manifested In hostile tariffs and unjust discriminations agalost American products. When the reciprocity commission was created ft found everywhere a mnoticeable In- disposition to negotiate, the situ- ation in Europe being even worse than o this hemisphere, Under these circumstunces it is easy to see that the commission bas had a diffi- cult tusk and the fact of so large a number of commercial treaties having been negotiated attests the industry and zeal with which Commissloner Kasson has performed his fmportant duties, Mr. Osborne says that the ratitication of these treaties would go a long way toward the removal of existing causes of complaint and the expansion of the torelgn commerce of the United States, while on the other hand their rejection would practically mean the abundon- ment of the principle of reciprocity. The republican party being fully com mitted to that principle, it is hardly concelvable that a republican cong will fail to sustain it. ——— COMMISS10; The Intimation has come thut, the prince of Wales will attend the interna- tional yacht races for the America's cup in this country next August, all that Is wanted belng a suggestion from President McKinley that his visit would not be unacceptable. Of gourse the 18 mo reason why the prince of Wales should not visit the United States if he Is 80 disposed, either with or without DECEMBER 9, 1900. | depend on a polite welcome and hospi table entertainment sueh as has hoen ac ded to other guests of high rank from | abrond, but he would have to accom iodate himself to the time-established Customns of the republic Prosident Draper of the University of Illinols, recognized an educator of | nattonal reputation, in an address to | Chteago publie school teachers last | week, advised them that they would do better to confine themsetves to the work of instruction, as a meuns of rising In the rauks, than to cultivate personal in fluence or devol wire-pulling. This adv only for teachers in Chicago, every other city. ‘Tne tench tenches 18 aif%ays in greater | than any other kind of teacher, as e 18 good, not but in T that demand The battleship Towa and the cruiser | Philadelpbia are going to the Isthmus of Panama, where rebelion is se isly | Interfering with traffic. It is not likely that anything more than the wers presence of the ships will be necessery to induce the rebels to let noncombat euts alone, but if it comes to a show- down Adwmiral Kautz has demonstrated that he is not a man to be teitled with, —_— An English cabinet officer attributes the faflure of home concerns to secure the contracts for building and equipping a railroad in Africa to the evil effects of the engineer's strike of last year. The company, however, gave as a reason for plucing the contract with American firms the facts they could got the work done cheaper and quicker in this coun- try. A South Dakota man, to whom his neighbors presented a coat of tar and feathers, brought sult for damages and secured judgment for $1, but the plaintiff must pay the costs of the case He should consider himself In luck that the defendants did not secure judgment against him for the value of the tur and feathers carrled away. & the Rest Care. Minneapolis Tribune, hard work seldom kills, The three great- est workers in the United Staies senate are sald to be Morgan, Allison und Cockrell, and they are all men past 70 years of age. t with n String. Washington Post. The official report of the commiesioners to the Parls exposition indicates that the gentlemen had u good time. For all this we presume the nation Is truly grateful, ermany, crat Our exports to Germany for ten months this year are $27,000,000 greater than in the corresponding mouths of 156 and our jm- ports from Germany for the same period bave increasod $5,000,000. Trade between the two countries is moving in the right direction, Signs of the Millenium, Boston Transcript Is the twentieth century to usher in the millennium, after all? A millionaire in Connecticut has applied to have his taxes Increased 50 per cent on the ground that it 1s not only just, but also required by ordi- nary honesty, that he should pay his due preportion of taxation. —_— sm Gives Its Mea rooklyn Eagle, The statue of Willlam H. English, which was built by himself to decorate his town in Indiaoa, has had its coattalls broken off by the populas because his son has turned republican. Thus do the heathen rage, thus Is art promoted backward and thus is freedom of opinion encouraged in Bryanite villages. Bry Barbarism Versus Civilization, Chicago Chronicle. In spite of its boasted intelligence civill- zation rarely emerges triumphant from a contest of wits with the barbarian. In China as in Turkey barbarism simply plays one Christian power against another, with the result that murderous fanaticism goes une punished. The secret of it all is, of course, that clvillzation, despite its bousted al- truism, is in reality Intensely selfish. The barbarfan is acute enough to take advan- tege of the fact and by holding out the shadow of advantage he cheats the Cau- caslan out of the substance. Fashion Bef Detrolt Free Pros What is the use of the women's organiza- tions sending out printed “pledges” requir- ing the women who sign them to wear short skirts for walking? The sweeping skirt is a nuisance. very man knows this. Every wcman knows it. When the short walking skirt was the fashion it was thought (at least by the men of small experience) that woman, having tasted the delights of greater ease and cloanliness, would not be quick to forego these at the instance of a man milliner. But the flat went forth for the sweeplng skirt and the parlor germ col- lector Is still with us. The added ease and cleanliness of the short skirt was not a featherweight in the balance, TOBACCO ON THE BLACK LIST, Ratlroads Restricting the Use of the Weed Among Employes. New York Sun. Some months ago the managers of tho Chlcago, Rock Island & Pacific raliroad gave notlce that clgarette smoking among its employes must cease. It was announced officially that after careful investigation among the tralnmen, tobacco had been found to be physically, and so mentally, det- rimental. Opinions of emineut physicians wore quoted to that effect. The president of the road averred that from personat {nvestigation he was satisfied that the use of cigarettes tended to “befog the mind and make one listless and careless In the dischargo of duty.” Among all employ- ments, sald the president, with reason, a clear brain 18 especlally needed in that of tralumen. Many of the Rock Island train- men didn't take the new rule serlousty at first, but It was soon discovered that It was meant to be obeyed. Now the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy system has pub- lished this regulation: “The use of tobacco by employes In or about station buildings or on passenger cars s probibited This clearly 18 not, in the first place, to bettor the health of the Burlington men, but to better their manners. Cigarett are forbidden ouly about station bulldings or on cars frequented by the public; ane the public will peed no professional cer- tificates to convince them that the Bur- lington anti-cigarette schema is well un- dertaken. Smoking on duty of auy sore 1s a sign of divided attention, and if thers is an emblem of indifference to the worla in general and, in particular to the com- pany present, it is the cigarette left hang- ing from the lips—a condition in which 1t is 8o frequently found. Tho medical men may debate the sound- ness of the Rock Island theory that clga- rettes are positively injurious to the mind, but the public knows that the Burlington theory that clgarette smoking is ill man- themselves to political | BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN. Only he who works in the world can live ve It at ' God often has to use rough dogs to bring | back His sheep. It s 1o lgn of meanness to seck to live Within your means. Ev repentance Arrow from its fight Nine-tenths of our arguments against mis- slons aro excuses for closing the pocket- | book cannot call back the He who cannot bless the waves that beat him homeward must have little fonging for home. | The preacher never knows whether he would bet on a horse race till he bas been | there, | When the sinner is socking onty soothing sympathy the sincerity of his search may | be questioned, A courageous man Is not so much he who 1s brave to snatch pleasure as he who fs | ready to bear pain —— SECULAR Si( roLeIT, San Francisco Chronicle: A Chicago min- ister is emphatically of the opinion that churches, tn order to succeed in these days of degeneracy, must put on a continuous vaudeville. The reverend gentleman should remember that ome cannot learn w new trade in a day. Minneapolis Times: The United Brethren church in Shippenburg, Pa., has found that even In revival time the serpent fs not to be left out. A few days ago, during serv- fces, a big snake threw the congregation into a panic. This 1 not the firat time that the snake has figured in the story of the church, but he has never taken part in re- vival services before Baltimore American: Two Mormon clders who went to Hungary to obtaln converts 4id not find their views on polygamy met with abstract theory, but with concrete ar- gumonts. One was thrashed by stalwart matrons and the other ducked by Indignant men in a horse pond. They promtly ad- mitted the force of their opponent's argu- ments and their own controversial defeat. Buffalo Express: Although a desire for a change in the Westminster confession of | falth ia clearly fndicated by the voting of the presbytertes—only forty-five wishing to dismiss the subject—the diMiculty of pre paring a new form that will be acceptable 13 shown by the report of Dr. Herrlck John- son of Chicago. Thus far sixty-seven pres- byteries ask for a revislon, sixty-seven for a supplementary creed, fiftoen for a substi- tutional creed and eleven for an explana- tory statement. In this division lies the strength of the conservatives Chicago News: Two Mormon Droselytizing in Austrin-Hungary were mobbed the other day. One of them w compelled to run a gantlet and was after- ward stripped to the walst and lustily beaten by half a dozen stout matrons, while tho other missionary had his ardor cooled by & ducking in a horse pond. After all, people are much allke whether they live fn Europe, in Mansfleld, 0., or at Limon, Colo. A8 David Harum says: “The's as much human natur’ in gome folks as the' fs fn others, and mebby more.’ elders PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE, It s generally agreed that Commander Dewet 18 an artist as a striker. The sultan of Turkey occuples a throne flocked with the dust of ages, but declines te cough up auy of the dust, Oom Paul Kruger understands by this time that world powers engaged in the £obble business naturally flock together. That Towa man who died of the effect of a dose of lemon extract, fllustrates the danger of changing drinks during a toot. The establishment of a barbers' college in Omsha foreshadows a continuous per- formance in the shearing of fusion whisk- ers. A Denver reporter is laylng up a juley lot of scoops for early consumption by having himself kidnapped into an Indlan camp. Our estcemed contemporary, tho Con- gressional Record, 18 once more In sight, as Tobust and profuse as ever. The country is safe. Commissary General Eagan lands in a moderately soft berth on the retired list. He gets $5,625 a year for the trouble of drawing it. When in the German capital it behooves one to shout as the Berliners shout. A town officlal was “hocked” into Jail re- cently for remaining silent while a hilarious crowd “hocked der kaser.” “Destiny, divinity and dollars” s the alliterative phrase of the peerless leader of the Salt Creck Marines. At the same time the leader s kneading the “dough” tenm- @ered by magazine publishers A South Dakota editor whose shop was ralded by rude critics got a judgment for $700 out of possible $36,000. Evidently the jury belloved there was some justifica- tlon for knocking a hot editorial into the pl box. A marble-hearted New York judge allows only §20,000 out of an income of $260,000 a year to the countess of Castellane, the bal- ance to go to pay old billa. Truly this {s the toughest blow yet struck at degemerste royalty The Portland Oregonian celebrated the seml-centonnfal of its birth last Tuesday with the customary double edition, filted with reminiscenc write-ups and 1llu trations. The Oregonlan does not look its half & century. It 8 easily the strongest and best newspaper in the Pacific nor west, and is the peer of any paper on the const in intellectual strength and independ- ence. Long may It flourish! DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES, (hicago ~Record: “Graclous, Lilllan! What costly and extravagant furniehings!" “Hut, Harold, we may be rich some day, and of course we shall want to act as It we had always had thing: Columbus Journal: Ringley-Well, old man, I'm 1o be married tomorrow Naggs-—1 hone you huve thought (his over carefully, Bingley: do you love her? Binglay—Oh, don't be sentimental! The girl has money—fsn't that enough? Chi " the fair maid w asked, “why are you about to marry Mr. Wigkles when r. Waggles loves you so devotedly?" “Because Mr. Wiggles asked mo to,” pe- plied she, simply. Indianapolis Press: Sho—I do belleve you forgot that this was our wedding day's third anniversary. He-—Indeed, I didn't. I Just met the sec. ond of the notes I negotlated to buy the furniture when we were married. Boston ~Gagzette: Witherby-—Now, my dear, 1 shall be perfectly candid with you. I am going down to the club tonight to play poker and have a high old time. Mrs. Witherby—That's just like a man! You might at least have ied me to suppose you were innocent. Bent—I have no use Pittsbury Somerville Journal for & girl who 1s a Jilt, Kent T have--for one. She jlited the other fellow after T met her, and married tne. Boston, Tranecriptc Robbine—There's 8 good de al to be id_In favor of o-.rl{ mar- rlage. | Upon the whole, I beliave {t 18 & food thing for & man to'marry before he s flve and twenty Dobbins “H'm! I notice that when a man marri At that age he never marries so young again, Same Old Tane. Denver Post fald 1 to him was the rarest sweet owaer That ever was budded in beauty's bright power, Andif I would marry him all of our lives We'd llve ipon honey from love's mystio hives The m«‘ink-ln ‘whu heard the sweet secret oked wise, A gleam of der And said, “He rision {n both of her eyes, In a tone just as mean as could b ““He sald that fdentical same thing to me!* —— THE FOUR GUESTS. Baltimore Amerfean. t the door—but he ming & dream of fame; And th who knocked drew soffly back, And never again he came, A knock at the door--as soft-- As soft-as shy—as a dove, But the dreamer dreamed tili the guest war one Andth guest was Love, A, knock at the door—again The dreamer dreamed away Unheeding—deaf to the gentle eall OF the one who came that day. A_knock at the door—no more _The guest to that door came, Yet the dreamer dreamed of the ene who called— For the guest was Fame. A knock at the door—but still He gave it no reply; And the walting guest'gave a cheery hail Ere he slowly wandered by. A, knock at the door—in dreams The dreamer fain would grope, TII the gueat stole ‘on, with @ humbled gh— And the guest was Hope. A knock Was A knock at the door—'twas loud, With might in every stroke; And the dreamer stopped in his dreaming thought, awoke. And suddenly Alknock at the door-he ran With the swiftness of a breath; And the door swun Ahe door & wide and the guest And the guest was Death, Mother’s Glasses A nice pair of Gold Glasses for mother's Christmas might be just what ghe needs. Other Suggestions Solid Pearl Opera Glasses. -$6.00 Fancy House Thermometers.{, 00 Solid Nickel Reading Glasses 750 J. C. Huteson & Co., Consulting Opticians, 1520 Douglas Street. ners in itself when trainmen bring it in contact with travelers 18 sound beyond dis- the yacht races us an excuse. He could pute. 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