Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 6, 1901, Page 22

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B. HUNGATE. Notary Public. There's the ground. Now let's put a building on it. — Auditorium sites are not bought every day, even in Omaha. It is a cold day when Governor Pin- falls to get in the last word. —_— The proposed combination of the shoe maaufacturers should be a lasting one. —_—e Barl Roberts of Kandahar and Pre- toria 1s decidedly “it” in London just now. E—— Pettigrew, jr., 1s temporarily lald up with a broken jaw, but Pettigrew, sr., %eeps his maxillaries in working order E——— To Denver: Do you notice what Omaha is doing In the auditorium line? Never mind those census figures. Re- sults count. — Even the Commercial club has taken on the expansion fever. It is a mighty dead Omaha institution that isn't grow- ing these da. — Only sixteen rallroads went into the hands of receivers in the year 1900. The mortality in the railroad column has fallen decidedly below par. — Justice Learn is showing that the po- lice court can be made a source of rev- enue. Compare the first two months of 1000 with the last two months. Missour! has been having some more earthquakes. If they are only powerful enough they may wake the people of that state up from their bourbon nap. Putting a price on Pat Crowe's head is likely to turn up a whole flock of Crowes. There are not many men at large who are valued at $100 per pound. The names of those who have been leaders of democracy during the past five years are conspleuously absent from the reorganization committee re- cently formed in New York. If all the base ball leagues which are now talked of materialize in the spring it will be necessary to break up the games on the commons to secure play- ers for the professional ranks. — A collection of the inaugural greetings of all the governors who have just gone into office would in all probability show that not one of them missed a refercuce to the begluning of the new centur The young woman who devotes her spare moments to educating a street waif may not be training a future pre {dent, but she is letting a light into a dark place whose reflection will always Allumine a Hf Judging by the floral offerings show- ered upon themselves in thelr messages, the outgoiug popocratic governors of Colorado and Nebraska must have heen fn telephonic communication when they were writing these documents, According to the eastern papers the Omaha police are at sea in the Cudaby case. And Omaha located in the cen ter of the prairie region almost exactly widway betweeu the Atlantic and the Pacific, with only the muddy Missouri washing its shores, The big sugar manufacturers all de. cline to talk regarding the report thut the war between the companies has been settled and that prices are to be pushed up, In case the report proves true, the public will not be so backward in speaking its mind regarding the matter. The director of the last census, Robert P. Porter, has predicated that the popu- lation of the United States at the end of the present century will be 300 000,000, and the director of the present census, Willlam R, Merriam, has handed in a forecast of 30,000,000 people within the limits of New York City at the expiration of the same period. Un- tortunately, nelther of them will be able to verify their own prophetic visions, lDNN'm- Sowething may certalnly be | work, can never be thoroughly or ARBITRATION IN LABOR TROUBLES The problem of how to secure manent peace between capital and labor grows in Interest and fmportance from year to year, with the progress of in dustrial development. How to settle, upon a fair, just and equitable basis, the controversies that arise between em- ployers and employed and avert the | conflicts of and lockouts that are generally an injury to both parties | and u menace to the publie peace and order, 18 0 question discussed in all civ tlized countries with steadily increasing earnestuess | The great strike in the Pennsylvania | anthracite conl regions last year brought this subject prominently to the atten-| tion of the American publie, for the ef fect of that struggle widespread, In his message to the Islature Gov ernor Stone of Pennsylvania considers the question of arbitration of labor dis putes. He says the difficulty with the prosent arbitration lnws and those here tofore contemplated 18 that they are not compulsory, but purely voluntary He remarks that while a compulsory ar bitration law would be ineffective, be. cause employes and employers could | not divectly compelled to submit | thelr disputes to arbitration, yet a law could be framed that would practically compel both parties to voluntarily sub- mit thelr disputes to arbitrators and abide by the result. Governor Stone says way by per strikes was “There is no which trouble and disorder can be averted so well and so speedily as by arbitration and settlement of the differ ences in dispute. A law that would authorize the use of state froops in the protection of those who wish to work, and In the preservation of public order where a strike exists, If within a given time arbitrators were not selected by the employes, and close the mine, mill, factory or it within the same length of time an equal number of arbitrators were not selected by the em- ployer, ought to be sustained by the courts as a police regulation for the benefit of society. While such act is arbitrary, it is not more so than public interference with private rights in many | other cases for the good of the public, and experience has taught us that each of these steps may become necessary and generally do become necessary where labor disputes lead to violence.” This suggestion s, far as we are aware, novel, but it would seem to be worthy of conslderation. If such a plan should be sustained by the courts as a proper police regulation there ap- pears to be no reason why it would not operate fairly to both parties to a dis- put At the conference of employers and labor leaders held a short time ago in Chicago it was very conclusively dem- onstrated that compulsory arbitration in labor disputes would amount to nothing. Employers generally do not favor it and the leaders of labor are opposed to it. The principle of arbitration is very gen- erally regarded as sound, but the prac- tically unanimous sentiment among em- ployers and employes, as shown at the Chicago conference, Is that appeal to it should be voluatar; While this senti- ment remalins it is manifestly to no pur- pose to discuss compulsory arbitration and the attention of those interested in the subject should be directed to de- vising some other method that will be practicable and effective In amicably settling controversies between capital and labor. —— INDUSTRIAL CONSOLIDATIONS. The consolidation of capital into so- called trusts reached its highest devel- opment in 1809, in which year the ag gregate capitalization of industrial com binations amounted to $2,500,000,000. Last year there was a marked decline in such consolidations, the aggregate cap- italizatlon betng about $045,000,000. The chief cause of this decline was the enormous mass of industrial securities created the previous year, which so glutted the mar that promoters found it almost impossible to induce underwriters to finance thelr projects, %0 that many attempted consolidations bad to be abandoned. The appearance of new competition also had something to do with it, though how potent an In fluence this exerted cannot easily determined. 1t Is the judgment, how- ever, of some careful observers of the new competitive movement that while it has not yet attalned its full propor- enough has -~ alveady been ae complished to demonstrate that any fear thut American industry was to he dominated by monopoly is with few exceptions needless. The New York Journal of Comerce says the history of combinations shows that the suppression of competition almost impossible aud where it seems cted it is brief duration, remarks that paper, “is ac cumulating with unprecedented rapidity; it must tind iuvestinent; it goes into the flelds where the trusts are reaping large harvests and where most of thew are ¢ concerns ot shop 80 be is taken luto the original combination, The new concerns have two advantages; they not over capitalized and overcapitalization is an advau ouly where the wain pur pose 18 stock speculation. The new concerns have the further advantage having entively new machinery. The combinations have absorbed plants much of whose machinery is old. The new competitors have the latest ma chinery there is” The opinion of the Journal of Commerce is that the com bination as a manufacturer of common stocks for purposes of speculation has had its day, that combinations will hereafter formed primarily for are been proved that competition is almost tmpossible of suppression and the econ omles of centralized control have been stimated, It may be a sound view that most of the Industrial combinations are doowed to eventual failure, under the operation of natural which they appear to violate and from the force of competition, but it would seem be unwise and unsafe to leave wholly to econole laws to these agencles the solution of the trust periencing some competition from | | of | THE OMAITA done through legislation to regulate an} erly studied until greater uniformity in the | municipal accounts and reports has been To gecure guch uniformity the engineering interested combinations and to at power for oppression and exaction they now Natural cconomic laws will assuredly assert themselves in time Doubtless it is not possible, in % to entirely supp! mpetition ‘et much can be done to protect the public against the rapacity of the monopelistic combinations by Judiclous legislation and the demand for this should be heeded by congress and by the state legislatures, sse is most s QUESTION OF INDEMNITY The indemnity which the powers will nd of China will probably be the most troublesome question in conn tion with the negotiations and it ap pears that our government desires that it deferred until the other matters are digposed of. The Department of State has been fnformed by the Amer. minister at Pekin that no agree- ment by the foreign ministers on this subject 1s to be expected and that it is nec to a solution that the question be removed from the jolnt council and dealt with directly by diplomatic ex change between the powers, This wag to have been expected. It has been apparent all along that Ger- many intended to demand an enormous indemnity, all her military movements in respect to China since the beginning of the trouble clearly pointing to this. It is sald that German officers on service in China are allowed five-fold their regular pay and of course Chinese government will be required to relmburse Germany for this, which un ubtedly will constitute a very small part of the extraordinary exactions the German government will make. It an opportunity for putting a generous sum into the German treasury which the government will take the fullest ad vantage of. Whether or not Russia will be equally rapaclous is a question, but it is safe to say she will not be at all modest in her demands, while Great Britain will want a very liberal in demnity and probably France also. In deed, no magnanimity toward China in this divection is to be looked for from any of the poy with the exception of the United States, This government will ask only such indemnity as it be- lieves to be fair and just and it is for the reason that it will do this that an agreement cannot be reached by the representatives of the powers at Pekin, ‘Whether our government will be able to arrive at an understanding through diplomatic exchange is problematical, but at all events it is to be hoped that it will irmly refuse to countenance any scheme for the spollation of China, or be a party to demands for indemnity not strietly fair and just to that empire. If any power is contemplating the re- plenishment of its treasury by ruth- lessly plundering China it should get no support or assistance from the United dem: fean UNIFORM MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS. At the recent meeting of the Amer- fean Economie association a report was submitted from a special committee on uniformity in municipal accounts and statistics emphasizing the urgent de mand for reform in our municipal accounting systems and embodying suggestions by which that reform can be accomplished. The un satisfactory character of all attempts at thorough and comprehensive work in the comparison of the results of our different municipal undertakings are un questionably due to the general lack of comparable facts and figures, which in turn is traceable to the haphazard and multifarious ways in which the books are kept and the meagerness and diver sity of the reports submitted by ecity officials to the public from year to year. The subject has been accorded atten tion by several organizations and the committee of the economists has been working In conjunction with like com- mitt from the League of Am fean Municipalities, the American Sta tistical association and several others. Quoting from the report: “The worl in-hand is really divided into two parts, the second dependent upor the first. First, uniform accounting; and, second, uniform methods of summarizing ac counts and other information for pre sentation in city reports, in order to give taxpayers a comprehensive iden of the methods and results of the varlous ity departments and in order to make possible comparisons between different cities,” Several attempts have been made to are uniform municipal statisties and uniform schedules adopted by various organizations of different br municipal activity, In a few mportance of proper municipal counting has been recognized by placin the matter more or less completely the hauds of a cent while muni nehes states the e in ul state departient, thers have proposed boards of pal control. But the chief results thus far secured in the way of control have been where a commission las been given charge of a single class of munielpal service, whether under public or private ownership, sucl as gi and clectrie lighting and street work. In this Massachusetts has heen the All these efforts | however, have been elther partial or un- satisfactory, without ing | systematie plan of operation for all d | purtments of municipal government, | By way of tentative recommendations | a8 a sort of report of the | economic association committee lays down a number of propositions from | which further work should be projected. | Among these conclusious may be men | tioned that the Interests of good munict pal nomies and pub a8 lway among ploncers. embr 1y Progress, o government, ¢ economic reasons, but of these it has | |l¢ finance, demuand the collection and | | publication of state and national munic | ipal statisties, which, to be of service, | should be based on uniform municipal accounting. In view the unsystem wtie, incomplete and misleading condi tion of bookkeeping in American cities | and lack of correlution between the ne | counts of different departments of the [ sanue public policy, like municipal owners hip Land day labor as 1 with the | contract system executing public compa DAILY the | of state | city, Pertain mooted questions of BEE: SUNDAY, | seenred various economic, nitar, and other technical soclet in municipal affairs are to be en nccounts and reports covering the ally by cities throughout the special state commissions, for theyl ent classes of undertakings | some should collect and publish a yearly parative summary of the municipal tisties of th parative investigation, in the direction of better municipa counting. Fifty years ago, and twenty years ago, it was almost im sible to procure any reliable data cause the records were elther not spection, All the principal mination of their fiscal periods euch Is run on its own peculiar plax sons, As frequent changes of the tem of municipal ac most impossible time compa the for uniform accounts must be we sons operation constant ch | may be avolded. Every ecity wil | glad to conform to some reasonable tem, but it should 1L that the sclentitic soc 1ges in the fu ve fit in each new theory that promulgated may AMNESTY AND ARMISTICE. press the rebellion in the Philippine proclaimed amnesty for all the rebel gress or the country peal to the popular sens or patriotism, the v rendered only two months ago. United States have been offered cept it that another offer would havy ter result, any gents us evidence of weakening The p with the hostil a number of wishes to the executive and I8 preposterous, 8 cong now friendly to the United States, Senator Hoar is an able and cons is not in touch with a very Jority of his countrymen. FIRST AID 10O THE INSAN In the letter from Dr. George L. ller following the interview with Frederick F. Teul, published in Bee during the week, there Is food for careful thought. 1t is u niably true that progress almost a ing has been made in treatment of those unfortunates are mentally derelict. Humane i lhave succeeded b ignorance or superstition, and the today is the reste the condition of the mentall flicted, whereas not so muny years isolation and restraint were the ends, of still much progress to be mac Dr. Miller makes a using his own experience to illust It is in cony of the insane in the earlier stag the condition, or in the stage that lows the first manifestation of tion At this most critical time all too frequently the case that the fortunate falls into the hands of who do not even remotely unde the conditions that sund and to whom tall lunatics look al Under these conditions the sense of r accentuated it must be 1 mind already disturbed from its mal routin | complicate the case, it not actually | ing mueh toward permanently the condition of insanity. Many sury | | as | | of prison reform and all of them touch but wo practical solution has been brought forth, I many s the keeping of chronie Insane during nt on this t ns t nowhere is the incarceration of a | son suspected of fusuult | is against this one objection lies, proper treatment is absolutely n | treatment e | Jail of city or town, ties can | espectally against sual coses be prepared to give the in order that future suffering minimized, This rai tion of a public emergency feature In which Omaka Is lackiug. will not be time wasted on the | those in authority if they glve Dr. le suggestions consideration | make an effort the questions involved | The w of disfranchising the methods forbidden, condition that gre may »s the whole ques- | hospital, a | It| J cour aged to prepare schedules for municipal varl ous undertakings, to be adopted gener: country and enforced, either under the direction of state boards of municipal control or iffer: Finally, - that the national government, through branch of its statistical service, com sta whole country and thus provide the materfal necessary to com- While the committee refers to it only casuully, it should not be forgotten that much progress has alveady been made 1 ac even 1pos con cerning our municipal governments be at all or were inaccessible to public In- American cities of toduy can give in a general way an exhibit of their condition at the ter- but, as ), al lowance must be made in all compari- sy® ounting renders al sume munieipality, the movement arefully ked out, %0 that when once put in itur I b sy some assurance fes will not ask to have it revolutionized repeatedly to be The amendment to the army bill pro- posed by Senator Hoar, providing that no further efforts shall be made to sup- s by military power until the president has political offenses and arranged an armistice with s, will not be approved by con- It does not ap- of duty, honor | It is not in accord with | rdict of a majority of the people | The Filipinos in rebellion against the nesty and they generally refused to ac- There is no reason to believe bet On the contrary, it would most likely be regarded by the insur- m the part of the United States and operate to stimulate them to greater activity. pposal to arrange an armistice Tagalogs and to invite thelr leaders to come to the United States to make known their ich action would not | only be humillating to this nation, hut | it ‘could hardly fail to have a bad effect | upon people in the Philippines who are | clen tious statesman, but in this matter he lurge ma- Mil br. The | much inde maz whe de rutal notions born of gen: eral bent of the alienist or neurologist ation or amelioration af g0 sole Yet it is cqually true that there is leading point, e it ction with the treatment s of fol aberra it »un men tang insanity, | ke out 0y nor must necessarily gravely | fixing dis courses lave been delivered ulong lines years apic yot the ¢ pa uts in common jails is probibited, but per- | 1t | During the early stages of Msanity oces | sary, and it 1s rarely possible that proper 1 be Lad in the common | Small communi- | (dly be expected to provide | of mentia, but eities such as Omaka should | unfortunate | every attention at the earliest moment, | y be It o Mil and to devise a solution of prop- | §roes 1 the south 1s sald to buve beel | wetaved the old mani” of u | but 3 ANUARY 6, i901. mpo v interrupted to awalt the actlon of congress on the new appor tlonment mensures. Those states which have not yet taken the ballot away from the colored man on trumped-up pretexts prefer to leave things alone until they are given representation in and in the electoral college for thelr black population. Let the apportion ment bill go through, however, and the negro vote will not last long in any southern state where it may be a factor in elections, congress If Governor Dietrich succeeds in kill ing off the holdup legislation during the coming session he will kill an industry that has thrived during every previous session of the legislature to the disgrace of the state. There is more crookedness in this class of bills by far than in the actual barter and sale of votes and in putting a stop to the practice the gov- ernor will be fulilling the made in his behalf during the campaigo, promises Dodge and Cuming county citizens .| and officials are to be congratulated on the celerity with which they undertook and the vigor with which they have pushed the pursuit of the robbers who murdered an unwilling victim at Soy der. Such energetic tacties will go a long ways toward discouraging high- way robbery In Nebraska. t Berlin starts the century with a story that will keep the rest of the world busy until its close in the effort to match 1| it. The Spree river froze so suddenly that the swans were unable to get out and were frozen in the ice. It is really discouraging to start the century with a mark which the most accomplished can .| bardly hope to reach, One bundred new names added to the roll of Omaha traveling salesmen, One hundred more men ecarrying the fame J|of the city abroad in the land. One hundred more men who will iner the business of the city by millions. That's not bad for a New Y $ starter, Omaha is expanding In the right divec tion. When Omaha goes to Salt Lake it will be with grappling irons. Any stockman who doesu’t want to come to Omaha in 1902 had better keep away from Salt Lake in 1901. Fo it he | doesn’t the Omaha delegation will rope and brand him sure, Notable Pipe Drea Indianapolls Pre Alfred Harmsworth's suggestion of a newspaper trust is about as dreamy as the suggestion of a consolidated sermonizing agency for all the churches. ‘What the Kailser Would Lea Baltimore American. It is reported that the kaiser is to visit the United States. When he gets to New York and some other of our large cities our boss system in politics will give him some pointers on autocracy which will make the descendant of kings by “right divine open his eyen. Protec for the Oppressed. Washington Post An IHinois woman gets $4,000 because her husband was lynched, and a New Hamp- shire woman is in prison because of her attempt to negotiate for the killing of her spouse. There is evidently need of a clear- ing house for the regulation of these an- noying difference rouble, ‘ork Tribune, The theory that certain kinds of mos- quitces carry the poison of malaria and of other diseases is now accepted without question by the highest military officials of Cuba, and orders have been issued to the troops that safeguards against the bites of these insects shall be adopted, and that kerosene ofl shell be used on stagnant ers in which they breed. If the new ntury the early extirpation of la- fection-carrying mosquitoes among civilized peoples, the gain for public health will be of at value. And the task is by no means impracticabl sees Canadians Learn n Few T flalo Express. It begins to look as if the sending of a contingent to South Africa, instead of fn- creasing Canada’s feeling of dependence on and attachment to Great Britain, had de- - | veloped the independent fndividual instinct , | among Canadians. At least, that is the .| conclusion to be drawn from such com- ments the following by the Toronto Star: “The people of Canada eat differ- ent food from the people of England, they wear different clothes, they live in differ- ent houses, have different hablts of speech, thought and action, have a different sys tem of society entirely, and are, in large measure, a different people.” Ings. as Recalls o Fa Springtield Republicar | The New York court of appeals has ren- |@erea a decision which virtually holds street rallway companies responsible for accidents which are caused by a car's start- ing before the passengers are seated. Such a rule would be appreclated everywhere, | tor women dislike being thrown head over | heels by the sudden movement of the car, unless it is supplemented by a rule prohibiting street cars from carrying more passengers than t seats for it would operate like the old railway order: “When two trains going in opposite directions on a single track approach each other both shall come to a full stap and nelther shall proceed until the other has passed it.” 11 PROPHET FROM INDIANA, His Name Ix Kern and He Spouts on » the Aut tie PL . J. Sterling Morton's Conservative, A prophet has come out from Indiana by the name of Kern, and the manner in which he discriminates in favor of democrats who supported & populist candidate for the pres- idency in 1000 and against democrats who voted for a republican candidate the same year, Is keenly logical. A deliverance de- nunclatory of democrats who stood for the gold standard, for obedience to the man- dates of the federal courts and for the right of the executlve to put down mobs and riots with federal soldiers—when Altgeld demoeracy fused with the law-breakers— made at a banquet given in honor of the Sioux Falls nominee for the presidency, was perfectly proper. And the further averment | by the same soothsayer that the ragtag and bobtall of papulism, fused with the silver- azed sixteen-to-oneites, will continue to pralse and exalt the money fallacies and their chief exponent as long as their pre jous lives are continued, is not out of plac But the jubllatory and hilarious portions of the exuitant Dr. Kern, when he recounted the triumphs of Bryanarchy in the cam- paign of 1900, called to mind the young phrsiclan who, reporting to his preceptor his first accouchement case, declared It a perfect success; and upon being questioned as to particulars reluctantly admitted th | the baby died, and then that the moth: died, and then triumphantly declared; “But | r | ple imypatred SECULAR SHOTS AT THB PU Washington Post who made a living by breeding race horses has gone into bankruptey. He should have tried a distillery | Boston Transcript: For rayman 1n | this state to feel compeiled to resign his pul- | pit because he considers that hell is not a | place but a condition seems incredible at this late day Chicago Chronicle: Just as he was about | to bring his London meeting to an unsuc- | cessful close Brother Dowle was mobbed by | a gang of medical students and his stock at once rose to a premium. Hrother Dowle | needs no friends, His enemies push him | along. Boston Globe A Methodist minister In | Kentucky, who has for years made a prac- | tice of Lreeding trotting has filed a petition in bankruptey. The experience of | Adirondack Murray ought to have shown | him that those two vocations don't go to- | gether worth a cont Minnearolls Tribune: The Rev. J. Minot Savage does mnot take any stock In the | charge made by the pessimists that the rich are growing richer and the poor are growing | poorer. In his Sunday sermon he said there were more rich people in this country today than ever before, but not more poor, according to population, and that there ! never before was a time when wages the average wero so high rses, on PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE, Reliable Crowe tracks hereabouts are worth a flock of golden eagles | The assassin of the German minister at Pekin “got it in the neck.” That was the intention. $ir Bdwin Arnold's century poem is pro nounced by the New York Sun “the crime the 400 Virginia, one of has been sold, with 000, world’s wonders, acres adjoining, for Mr. Pullman's executors managed to double the value of the estate in five years and draw the snug fee of $710,000 Mark Twain reports sixty-four rellgious dialects practiced In Australia. Mark fled the country before the count was finished An heir to a brewery in Hoboken s de- fendant in a breach of promise suit in- stituted by a Chicago woman. The country | will anxiously await the unraveling of the conspiracy which prevented Hoboken and Chicago getting together, Mr. Alfred Hodder, in a single sentence, gives us a pen picture of the Massachu- setts gentleman as seen through Kentuc glasses: *He ties his cravat in an ecstacy of self-righteousness and settles his coat in the consclousness of three centuries of moral principle.” The Philadelplia Ledger almanac for 1901 1s one of the best compilations of its class. Besides the usual calendar and astronom- ical features It contains a vast amount of political information, a record of old year events, sports, summaries and other mat« ters of national interest. The almanac is like the Ledger—accurate and complete in all matters of which it treats 00D AND BAD RIC Accamulation of Wenlth Not a Sign of Nntional Decay. Louisville Courier-Journal While the vast accumulation of riches in these days is regarded with alarm by philosophers and statesmen who think they see In it signs of the inevitable do- generacy of the race, it is Interesting to note on the other hand how the growth of prosperity is hailed in Cuba by Civil Governor Jose Miguel Gomez of Puerto Principe. He has officlally reported that prosperity 18 returning to the island and that the heavy cane crop and high wases | are making the Cubans so satisfied that they desire nothing radical from the con- stitutional convention. At the same time here in the United States, Booker Wash- ington, a practical negro philanthropist, 1s urging the people of his race that the accumulation of property will uplift them from the slough of lgnorance and vice into which so large a proportion are plunged. If they will cease thelr efforts to obtain social and political recognition and turn their energies to making money, he promises that they will grow in grace and in the good opinion of all their coun- trymen Without a doubt both Booker Washington are there are great perils in plutocracy the moderate amulation of riches is al- ways desirable. No other nation that Is sunk in poverty, be its people ever o gifted and virtuous, can amount to anything In the world. A people of thrift not only enjoy the comforts of life, but establish enlight- ened and progressive governments, cu tivate the arts and sciences, and lead in the observance of religion. The man who acquires property has given a bond to re- spect his nefghbor's rights. It is the great commerclal nations that are foremost in all the work of clvilization. There must bo accumulated wealth before art and sci ence can encouraged, for without wealth there can be no lelsure suitable to the encouragement of intellectual or ar- tistic pursuits. At the same time riches can be abused and in the pursuit and in the use of them the worst passions of tha heart are dlsplayed. 111 fares the and to hastening ilis a prey, Where wealth accumuiates and men decay, Only when men decay, however. This Anglo-Saxon race is the leader in com- mereo and industry and gainful pursuits, neither hers nor in England s the mental or the intellectual vigor of the peo- The race for wealth fs a| mad one with them, but their devotion to liberty is so great and their sense of right o strong that plutoeracy has an unequal struggle. The love of money Is great among them, but as yet it is far from be- ing dominant, Senor Gomez and right, for while yet A Kentucky minister | DLASTS FROM RAMW' Many good servants make bad masters Evil imagination is the polson of the Look out for the man who looks out himselt. You cannot do God's work with the devil's weapons Many of our prayers are from fear and ORN. soul, for | not of taith Salnts who carve for themselves are sure to cut their fingers, A Christlan is like a bieycle, which must be kept going to be kept standing There {s much difference between the tally cards of earth and those of heaven Jacob had to give up his cunning, Job his goodness and Peter his strength before they ot & blessing They who keep near the Good Shepherd do not know that there are either dogs who guard or wolves who attack. There 18 & good deal of difference between soeking to have the truth on your side and | seeking to be on the side of truth. DOMESTIC EASANTRIES, Mirlam—Jack Dusnap tried to kiss times last night nt—Indeed? What interrupted him? Detrolt Frea Presa: Tho Bride—Now, ar, we must act like old married people. gihe Groom—All right ve me back that ty Puck me fiv Melic Chicago Tribune: “Your wife has such a terribly tired look, old man!" “Yes, tomorrow night it will be her turn to entértain the Don't Worry club to which she belongs.” Boston Transcript: Husband Don't forget, madam, wife Wife-Oh things on (angrily)— that you are my neyer fear. can't forg There are some Philadelphia Record: Nell—How do ¥ know he would make a good husband i him a sample to match for it perfectly, 1 ga nd he did Philadelphia Press: ~ Mr. Billincoo—Ah! my dear, 1 wish I might be like a knight of old, and perform some deed of daring for you. Miks you'r Lovyllpz—Oh, George! Now that worked up 1o’ It suppose you speak Chicago Tribune tuphemia,” said young Spoonamore, “will you marfy me?" “I will not!" replied the young woman, Indignantly Lickladder," tn a smail m acing it In his pocket, “you hav omor of being the first girl who has refused me since the new century began “Aren’t you golng to I gave you on Christ Meekton's wite Of course 1 am, Henrletta. T was sav ing It up. I'm going to wear that red neck- tie and my nile green smoking jacket and my purple and vellow socks, and smoke ono of those birthday cigars you gave me, all at on he rejoined, making m ool Washington Star that necktie tnquired Mr. THE BOY WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR. S. E. Kiser in the Times-Herald. 'he boy who lives next door Has freckles on his fa His enrs are red and hang Away out Into space, And when I hear a dog ki-y1 And see it flee in terror, 1 Can quickly quess the cause— s merely that one more i little vietim knows A boy rei next door! He runs 88 the lawn I've nursed with jealous care, And, fn the summer tim Kriocks dawn the flowers there And every week or so A pebble finds ts way Agalnst a light of glass For which I have to pay! He has no teeth in front His hands are cracked Twice he has nearly burned Our summer kitchen down! He calls to people, “Hey! Watch ou And when they jump he whoops about 1 used to’ think it God Would take him from below Up to the sky I'd try To bravely bear the blow and brown, The little child whose love Is all to me, one day Was stricken 'suddenly When I was far awiy ‘The boy who lives next door forgot To yell around, but ran and brought The doctor to the bed, And when I came, at last Shrank from me with a look Of pity as | passed! The boy who lives next door Erought in his tops and gun And pocketfuls of trash To pleage our Iittle one He played beside my darling's bed Turned_cartwheels and stood on his head And God was good to me Let's wait & while before W utterly condemn “The boy who lives next door" This is an age of specialties No man ness can line with h a dozen lines of husi- hope to compete in either the man who does but one thing and sticks to it. Mark Twain eays: “The fool saith: ‘Pt all thy egEs In separate baskets so that when one breaketh the rest are unharmed; but the wise man saith: Put all thy eggs in one basket and then—watch that basket'.” Wo have put all our ggS in one basket. We simply fit glasscs—nothing else. Al of our bralns and encrgy and money are de- voted to that one thing. We do not treat the nose, the ear or the throat We make a special study of the eye alo If your cyes trouble you in any way we want to talk with you about them. If you do not need glasses we will tell you that. 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