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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Neheaska, Douglas County, rge B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee n:’blu ing Company, being duly sworn, coples of The Daly, that the actual number of full and §vlnlnl and Sunda month of May, Morning, Bee printed durl was as follows . Net total sales. WNet dally average Bubscribed tn my before me this Slst (Seal.) GG B, TZECHUCK, presence and sworn to of May, A D ool . B, HUNGATE, Nnt-ry Publle. Make room for the army of 1902 #chool . graduates. Having been hanged in figy, J. Pler- pont Morgan may aspire to more last- ing fame. Sclentists expect Pelee to keep on smoking for months. Other long-dis- tance smokers may as well yleld up the plpe. — The moving picture show portraying Pelee or Soufriere in actlon has not yet arrived, but it may be expected in due time. A Chicago sneak thief has proved that he keeps up to date by purloining a Panama hat. Let St. Louis match that Af it can, \ If these rains continue, prairie schoon- ers will again be called into requisition @s the best means of navigation across Nebraska's plains. S—————— Lord Kitchener may miss the corona- tlon festivities, but he can count on a small-sized demonstration all to himselt ‘when he finally re-enters London. ————————— It is to be noted that the newly- appointed American consul to Martin- ique exhibits no signs of hesitancy in accepting the position and reporting for Wuty. The next governor of Kansas sub- scribes his name with the initialy W. J. B—~but he writes it W. J. Bailey and takes pride in being the nominee of the republican party. emm—e————— In the outcome of the Boer war we have another object lesson that arbi- tration is effective in international dis- putes only when all parties concerned are willing to arbitrate, M 1 Haytl 1s not troubled with the prob- what to do with its ex-presidents, A Haytlan ex-president who can hle Rimselt to Paris with $10,000,000 for pin money should be able to take care of humself. SEmmm— Now that the American Tobacco trust Bas secured a practical monopoly of the Ouban tobacco and cigar output, we may expect & plea that we do something Zor Cuba in the way of abating the tariff o0 Cuban tobacco importations. . All the trade reviews report a better tone as a result of the ter- Add to this the unexampled crop prospects in the west, and the business barometer points only to clear weather ahead. An impertinent congressman wants to know why the congressional library at Washington should not be kept open on Bundays to accommodate working peo- : who are employed week days dur- all the open hours. But think of tompelling the library employes to work putside of regulation hours. " e —— ‘When the announceiment is made that Bdison has devised an electric-propelled sutomoblle that overcomes all previous dificulties the statement is accepted by the public without the slightest in- eredulity., Had some other name been conpected with it every one of us would have looked askance aund lutl- amated that we were from Missourl. The gonfidence of the public is the inventor's most valuable asset. To protect the interest of the govern- ment in its undnisbed bulldings and ‘make way for needed new bulldings, President Roosevelt has felt constrained to approve the omnlbus building bill natwithstanding the vicious precedent omnibus legislation. It is safe that were the president ewmpow- ered to veto separate items of appro- bills, & vast amount of “pork” bill would have A SCANDALOUS PERFORMANCE. (’Ymv more the people of Nebraska have been shamelessly betrayed by their trusted public servants. The pareole and pardon of Joseph Bartley justly roused the people of this state to intense in- dignation and an overwhelming publie sentiment swept the state like a hur- ricane. If the liberation of the great embezzler was an unpardonable offense, what should be said of the outrage per- petrated by Governor Savage, Auditor Weston and Treasurer Stuefer on the people of Nebraska by their abject sub- serviency to the mandates of the rail- road lawyers, who forced them In star- chamber meeting to recant and recall their sworn declaration to the supreme court, that they had refused to assess the franchises of the railroad corpora- tions because they did not believe that they had the legal authority to assess anything but their tangible property? Only two weeks ago, when the appeal for more equitable assessment of the property of the rallroads wae denfed by the board, each member of that body tried to excuse himself for refusing to do his sworn duty by claiming that the statutes relating to rallroad assess- ment did not expressly Include fran- chises with their tangible property. This plea was inserted by the attorney general on behalf of the board in his answer to the writ issued by the su- preme court, coupled with the respectful request that the court interpret the pro- visions of the constitution and statutes relative to the assessment of the prop- erties and franchises of railroads and telegraph companies. The answer drawn up by the attorney general was considered, discussed gnd approved by the board before it was filed by the attorney general and was In the nature of individual testimony of each of the three state officers consti- tuting the board. The withdrawal of this document from the supreme court and the substitution of a document that attempts to negative in almost every particular the statement originally made, is the most infamous piece of perfidy and treason to the peéople of which any state officer could be gullty. There are no palliating circumstances to justify such conduct. The state offi- cers are elected by the people, for the people, and not for the corporations. If there was any doubt in the minds of the members of the board, as to their duty in the premises, the benefit of the doubt should have been given to the people and not to the corporations; but from the outset the“board, while pro- fessing to be loyal to the people, ex- hibited its insincerity and disloyalty at every stage. Its meetings were held within closed doors and its legal ad- visors were railroad attorneys instead of the chosen law officer of the state, the attorney general. AIf the members of the board were honest and faithful to their trust, why should they have held a star-chamber session to reconsider and revoke the original Interpolation addressed to the supreme court with thelr sanction and on their behalf? J'o these men im- agine that the pe.,.v of Nebraska will exculpate them for such an unheard-of proceeding? If they do, they underrate ponulnr intelligence and misunderstand the temper of the people. If they have deliberately sacrificed the interests of the state for some political advantage they will discover before long that cor- porations are impotent to redeém such pledges. From the party point of view, the action of the board is, if anything, more reprehensible than it is from the stand- point of good cltlmn‘hlp. The repub- lican party will be compelled to de- nounce and repudiate their acts just as it has denounced and repudiated the unwarranted exercise of executive clem- ency. —_— CHURCH PROPERTY IN PHILIPPINES. The bill passed by the senate makes provision for the purchase of the friars’ lands, as they are called, in the Philip- pines. It authorizes the commission to buy the lands of the friars for the pur- pose of selling them immediately to the people who now occupy them. The necessity of taking these lands and glving them over to the people who actually live upon them and cultivate them is unquestioned. As was sald by Senator Lodge in reference to this, the possession of the lands by the friars was one of the bitterest grievances of the Filipino people agalnst Spaln. The testimony is universal as to their desire to have those lands restored to them. The position of the United States in the matter is clearly set forth in the instructions of the secretary of war to Governor Taft resptuu negotiations with the vatican. he separation of church and state in the islands, impera- tive under our political system, It is pointed out, requires a readjustment and rearrangement in the interests both of church and state “and for the attain- ment of the great ends of civil govern- ment, of education, of charity and of re- ligion.” Under the new conditions the religious orders have been shorn of most of their functions and authority and the secretary of war says it is manifestly for the interest cf the church as well as the state that the landed proprietor- ship of these orders, which are ex- tremely unpopular, should cease. Iuls not proposed to confiscate the lands, but to give full and fair compensation for them and the mission of Governor Taft to Rome was to negotiate with the vatican for their purchase on equitable terms. There will probably be no serious difficulty in effecting the purpose of our government in the matter so far as the papal authorities are concerned. The pope informed Governor Taft that mat- ters of detall in connection with the questions to be declded would be re- ferred to & committee of cardinals and that all the issues would be consldered and treated with the sole alm of reach- ing a settlement satisfactory to all par- ties concerned. The pope understands fully that the requirements expressed fn the lustructions to Governor Taft must be complied with and undoubtedly THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1902. his influence will be exerted to have this done with as Nttle friction as possible. 8o far as the friars are concerned, they are unadle to make any serious oppo- #ition and may not attempt to do so. They have no standing with the natives, whom they have oppressed for genern- tions, and when the Filipinos generally understand the policy of the United States in regard to the lands they will have no sympathy with any claims or demands which the friars might make. The friar lands question promised to be a troublesome one, but it now appears probable that it will be disposed of without much difficulty. FACTS FOR CAPITAL AND LABOR. The prevailing conflicts between capl- tal and labor make more than ordi. narily interesting and instructive the facts presented by the United States commissioner of labor, Carroll D. Wright, regarding strikes in this coun- try. The statistical history of these conflicts goes back no further than 1881 and the period covered by Mr. Wright is from that year to 1900. Of course there were strikes before 1881, but the data concerning them were not col- lected In & methodical way and there- fore are of little value. For Instance, there were two formidable strikes of raflroad employes in 1877, particularly that against the Pennsylvania railroad at Pittsburg, which was characterized by serious rioting, but not much of sta- tistical value was recorded in regard to these. The most extensive and far-reaching of the historic strikes was that at Chi- cago in June and July, 1804, but Mr. Wright says that the conflict possessiug the most Interesting, turilling and dra- matic Incidents was the Homestead af- falir of July 4, 1892, in which blood was shed and it was necessary to send sol- diers to the scene to restore order. The year marking the culmination of labor controversies in the nineteenth century was 1804, when the Pullman strike at Chlcago, the Lehigh Valley strike, the strike on the Great Northern rallroad and other strikes of minor importance took place. Reference is made by Mr. Wright to the steel strike of 1901 as being especlally interesting because for the first time the issue was in regard to the right of the association of work- ers to demand the unionizing of the mills, on which the assoclation failed. This strike is estimated to have resulted in a loss of wages amounting to §4,000,000. THe instructive afid impressive facts in comnection with these conflicts during twenty years relate to the losses suf- fered by employers and employes, which are estimated to have been over §468,- 000,000. In 1881 there were 471 strikes and the money loss of employes was $3,372,578 and of the employers $1,919,- 483, In the year 1000, twenty years later, the number of strikes in the country was 1,779, or nearly four times greater, the loss in wages was $18,341,- 750 and the loss: of employers was $9,- 431,209, Only one year in the twenty showed a larger money loss from strikes than 19000, and that was 1894, when the business depression was great and all industry was greatly disturbed. The total loss in wages in the twenty years of strikes approaches $250,000,000. Such facts ought to arrest the attention and command the serious consideration of both labor and capital. They mean not only much injury to the general welfare, but in respect to labor more or less of privation and hardship. The anthracite coal strike has already cost the miners several millions of dollars in loss of wages and while the opera- tors have as yet suffered no very great loss, if any, the prolongation of the con- fiict cannot fail to result in their in- Jury. Mr. Wright observes that the approxi- mate statements are sufficlent to con- vince any right-minded person that every effort that can be made to adjust differences and deal with grievances in such a way as to prevent an open out- break should be encouraged. Every- body will concur in this, but unfortu- nately when controversies arise between employers and employes it is nearly al- ways the case that one side obstinately rejects efforts to prevent an open out- break and effect an amicable settle- ment. The attitude of the anthracite coal operators furnishes & notable in- stance of this. —_— SENSATIONALISM IN EDUCATION. The commencement exercises of the various colleges and universities now in progress naturally bring educational topics to the foreground, but while all this ceremonialism usually takes the form of a paean of joy and self-lauda- tion, already we have a discordant note in a vehement protest against sensa tionallsm in education entered by Presi- dent Northrup of the University of Min- nesota. In an address to the graduates at once foreible and poluted, the Minne- sota educator declares: We are in the midst of an era of sensa- tionalism in education, or we are fast ap- proaching such an era. The paradoxical ie taking the place of the true. Rockefeller shares the throne of intellect with Shake- epeare, and ragtime music hushes the mel- ody of the hymns our fathers and mothers loved to sing. Professors attract motice to themselves and thelr institutions by utter- ances that ought to consign them to the in- vestigation of a commission de lunatico in- quirendo. Something new is wanted and wanted all the time. It need not be true, it meed mot be valuable, but it must be as. tounding, and must attract general atten- tion. To be unknown and unnoticed Is death, but to be notorious, even as a literary or educational crank or lunatic, is fame. Thank heaven the picture is not true as an expression of the general condition, but it is true of altogether too large & part of the educational field, and it is time that com- mon sense reasserted its authority. While President Northrup might be arraigned for having In these remarks set an example of the very sensational- {sm he complains of, there is no question that what he says, although much ex- aggerated, contains several grains of unpalatable truth. To the mania for notoriety is to be ascribed the disrepute into which too many promising univer- sity professors have fallen aud the un- seemly disputes that have arisen when university authorities have undertaken to discipline facuity members for over- stepping the limits of propriety. To a similar quest for free advertising we must credit up a large number of the great educational benefactions made by men of wealth more with a view to per- petuating monuments to their own names rather than to the unselfish ad- vancement of the cause of education. Not that this necessarily detracts from the usefulness of the institution except 80 far as it stimulates ideals at variance with the true aims of life, but it Is clearly a reflection of the methods cur- rently employed in fields of industry, trade and even art and literature. The educational pendulum cannot swing much further to the extreme of sensationalism and may be soon to draw back to the progressive conservatism. expected lines of SUPERVISION STILL NECESSARY. Replying to the statement of Mr. Har- riman that the Interstate Commerce commission is a thing of the past aud that railroads should be allowed to transact their business without super- vigien from bodies und boards that do not know anything about transporta- tion matters, Judge Prouty of the com- mission said that the time has come when the government must supervise the rallroads, unless the railroads are to supervise the whole country. “If the people of this country,” remarked Judge Prouty, “are ready to let Mr. Harriman and about four of his associates in Wall street say what tax every other kind of property shall pay to his property, he is right, but if, on the other haud, as every court which has had occasion to pass on the subject has declared, and as every disinterested, thoughtful man believes, the government must in self-protection pyt some check on the greed of Mr. Harriman and his asso- clates, then he is wrong.” While not denylng that combinations among rail- roads may be a benefit to the public, Judge Prouty said that combinations cannot be allowed at all until there s some government supervision which pre- vents the abuse of that combination. If Mr. Harriman I8 taking the trouble to ascertain public opinion in regard to his recently expressed views he is learn- ing that the sentiment In favor of gov- ernmental supervision of the railroads is overwhelming and that there is a very strong demand outside of the circle and influence of railway managers for strengthening the interstate commerce law and increa¥ng the powers of the commission. Such declarations as those of Mr. Harriman serve to intensify this sentiment among the people and ought to have a like effect upon congress. The suit begun by the attorney gen- eral of lilinois against the various fire insurance companies operating in that state to enjoin them from continuing to fix fire rates through a joint agent in evasion of the anti-compact laws will be watched with more than ordinary interest not ouly by underwriters, but by policy holders everywhere. The sys- tem resorted to by Insurance men in Illinols is the same employed generally throughout the country. The rate, no matter by what agent or in what com- pany it is written, is identical, be- cause made by agreement through the so-called union effectually preventing every possibility of competition. In fact no combine has been so successful in the maintenance of rates as the fire insurance combine, raising them simul- taneously in all companies on the slight- est pretext of unusual losses and seldom lowering them except under force of overwhelming pressure. Obstructive laws similar to those in Illinois have for the most part been made dead let- ters, as in Nebraska, by refusal of the courts to enforce them, but should the present suit produce results, it will stimulate anew efforts to check the rapacity of the combined underwriters, who from a central office undertake arbitrarily to make rates for fire risks in each division of the entire country. SEmE————— Owing to growing opposition chietly from the democratic side of the house, the outlook for the bill for a govern- ment cable across the Pacific at the present session is said to be less en- couraging than it bas been. The demo- crats know that inaction by the govern- ment means the laying of the cable by private enterprise, coustituting a monop- oly to which both the government and the public will have to pay tribute, but while pretending to be arrayed against combines and trusts, their posi- tion In this matter contributes to strengthen the telegraph and cable monopoly, agaiust which there is no other redress. If popular sentiment controlled congress would not only pro- vide for the construction and operation of a Pacific cable by the government, but would follow it up with measures that would without too much delay give us a general postal telegraph system conducted as part of the Postoffice de- partment for the same purpose of facll- {tating commerce and disseminating in- telligence as the transportation and de- livery of the malls. SEER— Georgia democrats have just held thelir state primaries, at which a cand!- date for United States senator, as well as candidates for state offices, have re- ceived endorsements said to be the equivalent of election. This is pretty close to the election of United States senators by direct popular vote, but it is not & direct vote, because ouly a small minority of the people have a volce in it. It affords, however, addi- tional evidence that the demand for re- vision of the federal constitution tbat will make this desired reform part of the fundamental law is constantly be- coming wore and more widespread. — President Roosevelt should have been more considerate of his critics of the popocratic press when he delivered his Memorial day address. They had loaded up with ammunition that was to de- nounce him as dealing in stale plats- . tudes and wornout word pictures only | PLEASURES to find that he had given forcible utter- ance to original views with direct bear- ing on present day problems, thus com- pelling them to change their whole plan of attack. Had the president realized the inconvenience he was causing his detractdrs he would certainly have been more guarded in his words. Secret of Long Living. Milwaukee Fres Pre The venerable Senator Pettus of Alabima says: “The secret of 1iving long is to work. 1 am 81, and happy and healthy as a boy. 1 notice that all my neighbors who got rich and retired are dead. I mever got rich, and I never retired.” And he nevér died. Long may he be spared. A man who is 81 yoars “young” and still happy and healthy is a mighty goud example to hold up be- fore this age of hustle, and get rich, and retire. Edison Sces Things. Philadelphia Ledger. Inventor Edison estimates that with his new storage battery the cost of an auto- mobile can be reduced to about $150. “The man that cannot quite afford to keep a horse and carriage is the man that 1 am trylng to provide for,” he says. ‘“The automobile will be the thing for him. Its first cost will not be any greater, it will not require the care, and the cost of main- tenance will come far below the cost of keeping a horse.” May his prophetic vi- sion soon be realized! Triamphs of Women, Fhiladelphia Times. In Brooklvn the other day Mrs. Lennie Kelley saved the life of her aged father by climbing over the dashboard of the buggy in which they were driving on the Coney Island boulevard and seizing the reins that bad dropped from his hand and were dangling at the heels of their runaway horse. Would Pamelia, or Clarissa, or even Mme. de Stael's extraordinary heroine, Del- phine, have done that? In Pittsburg Mra. Sarah E. McCloy, in a law court, has just excelled the intellectual feat of Portia, and has surpassed many shining masculine lights of the bar, for she managed her own case in a breach of promise suit and proved, too, contrary to the old adage, that she did not have a fool for a client. There were some noveltles in her methods of examining witnesses, as, for instance, her telling one of them point blank that he was a liar. In the first case there was a triumph of nerve and muscle, and In the second of nerve and intellect. The obvious conclusion is that the era in which woman was a ‘“down-trodden creature” is fully past, for, with qualifying experience of the world, she is now quite capable of defend- ing her own and of holding it. Sclence Scores a “Beat.” New York Evening Post. Newspaper wenterprise has to bow to scientific enthusiasm In the matter of the first ascent of still smoking Mount Pelee. Prof. Angelo Hellprin was already known as an intrepid explorer, delighting equally in Sahara and Greenland, and climbing difficult Orizaba, whose height and pre- eminence gmong Mexican mountains he first correctly ‘determined; but his calm rivaling of the elder Pliny—and surpassing him in good fortune—by mounting to study, in situ, a valcano in eruption, will make his name famous throughout the world. Of that result, however, we may be sure that he never stopped to think. His preoccu- pation was entirely that of a scientist, bent on discovery of the truth, even at the hazard of his life. With intelligence to guard against every needless risk, and yet with constancy and professional zeal to make him face cheerfully all {nevitable danger, he gave a fine example of the un- consclous courage and heroism of the sclen- tific spirit. No doubt he experienced in- tense exhilaration, amid those showers of boiling mud and redhot cinders, as he went on quletly observing the phenomena which his trained eye could so well inter- pret. He performed & real service to hu knowledge, and, as all journalists must admit, scored a tremendous *‘beal I8 FORTY-FIVE THE DEAD LINE? Blemishes in the Business System of the United States. New York Times. In a recent report to his government, em- bodying his conclusions relative to Amer- fcan busipess methods, the British consul at Chicago lald much stress upon the com- paratively early age at which a man in the United States is relegated to the ranks of the superannuated. Inquiry and obser- vation leads the consul to believe that when a man reaches the age of 45 he has great difficulty in finding employment in Chicago, and, indeed, In any American city. This he considers a great defect in an otherwise admirable business system. He says: ‘There are many business men In good positions over that age who will, 4 all probability, retain them for some years to come and then retire, but a newcomer of that age has little chance of employ- ment, he cannot expect to learn new ‘way! A man who is out of work at that age Is regarded with suspicion, especially when trade is good, because {if he had proved that he was worthy of his position ~—which should be a good one after many years of service—he would not have been forced out; or if he had been, some other firm which had come into contact with him in business would try to secure his services. This would seem to be a very fair state- ment of the facts of the ca and, being 80, it leaves no basis for the conclusion that it constitutes a blemish in the other- wise admirable business system of the United States. passes the age of 45 years, pnd “looks it," without having made a place for bimself in the world of business which renders him independent of the necessity of seeking employment is perhaps the most unfortun- ate Individual among all of those who ex- cite the sympathles of the practically benevolent. It may be due to any one of a great many causes, but however explained or excused, it remalus a misfortune for which it 1 quite lmpossible to find any adequate rellef. A successful commercial business cannot be organized on the plan of an asylum for incapables. As the rule, the reason these middle-aged applicants for salaried positions have trouble in get- ting tiem is that they are not in a position to offer an employer services in any line for which he would be justified in paying the salary expected and demanded by the applicant, For the man who can do some one thing better than others can do It there is no “dead line.” The Incapacity of Inex- perience la capable of correction; at least, it may conceal the potentialit'es of great usefulness. The incapacity which lands a man in middle life without employment and without the character and reputaticn which make a market for his services is hopeless from the point of view of the employer. The condition may be due to the fault or the misfortune of the victim—to a misspent youth or to the shape of his head. In most instances it is attributable to the fact that the victim bas been content to drift, con- tent with rendertng & minimum service for e largest lary he could earn, and thoughtless of the future untll he sud- denly wakes up to the fact that he cannot hold his own in the competition with the younger and more ambitious men seeking & chance to do what he falled to do. In such matters ex post facto wisdom is ex- ceeding wise, but not especially useful. FOR STAY-AT-HOMES. A Few Comforting Thoughts Vacationless People. Baltimore American As the summer comes the thought of out- ings, vacations and trips grows pleasurably insistent to those able to enjoy them and there s no doubt of the benefit which a pleasant change does, when taken in the year of work, rush and worry. But even those who cannot afford the expense or time of & trip away can get some degree of this change and pleasure by a little thought and management in taking stdy- at-home trips. THere are many ways in which stay-at-homes can minimize the discomfort and heat of .summer and find out for themselves fresh breathing spots of coolness, green and beauty. The suburbs of the city are now easily reached. Further on, beyond the suburbs, the adjacent country well repays an after- noon visit, or even a ride by train or trol- ley. To the nature-lover and the observant every walk Into the roads and flelds about reveals some new objects of Interest, some new pleasure in flower, leaf and tree. For nature, although working along the same lines, is yet full of an endless variety and “fulfills herself in many ways," sometimes charming, sometimes curious, but worth the looking for. Even within the city, the parks, large and small, furnish pleasure in goodly meas ure to those who get into the wholesom habit of regularly visiting them. Every man, woman and child can roam at will in the big pleasure grounds that each can feel justly is as much his as the stately es- tates of the milllonaire belong to the wealthy owner. 'The refreshment to eye and spirit in the soft greens and the pictur- esque vistas, the benefit to wearled body in the pure alr and the cooling breezes, repay the visit, and give, in some degree at least, for what the more fortunate ones are enjoying | in the mountains or by the seashore. Even In the confines of one's home there is a beauty and an enjoyment to be had for a little pleasant toll, interested in itself and lasting in its effects. There is no back yard, no matter how small, that cannot be made Into a small estate by a pretty vine, a few bright flowers, smooth-cut grass. It is a great pity that this means of enjoyment is so often meg~ lected, when had at such a small cost. The social theorists of the hour are calling attention to this, and the popular weeklies and magazines are full of directions how to obtain beauty at small cost of money and labor in this way. Ugly brick walls can be covered with a drapery furnished free by nature’s loving hands that the costliest efforts of human Ingenuity can- not equal; dirt and squalor can be ewept away or hidden under a luxuriant growth that asks for its starting only a bit ot sofl, a few seeds and some little care to establish growth. It is almost criminal for people to have so much bareness, sordid- ness and ugliness about them when it is just as easy to have beauty, grace and fragrance. Let the stay-at-homes experi- ment in this direction this summer, and l the result will be past their expectations. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISS, According to the Chicago code, it is pos- sible to riot a few wrongs. Things were distressingly quiet in Chi- cago for two days past. Even Lake Michi- gan wore a smooth front. A young woman in New York gets sixty days for flirting with a married man over the telephone. Moral, don’t get phoney. Where was Lord Methuen when the war dogs were kicked into their kennel? Per- haps the hero of Modder river has a kick coming. The prospect for universal peace, started In South Africa, now glows in the horizon of Kansas. Carrie Nation has been pardoned. Henceforth readers of foreign dispatches will not have their thoughts jarred by the overworked phrase of the veldt, “I regret to report.” It some inventive genius will devise a machine for canning trouble he can com- mand his own terms by “showing” the Chicago packers. It is a foregome conclusion that Lord Kitchener will have no regret to report when he hears about the bunch of money handed to him by Parliament. Members of the Cuban congress have voted themselves a salary of $3,000 a year. This is a modest stipend for politicians who have had a long wait for ple. A man named Reed Smoot, is trying to break into office in Utah. He deserves success, if It be true, as his enemies al- lege, that e induced three women to share his name. There must be a long time between slices in Illinols, when a resident of that state is found not only willing, but anxious to hitch himself to the post of American consul at St. Plerre. Pension Commissioner Ware is winning “golden opinions from all sorts of appli- always | a bit of SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. New York World: The pope's desire to “close his eyes on universal peace” offers an affecting contrast to the popular con ception of a “strenuous life." Portland Oregonlan: It fs sald the Presbyterian general assembly had great provocation to put into its new creed an additional clause on the future punishment of overcoat, hat and umbrella thieves. 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat: It is belleved that the Presbyterians bave finally suc- ceeded in reforming their articles of faith to a point where they are satisfactory alike to the liberals and the conservatives, Brooklyn Eagle: Presbyterian bables now know that they will not be damned— the general assembly has sald so. The little tootsie wootsles of other denomina- tions must get along the best they can, for, poor things, they have no general as- sembly. Still, if they have plenty of milk they may weather the want of creeds. Let us hope so. Chicago Chronicle: We are once more confronted with a question of the great- est difficulty and of the highest impor- | tance. Here is Rev. Mr. Figg of Papifion, Neb., claiming that he is the reincarnation of the prophet Elijah and that all others are base imitations. Yet, as everyone knows, our distinguished and eloquent fel- low citizen, Rev. Mr. Dowle, maintains that he alone is Elijah II, and that anyone who disputes It s anthema marnatha. In | such a case what can the prudent person |d0? 1s it not a situation which justifies a departure for the woods with all speed possible? Springfield Republican: Certain clergy- men have been drawing portentous morals , in their sermons from the St. Plerre dis- aster, some of which seem curiously out of date in the twentleth cemtury. The moral that is most quickly accepted and heeded nowadays is the opportunity for prompt and liberal help. The strong points of civilization never appear to better ad- vantage than In the speed and eficlency with which relief can be sent to a popula- tion stricken with such a disaster as this or the Galveston storm. And 1f the world forgets the sufferer quickly in the urgent clamor of new responsibilities, it at least responds generously while its sympathies are acutely touched. PLEASANTRIES, DOMESTIC Detroft Free Press: Mr. are a grass widow, eh? Mrs. Grass—Why? Are Foxy—8o0 you you a grass mower? Philadelphia Press: ng man" be- gan, her father, That t6 your object o ““To become your daughter's subject,” he replied promptly. Chicago Post: “Has he been married ong 7"’ ulte make out whether he's still In the honeymoon days or has been married long enough to be well trained. It's one or the other, for I notice he's dreadfully afraid of belng late to vell, 1 can't cants.” One application of his poetry is sufficient to soothe f{ll-temper and chase the most persistens out of the building. A Massachusetts man whose eyes lit on & joke in a local paper, actually laughed him- self dumb. As this is the first offense of Bay state papers in a cycle of years, crimi- nal action will be suspended on promise of good behavior. During one of the recent evening ses- sions of the honorable senate only three members faced the presiding officer, and Wyoming contributed two of the bunch. Senator Clark gazed lovingly at Senator Warren and whispered, “Senator, the state of Wyoming is altogether too unanimous. I''a goilng home.” Thereupon one-half of ‘Wyoming vanished In the darkness. Farewell, dinner." Puck: Charles—Why don't you like our new clergyman, Cora? Cora—Too_plous Charles—Too plous? Cora—Yes. 1 want a clergyman to be fous and to act plous, but I don't want Rim to Took plous. Chicago News: Husband—I think we had better give up our pew in church during the_summer months, my dear. Wife—Why should 'we do that? Husband—Well, I'm going into the ice business and if there is one thing I detest more than another it is a hypocrite. Detrolt Free Pre afrald to tell papa c told him myself." said F) “And what did he say?" itttle, anxiously. “He sald it was clear that weren't all dead yet." “Since you were our engagement, L sxle Featherly. asked Mr. Doo- the fools Somerville Journal: _Nell—What makes vou think that sister Fan and that young r. Walters that called here last night are engaged? Helle—Because I found three cigars on the mantel when I put the parlor in order (fls morning. Chicago Tribune: “Let me sce—this fs May, {sn't it?" said the man of business, preparing to begin the dictation of a letter to & country customer “No, sir,” frigidly replied his new type- writer girl. “This is Miss Gumford.” TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. FAREWELL Commencement Day, so long our goal, When tollsome lestons would be dorie, We find_instead when it Is reached Fhat they are only well begun. Little of life our few years know— The primer just with hasty look, 8o little learned, so much b The future lies an iturned book. Commencement Day, our childish minds Bow only joy and flowers gay, With gladness dimmed we find that, too, Tt brings the parting of the way. Through all our steps up Learning's road We've shared each other's hopes and Joy#= So short to us the way has been, A merry set of girls and boys. Not as a clnu henceforth we'll be Surrounded b loyal band, Whose Kindly sympathy inspires; In “Life's hard school” alone we stand. Each one must take a self-earned place ‘And demonstrate in world's cold view His power to grasp its problems right An8soive them out and prove them true, No more when rings the old school bell We'll gather where 80 oft we've met, And, though the lessons learned may fade, The scenes and friends we'll ne'er forget. No lapse of years can crowd from s The once familiar rooms and halls, No other place in coming years Wil be to us as these gray walls. No faces when Life's shades draw 'round Will clearer in the mem'ry glow, No names more quick to lip w Than those first learned in long ago. old school! 'Tis hard to break The many ties that bind us here, We linger, loath to say the word That shuts us from a past most dear. Alblon, Neb. CORA A. THOMPSON. The man who reaches and | SESCG—=—-_=—— ONLY THREE WEEKS Now until stock-taking time. tomary to take stock, to clean house, as it were. Twice a year it's cus- We go through® our store the same way and clean up the broken lines and slow selling lots, and from now until July 1 this store ought to interest you, because of the good things it puts in reach at a very low price. This is by no maens a “bargain sale” in the “cheap” sense, but IT I8 three weeks of fine opportunites for buy- ers of men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishings. Take a walk through our children’s and men’s de- partments and see for yourself the numerous bargains shown. NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. King 5@ Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. 8. Wilcox, Manager.