Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 13, 1902, Page 18

B THE OMAMA DAILY EBRE: SUNDAY, ouULY 13, 1902. flmOmmSumvBm E. ROBEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Bee (without $:nday), One n; Bee and Bund; One Year ustrated Bee, Ope Year... lay Bee, One Yea turaay Bee, One Yea: . entieth Century Farmer, One ¥ DELIVERED BY CARRIER. fly Bee (without Sund: (Includi Bee, per copy.. aning Bes (witout yening Eee “week .Complaints of igregularities in delivery ula be addressed to City Circulution rtment. OFFICES. .Omaha—The Bee Bullding. 'I.aulh Omaha—City Hail Bullding, Twen- ty-Aftn l* M Streets. nell Blufts—10 Pearl Street. fl'u,p—xm Unity Building. 'ork—Temple Court. ‘ashington—601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE, munications relating to news and 1| matter should be addressed: ha Bee, Editorfal Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances ghould Be addresmed: The Bee Yubishing Com- aany, Omaha. - REMITTANCES. ~’R4.|=,l by draft, express or postal order, pos! hing Company. e to The Bee Publishing mefi; i THE -———————— ... STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. te of Nebruska, Douglas Couaty, ss.: sven B. Taachuck, secretary X u}::':.n. ng Com a ays that the abtusl numper of full and plete coples of The Dally, Morning, rn‘n( lnx Sunday Bee prini duri) month of June, 1902, was as follows: s D. NGATE Notary Publlc. ZKitchener is home in time to particl- pate In the coronation after all. ——— <As a presidential retreat Oyster Bay his a more euphonious sound, anyway, than Buzzard's Bay. “ —— At is greatly to be feared that Arch- hishop Ireland has made himself a per- * sena non grata to the great yellow jour- nals of the country. es——e—— Little King Alfonso of Spain may not be equal to all the most refined frum- of twentleth century coronating, but he managed to pull off his modest @évent on schedule time. That Panama canal will have to prove & clear pedigree before it can be passed on to Uncle Sam by bill of sale. Uncle Sam Is not often caught buying goods Bot up to what they are represented. S—— “Senator Balley and Senator Tillman gqu to form a team for a double stump- speaking act, with a pugilistic exhibi- the side, if they want to bring z.t.l-lr versatility into plu‘v for the campaign. esme— . President Roosevelt is sald to have fdeas of his ewn upon army uniforms. An the. president wore the uniform in the field himself, he can speak from personal experience, which is really the thing that counts. SE——eem——— Jfieneral Kitchener's ovation in Lon- dgn illustrates the commanding position . ghat can be obtained by a military hero who 1s nmot only brilliantly successful fii 'war, but at the same time an eligible on the matrimonial market. ot E—— 'Some of the women who were pre- \ to outshine one another at the oronation can mow appreciate more Keenly the feeling of & bereaved sister eompelled by unkind fate to go into mourning just after ordering a ball - EnE— .;,'howm()nmofuuuchumh the boast is made that every recom- ' made in his annual messages legislature for the last three with response by enact- Governor Crane should to do it. 4 S— is begluning to dawn upon the reformers that the Omaha fusion 1s again playing into the corporations, just as it the hands of OCharley » Joe Bartley and their ilk on occasions. A few bottles of y advertising pap does the busi- Em———— ceremony at Seattle in con- with the new battleship Ne- ‘Braska included only the laying of the vessel will have to be organ of the into " Joe _ Oklahoma authorities are exerting to draw in as settlers for TIME FOR DECISIVE ACTION. ‘The condition of affairs that prevalls in and about the Winnebago reservation demands prompt. vigorous and decisive nction at the hands of the Interior de- partment. For a number of years the Winnebago Indians have been a source of enormous profit- for a syndicate of land lease speculators and land grab- bers banded together to enrich them- selves at the expense of the ignorant and helpless Indians. This systematic and organized conspiracy to despoil the Winnebagoes was made possible only by the co-operation and connivance of the Indian agent, who is presumed to act as a guardian and protector of the Indians. About five months ago formal charges were preferred against Charles P. Mathewson, agent of the Omaha and Winuebago Indian tribes, supported by abundant proofs to justify his dismissal from the servica It is a matter of notoriety that Mathewson has a record as an absconding bank wrecker that should have barred him forever from any office of public trust. His appoint- ment through former Senator Thurston scandalized the federal service and was severely criticised by the press. To put two tribes of Indians under the supervision of & man of this character was as appropriate as would be to put a wolf in charge of a flock of sheep. To retain such a man in control of the reservation in the face of the notorious fact that he is constantly in close touch with the land speculators and land grab- bers would reflect discredit upon the de- partment. It is a matter of record that fully 40,000 acres of Indian lands have been leased to and sub-leased by half a dozen members of the middleman's land syn- dicate. It Is a matter of record that the head and front of the land syndi- cate was not many years ago indicted for bank wrecking and swindling by the criminal courts of Iowa. It is well known to every man living in the neigh- borhood of the Winnebago reservation that neither this man nor his confed- erates could have secured control of the Indian lands but for the connivance of Agent Mathewson. ” A very conservatlve estimate places the profits of the land syndicate at §100,- 000 a year, and that explains why it has been possible for the Indian land ring to subsidize public officlals and news- papers gnd buy certificates of character from white men and red men. The recent order of the Indian bureau, by which the heirs of deceased Winne- bago Indians will be permitted to sell more than 50,000 acres of allotment lands, affords the land syndicate a long looked for opportunity for making a rich strike. Under the rules of the bureau, these lands are to be appraised tion will form the basis of the purchase. ‘With an accommodating agent it will not be difficult for the ring to clean up balf a million dollars in the next sixty or ninety days in the purchase and sale of these lands. Most of the Winnebago lands are among the choicest and most fertile lands in Nebraska and would regularly sell at from $50 to $60 per acre. - An ap- praisement at $10 below their market value would enable the syndicate to declare a larger dividend on a smaller investment than any concern in the country. There is nothing to hinder the land ring from carrying its latest plot into execution except the prompt and decisive intervention of the com- missloner of Indian affairs or the sec- retary of the interior. That the depart- ment will take such action in the in- terest of good government and for the protection of the Indians we entertaln very little doubt. When Secretary Hitchcock realizes the shrewd game of procrastination which the land grab syndicate has been playing through its backers in securing investigations and re-investigations to gain time for com- pleting their big coup, we feel sure he will put an end to it on short meter. ———— ANOTHER FALSE CHARGE SILENCED. It having been alleged that teachers In the Philippines were attempting to convert Catholics to the Protestant faith, Secretary Root called upon Acting Governor Wright for information and his reply shows that there was not the slightest foundation for the charge. On the' contrary it appears that in the nor- mal school at Manila two of the teach- ers are American Catholics, while there are five In the city schools, and the native teachers, 140 in number, are all of the Catholic faith. Mr. Wright de- clares it to be utterly untrue that there has been any attempt at proselyting and what he states is confifmed by a Catho- lic priest at Manila connected with the school system and of course familiar with all that is going on in the schools. Mr. Wright says that teachers are se- lected without reference to religion and are not allowed to preach or teach re- ligion In schools. . In the course of an address a few days ago, before the National Educational as- soclation, Archbishop Ireland, referring to the reckless and unfounded statements published regarding conditions in the Philippines, said: “I shall nawe in this connection one instance, which 1 am particularly pleased to censure. A little while ago certain Catholic newspapers raised the cry that proselytism was the order of the day in the schools of Manila, the chief officials, it was said, and the teachers in the normal schools being regularly ordained ministers, who divided thelr time between the multi- plication table and tract reading. The matter was investigated and it was dis covered that the chlef offivials and teachers In the normal school were not ministers and that their own good sense, as well as the strict rules of the gov- ernment, held them strictly to secular matters.” - Thus another false charge, manifestly intended to incite prejudice against the administration of affairs in the Philip- plues, has been swept away and the fact shown that the same principle which prevalls in the public schools of the United States obtalns in the Philip- pines. — T0 WHUM CREDIT I DUE. Whatever may be the outcoine of the appeal to the supreme court to compel the assessment of the property and franchises of railroads and other public carrfers for taxation on an equitable basis, the people of Nebruska will owe a debt of gratitude to M. F. Harrington of O'Nelll and John D. Howe and Ed- ward W. Simeral of Omaha for their voluntary and gratuitous labors in pre- paring the briefs and conducting the hearing of this important case. Unlike the suit involving the taxation of the public utllity corporations in Omaha, the rallway tax case, in which fifty times as much property is involved, has not had the financial backing or in- dividual support of any cofimercial body or real estate organization. While The Bee has borne all the expenses in- cidental tor the litigation and has as- sumed the responsibility for the costs; the attorneys have devoted their valu- able time and talents to the work purely from patriotic motives as citi- zens of Nebraska. In the Real Kstate exchange case the legal contest was waged by paid at- torney agalnst pald attorneys. In the rallway tax case the three volunteer at- torneys for the people were arrayed against a phalanx of corporation law- yers whose recognized abilities have found for them rewards in handsome salaries as the regular legal representa- tives of the great corporations. In joining as co-relator with the edi- tor of The Bee, who instituted the pro- ceedings, M. F. Harrington Is entitled to special commendation for sharing the risks and exposing himself to the dis- favor of powerful interests, that sel- dom forget or forgive those who have the courage of their convictions in de- fense of popular rights against cor- porate encroachments. THE LARGE IMMIGHATION. Immigration for the year ending June 80 was the largest in a number of years. During the last eighteen years the smallest number of immigrants was in’ 1898, since which year there has been a steady Increase. Referring to this the United States Investor remarks that the great increase in immigration is not only a register of the enlarged Indus- trial prosperity of this country in re- cent years, but it is in itself a means to an end—namely, the still greater prosperity of the United States. That paper regards the advent of large num- bers of immigrants of the class that are now coming to us as an economic bleu!::. pointing out that it means the more rapid development of our resources and the more rapid creation of national wealth. “For a great many years,” says thé¢ Investor, “there will be room enough in the United States for us and for a great host of newcomers. The latter will come here to work, to make or do some- thing to be given in exchange for some- thing else. For the next few decades at least a heavy lmmigration movement will mean only added prosperity for the ‘country. larger Increase in our industrial produc- tivity and easier and easier conditions of existence for the average American.” This is the practical, common sense view of the matter. During the last ten years our population has been in- creased from immigration to the extent of about 4,000,000. It will not be ques- tioned that these people have added materially by their labor to the wealth of the country and both as producers and consumers have contributed to the general welfare. “ It is a narrow and unpractical policy that would keep out of the country any- one who is sound in mind and body and capable and willing to work. Canada is inviting immigration and offering lberal inducements for it. Some of the countries of South America are doing the same thing. Notwithstanding the large immigration to the United States in the last few years there is a demand for labor, particularly in the west, in excess of the supply. Yet there are still advocates of further restrictions upon immigration and bills are pending in congress, the passage of which will doubtless be urged at the next session, providing for. additional restrictions. There is still room here for all capable and willing workers from abroad who may come and the laws we have regu- lating immigration are ample, if prop- erly enforced, for protection against the incoming of undesirable people. EE———— TRUST QUESTION PARAMOUNT. The democratic congressional cam- palgn managers intend to ,make the trust question paramount, judging from a recknt statement of Chalrman Griggs of the congressional committee. The attempt will be made to discredit the action of the administration and the utterances of President Roosevelt in re- gard to the Industrial combinations. Mr. Griggs professed to think it very amusing that the republican party should assume a position antagonistic to the trusts, although that party en- acted the federal anti-trust law and the republican administration is proceeding to enforce it. The chairman of the democratic con- gressional campaign committee has a poor opinion of publicity as one means of correcting abuses by the industrial com- binations. “Publicity is nothing more than moral suasion,” be said, “which would have about as much effect upon a trust as it would have upon a highway- man” On the other hand Mr. Rich- ardson, the democratic leader in the house of representatives, ‘is of the opinion that good way be accomplished through publicity. “Hull light must be turned on the affairs df trusts in order to accomplish anything in the way of legislation,” he is quoted as saying. “If we oblige the trusts to report the condi- tion of their affairs from time to time we will be in possession of facts which will ald us in acting. Such information will no doubt Be very valuable to con- gress in framing proper and effective It will mean a larger and | legislation.” This 18 in complete ac- cord with what President Roosevelt sald in his first saessage to congress. “The first essential In determining how to deal with the great industrial combina. tions is knowledge of the facts—pub- leity,” said the president. “Publicity is the only sure remedy which we can fow invoke. What further remedies are needed in the way of governmental regulation or taxation can ouly be de- termined after publicity has bgen ob- tained by process of law and:-In the course of administration. The ficst requisite is knowledge, full and complets ~knowledge which may be made public to the world.” This policy the president will undoubt- edly again recommend to congress, to- gether with such other methods of trust regulation and supervision as he shall deem judicious and practicable. The ouly plan upou which the democrats are agreed 18 that of cuiting off tarift dutles, They see an opportunity to strike at the protective policy amd will make the most of it, quite indifferent as to what the cousequences migut be to individual or independent industries and to the in- terests and welfare of labor. The cam- paign is to be prosecuted rather for the promotion of free trade thun against the trusts, for it Is to be borne in mind that | when the democrats hau control ot con- gress aud the presidency they did noth- ing hostile to the trusts. Democrats like Mr. Griggs may affect to be amused by the position of Presi- dent Roosevelt regarding the great in- dustrial combinations and attempt to discredit Lis utterances, but the large majority of the people, it is not to be doubted, believe him to be in earnest Yand that he will exert all proper and | legitimate influence to have enacted such legislation dealing with the combi- nations us he thinks necessary and prac- ticable. E— And now King Victor Emanuel is on his way to visit with Czar Nicholas in St. Petersburg in conformity with the rules of royal etiquette that govern the interchange of royal courtesies. If the international calling list concerned only the royal personages, who became one another’s guests, the people of the dit- ferent countries would doubtless be pleased to have the privilege of wit- nessing the passing show. But when it is realized that the spectators pay the bills in the form of civil list appropria- tions out of the budget, they might be contented with a cheaper exhibition or at any rate with a less coptinuous per- formance. We suppose, however, that in countries that must have kings, the kings must be amused. Among other things provided for in the Philippine legislation enacted by con- gress is a census of the inhabitants, on which representation in its assembly is ultimately to be based. Here s a chance for the Omaha school teachers who have been serving as school census enumerators to put the experfence they have gained to still more practical uses. Nothing in the new law bars women from taking the census of the Filipinos. Nothing longer prevents Aguinaldo from inflicting himself on the country from the lecture platform, except, pos- sibly, his own exalted estimate of his value for accumulating gate money and the reluctance of the managers to specu- late on his success as an attraction. These obstacles, however, are not in- surmountable and Aguinaldo may yet enter the talking race for American dol- lars before his notoriety wanes. — A New York national bank is con- testing in the courts the validity of the tax on its undivided profits imposed under the war revenue act now repealed. In these days of prosperity the banks have undivided profits that could be taxed as contrasted with the perlod within the memory of all when the con- stant losses were busily reducing sur- plus figures. e— Announcement is made that Hill, Ol- ney, Pattison and others of their brand of democracy are to be invited to par- ticipate in the Illinois campaign under the patronage of the democratic state committee. The Iliinois committee might as well strike the name of Bryan off their speakers' list at once if there has been any thought of an invitation for him. —————— Quite 8 commotion has been precipi- tated by the free distribution of 1,000 bonnets just executed,in New York— but the reciplents of the gifts are horses and the donors the Soclety for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals. A much greater commotion would have been pre- cipitated had the bonnets been built for women instead of equines. There Were Others. Detroit Free Prese. The consensus of opinion throughout the country, as gathered from exchanges, is that the guest of honor was not the only monkey at the notorious dinner in which the swell cottagers at Newport participated. —_—— “Don’t Prophesy Unless You Kuow.” Boston Globe. Prot. Alexander Graham Bell is certainly rash it he has said, as reported, that wiré- less telegraphy will never be made prac- ticable for service on land. In this age of wonders it s dangerous to declare that anything is absolutely impossible. uccceds the Sword. Baltimore American. The Boer generals in thelr contest for Justice have laid down the sword, it is true, but in its place they taken up the mightiest weapon of modern times, and will write their side of the history of the war with Great Britain. And it they can write as well and convincingly as they can fight, they will make some very interesting reading. Faith Curists Hit the Dectors. Chicago Chronicle. Mrs. Eady is quite right in caliing atten- tion to the fact that a few weeks ago 2,000 physicians gathered in St. Paul's thedral and prayed for the recovery of King Edward. The circumstance lmplles that, after all, the medical {raternity is not so skoptical of the faith cure as it professes to be in dealing with Christian Sclence, Dowielsm and other systems of mental therspeutics. It likewise implies that the medical man in the last analysis relles upon Providence rather than drugs. Moral, Abolish Pockets. Washington Post A 8t. Louls court has decided that it 1s both legal and proper for a wife to go through her husband's pockets and take what money she may find. It is a decl- slon which will tend to help along that sartorial reform which is designed to do away with pockets in men’s clothing. Era of Gemerous Gifts. New York Tribune. This is the generation of generous gifts above all others. In the history of man- kind, when was there ever an era in which liberal benefactions were more consplcu- ous? Colleges and churches, hospitals and asylume, houses of rellef, Institutions of every sort which do good, have been en- dowed and equipped with lavish bounty. He War Looking for Trouble. Washington Post. An Arkansas gentleman started out the other day to dynamite a neighbor of whom he did not approve. The latter perceived his approach and, suspecting that his in- tentions might be of the strenuous variety, landed a rille ball directly in the pocket in which the dynamite was located. In case they are able to prove the corpus delicti there may be some litigation over the matter. Pipe Dreams of a Piper. Minneapolls Times. Omaha mourns the loss of its only lake. It was a rather pretty little body of water formed by the damming of a stream. Hotels and recreation grounds e It ‘an at- tractive summer resort for the people of | eastern Nebraska, and Omaha set great | store by it, as lakes are very scarce in that part of the country. The heavy rains of the last few days caused the waters cf the lake to overflow the dam and weaken it and finally the barrier burst and Omaha’s lake quickly found its way,into the muddy Missouri. The hotels face a most unpleasant mudhole and guests have fled to their homes or found quarters at other watering places. The people of Omaba make a great mistake in remaining where they are when they could come to Minne- sota and have their choice of thousands of reliable and well behaved lakes of every concelvable size and form. Twe Kinds of Silver Men. Chicago Chronicle (dem.) Many excellent democrats will sympa- thize with the stanch democratic newspa- peér at Indlanapolls, which, in wrestling with Mr. Bryan, ims: “The Sentinel has always been a bi- metallist, but never a —— fool. The same may be sald of the democratic party of Indiana.” The democrats of Indlana took the lib- erty this year to ignore the silver ques- tion in the interest of harmony, and the gentleman from Lincoln, Neb., objected. He accused them of timidity and treach- ery. He withheld his blessing. He found nothing in the platform, embodying well- recognized democratic principle he could commend. He was not the so-called democrats of Indiana were not republicans. The retort of the Semtinel may not be parliamentary, but it covers the ground pretty well. Dr. Harper and Sensationalism. Denver Republican. President Harper of the University of Chicago had something te say to the Na- tional Education assoclation in Minneapolis about sensationalism the university. According to Dr. Harper a professor abuses his privilege who takes advantage of a classroom exercise to propagate par- tisan political views, or who seeks in any way to Influence his pupils or the public by sensational methods. Dr. Harper has suffered more from the sensational professor than has any other university president In recent years, and no doubt he epeaks from his somewhat bitter experience. Probably he had the case of Prof. Triggs in mind when he de- clared that the professor who falls to use common sense abuses his privilege. The stand taken by the president of the Uni- versity of Chicago is eminently proper, and it is to be hoped that it will have some effect in shutting off the unwise professor, who, if anything, is a shade worse than the unwise preacher who stoops to sensational methods. The day of sensationalism has passed, whether it is in the pulpit, in the class- room or in journalism. In all these great modern forces the people are looking for instruction and enlightenment and there is the sensational professor or the sensational editor. —_— IS THERE TOO MUCH HUSTLE? Present Pace Belleved to Be Too Switt for Comfort. San Francisco Chronicle. Do our business men get more out of life than their forefathers got out of it & hundred years ago? In certain directions it is quite evident that they do. are more ways of baving fun, there more things to do, it is far easler to go about. And yet it seems to be true, also, that people have less time, nowadays, and take less real, solid comfort than did their grandfathers. It has been lately discovered that the individual of today is Ofty times as able to supply his material wants as was the individual of one hun- dred years ago. That is to say, the pro- ductive power of the race has increased fitty fold. It would seem reasonable to suppose that under these conditions a man today would have far more leisure than ever man had before. But the truth is the man of today is dreadfully pressed for time; he is “driven to death,” as he sometimes puts it, by his terrible soclal and business responsibilities. He rushes off trom a hasty breakfast to board an ex: press traln, to be whirled to his tel phong and typewriter and other devices for saving time. Everybody, nowadays, is out of politeness supposed to be over head and ears busy—busy in trade, busy in his profession, busy soclally. We are con- tinually hearing people say “I have no time for anything” It is the fashion to be overwhelmed with engagements and pressed for time. If there is a death In the family, the clergyman Is hurriedly summoned by telephone to perform the funeral services. Personal letters are dashed off on & typewriter, because this suggests rushing employment; and the re- sult is that the growing generation of young men does not know how to write & letter with the proper forms of saluta- tion and superscription. Now the moral of this tale is that while & moderate degree of “hustle” may be a 1 and it is not with us a huge joke, or an assumed affectation, and instead of being the masters of time, we are really the slaves of time, and things have got us under the saddle and are riding us, we to Bmerson, “Why so hot, my little man?" SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. Cleveland Plain Dealer: There is some worry again ovir (he fact that while the Ppastor is away on hLis hot weather vacation the Indefatigable chief of the brimstone ranch & right on the spot and ready for business all the time. He doesn't even permit himself a Saturday half-holiday. St. Louls Globe-Democrat: It a compro- mise be necessary om the Phillippine friar question it will be one in which the United States will not give up ite stand on the school issue. The friars will not be permitted to handle any of the state moneys in school The separation between church which {s decreed in the constitu- be insisted on. All religions will ted alike by the United States gov- ernment. Indianapolis Journal: = A Cathollc au- thority in Baltimore makes the surprising announcement that the Catholic church fis losing ground in the United States. The number of Catholics In the United States in 1902 is 10,076,757, which s 2,675,300 more than in 1890, but during that period the number of Roman Catholic immigrants was 2,706,185. Thus the loss in twelve years, without taking into account the natural in- crement from births and conversions, has been 20,78¢. The loss is attributed to members dropping out of the church into athelsm. New York Sun: The “Saints,”” a sect of belated but still hopeful Millerites, waited at Binghamton from Thursday until Sun- day night for the end of the world. Then they adjourned for a season. They still nurse the unconquerable belief that this oblate epherold is a bad risk and the last scene of the last act of this tragic-comedy is getting mighty near. There have been such dreamers for ages and they die with- out the sight they long for. Excellent per- sons all, but eomewhat too full of that haste which takes the grace from every | action. 'Tis a good old world, this, and | some of us like it so well that we are in no hurry to leave or to see it leave us. Even If the end is to come this week or next, why must we buy tickets to Bing. hamton? A noble town, no doubt, and a few days there may reconcile the sojourner to the departure of the world. Still, Bing- hamton seems a curious place to_go for a spectacle. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE, “Old Probabilities” is acquiring s large reputation as an old 3 That monkey dinner at Newport may be clacsed as a tender tribute to the poor re- lations of the host. “The American Plunderbund” s the latest variant for “plutocracy” in demo- cratic nomenclature. Statuary memorials to public men are growing In favor, enabling sculptors to cut quite a figure In things Inanimate. Nature's tearful moods have their compen- sation. So far we have been spared the greefing, “Ie it hot enough for Advocates of classic music should molsten | their hands and take a fresh grip, A band- master speaks of ragtime as the “limburger of music.” It is estimated there are only seventy genuine buffaloes in the country. The mongrel 1l-cent variety were not consid- ered in the guess. 5 The Boston Globe cheérily remarks, “Sin- day woke up with a frown, but went" to slecp with a smile.” Evidently the side door ylelded to the pressure. Although the race horeé named Death ‘s’ handicapped by the absence of his running mate, Taxes. The team is esteemed a sure thing. Managers of the New York aquarium thought they had secured a real octopus, but the armed wriggler turned out to be a chan- nomureana vittata. It seemed the managers side-stepped Wall street in their search. The projected war on mosquitoes may be a public benefit, yet the festive twilight singer bas some commendable qualities. When other things fail the mosquito bill makes people come up to the scratch. The whirliglg of time makes strange com- binations. One of Holland's submarine boats, orginally designed to further a Fenlan movement for the freedom of Ire- land, has been added to the British navy. The Department of Agriculturs, tn s plquant monograph on bedbugs, gives the pulling down a purse mow and then he is| DOMESTIO PLEASANTRIES. Brooklyn Life: Cousin Madge—8So you . [rere in love! And did she return your ove? Bertie—Na, and worse still, she didn't re- turn any of the presents I gave her. Detrolt Free Press: He—l already have the house and #00n As we're married we can go to housekeeping right away. But does my angel know how to cook? Bhe (sweetly)~No, but my mother does. Chicago Tribune: *“Do you mean to tell me, Miss Quickst demanded the young man, pale with wrath and mortification, "lhl,t you're tired of my coming 1o ses ot “No, Mr. 8 ald, gently, “Not at all. find It out without my hi amore.” sif hopin ng to tell you." New York Times: Mrs. Benham-—The doctor savs that I crave things that don't agree with me. nham—That's nothing; I once had the same trouble. rs. Benham-—-When was that? Benham—When I married you. Philadelphia Press: “I've brought back this motto you painted for my parior,” sald the old-fashioned man. “You seem to think t. that?' replied the sign- it read, ‘What is home NO CASTE BEYOND THE GRAVE. - i James Barton Adams in Denver Post. Oh! ve who poise a lordly head In haughty xold-emlufvvfldq Who walk the streets with kingly tread And brush the honest poor aside, Who think the toflers but the scum Of eurth and always in the way, Know you the time will surely come When you will be as poor as they?, That death will level king and There'll be no caste beyond th You look with proud and cold disdain On those who toll for daily bread; The clanking of the labor chain You hear with careless toss of head. You never shake a poor man's hand Unless you have an ax to grind— Some new ambition to be fanned From coal to flame, but keep in mind Death knows no master, knows no slave— There'll be no caste beyond the grave. This life is as a quick-drawn breath i Compared unto eternity; Tis but a span from birth to death, Then out upon the shoreless sea We drift, and there the man of pride Who was a king upon the earth Must float as equal side by side With tellow man of humbler birth. He cannot ride a private wave— There'll be no caste beyond the grave. TiIl crack of doom wise men may preach f universal brotherhood, With tongues inspired may strive to teach That principle so grand and good, But just so long as gold 18 god And purse-pride sways the human hear( A battlemen® both high and broad Will keep the rich and poor apart, But death will equal lord and o There'll be no caste beyond the grave. For the man who goes through the world these days without providing some means for his future happiness 4nd that of his family. A lberal En- dowment Policy in the Equitable Life Assurance Soclety, for a period of years that wllll make the payment of premiums a pleasurs, instead of a burden, will take care of both: Many Good Companies Only One Best comforting information that the anclent Romans were pestered just as some mod- erns are. The information is important, in view of the rage for antique furniture and fixtures. 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The success of tkis colonization plan les mainly in the fact that the rail ways represented by Dr. Smytise—the Gould and Harriman lines—allow thetr applicants to select 100 acres of land each, bulld them houses and barns and allow them ten years to pay for thelr property. Such terms are very attractive to people of small means, and especially to those who are unable to make more than a bare lyelihood from small farms in the east. What is true of these railways is true to a lesser extent of some of the other systems. The Santa Fe, the Union Pacific and the Rock Island roads have all exerted themselves recently to nd. , independent movements, the general tendemcy toward western emigration Is noticed throughout the east. It is more marked than at any other time since the great “boom’ period. The years of depression almost entirely cut off this westward movement, but with the return of prosperity, and especially with the high prices commanded by farm prod- ucts the last few years, there has come about an inevitable desire on the part of easterners and Europeans of agricultural lite to the better opportunities of the west. In the middle and New England states, because of the den: population farm lands still command higher prices than they do in the west, and yet they are incapable of equal production per acre. Wh sell thelr old farms and for the momey received buy perbaps twice as much and better land in the west the imcentive to emigrate becomes very strong. Aside from the general satistaction that ust come to all western people from the Increasing population, there is additional gratification in the genmeral character of the new settlers. 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