Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 30, 1902, Page 18

i | Se—— It is-a little curlous that the Cramps Shipbullding company, in the same cir- cular in which is announced the’ omis- slon of the usual dividend on its stock, ‘asserts that its profits have increased. E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. aily Bee (without Sunday,, One Year.! ily Bee and Sunday, One Year.. dllustrated Bee, One Year.. Bunday Bee, Une Year..... Saturday Bee, One Year... Twentleth Century Farmer, One Year.. DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy Batly Bee (without Bunday), per week. Bee (ncluding Sunday), per week..1jc Bon nday Bee, per copy . be Evening Bee (without Sunday JEvening Bee (ncluding Sunday), [ week . Complaints of irregularities in deiivery should be addressed 1o City Circulation De- partment. OFFICES. gmaha—The Bee Bullding, South Omunacity Hall Bullaing, Twen- ty-fifth and M Streets. , Council Bluffs—10 Pear] Street. } Chicago—1640_Unity Bullding New York 2228 Park Row Butlding. . 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HUNGATE, (Seal) Notary Public. — President Roosevelt will show us again that a state document can be also a lit- erary production. The Cobden club sounds its annual free trade keynote at London, but the cry even in England is growing fainter and fainter. E————————— Congressman Loud should not take his defeat so much to heart. There are other congressmen who failed of re-elec- tion in the recent contest. ‘What a stroke of fortune that Thanks- glving day l-’ located on the calendar ahead of both the opening of congress and the convening of the legislature. | Congressman Littlefield says he is not yet prepired to announce his retirement as a candidate for the speakership. Such an announcement, in fact, is a useless formality. e——— Between health foods and correspond- ence schools of physical culture guar- anteed to prolong human life the life insurance business should be decldedly on the up grade. President Mitchell's experience in the coal strike inquiry ought to stand him in good stead in case he should later want to go into the expert testimony business and make a living, S— . In addition to the. so-called idea” regarding the tariff, it appears that there is an “lowa reciprocity scheme” which Governor Cummins 1s to exploit at the banquet of the Nonpar- Alsan National Reciprocity league at Chicago. “lowa E—— It does not appear just why Dave Mercer has not filed the statement of campalgn expenses required by law. But so far as information is concerned, At uinkes little difference, unless he would'make a statement of very differ- ent character from the notoriously false exhibits filed in his previous campaigus. EEE—e———— . And now the declaration is made on scientific authority. that pop corn is an excellent food product whose value, es- peclally for children, is not properly ap- lated. Before it can compete with \he favorite prepared cereals, however, it will have to be christened by some other name and be advertised exten- sively under a popular trade mark. It should not be overlooked that Krupp, the great gunmaker, who at the time of his death, a week ago, was by far the richest man in Germany, has left two young daughters as sole helrs to his fortune. If turn about Is fair play, these young ladies should, in the due course of time, contract American alliances to offset the American helr- esses who bave been annexed by titled foreigners. EETa— A declaration by Senator Depew is be- ing quoted to the effect that In his opinion overcapitalization operates as a mstraint upon great combinations, be- cause in pressing their credit to the Wmit by capitalizing prospective as well &8 present profits they become an easy mark for competing concerns. How to reconcile this specious plea, however, “with the notorious fact that were It not for the profits attendant upon over- capltalization gathered in from the stock-jobbing operations the waln, in- centive for these combinations would be wanting, presents a puzzling propo- sition. Semator Depew should furnish # dlagram with his argument. BIDDEN HERUES. “Herolsm in Everyday Life” is the title of a suggestive article by 8. Welr Mitchel! in the current Century Maga- zine, embodying the results of an In quiry instituted through a newspaper clipping burean Into published accounts of heroic conduct involving the risking of one human life to save another from death or danger. The records secured in this way, necessarily partial and in- complete, numbered in ten months 1,163, which, when sifted down by a process of exclusion, cutting out those inspired by special relationship, left 717 exam- ples of men, women and children who took grave risks to save persons in peril without any selfish object what- ever. Claseified still further, the ex- hibit disclosed 258 attempts to save from drowning, 164 efforts to rescue from fire, 61 acts of self-devoted cour- age on the part of engineers, brakemen, switchtenders or rallway employes, 48 Instances where persons not in the rail- road employ made like efforts to save the lives of children, women or drunken men from the swift approach of trains and a miscellaneous list numbering 156. While Dr. Mitchell discusses instruc- tively the lessons and conclusions to be drawn from the statistics he has gath- ered, we wish here to draw attention chlefly to the hidden heroism of which these records afford but a glimpse. Self- sacrifice or unselfish devotion manifests itself usually in forms that avold pub- licity. Brass band charity that advertises itselt by ostentatious contributions to public institutions 1s really overshad- owed by the innumberable instances in which much-needed help is privately ex: tended to suffering humanity, conform- Ing to a conception of personal duty. The endowment of colleges, libraries and schools, with a view to perpetuating the name of the donor, while calling for commendation and encouragement, Is not to be compared with the devotion required te forego educational advan- tages in order that a sister or brother way enjoy a course at college. So in '969 | the examples of strikingly heroic con- duct, the heroism is largely the product of the opportunity, and the very fact that courageous gallantry is so often exhibited when the helpless are in im- minent peril is best evidence of the ex- istence of a hidden army of heroes who stand ready to go to the front whenever their call comes. JUDGES IN POLITICS. The question to what extent judges on the bench should participate in politics is still being discussed as an echo of the recent campaign.. From the abstract standpoint there is no room for dispute that political proselyting should not be allowed to interfere with judicial func tions. When the judge goes on the bench he is expected to lay aside politics and creed, as well as personal favoritism, and to interpret the law .without dis- crimination or partiality. To use the in- fluence of his judicial position on the bench to promote political partisanship off the bench is also admitted to be of questionable propriety. On the other hand, because a lawyer dons the judicial robes does not necessarily deprive him of his right of citizenship or his right to express his views on men and measures even though they jnvolve political is- sues. In this commection a statement by Judge Grosscup of the federsl circuit court at Chicago, called forth by criti- e¢lsm of his action in presiding over a republican raily in the recent campaign, expresses the most sensible view of the matter, Among other things the judge say Is not the real objection to a judge at- tending political meetings fact that participation in politics offends—whether rightly or wrongly makes no difference—a large portion of our ngighbors and con- stituents? The not wishing to give offe: the main reason that would keep me away trom a political meeting. But that, too, has its limitations. * ¢ * So far as promotior. in the judicial line is concerned 1 have always felt that it would come, It it came at all, from the quality of-the serv- ice on the bench and from nothing else. Had I considered participation in a political meeting In connection with promotion the argument would have been -nln-t rather than for golng there. And he concludes by unn( The ideal judge is the ome who the moment he ascends the bench leaves the world bbhind him, allowing his judgment to swing as the pendulum swings, just to the influences of the courtroom. Nor is it s0 difficult to do that as the layman thinks. When the judge is off the bench he ought to be like any other self-respecting man among men. This puts the whole question in a ‘nut shell. Summed up in a word judges In politics are not half so dangerous as politiclans on the bench. T— MINISTER WU'S LAST WURD. That able man of affairs as well as ac- complished diplomat, Wu Ting-fang, in his address to the business men of San Francisco pressed upon them a lesson which they, in common with the mer- chants and manufacturers of the United States generally, have been too slow in learning. His point is the necessity of studying amd conforming to the business methods of the Chinese if we would in- crease business In that vast market to the possible maximum, t» promote which the late minister is now returning to China to become head of the department of commerce, In foreign trade Americans have fallen short of their opportunity by inappre- clation of the tastes, habits and demands of the customers. It is singular that business men alert and eager to cater to the demands of their own public should be so slow with respect to the people of other countries who have peculiarities as marked as our own. But until com- paratively recently the dominating ob- ject of Awmerican manufacturers and merchants was almost solely the supply of the American market. For years the consular reports have teemed with eom- plaints that they refuse to comply with foreign requirements in quality and pat- tern of goods and wethods of packing, | as well as with the system of credits and THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: other customs of forelgn peoples. This has been especially true with regard to the countries of Central and South America, our near neighbors and friends, and we have undoubtedly fallen far short of what we might have accom- plished in trade in those markets be- cause we have not equalled our Ruro- pean competitiors in catering to thelr pecullarities. But if the rule applies to the Latin American markets, Wu Ting-fang does not too much emphashee it with regard to a people of such marked peculiarity and so immovably set in their ways and prejudices as the Chinese. The door to the well-nigh {llimitable market of 400,- 000,000 of people there is opening. Trans- portation is solved on a basis of great advantage to Americans. The sole fur- ther condition of success lies in conform- ing to the advice glven hy the former Chinese minister. THE RECIPROCITY MOVEMENT. The convention soon to be held at Detroit to discuss and urge commercial reciprocity will at least have the effect to revive public Interest In the subject, if it shall have no other result. Since the Buffalo speech of President McKin- ley, In which he sald that “reciprocity Is the natural outgrowth of our wonder- ful industrial development under the do- mestic policy mow firmly established” and that “reciprocity treaties are in harmony with the times,” the question has received a great deal of attention. The reciprocity pollcy was endorsed by a number of the republicun convewtions of this year. Yet there are still many who are opposed to it'and it cannot be confidently asserted that the policy is approved by a majority of the people. It Is stated that the object of the De- troit convention is to specially urge reciprocity with Cuba and with Canada. A treaty intended to establish closer commercial relations with the island re- public is being framed and will probably be ready for submission to congress at the coming session. It is the under- standing that President Roosevelt will again earnestly advocate reciprocity with Cuba as a matter of national duty and honor and a public expression in sup- port of this view may prove helpful to the administration in its efforts to induce congress to ratify a treaty. There is no indication that Cuban reciprocity has gained supporters in congress since the last sesslon, theugh it probably is some- ‘what stronger. As to reciprocity with Canada there is no prospect of its attainment in the near future, or indeed until that country shall show a better disposition regarding {ssues awaiting settlement and abandon its unwarranted claims in connection with the Alaskan boundary. There is a strong sentiment in New England favor- able to closer trade relations with the Dominion and this is shared to some extent in the northwest, but there will be nothing done in this direction so long as Canada adheres to the position taken in the joint high commission in making the settlement of the quéstions sub- mitted to that body contingent upon the concession of her demands in Alaska. The advocates of reciprocity with the Dominion urge that our government should now take the initiative in asking that the joint high commission be ‘re- convened, but as Senator Lodge said in regard to this proposition, tbe United States will not go hat in hand to Can- ada and ask for a renewal of negotia- tions that were terminated because of the attitude of that country in respect to Alaska, which it still maintains. The joint high commission was created at the instance of our government, which has always been desirous of effecting a fair and just settlement of the matters in controversy between the Dominion and this country. The failure of the commission to accomplish anything was due to Canada and it is not incumbent upon the United States to ask for the reconvening of the commission. Commercial reciprocity is one of the live and important questions, relating particularly to the expansion of our for- eign trade. It theretore merits the most careful consideration and the iaterest of all who are concerned in the growth of our external commerce. e—— OULTIVATING AMERICAN GUOD WILL. President Castro of Venezuela appears disposed to cultivate the good will of the United States. In a recent interview he sald that his country entertains cor- dlal and sympathetic friendship for the United States and desires the closest relations with this country. He added that the Monroe doctrine is of the great- est possible importance and value and that the motto oOf the United States should be accepted by the Pan-Ameri- can natlons, which should be bound in indissoluable ties of comity and friend- ship. These are commendable sentiments, whatewer may be thought of their sin- cerity, and they express what ought to be the prevailing feeling throughout the South American republics. Venezuela has, indeed, a special reason for feeling friendly toward the United States. A few years ago this country interposed in a controversy that bad become very serious for the southern republic and uugceeded in having the issue submitted to arbitration. That was an instance involving danger to Vepezuelan terrl- tory and called for an application of the Monroe doctrine. But the other coun- trtes of South America have reason to be friendly toward and to cultivate the good will of the United States for the security that has been given them against possible forelgn aggression. While the rival European nations have been conquering, colonizing and dividing Asla, Africa and extending their sway over vast areas, in the period eince the Monroe doctrine was declared, their holdings in the western hemisphere have not been increased. Respect for that principle, stronger. now than ever, has excluded the Spanish-American repub- of conquest, which have been in prog- ress throughout the rest of the world. For this protection and security the United States should have the hearty good will of every southern republic, yet evidence Is not lacking that the people of some of them are mot friendly to this country, though most willing to ac- cept its assistance whenever trouble arises with a foreign government. As soon as Venezuela, for example, was seriously threatened by Great Britaln and Germany, she looked to the United States to see that no injustice was done and she is still expecting moral support from this country in the efforts to effect an amicable adjustment of the difficulty. The independent countries of this hemi- sphere owe a great debt of gratitude to the United States and there is no ex- cuse for the distrust and suspicion with which some of them regara us. We should have their unqualified friendship and confidence, which we have made every effort, even to the extent of en- dangering our own peace, to obtain, NATIONAL LIVE STOCK SUPBRVISION The outbreak of contaglous cattle disease in the vicinity of Boston strik- ingly fllustrates the importance of the forelgn market to the live stock pro- ducers of the United States and of the system of national inspection and quar- antine in maintaining it. The price of the export surplus has a vital influence on domestic prices. To have the foreign market suddenly closed would be a blow that would be severely felt on every farm and cattle range throughout the west, and in fact by every Interest of the community. Even the temporary closing of the single port of Boston to transit of western cattle must cause great loss and excite universal appre- hension. It is certain that if there were not an efficient system of federal quarantine the infection of cattle in New England would be speedily followed by Indis- criminate exclusion of Amerlcan live stock from all European markets. The European countries are exceedingly Jealous of our live stock interests and their own cattle growers and farmers would eagerly take advantage of such a situation, as has been repeatedly demon- strated. It is not unlikely that serious effort will now be made in this direction. The power to close great ports and to embargo extensive districts is an impe- rial one, and its use by the national gov- ernment in the inspection and quaran- tine regulations was strenuously op- posed on this score. But obviously noth- ing less could be adequate. , The interest to be guarded is a national interest, dnd one of the greatest of national interests. The authority of the sfates separately falls far short of meeting the emergeéncy. The movement of cattle is essentially interstate, reaching from Texas.to Mon- tana and from the ranges to the corn- growing states, while from the- latter through the eastern ports to final mar- ket it is international. It will, we are sure, prove fortunate that the national government has been clothed with power g0 safeguard this movement at every stage. RESTORE- TRE CANTEEN. Perhaps congress at the coming ses- sion will not be disposed to restore the army canteen, which was abolished at the last session as a concession to pro- hibition sentiment, but the facts made public by the War department from re- ports of army officers present what must seem to unprejudiced people to be an irresistible appeal for the early res- toration of the canteen. Instead of its abolition being promotive of tem- perance in the army, it is shown most conclusively that it has been conducive to intemperance. Hundreds of saloons have been opened near military posts, with the result that drunkenness has greatly increased, desertions have be- come more numerous, discipline has been impaired and there has come both physical and moral deterioration. Not a post commander has yet expressed the opinion that the abolition of the canteen has had a beneficial effect. This condition of affairs should not be permitted to continue and congress ought to accept without question the uniform and unqualified testimony of the officers of the army on the subjecr. Of course the prohibitionists will make a strong fight to have the law stand, but all the arguments and claims they made to secure Its passage have been utterly confuted and discredited. The opinion of the federal court of appeals at St. Louis is remarkable for flatly overruling the decislon of the Iowa courts on a point involving construction of the state constitution. The lowa su- preme court recently held that bonds issued by a water plant and to be paid out of a special tax are not to be reck- oned as within the 5 per cent coustitu- tional limitation on municipal indebted- ness, and the federal court of appeals now holds the exact contrary. The case will go to the supreme’ court of the United States, and the attorney general will iutervene on behalf of Iowa. The point is of great interest because the decision of the state supreme court opened the way for a multitude of cities and towns to provide and operate mu- nicipal utilities, a method of supplying light, water and the llke which has proved highly satisfactory where the municipalities have been free to try it. whereas the contrary ruling keeps them at the mercy of private franchised cor- porations. mm—— The unofficial membership roll for the Fifty-eighth congress shows that the po- litical parties will divide in the house with 208 republicans and 178 demo- crats, leaving the republican majority exactly thirty. This is uwot quite as large a republican preponderance as in the present house, but in view of the positive claims of the democrats that they would take & majority of the con- gressien chosen at the recest election SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1902. lies from territorial ralds and campaigns | it looks pretty substantial I cold figures. Renewed efforts are foreshadowed to promote further legislation restricting foreign immigration into this country, with a view to putting the bars up against all who are not able to read and write their own language. The extrem- ists are getting very particular these days. If such a restriction bad been enforced upon the fathers of the repub- lic a great many of our most useful citi- zens would not be here today. The trustees of the Carnegie institu- tion have had advice tendered them as to how to spend the money at their dis- posal, embracing nearly every con- ceivable scheme except the establish- ment of an endowed newspaper. We suggest that if they want to make a ten-strike they might furnish the public with a newspaper that does not need the money from elther subscribers or advertisers. From the strenuous way the Western Union s bucking the removal bf the tele- graph poles by the Pennsylvania Rail- road company from its right of way, fn- dications are that a franchise to use the public highway must be worth having and worth fighting for, although when it comes to the matter of taxation it is so freely represented as worthless. No Royal Road in Sight. Boston Globe. An Interesting light on the subject of government ownership of rallways comes from Victoria, Australia, where the 10,000 employes of the government railway, de- feated in an attempt to elect legislators who would raise their pay and shorten their hours, are threatening to strike. Evidently there is no royal road to industrial peace. Unkindest Cut of AlL Boston Transcript. The most unkindest cut of all to Mr. Bryan is the decision of the state of Ne- braska to invest $300,000 of it ‘hool fund in Massachusetts gold bonds. Times have changed wonderfully in Nebraska and elsewhere since 1896, and Nebraska has changed with them, being now a republican state that insists on making investments on the gold d basl N— A Mischievous Notion, Chicago Chronicle. Pension Commissioner Ware decrees that women clerks who get married must resign their places, maintaining ghat when a woman marries she should be supported by her husband. This doct™ne will be deemed mischievous and revolutionary by a very numerous class of citizens who hold—and exemplify—the theory that a woman who gets married should expect. to support her husband. Truth in Diploma: Portland Oregonian, Minister Wu, among other .good thlnn in his goodbye speech, said that the age of deception on' the part of the diplomat is gone. Freely interpreted, this means that the modern diplomat K is not sent abroad to lie for his country. Perhaps a large part of the generous and friendly estimation in which Minister Wu is held in this country is due to his practice of this new order of things in diplomacy. Education of Indian Chi) Minneapolis Times, If the Indians of the Santee and Omaha reservation in Nebraska have petitioned for the admission of their children to the reg- ular district schools, all honor to the In- dians. They state In supgort of their re- quest that Indlan schildren are likely to be- come civilized more rapidly if they are per- mitted to mingle with the whites in_the days of their childhood. They believe their children will be inspired with a higher am- bition and better fitted to make a success- ful struggle for a livelihood. This may not be quite in Jine with the theory of the In- dian Right ociation, but If it means that the Indians are becoming impressed with the idea that the best thing for a man, whether he be red, white or black, is to go out into the world and work for a living, there is that much gained. rem. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE, A ecientific Investigation of the phe- nomena of sleep states that many people go through life without having been really wide-awake. Evidently the investigation was conducted in Kansas City. The striking school children of Chicago had their grievances settled in the wood- shed in the usual affectionate manner. The soothing influence of the parental slipper applied to the right spot at the right time seems to defy the changes of time. St. Louls has a real heroine in Mrs. Al- wilde Lill, who risked her life to rescue a pet cat from the perilous perch it had taken to lead an evening serenade. Mrs. Lill dropped fifteen feet, sprained an ankle and battered three ribs, but the cat escaped in- Jury. A young woman applicant for a rural schoul In Kansas was questioned by the ex- amining board: “Wha your position upon whipping children My usual posi- tion,” responded the applicant, “is on a chalr, with the child held firmly across my knee, face downward.” She got the job. When the attorney general of Arkansas reminded the governor of that state that he (the governor) was a stranger to truth; a rude hoot of joy echoed through the office of the Fort Spith News-Record and Andrew Jackson Kendrick danced a midway l'o- step out of sheer ecstacy. A coroner's jury in New York, after ex- ercislng its collective gray matter for a fortnight, declares that no one is to blame for the explosion of fireworks in Madison square on election night, by which fifteen persons were killed and scores injured. Like the cowboy gun In border days, the fire- ‘works “went off spontaneously. A Nebraska farmer who witnessed a game of foot ball for the first time on Thankegiv- ing day gives his impressions of the game in pleturesque style. ‘“Nothing new about it,"” he sald. “Just let twenty big hogs out on & soft fleld any day and then throw down & peck or 80 of corn in a sack, and see 'em go for it, and you'll know about what a game of foot ball looks to & furmer.” In its berolc efforts to attain the emi- nence of a model city St. Louls is cutting novel capers. A bunch of thirety nelghbors tendered a cow bell serenade to a mewly married couple and demanded the custo- mary keg of beer. The bridegroom gen- erously responded, and filled a few of the crowd with a charge of birdshot. It was just as effective as beer in scattering the mob. Mr. Andrews, Detroit’s farmer baaker, has landed in the penitentiary at last. As this gentlemanly crook got away with over $500,000 of other people’s momey, he should be able to bring the necessary pressure Lo bear upon the pardoning power. The fact that his family grieves for his company evokes gobs of sympathy from former beneficlaries of Andrews’ sharp practice. His vietims, however, are satisfied with his |- preseat position. SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT, Chicago Post: A priest at Naples gave his congregation such a realistic pleture of hell that & panic resulted, in which many were hurt. Now and then a page from the dark ages ma in the enlightened history which we are supposed to be making. Detroit Free Press: “The great need of mankind at the present time,” sald Re: Dr. Nehemiah Boynton in his Sunday morn- ing sermon, of otherness; a realization of the fact that he is uot the only individual on earth.” This is rather a free tra ition of that exquisite sentiment of the vaudeville stage: “Remember you're not the only tin can on the dump.” St. Louis Republic: Pope Leo's encyclical appointing a commission to interpret the seriptures ‘as the needs of the hour re- quire” is a recognition of advanced thought which is worthy of the progressive spirit which has been manifested in so many ways by the pontiff. This commission will have final authority. Modern research has changed many thi nd none more than certain ussertions concerning the Inter- pretation of Holy Writ. Minneapolis Times: Who shafl say that “‘thirteen” {s unlucky and, thu ing, re- member that it is the numeral attached to the name of the great Leo, ruling pontift of the Catholic church? His holiness is reported as having promised, doubtiess in semi-jocular fashion, to remain allve for three years and greet a loving subordinate upon his next visit to Rome. Sincerely do the people in Christendom, Protestants and Catholic, orthodox and heterodox, faithful and agnostic, hope that the good old man can keep his promise. This world Is a better world for the living in it of Leo XIII and any sectarian who disputes that proposition Is to be pitied—as he would be by the gentle old prince whose court is in the vatican, DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES, Detroit Free Press: Alice—What do you do when Jack talks foot ball to Julla—Well, I try to look lmenrxem Chicago Tribune: *“That young Throggins has_soclety aspirations, but I don't often hear of his being Invited out.’” e |8 whenever nld JPscadds finds him calling on his daughter.” Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Uplaight—My husband promised to be home at 10 sharp. Mrs. Newitt—But he wasn't. lMa'l"l Uplll.hl—an quite. al Smart Set: Old Crustleigh—How did you dare, sir, to klu my daughter last night on the dark Young, lyhn —Gad, now th-l I've seen her by daylight, I wonder myself. New York Times: Madge—I hear that yhololuyher takes a very flattering pic- Dcll)—l really couldn’t say. len't necessary for me to go to that klnd of a photographer. "He got home Boston Transcript: Martha—That horrid Mr, Roamer kissed me in the hall last n Ennu«.nce—!ou don’t mean it! How did it happen? artha—It was pitch dark in the hall— it :n!!lnc&Ah‘ see. That accounts for , dear. Now York Weekly: Mr. Farwest—I met my old schoolmate, Lakeside, today, for the firet time in an age, and I thought from the way he acted when I mentioned you that you and he must have had some ro- mance or other before we met. Mrs. Farwest—No romance al We ers TIATTINS For & fow Feetes CRAYS Al g to think of meu are ‘Town Toples: *It Is appal the temptatlon‘ to whicl ¥ exposed. We women should do what we can to lessen them. do my ‘sha For the last five years 1 have made 1t an inflexible rul. never to flirt except with married LIFE’'S MIRROR. & e Baltimore American, The world, my friends, is a looking-glass Before which men and women pass In a motley crowd and a mingled mass Of sorrow and bliss and glee. 1t reflect: ltu I‘){ht Face the world withi a load of, care, Groaning aloud of troubles to bea ow You nothing but dark delpllr, 'And. lite’s but to moirn and Bit show It & Spirit full of fight, Of'burdens and worries making light, And it stralghtway grows a prospect bFight, Nerving you:on to hope. t the world with a bitter heart, Wn friendship and love &s things apart From the dally life of its busy mart, And the world holds no good for you. Go to the world with an open hand, And its narrow limits will soon expand . And 1ts cynie humor will understan With you the good and true. The world gives back just what it sees; You cnn make It mirror whatever you D!ce‘p for ‘meanness, comfort for é “Twill give you back gulle for gufle. Or virtue for good—it will mirror true; Yours is the say what it shall do. If_you want the world's face bright to you, ‘Then look at it with a smile. to get itself bound | “Is the espousing of the creed | BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN, A clean youth makes a clear old age. | There is no golden key to the gate of heaven. The soldier. God's plow of sorfow is His promise of harvest. To pray for rest may be to postpone your reward. Disasters are but disguised blessings to His childrea. Great sorrows expand the heart to re- celve great joye. dollar is not nearly as big as dime. Humility is the secret of the steady head on the giddy helghts. The best prayer for more power ls the practice of that you bave. To return good for evil is to make a flower bloom from a weed. ‘When the church is a continual hold-up | it will not be much of an up-lift. It is no harder to belleve in another world than it is to belleve in any world. The preacher’'s mission is not that of amusing the saints by abusing the sin- Vain Regrets of Life How many live out thelr alloted time without some vain regret? How many pages in the book of life show a grievous error? And how differ- ently some of us might order our lives could we but call back the by- gone days and live life o'er again Here {8 a letter from the cashier of the BTATE Bank of Milford. Mr Sallldin daid not neglect all his oppor- tunities, but he still has some regrets, and his case s typical of many: Frederick 8. Johnson, President. G E. Salladin, Cashler. THE NEBRASKA STATE BANK. uu.nmb Neb., Nov. 14, 1902 D. Neely, Manager, Bauitabla’ Life Assurance Soclety, Omaha, Neb. Dear 8ir: I acknowledge receipt of check, $1,202.20, in full payment sur- render value my ordinary life Tontine Policy maturing September 28th last. At the time this policy was written 1 doubted somewhat the wisdom of the action, but now my greatest regret is that It 18 not two or three times larger. It 1s @ matter that speaks well for your own business stability and like- wise for the good management of the company that you took my applica- tion in Beptember, 1887 Fifteen years later I-receive the surrender value of the palicy from your hands. ‘With best wishes for your future success, I am very truly yours, GEO. E. SALLADIN, g eword does not make the brave The “Strongest in the World" offers you today the opportunity of a life- time. Don't neglect it. Don't pave the way for vain regrets. H. D. NEELY, Manager for Nebraska, Merchants Nat'l Bank Bldg. OMAHA. GLASSES and GLASSES Some people seem to think that if the their eyes. There would be just as much sense in prescribing the same.medjcls every disease. y only wear glasses It will be all right with for. WE GIVE AN EXAMINAITON THAT CAN LEAVE NO DEFECT UNI;ImVIRID. 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