Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 1, 1903, Page 14

e —— 14 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE DAY MARCH 1, 1903. - THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING ) 81 Dally Bee (without Sunday) r.4.0 Daliy’ Bee and Sunday, One [ Tilustrated Bee, One Year Bunday Bee, O . Baturday Bee v Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year DELIVERED CARRIER Dally Bee (without Sunday), per cop Dally Bee (without Sunday), per weel Dally Bee (Including inday), per wee Bunday Bee, per copy Evening Bee (without Sunday), per w Evening | ( ding Sunday), | e Complaints of irregularities in del should be addressed to Clty alation 1 partment. ICES. e Bulldir “ity Hall treets Omaha—The ty-fifth and M § . Council Bluffs—10 Pearl Street Chicago—164 Unity Bullding Washington—51 Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENC Communications relating to news and ed- € Butlding, Twen- ftorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorlal Department REMITTAN Remit by draft, express or postal order ayable to The Bee Publishing Company, mly 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of mail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not od. THE BEE PUBLIEHING COMPANY STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss. George B. Tzschick, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full ard complete coples of The Daily, Morning, Evening and Hunday Bee printed during the month of February, 1908, was as follows. 1 20,160 15 20,223 2 L80,880 16.......... 0 3 80,680 1T....... ‘4 30,600 18 [ 30,490 19, 6 ..80,670 ..81,610 80,550 81,670 49,200 30,610 30,500 .30,652 30,640 .80,640 30,570 BREREERES Less unsold and returded coples. Net total sal Net average sales. . GWORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In_my p.esence and sworn to of February, A. before me this 28th day of February, A Notary Publle. (Seal.) Full reciprocity with OCanada will have to come before annexation of Can- ada. e It now devolves on March to tell whether lion or lamb first gets the cue for the formal entry. enmm——— The Department of Commerce should occupy & conspicuous place in the gov- ernment exhibit at the next world’s fair. E—— Next year we will have a chance to figure in twenty-nine days for the month of February—the first time since the year 1896 Sp—— The sultan observes not only the ad- monition to beware of the Greeks bear- e Any other president but Theodore ,Roosevelt would be casting about for s breathing epell instead of talking jubout the possibility of an extra ses- ewe— Tt's easy enough for legislators to - {vent excuses for misrepresenting thelr constituencies, But the constituents are ‘seldom fooled twice by the same per- 8ons.. eeeee——— Because Kipling has ventured to cel- ebrate in verse Chamberlain's visit to !South Africa should not be taken as reason for Alfred Austen to commit the same offense. Srme——— For fear The Hague tribunal may find time hanging heavy on its hands, Central America is stirring up a little muss with which it may be called on to busy itself. CSS——— Notwithstanding its repudiation of constitutional prohibition after an ex- periment with it of fifty years, Vermont has not yet been the victim: of any avenging visitation. S— It now looks very much as if Ne- braska would have to get along with only one federal court for at least an- other year. Fortunately the court of- ficers are not overworked. . One of the Protestant religious week- lies refers to Leo XIII as “the most dis- tingulshed and useful pope who has ever filled St. Peter's chair.” Consld- ering the source, this is complimentary indeed. Secretary Cortelyou will accept no in- vitations to make public speeches until he gets the work of his new depart- ment organizédd and systematized. That's the kind of a public official to command the popular admiration. With an endowed academy of dra- matic art planted in Philadelphia, New York will have to look ‘to its laurels as the theatrical metropolis or retrieve its reputation by building a temple for the tralning of ballet dancers and coon scug artists. It is pow said the rallroads will use the Blkins Dbill as an excuse to ¢t off some of the free pass privileges held out as inducements for the patronage of shippers. As if the railroads ever lacked foy a pretext to issue a pass or to refuse one. President Roosevelt's tribute to the ploneer preachers who rede circuits on the frontier and pushed the bible along with the plow is well glven. The his- tory of the settlement of the west can- ot be written without devoting good space to the preacher ploueers. ——— Perhaps President Ellot is not so much concerned about the size of the families reared by Harvard graduates as by the number of sons sent to Har- vard. 1f Harvard families were prolific but principally daughters, the eminent educator would be still as sorely pre- plexed. WHITE MAN-BLACK MAN. On Washington's birthday the Rev Thowas Dixon, who passed as a falr type of the twentieth centory fire-enter, _lgave utterance to some radical ideas on thn race guestion Cleveland, O, According the reverned negro woe wAr o this country le. 1t will surely come and the will prove its superiority by wiping the commtry. All the the African and the south has come Anglo-8axon negro from touble between fan n the wn out cducsation of the negro, who be all he is of tlw | longs to an i | rior race and | qoout 1 is to do manual labor. Just as soon as he s an education he be coni e o monstrosity.” On the same dedicated to the memory of America's foremost patriot, rge Washington, members of | New York Routhern society, who tended o dinner at the Waldorf-Astol hotel, made an exhibition of themselves by hiss the orchestra when it struck “Murehing Through Georgla." Vs which way the wind blews, The vaporings of the belligerert southern parson are the mere echo of the verviclous teachings of the negro whipping, mulatto-breeding expounders ot the bible fu slavery times, who dis- sewinated the superstition that the negro was cursed by the Almighty and foreordained to be a servant of ser- v during all future generations. The Gemeanor of the southern ‘society with northern appetites shows that deep down ir the hearts of latter day south- ern chivalry there is still an un- quenched hatred of the men who saved the wuion and freed the Afriean from bordage. If we are really facing a race war it is not because the negro is belng ron verted into a monstrosity by education, but because the advice of Thad Stevens to give each freed man forty acres and a mule was not heeded. Almost at the very hour when the representative of the southern church militant was breathing fire and flame at Cleveland, Booker T. Washington, who stands for the highest type of the American negro, discussing the negro problem and its solutfon at tbe Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sclence, said: To deal more practically and directly with the affairs of my race, I believe that both the teachings of history as well as the results of every day observation should convince us that we should make our most enduring progress by laying the founda- tlons carefully and patiently in the owner- ship of the soil, the exercise of the habits of economy, the saving of money, the se- curing of the most complete education of mind and hand and the cultivation of Christian virtues. * * * There is noth- ing new or startling in this. It is the old, old experfence of races that have got- ten upon their feet have had to travel. As & slave the negro was worked and free man he must learn to work. There is a vast difference between working and the at up show doggedly, persistently, summer and winter, sunshine and shadow, by self-sacrifice, by foresight, by honesty and industry, we must ro-enforce argument with results. * * * One farm bought, one house bullt, one home sweetly and in- telligently kept, one man who is the larg- est taxpayer or has the largest bank mo- count, one school or church malntained, truck garden profitably oultivated, one pa- tient cured by a negro doctor, one sermon well preached, one office well filled, one life cleanly lived—these will tell more in our favor than all the abstract eloguende that can be summoned to plead our cause. Our pathway must be up through the soll, up through swamps, up through forests, up through the streams and rocks, up through commeroe, education and religion. As between the doctrine preached by Thomas Dixon, white man, and Booker T. Washington, black man, all thought- ful, unprejudiced and humane people will unhesitatingly pronounce in favor of the Afro-American instead of the Anglo- Saxon. The Rev. Dixon's prediction of the irrepressible race war need frighten nobody, efther morth or south. If such a conflict shall come a great majority of the stalwart men of the north and west will be found where their fathers were before them—defending the black man agalnst his tyrannical oppressors— battling for freedom and humanity against bigotry, race hatred and bar- barism. —— OBJEOTION TO ALDRICH BILL. The objection made by the bankers of Chicago to the provision of the Ald- rich bill requiring the payment of in- terest by banks on deposits of govern- ment funds doubtless states the position of western bankers generally. The Chi- cago bankers say that natlonal banks cannot now afford to carry, as an in- vestment, government or such other bonds as the Dbill calls for and there would be actual loss to them to do so under the provision requiring interest on government deposits. They express the opinion that few If any western banks could or would avall themselves of the provisions of the bill at that rate of interest, 1% per cent, and that there would be a loss to them and no advantage to the public in so doiug. In reference to this provision Sen- ator Aldrich, in the course of an ex- planation of his bill, said: “Heretofore on these deposits, ranging from $10,- 000,000 to nearly $300,000,000, no bank has ever paid one cent of interest to the United States government for the use of this money, and the committee be- lieves that If they are to retaln these privileges it Is nothing more than fair that they should pay something to the government for the use of the money, approximately such compensation as a private denositor would be entitled to receive under the same conditions, The committee believes this provision for paying interest is a very desirable and a very wise one.” That is unquestion- ably the popular view of it. It has been long contended that national banks receiving deposits of public money should pay something for the use of the funds, the very general feel- ing being that the banks were unwar ator Aldrich stated that under the operation of his bill the revenue to'the government from this source would be £2250,000 a year. Possibly these fig: " are not absolutely accumie, but whatever the amount the public will feel that the government uhn’llld realize it and therefore will be very strongly in faver of this provision being retained We have seen what appears to be a plausible calculation showing that the national banks could make little or nothing on government deposits if re quired to pay the interest rate pre seribed in the Aldrich bill. Perhaps this Is %0, but tLe statement of the Chicago bankers that the banks would lose in the transaction is most improbable. The measure has been subjected to consid- erable criticism and should there be cencerted action by bankers against the interest provision its failure will be as for congress, it wili not adopt such legislation without an interest requirement sured, is safe to say, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE GRAVEYARD. When the gavels fall at high noon next Tuesday and congress is declared adjourned without day, a great many reform measures demanded by the American people will be consigned te the national legislative graveyard. These measures will not all have failed by reason of Czar Reed’s castiron rules in the house, or talk agalnst time in the senate. Many will bave Dbeen strangled in the house of their friends at the behest of powerful interests that dominate the national legislature, as they do also the legislatures of nearly all the states. It i chiefly in the upper house of congress, however, that these influences are most potential. The courtesy of the senate and its ancient rules that permit of interminable debate afford great scope for sand-bagging or side-tracking meritorious legislation demanded by the people. The most striking example of persistent negation of the ponular will and wish is the refusal of the senate to submit an amendment to the federal constitution for the election of United States senators by direct vote. During three successive congresses the house of representatives has voted to submit a constitutional amendment for the popular election of United States senators, and each time the senate has deliberately pigeonholed the amendment in defiance of an overwhelming public sentiment in its favor. Members of the senate committee before their elec- tion to the proposed reform become backsliders almost as soon as they are inducted into that august body and serlous doubts are expressed as to whether the senate would comply even with the constitutional mandate that requires congress to submit specific amendments or call a constitutional con- vention whenever two-thirds of the leg- islatures of the states have adopted resolutions demanding such action. Sooner or later popular sentiment will crystallize in favor of constitutional re- vision that will make the senate re- sponsive to the popular will as expressed through the ballot box—or force its abolition. ‘Whenever this question is pushed to the front as a party issue in the national platforms of the great political parties members of the American house of lords will either have to yleld gracefully or go out of business. e——— TAE PHILIPPINE MESSAGE. There should have been no necessity for President Roosevelt sending a spe- clal message to congress urging legls- lation for the relief of the Philippines from a distressing and dangerous situ- ation. Congress had been fully informed respecting conditions In the islands, upon tbe authority both of the com- mission and representative business men. For months information coming from the archipelago, of the most trust- worthy character, has made our public officlals entirely familiar with the finan- cial and Industrial situation In these eastern possessions. It has been pointed out again and again that there was the most urgent need of relief and unless this was given very grave trouble was to be expected. The dilatory course of congress in this very important matter, iuvolving as it does the maintenance of peace and order in the Philippines, is wholly in- defensible. A currency bill has been enacted of which it is said that 1* will be worth more than an army corps in tranquilizing conditions in the is- lands, but valuable as this legislation is it is not all that is required. The In- dustrial and commercial situation, now greatly depressed, must be improved. How this can be done is pointed out In the dispatch of Governor Taft, who urges the proposed reduction in tariff rates on Philinpine products coming into the United States, especlally sugar and tobacco. President Roosevelt sup- ports the recommendation of (Jovernor Taft. The president says that “fhe in- dispensable and pre-eminent need Is the resurrection of productive indusiry from the nrostration into which it has been thrown"” and asks action in the tariff matter “not merely from the standpoint of wise governmental policy. but as a measure of humanfy in ve- sponse to an appeal to which this great neonle shovld not close its ears.” The president declares that we have sumed responsibilities toward the P inpines which we are in honor bound to fulfill snd that we have the cific dutr of taking every measure in our power to see to thelr nrosperity There_is no doubt that this is the gen- eral sentiment among our people and it should rded by congress. No American interest will suffer from giving the Philippines such relief as the situa- tion calls for. Neither ¢ur sugar industry nor our tobacco industry would be in- jured by the pfonosed tariff reduction. as- spe- rantably favored in not being required to pay interest oa such deposits, = Sen- Our treatment of Porto Rico has re- sulted greatly to the beuefit of that | subject to island without harm to any domestic interest. It Is reasonable to expect that a llke result would come from proper treatment of the Philippines. It is perfectly plain that in order to preserve peace in the !slands, in order that the people shall feel satistied with Amer: fean rule, industrinl conditions there must be improved and prosperity pro- moted. Unless this is done political trouble will certainly come and there may be another Insurrection to sup. press. CURTAILING NEW DEPARTMENT. There appears to be a disposition in congress to curtail appropriations fo: the new Department of Commerce and Labor and in a direction that would probably lessen the efficiency of one of its most important duties. In making his estimates the secretary of the de partment suggested that there should be about seventy-five examiners and special examiners under the bureau of corporations, In order to properly carry on Investigations as to the organization and business of the corporations of which the bureau will have supervision. It is the opinion of the house ecom mittee on appropriations, however, that ten or a dozen examiners would be suf- ficient. As there are nearly 500 corporations investigation by the new bureau it would seem that if this work Is to be efficiently done more than a dozen examiners will be needed at the beginning, though possibly after the work of the bureau had been thor- oughly systematized that number would be sufficient. It is to be desired that at the outset the bureau of corporations shall be 8o well provided for 'n respect of its working force that it can perform 1l duty assigned to it promptly and effectively and not to do this would certainly be a great mistake. This is the function in connection with the new department in which the public has the greatest interest and it should be treated liberally in the matter of ap- propriations. Perhaps the estimate of Secretary Cortelyou s somewhat ex- cessive, but there i3 no doubt that at least half the number of examiners he recommended would find ample employ- ment in Investigating the corporations. No one wishes to see the public expend- ftures unnecessarily increased, but an economy that may impair the public service Is as objectionable as extrav- agance. FOREIGN INTEREST IN EXPOSITION. A good deal of interest is being manl- fested abroad in the Louisiana Purchase exposition and the indications are that all the principal European countries will have fine exhibits. As an assur- ance of British good will toward the enterprise the promise of King Edward to send over for exhibition the jubilee presents recelved by his mother is gratifying. The king further promised to lend all possible influence toward providing for a full representation of Great Britain at St. Louis and it is need- less to say that he can do a great deal in this direction. It is quite possible that a strong spirit of rivalry may be aroused between the principal countries for excelling at the exposition. Germany Is proposing to have an exhibit which will be far in advance of that at Chicago and it is to be supposed that France will be par- ticularly ambitious to make her con- tribution to the exposition as full and complete as possible. There are stronger reasons now than there were ten years ago why all the chief Euro- pean couutries should wish to be well represented at the Louisiana Purchase expoe'tion. The American market is considerably more important than it then was and there is a somewhat greater desire on the part of foreign governments to cultivate American friendship. Tt is quite possible, there- fore, that the European exhibits at St. Lovls will overshadow those at the Colvmbian exposition. Insurance men are threatening com- plete withdrawal of their companies from Arkansas in the event of the en- actment by the Arkansas legislature of a pending anti-trust law embodying an anti-compact provision agalnst mem- bership In any association for the pur- pose of holding up or advancing rates. This seems to be a favorite diversion of the insurance men, who are always free with threats of this kind when legislation not te their liking is pro- posed. Experience hns shown, how- ever, that the bluffs are seldom made in earnest. Insumnce companies look for business wherever business can be found that will return a profit and are ot accustomed to cut off their own revenue just for spite. Why, it we are to have antl-trust laws prohibiting com- binations for the purpose of fixing rates, the Insurance companies should be ex- empted from their operation has not yet been mede clear. er——— The meat packers affected by the beef trust injunction have not yet taken the public into their confidence as to what their next move will be. With railroad rebates effectually shut off the varlous live stock markets ought to reach the relative positions fixed by the condition of the territory naturally trib- utary to them and those meat packing centers forge to the front which enjoy the advantages of better warket faell- itles. Senator Depew bas been elected to an honorary life membership in the National Republican Editorial associa- tion. Presumably the genlal Chauncey is made reciplent of this distinction as a reward for furnishing jokes to the editors and saving them the necess'ty of constantly copsulting the old al- manacs, Senator Tillman, Senator Carmack, Senator McEnery and a host of south- ern democrats are hastening to put negro question In half-expectation that it can be made a national issue. It is to be notlced, however, that none of the northern democratic leaders sus. ceptible to presidential bees are saying anything about the negro. They ali pre fer to saw wood until they get closer to the firing line. Ready for the Opering. 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat Preparations for the World's Falr are progressing satisfactorily. The main en- trance has been located and the souvenir spoons are out. A Slippery estion, Philadelphia Ledger. The Boston Boot and Shoe club indorses every word President Eliot of Harvard ®ald about the need of more large families. Many a father of a large family bas felt the pinch of the Leather trust A Discredited Report. Chicago Record-Herald There is no truth in the rumor that no woman welghing less than 157 pounds is eligible for the presidency of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution. The ab- surd story was probably started by some- body who had been looking at pictures of some of the candidates. No E pe from Pub Baltimore American. No more can brain-fagged men and women take a sea trip for perfect rest. Wireless telegraphy has made the ocean newspaper a fact, and such a tiny thing as tha electric spark has brought to naught the ocean’s space between continents. The world today Is ruled by the little great things. ty. Rockefeller's Standard Roll. Springfield Republican. John D. Rockefeller is credited with own- Ing $35,000,000, par value, of Standard Ofl stock which, at the present market value, is worth nearly $260,000,000. He must be quite as rich a man as Andrew Carnegle, and no one else stands in the same class with them, unless it be J. P. Morgan, whose wealth not even the guessers of the sen- sational press venture to estimate. Living Up to the Treaty. Indianapolls Journal. The conclusion of an agreement with Cuba by which the United States acquires a naval station and a coaling station at eligible points on that island is a matter of considerable importance. It commits the Cuban government to carrying out the Platt amcndment to its constitution and gives the United States a foothold on the island that will add materially to our naval control of West Indlan waters. Strenuous Demands of Soclety. New York World. | 1s gone; our Numerous cases of nervous breakdown among women in New York and Washing- ton, including the wives of the president and the attorney general, call attention to the over strenuous life not only of wealthy women, but of well to do. It there were pleasure in this dreary round cafled * there would be more excuse for it. there is none. The same couple meet day after day, compare notes of the last ball or dinner and drearily speculate upon the next, exhibit their jewels and gowns and yearn for Lent, which will be a travesty upon its origin and merely a period of rest and preparation for new tolls that come to nothing. Lead Simple Lives. Milwaukee Journal. Greed for gold is a conspicuous evil of our time and country. We want money to burn; wealth to squande: It appears as 1t some men, and women as well, vie with each other in thinking out original and striking ways in which to make theli wealth conspicuous. They Iimagine that they thus aggrandize themselves. It is something to be grateful for, that there is & growing sentiment in favor of saner liv- ing. There is a strong influence at work for greater simplicity and more genuine lives. There is galn In respect for the “plainer ltving and higher thinking" man- ner of life. By the truest standards, parade of wealth is deemed vulgar. To dress, to act, to order our households and our lives by how it looks, by the opinions of othe! and to make an impresaion, betrays a shal low mind and a weak character. PLAIN LIVING, HIGH THINKING. uties of Social Simplieity C trasted with Vulgar Display. Philadelphia Public Ledger. Several years ago a German nobleman who happened to be visiting in this coun- try was Introduced one evening to the family circle of a distinguished scholar of one of our eastern states. The German bad “thirty-six quarterings” in his coat of arms, togetber with all tbe prejudice greatly exaggerated, of his class, and w inclined to look on Americans as mere- torious enough in their way, but as be- longing distinctly and of necessity to a lower order of belngs. The host was an archaeologist, and having received some of the anclent implements and utensils ex- cavated in Rome at that time by Prof. Rodolfo Lanciani, was explaining to the young and old folk that they were toys used by the little Romans ages ago, which established the “solidarity” of youth in all ages. The assembled company forth- with descended to the floor of the library and played the games with the antique Roman toys. Nelghbors and friends dropped In quite informally, music enlivened the gathering, talk which ranged from the grave to gay was not without its humor and fts wit, SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PRLPIT. Chicago Record-Herald: A Topeka min- Ister recently prayed that the mayor of that town might either be converted or killed, as the Lord might see fit. It is al- ways well to give the Lord a choice in these matters Washington Post: The .Americans who are engaged In manufacturing idols for Korea have no objections whatever to our sending missionaries to that country, as they claim they do not injure the 1d6l busi- ness the least bit. And this a cold-blooded commercial view of the missionary busi- ness. Baltimore American: A Chicago minister preaching on pride, exhibited a dollar and sald he would glve it to anyone whose pride would allow him or her to admit it was needed. To his surprise it was claimed promptly. This is & business age, and the times are too busy to dally with sentiment when cash is in sight. Chicago Post: The Methodists propose to tssue a “secular” paper that will have no sporting mews. Presumably, and for the same broad amd intelligent reason, it will also be shy a dramatic department. Yet there are sports and sports; there aro plays and plays. Clean, wholesome, un- mercenary sport, the sort that makes men and women with red blood and buoyant spirits, is as essential to our everyday life and to our well being as is the gospel or the pulpit. A secular newspaper without news of such sports and pastimes will leave something sadly wanting even to the majority of Methodists. Milwaukee Free Press: Another reason why the Episcopalians should think at least once more before changing their name to American Catholic is that the word “Catholic” is likely to be overworked. “Dr."” Dowle, sometimes called Elijah 11, adopted it as the name of his “‘church” some years ago, and has that much priority of claim— it any sect or individual has any clalm to it; for there was another gshurch with something of a claim, reaching far back. Three distinctive “Catholic” churches are too many. They would be the Catholls, or the Roman Catholic, the Christian Cath- olfe, and the American Cathollc. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Four famous old maids of Chicago unite in declating they would have been hajpler in wedlock. How do they know? Did they ask their married sisters? Bands of Bulgarians are massing on the frontier of Macedonla preparatory to giv- ing Abdul some stirring music. Later on the concert of the powers will begin. “Montezuma’ will not be enrolled in the list of states just yet. Montana would be justified in kicking against the abbrevia- tion “Mont.” and “Monte” is an outlawed game. The man with the fron jaw is not dead, though his jib withstood the crash of a 600-pound elevator. Connecticut {s his habitat. His admirers propose to send him to congress or the state legislature. The joke is on a New York man who committed suicide because the attending physician told him he had Bright's disease. The doctor discovered his mistake at the post-mortem, but the victim sleeps on in blissful ignorance. A Connecticut minister declared in his pulpit that male residents of that state are not content with one wife. Congress might institute a search among the rep- resentatives of the nutmeggers. The coun- try wants to know, b'gosh. A man from the Smoky City was intro- duced to Congressman Littlefleld of Maine in Washington, “I spoke in Pittsburg last fall,” murmured the co sman. “Yes,” replied the Pittsburger. “I ran for offige there and was beaten by only 7,000." “Heavens!" exclaimed Littlefleld, “I am not usually so fatal as that. I spoke out in Omaha in 1900 for Dave Mercer and they didn’t beat him until 1902." Chicago husbands are delicate, gently nurtured creatures who ought to be caged and fattened on angel food. One of them caged at the police station told a pathetio story, a real tale of woe. His wife spoke barshly to him, which so preyed upon his nervous system that he went out into the darkness, burglarized a grocery store and tried to shoot two policemen. None of his wife's relations were about. CHURCH AND SCHOOL PROPERTY That Which Produces Reve: ject to Taxation. Chicago Record-Herald. ‘The decision of the United States su- preme court requiring the Chicago Theo- logical seminary to pay taxes on all its property not used directly for educational purposes marks a distinct advance in equit- able taxation. Fair play, as between man and man and corporation and corporation, demands that all income-producing property, no matter by whom owned, shall be upon the asses- sors' books and compelled to bear its fair share of the burden of malntaining govern- ment. The exemption of only such prop- erty as 1s used exclusively for religious and educational purposes can be justified by the spirit of American institutions, and any tendency of the courts to draw tighter the lines about the remaining property of col- leges and churches is to be commended. The cansiderations of common justice are, of course, not the only ones which must be taken Into account in this matter, inas- much as special privileges have been granted by the legislature to many insti- tutions. In the case In question much rested on the charter of the theological seminary, but an interpretation of the con- stitution of 1848 was also involved. It is beyond dispute that the framers of the and as all present were delighted, they all contributed to the delight. When the guests departed, the German, who had dralned life to the dregs, had seen soclety from the Paris Faubourg St. Germain to St. Petersburg, was impelled to say that there wi {dylllc and the true soclety. No lackeys, no prodiglous expense, no frigid formality, but all simplicity, which was as at- tractive as it natural and wholesome. The German confessed he had discovered & new Arcady, and that soclety in its new manifestations was a return to the nat- uralness of former days, which Indicated a real advance, a higher civilization, The simple life is not, however, so com- mon nor so frequently an object of desire in America of today as to be typleal. Those who have means are In so breathless a race to spend, to make a display, to outdo thelr rivals, to seek pleasure instead of letting pleasure come to them, that artificiality, as in all rich societies, has crowded simplicity and naturalness too much into the back- ground, and Wordsworth's plaint is now and here not inapplicable Plain living and high thinking are no more The homely beauly of the good old caus peace, our fearful inpocence, religion breathing household And pure laws. The desire for money Is natural, and it is Ilikewise highly commendable. Money means comfort, education for children, protection against old age and sickness, opportunity for self-improvement, and it provides many of the things which distinguish life in a clvilized country from life in the haunts of the savage. Stored wealth is, in & word, civilization itself, or rather civilization de- pends on it. It is no wonder, then, that money is the universal object of the keen- est desire, but the wonder is that when men have wor wealth they should spend it themselves on record publicly on the [ 4o foolishly as they do in modern soclety present constitution, and it is probable that the framers of the constitution of 1848 in. tended to exempt only property actually used for religious and educational purposes. It is therefore not impossible that further judicial consideration of the existing char- ters will 1esult in other additions to the property on the assessors’ books. It 1s sald that if all of the revenue- producing property of churches and colleges in Cook county were taxed the result would be an increase of $200,000 or $300,000 in the revenue of the county. That the revenue officials of the county make every effort to secure this lost income is earnestly to be desired. | A mushy religlon will not make men Patlence fa & frult plucked only in the gardens of pain. The only way to exclude the evil s to en- tertain the good. Some people complaln becas an egg to get & chick. Watching others is often an attempt to hide our own weaknease: The seats in heaven will not bs assigned by the size of our heads. | The attempt to be a good tellow b | prevented being a good man. Sentimental tendernmess to the criminal may be cruelty to his victime. When a man fs in the right he fs not afrald of being mierepresented. | Grasping a dime may keep you out of heaven as much as greed for a dollar. Pertection may be like the North Star, impossible to touch but good to steer by You cannot pull & man out of the mire of sin by throwing rocks of censure at him it costs often DOMESTIO PLEASANTRIES. Count Aftercoyne—Ah! dear heart, 1 will Krjual 8 devoted after our marriage as ore. Minnle Milllons—You'll have to be. Papa is_going to put all the money in my name. —Detrolt Free Pres The Bride—Oh, , Jack! romantie it is to think that we are actually an eloping enuyll. The Groom—You don't regret it, do you, darling? Th.‘Brid.—Ohl No! But I do wish we How delightfully could have eloped with father's consent. Brooklyn Life. Bmith—0ld Skinner promised his daughter a check for four figures if she married ac es. e get It? The check called for $11.11.— nd Smith—8ure. Chicago News. “I don't understand how Miss Milyuns can see anything in that forelgn noble- man, Ie's nothing but a ‘gllded fool.'* “That's 8o_and yet the chances are 10 to 1 this will be a ca; money soon married of fool d her Philadelphia Press. He was on his knees, “I can't find words to tell you of my love," he cried. “Don’t try to tell it in words,” she ad- vised. . Directly thereafter she was on his knees and everything was left to the imagination except the kisses.—Chicago Post Von Blumer—Where's my wite? Dimpleton—She's in the next room talking with my wife about clothes. Von Blumer—Well, then, suppose we go d spend the evening somewhere to- gether.—Town Toplc THROUGH PEACE TO LIGHT. Adelalde Anne Proctor. I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be A pleasant road; I do not ask that Thou wouldst take from me Aught of its load; I do not ask that flowers should always springs Beneath my feet; T know too well the\polson and the sting Ot things too sweet. 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