Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 16, 1909, Page 12

THE : OMAHA SuNDAY Bee FOUNDED BY EDWARD RO;EWATER, JICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Britered at Omaha postofffice as second- class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Dally Bee (without Bunday), one year. uoo Dally Bee and Sunday one year.... DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Beo (Including Sunday), per week. .15 Daily Bee (Wflhout‘unflly per week.. 10c Evening Bee (without Bunday),per week @& mm- Beo (with Sunday), per woekul: rregularities in delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bullding. 8outh Omaha—Twenty-fourth and N. uncil Bluffs—15 Scott Btreet. coln—518 _Little Building, icago—1648_ Marquette Building, ew York—Rooms 1101-1102 No. 8 West Chirty-third Street. Washington—725 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edl- ‘orlal_matter should be addressed: Omaha See, Bditorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, phyabie to The Bee Publishing Company. nl n 2-cent stamps received in payment of accounts. Personal checks, except on dmaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. te of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: rge B. Tzschuck, treasurer of The Bee being duly sworn, says that the actual number of 1. and complete coples ot The Dally, oening, Evening and Sunday Bee printe during ‘the month of April, 1909, was as l. Total. .1,336,410 11, GEORGE B. 'rzsc:-mcx Treasu er. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to fore me this 1st day ot May, 1900, ALKER, Notary Public. WHEN OUT OF TOWN, Subscribers leaving the city teme porarily should have The Bee Address will be as requested. That famous trial marriage resulted as might be expected—in a divorce trial. The regular base ball season is now on. Washington has landed in last place, Political lights are not so easily turied on and oft by the wlrelell n.ihod. l_c is strike two for Premier Clem- enceau, but in the language of the bleachers, he has the big one left. o e e Elenor Glyn says American men aré too slow for her. It's a horse and Tlenor is entirely too swift for Ameri- an men. The Pennsylvania Railroad company a8 planted 1,000,000 trees this spring. That i{s something practical in the way of reforestation work. Places on the conference committee that is to adjust the tariff differences between the house and senate will be at a premium. Who wants them? The New York Central road has paid $136,000 in fines for rebating. The big corporations are gradually learning that the anti-trust laws are loaded. ’ Six secret service men will accom- pany President Taft to Beverly when he goes to his summer home. That number should be enough to go around. The Commoner suggests that the Philippine tariff ‘has the approval of eéverybody save the Filipinos. It should also have noted an exception for Mr. Bryan. ' And now W. J. Bryan announces that he is going to make another world tour. Hoping that absence will make the American heart grow fonder? The demoeratic governor of Indiana threatens to close down the demo- cratic gambling house of Tom Taggart. Here is a chance for Mr..Bryan to mediate between his friends. No more kldnnpln. exploits in Pennsylvania since the conviction and sentence of the kidnapers of young Whitla. It takes a big ransom to off- set a life sentence at imprisonment. With corfi bringing top price Ne- braska farmers who still have their bins full are manifesting no great eageérness to dispose of it. The farmer with real corn to sell has the profitable end of the market. A Baltimore man has erected a mon- ument to Adam, the first man. Adam should be satisfied now that Mark Twain has wept at his tomb and the greatest country on earth has honored him with a monument. Ei-President Roosevelt's €x-private secrétary is doing a little gunning him- self. Three crooked New York cus- /toms officials came down for him at one shot and he is reported to be beat- ing/the bushes for more. Admiral mvans pss sei dedl date for international disarmament. It will come, he says, when hades freéges over and his satanic majesty goes skating. A vote of thanks is due the admiral for leaving plenty of time to wettle the armor belt controversy. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BE MAY 16, 1909. State’s Rights. Under this heading Bdgar Howard discusses Mr. Bryan's latest proposal that the federal government shall re- fuse to levy internal revenue taxes on the sale of liquor in “dry” territory. “If the people of one state or county vote against the liquor traffic,”” says Judge Howard, “‘then it follows that the national government should re- spect the wishes of that people.” Mr. Bryan's suggestion is equally loosely put. As embodied In the let- ter which he recently wrote to the Florida legislature, it is as follows: There is a reform which ought to receive the support of all, no matter whether they belleve ‘in prohibition or In the regulation of the liquor traffic through the license system. The reform that I speak of Is this, that the federal government should discontinue the issue of llicenses for the sale of lauor in territory where the local authorities have prohibited the sale In referring to the government’s in- ternal revenue tax as ‘‘the issue of licenses,” Mr. Bryan is inaccurate be- cause the federal government does not, and cannot, “license” the sale of liquor within state territory. What the fed- eral government does is to levy purely for revenue purposes a graduated oc- cupation tax on persons engaged in the sale of certain commodities and to en- force its payment under severe penal- ties. But would the refusal of the federal government to levy this tax in terri- tory that is voted “dry” be a recogni- tion of state's rights? Would it not, on the contrary, be a most far-reach- ing ‘expansion of the functions of the federal government and, as a matter of fact, make the federal government the law-enforeing power for state legisla- tion? Making the violation of state law or local ordinance an infraction of the federal revenue laws would in practice devolve upon the federal government the work of ferreting out and prose- cuting the law-breakers, thus relieving the local and state officers of that duty. The states or localities would decide' what is to be “dry” territory and fed- eral officers would enforce the law and punish the offenders. Without discussing the adequacy of such a measure, it is plain that it would be completely subversive of the old idea of state’s rights and wholly at variance with all the doctrines and preachings of Jeffersonian democracy. If the federal government should un- dertake in this way to enforce state laws prohibiting the sale of liquor it could and should enforce state laws agalnst the sale of clgarettes, against the sale of cocaine, against the carry- ing of revolvers and ldws regulating a thousand and one other things. All that would be necessary would be for the federal government to levy a tax on the objectionable article or trans- action and make its imposition de- pendent upon the action of the state or locality affected. When we shall have reached that stage, if we ever reach’it, our whole system of federal government as established by the founders of the republic will have been revolutionized Internationalism. Few people, even the best posted, realize the extent to which the spirit of internationalism has already devel- oped in different lines of human ac- tivity. International organizations have been formed to secure co-opera- tive action in numerous fields of en- deavor that are of world-wide scope. In an article on “International Unions,” contributed to the current number of The Independent, by Prof. Paul 8. Reinsch of the University of Wisconsin, the statement is made that during the year 1907, alone, over 160 international congresses of various kinds were held. In the single field of sanitation and medicine there are at least twenty separate international organizations. In addition to the\pri- vate organizations with international membership the government of the different countries have also given au- thoritative sanction to a large number of international unions, whose meet- ings are made up of official representa- tives commissioned for the purpose and speaking directly for their home governments, Among the international organiza- tions having to do with transportation and communication Prof. Reinsch enu- merates the International Telegraph Bureau, which regulates the inter- change of telegraph servige over the world; the Universal Postal union, whose jurisdiction extends over for- eign mall exchanges; the International Union of Railway. Freight Transporta- tion, which has unified freight traffic between continental countries; the In- ternational Association of Rallway Congresses, devoted to the advance- ment of the practical and technical side of rallway transportation, and the International Maritime committee, cov- ering the same field for ocean naviga- tion. There is an international body en- deavoring to secure uniformity of weights and measures throughout the world and an international organiza- tion for protection of patents and copy- rights. Quite a number of the labor unions are international in their oper- ation and many international con- gresses have been held on special sub- jects relating to labor, “industry and agriculture. The international sacien- tific congresses which meet in the course of a year usually exceed a hun- dred in number, to say nothing of smaller unions dealing with the lim- ited relations of a few countries, or of countries within a particular geograph- iai arsa. The significance of all this interna- tional activity is to emphasize the truth of the words uttered by Presi- dent McKinley in his last speech, when he said, “Isolation is no longer possi- ble or desirable,”” and again, “The perfod of exclusiveness is passed.” The growing strength of all these interna- tional ligaments of science, art and commerce will in due course of time bulld up bonds of union that will with- stand all but the most violent shocks that make for war. Good Advice from Jim Hill. Our old friend, James J. Hill, has been giving out some more good ad- vice. In a recent interview he declares, “Don’t worry, the country is all right and traveling right along on the high- road to prosperity. Quit grumbling and hustle.” While Mr. Hill has not always eliminated grumbling from his repertoire, the habit has never been chronic with him, but the hustling habit has, So persistently has he fol- lowed the prescription that in his ad- vanced age he is under no necessity of worrying about the price of his lodgings or the certainty of being able to procure a meal. Mr. Hill also gives out this hint to the timid ones who say wait: ‘“‘Some people out in the country think these fellows down here in Washington can put anything on the statute books, even 2 law to cure a fractured limb or insuring their places against loss. Some of us know better.” He then proceeds to point out the strong fea- tures of the present industrial situa- tion and urges all to put their shoul- ders to the wheel and push. No.man in the United States is a more careful student of the trade conditions and resources of the country than Mr. Hill, He is emphasizing his own faith in their basic soundness by pushing for- ward railroad enterprises, which were held up by the financial stress of 1907, in a most energetic manner. Others similarly possessing accurate informa- tion are doing the same and it is time for the blue-goggled critics to quiet down and the timid ones to take heart. Those who refuse to get into the band- wagon now are likely to find it several laps ahead of them when they con- clude to rifle. There are no free passes, but the fare is reasonable and the wagon will reach its destination in due time, Rich Heritage for Schools, South Dakota authorities can fore- cast the time in the near future when all the money necessary for the con- duct of the schools of the state will be had from the school endowment funds without the levying of a tax upon the people. The money will come from rentals of unsold school lands and interest on inyested funds derived from the sale of school lands. South Dakota has followed the policy of selling school lands only in portions of the state in which they have reached their approximate final values, those in the newer portions being re- tained and leased. The result has been the maximum of money for the schools without materially checking the growth of the state by keeping lands off the market really demanded for cultivation. South Dakota, being settled Ilater, profited by the early mistakes of Kan- sas, Nebraska and other states, which in the early day sold their school lands in the then settled sections at low fig- ures, because no one was farseeing enough in that day to conceive that the immense public domain would soon be exhausted and that farm lands would by this time be worth from $50 to $100 per acre. When the light dawned Nebraska took its remaining lands off the market, thereby largely increasing its permanent school fund until the income now produces ap- proximately $500,000 yearly for our public schools. It is doubtful if the men who framed the law setting aside for the schools sections sixteen and thirty-six in each township of the public domain dreamed of the immense heritage they were bequeathing the children of the country. No such magnificent endow- ment to education has ever been given since the world began, and the west is showing its appreciation by a most 1iberal support for the public schools, the per capita expenditures for educa- tion being far in excess of the older states with the resultant low ratio of illiteracy. What this generous policy has wrought cannot be computed and its future usefulness can only be guessed at Power of Public Opinion. It i8 no longer “The public be damned,” as one of the elder Vander- bilts once said. Up to recent times no one except public officials ever thought it worth their while to con- sider what the public thought of their doings and undertakings and even this class heeded it in a perfunctory way. Next the men occupying semi-public positions felt the force of its pressure and railroad and public service cor- porations discovered the necessity, if not of ylelding, of at least discounting it. Corporations which have sto deal with the public everywhere are adopt- ing the plan of giving publicity to their business formerly concealed. They have discovered that the people desire only what is fair and that re- strictions which have been unjust have | gone on the statute books through en- forced popular ignorance which they could have cured. The millenium has not arrived nor have these men told it all, but only so much as the logic of conditions has impressed them as being necessary, yet the recognition of public opinion is growing and every day sees more light let in on the hitherto dark places. What is still more astonishing is the fact that men in private life, doing | business on a large scale particularly, have found it desirable to reckon with this newborn force im civie life. A notable illustration s disclosed by Broker Patten. For awhile newspa- per reporters were given scant court- esy by him and they were told he did not want to see them and that his transactions were none of the pub- lic’s business, Under the old stand- ards this was true, but the advancing price of bread, attributed to his man- ipulation of the wheat Warket, raised such a clamor that a new light broke in upon him and he sent for the news- paper men to deny that he had a cor- ner in wheat and that he was manipu- lating the market. Whether Patten told the truth is not to the point. It simply proves that no man, no matter what his business, when it affects others, can long defy the power of public opinion. The legitimate interests of all have 8o much in common that the best assur- ance of securing them is a full knowl- edge of condizons in order that public opinion, which shapes legislation, may be directed along right lines. —_—— Civic Beautifieation. A notable gathering of artists, land- scape gardeners and architects in Washington has been discussing civic beautification. In no ome thing is the United States so far behind Europe. Even South and Central American cities are far in advance of us in this respect. Europe has the advantage of the art accumulation of ages, but no such reason favors South America. The growth of the United States has been so prodigous along utilitarian and material lines that too little atten- tion has been paid to public adorn- ment, and even our few efforts usually look out of place with their surround- ings. A great opportunity is presented to us now for a reversal of past methods. Our cities have reached a period of their development at which they can well afford to pay attention to the artistic. Under our system of popular government there will always be diffi- culties encountered that others do not have to' contend with. Berlin, Paris and other cities of Europe, and even South America, have been made artis- tic not alone by civic beautification, but by public regulation of private building such as would not be possible here. No attempt has been made in the United States to restrict building further than to protect surrounding property from fire and other hazards. Architecturally the builder has been left free to follow his own fancy, with the result that a sad incongruity in the groupings of even our finest buildings often offends every artistic sense. Much can be done to cure the evil through the medium of education. As it must necessarily be a slow process, the present is none too soon for a be- ginning. Our municipal, state and general governments can further the movement by setting good examples and furnishing object lessons for indi- vidual enterprise that will hasten the desired achievement. Present-Day Gambling. A recent church convention passed resolutions deprecating the increase of the gambling spirit alleged to have taken possession of the present-day people. No student of either morals or of sociplogy will take issue with the churchmen as to gambling being an evil, but thoughtful observers will not agree that it is peculiarly a present- day vice or that it is on the increase. Like other diversions, modern-day gambling undoubtedly is indulged in on a spectacular scale at times, but the assertion that the habit is universal is contradicted by the many and stringent legal restrictions enforced against it. The localities where gambling in the strict sense can still be publicly con- ducted are so few as to be notorious. The last refuge of open betting in this country was the race track, and this has been outlawed almost everywhere, The time was, and not so far in the past, when gambling was considered one of the polite pastimes of all classes, and almost as universal with the business man as with the laborer. A careful search of history reveals that the “‘Stern virtues of our forefathers" required many notable exceptions. The trouble with the resolutions in question is that they speak with the best of intentions, but from inadequate information. The protest is aimed at the immense activities of the boards of trade and similar organizations, many of whose transactions are gambling pure and simple. But how to sepa- rate the two is the bafling problem yet awaiting solution. The number of people who engage in this class of op- erations is large in the aggregate, but for all that are only a fraction of the total population. Conceding that the gambling spirit is involved in many business transactions, the charge that it is growing and spreading is alto- gether lacking of confirmation, while all the signs of the times point pre- cisely in the opposite direction. An official review of the gains made in the campaign against the saloon in- cludes the Nebraska 8 o'clock closing law. That hardly fits in with Gov- ernor Shallenberger’s explanation that he gave his approval to the measure in the interest of the liguor traffic. From this review it appears that the daylight saloon experiment is being tried in this form In no other state but Nebraska, and it will remain to be seen whether it begets imitators in any of the states which have legis- lative sessions next year. Mr. Bryan's Com- result of the city This is the way moner chronicles the ulm tion in Omaha: was aleatad mavar of Omaha by a largely increased majority. Doesn’t even claim credit for him as a democrat! What's the matter? PR — When Speaker Cannon and Dr. Osler met at a banauet, the speaker took occasion to remind the doctor that he was 73 years old. If the doc tor had any lingering suspicions that Uncle Joseph had reached the period of, senility he was doubtless disabused of the idea. 3 —_— Omaha clearings ran over the $15.- 000,000 mark during the last week—— greater than such cities as Los An- geles, Louisville, St. Paul, Denver, Seattle and many others of similar retensions. The Gate City is surely forging to the front. —_— Careful perusal of Mr. Roosevelt's signed editorials in the Outlook raises a suspicion that they were written be- fore he started for Africa, because the composition discloses no signs of ex- citement begotten by jungle animal surroundings. Canal improvement bonds issued by the state of New York, bearing 3 per cent interest, are commanding ready sale at a premlum. There is nothing in the condition of the money market to prevent business expansion on a sound basis. Great Deeds Troop Along. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Jumplin' mollycoddles! Here's Roosevelt saving more lives by killing an embattled rhinoceros at the first bang. How many Carnegle medals will the mighty sl receive from his friend and associate in the catse of annihilating orthography? If Techmicalities Were Abolished. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. A bill has been introduced in the Mis- sour! legislature to make impossible the declsion of cases on technical points. If this should become a law there would be nothing left for many people to do but plead guilty and throw themselves on the mercy of the courts. ‘Would the Senate Measure Up? Baltimore American. Opposition is made by a senator to the erection of a statue of Alexander Hamil- ton in a public square in Washington, which opposition is based on the ground that Hamilton was not a model young man. There is felt some alarm lest the same standard might be applied to the august senate itself, in which event, results might be too startling for the public. Pinching a Paper Trust. Springfield Republican. The latest paper combination to suffer from federal prosecution under the Sher- man act is the assoclation of fiber and manila paper makers. If they had incor- porated as a single-legal entity they might have fared better; as it is they meet ex- actly the same judgment passed upon that price and selling association of western papermakers two or three years ago. The Sherman law has proved pretty effective against these Informal Industrial combi- nations, as witness also the early Addy- stone pipe case; but against incorporated combinations, which are too numerous to be mentioned, it continues to amount to nothing, nor can it be made to now with- out a tremendous industrial upsetting. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. By persistent and energetic work men are recovering lost rights. A Virginia court holds that a woman who breaks an engage- ment must return the ring. When the San Francisco courts get through with the Insurance cases the famous fire of April 18, 1%, will probably be legally nafled to a smoldering clgarette. Walter Wellman is golng to make an- other dash to the pole. It is useless to expect the pending revision of the tariff will please evervbody while Walter is off the watch and out of the country. One of the few cheerful knockers in sight nowadays is the New York woman who slammed her husband wtih a flatiron and laughingly remarked she would do it again it he contradicted her knowledge of geo- graphy. The discovery of a mysterious animal by the Roosevelt hunting party suggests the need of calling the roll on the beasts re- moved from Omaha's city hall. Possibly one of the gyasticutuses skipped for his natlve heath. Turkey’s new sultan has been girded with the scimitar of Osman. If Mehmed will try out the weapon on the bashi bazook of Armenia the world will accept the act as evidence of a dssire to do the right thing at the right time. The home joys of spring life are boosted substantially by timely showers. The patient garden digger who puts in two hours before breakfast cheerlly mops his brow as he salutes the weather man for turning on nature's hose and loosening up things. Worthy of a place on the library table 1s “A Glimpse of Utah,”" a beautifully iI- lustrated pamphlet, historical and deserip- (ve of a land that was old when the west was new, now being dlstributed by the passenger department of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad. SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT | Cleveland Leader: marries an eloping couple for 14 cents. Rival preachers should incorporate under the beneficent laws of thelr state. Pittsburg Dispatch: Pittsburg churches have taken up the matter of abolishing pew rent and have made considerable progress alcng that line. Those that have tried the experiment clalm thelr receipts are larger and their opportunity for doing good corre- spondingly cxpanded New York World: Considering the num- ber of self-respecting, intelligent American families which have not and do not expect to have fncomes of $1,00 a year, the Chi- cago clergyman who nhmes that sum as the marriage minimum seems to be talking mainly for publication Boston Herald: A preacher in Texas has an idea that girls should be taught the use of tha rolling pin. Somebody ought to tell him that there is no rolling pin nowadays, in mo newspaper joke columns, except and that any extension of its use should be sternly discouraged Boston Transcript: Some fidea of the sacrifices made by the rural clergy is af- forded by the presentation to the West Maine Methodist Episcopal conferei at its current session at Berlin, N. H. two support of pastors. One contemplates the establishment of a & tentation fund to aid those clergymen whose ealaries are less than $400 a year. Another proposes an annuit Denent of superannuaicd & ve, Ciciag- men recelving 3600 a year salary to con- tribute 1 per cent and those whose stipends fall below that amount one-half of 1 per cent. Consclousness of duty done must be the chief reward of many of the clergy projects for the of the Maine conferenca 1 New Jersey minister fund for the The bride's gtfl sheuld La Valliere, or earrings, therefore these sug Wedding Presents Solld Silverware, Cut Glass, Clocks and kindred lines. For the Girl Graduate A handsome Diamond Ring or pretty Chatelaine Watch. SERMONS BOILED DOWN. Tact without love is only a form of di- plomacy. Men who give up nothing give up every- thing. ™ Only the doctrines that make deeds are worth working over. ‘There is no blessing to any bread until it is broken and shared. It 18 better to blurt out the truth than to set a lle to soft music. Preaching dletetics is always the forte of those who are out of bread. Too many think their hearts are uplifted because their heads feel light. The most desolate lives are those that are lived for life's furniture only. The child who gives all gives more than the richest who gives only a part. ‘When a man really gets a truth he ceases to be afraid either of hell or heaven. Many a man feels that his endorsement of religion gives it its pre-eminence. It's better being a handcar on the right road than a private one on the wrong. Putting the divine names in caps and man in nonparell does not make the world any better, It were better to suffer..from eternal Justice than to enjoy unending bliss on a crooked deal. The wisdom of the world has always come from the people who did not fear being called fools, They who think there is only one road to heaven usually want to put a toll gate at their station.—Chicago”Tribune. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Author's Wife (Interrupting his after- dinner siesta for the third time, title did you decide on for your ne John? Author _(sleeplly)—"How Though Harried."—Puck. to Be Mappy “'George s 80 obstinate about his lunch- eons. He beef and a potato. If he would thing light and simple, as 1 never talk about indigestio “And what s your menu? “Just salad and ice cream Plain Dealer. , he would Cleveland “The money which old Grimes' relatives are collecting to break his will in their own interest, is very much on the order of a notable charity." T don't exactly understand.” “Isn't it a regular fresh heir fund?"'— Baltimore American. “I tried tp touch my wife for a dolar this morning, but she was doing her hair and wouldn't be disturbed.” “Why, I should think that would be just the time that she would coif up.”"—Houston Post. “Yes," sald the returned hunter, “I had a narrow escape from a rhinoceros. nd what saved. you?" The fact that the rhinoceros could not climb a tree had something to do with it,” responded the hunter, modestly.—Philadel- phia Ledger. “Come away, children,” sald thefr mother. “Run out in the yard and play.” “But we're watching papa lay the stair carpet, mamma,” they answered. “T know it, but he's going to lay it around the bend in' the stalrway pretty eoon, and T don't want you to hear the language he will use hicago Tribune. “What aid vour friends at the club say when you told them we were engaged?” “Oh, they're a lot of joshers!" ‘But what did they say?”’ “They voted me a hero medal."—Houston Post. “Poor Gladys Is almost heart-bre over the breaking of her engagement “Then why did she dismiss her flance?” “Because Gladys is so harmonious and -—r—— they are buil the case desig manufactory. It's distanced Then, there is the Eimpall Full sized, full toned. fully guaranteed. Brand plano, in oak. walnut, Mahogany, now offered for sale in Omaha, 30 days trial, free scarf, free #tool, free music, ‘free 'Ir.a\ free freight and on 80 years trial. It'® the old, $10 Takes One Home | | } reliable Hospe pian. Try i | | | | Just 16c per day pays for it. Prc pairing, planos boxed and shipped. Liberal Credit If You Wish. High Grade Pianos The world's best Xranich & Bach planos have proven beyond a doubt that to last—the tone the richest—th together with the superb finis| a mile, Nothing' made to match it in its plano, with close to 200,000 in actual use, known to musiclans for fifty years the very best in it's class; likewise the Hallet & Davis, Bush-Lane, Cable-Nelson, Hospe, Vietor, Burton Cramer and the many good planos A. 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K2 artistic, and as blue is her color, she found “that his red hair would not go with the most becoming gcwn she had.”—Baltimore American, CONTENTMENT. Oliver Wendell Holmes. “Man wants but little here below." Little I ask; my wants are few; only wish a hut of stone (4 very plain brown stone will do), That 1 may call my own; And close at hand is such a one, In yonder stre¢t that fronts the sun. Plain food s quite enough for m ‘Three courses are as good as ten; If_nature can subsist on three, Thank heaven for th Amen! 1 always thought cold victuals nice; My choice would be vanilla ice, 1 care not much for gold or land; Give me a mortgage here and there, Some good bank stock, NIIIIE nule of hana Or trifling railroad s I only ask that fortune s nd A little more than 1 shall spend. Honors are slily toys, And titles a 1 ‘would, per! But only n I'm very sure I should noi care To fill our Gubernator's chalr. 1 know, Jewels are baubl is a To care for such unir good sized diamond in a pin, me, not 8o large In rings. ruby and a pearl or 8o A Will do for me. My dame should dress in cheap attire (Good heavy silks are never dear); I own perhaps I might desire Some shawls of true cashmei 1 laugh at show. Some narrowy crapes or China Like wrinkle i o aosldad mailk. 1 would not have the horse I drive So fast that folks must stop and stare An easy gait—two forty-five— Suit me; I do not care— Perhaps for just a single spurt Some seconds less would do no hurt. Of pictures T should like to own Titians and Raphaels three or four— I love so much thelr style and tone— One Turner and no more (A landscape, foreground golden airt, The sunshine painted with a squirt). Of books but few—some fifty score For daily use and bound for wear, The rest upon an upper floor— Some: little luxury there Of red morocco’s gilded gleam And vellum rich as country cream. Busts, cameos, gems—such things as these Which others often show for pride I value for their power to please And_selfish churls deride; One Stradivarius, 1 confess. Two merschaums, 1 would fain possess. ‘ Wealth's wasteful tricks T will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool; Shall not carved tables serve my. turn, But all must be of buhl? Glve grasping pomp its dc T ask but one recumbent Thus humble let me live and dle, Nor long for Midas' golden touch; It heaven more generous gifts deny, 1 shall not miss them much— Too grateful for the blessings lent Of simple tastes and mind content! action the most pliable, and the highest are produced by almost equal, the Xrakauer plano has bof pluno tuning guaranteed, plano re- Iy »