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Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30
underwrite themselves, II they wanted to
continue in the business.
LII AeREE ro IN ARMIsrIcE.

WILL AGREE TO AN ARMISTICE.
The statement, apparently authorita-
, tive, that Japan will agree to an armis-
/ tice, II 1t shall prove to be the fact will
simplify to a considerable extent the
peace problem. It has been a matter of
a good deal of concern as to what the
position Of Japan would be in regard to
the question of an armistice That is
matter Of certainly the very first i'm
portance. A cessation of hostihties on
the part Of the victorious nation, when
all the conditions are I'm it's favor, is
without precedent. The uniform rule is
under such circumstances that the power
having the supremacy shall dictate its
own terms in regard to whether or not 1t
will grant an armistice to the enemy.
That seems to be absolutely legitimate.
The victorious army has an unquestion-
able right to insist that every position 1t
has taken and every advantage 1t has
gained shall be held and that nothing
shall be done that will in the slightest
degree operate to the detriment of the
a. my Nhab nus NOu TIC
What is an armistice? 1t means simply
a cessation of hostilities for whatever
time the belligerents may agree upon. 1t
does not necessarily mean, however, that
there shall be no military operations dur
ing the period of the armistice. For in
stance, an arrangement for a cessation
Of warfare would not prevent either Of
the armies from increasing their strength
and making more formidable their mill
tary positions. They could go on adding
to their military forces and augmenting
their power In every way. Actual fight
ing would be stopped. There would be
no skirmishing and no advance move
ment of any kind, but the armies would
not be debarred, except by special agree
ment, from continuing to strengthen
themselves in every way that their COM
manders might deem necessary.
1t Is therefore seen that while an
armistice stops fighting for the time in
which the agreement is made, it does not
put an end to operations with a view to
future fighting. 1t is necessarily a tenn.
porary arrangement a truce that may
last for week or a month, but is by no
means decisive in its character. Conse-
quently when an armistice is talked of it
by no means signifies that an agreement
of that kind signifies the close of a war.
1t has no such meaning. All that it sig
nifes is that there has been halt, that
the warning nations are willing to cease
fighting until they can talk over PROPOSE
tons looking 10 peace and that they are
willing or disposed to come to an agree
ment for settlement of their difficulties.
An armistice between Russia and Japan
will be a circumstance of great impor-
lance but it will not mean an inevitable
conclusion of peace between those coun-
tries.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30
CHURCH AND CLERGY.

Rev Horace r. Fell is now in charge Of
St. Adams church, New York City.
A volunteer band of ten in Nebraska Wes-
leyan is raising a fund to purchase a
much needed conveyance for Miss Urdell
Montgomery in India, a former member OF
the band.
Rev Albert Sidney Gregg OF the New
England conference has been appointed
field secretary of the International Reform
bureau and expects to begin active duty
on October l.
At the late commencement of Ohio Wes-
leyan university the degree of d. d. was
conferred on the Rev. Byron Palmer of the
East Ohio conference, author of Gods
White Throne"
Rev DR.. Bernard NJ. Kaplan, rabbi of
the Bush street temple OF San Francisco,
received from President Roosevelt an auto
graph copy of his California speeches for
the benefit of the Bush street temple.
Rev. DIR. c. Ellis Stevens has been ap-
pointed member of a committee of six ad-
mirals four generals and four civilians to
receive the body of John Paul Jones on its
arrival. and take part in the final ceremo-
MES.
Bishop NJ. c. Harris is having a splendid
year in Japan. There were thirty CONVEX
sions recently at the South Japan confer
ence session, and the bishops addresses
were reported in full by the daily news
papers.
Warren A. Sowle. more Familiarity known
to home missionary leaders as Adlooat, an
Eskimo boy who spent some time in Jesse
Lee home, Unalaska, Alaska, is now serv-
ing as a missionary helper at Cape Prince
of Wales.
The presiding bishop has authorized and
requested the bishop OF Cuba to take charge
of the work of this church on the Isle OF
Pines, until the house Of bishops shall have
taken action 70 provide for the episcopal
care of the island.
Christ church cathedral, New Orleans,
La. Is making due preparation for the cell
ebration of its fftieth anniversary in No
vember OF this year. Additional interest
is given the anniversary by the fact that
this was the first Protestant church In the
Louisiana purchase.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Hope always helps.
Men are not won by working them.
Cold cash may give warm comfort
A loafer never eats any sweet bread
Sorrow may be a course In sympathy.
Gods truth often Jumps mans track
Long wind cannot make up for short
weight
Loyalty to old truths means looking out
for new.
Heavens best gift to any one is some one
TO suffer for.
The oily hypocrite does not Intricate the
church wheels.
People will discover a good man without
the aid Of a press agent.
. Heaven measures mans wealth by the
things he has given away.
Happiness is not in having what we like
but in liking what we have.
A little degree Of divinity is better than
the biggest degree in divinity.
Malice furnishes poor material with
which to build new friendships.
The sense Of the All Seeing eye ought to
save us from the all sounding l.
bigot is a man who is blind in one
eye and can only see one thing with the
other.
Religion commends the tender heart,
but it does not ask for the same kind Of a
heas.
The best way to clear your title to an
estate in the skies is to pay your taxes on
Il now.
The man who learns by his mistakes soon
discovers that there is no graduating from
that school.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30

not lose the right to vote by reason OF
being members therein is In violation Of
section 8 Of article wifi of the Constitu-
ton Of Missouri, which DISTINGUISHES in
mates Of poor houses and prisons main
tained at public expense. 1t is an IN
suit to American manhood to so char
acterize them now" Senator Warner
declares that IL the higher court affirms
the decision of the lower tribunal then
the Imperative duty Of the Missouri Icy.
islature is to submit a constitutional
amendment to the people that "sban pro-
tect these old boys of the blue and the
gray In the exercise of the elective fran.
chise."
There can be no doubt, we think, TINT
the position of AIissouri's Junior senator
in this matter will be most heartily APP
proved by a majority of the people of
his state, as it certainly will be by the
general sentiment of the country. 1t
would be a most fragrant wrong to de-
prive the veterans who are in the federal
homes of the right to vote and it can be
very confidently asserted that the people
Of the country will unquallfiedly con
denim any such policy. No element Of
our people is better entitled to the suf-
frage than the veterans of the civil war
and there will be a universal demand
that they shall enjoy this great privilege
of the American citizen. The position
taker by Senator Warner in the matter
is absolutely right and will have general
public approval Under no circuu.-
stances should the old soldiers he denied
or deprived of any right that is common
to American citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30
RAILWAY MAIL RATES.
Why Does Not Congress Insist on
Economy in This Itemf
Cleveland Leader

One of the growing burdens of the ma
uonal treasury is the deficit in the POST
ONCE department. The rapid extension of
the rural free delivery system has greatly
widened the gap between the receipts OF
the postal service and it's expenditures
and the prospect is that this will go on
indefinitely
Meanwhile the government continues to
pay about the same price for the carrying
OF It's mails that the railroads obtained
in 1873. nearly three decades ago. Other
railway transportation costs much less
than 1t did then. Passengers ride for lower
fares. Freight rates have been reduced
far below the old average. No one has
ever explained why the railroads should
receive anything like the price they charged
a quarter of a century ago for carrying
the mails.
If the national government had shared
fully In the general reduction of the cost
OF railroad service the deficit in the Post
office department would be much less
than 1t is, every fiscal year. The extern
sion of the rural free delivery system
would not then burden the treasury as II
does now. Why does not congress insist
upon lower rates for the railway mails?
What is the obstacle in the way of rea-
sonable economy? How long will it prevent
action?
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30
DISFRAYcBIsING VETERANs.

The recent decision of a Kansas Judge,
that the old soldiers OF the federal home
at st. James were not entitled TO vote.
has been challenged by Senator Warner
of that state and the issue he has raised
will undoubtedly receive wide attention.
since there is involved in the decision
Of the court the question whether the
veterans OF the union army who are in
mates OF soldiers homes are entitled to
the suffrage. II is manifestly a very
important matter, which may be urged
upon the attention Of congress, since It is
one OF those things which manifestly
need TO be clearly defined.
The judicial decision was that men,
Der of the federal home at st. James.
Kan, or Of the confederate home at Hig.
ginsville, in that state. was not entitled
to vote. With this decision Senator
Warner, himself a war veteran. takes
issue and we think there will be very
general acquiescenee with his view. In
an article to a Kansas City paper he
says: 1T viii take more than the de-
cision OF one circuit Judge, however non.
partisan or able he may be. 10 make me
believe that the act OF the legislature
declaring that the old veterans In file
federal and confederate homes should
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.

Boston Globe: Perhaps the Indiana Meth
odist minister who has introduced the inno-
walton of serving ice-cold lemonade to the
members of his congregation during the
time OF service would get even larger audi
ences IL he would put little stick in II.
Baltimore American: 1t is probable that
the professor in the Chicago Theological
seminary who was dismissed for asking
John d. Rockefeller for money might have
held HIS place II he had not tried to be
jocose In requesting funds for foreign
missionary work at home" The professor
should have known that Mr.. Rockefeller
has never exhibited a sense of humor To
become the richest man In the world is n
serious business.
Philadelphia North American: Just
shade worse is the practice of misleading
through appearances. That seems to be the
fashion nowadays. There seems to have
grown up an idea that the dollar mark
looks like the cross to some people. OF
course, 1t costs something to impress men
with this notion, but not much when we
compare the amount expended with that
still left-and then we must remember that
advertising ones sanctity comes high.
Portland Oregonian: 1t is seldom OF late
that a church member has been observed
standing on Jordan's stormy banks and
casting a wishful eye to Canaan's fair and
happy land, where his possessions lie His
possessions do not lie in Canaan; here on
earth-and frequently in an abundance that
makes one worry to think how he is going
to manage to squeeze through the straight
gate and along the narrow way with them
all, they lie about him; and when the tax
gatherer appears he lies about them, quite
as If he thought the ties binding him to a
vain world like this neither transient nor
slender. The Christian has forsaken Jor-
dams stormy banks for good and all; nor
does he often visit of late that narrow
neck of land between two stormy seas
where Charles Wesley stood so secure and
insensible while he weighed his chances of
landing in heaven or being shut up in hell.
The up-to-date believer does not positively
deny that there is such a place as heaven,
though he reserves doubt but when you
come to hell-the very name is shocklngly
unrefned; the place does not exist. He'll is
out of fashion in tho best religious circles.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30
MIDSUMMER

Around this lovely valley rise
The purple hills of Paradise
~ softly on yon banks of haze
Her rosy face the summer lays;
Becalmed along the azure sky
The argosies of cloudland lie.
Whose shores, with many a shining rift
Far on their pearl-white peaks upiift.
Through all the long midsummer day
me meadow-sides are sweet with hay.
l seek the coolest sheltered seat,
Just where the field and forest meet
Mhet og grow the pine trees tal and bland,
And fringy roots and pebbles fret
The rippes of the rivulet.
I watch the mowers as they go
Through the tall grass, white-sleeved row.
with even stroke their scythes they swing,
In tune their merry whetstones ring.
Behind the nimble youngsters run,
And toss the thick swaths i'm the sun.
The cattle Craze, while, warm and still,
slopes the broad pasture, basks the hill,
And bright, where summer breezes break.
The green wheat crinkles like a lake.
The butterfly and bumbIebee
Come in the pleasant woods with me;
Quickly before me runs the quail,
Her chickens, skulk behind the rail;
High up the lone wood-pigeon sits,
And the wOOdpecker pecks and fits,
Sweet woodland music sinks and swells,
The brooklet rings It's tnglng bells.
The swarming insects drone and hum,
The partridge beats its thrObbing drum.
Inc squirrel leaps among the DOughs.
And chatters In his leafy house.
The oriole flashes by and lookl
Into the mirror Of the brook
Where the vain bluebird trims his coat.
Two tiny feathers fall and hoat.
As silently, as tenderly,
The dawn Of peace descends on me;
Oh this is peace! / have no need
OF friend 70 talk, OF book TO read;
A dear Companion here adde's
Close 10 my thrilling heart He hides;
The holy silence is His voice;
lie, and listen, and rejoice.
John 7. TrowbridRe.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30
MASON AND DIXON's LINE.
Old Landmark Published Up 10 Serve
for Future Years.
RostOn


Boston Globe.
Mason and Dixon's line has been reset
In Pennsylvania and Maryland, and with
so much care and thoroughness that It
promises to require no more attention for
very long period of years
1t had been badly disarrapged, many of
the marking stones and posts having been
carried away in the nearly 40 years since
they were set by Charles Mason and Jere-
miah Dixon, two eminent English mathe-
maticians and surveyors
These gentlemen We're employed TO mark
out the disputed boundary line between
the state of Pennsylvania and the states
OF Maryland and Virginia. They began in
1863 ana concluded in 1867, having been in
terrupted, when within thirty-sx miles OF
the whole distance to be surveyed, by the
hostile Indians.
The stones that marked the miles were
brought from England, those at each mile
having the initial p on one side and B on
the other, and the five-mile stones having
the arms of Baltimore on one side and
those Of William Penn on the other.
The term, Mason and Dixon's line" was
used by John Randolph In the debates on
slavery, before the admission of Missouri
as tgurative of the division of the two
systems Of labor 1t became popular as a
phrase to denote the border line between
the free and slave states, and was used
In that sense up to the civil war.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30
FRAUD ORDERS.
Valuable Public Service Performed
by POstOmce Department..
DyN1t,

Valuable Public Service Performed
by POstOmee Department..
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The value Of the Postofflee department as
an instrument for the suppression OF fraud
ulent enterprises depending upon the mails
for their success cannot be overestImated
The get-rich-quick schemers endeavor to
reach the public through the postofice, and
the reports of the department show the
gulibility Of mankind. Postmaster General
Cortelyou has been particularly active in
running down the promoters OF various
schemes which appeal to the cupidity OF
the ignorant or to the gambling instinct on
the lookout for chances. 1t was not until
1873 that the first fraud order was issued
by the department During the last four
months l57 orders have been issued, or
about the number issued during the first
six years OF the fraud-order law.
It is becoming more and more perllous for
fraudulent concerns TO use the mails for
any length OF time and the revocation of
fraud orders is becoming increasingly diff
fcult. The issuance OF so many orders is
due to the alertness Of the department and
TO the efficiency OF the new system intro
duced by Postmaster General COrtelyou,
rather than to the increased use OF the
mails for fraudulent purposes.
The money saved 10 the too conhding
public since the orders were first issued
cannot be estimated but the amount has
been enormous. The ceaseless activity OF
the government In purging the malls OF Sc
ductive circulars has probably done more
TO save the public from loss than the state
statutes prohibiting lotteries and other
forms OF gambling have accomplished in
this direction, Before the government in
tervened 20 prevent the use Of the post
once by the gamesters almost any ques-
tionable scheme advertised through the
malls was sure TO flourish for a long period
and 10 secure large clientage Of dupeA
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30
FRENzrTD zroNrsM.


Among the traditions most cherished
by orthodox Jews is the promised re
vlval Of the kingdom Of God through the
restoration Of Palestine to the children Of
Israel. The return to Zion, however, has
been receding with the procession Of the
centuries and appears more remote now
than II has ever been since the destruc-
ton Of Jerusalem by the Roman legions
under Titus. Yet the tradition of the
restoration to Zion is kept alive from
generation to generation and the prayer
next year in Jerusalem" is fervently Of
fered at each recurring festival of the
Passover, that commentaries the eman-
cipation Of Israel from Egyptian bondage
A revival Of the ancient tradition
within recent years under the name of
"Zionism" by frenzied Missionaries, who
mistake the unrest among the Jews of
Russia and Roumania as a worldwide
yearning for the restoration Of the King
dom Of Israel, tends to create the impress
sion that the movement has the universal
assent of all who profess the faith The
recognized leaders Of the Zionist move
mcnt have been DIR. Herzel, who died
within the past year, Israel ZangNycE
and Max Nordau. Although distinguished
in the realm Of literature Zangwell and
NOrdau are, when it comes to practical
affairs, and especially state building,
mere dreamers of dreams who do not
seem to comprehend that modern Juda-
ism is as much at variance with Zion
ism as the government of modern Egypt
is at variance with the government of
the pyramid builders.
To begin with, Palestine in its palm
lest days would not have been large
enough and productive enough to sup
port the more than ten million Jews now
living. In the next place, the great mass
of Jewish people could not go to Pales-
tine If they would, and would not be
willing to live there If they could They
have nothing In common but their creed.
They speak as many languages as were
spoken at the tower of Babel and the
proof of it is that the handful of frenzied
Zionists assembled at Basic have not
been able themselves to get harmonized
without a fight because they are not
agreed upon creed ritual, let alone upon
form of government.
While the majority Of Jews now living
under monarchical governments might be
content to live in a kingdom, very large
fraction would spurn the very idea of
monarchy and blow 1t up with dynamite
rather than submit. The great majority
are attached sincerely to the various
countries Of their birth, or adoption, and
could not be recalled to Zion even If
Gabriel blew his horn.
{ The scheme to create new Zion in
British East Africa is more preposterous
and harebrained, If such a thing could
be, than the proposed rehabilitation of
the Jewish state In Palestine. 1t has alb
solutely no merit and is no more feasible
than lany other scheme of colonization
that has been offered for the oppressed
Jews, who are grooming under the iron
rule Of the car. It's summary rejection
by the Basic conference should convince
Gates that 1t has no more attraction for
the oppressed and prosecuted than a re-
call of the taskmhsters on the Nile would
have had on their ancestors after they
had crossed the Red Sea on their way to
the Promised Land.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30
GRIP" in Bronze.

FANlhlllt OOuSlllullOH.
From Richmond comes the suggestion OF
a bronze monument to Joseph Jefferson, to
be erected from contributions OF American
theater-goers. It would be difficult to Inn
agine a more fitting tribute from the people
Of this country. Though he realized full
well in the possession of the affection and
esteem Of the theater-goers of several
decades, II is eminently appropriate that
Jenerson's career be tangibly comment
GRATED so that those yet to come may
appreciate the largeness of his role in our
day and time. He was truly a public
benefactor. The dignity purity and charm
with which he invested one of the fore
most of our quasi-public institutions, no
less than the innocent recreation he has
provided thousands Of people tired in body
and mind, constitute a high claim upon
gratitude. Optimist, apostle of light and
unconscious preacher of moral cleanliness,
the seal of recognition might we'll be put
upon his usefulness in the manner sug-
gested.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30

that he is about to take long foreign
trip in order to bring back what he could
to promote good government. Mani
testify Bryan's mind has undergone a
radical change since he enunciated the
famous edlct for free coinage without
the aid or consent of any other nation
on earth" But, really, what is there In
foreign countries that Bryan can bring
back to America that will enable him to
give us better government when he takes
the helm?
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30
CRIMINALLAK DELAYS

The reprieve of Hoch, the convicted
bigamist and murderer, will doubtless be
referred to as another evidence of the
delay in the operation of our criminal
law and it is case which very pointedly
enforces the fact that in respect to our
practice in criminal cases of this charac-
ter we are far behind European coun-
tries. This man confessed to a number
of bigamous marriages. The evidence
upon which he was convicted of having
murdered one of his wives was most con-
elusive. In England or any other Eu-
ropean country the sentence Of death for
his crime would have been carried out,
but here he is given another opportunity,
through the intercessiOn of woman
whose sympathy was aroused for the
brutal culprit, to make a fight for his
life.
Is there any reasonable justification
for this? We think a majority of people
who believe that justice should be
promptly administered to such scoun-
drels will say there is not. There has
been a great deal Of criticism upon the
lax methods of administering justice in
this country. In an address some time
since to the Yale Law school Secretary
Taft set forth that the administration Of
the criminal law in most of the states of
this country is disgrace to our civiliza-
ton. He cited the statistics showing the
great number of murders and hOmicides
that had occurred during the last twenty
years and the few executions that have
taken place. The facts are surprising.
For instance in 1904 the number of MUIR
ders was S,4s2, while the, number of ex-
ecutions was only no. Such a record
would have been impossible in any other
civilized land
The obvious fact is, as urged by Judge
Taft, that there must be a radical re-
form in our system of criminal jurispru-
dence. We must get nearer to the Brit
ish system, which If not absolutely de-
void of defects is unquestionnbly SUI
perior to our own. The matter is one
which ought to receive the careful at
tentiOn Of all American bar associations