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TO THE BHAME OF A CHURCH.

For five year? Miss Augusta Pusch had been a faithful, self-sacri-firing and univer.-aiiy befcn ed mlßslonary in the German Baptist

rhnrrh at Omnha.

Her life had been as open as the day and as inspiring of cheer asthe sunshine.

She was ever about her wort, ministering to the poor, givingcheer to the sick. Consolation to the bereft, encouragement to the

afflicted, and the gospel to the unbelieving, ever a true, faithful mis-sionary to humanity, a benediction to the Church and a living glory

to God.But the Other day it was discovered that this woman was only hu-

man.She had pasfions and temptations and weaknesses just like the

rest of us.She sinned, and in her sinning she was as whole-hearted and self-

forgetful as she had born in her efforts and sacrifices for others.

She was found lying on the floor of the. pastor's study in the chueh,

the other morning, clasped close in the pastor's arms, both dead from

accidental escape of gas. There was proof of guilt in plenty. But

death, that had so cruelly unmasked her sin before the congregation

and the world she had served so long and so well, kindly took her to

another and better world for judgment.

But the church held her dead body and promptly proceeded to heap

indignities upon It.

Men and women ?particularly women ?claiming to be Christians,turned ghouls and sought vengeance upon the dead.

"Judge not, that ye be not judged," is an admonition that may have

been well known to the lips and ears of the people of this church, but

it evidently was unknown in their hearts.

They would not permit the sacred edifice to be desecrated by hold-

ing the woman's funeral service in it, they said.

The highly virtuous members of the choir, who probably have done

less for humanity and God's cause in their whole lives than this mis-

sionary did every day, declared they would not sing.

The body of this poor girl was, figuratively speaking, about to be

cast to the carrion, with not one of all whom her life had blessedready to throw over it even the mantle of charity.

Then a stanch-souled old man of God arose among them and told

them they were worse than infidels ?worse than savages even ?and

that if the church was to lie barred against women who sin the door

might as well be nailed shut, for none would be found fit to enter.Decency prevailed, but what a commentary it all is upon the

Christianity that means nothing beyond forms and phrases!

The people of this church have done true religion a crueller slan-

der and a deeper wrong than all the Infidels and scoffers in the world

can do.

SCRUB, SCRUB, SCRUB.

If we are to sterilize the mouthpieces of telephones, every day, to

kill the bacteria and prevent infection, and are to scrub the doorknobs

every day for the same reason, why not be consistent, and go on?crabbing and scrubbing everything with which we come in contact?

If these bacteria must be cleaned out once a day, why not once an\u25a0our, or once a minute? The pestiferous things are apt to get in any

\u25a0econd.

Of course, everybody knows that drinking water must be not only

boiled, but distilled.

We have all often enough been warned that handshaking is dau-

gerous and kissing deadly. All of which warning we have all duly ob-

served, of course.Now, after having long and virtuously refrained from water as God

made it and from the other enticements, it is hard to be informed bytne bacteriologists that we still are in momentary danger from mi-

crobes unless we scrub, scrub, scrub.And when we get used to the scrubbing and learn to look upon it

as a matter of course Instead of a hardship, may not the microbes steal

another march upon us through the scrub brush?Maybe we shail have to sterilize the soap and then sterilize the

sterilizer. Bacteriologists are insatiable. They never know where to?top.

But their demands, If fully acceded to, would leave us no time to

snake a living. It would be scrub, scrub with us all the time. And while

saving ourselves from death from microbes, we would die of starva-

tion.The fanner, instead of plowing, would put in all his time killing

the microbes on his plow handles; the butcher, instead of killing beef,

would never cease to scour his knife and cleaver, and there would benothing produced to eat.

This Bort of thing may very easily be carried too far. The bac-teriologists must learn to draw the line somewhere.

We shall soon become as ridiculous as the oki Salemltes in thoflays of witchcraft.

THE FATHER OF TRUSTS.

President Myron T. Ilerrick said to the National Bankers' associa-

tion!In an era of trusts (using the word In Its popular sense), and

great combinations aiming at the restriction If not the entire removal

of competition, a movement reaching far and wide in trade and pro-

ductive industry, the banks have gone on in the old way, every onefor itself, wedded to the Idea of Individuality and independence as acherished tradition.

This seeming sacrifice has not, however, the lofty patriotic motive

that this eulogy might lead people to suppose.

The plain truth la that the national bank system holds the distinc-

tion of being the only business In the country that enjoys a monopoly

through direct paternal care of the government, and that does not

need to bring its widely-scattered interests under one head in orderto constitute Itself Into a trust.

Using the word trust in its popular sense, the national bank sys-

tem is far more than a tmst ?it is the father of trusts.

Through their exclusive control of the volume of circulation, the

banks are allied more closely into one common interest than they

could ever become through all the corporation laws in existence.

Through this stupendous privilege the bank system manipulates

Ml business to a degree unknown to any other instil ution.In spirit, in operation, and in effect the many national banks form

Cue body and it is personified in J. Piorpont Morgan.Bo the banks may well afford to go on "In the old way."Mure perfect consolidation in interest is Impossible.

< 11M0T or 1 POOI (0011.

like one who had figured the cost of'win or lose, he pushed on to thewicket, thrust his money in. and,when he withdrew his hand, itclutched the coveted pasteboard. Asigh of relief, then anxiety, and hestationed himself close to the tick-ing instrument and ?waited.

"Yes, I know that fellow," saida passing acquaintance. "Youwouldn't think he used to be a jte-partment manager in \u25a0?'s store,but he was, and at $3000 at that.Married a Hartwell girl about sixyears ago, but he got tc playiagthe ponies, and they barely exltetnow, I guess, tip in a rear third-story room of a Court st. tenement.Pity, too; they've got a little girl,and ?excuse me, there's a friendover there I want to see."

BY D. S. T.

j "At the post at Chicago!" sangout the man in a nasal tone that!rose above the buzz-busi-s of talkand the shuffling of feet and pene-trated every part of the over-the-river poolroom,

Then there was a sort of mur-muring akin to the satisfaction of !the animal at sight of prey, andthere was a slow shifting as of onebody toward the end of the roomwhere a man stood beside a tele-graph Instrument that was bring-ing the news of the running of arace at a faraway point.

Probably 200 people are in theroom, edging in and out andthrough, a constant, ever-changingthrong. There are fat njen andlean men and tall nieti and short

There are fat men and lean men and tall men and short men, menwell dressed and men (-eedy.

men, men well dressed and men "They're off at Chicago!" calledthe man at the telegraph instru-ment. The shuffling ceased, andthere was only a half audible, con-fused murmuring.

Tick, tick, tick, tick?"Andesfirst"?tick, tick, tick, tick?"St.Cuthbert second" ?tick, tick, tick?

"Federal third."The man looked at his ticket

again. He was playing what seem-ed to him most of a certainty. Hehad gone on Federal, the horse thebookmakers believed would win, be-cause they had made him the favor-ite, and? I

Tick, tick, tick, tick?"Homer a*the half" tick, tick, tick?"by twolengths"?tick, tick, tick, tick?"St.Cuthbert second by half a length"?tick, tick, tick?"St. Minor third."

Federal hadn't received a call atthe half, while St. Cuthbert, whoma tout only a moment ago had sage-ly remarked was "all there is to it,"was?

Tick, tick, tick, tick?"St. Cuth-bert at the three-quarters"?tick,tick, tick?"by half a length"?tick,tick, tick, tick?"Minor second by-a head" ?tick, tick, tick, tick?"Hom-er third"?tick, tick, tick?"half alength."

"God, I'mafraid of that one!"said the man, huskily, to himself,and half alound in his alarm, as hebeard the words that told of St.Cuthbert coming to the front. Hesteadied himself against the rail-ing while he bent forward with hiseyes on the man who was mechan-jically interpreting the message.

Tick, tick, tick, tick?"St. Cuth-bert in the stretch (came in sing-

song voice), by a length?tick,.tick,

I tick, tick?"Minor second" ?tick,tick, tick?"half a length"?tick,tick, tick, tick?"Federal third, bya neck."

St. Cuthbert was running like awinner, and increasing the lead.

I Federal had a call, but was a lengthand a halfl behind, with two good

jrunners in front. The ticket the! man held on Federal representedhis all. He grew pale as his graspon the railing tightened. In fancyhe could see this race that meantso much for him. Away over there,

lon the other side of the track, isI that group of bobbing figures that

seedy, men who laugh and joke anddrink at the convenient bar, andmen who stand about with soberfaces and wear a serious air; thereare winners with a slap on the backfor their friends and an invitationto "let's take something;" thereare losers, who keenly feel the bardraps of ill luck and who see nocompanionship In their fellows;there are men with a "quiet hunchon a good thing," striving to appearcareless and indifferent; there aretouts with their "simply-like-flnding-it" tips to tray the unwary; thereare tickets in hands, brand-new, forthe race to come, conned, comparedand treasured as keys to open thedoors of wealth; there are ticketsunder foot, torn, trampled anddirty, the valueless discard of un-fortunate ventures.

There's the bar and lunch standat one end of the room, and thebroad raised platform at theother, on which are busy men, be-hind a railing, and with piles ofcash in gold and silver and paper insight; there are wickets throughwhich goes the money of the play-ers, and through which comes thebit of pasteboard, amid the clinkof the silver and the rustling ofthe billls that pay for it. Thereare blackboards all about the walls,reaching to the ceiling, coveredwith the names of the horses andthe odds, and there are nien withchalk and brushes, changing thefigures, drawing ovals pround thenames of the winners and ?but thecrowd is dralwng closer to hear therace run.

And in the throng was one thatsomehow stood out single from themany. How old, you couldn't tell,for most of the creases and linescame with all nights out, and the

I pace that kills, rather than fromyears. His hat was shapeless intrown and threadbare at brim; histrousers baggy at the knees andfrayed at the bottom; his shirt col-larless and cuffless, and his coatwilted and shiny. His band trem-bled as he reached in his pocketand counted his money, in dimesand quarter*, a dollar in all. Hestudied the boards, started, stoppedand counted his money again. Then, I

BRIBERSSt. Louis Boodlers' Case

Being Heard

THANKSGIVING DINNER.

The Young Men's Christian asso-ciation has arranged to give aThanksgiving dinner to the youngmen in this city who are away fromhome. They have requested thatall ladies who are willing to assistmeet at the Y. M. C. A. rooms onRiverside at 3 o'clock Thursdayafternoon.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 19.?Thecases against J. J. Hannlgan, JohnH. Schnettler, Edmund Bersch, 11.A. Faulkner, W. M. Tamblyn, JohnHelms, Louis Decker and OttoSchumacher, former and present

members of the house of delegatos,accused of bribery, came up forhearing today.

Owing to the widespread munici-pal corruption recently unearthedthe cases now before the courthave attracted great attention andthe results of the trial are awaitedwith keen Interest.

MEET TONIGHTO'Brien-Hart Millat Phil-

adelphia

POLICE NOTES.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 19.?"Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien and,Marvin Hart of Louisville in a six-'round bout is the magnet that Is

expected to draw a great crowd ofring followers to the PennsylvaniaAthletic club tonight.

On more than one occasion Harthas displayed qualities entitlinghim to consideration as a prospect-ive champion of his class and thoseacquainted with his record are ofthe opinion that ho will put up agood showing when he meets theredoubtable Philadelphian

Officers Burns and Parrlsh madean arrest last night in an opium denin the house owned by T. J. Joiner,near the Great Northern passengerstation. Joiner Is charged withrunning an opium den and Ida Ous-loy was found "hitting the pipe."Doth are colored

THE SPOKANE PBESS: WEDXESP IT, TWYEJIfitiR 19, 1005.

Hue and fall In human waves, ablurred vision in a cloud of dust,of horses and boys In a jumbledmass, sweeping along; uround theturn tbey go, still clinging together,and Into the stretch they come rid-ing like mad. Then, from out thebunch, like a shot from ft cannon,cornea one horse of mighty bound,with the jockey bending over his

. neck and urging him on, the boy, and the horse but parts of a single

moving machine. Then another' clears, and another, and still anoth-

er, and, in a broken line, they are, pounding along. And his horse, the

horse his money is on?he's strain-ing his eyes to see that one. There'sonly a chance now, one chance Ina hundred, and the man is watchingthe finish with every muscle andevery fiber tense. He's living a longtime now with each second thatpasses. There's no sport In all thisfijr him; tlrfct is gone. It is narrow-ed down to grim. cold, hard neces-sity. His lips are dry ami his throatparched. His last dollar in theworld is at stake, and he's watch-ing every move in that race; hesee.-; every leap of the horses.They're nearing the wire. A fewseconds more and it will all be over.A jockey's whip sings in the air,and falls with stinging force. An-other ounce of strength Is calledfqjr, and tliey are thundering downtl|e track almost neck and neck,fighting every inch of the way. Likea whirlwind tfioy sweep past, amighty roar goes up from the crowdand ?

Tick, tick, tick, tick?"St. Cuth-bert wins"?tick, tick, ticfl, tick?

"by half a length"?tick, tick, tick,tick?"Minor second"?tick, tick,tick, tick?"by a length"?tick, tick,tick, tick?"Federal third."

But the man at the railing beardno more after St. Cnthbert's name

,was spoken. He was deaf to allelse. He grew whiter. His hand

'closed on the ticket it held. Youcould hear it crackle.

"Don't block up the passageway,please." came from behind the rail-ing. With drooping head, the manshuffled along, unnoticing and un-noticed in the crowd. As be reachedthe door and opened it he stoppeda moment and shivered. Then hepulled his hat down over his eyes,held his coat collar close to hisneck and went out into Hie drivingrain?penniless, homeless, helpless.

And up in the third-story roomof the Court st. tenement theresat a woman and a child in a cheer-less, scantilyVfurnished room, hov-ering over the embers in an old,broken stove. A faded shawl abouther and her child helped but littleto keep away the damp and thechill. There was hunger and des-pair in her eyes; her hands were

Then he pulled his hat downover his eyes, held his coat col-lar close to his neck and wentout into the driving rain?pen-niless, hopeless, helpless.

thin and worn, and trembled as shepulled the shawl closer. And shesat there in the gathering gloom,witli her child and ?her thoughts.

*****

"It seems like I can't break myrun of bad luck," said the poolroomowner with a sigh, as ho climbedaboard a street car with a friendthat evening to come over theriver. We ought to have made atleast three thousand on the fourthat Chicago today, and yet we clean-ed up only about half of It. It wasthe same way in the sixth at St.Louis yesterday, and what with mywife dogging me for a now sealskincoat, because the one she has Isout of style, I'm worried half sick.Let's stop off at the Gibson andopen a bottle."

WEDDEDFashionable Nuptials in

ChicagoCHICAGO, 111., Nov. 19.?Grace

Episcopal church was tho scenethis afternoon of the most fashion-able wedding of tho season so far.The contracting parties were MissAlice Higinbotham, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. H. N. Higinbotham.and Joseph Medill Patterson, grand-son of the late Joseph Medill, foun-der of the Chicago Tribune. Thebride had her sister, Miss FlorenceHiginbotham, as hor si?.id of hon-or, and the best man was JosephMedill McCormick, cousin of thebridegroom. The ushers includedLeonard Thomas of Philadelphia,Alexander Cameron of New York,Montgomery Hallowell and LincolnMitchell of Cincinnati and W. T.Clyde, Jr., of New York.

NEW AGENT AT REARDAN.

W. A. Beardsley, who has heldthe position of depot agent at Al-mira, has been transferred to Rear-dan, where he will hold a similarposition, recently vacated by E. T.Smith.

Do you know the, se»cret of good printing?Perhaps you don't asnone but the great ar-tists have it exactly lo-cated. We cannot placeour ringer upon it. butwe know that some-where within fine work-manship, tho best ofmaterials and perfectequipment the secretlies, und In order thatno chances tuny betaken wu include allthese In our scheme ofbusiness. The result isa grade of printing thathundreds of Spokanebusiness men have comoto know and appreciate.

inlandPriming Co.610-613 Sprague Aye.

Oregon R. R. & Nay. Co.Oregon Slorl Line R. R.

union Pacific R. R.ONLY LINE EAST VIA

Salt LaKe and DenverTWO TRAINS DAILY.

Steamship tickets to Europe andother foreign countries.bailvi Spokane Time Beuedulo DallyPep! j Effective June 22, IVO2. Arr.

7146" FAST MAIL?To andA. M. from Coeur d'Aleno dis-

trict. Farmington, Gar-held, Colfax, ?Pullman,man, "Moscow, *Pom-roy, Waitsburg, Day-ton, Walla Walla, Pen-dleton. Uaker City, and 6135all points EAST. P. M.

3:48 EXPRESS?For Farm-P. M. ington, Colfax, Pullman,

Pullman, Moscow, Lewis-iston, Portland, SanFrancisco, Raker Cityall points EAST.

F.XPRESS ? From nilpoints EAST, BakerCity, San Francisco,Portland, Colfax, Gar- 8:50Held and Farmington. |A. M.

?Except Sunday.Short line to California, San Fran-

cisco-Portland route. Steamers sailfrom AIns worth dock. Potland, at iiI>. M.i every live days.

GEO. J. MOHLER. Gen. Agt.,43i> Riverside Aye.. Spokane, Wash.

Telephone Main 162.

statement of the Condition of the

Exchange National BankOP SPOKANE, WASH.

Designated Depository United States.<<~..!..,i s --.n nnn nnCapital $260,000.00Surplus and undivided

prollts $179,588.92K. J. Dyer, President; Chas. Sweeny,

Vice President; C. K. Mcßroom.Cashier; W. M. Shaw. AswistantCashier.

REPORT OF CONDITION AT CLOSEOF BUSINESS, SEPT 15, 1903.

Resources.. .

Jl.. . t.. *, ,J' I COl 6A

Loans and discounts... .$1,461,681.64

Overdrafts 84.554.8411. 8. bonds and pre-

miums 58,000.00 ,Storks, bonds and war- i

rants 81,251.89Furniture and fixtures... 7,000.00

Cash Resources ?

Cash on hand 531.548.35Due from banks 31 1,085.00V. S. bonds 100.000.00Redemption fund 2,500.00

Total resources $2,627,039.18Liabilities.

Capital stock t 250.000.00Surplus 60.000.00Undivided profits 12ti.5K5.82Circulation 60.000.00Deposits E.047,450.28

Total liabilities 12,527,039.18Directors ?I. N. Peyton. Oeo. R. Dod-

son. VV. J. C. Wakefield, B. J. Bar-ney, J. J. Humphrey, Chas.Sweeny, E. J. Dyer.

K. F. Cartler Van Dissel, Manager.

Tel. No. 441. P. O. Box 1821.

The Saw MillPhfflnix

Manufacturers of

LUMBER, LATH, MILL WORK

DOORS AND SASH.

Bar and Bank Fixtures a Specialty.

Spokane, Wash.

Shorthand, Civil Service, Tcleg-rapliy. English. Drawing Courses.

Northwestern Dullness College,808 Second Aye., Spokane, Wash.

Keep Outof the Wet

The station wagon which we areoffering at prices ranging around$600 is one of the best bargainsever offered in the way of com- ifortable and serviceable vehicles.If you drive sifter night or in wetor stormy weather, it Is Just thekind of a wagon you must have.Now on exhibition.

B. g. PI.OUOH. Agent.

This is the Light.

SEEK NO FURTHERORDER FROM

The Winston Water Pover Co.Empire State LMdg.

No. 222-224 Post St. Tel. M. 639.Residence Phone S. 271.

SEEHORNTRANSFERCOMPANY

STORAGE?We store all kinds ofgoods.

WE MOVE?Machinery, boilers,merchandise, household goods, every-thing.

F. FLINT &CO.8011-2 Riverside. Tel. E. 251.

91900 ?6-room cottage, large lot,barn, lawn, shade and fruits; Fourthaye., close in; half cash.

9850?5-room cottage, largo cornerlot, Nettleton add., two blocks fromBroadway car line; half cash.

8950?3-room house, two lo*s. wellof water and city water; Weal Mainaye.. close In; will make terms,

99000 ?7-room modern house, lot.lawn, shade and fruit \u2666rees, smallbarn; on Gardner aye.; half cash.

9375 ?Choice 50 foot lot with wateron lot, Broadway.

BAGGAGEPhone Main 517

Quick ParcelDelivery Co.

720 FIRST AYE.

$3250? Fine six-room bousein Heath's addition; gradedstreet and sidewalk.

$3000 ?Eight room houße,Heath's addition.

$4S0 ?Corner lot, Heath'sFifth addition; water at cor-ner.

EimenOorf & Elmeßdorf,321 Rookery Bldg.

The fidelity National Bank.CS-.

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Spokane, Wash.Pnnltnl S1 00 000 Icapita] jinn,ooo

Surplus 35,000Ofllosrs and Directors:

Geo. 8. Brooke, president.D. K. Mcpherson, Vice President.

A. W. Lindsay, Cashier.E. 11. Brown.ll, Asst. Cashier.

MEDICAL LAKE111111111111^

After all, what can improve on the food whichthe child gets from its mother. Mother Natureprovides us, her children, with a perfect medi-cal food in riedical Lake Salts, and fledknlLake Toilet Soap containing as it does log ofthese famous Salts, is the purest, sweetestmedicated soap made. Use it in the little

one's bath, for it will make the skin bright and clear and freeit from all irritations and blemishes of the skin caused by PricklyHeat, Rash, flosquito Bites, etc.

It's soothing, healing, purifying qualities are especially beneficial tobabies and young children?a necessary toilet article for every house-hold?you will never be without it once you have proved it's charmingefficacy. Druggists sell it?2s cents a cake.

Buy nedical Lake Ointment, 25 cents abox, and use it for alleruptions of the skin, ft will improve the complexion and is inval-uable for Sunburn, Windburn, Kcrema, Itching Piles, Mosquitoand all Insect Bites. Not greasy or sticky?is immediately absorbed

MEDICAL. LAKB REHEDIES ARB NOT PATENT MEDICINES.

MEDICAL LAKE SALTS MFG. CO., Sole Mfrs.NEW YORK AND SPOKANE, WASH.

stndebaker Carriage ttposfiory,......

M3-81E ipratrns Aye.

The Spokane andEastern Trust Co.

(Incorporated.)Spokane ... Washington.

Pays interest on open ac-counts subject to check asfollows: 2 per cent per an-num credited to accountssemi-annually, June Ist andDecember Ist on all bal-ances of $100 or multiplesthereof, computed monthlyon the lowest balancestanding to the cred£-->f tht

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depositor, on any day dur-ing the ciurent month. Al-lows interest on time cer-tificates of deposit at therate of 4 per cent per an-num on certificates issuedfor one year, 3 per cent perannum for six months and2 per cent per annum forthree months. Certificatesof deposits issued for astated time are in no casepayable before maturity.

Savings Deposits receivedon the following terms: De-posits of $1.00 to $2,000 re-ceived at any time and re-paid after thirty days'notice in writing. Interestpaid at the rate of 4 per centper annum, semi-annuallyJanuary 1 and July 1, onthe minimum quarterlybalance.

Securities of this depart-ment are kept separatefrom other assets of thecompany, and are exam-ined and approved monthlyby a committee represent-ing the depositors.STOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE SE-

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