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The Morning Bee M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO, Publi.har. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Be* is A member. Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatch*** credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special despatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department AT lantic or Person Wanted For Night Calls After 10 P. M.; -s aaa Editorial Department. AT-lantic 1021 or AT. 1042. ll/l/U OFFICES Main Offices—17th and Fpmam Council Bluffs—16 Scott St. S. Side. N. W. Cor. 24th and N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syndi. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles-—Higgins Bldg. San Francisco—Hollrook Bldg Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. SIFTING THE OUTLANDERS. Secretary Davis o£ the Department of Labor has presented to congress a measure Resigned to regulate immigration, which has some features that deserve commendation, and some that will require careful examination before they become law. His chief provision is for the examination of prospective im migrants before they are permitted to start for the United States. This method should insure against the approach of any who are likely to be turned back because of unfitness to enter. Also it should control the rush to the extent that at no time would a group from any country come in excess of the quota allotted that country. In this way the greatest source of complaint against the existing law’s operation would be re moved. No person would be allowed to start from Eurqp6 without reasonable prospect of being per mitted to land in America, and the pressure now ex perienced monthly at ports of entry would disap pear. On the advisability of allowing the limit to be raised by executive action more debate will have to be awaited. Extension of the law to include Canada and other American countries is intended to do away with the extensive “bootlegging'’ in immigration that is now a source of considerable annoyance to the authori ties. If entrance to our shores is to be controlled in the interest of Americans, such control should be made effective. Good reason for restriction ex ists, and the laws should be adequate to secure the result aimed at. t Conditions for admission proposed by the secre tary will require scrutiny, because in some regards they represent a new thought. Mr. Davis has taken quite an advanced position on the subject of im migration, supported to a degree by his experience in dealing with the general phases of the problem, and his advice should have weight. His views are shared in some : < spects by the president, who says it "is necessary to continue a policy <5f restricted im migration,” and commends examination at the source. Mr. Coolidge also favors the registration of all aliens admitted to secure best results. This most important subject ought to be one of the chief items on the congressional program, be cause it involves the future as well as the present of the United States. All who deserve to be admitted, and who will add to our citizenship ought to get in, bat the undesirables, the unfit, and the merely spec ulative visitors have no business here. CHAUFFEUR PINK OF PERFECTION. Mabel Normand's chauffeur is a devoted servant, to say the least. When he found his mistress was overstaying her time, and was likely to be late at another engagement, he broke up the sitting by shooting the host. Such attention to business should have recognition. Also, some notice should be given to the young man’s promptitude in suiting the action to the thought. He explains: “Well, I'm not any too strong physically, and I didn’t want to take any chances, so I pulled my gun and let him have It.” What could be sweeter? Then, too, we must not overlook the foresight displayed by the youth. He was to drive Miss Normand on » round of New Year calls, so he went into her room and secured her re volver. Just a. little prudence, you see; he could not tell what might come up during the day, and wanted to be prepared for any emergency. In the movies they do it^^u know. How often ha* that youth watched the hero or the villain draw a pistol and use it swiftly, taking no chances. In the im mortal words of Josh Billings and Shakespeare com bined : ' Thrice armed is he who hath hi* quarrel Just. And four times he who gets his work in first.” Yes, Mabel’s chauffeur is not only devoted, but efficient, and we do not wonder that she was ready to go when he threatened to leave her employment if she did not immediately proceed with him. Yet, will not this incident be likely to prove embarras sing? In the future young men who entertain Mabel And her f^irl friends will probably take the precau tion of disarming her chauffeur before the party begins. Finally, it would be nice to know wheth< r Mabel kept the other engagement that was so important. BATTLE WITH THE BOLL WEEVIL. The old darky song about the bugs will soon have to be revived, for science is going into a close ex amination of the boll weevil, and is discovering some interesting facts about his personal habits and be havior. When these are all catalogued, it may be found out that as bI bug the boll weevil ia in a class by himself. Up to date the principal traits of the destructive critter is that he is stubborn, and does not like the society of man. In fact, when caught and placed under observation, the boll weevil does not carry on after his normal fashion at all. This has made his examination rather tedious, although it does estab lish the fact that the bug is possessed of more sense than some men, who would act perfectly natural under any conditions and tliink it smart to do so. Besides being tenacious of life, the boll weevil haR a noticeable aversion for poisons of any sort, and resolutely declines to be entrupped by ordinary devices. He is a dainty feeder, his first meal iii'the spring being made from the tender tops of the cotton plunt shoots. Just as soon as the flower appears, the weevil discards the leaf, and takes himself to the hud, where the feeding is better. He may come out of his hibernation’ several miles from any growing cotton, but his instinct leads him "unerringly to the field. This is his weak spot, and is relied upon to ac complish his undoing. Science plans to produce a trap that will imitate a cotton field, and so lure the dreaded foe of the boll to his destruction. When the odor that attracts the pest to the cotton is discovered, it will be used to bait a trap, and the rest will be easy. Seems a pity to delude so persistent and re sourceful a bug as the boll weevil, but science owes a higher duty to mankind, that needs the cotton mca than it does the insect.. t UNHORSING THE HOUSE AUTOCRATS. Revision of the rules of the house of represent* tives, to accord with the desires of the progressive republicans, is under way. Chief of the changes proposed will be that to prevent the pocketing of a bill by a committee chairman. According to Rep resentative Nelson, who has the work in charge, one new rule will require that chairman call committees together to consider any matters referred, and mak ing provision for any action the house may deem proper if such chairmen fail. Another rule will for bid the chairman of the rules committee pocketing any rule proposed fo*- governing procedure at any time. % These changes will greatly liberalize house practice. Committee chairmen in the past .have smothered a great many measures by refusing to hold hearings on them, or to make report. This has, of course, done away with a great deal of frivolous legislation, but It also has stifled many bills that might have been of service, entitled at least to a hearing on their merits. A change in this practice ought to work for good. So should the chairman of the rules committee be divested of the autocratic power he now possesses. It may be necessary at times to rule the house with a rod of iron, as Thomas Prackett Reed disclosed, but it will be worth while to find out whether the house can not function without the intervention of despotic authority. Failure to get results should rest on the whole body, and not on one or two members. The rule concerning discussion of measures on /the floor should be watched very closely, lest the house fall into the condition of the senate, where a few members, or even one, can defeat needed legis lation by a filibuster. Public interests should not be placed in jeopardy by any change in the rules that will give a small group undue control over the course of legislation. PSYCHOLOGY LANDS A PUNCH. Old John Barleycorn is welcome to any satis faction he £ets out of the new year. If any de pendence is to be put upon surface signs, the old boy is further behind the procession than ever he was, and is going back fast. New Year’s festivities were not less jubilant, but far dryer than ever be fore. This was generally noticeable, and for the main reason th^t the celebrants did not care to risk the danger of bootleg hootch for the doubtful plea sure of a fleeting kick, with the certainty of a head ache and a feverish thirst to follow. Once upon a time good whisky, mellow rum, trustworthy brandy, Chartreuse, Benedictine, sugar, eggs, milk, orange peel and nutmeg, could be stirred together in proper proportions, and the result would be that which certainly allured. No longer. Now the drink is of raw liquor, fiery and scorching, from a bottle, or, if “busted" at all, it is with water or ginger ale, and this has taken most of the romance out of the affair. Another reason is that man is an imitative animal, fond of doing what he sees others do. On this basis fashions arc established, and it is quite fashionable to mount the water wagon these days. That always ! has been true, but now it is easier to stay on after one once has taken his seat. It looks as if the sim pie psychology of the affair were in truth dotug more to make the country dry than all the efforts of the enforcement brigade. Jim Dahlman is showing good judgment in seek ing t* have the city share in the scavenger tax sale. More than a million and a half is due to Omaha in delinquent taxes, and this sum will come in right handy, now that the time has come for making up another budget. fourteen hills have been set aside as exclusive to coasters, but driverk should be careful on all others, for the boy and his sled are ubiquitous, and likely to be encountered anywhere. The supreme .court has ruled that a man's love nest is his domicile sufficient for the service of a divorce summons. Well, for that purpose the ruling ought to fit. Skaters are not the only ones who welcome the cold snap, for local firms figure on cutting 200,000 tons of ice within the next few weeks. Governor A1 Smith insists that the Volstead act be modified, but his real job is to convince con gress that his plan is a good one. Any time the people of the United States enter into a conspiraby to get a law passed reducing taxes, congress will do well to take heed. i ---- In view of treatment very generally accorded to prisoners in these reform days it is strange that any should endeavor to escape. ' Looks as if the democratic factions are on the point of digging up the hatchets that they buried in the last campaign. Police department funds for the year should be disposed of with the pill box service ever in mind. Facts are stubborn things, hence so m&ch writh ing in administration circles down Lincoln way. Mabel Normand certainly has hard luck in pick ing her male friends. The curse of a burning thirst is the scenario of many a4>eadache. It is not recorded anywhere that the Lord loves a crape hanger. Yes, there will not be a grand jnry. Homespun Verse —By Omaha'* Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie SOME DAY. Some dny I'll build tne a home by the river That flow* through th* beautiful lea. I’ll rest on the bank of the river. And dream of the wonderful sea. I'll fish for the flsh In the river, And drenm of the flah In the sea Home day I'll gather the flower* that blossom O’er the fold* of the deep-rooted *od, I’ll dream of the flowers that blossom In th* Klyslsn pnstyire* of <ind. I'll cherish the flower* that blossom In the dream fashioned gardens of Nod Home day I’ll sleep In the wood by the river Where the orioles’ voices ring. Where the leave* of the maples qulvci, And the tangled grapevines swing. I'll list In th* w'ood by the river To the holy chorl*t«r# sing. “The People's Voice" Edilor!«t» from ratdira of The Morn In* Bee. Reader* of Tho Mornln* Bee are Invited to u*e this column freely for expresaion on matters of public interest. Soldiers’ and Molhera' Pensions. Gibbon, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Before granting a soldiers of the Mexlcan-American compare the wages that the soldiers of different wars have received. The aolidcrs of the Mexlco-American war. 1846-1848, received but $7 per month. In August. 1854, congress raised the private soldier's pay to $11. The first few months of the civil war the private's pay was $11, but In 1861 their pay was raised to $13. Near the close of the war their pay was ngaln lafscd, this time to $16. But It was all paid in currency worth about 50 cents on the dollar. At the close of the war 40 cents in gold or silver would pay for a dollur, face value of the paper with which the soldiers were paid. The Spanish-American soldiers received $13 per month. And soldiers now receive $21. World War soldiers (overseas) received $33 and a bonus of $60, and one month's extra pay when discharged, giving them four and a half times what the Mexlco-American soldiers received. Counting on a gold basts, this was more than four and a half times what tho civil war soldiers received and over two and a half times what the Spanish-American soldiers received and over ono half more than BOidiers now receive. And still they want more. The civil war veterans received no pensions ex cept for disabilities incurred in line of duty, until they were 75 years old when they received a service pension. Now the soldiers can well wait until that age before expecting any further help from the government. Soldiers who were disabled while in line of duty should be properly cared for, and the government is now paying out Over $1,000,000 per day for that pur pose. But hqw much are they pay ing for the benefit of the disabled mothers? ' The average mother, in raising a family of children, does far more for her country, than the average soldier does. Some of them lose their lives and most of them go down near death's door while bringing the future soldier or citizen into the world, and then spend 20 to 40 years of the best part of their lives in bringing their children to maturity, all without pay or remuneration, except the con sciousness of duty well performed. Now compare the services that the mothers have done for their country and humanity in their lifelong de votion to duty, to that of the soldier who served two or three years on good pay and all expenses paid by the government, and It will be easy to see who should have the bonus. The soldiers who spent their money for insurance, liberty bonds or allot ments, were accumulating an asset to draw on in the future, which with what they should have earned since the war, should place them In good circumstances, while those who spent their money for luxuries that they did not need, should not expect to have it returned to’them, hut those who squandered their means and ruined their health In dissipation do not deserve any hc-lp. If they should get a bonus it would probably go the same as their wages in the army did, and most likely do them more harm than godV. But the soldiers disabled in line of duty should have all the help they need, and the same should he done with the' disabled mother. I.et the husky able-bodied ex-soldiers wait as all other veterans have had to do, un til old age renders them unable longer to earn a living, when no one will question their right to receive assist ance. ELLIOTT LOOMIS. Women And Trust*. Red Cloud. Neb.—To the Editor of' The Omaha Bee: Not long ago we wit nessed the wife of President Harding starting a White House boycott on the use of sugar on the tables of the homes of this nation in order to force the sugar trust to give the people sugar at a reasonable price. Five hundred per cent Increase between the whole sale purchase and r««all sale prices were known to be outrageous, so the good mothers and wives of the coun try Joined In this boycott, end finally the price of that commodity w- » force i down and again reappeared on the dining room tables of the homes. What do you thing of a situation which permits the sugar trust to roh and plunder the public in such man ner, and can oi»|y be stopped by u boycott which has Its beginning In the home of our president. Whose rights are the most im portant. the trust in Its greed, or the peopts In demanding a -commodity at a reasonable price? We have wit nessed those who control the wheat market steal the same from the farmer after he had sweat In the hot mm or 5un to rairte th* crop to keep hunger out of our homes; we have seen the packing company trust roh the cattle raisers when their stork reached the market and the same meat product resold to the consumer at an outrageous figure, and we have seen children and others compelled to co without food they should have had !n order to bring a criminal trust to time. We have seen a president1* daughter start u "wear a calico dress., cam paign to bring about n reduction ln‘ price of wearing apparel. We have seen the value of property and cer tain Industries destroyed overnight bv orders coming from men repre senting these rnnsplrntnrs; we have seen the railroads donated by congress hundreds of millions of dollars with out right or reason; we know it is an admitted fact that (IS cents out of every dollar appropriated by congress goes toward wnr propositions or something emounting therefrom: we know If the railroad scheme of gov ern mental shelter and paternalism works (o their satisfaction, and Is not overthrown, It will only la. n few years until every criminal trust and corporation In this country will |«. seekhig the shelter of a government board „r commission—especially created to look after their business— and thus permit these commercial (nnsplrators to escape being rosponsl nie ror ths consequences of their vicious schemes. Thev will not only escape responsibility for reprshensl Me acts, but this control will be so arranged that thev cannot he reached *l(h legal procedure Hhould this scheme not be defeated before It has time to take root? Think It over. ~oere Is a way to combat this ctlr» Inal element In our commercial life and that, too. without attacking hon est Industrial enterprises, but the wo men must become interested |n the matter and show a willingness to sup. ET? whl<h >» manifestly right If the nation Is to escape being permanently placed In (he clutches of these grasping vultures and consplra tors, who are dangerous to society, and the general welfare of nil the people. Observe what soil of men you have at Washington, and nscer Jain what their position Is am) has been on such questions ns those enumerated herein. This done, the women should have no difficulty In forming a correct opinion ns to who Is laboring for the common good. Congress Is today controlled ht^ LISTENING IN On the Nebraska Press With vivid recollections of the out come of a whole lot of investigations in Washington, the Scottsbluff Star Herald isn't sanguine of any startling results Into the booze scandal Investi gation down there. • • • W. H. Weekes of the Norfolk Press says he knows a violinist who plays "Oft In the Stilly Night" with so much feeling that he can smell the alcohol In the still. Editor Will Cramb of the Fairbury Journal says the proposition to create a new cabinet position, secretary of education. Is a scheme to centralize control of public schools and bring about more "dollar matching” be tween states and the federal govern ment. And William Is opposed to It. • • • Kdltor Grosvenor of the Aurora Sun, noting the loss of the little black book down In Washington, opines that there will he little worry so long as the cork screws are easily located. • • • The Grand Island Independent sug gests that President Coolldge's two years of service as vice president may have created in his bosom a feeling of sympathy for the other political prisoners. • • • The Elm Creek Beacon sarcastically suggests that the date congress meets be set aside as "National Trouble day." • • • Having been notified that there Is a counterfeit thousand-dollar bill In circulation, the Tccumseh Chieftain man Is In a constant state of worry lest he find one or two in the day's receipts. • • • John Sweet of the Nebraska City Press chides Ole BtAk of the Harvard Courier for referring to the pe^ce prize man as Edward W. Boclc. "Bock,” complains John, "is a word no longer mentioned In polite so ciety." • • • The Gordon Journal asserts that a million dollars' worth of muskrat hides will be shipped from northwest ern Nebraska during the present trap ping season. The hides average $1 each. • • • "The greatest menace to the Ameri can people," asserts the Eagle Beacon, "is caused by the boring from within and the undermining of the character and Initiative of the American people by communistic and socialistic experi ments." members of the so-called "old guard" of both the old political parties, whose votes on all laws are invariably In favor of giving shelter to these spe cially favored few, and are always found, secretly and otherwise, in op position to any move Intended to, bring about the enactment of laws which would correct the situation. It will be found Interesting to study and become acquainted with the fight now going on in the United States senate between senators who are open ly fighting on behalf of the produc ing and consuming classes and these w ho are not so open, opposed. Unless ore is especially Interested In the trust business, or in their pay. it would seem os though they would be lighting vigorously against these particular nefarious commercial schemes, and for legislation intended io make boycotts unnecessaty here after—and trade conspiracies impossl-1 Lie. person in ordinary intelli gence knows that laws are necessary for the control of people In their con duct toward the public, and this Is equally true of certain trusts and com binations because of the fact they are ! not human, but instead are concerns created by the law Itself, and will show the people no mercy when per mitted unrestrained liberty of action. We also know they are not entitled to more special consideration and govern mental shelter than Is an ordinary In dividual enterprise; the manhood tie hind such concerns is no higher In character or more worthy In any man ner whatever, than Is the character of the man engaged In an Individual en terprise. It Is a matter of power which must be controlled, and if the women do not assist those fighting for the home and fireside they need ex pect no mercy from the trusts here after—after they have been legislated Into security by congress. Next fall will sec the presidential election, and It is the duty of both men and women to tiecome familiar with ths candidates for congressional honors, and to Insist on knowing what *iandj they propose to take on these important questions. The time has passed when a man should lie per mitted to slip into office by taking a free ride on a party ticket. Candi dates should be compelled to show 'heir hands and state tlielr positions definitely before securing a vote for any Important poalflon of trust. The women of this country have made a great success of the business of conducting the homes everywhere, of rearing the children nnd educating them in both the public schools and Colleges; have helped to wipe out so cial vices nnd performed fsithful service in the Interest of society in many ways, nnd they are capable of doing other things in connection with public affairs which will lie of lusting benefit to the nation. Lad the women gut on the right track of Inquiry and force the candidates to explain ' why this” and "why that." und they will be surprised at (he moral cowardice and political crookedness they have uncovered. Vicious practices, either in private or public life, will never bo tolerated by the women of this nation, and It only remains for them lo become familiar with true conditions In order to enlist their earnest support for the right order of things In general, oml honest legislative measures In parti cular. Have faith in American wo munhood nnd await the result of their notion In political affairs. There Is no danger once they become correctly in *■'rnied ns to the nature of proposed glslntton, for they naturally favor that which Is generally accepted as the right In all things. If we nre about to enter upon a "new day" In American life, let's make It an era of 'square dealing." If the average man would take heed of the good suggestions which spring from the Intution of the good wife hi would escape being facial with a lot of regrets which not infrequently lead to desperate situations A. C. POTTKR. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for November* 1S23, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.73,950 | Sunday.79,265 j Doti not Inrludo return*, loft- ' ! ovri t. **mple* or popor* spoiltd In * j printing and Include* no apocial ••lot or fro* circulation of any kind. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. 9uh*crlkod and sworn to bofrre mo | thi* 6lk day of Hoc*' ibor, 192.1. W. H QUI\CY. (3onl) Notary Public | I ; —— ■ —■——■i ■■ -i “From State and Nation” h—Editorials from Other Newspapers— A Task for Psychologists. From the New Republic. The commission to investigate Ger many's ability to pay should be com posed of psychologists rather than economists. The immediately im portant question is not: How njpeh is Germany able to pay? She has paid all she can for the pqfsent. The pertinent question now is: What conditions have to be satisfied before she can pay anything more? The most conspicuous of these conditions is surely psychological. She must lie supplied with a sufficient inducement to perform the work. It is astonish ing how generally economists and publicists in discussing the repara tions question have overlooked this consideration. Different economists have reckoned Germany's "capacity to pay" at anywhere from $500,000, 000 to $1,000,000,000 a year, hut with one or two exceptions they have ig nored the question of incentive. They have assumed the efficacy of the usual economic Incentive of self In terest, but they have failed to per ceive, as Germany was being treated, this incentive*would soon cease to work. For the primary motive of Germany in paying has been the de sire to avoid the suffering which the victors would impose upon her If she refused or failed. Yet the destructive Inroads which those aviators Inflicted on her future ability to pay in order to exploit her Immediate capacity to pay made it impossible for her in any evenf to avoid the suffering. The time was bound to come when she would, willy-nilly, cease to pay and would incur the penalties. The time could never come when the present generation would by Any conceivable sacrifice earn its deliverance from these penalties. The harder they worked and the more costly th'-lr sac rifices. the greater wooW the fu ture demands upon them be. They had no conceivable chance under the treaty of enjoying life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The Father of Nebraska Literature. From the Fremont Tribune. Our attention has been brought, rather belatedly, to an issue of "Ne braska History." the quarterly pub lication of the Nebraska Historical so ciety, bearing the date of April June. 1523, containing historical matter of unusual interest to all residents of Fremont, whether they have lived here few or many years. Practically the entire issue is de voted to a review of the life and works of Orsamus Charles Dake, a man whose name may not be familiar to the present generation of Fre monters. but whose spiritual and ma terial labors in our city were among the Important factors in its founding and fant development. Pi essor Dake may properly be called the father of Nebraska litera ture. He was the first resident of this state to compose poetry and prose, dealing with the pnds an 1 history of the praiiie region? for publication. His first book, "Nebraska Legends and Other Poems." bears the date of 1871 and in literary style and excel lence is well qualitied to hold a per manent first rank in the works of all Nebraska authors. In the half century following the publication of this book, scores of men and women of Nebraska have sought to interpret the life and thought of the home state by means of the written word. A few of them have succeeded In this to a greater extent than has Dake. Fsr more of them have failed to achieve the suc cess that attended pis efforts. Dake was not only a pioneer In Nebraska literature, but he was the first In tha field and will therefore always be ac corded the rec gnltion he deserves. Put Fremont's interest in Professor Dake is not confined to his writings. He wa* born In New York state in 183! of a well-to-do family and was given the advantage of a lberal edu cation. ID followed varied careers as a school teacher and as an editor.: and In 1862 was ord Ined es an Epis- : copal minister, coming to Omaha ini that year to found Drowned Hall, an The Fifteen Hundred Ketl on ChrUtmna l»»> br I«l* llnlinra to whom tbla poem dr«n : rated with a rat Unde.—H.r Y. ». *». | (Qnn of the bang.) There we were, all weak and weary; Just an even fifteen hundred Front the port of missing men. and How we lived the gods have won dered. Some were loafers, some were cokers; Others vassals of the fates. Drunks there were, and snaky hop heads; Some were victims of their states. Old men. young men—good men, cor men— Born of women—good or bad— Were among these fifteen hundred, . Looking wistfully and sad. There were cripples and pro-beggars. Fagans, dips and gold-bin crack ers— Midst this motley crew of starvers— Which e'en boasted bright hi jackers. Poets, too, and park-bench dreamers. And all trades were represented, In this nondescript assembly. Hanging on, though discontented. Fallen men of clergy were there; Erstwhile merchants, lawyers, thieves, Hopeless drifters all arr/mg, For whom no one longs or grieves. There we were, all weak and weary, Just an even fifteen hundred; Ostracized and stigmatized ’Cause we once too often blundered. Some yet cherished golden mem'ries Of sweet hymns at mother's knee; Some were utterly oblivious Of family and Christianity. Some still dreamed of love and great ness. And of things that might have been; Others for the call were ready For the land of equal men. Thus we stood in charity's breadline. Licking lips with fevered tongue, Longing, while the boys sang anthems. Which for ages had been sung. Suddenly came, a prince, named Holmes. AVith five loaves, in equal parts, And he fed this organization—. Stilling hunger—soothing hearts. There we stood, all satiated, Just an even fifteen hundred. Then to port we gayly drifted. And the gods no longer wondered. educational institution that exists to the present day. • In the following year Reverend Duke moved to Fremont to assume the pastorate of the Episcopal church which he built He was also respon sible for the building of an academy at the corner of Fourth and D streets. During his residence in Fremont he was regarded as one of the intel lectual leaders of the community, and his record here was such as to cause' his appointment on the first faculty. of the University of Nebraska* a fa-! culty consisting of five members, all of whom were representatives of va rious religious denominations. Dake assumed his post as profea '■ sor at the university in 1471. the year of the publication of his first book, f He died two years later !n Lincoln. Five in Hie. "Geraldine isn't going about much [ nights, nowadays, is she?” "No. reading all the time." "Novels?" "No. indeed! She is trying to cram Dr. Eliot a five-foot shelf into btr j five foot self."—Retail L-dger. Abe Martin_| If ther's anything worse'n tryin’ t’ hurry out of a crowded day coach its follerin’ behind a dyspopsic in a steam table cafeteria. Wouldn’t it be great if people wuz known fer f what they are instead of what they belong to? (Copyr*giit. 1*24.) Daily Prayer And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove I pray thee have me excused.—huke H:i9. father in heaven, let not our rrA terlal blessings confound our mind and fill us with a false gem* of secur ity, nor suffer us to be enamored by the dazzling prospects of temporal gain ** and carnal joy. L<ei us be mindful Uiat the world's chalice of sweet wine is inevitably converted into a cup of bitterness, and that the joy cf today becomes the remorse of tomorrow. Thou canst not be denied. O God! All things are Thine, and man is ac countable to Thee. Grant that we may be faithful stewards of Thy pos sessions. and that the things of this world may never take precedence in our life over the glorious riches w hlch Thou hast prepared for Thine own from the foundations of the world, itnong ui. we beseech Thee for the touch of Thy Spirit, that our hearts may yield to Th*-e In obedient* r*ver ?nce and confidence. 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