TTE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 2, 1910.
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MornltiK. Evening: and Sunday Ben printed
during the month of September, 1910, was
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1 43,880 16 43,300
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1 44,130 20 43,490
43,630 21 43,400
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JO..... 43,370 25 43,300
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13 43,800 28 43,000
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"I gave them an upstate man," says
Dobs Murphy. Oh, It 1b the party of
the people, all right
Bob Chanler might recoup his for
tune by going into vaudeville, but let
ua hope he does not.
The Kansas City Star recently had
an article on "The Silly Days of 1861."
Kansas was a young country then.
The chestnut crop la aald to be short
In Pennsylvania this year. It was
prolific ia the New York democratic
convention.
"Cleveland seemB like home again
The tent meetings have begun," says
the Plain Dealer. "Tenting on the
old camp ground," eh?
They have adopted the method of
putting unruly cadets to bed at West
Point. That must make the boys
think of mother and home.
Mayor Gaynor of New York and
former Governor Lind of Minnesota
are in the same class, both having re
fused nominations to run for governor.
Mr. Bryan was amazed at the re
nomination of the democratic "jack
potters" In Illinois. How does he feel
over what took place at Rochester,
N. Y.T
Boss Murphy has hazarded his reign
as Tammany chief on thin tee. He
must stand or fall by the result of this
election, and the chances seem to be
all against him.
The season's style of hats, hiding
the face, is another proof that Amer
ican women are going to the orient for
their fashions In dress. In Persia and
a few other far eastern countries the
women coneeal their faces entirely. .
Since John A. Dix bolted Hearst in
1906, it will naturally follow that
Hearst will bolt Dlx in 1910. As the
democrats have never been able to
elect a governor in New York whom
Hearst opposed, they must reckon on
the effect of hla opposition this year.
Within a few days two great news
paper offices are destroyed by fire-
the Times-Democrat at New Orleans
and the Times at Los Angeles. The
worst feature of the latter'a disaster Is
that it carried Uvea of workmen down
with the ruins of the building and the
plant.
The tendency of divinity seminaries
should be' to raise, not to lower, the
standard of education if the require.
ment of high ability Is to be met by
the church. It is difficult to aee how
a seminary course can be reared upon
an incomplete iounaation. sucn aa a
lack of a thorough college training.
Francis J. Heney declared at 'the
Irrigation congress that we aa a na
tion had already given to the monopo
lists four-Dfths of our natural re.
sources. This looks despairing, but
eo much ao when we remember that it
waa Mr. Heney who, at St. Paul, de
clared that the Great Northern rati
road had been enriched by government
land grants worth millions of dollars
The fact as to this is that the Great
Northern is notsble first for being
the one transcontinental railroad that
waa built without a penny or aa acre
of aubsidy from the government.
Ak-Sar-Ben.
The annual harvest home festival
Is now being celebrated In Omaha. The
carnival spirit la rife and visitors who
have come to the metropolis after a
season of arduous effort, whose fruits
are already garnered, are finding all
ia in readiness for their entertainment.
The city Is gaily attired and Its citizens
are eager with their welcome to the
visitors. It la time for rejoicing be
cause of another year of bounty, which
means Increased and continued pros
perity with plenty for all, with employ
ment for capital and labor in new en
terprises, and with the future looming
bright with promise the Ak-Sar-Ben
celebration Is most appropriate.
Yet Ak.-Sar-Ben means something
more than a mere carnival period. Its
significance lies deeper than the super
ficial showing of good fellowship
which Is its outward manifestation. It
is, in reality, the development of a
deep purpose which haa for Its ob
ject the unification of the material In
terests of the state of Nebraska and
the city of Omaha. These interests
are common and are generally so rec
ognized, and the great organization of
empire builders known as the Knights
of Ak-Sar-Ben has but one end in view.
The entertainment of visitors is
merely the exemplification of that hos
pitality which Is always extended with
out question by the citizens of Omaha.
The knitting of closer business rela
tions between state and city follows
this hospitality in natural sequence,
and, while Omaha and Its people main
tain Ak-Sar-Ben, Its greatness is the
greatness of Nebraska, and the people
of Nebraska are therefore equally con
cerned in its efforts to build up the
great commonwealth along Its material
lines.
For the sixteenth time the people
are called upon to assemble in the
metropolis of thla great common
wealth, to make merry and enjoy
themselves In a rational way, partici
pating In the pleasures provided be
cause they understand t'tiem. Omaha Is
great only because Nebraska la great,
and King Ak-Sar-Ben Is tee only mon
arch to whom all pay homage and
obeisance.
Taft on Prisons.
President Taft spoke very briefly to
the delegates to the prison congress
the other day, but he gave them some
excellent advice when he aald, "Do not
make prisons too comfortable; do
nothing in the treatment of criminals
that will tend to Invite commission of
crime,"
This is a thought that prison re
formers need to have thoroughly im
pressed on their minds. Some of
them are disposed to ignore it entirely,
or minimise its importance. Some of
them are inclined to yield too much to
sentiment in their desire to ameliorate
the condition of the prisoner. About
all that prisons need to do for the law
breaker in the way of making his lot
what it should be is to treat him hu
manely. It Is not the province of the
prison to make either a martyr or an
object of charity out of the man who
wilfully violates law. And doing
these things will never give the crim
inal any respect for society. Nothing
should be done by penologists to com
promise the dignity or authority of
law. This cannot be done without
bringing the law into contempt in the
mind of the criminal. When he sees
the law making terms with him, in
stead of awing him with its majesty,
he is little inclined to hold It in very
high respect or highly regard his ob
ligation to keep it
It is no tribute to the prison re
formers or their methods that the
chief executive felt impelled to make
this suggestion, but it Is to be hoped
It will be acted upon.
In Semi-Tropioal Russia.
One commonly thinks of Russia as
a country of rigorous climate and only
the most rugged sort of agriculture.
The average conception does not In-
elude the thought of people who never
aw snow, of a section of country re
embllng in topography, soil, climate
and products the great deciduous fruit
valleys of California. Yet, of course,
this Information might be obtained by
a little research.
But people are usually remiss In
nothing more than their knowledge of
geography and comparative pursuits
in different lands. Such Institutions
as bring together men of various new
and old world countriea for an Inter
change of knowledge and ldeaa are,
therefore, of inestimable value to all
people. Such an institution haa been
the Irrigation congress at Pueblo
Representatives from Australia, Rus
sia, Germany and other foreign coun
tries attended it and contributed to
the sum total of information and wis
dom in which it abounded. E. E.
Skornlakoff, engineer in the ministry
of agriculture of Russia, was there
and, having completed a tour and
study of the United States covering a
period of nearly two years, was able
to offer some valuable advice upon the
subject of irrigation as practiced In
Russia and In this country.
In the course of his address be
brought out the fact that 14,000,000
acres of land axe today under Irriga
tion In Russia and that upon this land
Is being produced cotton, rice, grapes
and fruits common to semi-tropical
climates. And this system of Irriga
tion, which la much older in Russia
than in the United States, is being
steadily expanded. It Is offering
homes to homeless and Is to furnish
an outlet to that ever vexing problem
In Russia habitation .and employment
for the poor and oppressed. Russia
has a population of 150,000,000 and
an area of 9,000,000 square miles.
At a glance one may perceive the
immensity of Russia's social problem
and the excellent possibility of its
solution. With a climate so mild in
this southern section that snow la un
known, and with the government
promoting Irrigation and fostering
plana for settlement, we In America
may afford to modify our Judgment of
the Russian government in Its attempt
to work out the destiny of these
hordes of poor people. Evidently It
is making some progress. Evidently
It does not mean to leave the task for
Americana to perform.
Eecords for French to Break.
When those doughty Frenchmen ar
rive on their high-heeled aeroplanes to
participate In the international avia
tion competitions in this country they
will find some records worthy their
skill. If they break them they will
certainly be entitled to the rewards
that go with supremacy, "but we don't
think they can do it."
Our Parisian friends have an
nounced to at they propose taking
home with them the laurels which
Glenn H. Curtlss carried out of France.
As Americans wo might inform these
gentlemen that since Mr. Curtlss
eclipsed their best records In Paris so
many other new ones have been made
in America that we almost lose sight
of this one being at all noteworthy.
They will be kept reasonably busy and
interested, to say the least, therefore,
if they filch from us our good name In
aviation.
Unless some other long-winged man
bird outstrips him, Walter Brookins,
a student of the Wright brothers, will
have a little record to submit to the
Frenchmen which will call for some
rather good flying on their part to
beat That is the record he has JuBt
made In flying from Chicago to Spring
field, 111., a distance of 192 miles In
five hours and forty-four minutes,
making only two stops. This, we are
more than pleased to say, is a western
record and also the best record for
long distance flying, a record that won
a prize of $10,000.
This coming international aviation
meet Is an event of world interest and
it is well that the best men of every
nation where the science is practiced
are to participate, for then what rec
ords are made must be taken as con
clusive and the Interchange of ideas
and methods should redound greatly
to the progress of the art.
Elective System in Schools.
The elective system was Initiated in
the colleges, but gradually it has
worked its way into the primary
schools of this country, which Is ex
tremely bad for the primary schools
and the children depending on them
for their foundation of an education.
Even colleges now realize that they
have gone too far with this system and
colleges can better afford It with their
students who are nearly if not quite of
adult age. But for primary schools to
adopt the system simply places a prem
ium on loose and inefficient work.
When a child realizes that If he falls
In one branch he may substitute an
other, he is likely to fail, and in the
end come out of school minus what
he went into it to get He will not
have a thorough training In the funda
mentals, and will never be able to get
a thorough education with a deficient
foundation.
Another danger of the elective sys
tem lies In the diversity of studies. It
is not so important that young people
get a smattering of many subjects as
It Is that they get a complete school
Ing In the few branches which go to
make up t practical education in later
life. Primary schools should fix a
definite course or curriculum and com
pel every pupil to take It, eliminating
electlves entirely. If electives have
any place in the education of youth,
that place Is In the higher Institutions
of learning and not In the primary
schools. No child of primary school
age Is capable of determining what is
best for its mental development or life
pursuit and the majority of parents
cannot expect to know what la essen
tial for the general education of chil
dren as well as men and women whose
business It is to know such things.
That is why It Is safe to leave these
matters to school authorities.
The Church in Politics.
A minister of the gospel In seeking
to Justify his and his church's action
In going Into politics as a minister and
as a church, said: "The devil Is In
politics and If we fight him we have
to go into politics to get after him."
There ia ample room and perhaps
rail for the churchman or the minis
ter in politics, but as a man, as a citi
zen, not a churchman. ' There is a
place in politics, or In any sphere of
public action affording a similar op
portunity for civic righteousness for
the good citizen, be he minister of the
gospel or what not hut there Is n5
room in this country for the church
as an organization, or for Its votaries
as a society, in politics. True Ameri
cans ought to understand that and In
sist upon It. Members of churches are
usually good citizens and their influ
ence, therefore, is needed in politics.
Indeed, it Is their duty, aa it is of all
good citizens, to take an active part In
the political affairs of their country,
but it Is not their duty to take this
part in politics as churchmen and both
the church and the nation will suffer
whenever churchmen attempt to usurp
such a privilege.
The average American Is quick to re
sent an evil imputation to the church.
That Is because he Is trained to hold It
as a thing separate and distinct in a
relation of sacred esteem. But he is
equally quick to resent an attempt by
the church to drag its name and In
fluence Into politics as a shield or de
feuder or a weapon, and he ought to
be. It is a dangerous departure and
a most indelicate one.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean compares
the sacredness of the church to the
sacredness of domestic relations and
puts the question this way:
What would the world think of the
man who strove to make political capital
out of the delicate and Intimate rela
tions of family life? How would It re
gard the man who tried to drag the af
fection of his wife, the goodness of his
mother, the Innocence of his daughter,
into the fierce light of a political cam
paign to coin them Into Influence, place,
power or money?
And It clinches this argument by
adding what every sincere minister
of the gospel and member of the
church ought to take home to himself
this:
The scholar In politics yes. The good
citizen In politics of course. The patriot
In politics moat proper. But the church
man In politics as a churchman, the Liv
ing Bread brought forth from the table
and God's word from the altar to help In
an election could profanation further go?
Man and the Elements.
That same curiosity which taught
primitive man to keep his fingers out
of the fire still Impels him in his effort
to wrest from nature her secrets. Such
progress as the race has made has
been along a path marked by many
failures. From our twentieth century
height we may look back on the
wreckage of many experiments whose
projectors were imbued by that faith
which endures forever, supported by
the hope that springs eternal. And
through this debris of discarded at
tempts to solve the problem the lane
along which mankind haa come Is open
so that it can be easily traced. The
effort has always been Inspiring, and
chiefly because of its utilitarian aspect.
Man's first Invention was doubtless
the pot in which to cook his food, and
the first Improvement of permanent
service was made upon that pot. So
today man's latest efforts are all In the
direction of adapting laboratory ex
periments to the dally needs of the
race. The range of investigation and
research Is wide and comprehensive
and promises much more for man's
future comfort and happiness. The
pessimist who can scan the records of
recent triumphs and say that mankind
is making no progress Is too blind to
deserve consideration.
Man may never succeed In wresting
from nature her last great secret, nor
is it wejl that he should. So long as
there is yet something yet undiscov
ered man will still hare a stimulus to
progressive effort. But In anticipa
tion of what la yet to come we must
not deny ourselves the enjoyment of
what we have. The wonderful
achievements of the early years of the
twentieth century have been notable
for the increase of happiness to the
human race and the researches still
being pursued are all in this direction.
Man's conquest over natural condi
tions affords the proof that warranta
his egotistical assumption of superior
ity above other things of animate and
Inanimate creation. The occasional
disaster that marks what appear to be
his limitations really affords greater
Incentive to further efforts to over
come the elements,
I
Novels by Weight.
Bernard Shaw's latest contribution
to the world's fund of wisdom is the
suggestion that fiction be sold, or
bought, by weight This certainly Is
Mr. Shaw's profoundest utterance. It
marks the acme of his greatness as a
sage. By all means buy It by weight,
then there can be very little ground
for complaint at the high price of
novels. Moreover, It will be In direct
line with this popular movement to
buy groceries by weight, as a means of
solving the hlgh-cost-of-llving prob
lem and getting one's money's worth.
Perhaps, also, this Shaw system will
have the desired effect of limiting the
output, of bringing the supi -somewhere
near the demand. Th- . esent
method of buying It by the yard seems
utterly to have failed In this achieve
ment That means of measurement
has not even proved wholly successful
with reference to Dr. Eliot's five-foot
book shelf, which, of course, no one
but Mr. Shaw ever would have thought
of buying by the pound.
But in the case of the ordinary run
of fiction, buying by weight ought in
many instances result in placing the
seller in the buyer's debt, for, as the
New York Sun once remarked about
a certain public document, "It is seven
pounds lighter than a straw hat." Of
course, none of the Shaw output would
come under this head and thus fail to
disturb the scales on which it was
weighed, but Mr. Shaw is not writing
quite all the fiction of the present day.
'A bright spot In the Illlnels bribery
murk ia the testimony of the young
woman stenographer who had worked
for one of the "jackpotters." She ad
mitted on the witness stand that her
bill against him bad been abated by
nearly one-fourth because she thought
he did not have sufficient money to
pay all his bills, and she wanted to
give hla other creditors a chance. Just
how she felt after Bhe learned cf the
large bundles of shining yellowbacks
he pulled out of the "Jackpot" is not
recounted, but her action "shines like
a good deed In a naughty world" and
proves, which so many of us hoped,
that all human nature at Springfield
is not perverted.
George Ade's friend, the sultan of
Sulu, announced soon after arriving
on Broadway, "I like beer better every
day; it makes me content." It was
not beer, though, that made Prince
Taal llsutn collapse at Mr. Schwab's
banquet board In Philadelphia, so the
sultan might do well to look a little
out for the breakers ahead.
In California a woman shot at her
husband and the latter refuses to file
a complaint, but the prosecuting attor
ney will prosecute the woman, anyway.
And why not? Her deed was a viola
tion of lav, a breach of society. Her
husband's attitude should not affect
the rights of the community in any
degree.
A Prophetic (.'Inch.
Indlannapolls News.
Isn't It about time for the savants to
discover that the digits of 1911 add up
to 1.1, so that it is almost certain to be
politically unlucky for somebody?
Too Mensaflonal for T. R.
New York World.
Mr. Hooeevelt declines to try an aero
plane because It might be thought sen
sational. These overdellcate scrlples have
kept the colonel out of a good deal of tun
first and last.
On the American 1'lan.
Buffalo Express.
The declaration of the sultan of Sulu
that he was going to build an American
house for himself if it cost htm all his
money, reminds us that that Is what they
generally cost us.
Illil the Hole Apply t
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The combined wealth of the delegates
to the bankers' convention at Los Angeles,
most of whom passed through Chicago
Tuesday, ia estimated at from $:t50,Wo,000
to t500,0u0,0ii0. It Is to be hoped that the
railroads do not charge fur this freight
"all the traffic will bear."
A .obl Idea.
Philadelphia Record.
It is a noble Idea embodied in the resolu
tion of the Grand Army that the veterans
of the union and of the confederacy shall
Join in the celebration of the fiftieth an
niversary of the critical battle of Gettys
burg, and by their reunion upon that hal
lowed field shall set forth to all the world
their undivided loyalty to a reunited coun
try. They Are lookln for Trouble.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
It Is a curious fact that there are so many
infractions of discipline by cadets at West
Point. It might be supposed that young
men entering a profession where implicit
obedience Is the first law would feel like
respecting it, but such isn't the case with
all of them by any means. They seem to
require a good deal of licking into shape
before they are serviceable for either war
or peace.
Shallow Yells of "Old Guard."
Chicago Kecord-Herald.
How ridiculous the talk of "knifing." or
scuttling sounds now I Where are the ter
rible dangers which the bosses affected to
fear, where the "revolution" they saw
coming? Koosevelt's leadership haa made
for strength, not division, demoralization
and paralysis. It has put hope and vital
ity Into the party and made victory at the
polls possible where bourbonlsm and folly
would have made It utterly impossible.
MA JEST V Or1 K1NU CORN.
Greatest 8lnale Factor In Oar Na
tional Iksouomy.
Walt Street Journal.
Although only about one-third -of the
year's yield of corn, the greatest of our
agricultural crops. Is actually sold out of
the county In which It Is grown. It still
furnishes a volume of traffic, directly and
Indirectly, vital to the railroads In the
territory through which it is distributed.
The surplus corn crop, over and above
what Is used on the farm, will this year
contribute nearly 1,000,000,000 bushels to
railway traffic. On an average the fifteen
Interior markets receive nearly 2uO,000,000
bushels of corn a year by rail, and 70 per
cent of It haa another haul in the form of
shipments from these distributive centers,
This does not Include, probably, an equal
amount which enters Into more direct long
haul traffic, nor the short haul distribu
tion between the different points within
the surplus corn belt.
' The corn movement for the new crop
begins to be felt In railway trafflo about
November 1. From that time forward to
the end of the year the activity Is at its
height But so universal Is the commodity
that it maintains traffic in large volume
through all winter months, during which
the live stock of the country Is maintained
on cereal foodstuffs. The basis of the live
stock Industry for the nation as a whole
rests more largely on the maize or Indian
oorn crop than on anything else. The live
stock of the farms where corn is grown
consume about 2,000,000,000 bushels a year.
As a meat-producing factor It la the maiu
stay of American agriculture.
The progress of corn culture in this
country has kept pace with the westward
extension of the frontier. As the line of
settlement pushed forward, the area cul
tivated grew from 32,&67,0O0 acres In 1867
to mere than twice that in l&U. In 1W0
the corn area haa again almost,. doubled
with 114.000,000 acres, probably In no other
part of the world has there ever been so
wide a scope of productive Industry on a
single crop within any one country. The
corn area is nearly as large aa the com
bined area of wheat and oats, and two and
one-half times that of hay and three and
one-half times that of cotton.
Our Birthday Book
Ootobe 3, 1910.
Charles II. Taylor, Jr., publisher of the
Boston Globe, was born October 2, 1HTT, at
Charlestown, Mass. He has been president
of the American Newspaper Publishers,
association and has practically succeeded
his fater In the active management of the
Globe.
Henry M. Whitney, big Doston capitalist,
Is 71 today. He was born at Conway,
Mass., and has run for giweriur on the
democratlo ticket- He has bean a vUltor
to Omaha, where bis daughter is the wife
of N. P. Dodge, Jr.
W. R, MoKeen president and general
manager of the McKeen Motor Car com
pany, was born October 2. 1809. at Terre
Haute, lnd. He Is a mechanical and
technical engineer, educated at Hose Poly,
technic, Johns Hopkins university and the
polytechnlo at Berlin. He haa been en
gaged In railroad engineering, first with
the Pennsylvania lines In Ibii'i and later
with the Union Pacific, till a sepa-ata c. I
poratton was organized to manufacture
the motor cars he had devised.
Charles W. Haller, attorney at law. In
the Paxton block. Is celebrating his for'.y
nlnth birthday. He was born In Daven
port, la., and graduated in law from Iowa
State university. He has been practicing
his profession In Omaha since 18x6.
Herman O. Boeache, attorney at law at
South Omaha, was born October 2, IS?, In
council bluffs. He studied law Id the
University of Nebraska and is now a
nominee on tne republican legislative
ticket in this county.
SESMONS BOILED DOWN.
Doing Is the only path to becoming.
Happiness is found wlu-re It is not sought.
The value if anything depends on Its
meaning to you.
The pity ti lt by some .h print on whether
the purse Is left at home.
Pome fear they have no piety unless it is
in a pathological condition
History depends not on great leaders
alone but on many followers.
Perhaps the golden rule means a cubic
deal as well as a square one.
possess no truth oilier than that we
work out of life for ourselves.
It's hard work to lie about your religion
and be honest in your business.
You cannot make whipped cream by lash
ing up a skimmed milk sermon.
A good cure for pretended moral lameness
may be a. genuine physical kiek.
How would you feel to find the assessor s
books awaiting you at the Judgment?
The man who Is pious to win heaven
would be the opposite If it seemed to twiy
better.
Our poverty Is more likely to be due to
the good we miss r.nher than the goods we
lose. Chicago Tribune.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Chicago Kecord-Herald: Fifty-seven Meth
odist ministers In lowa are preparing to va
cate their pulpits. There is no 'variety"
among their fifty-seven reasons. Kuch uih
says the salary will not support his family.
Boston Globe: Kverybody knows that the
times are politically uncertain, but that the
spirit of Impulse has reached the church
Is a matter of surprise. This is shown In
the election of a bishop of the Episcopal
church in Rhode Island, the choice falling
upon a man on the seventh bHllot who
hadn't been a candidate at all.
Springfield lUpubllcan: Bishop John W.
Hamilton of Iowa denies most emphatically
the recent report that fifty-seven Methodist
Episcopal clergymen attached to the upper
Iowa conference were about to leave the
ministry because their sularles were too
small for the decent support of their fam
ilies. "Our ministers never get more than
they deserve." he writes to thu editor of
Zion's Herald In Boston, "but that men In
this wealthy state of Iowa are quitting the
ministry because they do not find enough
to eat" la too absurd a tale for the bishop
to consider seriously.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Any weather prophet worth his grub can
hit the mark by predicting a cold winter.
If Saratoga is as sporty as Us reputa
tion, it will hand Colonel Roosevelt the
prize medal of the Town Boosters club.
Every tallender In the major, minor nd
bush leagues hand to the sobbing fans
this bunch of sapient comfort: "Nsxt year
the pennant is ours.".
Inventive genius gets another painful
frost. A resident of Sing Sing prison has
Invented an aeroplane and the authorities
wont let hfm'fly with It.
A mlsguarded highwayman attempted to
hold up a candidate for the legislature in
Indiana. His sense of humor was sorely
mutilated when he came to.
The sultan of Sulu Is much wiser' than
some of our returning tourists. He left
his string of pearls at home beyond the
reach of custom house officers.
Joyful symptoms of the moral uplift
are cropping out in Pennsylvania. Nude
statues are not to be permitted In front of
the state capltol at Harrlsbutg.
An Ohio freshman countered on a bunch
of would-be hazefs, and put six of them
on the sick list in one inning. An Im
pressive side line of education can be had
without books.
An unknown and unregenerate rascal
stole the artistic golden crosier of the
Episcopal bishop of Chicago. The crozler
differs from the style of walking stick
affected In Chicago, and is of no value
to the Impious crook unless he comes back
and gets the clothes that go with It.
"0, BANNER OF THE WEST."
Dr. Henry Van Dyke in Bcrlbner's.
Pass on. pass on, ye flashing files
Of men who march In militant array;
Ye thrilling bugles, throbbing drums.
Ring out, roll on, and die away;
Ana fade, ye crowds, with the failing day I
Around the city's lofty piles
Of steel and stone
The lilac veil of dusk Is thrown,
Entangled full of sparks of fairy light;
And the never-silent heart of the city
hums
To a homeward-turning tune before the
night.
But far above, on the sky-line's broken
height.
From all the towers and domes outlined
In gray and gold along the city's crest,
I see the rippling flag still take the wind
With a promise of good to come for all
mankind.
O banner of the west, '
No proud and brief parade,
That glorifies a nation's holiday
With passing show of troops for warfare
dressed.
Can rightly measure or display
The mighty army thou hast made
Ixiyal to guard thy more than royal sway
Of law-defended lltierty.
Millions have come across the ocean
foam To find beneath thy shelter room to grow,
A place to labor and a home;
Millions were born beneath thy folds, and
know
No other flag but thee;
And other, darker millions bore the yoke
Of bondage In thy borders till the voice
Of Lincoln spoke.
A Delightful
Treat
Pianists from many Nebraska and Iowa towns have
accepted invitations to attend the
Welte Piano Recitals
at Hospe's during Ak-Sar-Ben week (day and evenings.)
A general demand has been made to extend this to
all lovers of classic piano musio as performed by tho
greatest living exponents of Chopin, Liszt, Wagner, Bach,
Beethoven, etc.
Therefore, we invite music lovers to our music halls,
1513 Douglas street, to hear Paderewski, Joseph Hoff
man, Max Pauer, Oreig, L'hevinne, Eugene D 'Albert,
Fannie Bloomfield Zeigler, Teresa Carrino.
Remember, you will hear the exact expression, pedal
ing, phrasing and interpretation of the artist auto
graphed in the "Welte" Player.
No admisgion will be charged day and evening
hourly recitals.
A. HOSPE CO.
1513-15 Douglas Street
The Home of the Wondertone Mason & Hamlin Piano.
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DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Singleton- I cannot understand why a
man's wife is eared his better half.
Wedtnore You would If you had to divide
your satiny with one Huston Transcript.
"Ye. I will many on If y u will make
over vour entire tin tune to me."
"But, dearest, how could 1 ever pay oUi
alimony then?" Philadelphia beilger. '
"Household 'putting tip' season employs
exactly the opposite inetliods to household
quarrels, doesn't It?"
"Mow do you mean'.'"
"In the former one takes prkle to put
into a Jar, but in the latter It takes Jaxs t.
get Into a pickle." Baltimore American.
"And how soi-.n Is the d:ike coming over
to marrv the tloldenwad girl?"
".lust as soon as Papa Uol.lenw ad send
him the price of bis passage." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
First Angel Whut Is that spirit fussing
about? .
Second Angel-She says Iter hat-pins stick
out beyond her halo. Harper' Baxar.
Kate-Maud Is dreadfully particular about
her appearance.
Ethel Indeed she Is. Why. heap coals of
fire on her head and she'll want to know
If they are on straight. Boston Transcript.
"I think you change too much to be r
good politician. Iteinembcr that consist
ency Is a Jewel."
"I'm posing Just now as one of the plain
people and can't afford Jewels." Philadel
phia Record.
"He Lives me, he loves me not," mur
mured the romantic summer boarder.
"You must have picked a thousand daisies
to pieces todav," remarked the old farmer.
"PosKlbly I have." '
"I'linl.tn't von i ,ln v that nam Inst as
well with potato bugs?"-Louisville Courier
Journal. "They fav that new doctor la a ftke.
How did his Instant cure for your !('
sore throat work?"
"Excellently."
"Then It cured her really?"
"No; but she can t speak above a whis
per ." Baltimore American.
I DON'T NEED MASSES
I Positively Won't Give in to Thoso
Awful Glasses
Mr. Combs Says I Nead Glassas
and I wouldn't have
the disposition of Pa
and Ma for anything.
I tell everybody who needs
glasses to see Mr. Combs at 1520
Douglas, because he's an
"Op-tom-e-trlst"
That means an expert at fitting
Eye Glasses.
French Vichy Water
from Vichy. France1
Is onlv one of over luu kinds of Mineral
Waters we sell. We buy direct from
Springs or Importer and are In position
to make low price and guarantee fresh
ness and genuineness. Write for cata
logue. Crystal Llthia (Escalator Springs) I gal
lon Jug, at $8.00
Bait sulphur, (Excelsior Springs) I gal
lon jug, at aa.as
Diamond Llthla Water, H gallon bottle,
now at 40e
1 dosen , $4.00
Bulpho Uallne water, qt. bot. 26c, dos. a.SS
Regent Water. Iron, yt. bottle afie I
1 dosen, at $a.8S '
Carlsbad Uprudel Waaser. bottle . ...60e
1 dozen, at ....86.00
French Vichy water, bot. 40o, dog 4.M 1
Appolltnarls Water, jts.. pts. and Split a,
St lowest prices
Allouex Magnesia water, qt. lio, do a. SO
Buffalo Llthla Water, gal. bottle . .fto
1 dosea cas , SS.7S
Ballardvale. pts. 16o., dos l.t0
Ballaidvale, qts., JOc, dog g.gg
Fmllar Jvale, gals. 40c. dos " 4. go
Colfsa water, H-gal. but. die, doa. . .3 0
Delivery free In Omaha, Council lilufie
and fiouyi Omaha.
Sherman & McConnell Drug; Co.
vsraar eia u voage BIS.
Owl Drug; Co.
Coras lat and Xaraey ata.