THE OMASA SUNDAY" BEE: JULY 28, 1912.
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1 1 See America first particularly if
I you haven't the price to cross the
pond. . .
; New York police are deliberate,
to lay the least, in ferreting out cer
tain murderers.
r. There is nothing to arbitrate be
'tween the billboard nuisance and
;ths. "city beautiful."
i The man who thought ha invented
I the sleeping porch experienced , a
I itouch of back-to-nature. '
:. The Chautauqua orator able to
"jkeep his date book filled does not
f orry about the cost of living.
Parsimony and persimmons are
'Indigenous to certain sections of a
(well known state to the south of us.
An exchange asks "What kind of
men shall our daughters marry?"
.Oh. same old kind that their moth
ers married.'' '
i A real live bull moose In captivity,
'and trained to harness, ought to find
a ready market with proper advertis
ing, right; now. ; "::'
- Those Detroit city councilman
' must not have needed the money if
they were willing to sell tor a pal
iry fioo 'apiece. - J
How many of the seven little gov
fcrnors who- urged the colonel to
run, will go as delegates to his new
. party convention? ' ; ; '
In this war of extermination on
rats and flies, why not try to lure
jthem into a mlxup and let them
light It out themselves?
Of course, it the member! of con
gress would rather spend their en
tire ' summer , vacation in Washing
ton, that is their affair. V
A man named - Doolittle is up
against it trying to fill the Job Dr.
Wiley held. ! He will have to do
more than his name implies. -
Another reason for not making
Invidious comparisons Is that Gover
nor Cole Blease of South Carolina
has likened himself to Lincoln.
Express companies are confronted
with a choice between parcels post
and reduced express rates, with a
reasonable certainty of getting both.
Portland gave the Elks a hot time,
even to the weather. .Ninety-six in
the shado is pretty hot for an Elk,
whother two-footed or four-footed.
Just to think all this hubbub over
organizing a third party might have
been avoided . by - simply letting the
fcolonel take the regular republican
pomlnation.
The movement to lengthen the
time between presidential elections
i -In fact, " between all elections
must. be gaining recruits daily. Let
the people rule, but not so often.
Of course, there will be ho federal
bfflce-holders in the coming Chicago
(convention, but it's a sate guess that
a carefully taken census of would-
be federal office-holders would not
miss many of them. V
.. Expert statisticians have figured
It out that five quarts of Ice cream
per capita are consumed by the
American people each year. How
many quarts hive you coming to you
before the season closes? v
It Is only a circumstance, but an
Impressive one, that Colonel Roose
velt never endorsed woman suffrage
.until 1,000,000 women had come
Into the right to vote. But, then,
as he told the late Mr. Harrlman,
he is a practical man.
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The Free Port Idea. "
An interesting article in the
World's Work proposes that the free
port be made a feature of our newer
tariff legislation. "Why." it asks,
"does not one of the political par
ties propose the establishment of a
few free ports and a few free manu
facturing zones?" and goes on as if
in answer to this Question: "The
idea appears to have occurred to no
body, yet what a popular idea it
would 6urely prove."
In this assumption that the free
port idea is entirely novel in this
country, the World's Work writer
is egregiously mistaken, for the
same idea was advanced, we believe,
for the first time by the founder and
then editor of The Bee, Edward
Rosewater, twenty years ago. The
free port idea even then proposed
to transplant and adapt to our in
dustrial conditions the experience of
Hamburg with its free port, and free
manufacturing zone, already proving
its success.
The suggestion for inaugurating
the free port system in the United
States' looked so attractive and
promising that Mr. Rosewater in
terested Austin Corbln and Senator
William E. Chandler in the project,
the former seeing an opportunity
to making a beginning with "it at
the Fort - Pond bay outlet of his
Long Island railroad. A bill for
that purpose was introduced into
congress, which gained , soma head
way, yet failed of enactment. The
possibilities of the free port, and
the free manufacturing cone, as an
encouragement to our foreign com
merce, and a stimulus to the carry
ing trade, and revival of American
shipping was clearly foreseen, aqd
but for the death of Mr. Corbin,
terminating his pretentious plans, it
would have been pressed for definite
action. '
When the free port , idea is
eventually taken up, and put into
effect; as a measure of political
statesmanship, there will be no dif
ficulty In placing the credit (or its
origination. . ' v
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A City's Beatiaels.
The flrftt impressions strangers
form of a city often become their
final opinions. Much that is vital
to a city's welfare depends upon how
well it stands in the estimation of
its visitors. It is important, there
fore, that the city's sentinels, those
who by their occupation such as
depot employes,' cab drivers,; street
car men, policemen, hotel' and rail
way 'ticket office clerksare the
first and often the only ones to meet
these ; strangers . coming and , going,
should treat them . with courtesy and
consideration.' Such treatment by
them is very apt to give the stranger
a favorable, impression of the city as
t whole; but ill treatment of a stran
ger 'by any, of these sentinels will,
nine times out of ten, mark the city
unfavorably in that, man's mind
These men are, after all, filling posi
tions of large influence as public
servants and should have this fact,
in all its Import, impressed upon
them . by those to whom they are
directly . responsible as employes.
Need of the Automatic Signal.
; The1 recent train wreck at Western
Springs, 111., emprasised anew the
need of automatic electrio block sig
nals on all railroads. All agree they
are superior to the manual System
to the extent that they eliminate the
human agency and lean upon mechan
ical invention. The whole object of
all safety appliance is to accomplish
this elimination and the automatic
signal seems to have done that to a
larger degree than any other con
trivance thus far put Into operation
by railroads for the protection of
life and property.
Attesting, results, the railroads
equipped with the highest form of
these automatic signals show fewer
wrecks than the others. Of eourse,
even, .the automatic signal Is no ab
solute guaranty against accident, but
its supremacy thus far appears to be
unquestioned because when it errs it
is, paradoxically, on the side of ad
ditional safety. That is explainable
by the fact that a disordered signal,
or an obstruction on the track will
short-circuit the current and main
tain the warning signal until repair
is made, as securely as if the device
were In working order." 1
Detroit's Belated Corruption. .
The physically clean city of Detroit
Is late getting into the list of
politically besmirched municipali
ties., St. Louis, Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh, Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco have had their cleansing and
long ago gone to join the host of
civic reformers, leaving the country
to forget almost that they ever
sinned. New York, of course, per
sists ln Its naughtiness somewhat on
the order of a continuous vaude
ville performance..
If the charges of bribery in De
troit's city council are as serious
as they appear to be and one of the
guilty members has confessed, this
city that has done so much for Its
civic beauty and physical cleanliness
will now have a splendid opportu
nity to show what it can do toward
lifting itself out of the sag of dirty
politics. Fortunately it has a mayor,
it seems, who is willing to lead the
way for redemption. He, backed
by a private citizen of wealth, man
aged to promote the investigation
that has led to the sensational dis
closures. ;
Now, if the councllmen accused
are all guilty, it will be time to turn
the searchlight in the direction of
those who bribed them, and de
termine who took the first step. It
is never possible for public officials
to go wrong in this direction with
out private assistance. So in this
case as usual, . there is the "man
higher up" to be considered, and if
we are ever to purge our city gov
ernments of crookedness it will be
necessary to prosecute the bribe
giver with the same vigor with
which we go after the bribe taker.
North and South Eailroad Again.
A newspaper account purporting
to reveal the plan of the Hill lines
for a north and south railroad from
Billings through Wyoming, Colorado
and Texas, ' connecting the "Puget
Sound country with the gulf, is a re
minder that the project of a direct
rail outlet from Omaha to one of the
Texas gulf ports ought to appeal to
capitalists more strongly as soon as
traffic heads for the Panama canal.
; The map of the proposed Hill
north and south line, waiting only
for the connection of a few miles In
Wyoming, .would indicate a purpose
to divert to It business which now
comes down through Omaha and
Kansas City and connecting gulf out
lets. Whether that will be the ef
fect or not, the basio Idea Is the de
velopment of the traffic that can be
carried by rail or by rail and water,
in competition with the water routes
that will utilize the Panama canal.
If this forecast Is well-grounded,
and the traffic is to develop as fast
as is expected, It will Justify our tct-
ple giving serious attention again to
the north and south rail project for
which up to this rtime conditions
never seemed sufficiently auspicious.
Omaha as a Workshop.
The' magazine writer who In de
scribing Omaha spoke of the city as
essentially a workshop was not wide
of the' mark, though he may have
overlooked some of its ornate cor
ners of rest and pleasure. Omaha
is a workshop because it is too young
and too energetic a city not to be.
Its inhabitants have sot reached the
point la their development of a
great western metropolis where they
feel that it is time to ' slow down.
They are engrossed in constructive
enterprises designed to make a
better and bigger Omaha No doubt
to a stranger the city ; presents an
aspect of incompleteness because it
is doing so much building and ren
ovating of all kinds. Here a street
corner is torn up temporarily while
a skyscraper is erected; there the
middle of a block is obstructed to
permit the building of another
business house and everywhere the
pulse of this restless energy is beat
lng.
Omaha's evolution Is accomplished
in the face of large obstacles. Its
topography, in the first place, was
obstructive to easy building. But
in every hill and grade cut down, in
every hollow filled, Omaha gained
strength and breathed new Inspira
tion for. the future. Such hard work
gave power to -Its sinews and dura
blllty te) Us labor. So when the day
comes for the final matching up
among the cities of the west, to de
termine supremacy, this busy work
shop is sure to be near the very top
, Nebraska land Values.
When an acre of Nebraska land
sells for $100 or $150 It is because
it will produce upon that basis. It
Is a tangible, not a fictitious valua
tion. Nebraska soil is fertile and
capable of undergoing strains from
draught or excessive moisture, but
the climate Is temperate and seldom
puts the soil to severe tests. That
is an element of great value. . Pro
ductivity of the soil and salubrity
of climate, however, are not all that
give high values to farming land.
Proximity to markets and excellent
transportation facilities have a' lot
to do with It. Here again is where
Nebraska farms have an advantage.
They are close to the great markets
of the central1 west and, except In
some cases, are favored with good
railroad accommodations, .
All these things taken into con
slderatloa make land in this state a
very substantial investment and
farming an attractive business. All
things considered, Nebraska land is
cheap, much cheaper than land
isolated from markets and railroads
that can be bought for one-fourth
the price. Added to all these ad
vantages, - our farmers have It In
their power vastly to enhance their
land values by devoting more atten
tion to the methods of intensive
farming, to the science of raising
larger crops on smaller acreages
They are doing this to an extent, but
not as much as they should.
. , Cut Out "Legal Expenses."
The Wall Street Journal, never In
imtcal to big business, advises the
express companies to accept the re
duced rate schedules proposed by the
Interstate Commerce commission un
murmurlngly, "lest a worse thing
befall them," adding:
When they have dons It they win be
surprised to find that, on account ot the
expansion of their business, they are
making more money than before; While
they will save those heavy expenditures
In Washington euphemistically called
"legal expenses."
, mis is rrienaiy acmes ana goes
Hght to the kernel of the truth.
Many another corporation that ex
pends large sums at Washington and
elsewhere for "legal" advice in re
sisting governmental regulation could
afford to accept this counsel, too.
But the Wall Street Journal seems
to think that the commission is not
unduly imposing on the express com
panies, voicing its view thus:
Admitting that the express companies
have made large profits In the past, they
are nevertheless badly managed, Ineffi
cient, extortionate, dilatory and, unless
their reputation belles them, corrupt.
The express companies are among
tha last of the big public service cor
porations to be brought into line in
this era of governmental control.
They have been long Indulged In a
policy that Ignores public concern
and more nearly defies public senti
ment than any other line of big busi
ness today. , . . - '
A Call for a New Ingersol.
The Chicago clergyman who prayed
the Lord to send another Bob Inger
soil to awake men in and out of the
church from their lethargy of indif
ference so that the church might ex
perience another such revival of seal
as followed the fusillade of Inger-
soli's years of attacks, was " not
speaking in jest This preacher was
simply Introspective enough to see
that the chief ailments of the church
are internal and bold enough to ad
mit it. - He shares the very sane
view that what the church has most
to fear is Itself. When the men and
women who make up the great living
church, Irrespective of denomination,
come to see that their impiety, their
indifference, their inactivity,' is the
greatest potential obstruction to the
church's advancement they will have
made a discovery of value to them
and their . cause. The world, . so
called, is not holding the church
backrlt is'not striving to; hold' the
church back, and could not if it
would, with sufficient power from
within the church, resist its progress.
Ingersoll Is dead and his writings
seldom read. Children not of his
day scarcely recognize the name. So
what has the church suffered from
Jagersoll? Undoubtedly, as this
Chicago minister says, the fruits of
Ingersoll's honest criticism, clothed
as it was In the urbanity of rhetoric
and the plausibility of logic, are
counted in larger accretions to
church rolls and extension of church
influence. ( But the point is and it
is none too complimentary to the
zeal of the , churchmen that the
church needs another churning up to
make it wax strong in Its own de
fense. Not irreliglon, but Indiffer
ence, is the blight It must fear,
Four years ago The Bee denounced
the theft of the populist presidential
electors by the Bryanltes who mis-
branded democratic candidates with
the populist label, and in so doing
had the hearty approval - of .repub
licans generally, including those who
are now trying to turn the same
kind of a trick against the repub
lican presidential ticket. , It ' such
misbranding 'was indefensible 'four
years ago, it is just as indefensible
now. ."
; The colonel , announces that his
campaign Is to be waged equally
against both of the old political par
ties, yet he proposes to run under
the republican label wherever his
followers may succeed in holding
possession of the republican state or
ganization. The -trouble will come
in "denouncing the republican party
in one state, and in asking people to
vote the republican ' ticket in the
next. . T--.
Just as the democratio platform
declares a protective tariff to be un
constitutional, and the taxing power
to be used properly only for raising
revenue, our democratic senator
from Nebraska proposes to put the
trusts out of business by a progres
sive tax on their product. An arbi
tration committee between the dis
tinguished democrat and the demo
cratio platform will be In order.
The marvels of modern photo
graphy - are being brought home
anew by photographs taken from
balloons and , airships; at great
heights above the earth. Our tele
scopic photographs of the distant
planets are here In an enlarged
scale reproduced tor our own earth.
If we progress a little further, the
topographical map will give way to a
photographic map. ,
Approach of the so-called dog days
reminds us that we have not had a
spontaneous outcry tor ,' muzzling
dogs for so. long as to raise a sus
picion that the dealers have un
loaded their supply of muzzles and
have not yet replenished their
stocks. , ,
; - Gttlit It Bath Ware.
Baltimore American. t ,
The popularity of the automobile and
the amount ot leather used in the manu
facture of those vehicles will force up
the price of shoes for pedtrltna. This
is adding insult to injury in the motor
eraie's making even walking higher.
Crop a raiapalsT Factors.
Springfield Republican.
With the biggest crop ever, now la
sight In Minnesota, the Dakotas. Ne
braska and Xansas, are the farmers In
those states likely to promote a political
revolution rather than buy new automo
biles? In UM the Bryan campaign was
smashed when wheat touohed it a bushel
Will wheat and corn and oats play the
deuce this year with the buU mooeers?
cokinoiiackward
IhbDaiinOmalia
3 COMPILED FROM BCE FILE'S
JULY 28.
Thirty Years Ago
A crowd of seventy-five to W0 working
men almost overran the labor agency of
fice of X. Mannweller oh Eleventh street
all over promised railroad emolovment
for which they had paid a fee. and which
did not . materialize.. The nrnnrletnr
Mannweller. had prudently made himself
scarce. . ,. '
The old Ottman saloon. J14-118 South
Twelfth, between Douglas and Dodge,
has passed intothe hands of that veteran
caterer to the wants of. the public, Harry
Lucas.
An extensive business block will be cut
up at Sixteenth and Burt under lease to
Robert Harris for sixteen years.:
The announced appointment of Actln
Mayor Herman as city passenger agent
or tne union Pacific is officially con
firmed to take effect August 1.
Mr. George Patterson, secretary of the
Omaha Bicycle club, has Just Received
a handsome tricycle from the factory In
Coventry, England. This is the only
tricycle in this part of the country.
The Omaha Water Works comDanv is
at work on the settling basins on the
river tottom. and the contractors will be
gin on the reservoirs soon.
It is Stated that the Wlthnnll hnusa
will ioon close its' doors to guests, and
employes take a layoff to await the
opening of the Paxtom. , .
Perclval ' Lowell, general passenger
agent of the Q., is in the city.
Twenty Years Ago -
Two negroes were run down by a Union
Pacific engine in the South Omaha yards
and one was killed Instantly. The other
William , Jackson, was fatally injured.
Jackson gave his own name, . but the
nam of his companton - was never
learned.' ; ; .; . . , , .
A couple of railroad men passing dis
cerned an Intruder within the Dewey &
Stone furniture store warehouse at
Eleventh and Leavenworth street soon
after midnight They notified a police
man and a search was made, but no
burglar was found, ft fled.
Copious showers fell as predicted by
6. S. Basslev weather observer, which
rather flushed the Kainfaker Melbourne,
Who was engaged to produce ' rain at
Grand Island a day or two later.
Work in Improving Bemis park is pro
gressing slowly. - Roads are being out and
the bottom of the deep ravine is being
filled. ' .
Mr. Powell of the Board of Education
sent outlines and descriptions of the
grounds of five schools to Landscape
Gardner Cleveland of Minneapolis for
drawings of plsns for the beautiflcatlon
of the grounds.
Sentiment was growing among repub
Ucans for the nomination of Lorenso
Crounse of Calhoun for governor,
John W. Bobbins left for a two weeks'
pleasure trip to the Colorado mountains.
Captain Frank Reynolds, consulting en
gineer ot the water works, wife and
child, left for, Block Island and Atlantic
coast points.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Rogers, Mr. and
Mrs. L. B. Williams, H. M. and W. S.
Rogers left for Bayfield, Wis., for a va
cation." '
Ten Years Ago
A report cam from New Tork that
Governor B. B. Odell of that state had
decided to retire from political life and
probably would be elected president . of-
the Union Pacific at a salary of $100,000,
with headquarters in Omaha. ' '
I. .X .O'Connor showed up at the meet
ing of the Board of Fir and Police
Commissioners with a claim that he was
a member of the board de facto and -de
jure and the onlyjone entitled to such
claim, since he was appointed two years
before by Governor Poynter and "held
over in spite of any appointments by
Governor Savage.
J. H. Mickey of Osceola, republican
nominee for governor, arrived in the
city for a stay of a day or two, looking
after business and political fences. .
Charles Brlnks.an engraver, was dan
gerously injured by his horse in a barn
at Twenty-sixth and Douglas streets
The horse became unruly and kicked
him In the head. : Brinks and his family
bad expected to start overland for New
Mexico the next day. but did not.
According to the official report of T.
P. Bturgess, treasurer for Labor Tempi
association, that institution was in debt
to the extent of U.513.18.
: Jot tot the Stock Raisers.
Chicago Record-Herald..
This Is becoming a sad world for "the
ultimate consumer." He must pay more
for shoes and wearing apparel soon, for
woolen cloth is also going up. The cost
of anthracite coal already has been ad
vanced. Some of us may even have to
give up automobiles if the high pressure
continues; others may return to the bare
foot stag, at least In summer. But stock
raisers ought to be happy over the pres
ent condition, and perhaps discontented
"ultimate consumers" ought to turn to
stock raising. The world needs more
meat as well as leather.
. Old Lafe Young- Calls Turn.
. Des Moines Capital. .
In the revolution now going on there Is
much loud talk about "flighting for prin
ciple,", which most people will accept with
a liberal allowance of saline solution.
Many a fellow we find makes a big bluff
at fighting for a principle when as a
matter of fact he is only fighting for a
lob wtlh a satisfactory salary attach
ment. ,
Seclusion Aasared.
- Nw York- Sun,
What an Impatient man the democratic
candidate for vice president- must be
Here he is rushing off to the country to
find rest and seclusion, when if he only
waited until November he could be sure
of it anywhere, no matter how the elec
tion went - . - . .
OsportMttr Anssf ,Hlc Upa. .
Indianapolis News. ,
There ought to be a mighty good chance
for an ambitious young man to become
an aviator at this time. Not a day passes
but that on or more vacancies are cre
ated by experts getting killed on tb job.
Expecting Too Much.
; Cleveland Plain Dealer. .
If a straight-out secretary of labor is
addd to the president's cabinet It must
not be expected that his title will be sig
nificant of his personal Industrtousnass.
Dl-fislen of the Golf Vote.
New York Suay ,
Bull Moos leaders may congratulate
themselves that the old parties in their
blind folly have nominated candidates
who will divide the golf vote.
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People Talked About
Requests for advance opinion on 'the
outcome of the political situation are
now chased to the puzzle departments
of newspapers; ; . '
Owing to the limited capacity ' of the
instruments, weather clerks are unable
to put out a dally record of the rising
political temperature. .
Edward Payson Weston says h is go
ing to repeat his' walking trip across
the continent. Should he hit the country
roads right away a continuous warm re
ception is assured In-advance. '
Owing to the perplexities of the situ
ation in the Hawkey state Editor La
fayette Young . has concluded to go
abroad for six weeks and trust to Prov
idence to banish the fog' before he re
turns. . : ' -,- - -'
6t Paul Pioneer Press; It is proposed
by some senators that William Lorlmer
should be reimbursed for the $23,000 his
contests cost him. Why not mak It $125,-
000- and reimburse Mr. ,Hlne and the
other wBo tried "to put him over?". !
So strong is th grip of Senator Knute
Nelson on the political affections of
Minnesota that no Bull Mooser has ap
peared, to contest his seat In that sec
tion of the political too Bull Mooser
believe in the conservation of hides.
New York World: Out of the eight
delegates elected from the Pittsburgh dis
trict in Pennsylvania to support Roose
velt at Chicago, only .three will follow
th bolt into the new party. The Moose
is shedding not only his antlers' but his
hair."-;
Old Gnral Humidity put a circle of
rust on St. . Paul's , halo - last Tuesday.
besides peeling kalsomine oft th wans
of buildings and making matches useless.
Meanwhile. Omaha felicitates itself on
its surpassing charms as a resort of
summer.
The consoling atatement is given out
that Thorns R. Marshall of Indiana,
candidate tor vie president, is a demo
crat whose grandfather "fit with Jack
son." Members of the tribe of Jackson
can safely do their duty without manicur
ing their whiskers.
In dealing with the plain people a
request often beats a command in se
curing obedience. In Detroit's famous
Belle Isle park there are no "Keep off
til grass" : signs. Just the word
"Please," and the precious grass is rarely
trodden by human feet. - s
An Indiana bank employe who sought
to keep up a social front on the mun
ificent salary ot t5 a month, maintain
ing a family and an automobile at the
same time, hanged himself on achieving
shortage of 114,800. The bank loses,,
of course, as Is usually the case where
an imposing front Is expected to ice-
wagon wages., ...
The notorious ' George A. Kimmel of
doubtful memory and antecedents, has
broken away from his guards at Niles,
Mich., and the Chicago doctors, and was
running wild in Illinois the fore part ot
th week. On July 23 the police Of Dan
ville, 111., wer on the watch for the
man of mystery. Evidently the effect
of the operation on Kimmel's skull did
not come up to the advance notices.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
St. Louis Republic:,. Th wish of the
Chicago preacher for another Bob Inger.
soJL can be understood by all who remem
ber what, a fin congregation Could be as
sembled by an announcement that Colonel
Robert, would , be the subject for a eerr
mon. ' " ' C ' ' '.' '' '
' Chicago 'pVst: The Texas preachar who
sent President Taft $50 for his campaign
withhe suggestion that "things given in
secret reach heavri," "may Yest assured
that -his- mony -wlU,at least reach an
experienced campaigner who will make
use of It on its way.
Philadelphia Bulletin: That Cincinnati
clergyman who has organised a choir of
canary birds may have solved the prob
lem of a quarrel-lee choir, especially
sine ha is to keep the members In cages.
Strang to say, th most difficult thing
to obtain in a choir 1 harmony.
Louisville Courier-Journal: A Boston
clergyman figure out that there are 800
conceptions of hell. And then there is
th experience of spending a mosquito-
bitten fortnight at a high-priced coast
resort writing fiction to ls fortunate
friends at home about the grand time
you'r having. , '
Denver Republican: The world is poorer
for the passing of Bishop Henry W. War
ren. Sincerely religious, a thinker, a
student, a worker, he was a leaven for
good, a working force in society. One of
the gentlest of men, far traveled, his
sympathies large, he belonged to a school
which did , so much to shape public
thought and instill visions In the people
In th generation that is now nearlng the
close.
If You
Why Not Do It in
POISONED Flies drop into the food,
the baby's milk, everywhere, or are
ground into the carpets, fug and
floors. A poisoned fly is more dangerous
than a live one. The poison is an added
danger and does not kill the germs on the
body of the fly. Fly traps are offensive
and unsanitary, the care of, them disgust
ing. The fly destroyer that catches both
the flies and the germs they carry and
coats them over with a varnish from which
they never escape, is
TarglsfoOt Fly Paper, Non-Poisonous, Sanitary
1 Sold by all first-class grocers
: , and druggists
THESE GIRLS OF OURS.
First Matron I don't seehow anybody
can afford any luxuries nowadays. We've
given up meat at our house.
Second Matron And we've - given up
bridge. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Belle Isn't this a beautiful engagement
ring? .
Nell Charming, but you will find it
very uncomfortable to wear the way the .
stone is s?t. I did, when Harry gave
it to me. Baltimore American.; . .
"What kind of drink would you offer
our guests?"
"I'd offer that old sea captain port, give
the golf player tea, suggest 'pop' to the
bashful lover and as for the stock broker,
n will naturally take to waters-Baltimore
American.
- "Charlie, dear." aald young Mrs. Tor
kins; "did you say those blue chips were
worth a dollar apiece?"
Ye." '
"Well, her Is a whole boxful that I got
for 98 cents, with some other colors .
thrown ln!"-Washington Star.
"They say Mrs. Jeliffe has given up
that pet white poodle of hers," said Mrs.
Jobson. - i
"Yes," said Mrs. Whilliger. "She's in
deep mourning for Mr. Jeliffe, you know,
so she has exchanged Tobey for a black
and tan." Harper's Weekly.
"Ha he ever tried to tell you how
much he loves you?".
"Frequently, but I am going to get some
inside information this afternoon."
"How?" .,
"I am going to take my engagement
ring to the Jeweler." Houston Post.
.Mrs. Youngwedd (to caterer's boy)-Oh,
this is the chicken salad my husband or
dered. Here's the money for it, and now
you must tell me how you make It
Boy (puxsied) I can't tell you how ife
made, mum.
Mrs. Youngwedd-But you must; my
husband told me when I paid for it to te
sure and get the - receipt-Boston Tran
script t -
THE BAREFOOT BOY. '
John Greenleaf Whittler
Blessings on the, little man, ' '
Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan!
with thy turned-up pantaloons,
th merry -whistled tunes;
With thy red Hp, redder still
r,8.l'd.wby strawberries on the hill;
with the sunshine on thy face, -Through
thy torn brim's jaunty grace;
From my heart I give thee joy
I was once a barefoot boy!
Prince thou art the grown-up man
Only is republican.
Let the mtllion-dollared ride! ,
Barefoot trudging at hi side, J .
Thou has mor than he can buy.
In the reach of ear and eye
Outward sunshine, inward joy:
Blessings on thee, barefoot boy!
Oh, for boyhood's painless play,
sleep that wakes In laughing day,
Health that mocks the doctor's rules,
Knowledge never learned of schools,
Of the wild' bee's morning chase,
Of the wild-flower's time and place,
Flight of fowl and .habitude ,
Of the tenant ot the wood;
How the tortoise bears his shell.
How the woodchuck digs his cell, - '
And the ground-mole sinks his well;
How the robih feeds her young,
How th oriole' nest is hung;
Where the whitest lilies blow,
Where the freshest berries grow.
Where th ground-nut trails Its vine.
Where the wood-grape's clusters shine t
Of the black wasp's cunning way,
Mason of his walls of clay,
And the architectural plans
Of gray hornet artisans!
For, eschewing books and tasks,
Nature, answers all he asks;
Hand in hand with her he walks;
Face to face with her he talks. .
Part and parcel of her Joy
Blessings on thee, barefoot boyf
Cheerily, then, . my little man,
Live and laugh, as boyhood can!
Though the flinty slopes be hard,
Stubble-speared the new-mown sward.
Every morn shall lead thee through
Fresh baptisms of the dew.; (
Every evening from thy feat
Shall the cool wind kiss the heat;
All too soon these feet must hid
In the prison cells of pride, v
Lose th freedom of the: sod, v' t' -Llk
the colts for work be shod -:
Mad to tread th mill of toil,
Up and down In ceaseless moll; a
Happy if their track be found
Never on forbidden ground;
Happy If they sink not In ,
Quick and treacherous sands of sin.
Ah I that thou couldst know the Joy,
Ere It passes, barefoot boy. .
YOU CAN GET IT HERE IF A
GOOD DRUG STORE OUGHT
TO SELL IT.
If a druggist carried In itock evry
article, every specialty, urged upon,
him by tbe makers or their salesmen,
he'd find himself with a near-department
store on his hands. And, what
is of more Importance, he'd be spon
soring a lot of goods that ought never
to be sold In any good store.
We hold that a drug store's obli
gation to Its patrons is important
enough to Justify the druggist la
learning something about the merits
and worth of things he sells.
We try to live up to this obliga
tion and you are interested In this
fact because its an obligation to
VOU and to your family.
SHERMAN & McCONNELL
" ; DRUG CO.
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