THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 18, 1912,
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will be changed as ott'ea as re
quested. . . .
The colonel is after Jthe silk stock
ing TOte. .V'M ' VV.
Peace is a distasteful subject of
discussion to Turkey. !
Nat is not the first actor to be
thrown on the rocks.
Looks as if, the semi-arid belt
would have to get another name.
It Is never safe to talk about your
neighbor unless you say something
good.
Is minister to Greece a bigger job
than president of one of America's
great colleges? '
Every speech Senator La Toilette
delivers must make the ball woobo
champ more fiercely.
"All Nebraska Is Soaked," says a
headline. And yet It is the grandest
and soberest old state of them all.
The fact is Uncle Sam refuses to
believe that he Is as sick a patient
as Dr. Roosevelt and Dr. Wilson try
to make out.'..'. l-:
Boston fears anthracite coal,, will
go up to $8 a ton this winter. If H
ever came down to that Omaha
would be happy.
Spectacular Campaigning.
Preparations are under way for a
personally-conducted campaign tour
by the candidate of the new bull
moose party to take In practically
every state in toe union, and to con
sume not less than two months' time.
So far as present intentions go, the
candidates of the opposing parties,
with the possible exception of the
socialists, have laid out no such
speaking program, but prefer to ad
here to methods of campaigning
comporting more with the view of
tho dignity of the high office.
Rear-platform oratory was Intro-'
duced into the presidential contest
by our distinguished fellow citizen,
William Jennings Bryan, but his aor
cumulaton of three defeats is not
necessarily a testimonial to its effi
cacy. Four years ago, however, Mr.
Bryan set the pace and forced his re
publican competitor to resort to
special training, and this is doubt-1
less the thought of the bull moose
managers that they wilt compel
other party candidates to follow the
trail they blaie.
It goes without saying that a real
presidential nominee will attract at
tention and draw crowds wherever
ho may go, and imldentally acquire
free publicity through news channels
hard to get in any other way. Yet
whether the sober-minded, thinking
people like this . spectacular cam
paigning, and are Influenced by it
more than is,mantfestedNby the sur
face demonstration, is open to Ques-tlon-.V
already recalled, Mr. Bryan
has always gotten the applause, but
ndt the vote. If spectacularism In
politics proves successful It will be
get a plentltude of . imitators, while
if it falls short of expectations we
will go back to the old and tested
methods of inspiring public confi
dence and commanding popular sup
port. ; . '
Brother Metcalfe , now dolefully
declares that he wouldn't take any
office from any political party.; And
be ran only twice.
Now that Hok Smith .Is in the
senate, Joe Brown . has a . straight
away course for governor of Georgia
at long as he wishes. ' ' V
The mountings ,for 1812 model
automobiles are to be nickel plated
Instead of brass.- Wonder how far
ahead the silver 'era is.
"How Is the best way for a girl to
land a man V asks an impertinent
contemporary, Try acting the "part
of a modest, womanly young Woman.
Jane Addams, th foremost citlsen of
Illlnols.-4,htladetphIs North American.
In the name of our cheerful i Id
friend, J. Ham Lewis, he of the pink
'uns, we protest.
.; A Mission of the Church.
, Rev. M.P. Dowling of Kansas City,
for many yeara president of Crelgh
ton university in Omaha, In a recent
public discussion laid down this very
practical and fair proposition for the
church: ' .
I will say that the social problems of
their day have their roo.t In principles
affecting both belief-and conduct. .They
are Interlaced with our Ufa here and our
destiny hereaiter. Moreover, they have
been so distorted by selfishness, greed
and other passions of men that we have
a right to expect the afiurch to pronounce
on them and teli us what we must be
lieve. Under such an Interpretation the
church's work assumes an intensely
utilitarian character, and fairly so,
we think. The institution that
teaches men how to die must first
teach them how to Jive. One of the
encouraging signs- of the times is
that the majority of the churches
manifest an acute sensitiveness to
this obligation. But there ia much
yet to be done that such an appeal as
this "from Father Dowling can but
strike, with timely force upon the
mind at mil attentive to the present
needs of roaaklnd. , ;Vwv4 ;: "..
No longer.-be iL said to the credit
of the church, is krylng to scare
men' into 4 being good soth.at they
might succeed in slipping safelyiJnto
eternity .What Is , better, the appeaj
is mora for right living, not. simply
as a means of gaining the reward of
salvation hereafter, but also and Very
emphatically for helping the world
upward now; for helping it to meet
the perplexing problems of today
social and economic. Indeed, while
visionary men, men of more personal
ambition than wisdom or honosty, are
confusing us with all sorts of pana
ceas, let the church speak up and
tell. us what to accept and what to
reject, and It will have no difficulty
arousing a mutually helpful re
sponse. Let it speak out boldly and
with wisdom that will not be misunderstood.
Those water power promoters cer
tainly chose a good season to con
vince investors that there will be no
lack of water to make the wheels go
round.
That Omaha aviator who has
achieved fame Is not the first Ne
braska n to gain airy dlstlnctlou, as
certain records, of '98, '00 and '08
will show. '
Joaquin Miller, the Sierra poot, is
for Wilson, his wife is for Taft and
his daughter is for Roosevelt. After
all, you have to come back to mother
for the real bard sense and balance.
If there is ever a time when the
American voter should feel his sov
ereign oats it is in the thick of a
national campaign like this with so
many candidates begging for his
rote.. ' .
A municipal picnic is to be one of
the accompaniments of our commis
sion plan of city government. The
impression prevails that tbe com mis
sioners have been having a picnic
every day.' ., f . .; '
President Taft says that a man
who seeks to be chosen presidential
elector as a republican, for, the pur
pose cl voting for the nominee of
eome othe,r party is dishonest. Any'
one to contradict him!
One of the current magazines has
discovered, the "right type. of street
fair" In a little town in North Caro
Jina. That interests us. We would
like to know just what the "right
typo of street fair" Includes.
to manifest their feelings when cool,
calculating business undertakes to
overturn this centuries-old custom.
The Next Human Benefactor.
While vast acccumulations of
wealth are being distributed to re
lieve want and distress, to educate
the ignorant, or alleviate the sick
and suffering, while colossal uplift
schemes are being promoted and
executed to ameliorate the condition
of the downtrodden and to make
life easier to all, ' the i4 clarion call
goes forth for a long-waited human
benefactor whose appearance will
command the world's acclaim.)
That great periodical of art and
progress, the Scientific American,
directs attention to the fact that for
a century or more not an appreci
able step in advance has been made
in the matter of fastening a man's
shirt collar. The same old button
hole, and the same old button, are
trying the patience of the modern
man that drove his father and his
grandfather to the verge of pro
fanity. It would, indeed, be a confession
of physical and mental deteriqra
tion for the twentieth century man
to admit inability to- wrestle with
the collarbutton as successfully as
his forbears, and our good friend,
the Scientific American, offers solace
by showing how much more intri
cate and tantalizing the trick of fas
tening the collar has become, par
ticularly this , .high, turnover,
starct-ed-stiff, closeshut neckband
imposed by fashion upon suffering
male mortals. Some humanitarian
collar manufacturers have even
gone to the length of offering" gen
erous rewards for the invention of
a collarbutton that can be buttoned,
or, better yet, of a method of fas
tening that dispenses with the but
ton, but so far with no takers.
As a consequence millions of
men are forced every morning to go
through the ordeal of attaching the
collar by use of the traditional
device, and tq resist the temptation
of expressing out loud inelegant
thoughts that soundv better unut
te'red, and must continue to do so
until that benefactor blossoms
forth. .
Suppressing a Street Nuisance.
One feature of the council's ictlon
in . barring taxicabs from certain
curblngs in the retail center of the
city . deserves special praise, and that
it the condemnation of the practice
by some drivers of sitting in their
vehicles and making smart remarks
about passing women. Without go
ing into the details of the restrictive
order, any action . is, to be com
mended that frowns upon this street
nuisance, which is not by any means
confined to taxlcab drivers. If the
mayor and his colleagues on the
commission can devise ways of pre
venting men and youths from ogling
women and girls on corners, in front
of hotels and cigar stores, they will
be doing something quite worth
while. In this meantime it would do
no harm to instruct policemen to ex
ercise their restraining influence in
this direction.
Commercializing Easter. "
The Gregorian calendar, which
fixed the date of Easter as the first
Sunday following the first Friday
after the first full moon subsequent
to the vernal equinox and was
adopted by Christendom October 15,
1582. no longer meets the satisfac
tion of part of the business world,
which now proposes to move this
sacred festival day. At any rate it
Is said the International Congress of
Chambers of Commerce Is .to be
urged to fix a definite unchanging
date for Easter at its forthcoming
convention in Boston.
"Commercial expediency" is the
reason offered for the i proposed
change. Business, it is said, suffers
from the fluctuating dates. How
ever that may be, business surely
appreciates the size of the job it has
cut out for itself. Since early times
there has been a tradition , for re
ligious observance of a holy day at
the dawn of spring and long before
Pope Gregory issued his calendar.
Christian peoples assembled to wor
ship on the Sunday following the
first full moon subsequent to the
sun's passage over the equator on
Its northward Journey. ' In , cycles
prior to the Christian era, the Jew
ish nation, according to the Old Tes
tament narrative, observed the feast
of Pasch when nature changed her
aspect with, the passing of the
eauinox.
The latter la o! Interest In this
connection only as an Incident in his
tory, bat tho$e religious bodies that
celebrate Easter as a religious anni
versary undoubtedly will be on hand
'1
Breaking Confidence,
It is doubtful it a breach of con
fidence can ever be fully repaired.
Restoration and restitution are
seldom complete enough to efface the
last lingering fear or doubt from the
mind that has been deceived. And
that Is not the worstj of it; that per
son's faith is not only shaken in the
onet that betrayed It, but to an ex
tent which It may not, itself, realize,
shaken in people generally.
One cannot be too exacting of him
self In meeting an obligation of con
fidence to a friend. And one ought
to be far more anxious to keep faith
with and please his friend than an
other. Yet too many of us presume
upon friendship. We are disposed
to expect too much of the. person
who has favored us with his con
fidence, inclined f be too careless
of a trust, or a promise. We are
prone to take too much for granted,
forgetting that, friendship must be
nourished by scrupulous truth and
sincerity.
nomic problems so acute in London
and other large centers.
Canada is not looking for what
goes by the name of the "Idle army"
in England, as it proved a few years
ago by turning back a couple of ship
loads of these, but it Is looking for
able-bodied and thrifty men and
women . and can care for about as
many as will come. And Canada has
her big elder cousin, Uncle Sam, to
take care of any overflow. These
Parliamentarians should not return
to London without visiting the
United States and becoming familiar,
also, with conditions of life here.
It .would make for clearer mutual
understandings.
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COMPM.E.D r ROM 3ZX TlbO
AUGUST 18.
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A Big Job for Medical Men.
Mr. Rockefeller's endowing mil
lions have not yet probed to the se
cret of anterior poliomyelitis infan
tile paralysis and that mysterious
malady continues to baffle the best
medical scientists In the country. The
disease, unhappily, now exists so
medical journals report,, in ;everal
cities and sections, and continues to
reap its toll of death at "the rate of
from 18 to 20 per cent of its cases.
Experience shows,, that about 75 per
cent of the suyvlvors remain perma
nently afflicted.
With : all the effort expended by
sclencen this field of investigation,
only , one fact seems to have been
definitely determined, and that is
that the .disease Is germatic and con
tagious.; But even the proc&sg of
communication between persons is
not satisfactorily known. It seems
to be generally accepted that , the
germ gets into the blood, taking resi
dence In the spine, through the mouth
or nostril,' but beyond that the way
is dark and even that far is none too
well, known;,
Rich rewards surely await the dis
covery of this secret. Humanity now
only gropes, the ignorant prey of the
deadly germs, which thrive easiest, it
is found, in children between 1 and
5 years of age, but yet is not entirely
a re'spector of persons or ages.
Englishmen Visiting Canada.
London dispatches say the exodus
to Canada "of all ranks of the popu
lation in England has assumed quite
large proportions and this season Is
witnessing an ever increasing stream
of British visitors." Twenty-eight
members of both bouses of Parlia
ment were among the summer tour
ists. "Their purpose," one' dispatch
rather naively says, "is to make
make themselves better acquainted
with the resources of the Dominion
and to become familiar with condi
tions of life, existing there."
It is strange these overlords have
waited so long to form this familiar
ity, but better late than never. t In
the meantime Canada may expect to
rise In Mother England's estimation,
for her. wonderful resources and de
Telopment are likely to stagger tbe
credulity of the Parliamentarians. It
la high time that Englishmen .-vera
awaking to the Importance of Canada
and to the opportunities which this
prodigious province offers to them,
opportunities not possible at horn.
England could do no better than
seek to promote emigration to Can
ads from among its industrious poor
people, "It would have a direct and
vital effect upon the social and eco-
..- Growth Measurement.
The prodigious growth and de
velopment of population and indus
try in the United States since 1870
marks an era of world expansion and
a most interesting study may be
made of how American prosperity
has benefited other countries t in
every line of endeavor. Our own
people might, with profit, turn now
and then from the absorbing subject
of politics and civil reform to the
statistical measurement of their na
tion's advance In agricultural and
industrial pursuits., It will help us
appreciate the favorable conditions
we enjoy and the miracles wrought
by Intelligently applied energy,
In 1870 as a nation of 38,558,371
we had a total estimated wealth of
$30,068,518,000; in 1812 with, 96,
410,503 inhabitants, our national
wealth was estimated at $130,000,
000,000. in the same time, our
per capita wealth Just about
doubled, being $17.51 in 1870 and
$34.23 at present. Our farms num
bered 2,659,985 in 1870, worth $8,
941,857,749; today we have nearly
7,000,000 farms valued at more
than $41,000,000,000. Mining,
manufacturing and exports have
maintained similar ratios of expan
sion. Social Improvement, in the
meantime, including the ameliora
tion of the worker and his family,
Is Incomparably beyond the status
of forty-two years ago. ; The best of
it is that all this progress is being
continued at a steadily increasing
rate.
A scheme to flood the desert of
of Sahara, converting part of it into
an inland eea and making the re
mainder the most fertile soil In the
world, emanates from French engi
neers who want their government to
undertake the enterprise by cutting
a canal into the Mediterranean. The
Panama canal will be- completed
within three years, when a corps of
capable engineers and an experienced
construction crew will doubtless be
open to another engagement.
Thirty Years Ag
The American Woman Suffrage associ
ation Is to hold Its thirteenth annual
meeting In Omaha In the Baptist church
September 12 and 13, with delegates from
auxiliaries, state and local societies
authorised equal to the number of con
gressional delegations of stages ana ter
ritories. The woman suffrage constitu
tional amendment now pendinf In Ne
braska makes the occasion of special im
portance. The medical fraternity was represented
at the Millie Christine examination today
by Drs. GroasihaiC Dinsmore, Moore,
Hyde, Oraddy, (Hbbs, Merrlam, PhJlpott,
Stone, Hurtjman, Frlesoni, Parker and
Peabody.jDr. Grossman and Dr. Hurts
man ' conversed with the double-headed
woman at the same time, the former in
German and the latter in French, and
all agreed that there Is no fraud at all.
A street car team, 'frightened at the
sight of the elephants in the parade,
broke loose Just in front of The Bee
office. The animals nearly went crasy
until Jumbo was out of sight.:
Miss Mamie Ambrose Is back from her
visit to the Denver exposition. "
Messrs. Parks, Hoye, ',Wlthnell and
Mack have returned from their bunting
trip to Stanton with 110 prairie chickens
and $ Jackrabbits. ; ', ;
Professor Eauer, the well khown musi
cian, has returned 'from a trip, to the
east to make Omaha til permanent
home. ' . ', v;-
The return from Europe of - August
Benson, O. A. Lindque.and, A.- Bow
man was celebrated by a banquet by
their Swedish . frlels .,.ln.th,. Swedish
Library association rooms in Lytle's
block., It was suggested -that - Mr. Ben
son be sent to Europe as an Immigration
agent, as he brought eight able-bodled
healthy relatives to increase Omaha's
population. .. . . ! -
Twenty Years Ago " '
A benefit was given at the Grand opera
house for tomthy Ryan,' champion .wel
terweight, and one of the best numbers
on the card was a boxing match between
Ryan and Paddy Brennan, the New York
heavyweight. Ryan was more than - a
match for him. ;..' . '?
Fire Chief Galllgan recommended to the
Board of Fire and polio Commissioners
that it Invest in a Hale Water tower to
be used by the fire department In com
bating flames in the downtown district.
"Sleepy", Hewitt, one of the best known
town characters, was doing an Important
engagement In Omaha.' He was then
referred to a a "rather bright looking
young man."
George Hicks took out a building per
mit to erect a two-story frame dwelling
at 3071 Pacific street, costing $9,000. '.
Marriage licenses were granted t6 these
Omaha people: Charles Owens and Belle
Blanchard, Patrick Leahy and Mary De-,
lsena, H. P. Fry and Mamie Hall. "
Ten Years Ago "
News of the death of W. D. Dlrksort at
Glenville. Neb., was received In Omaha.
Mr. Dlrkson, who was one of the best
known Insurance men jn, the state, , ns1
lived In Omaha many years, and had two
sons here, Harry W. and John Dlrkson.
In welcoming the convention' of, the
United Association of Plutobersv G
and Steam Fitters to the city,. Mayor
Moores revived the old custom of present
ing the visitors with a key to the city.1
The trouble which had existed for more
than two years between the local union
of electrical workers and the new Omaha
Thompeon-Houston Electric Light com
pany was settled. J '
EUa Chambers of Florence and his
nephew, Guy Williams, were drowned in
a well on a farm belonging to Edward A.
Temprly, three - miles northeast of
Irvlngton. '
Final arrangements Were mads for the
reception of President Rooeevelt on Sep
tember ?T. : The board of governors of
Ak-Sar-Ben, who have chargs of th ar
rangements, had planned an elaborate
street parade, meeting the president at
the Union depot.
Peoplef and Events
From California comes a report
that Governor Johnson is being
boomed already, to head the ticket of
the progressives in 1916. As if the
progressive party would ever be
called upon to seek a presidential
candidate other than the one it al
ready has! It , Governor Johnson
doee not suppress his ambition and
show himself content with being the
ornamental appendage ha may soon
find the colonel proclaiming that he
was mistaken, also, in him.
Omaha's new ordinance 'prohib
iting location of moving picture
shows in the immediate vicinity of a
church is not to be retroactive. Here'a
a guess that the churches, there-
selves, will be using moving pictures
for Sunday school instruction before
three years pass.
The automobile Is said to, be giv
ing the Chautauqua a new lease of
life by affording ready means of
bringing together a -crowd from a
wide area of territory. Those pro
fessional Chautauqua lecturers have
certainly been playing in luck.
Just aa loud an outcry went up
against the veto power when exer
cised by President Cleveland. It did
not last long, however, because sensi
ble people realixe that the presiden
tial veto ia a aafegusxd and sot a
menace.
The failure of all political parties to
denounce the tlppln; system and demand
nine-foot sheets in hotels, sends the trav
eling men letderless to the trackless
woods, - i
James Whltcomb Riley, the Hoosler
poet, cut a $50,000 slice off his fortune
last ' week ahd turned it over to his
nephew, Edmund H. Eltel, as a wedding
gift.- Last- year the ton gave $70,00)
worth of property to the city of Indlsn
apolls.' for the public library. Admirer!
of the gentle 'singer of the simple lite
rejoice that he .has the coin to give
and the wisdom to give worthily. .
f "-My1 J
shows, LA :rr ; V
Frank Fualps, who is manager of the
Shubert theaters in Omaha, and St.
Joseph, does much of his pastlmlng now
in telling about the many good attrac
tions the Bcuherta are sending west this
season. After one has Men "Bunty Pulls
the Strings," "Bought and FaW For."
"The Merry Oountear." "Jut L!ha John"
and "Ready Money." all Shubert book
Inrs for the west this season, it is agreed
that Manager psels has a license ia talk
about his attractions.
meBeesMerlW
Am ImfoaitlosV on Workinamen.
8IDNET, Neb., Aug. 17.-T6 tbe Editor
of The Bee: A few days ago there was an
article in another Omaha paper written
from here stating that the immense grain
crop could not be harvested tor want of
help and that the merchants, teachers,
schoolboys and girls were going to help
to Save the crop. This brought out a
number of men looking for work, and
there is none. Now and then we can get
cme or two days shocking. Some real
estate man wanted soma free advertising
and surely got it at the expense of a lot
of wqrkinfmen. There is no demand
for farm labor nor there won't be any to
speak of.
J. C. CARB,
A Clear-Ct Statement. j
rumwuftD nntrr . v A it.
W.--To the Editor of Th,BeV: ; As a for-,
mer resident of Omaha and reader , of
The Bee, I was much interested in your
recent contribution to -the Outlook under
the caption, "Parliamentary -Law and
Good Morals." Tdu show clearly enough
that. It. would I Jiave been impossible; for
the ' republican convention to have pro
ceeded in any other 'wayhan It did, and
keep within the bounds of good parlia
mentary' form and fairness to all con
cerned., The rejoinder of. the Outlook edt-
tors reveals the weakness, or tneir case.
VrttMu In oirtv arid holler-than-those
buncombe are good for .campaign pur
poses, but they neither, .cover up nor an
swer sound argument. tW are to -be
congratulated' for giving to, the readers
of tha Outlook the first clear cut state
ment and justification of the facta con
cerning the parliamentary conduct of the
republican convention. wh!c(hthey have
had the pleasure of .reading. ..
. . . M. WlLLARD LAMPE.
Calls It Revolutionary Movement.
-xrwTnAT. riTT. Neb.. Aug. 17;-To the
Editor Of The Bee: "Wide Is the gate and
broad is the way that leadeth w destruc
tion, and many there be .wwcn go in
thireaf'Mn the last century; the doctrine
.,.t xivsrstcntv neDorated 'two sed-
V BW " ' - .
tlons of our country and resulted in a
bloody war, but It united neighbors in
patrlotio feeling. 4: Today the doctrine Qf
tile aoverejfnty. a ..applied to : politics
is . separating neighbors, urotners, jamcui
and sons. State sovereignty and national
sovereignty are antagonistic and if w
would destroy the nationah "progressive"
party we must destroy the state "pro
gressive" party. In other woros, we
must defeat. If possible, every candidal
for Office who is supporting Roosevelt
and Johnson, for it Stubbs of Kansas, and
. - ,. . . a Vim in Athr
NOrriS 01 neDraena, "u vw..
states are elected It will give anZirrec
sistlble impetus ". to th's revolutionary
movement. -; GEORG N.' BURCH.
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. SOME CHURCH STATISTICS. , 4
Low Gains In Membership5 Prompt
: Thtthtfnl Reflection. . "
". .. Boston Herald.
Vhen the quadrennial conference of the
Methodist church was lo session a. few
weka aro In Minneapolis ' the bishops
made It very clear that their Judgment
!- gam in membersMprof -lees that i par
cent a year, was a ' disgraceful record
ttir tnv church. Th advance Iheeu of the
Congregatl6nal .. year pirok indicate that
the net gala fit ' that denomination- last
year was less than one-half percent. The
returns of the forthcoming minutes or tne
gsrrfral assembly ot Jthe ' Presny tenan
churcl) show that the gains In that body
fell materially below the J per cent level.
But the church statisticians TPlace most
emphasis always., upon ' the annual ac
cessions by confesaton $f faith. "Members
received by certificates ironv other
churches represent merely shifts ,ot resi
dence. The total membership or tne
Congregational church In was 225.0CO;
tha 800,000 mark was passed in ib, tne
400.000 mark ln' lSSi. the 809.00' In 1890, th
M0.O00 In ISSS, the 700,000 ,ln 1911 The ad
ditions by confessions in 18S7 were tt.000.
In late years th number has averaged
about 35,000. This last year the net gains
in membership, by letters and by c6n
fesslon. In thirty :one state were less
than 7,000; th net losses In eighteen
states brought the total gain down to
$.178, making the American membership
739,000. . . ' :
It would be rash to say that these
facts indlcat correspondingly small
gains in Influence and usefulness. The
various Churches were never more active
In good works than today. The Congrega
tlonaiists gave last year for local support
and general benevolence more than $1S,
OCO.OOO; the Presbyterians nearly twice as
much. While- th number ot accessions on
confession .often-is held to represent the
"power" - or f f ectlveneee el 4he church,
it is likely that there were never so many
noneccleslasticar Christian as now.
XeerfleKs Alarm.
Houston Post. '
Governor Wilson is alarmed at the
proposition to raUa $2,000,(00 for his cam
paign. W beg Governor Wilson; not to
worry. The sum of $2,000,0 could be
raised only by masked squids armed with
sixshooters. ',. , '
Kew York World: Up to date there
have been introduced in this congres
ffl.283 bills, but, thank's to the Providence
that makes congressmen loquacious, they
did to much talking they have not been
able to pass many of them.
'"Baltimore American: A member of the
Newport four hundred says the social
elect must flee elsewhere, as anybody
with money can buy residences in tha
sacred social preserves, and that, while
"common people" are necessary to the
economic development of the world, they
are not desirable as social associates.
The ostracised "commoners" can console
themselves with the reflection that such
men as Abraham Lincoln would also be
Ineligible for admission to 'the social
Paradise. ,!
Springfield Republican: George W.
Perkins Is a director of the Steel trust,
a member of the finance committee of the
harvester trust and the general business
manager of the progressive party. Yet
fjpur years ago Senator Dupont of Dela
ware was forced by Mr. Roosevelt to re-
f sign from the executive committee of the
republican national committee because of
his connection with the Powder trust,
then being prosecuted. Both the Steel
trust and the Harvester trust are now
being prosecuted.
, Brooklyn, Eagle: The ;strlctly new
man wears clothes that do not have
toyba buttoned up the back. This design
of. garment Is aji evolutionary outcome of
woman's emancipation fronv servants and
husbands At the Fashion show Is ex
hibited1 a dress without . buttons or even
Ijopks Snd eyes.' Bachelors who see It
are observed to drop their last lingering
prejudice against matrimony, forgetful
of the fact that it Is too late; for the
woman whq seeks the conveniences of
this invention is' by the . grace of her
tailor, free and independent.'
C... Springfield Republican: The damage to
the Nebraska by trying to sail over a reef
which had been charted in 1839 and then
erased front1 the charts because th mark
was "thought- a mistake recalls , the old
story of the trombone player in th band
who Matted In.-the wrong plac because
a fly lighted on his music and wa taken
f6r A-note. A very ' little martiiba a
bydrographlo chart may , be of yrj great
Importance. The accident Is a pilated
and expensive vindication tor Lieutenant
Gedney, who made the survey, of 1834.
sumY smiEilT vt
Everybody's fJolna It.
Boston Transcript .1
' No matter how tha assessed valuation
goe up, the tax rate naver goes down.
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
t PaT what does it mean when ft says
a man has arrived at years of discretion?"-
. " , ,
"It means, Johnny, that he's too young
to die and too old to havs any -fun."
Judge.. j-.-. . . , . A
' "Yes; doctor," said the patient 'Have
been operated on -for appendicitis, : my
tonsils have , been removed , and ; ray
adenoids are gone."
"Ah!"' lepiied tne specialist, "that sim
plifies your case.. - I'll have to optrate
on you for gallstones." Chicago Heuora
Herald. i Mr. Henballot They are saying that
even th Chinese have granted votos to
women. , ;
Mr. Grouchmore I'm hot astonished.
Think of the centuries that -Chinese
Women have been wearing trousers. Unl--tago
News.
'I hear the democratic roaster. is erow.
ing already over getting T. K-'s votes,"
Said a Baltimore man recently to a Witty
Jocal journalist. - ' : "
..'Oh!" leplicd the. Journalist, , quickly,
"that's only a co:k and-bull moo:e sto y."
Baltimore American.
f Brggs Some people are so confound
edly bashful- they won't even meet tneir
obligations. - . '
Grlggi Well, , I ana sometimes "shy"
rayseu when it comes to doing that.
JUpston TfanSc:lpt.. f "
' "Wife, take that dime novel from
Tommy." .
"Then he'll get up a howl."
; "Then take mm to tne picture show at
th corner. Gool flim today; bandits roo
blng a stage coach." Louisville Courier
Journal. "There's nothing new In this idea ot
'passing prosperity around.' " observed
tne argumentative boarder. "It's passed
around whenever a new man is elected
president of 'the United States. I got a
poitoffice that way once. 'Chicago '.trib
une. "How did you get rid of that incompe
tent typewriter girl?"
"I guess I tod you I didn't want to
hurt her feelings by disparaging her
work."
"Yes. How did you fix it?"
"I told her she was altogether too
pretty to be working in a public office
and she went away as pleased as cou.d
b." Cleveland Piftin Dealer.
: AMERICA BEAUTIFUL.
K. L. Bates In Springfield Republican.
Oh. beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain;
For purpte mountain majesties
Above the irulted plain.
America! America!
God shea His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Oh. beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern, Impassioned stress
A thorougniaie for treeaom beat
Across the wilderness! '
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul In self-control, .
Thy liberty in lawi "'...'
Oh, beautiful for glorious tale
Of liberating str.fe,
When valiantly tor man's avail
Men lavlsned precious life!
America! America!
May God tny gold ref.n. ,
Till all success be nooieness,
And ev'ry gain divine!
Oh," beautiful for patriot dream '
That stes beyond the years
Thine aiabatter cities gleam
t'ndimmea by human tears!
America! Amenta! '
God ehed his grace on tne. .
And cro n thy good with brotherhoo-
From sea to siilning eea! , . .
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o7t,9lo Coutant & Squires
Vacation;
The best Matting Suit Case in
Omaha for $8.00 others at all
prices. Steamer Trunks Regular
Trunks. The beat values In
Omaha. . "' ,':';'
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Trunk Factory.
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