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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 13, 1912.
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SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION. ,
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State or Nebraska. County of Douglas, :
Dw4aht -Williams, circulation manager
of The Bee Publishing company, being
duly sworn, says that the average dally
circulation for the month of September,
J was Sfettt DWIGHT WILLIAMS,
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to before me this 1st day or uctooer, uu.
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-Sabscrlbera leaving; the city
4emporVUy should have The
Be mailed to ' them. Address
will be hnnged tut often re-.
. quested. -' " :-,.,,.
Heyr how is the straw rots thresh
:ing out? '' .r
The' democrats feel sure their
ticket, Bryand and Wilson, will win.
Money ordinarily talks, but it
fairly yiig a eainps'fa coEtrlbu
So far is crops go, we .ought 'to
s?e t bumper Thanksgiving this
These nice autumn rains 'iiend .thei
grass and pastures i-smitlng into
winter. :i - ,A
Autumn . .Jcfves make slippery
tracks. Even tbe motorman has hit
troubles, ".-' ? t f--V " " ' - ' ;
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1 - -
Thesa American Greeks wllLmake
things' fhb ijrhen they reach the!
v V I : k
Keve mind! The world .champ
series wUHio Along soon on the mov
ing, picture. screen.,'.' ; : . r
.Thar is a inter ' -'$11 the Balkan
apothecaries arte preparing for the
sick Wrf f Europe,' '
.The eiann4 Ip t ot . searchlight
on the city "Jail.' A Wphur .iafldle'
might be the proper thing.' '
Won't some one please remind
Governor Aldrich that we are to
dioose a president this year.' ,
- Prosperity Talks IV. '
President Taft went into the White
House on March 4. U 89, since which
time the government has been admin
lstered under his headship.
Have the people had to endure
hard times during that period? Or
have they enjoyed not only the neces
sities and comforts of life, hut also
an' increase in 'a large share ot the
luxuries! .- ' . .
. Taking Nebraska- as a close-to
home example, we have some im
pressive figures:
Number, of automobiles registered
July X. 1908.....,, Mtt
Number - ot automobiles registered
juiy.L 1312...... ,......a,m
' Using round numbers, the people of
Nebraska have in that time bought
and paid for 25,000 automobiles,
which represent an outlay of at least
$25,000,006 and equal one to every
fifty inhabitants, Including men,
women and children.
If people suffering the blight of
hard times, or a burden of bad gov
ernment, would not be expected to
buy automobiles so fast and so furi
ously, the country must have gotten
along pretty well tinder President
TaftP-well enough to want to keep
on the same road under the same
steady guidance.
Unofficial Foreign Missionariei.
Every Greek who leaves the United
States in answer to his country's call
to arms, goes an "unofficial foreign
missionary" ot America, to use a
term employed by a late religious
writer. Consciously or unconsciously,
but in all events quite ' beyond his
power to avoid, he will carry the in
fluence of our nation and our boasted
democracy.' From our Impressions
upon him while here we shall be
largely judged. What he has seen,
heard and learned in free, untram-
meled America will become inevitable
standards of criticism amon his fel
lows In Greece. t V :r ' ' ' i
In nearly every case, perhaps, the
returned Greekatt wUl.be better off
f S.ssacisJly thsa.whcn t&cy came; but
if that Is all the advantage they take
backthen It' would have been' better
for' na If ftey had not cpme. j'Atoer-;
lea's mission' runs through the Ufe,of
every foreign-born man and woman
coming, to ; its v shores. , America's
promise lies, largely In its power to
extend its ' traditions through them, J
in the gain or loss , of Its ideals
abroad. . ' . .. . ,' :-y'- v ;
Immigration offers a supreme op
portunity, but we must-realize .H 'W:
make r. the 'hes fof .," It. Amercap;
churches maintain a few thousand1
official missionaries on foreign fields,
doubtless doing excellent workt yet
here in our own. land come trooping
to our very doors every year men and
women, not'' from; benighted lands,
not all needing spiritual; insight, but
air subject m mu iuhubhum Amer
ican Ideals. jiAftd, when they go back,
they go inevitably as bur missionaries
and transplant the eed of free insti
tutions to their native lands;
, The church that can arouse in a
roan a sense of his need for the gospel
will not have to plead for pew occu
pants. ' .?.
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It would b UterestUs t kntnr
how that New York editor found out
there were Wall street magnates, in
heaven. ,
i New-fangled styles have put a Mg
concern of petticoat makers out ot
business. Evidently couldn't make
them diaphanous enough.
; The head of the HavesUr trust
wys it did not contribute to the bull
moose campaign fund. How about
the individual members ot the trust?
It has become as much the fashion
for one stump speaTW to trail an
other as for those titectives to dog
the footsteps of the New York po
lice.
. If this war of the Greeks and the
Barbarians make u? brush up on an
cient geography and mythology, it
fiiay have some compensating fea
tures, .''.-v.: :
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The opposition has begun to annoy
Candidate Suiter with the irritating
Question, "Where does Sulser
giand?" on this and that. Let BUI
Hearst) answer.
.. In the old Roman republic (the con
stitution might be suspended in great
crises and all powers ot government
lodged in a single magistrate. How
would that suit him?
, "This is an outrage to an innocent
raan," exclaimed the New York police
officer, when arrested on a murder
charge. If to, there must be a turn la
this lane of incriminating evidence
fomewhere. ' " '
' "How I Became a Progressive," by
Theodore Roosevelt; "Theodore Roosevelt
ai I See Kim,' "by Lyman Abbott: "Mr,
ftoosevelt and the Senate Committee," by
firnest Hamlin Abbott The Outloog.
And he is only the contributing
editor. : ;' ,vi
1912 that the third term presiden
tial candidate found he had "pro
gressed" enough, to emerge into the
open. He was then willing to accept
the nomination if tendered, and lost
no time to make sure that the tender
should not fall because of any neglect
to do his part.' Finally he became a
f progreBsive" to the extent of ceas
ing to be a republican only when his
scheme to 'make himself the repub
lican nominee collapsed along with
his fake contests, for up to that mo
ment he was eager to take the nom
ination as a republican and run on
anyr platform the convention, should
adrfpt. V '
The colonel doubtless believes' that
his conversion Ja a .natural evolution,
a, gradual seeing 6f the light,' when,
in fact, alV the circumstances point
to carefully planned' artificial incu
bation, a hatching made to order,' and
specially timed, for.. poorly con-
cealed" purpose. , , . V ' i
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tV;; The Imperial S&ss Hen. .:
' Her majesty j the hen, has ano'taer
cackle' coming. ' She - has - teen 'offl-!
ciaUy recognized as an International
character. A world-wide poiiltfy' as-'
sociation has recently been organized:
in London. Her. dynasty n the realm
of commerce, therefore, is sure and
lasting, not to he overturned by any
vagrant 'trade wind ' which happens
to sweep adversely across eeas.
Long ago the hen achieved na
tional importance in our own coun
try, and the National Live Poultry
Shippers' association, the National
Poultry, Butter and Egg association,
and the Southern Poultry and Egg
Shippers' association, which recently
held a joint convention in Louisville,
are but a few of similar organizations
officially attesting that fact. But re
sorting to more tangible evidence, we
find that the poultry and egg busi
ness of this country , last year
amounted to 1900,000,000, while
with the fine breed fowl trade added
to this, the industry came to $1,000,
000,000. , ' ti :.;". 1
The census of 19 io showed a total
fowl popWtiori 'on bur Ms'sSi
farms of 4 8 8,468,3 5 4, aggregating In
value $202,506,272,, In, Nebraska,
115,512 farms reported a valuation
of chickens alone ; of -84,013,893.
These figures, like all others,' are
prosaic; except when considered for
their highest si gilficance, when they
become decidedly poetical. . v f 1
Ia the , meantime, our reform
3eaocralic sheriff is trying his level
best to get his hand into the state
treasury and take out 60 cents for
t-neh day's seals furbished prisoners
ty il$ contractor for 19
THe " CoBvemon of the ' (JoloneL .;
How, -when and why the colonel
came to be converted is the subject
of two labored aHldes In the current
Outlook. V; :,. , ', . '.
In one of them the contributing
editor undertakes to explain "How I
Became a Progressive," leaving the
casual reader to gather the impres
sion that, like Topsy. . It just
"growed" upon him, and that now,
having discctrirpl what a truly, gen
uine progressive is, he cannot - re
member when he was not. .
The other article is a personal ap
preciation of the contributing editor
by the editor-in-chief In which Dr.
Abbott describes, the. reluctance ot
the colonel in giving his consent to
the seven governors, and how he be
came ft candidate tor the presidential
nomination, only after being con
vinced that the progressive move
ment, was in danger ot utter failure;
for want of a leader. It was after
conference with his associates, in
which they all agreed "that he had no
option but to accede to the apparently
unanimous request," that he finally
'entered on the campaign in Feb
ruary, 1912, at the call or honor.
when ambition, ease and personal
Inclinations all combined were urg
ing him to resist that call." .
It just happens, however, that sim
ultaneously with these confessions
some other evidence has been forth
coming throwing light upon the con
version, of the colonel. Esfore the
senate investigating committee Orms-
by Mcllarg, officially retained to
manufacture contests in the south,
testified that his first work in the
campaign was to make a reconnoiter-
ing expedition at the request of Will-
lam L. Ward, the republican national
committeeman from New York. Prior
to that there were no Blgns of any
spontaneous uprising for the colonel,
but it is known that Mr. Ward at
the meeting of the national commit
tee in Washington in December had
avowed himself against Tajt and. for
the colonel, and had then and there
begun, maneuvering, to bring the
colonel out again for the presidency.
It Is also known -that-but a few
weeks later early ia January
George W. Perkins was personally
laying the kindling which was , to
start the spontaneous fire, and
finally, after much consulting and
wiring, the telegram was framed up
to which the seven governors were
induced to subscribe their names, so
that the pressure would appear
strong enough upon the colonel to
warrant his compliance.
It was only thenin February,
JE'gicians ,Gif t to Science.
dlcal .,'(iclen.9e j ln ' general and
pathojogy, in particular, score quite
a. triumph in the,j?acriflclal offer of
200 Long island doctors to give tneir
earthly bodies after death for autop
tical purposes. The wholesale Immo
lation sprung from a conviction that
medical sclehce Is , retarded by
dearth ot autopsy nmterlat and that
since the Jaity seemed slow to make
the' sacrlflcei It was up to the pro
f esslofl to do so furthermore that
their action might .Inspire public con
fidence and eventually serve to re
lieve' the, restriction.' " . ;;?;..'
It Was pointed out at a convention
of 'the Long Island physicians 'that
while In Germany, where the science
of medicine admittedly is far ad
vanced, the, law permitted 'autopsies
to be held upon persons dying in pub
lic infirmaries, the operation could
not be performed in the United States
without consent of the relatives or
friends of the deceased which was
seldom obtained. , Owing to the in
creasing democarcy in our schools of
healing, it Is doubtful it the latitude
of the law is. going to yield any at
tbi point. In tact, it begins to look
as If the Long Island doctors had
seised the only available horn of the
dilemma in setting an example for
others to follow if the gruesome de
mand remains In excess, of supply.
binations among them . to impede
competition, and exact excessive mid
dlemen's profits. For the service the
middleman performs, he is entitled
to adequate compensation, . but he
should not he permitted to Inflate
this by artificial means. Declaim
ing Indiscriminately against the -middleman,
"and ' demandin'hisextincj
tlon, theref orePj 'j$Vr t'a.cconjpjish
nothing substantial.- ' ,- r';'. &',',
. . .Fitiag the,31ae-.,s . rv
Ope chjptej ot-a 'newebokby ft
Womai7ae8criniijf'.,th&
woman from the earilestftimes to : the
presenr lseiid"?6nUff raeftt
Haa-Mhde Herl ;'It as been the
unlyers8l::hetom jfrom he ay.s-.ofi
ii e;oid'5arden of E'en'f of . mn to
put. the-1 bhime' for allhi0hortQormi
lags hpbtt 'Eve: Selfish man-hits de
luded himself wlththe thought -that
without '.ywomaitt ttf 3tetnpt;,,hin he
would, approach .perfection and'taat
without '.woman , all hls foiWesisjna:
frailties' 'woiild immediately '.dls'ap
pear.''..vjf'.V'i.i"v ":;''..';-.'''i
. But now;we' may learn better, for
here -Hi ,1t;q.!iuldslvely demonstrated
that woman is exactly' what man has
made' her. . So withering' has been
his influence that "It Is rather a mat
ter of surprise that there 1s any good
at . all left in her," and this is so
presumably i because, man has ' not
realized how complete was his- -dom-J
lnationr.'.lJ-"v ' '!
Accepting the finality that "woman.
Is what man has made her" places
upon man the terrible responsibility
of unmaking what he has made, and
making her over again into what she
should be. The mere thought of that
task would, indeed, be crushing were
it not for the assurance of help from
women, not only In remaking . her,'
but also in revising and improving
the pattern according to which her
lord and .master' has-been molded.
Thirty Years Ago 1 ...
. ... I -.defiance ,t, tHe - superstition of
Friday the thirteenth, the woman auf
frajs $ debate between jsusan B. Anthony
and Edward Roeewater "took . place at
Boyf S before' an'-audience -that packed
aisles- and ! stand! na-' room. Mls . Phoebe
.CousJns-.yreslded... :'. , .',
? Th Prasbyterisn synod Hatened to an
address . against the llauor .traffic by
Rejf, Qeoraa'' Scott ajjd , aeyeraj other
speeches and then adjourned.
Railway magnates s representing the
Union I Pa'effle, vthe Burlington and the
Santa re, "met V the aaton,- and agreed
on a . pooling arrangement-, ror narmon-
love '; tatthirnent ' ot i -Colorado trai
oiHile,ll : .v..w:'l '- '.
v TMiCo'met 'la. now- visible, much fur
.thereto tjbe ' south ' than at, first.
A..thi)rd rtory,' ..nearly conroietea r
the atam Iaundr' n Eleventh street
T A oStaf Card received by Rev. J. w.
ShaAk, says, that the new pastor of the
First Methodist , Episcopal church, ex
pect' to reach, the -city -In. tjroe to spend
tbxt Sabbath in .his new field of labor.
A':l workliigmen's meeting . at Central
hall was presided over by P, T. Murphy,
chairman 'and T.:,l Black, secretary.
Railroad Efficiency.
Commissioner Lane of Interstate
commerce says 110,000 cars loaded
with export goods are standing on
tracks in and about New York and
that similar conditions exists at most
of .' the other large seaports. This
jmeans' ; hundreds of thousands ot
freight -oars withheld from service at
a time when, they are most urgently
needed. '- It means another car short
age" at a ' time when every, available
car in the country, is demanded, when
the largest grain- crop in years, to
gether with other abundant farm out
puts and the, gen?raVriin of merchan
dise, and MotaetureV impose tre
mendous taslts'oH fte.-rallroads.
It is the same old story -of railroad
inefficiency,-: whether lbff: railroads
are enUrely- tovblae r 'fnot. Of
course, the'yt: are not.: Bui ijihe fact re
mains that huscne'sfl WfTets-''the pub
lic consuelr ajiUwid 'u; waits
and loses iaoae.vkV-Ha probr
lem to be; solved hen;'. will an
autumn, wlth its : teetntng Increases,
find the situation any different? We
90iti-t'ety;. fiall; brings a
rush of business- for: the" railroads.
Vhen a';&w'aW'irj5v?lii;io meet
Uhe emergency? It is about time
some effective way were devised for
compelling cars to be promptly un
loaded and put back" into use, or
more cars provided by another
means. . . : '
In explaining "How I Became a
Progressive," the third-term candi
date says, "I was naturally a' demo
crat, In believing in fair play for
everybody." And then he turns with
this dart at Governor Wilson: yBut I
grew yto ward my present position, not
so much as the result pt study in the
library or the reading of books as
by actually living and working with
men." That ought to hold the enemy
for a. while.
; The Middleman.
In nearly every discussion of the
high cost of living, the changes are
rung on the assertion that the "elim
ination ot the middleman" will bring
the desired relief. Even Colonel
Roosevelt would lead the people to
believe that he can solve this uni
versal problem by a simple twist of
the wrist. "Everything possible must
be done to eliminate any middleman,"
be says, "whose function does not
tend to increase the cheapness of dis
tribution." When pinned down, the
colonel might say that he wants to
eliminate only the "bad" middlemen,
but he does not indicate how to iden
tify "the middleman whose function
doea not tend to increase the cheap
ness of distribution." -
The fact is every merchant is a
middleman, and every middleman, ex
cept possibly the mere speculator or
gambler In the staples of life, will
set up a claim of cheapening prices
to consumers. The whole theory of
the middleman is that he systematizes
and facilitates the transfer of the
products of farm, mine or factory to
the ultimate consumer. Just as does'
the railroad man who transfers the
goods to market, the Jobber, the
commission man, the retailer or the
delivery clerk, all of whom are mid
dlemen. The same function, too, Is
performed by . advertising in the
newspapers, or other medium which
brings buyers , and sellers together,
and enables them to do business with
one another at a mutual saving and
profit. ,
Eliminating the middlemen all
of them at one fell swoop would
not lessen, but would increase the
cost of living. The real trouble Is
then, not the mere existence of the
middleman, but the existence of com-
, ." ....
- Millie Christine, V the greatest
twin freak of the human race," ex
hibited byJBarnum all over the coun
try, is dead. Nothing anywhere like
It was ever discovered, except the
double-headed twin freak presidential
elector candidate who wears a repub
lican face on one head, and a bull
moose face on the other. .
- Misbranded bull moose electors
make it impossible tor any republi
can, knowing what he is doing, to
vote a straight party circle : ticket
this year. The sufferers from this
condition must necessarily be the
candidates whose names appear
further down the ballot. , , '
It's pretty hard to change the
nature ot the beast. At the very
moment they are objecting to ..the
theft ot the republican label .by the
bull moosers, the democrats set out
to dress their elector's again in popu
list garb. Stop the fraud, no matter
who Is perpetrating it. V
Perils of the Picture gqaaa.
New York World. t
The belief , that war In the Balkans
would be' Co pleasure party is shown in
the accldent-Insuranca rate of 8 per cent
on cinematograph operators at the front
nicht DrUklu. Wise Thinking.
Louisville Courier-Journal,-;.
"China has been drinking tea for J. 00
years," says a contemporary. That may
account for her sane suspicion of the
motives ot powers that want to loan
ner money ana airect expenditures as
well as to take a mortgage. t :'
i in.
Com Us; Don to Plata People.
Brooklyn Eagle. i ' ,
One automobile concern has reduced the
price of Its car and announces that'tt will
manufacture 200.000 of them during the
coming year. This news ought 1 to en--courage
the Inventor of the dollar watch
to start something in automobiles.
This Day taOmak
wnriuLO whom Biz ritB-a
OCTOBER 13.
Twenty 'Years : Ag
The ,Cudahy Packing company, an
nounced Its Intention of augmenting its
Soatta '..Omaha plant by .the- addition of
a glue factory, a ' '' -
Dr.yW- . 'Hanehett and mother went
to Elburn, I1L, on a vUnt - . -
Mrs. Gertrude Edney and family left
for the east ;
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Grossman returned
from a four-weeks' vacation trlpj
Mr. and Mrs. U V. Fowler and chil
dren left for a trip to the Pacific coast,
where Mrs. Fowler and children intended
remaining for a prolonged visit. Mr.
Fowler was lo return after transacting
soma business. Miss Helen remained at
her studies at BTownell hall.
"Even the mighty Bryan" was unablo
to awaken the South Omaha democrats.
to whom he made one of bis character
istically thrining speeches. Judge G. W,
JDoane, democratic candidate for congress
In the Second district, introduced Con
gressman Bryan. '
Mayor Bemis and Judge Lake and
Messrs. Llninger and KHpatrlck of tha
Park board came to an agreement as tol a twiner.
what changes were to be maae ror oouie-
vards In the original platting; of Bemis
park. The matter had been hanging flra
for some time;
Tea Years Ago
. J., W. Holmquist of Oakland, Neb., it
was announced, had bought J. oaraner
Haines' interest in the Halnes-Merrinm
elevator, . pat North Seventeenth street
Mr. Holmquist was the owner of a dosen
elevators over the, state.
Rev. Newton Mann occupied his puipu
at Unity church for the first time Since
returning from his vacation In Europe.
Mrs. Sarah, Nellgh. wife of William
Nellgh, and an early Omaha settler, died
at her home, SIS North Nineteenth street,
early in the morning, at the age of "S,
6he left her husband, with whom she
had lived for sixty-one years and these
cnUdren.: . 'William T. Nellgh' of parson.
Kan.; Mrs. X E, Knowles, Mrs. Charles
L Hesse, Mrs. E. Wyman, Mrs. A.Hospe.
; JJrs. Sarah ii orby, mother of the
late Captain Lee Forby, was buried at
Prospect Hill cemetery, the funeral aervi
ices being conducted by Rev. T. J,
Mackay at Myrtle hall under the auspices
of .the Rathbone Sisters, of which order
Mrs. Forby was a member. Services at
the grave were conducted by Rev. Will
iam Van Buren.
Mrs. - Emelte Haubens and her two
sons, Emil Victor ana w sixer w imam
Haubens, were laid at rest in one large
grave at Prospect Hill cemetery. Th-j
husband and father, Henry Haubens, was
overcome by his grief at theJiome, 131?
Nrth Twentieth street, where Rev. I
M. Kuhns ' conducted the funeral serv
ices:': '.-- '.V'-"; ,:,;';
; LEARNING .THE WESSON..
People and Events
Montenegro is the midget of the-Balkan
states, but It has more striking nerve
than the nest of the confederation.
Harry Furniss, the English artist, 1?oldly
defies the Ananias club by , writing of
Edison as "the world's greatest man," f.
A casual glance at the gate receipts Of
the world's series shows how easily the
high coat of living may be swatted over
the fence. ',; .
A religious revival has taken so firm
a grip on farm families In Delaware that
many have pledged to' the mission fund
all eggs laid on Sunday. - .
As a means of varying the monotony
and securing valuable Information, can
didates should hire a ball and Invite the
voters to do the talking. J
The unseemly haste of tb kins of
Montenegro in declaring war . and shoot
ing up the Turks may be due to a crazy
ambition to co&lt the heights of Armaged
don first
The three leading candidates for gov
ernor of New York solemnly pledge
themseivea to the principle of home rule
and not a whimper of protest comes from
Ulster county. ,
If the score board doesn't afford the
satisfaction anticipated by all the world
series players and managers , the box
office score can be depended on to fur
nish the comfort.
There Is some warrant for the dread
Europe feels over the Balkan war. Mov
ing picture people are operating along
the firing line, and Europe knows what's
coming to It when the carnage ceases.
One of the few. remaining jobs ex
clusively masculine and supposed to be
away beyond the reach of woman,, has
surrendered. Mrs. Margaret La Grange
has been elected bishop of the New
Thought church of Michigan.
- A Harvard college man has invented
a .machine which can detect heart beats
100 miles away. While the reach is short,
the device gives promise eventually of
registering the- first shock of a long
range "touch" on "the governor."
Youngsters and elders and those in the
summer of life are reminded by the deathVj
of Frank C. Bostock that showmen have
no better show than the humblest of the
tribe in the estimation of the grim
reaper. A multitude of joy seekers to the
exposition midways from Chicago and
Omaha to Buffalo and St. Louis or
Coney Island will remember Bostock's
trained animal shows and hang on mem
ory's tablet a creped tribute to his skill
EPIGRAMS OF JOB.
rargretfalaess - Vadi-las f tfce
. " Faandattaa ! Safety ;
y' 'T Indianapolis News, i wr- ?.
When seme great disaster contes we
say "It takes a thing of this kind to give
us a- leason." But does' It give the . les-son?-:
Or if it does,. how long- does the
lesson last? Are w not comforting our
selves with : a j shaoit Take the vast
Titanio disaster. .Af once we Indulged la
tile usual comforting' reflections about
the lesson. .. And then immediately were
adopted more stringent rules regulating
the lifeboat and other equipment ot ves
sals flying the American flag. The gene
ral effect 'was to require cin-aolna;
ships to carry sufficient lifebelts and life
raft, capacity to. accammodata all on
board, passengers and crew. The regula
tions Impcaed oti our petted ; epastwis
vessels and on lake and river vessels
weri: ''.somewhat' less' stringent for tha
summer. But they embodied the "lesson;'
of the Titanic : It was much commended,
and we -rent our way m comfort over the
wisdom of our . "reflections'; But-now
the steamboat inspectors have got- qver
the Titanic horror,, and they proposa to
relax, these rule, and not insist that
steamships shall " be ; fully prepared v t
save all .- their passengers and crew.
Secretary Nagel is wise enough to forbid i
this relaxation. . And let us hope that
this will be 'sufficient But just aa surely
as American nature is as It: is, fhe time
will-come under another secretary, per
haps-"when we shall relax again and
then by the time of the next disaster,
we Shall find ourselves in the position
t err out with horror and talk about
the lessorf that the new disaster shall
have taught us. The only way that this
people will ever learn a lesson that will
stick will be when there is some such
alternative presented as cam" to the
negro who' was condemned and sentenced
to be hanged for a crime. The judge
asked him if. he had anything to says
"Yes, suh, yes, Judge, I has some pin to
say. I has dls to say, judge; DIs will
sho'ly b a lesson to me." . When we
make full preparation against, disaster
as far as foresight wilt permit, and then
punish any deviation from the prescribed
coiurse we shall, learn the "lesson" and
noMefore.. , "-1 '-
? Patrlette LIh ol Booatla. V
Chicago News.
1 'lh'eryboy Is boosting something or
other, but .among those who genuinely
serve' the higher Interest of the race
must be numbered that small but devoted
bnd that,, educates the public as to the
merltf of , squash Pie. , .
' . . i ' ...
Crowded the Doors.
Chlcmro Inter Ocean.
As we understand It, the Ananias clubj
la truly prtsri-easlva these days." " "J
Brooklyn Eagle 'Interview.
"Praise ef ten comes to the manwho
calls the other man a liar first"
"Vociferation does not make an orator,
any more than long hair make a mu
sician." "The most pathetic case is that of a
man who thinks he ia In, himself a moral
reform." -
"It requires the use of honeat money to
make audible a protest against the use of
dishonest money."
"Between 'Thou shalt not steal and
'Honesty Is the best policy' lies the his
tory of unlndlcted men."
"For men to say that they hold public
office only "and exclusively and entirely
for the public benefit is to fool. them
selves as welt as ' the'. public." .. :
"Plabtudea 'on dishonesty not' directed
toward individuals and specific acts 'are
as Wlcss to the ship of state as is tho,
wind to a vessel with unset sails."
'It is a peculiarity of the forced reform
that the man who brings, it about usually
demands his reward at once at the hands
of the publio, and that reward is fre
quently in the form of public office."
"While charges of inconsistency, mal
administration and graft are occupying
publio attention, it may he pertinent to
remark that the political crime ,ot the
present decade is not larceny, but hy
pocrisy." '
"It is a tremendous responsibility for
any human being to-say to another that
that other is morally wrong. ; This Im
plies a. right .of final judgment which is
not only unauthorised, but' presumptuous
iq the last degree."-., . ,' v ,;-';
. - "It has never yet happened that any
on man knew more than all tha rest put
together. Therefore, If any statesman as
sumes that.. he Is infallibly right and all
the rest entirely- wrong; It forces the
conclusion that, tha average Intelligence
of the rest Is at lowest ebb.'? ".'.-'.
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NATO AHD VTAIS,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. '
It may be a inaltef ot aesthetic dis
whether tha elder system of naming
wureants of clvio fall, festivities is bet
" . l M
than the later on(. but one must aui.
that tumlwf tha name of your town
state inside out a were, produces soi
fttartitna- ffwtsi in nomenclature; out
requires no thought ' -i
We shall leavi It to the reader, and w
care not bow fe decides It, .whether th
"Rex" of New Orleans or "Comas:" tha
"Momus" oft Memphis, the VelM
Prophet or St. JjOWS, me x-rcesw
Pallas of Kansas City ar more ra Vp
Ically' Imposing or mystically efffctlv
than Omaha's inversion of Nebraska inta
Ak-8aiBen, or Houston's No-Tsu-Qh, o '
The telescoping of names on,.' the aama ) j
principle iuiu a umurein c ""1 r
off and put on has the advantage of fa
cillty and there can be none other like is
.Still, is it not likely that a delvlns inti
romanUo literature or classic history cal
produce something that will make J
deeper appeal?
SUNDAY SMILES.
I
"Sa you have .won the American heiri
arte
no
mine."-
ess. alter all." observed the friend.
"Yes." fervently replied the foreign n
bieman, "she is mine a gold
Baltimore American.
"Opportunity really knocks at many at
door."
'Then why don't more of os succeed
better?"
"The trouble is that opportunity want
ua to go to work." Chicago Post
"I guess their - honeymoon "is abou
over." -. : : ;
"Whyr'
"She's quit telephoning to him durini
office hours." Detroit Free Press.
"Can't something- be done to make this .
hunting trip less dangerous?" asked thij
timid men. '
"Well," replied the guide, "if you wani
a real ffoou (.line, jruu juov icv mo r
along a few packs or cards ana tne r
freRhmenta and forest to take along tij
guns and cartridgea." Washington Staii
"Isn't that Marjorie Mincer, the souJ
brette star?" , . -. .
"Yes,". .
"But she hasn't a particle of make-ufl
on her face. ' !
.."She doesn't wear paint and powder oi
the street any more for fear she might
be mistaken for a society leader." Llfej
Husband I don't believe , that . fable
about the whala swallowing Jonah.
Wife Why not? That's - nothing W
what you expect me to . swallow some-
tlmes.-Lipplncotts Magaslne.- . ,,
Bessie-IIer face ia her fortusw, I suPi
dith-No: only half. She haa 30 cent
In a bank.-Phlladelphia Bulletin. -.
"You are an honest boy," said th
lady, as she opened the roll of five IJ
bills, "but the money I loaf was a fl
bill. Didn't you see that In the adverj
tiaement?". . . . . .
"Yesslm," replied the boy. nt wal
a' 15 bill that I found, bat . I had II
changed so that you could pay aws j
reward. "-ancipnatl Enquirer.
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James Whitcomb Rllw-v ,
Mellow bases, lowly trailing ' ; " '
Over wood and meadow, veiling ., I
Somber sides, with wild fowl Bailing , i
Sailor-like, to foreign lands;
And the north wind overleaping ,
Summer's brink, and flood-like sweeping
Wrecks of roses where the weeping ,
Willows swing their helpless hands.
Flared, like titan torches flinging
Flakes of flame and embers, springing
From the vale the trees stand swinging
In the moaning: atmosphere;
While i deadening lands the. lowing ,
Of , the cattle, sadder growing-, . .
Fills the sense to overflowing
"With the-sorrow ot the year-; ,
Sorrowrully, yei the sweeter
Singrs the brook in- rippled meter T
Under boughs that likely .tetar .
Lorn birds answering from the shorej
Through the viny, shady, shiny
Interspaces, shot with tiny ' '
Flying motes that fleck the wing -
Wave-engraven sycamores. . , ;
Fields of ragged stubble, -'wranRled
With rank weeds, and shocks of tangled n
Corn with crests like rent plumes dangls
Over harvest's battle plain; i"
And the sudden whir and whistle ,.
Of the quail that like a mieslle ,
Whizzes over thorn and thistle,
And, a missile, drops again. .
Muffled voices, hid in thickets ,
Where the red bird stops to stick its
Ruddy beak betwixt the pickets
Of the truant's rustic trap; -And
the sound of laughter ringing:
Where within the wild vine swinging
Climb bacchante's schoolmates, flinging
Purple clusters In her cap. . .;
Rich in wine, the sunset flashes -Round
the tilted world, and dashes, .
Up tne sloping west, and splashes
Red foam over sky and sea
Till rny dream of autumn, paling
In the splendor all prevailing. i,
Like a sallow leaf goes sailing
Down the silence solemnly. 1
malces him doubly welcome
? When Daddy comes marching home with a Family Packagt of
Woodward good dd-fashioaed stick candy under hia arm,
; everybody's happy. Children eat it freely and Mother doesn't
care, .because she knows ft pare.
v Made of highest grade confectioners "A
sugar no glucose no adulterants. Harm'
less coloring an delicious flavorings.
Comes only in. sealed packages assorted
flavors, peppermint, cmnan3onL etc. every
stick carefully wrapped in parafiine paper
it's dust proof germ proof human hands
can't touch it absolutely pure and whole-
rl some in every way. - 1 ? ' '
The Family Package
q. ... i.,,.mi i uitm i wn
m
consists of art4 and white striped carton made in imita
tioa of s giant peppermint stick. It contains 100 pieces
of regular size stick candy 2 l-Z 16 and costs only
60c. There's the society size36 stick only 25c
aid pocket size of 12 sticks only J Oc,
Take a package home with you today '
Be sure you see the trade name "Wo6dwanin"'teloxz
you buy that's your protection. , ,
. your GftctrtirCiitfictkmtr fir
ITWiw'i Pur Sugar Stick C&utj.
' ' Made try John G. Woodward & Co.
Council Bluffs, lewa
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