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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1914. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD KOBEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Tho Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. BEB BU1LDINO. FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. Entered at Omsha postofflce aa seeond-elsss matter. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Br carrier By mall par month. per year. Dally and Sunday (c l Dally without Sunday....' Cc.. ' Evening anJ Sunday 4"c v Evening without Sunday ...25c 4 .00 Sunday Bee onty 30c 1.0 J Send notice of change nf addrs or comn'slnt of Irrtgularity In delivery to Omaha Bee. Circulation Department REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, exprets or postal order. On'y two cent stamp received In payment of small ao count Personal checks, except on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted, OFP1CE3. Omaha The Bee PulMIn South Omars J318 N street. Counr'l Hu'fs It - Main rtrret. l.lncoln-M Utile tlulldlng. r ilea en Ml H arai Ttu' -lln. New York-Room 1101 51 Fifth avenue. Ft Ii-If-MO vew Pfk rt rnmmril, Washlnfton 7S Fourteenth St.. N. W. OORRrsnONDENCB. Address r-ommun'fatlrns re'stin to newa and dl torlsl matter to Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. MARCH CIRCULATION. 51,641 Stato ot Nebraska, County of Dotig'a. t. Dwlght WMdins circulation manager of The Beu Publishing oni.ary Lel'ig duly sworn. m) that average dail" circulation tor the month of Maruiu it. mi ti t'J. DWIOHT wiL.iiAMn. circulation Msnagjr. Suhecrlted In my iiefence and sworn to before me or Ann . mt. ROHEIIT HUNTER. Notary Public thla Ut day of Ar Subscribers Icirvtnjj tho cl (cmporarllr should liavo The Htrs mailed to tliem. Ail Ureas will be rlunxctl fi oftin an requctctf. The ray to arbitrate In to arbitrate. Now If the lawyers Indicted by tho several federal grand Juries can only work It as easily! "No political colonels!" Our democratic friends havo troubles In plenty with tho post masterships. As partial amends Uncle Sam Is furhUhlng the Inhabitants of Vera Cruz . a tree aero tournament. It Is our guess at lone distance that the mediation proposal represents a lot of busy hours put In by the Hon. John Barrett. Thft man with the hammer, Vonner, has been quiet about Omaha for an unusual length ot time. Be on tho lookout for another brickbat. Tho area In which conduits take clcctrjc light wires underground la bolug extended in Omaha. (Why not enlarge the compulsory under ground district for all the. wires? The excellent program of the Nebraska Charities and Corrections conference this wock calls for a sufficient lull In tho war excitement to pralt It to receive the attention It desorvoD. Villa xpreescs friendship for' the Unlt&d HUt?, laying, "Americans, have stood by me - when I needed , friends." Coming from an outlaw and cold-blooded murderer, that seems a rather questionable tribute. It that offor of American locomotive engi neers to man' Mexico railroads Is taken up, trains in Mexico will run as thoy never havo run since thoso sam o American engineers ran tboin beforo tbey were run out ot tho country by the rebellion. Qovornor Major of Missouri has committed himself to this: "There will be no Missouri regiments commanded by politicians, Ignorant cf all things military. Wo will want mo& who know how to fight, not politicians." Qovornor Major must have had his ear to the ground.. Tho antl-suftraglst women" havo kindly re solved to leave to the men of tho nation tho declclon of the policy of peace or war, and to stand ready to render such aorvlco as women have always render In such emergencies. Now, what aro tho suffragist women going to do about it? Tho governor of California has refused id fall in line with the mush-and-mllk hurrah raised by an emotional, San Francisco editor for tbe release of Rouf from the penitentiary, the editor b,elng the same who got so much fine free advertising from hs pursuit of Reuf to th prison. As a standpatter Qovornor Johnson commands admiration. Under the spur ot legislative enactraonts, puthed through by the beneficiaries, pension systems for municipal employes have bean piled tin on Now York City without due consideration of the cost or adequate provision for raising tbe rooney. Tho peril of municipal bankruptcy Is so apparent that a city commission tentatively agrees on a half-and-half system ot contrlbu tlons by the city and the oraployes. Unless some system of partial self-Insurance Is pro vided tho various pension funds will break 4own undor dead weight. roMriLcu whom okc riLkJ toyers of cock fighting vrera conaiderably dliap. PotnUd by tho roiacarrlsge of arrangement for a jma,o to take place a. short distance from the city. Tha fight had to b. railed off owing to the nonap pearance of the Council Blofu bird. Tha leading mmbr of ths Kvom, Bryant & Hoey meteors are (topping at the Millard. Notice of a xnett ns of Myrtle lodge, Knights of Pythias. i signed with the name. Janus Catters Chancellor ctrorcander. ' Thy pock leer seatpn hat been Inaugurated In Omaha. Mr. Jcaeph Kteabcii iues a card ot thviks to friends assisting In nor late bereavement. The family of John Mndiey received an Increase by the arrival of bright twin boy. Rev. J. a Dctwller. the new pastor, conducted aer. vice In the new Lutheran church. Dr. Dlnimore li back from aa extended trip to tns east, where he Investigated naw and Improved method of sanitarium treatment In connection with M proposed rw snnlUrium. J. Bonner. 115 Douglas street, adverting house furnishing goods In largest asartment and lowest price, Mrs. Annie J-atbrop, wife of l C. Laturop. died at their residence, 10M Farnam strent- The remains r beln shipped to Clenweod, la., for Interment. Tbe Proposed Mediation. If the proposal ot mediation by representa tives of three South American republics, and its conditional acceptance by President Wilson, offers even a chance to adjust our differences with Mexico satisfactorily without furthor blood shed, It should bo welcomed by fi our people. From our sldo tho only causo for wonder ment Is that some serious move along this lino was not taken when tho Tamplco Incident was acuto, and before our battleships wcro ordored to goIio Vera Cruz. Had efforts toward media tion been begun then, tho lives of scoros of Americans and hundreds of Mexicans might not have been needlessly sacrificed during the last week. So far as shifting before the world' the blame for further warfare on Ilucrta, and roassurlng President Wilson that ho has made ono more attempt at pcacoful solution, the mediation pro posal appears to bo a wlso stroke But let us try to look at it without prejudice, If we can, from tho Mexican viowpolnt. Huerta and his collo&gues must bo temptod to regard the sug gestion coming at this time, and from these par ticular Eourccs, as prompted, If not formulated, by President Wilson, himself. Will thoy not ask why the mediation should devolve upon the only three South American countries that have refused Huerta recognition, and that have taken the sldo ot tho United States? Will they not bo suspicious that such mediation is un friendly, and bound In advance to adjudge the Huerta government to be usurpers rather than to prescribe what reparation should be made tor tho Insults and indignities of which alone we have officially complained and set forth an the reatons ,for our invasion of Mexican territory? Tho Bee would like to sou the war averted. Wo hope that some poafco plan may yet bo suc cessful. We hesitate, however, to expect Its Im mediate accomplishment by tho present media tion proposal. "Bricks Without Strtw." Here aru sume figures from survey of country schools In a lurge middle western region; In all the schools linear measure la taught, yet In only one fifth of them are Upellnea found; they all teach avoirdupois Weight, yet lesa than a tenth of them have sea em they teach liquid measure, but only a fifth have any mcasuroa In a third of the achoola geography Is taught without maps, and In more than two-flftlia without globes. All of them neek to teach children things about thla fruitful and wonderful earth, yet mors than two-thirds t the teachers never step outdoors to vltallzn a point by the fields, flowers, woods, rock and atreama nror ft hand. That la the blessed old educational recipe: Get everything out of a hook; reduce It ao far as possi ble to a parrot'lke exercise of memory; make It all aa dry and repulsive and remote from actual Ufa as pcslble. Snturday Evening Post, ' ' Whilo we aro surprised to learn that such a condition exists In schools of the middle west and doubt Us exlstonco to. any appreciable do greo within our oWn Immediate vicinity, we ? resent tho statcrnent ,And comment for what" hoy ar worth. Tho Post's Ironical Inferences aro all right. If thero aro any schools or tchoolmastors hereabouts responsible for such deficiency In their methods of Instruction, we hopo they will not tall to profit by these sug gestions, Tho time for teaching boys and girls wholly by theory has gone by. The Bco Is it strong rtdvocato of tho pbjectlvo systqm ot edu cation, as much so in the urban as rural schoolr, In this connection, however, let us take occasion to remark that In tho Omaha schools may be found some excellent examples of that method, Wo foel suro that Inquiry would dlscloso very llttlo in this connection hero to complain of. Another New African Race. Following ralhor closoly on the heols ot the tllticovory ot the blonde Eskimos In the wilds of the Arctics comes the announcement froni n idjislnnary of the. finding of a new race of black glun'A In tho remote fastnesses of tho Sudan. I, Ik? tho Arctic blondes, his African brunettes display signs of intelligence and gentleness seemingly incompatible with a raco of hitherto unknown creatures. Those African giants, says their d'scoverer, not only exhibit intelligence, but instincts of rollglon and culture. Accord ing to his report, they are clonnly, fond of dross Ip their way and benevolent. Thoy are brave, but humane: they will capture tho wild est qf beasts, but harm no human being; they believe In a Supreme Deity apd have their sac rlflren, and their men are kind to their womon and children, f Evidently, these 8,000 newly discovered tribesmen belong to the negro race and possibly havo been discovered many tlmos before, possi bly not. Tho Sudan Is a mighty land, Africa a mightier ono. For all we know there aro many hidden rac.es and peoples within these bound less domains yet to bo heralded to tho world, each of which In turn, like this one, may bring forth Its lesson In some form or other for ub, who boast of all tho bonoflts of higher clvuW tlon. What we know thus far of many of these African races, principally with respect to their treatment of women, suggests that Instinctively they havo hit upon the path to'ward tho highest Intellectual and moral development. In their kindly attitude toward womankind they are that much ahead of many of the Asiatics to start with, although among tho latter are the oldest known peoples of tho earth. People and Events W. M. PaMon. . Plants City, j,o., has won prla for attending Sunday school for more than alxty years without mlulnp a Sunday. Jamea Connaughton, principal keeper ot Blng Sing prlion. New York State, Is taking, In a hospital. hU first vacation In thirty-eight years. Mrs. Anna M. Bruen of Belvldere. N. J., who celebrated her nlncty-ieoond birthday recently, has been a Suuday school teacher for eighty years. A New Yorker's J-year-old daughter proved an effective witneta for her father In his sun for di vorce. Quite a record of youthful experience In do. meatlc ways, Mlti Ruth E. Gets of Incaater. Pa., who waa married to Charles Clark last week, carried a bouquet of flowers which was carried by a relative at her wedding thirty years ago, Nantucket'a venerable cobbler, Asa C Jones, last week received a pair of thoee by parcel post from aa old patron of his now living In San Francisco to ba "half soled" and returned by parcel post. Mprrnri th. fiooil Ttcport. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., April JS.-TO th Editor if The Beo: I received thut aong book nil O. K. and wna certalnly pleaaed with It. The book was surely worth !tn price. Already I have spent tht evenings playing over these plecca and enjoyed the time spent. I certainly will publish It among my friends and neighbors. . GERTRUDE O'BRIEN, tOJ South Tenth, Fourth Corio. CnlttTAtlnn of City Wnt Spntrn. PARIS, April IT.-To the Editor of Th lice: f have read with Interest the lllus trated article In Thu Sunday Hto of Mari'h SZ, on "Uncultivated Waste Places." Your writer has not made a nw dis covery. A quarter of a centuiy ago James Laughland, then In charge .of the Aio cjattd Charities In Oirtahn, observed a eimllnr slate of at fairs. Mr. t.aughland wns born In Orcat Brlta'n, where ho spent his early manhood. He then went out to South Africa, where ho remained a decade or so, and later came to Omaha, when about 90 years of age. Ho was a food orgnnlier Hnd an energetic man. Ho knew what was necessary to pro duce a crop. First, tho ground; second. eet!d: and third, labor. He called on real esUto ownrra and asked permission to Use their vacant lots for garden purposes and met with but few refusals. I owned m-arly all of Durant Place, rich, level land, not thin, exhausted toll or ground that had bton filled with yellow clay as fhown Initio of the three large pictures In your article. I gave consent for Mr. I.htjghlnryl to cultivate twenty lots. At that time 1 had a team and carriage and used t drive out evenings with my chil dren, expectlm? to neo the gardens grow. Towsrds the close of the planting season Mr. T.aughland came to my office and said apolcgetically, that ho htcd more ground than h could use and that he had not b-c-n able to pet anyone to plow up and plant a crop on my lots. It was not poss hie, lis said, to obtain tho requi site labor. Young people' are supposed to want work, to be ichlng for It. The acres ($,009) have bten found; now for the achcrs. The youngsters whom I have known best were disinclined to rise with the lark and wield the hoe or pick potato bugs to the music of the warblers. Men and women who have a regular occupation notd the mornings and evenings for rest, and while your writer's plan looks good on paper. 1 pred'et that It will be found difficult to put Into practical opratlon, As Harry P. Deuel used to suy; "Thore are a good many holes in a SKlmmer." If spnea perndtted, I would give my views on vacant lots and nonresident owners, having noticed that both are us ually neglected and friendless. LEWIS S. REED. What Kind nf Prostrpsalre f NORTH LOUP, Neb., April 2S.-To the Eiltor of The Bee; In view of the talk about him as a progressive let us look Into Mr. Howell's case and find Just how progressive he Is. Mr. Howell Is now at the head of the Omaha water works. He was very actlvo in the lobby of (hi legislature a year ago In the Interest of a water district ond also of water power developments on Nebraska rivers. A special committee on- water power was appointed In the legislature, with Mr. McAllister of Dakota county as chairman- Very early In the session Mr, Howell appeared beforo that commtttee and many otHor people la a meeting at tlifl I.lnOcll hotel at Lincoln. Much to my surprise Mr. Howell strongly advocated, state ownership and state development qf water powers In his rech before the committee. In wotchlng Mr. Howell's movements slnco that time I have been thoroughly con vinced htx speech demanding state owner ship of water powers was a prcconcelvod scheme to f"rlv? the Standard Oil Interests Into certain agreements with certain other financial Interests with whom Mr. Howell was connected. Those allied In terests were having much trouble with lespoct to the infringement ot water power franchises on tho Loups and Platte. Soon after Mr. Howt-U'a speech, a con cession was made by tho Standard In terests and again Mr. Howell showed his hand In the legislature,' this time not In the Interest or state ownership, but In the Interest uf .ho allied corporate powers Before going further let me suggest that the Lincoln correspondent of tha World-Herald must certainly represent some very select political gas plants of Lincoln, with whom this writer has had somo very Clstlnct experience in court. do pot neod an introduction to tho gentlemen, as my acquaintance with them is Very Intimate. Two or three weeks after Mr. Howell made the famous speoch on stat owner ship, he came back with three water power bills and ha handed thorn to me and 1 -end them. The more Important of them was Introduced as H. R. SOS and S, Y. 423. Both bills were worded alike. Tho house roll was not pushed, but the senate file was forced and passed with seven dissenting votes only, I will quoti section 5 of the bill: Section & Said water power district shall be a body corporate and posses all the usual powers of a corporation for publto purposes, and In Its name may sue and be sued, purchase, hold and sell personal property and real setnto, and shall have the sole management and con trol 6f Its assets, Including all rents, revenues and Income from sale of water power and t-lectrle energy that now art oi may be hereafter authprlied by law: an dtho sole management and control of hydro-electric and auxiliary steam electric power plant or plants Including distribution lines within or without said t ater district now or hereafter owned or leased by said district; and said power plants and distribution lines are horeby declared to b works of international Im provement. Said water power district shall also have the power to appropriate private property required by tald dis trict and power plant or plants and the authority and power herein conferred shall extend as far beyond the corporate Hmlta ot said water power district as the authorities thereof may deem peces tary. Now suppose that .Lancaster county might have formed Itself Into a water power district according to other provi sions ot the same bill that district would have been nnpowered to go Into any part of the state and condemn any steam electric, power plant any water power site, or any other property needed in the Interest ot such district. And the whole Institution would have been governed from Lincoln, perpetually, and would also have been "International improvements" subject to tha State department at Wash ington. Study the section quoted abova and sea what there Is In It Mr. Howell brought that bill to the legislature as a substitute for his original demand of atato ownership. But tny principal objection to Mr. Howell is that In case of his election on the. republican ticket, the World Herald, and not Mr. Howell, would be governor. If the foot-killer were to come along, how could he overtook Llncolnt WALTER JOHNSON. SUNNY GEM8. Vera Oruz and Beyond The Fallen City and the Road to Mexico City. Tho second fall of Vera Crus to American troops was In marked contrast to the fierceness of the de fense when General Scott forced the surrender of the city March 19. 1847. The fighting last week occu pied parts of three days, yet the casualties were greater than on the former occasion, though the totals combined barely rise above a skirmish record. Korty-clght years ago General Scott at the head of 12,fl men bombarded the city for four days, assisted by the fleet under Commander Perry. A garrison of 4,K0 men resisted as best It could and surrendered on the fifth day, with a loss of 1.000 men. The Ameri cans lost eleven killed and fifty-six wounded. In the Intermittent fighting of last week, up to Saturday morning, the loss was seventeen killed and seventy five wounded. Vera Cms Is the chief port of entry In Mexico and Is about 300 miles by railroad from Mexico City. Its normal population Is 33,000. tht city rivals Bos ton H crooked streets and has a large number of narrow lanes which Intersect broad streets of modern construction. In the commercial part of the city the houses are of two and three stories and are well con structed. A dozen years -ago the Dlax government started work on tho present new port, spending J12.000.000 In making It the best and safest In the republic. It has an aera of ST0 acres and accommodates, steamers of large draft. Should necessities of the present situation forco an Inland Invasion to Mexico City, the road onward from Vera Cruz Is about as tough a proposition as marching men can tackle. General Scott and. his troopers were on the way the greater part of four months and fought several severe battles before American artillery was trained on the fortlflcatlona of the capital. Two lines of railroad connect the two cities the Mexican railroad, standard gauge and well constructed, and the Interoceanlc a narrow gauge of little value and poorly equipped. Both roads wind around numerous mountains, across Innumer able ravines and canyons on bridges that may bo quickly destroyed with explosives. Tunnels may bo smashed or tha right of way blocked by rolling boul ders down the mountain sides. An army expert In the Nen York Sun contends that the march of an army of Invasion to Mexico City from Vera Cruz means guerrilla fighting for approximately 300 miles under conditions to try the most seasoned ot troops. It means talcing men ac customed to atmospheric conditions at sea level up as high as 8,(00 feet to Mexico City. Only trails made by hundreds of years of mule trains over tho old military road can be followed, and that means a constant harrasslng by sharpshooters In the mountains. No troops not hardened to the climate and altitude could accomplish the journey unencumbered. Weighed down by field equipment It would be a physical Impossibility for them to do fast work. Goneral Scott proceeded slowly, giving some of hlo men three months to learn how to use their strength In the rarlfied atmosphere. It will bo neccs sary now. If the railroads can be saved by any method the problem will be easier. There will be the Mexican railway with. Its 261 miles to the city or the other, the old road with Its 294 miles. There are , mportant towns and cities nestling up In the mountains alt the way from the tropical towns of San Francisco to the semi-tropical Jalapa, and up Into the cold Oriental. Pavon, Puebla, Qillow and San Lorenzo. The rivers' to be crossed will be -many. There will bo many souvenirs of the American visit, among them at Perote, which has an altitude of 7.SS3 feet. It Is the ancient fortress of San Carlos de Perote which was captured by General Worth. Of late years It has been a military prison. Man Behind the Gnus. Rear Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, the man be hind the guns In Vera'Cruz and American commander, of . the city, wss a genuine landlubber -In youthful days, being an Iowa man born in far-famed Oska loosa. He Is on his fifty-ninth year and has been In tho naval service since July, 1876, reaching his present rank In October, lOlll He has commanded the torpedo boat Cushlng, ejUnboats Kanawha and Elgle, the cruiser Raleigh and the battleship Ver mont, In 1910 he was appointed as aid to the secre tary of the pavy for the division of material, hold ing this post until transferred ip his present command. The admiral received much prominence In naval circles throughout the world by his Inventions, known as the Fletcher breech mechanism and gun mounts. "A politician who keeps an ear to the ground is likely to hear a great deal that is Interesting r' "Yes," replied Senator Sorghum; "and on the other hand he may simply get an earache." Washington Post. "Demosthenes acquired success by talk ing with pebbles In his mouth," observed tho Sage. "But If he lived today he would have to talk with rocks In his pocket," replied the Fool. Louisville Courier-Journal. Twice Told Tales The Ilenson Why. In a discussion of the divorce evil, Judge Ben B. Llndscy, during his New York honeymoon, told this story of an unhappy marriage; "Over their tea at the window of a Fifth avemue restaurant one woman said to another: " 'There goes Jim's wife. She's never, at peace when Jim Is out ot her sight.' " 'Dear mel' said the second woman. 'Is It be cause she lovs him so? " 'No; It's because she knows him so.' "New York Mall. Disappointment. President Howard Elliott, pleading at a dinner In New York for fairer public opinion toward the New Haven lines, said: "Public opinion, aa It hss shown itself in the past It's growing a little kinder now makes me think of the farm girl. "A young farm girl asked to have Saturday off it) order to go and see a man hanged. Permission was given her and she set out before daybreak, hav ing twenty miles to walk. "When she returned that evening she was In tears. " 'Whay, Mllly, what'a the matter?' said her mis tress. " 'Oh. dear" sobbed the girl. 'Oh, dear!' The man's been reprieved.' "New York Tribune. Qnltr True. "Yes, rhy friends," exclaimed a lecturer, "there are many excuses for the glass. The sick man says he must have his glass to make him well. The shiver ing taxlman must have his glass to make htm warm. The sweating mechanic must have his glass to make him cool. "But they lie, friends. Don't believe the work man who says he can't work without his glass. I defy anybody to mention to me a workman who can not work as well and better without his glass as with It." A voles In the back of the hall made itself audible: "I'll tell yer one!" "I defy you to do so," said the lecturer: "I defy you. sir!" he roared. Then the voice observed: "The glazier can't do without his glass." The lecturer continued his oration at a decided disadvantage. London Tit-Bits. DOdntiK the Issue, William J, Price, minister to Panama, smiled re cently when reference was made to' the way some people have" of dodging the Issus. He said he waa re minded ot Jones. When Jones returned to his happy little home in th suburbs at hash time a ftw evenings ago he was met at the door by mother, who was wearing a stern expression that seemed to portend a domestic argu ment. "James." said the good woman, impressively, "com out Into the shed. I want to show you some thing." "I am right with you, beloved ono,' merrily re sponded father, inwardly doing a bit of guessing. "Trot out the show." "Just look at those emptly bottles," returned mother, pointing to quite a larga heap of pints and half-pints on the floor. "How do you suppose they ever got In our cellar?" "Really, dear, I don't know." answered father, blushing guiltily. I never took an empty bottle in the cellar In all my Ufe."-Philade!phla Telegraph. "Pretty brisk village, they tell me." "Brisk!" I should say It was brisk! There ain't a bachelor In It an there's cinly two old maids, on' neither o thoni Is more'n 27.' Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Doceor, is your patient sure you can cure him by your new method?" "How did you know my patient was not a woman?" "I heard that you were going to try the silence cure." Baltimore American. The suburban car was waiting nt a turnout for the car going In the op posite direction to come, along. "It's shameful," complained an Impatlfnt woman passenger, "to havo to be stopped here llko this." "Well, ma'am," said thn conductor, calmly. "If you want to finish your trip In an ambulance, we can go on nnd collide with the other car." Boston Transcript. "Who la that man who Is being cheered by the crowds?" asked th- stranger. "That Is John Smith." replied the by stander. "What did he ever do?" asked the stranger?" "He Invented the noiseless phono graph." Louisville Courier-Journal. "What has become of your cousin?" "She went crazy over the tango and we had to send hnr to a sanatorium." "Hers Is a sad lot." "Oh. no; she's perfectly happy. They tango at the sanatorium and she has learned four new steps." Cincinnati Enquirer. Mr. Kelly An' how are ye this mornln. Mistress Flyn? Is yer rheumatlz any better? Mrs. Flyn-Well, yls. I think It Is. 1 thank ye kolndly. The new doctor's treatment Is doln me a worl' av good, I belave. He advolses me to take queen ann onternally, and to rub anarchy on me J'lnts. Bo I'm doln' It, an' I think Its helpln" Work. me wonderfully." Christian He I can't afford to marry for five years. Will you wait for me? Sh: Certainly If no one elso marries me before then. Judge. "This letter plainly envenomed my father's mind against me. How do you suppoee the writer did it?" "1 auppose to be In the fashion, ha used a poisoned pen." Baltimore American. HYMN OF THE WEST. Edmund Clarence Stcdman. O Thou, whose glorious orbs on high Engird the earth with splendor round From out Thy secret place draw nlih The courts and temples of this ground Eternnl light. Fill with thy might These domes that In Thy purpose grew. And lift a nation's head anew! Illumine Thou each pathway here. To Bhow the marvels God hath wrought! Slnco first Thy people's chief and seer Looked Up with that prophetic thought, Bade tlmo unroll Tho fateful scroll. And empire unto freedom gave From cloudland height to tropic wave. Poured through tho gateways of the North Thy mighty rivers Join their tide. And, on tho wings of morn sent forth, Their mists the far off peaks divide. By Thee unsealed The mountains yield Ores that the wealth of Ophlr shame. And gems wrought In seven-hued flame. Lo. through what years the soil hath lain At Thine own time to give Increase Tho greater and the lesser grain, The ripening boll. Thy myriad fleece! Thy crpatures graze Appointed ways; League after league across the land The ceeseless herds obey Thy hand. Thou, whose high archways shine fnost clear Above the plenteous western plain, Thine ancient tribes from round the sphere . To breathe its nulckenlng air are fain; And smiles the sun To see made one Their brood throughout earth's green est spare, Land of the new nnd 'lordlier race Perfect Safety Don't worry about baby burning himself when you have a New PerAction The heat is at all the burners. This means a safe and eco nomical stove, and a cool kitchen. No waste, no soot or ashes. I, 2, 3 and 4 burner styles, and new stove with, ftreless cooking oven. All hardware and general stores. " Perfection Oil Gives Best Results Standard Oil Company (KSttBABKA) Omaha Lower Fares to St. Paul and Minneapolis Regular fare reduced to $7.18 (from $8.10) from Omaha to the Twin Cities via the Chicago Great Western Effective May 1, 1914. Fares low ered also to many other Minnesota points. O. G. W. SHORT LINE TRAINS Lv. Omaha 8:30 p.m., 9:30 a.m., 3:45 p.m. Lt. Council Bl'ffs 8:50 p'.m., 9:60 a.m., 4:05 p.m. Ar. Ft. Dodge 12:46 a.m.. 2;l0 p.m., S:37 p.m. Ar. St. Paul 7:30 a.m., 9:55 p.m. Ar. Minneapolis 8:05 a.m., 10:25 p.m. YOUR TELEPHONE IS HANDY P. P. BONORDEN, O. P & T. A. 1522 Farnam Street, Omaha Phone Douglas SOO. All of the cheering refreshment that tea ever brought to womankind is blended in