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4 n TirE OMATTA SUNDAY .1UNT, 20, 1H15. THE OMAHA SUNDAY DEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROPEWATKR. VICTOR ROSKWATER, EDITOR. Tba Bm Publishing: Company, Proprietor. PEE BUILDING. FARNAM AND BKVENTEEXTH. Entered at Omaha postofflee a second-class matter. TERMS OF" ei'BSCRIPTlON. H rarrler By mall per month, per year. rallT and Pnnday ; !!) Delly without Sunday ..." J' rTvenln and Sunday "' J-jJ Kventn without Sunday Fsnd'nPtlc of Chan's, of 'address or complaint of Irregularity In delivery to Omaha Bee, Circulation Department. REMITTANTF. Remit bv draft express o- pm.ti order Only two rant postage stamps received In payment of small ac counts Personal checks. xept on Omaha and eastern eichans. not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha-The Be Bullrtlns. Honth Omaha SIS N street. Council Bluffs 14 North Mala afreet I.lnrnln-: Utile Building Chlrsgo !1 Hearst Building. New Vork-Ttoom llo. 26 Fifth avenue. Pt liOiiln-Wfl New Hank of Commerce. Washington 726 Fourteenth Bt., N. W. CO R n F TO N II E N C B. Address rommunlratb n relating to new end edi torial matter to Omaha lift. Editorial Department. M.V SI NDAY UIKt l X.VI 46,903 Ftste of Nebraska, County of Pouirlas. ss.: Dwight Williams, circulation mannKcr. says thst the aveiase Sunday circulation for the month of May, ISIS, mi DWTdHT W1M.TAMi. Circulation Manager. Subscribed In mv presence and sworn to before ma, this .Id day of June, 1!d5. ROI1EUT in'NTEn. Notary Tulillc. finberribers leaving the city temporarily should hare The lire mailed to them. .(! dress will he changed a often aa requested. Jus 80 Thought for the Day SUctJ by Stttla Cordon Th grandeu r of lift may come th rough il com tail, but if icerfni eom through th cherry f.ortW of content. Jlobtrt Colly tr. Some day the weather rnan will find the sun nhlne spout. How are you going to mediate, If the other fellows don't want you to? SU1I, the weather chart Insist, there remains a "deficiency In precipitation" since March 1. Also, Nebraska this year ! ralBlng some of tbe biggest hail stones ever put on exhibition. Mr. Bryan may be out of the democratic party for good, but he'll leav a yawning gap In tbe ranks when he leavea. Getting together la the policy or wisdom. Dundee citizena manifest the spirit that makes for unity and progress. Nebraska's anti-trust law baa been held good by the supreme court, and now we may see whether Jt haa any real effect. American com shipments to Mexico were not started any too soon, if reports from tbe capital of that unfortunate country are reliable. . Another member ot the legislature has been appointed to fill an office created by that legis lature, but what la tbe constitution between friends? Wine and water both splashed on the prow of the good ahlp Arliona ought to pretty nearly ensure the careor of that most stupendous fight ing machine now afloat. If Greater Omaha la to be greater, it will require the unified effort of nil tbe people, and without undue rivalry as between sections of the city. Tbe aplrit shown by the Dundee folks la of the sort that Is going to make the com munity a really great city. Mayor Thompson's methods of dealing with warring workmen and employers suggests a solution of Mexican outlawry. Get the leaders Into a room, bar the doors and tell them to settle their differences or order the hearse. One essential only is lacking "first catch your hare." Jesting the Julia In a good-natured way will do no barm, but all will agree with Commis sioner Manley that the little boat la a really serious effort to solve a question that has long been discussed. If the Missouri Is ever to be made a highway of commerce, the start must come somewhere, and the Julia Is a beginning. An Echo from the Buried Put. Incident to a street parade during the week, sojourners in Omaha were treated to a bit of "wild west" of the kind now found principally In the realms of fiction, when the cowboys who took part In the demonstration gave an Imita tion of "shooting up the town." This was once a much practiced but never an overly popular diversion on the frontier. In Its earlier mani festations. It waa but tbe exuberance of ebullient outa, whoi spirit waa sometimes fired by the ktlmulus of border tanglefoot, but generally had In it nothing of malice. It waa just rough fun, the slopping over of animal spirit that could no longer be held In check, and little harm waa done. Later, the sport became somewhat extended In its application. If not In It a deelgn, and a modicum of cuaaedneaa waa added by sinister souls, who took advantage of such occasions to "get" somebody. As a result of this natural enough development, many nameleaa graves are filled by participants In such Joyous riots. The time finally came when the villagers were sufTl rlently numerous to resent the practice, and tactics adopted by them were effectually dis couraging. In one of the latest cases. It resulted la tbe total extermination of the young men who were promoting the game. Omaha sever knew of the habit, except by hearsay, and doesn't now know if tbe recent performance waa a correct Imitation or Just a hit of faked-up fun. However, the noise waa a vivid reminder to some ot the old timers of a day before barbed wire had been strung across the range, and the trail was open from horizon to horlson la any direction a man elected to turn his pony's bead. Greater Omaha and the Future. Ylih Mondsy the merger of the govern ments of Omaha and the recently enacted niburhs, Greater Omaha becomes a fact, so far as the legal processes are concerned. Thla with due regard to whatever of opposition may be made by those who still pretend to hold out against the verdict of the voters. To make It Greater Omaha In spirit as well as In name will require the hearty co-operation of all the people. To achieve this result it is not required that the residents of the sttarhed districts give over their pride In the towns they helped to build, but they should merge It with a greater pride In the newer Omaha, whose achievements are expected to outstrip those of the past. South Omaha will be as busy as ever, and Dundee will be as rretty in all ways, and the Identity of neither will be entirely lost, because they have come to be part of a more comprehensive whole. Nor will any of the interests of residents of Omaha be neglected because of the expansion. The new city will be well governed and its affairs carefully administered, and with the removal of the problem of annexation from the program, It will be better than ever prepared to face other, and In some regsrds more, vital questions of city building. The future Is bright for Omaha, and with i-ntty of purpose among ita people and tbe healthy rivalry of neighbors In striving to better conditions and improve surroundings, it will be comparatively easy to realize the hopes all hold for a truly Greater Omaha. War and the Popular Mind. When Kurope was suddenly engulfed In a stupendous war a few months ago, mountains of words were piled up contending that It was a conflict of monarchs, of autocrats, and that had the determination of the Issue been left to the people, the verdict would have been for peace. Moralists and some philosophers have consoled themselves with this thought, and It persists to a considerable extent yet. Home events that have followed the first Oeclaratlons of war, however, tend to suggest tlat perhaps, even had all the governments of Kurope been democracies, war might have en sued. It wilt be urged In the case of France, tbe cne republic as yet involved, that Us people were forever under the menace of the German mili tary machine, controlled by an autocratic war lord, who lent ready ear to the counsels of his military advisers. This, too, will serve to ex cuse the presence of England, whose people are self-governing to the utmost degree. Belgium lad no choice, nor did Serbia, but what of Italy, and of Greece, although the latter country has not aa yet Joined actively In the dance of de struction? The king of Italy was determined to keep out of the conflict, and he did until he found himself threatened by a revolution among his subjects, bent on battle. Italy's presence In the field Is due to no flnul failure of diplomacy, to no hopeless impasse In negotiations to maintain peace, but to irresistible pressure from the popu lace. . In Greece the voters were appealed to, directly on the war Issue, and the war minister was returned to office by a decisive popnlar vote. In the face of these occurrences, Is it entirely fair to rail It a war of kings and emperors? May not some share of the responsibility be placed on the people? War may be needless, and, as the German crown prince describes the present one, "stupid," but the war microbe still grips pauper aa well as potentate. If 'earnest efforts are of suffi cient avail, It will yet be eliminated, but only when the masse of the people of the earth can be made to realize Its futility as a means for finally determining anything further than which army Is for the time the bigger, the better led, or the better equipped. "A Daniel Come to Judpraent." Again we must hail Kenesaw Mountain Landia "a Daniel come to judgment." Not so very long ago the world held Its breath while Judge Landls put a fine of $29,240,000 on a great corporation, marking the limit of amerce ment In America at least. Now comes th same Judge, and with due regard for the dignity ot the I'nlted States and the majesty ot the crim inal code, h inflicts a fine or 2 cents on a dairy farmer, who had offended against the law In protecting his herd of cattle from an inspector. Tbe logic of the Judge, in reviewing the case, Is clear and refreshing, and his action Is quite In line with his argument. Tbe fine of many millions assessed against the corporation was removed by a higher court; the fine of 2 cents against the dairyman was paid by a couple of bystanders. And the law Is vindicated In both cases, while the Judge will continue to supply tbe public with occasional draughts from the fount of pure reason. Make It Safe and Sane. More than ever is there cause for th "safe and sane" observance of the Fourth of July. Kxperlence has demonstrated that the day can be profitably apent without the accompaniment of the din or danger of explosives, and that patriotism. Is not directly In proportion to th amount of noise made. Never has the meaning of the Declaration of Independence shone so brightly against the background of history a It does at this time. Therefore, the observation of the nation's birthday should this time be celebrated with a reverential Jubilation so pro found as to appropriately mark ita transcendent importance. It is because of the blessing of freedom, aa much as for any other reason, that we as a nation are not involved la th world war, and for this we should so manifest our grateful thanks that the world will understand we appreciate our privilege and advantage. Such a celebration can be made very imposing In a very quiet way. ' AIaJUUT JaUAJUeSJU mr Yieroa BOinrim, - AS A STEADY attendant npon our hUrh school commencements, tne novelty of graduation ex ercises without participation In the program by the outgoing claaa exrept to march up and receive the diplomas doubtle.s Impressed mo more than It did others. Vet. why not? The whole commencement business Is a lot of Inherited mummery, hut If the occasion calla for oratory and parting advice, an ad drtsa by someone hoe advice Is wnitlt the havlnn aavca the class from contention, distraction and nerve-racklns. Plainly there la an evolution In hlah achcKil commencements from the performance In which each iTaduatehad a stellar role, to the selec tion of a few t represent the many and now to th single Invited commencement orator. It happens thnt the laat preceding Innovation In the order of the evo lution, was coincident with the debut of my own Omaha High school elnss, a reminiscent description of which, though onoe before printed, I may repeat to Illustrate the contrast. For the commencement of I? there were thirty of ne to receive our diplomas, so many that for the first time It became necesnary to select spokesmen for the claaa for places on the program Instead of living everyone a part. Three lya managed to get through the competition with clasa rerorda'and commencement orations that would pass muster, the gleie supplying the rest of th entertainment H la Interesting to noto the after careers of the rising generation reflected In the subjects. Wallace Broatch, who later went to Yale, and then to West Point and Into the army, talked about "The American Army." Augustus Detwller, who studied at Johns Hopkins snd went through the medical school of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania to become a practicing physi cian, delved deep Into "The Ucnua Homo." while I, seizing upon the newi value of Henry M. Stanley's penetration of darkest Africa and General Oreelev'B arctic exploits, took for my subject "Recent Ex plorations." The girls' essays en that commencement program also are worth mentioning Iowa Ball ri'srussod "Charts snd Mary Ijimh aa Brother and Bister," Carrie R. Howell nave "A Study of Ralph Waldo Emeieon." Mary l.udlntrton told "The Ftory of the Holy Orall," Amelia. Blumve'a essay was on "Our Blaok Familiars, a Mid-winter Revery," Mabel Ralcomhe'a "The Italian Influence on English Poetry." and Etmlly Dorn's "The History of Chemis try aa Told By the Elemental Genii " There were recitations by Vena Wells and Nellie Bausnrman and piano selections by Nellie Mnyer, Anna McCasue and "Carrie House. The diploma were presented by J. J, rolnts, then president of the Board of Eiucatlon. The graduating exerclsea took place at. Boyd's opera house that Is, th old Boyd, then comparatively new which held forth at the corner of Fifteenth and Farnam. Our principal, Trof. Lewis, presided sa mas. ter of ceremonies. There were two or three little flower girls, and no ban having been placed on floral offerings, the afage was piled high with a pro fusion of bouquets showered upon the several par tlclpants. When I took my seat after the climax of my peroration a procession of flower girls headed my way. I did not know Just what was the matter, for everybody around me began to titter and laugh and the explanation soon followed. Here came, borne aloft In an open box, a beautiful golden crook-neck squash, artistically tied with green and yellow rib bon. I had a ausplclon where It came fr'm, tor certain folka told me they were going to set evei with me for a prank I had once plHyed, and mv suspicions were verified when I found the card, whicu contained the looked-for name and thla particularly appropriate verae: I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nurst a, dear iraaelle To Klad me with Its soft black eye. But when It came to know me well And love me, Jt was sure to die. Although my contribution to that particular pro gram waa a highly eulogistic laudation of Stanley and Greeley tor what they had done to enlarge the domain of known geography In equatorial and arctic regions, all I knew about their achievements had been gathered from their books and from magazine articles about them. I waa afterward introduced to Stanley over In London, merely a formal presentation and cam to know Greeley fairly well at Washington and during bla brief assignment to command of our department here. Only a few months ago, I ran across Oeneral Greeley on a street cornor In Wash ington, where we stopped to chat, and he aakej many questions about Omaba and Omaha people. The strange thing Is that both Stanley and Greeley lived In Omaha hefoTe they became world-famous, thoiigh I hardly believe they were ever both here at the same time. Greeley one wrote thla inscription for me an autograph album: Heights charm ia: The paths which lead to them do not. Senator Morris Shlppard of Texas has been visit. Ing In Omaha the last week, bringing with him this one on Bryan: "Have you heard of Mr. Bryan's recent great financial loss?" Her you or I look astonished and innocently ex claim: "No. What ha happened to him?" "Why. he talked In his sleep for two hours th other night." Really distreaslng to me Is the tragic ending of Henry Beach Needham while making an aeroplane trip In Paris recounted in the cable dispatches. I be came closely acquainted with Needham In 1908, when he was co-operating In the publicity work of th Taft campaign II was short and ofillght build. He waa a self-made newspaper man who had pulled him self up by his own Innate ability, lie waa among the very best Interviewers I recall in th profession; he seamed able to get his man down to the pith of the subject and to express what was said In condensed form even better than th original. . He made iomo special Inquiries for us In connection with the cam palgn to ascertain the sentiment of the laboring men, business men and other groups and his reports snd recommendatlona were depended upon snd acted upon without the least hesitation. Th aad fat of Needham recalls a similar accident that befell Victor I Mason, also engaged In th work of that campaign, who was killed In an airship accl dent In Ijondon. Aa I later got the story. Mason, who, by th way, was a brother-in-law to Prof. Ed. ward A. Ross, well known hereabouts for hie one-tlm connection with our state university. .bad rone abroad on a business mission, which he had completed, and was awaiting the departure of his steamer. Wltb time hanging heavy, he asked th proprietor of th hotel wher he was stopping what there was to do that day and accepted his suggestion that he attend an aviation meet in a nearby suburban town. Mason, too. waa short and tight of weight and tha aviator, looking among th spectatora for a passenger, tn vlted Mm to go up. Something went wrong, as it evidently did In th case of Needham' flight In com pany with th daring Canadian, and nothing re mained but to write flnla" to th chapter. TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE. Missionary workers in Japan aad China lament the growing difficulty ot teaching Chris tianity In those nations. Obstruction are said to have Increased to a marked extent alnc the European war began. No wonder. The exam ple set by the Chrlstlsn nations of Europe for the so-called heathens of the far east Is not cal culated to inspire respect for principles which are Ignored in practice. Tbe letter carriers and the German singers snd a few other big convention are Yeady to come on to' test Omaha' hospitality, and they'll find a welcome such as they never had before. If the sun were made ef solid coal. 1t would burn out In lens thsn .VOno years. Motion pictures are being used to teach hygiene to the less clvillxed FIHr'nus. About !i color re known to dyers, of which only about Y are mads In the United States. The world's greatest deposit of wol famlte, the Mineral from which tungsten Is obtained, Is In Portugal. TnvoptiKators In Bavsrla have found that the more bread srhool children eitt the better the condition of their teeth. The earth's fertile region are calculated at lnononn square miles; steppes. H.aiO.ooo, and deserts. t.Sfii.ooo square miles. The average house, where the rooms are only fairly ventilated and tbe house keeping la Indifferent, may have from lO.noo to 15,000 bacteria to the cubic foot. The United States geological survey Is dispatching twelve parties to Alaska to continue the systematic eurveys and In vestigations that have been In progress for the last eighteen year. A piece rf cake waa exposed for sale In Philadelphia without adequate protection, then analyzed. Tt contained sand and coal dust, disintegrated bran fragments, human hair, wood fragments, black and yellow, cotton fibers, white, black, blue, yellow and green, straw psrtly disinte grated, cobwebs, pine and other wood fragments, paper fragments and bits ri Iron rust. SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS. The United States navy will establish h wireless elation on Cape Cod especially equipped to guide vessels along the At lantic const in time of fcg. Government reports show thst the trade of the United States In frntt snd nuts has doubled In the last decade. Ex ports and Imports together smminted to b:.S40.k: in 1914. In nineteen states It Is unlawful for an employer to exact any agreement, either written or verbal, from an employe not to Join or become a member of a labor organization, ss a condition of employ ment. A significant Indication of the growth of the public betterment movement in tl.e south Is furnished by the news Item that "the people of l,W North Carolina Com munities got together to Improve and beautify their roads nnd church and school buildings and grounds." The port of New Yor': In 1H handlod 4 pet cent of the entlro export trade of the United State, and the total of $1,WV7. KO.cAi of foreign trade, export and Im port, which passed through the port was larger than that of all the other Ameri can ports combined. In 1914 the total value cC nil farm prod ucts In the I'nlted States was approxi mately $10,000,000,000, whlh Is 83.O0n,W more than the total for 1913, and breaks all records. The 114 total Is more than double the combined vnUe of farm prod ucts fifteen years aeo. The Pelican Portape cas gusher. 170 miles from Edmonton, Alberta, has given off an avoraue of 4.000,000 cubic Teet of natural gas dally for the last: sixteen years. Attempts made to cap il have proved futile, the enormous pressur blowing off all valves. Indians occa sionally camp In the neighborhood, and as the gtis seeps through the ground they merely heap a pile of stones over some crevice, touch a matoh to It, and cools their food on this Improvised heater.' ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN. Mnwin reM aV4 .Th suddea death of Cornelius R. SchaJler, at hi restdenoe, (24 North Twenty-fourth street, ehoaked hi friend He bad com from London to Omaha in and waa at first employed by th Burlington a Ita land agent, taking to England for exhibition th first Installment of Nebraska fed cattle, and at th tint of hla death waa superintendent of th Omaha stock yards. Mr. John. Francis has been promoted front th position of chief clerk In th Burlington ticket office t th aewly created offlo of general ticket agent. Mr. C . Muggins' residence, at I&M Leavenworth, witnessed pleasant f activity In honor of bla daughter, Jlttl Delay iflgglna. Among those present were Berth and Leila Mergell, Hena and Percy Jensen, Lucy PerrUh, Annie Lisal and Polly 8chroder. taula Heller. Carrie Butler, Rena Tebbins. Maggi Hanson, Charrie Higgln. Charles Wearn and Ernest tfchroeder. Mr J. W. ilray, seneral freight agent of the C. P., la visiting his brother. Fred Oray. There are 300 female architects in the United States. nH counting the mothers, each of whom Is an architect of char acter. Minnesota ctub women are agitating the Idea of homes for teachers, which was suggested by Mrs. Percy V. Pennypackcr. president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The New York branch of the Women's Trades Union league, of which Miss Mellnda Scott la president, will start Im mediately to obtain funds for the erec tion of a labor temple In that city. The Clean Food club of Chicago, com posed of 3.000 housewives, wants to know a scientific way of fighting rata. The membera have heard ail sorts of evidence, but have com to no satisfactory conclu sion as to the beat means of getting rid of th pests. The biennial convention of the National Women's Trad Union league wss hld In New York, beginning Jun 7. Mis. Raymond Robins of Chicago presided. Nearly thirty trades. In which women are employed, and more than lOO.OnO women workers, were represented at the meeting. Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Jr., formerly Mrs. Orover Cleveland, If suld to be lead ing th fight against suffrage In New Jersey. She is vice president of th New Jersey State Association Opposed to Votes for Women. She told a reporter re cently that when she attended Wells col lege ahe waa a suffragist, but that was because she wss more of an Idealist t'.ien than now. Mr. Cleveland, she said, was violently opposed to votes for women. She thinks that In obtaining the vote women would throw away th power tht y have now. TIPS ON HOME TOPICS. Pittsburgh Dispatch: Hobson hastens to deny that Bryan-Hobson ticket. The hro of the sinking of the Merrtnsac con fesses that there are limits to hero'sm. Detroit Free Press: A foot-propelled typewriter ha been invented, thus al lowing th stenographer the use of both bands for stretching her chewing gum and arranging her back. hair. Cleveland plain Dealer: Carrania want the United States to recognise him, which would be .a comparatively easy thing to do considering th marked In dividuality of hla whisker. Spring-field Republican: A well known clergyman of Massachusetts, keenly alive to all th problem of th time, says, in a personal letter: -What has not our country endured from two great atates nm, who can always talk, but can never, even when silence is golden, keep still?" St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Colonel House had no official mission in Europe. His audiences with Orey, Asquilh and Kitchener in England, Poincare and Del catse in Franc and Von Hollwes. Von Jagow and Zimmerman In Germany were orly auch as they are accustomed to grant to tourists from Texas. Baltimore American: Although present International problems are of the most Important and sensational kind, ana th wcrld tumult la felt her to a consid erable extent, the' government Is still persistent In Its search after th proper definition ot a noodle. What a noodle Is Is complicated by th fact that Oer mao expert knowledge Is necessary, and this knowledge must be acquired without any Impairing of our strict neutralfy. People and Events Summer does not begin officially until tomorrow. Frevloue weather capers are preliminary fxerrlses for th main stunt. A New York yeuth with more money than discretion won a hlrty-day Jail sen tence for driving an automobile while In toxicated. The father begged for a fine, his mother fainted, but the stern magis trate remained unmoved. A girl 4 years old ha been encouraged to "make a record" by swimming 310 yards In the Schuylkill river nesr Phila delphia, while her admiring parents fol lowed In a boat. Th local Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children i hould wake up or disband. Pot-hunters snd msllrlous blrd-klllers will save themselves much trouble by posting up on the federal migratory bird law. In northern low government s'cuths are spotting men and small boys who hsv been killing robins and other wild birds, and one arrest has been made. A systematic chase of John Barleycorn is In full awing In New York. "Get on the water wagon" la the slogan of the Board of Health, which is rallying the enemies of boose for the fight Uncom mon skill will be required safely to steer a water wagon through the highways snd byway of Gotham. A Kansas City woman who had under gone an operation some time ago paid a reciprocal visit to the surgeon the other day and attempted to operate on him with a carving knife. As the woman was unable to etherise the surgeon first her mission waa a failure. 'What she did to the surgeons offic equipment was a tautlon. The right of a woman to conceal her age, even from her husband-to-be, is up held once more by a New Jersey court. The confiding man In the case believed her when she owned up to 32 years. Com ing out of the trance after marriage he learned that hla bride was 49. Did he shake her? Sure! But it cost htm flW a month In good alimony. A college at Des Moines featured at Its alumni plcnlo a rare and fetching novelty. The children of former students. 5 years and under, were the guests of honor. On 2-year-old was brought by Its parents from faraway India, winning the long distance loving cup. The exhibit of youngsters waa pronounced a flattering tribute to a college education aa a mat rimonial promoter. The statue of Horace Ore!ey which adorns the front of the New York Trib une building is likely to be moved to make way for an up-to-date drug store. For twenty-five years the statue held Ita place In Itsolf a noteworthy fact in a city where progress changes the face of things about every ten years. Preclou few persons who knew Greeley in th dcys of his power linger on the scene and the style of Journalism ha estab lished is largely a memory In the big cltv SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. BmuklMi Kagle: rrtain Bsyonns clergyman has put the ban on ric throw ing at weddings. Conservation of tli food supply is worth v,hl!e. The waste ' of rite tra.- be i he ked In time If rigor ous methods aie adopted. Springfield Republican: The Nebraska Stat Board or Health was not Inter fering In religious matters, hen It ia rued a mandatory edirt for Individual communion cups, though some of the brethren will be disposed to say so. Such watchfulness will not be criticised by the church supply houses. Boston Tranmript: In the middle sges many churchmen were warriors as well, and headed fighting men. While there are no panoplied prelates In command In the French army, thousands of ecclesias tics are at the front either In the ranks or engaged In auxiliary services. Ac cording to the Comtesse de Courson, who has written a book on the subject, there are no less than 20,X) ecclesiastics of varying degrees working in their military capacity in the trenches, on tha battle field or In the hospitals ond ambulance service. Catholic priests snd Protestant pastors are serving bravely and use fully. Some of them have proved very good officers, and as a profession they have given an example of absei.e of the fear of death that must have had a widespread Influence. Baltimore American: Happy th tru scholar, the real Idealist, th wlde-vis-luned pastor, the man who looks beyond the murk of the day and who sees the cler shining of God. In the smllfngi beauty of an orchid. Blessed that clergy man who learns new litanies from th brook and new offices from tho Inter laced and waving branches of the trees; thrlco blessed Is that Iteder of a well Instructed congregation who clalma na ture unsullied as his companion and who seek In vacation absorption, garnished with a few suitable oooki, and perhaps a rod and line the communion with na ture that alone can bring clarification of view, enrichment of nature and sercnlty 1n all times of pressure from the little things of living. Let the clergymen get Jback to tatur and Ul them bring na ture back Into the puplt. AROUND THE CITIES. In the last twelve month Chicago cared for 100,000 -Indigent persons. New York will burn $10,000 worth of fireworks to give the "safe and sane" touch te July 4. Auto bandita are doing an exposition business In San Francisco. Many sec tions of the Hty are terrified by their daring operatlona. Dental business Is looking up in Xew York. An Investigation among school children shows KM.KW esses requiring! tooth treatment. Trafflo reform Is going the limit In Denver. The city's safety commissioner proposes to require red lights on all vehicles at night. Kansas City reports as a result of river navigation a saving Of 17 cents per 100 pounds on a shipment of twenty ton of pepper from Singapore. Word comes out of Salt Lake City that after July 1 serving of liquor on Oregon Short Line dining cars will be riscon tinued. This will give n touch of realism to travel in the arid be!t. Detroit boasts a saloon keeper named Goldberg who smashed the mugs of three auto bandits who tried to get hla money. The police surgeon obtained a two-hour Job. Professional gambling continue at St. Joe because, as the grand jury reports, the city commissioners, the police and the police Judge do not get together and do business. A limited Investigation In Sioux City, conducted by a habo with a ready-to-wear outfit, showed conclusively that, business in stolen shrouds Is a dead one In that locality. Expert accountants after long investi gation have found that the city treasury of Yonkers, N. Y., has too much cash on hand. A municipal mistake on the right side is a novelty worth noting. A Minneapolis alderman Is gaining pub licity by moving for the substitution of electric for steam power In movtn. trains within the Umlta of the city. Jim Hill Is not saying a word, but doing a power ful lot of thinking. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Mother Willie, I'm shocked at you. Do you know what becomes of little boy who use bad words when they play basa hl! Willie Yes m. They grow up and be come golf players.-iBoston Transcript. Patience Will always dresses appro priate to the ooeanton. Patrice I. suppose, then, when he's going to draw carpet tacks he puts on hla "claw-hammer." Yonker States men. Flubb What is a four-flusher? Dubb It' a man who make a forty-five-centlmetcr demonstration and flies a tbirty-two-callber projectile. Judge. "Ixiok here. Mose! I thought you were going to be baptlied Into the Baptist church?" "Vaas. sah, I 1s. But I done been sprinkled into de 'Plsoopa! till de sum mer comes." Dallns News. "I have some memv to Invest and I'd like to take a little flyer. Can you give me a good tin?" "Certainly. Try aviation stock." Bal timore American. Detective (2 a. m.) Hey, youse! Wot cher hanging around this er front door fer? Supposed Burglar I'm welting for the ladv Inside to git asleep. We're married. Philadelphia Bulletin. ' "Now' the time to pring that new gown on pa-" "Why? Is lie In a good mood?" "The best I Just heard him brasgins: thst be nlaved the best srolf of his life yesterday afternoon." Detroit Free press. "You don't seem to be the total ab stainer you once were." "Well." reniled Uncle Billy Bottletop, "I approve of total abstinence. But poll tic out im' way has been so kind o' suspicious that 1 hate to se a rood thins: like prohibition settin' mixed up Into It." Washington Star. DARK SKIES MUST CLEAR. i Cella Thaxter. Because I hold It sinful to despond And lll not lot the bitterness of life Blind me with burning tears, but look b yond Its tumult and Its strife: Because I lift my bead above the mist Where the sun shines and the broad breezes blow. Pv every ray and every raindrop kissed. That God' love doth bestow Think you I find no bitterness at all. No burden to be borne, like Christian's pack?- Thlna vou there are no ready tears tn fall Because I keep them back? Why should I hug life's Ills with co'd re serve. To curse myself and all who love me? Nay! A thousand times more good than I de nerve God gives me every day. And In each one of these rebellious tears Kept bravely back. He makes a rain bow shine: Grateful i take His slightest gift no fears. Nor any doubt are mine. Dark skies must clear and when ths clouds are past One golden day redeems a weary year: Putlint I listen, sure that sweet at last Will sound His voice of cheer. Excursion Fares East -VIA- Illinois Gentral II. 5. Choice of circuitous and direct routes . to New York and Boston. Attrac tive routes to all Eastern Resorts. Optional Ocean, Lake and River Trips Liberal Stopovers Let us assist in planning trip affording visit at Principal Cities and Summer Iletorts in tbe Kast. Long and Si'ort Liiuit Tickets on alo daily. Information and Attractive Literature Freely Punished. S. NORTH. District Passenger Aifent, Phone Douglas 264. 407 South 16th St., Omaha, Neb.