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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.
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