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Wtnted Semi-Centennial Sufgtitions.
While the Initial step have been taken for
the proper celebration of Nebraska's senil-cen-ttnnlal
of statehood, no fixed plan haa been
adopted, or even considered, ao that the scope
and method of celebration Is yet-entirely open.
Nebraska became a state March 1, 1867, by
proclamation of President Johnson pursuant to
act of congress, and none of the other stater
states have as fine a record of fifty years of
progress as Nebraska will present. The Impor
tance and historic significance of the occasion
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Thought for the Day
Seecf eaf y Mrs. T. H. Van NtrmnJ
Tkort M no death of kindneti
Or lovt among mankind
But in darkling lonenttr
Hoardod kart$ grow blind.
Full of kindneu tiny-ling
Soul U tkut from Soul,
Wktn tfuy might b mingling
InOMkindndwhoU.'
Qerald Jkfasscy.
Never too hot to boost for Omaha!
Get there, Ell! Ell did by five lengths.
The safe and sane part of the Fourth may
veil begin a week In advance.
Old Sol la the prince of boosters In the corn
belt whenever he Is on the Job.
Criticize and condemn as you may, boys will
be boys at Annapolis aa elsewhere.
A Victoria Cross merely gives a decorative
touch to the O'Leary laurels won at Chicago.
If the Nebraska semi-centennial celebration
haa as good a finish as Jti sand-oft it will be an
unqualified suocese. (
Taking the Russian war bulletin at face
value, it Is evident a large slice of the bear's
hide went with the tall.
It's aa ill wind that blows nobody good. The
first tax oa the Jitneys will go to the lawyers
who fight the license ordinance for them.
The destruction of vast storage tanks of
Calffornla wine will carry to the dry belt or
thereabouts rival magnums of Joy and grist.
Pear and visions of the axe wrung the
Maa-na Charts from an unwilling king. Similar
Influences are operating for Polish self-govern
ment.
Patronage Pis eotneth! But then, like the
story of the repeated false alarm of wolf, those
hungry Nebraska democrats will not believe It
until it arrives.
Still, it dreams were to constitute a good
defense for accused criminals, the dreamer part
of the copulation would experience a sudden
rxpanslon.
child who has hsd a part In the upbuilding of
the commonwealth, or who Is to have a part In
Its further development.
Knowing that the committee placed in charge
of the preliminaries will welcome assistance
from every source, we invite suggestions through
the 'columns of The Bee, and hope the Invitation
will be widely availed of. If you have a aeml
centennial Idea which may seem suitable, put it
in brief descriptive form and send it In without
delay.
On the Water or in It.
In the good old summer time mankind may
e,o swimming, fishing or boating, or be may
take hia aquatic pleasure vlcarlausly, as he did
on Friday, when he waited for news of the Yale-
Harvard boat races, getting his material benefit
from dally dabbllngs In his tub at home. But
the boat race itself is a magnificent spectacle,
unsurpassed In thle quality by any form of con
test, and the Interest shown is evidence of the
growing Importance of water sports in American
life.
Nature's Invitation to out-of-doora la Pr-
aistent, but In no other form Is It more attrac
tive than when backed by the lure of a stream
or lake. Clear, limpid water of sufficient depth
to make a header safe, holds in its cool caress
a Joy that can be found nowhere else In all the
world; nothing surpasses the pleasure the swim
mer haa in the water. The fisherman, with his
tr.ckle suited to his whtm; the yachtsman, with
his smartly trimmed sail; the power-boat fiend,
bla "kicker" perfectly timed; the oarsman,
swinging gloriously to his sweeps all these are
enjoying one of the greatest blessings to be
found in all nature's beneficence life on the
water, or In It.
Americana are more and more proving their
appreciation of this privilege, and the presence
of rivers, lake and oceans provides water In
plenty for the great common people, who find In
It Tlgor and comfort along with their fun.
Better Bridges for Nebraska.
Nebraska is Just now going through an ex
perience that has been repeated many tlmea In
the history of the atate. Heavy rains In June
have caused freshets In the streams of the state,
and much damage haa followed, especially in
the matter of destruction of bridges acroaa the
creeka and rivers. The state engineer recom
mends that theae bridges be ao replaced that the
danger of destruction by June floods will be
avoided. It can only be done by the adoption
of a sturdier form of construction.
Bridges have too often been built In flimsy
fashion, and of such material aa la least calcu
lated to withstand the stress of a sudden rise In
the stream. This practice is due to the policy
of economy that haa been in soms instances
forced upon the residents of the communities
served by the bridges. Nebraska haa reached
such a stage In Ita material development, how
ever, that it ia no longer economy to build any
public, atructure on a temporary basis. Perma
nency ahould be aought, and this through such
construction as reaaonably may be depended
upon In time of atraln. It will be' found much
cheaper In the end to establish a bridge that
will be permanent than to be called on to renew
a less costly structure every year or two.
Nebraska's highways are taking on a perma
nent character, too, with the development of the
atate, and this affords another reason for the
building of better bridges. The change In the
traffic that passes along the highways. It becom
ing heavier and more Important with each year.
is also an argument for the affirmative on this
question, which Is worthy of the closest study
and consideration by the authorities.
Put it down that there la only one possible
Irsue that can keep the tariff from figuring as
the headliner la the next presidential campaign.
and that is the war issue.
Faithful democrats inclined to hitch their
pie carts to the senatorial star are in danger of
mlstaklna resignation for retirement. Colonel
fcryan expects to remain a live wire at Washing
ton for soms time.
Art All Polity Holders Dishonest t
Discussing the question why the fire loss
continues to grow In this country, the writer of
aa article in the New York Times, who assumes
to speak with more than ordinary authority
makes thla remarkable statement: "Not one
claim tor loss or damage by fire in a hundred
when presented to the company by the Insured
is honest aad on the square. Every one ot
them, when Investigated, will show an attempt
to take aa unfair advantage ot the Insurance
company." Ills conclusion la that the ease with
which claims nnder fire policies can be col
lected, and the almost Impossibility of success
fully combating a false claim. Is the explanation
cf the growing fire loss.
Ia tba terms made, this is a wholesale indict
ment charging all American business men and
everyone else for that matter with dishonesty
In dealing with fire Insurance companies. But
more probably wit is meant ia that ia making
a claim for fire lose the valuation Is put as high
aa possible, with the certain knowledge that the
Insnrance company will try to beat it down.
While doubtless there re too many frauds per
petrated collecting lire Insurance, It le for the
most part sot deliberate dishonesty, but the
vicious system by which losses are settled. Policy
holders go on the theory that Insurance adjust
ers represent the companies and will omit noth
ing to save the companies money, and we have
bo doubt the adjusters proceed oa that theory,
too, an appeal to the courts being regarded by
both sides as merely the last resort la a dtopute.
6o long as this system Is tolerated and further
promoted by overlnsurance competitively
boosted by rival underwriters, up-to-tbe-llmlt
rlsima will be the rule.
y Ttorom moasnrATxne.
Bankers and Farmers.
Co-operative self-interest between bankers
and farmera la one of the practical developments
of the times. The Jughandle relations hitherto
prevailing are giving way to a more equitable
division of the obligations each bear to the
ether. Primarily the prosperity of the banker,
especially the country banker, springs almost
directly from the prosperity of the farmer. It
U to the credit of intelligent bankera that they
appreciate this and are showing the right co
operative spirit In practical ways.
Recent conventions of divisional bankera
associations in the middle weat and in the east
have devoted the greater portion of their time
to considering means to assist farmera in mak
ing improvements, enhancing crop values and
preventing waate. The American Bankers'
association haa an agricultural commission at
work on plans for bettering the condition of
farmers. Many bankers dealing with the tillers
are, on their owa Initiative, putting to the test
different methods of stimulating intensive
farming and giving direction to ambitious but
tntrained farmers. One hundred banka In
Michigan hold exhibits of fruit and farm
products in their bulldlnga, some maintain agii
cultural libraries for visitors, and still others
make small loans to boys and girls to cultivate
gardens. One bank in Minnesota and one ia
Massachusetts employed agricultural and stock
experts to address farmer institutes, and several
banks in Illinois advertised to loan money with
out interest for building silos. Ia other locall
tlea, notably in the Dakota, bankers are giving
practical assistance to farmera In grading up
Block, even providing pedigreed animals at cost.
There la no limit to the good reaults sure to
follow friendly co-operation between financier
and farmer along such lines. It reflect not
only Intelligent self-interest, but neighborly
helpfulness, and offera a more promising foun
datlon for rural credits than law-makers have
as yet been able to devise.
With only drumbeats of peace to mark the
uplift, the United States a fsw yesrs ago entered
the bllllon-dollar class. Now all the warring
nations of Europe are talking in billions and
wading In blood
OLD Transm Isalastppi e position days are vividly
recalled by the Inltatory getherlng for the semi
centennial celebration ot Nebraska statehood.
Here Is a project which ahould have been officially
taken up by the legislature, but lerlslattve neslect has
left It for private enterprise of public spirited citizens
to see to It that a flttlne seml-centennlal celebration
Is provided. It was so with the exposition, which was
similarly Inaugurated, althoufh the slate later Joined
with official recognition and an appropriation, but in
this case the fact that another legislature doas not
normally convene until the ere of the t'.me for cele
brating, makes It necessary that whatever Is to be
dona be done by volunteers and without delay. Mr.
wattles, at the head of the working committee, aa he
was at the head of the exposition management, serves
to give It a sort of exposition flavor, to aay nothing
of assurance that there will be something- dolna-, and
ht all errane-emente will be conducted In a eys-
tematie and businesslike manner. '
In connection with the preparation for the semi
centennial of statehood, I looked up the schedule of
organization and arrangement of the celebration of
tha fiftieth anniversary of Nebraska as a territory.
which we held here In Omaha In 1M. Dr. George U
Miller was the chairman of the general committee.
and I was chairmen of the smaller executive commit,
tee. We had originally thought to commemorate
merely the laying- out of Omaha aa a townsite and Its
achievement of a place on the map, but as thla was
coincident with the enactment ot the famous Kansas-
Nebraska act end the extension of a form of terrl.
torlal government for the first tlma to this part -f
the country. Its scope was widened, and It lost Its
strictly local character. We made the governor of
the state, and all the living ex-governors honorary
president, and all the territorial pioneers enrolled In
tha county vlc presidents, a apeolel aesalon being de
voted to reunion exercises for these earliest settlera.
It Is Interesting, though sad to note, that of the nine
speakers on the program for that session only two sre
still among the living, and that of the approximately
!50 territorial pioneers then listed nearly aeventy-flvo,
to my personal knowledg-e. have paaaed to the Oreat
Beyond during the eleven years that have since
elapsed.
Sneaking ef celebrations lt m, A ik, M.r.
rent laaue of the Western L borer, which Is a special
number for the twentieth anniversary of Frank A.
Kennedy aa Ita editor, and la full of pertinent remlnl
Iscencea. Alt the way through "Brother" Kennedy
contraats then and now-the year la and tho year
1915 In labor rlrclea In Omaha. knvu inxinin hi
own portrait taken at those two widely separated his-
tone turning points, wo one can read the record
showing the progress made In shortening the number
of work hours, and enlarging the ray envelope, with
out a better understanding of the Improved condition
of the mechanical trades and other laboring claaaee,
all of which leads to this sage remark:
The good olc. days' are nice to romance aVwiut
tut no one who has been through them would trade
ije ror iw,
"peaking of celebrations again, I am In receipt of
n Invitation reauestlns- tho
the IndftMndenca riV rsilahratlAn n K uj l nun..
, - -' -.. sv II lla III x 111 III
delphla by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
the city of Philadelphia, which la the most elaborately
beautiful place of Invitation work I have ever seen
The card carries the eoat-of-arms crests, embossed
In seven colors, of both the state and the city, anj
asks participation la the city's celebration on Inde
pendence square on Monday, and the commonwealth's
banquet on the preceding Saturday. I am sure It will
be a glorious affair. It goes without ssylng that I
regret exceedingly to have to send my regrets.
I knOW this Column has many Critical readers fnr
never does a mistake of any kind get Into it that
It Is not called forthwith. My reference to Mr.
Bryan's termination of his military career by the
resignation route SDoka of him u rnlnnal nf fh tut.
ond Nebraska regiment, which was a slip either of
mine or of the types. We all know or should know
it was the Third Nebraska regiment which he raised
and commanded. Brother A. E. Sheldon of the legis
lative reference bureau at Lincoln got l first, though
several others got It also and let me know It about
the same time.
TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE.
Twice Told Tales
Tlrtae'e Reward.
"I've often heard that virtue Is Its own reward,"
said an old gentleman to the writer recently, "and
hang me if I attempt to Interfere with the arrange
ment In future."
He had been crossing the street when a gust of
wind removed his silk hat, which rollea under the
wheels of a passing cmnlbus.
As the old gentleman picked up Ma battered head
gear he was greeted with a yell of laughter from a
gang of boys at the eomer of the street
Turning furiously, with the Intention of reading
his tormentors a lesson, the old gentleman paused as
he found one boy wearing anything but a cheerful
expression.
"My boy." he said, effusively, "you're tha only
little gentleman tn the party. Here's a shilling for
you. Now, tell me, way didn't you laugh with your
companions?"
"Because, sir." replied the youngster, ss he
pocketed the coin, 'Td my back turned and didn't sec
the fun!" London Tit-Bits.
Mother Iastlaet.
At the close of his talk before a Sunday sehool
the bishop Invited questions.
A Uny boy, with a white, eager face, at onoe held
up hla hand.
Please, sir." said he. "why was Adam never a
babyT"
The bishop coughed In doubt as to what answer
to give, but a little girl, the eldest of several broth
ers snd sisters, came promptly to his aid.
"Please, sir," she added, amartly, "there was ao
body to nuss him." New Tork Globe.
Dlaa-wetea.
One day, while her grandfather was paying a visit
to Florence s home, the little girt aald to him:
"Oraa'pa. your talk about 'perseverance winning
le all nonaensa."
Well. well, child!" cried the grandfather, "why do
you aay that?"
"Why." said the little girl. "I've worked all the
afternoon blowing soap bubbles and trying to pin thera
on mother's hat" New Tork Ttmea.
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tS rHMS 24 aJT
The whole town le agog over the decampment of
Loyal L 8mlth, who has been splurging la the dry
goods bualneaa here for about eight month a The lia
bilities are aald to be somewhere tn the neighborhood
of iiM.ooe.
Mrs. J. W. Iiujhrom of Can Jose. Cel.. and her
daughter, el re. Cain, of Falls City, are encoding a
few days with Omaha friends.
Max J. Baehr has a rare relto la hla possession
tn the shape of an Illustrated Bible In the Bohemian
language made in the year IMS. It Is bound ia swtne's
leather and is remarkably preserved.
Miss Loomls, ltll Webster street, will take a few
pupils for the summer.
A let of special prises are being put up for the com
ing fair, among them a SMS phaeton for the bet rraxy
patrliwortr. quilt made In Nebraska and a 17 64 pair cf
shoes for the hsndsonwst girl baby under t years.
The women of the First Congregational church
gave a pleasant sociable at the home of Mrs. Tukey,
24JS Chicago street
The fire department was called to the corner of
Thirteenth and Joaae. where a feather bed ha
caught fire, end thrown out doore had Ignited a board
fence. No damage (acept to the bed
Sandstone can absorb a gallon or more
cf water to the ruble foot of rock.
Half a pert per million of Iron In water
is detectable by taste and four or five
perls make water unpalatable.
rlre-t sunlight by Its chemical tfect
disintegrates the backing of mirrors In a
comparatively short time.
According to scientists, a man should
live about five times ss long as the time
required for the full development of his
frame and muscular system.
According to a German scientist, ani
mals have been distributed over the world
by the oscillation of He axta, which has
changed the climate of various tsnds.
Sawdust hss been found to be a more
effective extinguisher of fire In burning
liquids than aajid. as It cuts off the sup
ply of oxygen more quickly.
Electrically speaking, the average man
each day dlsslpatea about two and one
half kilowatt hours of energy In mctlon.
muscular action, mental exertion and beat
radiation.
Building Inspector C. C. Knox of
Toungstown, O.. claims that great pre.
cutlona should be taken In the construc
tion of chimneys, aa he maintains that
2i per cent of all fires In the city are
caused by defective chimneys.
According to a Canadian patent for
treating fuel to prevent smoke, the coat
or like fuel Is sprayed, before or during
ccmbustlon, with a solution of sodium
chlorate or perchlorate and sodium permanganate.
AROUND THE CITIES.
New Tork finds that v per cent of
street accidents are due to Individual
carleseness.
Some of the St. Loute jitney operntcre
are pulling town 10-cent farce and as
much more as they can get.
New fort's lelipl.one directory fer
ries 316,000 names, by far the highest
numbe- of any city In the world.
Longview, Mass.. boasts of a Klrl evan
gelist. II years old. who preaches with
the vim of a veteran circuit ilder.
New Tcrk hss launched a company
with a capital of M.WO.OOO to operate a
chain of high-class picture theaters at
which i seats will prevail.
Dee Moines Jitney operators have Mred
lawyers and started a fight on the city
ordinance regulating the bvialnese. Regu
lation la now tied up by an Injunction.
Cincinnati In 1814 paid 4 cents per capita
per diem for feeding workhouse prison
ers, the balance being earned by the In
stitution. Quite a saving from S3 per.
The police of unromantlo FhlladelpMa
are under positive orders to stop spoon
ing in the public parks. The first
round-up of first offenders brought a
multitude of parent to the guardhouses
with tears end protestations.
A delegation of the Women's clubs of
St. Joseph, Mo., braced up to Die city
council Inst week, and wnen the Joint
session ended an ordinance presented by
the women was passed sn-1 other ar
rangements completed for starting rock
quarrying by prisoners on the "ity farm.
In Philadelphia Jltneya figured In 111
accidents from April 1 to June 12. The
question of regulation Is still a warm
one. To offset the Influence of num
bers supporting the JUneys, street car
motormen and conductors are rushing
petitions for regulation and rallying labor
unions to their support. It is the first
time the traction magnates sanctioned,
unity of aotlon among employee.
QUAKES MEDITATIONS.
As broad as it Is long A square tfaal.
A man la msde of clay, but that doesn't
prove he's a brick.
Ths fellow who bets his bottom dollar
doesn't always get to the top.
Just because a fellow la uppish, dent
Jump to the conclusion you can't down
him.
For every girl who la a matchless
beauty, some other girl thlnka she Is a
mates for her.
It Is much more gratifying to have your
buat In the Hall of Fame than to be
busted outside.
Even nature makes mistakes. Some
times a man with a champagne and ter
rapin Income haa a milk toast atomach.
When a man Insists upon taking his
wife to a ball game she can get back at
him by taking him to a millinery open
ing. . Blobbs Wigwag aays It takes a lot
of sand to succeed In his business, and
I guess It does. Slobbs What his busi
ness? Blobbs Sugar.
Rolllngstone Nomosa Dey aay whisky
Is a mire cure for snake bites. Thirsty
Thingumbob Well, I'll skirmish around
fer de enake If you'll furnish de whisky.
"No man can acquire money without
making sacrifices," remarked the man
who had made his. "No, not even when
one marries for It" replied the man who
had tried the experiment.
Harduppe I Just naked Close fist to
lend me 110, saying I had left my pocket
book at home. Borrowell Did he fall for
It? Harduppe Fall nothing. He offered
me a nickel for carefare, to go home and
get It.-Phlladelphla Record.
SIGNP0STS OF PROGRESS.
People and Events
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Hurry, girls, speed tip! Only three
more da ye for June brides. However, a
honeymoon tour In any other old month
generates Just ss much happiness.
It is noted with exrlsmatlon points
down east that Archie Roosevelt pasaed
his twenty-first birthday without en
countering -a speeding-up fine. Elusive
celerity Is a family trait
"Mere man" is a patient animal, but he
haa limits. Frank Fdgell of Huntington.
W. Vs., was granted a divorce from his
wife because she persisted In chewing
her quid of tobacco In bed.
Colonel Henry Watterson loves New
Tork as a summer resort because of its
"somnolent newspapers, affording so lit
tle stimulation to the mental faculties."
Who sent the lemon to Louisville?
A gallant old southron Journeyed to the
Confederate reunion at Richmond and
sought In vnln for the women who, fifty
years ago, smashed his hsnd as It swiped
a plate of pie. It Is Interesting even at
this lata day to find In the midst ot war
that loyalty to the great American In
stitution had throbbing roots.
The frasiled exponent of department
store banking In New Tork, Henry Flegel,
takes his mild dose of ten months In '
jail for squandering t?.&V.0n0 belonging
to 15,000 depositors. The latter refused
to compromise for $160.0W, all the money
Slegel could scrape up, so Henry put the
coin away snd took a limousine to the
pen. "It will help me to start tn business
when I come back," he remarked as he
started down the road.
None of the adcrofters at ths Chicago
convention mentioned It as showing the
hleh possibilities of the art, but It hap
pened nevertheless. The family of Finke
Keyea of Hollls. Okl., advertiaed for a
girl. Two weeks later the stork brought
four girls to the house, all huskies weigh
ing six pounds each. Papa Flake re
gards the collection as the finest bunch
of Keyea In the state, but hereafter will
restrict his advertising to his hardware
business.
Senator Sherman of Illinois, who haa
soms presidential aspirations of his own,
rounds up four available for the re
publican raoe next year. These are Sen
ator Burton of Ohio, Senator Weeks of
Maaaachu setts, former Senator Fairbanks
of Indiana, and Senator Borah of Idaho.
Senator William Alden Smith la passed
by and the vitality of Sherman's boom
depends on a working agreement with
Congressman Mann on the first choice
of the Illinois delegation. The prepondor
ance of senators on the Hat suggests the
rise of the upper house as a lightning
rod factory.
Cleveland TlMn Dealer: A Detroit
cleraymnn, who evidently reads nothlnt
but the domestic news, announces that
the world is growing better.
Detroit Free Press: An Omaha preach
announces "scrmonless sermons for swel
tering Sundays." The devil offers h
special Inducements, but gets there Just
the same.
Houston Toot: When our Methodist
brother. Dr. Coppaae. speaks of "a filthy,
stinking tobscco user." It r'ns up ver
much, but when we Methodists start In
to blister sinners we cannot let up until
most ot the hide Is .ff.
New Tork World: Out of a charge ol
stealing a Bible left by the governor of
West Virginia In a dining car has grown
a suit for $10,000 damages for falte Im
prisonment. Even the Oood Book can In
spire bad motives. But how much better
to have accepted the abstraction of tha
sacred volume aa evidence of a desire for
spiritual uplift and condoned the ollege-1
theft!
Springfield Republican: The North
American church unity conference, which
will be held In Garden City, N. T., Janu
ary 8, i and 7, It Is announced. Is belnj
srranged for by Episcopalians. I'resby
terlana Baptists. Congr eRatlonallsts and
'r. i" dpnomln at Ion s 1 slso that
members of the Roman Catholic church
nd the Holv Orthodox Eastern churcn
of Russia will make addresses. This is
decidedly a report of progress in reai
.hi.h unitv Tt has not been easy here
tofore for the Chrlstlnn churches to get
together, even to agree to flisagTe
PEACE TALK AND TALKERS.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"He's loysl to his friends. Isn't he?"
"Verv. With six barbera Idle In a shop
he'll sit around for an hour and wi't for
is favorite hair cutter to finish the cus
tomer ahead of hlm."-Louisvllle Courier
journal. "Is vour boy ever at the head .of his
class?" , .
"No." replied Farmer Corntossel: - Josh
doesn't get to the head of his class. But
you lea' ought to see him slide to second
bssef" Washington Star.
, r - V. mm T mm.t tAil a
nice diamond ring for Christmas?
"No. darling." whispered the far-i
young thing: "I mill take the ring
let Christmas bring Us happy surprises,,. i
j i. st aa usual. isewara Mar.
ft you a
&r-scelnff j
ing now. J
urprises,
With I. One- telephones, one New Tork
office building holds the world's record.
Philippine ctgsrs sre now regularly ex
ported to forty countries. The total ex
poita last year were 155,000,000 cigars.
A three-Inch steel cable made for use
In a Cuban mine withstood a pulling teat
of 7P1.ST0 pounds, which is ssld to be the
record.
For sorting fruit ss It Is picked ft em a
tree there has been Invented a tube that
separates the small from tks large ss they
slide down It
All but four states now have laws for
the compulsory attendance of childrea at
school. Alabama. Florida, Georgia and
Mississippi arc the exceptions.
The best authorities agree that the total
ot the crops raised front seed In the
United States might be doubled b Im
proved methods of farming. Te do thla
would add t4.000.0M.00 to the nation's
wealth and the resources of Its farm pop
ulation.
The Loa Angeles municipal markVa, es
tablished laat year, are said to have met
(he approval of householders to such an
extent that C00 people on market days
come with their own baskets to carry
their purchases home.
The superiority of French kid gloves
over all others Is due above all te the
Oertectloa of the skins, the kids being
reared In villages by peasants who own
ccly e few goats, and. therefore, take
great eare of them. Another reaoa Is
tret la France one workman takoi the
prepared ektn and manipulates It himself
right up to the finished glove
New Toitc Post: Whatever la to be
said of the hoary maxim about preparing
In time of peace for war, there can be
no doubt, that in time of a war like the
present, men's minds ought to be look
ing forward to peace. In this sense, we
msy well praise the admirable persist
ence with which Mr Text and his aaso
lates in the league of Peae, now meet
ing in, Philadelphia, press their plana for
doing away with war.
Boston Transcript: Mr. Bryan la no
less logical today In hla rejoicing over our
feebleness on land and sea than he was
In 189S when he "swept the ountry" ora
tcrtcally with his ' free sliver" heresy.
Nor ia he any nearer to recognising a
moral Issue today in hla espousal of
weakness as an agency of justice tfcan
be was nearly twenty years ag i when he
urged the adoption of a dishonest -SdTar!
as the cornerstone of native el credit
Philadelphia r.ecord: Mr. Bryan seems
to think he csn talk those who sre bent
on fighting Into refraining from war.
The people of this country are liot die
posed to fight anyone, so that It ougut
to be clear to Mr. Bryan by this tlma
that he Is "vastlir his breath. Rlnoe he
thinks he csn stop war by arguing
against it, why doesn't he buy a steam
ship ticket snd make a talking tour
through England. France, Germany,
Russia, Austria and Italy?
Cleveland " Plain Dealer: According to
that peace and protection advocate, ex-
Secretary Bonaparte, "The way to end
a right s to knock tha other fellow
down." Out In the primitive west where
the fighting assumes a more primeval
form. It is not only recesssry to knocit
the other fellow down, but be must be
sat upon Immediately afterwards. This
is the only way to Insure the fruits of
victory.
Detroit Free Press: Mr. Rrjnm's pesos
mouse has been born, after all, tne labor
of the mountain. He would aak the
teaderj in the European war to announce
their peace terms. l'erhsps Mayor
Thompson csa be Induced te so over to
The Hague and lock all the leader of
the belligerents In the Peaoe Pala un
til they agree to arbitration. It is such
an easy scheme that the marvel is that
some of the other brilliant writers oa the
wa did not surgest It long sg Mr.
Bryan is entitled to the Nobel iieace prise
without further parley. He might as
well begin spending tha tlO.000.
KABIBSLE
KABARET
THy AlVfS WKE YbUH MEASURT,
THEM TASU tiffS 18 WISE!
AND V4HOt YOV (WC AH (05 tf
Uf fX"TBQ4 KNOW MM SIZE!
"The pretty trained nurse I engaged
msde my little boy cough up a brass
tack."
"She ran even do more. She mede a
ycunjr doctor at the hoapltai she's en
gaged to cough up a diamond ring."
Baltimore American.
"Lady," aald Plodding Pete, "dat dog
of yours come mighty near biting me.
"Well," replied the matter-of-fact
woman, "Caesar la getting old an' kind
of careless. Every once in a while he
mlssea somebody." Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph. Bix Scientists claim now that vege
tables have feelings, emotions.
Dlx That's right. We frequently see
cabbages with swelled heads. Boston
Transcript
'A straight line." said the geometri
cian, "Is the shortest distance between
two points. '
"I suppose so," sntd the man with a
suitcase. "But mlKhty few lines are as
nearly straight as they appear to be on
their railroad mape." Washington Star.
THE HAPPY WARRIOR.
William Wordsworth.
Who Is the Happy Warrior?
"TIs he whose law Is reason; who do
pen Is
T'pon that law as on the best of friends:
hence, In a state where men nie
tempted still
To evil for a guard against worse ill,
And what In quality or act Is best
Ioth seldom on a rUht foundation rest.
He labors good on good to fix, and ewes
To virtue every triumph that ho knows;
Who if he rise to statlou of command.
Rises by open means; and there will
stand
On honorable terms, or else retire.
And in himself possess his own desire:
Who comprehends his trust, and to the
same
Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim;
And therefore does not stop, nor He in
wait
For wealth or honors, or for worldly
state;
Whom they must follow; on wtiosa head
must fall
Like showers of manna if they corns st
aU:
Wnoes powers shed round him In the
common atrlfe
Or mild eoncema of ordinary life,
A con it ant Influence, a peculiar grace;
But who, If he be called upon to face
Some awful moment to which heaven
has Joined
Great Issues, good or bsd for human
kind Is happy as s lover, and attired
With eudden brightness like a man In
spired; And through the heat of conflict keeps
the lew
In calmness made: and sees what be
foresaw.
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