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TTTE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 18, 1915.
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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE
KOI'N'DKD BY EDWARD RQ3EWATER.
VICTOR nOSEVVATKR, EDITOR.
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rent poaiajre stamps received In payment of small ac
counts Personal rhecka, except on Omaha, and eastern
exchange, not accepted.
OFFICES.
Omsha-Th Be PutMlng.
Routh Omaha 231$ N street
Council Uluffa 14 North Main (treat.
Lincoln! Little Rultdlng.
Chlrapo Hearst Building. ,
New York-Room lion. ts Fifth avanua.
Ft Ix)iil-W8 New Bank ff Commerce.
Washington: Fourteenth St., N. W.
CORREPPONnENCKJ.
Address communications relating to newa and edi
torial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department.
JfXK hlNDAV t'lllCTLATION.
46,724
Btate of Nebraska, County of Dougl. aa:
Lwlght Williams, circulation manager, says that
the average Hunday circulation for the month of June,
IMi, wen 4,T?4.
DWIOHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and a worn to before
me, thia id day of July. 11R.
HUBERT HUNTER, Notary Public
Subscriber leaving the city temporarily
honld have The Doe nailed to them. Ad
dress will t changed aa often a requested.
(i July is
Thought for the Day
Select by Jtnttlm E. Ktytor
O for a books and a shadis nooks,
Eithtr indoors or out,
With ths nrew leave tcHup'rinj ovtrhead
Or ths street criss all about,
Whers I mait reads all at my so
lloth of ths neics and old,
For ajollie good books whereon to looks,
Is bttisr to ms than golds.
Old English Song.
Oat company marked down sales are none
the less welcome becaune of their rarity.
A greater budget taga Greater Omaha at the
start, aa a check to tinwholeaome apeed.
Not much ia heard about Tipperarjr theae
days, but it maintain! lta position ot splendid
Isolation.
With dollar gas and 8-cent electricity,
Omaha should be able to keep up with the pro
cession of enlightened cities.
Everyone will concede that at let & Dun
dee man had good and sufficient reasons for
opposing the Greater Omaha mergen
Whatever doubt existed about the greatnesa
of Greater Omaha, a $2,000,000 municipal
budget give It the scissors hold and the count.
The Ford people Just could not afford to
locate that assembling plant for their western
territory at any place other than Omaha. Help!
The procession, of newspaper automobiles
which trailed Harry Thaw out of New York indi
cates that the question of Insanity shifted from
the bead to the tall of the parade.
"How are the mighty fallen!" The great
Joe Btecher, like the mighty "Casey," tanned
out in a ball game, and has nothing loft to con
sole him but his championship wrestling belt.
How's thia for a guess? Oefore the finish
the Jitney men will have formed an association
. that will be asking tor provisions in the regula
tion ordinance to keep fly-by-night and other
interlopers out.
And now our fee-grabbing . district court
clerk rises to remark on the necessity of filling
the vacant High school prlncipalship with a man
who will exercise "a great moral influence" on
the rising generation. We think so, too.
Co-Operation aai Rural Credits.
The principles ot co-operative self-help,
demonstrated so effectively by savings and loan
sssoclatlons throughout the United States, offer
a practical, and at least partial, solution ot the
problem or ao-caued rural credits, this was
made clear by Myron T. Herrlck, former ambas
sador to France, In a recent address before a
gathering ot southern farmers. In the eastern
states these associations are utilised by farmers
to a greater extent than Is generally recognised.
In Ohio, Mr. Herrlck's home state, co-operative
associations In many localities overshadow local
banks and do business with farmers on equal,
if not better, terms thsn other loan agencies.
The distinguishing feature of co-operation
along this line Ilea in the absence ot dependence,
Every member works out his own degree of suc
cess, encouraged by the example of his associ
ates and given practical assistance in proportion
to his industry and thrlftlness. Here In Ne
braska there is no obstacle to farmers organla
lug and operating associations and achieving in
some, degree the success and confidence rep-
reseated by resources ot $40,000,000 in seventy
associations organized under state laws. The
borrowing home maker must give first mortgage
security. E&fety requires similar security from
borrowing farmers. There may be no differ
enee in the Interest charge over other loaning
agencies, but a loan as high as two-thirds ot the
appraised value of the security is permissible
and the borrower shares In the profits.
Tho ton-owing farmer with only chattel
security necessarily pays a higher rate for
money, but even so his crop and stock gives him
a much higher credit than the average working
man s chattels. The borrowing power of the
workman as well as the farmer depends on the
security, and its character determine the inter
est charge. In both instances real estate secur
liy commands the lowest money rate. Each
nana in tueir way nave wucin reacn the co
operative in earns of achieving their alms, and
their success Is measurably by the energy, Intel!!-
stcce td tLn't directing their activities.
Mr. Bryan it reeved.
Mr. Dryan devotes the bigger part of a page
In the current issue of the Commoner to The
Dee'a remonstrance against his arraignment, In
hit home-coming speech, of the country east of
the Alleghanles, In substance again as "the
enemy's country." This seems to have nettled
Mr. Bryan more than anything else since his
exit from the cabinet. He accuses The Bee of
"dodging as usual," and declares that our edi
torial "lllustratea one of the tricks of the plu
tocratic press," and that "it seeks to divert at
tention from particular offenders by pretending
to believe that criticism Is aimed at all the peo
ple of one section of the country." Mr. Bryan
then proceeds himself to do the dodging set by
explaining that when he called It "tbe Intolerant
and prejudiced east" he referred only to "a por
tion" of the eastern press, and did not at all in
clude the masses In tbe east, who, he Insists,
have remained loyal to democratic ideals and
policies (whether his or President Wilson's, he
does not state.)
Mr. Bryan should not let himself become so
easily peeved, for The Bee has constantly cred
ited him with sincerity of purpose, and with
being thoroughly conscientious, whereas he trios
to make out that everyone who disagrees with
him has a sinister Inspiration, or Is the mouth
piece of some criminal trust. In Mr. Bryan's
vocabulary, only Mr. Brysn is pure-minded and
mmaculate -only he is divinely chosen to speak
for the plain people. We have a faint suspicion
that In this instance the virulence manifested
against Tbe Bee takes its root In the recollection
that this newspaper helped three timet to keep
Mr. Bryan from consummating hit ambition to
live In the White House.
Building- Operationi in Omaha,
While building operation! In Omaha have
not taken on the proportion! of a boom, the
value of building for which permits were granted
in June shows an Increase of 47 per cent over
that of 1914. This Is very encouraging in
Itself, but the more noteworthy fact is tbe high
quality of Improvements indicated by the fig
ures. The average value for which permits
were taken out In Omaha last month la above
$5,000. This may not sound big, but compared
with the showing made by other cities, it Is a
subject for local pride. In St. Paul tbe average
value of building improvements, according to
the reported total of permits, was lees than
$4,000. In St. Louis, Minneapolis, Los Angeles,
Springfield (Mass.), Syracuse, Columbus (O.),
Duluth and a number of other cities of Omaha's
class, the average value waa less than $2,000.
In Cincinnati, Birmingham, Seattle and Indian
apolis It fell below $1,000, while Portland, Ore.,
and Bt. Joseph barely go above $1,000. These
figures show that Omaha la not only building,
but Is building well.
Generally the budding Industry shows the
effects of the conditions that have checked the
extension ot enterprise in most directions. The
men who are most vitally concerned are hope
ful, however, and look to the coming months
for a general revival In their line.
War's Havoo to News Oatherin,-.
The havoo wrought by war on the regular
news gstherlng facilities is faintly depicted In
the Associated Press service bulletin by a refer
ence to the Agence Haves, the press bureau
which supplies French papers and upon which
American newspapers formerly depended for
much ot their French news. The Agence Havas,
at last accounts, had had six of its staff killed
In battle, of whom two had been cited In the
orders of the day of the army for great gal
lantry and one was Its best reporter. Quite half
of the staff Is with the army more than fifty
Including some of the provincial correspond
ents. One of the acting managers at present
works in the office from 8 to 10 o'clock, and
then goes to his military duty In the ministry
of war until 4 o'clock, coming afterwards again
to the office and working until his desk Is
cleared. The Havas service, through the war,
has shrunk to about half Its former proportions.
The distribution ot news to the Interior by tele
phone has ceased, because the long distance
telephone is reserved for tbe army alone, as are
the trans-cbsnnel lines. The telegraph service
Is also much smaller than usual, due to financial
reasons, and to censorship, which, prevents pub
lication of news more frequently in French pa
pers thsn it does transmission ot telegrams
abroad.
We repeat that readers of American news
papers served by the Associated Press want to
congratulate themselves every day that they
have the promptest, most comprehensive and
least colored war newt at the" disposal of tbe
people of any country In the world.
"Honor" and the "Collece Man."
Princeton it out with a circular, inspired.
perhaps, by unpleasant proceedings at Annapo
lis, In wblch Is set forth the fact that at Prince
ton university students are "on honor' when
taking examinations. It can hardly be that this
Is Intended to suggest the superiority of the stu
dents at this particular college, or to leave the
Inference that they are more trustworthy than
those ot other Institutions of learning, large or
small. It does oocaslon some wonder that un
der any conditions such an announcement should
be made.
First of all, any scheme of education that
does not awaken the moral perceptions of the
students, and has not high ethical as well as
purely cultural value, la a failure at the very
beginning. Boys and girls should be taught
early to understand that telling the truth is only
a part of the obligation on them; that acting
ths truth Is sometimes ever more Important.
"What's the use of lying to yourself, when
you're alone?" asked a character in a popular
play, and thereby stated the principle that Is
involved In the so-called "Princeton honor sys
tem."
A student who cheats la his examination
doesn't defraud anybody but himself. He msy
secure tbe coveted degree, but sooner or lster he
will be found out In his deception, for the time
must come when his lack of thoroughness will
ba exposed. And things must have reached
sorry pass when our college men are to be put
on honor not to deprive themselves of the very
thing they seek at school.
The motoring record between Chicago and
New York) without taxing hospitals on the way,
This spells real progress.
as- TTOTom loiTwina
FROM John T. BelL who Is now edlUns- a weekly
paper called "The Enterprise," way out In New.
berg. Ore., I have an Interaatlng personal reminis
cence contribution entreated by the Poppleton autoblo
graphy recently published In Ths Bee. Mr. Bell, whe
la well remembered by the old-timers here, wrlteet
"I hve Juet read ths chapter of A. J. Poppleton s
autobiography printed In tha Be which reminds me
of a transaction In which I contributed to Mr.
Popplaton's wealth. It was when W. O. Bhrtver and
I were in the real estate business In Omaha, Mr.
Poppleton told m he wanted to buy some land pear
town for 'a long time Investment' for hie children.
I called his attention to a tract of 110 acres weat of
town which belonted to Oen. W. W. Lowe. Ha
looked rt over. The price was STO.OW which Mr.
Poppleton aald waa exceaslre. We finally sot It
reduced to M.nM, and ha aald he would take It If the
title waa all rlfht. Ha set Oeorre I. Gilbert to
running- down the title. That gentleman tackled It
with a microscope. This took soma time and Mr.
Poppleton lost his Interest In the deal.
"When we all met in the office of Kennedy A
Gilbert to close the matter up, Mr. Poppleton wse
out of patience with the entire' business. He was
out of humor with me for urging him to buy the
property; he waa out of humor with General Lew
on account of his being the owner of the land, and
he waa out of humor with Mr. Ollbert on acoount of
his falling to find defects In the title. As he slimed
his check in payment, he said, 'that's a lot of money
to pay for unproductive property.
"About a year after thia deal was made he sold
ten acres of the land to John I McCag-ue for $.W,
and something Ilk a year later sold twenty acres ot
the land to the father of Congressman Txbeck. Tht
left eighty acres of land, with the original purchase
price all returned to Mr. Poppleton.
"In the winter of lMd-7 he refused an offer of
$ 10T) no which 1 presented to him on behalf of Colonel
Bamuel Curtis and his associates, and h platted the
land Into building lota He named the tract Pop
pleton Park. It was given to the firm of Bell A
McCandllsh to sell, and In seventy days we sold the
seat half for about 1 12(1,000. Bo that the entire trans
action stood thus: Purchase price, $26,000; total
sales, 1151,000, less modest expense of handling the
property, and forty acres of land left.
"Sales of considerable amount were made ti
building associations, with partial p&ymenta, one
fourth cash as I remember it, and the balance In
three equal annual payments, with Interest payable
quarterly, perhaps. Collections were made by tha
secretaries of these associations, one of whom waa
the secretary of Omaha Young Men's Christian as
sociation. I forget his name, but he faded away
silently, carrying with htm about H.000 cash that
ahould have been turned over to Mr. Poppleton.
Of course the loss had to be made up by the as
sociation. I really ought to remember the ohap'a
name, for I waa out $1,600 In cash by reason of his
slip tn Judgment as to what constituted business
Integrity."
If Mr. Bell were to come back here now. I know
he would have his eyes opened wide by the prerent-diy
real estate transactions, which have so far out
topped the high marks of the boom days as to make
the speculators of that period wonder at their modesty.
There Is this difference, though, that the boom-day
transactions In Omaha real estate were chiefly
blackboard trading, by which people marked them
selves up every time a lot chanted hands, whereas
almost all of the buying now la for Investment and
business purposes, aa wltneaa the substantial Improve
ments actually In progress whichever way one look.
What la probably the shortest business letter ea
record I being exhibited by Jame B. Ludlow, local
manager of the Crane ompiny. As precaution against
being caught on the links and charged with loafin?
on the Job, Mr. Ludlow wrote to headquarter aaylng
he would take his vacation "piecemeal" during the
golf season It the boss had no objections. For reply
he had the return of his letter, on which "the bees"
with his pencil had circled the word "objections" In
the top of a hook ending below with the notation,
"None."
With the death of t Clair McKelway. editor of
the Brooklyn Eagi, mighty few of the old-tlm Amer
ican Journullsts remain. Mr. McKelway waa a Mis
souri an by birth, and had the advantage of a college
education, so that h hardly came within the defini
tion of a self-made man, but he was for a third of a
century among the forceful leader of American
thought. Offhand. I can think of only Colonel Henry
Wattereon as ante-dating htm, and still In the harness.
Dr. McKelway, for he carried a whole string of
honorary college degree, waa a visitor In Omalia
about the time of our exposition, and the honor guest
at a banquet arranged for him at the Omaha club by
some of his democratic friends and admirers here,
headd by Dr. Gorg U Miller. It Juat happened
that Colonel Watterson waa in Omaha at the sam
moment, and thse three old-time newspaper men con
tributed prcticUy the entlr after-dinner entertain
ment, which waa both brilliant and memorable.
Twice Told Tales
Trst Flshtera.
"The Black Watch are fighting so well tn Wane
that even the Germans prali them. Wtonderful fight
ers, the Irish!"
The speaker waa W. Bourk Cockran. II con
tinued: "Whan I think of the valor of the Black Watch
regiment I recall the story of Pat McCann.
"Pat came horn on night with a black eye, a
broken nose and a split Up; a front tooth was gone as
well.
" Tim Sullivan don It.' he told hi wife, aa he
began to bath his wound In a basin of water.
" Shame on ye!" Bridget cried. 'A big feller like
you to be licked by a little, hard-diinkln' cockroach
Ilk Tim Sullivan! Why, he '
" 'Whist.' said Pat from the baain, aoftly. Uoa't
shpak evil of the dead.' "New York Sun,
A delightful party was given last evening at the
resldenc or Mr. and Mr. W. V. Mora on Capitol
avenue, for their children. May, Florence. thal and
Robert Among thos present were Helen and Gertie
Adams. Ltla and Sadie Alexander, Bertl Balbach,
Margaret, Carl and Willi Burnhara, Jo Barkor,
Minnie and Laura Bechel, Sadie, Margaret and Btorrs
ttown. Jay Boyd, 8am and May Buma, Sam and May
Callaway, Alio and Warren Chase, Darling Co.
Gundy Co burn. May, Willi and Bdna Cowtn, Bessl
Cooley, Ros and Bi Tow!, Freddie Lake. Lulu
Dolan. George and Mamie Dandy, Frank Duke. Lar-
rlmor. East and Pannl Denis. Grac Detwellar,
Fannie and George Ollbert, Gertrud and Allen Gobi,
Stella. May and Robert Hamilton. Katie Haven.
Dovey Hoatland. liucy and Nettle Hue us. Delay and
J east Houston, May, Bessie and Bdlth Her. Gertrude,
Herman and Luther Kounta, 8 tell McCarthy, Sam
uel and Herbert Mors. Besale and Helen Peck
Kathertn and George Prttcheit, Loula Rheera. Aa
and Anna Shlverick, Blanche and Grace Borenaon.
Kdlth Smyth. Lulu Squtrea. Mabel Taylor, Flora
Webster. Russell Wilbur. Mead Will lame. Jennie and
liallla Yatea. Guy and Willi Henry, Ralph and Carl
Connell, Lanimor UaylonX, Walter and Helen Jonea
Rev. Michael Dowllng. 8. J. Detroit, ha beta
called and accepted a directorship In the col leg la
this city. He ta now visiting friends la Bt Louis, efot
which he will com t Omaha.
Mr A. C. Adam la back from ax visit to friends
tn Chicago and Davenport
Th Misses Walker ot 8t Louis are guest of 1 II.
Parrot t ea Idaho street
TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE.
Scientist of th Department of Agri
culture, after extenhe study, hav de
cided that the moon has no effect on
growing vegetation.
By means of the microphone, the very
faintest sounds, such aa the fail of a
feather or a very delicate plnce of tissue
paper, may be distinctly heard.
Electrically speaking, th average man
each day dissipate about 24 kilowatt
hours of energy in motion, muscular ac
tion, mental exertion and heat radiation.
A Pennsylvania railroad has eliminated
the danger from color blindness in Its
employes by using only whit light,
varying their position to convey differ
ent meanings.
In th last thirty years sanitary sci
ence has decreased by 40 per cent th
death rat of persons between th ate
of 30 and 90 year, and by IS per cent th
rat of those between SO and 40 years.
As a standard apparatus for measuring
dust and soot In the air a committee of
English scientist ha recommended a
rain gauge with a wide collecting area,
the water finding Its way into a bottle
for analysis.
A man in South Africa has discovered
that an extract of banana Juice Is a cure
for serious snake bite. Forty per cent
of snake bite from deadly reptile prove
fatal, but th new Invention will greatly
reduce thia proportion, according to the
advance man's contentions.
One-seven-hundredth part of a grain
of radium will thoroughly fertilise a ton
of soil, and cause grain Jo grow with
great rapidity. Where thia experiment
has been tried, it has been noticed that
all tho leaves become very dark. Radishes
and carrots raised In this soli grow to
six times their usual weight
SIGNPOSTS OF PK00RESS.
Th total mechanical rower in th
United States is estlrosbed at l.0no,noi
horsepower.
In Chlcaao there la sn electrio ple-
msklng machine with which six girls can
turn out 23,000 pies a day.
Tha ionnan of the Bault Eta. Marie
canal last year was 79.718.S44. more than
three times greater than that of Sues.
Aocordln to th latest estimate, there
are more than 1,786,000 automobiles in th
United States and about 600,000 in
Europe.
The nroductlon of cheese In th United
States haa arown until It now exceed
170.000.000 pound a year, Wisconsin mak
ing nearly one-half of It.
Tha cltlxena of Cleveland. O.. are sup
plied with electricity at the rate of $
cents a kilowatt hour, since th new
municipal plant has been Installed.
An arrangement for killing Insect by
electricity Is described in th Sunday
School Advocate. The machine destroys
nnt nnlv arrasahooDers and other Insecta.
but also destroys their eggs, which are
burled In th ground.
A en-nneratlve kitchen has been estab
lished in Montclalr, N. J. In this kitchen
resident can have their vegetables and
meats cooked, and delivered later In a
tireless cooker at their doors.
Coal la to ba mined in Pennsylvania by
steam shovel. Th method Is novel in
roal fields, but has long been employed
In the Minnesota "open-pit" Iron mining
operations.
Tbe nort of New York In llt handled
46 per cent of th entire export trad ot
the United States, and th total of $1,807,
000,000 of foreign trad, export and Im
nort. which naased through th port waa
larger than that of all th other Ameri
can porta combined.
People and Events
QUAINT BITS OF LIFE.
On dollar to get married, W cent te
go to collet and GO cent to graduate are
aome of the Items In ths new regulation
s-oveinlng the affixing of stamps on cer
tificates concerning human affairs"
which were recently promulgated in
China.
Jamea Mantes, of Beaver Dam, Wis.,
has announced that each Thursday he will
trim the hair of poor c!41dren without
cost. The improvement In the community
I so marked that th barber is looked
ur n as a public benefactor. ,
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Doss, North
Wllkesboro, N, C, a few days ago four
children, and all are living. Mr. and
Mr Dos hi v been married about six
years and have nine children. Their first
horn were triplets, th-lr seconj twin and
t third qd-drtir-lets
Bah:s at cairled on, or rattier In,
long pillows by th peasant women - tn
Hungary. A babe la laid on th pillow
th end la lapped over wad la usually l"n.f
enough to com up tj th Infant's chin.
A string I then tied around th pillow,
holding it close about the youngster, thus
making a snug and comfortable little etd.
Getting married In Burma Is not en
tirely a pleasant operation. Custom war
rants th prattle of throwing states at
the hous of th newty wedded, but not
blackmail, and when recently a band of
Burma'i youtu rieruuiced money befor
they ould depart the law stepped li end
sentenced th leaders to heavy Imprison,
onment and corporal punishment
The woman mayor ct Warren, III.,
mad a visit to Chicago ths other day
and waa so overborn wfh th piliht of
th flashily drosaoU woman n tufoa that
ha burst Into Vara. Th mayor now
over 70, said she had rone to the city
to "learn th wiys of ths wrild," but
declares now thit if una cn'i keep War
ren girl In Wrr,j o will be ctra
pletely happy.
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
Th leas work a man doe th mor h
tires other.
Philosophy reconciles us to th misfor
tunes ot others.
Th wis man ha doubts, but th fool
Is always positive.
An undertaker Is a man who follows th
medical profession.
A woman never outgrows her emotion
he wears them out
Th height of soma men's ambition ia
to pull other man down.
Most of us have loo pun string,
when th pur is empty.
Truth 1 stranger than fiction because
there lea oa th market
Th easier a man take things th easier
It la tor him to let them slide.
Don't wait until you are broke before
you begin to mend your ways.
An old bachelor says matrimony la th
cemetery In which love la buried.
When a maa atartt on tha downward
path he seldom buy a return ticket
Many a man haa found himself In a
tisht place because he didn't remain
aobar.
It's easy to convince the lone man at
aa afternoon tea that there la no place
Ilk home
Ten thousand pantamakar are on a
strik In New Tork and prosperity's pants
bag at the knees.
Who said a ectlege education did not
pay? A stonecutter with A. B. and A.
M. attached to his sheepskin Is pulling
down $2.W a day at Cambridge, Ma;s.
Illinois now has a law prohibiting th
leaning of tipping privileges In hotels
and other public buldlngs. Th proud
eminence of the tip a an accelerator re
main undisturbed.
"I want to ride astride ths foaming tide
where It rushes In to the shore," writes
young poetess. All right, girlie. If you
Prefer ollUwy foam to a Jitny. buy a
ticket to Atlantic City and go to It
A souvenir collection of 00 poultry
wishbone piled up durln, tn
life of Mr. and Mr. Groambach of St
LouW formed decorated rope, n lh. llv.
Ing roon at th celebration of their silver
anniversary.
The Standard Oil company managed to
transmit and deliver funds to hardup
Americans In Turkey when the 8tate de
partment refused to undertake the Job.
Hu!ncss efficiency scores where politics
fans the air.
Cherry pie day at Masaola. In th
Arkansas valley, Colo., brought tV,)
stranger to th feast Twelv thousand
Pies and an unknown number f melon
were disposed of, but th record falls to
mention the morning after.
Because his mother-in-law and sister-in-law
started a family row and dls.
turned hl.e afternoon nap a Phlltdelphla
policeman pulled the pair into court and
had the Judfo read th riot act. Wak!n
up a Qunker City policeman Is perilous
business.
Pullman porters on the lowa-Chleairo
are said to be uncommonly diligent In
npprisliia- pasrengcrs when they are about
to enter Iowa, coupled with a few touch
ing remarks on the Injustice of the antl
tipping law. Their knowledge of the law
and the boundary line enable Ihem to
protect forehanded passengers from the
penaltlea cf afterthought
Construction work start thle week on
th new C,f.00(OG Field museum building
in Chicago. The alt Is the lake front
near Twelfth street. The building will
be three stories and basement In height
classic Greek architecture and cover an
area 700x350, giving a floor space of (J70.000
square feet Marble Is the material, with
fireproof construction throughout The
museum when completed three years
hence will house the vast collection In the
old World s fair building, and will be a
magnlllcent tribute to the liberality of
Chicago's foremost merchant prince.
CYNICAL MUSINGS.
You can make a little truth go a long
way by stretching It.
A man is Judged by his deeds; also by
what he doesn't do.
Don't JunVe of a man's politeness till
you see him In his own home.
Lots of excuse are not worth the
trouble It takes to make them.
Many a woman Is shy on birthdays whe
Isn't really behind the time.
It Is mors blessed to extend the glad
hand than to point the finger of scorn.
Every woman must have a pet If she
can't have a cat or a dog, ah gets a man.
When a man looks down oa us, w
can't help hoping he will get dlssy and
fall off.
It takes a phlloaopher to say, "Better
late than never" when he misses th last
train.
Unfortunately the fellow who Is always
willing to lend a hand generally has an
empty one.
The opportunities that go astray are
usually those that strike other people In
stead of coming to us.
Somehow or other the fellow whe al.
ways says "1 told you so" never seems to
win any bets.
Some fellows would have more use for
the milk of human kindness if thoy
could take It out ot a bottle. New York
Time.
AROUND THE CITIES.
Minneapolis boasts of Its eminence as
a tombstone market
Salt Lake city reports that the tourist
procession breaks all records at ths briny
gateway.
Father who neglect their families in
Philadelphia are sent to the stoncplle for
exercise and reform.
Cheyenne is stringing along its streets
15,000 Incandescent bulbs to brighten th
town durlnz Frontier week.
Wheeling. W. Va.. teaches "mother
love" in th girls' high school, using
orphan babies for live samples.
On of New York's surpassing special
ties is th most complete rogues gallery
in th world. The city has the makln's.
Back in fair Toledo, which Is In Ohio,
a husky wife beater wa taken In hand
by neighboring women and soused In a
trourh of water.
No formal celebration will mark th
occasion, but Baltimore will rejoice in
formally next fall when the last of Its
famous cobblestone pavements disappear.
A Kansas City Judge lifted the mash
ing penalty to $100 because the culprit
was a T. M. C. A. young: man who must
have known tbe evils of twilight flirta
tions. St. Joe, Mo., haa a fire department
which requires an outlay of $100,000 to
bring Its equipment up-to-date. Such is
the conclusion of an investigating com
mittee. The total population of the once pros
perous mining town of Gillette, Col., now
numbers on Sam Bolger. Sam sticks
because he mad a pile befor the strike
petered out
Th holy cltv of Hammond, Ind., Just
over th Chicago line, ha decreed that
nine Inches from th shoe top ia th limit
of skirts in that town. Less Is permis
sible, mor get a run-in.
A Gypsum City, Kan., man with money
to toss to th birds, blew Into Wichita
and scattered a roll of bills among th
street loiterers. His wife followed him
and stopped th xcltemnt
Madison is th whittling capital of
Monro county. Mo. Thirty-five of its
thousand people are SO years and over
and ran whittle an equal number of kids
off the village grocery's stoop.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
- i
"Ever since I bought dst mule f'um VOU
alls pa, sold Mr. Erastus Pinkley, "he s
been tryln' to kick me."
"Well.'' replied JV'is. Miami Brown, "po. '
anus did say flat mule were a powerful
good Judrce o' human nature." washing-
.."1 hve made so much money," snld
Mr. Cumrox. "that I don't know what to
do with it.
''Can't you jrlv it away?"
Yes. But I m unable to find anybodv
who know any more about what to do
with It than 1 do." Washington 8tar.
Friend Why in the editor of your paper
howling so Insistently for war He must
be very patriotic.
Reporter No; he has a lot of Jokes left
over from the Spanish-American war
that he wants a chance to work off.
Life.
"Did you ever notice any sign of In
sanity about the patient?"
"Well, when he got a legacy from his
uncle, he paid off the mortgage on hi ,
house Instead of buying an automobile."-
Baltimore American.
"And how does this hat look on me?
Does It make me look younger?" asked i
the woman In the millinery shop.
'Ah. madam," replied the modiste, "It 1
makes you look thirty dollars younger."
Tonkera Statesman.
A
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KABiBBLE
KABARET
THE KEMONBI trUESV
fOU VBKSt HAVE 10 PBESSr
I suppose." said the timid young man.
when you recall what a handsome young
fellow your first husband was you
wouldn't consider me for a minute?"
"Oh, yes, I would." sweetly replied th
widow, "but not for a second." Weekly
Telegraph.
W raxed pityingly on the listless drug
store clerk leaning against the soda
counter.
"Haven't you any ambition?" we
queried, kindly and all that.
"No." he replied, with brightening In
telligence; "but I hav something Just
as good." Newburg- Journal.
"He keens a still tongue In his head,
doesn t he?"
"I ahould say he does. He doesn't give
any more information than a postal card
from a soldier at the front" Detroit
Free Press.
WE SHOULD WORRY.
We worry because of our neighbor.
Their children, their chickens and catt
e worry because we are slender;
We worry because we are fat;
If ta'.l or If short we worry:
We worrr for this and for that.
We worry because It la morning.
And our worries have Just begun;
We worry becaune It is evening.
And our worries are not half done;
We worry because of the weather.
The rain, and the cold and the heat;
We worry because of our stomachs;
We worry because of our feet;
We worry because of our husband;
We worry because of our wife;
Ot this and that and the other.
We worry along through life.
Wo worry because it Is winter.
With furnace and tras bills, and then
We worry because It Is summer
With file and mosqultos. and when
Summer ha vanished, we worry
Because it ia winter aaaln.
We worry because It la raining;
W worrv because It is dryt
We worry because It 1 Christmas;
We worry at Fourth of July;
We worry because of the future;
We worry because of th past;
We worry becauae of the present.
That flies so terribly fast.
We worry when thinss go cross-ways;
We worry when thtngt go right;
We worry all day in our business;
We worry at home at night
For life Is continuous worry.
From birth till our days have all passedi
So w worry alons through a life time.
And die with our worries at last.
Omaha. DAVID.
We announce a special HUMMER BALK of genuine Diamonds, beautiful
wide spread stones, from $35 up wonderful values. Some priced at $35 are
selling; elsewhere at $46 to $60. Others priced at $60 are regular $60 vaJue.
All other diamonds at equal bargain prices. Choose your mountings ladles'
and Men's Kings, Scarf Pin. Studs, Brooches. LaVallleres, Kar Screw,, etc.,
etc., all the latest styles. We also Include In this sale a fin line of Watc-hea,
Open Face or Hunting Case, eolid gold and gold lined all the standard
uuvaincnia luiixni, r.igin, vtniuiain, eio. trice range rrom III
10 up, guar-
Meat PopJulsr
Engagement Ring
se Ladl' diamond
ring. 14k solid gold.
Loftls "Perfsc gcfj
tlon" mounting .
farm, as a atoath.
SOS Round Belcher
Cluster King. 14k
solid sold. I fine dia
monds, sat In plati
num, looks like a
ingle i-carat $IC
siona rv
Terms, I4.&0 k Moats.
Diamond
LaValllero
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SIM La TaUlsra,
olid gold, black en
amel, one fine dia
mond, one real ' -1,
16-inch MC
chain
Vmm. ti.se e taoatta
17-Jewel Elgin, Wslthsm
or Harrtprie-n Watch
a Month
SI 48 Genuine, accurate time
keeping Elcin, WaJthatn or
Hampden Watch. In 25-year
guaranteed double atrala gold
filled case, adjusted to temper
ature, laochronlam and J1J 75
positions, only ''
Timi, iim i axonta.
Open Daily Till 8 P. M; Saturdays Till 9:30
Ci.ll or write for Catalog No. 101. Phone Dougla 1444 and salesman will call.
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