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oubacribers leaving the city temporarily
should hate TlM! Bee mailed to them. Ad
dress trill be changed a often aa requested.
Omaha and th Democrats Convention.
If local democrat really want to try to land
the democratic national convention tor Omaha,
there la Just one way to proceed raise the big
gest pot of money and go after U. 8o far at
taking care of 'a great presldent-msking conven
tion la concerned Omaha la equipped to act the
host, for Omaha baa equal, If not better, accom
modatlona than had Kansas City in liOO, or
Denver la 1908 when they entertained thia
democratic conclave and aurely far superior to
Dallas which city Is to date tha noisiest ap
plicant for im.
Unfortunately the democrats Insist on using
tlielr convention as capital to replenish their
campaign fund, for if It were merely to help pay
the legitimate expenses of holding tha meeting
la Omaha, republicans as well as democrats
aould gladly reapond to the call whereas it will
hardly be proper to ask those who are not demo
crats to pnt np money to be expended later to
defeat their own preferred candidates. ,
With the democratic committee in the award
of the convention location, it is money that
talks, so we will soon see if our Omaha demo
crats mean buslnesa or are merely playing for
a little cheap publicity.
Is it Parallel from History?
BetrVnabet BT
Thought for the Day
Stltcfd by An B. reft-ra ,
" 7ie Lett rMnea ore ntarut; brttk in jeur
n t. if, light In your f jm Jlwen at your fctt,
dvfHt at your hand, the pwfc of Gad oers
yoa; tVn di mot graip at ttf stars, hut do lifs's
f 'in, c nimOr eork as it crK, frtf thtf
doily ivtltt nml dailj brtad nrt tk urtel :
tMngt of lit.
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- Kight weeks to Thanksgiving snd the allies
lisv no cinch on Turkey.
'Dr. Cook persists in his element. He en
countered a frost on Mount Everest
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The world war has reached a stage where
money seems of graver concern than men.
Can Field Marshal von Hlndenburg carry
tliat message to Tetrograd before anow fllast
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Warring nations put out billion dollar loans
as gaily aa a promoter dumps wateral stock on a
r'gged market.
Hello, Central! This is South 4-11-44.
W cannot come up. Will you come down?"
King off Una busy." "
If Military Attache von Fapen is to go to
Mexico as, reported, "tbose Idiotic Yankees" will
regard the punishment as fairly rutin the of
'tense. eaasvBSBaBBBaaBMaaeaaaBnaaBBB
If New York had not mentioned It the mail
n en who handled that package of dynamite
etlckt would never know how narrowly they
escaped angelic haloa.
, Life In London is on explosion after an
other. js"one of the bombs "mada ia Germany"
paused as much havoc as the police order for
.Vlddlng treating. My word'
Your Uncle Sam la a patient and forgiving
I . riwo, but If the Mexican raiders Insist on It
I hey may be accommodated with a cemetery oa
ji-Hr own side ot the river.
Those delinquent corporations should re
member that It takea real money to supply ntu
r.iilons for the typewriter batteries of the stst
house. Come across. Do it now;
Delinquent corporations will hear something
i';op unlCK.i they come across with the stste't
'mi nun I dividend. Secretary Tool Is anxioua to
l.o convinced that all corporations have legal
tender souls. .
According to a Brooklyn minister preaching
sod business are nilsmated and will not do team
work. Much depends on the driver. The, Brook
I.Milte might heed Horace Greeley's advice and
mure enouijiu pointers to revise his dictum.
Advocates of preparedness view with HI
concealed alarm the growing popularity of peace
runds and solemnly label 'them aa "slush" funds.
The spectsrle of the pot pointing an accusing
finger at the kettle Is too good to escape tha
jnovles.
Dr. Newell Dwight HHUs, a Brooklyn divine,
has arrived at the painful conclualon that an
honest man cannot lay up treasures in heaven
or anywhere else while speculating in mine and
t.mber lands. The doctor's conclusion will touch
tie sympathetic chorda of a. legion of laymen.
rc&lbfuutfJi
ni a a 44 mm
Trinity cathedral lUtne6 to a sermon by Rev. Mr.
Mouth. It bring hla ftrat appearance here aa rector-
l t or tha new All Kulma' church to be erected -In
Vt Omaha.
Rev. Mr. Wllllama of Bt. Rernabaa' went to Un-
uln for the Harveat Dome avrvUea. and In lite ab
kence RUhop Worthlnaton took hla place, aantled -Kev.
Mr. Rreenter of Raltiinore.
Mfra. Woodman, Clarke and Roeera took a til
un their blcclea to Calhoun- and return.
Kd. K. Chlnn la rejolclnr at the advent of t new
txy at hla huuae.
V. C. liulett of AdrUn. Mirh.. accompenled by V.
U Uamont of Niagara Julia, la vUlttnf hla son. C. C
HuUrtt, the well known tnahler of the Millard hotel.
W. J. AWlHhana A Company, trly mllla, wanta two
r three Klrla to make paper uiii.
The bti.ut't given for Dan J. RMn, tbo apt Inter,
t Hawaii a .i-k, n a pronauiued u:cet.a. Among
Hie vtiniwia It I lie i-'ntn(i writ: lulling the aUot
J..hu Turitbll r 1 1 Mt ; llouirr K rk. aecoitd: i It-yard,
i h. V. A. irg J. M-lr-; tioail Jump, won
. J. i HiliM omr t . liitmn , m Itl l Roaa
it- me lull.- har.dirap t a puiw of a
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Eailroadi and the Future.
Addressing a gstbering of business men st
Dallas, Walter D. lllnes, chairman of the execu
tive committee of the Atchison, Topeka U. Santa
Fe company, delivered himself of some conclu
sions that are impressive for tha amount of be
lated wisdom they contain. Flrsl of all. be ac
knowledged a great mistake has been made In
financing American railroads. By selling bond
Instead of stocks the companies had built up a
btountaln of securities that Increased fixed
charges without producing revenue. The evil
effects of this mistake has been felt, and Is being
Ifclt, by the railroads. "This basis must be
changed," be aaid, "before tha railroads can
develop the country as It should be developed."
Just bow tha change is to ba brought about
Mr. lllneif did not ahow, beyond the statement
tiiat the railroads must bav more net income
that dividends may ba assured on stocks that
will be offered la lieu of bonds. The statement
of tbe eminent expert will, however, open up a
r.ew line of activity for tha employment of the
brains ft the head of tha great transportation
industry of tbls country. The railroads have
felt the power of the public In laws that regulate
traffic; they have also experienced the good will
o. the public In tha special privileges and aa
ristance granted In innumerable cases. Also,
they have learned that cake cannot be eaten and
bad at the aame time. With the country full of
grain and goods to be moved, with rates declared
to be remunerative after exhaustive hearings,
the problem of the railroad manager Is how to
r.ake his line a profit producer.
Kininent examples recently presented show
that Wall street is not a good place to establish
jprosjierlty for a railroad company. Tbe public
In willing that the railroads should have a
aquare deal, but asks fair treatment in return."
On this basis the companies ought to find read
ily tha money needed for development.
Taking a Lone Chanoe.
The builders of the steamer Eastland took a
long chance when they launched a top-heavy
craft designed for speed at tbe expense of safety.
Through Ignorance or inefficiency the navi
gation Inspectors took a chance when they per
mitted the steamer to enter the passenger serv
ice on the lakes.
The company which chartered, the steamer
for the fateful day, July 24, though cognizant l
cf its perilous defects, took a chance for the
I-roflt of the buslnesa offered.
The tragic result of taking a chance with
Innocent lives la summed up Id tha Red Cross
report of disbursements of the various funds
subscribed for tha relief of survivors of the vic
tims. Eight hundred and thirty-four persons
lost their lives; 1T4 wives, with I4 children,
were widowed; nineteen children were double
orphaned and twenty-two families wholly wiped
out.
Taking a chance involved a direct money
loss of $850,000, the total of all funds disbursed
among the surviving fsmllles or heirs of the
victims. The public of Chicago subscribed
a60.000, the Western Electric company 1 1 00,
000, insurance companies paid $338,000, and
the remainder came from mutual benefit socie
ties. Tha Isst chapter of the tragedy of taking a'
chance remains to be written by the courts.
Federal and state grand juries have indicted
owners of the Eastland, the men who chartered
It. tbe captain and chief engineer and the fed
eral Inspectors who certified the steamer's sea
worthiness. It is reasonably certain that one
or both courts will definitely fix responsibility
for a disaster born of official neglect, naviga
tion stupidity and individual greed.
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Bates to the Small Insurer,.
The convention of state insurance commis
sioners, In California, voices a complaint that
raa frequently been heard and little heeded
against the fire Insurance companies of the
United States. It is that the rates charged
small Insurers for their protection sgalnst fire
losss is too high. The nstlonal board of under-
v riters is accused of being unreasonable In its
requirements, and also of being guilty of giving
preferential treatment in the matter of rates to
big buyers of Insurance, while holding up the
little fellows. The commissioners charge that
tbe underwriters have made no response to tha
el forts of Insurers to lessen fire risk "by removal
of haxard. No community has felt the pressure
In this regard more than Omaha, which only re
cently had an illustration of tha attitude of tha
underwriters combine, la the request that a
lurge sum of money ba spent to provide for
further protection of tha eompsnies, with, no
corresponding benefit to tha premium payers.
Juat wtiat may reaaonably be done to remedy
tl'ia situation Is not made specifically clear, bat
the commissioners warn the companies that un
less some material concessions are made radical
legislation will be forthcoming.
Wall Street Journal.
Kvents olnce Germany Inaugurated lta aubmarlne
blockade hear a etartllng. not to any prophetic, nlmllar.
tr thoee which flnolly led to the war of 112. I-et
ua review the International drama In the light of tha
early nineteenth century, aa doplrtd by thnt eminent
ItlfttorVeJ authority. Dr. Wood row Wlleon. The char
acters have somewhat changed. Aa now, the I'nlted
fttatee wag the unhappy neutral, the InnoVrnt by
stander, getting In the way of two belllgerentu, Kng
land and Napoleon the Kaiser Wllhelm of hla Uinx-.
There being no Ia Toilette law. the carrying trade
of the world fell largely to Yankee shippers, who
brought an uninterrupted stream of supplies Into
Napoleon's market. England felt about It Juat ss
Oermanjr and Austria today feel about the shipment
of munitions to the allies:
"Those who fought hire seemed defeated by
' neutral trade, hy meana of what seemed to them,
at that tremendous crlsla, merely war disguised
a Veritable fraud of neutral flaga by winch the
laws of war were annulled."
As now, "England a only maatery waa on the ae.i.'
To stop these supplies It would need to blo kaile all
Burope. This It could not do. Po England ."resolved
to make a paper blockade, and enforce It as it might
by captures st sea," a policy which suggests Its de
cidedly more effective blockade of Germany today.
Bonaparte, not having the kaiser's submarines, an
swered with series of decrees closing every Brit
ish port.
Kven as now,
"America was not tbe special target of these
extraordinary measures. Thev were simply un
precedented arts of war In a struggle which had at
last transcended every rule and standard'
What did America do about it? Madison shortly
afterward became president. He Was a man after
President Wilson's own heart, for ho
"loved pence, as Mr. Jefferson did, and was willing
to secure It hy any slow process of Isw or negotia
tion that promised to keep war at arm's lenjph.
Negotiations dragged on, even as In oir day.
Finally Napoleon disclosed an unsuspected Teutonic
tratt. He'
"sent word to Mr. Madison that his drree were In
fart revoked, and should cease to have effert after
the fjrst of November, if in the meantime the
fnlted Htales 'ahould cause their rlgiits to be re
spected by England.' "
But when the first of November came
"the selsure of American ships In continent.! ports
did not stop. Other decrees, other restrictions, o'd
and new. sufficed for their condemnation, aa well
aa the dorrues aald to have been revoked.'1
Just as Mr. Wilson could write of hla own oa.,
"But after Ambassador von Bernstorff's pledge, tlie
torpedoing of liners without warning did not stop.
Other eaousea,' other prevarications, old and new,
sufficed."
Of course.
"Napoleon's decree, like the Ensllxh orders-ln-eounrll.
had been nothing lesa than acts of war
aga'nat the I'nlted States from the first." and
would at any time have Justified a declaration of
hostilities."
Why Oldn't the United States declare hostilities?
Because
"Mr. Madison did not want war. The United States
wore not strong enough, pnrtlrularly now that the
partv in power had disbanded its army, dismantled
its navy and reduced its revenues to a minimum. '
'' The party in power today has not disbanded what
there Is of the army, nor dismantled the navy. But it
has clnne nothing to Improve or enlarge them, when
tbe war has made the necessity for doing so glaringly
apparent . Does Mr. Wilson, too, fear to act because
the country Is "not strong enough?"
Twice Told Tales
A Ready Solwtlow.
One day a well-to-do farmer in need of legal advice
sought a struggling attorney with reference to a suit
he desired to bring against a neighbor. The lawyer
looked up the statutes and advised his client what
course to pursue. As the latter rose to leave the
of floe, ho asked: "What's your fee?"
"Oh, say $3." carelessly responded the attorney.
Whereupon the client preferred a IS bill. The law
yer seemed embarrassed. He carefully searched his
pockets and the drawers of his desk without finding
the necessary change; Finally he met the exigency
by pocketing the bill and observing, as he reached
for a digest:
"It would seem, sir, that I shsll have to give you
U worth mora of advice' New York Times.
The Madness e( Haaalet.
The lata John B. Herreshoff, the famous blind
yacht builder, once said at Bristol:
"It la hard to explain how I, being blind, can
design yachts hard because the average man la so
Ignorant of yacht construction.
"When I talk yacht construction to the average
man I'm In the position of the crltio to whom a ehs
said:
" 'I went to sea Hsmlet last night.'
" 'U rn. Indeed!" said the critic, wrinkling hla
hlgd brew. 'And now tell me, my good fellow, dj
you think Hamlet was mad?
" 'I know darn well he was,' said the other.
There weren't three dosen people in the house.' "
Washington Star.
ratal KHher Way. '
A rather turgid orator, noted for his verbosity and
heaviness, waa once assigned to do some campaigning
In a mining camp In the. mountains. Thore were
about fifty miners present when he began, but when
at the end of a couple of hours he gave no sign jf
finishing, his listeners one by one dropped away.
Finally, there was only one auditor left, 'a dilapi
dated, weary-looking old fellow. Fixing his gase on
him, the . orator pulled out a large alx-ahootnr an.l
laid it on the table. The old fellow rose slowly an1
drawled out:
"Re you going to shoot If I go?"
"You bet I am," replied the speaker. "I'm bour.d
to- flslsh my speech, even If I have to shoot t keep
an audience."
The old fellow slgbed In a tired manner and edged
slowly away, saying as he did eo:
"Well, shoot if you want to. I may Jest as well
be shot as talked to death." Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
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With all this peculiar fatality attaching to
the Lincoln posmastership, it might be supposed
Caere will be difficulty in finding another self
tssrlfk'ing doniocrat ready to take a chance on
the Job. But have a heart, for there Is no dan
ger of the vacancy stating vacant for lack of
applicants.
People and Events
The city solicitor of Philadelphia Is said to have
refused M.OU0 in extra fees, regarding his salary as
the limit of his moral rights. The solicitor can get
a re nominal Ion without asking.
Rooty drivers of automobiles caught with the goods
in llrpoklyn hereafter wilt win a year In the peniten
tiary and a fine of t&a 8obr speeders are promised
half the dose, if the court's spine remains perpen
dicular. ' ' A mile of private cars lined the sidetracks at A:
lsntlr City during a recent meeting of high railroad
officials. ' As a result of the comment the collection
provoked tha word "Private" painted on the cars Is
to give way to the word "Business."
A New York member of the National Lee g us of
Alimony Jumpers tried to break Into Jail without a
court certificate He owed his divorced wife and
cheerily moved his traps to the JaQ rather than dig
up. The sheriff showed btm the door.
Results worth while were.obtalned from the physt,
cat examination of restaurant employes In New YorX
Out of LSU examined forty cases of tuberculosis were
discovered and as many more cases of Infectious blool
diseases and a smaller number of typhoid.
The British army ofilcer who says ha knows wt.o
stole the Jewels of the Order of the Knights of Ht.
Patrick from Dublin castle eight years ago Is ready
to Wll all "If the telling Is made worth whUe." He is
now In Jail for murder, aad seems anxioua to buy his
freedom.
Hunter Btondy Fergus of Cnlon City, Ind.. while
laying oa Ms back trying to get a bead oa a squirrel,
wiggled the toe of a pew tan shoe In the grass. An
other hunter spotted the wiggle and filled It wlttt
bird shot At last accounts the doctors had takea
twenty-one shot out of the wounded wiggle.
A Ht. Louis woman has sued the Burlington road
for IS.OOS damages because, while viewing the sees ry
along the route, a locomotive cinder connected with
her near eye and stuck there until a doctor probed it
If tuo clnCrr evil should bore another personal la
Jury hole in tallnad trvaaurirs esretv reiu. t
rerd'rg lor.unotlws irotii the fiont to the resr end
7z oa
Mght Hchols far Koretsreers.
OMAHA, Pept. .-To the Editor of
The Bee: A very original and effective
Idea has been siiKsested by Mrs. A. M.
Kennedy for nlht schools Jliat would
meet the cmerRcncy need of foreicners.
An Immigrant from (lermany or Sweden
does not need S'-hoolIng In ordinary sub
jects. The public schools of Sweden and
Oermany are not only equal, b it often su
perior to our own as for all common
studies. What the immigrant needs Is a
plain and useful working grssp of our
language in this land. The finer literary
study will not meet hla (her) needs for a
long time. If ever. Someone has aald
that to know a iHnguasre well you must
have nursed at the bosom of babyhood
and nursery rhymes first.
If. to follow the suggestion of Mrs. Ken
nedy In a rrlvate conversation, our Ronrd
of Education could arrange such a prac
tical course of every-day English, the
Immigrant would feel (it home more
quickly than he does. I would also add
that a simple explanation of our Ameri
can state and Its spirit. In the most ele
mentary terms, would tend to mould the
character of the coming citlsen.
This new movement merits strong sup
port. ' It cornea from a woman who has
educational experience and can therefore
challenge our earnest attention. If this
manner of night school becomes a fact,
we can fell grateful to tha originator.
A crying need has been met.
ADOU'H Hl'LT.
Pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church.
For tbe I pllft of Humanity.
OMAHA, Sept. 2S To the Editor of The
Bee: We notice In your Letter Box that
John M. Thurston takes this stand and
statea what the Saviour did and did not
do. without quoting any authority for his
statements. We doubt If he has attended
more than one of the Sunday meetings,
if any.
The committee who had this matter In
hand, before deciding to send a call to
Mr. Sunday, had ample evidence of the
permanency of his worH In a large num
ber of communities, over a great many
years, and It was much above the aver
age. No one claims he Is perfect not
many endorse all he says and does. It
seems as though this united effort of a
large majority of the churche for the
uplift of humanity, both spiritually and
materially, affords an opportunity for
"has-beens" to break into public print.
Incidentally. 1 have been much pleased
with the fair and Impartial reports of
The Bee thus far during the campaign.
Lest It might seem that I want to get in
print. I give you my name, but sign
myself ONE INTERESTED.
j Knocks on the Knockers.
OMAHA, Sept. K. To the Editor of The
j Bee: The knockers, wiseacres and I-told-
you-sos are gloating over the lacK o(
tratl-htttere at the tabernacle. They
clalnt that OmAha's people as a class are
above Mr. Sunday's teachings and that
he will never be successful here. No one
can prove such a statement In the pres
ent state of perfection In which human
ity is I would say that If Mr. Sunday's
campaign falls It is because the people
as a class are beneath his teachings.
Mr. Sunday's critics strain themselves
exceedingly to discredit him and his
work. As a preacher, Mr Sunday gives
people the very force and vim so lacking.
In the ordinary minister. His so-called
"antics" are the embodiment of grace.
Ha la an athlete. Men with red blood In
their veins were convinced last Sunday
afternoon of hla message Dy nia metnoa
of delivering it.
Many of his stories cannot be accepted
as bona fide truth, yet they are true fic
tion. Kmerson has said that the novel
ist who pictures a premeditated, well
planned murder or crime of his ylllaln,
or some aot of virtue or sacrifice on the
part of his hero. Is capable of the act
he describes. So through Mr. Sunday s
stories we see their narrator as ha Is.
Whoever Is Incapable of a little Invagi
nation or "flow of aoul" his la a dross
like existence. C. M.
HI a Klgwres that Overwhelm.
OMAHA, Sept. 88. To the Editor of
The Bee: Anent your editorial in today's
Bee regarding taxes in Nebraska and
expenses of the state government, it may
be of Interest to your readers to csll
attention to a portion of the 1W4 mes
sage of Oovernor Capper of Kansas,
showing a steady regular Increase In
appropriations by the legislature there
during the Isst twelve years, as against
but a negligible Increase In population.
These appropriations grew from 5.t47,
040.OT In V.S. to IS.M8.91J43 in 13U, and
the Increase under consideration by the
legislature of 116, already approved by
the senate at that time, will bring the
l!tU appropriation up to 110.446,000. He
also states that the assessed valuation
actually decreased $6,000,O last year.
Kansas has always boaatod of superior
prosperity and economic conditions as be
Ing due to prohibition.
It may ajso be of Interest In this con
nection to review with the New York
Herald In Its recent editorial, the finan
cial condition of tho national govern
ment, whose ordinary receipts tor the
last fiscal year were tH9S.B9S.000. with the
receipts of the first two months of this
car U&.0U0.W0 leas than the first two
months of last year. A similsr evsraga
decline during the present year would
make a reduction of IM.000.OnO, leaving
total receipt, only about $.
yeara receipts, however, included W.
oyn.tiOO froia the emergency revenue law
and S5o.000.OiO from the sugar tax. both
of which will end before the close of
the fiscal year, and will cut off, ''
another .. vn the " m
nues nearer IW.WWWB. as ag.ln.t
O00 000 last year.
Against this, congress msde appropri
ations for this fiscal year end authorised
contracts with a grand total of ILU3.
tnoc, Of this total gMI.W4.WT was tor
poatal service to be met by postal re
ceipts, i But even ahould there be no
postal deficit, as last year, congress has
authorised expenditures of IWB.rOO.OOO to
be paid out of the treasury which will
collect little mora than ISOO.OOO.OOO under
existing laws and condltlona. To put the
country In a state of dwfense would cost
from SWt,ooo,ouO to I5oo.000.000; even the
minimum estimated cost equals one-half
the national revenue. t
Now comes a group of altruists with a
contempt for the almighty dollar, saying
that the government cannot ia conscience
and morals longer accept the HAO0O.00O It
receives from liquor taxes. They would
Uke away all that Is left in the treasury
and Isave It aa empty as eld Mother Hub
bard's cupboard, without even a bone to
meet the U3S.000.000 authorised expendi
tures. And yet to what utter' tnslgnlficenoe
fade and shrivel these figures alongside
of the fabulous sums and Issues Involved
la the Europesn wsr. England alono
faces a a expenditures of tT.ii0,o)0.u.e this
year1. Alth sn Interest rharge of tM.im,aai
more, against aa Income of only 11,600.
oic.Oft), meaning a deficit ef fc.SOO.noo.Oi.
How pttyfully small and pettifogging sp-
par the Issues of prohibition, woman suf-!
frsge or eugenics with their specie
promises alongside of the millions of live I
rncrlilced to tht moloch of war. Are we
not like the mountain laboring and bring
ing forth not even the proverbial mouse.
A. L. METER.
oi r.ipnn is Kscfeanaje.
OMAHA. Kept. .To the Editor ofi
i nn Hee: permit me space In your Let
ter Box to take lsue with you wherein
ou say In yoar editorial cspped "Wages
and Wealth" that production has not
been solved. Production has been solved
and In proof of thit fact most civilized
nations are exnortTi'is'natlons.
so does this apply to America, Germany.
fp. England and Japan. It la not
production of wealth that should worry
ua. but Its distribution. Every dollar of
weahh producing products that Is now
sxported from any country represents un
paid labor or surplus value.
That is the reason people starve andi
are homeless and go naked In the midst
of plenty. JESSE T. BRILLHART.
2fil Famam St.
flea for (hiirn tnion.
PHILLIPS. NVb., Sept 25,-To the
Editor of The Bee: I wonder after the
"Billy- Sunday meetings how many con
verts will be Instructed to let the New
Testament be thrtr guide In all matters
of dlscipleship? There seems to be a
desire on the part of all for unity during
the meeting, will, all ministers strive
to continue in such harmony, or will they
each gather hla little party and strive
to show how much unlike the other is
his way? Would to Ood we could get
away from tie mark of the beast and
practice the one baptism as Jesus did it
Not until then will the prayer of Jesus
bo realizes. I believe that would go
a long way toward bringing a divided
church together and the lost world to
the Kingdom of Ood.
E. T A PEACE , LOVER.
The Way to Aavlgate.
NORTH LOUP. Neb., Sept 2.-To tha
Editor of The Bee': If the men urging
the improvement of the Missouri river
will turn to a very recent issue of Popu
lar Mechanics they will notice that the
Ohio river Is to be- improved for naviga
tion by the building of fifty dams to
give the water a proper depth.
While the Commercial clubs of Omaha
and other central cities are making a
plea that an engineer change hla opinion
with respect to Missouri river improve
ment, the east Is getting in its work by
following the advice of engineers. The
Ohio river Improvement will effect nav
igation from the Mississippi river rates
ta ' Pittsburgh. That is the center of
eastern manufacturing. Those dams will
cost hundreds of million of dollars. The
only wsy to Improve the Missouri is by
Hie process of damn, as I have suggeslec
several years ago.
WALTER JOHNSON.
GBIJrS AND GR0AXS.
"What wms the trouble between ybu
and that barber?"
"I simrly ssked him what was the dsm
sge. I meant the amount du him, hut
he took It ss a reflection on his Shaving
ability. "Raltiinore American.
"A rich woman misses much in life."
"As to how?"
"sue can't run out to the back fence
when ahe geta hold of a choice bit of
gossip. She haa to get up a tea or
reception, and by that time the new
is stale." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Prorperitv has ruined many a man."
declared the morallrer.
"Well." rejoined the demorallser. "If
I wss going to be ruined at all I'd pre
fer prosperity to do it" Harper's Msg
axine. "All men sre born equal." said the
studious patriot.
"How perfectlv absurd! replied yotinc
Mrs.1 Torklna. "That Is as much h
to sav that Maria StlK-lns" baby is Just
ss smart and good-looking as ours."-:
Washington Btar.
STEFAUSS0N.
John O Keefe In New Tork World.
He hears no roar of cRnnon grlrn
Thst marks red sacrifice.
He only hears ti-e fog-wraltha dim
Rattle the bergs like dice.
Only a war with ice for him
The merciful, clean Ice I
No camp-fires flare; no hummucks drear
By maddened men are trod.
The onlv trooper reaching here
The seahorse, never shod;
The only searchlight Is the clear .
Aurora waved by God!
By no barbed wire lie blocks the chsfi
of the gale chargers' fleet
He needs no glass so he may trace
Where the snow armies meet.
How smilingly he turns to face
The shrapnel of the sleet!
What of the skies' terrific din
Of clouds in conflict dread? .
Ho does not see the steel motrthei grin
When the hot hiss la aped!
The Cloud King cries, "I do not win
By striking babies dead!" -
By open sea and fronting Toe,
In some heart-stopping chill, - -
He has gone on. as brave men. got
But heard no message shrill
That kings who wish their lands to grow
Must kill and kill and kiill -
Man of the age-long Arctic night.
Where one gltoat-glow Is shed,
Come back from where .tbe sky-gods
fight
Till wounded stare fall dead!
Bring down your se& forever white
To wash the lands of red!
Are you a good gusssor?
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