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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1915)
V1 THE LIKE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, SEl'TEMUEK 24, 11)1.3. THE OMAHA DAILY DEE FOUNDED BT EDWAJV ROSE WATER. VICTOR ROSE WATEIv, EDITOR. T.e Bee Publishing Company. Proprietor. ftKB BUILDINQ. FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. rntared at Omahs poetofflc a second-eta matter. TERMS OF UBCRIPTION. By carrier Ft mall par month. per year. ljefiy an BnnaaT v . on Bllr without Sunday....' Se 4N nfn and ftundev V o enlnj without Biinday I&o 4.04 undey Be only I 00 Hand retire of chanae of address Or complaint of Irreeolarity la delivery to Omaha Bee. Circulation X pertinent. REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, rn or postal ordar. Only two cent atampa received In payment of am all a, eounte Personal rbwki, except oa Omaha and eastern ex eh a are. not accepted. OKTICE3. Omaha Tha Boa Bulldlns; fouth Omaha Sit N street. Council Hluffe 14 North Mala street Lincoln Mtrte BulWlna. Chharo am Hart Biilidlnr New York Room 110R, tn Fifth avenue. ft. Ixi"ils-&ns Nrw Bank of Commerce. Wsshinicton T Fourteenth St., N. W. CORRESPONDING!). Jdddreea eommunlratlona reiatlnr to newa and edi torial matter to Omaha Bee. F-dltorial Department. Al'OLHT CIltCVIjATIoa. 53,993 tale of Nebraska, County of Douglas, aa: Uwisht Williams, circulation minmrr of The Bee PuhllahiiiK company, bring duly sworn, aay that the average olrvuletion tor the month ot August. 191 waa UW1UHT WIMJAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my prrsenre and awora to before me. thla 2d day of rVptembor, V.tV. JtOBKKI HUNTbK, Notary Public Sabacribcra leaving the city temporarily abould b,ar The Bee mailed to thorn. Ad dree will be changed a often aa rexjueeted. evtember aa Thought for the Day .li you art good naturtd thtrt it nothing you einno. fay; if you art not good natnrtd you cannot lay anything. Iltnry Ward Ztocfar. It's a ten-to-one shot that the "borrowed" automobile is sure to have trouble. The paths of lory now being trodden by millions of armed men lead to the grave or the hospital. The weather man muat be merely clearing ti.e decks to give Ak-8ar-Den the kind of weather he wants for carnival week. No more Tabernacle talk about Omaha be ing a "tightwad. " The truth Is, there never wae any foundation for that charge. Indian signs point to a long winter and the gooeebone prophet squints In the aame direction. Doubters can be quickly convinced by consulting a coal dealer. "The Devil's Boomerang" brought back lottle of whisky. But wait till he preaches that great aermou on "booze" and watch It Just rain whisky bottles. Tbe wsy to Increase river navigation Is to gtt the boata and hustle for business. St. Louis la awakening to this fart, and is out for steamers and warehouse docks. By reason of the war shutting American tourists out ot Europe, the country saved 1220. 000,000 this year., "Seeing America first" has a financial aa well as an educaUonal value. With fifteen bands engaged to greet King k-Sar-Ben and fill the arching heavens with melody, none but a chronic grouch will question Omaha's pre-eminence as a musical center. Members ot the Automobile club are sum moned to report every auto driver whom they see "hogging" the road. Tbe first rule taught the little boy at school la not to be a tattletale. Belgian relief measures which ran up In the nilllons, coustltute one bright spot In the gloomy map of war. The leading part taken by the lolled States reflects the generosity of the peo ple. ' . Although tbe weather bureau asserts that the corn belt Is a fraction of an inch shy of normal rainfall, tbe tribe of web-feet will cor dially join the dry convention in praying for a dry spell of say six weeks. The school girl who showed young Rocke feller how an investment ot ten cents yielded dividends of thirty and forty cents is too good a financier to waste her aweetness in a pokey schoolroom. If she l not soon annexed to tbe Rockefeller staff ot experts It Is safe to conclude the family is losing its cunning. Bulgaria may be credited with honesty of motive, If nothing else. It is not mobilising to boost civilization or to advance the uplift ot neighborly good will. Not If Sofia knows It. More land is the prise, and Bulgaria doesn't rare a planter whence It conies, so loug as it arrives. t V, f Aa Omaha man who hail been under treatment ut Madam Uufloe tbe great French doctreaa. who dl appeared ao mysteriously, atated that aha waa l.i Kansas City HI. while her husband la on a hunting trip. I'uon her icovery aha will "do" Kanaaa City and tbent-e to Denver. Rev. Andrew Gordon, a returned missionary from Hindustan, ta spending eeveral days here. Preparation ere all made for the Missouri. Kant. srid Nebraska tire underwriters who will bold ae ions at Boyd s opera house, at which aunt eeventy five nieinher are expected. W. B. Gilo, the auctioneer, will sell at Bushman old aland, northeast comer of Sixteenth and Douglas tea 1 uw cases, fifteen wlia show figures, on large safe, one large mirror and a general lot of store fix. turei. Mr. Joseph KeOnian has gone to i'eoria. III l-nd eeveral mouths there visiting her mother. Mrs. Jsn.es R, Hoyd, and her eon. accompanied l y 'r. and Mil. Blerbower, ho met them at Xoi'n i'latte, have leturmd from a two months (our ot ulifoini end lh toast. fl.siles t Klgutter left for femur!.!, to reuin, h.M mi'lji at llarxard. to Book-Walter's Nebraska Dream. John W. Bookwalter, millionaire maniifac turer and philanthropist, is dead In Italy, a bit of news that will recall to many one of the Diost ambitious experiments ever undertaken In NebrMka. It wss the plan of this friend of hie rrre, who held a princely domain in this state, tu show how tbe rural life of a quarter of a rea tury ago could be made as attractive and enjoy able as life in a city. Bo be planned what was then styled "the Bookwalter farm vlllaae." It waa In a broad sense modeled on the communi ties that grew up around the manor house In fntidal times. In Its details it was modern. The farmers were grouped In a convenient location, from whence easy access might be had to the fields they tilled, and under such circumstances that active and effective co-operation in labor was always available. This community had Its school. Its church, Its assembly hall and other features of modern communal or village life, but with the economical aspects under co-operative management and control. It was to establish i leal social conditions for those engaged in farm pursuits, and waa widely dlscufwed at the time in connection with a number of experiments that had been tried in the west. It would not be fair to say that the Book waiter plan was altogether a failure, for it had In It germs that have bloomed In other ways of usefulness. But it did not succeed for the sim ple reason that Its promoter, like Ills predeces sors, had not given sufficient weight to the far tor ot Individual initiative, which finally deter mined the solution of bis problem. And nowhere In all the world does that factor control more definitely than In Nebraska. Training School for Policemen. Des Moines' chief of police proposes that a training school for policemen be established, with a view to educating aspirants for the, ser vice in the routine of their duties. He believes It necessary and desirable that the men be given a working Insight Into what is to be required of them, before they are fully entrusted with the authority and responsibility that devolve upon a policeman. This idea Is worthy of consideration. Our police are uniformly courageous, vigilant and faithful. Little complaint can be lodged on that score. Smaller, but vital qualifications are frequently overlooked, and from lack of these essentials, misunderstanding and friction between the police and people sometimes arises, in connection with his Idea, the Des Moines chief suggests that a probationary period of at least two years be served, before the man goes on the lermanent list under civil service protection. To make the plan thoroughly satisfactory and workable, the training period should come be fore actual aervlce, with appointment on the force conditioned on efficiency promised in training. If auch a plan can develop policemen of higher aervlce in their special field, it will be worth the effort expended. It This Another Sting of Ingratitude t Discussing the issues of the next election aa bound to turn upon questions of foreign policy, end the record which the administration Is mak ing In ita International dealings, the current Is sue ot the World's Work, of which Ambassador Page waa former editor, and which, is still edited by his son, hag thla to say: Thes things lead to confidence in the preal rtenfa abllltlee to manage our foreign affaire, par ticularly alnce Mr. Danalng, In whom th public be lieve, haa taken Mr. Bryan's place. The inevitable inference of all this is that the public does not believe Mr. Bryan, and that his occupancy ot a place In the cabinet discred ited the administration. Now, it is well known (hat while Ambassador Page was not particu larly Mr. Bryan's choice for the court of St. James, he surely could pot have been named as the principal representative abroad of the De partment of 8tate without the acquiescence of the head of that department, who at the time happened to be Mr. Bryan. We take it the ambaa sador will have to proclaim a disavowal or soon hear something stronger from the Commoner than the Lusltanla note. Wall Street Lirelj Again. ' Caught In tbe updraft occasioned by the war b.ast, fed by new funds, the stock issues dealt in on Wall street are whirling upwards like so tv any leaves In an autumn breeze. Prlcea are Holng forward by leaps, and the followers of the ticker are almost aa frenzied as the leaders of the battle charge. All of which should serve to warn the sober citizen that now Is a good time to alt tight and carefully scan any proposed In vestment. The speculative element Is in con trol once more, and will hold the lead In the "atreet" until the flurry la over. No legitimate enterprise Is to be seriously affected, save those which enjoy the passing prosperity engendered by activity Incident to the war.. American en terprises, industrial and otherwise; will continue to be affected In many waya, directly and indi rectly, by the war and its consequences, but the profit-taking In Wall street Is not an especially healthy sign of material growth. Our Surplus of "Distinction. "Of all living Americana, Englishmen, tier mans and Frenchmen." declarea Dr. Woods Hutchinson, "but one In five thousand achlevea sufficient distinction to merit his name on the pages of Who's Who or similar rosters of emi nence." This would be decidedly discouraging to most of us were It not for the fact that reference to I he last edition ot that veracious volume known as "Who's Who" discloses seventy-one names lilted from Omaha, giving us one to 2,500, and thus ranking us twice high as Dr. Hutchin son's scale. , Of course, the good doctor may try to get out of it by retorting that half of these do not "merit the appearance," or be may make ua the excep tion that proves the rule. But if one in S.000 Is the true ratio of "distinction" by the "Who's Who" test, then Omaha with two In 5,000 must, have a surplus. Those Lincoln democratic ple-blters seem to be proceeding on the theory that the Bryan fam ily owns the Lincoln postofflce. There Is a cer tain democratic I cited States senator from Ne braska, however, who may Imagine he has a v.ord to say. Haitien rebels, like the Mexican raider, did i.ot get very far with their attack on Americans "his method of invuluntacv lulcide Is as effi- tf.tious In boih Instances as aelf-alatigiiicr. Aimed at Omaha i Newman drove Reporter: The editor of The Omaha Bee I a ie man. flomenne told him that there were three perfect babies in the state of Ne braska and he printed the Information In hie paper, hut he didn't give the names of the babies. Here Is where he howe his wledom. Every mother know hep baby I perfect. Since) he gave no namee h Is certnln that her bahy 1 one of the three and all la lovely. Hut If he had printed the name, there would be a large alxed vacancy on The Bee'a taff within ten minutes after the paper came out. Kearney Hub: The Omaha Bee'a question. "Are the state'a funds being farmed out?" telle for an answer. No less a person thn Oovernor Moreheat', In hi statement regarding the treasurer's office, la really the Insplrer of that qvestlon. Lincoln Journal: Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska occupies In th current Issue of The Fatherland the place of honor usually accorded to the kaiser, to Ger man general end admiral and other ronsplcloue rep reaentatlvea of Germany a large front page portrait. "The fearleas defender of humanity against the traffic In murder" la the title given the senator by the editor who refuses to continue taking subsidies from the German government rather than discontinue hi at tack on President Wilson. ' Bravo. Dr. Dumba." ys another headline In this cory of Mr. Vlereck paper. .Should Mr. Hitchcock fall to re-connect with the Nebraska senatorship, he can perhapa land aa a German count. Norfolk Preaa: An Episcopal minister In Omaha ha announced that he will perform no more mar riage ceremonlee for couplea who cannot furniah proof that they are up to the eugenic standard. It I a safe bet that he will buy no automobile from hi In come from wedding fee. Hasting Tribune: Those Omaha base ball playei. who couldn't hit a blloon with a ban fiddle, may have better luck If they practice hitting the sawdust trail. Lincoln Star: Because it make more butter than any other city In th world. Omaha la tartln out to become the central market for butter, poultry and farm produce for the entire world. Jerking control away from that Illinois bunch that haa been arbi trarily fixing butter price. F.verybodv In Nebraska will hope that Omaha will make that bluff good. Kearney Huh: We read of a clergyman not a thousand mile from this center of the t'nlted State who has announced that he will not marry any couple until they have aubmltted to him eertiflcatee from re putable physicians aa to their mental and physical fitness for marriage. It la a good thing to have scruple, conscientious and otherwise, agalnat marry ing the unfit, but who Is this man that he sets him. self upon a pedestal above the law and on a pinnacle transcending the dictates of common sense? As be tween thla clerical egotist and th noted "marrylnz parson" of the Nebraska metropolis tnere Is no ques tion to which itanda today the nearer heaven. Beaver City T1me-Trlbune: There would seem to be no particular call for an electrical parade at the Ak-Har-Ben In Omaha thla rear, with "Billy" Sunday in town. Side Swipes at Sunday Beatrice Express: "Billy" Sunday I to have a rival In the evangelistic field. Al Jennings, former train robber, and author of "Beating Back," who re cently failed In an attempt to become governor ot Oklahoma, ha now undertaken the taak of saving the sinner in New York. Following hi campaign there, he will hold meeting In the outh. If he can win out In the empire atate, he might make good in Georgia, where a militant evangelist 1 badly needed. Howell's Journal: It "Billy't Sunday should Induce Mayor Jim to travel the sawdust trail, he will cer tainly put one over the brewery bunch. In the lan guage of the street we say. "Go to It. Billy!" Tour Republican: In his alleged "sermon" "Billy Sunday Just Jaba people where they are sorest until they holler enouch. And thev atanH fn, i, h...... he Is so Impartial. The roughneck take it because Doinirous Bnu uncivil with churchmem bera and even ministers ha I- v. j inn me churuhmember tolerate him because he give tm i luiuin oiiiii u coming to mem, and over. David City Banner: The Omaha Bee aay that the language used by "Billy" Sunday In hi talk to men laat Sunday would cause the arrest nr ,v,- . using it either on th atreet or In publlo any place. di.i. mo pcopia ran mat Kind Of nth religion. Hastings Tribune: That those Omaha newspaper men are hardened oM tinn... ta .,. . . - - - iiu-ihto djt me ibci that even Reverend William Sunday cannot get them Tekamah Journal: Tn th ini.m., i .u. many communications In the Omaha paper relative " "" "u wnai ne aay and doe are reallv amusing. When It la known that -iti,.i.. .... - leveled at htm by the class of cltlsena tht crltle him adversely only vtheta th appetite of the publlo to get the opportunity to hear him. It seems strange that one would indulge in auch ietter writing, it is folly to try to prevent 'a good work from going on The hordes of evil should have learned that lesson long ere thl. They never profit, however, by exper ience. Ia o many Instances haa It proven true that "thoee who cam to sooff remained to pray" that work agalnat Sunday only gives him and hi workers additional fuel. Sunday la doing a great work and email fry need not feel that they can do him an damage. Twice Told Tales tews for Hlateriaae. The Inspector waa examining a Cleveland school and all the rlaaa had been specially told beforehand by Ita teacher. "Don't answer imlu. vm, -.in.. certain your answer Is correct." The subject wag hlatory. "Who." askw1 the In.iwnlA. v. - . -'------ i in. uioiiier ui the great Scottish hero and king. Robert Bruce?" ne pointed to tne ooy in rront of him. then round the rlaaa There waa - - -. . ... u i l II o heart of the teacher leaped with Joy. The boy who lanuiiisj at me very toot indicated that he knew. "Well, my boy." continued the Insoecinr -.,, ... she?" . "Mrs. Bruce," said tb lad.-G3veland Plain Deale-. Ilia (. Idea. The aerlou looking man waa trying hard to listen to the speaker eloquence, but th squalling of an infant la the row of seat directly ahead gave him little opportualty. Annoyance gave way to Irrita tion, and Irrltatton in turn waa superseded by re solve. He leaned forward, touched the mother on the ahoulder. and In a dispassionate tone asked: 'Has your baby been chitntened yet?" "Why. "no. air. Why do you aak?" "Merely betwuae I waa About to sJggest that if ha had not bee a christened you might aame h'.m Good Jdea." "And any Good Idea?" asked the woman. "Because" the man struggled hard to repress his feelings "It should be carried out-" Chicago Herald. Ready for It. He waa traveling In th south and had to put up over night at a second-rate hotel tn western Georgia. H said to th clerk wben he entered: "Where shall 1 autograph?" "Autograph V said tb clerk. "Yes; lgn my name, you know." "Oh, right here." Aa he wag signing his nam la the register la came three roughly clothed, unshorn fellow Immediately recognisable a Georgia "rrackere." One of them ad vanced to tbe deak. "Will you autograph?" asked th vlerk. hi face aglow with the pleasure that comes from the con cloiinmss of Intellectual superiority. ' Vertalnly." laid the "cracker," his face no 1 rstliBtit than that of the tlerk; "mine rye-" The Argonaut 7"at GH Brief eoatrlswtloae ea ttaaety topic tavteed. The Be) a a rpalkUlty for sptauoaa af eerreepeaaaata. ail letter saW Jtet t eeaSeataktea by alte Reaelta ef Revival Meetlns. A CHURN. Neb.. Sept. 27. To the Ed itor of The Bee: During the last two weeke the questions. "Did you hear dllly Sunday?" and "What do you think of Sunday talks?" have been asked hun dreds of times, and the anraers, like th sermon, are on either side. Whenever Mr. Sunday counsels, advises and urgea people, and holds out a an Inducement that happiness and well-being result In living live In harmony with the well-being of other aa well aa them selves, and that unhapplnesa and misery result from a counter course, then it I that he is trying to make better condi tion helping to make heaven on earth. When he deals In the unreal and untrue, repeating the frayed and trailed srtylngs of the lugubrious past, then It Is thnt he Is doing a considerable part toward de ceiving and misleading the young while bracing up preacher graft, and the results cannot be other than pernicious. True, preacher graft has received a lusty boost, especially In dollars and cents, but mo rality, ethical surroundings, humanity and true realisation la conspicuously ab sent tn the drouth a It la called of one of the hullabaloo meetings. Human beings may strike the sawdust trail, resolve' to abandon a bad habit or practice, determine to lead better Uvea morally, and can go forth and carry out that good resolution of their own effort and determination, hut when they reach out for the unreal, tell about sins being washed away, being born again and auch raying, they simply pay for what they don't get hence the result ot powerful revival meeting. J. H. DtTNDAE. Reqalrementa of Repentance OhENWOOD, la., Sept 27. To the Edl tof of The Bee: The doctrine of repent ance a Mr. Sunday declares It I find Is the subject of severe criticism by a goodly number of people. The objection most often being made that according to his statement, wicked, vicious persona may thereby easily and readily attain to a more pleaalng and acceptable Condition with God than is sustained by those whose lives, from the ordinary standards of conduct and action, have no apparent need of repentance. The difficulty ex Ists on account of the cheap and mean inglesa estimate which has com to be accepted by many as constituting repent ance. If that could be attained by the mere act of signing a card or hitting the sawdust trial, the objection would be well founded, but genuine repentance Is not built alone out of such materials. When John the Baptist came preach ing the baptism of repentance for remis sion of sins the people were deeply stirred by his message. When they came to him by reason thereof he told them first to "bring forth fruits worthy of repent ance." They asked. "What shall we do then?" whereupon John replied: "He that hath two coats, let him im part to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, le him do likewise." Note the requirements, the first day's work, the preliminary effort, the founda tion, for those who seek tho kingdom of heaven, and then compare the same with the present day standards. Genuine repentance should It actually come to Omaha, or to any other place, will change the title to every dollar of property therein, and among many things revolutionary would disband each and all of the labor unions In the city. John, having aa a part of the declaration to which reference has already been made, tolj the people to be content with their wages. A mighty fact therefore Is re pentance, beginning along the line indi cated, and gathering force and power from resultant contact with Jesus Christ until His word and will In it fullness shall be obeyed, the differences between rich and poor obliterated, and the healing of the nations will once more be mani fested. INTERESTED READER. As to t.ermaa Loeaea. BTRON. Neb., Sept. 27. To The KUI tor of The Eee: Your paper In one place tells the losses of the Germans around Vllna were 260,000; the samtt' time every body knows the Germane have a net around a Kuewian army of 300,000. Now you believe youraejf that 300,(00 aur rounded Russian are able to destroy a German army of 210,000? If you used a little common sense you wouldn't print auch nonsense; of course, nobody will snd can believe it; the II la too big. I don't care If you publish this letter or not, but other paper will do It. C. r. VOSS. ' ('averaioa by fontertlea. OMAHA, Sept. Id. To th Editor of The Bee: When The Bee came laat evening, aa usual, I looked bver the front page, then editorials and then the letter box. I Jon't read all the letter tn The Bee. but last evening 1 noticed a lone letter with John M. Thurston' nam at the end. so read It. Now UuU Mr. Thurston Is no more a citiaen of Washington or New Tork and haa K3oms home to roost" I'm glad of It. for alnce Omaha has grown big. we have need of big men, even though It lakes a knocking letter to an nounce the fact that he La doing bis. at the old sUuu or ready for it. 1 came the first time to Omaha In 1SS& Moon after that a citiaen of Omaha waa tried on the charge of shooting his wife in their bum (and by the way, I occupy that houae now, aleep In that same room, and can look at the hole In the door made by the bullet he fired.) In that trial II r. Thurston waa leading counsel on one side (I don't remember which), and Mr. Cowla on the opposite side. The case created great interest and th court was croaded every day. On the closing day when Mr. Thurston mad ta great effort, the room wa packed and people were ia a high atate of excitement. The setting waa Just right for th big event which had to do with the life or death of on man. I waa there. Mr. Thurston wa equal to the) occasion. His effort finally landed him In Washington. Now he come back and write of Mr. Sun day a a "contortionist." Why. "Billy" la not on, two, three, compared to what Thurston waa la thoee day a For houra that day he raved and stormed and fumed, and by the power of apeeoh and contortions labored to bring the court and Jury to his side, whether It wa the right or wrong side, was all the aame to him. Why. sir. J. M. ha 'Billy" beat ten block aa aa actor contortionist, judged only by th atunta he pulled off that day; for If be did not fall oa hi belly he did fall oa some part of hla anatomy aa h pulled oft a fainting stunt, which waa a peach. And all this not for a tree-will offering from the people such a Mr. Sunday get, but for a fat fee and fame to come. Mr. Thurston refers to his respectable family tree. l.et me In all klndneae re mind Mr. Thurston and other tree climb ers that "The Itook" says: "Flesh and blood ennnot inherit the kingdom of God'" for except "ye be converted and become as little children you cannot enter Into the klnpdom of Heaven." J. J. lebhlna on Rellalnaa Hysteria. NORTH PIjATTB. Neb.. Sept. 24-To the Editor of The Bee: Three different correspondents of The Bee have charac terized me through The Bee for my com ments on "Billy" Sunday, rellpion and otherwise, for which I am thankful en tirely snd would respond. Sure, Sunday haa a religious boom on. a "Klory-to-God-for-Chrlnt's-sake-hnllelii-J;th" movement. How many of the busi ness men In Omahi who are putting up thr money to promote Sunday's propa aanda do business and made their money by "hallelujah?" The billion men that r.iehod from Europe to redeem Christ fiom the Saracens rushed by "hallelu jah." The 2.000.0K).0rO men that have cut each other's throats In Europe In the last l."0O years, cut them by "hallelujah." The people In Europe are now fighting by "hallelujah." Religious hysteria has r.een in all ages of the world the tyrant's mystic wand of power, the hypocrttlc S.ell that has ever held the masses of the people In slavery. Sunday is a religious monomaniac when he assumes authority to send to helt those who do not accept his declarations. If "Billy" Sunday's propaganda were only the froth and Imbecility that It car ries on ita surface, it would not be worth noticing. But In these strenuous times of social, economic and political up heaval It mentis much to the American people. In 1910 the German emperor wrote to the Benedictine priest of the Vatican: "The twentieth century has developed Ideas that can only be suppressed by re ligion; In this conflict the altar and the throne must , stand together." What are these ideas? They are the republicanism of Lincoln and the democracy of Jeffer son. What la tho mode of procedure? Suppression of free thought? "Billy" Sunday represents the executioner, and L the tool he uses Is religious hysteria. I or 6.000 years this world has been held In misfortune by ignorance and "halle lujah." The altar and the throne. Im perial wealth and religion may have tem porary sway In Omaha, but the American people are onto the game. Sixty-five million citizen out of S3.000.000 are re ported by the United. State census to be nonrellglous. The public press of this country will do well to take cognizance of the situation. The rising tide of in dividualism, "personal liberty," Intelli gence, representative democratic govern ment cannot be suppressed by any circus, religious or otherwise. L.UC1EN 6TEBBINS. LINES TO A SMILE. "I hope this lerturcr Is not going to give us any cheap talk." "No fear of It. The cheapest seats are a dollar." Chicago Tost. "I suppose when the emperor of Jsimn has his coronation feetlvltiea his royal roles will be magnificent." "I suppose so, and yet It will be only a reign coat, after all. Baltimore Ameil can. "So much good advice Is constantly be ing tetowed upon encased couples, and so much of It goes unheeded." remarked Prof. Tate, "that I am constrained to be lieve that love also laughs at Jasmith." Judge. St. Paul, tired of blinking In the glare, orders autolsts to dim their headlight or pay the penalty 110 for each offense. KABIB5LE KABARET A WWER dASSEMT A HIS PHC7o, wr I AM ajar its a PtcruRff or VflUlAM FrVJtR&rlAM WHrTTdslAa- IDc? SB& BACk A PICTURE OF 4.IUIA Rwsai wrm vm name oh it.1 "I notice th Comeup haven't anything to say lately about their looking up thru family branches." V. "Maybe they came across some nw-S tors hanging on the branches," Balti more American. "It a remarkable how soon a man Is forgotten after he's dead." "I guess you never knew my wife's first husband." Puck. The caddie snickered as Dubblelgrh cut deep Into the fair green. "Are you laughing at my golf?" roared Dubblelgh, angrily. "Nun-no. sir, " stammered th boy. "I w-was only lul-lafflng at your g-g-game, sir." New York Time. THE LOCAL POETS. Hymn. Great God of Nation! w Offer our prayer to Thee, O. set all prisoners free. Fettered by Sin. Land of the srolden west. With peace and plenty blest. Give the Lord your best ' . , Service todav. t, And while your sheave you bring li Unto your God and King, tet all the people sing. Glad aonga of praise. BlLVWMTJT. The Race. The smell of horses, harness, sweat In silence attest the fact. That motors have not quite, replaced them yet. The beat of hoof, the sounding of the gong. The wusic of the band, the grand-stand Pack'd The tense Interest of the assembled throna. All, makes my blood quicken, bound, Mv breath come quick and short. The pulses in my neck and temples pound. Nothing ever, can quite take the place. Of men and horses both alert Straining every muscle In a good horse race. BERTHA H. LYON. TrJ PMtnnn 1 P"1 for 10 trademarks toward thla 1HI5 VOUpOIl Quaker Cooker. Cut it out Then buy a package of Quaker Oats, see onr offer, and note bow much this means. But only one ot these coupons can be applied on a Cooker. Mo Extra Price Folki who get Quaker Oats for breakfast pay no more than those who don't. They sim ply ask for Quaker. They get extra-luscious flakes, made of queen grains only. A bushel of choice oats yields but ten pounds of Quaker. They get a flavor which has won the world to this brand. 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