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JULY CIRCULATION
57,229 Daily Sunday, 51,153
Aterea elreutation tor th vonta aubeoritxd aad sworn o bt DwlaJu
Kllluu. CiroalaUoa ttaaaaar.
Subscriber Maying tha city ahould hava The Baa asallaa)
la them. Addraaa chanced aa often aa requeated.
Old King Coal is entitled to right of way, so
let him have it.
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A bumper crop Of buckwheat admirably fits
with the national spirit.
"Subsea chasers" are all right in their way, but
what is needed most is a few subsea catchers.
The Japanese mission, with great tactical skill,
successfully negotiated "a port in Nebraska."
Kultur is sustaining, and not very well, many
severe shocks "Somewhere in France" these days.
An Omaha peony farm sold for $1,600 an acre,
or almost as much as a good corn field is worth
nowadays.
French and Italian drives in the right direc
tion may be taken as a veto of the "no annexa
tion" policy. ' ,-
Austria is reported to he very tired of war,
Proceedings by the Italians along the Isonzo
front lend support to the story. '
Merely as a variation in the fend of things,
price fixers might give a thought or two to the
consumers' perplexities in making ends meet.
Twenty-two city firemen have been caught in
the draft, which will give Omaha folks an even
closer interest in the proceedings. Firemen of
the kind we have here are not easily found..
Thcr, Grand Army 'veterans at Boston covered
the shortest line of march ever set down for their
annual parade, but those old boys did enough
"mud-pulling" fifty year ago to entitle them to
ride forever after. ' ' . ;
General Hugh Scott is Hearing the age of re
tirement and will give over the active duties of
chief of staff of the army, but we. will wager, he
docs not leave the army voluntarily while such a
dandy scrap ia in progress,, i A -' , .. .,
In the Matter of Food.
While II rbert Hoover is mobilizing his army
of food administration and preparing for a sur
vey of the general situation prices are on the up
grade, moving steadily "ahead at a rate that dis
courages those who have borne privation for
months in hope of relief with the coming of a
new crop. Nothing indicates likelihood of lower
prices, unless a dictatorial cut be made. For many
months advice to avoid waste has had a strange
sound to those who are compelled by circum
stances to conserve every scrap of edible food be
cause of inability to pay for more. Waste in the
humble homes of the country is the least possible
menace at present. Workingmen, in spite of high
wages, find themselves confronted with the most
difficult of problems, that of how to make their
pay provide for their needs, while the poorer-paid
classes are actually doing without much that ought
to enter into the home life of the people. Con
servation is no longer the problem, for the main
question now is to place the food at hand within
the reach of , the people.
v End of Congress Coming Nearer.
The extraordinary session of congress called
in April last may be brought to an end by mid
September. It has dealt with some tremendous
questions, being faced with the most critical situ
ation ever confronting the nation and called upon
to lead the way into entirely new fields of na
tional activity. Declaration that a state of war
with Germany existed was followed by some re
markable legislative enactments. Appropriations
have risen to dizzy heights, while laws of a nature
never before contemplated by the republic have
been enacted, clothing the executive with the
power and authority of a dictator. This, of course,
is ascribable to the animation of the people by
the presence of war and their desire to adequately
meet conditions. Impatience engendered by the
obstructive tactics of a few members of congress,
who have willfully done all they could to hold
back the nation in its course, has been mildly ex
pressed, but the deep indignation of the people
is yet to have its vent. Voters will later have
an opportunity to pass on the acts of these men.
One the senate has fallenthe bulk of the work,
for here has rested the task of shaping up hastily
thrown together bills sent over from the house,
where the chairman of the ways and means com
mittee, in his eagerness to meet the emergency,
voted for a revenue bill with his eyes shut. Re
forming this and other measures has kept the
senators steadily at work, while the house has
idly passed many days. Impetuosity of the pub
lic to get into the big game has obscured the
real speed made by the lawmakers, who really
have accomplished a great deal of work in the
last four months. When adjournment is taken it
will be for a short recess only, as the regular
session opens in December, by which time some
thing of a test will have been given to much of
the emergency legislation and a definite notion
can be had as to its workability and feasibility.
In the meantime congress has served well its
purpose In the great exigency. Its work has not
been perfectly done, but it fairly expresses the
will and desires of the people, and whatever de
fects develop may readily be corrected. Its oni
outstanding feature has been the absence of par
tisanship, the success of the session being due
to the fact that its members have forgotten party
and have proceeded as patriots at all times.
Patriotic farmers' in Kansas applaud and ap
prove moves toward government control and price
fixing of coal. Extending like power over food
products is viewed with alarm. It makes much
difference whose ox is gored.
Lucky the man who planted and carefully
tended his little garden patch this year. He can
smile a compassionate .smile as he watches his
less fortunate fellow man pay famine prices for
green stuff out of the shops.
Kansas, Missouri and Illinois are moving on
.the trenches of their respective coal combines.
With overwhelming odds in man-power, artillery,
resources and public support, the doom of fuel
autocracy is as good as scaled.
To be caught in an auto collision on Sunday
and start suit for damages, alleging "permanent
injuries," on Monday is the record made by some
t Lincoln visitors for Omaha, which will almost
stand as a record for quick action.
Missouri declines responsibility for the knock
'"8 propensities of Senator Reed and shifts it on
Ohio, where the senator was born. The Buck
eye state spurns the humiliation. The tenator,
huwever, is not worrying. He knows Missouri.
Nobody, has so far even intimated at personal
, favoritism' or graft in the exemption, boards In
(his section of the country. Let us hope they
will keep above suspicion. A square deal is all
any drafted soldier wants, and a square deal he
should have. r
"Jim" Patten of Chicago says the days of the
old-fashioned wheat speculator are numbered
Well,' "Jim" should worry. He got his while it
was there to be had and will not nerd to learn
the new ways, unless he concludes he wants
little diversion, '"'.-'-
A Union of Free States
Wall street Journal
Michaelis to Declare Terms.
The imperial chancellor of the German em
pire is reported to look upon the proposal from
the Vatican for peace as embodying the terms on
which Germany approached the Entente Allies in
December last; that is, on the basis of a German
victory. In this the chancellor is quite in accord
with views generally expressed in America and
elsewhere, that the pope had offered only what
had already been rejected as coming from the
kaiser. Beyond concessions outlined in the mes
sage from Berlin last year, Michaelis is as ob
durate as was his predecessor. Germany is not
yet willing to yield a jot to its opponents and
with this mind prevailing expects to continue
the war. From London a message has gone to
Rome that the pope's communication has been
received and will have "examination in a benevo
lent and serious spirit," with reply yet to be for
mulated. Washington as yet has not acknowl
edged receipt of the proposals. This delay is not
serious, for the reply will only come after confer
ence between the Allies, has determined on ex
pressions that will indicate the aims and views
of each and all. It is expected, however, that
Chancellor Michaelis will make a definite state
ment before the main committee of the Reichstag,
outlining anew Germany's position. It scarcely
can be expected that he will moderate the terms
already offered by Germany and, wanting fur
ther concessions, it may be concluded that the
hour for serious discussion of peace has not yet
struck. 1
Under the direct supervision of our govern
ment the -credit of England and France in our
markets has been placed on a parity with our own
and we are lending them our funds at the rates
we ourselves pay. Dispatches tell us that our
administration is attached to the principle of
parity of supply prices, also, for our allies.
An embargo list now in force is based on the
essential of absolute good faith and automatically
places our whole foreign commerce in an interna
tional war pool, or clearing house, from which,
along with the merchandise of all our allies, it
is subject to distribution only in such way as will
most hasten the defeat of a common enemy. The
interworking of our -embargo with that of Great
Britain was not an overnight thought; it required
the foundation of long maintained intimacy and
a high quality of mutual confidence and good
will. Such a foundation will not disappear, over
night . ' ',
A federation of free states to maintain the
peace of the world was vaguely thought and
spoken of a few months ago. It is now in many
important essentials an accomplished fact. In
the common purpose to enforce through this war
a permanent peace the allied nations by unstinted
expenditure of men and money are to achieve at
least the worthiest aim of such a federation.
It is not likely, moreover, that either our own
war legislation or the changed and far-reaching
new relations we have assumed in business affairs
toward the nations with which we trade will be
lightly cast aside when the present national emer
gency is over. History in the making now out
strips the pen of its most facile chroniclers and
even the thoughts of dreamers of but yesterday.
Burlington Railroad a Benefactor.
It is something novel to see a great railroad
system enact the role of Lady Bountiful, but here
we have the Burlington in that character. Not to
the plain people, however, but to its present own
ers. At the time the late James J. Hill bought
the Burlington from the Perkins crowd, paying
two for one to get it, knowing folks' thought he
had taken on quite a contract. The system then
was well equipped and conservatively managed
and paid a regular dividend of 8 per cent on its
stock. When the supreme court knocked the
Northern Securities trust to bits it permitted the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific to retain own
ership of the new Burlington stock, leaving the
Hill transcontinental lines in possession of the
great "granger" system. The benefit of this ar
rangement now appears. Neither the Northern
Pacific nor the Great Northern has made a good
showing on earnings for the current year and
their stock issues consequently showed signs of
sagging. In this emergency the directors resorted
to the simple expedient of declaring an extra divi
dend of 10 per cent on Burlington stock, payable
from surplus, and this puts the other Hill lines
on easy street again. In other words, the Bur
lington is a reservoir from which the roads that
connect at. Paul with Seattle draw sustenance.
Nebraska people should remember this against
the time, sure to come, when we will hear that
rates should be advanced because present charges
are not remunerative.
Censored Diet
By Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C. Aug. 19. The dreary pros
pect of next winter's limited diet has one console
ing feature. We will all probably be in better
health.
According to reliable reports, the German
paunch is disappearing under enforced war ra
tions; dyspepsia has become extinct, and in spite
of the irritating discipline of his government, the
German civilian has never before had so pleasant
a disposition. "Which," says a prominent Amer
ican physician, "is because for once the Teutonic
digestive organs are not overworked."
"Half the evils of the world, including short
life, insanity and crime, are due to overeating,"
he added. "Criminologists will tell you that most
murderers are dyspeptics."
If we are to believe this doctor, we should wel
come the sacrifices of next winter with unselfish
gratitude, before our disordered tummies lead us
to a life of crime. For it is useless to deny that
Americans possess the bad habit of eating too
much. Sixty per cent of us are fat. But, fat or
lean, we insist upon gratifying our appetites with
all the reckless extravagance of an extravagant
people. As a result, leaving all criminal exploits
out of the question, the nation has an ever-growing
list of people afflicted with heart trouble,
Bright's disease, diabetes and dyspepsia, to say
nothing of the greatest national evil constipation.
There is no country in the world where patent
medicines are so popular a fact which never fails
to astonish the European visitor. And the great
majority of these patent medicines are laxatives.
This is really not so astonishing, however, when
you consider the daily career of, the typical Amer
ican business man. He rises usually between 7
and 8, swallows a hurried breakfast of one small
piece of fruit, cereal, eggs, bacon, potatoes, white
oread, possibly three or four corn cakes, and cof
fee. Reinforced by this small meal, he goes out
to (he garage and climbs into his car. He drives
down to the office. There his work consists of
sitting at a desk and dictating letters. Occasion
ally he is moved to get up and walk about while
he dictates, but for the most part he sits in his
chair and taps the desk with his pencil.
At noon he goes to luncheon. Luncheon is
supposed tojbe his smallest meal.' It consists of
about half a pound of meat, a heavy vegetable
such as beans or spaghetti, and a dessert of cus
tard, pie or pudding. Very often he has a cock'
tail.
He returns to the office, feeling a trifle sleepy.
The afternoon dictation goes slower, and he does
not finish until S o'clock. It is too late for golf,
so he drives past his favorite bar and gets a cheese
sandwich and a highball. An hour later he is
home and eager for dinner. Dinner is luncheon
on a magnified scale, with possibly a salad to
break the almost solid proteid and starch diet.
Is it any wonder that this man is fat and pot
bellied, that his breath is labored under the slight
est exercise, and that he looks like a circus exhibit
in a bathing suit? Or is it any wonder that this
average American dies before he is 50?
With women the fat scourge seems to have
taken even greater hold. Consider the women of
your acquaintance. How many of them are fat
and figureless? And then, look you how many of
them always cat to satiety and spend their after-
To the artist, to the student of the ancient
Gee' civiliaztion, modern Americans present a
pitiable spectacle. The Greeks worshiped physi
cal perfection and sacrificed everything to that
end. And it is interesting to note that disease
was almost unknown ; Tnoreoyer, that the ljfe span,
in those days was long. Then came the Gothic
period, ushered in by : the Christians,- and the.
world's ambition changed to cultivating the spirit
ual at the expense of the physical. One's body
became something to be ashamed of, to ignore as
far as possible, even to torture and abuse. Dis
ease was welcomed as a divine visitation of God.
,.j Dietetics are still in the experimental stage",
but at least enough general knowledge has been
promulgated to make it a practical science." If
you are below weight, your physician can tell kyou
what to eat to make you fat;if you are Obese! he
can tell you what to eat to make you thin. We
know that the diet should contain balanced por
tions of proteids, fats and sugars. We know that
we should drink plenty of water1, eat lots of fruits'.
dislike pastry, take a daily shower, and sleepTeight
out ot eacn twenty-tour npurs. . "
' -These are a few simple-medical command
mants, but everyone can think of dozens of oth
ers. Good health has now become largely a ques
tion of the conservation of vitality, and vitality
can be kept at a maximum Only by the most rigid
obedience to the laws of naturt. Why do you con
tract tuberculosis? Because through lack of the
proper food and care you allow your vitality to
become weakened, and the germs become stronger
than you' are. Why do some people get scurvy
ana pellagra: Because tney eat rood, such as
polished corn and rice, which is lacking in vita
mines. Why do yu,have heart trouble, kidney
trouble, diabetes, indigestion, bilious attacks,
colds? Because you don't know how to eat. You
don't understand even a limited amount of
dietetics.
Now, even nervous disorder? are attributed by
some physicians to the eating of the wrong kind
of food. Either, say modern doctors at the ex
pense of their own practice, a nervous person's
diet Is not sufficiently nourishing or it is lacking
certain required elements. Usually it contains too
much proteid. A mart eats too much meat, milk,
cheese, beans and eggs, and not enough carbo
hydrates, or' vegetables and fruits. Says one
doctor:
"The harm comes from the fact that large
amounts of unused food residues collect in the
colon, and there the protein that has not been ab
sorbed into the body decays and gives off large
amounts of poisons that are' circulated through
out the body and produce what is known as auto
intoxication or self-poisoning. One of the effects
of auto-intoxication is a crippling of the nervous
system."
The way to prevent auto-intoxication js to see
that the body regularly eliminates its burned-up
fuel. Exercise and a large quantity of fruit, both
raw and cooked, are the best aids to this. And
above all, do not eat too much. The loss of a
meal occasionally will not hurt you, and if your
stomach "gets out of order" the very best thing
you can do is to fast for a day or two. or cat only
a fruit diet, until your tongue loses its yellow
coating.
People and Events
ITODAV1
Provrrb For the Day.
It Is eay to makeTa, straUnavJL
.Uaaaaad
One Year Ajjo , In . th .IWiVX.T:
Germans lost Ktound on th Sgtamfc;
and Brody fronts.- --r
Severe fighting between Russians"
and Teutons in the Carpathians. --
Allies captured Bulgarian positions
at c-onter of line, but retired on both,
flanks. ; - "-
xses.
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In Omaha Thirty Years Aro.
James Casey and O. L. Campbail
have formed a co-partnership f or
running the Arcade hotel to continue
for fifteen years from May 6, 1886"
An employe-of Thompson &4on
nelly's saloon took up the first pair he
found behind the bar -filled. . as he
supposed, with -water, to Wash off a
cake of ice, which had been deposited
W SHE Y
in front of the saloon. He did the
washing, but later Mr. Thompson dis
covered that it was done with three
gallons of his best whisky, which
stood in the pail awaiting straining.
I,ew Hill bought the Falconer prop
erty on the southwest corner of Fif
teenth and Douglas streets from the
Hunt heirs, paying 182,150. Arthur
C. Wakeley acted for the Hunts and
A. C. Troup for Hill.
H. A. Fischer has returned to
Oejnuha from Bohemia,' where he at
tended the turnfest. He brought back
with hini several articles of jewelry
and also an assortment of Bohemian
garnets. a
The bank raved in on the excava
tion for P. E. Tier's new building at
Sixteenth and Jones streets and buried
two men for a short time.
President Chase of the Nebraska
Humane society has appointed as dele
gates to the national conference of
charities and corrections Rev. Wil
liam E. Copeland and Mrs. John M.
Thurston.
Articles of incorporation were filed
for the South Omaha Real Estate and
Investment company. The incorpora
tors were: Howard It. Baldrige,
George A. Joslyn, George M. South
mayd, Robert P. Bosworth and W. W.
Slabaugh.
This Day in Hlwtory.
1 776 General Howe landed 10,000
British soldiers on Long Island.
1814 The people of Nantucket der
clared themselves neutral and under
the protection of England.
1851 The yacht America won the
famous cup at the international re
gatta at Cowes.
1872 West Virginia adopted a new
constitution;
1889 President Harrison attended
the laying of the cornerstone for the
Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' monu
ment at Indianapolis.
1890 A treaty of commerce be
tween Germany and Turkey was signed
at Constantinople.
1897 Bread riots were threatened
ift France on account of the rise in
the price of flour. - - i
,i 1900 LI Hung Chang's peace over
tures In behalf of China wer rejected
by the powers, . . . .
1914 Allies compelled to withdraw
from Charleroi.
1915 Germans occupied Russian
fortress of Ossowetz.
4ti,tia 0,1.1 (Op, ... ...... ....
the phantoms of murdered babies
lim! No wonder Butte is 4 hot
While Baron Ishii maintained his diplomatic
silence during his stay in Omaha, it must be ad
mitted that the Land of the Rising Sun lost noth
ing in the story told by the voluble little person
who did the honors for the' party. Nipponese
have ever selected clever spokesmen.
French generals bear testimony to the prime
condition and military skill of American troops
"Somewhere in France." The country knew that
long ago. It is flattering to national pride, never
theless, to find home judgment supported by war
worn leaders
Robert L. Allen, a legles nan from Texas,
insists on getting into the army at St. Louis.
Butte's noted literary scout. Mary MacLane.
breaks out in a fresh spot. "I hate the kaiser,"
she exclaims, in an outburst of fierce vocal bombs.
"I lie awaka niehts staring into the still dark
paraded with th
and execrate h
town. .;V'; v
Back in old Virginia.'where democrats bloom
in all seasons, Westmoreland Davis, a prosper
ous farmer, jumped into the primaries for the
governorship on a platform of "common sense"
in dealing with the booze question in that section
of the dry belt. One of his two opponents was
the head of the Anti-Saloon league. Davis got
nearly as many votes as his competitors and
won the nomination. s
In the rainbow days of youth Mrs. Marcclle
Martin of Kansas City picked upon Mr. Martin
as the best proposition on the matrimonial pike.
Besides, he was an ice man then, as now. Of
course, she won out, as girls usually do. But things
do change and the halo of Cupid takes on dust
Also it's no fun to be the wife of a handsome ice
man. Marcelle knows and told the court where
she started prosecution for nonsupport. She told
othr things of this tenor: "He told me there
were lots of pjretty married women who bought
ice' of him who liked to flirt with him," sobbed
Mr. Martin, "and he said he could trade me
off for any one of them anv time he wanted to,"
Can you beat it?
The Dny We) Celebrate.
Georgr D. Meiklejohn wr born
August 22, 185T, at Weyauwego, Wis.
He served as lieutenant gover
nor' of Nebraska and was assistant
secretary of war under President Mc
Kinley, later locating in Omaha to
practice law.
, H. C- Rosacker, chief clerk of the
Union Pacific, is Just 42 years old to
day. . He was born in New York City
and educated in the Omaha schools.
Dr.' B. W. Christie, one of our lead
ing physicians, is 40 years old today.
Creston, la., is his birthplace.
. Colonel Robert Lee Howie, chlef-of-ataff
f the northeastern department
ot the army, born in Rusk county,
Texas, fifty-three years ago today.
Sir John Forrest, bushman, explorer,
scientist, politician, and now treasurer
of the Australian commonwealth, born
in - AVestern Australia, seventy years
ago today. .
Count Stephen Tisza. former Hun
garian premier, who has joined his
regiment at the front, born in Buda
pest, fifty-six years ago. today.
Edward H. R. Green, who inherited
the bulk of the enormous fortune left
by his mother, the late Hetty Green,
born in London, forty-nine years ago
today.
George K. Cherrie, celebrated nat
uralist of the American Museum of
Natural Hntpryborn at Knoxville, la.,
fifty-two years ago tddyt
Sir Alexander Mackenzie, president
of the Royal Academy of Music, born
in Edinburgh, seventy years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminder.
Today is the centennial anniversary
of the birth of John B. Gough, famous
on both sides of the Atlantic as a tem
perance orator.
Woman suffragists of Indiana are to
begin a state conference ia Indianap
olis today, with Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Cfttt, the national president, as
guest of honor.
War Insurance is to be discussed by
the Health and Accident Underwriters'
conference meeting in annual session
today at Cedar Point. O.
Men who have been officially recog
nized by congress for acts of great
heroism will meet in Boston today for
the annual convention of the Army and
Navy Medal of Honor Legion of the
United States. Andrew Traynor of
Omaha is one of the members.
Methodist preachers and laymen are
tt brgin a conference in Chicago to
day to discuss progress made during
the Inst vear in the promotion of the
campaign to obtain $10,00Q,000 for
preachers' pensions.
A leading feature of the Iowa state
,falr, opening today at Pes Moines, will
'he a food training camp, organized by
the food training camp department
of the American Association of Fairs
and Expositions.
,
Storyeite of the Day.
'A couple Of Charrestown kiddies
were celebrating Bunker Hill day by
exploding a few torpedoes. Said Nel
lie: "I don't see how the Germans
can blow up a big ship with' one of
tliefe things."
"Oh, you girls can't expect to un
derstand about such things," said
Tommy, with a superior air. "Of
course, the torpedoes they use are
about a hundred times as big and
they use a derrick to lift them up and
drop them on the ship," Boston
Transcript.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Locating Company G. ' ' "
Alliance, Neb., Aug:19.-To the Edi
tor of The Bee: I wish to call your
attention to the fact that you have
made a mistake in several .issues- of
vour paper regarding the home town
of Company G. Fourth Nebraska: "You
have said in several. issues that their
home town was Aurora'-' Now f wish
to call your notice to, the fact , that
this company is made up of boys from
Alliance and Scottshluff and a few
men from some of the smaller towns
around. Captain Miller is from Alli
ance, where he has lived for the last
fifteen years, and the men in the pic
ture on Sunday of the "kitchen po
lice" are all men from Scottsbluff and
Alliance. We want the .people of the
state set right regarding the location
of Company G, as we are very proud
of them. ROY C. STRONG.
Soldiers' Insurance.
Omaha, Aug. 20. To the Editor of
The Bee: The bills introduced in
congress contemplate a rate of $8 a
1,000, with option of taking out in
surance up to $10,000; premiums pay
able in installments.
It is unfortunate that newspaper
dispatches and some insurance maga
zine articles do not reflect the true
basis for the $8 charge proposed.
The very damaging statement has
been given wide publicity that this
rate is possible because the govern
ment will not have to pay "comrrtis
slons, advertising bills, medical ex
aminers and for offices."
As a matter of fact, the government
in charging $8 a J 1.000 is charging
approximately the company rate for
short time term insurance on men of
the average ages of the soldiers. The
government is carrying the war risk
without any attempt to charge for it.
In other words, the government will
say to the soldiers: The companies
cannot possibly insure you at short
time peace rates, but if you will pay
the government the same rates that
the companies would charge you if
you stayed at home, the government
will stand the big extra drain ot the
war risk .
How big this drain will be no one
can tell, but to provide for it and the
care of dependents of soldiers during
the next two years, the government is
asking for an appropriation of $556,
000.000. J. B. HAYNES.
times past and resulted in absolute
failure.
' A popular magazine with a circula
tion orise before it attempted to dis
tort something out. of the incident of,
Mrs. Eddy having been treated by this
magaetio healer, but the stories fell
from their own Weakness and "before
the series was over they were forced
by the mere weight of truth to con
elude with a tardy and somewhat halt
ing, but nevertheless complete,, ac
knowledgment of the claims for. Mrs,
Eddy aa the discoverer of Christian.
Science- and a just recognition ot her'
worth and sincerity of purpose.
Ex-Senator Chandler and his asso
ciates with a prize of a million or more
of money made a more elaborate, but
equally abortive, attempt in the courts.
Their failure is a matter of public
record.
Mrs. Woodbury, as we recall, was a
disgruntled student and her testimony
is entitled to the weight which belongs
to jealousy and rancor.
Even the disciples of the Master
left him, for we read in Matthew and
Mark that his disciples forsook him
and fled and we are all familiar with
Peter's denial.
That the Bible mentions sin and
sickness is as true as the fact that
Christian Science is in existence today
because there is evil and disease to.
combat. The ultimate logic of Chris
tian Science will end war, but, as' the
world is not ready, Christian Scien
tists are sending- hundreds of thou
sands of dollars abroad to aid in the
war movement and its literature and
other activities are all thrown into the
balance in the struggle of democracy
against autocracy.
To sav that thereby we renounce our
belief that there is a better way would
be like saying that we had no confi
dence in the multiplication table be
cause we couldn't remember it an'
had to use our fingers and thumbs.
CARL E. HERRING.
SUMMER SMILES.
School Teacher Your little girl Is rather
backward in her reading.
Mr. Flubdub Backward, eh? I uppnt
the takes that from her mother. Mrs.
Flubdub always reads the lost chapter first.
Judge.
"I wieh. old man, that my memory was
as pood as yours."
"Wouldn't do at all, old chap. If it wra
you wouM remember distinctly that you bor
rowed $5 from me six months ago and that
you haven't paid it yet." Boston Trant-cript.
Will World Pact Insure Peace?
Council Bluffs, la., Aug. 20. To the
Editor of The Bee: The heading to
a recent newspaper editorial was "The
One Hope of the World Now is League
of Neutral Nations to Enforce Peace."
Another read: "League of Nations
Next in Political Evolution.". A signed
article coming from Washington was
passed through the daily press under
the caption, "United States to Seek
World Pact When War Ends," and
this article stated that one primary
demand will be the endorsement by
all nations of the Monroe doctrine.
Another dispatch tells of a plan on
foot- to unite all peace societies in
one strong world body. The leader
of one of the strongest organizations
in the nation said upon this topic:
"We are convinced that any adequate
guarantee of lasting peace involves the
establishment of a league of nations."
But over against these plans and
devlsings of men' we have the word of
Jehovah: "The 'wicked are like the
troubled sea, when it' cannot rest,
whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
There is no peace, saith -my God. to
the wicked" (Isaiah 67:20-21). And
the book further . says: "Evil men
and seducers shall- wax worse and
worse, deceiving and being deceived"
(2 Timothy 3:13). The apostle, Paul,
furthermore informs us that it. is
"when they (a .certilrtifla8 of 'pe',
pie) are saying. Peace and safety,
that "sudden destructicHi cpmeth -upon
them" (1 Thess. 6r3). And with the
foregoing scriptures in mind study the
following versus, noting particularly
that they tell somewhat in detail what
the nations themselves will be saying
among themselves and of eaclt other
in the last days:
"But in the last days it shall come
to pass that the mountain of the house,
of the Lord shall be established in
the top of the mountains and it shall
be exalted above the hills, and people
shall flow unto it. And many nations
shall come and say, Come and let
tiB go up to the mountain ot the Lord
and to the house of the God of Jacob,
and He will teach us of His ways and
we will walk in His paths, for the law
shall go forth of Zion and the word
of the Lord from Jerusalem. And He
shall Judge among many -people and
rebuke strong nations afar- off, and
they shall beat their swords into plow
shares and their spears into pruning
hooks; nation shall not lift up a sword
against nation; neither shall they
learn war any more. But they shall
sit every man under his vine and un
der his fig tree and none shall make
them afraid, for the mouth of the
Lo!d of hosts hath spoken it." (MJcah
4:1-4.)
Are not efforts now being made to
bring about such conditions? Let all
take warning concerning the times
in which they are living. .
CHARLES RAHN,
Elder S. D. A. Church.
Chinest peanuts arc uaually hand aorted
by wmen after being lifted. j
Tha gray . parrot of western .'.Africa is
civdlaad with having a greater power of
imitating,' tht human voice than any" hira
of the apeeies.- It haa long been a favor
ite and s the aubject tit many stories of
greater ot lesi credibility. '" ;.' -''
A large sign in a touriat office in Copen
hagen reads: "Safest routa to Ajarfc via
tbe tranststberlan railroad. ' Tickets. ir sale
here." A trip fron Penmark to, Ke4,.Tork
by way of the trant'-Sfberian railway would
cover something more than 15,000 miles.
Disposing of an Error.
Omaha, Aug. 20. To the Editor of
The Bee: Mr. Moore does the regret
table thing of falling back on the
threadbare Quimby stories for the pur
pose of discrediting Mrs. Eddy. It
seems hardly necessary to say that
abundant means and persistent efforts
have tried the Quimby route in the
"James, you are a dollar short in your '
pay this week.'"
"Tes, my dear. I had to meet the in
stallment on my Liberty bond." Detroit
Free Press.
"One notices in the hospital the nurses
between times and all the visitors alt mak
ing sweaters and socks for the soldiers."
"Tes. even in the surgical ward you can
observe the broken bones knitting." Balti
more American.
ON OUR SOLDIERS LEAVING.
We've had months of preparation;
We've had time for meditation;
We've had much of legislation,
And a day for registration.
Now the time Is drawing near
When tha boys we hold so dear
"Will, with souls devoid of fear,
Enter on their now career.
They'll be soldiers brave and bold,
And with hearts as pure as gold:
They will fight like knights of old
And Old Glory they'll uphold:
While our hearts an: filled with grieving
As we rontemplate their leaving;
Tet there's solace In believing
That their mission is relieving
Relieving those of every .land ..
From oppression's iron hand:
From autocracy's cruel wand;
From the tyrant's piercing band.
With auch purpose good and true '
They will fainting hearts renew;
They'll the German line go through
With our flag Red, White and Blue.
They will keep the kaiser guessing:
And, though war is moat distressing, . ;
They" itll leave with our tarcaslrur. - 1
And our prayers for God's rich blessing.
-FLORIN ANDREW THOMPSON.
Fremont, Neb. -,
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