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    THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER- 1, 1917.
The Omaha Bee
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' To the French Commissioners. ' "" '
Omaha today is host to the French gentlemen
who have come to this country on a friendly
but Important mission.' The cordiality of the
greeting and hospitality, extended will be the
warmer because the two 'great republics ire now
comrades in arms against a common foe. It
scarcely required this condition to enhance the
sympathies between our people and those of j
France. Americans have always ftlt a deep -sense
of obligation to the French because of help ex
tended at a time when it was of greatest assist- j
ance to the struggling colonists in their revolt
against tyranny and oppression. Now that we
have the opportunity to In some way repay the
service then rendered our people will be found
eager as well as willing to show that Lafayette,
Rochambeau and those other gallant French
men have not been forgotten. The ties between
France and America rest on a very firm foun
dation.
Picketing; Pro and Con
By Frederic J.Haskin
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JULY CIRCULATION
37,229 DailySunday, 51,153
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muia i troiiauoa amtK
Subscriber loaviar th city ohoald kavo Th Btt mailed
to than. Addroaa caaarod aa aftoa a raajuootod.
Rigor mortis grips the vitals of profiteering.
Now watch the bakers make good on the four-
teen-ounce jitney loaf.
The People's Peace party has no trouble in
getting runs out of towns for the money.
Dollar wheat of yesteryear' doubles up with
the joy of the government prices. Fortune picks
the farmer as its favorite.
Nebraska railroads seek, permission to boost
coat rates 15 cents 1 ton. Evidently the rate mak
ers entertain - doubt?, of the ability T of consumers
to safeguard the profits of cut prices. , ;.
Rumors of plots and activities of plotters gain
credence from numerous suspicious deeds. The
volume of smoke is larger than the blaze. , Never
'theless safety, urges greater watchfulness, of prop
erty and persons. ; , ?
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Not lhe least of, th? ayefJjfs of the ime are
tiie accusations of "extofftonite' rates hurled at
railroad managers by producers and shippers. In
he light of the ' latter' s skill in marking up the
goods the,railroad pot lags behind the kettle.
' Liberty bonds and land bank bonds are com
peting sharply with established savings institu
tions for the surplus funds of the people. One
sesult is already apparent. Jeering at bondholders
rarely rises above a whisper in the presence of a
crowd; ' y,i
Prospects of South Dakota seceding to the
Junkerbund grow painfully gloomy as the seced
ers reced from homeAPef spnally conducted trips
to internment, cmps .once more emphasize the
federal admontton; Obey the law , and keep
your mouth shut. Ht'-. ',!
War strategy, may be all that is claimed for
it, but it does not include all tactical skill in
sight - Local maneuvers for the political big push
of, next spring affords an advance glimpse of
strategy rivaling the war game in all but one
respect. The supply of "tanks" is exhausted.
Amrt"in miediTSt-iriati . (trMam ftAirt Tti1aM am
" i v faaipaivsia iivtit as wns . iwoiuv
bring thf) report that Jerusalent S fortified against
allied attack as thoroughly as cities' on the west
front and capable of withstanding a frontal .siege.
In that case the Allies may try the back door and
fumigate the kitchens with holy smoke. .
The artistic soul of St. Louis revolts against
proposed- statuary for Forest park because of "lack
of- fluenty. and suavity.'' '''Evidently the crude
scu!ptor,"tieglecte4i to include' an auto gong or
siren ' whistle to the equipment. Art as is art
needs all modern conveniences for a "city beau
tiful." (v-.- v -'X ' . ? ;- :
' Imperial Germany launched submarine fright-
fulness with the expressed belief that it would
starve the AHies into submission in three months.
Seven months have passed and German victory
is more hopeless now than when schrechtlichkeit
took, to water. The stars in their courses fight
with democracy and mock the hopes of junker
dorn. ' . : ; ..v ..;
" , Statues "of Washington and Lincoln in Par
liament square are urged by Londoners Some
time in the future when the truths of democracy
sink in and liberal Germany comes to its own
it is more than probable Berlin will imitate Lon
don and go it one better by adding a figure of
Woodrow Wilson to the immortal pair of Ameri
can saviors. -
What They Learned There
i in Philadelphia Vtifn
Not the least humiliation of the Russian cri
sis, so far as we are concerned, is that many of
the exiles in this country who have gone back to
Russia are the most unconscionable leaders of
the extremists. They presume, moreover, on their
experiences over here to abuse republican ways
and to denounce free. America as a sham. One
of the returned leaders who has been interviewed
confesses frankly that all that he learned in Amer
ica was how to organize and conduct strikes and
promote public disorder in the interest of his
cause. The curious thing is that some of our sen
timentalists who have been acclaiming the su
perior democratic methods of free Russia are
ready to read us a lesson by blaming the American
people, because these exiles who lived here did
not learn to love or to respect us. They ignore
the fact that most of these immigrants were and
are anti-social in their instincts. They cared
neither for good governments nor for freedom and
liberty, save to subvert all order. Their behavior
they , and now confirms the warning that Prof.
Ross in. his papers on immigration uttered several
years ago, when he said that we had oversympa
thUed with certain immigrant strains from Rus
sia and that they were not desirable citizens, but
ngrateful enemies of society. Thus today they
arc abusing the land that gave them asylum and
endeavoring to hamstring the country that has let
them return. No wonder that one revolutionist
says, "Wt talked too much in 1905 and now we
ra doing It again," while Catherine Breshov
skaya, the "grandmother of the revolution," points
out that "it is one thing to love liberty, but quite
another to know how . to use it.. Ignorance is
tuiajsj Russia,"
Washington,- Aug. 29. Over fifty suffragette
pickets have been arrested at the gates of the
White House. Seventeen of them have served
three-day sentences in the district jail and
twenty-two have been sent to the work house at
Occoquan. Washington crowds have been pro
vided with a new amusement, and a number or
visitors have carried away bits of the suffrage
banners as souvenirs.
Such is the record of American militancy to
date. The Congressional Union, which is work
ing for woman suffrage, but which is not in any
way affiliated with the National American woman
Suffrage association, is the organization which
is doing the picketing. These women explain
that they are doing it with a view to keeping be
fore the president a constant reminder that in
the United States of America there are 20,000,000
citizens who cannot vote. Also, without picket
ing, they declare, the suffrage issue would be
entirely suomergea in inc issue oi war.
For a long time, they assert, they confined
their activities to congress. They worked
laboriously to bring the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment to a vote, oeiieving mat u a voic were incn
the amendment could be put through. This they
found they could not do without the help of the
president. 1! the president would urge tne pas
sage of this amendment at any time, they de
clare, congress would at least report the meas
ure out of committee and get some action on it.
So the Congressional Union decided that the thing
for them to do was to let congress alone lor
a while, and tackle the president.
In all, they have called upon the president
seventeen times, finally it was announced that
no more suffrage deputations would be received
at the White House. After January 10 last no
suffragette was to be admitted.
"So our only means ot keeping the suttrage
Question before the oresident of reminding him
that there were 20,000,000 citizens who could not
have a voice in the government was' to picket,"
a surtragette explained, ine women consider
Neither does
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Several Greek cities reoorted Jn
state of revolution.
An entente allied fleet of twenty-
three warships appeared off the Greek
capital.
German troops penetrated the Brit
ish line at two points between Ginchy
and High Wood.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today.
Articles of incorporation of the
Omaha Milling and Elevator company
were filed by the following: Chris
Crow, Aaron Chad wick, E. S. Chad-
wick, Anthony Jackson, George Gra
ham and Mary E. Paul.
The new fatlirue can of the Kniehts
of Pythlaa is a beauty. In shape it is
like the regulation army cap and is of
navy blue cloth with the exception of
the top, which is of ultramarine. The
strap piece is of silver braid and on
The next big task on the official program is
to make sure the benefits of stabilized prices are
not lost on the road to the consumer.
The Wheat, the Loaf and the Table.
The price-fixing board of the food control ad
ministration, with the help of the president, has
adopted a basic price for wheat, observance of
which should operate materially to reduce the
cost of living in the United States. Following
the natural course from the farmer to the table,
it is proposed that a fourteerr-ounce loaf of bread
may be sold for 5 cents, a price that will return
a reasonable profit to the baker. This is quite
at variance with existing practice and certainly
will be strongly disapproved of by the bakers
The proposed price is a little more than half of
what Omaha now is paying for bread, or about
the figure that prevailed before the bakers began
to talk of the 10-cenf loaf. Prices fixed by the
board are for government purchase only, but it
may be assumed that no serious effort will be
made to exact a higher rate from the citizens
than is paid by the government President Wil
son fairly states the proposition in explaining the that their arrest was most uniust.
purpose of the measure. It is to protect the j the president's pardon inspire in them a sense of Taylor, A. W. Parker,
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consumer and encourage the producer, with no grauiuuc u an. iyy j ' l. V
cay, inert mcy ccriaimy utscivc iu ut ijumaucu,
and there is no more reason why tne president
should pardon them than any other law-breaker.
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The promised restoration of the nickel bread
loaf, nearly as plump as it used to be, forestfad-
ows a triumph for America's real democracy, i
unfair treatment of the middleman. Under such
an arrangement we should all get along very well
together and none of us go hungry nor any feel
an undue burden.
Pursuing the Discussion of Peace.
Pope Benedict XV expresses bitter disappoint
ment at the reply of the United States to his
peace proposal. It is reported from Rome that
his holiness had cherished the hope that in this
country at least his suggestion would meet with
some measure of approval. That such views could
be held at the Vatican can be accounted for only
by ascribing a lack of definite information as the
cause. Nothing contained in the address of Presi
dent Wilson to congress and the world in April
last, when the state of war was declared, can
possibly be so construed at to support the be
lief that the United States would accept a peace
based on the status quo ante bellum. Those con-
Incidentally, they claim that they have gained
more members in their organization, more ardent
advocates of suffrage m congress and more
money in the way of subscriptions since the
picket riots began, than they gained in the two
years before. They have a larger force, more
offices, more work, more excitement, and more
reporters and cartoonists running in and out than
ever before. , -
In sharo contrast, the headquarters of the pJa-
tionarAmerican Woman Suffrage association a
little further up town is serene, conservative,
almost austere. There are no curious crowds or
itunicious oolicemen: the wide soacious corridors
and reception rooms are quiet, and the neat, cool
offices are occupied, only by a tew stuaious
workers.
.You cannot Imasrine the National Woman Suf
frae-e association oicketinff. and they have
haittnfd to renudiate all cart in it from the very
ditions never can be restored and leave the -world beginning, any such demonstration being strictly command of the Department of South-
saie ior oemocracv. uur neooie were loatne to i aeainst tneir poncy. in iaci. u was juv uyci mis eastern wimuuh,
very policy that the Association ana me v;ongres
the front of the can la a stiver wreath
enclosing the number of the lodge,
while on the top is a diamond of red
coth. upon which is a lily, the badge
oi tne xnignts.
Mrs. General Crook has left for her
old Virginia home, to be absent several
weeks,
At a meeting of the Eisrhth Ward
Republican club in Bruncr's hall.
xwenty-iourtn and Hamilton, the foi
lowing officers were elected: Presl
dent, O. H. Balioui first president, C.
K. Coutant; second vice president, Pe
ter Peterson; secretary, Silas B. Lake;
treasurer, Charles A. Collard; execu
tive committee, James Allen, Cadet
N. K. Pearson
and J. J. Saville.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Saxe.
One of the biggest storm and dls
trict sewers constructed in this city
has just been completed by Major P.
M. McCauley. It is located south of
the depot along Pierce street.
Hon. James E. Boyd arrived from
the northwestern part of the state,
where he has been examining the
crop prospects of Nebraska. He re
ports their condition to be most fa-
vorable.
Dr. S. R. Patten, dentist, moved
from Fremont to Omaha and hung out
his professional sign.
This Day In History.
1799 General John A. Quitman,
governor of Mississippi and a famous
soldier of the Mexican war, born at
Rhinebeck, N. Y. Died at Natchez,
Miss., July 17, 1858.
1842-i-The Concord 4V Nashua rail
road in New Hampshire was opened.
1858 Ovation was tendered to Cy
rus W. Field for his labor on the At
lantic cable. Vs .'
1861 General TJ. 8. Grant took
enter the war, and only became belligerents
when the course of the German imperial gov
ernment became unbearably aggressive. ' Now
they cannot consent 4to the restoration of that
government to the position it held in 1914.
Aside from this main fact are others of equal
importance. While it is true that his holiness
considered the restoration of Belgium and Serbia
as essential to the establishment of peace, his
proposals leave for future consideration the sta
tus of Poland, of Bohemia, of the Italian Irre
denta and similar problems that, are entirely In
volved in the issue of war- tn fact, the last three
years have brought op for settlement a number
of points that might not have been referred to
had the contest been less extensive. It is now
very certain that the question can only be con
sidered and adjustment approaching permanency
reached through concerted action of responsible
governments. 1 ' . -
Pope Benedict must realize that the present
Imperial government of Germany is not consti
tuted to deal with the great democracies of the
world. It has shown by its utter disregard of
treaty pledget and obligations, its violation of
established law and its outrageous abuses against
humanity, its entire irresponsibility and incapacity
for any interests other than, its own selfish ambi
tions. To seriously treat on equal terms with
such a government is impossible. Pope Benedict
must understand that the people of the United
States are waging no war of Conquest, they seek
to secure no material advantages, they plan for
no reprisals-after the war is over tfiey ask only
that the world be freed from the menace of an
irresponsible militaristic caste.
Getting .Facts About Food Supply.
The federal government's efforts to get accu
rate information as to the exact amount of food
available in the United States is a worthy move,
although it may be questioned if the method of
taking the census will produce the result. This
is solely' because the inquiry will not be suffi
ciently extensive. Ten thousand housewives and
35,000 farmers are not enough workers to secure
in a single day the whole of the data needed for
accurate determination of the extent of the food
supply in storage in the homes and on the farms.
It may be accepted that now as never before in
all our history the cellars and pantries of the
people, the bins, cribs and granaries of the farms,
are stocked with provender, made ready against
the winter, The inquiry, limited in its scope,
will furnish basis for estimates a little closer, per
haps, than may be made without its reports, but
will still fall far short of giving exact informa
tion. However, the result should be reassuring,
for if will show how far we are from famine,
and this is needed. The people should have from
some authoritative source information to the ef
fect that the great campaign of production and
conservation has not been in vain, but will bring
its reward in the form of plenty to eat and at
a cost that will materially lessen the burden oi
the householders of the nation.
ionaf Union ouarreled at the beginning of the
Wilson administration, a nc vuiiai"""1'"1 v'u
at that time was merely the congressional commit
in- of the association the committee which push
ed suffrage in congress. Miss Alice Paul and Miss
I.ucv Bums, who were the neaas or tne commit
tee, had worked with Mrs. panknurst in ureat
Britain, and were therefore militants, aithougn
h rtirl not think that violence would ever have
to be used in this country. They did believe, how
ever, in fighting the party in power. t
The party in power at the time of the break
was th democratic party. Mrs. Carrie Lhapman
Catt, the head of the National woman aunrage
association, believed ithat nothing could be gained
by Such tactics and refused to yield the point to
the other two women, do tne two women iormcu
a senarate organization they bolted. Now the
argument of the national association is this:
They do not believe that the president is any
obstacle to snnrage. iney tninn mat congress is.
Thrv Iftiow that in order to get their amend
ment passed two-thirds of congress will have to
vote for it, and they know tnat no one party nas
held a two-thirda majority for years. Hence, the
democratic party cannot, even it it wanted to, pass
the suttrage amendment, dui it can, oi course ut
"So." they assert, "nothing can be gained by today.
.L. " 17ee,a r.i-'it Kriratn I . TTafi
and Canada have given the ballot to their women;
Franc hia nrnmised it as one of the first after-
war measures, and even Italy and Prussia, who
heretofore have had nothing to say on woman
suffrage, have hinted that they are going to en
franchise their women. Under these circum
stance, savs the national association, the United
States of America supposed to be the greatest
democracy in the world cannot artora to noia
cif tvitirli tftntrer.
. Thus the two organizations, both working for
suttrage, but witn wiaeiy uinercm views aa iu
the way it should be worked, do not enjoy very
cordial relations. One thinks that it is a party
question under the absolute control of the presi
dent; the other thinks that it is a nonpartisan
question under the absolute control of congress,
1862 Battle of Chantilly, Va., In
which the federals lost Generals Kear
ney and Stevens.
1892 To shut out the cholera the
government proclaimed twenty days'
quarantine on all European vessels.
1893 Crown prince of Italy (now
king Victor Emmanuel) was the guest
of the kaiser at a great army banquet
at Coblenta. -
1914 Germana victorious over
Russians at Allenstein, East Prussia.
1918 Von Bernstorft notified State
department that Germany agreed to
sink no more liners without warning.
The Day We Celebrate.
Alfred C. Kennedy was born in
Omaha twertty-flve years ago. ' He at
tended the Omaha High school and
University of Nebraska and in 191 5 be
came a partner in his father's busi
ness.
Rear Admiral Augustus F. Fech-
teler, TJ. S. N., born in Prussia sixty
years ago today.
Rear Admiral Samuel Mcuowan, in
charge of the pay department of the
United States navy, born at Laurens,
C, forty-seven years ago today.
Rex Beach, noted novelist, president
of the Authors' League of America,
born at Atwood, Mich., forty years ago
Henri Bourassi. leader of the
French nationalist party In Canada,
born in Montreal forty-nine years ago
today. - '
Rt. Rev. Sidney c. partridge, Epis
copal bishop of west Missouri, born
In New York City sixty years ago to
day. -1 i
Marauls of Sligo, one or tne great
est landowners- of Ireland, born sixty
one years ago today.
James J. Corbett, rormer cnampion
heavyweight pugilist of the world,
born in San rrancisco nity-one years
ago today.
Shafts Aimed at Omaha
A contribution to the political gaiety of early
fall comes from Missouri. Some Americans down
there urge a call for a state convention of demo
crats for the purpose of demanding the resigna
tions of Senators Stone and Reed for failing to
support the administration. Think of that propo
sition soberly put out in a state where resigning
office is esteemed a hunch for an insanity com
mission. The authors unwittingly confirm Bar
num's estimate.
In his latest talk to his "invincible soldiers"
Emperor. William Insists en "strafing England"
as though he did not care what happened to the
land of his grandmother. Cousinly fends, royal
or plebeian, rarely lack vocal ferocity.
So far as state pride goes, it make little dif
ference whether Omaha or Lincoln floats the
western pennant Keep agoing. May the best
team win I v ,r v .-. , . .
Hastings Tribune: That Omaha girl who
kissed 300 soldiers because she thought it was her
patriotic duty is more to be pitied than censured.
Norfolk Press: An Omaha girl kissed 300
soldiers in Omaha recently and the daily papers
are playing it up as patriotism, remaps mat was
the only way the girl could get anyone to kiss
her. Who knows?
York News-Times: Another wave of crime has
broken out in Omaha.' Numerous murders have
been committed in that city and the murderers
have not been found. The home record of those
sleuths is not brilliant
MeCook Tribune: An Omaha man was
"ninrherT the other dav for violating the cross
walk ordinance as to autqs while his wife went
into a store "to do a little shopping, uoesni
that have the scent of genuine clover on t?
Beatrice Express: An Omaha woman secured
a divorce and alimony from , her husband the
other day because he had thrown hot potatoes
at her. Any man who win wunngiy waste sucn
precious articles now ought to be given even
worse than that
Norfolk Press: Our good Uncle Sam recently
sold $2,000,000,000 of bonds and yet the Omaha
Vmintr Men's Chrirtian association sends out an
"S. O. S." call for some charitably disposed per-
son to donate a washing machine to the soldiers
at Fort Crook. Wouldn't that jar you:
York News-Times: Omaha coal dealers tell
li neonle that the arovernment's action in the
coal cases came too late to help, as they already i
had bought coal on the former basis and are
poins' to sell on the same basis. Uncle Sam
should put on his "specks" and scan'Omaha.
Kearney Hub: Omaha s six exemption boards
differ recrardinar exemption of married men, al
though the rule is the same for all. There will i
doubtless oe tne same wiae aivergencc or opinion
the boards throughout the state. Uni
form rulings are necessary. But how to secure
them, that's the rub.
Kearnev Hub: The Omaha Bee ouite truth
fully remarks that the young men back from the
training camps have been taught one lesson of
"priceless value," viz, that work is worth while.
Possibly in no private employment would they,
have voluntarily worked as hard ana maae as
great an effort as in these training camps and they
have each and everyone found that it is ouite
worthwhile. .
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
The lederal cnild labor law comes
into effect today.
R" is again in the names or the
months, so the oyster season is open.
New Hampshire today puts Into eti
feet a drastic new law to protect the
public against the sale of worthless
securities.
A bis parade, with speeches and
other features, will be given in Phila
delphia tonight in honor of the drafted
men of that city.
Delegates from half a dozen states
are expected to gather in Washington
today to attend the annual convention
of the Middle Atlantic States' Federa
tion of the Toung Men's Hebrew Associations.
Mrs. Eddv's Insnlration.
I Bartlett, la., Aug. ST. To the Edi-
or of The Bee: In his last letter Mr.
lerring denounces the "Qulmby sto
les" as "threadbare" and declares that
I am only trying to discredit Mrs.
pddy. He should remember that I was
not attempting to establish any claim
If that Dr. Qulmby was the original head
or tne unrisiian science cnurcn. i am
quite willing to admit that Mrs. fiddy
was the founder of Christian Science
and to concede to her memory what
ever honor It may derive from that
distinction. If Mr. Herring will refer
to my letter to which he was reprying
he will learn that I was only trying
to prove that Mrs. Eddy s conversion
to Christian Science was due to ideas
acquired from Dr. Qulmby rather than
to reading the Bible.
Mrs. Woodbury's investigations dis
closed the fact that many ideas taught
by Dr. Qulmby were after his death
Incorporated in "Science and Health"
as special revelations. Although, in
the opinion of Christian Scientists,
Mrs. .Woodbury committed the unpar.
donable sin when she rebelled against
Mrs. Eddy s "mothershlp ' and estab
lished herself as an independent prac
titioner, that will not influence the
unbiased investigator. Despite the
crv of "lealousv." I believe her testi
mony to be as worthy" of credence as
that of Mrs. Eddy. I am not in the
least ( interested In the .family row
staged in the courts by the Christian
Scientists. But Mrs. Woodbury had
made an investigation of the "Qulmby
stories" and ought to have known what
sne was laiKing aDoui. in auempiea
explanation of Mrs. Woodbury's dis
affection from the ranks of Mrs. Ed
dy's followers Mr. Herring says, "Even
the disciples of the Master left Him."
But if he will examine his New Testa
ment again he will learn that while
the disciples of Christ fled temporarily
from, their Master's side their flight
was due to fear of enemies and not
to lack of loyalty. Judas was the only
disciple who proved a traitor and he
afterwards bitterly repented of his
treason.
If any further proof is desired in
the Quimby matter it is furnished by a
poem by Mrs. Eddy after death of Dr.
Quimby. This poem was entitled,
"Lines on the death of Dr. P. P.
Qulmby, who healed with the truth
that Christ taught" and the last two
lines of the concluding stanza read as
follows:
"Rest should reward him who hath
made us whole, -
Seeking, though tremblers, where'his
footsteps trod." -
If Mrs. Eddy was "seeking where
his (Dr. Qulmby's) footsteps trod,"
she must have been teaching some
of his ideas. When confronted with
this poem in later years Mrs. Eddy
did not deny its authorship, but stated
that if she wrote it she must have
been influenced thereto by Dr. Quim
by's spirit But it seems to me that
her excuse is fatal to her cause. If
she could be influenced by the spirit
of Dr. Qulmby to write a poem, might
she not have been influenced by some
spirit other than the Holy Spirit when
she wrote "Science and Health?"
At last Mr. Herring admits that "the
Bible mentions sin and sickness." My
contention on that point is proven
then, for the Bible surely would not
'mention those evils unless they
really existed. The metaphysical ar
gument on the existence of evil which
has been so ably presented by Mr. Ol
son is In harmony with the teachings
of the Bible on this subject.
GEORGE W. MOORE.
you ar aaylnf th burial Krrkw over mf
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Parsoa But, my dear fellow, ri then it
will be Jour bole. Boston Transcript.
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ttX CM Vttjrtl' A COUSIN,
BUT VCW CWff WEAK tiff-
"Th4 placing of barber poles at grade
crossings. It la hoped, will reduce the num
ber oi accident."
"On ths other band, will they not a
landing Invitation for cloaa ibavet"
Lampoon. 1
' Mother My dear, what la the matter With
the horse? Isn't be walking lame?
Small Boy I know what'i the matter,
One of hie hind tlrea has cams off.
Baltimore American.
"I notice you alstera never so away to
gether." "No, our wardrobea would not permit et
that. S we take our vacatlona one at a
time and pool the clothe. " Loulavlll Cour-
rler-Journal.
Then thla." asked rejected Jamea, "la ab
aolutely final?"
"Quite," wa Porethy'a calm reply. "Shall
I return your letters, James?"
"Tea. please,"' anawered poor Jamea.
"There'a some good material In them tha
I can use again." Awgwan.
HOMESICK.
Wilbur D. Nesbit.
Homesick ain't like th' othef- eicka
You get and hafto go to bed
An' drink th' stuff th' drug stores mix,
Or have things tied aroun' your head.
An' when your ma she wash your face
An' use th' silver bresh an' comb
To comb you, an' she fill a vase
With flowers, 'cause you're sick at home.
Homesick ain't med'clne sick at all;
It ain't a sick like atummtck ache
At make you double up an' bawl .
An' say you didn't eat tha cake.
Until your conscience It ache, too,
Nen you con-teas, an. your ma smut
An' say she got a Joke on you
Buhcause she know it all th' while.
Homesick ain't when they see your tongue
Or feel your pulse, or your ears buai.
Or doctor llsena at your lung
But, oh, how much you wlsht It wu:
Homesick Is when you go away
A-vlsltln' all by yourself. '
An' miss the clock 'at ought to stay
A-tlckln' on th mantel shelf.
But you don't mlm; It till It's night
An' time to go to bed, an' nen
You think tf It woiitd be po-llte
Tou'd like to go back home again
In1 vmi rinn't know lust what it la
Tou want, but wlsht you had it, though J
An' grandpa says 'at It la hla
Up-plnlon 'at you'd Ilk to go.
An' folks teil'atorles td you, too.
An' try their best to make you laugh.
Th' wind crlea In the chlmbley flue, ,
An' In the barnyard la a calf
At bawla an' bawls An' worst part yet
Is all th' time how welt you know
No matter how lonesome you get
An' want to go home, you can't go.
Storyette of the Day.
Alfred A. Knopf, New Tork a Rus
sian expert, said the other day:
"The Russian revolutionists are mys
tics. They're idealists. They now in
vite the German populace to revolt
but revolution demands a democratic
spirit and the German people, so far
as a democratic spirit goes, are- aa
deficient as the old lady.
"A very fat old lady got stuck in the
door of a car and could get neither out
nor In.
" 'Sideways, ma'am! Try sideways!'
the conductor Bhouted helpfully.
"Oh, drat the feller!" panted the
old lady. 'I ain't got no sideways. "
Waahington Star.
ODD AND INTERESTING.
Georgia is to have a new county which
most likely will be named in honor ot Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson.
King Alfonso of Spain knows twery prin
cipal language of Europe, reading, speaking
and writing them fluently.
Tha idea of Zionism, which seeks to re
store Palestine to the Hebrews, has for
hundreds of years been latent in the breasts
of thousands of th race throughout the
world, but th movement did not take def
inite form until twenty yeara ago, when the
international Zionist congress held its first
meeting at Basic, Switierland, under the
leadership of Hag Nordau of Pari and Dr.
Theodor Hcrsl of Vienna. .
Paraffin, which today I on of th most
valuable by-producta of petroleum, waa re
garded as of no commercial importance as
late as th early '90s. At that time a tank
of it burned in Cleveland and the officials
of th Standard Oil company sighed with re
lief. It was out ot th way and they did not
know what to do with it. Now th earn
company i making SSO.OOt.OOO paraffin can
dice a year. Enormous quantities of th
product are also naed In th manufacture of
chewing gum, in insulating electric wire
and m malting colored crayon and moisture
proof paper. Good housekeeper also us it
in laundry work and in sealing fruit Jar.
Lather and the Autocracy.
Chadron, Neb., Aug.. 28. To the
Editor of Tha Bee: I have great re
spect for a man who holds an opinion
of religion in whatever View he may
choose to follow. Nevertheless an ar
ticle In a late issue of The Bee seems
to me should not go unchallenged.
Isn't it wonderful Luther shoud first
start the Germans out on autocracy?
He the arch fiend! Then, dear brother,
if Luther did all this evil (for it is a
terrible evil) may I ask what evil did
WIckliffe start? What that 6f Jerome
or Huss dying that men might be
free, dying because an emperor broke
his solemn word? But I am willing
to accept the statement Luther started
German autocracy on one condition.
I demand that the contemptuous Fred
erick III get his due, yes if you please
Frederick I. I demand that Frederick
VII be given hi true title of robber
and tyrant which he was. I want the
creat elector and the tobacco and
beer council "Father" Emperor Fred
erick William ramembered. Tes, I
want you to know that Myer's history
states. "The comraonersl (third estate)
were not treated so badly in France
as in Germany or Spain; but there
was thla difference: In France they
were wide awake, resented every in
fringement of the lordly, classes and
brought on a revolution: in Germany
the iron system adopted soothed the
desires of the people as cordial."
But one thinu more. We are told that
In times oast when people followed
God's will there was prosperity and
of course happiness. Now I may be
queer, but 1 always like things anu
statements to bt real, something
very tangible. Now I should like to
know the years where we had an ex
ample of the people following God's
laws. Should we count the fourteenth
century? Tes! 1 want to know the
earmarks so I can tell another such
blissful period. I should say that,
though nations have risen and fallen
by moral laws,, yet it waa when the
people were yearning for a moral ideal
and fighting for it, though it was al
ways growing in size before them, that
the nation had its "golden aire."
CLARENCE W. KELSO.
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First Golfer (who Is beating th parson
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