Tt! Harmea Piess-Jairal
AUIS05,
NEBRASKA
Arbitration should come before, not
after, a strike.
Housecleaning la never as bad as
the poems written about it
Th racing automobile is the dead
liest toy that mUIlonalrlsm has ever
amused itself with.
If men were compelled to sit In the
hot sun and fish all day they would
consider It a hardship.
The Russian bear believes In the
open-door policy so long as he sits In
the door, it would seem.
Following the Karageorgevitch dy
nasty may come In a short time the
Krag-Jorgensen dynasty.
In due time the Servians will become
tired of shouting "Long live King Ka
rageorgevitch!" It is harder to say.
Senator Lodge says that our peril to
day is "Irresponsible wealth." A little
of thia brand of peril would not go so
bad!
Some men stick to a thing like a
postage stamp all the better after be
ing licked Into a realization of what Is
expected of them.
As long as your sweetheart finds
fault with you, you are safe. But when
she finds fault in you, be sure to look
for another girl.
" Solomon In all his glory was nowhere
beside the boy In uniform who comes
home on his first vacation from the
military academy.
The young men who argue that there
are germs in Ice cream are the ones
frho combat the theory that there are
microbes In kisses.
The new King of Servla became
jreatiy excited when he was Informed
of his election. We can't blame him.
Being elected King of Servla Is no
laughing matter.
A New Jersey man has found a 400
pearl In an oyster. Still, It will not be
tdvisable for any man who has a good,
Keady Job at something else to give
It up for the purpose of hunting pearls.
It is all right to tell us It is not al
ways wrong to tell lies, but will the
eminent gentlemen who advance this
theory and go farther and advise us
how to compel others to believe the
lies?
fluorine gas has at last been lique
fied and solidified. This only leaves
one gas, helium, to be experimented
upon. Helium only exists In the so
lar atmosphere, and It will be
work getting any.
hot
Clerical gentlemen who assume to
nit in Judgment upon other clergymen.
not even of their own denomination
need to be reminded that there Is an
eleventh commandment which Is of
great value even though It was not
graven on the 81nitic tablets. It
reads: "Mind your own business."
The stress of national rivalries Is
probably too great for any language to
bave the universality that French once
bad In Europe. But if any tongue trl
union's, It is likely to be English. When
the Emperor of China telegraphed to
the Mikado of Japan a message of
sympathy for the death of relative,
he sent it in English, and the Mikado's
reply was also in English. English Is
no doubt easier to telegraph than Chi
neae, but the selection of English in
stead of soma other European lan
guage Is significant.
Uncle Sam moves so quietly and
swiftly that very faw people would be
aware of the work going on at the
new fortifications If tt were not for
the newspapers. For the psst two
years at Gushing' s and at Great Dia
mond Islands two of the most mod
trn and strongest forts on the Atlan
tic seaboard have been In process of
construction. They are the results of
the highest engineering skill hi the
land. The fortifications embody the
latest and most approved points In
military construction snd both forts
mount batteries of the largest guns In
the world. When completed Port
land, Me., will be the most strongly
fortified port In America, and as a
strategic point one of the most im
portant In the country.
Whan the greatly afflicted "Mrs. Vroo
man received bar divorce In a Missouri
court she was so much affected that
ab fainted. Walla wa bare not close
ly stodled the manners and customs of
sUrotTeeav wa ssmpeet that thia was
rather bad form, quite nnwomanJy ant'
pndlgnlfled, m fact Our very boat
people, ta New Tort, Newport and
Chicago, weald aoora to be guilty of aa
tetJoa exhibiting each savprWnf lack
0 avif-essstrol; eta wa Mat not for
get that
mvs) a wadlln, data a aaw at
Chit they mCm the ntpttttMItt
fetch
trt ta
traarar, C Cut Cant a wmmaa m dj
rmrftf aha timet ta tht ordinary,
r 1 1 c trr- z u
t ::zm mtzJZZJ&UjjmSirt mad
erst Ion or two of the higher social life
to fsee the divorce court ss one of
those annoying but necessary Incidents
which should be encountered with
lofty coni and a superb Indifference.
"More men fall from the want of
(force than from want of judgment,"
said Dr. Smith, who preached the bac
calaureate sermon at New York Unl.
versity, "and it would appear that ed
ucation often tends to reduce rather
than add to a man's forcefulness."
This very daftly hit the nail on the
head. Knowledge develops caution
and an indisposition to take risks. Jt
also develops sensibilities that are bo
finely attuned that the possessor of
tbeni is apt to go a long way round to
avoid a shock to them, and thereby
loses the race. Some Ignorant man
with narrow vision has seen nothing
but a short cut across, and has taken
It. While knowledge, confused and
rendered timid by Its breadth of view,
Is weighing complications and consid
ering chances, Ignorance, seeing noth
ing but the end to be attained and the
means, plunges blindly and recklessly
onward and triumphs. The educated
man Is apt to spare himself at crucial
time. He is apt, to, to place a far
lower estimate upon material sueeessei
than does the Ignorant man. He se.
far more In life than a warm back and
full stomach, and no his aspirations
and efforts are divided. It Is perhaps
not so much a lacu of force as a di
vision of It. Dr. Smith has scored a
strong point against higher education,
if we are to look upon mere selfish
achievements as the standard of suc
cess. Hut, on the other nana tne eau
cated man has subjective delights In.
dependent of material achievement
that must be counted Into the reckon
lng.
It Is a problem, says the Baltimon
News, that means much to the Indus
trial and physical well-being of a large
portion of our population the problem
of mastering and using the rainfall in
the Mississippi watershed, Instead of
permitting It to go on an annual ram
page, a menace to the numerous popu
lation skirting the banks of the river,
There are arid lands along the course
of the Missouri which need badly each
season the flood water sent down to
swell the lower ..lisslio'lppi torrents in ,
the early spring. In all' the territory
drained by the upper Mississippi
scarcely a season pusses when there is
not a lack of rainfall at a critical time.
Forests throughout that region have
been swept away. Swamp land lias
been drained. Every channel Is open
and free, and as soon as the winter
snows melt the waters hurry over tho
frozen ground Into, the rivers, And
there is a flood. Scientists of to-day
have found that not ouly are the for
ests important In the preservation of
life-giving inolsrurs, but they alao tend
to prevent floods. Even the dust of
the desert plays its part, for meterolo
gists tell us that without It rain clouds
would probably not form. Men, in
their rush for wealth, seem to have de
nuded the country of forests and de
veloped a drainage system which
means alternate flood and drought. It
might be well If they would now try
to learn something of the conditions
under which nature will supply mols-i
ture without a deluge. Bringing about
these conditions would seem more ad
vantageous to a symmetrical develop
ment and much safer for dwellers up
on great rivers. Levee building mut
be supplemented by more extensive at
tempts to hold flood water where if
fa Us.
A rich, self-made Chicago man hm
put hlmst-lf to a great deal of troubl.
to write a book tending to show by sta
tistics and other facts that for pint
powes of success In business the colleg,)
education is a failure. Many of thtj
college people are laughing at him 5
and beyond question he does go to thq
extreme of an extreme. At the sarno
time the man Is honest, and the sound
Idea in his book will bear fruit Therj
Is a theory, says the Saturday Evening
Post, that the body can be properly
developed only by forms of manual la'
bor which are otherwise absolutely use.
less. Hence a boy scorns to learn
fanning or gardening or s trade, and
spends years In studying football, hand
ball, polo and billiards. There U a
theory that the mind can be properly
developed only by forms of mental la.
bor which are otherwise absolutely
useless. Let the ordinary college grad
uate honestly answer this question:
Except for "making a, front," how
much use have your Latin and Greok
your analytical geometry and differenr
tlal calculus, ever been to you? Tb'
fact Is thnt at the basis of much
"sport" and much "higher education''
dies the notion that there Is superiority
rn nU'lty to do, or plausibly to profess
nbllity to do, what the mass of man
kind bss not bad the leisure to learn to
do. As the run of humanity Is secret'
ly snobbish, the r raving for ornaments
that are supposed to constitute tha
"gentleman," for the nseleM hands
and Impeding frillerles that are sup
posed to constitute the "lady," would)
parish Indefinitely bat for one unsun
moantable fact. That Is more am
mora the world Is getting to be a place
where only the worker, only tha lusty,
alive "hustler," can maintain a foot
hold. And the college will bars to
recognise tha fact and to drop thedi
beloved, moth-aotea trapping of medi
eval km.
No Tlaaa ftor Thews.
"Bragg says tt kaapa him basy thea
daya keptng track of kkt aortal obil-
SdOM."
That may be tree; at any rata ha
dasma't asMaa to hat Ubm to hatha
Wfch hm teaaetsj MlgaUomM Fhl
HARD TO FORECAST.
FEW HINT8 AS TO FALL FASH
ION8 YET ABROAD.
Oreat Diversity of Opinion Anions
Supposed Authorities-Wide Variety
of Modish Wrape Elaborate Way In
Wnlch hammer Gowns Are Trimmed.
Ne Tora: correspondence:
ASHIONS for sum
mer reached their
prime only a few
week ago, their
best dirplay being
long delayed by un
favorable weather,
yet bow the talk is
of fall ijle. Wom
en at the resorts,
not yet over the fa
tigue of the season
in town, a rniuudeM
ble hem of which
lay in fitting and
the other worries of
getting up summer
dresses, nevertheless
are already anxious
to know what i
cumins;, and women
In town, dressmsk-
era, particularly, are on the lookout for
hints of the coming season. Little that
is reliable ia forthcoming. The reason is
that current fashion are much varied,
and It ia difficult to foresee which Items
of them will fall by the way and which
will hold over. This naturally is the
time when new features are few in the
shops, so little evideuce of what ia corn
ing can be seen, and when the shopper
takes to advising with aupposed authori
ties, she become confused because he
finds much diversity of opinion among
them. Early fall styles will probably be
those of summer to moat intnta and pur
poses. Then the older fashions will blend
into the new, instead of coming to an
end with a right-about Thia has been
tha way for several aeaions, a develop
ment that cool springK and late iuuitners
may have assisted. The blending pro
cesses are pleasant, anyhow, especially
for women of limited mean.
These processes are rmggestivi strongly
by the new wool fabrics offered for early
fall tailor suits. These goods vary very
little from the present ones. They in
clude many fancy suitings showing either
flecks, dots, stripes or fancy figure, all
of which points to leaa elaboration in
make-up, but it wou't do to be ure of a
wideapread change in thia direction.
Many new fsbrics show fancy borders,
often on both sides of the goods, so a lot
of the border can be inwi in the gown.
.This border w Bubmitted as a suhatittrte
for lace, paswrnenterie and other eliib-
MIDfUHaUR'l ELABORATE TRIMMING.
orate trimmings. Tha fabrtea ass light
la weight, many af them aaHeaably
wiry- Oanvss, velle and etsmlasi aaa
be won lata la the asaooa, sad tha esn
sfbl plan to fallow far bar who haa ta
eraetios tenor la ta make bar oammer
tailor gown a d!1 lets la the fall, whoa
H will be posses at tt knew asdaitsly
what m tho orvaar thlag. It m dlsaa-
to hart a gowa suae
that foa an tied far tha aatasag esessm,
ami thai to hm that paittralar stris
ttsmsa. This haw hath tho enea
those who bad s lot of shirt waist suits
mid early la the spring for summer.
Not la rhs memory was there aver a j
wider cholcs of wraps. Vary faw tight- !
fitting jacket arc worn, for this gar
ment looks best when it can b worn
tightly fastened, bat there is sn abun-
dance of loose coats and jackets, and it
U almost Impossible to be out of style if
only your coat is light In color, of coara
weave and loose. Many are white or In i
cream colors, bnt such are by no means
the onlv tirooer thins, for women who !
require a wrap that must giv hard1 ser
vice recognised the Impracticability of
these early in the seaatm, so turned their
attention to more serviceable ones. A ,
white wrap may be essentia! tor evening j
drees wear, but for ordinary service tana, J
blues, arrays and reda are availab'e. Red
ia pretty, but apt to look warm if the j
dy ia sultry and hardly ia a wia choice J
for a woman who isn't to have but one .
wrap. Many linen ones are seen, but j
look fresh for such a short time that they j
must be worn with discretion. Pongee j
coats are (treat favorites, even tliougn
they need frequent pressing to keep them
in condition. Many of them are bright
ened with a bit of stitching or cording
in color, a little of which relieves greatly
the trying pongee shade. Vulcs a wom
an has a fresh complexion thia color is
apt to tie very trying, and the addition
of a bit of color next the face will help
much. Four selections from the current
display of coats and wraps are pictured
herewith. Id the Initial i a bolero wrap
of light tan canvas cloth trimmed with
lraid of darker shade, with tabs em
broidered in shades of brown and with
brown silk tassels. In the group are
a dark blue taffeta, cut in circular
flnuneea and finished with blue pa-ae-uienterie
and Iltirsian lace collar; a nat
rul color pongee banded and stitchfd
with red, and a lisiit tan voile aelf-stitch-ed
and finished itii I rifeh luce. Besides
all these stylish sorts, there are beautiful
l:ice wraps, which are au expensive
grade because they mut have lining of
a aiik that haa body enough to set the
lace out well and give it a finished ap-
iiearnnee. Most light colore1 loose coat
:ire adorned with lace collars or other
lace trimmings. The heavy lace are ea
pecially attractive in such use, aa they
stay in piace much better than do lighter
ones.
In sorne w.ih suits and waists of white
iinen it is iinru to SnV" whether ta suit
is laae trimmed with linen, or linen trim
mod with lace. The lace Insertions often
are so wide that there is as much lace
showing as linen, and on one waiat the
entire top and bottom wereof Irish lace,
a band of white linen just below tha
bunt and aeroti the elbow being the only
linen showing. Much the same is true of
white suit and of linen dresses gener
allv. Three of them are put in the sec
ond of to-dny's pictured groups. The first
was a white handkerchief weave trim
med with embroidered nainsook lnser
tloos. Below It is s light blae Jiaea la.
ishea wftb Insertions of waits sm braid
017. and at tb right kaad Is aaathst
whits Haea elaborated wtth Marlets
drawn watt. The remaining gowa of
this grewo wae white Igarod awiaa, wtth
ef aohrt da Paris mas. wna
i made ap very
as thia ptetare Indicates, tha
aiaaa-ap la mach elahonttd. It
ly dsaa net eoevry amy MM of
My lar aatasam.
LKP US ALL LAUGH.
JOKES FROM THE PENS OF VA
RIOUS HUMORISTS.
Pleasant Incidents Occurring- the i
World OTer-fnyins-e that Ara cheer- !
ful to Old or losDg-Funa; Selec
tions that You Will Enjoy.
' I've refused dorge twice," she said,
"but It's no use."
".No v.-." .
"Not a bit. He believes In predes
tination." "Wlnit ha that to do with It?"
"Why. he thinks I'm predestined to
be his wife, and of course, If that Is
Ht, I'll simply have to give in. no
matter what papa says. He can't ex
pect me to defy fate."
Tar l'y In Ficht.
Mile Short tin married an helrea
last week am! lie declares she Is all
the world to him.
Giles No he's getting ready to col
lect the debt, eh?
Mil n What debt?
Giles Why, the one his wife owes
him. I heard him my one time that
the world owed him a living.
I'aaains: Amenities.
Growler Hi: HI! Carn't ycr look
out wher' yer a -com In'?
Omnibus Gam! Shut np. Jack-in-
the-Box! runch.
Most of the Stories Trne.
A story is told of a New England
minister who often speaks In behalf of
a charity In which he is Interested. At
the clowe of one meeting at which he
had spoken with great effect and a
urge gain for the charity had been the
direct result a little old woman ap
proached the minister. "Oh," she said
earnestly, "I've been so Interested In
bearing about those poor dear chil
dren! And I suppose a great many of
those stories you told are really true,
aren't they?"
A Pavinie Investment.
"Was It worth while to send your
four daughters to that 'fashionable
school 7
"Sure. One eloped while she was
there and the others came home en
gaged." New York Times.
Most Take III Turn.
Enraged Header I have coma In to
horsewtiip the editor.
Office Boy You'll have to wait sir;
there are two others ahead of you.
Life.
How be Cured Him.
Mother You say your husband no
longer spends his evenings at the club?
I laughter-1 soon broke him of that
"How did you manager'
"Before going to bed I put two easy
chairs close together by the parlor fire,
and then held a match to a cigar until
the room got a faint odor of smoke?
New York Weekly.
Why Not, Indeed?
N. Ane Willie. I forgot to wind my
watch this morning. Will you bring
It down to me?
Willie-Why don't you let It run
down? New York Sun.
Growing Like Weed.
"Why, Tommy, how yon do grow
Te. Auntie. I think tbey water
too much. Why, I'm hathol night i
morning."
me
and
Facts and Fascia.
"Ioe it cost much to lira In the
iiy?" asked the rural yonth. -
"About the same as It coats to live
In tkp country," replied the vlllago
siige, "but It coats Ilka fury ta keep up
a; .prai)cei.
Vanned.
"A souvenir," said the thoughtful
man, thoughtfully, 'la something that
we consider 'to be worth a whola lot
more than Its Talus." Chicago Eras
ing Post.
Cae and Bffact.
" omen evidently have bo sawao of
humor," remarked tha bald-baa dad
philosopher.
"Why do yon think thtwlyr aakad
the youth with the Ingrowing ma
tacbe.
"If tbey bad," replied tho pbilooophy
dispenser, "they woald norer got past
the love, borJbr and ebey part of tho
marriage eeremoay wlthtot aa an&hte
Milesian Notion of Mratagesa.
An officer once asked an Irishman If
he knew what a stratagem was. "Yes
of coarse I do." "Than." said the-
officer, "please explain ona to me." Pat
(after five minutes pause): "Suppose:
you were firing at the enemy and you
run short of ammunition and you don'?
want the enemy t know, why all yot
liave to do Is to keep on firing."
Correcting; Misapprehension.
"And this," exclaimed the traveler
from the old world, emerging from bl
state room and gazing dreamily at thO
shore line ahead of him, "Is free Amer1
ii-aT -
"No." said the bored looking passen
ger in the steamer chair, "luai is
New York City."
Made a Mistake.
"You don't menu to say, doctor, that
you can tell people s ages ly tueir
teeth, the same as if they were horses..
do you?"
"Certainly, madam."
Which explains why this particular
patient never went again to that par
ticular dentist
Neatness.
"I say." said the man who has to-
board out. "I've found the Ideal place
at last."
"What is the advantage V asked the-
mnii who has married.
The neatness of the place. Tho-
landlady keeps all the left-over crusts
separate and labeled, no that each maa
gets his own bread back In the bread
pudding."-Ixjndon Tit-Bits.
She Was a Treasure.
Towne That was a brave act of Ur-
ban's -rushing Into the water to save
a woman from drowning.
Suburb Brave fiddlesticks! It wat-
merely an act of selfishness on hla
part Towne Why, how can you say thatT"
Suburb The woman he rescued was
a cook that had been with him for six
months Chicago News.
How He I'roposed.
Mlsa Charmer How did Fred pro
pone?
Miss Milyun-He said he didn't
know what ho would do unless he got
Koine money right away. uaitimoro-
American.
A Blight nifference.
Haggard Looking Koom Hunter
Little girl, does your mamma keep
boarders?
Honest Little Girl No, sir; she take-
boarders, but she don't kep 'em.
New York Herald.
Opportan'ty,
She Yes. papa is nufferlng terribly
from gout he can hardly move b!0
foot.
He Bah Jove, Miss Goldle, some
thing seems to tell me to siw-ak to bin
about our engagement to-day Ball
Jove.
As to the rquallnpt.
"It's a shame the way those Squat
lop children are growing up, without
any parental restraint whatever."
"Yes; when their mother Joined th
woman's literary society and began at
tending all the meetings Mr. ftquaHo?
got sort of reckless and Joined a don't
worry club." Chicago Tribune.
A Human Clod.
TessRome men are awfully glow
aren't they?
Jess Yes, and they're so aggrav&i
ting. There was one snt alongside of
me coming down In the car this morn
lng. I
Tess You wern't trying to flirt wltlt
him?
Je Gracious! no; but be was reaA
lng a novel, and he was never ready tt
turn the page when I was.-Phil iel
plila I'ress.
Her ''reference.
"81iall I administer gns before ex
tracting your tooth?" asked the den
tist. "Well." answered the fair patlett
from a back township, "If It doesn't
cost any more I'd sat her you'd glvt
me electric light."
No Tronhle la House-If antlns.
Hicks I understand thnt yon and
Jetiklns have both found desirable new
tenements.
' Wicks Yes, Jenkins moved Into my
flat snd I moved Into his. Somerrllli
Journal.
Waan't Oaparst Itloa.
O Ilea Robinson Crusoe must havl
been a queer sort of cbsp.
Mllea Beet us why?
Ollea Becanao It waa Friday orery
day In the week with him.
ftasaatklag WiMg,
Meeker There' crape on tho doof
over the way. Old man Jonas moat bt
dead.
Mrs. Meeker I haven't seen tho do
tor stare for ore week.
Told thaTretb.
drth Amt Margaret atm
ho wouldn't merry tht boot
hbyma idldahe
Myth Tabt aha pot
ttotamm .