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DICTATORSHIP BY PROPAGANDA.
Just because a horse is incapable of working
in double harness is no reason for assuming that
he can pull the whole load alone. This homely truth
may well be applied to the situation at the state
capital.
Governor Bryan has made it plain that he de
sired no advice from the legislature or from hny
other state official. Having drawn up a plan of
state government centralizing all power in himself,
he pronounces it good, announces that it will save
$9,000,000 in taxes and declares that it must be ac
cepted without change.
The legislative branch of the government he
assails and defies. In place of its deliberations he
attempts to substitute the force of propaganda.
Twice he has sent out an appeal to the people of
the state to write their legislators insisting that
whatever measures he proposes be put through
without alteration or delay for consideration.
There are ninety counties in the state, yet
he challenges each legislator to debate the question
of Nebraska’s government with him at the county
seats—a thing that would take more than three
months.
All responsibility for the conduct of state af
fairs is not centered in the governor. Even though
Mr. Bryan charged that Governor McKelvie under
the code system had the powers of a czar, now that
he is in office he wishes more power for himself
than McKelvie had. Once he claimed that under
the code the governor appointed all minor officials.
Now he asserts that corporation lobbyists desire
the code because they can influence secretaries to
make appointments favorable to their interests. For
merly he charged that the code secretaries were de
void of all real power, merely creatures of the gov
ernor. Now he claims that to leave even three of
them would be to have four governors instead of
one.
Power—centralized power—that is the aim of
Nebraska’s new governor. Day after day he asks
the people to believe that ho is the only honest, con
scientious and capable person in the state house.
He considers himself so eternally right that all who
differ with him are criminally wrong. He is not
able to work in double harness and therefore wants*
to pul! the whole load of the state government by
himself.
Under his outline for the revision of the code
all appointments would be made without the con
firmation of the senate and not a wheel could turn
without his nod. He has even extended this scheme
to include new powers to go into any county or
town and dismiss the law enforcement officials with
out giving them first a hearing in court. He has
barred newspaper reporters from the meetings of
the state capitol commission. Such nows a3 is given
out of the probe of graft charges is to come through
him. The explanation given is that otherwise the
news might be distorted—that he is the only one
fitted to sift the matter and get at the truth.
Already there is an instance of the way in
which his power to appoint state employes would
be used. It is pnly a small matter, the appointment
of a new stenographer in the insurance bureau at a
salary of $90 a month. This is more than any
other girl doing the same sort of work is paid.
Under the code system employes were carefully
graded in such a way that each one performing the
-ame sort of duties received exactly the same pay.
Political pull found no place in the uniform em
ployment system, which amounted to modified civil
service. As a girl advanced in the quality or na
ture of her work she automatically entered the next
highest rank, with an increase in pay. This merit
system, maintained by the finance, department, would
be obliterated under the plans of the governor. It
would be preserved under the simplified plan ad
vanced by Representative Dysart and his commit
tee. If there is to be economy, such businesslike
practices as this must not be abolished.
These two plans are now before the legislature,
put before the house without recommendation cither
for or against, for full consideration and debat^. It
should be possible, out of the two to arrange an ef
ficient, economical plan of government. The gov
ernor has refused to work with the legislature. But
the legislature should not therefore refuse to con
sider any good features that it finds in the gov
ernor’s proposals. Nor would the people of Ne
braska like to see the legislature abrogate its func
tions and pass any sort of measure, however unwise,
merely because of the governor’s gift of propaganda.
KEEPING EDUCATION ASHORE.
A considerable part of the increased costs of
education results from the fact that pupils nowa
days enjoy better buildings, better laboratories and
better facilities of all kinds. Public opinion in the
main endorses these improvements., even though the
realization Is growing that any economy that does
not interfere with the proper development of tha
children must be put into effect if taxes are to be
held down.
The decision of the Omaha board of education
not to install a swimming pool in North High school
is a welcome sign. The $21,000 thus saved can bet
ter be applied to relieve the congestion in other
parts of the city’s school system. The patrons of
F'arnam school, who have been demanding relief
for their children who are now housed in a worn
out building, can at last see hope. Twenty-one
thousand dollars is sufficient to construct two school
rooms, and there will he a further annual saving
in the expenses of maintaining the pool.
The rate of growth of Omaha’s school popula
tion is such as to add 8n expense close to $500,000
a year for new buildings and teachers. At the pres
ent rate forty additional rooms, the equivalent of
two large achools, will be required each year. The
school board is wise in looking forward to this need,
even though such modern innovations as swimming
pools will have to be eliminated. Education for the
present had best be conducted on dry land.
As if the world were suffering from a dearth of
bone heads, the inquiring archaeologists have now
. ug up one 500,000 yearn old. He would feel right
el home if he were here now.
ONE RULE FOR ALL AMERICANS.
One issue to be fought out is clearly defined by
the president, in his letter to the secretary of the
Federated Shop Crafts at Jersey City. It has been
growing for a long time, and will have to be defi
nitely settled, one way or the other, if anything ap
proaching permanent peace is to be established in
the transportation industry
president Harding charges that certain railroad
magnates are responsible for the fuel famine in the
eastern states, where so much of suffering has pre
vailed during the winter. These leaders have re
fused to adjust their differences with the men who
went on strike last July. A result of this is de
rangement of transportation, because the rolling
stock of the road3 is not in condition to handle the
business.
Messrs. Loree, Atterbury and others named by
the president feel they are well within their rights
in their opposition to the shop crafts as formed.
The supreme court of the United States has held
them to be wrong. It is beyond reason that the
workmen should be required to accept without any
question the decisions of the Labor board, and yet
leave the railroad managers free to accept or re
ject as suits their convenience the orders of a gov
ernment agency.
If our government is to remain a government of
laws and not of men, all who live under the law
must respect and observe the law. Willful groups
of labor or of capital should not have the power
] to disturb the public in pursuance of their own
j plans. A decision of the supreme court rests equally
i on all, and the railroad president who defies it is
i tending to anarchy just as surely as is any red
agitator who ever mounted a soap box.
Chairman Hooper of the Labor board, discuss
ing the present situation, uses this significant lan
guage:
It Is a. weak government which does not pro
vide some method for the adjustment of labor con
troversies In the essential industries, without per
mitting them to be fought out between the Im
mediate parties. A government which stands by
and permits capital to oppress labor in these great
essential Industries and permits labor to wage civil
war for the redress of its grievances, real and
imaginary, invites and will ultimately encounter
chaos.’’ m
Along with this should be considered the atti
tude of the Bteel industry, which has just secured
in the District of Columbia a restraining order to
prevent the enforcement of a government regyla
I tion requiring certain information to be reported
| monthly. These giant combinations are an out
j growth of our civilisation and its attendant indus
trial development. The question is, “Are they to
control the government, or be controlled by the
government?’’
TURK AGAIN TALKS TURKEY.
Refusal of the Turkish government at Angora,
which really is the Turkish government, despite any
pretense thwt may be made at Constantinople, to
| accept the Treaty of Lausanne leave® the entire
j question in the air. Terms proposed by the assem
. bly are in effect those offered by Ismst Pasha at
i the conference and on which Kcmal and his assu
dates have stood since the Greeks were expelled
| following the rout at Smyrna.
Should these terms be accepted, it means the
1 entire readjustment of the Treaty of Versailles and
! of Sievres so far as the Near East is concerned.,
i The Turks require that occupied territory be re
turned to Turkish control. This means the restore
tion of Mesopotamia to the empire, involving the
destruction of the kingdom of Iraq, the dismissal of
| King Feisal I, and possession of Mosul by the Turk.
Palestine will go hack to the Ottomans, the neutral
tones around the Dardanelles - will be abandoned
and France will have to give up Syria. Already the
Greeks are out of Smyrna and eastern Thrace, and
Armenia is restored to where it wae in 1914.
A word from William T. Ellis, one of the closest
observer# among Americans, written at Lausanne,
may give a serviceable view of the Turkish attitude:
“The tragtfj truth Is that Turkey is lark in
Eurofe as a conqueror. an<I knows tt; anti also
know*, apparently better than Lord t'urzon him
self. that an Allied, army to fight the Turkt it to
day utterly impossible, and that tho British nation
will not consent to a war in Turkey over either tli
capitulations or Uosul oil. So, after all, it i
really the Turk^' conference at Lausanne. '
Relying on the knowledge thus expressed, the
Turk is again talking Turkey to Europe. We still
believe there will be no war with Turkey, for rea
sons that are obvious, and that peace will be set up
on a substantial basis, bat the Sick Man of Europe
will be consulted before it is Anally done.
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Senator Norri* knows ha got considerable di6
| cussion started, if he did miss out on his const;tu
' tional amendment This should encourage him to
I go ahead with it in the next congress.
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1 Omaha furnishes the democratic member of the
I new farm loan board, showing the president knows
where to come when in search of a competent mnn
1 of the opposite political faith.
Half a billion dollars spent for ice cream and
candy in 1921, and not all by the youngster?.
, Pretty soon some crape hanger will set up a howl
about this dreadful waste.
i i . - ii
Little Johnnie is now threatened with four terms
. of school tsch year. This may make for efficiency
; of school plant use, but what about the boys and
girls?
A burglar who was so busy he had to keep hooks
and a card index of his victims deserves some no
tice, especially from the police.
Only 14,000 measures were lost in the shuffle
when the end came to congress, most of which never
will ba missed by the nation.
Homespun Verse
By Robert Worthington Davie
EVENING SCENE8.
Mothers are sewing and fathers recline
Olad In their favorite chairs;
Children are singing and breathing the wine
Of bliss In the lyrical air*.
Deep the contentment that linger* tonight
Over the home* of the free;
Tender the music that sserns to h« quite
As soulful as music can be.
Heart* are as bright as the stars afai
Serene as the glow of the moon:
Tile**, are but picture* of beauty that are
Fair as the dowern In June
rl lieae are Hie homes that are likened to Muy
bovely and placid a* llll*e are white;
Till* Is lh» workaday world ut Its pln>
Seeking and ftndlng unfathomsd delight.
Songs of Courage
By John G. Neihardt
AND THE LITTLE WIND—
Said a rose amid the Juno night to a little wind there walking
(And the whisper of the moonlight wag no fainter than it* talking);
“It 1* plainly providential," so remarked the garden Tory,
“That tho ultimate essential is the gentle rose's glory.
Let the sordid del vers cavil! Through the world-fog singing seaward
And the planetary travail God van slowly groping me-ward.
Weary ages of designing, aeons of creative throes
Spent the Master in refining sullen chaos to a. rose!
Shall He rob*: His chosen meanly? Look upon me; am I splendid '
Here she stood erect and queenly, curled a lip and ended.
And the little wind there walking, riot desirous of dissension,
In a gust of cryptic talking freely granted the contention.
'Like the murmur of a far stream or a zephyr in the sedge*,
Scarcely louder than the star-gleam raining silver on the hedges.
Came a whisper from the humus where the roots were lolling blindly;
'They enslave us, they entomb us! Is it just and is It kindly?
Ours, forever ours, to nourish—oh, the drear, eternal duly!—
That the idle rose may flourish in aristocratic beauty.
Not for us Hie wooing, tender moon ( merges from the far night
Not for us the morning splendor and the witchery of starlight;
Not for us the dulcet cantlon of the rain to throbbing lutes;
And there's no cerulean mansion for the roots.”
Now the little wind, demurely sympathetic, cogitated.
And declared the matter surely ought to lie investignted.
‘Fie!” observed the fair patrician, "on their itilly martyr poses'
Not content with their condition, always wanting to lie roses!”
Whereupon a. theophanic, supcrlunar phosphorescence
Flung tlie haughty into panic, awed the humble to quiescence.
Twas the Vintner of the June wine on his world-wide, endless vagrance;
\nd he spoke the tongue of moonshine in the dialect of fragrance:
Brother, Sister, softly, softly! Glooming, gleaming though the way be.
Who is low and who is lofty in the scheme of what you may be?
Bride and plaint ure irreligious. Hoot and blossom, lo! you plod
Upward to some far, prodigious rose of God! ’
And the little wind, though slyly sleeping out the time of talking.
Woke to praise the sermon highly, and continued with his walking.
u brom State and
-Nation”
Editorials from other
newspapers.
Gambling in Sugar.
From the American Sugar Bulletin.
Earl D. Babst. president of the
American Sugar Keflning company,
has made the following statement: "I
have just returned from Cuba after
an annual visit. The sudden jump in
the price of raw sugar naturally is
very gratifying to the Cuban people
and will be very helpful to them in
their undeserved rewrites. It, how
ever. mystifies them not a little. The
weather In Cuba is fino and the crop
moving, rapidly.
"The supply of sugar in th» T'r.ited
States, according to our weekly can
vass. Is ample. We have on our books
practically a 30 da}- business for our
customers and lave raw sugar to
operate all of our refineries at capac
ity for that period. The one thing,
however, thn' we. as refiners, cannot
provide against is a stampede either
in the trad" r • among consumers.
Such unthinking action only tdav a
:oto the bands of specuiati and the
public puts up sugar prlc*.- on it (If
unnecessarily. These facts are given
to the public iu an effort to foies: ill
oven a start of conditions which l<d
to the overbuying of 19-0.
".Sugar statisticians. wh- tier gov
emntent or private, should r> mem
ber that they have only part • f the
facts. It Is their oflice merely to
record statistics. When tin y em
inent ou their statistics or prophesy,
ihcy then step out of their office and
do so with grave risk to the public.
The present speculation on tin- N* w
York Sueur exchange Is greatly to be
deprecated. Tbo.-. who fust. :■ it id
those who follow ;i . inducing
a gambling element into a food ns i*
sitv. which in my judgment should bo
left entirely to the law of supply and
demand.
Terms of Congressmen.
From th* ?tiiwauk*e Sentinel.
The move to change the term of
members of tho house of repr. *enta
il ves from two to four years mists
questions that are altogether pxj com
plicated to bo det'lilol offhat I.
Tim. remain* to he - "it. It m v L>.
desirable to t.vi c. ngi.-M-men a t -t
and make their tenure of .til. n lit
tie more secure, instead of ■ t
man for tho purp. . t i
starting his campaign for r< tl . >
But w hether u four-year I -m v> otild
. ure conger srn. n of tl>. I.. . ..f
Ing re-election and regulating their
conduct with an eye to the. > asto-niry
'second cup of coffer i» .ir-oiijer
question. Concern for th future Is
inherent in all elective • .flier* The
presidential term Is four years. v<-t
'■ears ago Lowell ctiinpl.ii d that
presldsnts live more iu th. future
than In the present. The old Herman
emperors were elected for life, and
Lecky says that they generally «p> nt
their lives trying to secure th< -,ic
> -’ssion for their families.
One might reflect thai bv r vine
congressmen a r. st. the voter- weald
also get .-I rest, which i - .!«.«..•■. ... d
I
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fie# fh*RK* l<1 fin,1 n ■ »u
•II, making m#ntloo >>f -n » ■ ■ » .•*■ *jr.
«*•», remembering without ■ « jr
' •• k cf fnilI,-. at. I I . 4
T^'rn# of hep* 'u i.iir i#
*'hri»t, fn Ih* *lgh? of <».m| ■ j jr
Father; knowing, Prethr r, t ur
*!**•. Mon of Qn-I I »
rot unto you in w-of.j • . U n
pnwar. a ml In the H ',i I ,n
much aaauraner — J Th *0 .1 I ; .
Internal Ood, our I- ■«11»< r’ r- u <
go out Info th»* world tu in* # t p. i, (|e
-1 ml temptation*. wo roino 1 ■ Tin*
f«»r *tri ngtli f*» fortlfv * u* phit*
Give lie Thin* own hrm«»r—Trull m
our thmifhtii «nd motive*. 0*1* won't*
and net|r»ne. ft Ptii-e of 4*t»l• _ »tp
jour work and in all our tvlatk •
I rotirage to floe lifAmlly, In tu-. w
know we are true and therefor* have
lie Father with ue. May >■ ,. daily
tgakn. whether common pin < • . x
jftHad, ho glorified In the i oi'h I'Hj*
neae that we are doin. uii( 1 Hi. r
bidding Give it* pa Mem* with the
»hortrointi|0a of other*. and v ! ion In
the dlaripilnlnr >f our « hnni. f*r..
M;«v no evil blight thia >i « I mar
the finikin •] rtttiottiro of . r Ihw
but may w* keep ourealvc une potted
from the world. And .ia w .. mir
gaveral way* wilt Thou w.iieh b*
tween u* while wo ur* nlwent one
from the other. Grant in t bne prnver
in c.*hrl*t'a name Amm.
CHARt.M A KAp'N. i» ?' -T \.
N># Tork <*li), n 1
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for JANUARY. 1*2.1, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily.71,665
Sunday.78,845
B. BREWER. Oenorol M«r.
VP.RN A. BRIDGE, Cir. M«r
Swora to and •ubmlhMl b*lora me
this 3d dmy of Irbtuery. 11*2.1
W. II QUIVF.Y.
<3«el> Notary Public
fd under tho system of primaries
which makes two elections grow
where one was before. But as long
as state administrations are elected
every two years, no great extra effort
Is required to add the names of con
gressional candidates to the ballot.
The fundamental consideration Is
the question of keeping tho lower
house of congress in close touch with
the people, Such was tho Intention
of the constitution, and the people will
he slow to depart from this principle.
In fact, the current of public opinion
at present Is In the other direction.
atonal and presidential primaries
aim at more direct contact with the
people, though in practice this object
may not always be achieved. But It
is easy to see that a four-year con
cress, together wth a four-year admin
i"t rat ion. may stray far from popular
sentiment without reaiiruig Its drift.
A two-year term not only keeps the
house responsive, but Is also a valua
ble reminder to the administration.
Icet's Hare Facts.
Kfom t’-! Norfolk New*.
Governor Bryan's recent statement
th.it there ie or will be a deficit In
‘'ate fund* of about M.OOO.OOfl has
met with severe rrlticitm from those
"ho have studied |t. it |. charged
that the governor has included dupli
cal ions In his figures; that he has
jvmIii -ted certain expenses and
tii it h< has failed to take Into ar
• irit the tax mom y and other funds
t i will come in between r.ow ard
tic i nd of the year.
Tin- KOvrrn..r's proposal to save the
‘at- 19.000,000 in the next two years
change* provided tn the forty four
•■ills he lias just Introduced Into the
legislature ha* also met wttb conaid
•raliln fling. Hi* plan to do away
with 1 j0 state employes 1* said to be
hi ■ ) upon the rather flimsy sub
terfuge -f taking the lists when they
contained the maximum number of
name-, not as they are now. State
"d! ■say Uiey cannot do the work
the governor's plan would put m their
a-'ci. ui!h Use number of employe*
he proposes to give them.
Thi’. .- a strong suspicion that the
lovtrnor i« trying to make a showing
for i.oiiomy Instead of attempting to
work out a feasible and economic plan
for conducting the -tate government.
Tl, s suspicion ahould not. however,
prevent o fair and unbiased Snves'.lgar
tlon of his proposals.
l! i‘ easy to make suggestions
"i a ay ticcome the basis of a
i.i vo a car h lienee; especially
f th- s igKcstion* are turned
■ i ,nd u-ver put to the te»t What
it' public wants to know t* just how
I; n cr-it there i« In the Brian pro
i < od this It is ih( business of
legislature to determine.
Common Seme'i
Grt lour I'lan l mkr Way Thit Very
l>«>.
V- i ire long on kl«u but *hort on
<* > ing them to completion.
Full f f rnthu*iA*m when you bit
up** : »n idea you think mffht be vaV
, uaM*?. But w ben it* development re
qutrf work. poaalbty <Jru»lgery, your
enthurtaam begin* to w*nc
ft not take much fop you to
Jo** our .imbltion. und no many
i * - *i ilr\\ hll* tdcii "f you re di^r* with
out u nrtbw til lev result*.
j tin \on inoy chagrined and
t* ttcrlv Mnme vnureetf when antn*
!• n m.ikt < t *u« «'eee of a
t'. irt nvl: r to th»* one you were too
y tn |2iit into "fttvntlon.
At 11>• mi • t niiunent you have
—' .1* tmi »vj atvny which
" l ' .] twvAMt financial*
1' »»»■! H# a s. i >oil allow thcae
nil i- to n it«iH dormant.
• h* f iiuuy f iturc m not a good
oim* for tlif* hh’* you hope to at
\.>n i* the time to Mart, for .• may
t .i*:' time tha ><>u think to
• win or t-w f > nui’ |jl:«n
1 -itfUM' to Mart an undertaking ha*
■"•I tm»n> *i man to t*« . failure.
COopyrifht. 1132 )
Ll< I 1*1
AFTER THF “FLU"
Epidemic
Leaves
Much
Suffering
While the "flu"
epidemic which
wept tli* country hut a ahort Hm*
ic.i woe not no vere ae the former
outbreak. II lefi behind It theueanda
l people who wer< weakened and run
down.
In Juel «Ut h <-ondllloua aa th
I idin John’a Medicine haa proven
of greatest value.
He rich food elctnenle ere ao aclen
tlflcnlly prepared that It bulhle new
[elrenglh and liealth without Impoa
I lug ally extra burden upon the weak
| ene.1 dlfMtlvo a.' atom. Vath'ir John'e
Medicine la a Hue tonic Iw.-auae It
doea not stimulate. hut actually build*
now Nliength through added nourlah
nienl in a form mini really taken up.
It la anfo for all lha family to take
hciaiiee It i» gun vail toed free from
.alcohol or dangerous druge
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“The People’s
Voice*
Eliterlaii Iren reeSen e» rite Merilnt bee.
Reeder* ot Tbe Morale* Bee are tented te
uee title relume treat* tor extreme* on
matlere el eebHe telenet.
Advocate* More Men Teacher*. *
Hamburg, la.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: The purpose of our pub
; lie schools ia to mould the minds and
character of the growing generation
, along tbe lines of civilization and
gor-d citizenship and Impress upon
!ihem as they advance the fundamen
tal principles of good government, su'-h
as our forefathers wrought and la
bored to maintain. And, withal, the
cultivation of a moral atmosphere.
I the uplift of social system and a de
j cent respect for mankind,
i Such was the need that called into
i existence our public school*. But in
; this day of advanced Id as end so
‘tailed progress we are losing sight of
some of the vital elements which
i should compose our education, to
; make Its purpose endure, we are los
, ing some of the virtue and moral tone
I that is necessary to our social Integ
rity. Without which we cannot long
| endure as a race and nation.
Next to the movies, our public
| schools need censoring in matters of
discipline, morals and dress more than
.'.riy other problem before the people.
Our graded schools of today present
more the appearance of a dress con
test-—with the girls—than an educa
tional Institution. The pupils of the
upper grades and high school divide
their time between making •‘dales’
for “joy ridrs" and "petting parties '
and their studies.
The nverag* teacher In the grades
lias not lived long enough nor well to
: realize her responsibilities, nor tbe
i Importance of he.- precepts and n
1 ample tc, the youthful minds under
h»r direction during this, the f row*
j live period of their lives. A majority
of the teachers are mere girls them
selves and tinctured with the present
, day “lip stick" vanities of life, and '
I their code1 of morals and ideas of dlr
Iciplinc do rot. to say the least, exert
a wholesome influence upon the minds
I of the pup'lg.
After the primary and two or three
; grades b dewing are passed, the pu
tills should have teachers of more ma
I ture minds and experience. Supple
1 nientlng this, a fair proportion of
' worthy men should be employed in
the capacity of teachers. In days
past woman was little known In the
school room, and I do not feel that
with all the changing condition* of
life, we have made it better by swing
ing the pendulum to the other ex
I trente.
What we need further is to get
hack—<r forward—as you please, to
sane and wholesome living in the
| home, and to bring these same
thoughts and purposes into action in
the schools; to teach the growing
minds both by precept and example
the th'r.ea that are vital and worth
wh:!o it thic life. rjth»r than to live
Just for the seeming pleasure* of to
day. following the lines of least re
sistance. which will surely make of
their future lives but a trifling and
worthless existence. And this will
mean not their lost.- alone-, but a loss
to humanity. to civilization, and a
threat to oi.r national existence
L A n
Are Bachelor* Blind?
Fremont, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha B»e Please inform Mar
ried Man ' that we think ail the nice*’
men are married. Only the seasoned
grouches remain bachelors, blind to
the fact that the charms of women
are being increased day by day in
everyway. SOD AND GRAbS.
An Old-Time Poem.
I Omaha—-To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Looking over some
of three score years ago in which j
Lite member of the legislature in New
England had placed copies of poems
written at odd times, simply fer hi*
own amusem-nt, there w-as found,
among others that had become
dimmed with age:
THE MIDNIGHT HOl’P
T lev* tb* si lent midnight beer,
i To mo It «m« with thrilling power.
And though to aotr.e it }oylea# be
Tet hath It many chxrmi for me
Tu eweet vo !*are -he rare# nf dxy
To alt end mux# (h.a hour a*»ajr.
I love ett faney’a xlry wing
To ooer abosa each earth-Oom th.r.g
led in Imeg'.ite'ion fly
fo dletar.t tl.o.e resime on l L.
Vnd l.i try mind a pathway trace
Through a!l tbtx -art. this t.-urg *
•P*c« SUB.
Solomon* H isdorn.
The archeologist* are now phuiuir -
to Invade Jerusalem in nil attempt
._.*
Our Secret Ambitions_
1 NEIGHBOR.
1 WUiFUWEK.
i
L. .
to find the tomb of Solomon ar.d his
wives: bu' if Solomon bad half the
wisdom with which he Is credited, he
left explicit orders that his tomb be
located at a considerable distance
from that of the rest of the family.—
Columbus Dispatch.
They !>on*t Mi*.
Whc-n someone poors o;l on 'fSI
troubled water* of diplomacy, any
where from Mosul to Mexico, they
become more ttoutled.—Syracuse
Post Standard.
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DECENTLY
A^ a young busi
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w a s overheard
advising a friend
to consult the First
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garding his busi
ness affairs.
that as a result of
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when he began business he was today m splendid
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i
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