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MOVING LESSON IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
Along the streets of Omaha next Wednesday will
pass one of the greatest pageants ever devised in the
world’s history. Pagan monarchs in ages past cele
brated themselves by barbarous pomp, displaying
their own exploits to the gratification of their own
vanity. Civilized kings have amused themselves by
similar parades, now and then merely imitating their
ancient predecessors. Incidents have been seized
upon, allegories have been exploited, and poems illus
trated in pageant, and even some bits of history have
been so exhibited. But not in our time has an at
tempt been made to visualize the history of a great
nation, from its inception and birth to the culminat
ing epoch of its splendid career, as in this effort of
Ak-Sar-Ben.
It was a veritable inspiration on part of John
Lee Webster that took him before the board of gov
ernors of Ak-Sar Ben last spring with the outline.
Also, the board showed judgment equally inspired
when it gave to Mr. Webster the sanction that has
been so carefully and completely carried out.
However familiar Americans may be with the his
tory of their home land, they lose nothing from hear
ing it repeated, and when it is presented as it will
be in this pageant, the effect ought to be to revive
and strengthen the sense of patriotism in all. Indeed,
that is the very thought Mr. Webster had in view,
and which he has endeavored to embody in the
parade.
Any one of the events that will be illustrated
would in itself afford a theme for extended discourse,
and altogether they will give a connected and com
plete record of our country’s history. Ak-Sar-Beri
has in the past shown many fine things, but nothing
so great as this.
AUTUMN S GREAT OUTDOOR SPORT.
Football is again taking the spotlight in Jhe sport
ing world, and generally among those who love clean
athletics just for the sake of the game. Essentially
a college or school game, it has been the means of
setting in motion a series of reactions that have
greatly influenced the life of the people. For ex
ample, appeals for physical training to accompany
mental culture were mostly in vain, until it came to
be understood that a good football team was an asset
to any institution of learning, and that football en
tailed some attention to other forms of sport.
The world had known ofAmen whose learning was
deep and profound, and who also had huge biceps
and well developed calves, besides other muscles, and
who could use them, too. It was said of the great
Dr. Johnson that he once at least boasted he could
use his fists, and did so to the surprise and discom
fiture of a huge bully of a waterman, who had taken
umbrage at the doctor’s appearance.
But mere brute force is not the aim of educators
who are devoted to the ideals of a healthy body as
the fit tenement for a sound mind. That football
calls for an excess of power and endurance, perfectly
co ordinated, is true, but it also demands alert mental
processes as well, so that the star player is one who
can think as well as act. The only serious criticism
that is lodged against the sport is that it so greatly
overshadows the others practiced in connection with
schools that it assumes a proportion totally out of
line with its actual importance.
The public is much to blame for this, because the
spectacle of two great football teams has an attrac
tiveness that is not afforded by any of the other
events, and so the fees paid to see it make up the
bulk of receipts on which the existence of the athletic
department at most of the schools depends. When a
day comes that “gym" is made not only compulsory
but is not expected to be self-supporting, the so
called lesser sports will come in for a better show
than they now stand.
Yet no game played out of doors or in through
the fall of the year will ever rival in favor that of
football. The titanic crash of well drilled elevens,
struggling for mastery, with all the thrills of unex
pected as well as directed plays, holds a fascination
not to be denied, even by the most sluggish of souls,
while to the youth in leash of tutor’s authority it is
intoxicating with an effect nothing else can produce.
No scene is more stimulating than that at a football
match, where even the most staid of mortals for the
moment takes leave of his sobriety, and becomeg u
howling maniac, as he joins all around in raving col
lege yells. Ponce de Leon’s fabled fount had nothing
on football.
AUSSEY HAS A VERY GOOD EYE.
Premier Massey of New Zealand is a wise old bird—
he has to be to head the government in his home land.
His opinion therefore is worth its face value, and a
little more, and that is why we devote this space
to one he expressed while going through Omaha on
his way to London. An inquisitive reporter pressed
him for an expression with regard to Italy and
Greece, as to the Ruhr, and some other matters
statesmen are expected to know all about, but Mr.
Massey pleaded ignorance. In desperation, the re
porter asked him what he thought of the American
girls.
“Now you are talking,” chortled the great man
from the Antipodes. He went on with an explana
tion that previously he had made his trips to and
from between Australia and London by way of
Canada or the canal, and had missed what he
reckoned as the greatest thing in his life, the Ameri
can girl. He lauded her, he praised her, and, had a
chance presented he probably would have embraced
her.
But he did not tell Omaha or the world anything
new. The pity is that the premier’s observation was
restricted to what he could see from the car window,
or on the train. He ought to take time to stop in
pome of our large cities, and meet the American girl
enmasse, to see her in her every-day glory, and
then he would realize what a boon it is to be an
American citizen. Not merely beenuse he then could
vote and do other acts that smack of sovereignty,
but he might daily behold the most wonderful parndc
that passes under the sun, that of the American
girl.
Anywhere from 1 to 100, no. matter what her
ng.’, she has a little something on all the other girls
of the world, and we are glad the visiting brother
from the other side of the globe noted this, although
ho did not need especial gift of observation to make
the discovery.
THROUGH THE RAIN.
Walking in the rain! It's an almost forgotten
joy in this age of automobiles, taxicabs and street
cars. These autumn days when the rain comes down
gently and intermittently, while the air is warm
and there is just enough wind to blow the drops re
freshingly against one’s cheeks, give frequent op
portunity.
There is something of the primitive that stirs
within, something kept alive in our blood from the
days when our ancestors roamed the mountains and
dwelt in caves. That’s why it is pleasant to feel the
spray in our face and to let it fall upon the unpro
tected head.
The streets are almost deserted except for the
ubiquitous automobile. The houses seem like brood
ing hens keeping their occupants snug and dry.
Trees, shrubs and flowers hold up their leaves
thirstily to the soft kiss of the drops. A Jersey cow
stands tethered in a vacant lot, chewing her cud,
happy in the rain which has driven away the flies.
Between showers little barefoot boys and girls
come chattering from the houses and wade in the
water. A black squirrel which has been observing
the shower from his window in a big box elder tree
now descends the trunk, with a nut in his mouth
which he buries in the ground, covers up< carefully
and then scampers back to his house as more drops
begin to fall.
Sparrows don’t mind the rain. They sit on wires
and keep as snug as possible. Robins appear on the
lawns and gobble the worms flooded from their un
derground caverns.
It’s a wretched day for chickens, which go about
with tails turned down dejectedly, apparently
grumbling at the rain which interferes with the
work of honest fowl. But the ducks and geese in
many a back yard quack and honk joyously.
Never is the air so pure and invigorating as in
the rain. Keep your feet dry. That’s the principal
health rule. Let nature take care of the rest.
And oh, what an appetite you have for dinner!
Something like what Hairy Breast, your remote an
cestor, had when he came back to his cave after a
rainy day in the mountains with the drops splatter
ing his naked body and his feet sploshing through the
puddles.
THE MISTAKE OF LIEF.
Old Mazeppa was right: "Time at last sets all
things even.” School authorities in Minneapolis and
St. Paul have decided that'the saga of Lief the Lucky
and Eric the Red shall become a part of the course of
study in the public schools up there. That portion
which tells of the pre-Columbian voyages of the
Norsemen to the shores of North America will be
especially emphasized, so that the descendants of
those bold seafarers will know something of the ex
ploits of the Tenth century forebears.
However, this setting of Lief alongside of the
Genoese explorer is likely to throw into high light
another phase of the matter. Making all due allow- j
ances for differences between the culture and en
lightenment of the middle tenth and late fifteenth
centuries, wonder still is excusable at the motive
which led Lief and Eric and the others who ventured
with them to prefer the east coaat of Greenland to
that of Martha’s vineyard.
Verily, there ia no accounting for tastes, but
choice here made is not easily understood. Remains
of the big and little farmsteads set up by those colo
nists who fled from the wrath of the king in that fara
way day still stand as monuments of the enterprise
of a hardy people. Iceland carries on, and a new
race has developed in the region where the Norsemen
found big timber in plenty, grapes enough to fill
them and gain for the land the name of Vinland,
wild animals and wilder men, but seeming to lack
some charm needed to hold them.
The conclusion that can not be escaped is, to use
a Minnesota formula, “Minne for Columbus, and ha
ha for Lief the Lucky.”
A BLESSING THAT MAY BE A CURSE.
Today, as always, the world is ruled by women.
Spain is rocked by revolution. A military dicta
torship is set up. The very throne of Castile trem
bles. And we learn that the cataclysm was pre
cipitated by a powerful politician whose wife was
snubbed by wives of other politicians who considered
themselves her betters.
In the same paper is a paragraph which tells of
a man caught robbing a slot machine. He said he
was trying to get money to buy his sweetheart a
pair of silk stockings.
Isn’t there something terrible about this power
of woman? The softness of white arms, the redness
of Cupid’s bow lips, the curve of a velvet cheek may
upset man-made kingdoms or induce a penniless man
to risk prison for a few dollars with which to buy
silk stockings for his sweetheart.
This mystic urge of the woman not always is
malign. It is the power behind great achievement*. 1
Without it man wouldn’t build railroads and steam- 1
ships, and skyscrapers; he wouldn’t spend hours in
laboratories; he wouldn’t venture to the unexplored
places of the world; he wouldn’t write books. Back
of each achievement is the woman with soft eyes
and tender words of commendation and faith.
Yea, though a man be of but small importance
in the world, his wife may take as great pride in his
little successes as though he were president of a
railroad. Those women who take lightly their re
sponsibilities and pull men down instead of push
ing them up, distort a beneficent power into a curse.
, HIS SOUL TRIUMPHED.
A week ago almost unnoticed passed the cen
tenary of a great American. It may have been
unfortunate for Francis Parkman that another emi
nent American was occupying public attention just
at that time, but in years yet to come his name will
shine with steady light, while that of Jack Dempsey
will only be a mark in the record of the "P. R.”
September 16, 1823, Francis Parkman was born,
to grow up a great soul in a feeble body. He never
gained much physical strength, hi* long journey over
the Oregon ty-ail leaving him worse off instead of
bettering his frail physique. Yet it provided him
with material for one of the most subtly chnrming
narratives In the English language. lie also gnined
on that journey experience that strengthened a de
termination already reached to write a history of
the early relation* between the white and red men In
America. This was later broadened, until the series
of work* he produced stand tc justify the verdict
pronounced by no less n critic tFian John Fisk* that
they belong ‘‘In th* highest rank among the world's
masterpieces, along with th* work* of Herodotus
Thucydides, and Gibbon.”
Blind for several years, lame, tortured by menta’
a* well a* bodily Ills, Parkman never swerved from
his great undertaking, urn! finished in triumph. The
world affords few examples to compare with him,
hi* Inflexibility of soul carrying him over such moun
tains of obstacles as not many men ever surmounted.
The casual reader is delighted, and even the student
at timps may forget that it is authoritative history
he Is perusing, so great is the charm of stylo of this
remarkable man,
The Lantern
By DON MARQUIS.
When Earth Was Young.
When Earth was young! What sights
when Earth was young.
What sights, what sounds, what
flights of monstrous wing! /
What lyric tigers from the dusk gave
tongue!
What quaint beasts couch’d to hear
what Orpheus sang!
What squirming dragons catched and
mocked and drawn
By pranky sirens through thq tinny
sea!
W'hat galloping centaurs up the slopes
of dawn
Sped with a thunderburst of hoofed
glee!
What chuckling humor sculped the
flesh of earth
To clownish shapes and whims and
grins of art!
What sudden beauty flashing through
the mirth,
What sudden terrors leaping at the
heart!
When Earth was young, what frolic
revelry
What moods grotesque, what plastic
fantasy!
Prize fighters are getting as touchy
about their ages as popular actresses.
It is only when a performer feels
himself slipping that he takes the
trouble to lie about his age. Capt.
Peter Fitzurse, who will be 91! years
old next March, Is proud of hlH years,
and takes every opportunity to men
tion his age.
The captain, by the way, has his
own method of testing liquor these
days. He carries with him, always,
a sword cane. He pours a little of
the liquor on the blade, and if the
liquid is so vicious and felonious that
It eats Into and corrodes the steel, he
knows it is too bad for him to drink.
Then he makes the bootlegger who
tried to wish it onto him drink three
fingers of it. If the bootlegger re
fuses the enptnin jams three fingers
of the sword cane into the varlet’s
gullet.
Lots of men set out to make a mil
lion dollars so earnestly that the
nerve specialists charge them two
millions to straighten them out
again.
The Failure of Civilization.
The World
Has always been
Too dodgaated dignified
To invent
A good back scratches
Marriage ... a theme prolific
of epigrams and sterile of conclusions
French Without a Struggle.
I laugh until t am tied In knots
At some of these here French bon
mots.
In order not to Influence a child
one must first be careful not to he
that child's parent or grandparent.
Heredity being what It is—and isn't
it wonderful!—we have the notion
that when a child does wrong his
parents should lie punished, and not
he; It isn't he who hag done wrong.
It Is his forbears; his father and
mother should be warned agsinst hav
ing any mors children of that sort.
If a child shows himself incorrigible,
however, he should he decently and
quletlv beheaded at the age of 1?. leaf
h* grow to maturity, marry and per
patnate his nature.
The vagabond Is the only kind of
bond not subject to fluctuations of the
market.
No man should write of sorrow until
he has conquered It and can laugh
at it.
Inconsistent Auntie.
Grown ups are so puzzling!
Just the other day
I saw Auntie starting
To see the matinee.
Dut she wouldn't take me—
"You're too little, dear!'*
I Just gave a sniffle.
And cried one little tear.
An' what you s'pose she said then?
"I declare now, Sue.
Aren't you 'shamed to cry like that,
Great big girl like you?"
KLl.KN GLINKS.
Famous Sajiugs of Antiquity.
Atlas: "It’s a great world If you
don't weaken."
Pandora: "Troubles never come
singly,"
Medusa: “I can never do anything
with my hair just after It has been
washed."
Procrustes: "Fortune makes
strained bedfellows."
Sisyphus: "A rolling stone gathers
no moss."
Prometheus ton Caucasus!: "Birds
of a feather flock together.”
Tantalus: “The time to stop Is
before the first drink.”
Daily Prayer
I command th»**» this d*v to lov® th®
Lord thv Uod—Iicut. 30.16.
Our Heavenly Father, we come to
Thee this morning with praise and
thanksgiving for Thy rare and love.
We nre grateful for the temporal
blessings Thou hast given us, and for
th© loved ones we have to enjoy W#
thank Thee for the gift of Thv Son.
and for the Holy Spirit.
We ask Thee to forgive our sins
and to cleanse us from all unright
eousness. Be with us this day. and
help un to bt kind and court eons.
Help us to he more like Thee. May
our eyes he opened to the opportuni
ties for serving Thee and helping
others to know Thee. Whom to know
aright is lift* eternal.
May Thy Spirit he with those, at
home or ahrnnd. who preach or Teach
salvation, and grant that the word
preached mnv not return unto Thee
void. He with those In authority,
and may they rule with Justice and
equity. Comfort "as on© whom his
mother comfort gthM those in trouble
and sorrow, and strengthen those 1n
sickness
Our Father, hear our petition, and
keep ns this day without sin. for the
sake and In th*’ name of Jesus, our
Savior. Amen.
<*!,A It Kti’K n MITPfllCM*
Haverhill. Ma-n
The Hr eat licvlvctl.
"I understand you nr# going to re
vivo Shakespeare ”
•'Am actor doesn’t have to revive
Shakespeare.’* answered Mr Storm
ingtun Barnes “But there's nlwnys
a chance of Shakespeare’s reviving an
actor.”— Washington Star
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for August, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily .72,114
Sunday .75,138
Do,, not Includ, I,ft
ovtri, samples %©r paper# spoiled ic
printins and Includes nr aptclal
j asles
B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr.
j V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
| Subscribed end sworn to before me
this 4th day of Septfitilifi, 102.1.
W. H QUIVEY,
(Stal) Notary Public
Tile Omaha liee welcome* let
ters from readers recording in
timate observations of animals or
plant*. A bird perhaps one lias
■een while waiting for a street
car, or a voluntary flower or nome
creature one has come upon in
tile woods away from the noise of
the city—these ,are—and always
have been—-of interest to ether*.
WHAT HOWELL SAW IN ALASKA
Salmon were formerly found In
great numbers In the rivers of Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington, but
Intensive fishing has practically wiped
them out In California and largely so
In Oregon. However, the Alaskan
rivers afford a very valuable resource
of this character.
The salmon formerly made their way
to the livers of Alaska In early sum
mer In such numbers that one would
almost believe one coyld cross the
streams on their backs. As they get
Into the higher reaches of the river,
the salmon pair off, male and female
continuing together, throughout the
rest of their excursion to the spawn
ing grounds.
On the way up the rivers the sal
mon are beset by numerous foes;
chief among these Is man, hut the
hears of the region are also very de
structive, as they will take their posts
at some strategic point along the
stream and, as the salmon pass, will
throw them out on the river bank In
great numbers, thus destroying many
more than they eat. In fact, they
seem to enjoy fishing as much as do
humans.
As the pair of salmon makes Its
way up the river, It negotiates rap
ids, jumps falls and, after many hard
knocks, a lucky pair finally reaches
the spawning grounds much the
worse f ir wear; In fact, they look
mur-h like veterans.
Upon reaching the end of their
travels, they proceed to dig a nest
In the gravel, often three or four feet
leep, and then the female begins to
deposit the eggs, which are fertilized
by the milt of the male; then a layer
of gravel Is deposited over the eggs.
Then another layer of eggs Is put
down, and so on until the nest is
filled. While this is going on, the
calico trout watch on every side,
every now and then darting In and
feeding on the eggs. Of course they
are chased away by the fish, but.
nevertheless, during the spawning
season the calico trout when taken,
are found to he full of salmon eggs.
After the nest is completed, the sal
mon swim slowly away, linger around
for about a week, turn upon their
sides and die, and thus the salmon
finishes the cycle of its life.
At the end of about six months the
eggs hatch, and when th* young sal
mon grow to three or four Inches In
length thev make th»lr wav down the
rivers to the sea, one species to reach
maturity and return In tw-o years,
another In three years, and the red
salmon of commerce in four years
While In the sea the salmon travel
zreat distances sometimes they sre
found 400 or 500 miles away from
their native rivers, hut when the time
comes for them to return and spawn
upon the grounds where thev were
hatched they do so with unerring ac
~uracy. every salmon returning to Its
particular stream
R. R HOWELL, Omaha.
Close to God
By WILL M. WAITIN',
Dut here In th’ west where th- skies
are blue.
An’ th’ pra’rles stretch t’ th’ far
off hills:
Where you git handclasps that are
warm an’ true.
An’ you breathe the air that'll cure
your Ills—
Well, away out here Is th’ place fur
me,
Where th’ stars smile down on th’
pra'rle sod.
An’ th’ soft winds blow on th’ ranges
free.
An* a feller e’n git right cloat t’
God!
Away out hera where there ain’t no
smoke
To’hide th’ rays o’ th’ genvul aun.
An’ a feller that’s fillin’ hla lungs
don’t choke.
An’ c'n fill 'em up without crowdln
none.
Where w* ain’t ao rushed Just a
chasin’ gold
W# lose good sense an’ go on th'
prod:
But breathin’ faith from the days of
old
We Just git up right dost t’ God!
Out west, where neighbor* are all
four square.
An' you meet your feller* plum’
fare t' face;
Where t’ live plum’ level's a dally
prayer
An’ t' go broke tryln’ ain't no dis
grace.
Where disgrace Is only t’ (It an’
whine
By th' side o’ track* real men have
trod—
This good ol' west 1* th' land for
mine,
Where a real he man gita acquaint
with God!
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The Last Days of
Summer
Down by the river the reeds grow tall.
Tall and thick by the river.
Down by the river the redblrds call.
And the dragonflies dart and quiver.
And the shadows lie cool
Over each amber pool
By the side of the dreaming river.
Out on the roadway, the dust mounts
high, 4
Swirls high In the air and turning,
Falls in a haze from a dazzling sky
Where the August sun 1s burning;
Burning the milkweeds.
Bursting the weed seeds
While the highway sighs, choking
and yearning.
Hot Is the breeze where the highway
lies
Under the blaze and quivers.
Cool Is the air for the dragonflies
And the depths where the brown
carp shivers.
s Bow hum the wild bees,
Dusty and tired bees
Beaded with treasure from wild
flower givers.
Hold dance the butterflies out on the
highway,
Flutter and settle like gay autumn
leaves. -
Hray is the stubble clipped close to
(he byway;
Holden the treasure of harvested
sheaves.
Old soon the butterflies.
Gone soon the dragonflies—
Hold shall the summer die, yet no
one grieves.
Quiet and cloudy the first breath of
morning.'
Chirrups the grasshopper all the
day long.
'■How through the dust the beetles go
swarming,
thrill Is cicada's harvest time song
And listen now quick at
That sound from the thicket
Where a callow young woodthrush
is learning his song.
Settles a haze o'er the still dreaming
river.
Softens the rays from the brazen
sk.v.
South turn the redblrds with flutter
and quiver.
Cool stretch the roadways. Autumn
Is nigh.
Still dance the butterflies,
fihrlll still cicada cries.
Summer Is dying, is gone with a
sigh.
—Winifred Newman, Hastings, Neb.
Center Shots
The Lancet recently reported a caae
of a man who could not tell when he
was singing and when talking. He
should make a hit in musical comedy.
—Punch.
A Kentucky lady Is convinced that
women are naturally adapted for the
business of banking. She ha* no
ticed that they're good teller*.—
Toronto Dally Star.
An ardent golfer wag asked If he
didn't love nature. ■■Tes.” he replied,
but nature never laid out a perfect
golf course." — Louisville Courier
Journal.
In some part* of th* country they
pronounce barber "bobber" and It Is
Just about as descriptive.— Syracuse
Herald.
The man with trouble should be
consoled by th* fact there are so
many people borrowing It.—Oakland
Tribune.
"What th* allies lost at Lausanne
th* Turks have found.—Washington
Post.
The world admires a man who has
sand and sens* almost as much as
one who has dust and dollars.—Illinois
State Journal.
A man Is old when he csn yawn and
go to bed and lsava th# hero In th#
middle of a bad fix on page 184.—
Akron Beacon-Journal.
There ar* at least three ways of
setting ahout reforming the world—
all of them Ineffective—London Sat
urday Review._
Out of Today's
Sermons
Excerpt from the sermon by
Rev. W. F. MacNeiU, pastor of
Grace Itaptiat church, Tenth and
Arbor streets. Sunday evening on
the subject, "Where Are the I’o
lice," follows:
Where are the police?
Text, Ezek. 33:7: "So thou, oh son
Of man, I have set thee a watchman
unto the house of Israel."
A good place to study the CopStF
tutlon of the United States Is to study
the police force of your own city.
The very name "police1’ is the Eng
lish form of the Greek word for city.
The police department is the city's
most effective advertisement bureau.
It can neutralize the Chamber of Com
merce efforts or Intensify them as it
Is efficient or inefficient.
Furthermore, the police department
is the mirror in which the average
citizen can see what he thinks of the
law and the constitution. The police
department in the last analysis is
you. If It is inefficient it is because
you want It so: if It Is efficient It is
because you are on the job. Give the
police force the whole-hearted hack
ing of the law respecting citizenry
and the results will be immediately
apparent.
Morale la as necessary for winning
the battles of peace as it Is for war.
It Is a vital necessity In policing a
city. Incessant and covert attacks
from whatever source If they suc
ceed In their purpose mean a crook's
hand In your pocket or his bullet in
your heart. Policing a city Is a hard
and thankless job. And the way to
make It easier Is for us to be more
appreciative. And the way to that
happy condition Is to have the bat
teries of our life recharged with the
spirit of America.
What makes the Constitution of the
United States a great document? Not
alone the provisions It contains. But
rather the spirit that breather
through ft. Its mother was love of
liberty and Its father the dauntless
spirit that achieved It. When the
sacred document becomes flesh of our
flesh and bone of our bone, then shall
we become true progenitors of the
faith of our fathers.
It has been well said that America
Is a spirit, not a geographical boun
dary merely. There are those born
here who don’t belong here. Ameri
canism. like Christianity, on which it
Is founded. Is an enthusiasm It grips
the very soul. And our times cry out
for crusaders—for men and women
thoroughly Impregnated with the
spirit of the founders of our repub
lic.
We reed a new order, the Order of
John Hancock—citizens who by their
deeds write about their subscription
to American principles so big that no
one—friend or foe—will need glasses
to see where they stand.
City Crop Steadily Growing.
Hogs are produced on three fourths
of the farms of the United States and
in all of Its cities —Philadelphia In
quirer.
Ends That Meet.
"Don’t you find it difficult to make
both ends meet?"
"Mot the end of my money and the |
end of the week "—London Anawers. I
LISTENING IN
On (he Nebraska I'rrsa
Nebraska’s grape crop has gained
considerably over last year. Just
another glass of wine, please.—Hast
ings Tribune.
The state board organized for Wmf
purpose of undoing the work of the
courts and Juries has recently had
another session at Lincoln. It Is de
clared to have been quite a successful
one!—Grand Island Independent.
Resolution passed by the board ot
education over at Callaway makes It
compulsory upon the students to com
pl.v with certain rulings as to dress.
This is done so that there may be
no rivalry In dress among the girl
students. The ruling as passed re
quires the girls to wear middy blous
es and skirts, gingham or dress of a
similar material, and also they must
wear cotton hose to school. This is
not such a bad ruling when you un
derstand that each girl wishes to ap
pear as neat and to wear as fine
clothes as her schoolmate. It ban
worked a hardship with the parents,
many being financially unable to
clothe their children in the fine tog
gery that was worn by many girls.—
Merna Messenger.
Mr. Legislator Auten, who headed
a university Investigating committee
at the last session, makes public de
mand for the resignation of Chancel
lor Avery. Rather high-handed, we
should say. First, what Is the
charge? It Is proper that the chan
cellor and the public should know.
Mystery and sensation are entirely
out of order.—Kearney Hub.
Governor McCray of Indiana faces
bankruptcy through farming opera
tion* on a great scale Fortunately
for his creditors and himself he re
fuses to take the bankruptcy act as
a raft on which to float to security.
The country Is sympathetic toward
•i man of Governor McCray’s sort and
it hopes he will come out of hl» dif
ficulties with colors flying—as he un
doubtedly will.—Nebraska City Press.
Mrs. Coolldge says there are
enough birds In the White House now
and refuses to have a canary shipped
to her from Omaha. The first lady
is wise.—York News-Times.
If Italy has to avenge national in
sult*. why not direct her military
forces against the guy that wrote
”Yes. We Have No Bananas.”—Nor-,
folk News.
A reporter for The Omaha Sunday
Daily Bee gives an Interesting account
of a trip on a fast engine between
Omaha and Columbus in which from
observations he gives his opinion that
accidents at rail crossings are due to
the careless motorist who, in spite of
the signals from the approaching en
gine, takes a sporting chance trying
to beat the train. Recently while we
were taking an auto trip, we noticed
that often when we were approach
in a railroad crossing cars would
come shooting by even though the
engine was seen approaching and
close upon the crossing. Maybe we
are a little timid when approaching
a railroad crossing—we had a close
shave ourselves once—but it is better
to be timid than be dead.—Stroma
hurg Headlight.
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