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PERHAPS.
If wo could live ten thousand years , perhaps
we'd see this earth
All radiant with smiling and all musical with
mirth.
But men and likewise nations all declare with
warlike zest ,
"We'll show you we're the biggest , oven if
we're not the best. "
And they blow upon the bugles and the mar
tial drums they pound ,
And it's weird and weary waiting till a thou
sand years roll 'round ;
But at last there'll bo rejoicing through the
near and distant lands ,
When wo get these matters settled and
wo all shako
hands.
Those who study human nature say that
while it's strange it's true
That men like each other better when they've
had a fight or two.
The hand of many a foeman in all friendliness
you've gripped ,
And you found him a good fellow when you
had him good and whipped.
The Chinaman talks nonsense and the Russian
seems to sneeze
How can wo get in sympathy with languages
like these ?
But perhaps there'll come a time when each
the other understands
And we'll get these matters settled and
we'll all shake
hands.
Washington Star.
We cannot come
BUFFALO JONES , to any definite con
clusion as to
how many Buffalo Joneses there
have been , why they were so
called and how many of them
are now dead. All the papers agree
that the "original" Buffalo Jones
died the other day in Salina , but his
initials vary all the way from H. L. to
O. J. We have heard of B. Jones for
many years as a dealer in the Ameri
can bison , and had supposed that he
had his name from his occupation.
We now learn , however , that he was
a member of some legislative body ,
from western Kansas , at a time when
his constituents were almost exclusive
ly buffalo , and that this circumstance
gave him his fame. And here comes
. the usually well-informed Atchison
Globe , and says that he ' ' succeeded
in perfectly taming a number of wild
birds , and. was called 'Buffalo
through his sympathy with the lower
animals. ' '
Is it certain that the buffalo sym
pathized with the lower animals to
any marked degree ?
On Sunday , Oc-
ANOTHER FAST tober 27 , the Bur-
MAIL TRAIN. lington placed its
fourth exclusive
fast mail train in service between Oma
ha and Chicago. It leaves the Council
Bluffs transfer depot at 8:05 : p. m. ,
arriving in Chicago at 7:05 : a. m. an
eleven hour run.
This gives the Burlington two ex
clusive fast mail trains each way
daily on the Omaha-Chicago run. No.
24 , as the now train is known , and
No. 8 are the east-bound trains. The
latter leaves the transfer depot at 4 p.
m. , arriving in Chicago at 2:20 : a .m.
No 7 and No. 15 are west-bound train ,
the former leaving Chicago at 8 a. m.
and arriving at the transfer depot at
2:80 : p. m. No. 15 leaves Chicago at
9:80 : p. m. and arrives at the transfer
depot at 7:55 : a. m.
For several years past the postofflco
department's figures have shown that
of .all the transcontinental mail pass
ing through Omaha , 72 per cent , lias
been west-bound and only 28 per cent
east-bound. In recent years this con
dition of affairs has been gradually
changing , as a direct result of the
west's great prosperity and the largely
increased mails from the Orient , so
that these figures are not correct
now. The increase of east-bound mails
is equalizing the volume of the carry
ing business to such an extent that it
has become necessary to put on addi
tional fast mail trains out of Omaha.
The Omaha Bee.
PLANTING TREES.
The Shenandoah Sentinel , comment
ing on a suggestion of Mr. Morton's
in The Conservative , that a tree be
set out somewhere for every child
that is born , expresses itself as fol
lows :
J. Sterling Morton's beautiful fad is
tree planting. He originated Arbor
Day and is bound to have "arbors
plenty. Its all right too a good
thing. But he didn't take account
of the difficulties in the way of car
rying out the plan. Thousands of
babies come to parents who have no
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spot of ground on which to plant
trees and thousands more to those
whose little town lot is already full
of trees , while on the other hand are
thousands who have abundance of
ground but no babies. Babies and
trees , both well formed and trained ,
will save Nebraska or any other state
and make it arboreal and ideal. But
you'll have to arrange it so that
there'll be an arbor-master to plant
trees for those babies who come with
out a foot of ground to stand upon that
they can call their own. A better
plan to make the state "beautifully
arboreal" was suggested by the Sen
tinel not long ago and that was that
every pupil of every school in the
land , * on Arbor Day , go out and plant
a tree along some public roadplant it
with his or her own young hand and
give it a name and call it his or hers
through all the coming years.
THE SCHOOL QUESTION.
Some time ago The Conservative ad
vertised a symposium on the Public
School Question. Owing to difficulty
in compiling it , considerable delay
f
resulted so that it lias not yet ap- HE _
peared. However , the articles are
now in hand and the symposium will
come out iii next week's issue , No- Jjlji.i
veniber 28th. | | | 'J
Among the contributors are Judge
Orrin N. Carter , of Chicago , whoso
recent attack upon modern education
al methods attracted so much acten- IIHV ,
t ion in the west. Judge Carter takes | | / |
the same position in his article for
The Conservative and it therefore will
be read with great interest.
Professor Ohas. W. French of Hyde
Park High School , also contributes ,
and so does Rev. Jenkiu Lloyd Jones ,
Professor Allen 0. Fling and others
equally gifted and experienced.
That issue of The Conservative will
bo especially useful to educators and
all those who have the intellectual
interests of young America at heart.
A CORRECTION.
A recent telegram sent out from Ne
braska City relative to the age of the
Nebraska City News and the date of its
birth in the old block house here , is
historically incorrect.
The first number of the News issued
from the block house was dated April
12 , 1855. It was published by the Ne
braska City town site company. It was
edited by. J. Sterling Morton and the
foreman was Thomas Morton.
Prior issues of the News were printed
at Sidney , Iowa , and the type and press
never reached Nebraska City until
1855.
1855.After
After the town site company became
tired of the newspaper business the two
men mentioned , as editor and foreman ,
bought the outfit and continued the
publication. The News is the oldest
newspaper in the state of Nebraska , but
was not the first printed in Nebraska ;
the first was the Bellevue Palladium.
INTERNATIONAL LIVE STOCK EX
POSITION.
On December 1st , 2d and 3d from
Kansas and Nebraska , and December
1st and 2d from Oklahoma and Indian
Territories , the Great Rock Island Route
will sell excursion tickets to Chicago at
rate of one fare plus $2.00 for round
trip , with final return limit leaving
Chicago December 8 , 1901. These re
duced rates give a splendid opportunity
for a cheap trip to Chicago to attend
this great Exposition which in interest
and in the number and excellence of
exhibits will surpass any of its kind
ever held. For full information consult
nearest Rock Island ticket agent , or ad
dress E. W. THOMPSON ,
Asst. Gen'l. Pass. Agt. , Topeka , Kas.
French , German and
Spanish taught by mail.
Every student furnished
a $20 Edison Phonograph.
Illustrated circular tree.
INTERNATIONAL
CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS ,
Box 1396 , Scranton , Pa.
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