TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 14, 1910. It Tier Omaiia Sunday Bee FOUNDED Bt EDWARD ROHBWATER. VICTOR ROellCWATluR. EDITOR. Fntered at Omaha postofflce as second elaaa matter. TERMS Or SmsCRIFTION. Daily Fee (Including- Sunday), per wek..tKc Dally Bee (without Bunriey). tier week.. 10c Dally Pee (without Hundny), on year.. It 00 Dally Bee and Sundav, on year 00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER, Kvenlng P.e (without iinday'), per week..c Evening Be (with Htinday), per week. ...10c dunday Bee, one year.. 82. R0 Saturday Bee, one year 1 W Addreea all complaints of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. , . OFFICES. ' . . , Omaha The Pre Rtilldlng. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluff IS flrott etrert. Lincoln 61 Little Building. Chicago 1648 Marquette Building. New fork-Rooms 1101-1102 No. 34 Wert Thirty-third street. Washington 726 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. 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I. ..48,780 11 .... 41,190 12 7 .'...'.41,830 ' !..:.....' ..,,4 41,840 H ... 41,840 16 10. ....-.. .40,400 I8...1.V.'. 11.. ..41,880 27........ 11. .........41,010 28 II... .....i. 41,830 19 .40,380 . .48,870 . .48,880 . .41O0 ..48,180 . .48,870 . .48,040 . .40,800 ..48.310 . .48,890 . .48,300 ..48,410 ..48,330 H... 41,740 SO 48,480 11 ..4... .... 41,880 tl .40,300 It 48,850 ' Total 1,303,810 aetaraed copies. .13,887 e total 1,310,043 Sally a re rags 48,858 OEOROE B. TZ9CHUCK, .- v Treasurer. Bubecrlbed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st 'day of August. 1M0. M. B. WALKER. Notary Public Subscribers ItIbs; the city tem porarily "ebronld have ' The Be mallee to (hemJ Address Will be ebansjad mm. often as reeaeated. . Pshaw; we let dog days get by with out knowing. It : ' . . ... In mending bad -manners do not use too coarse- thread. - t . ., .. . . Several Jack-potters in Illinois seem to be still standing pat.'- "-. Aseassin Gallagher's repentance should hare preceded his bullet t The entire countr rejoices at the hopeful condition of Mayor Gaynor, Every time Senator - Aldrlcb taka up Senator Brlstow yells "Rubber" at the crowd. .... . I ... g i It Is against the political, not the religious, Influence of the church that Bpalnyrebels. , The task of getting a Jury to try Lee 0Nellf Browne muet be due to the record of the first one. J It Is astonishing how gentle these political bees are. They seldom sting fatally until after 'election. No 'Wonder the suSragetttes are down on cigarettes. Too good a chance at rhyming to miss. I ' ' f In spite of over-ealous reformers, the 'cause of good government con tinues to -make steady headway, t ' , Another advantage Mr. Rockefeller finds In bathing In whisky la that he does not get the suds In his eyes. Folks who complain that their city lacks civic pride should not drop waste paper on" the public thoroughfares. , buu, . ait . isose deeding champions of the people continue to take their share of the Chautauqua gate receipts. Why 'all this hubbub against the smokestacks? Do men' r want to tnonopollse the smoke nuisance them selves? t . ... . . . : ,!, , '.,'., i l . . Those thirty-five Columbus police men who' refuted to board street cars during a strike would be better off th'e force than on it , ' - 1 Aa governor of Nebraska, A. E. Cady would be a credit, not only to the republican party, but to the people of the whole state.' ' I V - T. i No question Is ever settled until set tled light That Is why we cannot say which has the best watermelons, Georgia or Missouri. Just imagine Mayor "Jim" in. the governor's chair representing the offi cial dignity of a great state like Ne braska. It is to laugh. I . i The else of those "attorney's fees mentioned in the McMurray case is enough to make the average lawyer turn green with envy. The best way for Omaha to rebuke Oovernor Shallenberger Is to nominate Cady for governor and then elect him over the democratic double-dealer. i It is needless for men to discuss "Occupations for Women" so long as women are finding lucrative employ ment in about every field man Is In The blackmailer draws no line be tween political parties. He would as soon, shake down a republican as a democrat; as soon bleed an anti-saloon leaguer as a brewe .The Beauty of Old Age. As a rule people mellow with age. As experience ripens Into knowledge animosities should fade Into charity and love-and wisdom deepen. It Is often Impossible to ward off infirmity, but neither age nor Infirmity nerd mean' decrepitude and age need not mean unhapplness. Nor should age narrow a person. It should distinctly broaden and deepen a man or a woman. What Is more delightful than the grandmother In the home who can cheer and help by her sea soned experience and-her glowing af fection? She has been all along the highway of life and knows Ha pitfalls and temptations. Her last years should be her best for the opportunity they offer of helping other to walk where she walked better than she did. Such a person can never become a bur den in the home of a child or a grand child any -more than can one or the other of these repay her for her wis dom and love. Where old age is crowned with such virtue It is a bene diction to be sought, and never a duty to be endured. Reminiscence Is a concomitant - of age, but It Is no warrant for that nar row fallacy that the "good old times" were the best, and the old person who can get way from this delusion can be happier with less effort than the 6ne who- lives entirely in the yester days of life. How delightful It is to see an old person who keeps up with the times, reads the papers and new books and converses on the questions of theday, and how much more re spect age like this commands than that that lies down to die Just because the evening of life has come. What is there in death that such a life can covet? The task which old age gen erally Imposes on youth is materially lessened -by a sensible recognition of what advanced years have to offer in the way of personal charm and influ ence. It becomes a joy rather than a task to care for the old person who has continued to grow with the pass ing of years. . Penalty for Assassination. Congress has made punishable ' by death an assault upon the life of the president, whether it be successful or not and It has been suggested that the law be made to apply to similar at tacks upon mayors and governors. The theory underlying this statute is that assassination is a treasonable offense because it strikes, not only at ' the life of an individual, but at the In stitution of government, 'and the soundness of the theory cannot be gainsaid. But even so. It may be diffi cult to extend such a law to general application. The question at once arises, where does' murder strike at government, In the assassination of a mayor, or a governor, or a presi dent? How about the chief Justice of the supreme court, or one of the asso ciate Justices? . Is any branch of our government more sacred than the other? And If it -would be wise to in. elude the Judiciary in the scope of the law,""' thea why not. members1 of ' con gress? For, the lawmaking body is of equal importance with the law admin istering "and law - Interpreting bodies. Of course, it would be hard to de termine how far down the official scale such a law should be carried, but the point Is that assassination differs from other crimes in its, atrocity and the penalty should be. made to fit the crime, to meet the ends of Justice. Nor does the act of congress In Imposing the death penalty, whether attempted assassination is fatal . or not, seem more than right or -logical. Mayor Gaynor, if he lives, lives in spite of the assassin's attempt and purpose. It mat ters little to the ' state,' so the theory of this congressional act argues, whether the bullet. killed or not It was aimed to kill.. There was no other intention in the mind of the assassin. One point on which, all Americans must agree, is that the penalty for this form of crime should be made as severe as the law allows . in each case, for the attempt upon an official life Is usually more than an .assault upon an Individual and the only way to com pel respect for government is to let the man who strikes at its embodi ment have the limit of the law. Mexico's Centennial. Mexico will' celebrate the 100th an niversary of Its independence on Sep tember 15, and it proposes to make the day an epoch in its career. It will nat urally be that, for it will mark the close and beginning alike of the most eventful periods of Mexican history. The country has come a long way to ward the goal of actual Independence and democracy since Costilla wrested the land from Spain, but it has a long way yet to go before it reaches Vhat goal. Eventful as have been these 100 years, the next twenty-five will undoubtedly prove more prolific of statesmanship If the republic keeps up its proper measure of progress. Democracy never has unfolded as readily under the rays of the tropics as in the temperate sons and yet the fact that the seed will grow In this southern sphere is proof enough that a mature plant may be developed. People may ask what Mexicans can claim as really distinguishing them as a republic and the answer Is fraught with some modifications,' Tor it is more republic In name then In fact Yet even though one-third of its constitutional lite has been spent under the reign of one man, It has taken the first step toward popular government and if the successors to Porflrlo Diss prove as wise and strong In the principles of democracy as he Is In the conception of monarchy that passes for democ racy, the republic will some day be jome a fact In belpg as well as In name. . But while Dlas has ruled for these thirty-three, years more like a mon arch than a president, he has done much for Mexico, while embo-Jylng In himself the national spirit and the na tional life. He has built up commerce and Industry and exploited the natural resources of the land to a vast extent and he has kept his country at peace most of the time with other countries. A hand as strong as nts was needed, and the fact that no man or set of men strong enough to unseat him have arisen gives some ground for the as sumption that after ti, while Dlas has been and is Mexico, It has been more to Mexico's edvantage than dis advantage. And In his extreme old age his control of government wanes no more than his Individual powers. for he Is strong euough to name his own successor, which be has flone In the selection of Vice President Corral, and we may assume that Corral Is a man of strength or he would not have been the choice of so powerful a leader. The United States shows its friend ship by sending a delegation to this centenary. Mexico has ever been benefited by the example and assist ance of the great republic to the north and indeed it is difficult to determine Just how much of its modern progress the Latin neighbor really owes . to the Ainglo-Saxon Influence. ( The Rewards of Politics. Talk as much ar we may about pop ular rule and the duty each citizen owes to interest himself In politics for the public good, the fact remains that the exertion of political activity is as a rule inspired by the desire to earn the right to political recognition. The choice which the people have Is not be tween rewarding or refusing to reward politicians, but between rewarding politicians of the desirable kind as contrasted with tho rewarding of un desirables. It should be the aim of the rank and file of all political creeds to stimulate clean, courageous and competent men to party leadership and to show appreciation of faithful and loyal party service when the oppor tunity offers to do so. These thoughts are , suggested by conditions now presented in the First Nebraska district where William Hay- ward is asking for the republican nom ination for congress. Mr. Harward la young) vigorous, Intelligent, sane and honest in fact, possesses nearly every qualification which most people would like to bare in their public servants. He is the kind of man every one wants to see active, in politics. More than that, he has, been active up to the pres ent time for others,, but not for himself;- He served for many years as member of, the republican state com mittee ana twice as Its chairman, con ducting .successful campaigns, he car ried two state tickets to victory. As secretary of the republican national committee he put in months of time, night and day in the presidential cam paign and received the personal thanks bt the president for his contribution to the gratifying outcome. In recogni tion of his party service Mr. Hay ward ought to have had an unopposed nomination for congress in his district for the asking, and even now he ought to have a practically unanimous vote of all republicans who believe that party service is worth while, and when well performed is worth rewarding. If such recognition is to be denied. what, let us Inquire, 1b to Induce un selfish men to devote their time and energy to the advancement of party principles and the election of party candidates. For the Impending elec tion contest some one will have to take charge for tho republicans as cam paign manager, and the right kind of a man for such a Job la not the man who wants mere money compensation. Is 'the party to give notice In advance that service is not only not to be re warded, but is actually to count against the man who renders It in caaa he later has honorable aspirations to office? If It comes to this, that the po litical rewards are to go to the men who form tho homo guard and send substitutes to the front, there will not bo many soldiers volunteering to risk political life and death on the firing line. The Private Loan Graft The inquiry Into 8enator Oore's charges of attempted bribery has served to emphasise a form of graft which is too common, If not generally understood on the outside. That is the graft by way of the private loan. In this case it develops that a member of congress sought to borrow money from one of the men interested in tho Indian land contracts. The private citizen had a scheme to enrich him if he could get it through congress and tho congressman had official prestige and voting power. It would never do for him to accept money outright, be cause that would be plain, simple bribery, but he could make a loan that would never come due. And this form of graft is plain, sim ple bribery and, while It would be very unjust and untrue to say that it Is generally practiced, it is neither un true nor unjust to say that It is an old trick that has been turned too many tidies and it is not confined to con gress. Public utility corporations, seeking special privileges from cities, states and even courts, have had ex perience with the money-borrowing grafters. It is a subtle form of thievery that differs from bribery in name only. Its pernicious influences are Just as great as if it went by its proper name. The ramifications and variations of this evil are numerous. It Is possible, for Instance, for trans fers of stocks and securities to be made under the cover of an Invest ruent, when, as a matter of fact, it is nothing but a bribe. Of course, the difficulty of punishing or stopping this misuse of official power Is manifestly very great. The sure preventive Is to put none but honest men in official position. Hit or Miss. For the guidance of republicans who are not acquainted with the per sonalltles and relative strength of the different candidates for nomination In the coming primary, The Bee Is print ing a list, which, when taken alto gether, will In its Judgment make the strongest ticket to go before the people In the election. In the process of ellm Inatlon a feww good candidates have had to falf by the wayside because two aspirants cannot capture the same nomination on the same ticket any more than can two bodies occupy the same space at the same time. The Bee will doubtless be accused of dictation and slate-making by those who have solicited its support and feel sore at not getting it, but it is a duty owed to the party and to the people to point the way for those who may be groping about in the confusion of me multiplicity or filings on a ro tated ballot of staggering size. To let the voters who determine the make-up of the republican ticket go at it hit or miss and take chances on the result would simply mean that after a ticket Is nominated, weighted down with un desirables and dead ones, the party paper would be expected to carry the load. The list of republicans which The Bee recommends for nomination has been carefully selected with due re gard to full representation of all the various nationalities and elements of the community which must furnish the votes to make it successful at the polls, and no republican will make a mistake' by putting a cross mark after every one of the names. Church Calls for Men. The Protestant church is calling loudly for "men" to go into the min istry. Seminaries are unable to sup ply the demand. New fields are open ing up and enough preachers are not available. The official statement of one of the most aggressive denomina tions shows a total of 10,011 churches with only a total of 9,073 pastors, which means 938 churches have no pastors, or that many must share the services of tho same men. A writer In one of the leading re ligious journals of the country asks, "Who is responsible forjthis deficit in available men for the pulpits?" Over In the want ad department of this same journal appears this item: "Three good men wanted for three promising fields that will pay about $900 each." " - , -;;' r. ; J-M ' If this is not the whole answer, it is at least a large part pf it The church (a asking young men,' college gradu ates, to spend three years in seminary preparing themselves for the Chris tian ministry and then for "good men" it will pay $900 a year. Of course, the work of "saying souls" should not be placed altogether on a money basis, but it nevertheless costs money to support even a preacher's family, and one of the chief reasons today why many ministers find their influ ence, or channels of usefulness out side their pulpits so restricted is their lack of means to enable them to come into legitimate association or compe tition with men of similar caliber or station in other walks of life. The church may plead as it will with pious eloquence for young men to do its work, but young men who are capable to do its work and to do other important work are not going to answer the call very readily so long as they perceive prosperous churches holding out niggardly salaries for service. If churches would loosen up on their pursestrlngs they might be able to find an answer to that question which seems to puzzle so many, "Why do not more men attend church?" Mediocre material In the pulpit is never going to make much headway competing with superior material in other avenues of Intellectual enter prise. It is the habit of business concerns to fit the salary to the man, and when business demands a very high grade man it raises its offer to his level. Bus iness methods applied to church work generally yield handsome returns. Problem in Physical Culture. When John G. Carlisle died at the age of 75 it was recalled that he never took more physical exercise than duty required; never even walked when he could avoid it Chief Justice Fuller died but a little while before at the age of 77, and, like Carlisle, had pur sued a sedentary life with no attempt at physical exercise and Just before him went Mark Twain at the age of 75, and It was notable that Twain did most of his reading, In late years at least, lying on his back. , William M. Evarts, who said he never indulged in physical culture, lived to be 83. It would seem from these examples of longevity that exercise of the mus cles and Joints is not essential to health and .old age, that there Is some thing to the simple life after all. Yet both President Taft and former Presi dent Roosevelt require so much physi cal exertion every day and the letter's must be of a very strenuous character. Mild exercise to blm is little better than none at all. Is it a matter of temperament, then, or of habit? Does one nervous system demand so much real physical exertion each day and -another none, or are peo ple shaped in these things by their habits In youth? There seems to be argument both ways. Colonel Roose velt bpRan his hard training when a boy and seems to bo compelled to keep It up In order to feel right. On the other hand, a Carlisle or au Evarts or a Fuller probably could not have en dured such light dally exercise as would have been nothing at all to Mr. Roosevelt. Yet there Is the example of John D. Rockefeller to confuse us. Many ball players die comparatively early of lung trouble, and It Is on rec ord that five out of eight of a crew of Yale oarsmen had died within a decade of graduation of heart or lung trouble. They all entered sedentary occupations and quit their physical exercise. Per haps had they never begun It they would have lived on. There are plenty of examples of very old age In men who practiced some form of bodily development. Mr. Glad stone, for Instance, was a great walker, measuring the distance of his Jaunts by the size of his mental task of the day, and he lived to be nearly 90. The more one studies the question, the more he must conclude that here Is an Inviting field of thought for our pro fessional physical culturlats. It Is one of enough trite interest, too, to war rant all the attention they will give it. The direct primary has its ad vantages and its disadvantages. One disreputable, filed for nomination for the best paying state office in the list, could not be elected dog catcher by the votes of those who know him, but he will doubtless get several thousand votes from those who do not know him. I J mere may be many answers to the minister's query, "Why do not more men attend church?" but one preacher who sent out queries on the subject, after reviewing his answers, decided that the concrete reason was "Because they don't want to." Please , note that Congressman-Edi tor Hitchcock's paper has not yet dared to say whether it favors Dahl man or Shallenberger to head the democratic ticket. Gag rule Isn't In It with the quest for votes for the editor office-seeker. "Rlrda nf a fuifhor flnxlr mrnt,n. County Commissioner Bruning chose his own company when he sold out his party for a Job for a professional hangman and notorious grafter and made him his bosom companion. 1 "Wanted Three good ministers at about $900 a year." This is tho sub stance of a want ad that appears In a church paper. Then seminaries com plain that their student bodies are diminishing from year to year. Remember that the open primary does not permit tho voter to vote for candidates on more than one party ticket- If you are a republican stick to the' republican column and make sure your vote counts". Shaft for Pilgrim Mothers. Baltimore American. Now that the pilgrim fathers have had monument erected to them It Is In order for the suffragists to start a sim ilar tribute to those sturdy helpers and co-ploheers of New England, the pil grim mothers, for their was a day when women did the same work abreast with men, and nobody objected. Teaching; tlonesty Lacks Kmphesls. Chicago Tribune. ' An examination of the testimony given before Master In Chancery Ronwell B. Mason in the Illinois Central railroad case suggests that political corruption may be only an offshoot of a wider commer cial dishonesty. Somewhere In the educa tion of the American boy more emphasis must be laid on the fact that honesty Is a form of personal cleanliness. Jngrhandle Experiments. Chicago Post In actual warfare the dropping of a dynamite bomb down the funnels of a battleship from an aeroplane 'would doubtless cause serious Internal compli cation on the part of the battleship. But also the planting of a one to three-Inch shot In the motor or steering apparatus of the aeroplane would doubtless disor ganise the airship belligerent It is all a question of w...oh gets Its projectile properly looated first. Oat far the Loot. Indianapolis Journal. It is pretty evident either that the Mo Murray gang was trying to do the In dians by hook and by crook, or else that there was plenty of looBe talk from which one could Justly infer that a, great piece of "business" was on. The Indians have been so regularly, exploited and despoiled by the greedy and the conscienceless who do not do things in the west as men do In the east, that there will be a few to doubt that rascality was afoot Our Birthday Book August 14, 1810. Ernest Thompson Beton, nature story teller, was born Aug-uat 14, ISfiO, lit Eng land. To avoid confusion he changed hi name from Ernest Beton Thompson to Ernest Thompson Seton. P. O. Holden, professor of agriculture, In the Iowa Btate college at Ames, Is Just 46 years old today. He Is a native of Minnesota and has been credited with be ing the first effective advocate In this section of the improved seed corn prop aganda. E. M. F. Leflang, capltallxt, Is celebrat ing his slxUeth birthday toJay. He wsr born at Bllkborg, Denmark, and was a suc cessful miller at Lexington, Neb., before removlnr to Omaha a few years ago, mak ing Investments here snd looking after them. Oeorge J. 8. Collins, consulting and con tracting engineer, with offices In the Board of Trade building, waa born August 14, 1863, at Wells, England. His first ex perience wss with the Cape government railways In South Africa. He has been practicing his profenslon here for himxelf since 1804. Robert D. Neeley, lawyer In the New Turk Life building, Is Just 23. He was edu cated at the University of Nebraska and the Northwestern Pnlversity law school, starting in to practice a year ago. ; SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. fct. Louis Republic: A Massachusetts Clergyman expresses the belief that base bull will be plnyed In heaven. Of course, we ere nil convinced thut the members of the home team hve an excellent pros ptMt of going there, but well, how could a gHine be played up there without any umpires? Raltlmore Amerknn: A minister In Illi nois bHlleves that more people would read the Rlhle If it were ' rewrhten In "bright snd breeiy" newspaper style. 'A "bright and breesy" Bible might appeal to the overxealous reformers who want 'to reur- range the world on the theory that what- i ever la, Is wrong, but It would harly win serious consideration from the great ma Jorlty, who would resent any radical change from what tins always held the civilised world's re-speot New York Tribune: There Is a tradition that mediaeval monks used to spend days in disputing as' to the number of angels or of disembodied souls that could be poised upon a needle's point Present day eccles' luetics devote sermons to discussing the possibility that "the game of base bull will have Its phtce In some spiritual form In heaven.". On the whole, we think the old monks were the more sensible and thulr discussions the more profitable. Springfield Republican: Cardinal Uibbone Is reported to have made pesslmlstlo .re marks upon modern tendencies, drawing the inevitable comparison with nclent Rome, as he saw automobile after automo bile spued by while on Long Island Sat urday. He Is. not alone In this sentiment, as others. In Jumping nervouoly to the curbing at the warning honk, have salved their feelings by contemptuous mental reflections upon the giddy pursuit of pleas ure by the thoughtless rich. But how quickly this feeling1 disappears when one has even ever so temporarily overstepped the barrier which divides those who walk from those who motor. Then, as the au tomoblle tears along, the machine appears to be but another-of man's progressive triumphs over nature, a grand Invention to enable him to get more of gxod pure aJr und see mors of "Clod's great out of doors." In its Insinuating power thus to chnnsra one's cherished conviotioiis lies perhaps the great danger of the automobile. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE The New York rule requiring bread to be sold by the pound is a cruel knock at the art of putting blowholes under the crust The preacher who Intimated that base ball may be played in heaven evidently thinks that tallenders are not beyond re demptlon. A militant suffragette on Long Island as sures her doubting sisters that Atlas van put down his load at any moment. Women are ready to Jump the Job. The New York man who ate sixty-one ears of corn at one sitting merely demon- atrated that a hog can pull off a stunt at a trough as well as. on the end seat. The best efforts of thrifty Indian agents In former years loom up as very cheap and coarse work compared with the masterful Jobs of the later-day Indian lawyer. , . Did the founders of Omaha struggle and overcome the hardships of pioneer life that their descendants might view the spectacle of a base ball club hiking for the bottom? What's in a name? Hamon is one of the principals in the graft inquiry in Okla homa. Another Hamon, hailing from Chi cago, Is reported to be the prise, confidence man. of Europe and has Just landed in a French JalL , , A short-lived strike riot at the .'sugar trust refinery In Brooklyn caused more casualties than all the cabled racket In Spain, for a week past, and. did not, get . a fraction of the newspaper space. . Distant troubles are a useful cloak,, ,.:" , Our consul, at Rheims: Writes that cham pagne probably will be higher . in price next year. , reopia wnQ are now econ omising to the limit on beefsteak will be pained to learn, of course, that they will also nave. , to ' begin economizing on champagne,' . .. ' , ; "The date of Heaven Swings Open and Jones Passes In," soreams a Sioux City paper. As soon as the dream vanished Jones Jumped the first - train homeward, determined to prove that a man with a "J" in his name could "come back," even to Sioux City. AUGUST TWILIGHT. Prose Poet Pipes the Drowsy Honrs of the Dog; Days. Indianapolis News. Softly, almost Imperceptibly the summer Is drifting Into autumn, the season, with spring, most blest. The month of August Is stealing from us moments of sunshine, yet the nights are no longer by hours, for these are the days of twilight. This month, of all others In the year, has the least charm in the eyes of some. It Is maligned for Its heat and humidity, for Its dust gnd for the frogs that chant o' nights In the creek. It la the month of dog days, they say, when city streets are furnaces, and the year, grown heavy with vegetation, palpitates for the release that winter shall bring. But there is satisfaction In the passing summer that none can deny. Now the cannas are breast high at the porch rail ings, the sunflowers by the barn are sap lings, and the grass Is ankle deep in a day. Those who love the open have' seen the violets oome and go. Jack-ln-the-pulplt has preached his silent sermon on spring. The columbines, rioh In red and yellow, are faded and August brings the flash of goldenrod and the modest smile of asters. And with these it brings also the twilight, that Inoomparabte hour that well may have coma from the fortunate tales themselves. Then one may sit in the shadow of the porch and breathe- in the cooling air that seems to oome, no matter how hot the day. The street and the yards and the sky it self appear to change In the maglo of twilight The sunset clouds glow first in brighter hues, but shads Into evening with softened tints of gray. The sound of chil dren playing, the occasional muslo and the light from corner lamps filtered by green leaves all bring a sense of quiet and a confidence and satisfaction that no other hour of the day can bestow. Kven the monotone of the frogs, the strident rasp of the crickets, and the call of the katy dlds are only a part of the evening. Then as one nods In one's chair to the drowsy murmur of voices, the little world about one invests Itself with the night. The change comes noiselessly and with out the herald of color that precedes the dawn. It la twilight; then the dark and the hosts of stars. Truly In this hour one, can find a lesson In contentment Railroad Lawyers and the Law. Philadelphia Record. A wholesome change of attitude en the part of railroad lawyers Is indicated by the fact that sixty-five of them have been in conference for several days over the new railroad regulation act discuss ing its provisions and getting the views of the Interstate Commerce commission, and manifesting a real desire to know what the law means and to, conform to It The duty of the railroad lawyer used to be to dtsoover means by which, the law could be evaded or safsly violated; it his present function Is to advise the railroad officials how to comply with the law it. speaks well for the railroads and for their attorneys. It would have ben better all around if such, a spirit ha4 been shown earlier. SERMONS BOILED DOWN. It's no use trying to be a grateful grum bler. ' Heavenly love Is more than a love for heaven. Originality Is the original sin, serordlnj to the bigot. The best place to feel for the needy Is in your porket. The cross Christian Is not bearing, the Christian's oross. Many mistake the worship of customs for the custom of worship. People who are hungry to be marjys make a good many'mlserable. Love may seem to serve blindly, but'X)j service Illumines the world. Many a saint would stoop In service but for fear of losing his tin halo. ,-. Many a man thinks he la plou who Is only peddling other people's phraJies. It 1 brtter to be killed by hard times than to have to work hard to kill. time. The fact that you are displeasing people. Is not evidence that you are pleasing .the Lord. If It seems as though heaven might be a dull place, remember they have as Inside view of all our antics. You cannot always trust the motives of the man who thinks he enn tell you all about the motives of the Most Hirh. Chi cago Tribune. - DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. ' "If I thought I could support a wife," lie said, "I'd ak you to be mine." "Well," he IndlKnantly replied, "Sou seom to take It for granted that you'd have to support a wife If you aked me." Chi- i cago Heoord-IleralU. ... Friend Now that you have been married some time, old friend, tell me frankjy your opinion on the msirlage state. Much Married Man tto hi wlfe Just so outside, my dear, writ you? Fllegende ttlat-..' ler. . . . , , "What a nice semte of the fitness of things Mrs. Oabby has, even In her decora tions." . . "How do you mean?" "I noticed In her tea the other dsv Hint the principal decorations framing her guents were ruDoer plants. Baltimore American. "Your friend BlgKett said Smartley ls-'a 'skeptic.' What does he mean by that?" "He means that Srnartlev denies some thing that Blggett believes to be true, that's ii. ainono eianaara ana rimes. ' ' ' "I see you. at mv church evnrv Snnrtnv. I hope my sermons are doing you good." "Indeed, then, they" are, sir. They're Ah cheapest cure for my Insomnia I've tried yet.". Boston Transcript. Mrs. Rhymer (at telephone) Come nnloklv doctor! Baby has swallowed - one of hla,. father's poems. . Doctor (at other1 end) Do not worry. Soft food Is the proper thing for babies. Judge. . Little Olrl You needn't brag. We've got a baby at our house, too. Small Ditto Yes. but. vours Is a last year's baby. Ouri Is the very latest mt.--. Life. "A woman should have a eentle. confldins nature." ... 'Yes." reolled Mr. Trumnton: "hut It shouldn't be so great aa to lead her to play bridge whist with strangers at a sum mer hotel." Washington Star. 'That young soulrt wants to msrrv vou. does he, Bessie?" "Y-yes." "What tomfoolery!" "N-no. Uncle Georee: It Isn't Tom. It's Jack." Botrton Transcript. STEP BY STEP. ' John Q. Holland. Heaven is not reached at a single bound: But we build the ladder by which we rise Prom the lowly earth to the vaulted skies. And we mount to its summit round by rouna. I count this thing to be grandly true: i nat a noDie deed is a step toward Hod, Liftlna the soul from the common- cturi To a purer- and broader view. : We rise by the things that are under our . ieei; By what' we" have mastered of good and -igala;- . . . . By the prlda deposed . and the . passion slain. And the vanquished tils that we hourly ' meet. We hope, We resolve, we aspire, we pray, Ana we unnn mat we mount the air on wings Beyond the reoall of sensual thin While our feet atlll cling to the heavy clay. Wings for the angels, but feet for men! we may borrow the wings to find th way We may hope and resolve and aspire and pray; But our feet must rise, or we fall agahs. Heaven Is not' reached at a single bound; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies. And we .mount to its summit, rpund by round. ' How to Hake tho fat Comfortable in Summer If you are fat and have difficulty' in breathing or walking or eating and if you find that the heat is exhausting to you during the heated term you will be inter ested In knowing that the famous M'V mola prescription is now being prepaiaT in tablet form and that one of these little tablets taken after each meal and at bed time will reduce your fat at the rate of from 12 to 16 ounces per day. These tablets stop fat from being made and they assist the body to tlvow away the . fat already made In a natural manner. They are harmless and you will find that their use will build up your system to a higher degree of perfection than ever before. They have perhaps the greatest army of responsible men and women who have written of their effectiveness than any other prescription ever written. You need not diet or exercise and you ?iay eat when and what you will. The ood you now eat turns into fat The food you eat will make no fat if you take a Marmola tablet after the meal; and more than that, you will so strengthen your digestive organs that you will need no assistance In a short time even from Marmola Tablets. Every drug store sells them, or you may write the Marmola Company, (II Farmers. Bldg., Detroit Mich. A case of Marmola, Tablets costs only 78 cents everywhere. French Vichy Water from Vichy France Is only one of ever 100 kinds of Mineral r Waters we sell. We buy direct from Springs or Importer and are in position to make low price and guarantee fresh ness and genuineness. Write for cata logue. 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