Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 18, 1910, EDITORIAL, Page 6, Image 14
TIIE OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 18. 1910. The Omaiia Sunday hmA rOL'NUW) BT EDWARD IlOSKWATEIt VICTOIl nOSKWATKR. EDITOR. Rntered at Omaha postofflce as second clsss matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Jllv Be (Including- Hunday), per week lie lally H wlthout rtunday). per week.. 10c Jally Be (without Sunday), one year..tl Jjaily tint aWd Sunday, one year W DKUVEHKU BY CARRIER. JOvenlng Bee (without Hunday). per week sc reening Bee (with Sunday), per week .Kw Sunday Bee, one year IJ.-w fiatuiiiay Bee, one year 1 - AddreM all complalnte of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFF1CE8. Omaha The Bee Building. Houth (imaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluffa 11 Scott Street. Lincoln 6K Uttle Building. . Chicago IMS Marquette Building. New York Rooms HUl-lua P.O. vxesi "V Thirty-third Street. ' Washington 725 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and eel itorlal matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. -REMITTANCES Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only I-cent lamp) received In payment of mail accounta. personal checka except on Omaha and eajtero exchange not accepted. STATEMENT OK CIRCULATION. Plate of Nebraska, DouKlaa County, as.: George B. Tsschuck. treasurer of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly worn, aava that the actual number of full and complete coplea of The Dally, Mom ma. Evening and Sunday Bee printed dur to the month of August, WW, w" '"- 1... 48,870 17 .00 J 48,489 II 43,480 ...-. 40,479 1 43,080 48,510 10 43,600 43,800 21 40,100 43,540 22 43,640 T 40,000 22 43,380 43,300 24 43,480 ..,., 45,830 25 43,300 10,.... 43,730 2 43,480 Jl 43,780 27 43,480 11 48,840 1 40,100 II 48,730 2 43,880 14 88,800 10 43.440 li .43,30. Si 43,880 1 43,100 Total 1,383,730 Returned Coplaa 14,887 Net Total 1,316,443 Dally Average 48,433 . GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my preaence and- aworn to before me this lit day of September, MO. M. B. WALKER, Notary Public. Swbacrlbera lraviaa; the city tem porarily should have The Bee' malled to 'them. Address will be rhanaed aa often aa reqoeated. : It really does seem that Maine was "bent" that way. . Too bad Mr. Bryan had not made a speech or two In Maine. ' Certain people may go to building cyclone cellars in Maine. Menace of the Muckrake. . Francis J. Heney atated in a speech at the recent conservation congress that James J. Hill, through his Great Northern railroad, had profited enor mously at the hands of the govern ment, explaining: We save' to Mr. Hill SO.OOO.OWJ acree of land, 2,000 miles Ions, forty miles In width, through, territories and twenty mllee wide through states. This was worth tlO an acre. It was not necessary for Mr. Hill to make bis denial of the whole state ment and declare that "the Great Northern never received one dollar or one acre of land from the general gov ernment," for people who v are in formed of the facts as they are recorded In history know that this Is true. They know that the Great Northern is distinguished among transcontinental lines as one that never obtained a penny in land grant or subsidy from the government, and the astonishing fact is that Mr. Heney, a man whose fame rests chiefly upon his career as the prosecutor of land grafters in the great northwest tra versed by Mr. Hill's railroads, should not have known this. It almost passes comprehension. Mr. Heney, however, has admitted his error and his only excuse, is that he read a certain magazine too closely. Of course, this is no excuse. A man of Mr. Heney's reputation and Influ ence certainly ought to be more solici tous as to the facts before he makes such a statement In the presence of such ft-gatherlng as that at St. Paul. His carelessness might impugn his motives. , But the point of this whole thing Is the utter indifference, the reckless dis regard of truth and facts, even of mat ters of record, which characterizes some of the individuals who are writ ing most of the material that goes into a certain class of present-day maga zines. They have arrogated to them selves a peculiar wisdom and have had no difficulty in finding people ready to believe everything they say. It Is Im possible to measure or estimate the evil of such influences. If there Cver was a time when the, truth Is needed In public print it is today. This cheap class of writers and their literature is one of the bans of the "new era" about which they prate so glibly. It is quite likely, however, that the person who misled Heney and thousands of others by this malicious or ignorant utter ance will go on performing as one of the stars In this firmament of muck raking reformers. Japan . has permitted Korea to call itself that, but "It ain't." today Christianity actually ranks as the third religion . In the Flowery Kingdom. But Japan never gave itself over so much to ancestor worship as did Korea. The upper Classes In Korea seized upon this, but the popular re ligion, that adopted and generally practiced by the lower strata In Korea, is known as 8bamanlstlc, characterized by sorcery and animal worship and various other forms of superstition. Christianity, which entered the Hermit Kingdom in 1776 through the Jesuit missionaries, has not made as great advancement as In Javan. When we learn, however, that the Japanese, too, have sent special envoys to the various tombs of dynastic lords with the news of Korea's annexation we can understand that with all the Influence of occidental education and commerce and Christian teaching old Buddha still has some power left In the orient. We might remember this when we get to rhapsodizing about the Americanization of Japan, China and Korea. Has Menellk died more often than lAbruzzl has been engaged? A Mr. Go is accused of deserting his wife, in which case he is gone. Saratoga has a good chance to get back on the map September 26. Senator Hale has proved himself something of a guesser, just the same. We have not noticed any difference In the sizes of the old and new $5 bills. The only hope we see for Chicago to surpass New York any time soon Is by quality. Arkansas Is still safely democratic, despite Mr. Bryan's visit there during the campaign. The packers, of course, will not deny meat to the, public while their trials are in progress. I - London's Tipless Hotel.-' London a year ago Introduced the novelty of a hotel" wliere "tips ot every kind were prohibited. , It still oper ates with every, room occupied and Its The Scholar in Politics. Dr. Woodrow Wilson, the distin guished president of Princetom univer sity, whom the democrats of New Jer sey have nominated for governor, gives a hint of what is to be ex pected of the "scholar in politics" in declaring that "the playing of politics Is to be deprecated." He will find a hearty' response to his sentiments from a large proportion of good citizens, but he will also find many ready to doubt his ability to readjust the rules of the game so as to prevent this "playing of politics" forthwith. It Is something that will require much time even for efforts as efficient as his. Dr. Wilson is yet to make the race for governor. Doubtless at some angle In his campaign he will rub elbows with the practical politician. It will be very strange if some of his mana gers and helpers are not practical pol- iticans. If so, then Dr. Wilson will at once have the opportunity of elimi nating the playing of politics in his behalf. No one doubts his sincerity When he says he deprecates the play ing of politics, the country accepts his word and believes that he does. But that is very different from believing In the ability of Dr. Wilson to put his theories Into operation without great difficulty and much time. ' Of course, the doctor was not very specific in what he meant by playing politics.' It may be his definition is wide enough to Include some very use ful politics, but if he should be elected governor, of New Jersey It probably will be because some astute politicians in his party have outplayed some as tute politicians in the republican party at the great game of poltlcs, and, how- self-perpetuatlon was impossible. Yet their experience Is not without Inter est to the student of sociology, and may not be regarded entirely as a fail ure, because It does afford some addi tional proof of man's social limitations. Present Unrest. Cardinal Gibbons is right In con tending that extravagance plays a large part in the social unrest of the present day. He is right in declaring that many people are living beyond their means and would be both happier and more contented If they did not. He is also right In saying that much of what is called pleasure and comfort could well be sacrificed to the better end of sober industry and patient sim plicity. But this spirit of unrest when ap plied to Industry, when applied to the relations between employer and em ploye, is totally a different thing, and It Is not sin Itself an evil thing. No one needs to be told mat the spirit of social discontent Is today, has always been, one of the leavens of civiliza tion; one of the greatest Influences for the promotion of industrial peace and prosperity. While we are curb ing our appetites ana educating our selves to live more in accordance with our circumstances, we may well afford to nourish this spirit of unrest or dis content to legitimate degrees in the sphere of labor and industry. It Is not time yet to undertake to stifle that spirit. Neither the employer nor the employe could afford It. So long as industry depends so largely upon the well-directed skill of the Intelligent workman, bo long must the spirit of unrest survive. It will be a bad day for industry when labor reaches the goal of complete satisfaction, when It sees or desires no. means of advance ment. We may well hope to be spared from such a time. We do not believe it will ever come, certainly not so long as many of the greatest economicben eflts can be ascribed to this spirit of unrest. But unrest must not mean lack of control; it must never approach the form of anarchy. To do the good work that it has done it must rest upon an honest purpose of mutual ag grandizement between employer and employe. For that reason it must be held within proper restrictions. Boston baked beans have made the graceful, self-controlled Turk the su peror of the nervous, lank New Eng lander" Is a sertoue one. We think the doctor would have some serious difficulty In proving his charge. There Is not a race on the globe today that ran equal, let alone surpass, the American in physical and Intellectual exploits, we do not care what K eats. So far as our eating goes we are giving the same intelli gence to that as to everything else. One might easily fear that the doctor Is unduly alarmed, for, in the first place, not even all the people of Boston or New England are confining their diet to mince pie and baked beans. We know this, because we have shipped a few trainloads of Nebraska corn-feds Into that country in the last few years. The "scholar In politics" Is now go ing to have a chance for a real trial. In the event Woodrow Wilson should be chosen governor for New Jersey his career as an executive will be watched with great interest and some concern, especially by those reformers who have determined that the busineFS man In politics Is not only a failure, but a menace. And yet the consensus, of opinion among economists Is that the administration of gosvernmental affairs Is essentially business, and should, therefore, be In the hands of trained business men. The "scholar in poll tics" Is not a novelty, but the ndvent of Dr. Wilson may bring about some thing of innovation in New Jersey methods, where there Is unquestiona bly ample room for Improvement. SERMONS BOILED DOWN. A truly good eo of work Is always a piece of good work. Nothing enlarges the Ufa like letting the heart go out to others. The wise know better than to try to live on the eHce of life alone. Many reformers would gii out to shoot gophers with a brans band. It's no use a church advertising the btble when It Is dodging Its bills. Some aermona come near being demon strstlons of eternal punishment. When a man seals up his head he Is apt to think he Is holding the fort. It In no use preaching on the fatherhood of God so long as you do not like boys. If you really are casting your bread on the waters you are not using It as bull. Kvery church preaches louder by Its square dealing than by its high shouting. Some men think they are far sighted be cause they try to look two waya at once. The man who finds fault with the deca logue haa usually barked his shins on It. The world will always be Indifferent to the churches that emphasise their differ ences. Chicago Tribune. dining balls .filled. It is a complete success financially. That, we under-Ver Innocent Dr. Wilson mav be of i - Colonel Roosevelt cannot be blamed for objecting to the photos taken of bim while he is talking. The way to become an expert authority-nowadays Is to sign your name to it and Insist that you are. After all, there is not a great deal to gloat over in beating a man who has stood at the public crib for thirty years. Any man wno believes the cam paign publicity law is ineffective had (better consult Joe Sibley of Pennsyl vania. 1 8o long as Uncle Joe behaves him self well he wilt be allowed to visit the Hamilton club and look at the por traits on the wall. The legislature of Tennessee may rescind that order to tear down the penitentiary of the state, now that Pat terson has withdrawn. stand, Is what hotels are conducted for. Then In this case, at least, the elimination of the tip seems to be both safe and profitable. Evidently it Is possible to get all the "help" neces sary to keep the Institution going. Yet, Englishmen, Americans peo ple everywhere are asking if hotels and cafes could be conducted without the tipping system. They could and will whenever their proprietors and patrons get rid of a certain species of vanity. The tip represents graft on the one hand and vanity, or, perhaps, cowardice, on the other. It would have more to commend it If it was given for extra service, or for special privilege. But, as a rule, it Is not. It is given simply because it is the cus tom. The average man knows very well that In the average cafe he does not leave bis small change on the ta ble because he has been excellently served; he leaves It there because the man before him did and because he would be shabbily regarded if he did not. The fact that he cannot afford It does not enter Into consideration, any more than does the-, fact that he probably has already paid more for the meal than it was worth. And still, the patron alone can never extricate himself from the clutches of this pernicious evil without the aid of the proprietor, and so long as the patron will help the proprietor pay his "help" In this cheap way, the "aid" is not going to be rendered by the proprietor. It is the same ou din ing cars and Pullman cars wherever the public Is to be served. The whole system Is indefensible and unjust, and if It ever is stamped out we shall won der that we allowed ourselves to be such dupes so long. the playing, he will be the beneficiary, just the same. Then after he gets Into office it will remain to be see a whether he- 'can succeed in revising the rules of the game so that it may be played more nearly in accordance with his ideals. Certainly politics and public office offer a field of useful occupation to the high-minded scholar, such as Dr. Wil son is, and should he succeed at the polls a great deal will be expected of him, for he has not been slow to offer suggestions for definite Improvement in'our mode of government, both state and national. The seventy-four young Chinamen who passed through Omaha the other day going to eastern colleges paid a high tribute to the work of the Young Men's Christian association abroad when they said they like it "more better" than the missionaries, though the latter were good. The fact Is, the slower-working processes of the Young Men's Christian association and Its in tensely practical character naturally appeals with greater force at first to the mind of the oriental. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. Cleveland Leader: A Chicago preacher Waves the pulpit to on the vaudeville stage.-. That's better than bringing vaude ville Into the pulpit, whatever anybodv as. Baltimore American: In Cliche minister married eleven couples by whv of relbr-it- :nt Labor Day. That s Cie kind of laboi which proves that work Is :i blessing 'n disguise. Brooklyn Kale: Two American women Babists are to go to Persia to spend thetp j I ves converting the Bab's fellow countrv ! men to Dab'sm. Luckily Mr. Gilbert Is H II Hllve and the Bab ballads are cnpnWe of humorous extension. New York Pot: The Vatican may he i hard beset in Spain. In France and else where In Kurope. but must find comfort and strength In the vigor and loyalty ol Catholicism In the new world. ' The great eucharlHt c contrress at Montreal has shown how far flung is ;he battle line of the church and what vast reserves of strength It can count upon. Springfield Republican: Trinity church In New York should now have a special services of thanksgiving because It has gotten rid of Its tenement property In the slums. Accuracy, perhaps, requires one to. say that Just one old back tenement house held on an unexpired lease Is still the property of the church, but th;tt need not prevent the service or thanksgiving being held business block further muckraking DOll'T PLAY WITH YOUR EYES You can't afford to. It's too risky a game. If you need glasses, by all means wear them. Don't know whether you do or not? Probably true; and. If so. all the more reason why you should have us examine your, eyes. All th examination wHI cost will be a lit tle bit of your time. . Huteson Opiical Co. 213 Houth 16th St. French Vichy Water from Vichy. France The last trump card of the Old Guard Ib to force Colonel Roosevelt to state his attitude toward the Taft ad ministration at the New York state convention. If he has not already done that the country Is deceived. Further more, it is news to this country that iue coionei nas to De pressed for a statement of any position of his that affects public interest. It may be accepted at the very out set as a fact that those persons who are industriously circulating the fake that President Taft will "step aside" lor Colonel Roosevelt are not the friends of President Taft, if Indeed those of Colonel Roosevelt, but per sons Interested in making mischief for republicans. Journallaai Convicted. Washington Herald. tfuurnaiiBio i guilty in mis case: Tne Commoner pays Mr. Bryan's expenses, and The Globe-Democrat says, "There is no greater mistake tnan to think a million dollars will make a man un happy." Oh, very well. Certain election returns from Illi nois Indicate that newspapers often demand higher grades .of morality in public men than voters do. Norway, we are told, now enjoys the sport of ski jumping In mid-summer. With our Curtisses and lamiltons busy all the time, how much has Nor way got Houstoa may be up and coming, but o long as Dalits can show a gain ot 116 per cent In population we shall feave to continue regarding It as the metropolis of Texas. i 1 ii It seems that Bob Chanler will have to pay his wife, Mine. Cavalleri. 10. 000 a year. But he Is an artist and she a prima donna; what did be ex pect to get, cut rates? . Korea and Iti Spirits. Korea clings to Its traditional ances tor worship, aa Is shown in the demand made upon Ito's son that he inform the spirit of his Illustrious father of the treaty of annexation. Had It not been for the bullet of an Incorrigible Korean the "Father of the New Japan" might be here to learn In person what he must now receive through the medium of his splrltx All of which suggests that the mikado has undertaken a man's job In the Hermit Kingdom. He will find the work of modernising Korea ample for his sturdy efforts. But one may imagine that Japan's first plan of re form will not have to do with Korea's religious belief. Japan itself still holds to Buddhism, as a people, not a nation. It derived Buddhism from Korea through China In 661 and re tained It as the national form of wor ship until 1871, when the government disestablished It and In 1874 disen dowed It. Since that time It haa had no organised, nationalised religion though most ot the people are yet Buddhists and so rapid haa been the process of change ta late years that Success or Failure t Word comes from Kentucky that a colony of Shakers Is about to go out of existence. Its affalrswlll be wound up, its property holdings distributed and another experiment In Ideal com munal life will have been brought to a close. Whether it is to be considered a success or a failure depends entirely on the viewpoint. If It be taken merely as an effort to establish an Ideal life it will probably be regarded as a failure. In this re spect it has proven that humanity is not yet reaay to accept the doctrine of service to others as its code. Service to self Is still the dominant note In man's life, no matter how prettily it may be dlBgulsed. This element of human selfishness has been the great obstacle in the way of man's reforms. Until human nature can be changed so that the Golden Rule will operate au tomatically there is little hope for success of endeavors such as this put forth by the Shakers. If, however, the Shaker colony is to be considered from the point of mere material gain It has proven successful beyond doubt. The simple-minded men and women associated together for a common purpose have shown what great results In the way of .de veloping property and accumulating wealth may flow from co-operation. The world did not need this additional proof of a thoroughly established maxim, and so the service rendered in this regard has small value. The Shakers go out of existence be cause the colony lacked the quality of self-perpetuation. It was founded, as have been many other similar organ nations, on a very narrow religious creed whose limitations withheld Its members from communication with the world and prevented them from taking part in the general progress of humanity. It was this that eliminated the chance of life to the community, because the sect could not attract enough membership to overcome the Inroads of death, and thus Insure ita perpetuity. Even the Dunkard com munities, where marriage Is permit ted, have failed because the children growing up were net willing to follow in the footsteps of their parents, and with the Shakers pledged to celibacy A Practical School Lesson. Now that school has got fairly Well under way and the pupils know where their seats and books and lessons are, we want to suggest to them this one thought: Learn to crowd your work, never let it crowd you. Work is poorly done when It must be' done In part time. Unless you get today's lessons today, you may never get them, for tomorrow you have to morrow's lessons and failing to get to day's not only makes them harder for you to catch up with, but places you at a great disadvantage in getting to morrow's, for one is but a continuation of the other. Unless you are master of your work, it will master you,, and then you arejthe Outlook Mr. Rcoseveit's. in grave danger of failing. The ma jority of failures In school are due, not to mental deficiency, but rather to mental laziness or Indifference or care lessness. The boy or girl who attends school regularly and studies regularly Is likely to get along fairly well In his or her lessons, but the great difficulty is that too many boys and girls do 'not observe this routine. They allow play or something else beside their classroom work, to divert their minds and the re sult is they make school a hard task to be performed, whereas they should make It a work of love to be desired. Teachers know all this, but teachers have a hard time Impressing It some times on their pupils' minds for the very reason that too many . parents either have never given it a thought, or thinking, have not taken the time to help the teache'r impress it on the child. Parents should make it their business to make the child see that the business of the school season is schoo! and not play, that play Is simply a diversion during that period. rtanareroaa Play thlnara. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Bob Kvana tells us that an airship I a plaything and would be of no use In war. But what will Bob do when those bombs begin dropping down the chimney T Paahlnar a Good Idea. Chicago News. It is proposed to build an ocean steam ship line to carry nobody but rich people It Is a good Idea. Of late the rich, hurry. Ing home from Kurope, have been crowd ing the poor people out of the steerage. t onlv one of over luu kinds or Mineral Waters we sell. We buy direct from Sprlnss or Importer and are In position to make low price and guarantee fresh ness and genuineness. Writs for cata- igue. Crystal Llthla (Excelsior Bprlngs) I gal lon Jug. at 8a. 00 oan Sulphur. (Kxcelstor Springs) I 81 Un Juk, at ea.as diamond Llthla Water, gallon bottle. now at ..Oe 1 dosen a.00 t-ulpho Saline water, qt. bot l&c, doa. 8-SS Urgent Water. Iron, qt. bottle ....... Sea 1 dosen, at $3.84 Carlsbad Bprudel Wasser. bottle . ...BOs 1 dosen. at $6.00 French Vichy water, bot 40o, dot.... 4.80 Appolllnarla Water, qts.. pis. and Splits, at lowest prices. Aliuut . Magnesia water, qt. 16c, dot 8-80 Butlslo Llthla Water, tt gal. bottl . SOa 1 ilott-ii cat 8578 Hal..iiale. pta. lie, doa... 1.80 Ballardvale. qts., 30c, dos 8.8C Hallunlvaln. v gxla. 4nc, dos 4.0O Colfax water, H-gal. hot. c, dot.. . J SO Delivery free In Omaha, Council Bluffa and South Omaha. Sherman & ftlcConnell Drug Co. Corner 18th and Dodge Bts. Owl Drug Co. Corner "6th and Karasy Bts. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES "Of course, you would not think of mHirylng except for love." suld Maude. Of course not." replied .viaymie; nui . .Henceforth Trinity will owivrdon t you think the possession of wealth ocks exclusively .tnd thus escape man m"r loveable? -Washington Activities of Baby Killers. New "York Tribune. A year or ao ago New Yorkers were started to learn from some vigilant food Inspectors that children on the East Side 'had been consuming large Quantities ot paraffins disguised as chocolate candy. Philadelphia has gone thst.one better or worse. The chemist for t'he state food department has found that much of the cueap bjrick ice cream Bold In the Quaker City Is ''preserved" with liberal quantities of furniture giue. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. In official Japanese the emperor of Korea Is a whang. For all other pur poses he Is a dodo. Poor Bob" Chanler is ur.-d to cons' ie. himself by whistling an Inturnicxzo for 'Cavalleri Bustlcana." A fine' line of "01ad-to-know-you're- alive, old boy," Is being handed to Walt Mason by the scribes of the 1 mil. The continued congestion of the pPu'a tlon of Manhattan Island Is ref Intel in the editorial expressions of Newv lurk newspapers. A learned Jurist 4n Ohio, without con sulting the dental profession, exonerates the pretzel from the charge of being a dangerous weapon. A suit for real "blood money," Jl.MX'. has been Instituted by a St. Vaul eo'nan against the estate of a woman whoae life fBhe tried to save by blood transfusion The ahadow of the tax collector or the dry atmosphere, or both, are ruppstd to be responsible for the shrinkage of the Walsh fortune from $100,000,000 to H.OOO.fliO. Two of the hopeful signs of the times In "our fur-flung" Islands Is the Issue of booster editions by Manila newspapers and the shipment of S32.0U0 worth of soap to the Philippines. The uplift' follows as similation. - Since the government began turning a frosty face on cotton corners, two months ago. Plunger Patton has cleaned up a couple of millions In the usual way, and the Interest of his lawyers in his welfare is correspondingly Increased. Tons of peaches In the orchards of Now jersey await purchasers at tYoni '.7 to 20 cents a basket. A like quantity of the fruit costs New York consumers 75 tents to (1 a basket. Between these lames muy be seen the mighty pull of the middleman Star. Townsend Can a man live on a dollar a day ? Heers Certainly, unless he's so prodiKal us to lay somethins- aside for a rainy day, keep up his Insurance, eat when he's hun gry, buy clothes and pay his bills. Buffalo tCxpress. "So, my good woman, you want a place as laundress, l'o you wash clothing with precision?" "No'm; I washes 'em with Soap." Washington Herald. "Kver notice it?" queried the man who asks iiuestlons on the Installment plan. "Did 1 ever notice what?" queried the party of the dense part. "That a married woman's description of an Ideal man isn't a good picture of tier husband?" continued the other. Chicago Newa. CORN TASSELS. Will Chamberlain. The yellow grains which In the soil Found nest in hours of May. Thro' nature's balm and magic toll Green banners now display, And, tossing In the bluffy cup, Or on the prairie vast, The breese lent an eerie trump AjblltiiHome note to cast A smoky blue is in the sky; No token skims of rain Despite the bobwhite's misty cry Kur down the cattle lane; Yet round these roots are loamy wells To moist the awelling ears The myriad founts of crests and dells, t'nrulcd by wands of seers. Tassels rcsplendently ax learn With fruitful glfta of down. Pennons which Chinese festoons seem, Their marges faintest brown; Hilks, like fairy tresses, show Beneath the glossy plumes, A wilderness alert, aglow In August's flashing looms. A thousandfold the Indian's maize A Haa blest our western land. Where onco the blt-.on herds did grazo, I'nvexed by human hand, I soi these emerald ranks arrayed Mild soldiers of the home Cheer and sweet grace In every blade I'nder God's limpid dome. VICAR'S Bit AD SUPPLY. A bnoda net- Some Diet and Great Men. We are not here to hold a brief for Boston or Its baked beans and mince pie, but we propose to take issue with Dr. Fenton B. Turck of Chicago, who, at the meeting ot the Mississippi Val ley Medical association in Detroit, has held up the Turks as superior In manly force to our own cultured, bean-fed Bostonlans. It is an aspersion on the Alpha and Omega of American man hood and a vicious and wanton assault on roan's most naturVl and nutritious food. One might suspect that Dr. Turck had been twitted about his name and took this means of getting back. But he should not be allowed to escape the penalty of derision even for that. No man may with Impunity stand before an American assemblage, and hold up the sleek, olive oil-drenched son of the sultan as superior either In Intellect or physical force to native Bostonlans. The list of Intellectual giants Is too long and too well known to repeat bere, but let us simply re mind this pragmatic doctor that the Hon. John L. Sultvan was born and reared in Boston. We fancy, if cor nered. Dr. Turck would wish to place his comparison on a physical baBls Very well, then, we are there to meet him. What or whom has be from Turkey to pit against this Boston Her-J cules In his prime T And they say that the great John L. was the champion bean-eater of all New England. But Dr. Turck'a assertion that "well cooked vegetables, rice and meat as opposed to New England mince pie and for Hone Aieeda and to Ship. Wall Street Journal. , At present Indications the cereal crops will contribute not far from 6.000.000,000 bushels to the country's gross agricultural Income. The United States have never had an equally good oata crop, and but once before so large a corn crop aa is now prom ised with no heavy frost up to th middle of the month. Our wheat yield this year is barely a ten-year average, and a show ing of 67.000,000 bushels below that of I'M) looks rather meager for a population of over DO.OuO.OOO people. But the average of the two crops of 1909 and 1H10 exceeds 700, OU0.0O0 bushels. A consumption of an- av erage of six bushels a head would require 640,000,000 bushels, thus leaving an average of 100,000,000 bushels for reserve, seed and export. Although that does not afford a large margin, It dues relieve the country of anxiety as to its year's bread supply. Our Birthday Book sptembe 18. 1810. Beekman Winthrop, assistant secretary of the navy, la K6. He was born at Orange, N. J. He was secretary to Ouveriior Taft over In the Philippines and assistant sec retary ot the treasury under President Roosevelt. Henry C. Ide, American mlofster r6 Bpaln, was born September 18, 1844, at Bar nett. Vt. His first diplomatic aervtce was as United States minister to Samoa In iajI. Guy W. Wadsworth, former president of Bel lev us culltge. now pastor of the First PresbyterUi. church of Pueblo, Colo., Is celebrating his forty-ninth birthday. S-Ht Is a graduate ot McCormick Theological seminary and has had pastorates In a num ber of western cltiea. He v. John P. Clyde, pastor of Plymouth Congregational church. Is 41 years old to day. He waa educated at Cornell college, Yale university and Columbia university. His first pastorate was at Dunlap, la. He haa been In Omaha sine 1808. Loyal S. Mole, clerk In the Omaha post off! ee. Is U today. Ha was born In Picket villa, N. Y.. and has been In the postal service since 1881. All Piano Buyers Preferto Deal Vith the Leading Store Ours is the Leader From the first we have aimed to conduct the best music slore in this city. It. was a less difficult task for us than for others. We gained a great advantage from the famous pianos we dtal in. There are the world's leaders'. Mason & Hamlin, (ran ch & Bach, Krakauer, A O. Chase, Kimball. Bush & lane, Cable Elelson, Halle. & Das, r.lel.Jle-Clark, Efc. Being the distributing bouse for the west of the recognized great est Piano manufacturers in the world, we are able to offer benefit in the way of fine selections, rock bottom prices, guarantees and accom modations not possible to other music dealers. You can buy here the very Instrument you would prefer to have In your home for much less than a similar grade would cost elsewhere. Shrewd buyers like our bargain department. Some beautiful pianos are offered at prices about cut In two, The following are only a few specimens: Group of . high-grade uprights $400 and $450 values. f nnr Nearly new; special Nfl to close out Vfcsvu Large group of Seccnd-hand Pi anos. Many only had slight use. Famous makes; cut to $115, $125, $135 Five brand new Pianos. Always sold around $300. We allow ex change in two years on anyother l.nn u'lth full oll. . ante of money paid. Only Several Uprights of highest grade. Designs modern, but dropped from latest catalogues, a mas Values up to 1500. Of- H I 1 $145 fered now for. . . , Small Monthly Payments Accepted. B 03spe 1513-1515 Douglas St.