THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 11. 1010.
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sabaci-lbera leaving the rity tea),
porarlly shonld have The Bee
nailed 4n them. Addrese will be
chanced aa often aa requested.
The rubber market Is stretching
gain.
If prlcea do not hurry the Tower of
risa will' fall firBt.
The early shopper catches the
pretty clerk's smile.
It may be noted that Salome got
away with her head.
Every now and then that man Fobs
seems to fumble the ball;'
Strange that all those "'lame ducks"
were shot while oh the run. ' '
A constitution for China means a
triumph for Christian civilization.
Why do women want to vote? asks
fc- correspondent. Because they can
not. Congressman Tawney says an extra
session of congress 1b necessary. For
what?
James J. Hill insists that politicians
talk too much. Evidently some kings
of commerce do once in a while.
"Wealth cannot buy one throb of
love." Laura Jean Libbey. We hope
Laura Jean is not daring anybody. .
Champ Clark says his full name Is
Beauchamp Clark. Come on, now,
with the rest of it, Flambeauchamp.
An Elgin man offers a reward of
$5,000 for five chicks that are stolen.
Do you wonder at the price of eggs?
Probably no one will enjoy the
humor of Champ Clark's being
speaker more than Uncle Joe, himself.
"I eat in th,o lame duck alley for a
few minutes," says Senator Pepew.
It will be longer than minutes,
senator.
Now it Is that "Qotch may meet
Hack." That boy cannot stand the
nagging noise of money on his sensi
tive nerves.
Now Copenhagen aBks Peary to
show his papers. But, fortunately,
Peary overlooked Copenhagen when
the case was filed.
In selecting Spring Lake as their
next meeting place those governors
must have been determined to get as
far -away as possible from all sugges
tion of Kentucky's famous output.
Keep charity In mind while you are do
ing your Christmas shopping. Baltimore
American.
Well, we will try, but you must ad
mit that it is an effort with prices as
they are.
To gratify the curiosity of a corre
spondent will somebody tell us whether
or not the once celebrated Baratarla frog
farm lias ceased to exist as audi? Chi
cago Tribune.
Isn't there some way of compromis
ing with this man by telling him a
good bear story, for Instance?
The Kansas City Star complains
that Dr. Cook, though having con
fessed, has not remitted that check of
about $8,000 he carried away for his
K. C. lecture. Possibly the doctor
would consent to have the check pho
tographed and send an enlarged one
back to hia: Missouri friends as a
ouveui
The Downtown Church.
In Kansas City the Grand Avenue
Methodist church is erecting a Dew
edifice on the site. Ninth street snd
Grand avenue, where the old building
stood for so many years. When the
old structure was put up, of course,
this location was not "downtown,"
but with the progress of years and
the growth of the city it became such.
Today it is about the center of busi
ness activity, Burro mded on all sides
by commercial institutions. But this
congregation, which has ample means
and a courage and enterprise appar
ently equal to Its financial resources.
U not oblivious to the fact that In the
heart of business lie manifold oppor
tunities for the church and It is not
running away from what it cannot
help, but recognizes as Us duty.
Most ot the aggressive denomina
tions, the Roman Catholic in partic
ular, are agreed on the Importance of
a downtown church. Its mission 1b
too plain to be misunderstood. It
stands, or should stand, as the
friendly port for every uncertain mar
iner, whether he be stranger or not
within the city. It is accessible and
if it 1b an institutional church, as It
should be to attain its higher possi
bilities of good, it will afford him more
than merely a place where he may go
to hear a sermon, or listen to good
music. Its opportunities cannot be
measured or estimated.
Most cities have their downtown
churches. There is the old First
Methodist, most notable In Chicago,
and the Old Stone (Presbyterian)
church in Cleveland, both In the very
heart of the business section and both,
undoubtedly, wielding powerful influ
ence. The business world 1b keen to
pick out strategical locations, those
that will make its institutions most
conspicuous and draw the greatest
number to them. The business world
Is after results. It is one of the
Irreconcilable things about the
church's management that It does go
In stronger for this principle. The
general tendency, especially with the
Protestant churches of greatest finan
cial resources. Is to seek a location
out in the heart of the city's quieter
precincts, away from the path of the
wayfarer, who might unawares run
into a church door if the church were
down In the part of the city that he
frequents. Christ, whom the church
represents on earth, did not in Ills
ministry go about seeking out the
nice, soft, beautiful places and the
cultured people only to preach to. He
seemed to give preference to the by
paths which such aa these did not fre
quent. And the command He gave to
His servants, "Go out in the high
ways and hedges and compel them to
come in, that My house may be filled,"
does not seem so applicable to the ele
gant edifice set on the hill above the
din and turbulence' of earthly strife
as It docs to that one standing down
yonder on the lowlands of less Invit
ing scenes, but greater opportunities.
Conversation No Lost Art.
An eastern critic sayB Americans
have lost the art of conversation. He
laments it as "a symptom of the
empty-headedness of the average man
and woman." It is axiomatic that the
best thinkers are often the least
loquacious. So that on that score our
friend need give himBelf no undue
alarm. Ills premise may or may not
be good, but we feel certain his con
clusion is unsound. Because a person
Is not talking does not indicate that
he Is not thinking. It often indicates
Just the reverse.
It is possible that people do not give
the time and care to polish their con
versation today that they used 'to or
that they should. Skill In conversation
Is an accomplishment that should be
sought. Its value Is manifold. It
even has a commercial aspect. Look
at your want ads and read, repeatedly.
"One of good address." The person
who i-j able t express himself ef
fectively, even elegantly, has a great
advantage over the one who cannot.
It should be the part of our common
school education to emphasize this
fact. It should be the part of each
Individual to Improve his diction, to
make it as choice and precise as possi
ble. If this be the art of conversa
tion, then, perhaps, we as a people
are not practicing it as we should, but
still it does not seem to be lost, nor
the status to indicate empty-headedness.
Our heads are often too full. That
is one of the prevailing faults of the
times. They are too full of the stern,
pragmatic things of life to give us
time for Improving the artistic side of
our nature. . This is a very busy age,
as, ot course, our critic must know.
It is not quite the day of the "Auto
crat at the Breakfast Table," or the
coffee houses in London, where people
had time to Bit and talk over their
cups. Not even the old New England
tea parties seem to be as much in
vogue 88 formerly. And we are prone
to lament that times have bo changed;
that the current of life haa so quick
ened as to sweep us along too swiftly
for such leisurely Indulgences. It
might be better in many respects If It
were not so. Certainly It would be if
the change has been made at the ex
pense of such a rare accomplishment
as conversation.
What the critics seem to overlook
Is the fact that our forms and fash
ions today do not permit us to go back
to those of the yesterdays. But go to
the busy noon lunch rooms in cafes
where men gather from day to day, or
to the clubs, or to the homes in the
evening where now the big meal of
the day Is eaten and you will find
your conversationalists, but they will
not be the conversationalists of those
other days. They are conversing about
different things, more things, and in
different waye. They have to to con
verse at all and keep abreast the times,
for things are rushing In upon us so
fast today we simply have to think
fast, talk fast and act fast. But It Is a
good day, after all, and a day when
man Is thinking and acting as he neve
thought and acted before.
Vital Statistics.
The attention of the Association of
Life Insurance Presidents, in session
at Chicago, has been called to the la
mentable deficiency In our system of
collecting vital statistics. Stress is
especially laid upon the fact that the
registration of births Is neglected to
the point where the few public records
available are all but worthless be
cause of their Inaccuracy and de
ficiency. The registration of birth is not
merely an impertinent assertion of the
state's authority. 'It is very pertinent
to the future of the body politic that
such a record be kept. Laws and
practices touching on- the individual
In many ways are continually increas
ing in number, and it is highly impor
tant to the application of these laws
that the state be in possession of
definite information concerning the. in
dividual, especially as to his age. The
Insurance experts require It for the
proper conduct of their business, the
health officials need it in order that
they may be perfectly equipped to pro
tect the people, and the public officials
demand it in order that they may be
In a position to enforce educational
and other restrictive laws. The neg
lect of the simple matter of accurately
registering the births in the United
States is a disgrace to a people who
claim to be enlightened. It may be
charged entirely to the carelessness
with which we have hitherto borne
many of the responsibilities of our or.
ganlzed existence. The demand for
proper laws and the enforcement of
them in order that accurate and de
pendable vital statistics may be had
Is reasonable and should be heeded.
Hankind'i Progress.
Verily, "the old order, changeth."
China, which has slumbered for cen
turies, has finally awakened, and with
the beginning of the new year will be
governed by a constitutional cabinet,
and not by a cabal of imperial favor
ites. The significance of this political
change is far greater than can be ex
pressed In a few words. It is an evi
dence of the working of the leaven
that has been planted by the pioneers
of western civilization, and proves the
tremendous effect on the destiny of
the race of the example and influence
of the Christian nations of the world.
Just as a chain is no stronger than
its weakest link, so no civilisation is
higher than its lowest member. One
section or division of the race may
step out in front of the general ad
vance, but Its position only becomes
permanent when the gap behind it has
been closed up. In progress this can
be accomplished only by bringing up
those who have lagged behind. This
Is the great achievement of civiliza
tion. The Christian missionaries go
ing among the benighted peoples of
the world did more than carry to them
a new form of worship. In teaching
their religion the missionaries taught
a better way to live, a higher end for
Individual existence and a nobler pur
pose in organized government. The
man of commerce who came after the
man of religion served to emphasize
and enhance the lesson, and between
the two the cause of humanity was set
far aheadon the road to perfection.
Railroads and steamships, telegraph
and cable lines, have blotted out dis
tance and destroyed boundaries until
today all races of man are neighbors,
if not brothers.
The establishment of a higher and
better form of government for China
is but a manifestation of the great
progress that 'is being made, and
should encourage every lover of the
race to greater efforts, because in it is
the assurance that success will ulti
mately be attained. The way has been
long and progress seems slow, but we
are going ahead now, and moving so
rapidly that we can scarcely appreciate
the progress we are making.
The Crisis at Yassar.
Four of the six cooks at Vassar
college broke ranks and left their
kitchens the other day and 1,000 hale,
healthy young women were left
stranded without their regular meals
or any way of getting them except as
the two remaining cooks could pro
vide. But, of course, where six cooks
had been necessary to meet the de
mands of 1,000 students, two cooks
could not be expected to do It. And
those 1,000 girls were helpless, many
hopeless and all hungry.
You ask why half a dozen of the
girl students did not put on aprons,
roll up their sleeves and pitch In them
selves? Well, it evidently did not oc
cur to them, and If it had, apparently
it would have done no good, for cook
ing and serving meals la not a part of
the curriculum for the average young
woman who "goes away" for her edu
cation these days. She is receiving
culture in far more esthetic lines.
This Is not a pleasant commentary
upon the popular training some of the
American girls are getting. It Is not
to be supposed that girls at college
are there to take the places of the
cooks when they quit, but if they were
capable of doing so they could take
their places in the homes of their
country with more ease and grace and
usefulness. It la the home, the fam-
Ily, as the unit of society not the In
dividual that the most practical and
comprehensive system of education
keeps chiefly in mind, or should. It
Is well that some of our institutions
are devoting special attention to this
fact; that they are equipping them
solves with courses in domestic science
and economy. These are the schools
and colleges whose influence is bound
to count largest in the sum total of
life. And It may not be going too far to
assume that they are the pioneers in a
system of education that is bound to
become the accepted one In the future
It need not discard the finer arts, for
they have their place and always will.
It is well enough that our girls and
young women know how to scan a line
of Latin poetry, providing they also
know something about those sterner
lessons of life, those which they will
be called on to recite after they have
left college halls on through the years.
It is not only important that young
women have a working knowledge of
domestic duties, but it is even more
important that they have nothing
short of the most exalted respect for
them. It is dangerous to view such
ennobling spheres of activity from a
low level..
Safe to leave it to Taft.
President Taft probably will an
nounce hia choice for the succession
of Associate Justice Moody of the fed
eral supreme court without further
delay. Many men have interested
themselves in this selection and many
have been candidates for the place.
We believe the matter could have been
safely entrusted to the president with
out solicitation and that his Judgment
would have been safe enough to fol
low. His own training and experience
as a Judge, his naturally lofty ideal of
the Judiciary as one of the essential
arms of government and his peculiar
ability for knowing what is most re
quired In the man who goes on the
supreme bench at this time are ele
ments which, we believe, make tlto
president the one man to determine
this choice, as, of course, he will be.
He is fully impressed by the serious
ness of the responsibility. He fully
realizes that he, after all, is responsi
ble for the appointment, and It is in
conceivable that he should be indiffer
ent to the Importance of making the
best possible selection.
With this view of the situation one
cannot but question the propriety of
candidates and their friends making a
campaign, as some have done, for this
position. It is somewhat different in
its nature from other governmental
offices. It eeems to be the one for
which contests should not be waged.
Of course, where the chief executive
feels constraint from any considera
tion whatever to confer with leading
men about such matters, that Is his
affair, but for htm to be Importuned
from the outside for this candidate
or that does not seem quite compatible
with the character of the office. The
appointment, when it la announced, is
bound to create deep Interest and we
feel confident that, all things consid
ered. It will be as good afr appointment
as could have been made.
Churches Oppose War.
A movement 1b on foot among some
of the evangelical churches to enlist
all religious forces In a concerted plan
to stamp out war and propagate the
principle of world peace. What more
natural than that the agent on earth
of the Prince of Peace should be the
power to take this lead? Govern
ments and principalities of the world
have already evinced a willingness to
follow, then let the church lead. It
is world peace we have been preach
ing for these years. It is world peace
as the Indispensable factor in promot
ing the commerce and Industry of the
nations at which we have aimed in
The Hague tribunals and the Ports
mouth treaties. But the aim of the
church, is higher than commerce and
trade; higher, yet including these.
Wars have served their purpose.
Military prowess has left ita impress.
Nations have been built and destroyed
by war. War Is powerful. If we
abolish It we must be sure that we
have something to take its place.
What will it be? The Continent of
New York answers the question in a
recent editorial on "The Fighting
Spirit." It is this spirit as the equiv
alent of war, which the Continent
says, we must have.
"It Is not the quarrelsome spirit,"
says this religious journal. "It Is the
spirit that will stake anything, even
life itself, on a great conviction, or a
great cause." And it adds:
If the elimination of warfare should
mean the decay of the fighting spirit and
IU virtues, then it is an open question
whether the elimination of war would be a
gain or a loss to society.
There is a thought for the churches
in planning on the abolition of war.
The Continent does not commend war,
but It leaves no room for doubting the
sanity of its proposition. And to show
how righteously grounded is this
"fighting spirit." it makes use of
those famous words of Jesus, so often
quoted as the maxim of anti-war, the
Justification of the soft doctrine of
nonresUtance:
Whosoever ahall smite thee on the one
cheek, turn to him the other also.
It maintains f.hat this very saying
becomes forceful "only when we in
terpret it in the terns of the fighting
spirit." It clinches its point by using
the illustration of team work In a game
of foot ball. Never mind yourself or
the injuries Inflicted on you. Brush
them aside and go in to win. "Disre
gard foula, play the game." That is
the true fighting spirit and it is the
anlrtt thnt im Intllununankln .
' i success , i.akota and 1. now the pioneer court
in any of llfe'i contest. Unless walrtporur of Nebraska.
have It as the "equivalent of war" we
had better not give up war. But, of
course, there Is no reason why we
should not have it.
The Pennsylvania minister who de
nounced Governor-elect Tener In his
pulpit during the campaign has now
from the same pulpit made a retrac
tion. How much better not to have
made the attack. How much better
to have informed himself of the facts
before rather than after. It would
have helped his Influence far more.
Incendiarism is as bad In the pulpit
as in the press.
The New Vork Mail wants to know
If there Is any device for opening a
letter. Yes. Take a slender, pointed
instrument, made of. steel or gutta
percha, insert the point end In one end
of the envelope and push. The result
is certain.
Heallam Kroirneil On.
Washington Herald.
Senator Tillman hopes the democrats will
not "play the fool." It is more important
they should avoid being the real thing.
Vocal "erappera llaahed.
Houston Post.
With the restoration of tranquility, we
dismiss the notion of licking Mexico, but
the suggestion was one that opened a vista
of ecstasy and glory. And the Lord knows
grand old Texas could have done the Job
ao completely.
Make a Note of It.
Chicago Tribune.
Let it not be overlooked or forgotten that
President Taft takes a firm atand against
the further use of the dangerous and
deadly phosphorous match. This match,
aa he eeems to Intimate. Is not made in
heaven. Far from It.
Telearaphy and the Valla.
New York Tribune.
There Is a fine historic fitness In having
member of the Vail family at the head
of one of the great telegraph companies,
because of the close relationship which two
other members of thnt family sustained to
the practical invention and development
of the magnetic telegraph. The names of
the Vails, father and son, of Mcrristown.
N. J., the one the head of the u!d SDeed-
well Iron works, the other a student in
New Vork unlverslthy, deserve always to
be linked with that of Samuel F. B.
Morse.
Deaerved Rebuke of Lawyer.
Baltimore American.
In rebuking a lawyer who said that
during the last two administrations It has
been necessary to be "a great soldier to
bow to the acepter and be a lickspittle,"
the supreme court was moved by respect
for a co-ordfnate branch of the govern
ment, the executive. Incidentally, Justice
White, who administered the rebuke, gave
pretty atrong hint to the offender by
which he ought to profit. It would puzzle
thia lawyer to point out a great or dis
tinguished soldier who has reached his
rank by fawning on power. On the con
trary, not a few of the promotions which
have stirred up controversy have been
those of men who, having rendered con
spicuous service under volunteer commis
sions, were given equivalent rank In the
permanent establishment. General Wood
and General Bell are conspicuous instances
of merit making Its way to appreciation.
A SEASON ABLE TEXT,
The Charch and the Strana-er, and
What Happened.
Thomas Nelson Page in Scribner's.
Ills face waa grave and marked as If by
want or sorrow. Ills eyes, deep sunken as
with care, were habitually cast down, and
hla shoulders stooped as though he had
long borne heavy burdens. He might,, but
for hla gentle expression, have been a
workman out of work, who had known bet
ter days, but hla countenance, as he talked
to some little children who had stopped by
him, waa kind and gentle, and had some
thing childlike in It. As he stood talking
with and enjoying them, a number of the
church-goers observed him and, after a
consultation, one turned back and said
aomethlng to the children in a command
ing voice, at which they started and ran
off, looking back, now at the stranger and
now at the gentleman, who still remained
In alght, as If to see that his orders were
obeyed. The stranger, too, gazed after the
children, as If In a sort of pleasant dream.
From this he waa aroused by another
church-goer , with an official mien, who,
after a casual glance at him, paused at the
threshold and then turned back. In his
gloved hand he carried a small gold-headed
cane, as fine aa' a reed, with which he
pointed at the stranger as he approached
him, and called in a tone of authority,
"Don't hang around the (hurch o on."
So the stranger kept on until he had
crossed the street, when he turned Just In
time to see the gentleman enter the church.
Aa the latter passed a bowing usher he
paused to say, "I am expecting friends In
my pew today Lord and Lady (the
name waa lost), ao do not show any stran
gers to It." The usher bowed. Close on
his heels came another who aald, "No
atrangera In my pew; they annoy me."
'Yea, sir," bowed the usher. At that mo
ment a poor woman, dressed 'Ike a widow,
in a thin, shabby, black dress, long worn
threadbare, and with shoes old and broken,
passed by, and entering the church, stood
In the alale Just within the door, timidly
waiting to be allowed to i t down in one
of the empty pews. The official looking
gentleman pasaed her, apparently without
looking at her; but aa he passed a verger
he said to him, with a Jerk of the head,
Give her a seat; don't let people block up
the aisles."
Our Birthday Book.
December 11, 110.
Judge John K. Carland ot the federal
bench for South Dakota was born Decem
11, 1S63, In Oswego county. New York. He
was associate Juatlce of the supreme court
of South Dakota and waa appointed United
States district Judge by President Cleve
land In 1&. He has held court In Omaha
occasionally.
Harry P. Deuel, former register of deeds
and now retired, la celebrating his 74th
birthday today. He waa born in Clarksun,
N Y., and came to Omaha In aa
steamboat agent and commission broker.
When the railroad reached Omaha ha was
the first ticket agent and sold the first
coupon railroad ticket in Nebraska.
Guy Liggett, president and manager of
the Panturlum, la 35 yeara old ttlay. He
waa born In Conway, la. He studied one
year at the luwa titate collego and came
to Omaha In H&s aa an employe of tha
Pantorium, and in the aame year bought
a half lntereat in it, and a year later as
sumed lta management with wonderful
succeaa.
Calvin C. Valentine, court reporter, waa
burn December 11, 1X64. In Keoaauqua, la.
He waa the firat offical court reporter
PERSONAL AND OTHER WISE.
Montana society will have to step lively
If It gets a look at former Senator Clark's
1100.1100 dinner set. '
Keen observers of social phenomena have
not as yet noticed the Pullman company
leaning on Its "uppers."
A school boy strike broke out In Jersey
City just In time to reverse a Judicial de
cision on the use'.essness of spanking.
The wise old guy wno wants everybody
to "make your Christmas gifts practical"
will be found scrambling among the rem
nants In the eleventh hour rush.
If Tarts succeeds In making gowns but
toned In front fashionable, Indodr athlet
ics will experience a boost. Hu.sbands
must have some exerc'.se In place of the
back hitch.
Here and there In the dry belt of Kan
sas aobs may be heard over the destruc
tion of the last link connecting the prosaic
presvnt with the popullatlc past. Farmer
Coburn shed his whiskers.
The Milwaukee Old Settlers' club agreed
to appoint a committee iu view and re
port on Mary Garden's "Dance of the
Seven Veils." but the plan failed be
cause the rush to serve on the committee
embraced the entire membership.
A Jury fixer has been convicted In New
York, two are about to be tried n Chi
cago and Omaha has on under Judicial
investigation. The fact that the flxeia
were caught tends to prove that they
were amateurs butting Into a fine art.
Although "up state" draws the greater
proportion of public revenue from New
York City, only five counties outside of
the big city gave a majority for the bonds
which insure the completion of the Pall
sades Iiarrlman Park. The state bonds
carried by a majority of 60,000.
TUB 11MAVK STHAiGER,
Ion a Oi
saea Mlnnriota
Gen-
rrona Chivalry.
New York Sun.
There was a story about the late Gover
nor John A. Johnson, a true story we are
sure, that endeared him even to his political
opponents. He was hurrying Incognito
along a platform In a railroad station to
catch ,a train when a tremendous hubbub
In the Swedish tongue fixed him In hht
tracka: an unfriended and Ignorant old
emigrant woman waa trying to retain her
hold on a horsehair trunk v hlch a baggage
man had laid rude hand. upon. She wept,
gesticulated and railed, but cou'd not under
stand that robbery and sacrilege were not
intended. She wanted to go to Sauk Centre
or some such place, and her soul was cen
tered In the resolution to carry her trunk
aboard the nearest train. The governor
Incognito, intervened, had her baggnfre
checked, put her in the right coach, nat In
hand, asked her how the folk were at
home and wished her Godspeed, while she
cried with delight Then he disappeared.
but had lost hla train.
It wiae Just like John A. Johnson, of
course, but with due reverence to the mem
ory of a very human man. they have a
citizen of Iowa who risked more than the
loss of a train to befriend a woman, an
aged woman too. The atory Is quickly told
(Dea Moines date):
"When a spare, tall man In a slouch hat
and an ulster, the collar of which concealed
hla features, volunteered at midnight to
enter a burning building to bring out a
trunk In which an aged woman said lay
possessions priceless to her, the firemen
tried to restrain him. But he evaded them,
and regard lees of danger plunged Into the
smoke and flame which poured from the
open door. Tha crowd waited for what
teemed to them nearly an hour for him to
reappear, and the apprehension of the fire
men that he had perished grew into convic
tion, when he emerged drag-glnr the trunk
after him." .
The hour In the burning building, aa the
time seemed, had made awful ravages on
the stranger's person and clothing. His
face was black aa if he had emerged from
Pluto's realm, all the' fine lineaments ob
aeured by smoke. His hat was crumpled,
hla ulster scorched. His hair gave out a
pungent burnt odor. He waa pale and un
steady In his gait He staggered past the
trembling firemen and vanished. Only one
man In the vast breathless crowd recog
nlzed the brave stronger; that man waa
Deputy Auditor of State Joseph P. Wall.
He reporta that the savior of the trunk and
Its priceless contents was no other than
the Hon. B. F. Carroll, governor of the
state.
And yet Colonel Lafayette Young thinks
that he can be elected senator by the legis
lature.
IRRIGATED FA It MS.
Government Land Free, bat Water
Coat a Something;.
San Framclsco Chronicle.
A dispatch from Washington says that
as a result of the expenditure of the 135,000,
000, more or lesa, which has already been
spent. Uncle Sam haa now. In addition to
those which have been taken up, about 400
farms distributed among the various pro
jects, which he Is ready to beatow upon
applicants "free."
Literally that la true. No charge Is made
for the land. But the dispatch naively adda
that "the chief expense Incurred In obtain
ing one of these tracts being the payment
of the cost of water rights, which amounts
to from 30 to $60 an acre of Irrigable land."
Probably this is also true, but while this
payment of from 130 to tGO per acre may
be the "chief" expense, the coat of the
buildings, fences, leveling, road building,
construction of school houses, churches and
other requirements of civilization will
count up pretty fast themselves.
Uncle Sam seems to be having a good
deal of trouble in giving away these 400
farms, and yet It Is certain that single
private firms or Individuals In this state,
during the time that theae "free farms"
have been on the market, have disposed of
more than 400 irrigated farms, for which
In addition to the cost of water, probably
equal to that on the government projects,
a rouna price has been paid for the land.
It makes all the difference In the world
where the land la.
Accurate Mailing- Lists.
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SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
No man esrapea duty by fleelna; to his
devotions.
Stage thunder brings no showers .f spir
itual NrsslniT.
The loafer has the longrst hours and
shortest year.
It la alwava eaa.er to love your enemies
than your rivals.
7..al la m rnnNiir.iinff fire, but love mnkra N
It burn on an altar.
The greatest force for pood ! faith In th
possible good In a man.
Folks who really have hajoa are never
discovered before mirrors.
The heresy hunter will never find ortho
doxy save In a phonograph.
Many churches mistake raklrnt In the
shekels for bringing in the sheaves.
Some are never sure of the love of It's
lord until their neighbors get Into trouble.
Men never get to know their Father In
heaven by going to church to find out the
faults of one another.
The poorest way for the preacher to
make sure of the love of people la to worrr
over whether thoy like hla preaching. Chi
cago Tribune.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
St. Louis Republic: A local clergyman
railed the denomination founded by Mr.
Kildy the only religion of American origin.
Haa he forgotten the religion founded by
Joseph Smith?
Baltimore American: A new religion haa
Just been Imported from Persia. It might
not be a bad Idea, however, to give a fair
show. In the way of living up to them, te
those we have already at home.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Cardinal Gib
bons applauds the Idea o( church unity and
points out that hla church Is the right ral
lying point. We presume that the clergy
men ' of other churches will do likewise.
And there you are again.
Philadelphia Ledger: A preacher ar
raigned in a Media court for non-support
of his aged mother was constrained to pay
her $3.00 weekly. Since many modern ser
mons are basod on real life, the preacher
In question mlKlit find a text In thia epi
sode. Brooklyn Kagle: Texas Methodists are to
allot farms of ten acres each to superan
nuated ministers. As to what the ministers
will raise on the farms, "It may chance of
wheat or some other grain," as St Paul
wrote to the Corinthians. Possibly more
metaphor than wheat will be grown, and
nearly as much of simile.
Springfield Republican: Rabbi Wise, the
"modernest Jew," stands Intrepidly to his
guns In the Judea of New York agalnat
those who criticise the Jews who, like him
self, have Joined with certain Christian
sects in union services within the paat few
months. "Can Jew and Christian unite In
worship?" asked the rabbi in his Sunday
sermon. His answer waa a moat emphatlo
affirmative. The union meetings, he de
clared, . "illustrate the fact that neither
church nor jynagogue la an end within it
self, but both are to be regarded as Inde
fensible, except as they stir men to go
forth and help their fellow-men, serving
not aa a fire to atand around, but aa a
torch with which the enshadowed souls of
all God's children can be guided forward."
DOMESTIC PLEAS AUTRIE5.
"Why do you keep announcing that you
are to be married to an heiress T Does
it gratify your vanity?"
"No," replied Baron Fucash, "but It
cheers my creditors." Washington Star,
"Why are you saving this turkey foot?"
"It waa such a good turkey we had fop
Thanksgiving," explained the young house
wife, "that I want to see If the butcher
can't match it for Christmas. "Kansas
City Journal.
"Yes. It waa George's Idea to giro nil a.
silver spoon for every birthday.
"How many haa he given your' .
"Why, twenty-two."
"Why did he stop?" Cleveland Palln-
deaier.
"What is woman?" asked the speaker.
"Woman," replied a man In the audi
ence r married man "Is an animate be
ing, with the power of speech abnormally
developed, and entirely surrounded by a
dress that buttons up the back." Argo
naut.
"Mary loves to get her picture In print.
doesn't she?"
"Yes. That's her only reason for Join
ing ao many women'a clubs." St. Louis
Republic.
"My husband." proudly said a vounv
wife, "loves me so much that he won't so
much as look at another woman.' '
"Ah, my child," sighed the experienced
matron, "the real proof of a man's devo
tion la not ao much hla not looking after
other women abroad, aa his looking after
the furnace at home." Baltimore Amer
ican. .
"IJI." said Kit. "you're- trying to take
my feller awav from me. I'll get even
with you, miss!"
"I a' pose you'll tell 'Im some lie about
me. Kit Sklmmerhorn!" snapped the other.
"I'll do mor'n that. Lil Goovlual I'll
tell Laura Jean Libbey on you!" Chi
cago Tribune.
IN COMMON THINGS.
Mlnot 3. Savage.
Seek not afar for beauty. Lo! It glowa
In dew-wet graasea all about thy feet;
In birds. In sunshine, childish faces
aweet;
In star and mountain summits topped with
snows.
Go not abroad for happiness. For, aeet
It la a flower that blossoms by thy door;
Bring love and Justice home; and then
no more
Thou'lt wonder In what dwelling Joy may
be.
Dream not of noble service elsewhere
wrought,
The simple duty that awaits thy hand
Is God's voice uttering a divine com
mand :
Life's common deeds built all that saint
have thought.
In wonder-workings, or some bush aflame
Men look for God, and fancy 111m con
cealed; i
But In eurth's cominon things He atanda
Whllti graaa
nanie.
and flowers spell out His
Hteuottrapliers.
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