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    THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. JUNE 12, 1011.
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porarily ahonld have The Bee
nailed to them. Addreaa will be
enann-ed aa often aa requested.
No one llkea a knocker . unless be
knocks with a base ball bat. Then he
la a hero.
Omaha's banks show up well In re
sponse to the comptroller's call for
statements.
That earthquake in Mexico suggests
that even nature Is on the warpath
down there.
A contemporary speaks of "the
Welcome Rain." Most any rain would
be welcome nowadays.
"Where there Is a will, there's a
way," ought to cheer Mr. Carnegie In
bis burning desire to die poor.
And here, 135 years later, a good
many of our patriots are going over
to see the fifth -George crowned.
It Is such a delightful sensation to
go up in- an- aeroplane delightful
after you return safely to earth.
No donbt the Tobacco trust would
like to chew up that supreme court
Just, to get a chance to spit it out.
How Is the veat eafle going Id Lon
don? Does If look as if the coronation
would be a' success at the box office?
The Brooklyn Eagle asks if we eat
too much. Not so certain, but we all
think we pay too much for what we
eat.
Try to Imagine what would have
happened to Colonel Oerrard had an
other certain colonel been commander-in-chief
of the army.
If those are "summer girls" who
re shooting down the millionaires of
New York and Ban Francisco, kindly
commend us to winter maidens.
What an Ignorant lot we axe no man
In Washington fit to be superintendent of
schools. Washington Post.
Well, so long ha you have Omaha
on which to draw you are safe.
Busy persons probably have noticed
that much time Is wasted by thought
less folk boarding pay-as-you-enter
cars, because of no fault of the cars.
We hope that it will not take our
recent editorial visitors too long to
get back into form than will permit
tbem to resume work in the harness.
That borseshoer who has been
elected president of the Chicago Stock
exchange would probably say he
achieved success by striking the iron
while It was hot.
A debate in one of Omaha's public
schools has settled It that the automo
bile is less desirable than the horse.
Now we can see the auto's finish. But
what about the aeroplane?
One of our Improvement clubs Is
making municipal ownership of public
service utilities Its cornerstone. Pros
pects are good for a start with
$8,250,000 worth of water works.
Nat Goodwin says he Is not think
ing of matrimony. What has that to
do with it? No one ever supposed
from the spontaneity of his action
that Nat ever gave the matter much
thought. 1
The alacrity with which our demo
cratic friends have undertaken to
cross off the special congressional
election in the Ninth Iowa district as
closed Incident Is at least sig
nificant. Omaha gets the li convention of the
American Federation of Musicians. Per
haps the other cities dldn try hard
enough to drum It up for themselves. St.
Louis Times.
At any rate Omaha did not use an
anvil in attracting It.
Senator Kern gives out the assur
ance that the second Lorliuer investi
gation will be thorough. The others
have been quite thorough, but what
the people are chiefly Interested In
In what the senate will do after the
Investigation.
Missouri Asks Folk to Retire.
Missouri democrats are taking
Champ Clark's presidential candidacy
seriously enough to ask Joseph W.
Folk to withdraw his candidacy and
throw the full democratic vote in Mis
souri to ClHrk. Congressman Lloyd
of the First Missouri district, accord
ing to St. Louis and Kansas City pa
pers, has been putting In several days
with Folk in St. Louis, trying to get
him to see that he should leave the
track clear for the speaker. Clark
and his friends, it is said, feel cer
tain that with Folk out of the way,
Clark would be sure of the nomina
tion. Evidently, since Mr. Bryon and Mr.
Clark fell out over schedule K, and
Mr. Bryan included Folk in his list
of presidential possibilities given out
in St. Paul, the Clark people are ex
pecting him to throw his Influence
behind the former governor of Mis
souri and they seem to bo polite
enough to attach considerable Im
portance to that influence. But if
Folk Is the true Bryanlc disciple he
Is thouRht to be. he will never
withdraw to let Champ Clark or any
other man have a clear track and if
he does withdraw, then he may count
his goose as cooked with Mr. Bryan.
Mr. Bryan's motto is "never give up
the ship."
Folk, of course, has no chance of
landing the nomination and it is
doubtful if Clark has much more. 8o
it is difficult to see, even allowing for
the Bryan factor, where Folk's elimi
nation could possibly advance Clark's
stock materially. Why not adopt the
good old Missouri maxim, "The more,
the merrier," and let him stay in the
race? Besides he is as much entitled
to the advertising as is Champ Clark.
Vacancies at West Point.
Some time ago a democratic mem
ber of congress, in criticising alleged
republican extravagance and favor
itism, strongly objected to the admis
sion of two Chinese youths to West
Point on the grouud that it crowded
our young men out of positions some
of them would like to fill at the mili
tary academy. The last official report
from West Point shows far more va
cancies than applicants, and a dispatch
from Washington says: "The War
department is distressed over the ab
sence of applicants for forty vacancies
in senatorial and congressional dis
tricts. In addition there are nearly
100 vacancies, with no aplicants in the
class to enter in 1912."
This is a rather pointed answer to
that sort of cheap political clap-trap
that charged our government to be
crowding its own youth out of West
Point in order to make room for boys
of foreign countries. The Chinese
youths, like the Japanese youths, come
over here under a custom of admitting
two from each friendly nation as an
act of courtesy, which at the same
time serves ss a very helpful stimulant
to international relations. Why bar
the Chinese while admitting others?
Many different theories doubtless
will be advanced to explain the falling
off In West Point applicants, and peo
ple who believe the day of. war is
about over may attach .serious sig
nificance to this condition on account
of the growing sentiment for peace
which seems to us more far-fetched
than ascribing It to the superior at
tractions of other avocations.
Where a Time Limit is Needed.
Another place where the proper city
authorities could Institute a welcome
reform is in the matter of street cuts
for water, sewer and gas connections,
particularly when permits are Issued
to go through pavements on the prin
cipal thoroughfares. As it is now the
builders and contractors seem to re
gard a street cut permit aa a warrant
not only to destroy costly pavements
in reckless fashion, without restoring
them in really good condition, but also
to give a right to blockade a thor
oughfare and impede traffic as long as
they please without putting forth the
slightest exertion to complete the
work and reopen the roadway within
any reasonable limit of time.
When a contractor or builder is per
mitted by the city to excavate a street
he ought to be compelled to do it in
the most expeditious fashion, and with
the least inconvenience to Jhe public.
Instead of being allowed to drivel
along with only one or two laborers
working a few hours a day, they
should be compelled to, put on enough
men and work day and night shifts if
necessary to finish up within twenty
four hours. Neither should any street
cut permit be granted that would
keep a thoroughfare blockaded over
Saturday and Sunday without anyone
at the work. Omaha wants to encour
age enterprise in construction of new
buildings, but It ought also to remem
ber that the public has some rights.
Stotsenburg.
If the proposal to investigate al
leged persecution of Colonel Btotsen
burg is taken up by the house of rep
resenatlves at Washington the com
mittee on inquiry can get illuminating
information about it here In Nebraska.
The conspiracy against Stotsenburg
culminated in the adoption by the leg
islature of Nebraska of a resolution
of censure calling upon the War de
partment to remove him from com
mand of the First Nebraska, the adop
tion of this resolution being procured
by malicious falsehoods and deliber
ate misrepresentation. The heroic
death of Colonel Stotsenburg almost
before the ink on this resolution was
dry forced upon the legislature the
humiliation of expunging an Indelible
confession of Its inexcusable mistake
in playing ratepaw.
The house should also know that
the chief persecutor of Colonel Stots
enburg at this end of the line, who
kept up the fire In the fear while
Stotsenburg was braving the enemy
on the battlefield has recently been re
warded by Senator Norrls Brown with
appointment to one of the roost lucra
tive federal offices within this state in
spite of his unsavory record.
If congress takes up the Stotsen
burg case, by all raef.ns let the Inves
tigating committee come to Nebraska
Bnd Kpt the Inside on ,one of the most
diabolical parts of the plot to ruin the
good name of a brave army officer.
i
Transplanting; Senator Crawford.
The people of South Dakota will
be much chagrined to learn that one
of their senators, Coe I. Crawford,
has secretly slipped away from them
and taken up his residence in Iowa,
which state he now represents in the
upper house of congress. This seems
scarcely fair, for it gives Iowa three
senators Cummins, Kenyon and
Crawford, and leaves South Dakota
with only one Gamble. Just when
Senator Crawford did this, we do not
know. We only know what we have
seen In the current Issue of that pal
ladium of truth, Collier's Weekly,
which In the course of an editorial on
"Land Values." takes up a discussion
by Senator Crawford of land In Iowa
and knowingly observes:
Did Senator Crawford or any other pa
triotic cltisen of Iowa ever pause to search
his soul for the reason his state was the
only one that suffered a net loss In pop
ulation d urine: the Dast rieeade?
The Congressional Directory still
lists Senator Crawford from South Da
kota, but what is the use to question
his residence so long as we "know"
he is one of the "patriotic cltisens" of
Iowa?
The republican state convention
will meet again at Lincoln the last
Tuesday in July. Last year the dem
ocrats went to Grand Island, so that
the trimming prepared for Mr. Bryan
should not be given to him in the pres
ence of his neighbors in his home
town. But presumably, no such
reason will this year prevent the dem
ocrats from meeting in Lincoln, too.
And now It Is reported that the
councilman who is removing to an
other city will not file his resignation
for several months. The presumption
is that the bipartisan council combine
will continue to run things Just the
same with one councilman short.
Omaha has done fairly well with Its
automobile races, with only one
smash-up and two or three casualties,
but is still far in the rear as compared
with the Indianapolis death meet.
Who Will Cot It Oatf
Louisville Courier-Journal.
All the advocates of Canadian reci
procity agree that Kllhu is the Root of ail
evil.
Retwrolna- Good for Evil.
Washington Post.
The souvenir post card having wiped out
the deficit Frank Hitchcock proposes
a 1-cent postage law to wlDa out th
poet card, by way of returning good for
evil.
Ia Bryaa "Backing; Dowat"
Philadelphia Record. :
Bryan's sudden modification of his at
titude on free wool Is evidence that h.
learned something- during hla copybook
daya about half a loaf being better than
no loaf.
Teet of "Scientific Efficiency."
Kansas City Star.
Mr. Brandeia' entrance aa a nmM,n..
Into the Lorlmer Investigation is certain
to increase, if such a thing be possible,
the abhorrence with which th. nn.tnn
lawyer Is regarded in certain anti-.r.,,-,.
deal quarters.
Perl la of the Home.
Houston Pot
Mr. Bryan, wrltlne- to a nrurh a.
clared that the American home Is im
periled by the pursuit of pleasure and
money. It 1 the Pullman car, however,
that is Fairvlew' relentless rival.
Pitched In the Rlaht Key.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Ther is not a fair-minded, thoughtful,
true American In the countrv mh iu
heartily approve every word In the presi
dents reprimand, or In the letter to the
secretary or war apropos of the incident
which led to the reDrimind f cninn.i
Garrard of the Fort Myer cavalry poet.
Volatility of Candor.
Philadelphia Record.
The chief director of the steel trust,
Judge Gary, was so candid and voluble
withal in hla testimony before th com
mittee of Invcst'gatlon as to create the
iitprestlon that he was telling all ho
ktiotv. Yet there are people who think
h var talking of more than he knew
with hi "bluff of a bureaucratic scheme
of government for fixing the prices of
all commodities produced by corpora
tions. Joy Rider' Joy Land.
Boston Transcript.
Ther Is not now a mor liberal law
for th regulation of automohile. i .,-
country than the new on signed by Gov
ernor nmuwin or Connecticut yesterday.
It provide no speed limit. It .t,-
stat wide open to non-residents and
mer is no limit to th tlm during which
they can run their machine without a
license from that tat. Moreover, there
I quit an active movement to improve
th road for their accommodation.
Reciprocity In Collage,
Springfield Republican.
A long step In th direction of reci
procity between Canada and the United
State has been reached by the conclusion
of an agreement that th new Canadian
gold coinage shall be of th sama wlght,
fineneaa and intrinsic value as 1'nlted
States coin of th same denomination.
Th coin of both countries are to be ac
cepted at their face value In both coun
tries. Canada has heretofore had no
gold coinage of it own, and It I esti
mated that at th present tlm ther I
$8,000,000 of American gold coin In
Canadian banka A common currency of
common value will glv a decldd pur
to common trading. If thl arrangement
I b a result of dollar diplomacy It win
aerv to glv a new vaunt to th practice.
t'nttlaa- Jndlclal Red Tan.
Nw York World.
In appointing a committee to revls the
rule of practice Ip th federal court of
equity. Chief Justice White of th United
State uprm court ha attacked th
question of th law delays, against which
Mr. Taft has no earnestly spoken on
eeveral occasions. It Is part of the In
herent powers of the courts that they can
make their own rules. In large part they
are responsible for the abuses that have
grown In the way of the speedy and cheap
administration of Justice. It has been In
their power of check the obstructive and
dilatory tactics to which litigants and
their counsel now so constantly resort. Ity
setting nn example to the state courts In
simplifying and expediting the business of
the federal courts the supreme court should
hasten a reform greatly needed.
JEWS A SOI.DIF.RS.
ervleea In the Itevolatlon, Rebel
Hon and Spanish-American Ware.
(Indianapolis News.)
The public reprimand recently given by
the president to an army officer In con
nection with the case of a young Jew de
sirous of winning a commission In the
army was, of course, approved by all
, right minded people. The Incident la
closed, but It may serve to remind other
army officer and proscrlptlvely Inclined
persons that the Jews In America have
fully earned their right to fair treatment.
They got here nearly as soon as any
body, and have done their share In build
ing up the republic. Thirty years after
the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock,
Jacob Barsumsnn and Jacob Aboaf, fore
runners of many more, arrived at New
Amsterdam, and began to assist In build
ing up the town which we now call New
York. From that time on they were
among the pioneers in different colonies.
Though not numerous, they furnished
their quota of ' separatlonlsts," as those
were . called who favored separation from
the mother country. A document favoring
separation, which Is still preserved and
exhibited In Philadelphia, bears the sig
natures of Benjamin Levy, Kamson Levy,
Joseph Jacobs. David Franks, Moses
Mordecal and others equally distinctive.
No need to inquire Into their pedigree. In
1770 a paper drawn up in New York, to
make the non-importation act more
stringent, had among Its signers Pamuel
Judah, Jacob Moses, Jaeob Meyers, Haman
Levy and others. Former President Roose
velt says: "Even in our colonial period
the Jews participated In the upbuilding of
this country, acquired citizenship and took
an active part in the development of for
eign and domestic commerce. During the
revolutionary period they aided the cause
of liberty by serving In the continental
army and by substantial contributions to
the empty treasury of the infant republic
During the civil war thousands served
in the armies, and mingled their blood with
the soil for which they fought."
At a dark period in the revolutionary
war when Robert Morris, the Philadelphia
financier, called for funds, Haman Solo
mon subscribed $300,000. He was a Polish
Jew, a friend of Pulaski and Kosciusko,
and by subsequent advances he more than
doubled his investment in the cause of
independence. No part of it was ever
repaid to him or his family. Isaac Moses,
of Philadelphia, contributed $15,000 to the
colonial treasury, and Manuel Mordecal
Noah, of South Carolina, not only served
In the army on Washington's staff, but
gave $100,000 to the cause. Scores of Jews
served in the revolutionary army. One of
the most distinguished
of 1812 was Brigadier-General Bloomfleld,
a jew. others were Colonel Nathan
Meyers, Captain Meyer Morris, Lieutenant
Isaac Mens and Adjutant Isaac Myers.
At the battle of New Orleans Judah Touro
rendered efficient aid to General Jackson
and many years later Touro
the $10,000 neoessary to complete the
nunaer Hill monument. General David da
Leon, a Jew. received tha than v. r
"res for valuable services In the Mexican
war, and there-were quit a number of
Jews in the ranks. An officer at that
time was Major Alfred VnMv.i ui.
on, General Mordecal, waa graduated at
west -oint in 1861, and after a brilliant
military record and long service as chief
of ordnance is now retired.
Several thousand Jewa aerved in h.
Union army in the civil war an
of them attained distinction eei..
Over 4.000 Jewish soldiers served during
oi)nin-mencan war. Fifteen Jewa
lost their lives In the Maine wh.n tn.
ship was destroyed, and Rear-Admiral
Marix, of the navy, judge-advocate of the
Maine disaster board of inquiry, and still
living. Is a Jew. This very Incomplete list
of Jews who have at different iim..
in different ways rendered patriotic service
io in country Is enough to prove the
folly and Injustice of raising a racial ho.
against them.
People Talked About
Mr. Schwab i a steel clad gentleman of
large leisure, diversified by fanhlonlng
overcoats for battleshlpa H was a
protege of Andrew Carnegie In tha ateel
business and pocketed several handy
minions when the steel combine was
launched.
Mr. Ella Wheeler Wilcox waa the
guest of honor at a recent dinner given In
Claxtor. hall, London, bv tha Woman1
Freedom league. At this dinner Mrs. Wil
cox's suffrage poem, "The Awakening." set
to music by Mint del Riego, waa sung,
and HIm Dectma Moore of th Actresses'
Franchise league read several of her
poems.
Captain JarvU B. Rellly of little Egg
Harbor llfe-aavlng station holds th ro
ord among all th members of th Surf
men's Mutual Beneficial association, or
ganized for protection and mutual in
surance. In point of continuous service,
having been on Unci Sam's payroll forty
two years. He ha taken part in helping
some 200 vessels wreoked or In distress.
Bishop Doane of Albany, N. Y., has
Invoked public, prayer for relief from
drouth that has assumed serious propor
tions in New York and adjoining states.
Writing to th Albany Argu th bishop
ay: "I count it my duty to urg upon
th clergy and people of my diocese, and I
think, as the oldest minister resident in
Albany, I might claim th privilege of
urging the clergy and people of other
ehurche to set themselves with th
energy of an earnest faith to ask God.
"who eovereth the heaven with cloud and
prepareth rain for the earth,' that He will
b pleased to 'send a Joyful rain upon HI
lnharltanc and to refresh it. sine It is
dry, to th great comfort of His unworthy
servants, and to to glory of His name.' "
ft 9 cSCHWAfr
The Bee's Letter Box
Contribution on Tlmsly Subjects
Wot Exceeding Two Hundred Words
Are invited from Our Bsader.
Th Klnkatder.
LETWELLEN, Neb., June -To the
Editor of Th Bee: Having read your
article In a recent issue of The Be regard
ing Garden county and the Kinkalders and
cattlemen In general, and Rudolf Noetxel
man, W. H. Dodd and Arthur Marshal in
particular, I will try to glv you ome of
tha farts In the case. I have lived In this
county for twenty-five years. The vast
majority of the Klnkald claims are nothing
but sand hills and are totally unfit for
anything but gracing, and as a rule are
settled by a class of people that are very
poor and, of course, some of them "would
come under 'head of Roosevelt's undesir
able cltlsena. and sometimes they annoy
Mr. Cattleman beyond endurance by kill
ing his cattle, stealing the posts out of his
fnnces.' burning the range and like ma
neuvers that are calculated to produce bad
feeling. Now, 1 am not trying to run down
the Kinkalders, for 1 am one of them my
self and am now living on a Klnkald claim
and Join land with a cattleman with whom
I am on friendly terms, and the trouble
between Kinkalders and cattlemen Is not
one-fourth as bad as is made out by the
eastern papers, neither have I noticed the
wings on our cattlemen were sprouting
extra fast.
Now, about the trouble between Noetiel
man, Dodds and Marshal. None of them
are Kinkalders or cattlemen, but are farm
era and dairymen, and Noetselman is, I
think, on of the worst neighbors any man
ever had. He came here from near Bel
grade, Neb., and after settling on his pres
ent farm oon became at enmity with all
his neighbors, until at this time he Is
entirely without friends in hi neighbor
hood. After Noetzelman settled her I
sold my mother's farm to Marlon Yarrlng
ton of Belgrade, and when he found out
that he had Noetselman for a neighbor he
did not want the farm.
In this last trouble Noetselman tried to
drive his cattle over Marshal's garden and,
when Dodds got In his way, hit him over
the head with a club. Dodds promptly
pulled him off his horse and thrashed him,
and the county Judge refused to Issue a
warrant for Dodds' arrest until Noetsel
man paid the coats In his other law suits.
G. W. GILL1ARD.
Overdone Reform.
OMAHA, June S.-To the Editor of The
Bee: A little boy sees a lot of ashes, as
he thinks. In which there are some smolder
ing embers, and to put out the last spark
of fire, he stamps his foot In the midst
of th pile. Does he put out the fire? No,
instead he only scatters It by sending the
embers and sparks in a dosen directions.
Each spark, in turn, kindles a new blaze
and, Instead of on fire, he ha a dozen on
his hands.
Representative Albert introduced hi bill
In the legislature putting all resort keep
ers out of business. It Is now a law. But
where are the occupants? If the governor
or Representative Albert were to make an
investigation he would probably find them
scattered in all directions over the city of
Omaha. All the law can do Is to stamp Its
foot In the pile of smoldering embers,
throwing th sparks in a dozen directions.
Th ostrich sticks bin head In th sand
and Imagines no on sees him because he
sees no one. Doe anyone imagine that
peopi are silly enough to think the social
evil 1 stamped out merely because it has
been diffused, whereas it was concen
trated? People own property or rnt prop
erty In decent neighborhoods and are rear
ing children, perhaps having some young
folks in their families to ' whom such
temptations are axpreaaly dangerous, have
to pay the cyst of these false notions of
... - .i in. COMMON SENSE.
REFORM I IK G EQUITY PRACTICE.
ten Taken Toward Abolishing; Jndl
clal Red Tape.
Washington Post.
The manner in which President Taft
works steadily toward reform, while others
content themselves with talking reform, is
again exemplified In the appointment by
cnier Justice Whit of a committee to
change and revise the rule of practice In
tne equity courts of the United States.
The rule cf th equity court have en
couraged delay In litigation and have made
the cost of lawsuits almost prohibitive to
the average man. The present rules, with
some minor exceptions, were established
In 1842, and lawyers and laymen have been
complaining for years about the law's de
lays. Yet, up to the present time, nothing
ha been done. President Taft I tha first
chief executive who ha given th matter
personal attention, and it was he who
asked the chief Justlc to appoint a com
mittee to consider a revision and simplifi
cation of the rule of equity proceedings.
It la understood that Chief Justice Whit
and Associate Justice Van Devanter and
Lurton will ask .leading member of the
bar to make suggestions looking to th
simplification of th rule to meet modern
conditions.
Thl action, it is to be presumed, is but
the prelude to a still greaUr reform in
Judicial procedure of all kind. The Amer
ican system Is antiquated. Copied after
the English system, it has not kept pace
with it prototyp. Th English pro
cedure today permit a suit to be begun,
tried In th lower court, and disposed of
on appeal within three months. In this
country if a case 1 disposed of on ap
peal within a year It Is considered a re
markable achievement.
With President Taft working conscien
tiously for a reform In the American pro
cedure. It will not be long before a great
Btep will have been taken toward Insuring
uniform Justice In the United State. Th
president's carefulness In th selection of
federal Judge and bis progressiva Interest
in simplifying legal procedure Is in re
freshing contrast with the babble of pro
fessional reformer about "restoration of
popular government," and similar clap
trap. A tOl'ISLCUEO GAME.
Thorona-hne of a Job Performed in
lw York.
Springfield (Mass.) Union.
Th sentences Imposed by the United
States circuit court on flv men taking .the
leading part In selling stock In tha United
Wireless Telegraph company should serve
aa a salutary warning for get-rich-qutck
windier In all part of th United States.
Th promHar of th concern are alleged
to have coazed $3,000,0n0 from the pockets of
the American people by means of glowing
promises. They were convicted on charge
of conspiracy and of using the United
Statea malls to defraud the public. Out of
th million that flowed In to the operator
in responae to pamphlet, circulars and let
ter, It la alleged that only about $750,000
was actually turned Into tbe treaaury of
the company.
The thoroughness with which th gov
ernment ha dona Us work In this case is
set forth In the remark of the district at
torney that "w have landed every re
sponsible officer of the company, from the
president down, and Including the lawyer
who fixed up the conditions under which
he thought they could swindle the people
and get away with their game."
Battling Carrie
Striking rsatnres of th Career
of th Xtrsw Olrl with th
meaning Hetotast. '
Walt Mason In Chicago News.
Mrs. Nation' fame Is International. Com
paratively few women would car to liav
Just that shade of fame, but Mrs. Nation
enjoyed It thoroughly. She dearly loved
the limelight, yet nobody ever ha accused
her of grand stand playing. Since th day
of Peter the Hermit there ha been no
crusader more In earnest, mora zealous or
more courageous.
Yet she Is much Ilk other comfortably
corpulent dames when she Is discussing
other subjects than the demon rum. Ho
long aa you can keep her away from that
subject she Is sensible and practical and
tolerant. Sne I an excellent housekeeper,
end It Is a real pleasure to talk with her
about pot roasts and corned beef and cab
bage. Women who used to be her neigh
bors In Medicine Lodge year ago, before
she bent an ear to the thunder of the cau
talnsnd the shouting, say she could get
tip a dinner which would make a hungry
man froth at th mouth.
Talk about housekeeping affair with
Mrs. Nation and her face wear an ex
pression of benevolence, but mention the
demon rum and her eye light up with the
fir that waa In th eyes of Mohammed
when h elected to carry hi gospel abroad
with fir and sword. She Is straightway
tiansformed. "Out of her mouth come
burning lamps, and sparks of fir leap
out," to quote the prophet.
When a young woman, Mrs. Nation mar
ried a promising .and talented physician
who developed a thirst that age could not
wither nor custom stale. For ten years ho
pursued a dissolute course, and then he
died. His wife saw so much unhapplnesa
during th ten year that her hatred of
fusel oil became monumental. After her
husband's death she bravely went forth
to earn her living aa a school teacher. (Tne
of the member of the school board that
engaged her was David Nation, and after
a time she married him and they "settled
down" In the town of Medicine Lodge to
live happy ever after.
There Mrs. Nation demonstrated that she
waa an admirable housekeeper, and her
curves In the kitchen are still spoken of
with respect. This fact should b Insisted
upon by all her biographers, for th be
lief has become current that she waa
skillful with no other weapon than an ax.
She could do things with a rolling pin or
a skillet that won the warmest encomiums
of press and people.
Adthough she did her housework with
praiseworthy enthusiasm, she still had
time to take an active Interest in the local
branch of the Women Christian Tem
perance union. She became the leading
spirit of that organization, and held from
the first that the sisters should gird
themselves and do things mora useful
than reading papers or passing ringing
resolutions.
There waa a drug store in the town that
was accused of devoting more attention to
th piritu frumentl department than to
the compounding of prescriptions, and Mrs.
Nation determined to put that drug atore
out of buslnesa. She called for volunteer
who would follow her into the Imminent
deadly breach, and six Intrepid sisters
cried: "Lo, w will stand at thy right
hand and wreck th Joint with thee!"
Followed by the dauntless six, Carrie
proceeded to tha drug store early in the
afternoon, and tha work of demolition
began. While th unfortunate drusglat
raved around his store, talking about th.
declaration of independence and tha hnnu
and palladiums of our liberties, the women
carried keg and bottle Into the street
and Carrie's bonnet was always in the
van, ilk th white plume of Navarre.
When th package of boos were piled
up one of th sister went to a blacksmith
shop and got a sledgehammer and th.
treet waa soon wet with rich red booze,
in Kind that makes two snakes grow
wher but one grew before. Thus began
th Joint smashing career of the Hon.
Carrie Nation. Th news of the exploit
traveled all over th country and th in.
trepld female wok on morning, Ilk Lord
Byron, to find herself famous.
At that tlm and for many year there
after, the prohibition law waa a hollow
form in Kansas Saloons war wlda open
in the larger towns and the villages had
plenty of drug stores and Joints, so there
was a harvtst ready for the reaper' sickle
and Mrs. Nation became a terror
that walked by day. She confined her first
military operation to neighboring town,
making several demonstrations against
Kiowa and winning a victory In each m.
palgn.
Later ah moved against Wichita a i....
town. Wher the demon rum ma. 1..
Intrenched Ther she waa looked uon
aa a merry Jest. Low-browed bartenders.
un nair careruuy oiled and combed down
Write or ask shoot this aew
sleeper service, and Its special
convenience to basin tavaUra.
to their eye used to lonn upon th, .
ful mahogany futures and t-il wi
do If Carrie ever did such an iiuk'-hi .
thing as to move upon t!u-lr'w,
when Carrie appeartd with the f:
Mars and began smashing thing.
terderi looked on In a helpless ts..
the time they had collected thlr f,
Mrs. Nation had smashel llilnay ,i
saying In the words of Washington
It with my little hatchet."
I.ra- Ing Wichita sown t. s.ilt an 1 ,1 .
tlon, Mrs. Nstlon descended upon I
like the Amrln of old. and I. ? ,
of wreckage behind her. The bm.re (:.
In Kanaas began to realize, that th:- n,
was a condition, not a theor
After a while she felt th;it Kan,,
too small for hershe didn't v.nt t ;
her powers contracted by any pf.M.
Utlcas and OsWegos, so he mdo th, .
her battle field. 8ha vlcited the prln
ties and powers of Kurope, ami .,s
Into different Jails, and had all v,.
cltement that any omnn could reu
ask. She made money and ued ,iM ,:
to establish a home for the wive of h
ard at Kansas City, but the h.,
drunkards didn't seem to patiom?. i
It was recently declared a f.ulm,
bought a big tract of land in Ark
with soma vague Idea of putting , :
tight fence around It and tiirnlnu
of drunkards loose there, to drink d,
creek and grow up with the count,,
hud other plans, more or less n, i
end all showing that she Is both s:n
and generous.
She has had dozens of Imitators ., i;
sas and elsewhere, but the Imltatoi. ,,.
her mural courage and force of .1,,,. ,
There Is but one Carrie Nation. d
was but cne Mohammed.
Mrs. Nation puhliutu-d the si 1
Mall, In which she ran letters from sW, H.
thlzera. 8he also printed In that imp, r ,
munlcatlons from persons who ,,ni, , .,
her, under the heading "Letteri. 1 ,
Hell." The saloon smasher was gn-atlj , ! ,.
grined by the fact thnt ber son, o ", ,
Nation, for whom she had bought ' n...,
taper In Velasco, Tex., ran a hi ...
advertisement at the top of his first Intl
Mra Nation' husband got a dlvor.o t, ...
had been married twenty-five yPars ..,t
she referred to her life with him ",,n
a fleeting Ir.cldent. '
The reformer had a strong fac v. 01, .
square Jaw and a massive Tnfh.,i s ...
always dressed plainly and liked to i
called "a home defender." Neither tir,-
nor Imprisonments ever rli,,., ,,-.., .1 un
aggressive hostility to barrooms. J
SMILING LINES.
."US.l.n"' Man -A(i.alnlngi-Vhen th.v
?h. ,mone' "" they nipan simplv
J?at.,th8 BUPP'y I" greater than the ,u
mand. ..HL" W'te-Ooodness! I shouldn't tliuiK
such a thing possible.-Boston Transcript
Sunday School Teacher-U hat is u,
chief end of man?
Willie I asked pa that and he fald if
he man was a writer 'twas his hcH.i. bu-.
News. erranl8 "Is feet.-( hicago
."1" oin 1, end the Sparkler girl'
a wedding present?"
"NO. Old Knurbl.. Y v..... -
yesterday"" " ' "nu " """'n'"1
!!ThtB. ton.bad. What s the caus.
1 can 1 arrord his friendship. He
"" aaraoi aatighters .' -Cleveland
iuii vair 1 .
THE OLD COUPLE.
Richard Ru..n.. 1- ..... - ..
A r,.i.. ij . . 1 ne UUtlOOK.
A Pa r of oldsters, humble folk, came stray-
Along the street; their hands are linked.
lngmr(,e" Wh re f'n ,0 a iIlv
Their car forgot th while.
A little basket bears their food, their facoj
w 1poy-"'rlnkled and their eves s,.
You'd say that they Vera bound for fairy
placea
Of far-away delight.
BJJ-lnyi ,n 1otn" the,r fo,1l Inn-nt Is on
wk... j . BU ln" ''ems among.
Where clouds blow free and clouds sail
high and lonely
And lays of birds are sung.
FVLy re country bred and ho the cuv
Saddena their heart, week-long immured
lor toll;
They know the ugliness, the want of pity.
Where myriad workers moll.
Quaint Is his garb; his coat Is out of
fashion
n.Herb?"i"!i..never won ,n envious glance;
But watch his care, his almost Ivrlu pas
sion Her comfort to enhance.
Anlng' hW "h repay" U- dumh r speak
By every look and ton and turn of head
Onward they go the open country seeking
There to be comforted.
Tl not when we are young, In time of"
and bird-songs and the bluom of
shines most beautiful and full dis
close Th wonder of hla worth.
ol? anl uncouth. Not so; by every gesture
CI....U cuniesBea; tne ralth In them
la iMn
The twain have donned Love's bright Im
iiiunni vesiure;
Behold them king and queen.
NoW the "Hustler"
to Oldahoma City
Get on at Kansas City at 5 p. m.
get of in Oklahoma City at
seven next morning, (Chickasha
9:15 a. m., Lawton 11:15 a. mJ a
hurry up trip on a hurry up train,
with Fred Harvey to dine you and
electric lighted sleeper to rest you.
JNote the absence of business hours
in this schedule). '
Tie new through sleeper service
via Frisco Lines, starting Jane 11
to Oklahoma City, Chickasha and Lawton
is aa addition to the fast through service now
afforded by The Metw leaving at 9:30p.m.
Returning th schedule of th new service
Saa. T X M A . .
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-wioa v.tM p. m. Oklahoma City
11 JO p. reach Sanaa City 1:15 p. m.
next afternoon.
J. C LOVWEN. DiTU- Pasngw Ago, FrWo LW
Ticket OMUe, Jwnetiea '-"iiM. a- Tn, City.
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