THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1911.
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JUNE CIRCULATION.
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g a bar rt here learlsia; the ely tem
porarily ahoald The Deo
mailed to tkona. Addrcaa will b
chested aa often as r.eete.
Hello. Recovered from your vaca
tlon yetf
Could It be that the- good Mr. Hines
had forgotten a fact or two?
What's In a name? Ethel Barry
niore's kid husband Is a Colt.
Senator Bailey can always find con
stitutional grounds for opposing a
good thing.
The Smith family is doing Tery well
In congress. Hoke makes the ninth
member.
Bishop Fallows has taken a hand
In promoting reciprocity. You can
not lose the bishop.
It is time for Nebraska democrats
to barken unto the cry of J. Adam
Bede, "Let us love one another."
Speaking of the arson trust reminds
one that fire Insurance companies are
sometimes quick to take a risky risk.
In trying to bottle Dr. Wiley the
Impure food and drug artists should
be sura to see tha the cork is in
tight. " '
Congratulations to the North Da
kota officers for promptly capturing
eight of those three train robi . al
ready. Why do our courts Insist on the
"truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth?" It Is so trite and de
pressing. The Record-Herald speaks of "Bet
ter eggs and better prices." Good.
We felt all along that the amiable hen
would reform.
Really, It will not do any good for
anyone In this controversy to call Mr.
Shallenberger a liar, for that is ad
mitted by the pleadings.
Some folks will not feel reassured
until it Is made absolutely certain that
the blaze in the executive mansion at
Lincoln was really caused by defec
tive wiring.
News comes that a missionary In
Alaska has been frozen to death.
Think of It. And for months not
even a frost bite has been recorded in
Omaha.
The Sugar trust lawyer says if Jus
tice Harlan's view were enforced our
Jails would be overrun. Well, per
haps that 1b why the majority of the
court took the other view.
Attorney General Wlekersham says
he is looking forward to a vacation
and wishes a rest from the "Dick-to-Dtck"
letter fake and the Wiley case.
So do a good many others.
Certainly it has come to a pretty
pass when the former editor of the
World-Herald has to ask The Bee for
space for a letter shut out of that only
democratic daily in Nebraska.
The present congress is already re
ferred to as "A Billion-Dollar Con
gress." Yes. and if the democratic
house can prolong It much further It
may run into the $3,000,000,000.
Chairman Stanley of the steel Inves
tigating committee proclaims that
there Is a monopoly in that com
modity. Does the gentleman from
Kentucky aspire to the place of house
humorist?
After the battle or Bull Run, just
fifty years ago, most people thought
the republic was headed for a smash
up. But here it Is doing business at
the old stand, "bigger, better and
grander than ever."
The bellwether of the Water board
Dnds the people of Omaha misinformed
about the water works situation.
That's a sad reflection on the two
newspaper organs of the Water board,
who fountains of enlightenment are
so pure and undeflled.
The Father of the Trusts.
John E. Parsons, former president
of the American Bar association and
former counsel for the American
Sugar Refining company, known as the
Sugar trust, la by all odds the most
entertslnlng witness who thus fsr hss
testified In the Sugar trust contro
versy. Just to define his relative Im
portance, Mr. Parsons modestly , ex
plains at the outset that whatever
credit or blame Is due for the organ
izing of the combine, that Is, consoli
dating the sugar Interests, must fall
on him for he did It, not Henry O.
Hsvemeyer, who Is dead and unable
to answer for himself. Whereupon
old Hawkshaw, Representative Madi
son of the house Investigation com
mittee, leaps forth with his "Aha, dis-
cuv-ered at last the real father of
the trusts." And It Is even so, for
Mr. Parsons confessed rather Jauntily
that his Sugar trust antedated even
the Standard Oil; It showed the way,
others followed.
So much for Mr. Parsons as a great
organizer and a pioneer In the gentle
art of gettfng the money. He has
soma Ideas on the matter of conduct'
Ing trusts, however, that will Invite
consideration. For instance, he says
the government should allow com
merce to take Us course and permit an
industry to capitalize men as well as
property. Also, that there shall be
no government control of corpora
tions; that they should be permitted
unrestricted freedom in running their
own affairs and that then the ultimate
consumer would profit by it. He
hoots at Judge Gary as a socialist and
probably would regard Andrew Carne
gie as an anarchist for their Ideas on
government regulation.
Mr. Parsons Is a great lawyer) but
he has evidently lost step with the
march of progress. What he says
ought to he has been, but without the
beneflclent results of which he speaks.
The ultimate consumer is the fellow
back of all this crusade of reforming
trusts, of bringing commerce some
where within the purview of the laws
for its regulation. It Is only a reactionary-
of the reactionaries who will
now talk against sane governmental
control. The progressive men In the
Industrial world having fallen Into
line on this proposition.
An Old Weather Delusion.
In order to pay a compliment to
Montana, Collier's tells its readers
that, "Forty degrees below zero that
you occasionally read of in the news
paper dispatches from some govern
ment post on the northern frontier Is
not more uncomfortable than zero In
New York, and rarely lasts longer
than forty-eight hours."
This must be said for Collier's, that
It has shown excellent taste In bring
ing up this subject at this time. It
has a breezy timeliness about It that
Is Inviting. .Accepting' the Invitation,
we would beg leave to suggest that
somebody had been trifling with Col
lier's credulity. Forty degrees below
zero In Montana, Minnesota or any
where else In the suburbs of the arc
tic region means 40 degrees colder
than zero, and the sweetest hallucina
tion In the world will not change facts
In the winter. It would not be well
for any warm-blooded New Yorkers
next January, when the mercury slips
down to zero, to hasten out to north
ern Montana for relief.
In Texas when the weather gets
cold you will hear it said that up
"nawth in Kansas City it Is colder
than this, but you don't feel It." In
Kansas City some folks talk that way
aDoui umana. jn umana tney say
similar things of Minnesota and In
Minnesota of Canada. Always you
hear: "Oh. It Is Colder up there, but
you don't feel It."
Madero and De la Barra.
The first seeming clash has coma
between Madero and De la Barra' In
Mexico. It is not as yet overt, but It
records a lack of complete harmony
between the factions following the
revolutionary leader and the head of
the ad interim government.
Madero appointed a committee, in
cluding his brother, to Investigate the
causes of the outbreaks in different
parts of Mexico. The report indicates
what Madero feared that a certain
movement is on foot to discredit him
and undermine his candidacy for pres
ident, casting a complete shadow upon
the triumph of the revolution. Cien
tiflco agents are held partially re
sponsible for this conspiracy. Large
financial Interests from abroad are
likewise blamed. Madero'a friends
contend that these elements are seek
ing to establish the Impression at
borne and elsewhere, particularly In
Wall street, that Madero Is weak and
Impotent when It comes to holding the
ground he apparently gained and con
trolling his forces and hat It la these
who are committing the depredations.
It Is not claimed that De la Barra
la In any way responsible for foment
ing trouble, only that trouble goes on
under his regime and the Maderlsts
nave nrmiy aemanaea mat tie aup-
press it and dismiss from the govern-
raent service the recreant officials who
have aided or countenanced periodical
outbreaks. Reports Incline to the
theory of sn amicable and satisfactory
readjustment.
It remains to be seen whether De la
Barra Is being Imposed on. but if that
were true it would reflect less credit
upon him as a forceful executive than
to know that be waa aware of un
toward movements for undermining
the influence of the man responsible
for the new order In Mexico. Amer
icans viewing the situation from a dis
tance must be convinced of Madero'a
sincerity and anxiety to lead his coun
try around to an ultimately aatlsfac-
tory stste of affairs. They will hope
for him the faithful co-operation of
De la Barra, who certainly would have
little to gain by lending his Influence,
active or otherwise, to enemies of the
republic, whether they reside In Can
ada, Wall street or Mexico.
Is an Oath Worthless t
In all seriousness, the Chicago
Tribune asks the question, "It an oath
worthless?" and as moving cause for
Its Inqulsltiveness, explains:
There hss been a glib giving of testi
mony before the United Btatee aenata Sub
committee investigating the Lorlmer elec
tion that will move all men to wonder
whether perjury is a crime in tho United
States.
The room In which the senate snb
committee Is conducting Ha Investiga
tion Is not the only place where that
binding quality of an oath is not
recognized. Every little while some
plain and palpable case of perjury Is
exposed right In front of our faces, but
a successful criminal prosecution of a
perjurer is rarer than the appearance
of an iceberg at the Equator. An
official hearing was had In Omaha a
few months ago on charges alleging a
shakedown of subordinates by the
postmaster, and one set of witnesses
under oath testified to the same trans
actions diametrically opposite to an
other set of witnesses. No wonder
people wonder whether there can be
such a thing as perjury in the United
States.
Oh, How Funny.
There is nothing in funny, sunny
Spain that is funnier than the antics
of the fake reformers hunting1 for ex
cuses to oppose the commission plan
of city government merely because
The Bee has taken hold of it.
"Don't sign the petitions," they
shriek.
In other words, they say "the com
mission plan is a good thing, and we
can't get it too soon, but we don't
want it just now." They tell us that
the commission plan petitions are pre
mature because "it is too hot to vote
before November," and also because
"many people do not turn out to spe
cial elections."
The funny part Is that these same
fake reformers boosting the Water
board's bunco game, precipitated a
special election to vote $8,250,000
water bonds on June 27, and are Justi
fying another special election for the
same purpose to be held on August 2.
It Is not too hot to vote an $8,250,000
mortgage on the city In August, nor
is It any objection to two special water
bond elections that "many people dp
not turn out for special elections."
Oh, how funny!
N. B. The commission plan law by
Its terms expressly requires the ques
tion of adoption to be submitted at a
special election. '
One of khe Water board's promises
Is to lay the new main and make ex
tensions as soon as the city gets pos
session of the water works, and an
other is to make these Improvements
without waiting to get possession of
the water works. For nearly five
years the water company has had a
standing offer to lay that main on
mere agreement for reimbursement of
cost, so there can be no trouble about
locating the responsibility for not
having it long ago.
The Ahtt-Saloon league la directing
Its attention to druggists "who sell
liquor promiscuously." We were un
der the Impression that druggists
could not legally sell liquor at all, ex
cept for medicinal purposes, and that
they also had to keep on public view
a true and correct register of all sales
made. If if Is on the square in this,
the Anti-Saloon league should have
no difficulty in locating the "promis
cuous" sellers.
On recommendation of his pardon
board Governor Aldrlch has turned
down several applications for tlckets-
of-leave from the penitentiary. A
person who has been convicted by a
jury of twelve men and had his sen
tence reviewed and affirmed by the
supreme court should have something
more than a mere desire to get out to
back up an appeal , for executive
clemency.
And now comes ex-Governor Shal
lenberger and draws cards In the
game. If the other players are wise
they will Insist on a new deck and
look under the table before each new
dealing.
Masked men robbed a jewelry store
on Kansas City's busiest thoroughfare
at 9 o'clock In the morning. Ho, for
those Omaha volunteer policemen!
Rapid t'hanaea ot Scenery.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A we understand It. the "Dick to Dick"
sensation at Washington has been super
seded by the "Wick to Wick ' complication.
Hairless or Merely Mowed f
Indianapolis New.
If the people who are alter Dr." Wiley'
acalp will take a careful look at the top
of his head they will note that It is not
J an KPrlal,s' ood Pac ,or setting a
firm hold.
Aa Enjoyable Spectacle.
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The country ha. greatly enjoys th. ex-
perlenc. of frying congress In Washington.
but we feel authorised to Inform our
parched statesmen that when they adjourn
h country will be too far gon. Haelf!
to exult in an unstemly way over
their
exhaustion.
Titles oaj the flararala Coante.
' St. Ixmls Globe-Democrat.
The Bru sh House of Lords is said now
t contemplate the defeat of tha veto
hill nit ralnlnir i.f atrllrht (nana with
the common. Thou w will hav. between
SuO and 400 new lorda, and there will be
more opportunities at much cheaper prices till. ua a postal card." The visitor was
for Amerk-an gtrla who are shopping furjalloweo to go on promising taj take tha
lords at bargain counter. j first fast train fur her home in Boaton.
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'IhbDay InOinalm
COMPILED FROM DF.t FILFS
r-J JULY 23.
Thirty Yeara Ag
Hon. Oeorga W. Doane. tho well known
attorney, announce aaaoolatlon In partner
ship with Mr. A. C. Campbell. The new
aw firm will be known as Doane aV Camp
bell.
A little boy about 10 years old, name not
given, who reside on Tenth treet between
Farnam and Harney, waa kicked by a
horse in front of Stephenson's livery, but
was not badly "hurt.
Th Bee Hlv Temperance society holds
It closing service of the season, the Rev.
Mr. Oraham of the Presbyterian church
delivering the address, with music by
Mis Bonner and Mrs. Charlton.
Th United Catholic Library association
held a largely attended Ice cream sociable.
Th program was furnished by the Mlssea
Murphy. Ray, Bwlft and McNamara, Mr.
W. O. Saunders, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Tuttl
and Mr. McDonough.
8herlff Guy, In company with a war
bling assistant, disposed of a large number
of stove at sheriff sale on Thirteenth
street today..
Mr. A. Pollack and Mra. Max Meyer
left for Lake Mlnntonka, and will visit
Atlantic coast resorts before returning.
W. E. Annln, associate editor of The
Bee, started for a short vlult to Chicago to
meet his brother, and who Is to return
with him to Omaha.
Twenty Years Age
Announcement by John C. Watson, chair
man of the republican state committee,
that a gubernatorial election shall be held
In th fall, create great eonsternaUoti In
all political circles.
Th Be said editorially: "A metropoli
tan city Ilk Omaha could not afford to b
without a base ball club."
Clerk Elmer Frank of th United State
court receives message from Judge
Brewer, stating he will be in Omaha to
hear the Union Paclflc-Rock Island bridge
case.
J. C. Vissard of the police fore returned
with Mrs. Viszard from St. Edward.
James E. Boyd and L. M. Crawford of
Topeka begin lawsuit to see who is en
titled to the name of th Boyd threater
for hi playhouse. Crawford was the new
lessee of the old Boyd's opera house at
Fifteenth and Farnam and Oovernor Boyd
had just put up the new Boyd theater at
Seventeenth and Harney streets.
Colonel W. Farnam Smith started on a
trip to Boston.
Ten Years Ago
Five die of heat,' David Monroe, Michael
Fleck, Clarence D. Otbson and an Infant
daughter of Ous Mattson, all of Bouth
Omaha; Fred Cornelia, City hotei, oin&i.a
Four are prostrated, Thomas McCausland,
Fort Omaha; R. W. Johnson, Council
Bluffs; Ed Kruse of Kansas City, Mrs.
Harry E. Burnam, S4Z5 Dodge street.
Temperature, maximum, 104.
The Bee's vacation contest ends with
these winners: Nebraska, Vera L. Kra
mer. Columbus; Anna Ouhl, Grand Island;
Lydla Harrison, Nebraska City. Omaha:
Emily Wlgman, Amanda Lindblad, Jennie
Ferran, Alice Hoddar. Council Bluffs:
Mamie Aumann. South Omaha: Mary Sar
gent, Iowa; Jennie McElroy, Dunlap;
Llssle Kennedy, Missouri Valley. South
Dakota: Nora Harris, Lead.
A large crowd of "true knight" turned
out to the evening meeting at the Den,
despite the torrid weather.
Flrat of aerie of case wherein society
women seek to replevin rugs held by Con
stable Mike Linlhan of 8outh Omaha, waa
heard In Justice Crawford's court, result
ing In a verdict for Mra. Oaorg W. Buck.
Dr. Wiley and II la Methods.
Springfield (Mass) Republican.
The chief of the bureau of chemistry of
the Department of Agriculture is loved for
the enemies he has made because of serv
ices that are to his credit. It ls to be ex
pected that President Taft will spare Dr.
Wiley but It must also be said that there
are wiser men. As the result of long ob
servation, and with no Idea of joining
forces with the patent medicine folks or
anybody else, It Is to be recognized that
there seems to be no more persistent per
aonal advertiser In Washington than Dr.
Harvey W. Wiley, the pure food expert
and that some of the observations credited
to him that get currency In the newspa
pers are extreme to the point of silliness.
His trouble Is like unto that of the old
lady's parrot who talked too much, and
his weakness long ago reached the point
of wearying sensible readers.
People Talked About
CHBI5HOP
"A KM FV
--'iff'
Archbishop Farley is nut fond of either
an automobile or a horse and carriage. He
prefer walking to any other mean of
locomotion in his travels around New York.
A hike of forty-eight milea in eighteen
houra over dusty roada In the heat of last
Sunday was the feat performed by Miss
Florence Noren, a student at the John A.
Johnaon High school of St. Paul, Minn
Oovernor Marshall of Indiana admits he
has the democratic presidential bee In hia
bonnet, but givea It out straight that he
had no campaign fund, no press bureau
no hongs to sing into the receptive ear of
possible delegates. The boys in the
trenchea must look elsewhere for a hand
'out.
i
; The United Spates has a floating court
c gei of e R
, ; rieU.h.r Maddox of tn Treury depart.
. u on
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j have accumulated since the preceding sum
! mar.
On the complaint of a daughter-in-law
that her inother-in-law, during a ten days'
visit, boated her out ot bouse and home, a
New York judge laid down the rule that
ten das Is tha limit of a muther-in-law'a
visit in
hia Jurisdiction. "Make 'em
the Judxe continued. "Better
shorter.
Hie Beds Idler Box
H
IT
o Moaamenla to Disloyalty.
OMAHA. July 30.-TO the Editor ot The
Bee: I waa surprised In reading the pro
ceeding of eongrea In your valuable paper
that aa appropriation ot tlOO.OPO waa passed
to erect a monument to th confederate
navy. I was at a loss to know what th
purpose could be. I wondered what groat
service th confederate navy had rendered
the United State of America that would
rail for such an extravagant recognition.
What kind of an inscription would b
placed upon It T Senator Cummin ot Iowa
shed a little light on th subject whan
he aald. "It waa for th purpose of recog
nising th bravery of th confederal sol
diers."
I wish to say that Mr. Cummins 1 fifty
year behind th time. We who war In
tho army found that out by experience.
No one doubt It; Bhlloh and Gettysburg
are burning teatlmonlala of aouthern valor
a well aa a hundred other battle. That
Is what makes the victory won by th
union force of such great valu. All those
fact are written In th history of th war
and will be read by unborn millions. But
that in no sens justifies congress In ap
propriating money for the erection of a
monument such as is proposed. Monuments
are erected by nation in honor ot men
who have rendered some great service to
their country or th republic; such Is
Washington's monument; such are th
statues of Lafayette, Lincoln, Orant and
th armies under them. I wonder It It ever
occurred to Senator Cummin that if th
confederate had had a few mora men
and little mora amunttion, together with
their courage at Gettysburg that th map
of the republic would have been so changed
that he would not now be representing
Iowa in the United State senate.
Th fact la, th mora courage th con
federate had th woraa It waa for th
union army; it was their courage that fat
tened southern soil with the bodies of th
lain of th union army, Mr. Editor, It is
wrong, all wrong. While It is true that
the confederate army won on more than
one field of battle It never occurred to
me that w were particularly Indebted to
them for licking us. We do not owe them
anything for sinking any portion of our
navy or for preying on th commerce of
our merchantmen on th .high aeaa. No
brave, manly man who served the confed
eracy during '61-6 would ask for any such
recognition as is proposed; such proceeding
is a kind of weak sentimentality used for
political purposes and is an Insult to both
union and confederal Soldier.
4933 Underwood Avenue. J. H. PRESSON.
Vote for Women.
OMAHA, July a. To th Editor of Th
Bee: When the barbers went before the
council to ask for an ordinance to close
their shops on Sunday, I noticed that no
one got up and roasted them for getting
their idea out of th Ladies' Home Journal,
no one demanded that they provide in'
stanter a substitute for Sunday barbering,
no one accused them of selfishness, Im
pugned their motives, or questioned their
patriotism; no one moved, at the proper
moment, to squelch the ordinance by post
ponement; no one even rose to speak
against It, and not a vote opposed It, and
though the request waa entirely Just, there
was no question of lit or death concerned.
And yet, over a year ago, when the club
women took the same method of aeourlng
an ordinanoe stopping the sale of danger
ous fireworks, when the very lives of their
children were at stake, all these dl
respectful things did happen.
Of course the councllmen who passed
the barbers' ordinance must face these
same barbers at the poll on next election
day, and they certainly did not have to
answer to the mother of Omaha at the
ballot box at any future time.
The relation of the above facts Is so
perfectly plain that I wonder how much
longer the intelligent women of Omaha
will view such happenings with their
present degree of complacency.
SUFFRAGI8T.
Only a Partial Exhibit.
OMAHA, July 21. 1911. To the Editor o;
The Bee: Referring to recent editorial
comment on "Municipal Statistics" would
respectfully advise that the statement was
prepared and made as required by law to
the mayor and city council, and other
municipal officers, for guidance In admin
istering the financial affairs of their de
partments. Since the Board of Education
Is not a part of the city government
amenable to the mayor and city council,
It having an Independent financial exist
ence, no attempt was made to exhibit the
school board revenues, which are quite
elaborate within themselves, embracing aa
they do all license Incomes, police court
fines, state apportionments, tuition chsrges,
Kales of school property, bond sales and
others. A showing of this Important
branch of government was in contempla
tion In the next issue and In no manner
an oversight, as evidenced by a careful In
spection of the report. There are other
Important functions of government not
shown In the current issue, the financial
transactions of which will be shown in
detail In luter Issues.
The "taxation statement" table to which
la referred of necessity contains an exhibit
of the regular tax levy for schools; otli-r
wise the showing would be valuelesa to t i
many who desire to learn the basis i
Omaha's taxation.
Regret that your editorial writer was no
fully advised aa to what waa In contem
plation, and trusting- this Information will
set him right, I am, very truly,
FRED II. COSOROVK.
City Comptroller.
An Apoloar for "TJacla Dave."
BRADSHAW. Neb., July ao. To the Ed
itor of The Beo: In an editorial of today's
Bee you virtually cajl upon us to make an
apology to the venerable David Anderson
Thla we are perfectly willing to do, unde:
the following qualifications: First, we
disclaim any intentions at questioning lii
republicanism, but rather that we gave
him credit of being a standpatter; second,
we had no knowledge that the article waa
written by an old man of SO years, but
rather supposed it to have been written by
some amateur politician; third, had Mi-.
Anderson used some other caption than
"Reciprocity va. lnaurgoncy" we certaln'y
would have had no desire or reason fur
comment. If good old Father Andeixui.
had made hi caption "Flyleaf Republican
Ism." th caption and article would imvi
nicely agreed. Of course, wa apologise to
the grand old father In republicanism
We. too, have been a life-long republican,
casting our first vote for Abraham Un
coin in November, 18t4. with carbine In one
hand and a ballot In the other, while
ilood'a guna were thundering around Co
lumbia. Tenn. JOHN B. IEY.
udln the KiB(.
Boston Transcript.
What it John Hay Hammond did touch
th king on th elbow! He did not offend
nearly ao much by his action aa ha did by
his accompanying bromide: "I ahould
think, sir, you would be gratified that
everything passed off without a hitch."
What heught to hav aald In order really
to Imprcaa himself upon the king's mind la
something like this: "Too bad, Un t I'.
George, that you ate not au popular at
your fathtr or grandmother!"
In Other Lands
Id tag-ate e What u Trwa
plrlag Among th aTaar and
fas aTattoM af the ana
American capital and enterprise are
likely to share In th railroad development
projected In Asia Minor under th new
reglm of Turkey. Dr. Arthur T. Cheater,
son et Rear Admiral Chaster, head th
company whoa proposition is pending la
th Turkish Parliament. Th company
do not aak for a government guarantee,
such as has been granted to other foreign
companies. All the Americana ask I th
right-of-way for about 1 000 mile ot road,
with th mineral right that 11 along th
way. Th liberality of th propoaltion.
compared with thoa already granted, pre
dispose th Turkish authorities In Its
favor, and th approval of th concession
I but a question of time. Th proposed
Una start at Tourmourtallk on Alexan
dratta bay, runa northward through on
of th valley of th Taurus mountain to
K bar put, thane to th copper mines of
Arghana, than to Dlerbeklr and Blltla, and
on to th Lak of Van. A aouthern ex
tension through th Euphratua valley la
contemplated. Th rout cut through
region rich in Biblical and historical aaso
clatlona. skirts Mount Arrarst and pene
trate th Garden of Cdn. These moaa
covered hlatorlcal associations will supply
unsurpassed material for th llterarj
bureau of the new Una and boost th
tourist business. But what the company
look for aa a dividend maker Is th de
velopment of th mineral and agricultural
reaouxce of th ancient land and th rich
product of Palestine and Persia, now
transported by camel. Competition prom
ise to be uncommonly lively If a merger
Is not brought about Th German railroad
Una I already under construction from the
Mediterranean to Bagdad and tha Persian
gulf, taking a rout southward of th
American line. Ruaala is reaching out for
th trad of th country south of th
Black sra. French capitalist control the
present line from Jaffa to Jerusalem, and
British enterprise control trading boats on
the Tigris and tha Euphratus. Under these
conditions the American will have a splen
did chance to show the atuff they are
made of.
In tones cynical and sarcastic, James
Douglaa asks in London Opinion, "Are
Americans fleeced T" and then proceed to
show that they are, but that they were so
wise that British blackmail failed to make
them victims during coronation week. "It's
a long worm that has no turning," aaya
(Mr. Douglas. "The American worm has
turned at last. Th American worm for
a long time has rejoiced In th fact that
he posssssed th most expensive accent In
th world. He gloried in th knowledge
that a nation which speaka through lta
nose muat alao pay through it. ' He wore
his purse on bis sleeve and Invited all
Europe to pick it, and all Europe picked
it with affectionate skill. Th plunder of
American became a European habit.
They paved tha path to Rom with gold.
They lined th English lake with allver.
They rolled their doll are In avalanches
down the Alps. Tha American worm made
up lta mind to miss out London this year.
'Europe,' said th worm, 'Is good enough
for me. Europe bleed me, but at least
Europe does not cut my throat.' What Is
th consequence T London la auf faring from
an American famine."
Commercial considerations are back of
the revival of the project of a tunnel be
tween France and England under th Eng
lish channel. A score of years ago th pro
ject wa In a fair way toward realisation
when General Lord Woolseley and the
English jingoes gave It a death blow by
arousing public fear of Invasion from
France. Time and the flocka of aviator
crossing the channel have banished the
Woolseley phantom. Bealdes, England and
France are on friendlier term than they
have been for centuries. These considera
tions make for a calm discussion of the
feasibility of a tunnel. Travel and traffic
between London and Paris, as well as
between other cities In England and
France, are enormous, but it Is recognised
that both would b very much greater if the
stormy sea passage across the English
channel could be avoided. Short as the
voyage across the channel Is, It Is proverb
ially uncomfortable for landsmen, and
without doubt many travelers are deterred
from making the trip for fear of the in
evitable mal-de-mur.
A letter from Budapest to a Vienna paper
says that "another language has been ad
ded to tha many already in use In the
Austrian army. This one. however, is one
which the man In search of linguistic data
would not look for English." He writos
further that the rank and file of the
Sixty-sixth regiment of Infantry, stationed
at Karschau, have voted in favor of English
as the language to be employed In the regi
mental schools. The reason for this Is
found in the fact that the regiment Is made
up of recruits from the Karscheau district.
From there men and women In great num
bers went to America. Many of them and
their deacendents returned to th old homa,
brlngmg the English language with them.
Consequently, the children employ English
as much aa they do their native tongTJe.
Help to Save Lite
IT was a question of life or death, and the victim's life
hung by u slender thread.
A difficult operation was necessary. The services of
a specialist were required.
To be successful, the operation roust be performed
nt once.
The specialist was reached over the Bell Toll Line,
the case described und the operation arranged for.
The sufferer's life was saved through the efficiency
of the Universal Bell Telephone Service.
THE REPUDIATION 0T BETAJT.
Washington Post: Th Douglaa county,
Nebraska, democrat hav finally con
eluded that Colonel Bryan la a traitor. It
shore doaa take a long ttm for aa to
tenet rat Into darkest Nfbrasky.
Ploux City Tribune: Th .democratic
state conventlbn meet at Fremont on July
2i. It will have to choose between Bryan
and Dahlman, and upon lta choice depends
the life of th party la Nebraska.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Douglaa county, Ne
braska, ha repudiated Bryan and endorsed
Harmon. But the completeness with whloh
It did It arouse suspicion that Its admira
tion for Harmon la due principally to Its
hatred ot Bryan. Which earn motlv. by
th way, may get th Ohloan lot of sup
port elsewhere also.
Washington Star: 1 this Nebraska de
liverance th Inauguration 'of a movement
to keep Mr. 'Bryan out of th democratic
national convention T Shall w ee an ef
fort mad to hav other counties In th
tat repeat th performance? The anti
Bryan men throughout th country would
be glad to hav him defeated for delegate
to that body. They dread hi appearance
there. Ha I a master of stag affects, and
manages hi exits and hi entrance In
way to catch tha eyes of the gallerlea and
make th occupant vocal In his honor.
New York Tribune: Mr. J. C. Dahlmaa,
th "cowboy" mayor of Omaha, one the
most devoted and boisterous of Bryanlte.
ha persuaded the embattled Omaha demos
acy to pas resolution censuring Mr.
Bryan for treachery to th democrat I e state
ticket last fall. Th Dahlmanltes than In
dorsed Judson Harmon for th presidential
nomination. Only th most Olympian
among- our politician can rise above th
weakness ot allowing their policies to be
shaped now and then not by principle or
expediency, but merely by a desln- fur per
aonal revenge.
TAPS ON THE FUNNTBONE.
Tom and Sam were old cronle. On On
occasion Ham took umbrage at some re
mark from Tom and he earvaaticaJly ejacu
lated "Tom-ass!" But Tom's ready wit
was equal to the occasion. Ha replied:
"Sam-mule!" Boaton Transcript.
Particular Vestryman Before w accept
your donation to the church fund, sir, we
must be assured -yours Is clean money.
Millionaire Trust Magnate Of course li
la. Every bill has been through the gov'
ernment laundry. Baltimore American.
Fond Parent I hope they don't give ml
little boy any naughty nicknames In school
Tough Son Yea, pa; they tall ira
"Corns." I
.Fond Parent How dreadful. But whs
do they call you thatT , v
Tough Son 'Cause in our clas. you
know, I'm always at the foot Toledo
Blade.
"On of these days you'll see business
Is going to th dog," aald tha cheerless
parson.
"I don't believe it," replied Mr. Dustin ,
Stax. "But If that time cornea, you'll find
me running one of the biggest kennela on
earth." Washington Star.
Mrs. Bargandy (at ball game) Dear me.
What a miserable little hit that I. He
ought to be ashamed of himself.
Bargandy (excitedly) Why, you marble
top that's a sacrifice.
Mrs. Bargandy O-o-o-oh ! And Is that
why so many players rushed to It? Puck.
"Did the recent drouth hurt you farmers
much?" ,
"I should say It did," answered Mr.
Corntossel. "We used to mske a heap o"
money hnulln' out automobiles thnt got
stalled. While that drouth waa on we
couldn't afford to liaui water iu ktp up
some of our best mud holea." Washington
Star.
Doctor You are now convalescent and
all you need Is exercise. You should walk
ten or twenty miles a day. sir; but your
walking should have an object.
Patient All right, doctor: III travel
around trying to borrow enough to pav
your blU.-Boston Transcript. "
Patsy--8ay. Chlmmle, who waa Robinson "4
Crusoe?
Chlmmle Ha was de dunk wot got a long
term on de island. St. Paul Dispatch.
"There goes Jenkins' widow " ,
, "res. but he was married twice, vou
know." '
"Well, what of that?"
"Well Is she his first or second wldowf
Catholic Standard and Times.
SONG OF THE NAIL.
Baltimore Sun. '
Hitting the nail on the head's th. thing.
That's the philosophy borne folks sing; 2
But driving it through and making it clinch I
On the other side In a terrible pinch 1
Is better than all, than all to do '
Clinching the nail that you've driven
through.
Hitting and driving and clinching It.
Making each blow atrlke home
sucn la tha secret of all success,
Art, or music, or poem.
Merely to hit it that all can do;
Hitting and clinching) and driving through.
It is never the half but the whole that
counts,
It is never th one-winged soul that mounts,
nut the balanced pinions, poised snd flung
To the peuks of glory toward which they
sprung;
Hitting and clinching and driving through.
That is the best of all.
The winning note In the pulsing throat '
When the bugles of beauty call.
Hitting the nail on the head's all right.
But It Isn't the whole by a terrible sight;
It takes some skill and it takes some pluck.
And often It's merely a stroke of luck;
But driving It through and clinching It. that
Is the thing makes the country loss up lta
hat.
Hitting and drlvlim and clinching it, .
It's the best of all to do
With the day mid the dream and the golden
deed
And the ball that .vou'm inugh. t
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