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will ba vhaaa:4 aa efta a
rat4.
After Afc-Bar-Ben, the great Land
how.
Jut think of Chicago without a
base ball pennant.
Vhe 3ot ot peace never tarries
long 1a northern Africa, anyway.
The world la not unreasonable.
All It asks of a man Is to make good.
The present aultan probably wishes
now that the other fellow bad staid
on the job.
Maine's Senator Obadlan will
likely got off In time to "lay by" the
corn each year.
About the safest place we can Im
agine for an Itailan warship Is In the
Turkish waters. -
Btrange aa, it may eeem, Governor
Tener of Pennsylvania Is said to be
a fine bass singer.
The makers of men's hate have
kept on until they have got them al
most aa hldeoos'a women's. " ' '
Of course, if they are still dealing
out Immunity baths, we had just
rather see Omaha men get them than
others. ...... ,
Ratea have been sustained on Cali
fornia lemons. Just so we have
enough to throw at the umpire next
season.
The patrons along postal route No.
607,001 will have a perfect right to
complain that their carrier ia "up In
the air."
Perhapa Dr. Wiley could make
those fellows on the street corners
stop selling green bananas for just
ripe ones.
The only thing lacking in the Na
tlonal Guard display was the usual
exhibit of gold-laced colonels In odd
alze uniforms.
Senator Stephenson wss at least a
generous man to let go of that 1107,
000 without asking or knowing where
it was going.
Houston. Tex., must be growing
away from Ita prejudices. Seven
thousand cltlsens of that town went
to hear Booker T. Washington speak.
Another Missouri farmer weds at
64. Living away back in the con
fines of Missouri, of course, he could
not be expected to have heard of Dr.
Osier.
Nebraska need take no back seat
ror its Mtlonal Guard regiments,
what there are of them. Our soldier
boys show up creditably even beside
the regulars.
Tne Hyphenated aheet has long
been known as a fake factory, but
most people thought that, with' Ha
long experience, it could do a better
Job than that.
The young man who Introduced
President Taft with a hot, political
speech at Salt Lake doubtleea wished
after the president had spoken that
the other fellow had presided.
Sitting as spectatorsVn the bleach
era, we in Omaha can have lota of fun
watching the play between the an
nexationlsts and the antl-annexatlon-
ist in South Omaha when the game la
called. ' ' v , :
Jf the Commercial dttb'hss really
settled lta location . problem. It baa
thereby acquired another problem .of
finding a subject that It can keep on
tne boards and turn to whenever
Mher topics of conversation get dull
Omaha hotel 'facilities i prove to be
vholly inadequate to accommodate
ut-oMown vlbltore attracted ' for.
Ak-8ar-Ben week. This ia the only
place where Omaha Is decidedly lack
ing as compered with other progres
sive cities of lta site. Who Is going
to buLU that big new hotel for us?
The Young West.
What prodigious growth and devel
opment the went has made! What a
young country It ia. after all.
One thoussnd men from 70 to 90
years old, who had crossed the plains
before railroads were built, stood up
to be counted at Salt Lake City In the
presence of President Taft. If was
an Impressive occasion, the president
thought, and he Joined In the lusty
cheera.
Impressive, Indeed. One thousand
men that old In one crowd anywhere
would be Impressive and their aturdl
nees, the sturdlness of the old pio
neer, must have touched the presi
dent. There ia something in the lives
of these early settlers, these path
finders of the great west, that makes
for stability of character and Indus
try and we owe them much. They did
their work well, laying sure the foun
dations of Industry and making life
eaaler for those who were to come
after them. They are old tlmera in a
land that Is not out of ita swaddling
cloth a
But that, splendid as It Is, Is not
the most Impressive thought that
comes from this gathering of 1,000
pioneers. It Is the prodigious growth
and development the country they
opened up has made. Men are still
active In business who rolgrsted to
the far west In horse and mule and
ox teams, long before the steel rsll
was put down and populous cities
dot the land which to them then was
the "Great American desert." It
throbs with the pulse of Industry,
Instead of fear of the nomadic Red
man. And the first transcontinen
tal railroad waa completed only some
forty-three yeara ago. A man of 43
la offended if you do not place him
In the "young man" class.
And yet the census shows that the
period of greatest, growth was that
of the laat decade, which prompts
the conviction that we have only now
really begun to grow. It la the
prodigy of conquest, Is the west, and
to these old men ot Utah and others
Is due much of the credit.
InTolves a Big Question.
The commerce court decision In
the case Involving the bridge fare to
be charged by the Omaha & Council
Bluffs Street railway Is bigger than It
looks. On the surface It would ap
pear to determine only that people
riding between Omaha and Council
Bluffs shall continue to pay 10 centa
inatead of 6 centa, and In addition be
entitled to transfers, to or' from any
line comprised In our Omaha street
railway system. Tbe overshadowing
point In the case, however, la that It
affirms the Jurisdiction of the Inter
tate Commerce commlaalon over prac
tically all the street railway traffic In
Omaha, and if that Jurisdiction la ex
clusive, mskes -tt possible for the
street ralfway company by operating
lta leaaed lines In Council Bluffs in
conjunction with the system In
Omaha to get out from under regu
lation by the state railway commis
sion, and probably by the municipal
authorities likewise. ;
Should this prove to be the gist ot
the decision, and should it be finally
upheld on appeal to the court of laat
resort, we might have to take all our
street railway troubles In the future
to the Interstate Commerce commla
alon. Whether that would be a good
thing or a bad thing for Omaha, we
are not prepared to say. But the
prospect suggests a new development
in the matter of street railway regu
lation, which we are sure was not
in contemplation when the original
application was filed for a reduction
of the bridge fare from 10 cents to
6 cents.
Schools, and Citizenship.
It la the privilege ot everyone to
criticise public Institutions snd Amer
icans are not slow to exercise the
privilege. They are especially prompt
when It comes to their public schools.
And the critics are so widely diver
gent In their suggestions and recom
mendations for improvement aa to
leave the situation chaotic and con
fused. Vocational training Is urged
by its advocates as exactly what Is
needed to give practical and Imme
diate value to education; to equip the
child who has his living to make to
meet that taak at once. These theo
rists contend that the utilitarian aide
of education must be emphasised.
Precisely the opposite Is contended by
those who believe that the function ot
education la to fit young people to
live for the broad dutlea of citizen
ship. They insist that vocational
training, Inatead of being the boon It
la represented to be, Is a menace to
real education, for a nation must
have people educated In something
more than mere breadwlnnlng, tm
portent aa that is. "
R. T.. Crane Condemns all college
and ubiveralty training aa worse than
useieaa. bui nia ruiminatioas are
passed up as those of a thoroughly
prejudiced critic. Yet here Is one H.
E. Miles, writing in Harper's Weekly,
condemning the whole public school
system In almost as severe measures
though, of ourse, he wanta tt Im
proved, not abolished. Then we have
our domestic science champions, ar
dent and enthusiastic, and again, a
school teacher contributing to the At
Isntie Monthly this indictment of do
mestic science: "Domestic science is
not Improving either education or the
femtje aex.". She goea on to declare
that there ia nothing in It "which
develops the mind or elevates or
broajen the character."
Bo what are we to dof The old
methods of puUio school education
sre denounced ss archaic and some of
the new ones as empty fads. We
bave this to console us: In spite of
all these Mgh-brow criticisms, our
public schools snd our colleges snd
universities go on year after yesr
turning out young men and women
who are raising the stsndsrds of
American life constantly and keeping
them In the forefront of all nations
in every reslm of human endeavor. If
our schools are to be Judged by their
fruits snd they are the mills of
American citizenship then, faulty aa
our system of education certainly Is,
It Is far from being all bad. Indeed,
it must be more good than bad.
Washington's Proud Boast.
It Is so comforting to hear now
and then something good about our
American cities that what General
John A. Johnston says of Washing
ton, D. C. will bear repeating. Gen
eral Johnston, who Is one of the three
commissioners who, with the assis
tance of congress, govern the District
of Columbia, declares that Washing
ton is a city without graft, where
every dollar appropriated for city
purposes Is so expended and that al
ready It la one of the most beautiful
cspltsls In the world.
Washington, of course, bss no city
council or other such governing bod
ies and to this is attributed the ab
sence of graft This, lnferentlally,
becomes a severe stricture upon such
functionaries In other cities. What
we Americans sre hoping for Is the
day when such a thing cannot with
Impunity be said.
But what a great thing It would be
if It could be said of all our cities,
that 100 cents of every dollar set
aside for municipal purposes went
Into those channels and none other.
The results would be remarkable.
We would have better paved and kept
streets, better lighting, better sewer
age, better regulation In every re
spect, and smaller taxes. That would
be the point of chief Interest to many.
The Washington boast must be
commendable for the commission
form of government, for, while, of
course, congress has Its final say, the
district has a commission and that,
too, of only three men, thua showing
that what some folks say about the
danger of smaller governing bodies
It unfounded.
Shortening the List.
Our amiable democratic contem
porary, the World-Herald, which, baa
long '.been showing unmistakable
signs of preference for Governor
Harmon for the 1912 t democratic
nomination, despite the fact that he
baa been blacklisted by Mr. Bryan,
tries laboriously to prove that Gover
nor iWoodrow Wilson and Speaker
Champ Clark are equally "reaction
ary." As a clincher It concludes its
array of convincing evidence with the
following: .
Inasmuch as Harmon Is publicly
branded aa a reactionary, Wilson 1
about to become one it he doaan't "apeak
out," and Champ Clark, It ia whispered,
a also "favored of the Interests,"' It is
vary evident that the democratic list ot
presidential ellglblea is fast becoming
short short enoush to even satisfy the
Boclety of the Short Ballot. ,
So It Is coming to this on the demo
cratic side of the fence, then, that Mr.
Bryan baa blacklisted Governor Har
mon, and that the Harmonltea Insist
on putting Wilson and Clark In the
same category. The danger possibly Is
that the democratic list ot presiden
tial ellglblea may be so shortened
that only one name remains, and that
the name of the Illustrious perennial
candidate. William Jenlngs Bryan,
againat whom no charges can be laid
except that he doea not get the votes.
It Is reslly remarkable that no
matter what happens In the political
world, If you read It In the demo
cratic organ you will learn that tt Is a
sad blow to republican hopes, and a
significant omen of . coming demo
cratic auccess. Still, It does not read
very different from Its assurances of
democratic; victory in 1896, in 1900,
in 1904 and in 1908.
Mr. Bryan'a speaking itinerary
through Nebraska thla year does not
include Omaha In the favored list
Mr. Bryan must bave convinced him
self either that Omaha democrats do
not need his Inspiration or that they
are rast redemption.
Speaking ot Rev. 'Billy-1 Sunday's
financial atatus, aa exchange says he
acquired the percentage habit in hla
baae ball days and never got over it.
Those who remember his batting av
erages will know, however, that big
percentagea were not bis bobby.
Maltttade ( Bark IS amber.
Indianapolis Nwa.
Th recent etnklns of th French war
ship Libert, storms la the North eca,
th floods in China and that tn Pennsyl
vania aa wU. recall to on taat wa "who
tread tb glob ar but a handful to tha
tribe that slumber In lta bosom."
eoaaawhat Orlslmal.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Tha Italian excus tor grabbing Tripoli
Is original to say th least. It is that
Germany waa preparing to buy it from
Turkey. It would, of course, be ruinous
tor th land grabbing business to permit
th Innovation to be Introduced of paying
for th stolen territory.
GeeS Plea to War Is.
Brooklyn Eagl.
A Tankea In a nearby town offers this
meaaag for th consumer of sugar In th
United State : "How can you reduce th
cost of sugar? Air. By using on
leaspoonful Instead ot two '" Uet this
remedy going, and consumption might
catch up with tb supply. But would the
price fHT 'No but th cost to you .would
be kept down. Nobody could put you
under trio u I.
Bjooklncf Backward j
IhisDay InOmalmj
COMP1LF.P 1 BET, FILES
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r-l OCT. 7. U
Thirty Years Ago
The great Barnum ehow dlaplayed In
Omaha today with a great street pageant
In th morning and two performances
under the tent. Among th features were
General Tom Thumb and Lavinla War
ren Thumb. Tom Thumb Is described aa
"getting very corpulent and also quite
bald.-
Dr. Oeorge L. Miller mas appointed by
the Nebraska Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals as delegate to the
fifth annual convention of the American
Humana society to b held In Boston. A
committee consisting- of John T. Bell, J.
H. Lovett, P. L. Perrine and C. H. Dewey
waa appointed to arrange for the anni
versary meeting of the society.
Announcement is made of the grand
opening tomorrow night of "th finest
saloon In Omaha," to be run by Oeorg
Hlgglns on the corner of Sixteenth and
Dodge atreets. Specially attractive In it
is supposed to be the beautiful work of
art over tha bar dona by the celebrated
scenic artlBt Frank Skiff, word painter
ss follows: "A mountainous country is
represented; the telegraph poles ar
clinging to the hillside and birds are
flying hither and thither, apparently, un
willing to trust themselves on the dlsty
roost that the mountainside affords.
Away down the valley is the mill, and
Skiff has even gone so far aa to run this
mill by water."
Prof. Seager of Queen Either fame Is
organising chorus classes in fifty cities
and towna tn the atate with a view of
holding a state festivsl next May In
Omaha and Lincoln. Th full chorus
will number z.000 voices, of which 300
will be called for here.
Th democratic ward primaries ar
touted as better than the clrcua and the
headlines would read Just aa good today:
"All Mixed Up. And Nona But IrlBh
Need Apply for Places on the Democratic
Ticket." As far aa city delegatea are
concerned, O'Keefa for sheriff. McOav
ock for treasurer. . O'Connor for Judge,
seem to have the call, with Pat Ford
delivering tha Third ward.
Oeorge Lake will succeed H. R. Hath
away as deputy clerk . In the district
court on Monday next. Mr. Hathaway
goes Into th employ of th Union Pacific.
William A. Paxton has returned from
Racine, where his son Is at school, and
reports. Maater Will aa progressing rap
idly in his studies.
Twenty Years A go
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Henderson of the
Union Depot hotel. Eleventh and Mason
streets. Were surprised by about 100 of
their friends, who happened in on them
and gave them a rousing time. Some of
those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Stuht. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rhodes. Mr.
and Mrs. C. O. Hunt. Mr. .and Mrs. Ed
N. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Tooser,
C. E. Allen. Harvey Jackson, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Dlsbrow and Mr. and Mrs.
6llas Wright.
Tha Omaha gusrds gave the first of a
series of promenade- concerts at tbalr
armory. Some ot those participating" wer
Mr. and Mra. Torrens, Mr. and Mrs.
Gregory. Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge B.
Tsschuck. Miss Tony Tsaohuck, Mrs. C.
B. Schmidt, Mr. - and Mrs. . Luclen
Stephens. Mrs. Belt, Mra, Dovay, Sergeant
W. B. T. Belt; Sergeant T. D. Dakln,
First Sergeant W. J. Foy. Private
Weeks, Lund, Colfsx, Henderson, chmldt.
and many other. ' '
Mrs. R. R. Ringwalt gav a very pretty
afternoon luncheon tn honor of her aiatar,
Mra. O'Brien of Detroit. The house was
beautifully decorated. Th guests wer
Msdames Joseph Oarneau, E. M. Mora
man. C. E. Tost. H. W. Yates, Joseph
Barker, J. N. H. Patrick, C. F. Mander
aon, Levi Carter. Louis Bradford, C. J.
Greene. E. P. Peck, C. E. Pritchett. C.
K. Coutant. L. M. Bennett, J. A. Horbach,
Theodora L. Ringwalt,' Howard B. Smith,
J. H. Lacy. Frank Wheaton and Miss
Balcombe.
Senator R. F. Pettlgraw came in from
South Dakota to start with Senator C. F.
Manderson. for tha Black Hill country,
where they will Inspect tha Pin Ridge
and Rosebud Indian aganciea.
Mayor Cushlng mad an. Insistent de-
msnd tor a grand jury lo invaus
charges made against the Integrity of
certain city and county officials.
Ten Years Ago
John Evan, one of tha pioneer cltlsens
of Omaha, died at his residence 2i
North Nineteenth street, from paralysis,
tha result of a burgted blood vessel. Ho
was 79 yeara of age and had resided In
Omaba for many yeara, where h waa
prominent In lodg and businse mattera.
Ha waa associate editor of the Fraternal
Review.
Dan Baldwin, emergency officer at th
police atation, waa reported aartously
sick.
Mrs. Emma Coyle, wife of Captain John
T. Coyle, No. I engine company, did of
typhoid pneumonia . at the family resl
denca. 1313 Mason street.
Owen Conley, a bill poster, was thrown
from a wagon at Thirteenth and Cali
fornia street and badly hurt. Ha was
taken to Clarkson hospital.
James M. Lynch and John W. Bram-
wood. president aad sortary, respec
tively, of th International Typographical
union, arrtved In tha city en rout to
Indianapolis. They had bn to Colorado
Springs to attend the meeting of th
director of th Printers' boon.
A party of hla old-time friends eater-
tallied General Enoch H. Crowder at tb
Omaha club. General Manderson was
toaatmaater, and prominent at the table
were John U Webster, C. J. Greene and
W. F. Gurley.
People Talked About
King Ak-Bar-Ben grows handsomer as
his year' Increase.
William Oreenburg, th rlcht news
boy of St. Louis, recently deceased, ac
cumulated property valued at M40.0CO in
twenty 'years of buslnaas as a noway.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Teague of Clinton.
111., ' have a nln-roonths-old daughter
hn ran whlatla a canary Off the perch.
To mamma e ear th notes ar particu
larly fetching whn Its tlm to wet tn
William a. Vara, one of the defeated
whlatte.
Mrs. Nancy Hill, a negrs living at
Jackson, MIm.. I bliev4 to have cared
for and reared V dependent children.
Bb began to car tor othr people's chil
dren In 1X71 when a motherl white
-hiit . i.f in her chaise by the
father, who afterwards disappeared. 8h
card for th child until sb was bl to
place H a a good tome with people ot
Its own color. .
In Other Lands
Side Light oat What I Tra-ptrtna-
Among; the Sear and
Far Xatlone of the Earth.
Carrlng- of Turkey.
Tha historic struggl between th cross
and the crescent extending through the
centuries sounds a different war cry now
than that which Inspired Peter the Her
mit and hla rabble army of crusaders.
"God wills It:" "God wills It!" was the
cry of th deluded monk leading his dis
organized legions to disaster In the direc
tion of the Holy Land. Today th sym
bols of trade take tha place of the cross
m the guidons of the various forces pene
trating the Ottoman empire and the Holy
Land, and by degrees the flag of the
conquering countries follows the line of
trade. Four centuries ago Turkey domi
nated nearly all of lower Europe, and
its legions of warriors beat at th gates
of Vienna. The fate of central Europe
was In the balance when the combined
Polish and German armies under King
John 6obieskl drove back the Invaders
and ended the role of Turkey as an ag
gressive power. In all the successive
wars with Russia, Austria, Germany and
France, slice after slice of Turkey was
carved off by the conquerors. On two
occasions at least the Intervention of
European powers led by England pre
vented Russia from' marching on Con
stsntlnople sod becoming master of Tur
key In Europe. Italy's raid upon Tripoli,
the sol remaining Turkish province In
north Africa. Is a continuation of the
carving of past centuries.
Pemetratlna; Lisas of Trad.
Under the press of diplomatic and
financial agencies. Germany has made
notabla trade advance in the Holy
Land, and its growing Interests make It
keenly alive to the dangers of the Italian
attack on Tripoli. More than two-thirds
of the philanthropic Institutions, such as
churches, missions, hospitals and hos
pice, as well aa many leading schools In
the Holy Land, are in the hands of Ger
mans. Large German colonies are to be
found In Jerusalem. Jaffa. Bethlehem
and other places. The trade of tha coun
try and the development of Its mineral
resources, from copper to salt, are In
the hands of Germans. Without and
within the forces of European commer
cialism Is pressing on the Ottoman em
pire, and there Is neither native unity nor
enterprise to check the coin chasing in
vaders. The weakness ot the ancient em
pire lie In the antagonlam of many
races, with varying creeds and customs.
The energies of the government. In the
face of a foreign foe, are vitiated by in
ternal conflicts, with the Albanians on
the north and the Arabians on tha south,
both tn rebellion. ' The new Turka In
power In Constantinople are constantly
menaced by the old Turks of Abdul
Hamld's day. Tha Italian diversion. If
confined to Tripoli, la too far away to
calm th discord at home. 'Lack of na
tional cohesion, financial embarrassments
and Industrial stagnation, provide open
ings for th energetlo traders of Europe,
and their advance through Turkey and
tha Holy Land stamps th Invasion as a
masterpiece of foresight, system, power
and skillful push. What the legions ' of
the cross failed to attain, the legion of
progressive trade are steadily accom
plishing. '
Letter TeleaTram In Germany.
Germany is quick to follow the Inno
vation of the Western Union Telegraph
company In Introducing . night letter
telegrams. It is now possible there In
the great cities and in Important towns
to send a' telegram for about l-20th of a
cent a word, deliverable by the first post
next morning. Tha telegraphic rate
throughout tha emplr is on cent a word,
with a minimum of about 12 centa. Thla
minimum will b rtained. Th letter
telegrams must be filed between 7 p.
m. and midnight.
MS
China's Famine DUtrlct.
A correspondent of th North China
Daily News, writing from Honan regard
ing th famine In that Motion, says:
"There are very few people to sow the
'kaoliang' and hardly any animals. I
saw men pulling the plow and women
putting In the. 'kaoliang' with their
hands. The deserted state ot th villages
and vn small markets on the main
roads waa most striking. In almost
every one some of the houses had been
unroofed and the raftera and beams sold
for food. Many of the houses wore shut
in tVi owners havlnc con elsewher
In search ot food, and. altogether, what
with the absence ot all animaia ana
people. thy looked Ilk villages or the
dead."
Serial Democracy la Germooy.
The SncJai Democrauo party in oermany
now h&a &3S.SS2 enrblled members, against
730,038 laat year; it haa organlxatione tn
ss of tha ST Reichstag coasuiuenuea;
i. n..v.n.v. i ihtv.nnt daily newspapers.
UMWMVMWW - - -
and laat yaar it oieinuuwa .uw,wv
pamphlets and books. Such an organ
isation Is seriously to D recaonca wnu.
A Liberal Party Boast.
th. ttv.aiection in a Scotch constitu
ency Un daya ago, resulting In tha eleo-
of William G. C. iMaaeion. is
considered a notable victory tar the
party in power. Tha battle waa xougm
th mentions of home rul and the
Lloyd-Georg Insurance bill and against
the combined Tory ana toor
nw w.ted member la me son
... l.t. William H. Gladstone, and
grandson of the great Gladstone. He
m,in ka the rourtn 01 tne imumj
n to alt in. the commons, tor
Sir John Gladstone, father or tne
premier, wrote M. P. after his name
and may b considered th founder of
W V aaaew
th family.
Evldoatlr Mistake.
Cleveland Leader.
v.,n rierk aara the dsmocrata "are
standing on Mount Victory, overlooking
.v.. n.Amiud land." That must a ""
,.v. The democrats never overlook any
thing wbieh they thing ia coming to
them.
Omr Deceiver.
hic Reoord-Herald.
a x vnrk lawvar who died BOt long
i. hia feaira ni.SuD share of mln-
tng stock. After pendin sw.uuu in wit
ness and attorneys' fees the heirs have
found that tha stocks are woriniee. reo
ple who feel that death Is approaching
ought to tax tne precauuuu "
mining atocks.
"The Bast Mao la Comla."
Bt. Paul Dispatch.
Attorney General Wlckeraham an
nouncea that he doea not propose to go
aftr th truta with a bras band.
TK.r.fnr if uv mysterious man wear
ing a false mustach Is seen prowling
around Wail street late at night th
trust magjjate may consider themselves
Justified la feeiiug a bit narvoua.
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Win FIELD SCOTT SCHLEY.
Kansas City Times: Admiral Schley
has his place In American naval history
with John Paul Jones, Perry, . Farragut
and Dewey.
Baltimore American: Death waa kind
to Admiral Schley In giving him time
to read his vindication at the mouths
of his opponents and In making him
secure of tha glory with which posterity
will crown bis memory.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer: Schley's find
ing ot Greeiy. as the relief expedition
was on the point of turning back after
It had come to within less than a mile
of the camp of the starving wretches.
Is the moat romantic chapter In Arctic
history.
Washington Herald: Admiral Schley
lived long enough to ' see the discom
fiture of his detractors. It was char
acteristic of the generous spirit of th
man that he treated with forgiving kind
ness those who had endeavored to lower
him tn public esteem.
New York World: It Is unfortunate
that one of tb two grat naval battles
of modern times should have been
clouded by the controversy that followed.
Perhaps the fact that he was the pop
ular hero of the campaign helped Schley
to bear th situation with dignity. No
more fitting word upon it waa ever
pronounced than his own. There was
"glory enough for all."
St. Louis Republic: We sincerely ap
plaud the just -and generous words of
President Taft and 6ekxetary of the
Navy Meyer, but they are far mor
creditable to them than they are nec
essary to the fame ot the man who Is
now beyond their hearing. On the dull
cold ears of death flattery fall in vain.
It Is for the living, however, to note
the fact that Theodore Roosevelt's brutal
JudgmeWt ls "reversed by Bis Successor.
RECALL OF THE UMPIRES.
Brest Hlsbwsr Twsr4 aivmtlm
of the Game-
Indianapolis News. ;
A "tan" who was outraged a few day
ago by a "rotten" decision of the umpire
"rotten" of course only from the home
point of view auggeated that It would he
a good Idea to make it possible for the
people to recall the umpire. And why
not? Tha umpire la a Judge, a judge, too,
who is forced to make a decisions every
tew minutes. In the course of a game
he paasea on scores of tha most vital
questions. And yt he i practically irre
movable. Th new device Is. It seem to
us, easily and properly applicable to his
case. All that would be necessary would
be to take a rising vote after each con
troverted decision. It tt was againat th
umpire he would, ot course, have to retire-
Thua the people would have their
way, "be maater s ot their own govern
ment,", and thus, too, each dub would
win practically all the games played at
home, and lose all thoee played abroad. -
We are surprised that this great con
structive plee ot statesmanship has had
to wait so long tor a champion. But It
is as with all masterly and profound sug
gestions no sooner Is tt made than w
all wonder why In tb nam of democ
racy tt did not occur to us. Great men
are great largely because they ar slightly
In advance of popular thought, wny
should an umpir be retained after mak
ing a wrong decision why. Indeed, should
be be retained after making a decision
which tha people think to ne wrong.
whether it la or not? There should ba
direct appeal t th spectators on every
ruling.
Mor wealth. More Baavka.
Sioux City Journal.
Th. .. of Iowa has more than 1.000
hank, under its supervision, and th de
mand Is for more to taJt car of th In
creasing wealth of the people. Th tat
Is proportionately wll off In national
bank, and th conclusion la warranted
that th rich are growing richer and the
n,r likewise. In the same connection
there ma te warrant to suggest th
great Import an oe of harmony.
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GRAB GAME IN TRIPOLI.
New Tork World: Italy glvca Turkey
but twenty-four hours to reply to Ita
ultimatum. Manners In diplomacy seem
to depend upon the estimation In which
your opponent Is held.
- Chicago Kecord-Heiald: The Tripoli
question is a survival ot the old grab
game. Unfortunately the other European
powers have recognized Italy's "claims"
In Africa and cannot now step In and
veto Its project. They are annoyed and
apprehensive, but their hands are tied.
There la grav peril in the situation,
especially in the Balkan phase of it.
The new regime in Turkey Is fsclng an
other crisis. '
Philadelphia Record: It is a curious
Initiatory chapter of the threatened war
between Italy and Turkey that th Italian
government is threatened with a revolu
tionary socialist outbreak In the event of
bringing on open conflict and the Turkish,
government with a domestic rebellion If
it shall make concessions to prevent at
tack. A little blood letting seems the
only solvent for such a1 complex situation.
St. Louis Republic: This Is what milt
ltarlsm does for a people. Italy. Is a
young nation and heavily taxed. Her pub
lic debts bear Interest of from U to G per
cent. Her people ar thrifty, but many .
of them are desperately poor. She is
constructing great works of Internal Im
provement. Yet she reaches out for sun
baked Tripoli, In order that she may
'colonize" a country where Italians canr
not live In the first place and could not
produce anything in the second. ,
LAUGHING GAS.
"We don't hear any more about the dlf
fleulty of securing chorus girls."
"No, the hard conditions lu Wall street
have made it necessary for most of the
chorus girl who were thinking ot marry,
ins rich men's sons to go back to work."
Washington Star. -
"YOUr Pftin v mavM -I ... ..! .
- WW . . , J win W
you?" her UUle brother inquired. . . , .. .."
inv jouBs man oiusnea.
"That's funny." said the terrible in- '
fnt. "Pa has looked up the rata books,
ma has found out all about your grand
fathers, and sister has begun her shop
ping. Gimme a nickel, won't youT"
Cleveland Plain Dealer. .
"Isn't It' romantic, John, dear, said she,
as they sat In the little Venetian garden,
"to sit here and listen to these Italian
troubadours singing their ballads bathed
in the moonlight?"
"Yes, dear," replied John with a deep
dZwn wigh- "But 1 sometimes wish
theyd bathe In something besides moon
light, don't von? Tt miffhi ra i
mantle but It would be a darn Sight more
hygienic. "-Harper s Weekly.
Horace was contemplating his Odea '
nyr could see much In these things
mvaalf." he ul4 "h.,. .h . ..r
- wwv in. iwoniiftn can.
sSKidid" U0M 0t th,m' by G. are
Which seems to show a certain lack of
flexibility In the mor or leYs mirtbund
Tribute? mCh h r0-Chlca2
WeaewmamBBmmBamaammamim.
ALMA MATER.
Youth's Companion.
Th eldest university
Wo not on India s strand.
Nor in the VaUey of the Nile.
Nor In Arabia'a sand:
From time s beginning It has taujrht
And .till ..ku r,?. iou
Its learning mild to ever child
The school of Mother's Knee.
The eldeit school to taeh the law.
And teach It deeply, too.
Dividing what should not be done '
From what each one should do,
V, as not In Rome nor Espsnan
Nor by the Euxln Sea:
It held Its sway ere history's dar
Th school of Mother's Knee.
The oldest eemlnary, where
Theology was taught.
When lov to God, and reverent prayer
And the tternai Ought
Were deep Impressed on youthful hearts 1
Iti pur sincerity,
Cam to th earth with Abel's birth
The school of Mother's Knee.
The oldest and the newest, too
It still maintains lta place.
And from Its classes, ever full.
It graduates the race.
Without lu teaching, where would all
The best of living be?
'Twaa r tanned by havn this earth, toj
leaven
The school of Mother' Knee.
& SQUIRES
W. Scran ton Hard Con has enabled nS
the pest twenty-seven years. It has
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