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    THE OMAHA SUNDAY HIKE: OCTOBER 22, 1011.
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i" A visit to the Land show will bear
Tfepeatlng.
Unci Jos has built damn or two
that will not be washed out.
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r" That Mexican electoral college
jooltt more like a mere high school.
tr Still, the president found his wel
rrcome In Montana warm even If It did
..snow. . .
- The long and short of this world's
; scries, of course. Is Connie Mack and
Muggsjr McQraw. ' '
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-. The worst that can be said Is that
Secretary Wilson might have avoided
the situation.
When 'It comes to hitting letters
rhot off the bat. Governor Aldrlch la
r no air pounder. ' .
' Kid McCoy Is about to marry his
eighth wife. That gives hltu exactly
two-to-one odds oit, Nat.
. No doubt the sultan would be slow
i. to believe that Italy, as was Oaul, is
divided into three parts.
, How does Senator La. Foil at te expect
j to awing the bald-headed vote? Record
, Herald.
Taftward, of courso.
The qucutlon has been asked, "Is
benzoate of soda good for anything
at . all?" Yes, It Is a great space
filler.
The Houston PoBt complaint be
cause ita mall is fifteen dayt late.
That Isn't long. Think where Hous
ton la.
Senator Bailey has bought a race
horse for 110,000. Bound to keep
up the pace, whether in or out of the
enate.
It's a cinch the weatherman would
sot dare risk himself out on the dia
mond In either New York or Phila
delphia. "I am not a prophet," saya Jamca
' J. Hill. But, of course, in this he
' does not expect folks to take him at
his word. -
Mr. Zimmerman may be right In
aaylng nobody loves a millionaire
nowadays, but folks surely do love
his millions.
We knew Mr. Bryan would rather
be right than president, for he so de
clared himself late In the autumn of
.1896. also 1900. also 1908.
What hurts our democratic friends
is that they have no Abraham Lin
coln to poiut to, and do not dare
resurroct the discarded portrait of
William Jennings Bryan.
It appears that David R. Ffancls
did not secure conirolliug interest in
Missouri's leading democratic news
paper to promete Champ Clark's
- presidential aspirations.
It seems a pity, as well as
- Btrange coincidence, that an Innocent
man like Edward lllnes should have
been so mixed up with the Stephen
ton case, as well as Lorlmer case.
... Registration for a chance in Uncle
Sam's land lottery id South Dmkota
. is closed. But one more chance next
Saturday remains ' fJr the unregis
tered to qualify for the comlug elec
tion In Omaha.
Lincoln has been celebrating Ger
man day with a magnificent public
demonstration and impressive Ja
duHtrlaJ parade. They never cele
brated German day in Lincoln while
the town was dry. "
Any of tbeve amateur detectives
can win both the fame and the game
by recapturing that kidnaped Mona
Lisa. Our modern Sherlock
Holmeses cannot be cast In the same
heroic mold as of yore.
Roosevelt as a Coniemtife.
Democratic newspapers are trying
very hard to make former President
Roosevelt out to be a champion of
the recall of Judges, although Colonel
Roosevelt has been Terr careful at
all times, while asserting that the
people must be superior te their gov
ernment and retain control of the
Judiciary as well as the other agen
cies of government, not to set very
great store upon the device proposed
In the recall. Colonel Roosevelt has
stated that some conditions would,
In his opinion, Justify resort to the
recall as an extreme measure to rem
edy abuses and correct crying evils,
but has also distinctly disclaimed be
lief In It for general application. If
the position of Colonel Roosevelt Is
correctly reflected by the Outlook,
which carries his name as con
tributing editor, It must be expressed
In these extracts from the current
number of the Outlook commenting
on the California election:
The referendum, Initiative and. recall
have been adnptad in California, as they
have bfen proposed elsewhere aa a rem
edy for bosalsm. It remain to be seen
whether the remedy will be efficacious.
We think It la only to be held In re
serve that the short ballot principles
ahould be made a precedent reform, and
the direct appeal for town-meeting les
lalatlon ahould be reserved for a last
resort, The Outlook Is strongly op
posed to applying the recall to the Ju
dicial office, end thus making It poesl-
ble at any time to transform a town
meeting Into a court Of appeals. But we
ran understand why recent events have
led the people of California to adopt the
perilous remedy for the Injustice
wrought by technicality and traditional
Ism, if by nothing worse, in the courts.
If this it a correct definition of bis
attitude, Colonel Roosevelt's declara
tion that he Is a conservative, and
not a radical, on this subject will be
found to be well grounded, and the
efforts to put him In the list of ex
trsrae radicals will fall short.
Perseverance
Ask any man who has a record of
achievement In any field of human
endeavor and he will Include perse
verance among his keys to success.
Llfe'a pathway Is not one contlnu
ous smooth roadway to be traveled
without obstructions or mishap. On
the contrary, it Is usually a tortuous
highway with many rough places,
and many obstacles to be overcome.
Nor Is the march always steadily for
ward, but orten baited, ana some
times apparently blocked altogether.
Thla Is where perseverance comet
Into play, and whert perseverance
counts. The easily disheartened and
quickly discouraged turn back or fall
by the wayside, while those who pos
sess perseverance push oa and pass
their laggard, fellows even though
the latter have started in the race
earlier, and with better prospects.
Every man and woman should see
to it that perseverance ie among the
personal resources which he or the
has conserved and may draw upon,
Every child should have perseverance
instilled Into it as one of the splendid
traits necessary for its future wel
fare. The Kingdom of Heaven la only
for those who persevere In the right
Punishment for Crime.
It may be more difficult to appre
hend a criminal in a country as large
at the United Statea and as sparsely
populated in partt than it la in a
smaller land with a denser com
munity lite. It may alao be more
difficult to run down criminal! In
thlt country than in others because
of the cosmopolitan population. But
if these explanations are valid, the
appalling fact remain t, as wat
brought out before the National
Prison Congress, that more murders,
numerically and proportionately are
committed in the United Statea than
elsewhere and to many more aa to
make comparison almost out ot the
question. The statistician, taking a
given year, shows that 118 homi
cides are committed la the United
States for every 1,000,000 popula
tion at against fourteen in Italy,
where passion! are supposed to go
unbridled; sixteen In Canada, nine
la Great Britain and five in Ger
many.
Are these countrtea more law
abiding than the United States? It
may be unpleasant to admit, but
every thoughtful American knows it
It true that one reason why murder
and other crjmo of violence are to
rampant In this country la that we
have made too little of the prac
tical side of law. In New York,
with Its. population of lest than
5,000,000, 119 homicides wsre in
vestigated within a year, but convic
tions secured in only forty-five. In
London, with its 7,000,000 ot peo
ple, there were In the tame year only
nineteen murders. Five of these
murderers committed suicide and all
except four were arrested and either
convicted and executed or sent to
the Insane asylum. What Is true of
New York is true, on a lesser scale
of other American cities.
Is life valued more highly In Eng
land than la America? It crime
regarded more lightly In America
than in England? Evidently we not
only unduly exaggerate the "prodig
ious technique" of the law, but we
are too free with our paroles and
pardons and too generous with the
benefit of doubt to villains caught
red-handed. That does not mean
we should punish on mere suspicion
any more than that because we
should conduct our prisons on a hu
mane and sanitary basis we should
cease to differentiate between the
man who obeys the law and the man
who violates It It will nsver quite
do, medieval aa It may seem, to let
the law lose all Itt terrors for the
evil-doer and hold forth no Incentive
for the good cltlxen to stick to the
path of rectitude and righteousness.
Saving; Pension Money.
Assurance Is given that it will
save not only time and red tape, but
much money, for the government to
send Its check direct to every pen
sioner without the routine of hav
ing the pensioner mako out a new-
voucher every three months and
waiting until it has run the gauntlet
of determination whether or not the
notary'a seal Is entirely "above the
dotted line," or some other detail
equally a unimportant.
Under present arrangements the
old soldljer or his dependent must go
before a notary at the end of each
quarter and mako out a new
voucher, establishing his or her
Identity and right to the money.
Then, in due course of time, a war
rant for the pension comes back,
accompanied by a new voucher for
the next quarter. In addition to the
time and trouble and expense to the
pensioner the process also proves
costly In a financial way to the gov
ernmeut. It involves an Immense
amouut of extra atatlonery, printing
and clerical labor. The government,
Itself, estimates that by adopting- the
plan proposed by congress, that of
merely sending a check for the
amount due to each pensioner with
out all this red tape, It would save
fl, 000,000 annually to the pension
er! and eventually nearly $200,000
a year to the government. .
Of course, the government'! whole
aim in pursuing the present method
has been to guard against imposition
and fraud. In this, therefore, it has
had the Interest of the bona fide pen
sloner in view at much as that of
the strong box at Washington. It
It notorious that tremendous pension
frauds have been perpetrated in the
years gone by and the government,
therefore, la not to be severely crlt
iclsed for itt effort to protect worthy
and honest pensioners and thwart
unworthy, and dishonest applicants.
'Any Way to Get On.
In base ball the coacher or captain
calls out to the batsman aa he steps
to the plate, "Any way to get on, old
man." Ho Is under, no orders to
bunt, to watt or to hit 'ef out, but Is
free to reach first base as beet he can,
The phrase seems to form the slo
gan cf some people aeeklng notoriety
aa their stock-in-trade, and the worst
of It is they too often, find the public
ready on the coaching lines, to pa
tronlze their cheap efforts. Those
who are willing to get on by any
meant succeed, If at all, because the
world Is Instantly at their back with
its morbid curiosity and love for sen
sation. Thus the most sacred institutions,
not excopting matrimony and the
family altar, are attacked and
dragged down into contumely by per
sons unable to appreciate them. A
young man and woman who have
made a travesty of marriage and a
farce of life are able to get moBt
profitable hearings of their theories
on marriage and divorce. They set
themselves up to advise respectable
people on these tacred and funda
mental thing! of fife and decent folkt
pay for the advice and read it aa it
it were worth something.
What difference does it make what
such people may think or say about
such subjects? The family it the
unit of toclety and society will stand
so long aa the sanctity of that unit
It preserved. All the cheap ruaga
tlne article! that unmoral pens may
write, though they may desecrate,
cannot change the ordinance. It
does teem a pity that there It profit
in It tor the purveyors of this sort of
clap-trap.
Coaxing Bain in Kansas.
Kansas is again going into the
rainmaklng business. Farmers in
the western part of the state are
planning to build thousands ot small
ponds or reservoirs to store the
water from the winter rain and snow
to tempt precipitation during the
spring and summer montht. They
proceed on the ancient theory that
"water attract! water" and believe
they can prevent another such dry
season as the last one in this way.
The state steps In with the approving
proposition that for every such pond
built holding enough water to cover
ten acres of ground one foot In depth
It will remit taxes to the sum of
100. Four ponds will be allowed
for every quarter section. There
fore, a farmer having 160 acres msy
get back taxes not exceeding 8400 a
year by building the ponds.
So far as building the ponds are
concerned, that 1 perfectly feasible,
whether accomplishing the ultimate
purpose or not. The farmers may
set out trees about these ponds, thus
enhancing the beauty of their farms
and adding the supposed attraction
of forests to draw water and make
rain follow the streams and timber
belts. The water in the ponds, at
any rate, could be used for Irriga
tion, even though a secondary con
sideration.
It will be Interesting to watch this
experiment, and yet the records of
rainfall are not sufficient in them
selves to give assurance ot success,
While a perfect comparison may not
be made between western Kansas
and the San Joaquin valley In Call
fornla, it Is, nevertheless, worth not
ing that in that valley, to abundantly
supplied with water In Irrigation
canals and ditches and much more
Mckly timbered than formerly, the
annual precipitation Is still only
about 9.7 Inches. Western Kansas,
st least at Wichita, has a mean an
nual precipitation of 80.(1. At Dodge
City it Is 20.8 and at Concordia 27. S
Inches. Wichita Is about the same
as Omaha, whose annual fall it 80.7
Inches. Of courne, the season Just
closing should not be taken an
average anywhere, since It was ex
cessively dry and abnormal.
Paradox on Peace Through War.
The remark, "We will have peace,
though we have to fight for it," Is
usually Jocularly made, but there Is
much more truth than poetry In the
paradox that peace Is won through
war. It cannot fall to strike reflect
ing minds as anomalous that the very
time when peoplo everywhere are
coming to realize the horrors of war,
and clamor more loudly for the bless
ings of peace, should be the time for
armed conflicts and Insurrections to
break forth almost simultaneously In
various partt of the world. The
apotheosis of peace, and the notable
progress toward arbitration by Inter
national agreement, and agitation for
disarmament. Is apparently accom
panied by a revolution in Mexico, by
a war drama in Tripoli and by a re
bellion In China.
Will these demonstrations of In
herent savagery set back the rising
tide on which the peace movement
was being carried forward? Or will
these outbreaks of turbulence, and
the lessons thus taught, 1 serve to
force a keener appreciation of the
cost of war in life and treasure, and
the burden it piles up for future gen
eratlona, and make the people still
more eager to embrace every promts
ing project for peaceable settlement
of disputes between nations?
In the history, of civilization thera
have been many righteous ware and
many unrighteous wars. -If a little
fighting by Mexicans, Italians, Turks
and Chinese could really prove to be
a material step toward world peace,
the blood-letting might be worth
while, after all.
Every candidate for supremo Judge
on the democratic ticket stretched
his conscience to get on the ballot In
two places by taking solemn oath
that he Is a populist and a democrat
at one and the same time. If a wit
ness on the stand did this, the Judge
might denounce it as perjury, 'but
when resorted to as a ladder to climb
upon the bench It must not be called
by such a harsh name.
Senator Hitchcock's newspaper ex
tends a cordial welcome to a new re
cruit to his army of Harmon boosters
In the person of W.F. Porter, who
used to be a shining light in the pop
ulist party. Then, too, perhaps
there's another affinity In the sobri
quet, "put-lt-back."
Van Allstlne Is still one , ahead,
since Senator Hitchcock has not yet
repudiated "Van's" fictitious meet
ing of Eighth ward republicans, to
which was accorded such a choice
position on the front page ot the
high-minded senator's personal
organ.
The Omaha postoffice it to he
opened up at a postal savings de
pository next month. It ia a fair in
ference that the people would trust
their money to the postoffice faster if
it were presided over by a postmaster
whom they trusted more.
What makes Mr. Bryan to Impa
tient it that the Insurgent repub
licans, to whom, he is appealing with
honeyed words, ahow no signs of
crowding one another in their haite
to enroll themselves at assistant
democrats.
It is not Just the number ot opin
ions written by the Judge of an ap
pellate court that counts. The char
acter and import of the opinion and
the value of the decision as a prece
dent are also to be considered.
Up to date the bliop men's strike
has been the most orderly and peace
able exhibition of Industrial warfare
ever pulled off in Omaha within our
recollection. Mark that down to the
credit of the strikers.
Automobile registration numbers
In this state are fast approaching the
25,000 mark. Nebraska farmers are
doing tolerably well, thank you.
What Will llapprw Thaaf
Kanaas City Times.
It Is feared the Chinese army, finding
paper dragons inadequate to frighten
the rrbela away, may become exaspv
ted and begin pounding on tin pans.
Walla I'aaa I nheeded.
Washington Tost.
In aplta of the protesta of railway peo
ple that they are hampered and nils
trtatvd there I still a goodly amount of
plucky enterprise shown In building ne
roads.
DItUIuw f Tobacco Spotle.
t. Louis Republic.
In the proposed division of the To
bacco trust we notice that one of the
new couipanlea Ie to handle plug, an
other cigarettes, another smoking to
bacco and so on, but what provision baa
been made for the manufacture and aale
of good clgsra?
TbrllU that Kail.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The first d I root communication
wlrelesa between San Francisco
by
and
Japan, a distance of about 10U0 miles
passt-d last week with comparatively lit'
tie notice. Evidently we are becoming
tbrUl-pruuf slat new electrical a4
vancea,
DlobkiniBackwanl
IhisDay in Omalia
COMPILED FHOM DEE FILIT-S
i rl.u-l OCT. 2
Thirty Years Ago
The fight ever Sunday closing is wag-
g fast and furious, the temperance
committee of five trying hard to follow
p Its move on Sunday saloons by doi
ng barber shops, drug stores and bath
rooms.
Albert Qleratadt, the noted srtlat.
paaaed through the city on hla return to
aw Tork with the VUlaxd party
trough an extended trip through Ore
gon and Washington territory.
Average rainfall, one-quarter of an
ch; average depth of mud, alx inches.
Omaha can raise more dust and mud
than any other city in America, and do
quicker.
The funeral of Mrs. Johanna Redden
was held from the cathedral and the re
mains interred In Holy Sepulchre cem
etery. W. A. Paxton left for a visit to Chi
cago and Racine, Wla.
L. M. Bennett, general superintendent
of the Psolflo Pullman division, re
turned front the west.
Mrs. Senator Saunders and daughter
Miss Mamie, arrived home after a pleas
ant trip In Colorado.
I)r. l'rlaonl left for Germany, where he
will leave his daughter, whoae posses-
Ion the courts recently gave him, and
return In about three months.
Ed 8. Mayo has returned from the east,
bringing with him hla bride.
Mlsa Agnes Blmpson and Miss Mamie
Barker of Ban Francisco arrived in
Omaha on a visit to Mrs. F. II. Davis.
Twenty Years Ag
Mrs. John R. Brooke gave one of the
prettiest afternoons of the season at her
home In Langdon Court, Twenty-fourth
and Harney streets. It was a reception
in honor of Mrs. Bird, wife of the new
quartermaster of the Department f the
Platte. Among the women present dur
ing the sfternoon were Mesdames Gal
lagher, Wall, Swobe. Carter, - Cornish,
Baum, Connell,' Hamilton, C. Will Ham
ilton, Mcintosh, Hellman, McCord. Hor-
bach, Coutant, Oroene, Dike, Mlsa Dike,
Mlsa Jessie Dike, Mrs. O. Knight White
of San Francisco, Mesdames Wakeley,
C. Wakeley, Kogora, Bennett, Wes-
aels, Morsman, Thurston, Kilpjitrlck,
Squires. Catlln, Hubbard, Edwards; Ford,
Wood, Barker, Haller, Llninger, Metcalf
Spencer, Burns, the Misses Dundy, Ma-
Ken na, Balcombe, Tost, Hawley, Hall
man, Brown, Hamilton, Poppleton,
Hughes, Chambers, McCllntock and
Turner.
A big reception was tendered Daniel
Dougherty, New York's great lawyer and
orator, st the Millard, and those who at
tended considered themselves well repaid
for their three-hours' presence. Major
J. B. Furay was toastmaater, and among
the local speakers were General C. T.
Manderson, A. J. Poppleton, Judge S.
Wakeley, W. J. Bryan, Judge Doane, Q.
M. Hitchcock, Ben 8. Baker, Major J.
8. Clarkson, , and Jujes Lombard sang
Maggie."
Burglars took from tba altar of St
Phllomenaa cathedral costly marble
carved in Italy and presented by Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Crelghton.
State Auditor Tom Benton and Deputy
George Boworman were In the city.
Coroner Harrlgan's jury decided that
George Smith, the negro lynched in front
of Boyd's theater, died of fright before
he was strung up. Dr. C. C. Allison
made the autopsy and the inquiry was
conducted by County Attorney Mahoney.
Ten Years Ago
The Commercial club gave a big dinner
to the Ak-Sar-Ben governors, at which
II. Flckens, president of the club,
presided.
Silas K. Stutsman and Miss Ada B. L.
Hooker were married by the Bev. C. W,
Bavldge at hla residence.
The funeral services of Frank J.
Hernandes were held at the family home,
M2S Parker atreet, by Rev. T. W. Hilton
of North Bide Christian church, arid the
body was laid at rest at Prospect Hill
cemetery.
The membsrs of Trinity Methodist
church tendered their pastor, Rev. D. K.
Tlndall, a reception in the parlors of
the church.
Louis Wolf, ft years old, sustained a
fracture of the skull la a. fall from hie
delivery wagon. He resided at 1431 North
Seventeenth street
Father P. J. Judge returned from Bt.
Louis, where he attended a meeting of
the Euchartstlo league.
.Report comes that Pat Crowes latest
rendevous was a plantation near New
Orleans.
Father P. J. Judge united in matri
mony, Mr. E. J. Von Qlllen of Nebraska
City and Miss Nellie Cannon, assisted
by Father Morearty. The bride was
attended by Miss Maty Mc9hane, and the
groom by Mr. lid ward Cannon, brother
ot the bride.
Madame Pcwell and Mrs. Nichols en
tertained informally at their home In
honor of Mra. Lioyd, those present being:
Mrs. C. W. Lyman, Mrs. Tllton, Mrs.
Doane, Mrs. Balcn. Mrs. Jordan, Mrs.
Wallace. Mrs. Ten Eyck, Mrs, Bbelton,
Miss Creenhow.
CHTJUCHMEN'S WAKMNQ.
Boston Herald; Archbishop Ireland of
St. Paul follows Cardinal Qlbbons In a
prononuncement against the Initiative,
the referendum and the recall. More ot
what George Fred calls "living in the
past."
Sioux City Journal: The warning cry
from Cardinal uibbvua and Arcu'uiaUvti
Ireland ahould give pause to the feet
of those who are hurrying after the so
oalled reform politicians who are prom
islng to save the people from baxy
calamity by a new route. The Immediate
presumption ia that Cardinal Gibbons
and Archbishop Ireland are just as wise
aa Senator L Follette or Senator lirls-
tow, and vastly more disinterested.
St. Louis Republic: Many people will
agree with Archbishop Ireland In hla op.
position to direct popular government by
means of the Initiative and referendum
who will not subscribe to his character!
satlon ot It aa mob rule. RepresentaUv
government ia one thing and a pure
democracy la another, but In either caae
there la no good reaaon to describe the
activities of the people as moblike. Every
I
harsh word that the archbishop now
uses against direct legislation was hurled
a century and more ago at thoie who
ventured to urge manhood suffrage under
the representaUve system. No good cauae
ever suffered from epithets and no
democracy will ever b halted by those
who refer to the people as a mute.
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Diamond Sale....
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23 Diamond lUngs, bine, white stones, perfect In cut, In Tiffany
settings, worth $73.00, 35 OO
Title is a great opportunity for exceptional value.
Other Diamonds sold at the same bargains. Cluster Rings,
Lavalliers, Earrings, Scarf Tins, Lockets, Watches, all set with
diamonds. Every diamond guaranteed as represented.
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People Talked About
The cars "for women only" have
proved a failure in London. Suffragettes
had to have male heads to knock.
The Cincinnati millionaire who thinks
that nobody loves him should move up
to Cleveland, where the flash of a roll
draws a smothering crowd.
Those who doubt the swiftness of the
pace can draw a mental picture of the
strike of girls In a New Hampshire
school sgainst domestlo science on the
ground that cooking and dishwashing are
vulgar" and "menial."
A Missouri man wants :fl,000 damages
for being kicked by a native mule. If
the fellow had a touch of state pride in
his makeup he would paint on the good
luck sign, "Made in MIsbouu by Mis
sourians," and let it go at that.
The great and only Christy Mathewson,
as an expert on the game, bewailed the
folly of Pitcher Marquard handing Home
Run Baker the right kind of a ball to
belt. Before darkness fell on the tragedy
of Tuesday the great Matty handed
Baker the same kind of a ball whicn was
belted into the sweet by-and-by. Matty
was too weary to give expert teatlmony
on the second cruel blow.
The Havana Post puts out a fotohlng
bid for northern tourists In search of
summer climes In winter. A tourist num
ber notably rich in colored pictures of
city and country scenes In Cuba, his
torical buildings, monuments and battle
fields, with explanatory descriptions,
stirs the wanderlust and invites mental
calculations on the wherewith. In mid
winter when the snows do blow and bill
iards grip the ears the Cuban . feast
would be Irresistible. Just now Cuba
has no weather In stock equal to the
golden glories of autumn in the corn
belt
A husky Indian in a red riding oos
tume, mounted . on a red horse and
standing on the red banks of the fretful
Missouri, points to a red perspective of
Sioux City with the conscious pride of
the artist who has painted the town. Two
red bridges span the stream. Red tug
boats dash hither and thither among
river craft, and a red jchooner pokes Its
bow into the scene, suggestive of the
masted windjammers whose freighted
decks, like olden Orgossles, bear
away to the seas beyond the golden
fruitage of the corners of four states.
Thus is art and imagery combined in the
Sioux City Journal's exposition of "Tho
Gateway of the Northwest." In the
eighty odd pages of descriptive, pictorial
and adcraft exhibits comprising the
booster number there is much to admire
and enjoy, but none carries the deft,
brilliant touch of the decorated gate
way,
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Chicago Record-Herald: One St Louis
preacher has sued another for $50,000 be
cause the defendant said the complain
ant preached In a church that was sup
ported by a prominent brewer. It looks
If tba promlpent . brewer aiso naa
cause for complaint
Cleveland Plain Dealer: A Jersey City
clergyman comes out with an announce
ment that he is perfectly willing to re
marry divorced persons. Some preachers
are so slow I This one missed a fat fee
by not making up his mind a month
or so sooner.
Boston Transcript l A bigamous En
glish parson, living at Jollet, Insists that
he Is not a criminal In tba sight ot uoa.
but only according to American law. He
should have remembered that the gov
ernment of Illinois Is not a theocracy
eot much)
Houston Post: A Louisville preacher
ssys there Is not enough spanking in the
horns. We believe this to ce true, not
becauss there Is less disposition to spank,
but the average home doea not contain
the quantity of free raw spanking ma
terial It used to contain.
Springfield Republican: "I understand
that the emperer of Japan will shortly
Issue an edict establishing Christianity
as the official religion of the country"-
thus Is quoted Rev. Dr. McKenile. presi
dent' of the Hartford theological semi
nary. Such an event would be extremely
Interesting, for the emperor would have
to establish soma particular kind or
Christianity. Would he select Roman
Catholicism, or Greek Catholicism, or
Protestantism, And If Protestantism
would he prefer Lutheranism, or Angli
canism, or Methodism? The range ef
choice Is wide.
BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN.
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If every man had all the money be
wanted, the devil would get us all.
A sunny spirit will do more to im
prove the looks than a powder rag.
Whenever the devil has a minute to
spare be sets another trap for the boy.
The man who succeeds must work
hard, but not so hard as one who falls.
You can't down the man who can
sdways find a blue spot In a black sky.
Nothing can move the hand of God
like the cry of a soul that seeks his
help.
The world always says, "Go up
higher," to the man who la getting
there.
The man who has no money la poor,
but sot so poor aa the one who has no
God.
Many a boy falls becauae he has a
father who runs his shoes down at the
heal.
Special for this neck only
For as long as they are on hand
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
She When women vote, you will not
be able to buy their ballots.
He Don't need to, if the department
Mores can be Induced to have big bar
gain sales on election day. Ba.tlmoro
American. -
Mrs. Sliarpley My liunband and 1 get
along beautifully. I always do as I
please and so doe he.
MIfs liright VS hat an Ideal husband,
always to do as his wife pleases. Boston
Transcript.
"Papa," asks the little boy, "why do
they say a woman Is "setting her cap'
for a man when she wanta to marry
him?"
"Because, my son," explains the father
softly. "If she sets her bonnet for him
she knows blamed well the price of it
will scare him to death." Judge.
"Yes, I have Just finished a treatise
on the single tax. Next I shall grapple
with the woman question."
"Consult me, old fellow. I grapple with
a fresh one every hour."
"How Is that?"
"I am married." Satire.
"It's positively disgusting."
"What Is7"
"The way people crowd to the theater
to see an improper play. Just think!
They've sold out the house for three
weeks in advance!"
"How do you know?"
'I tried to purchase tickets and
couldn t. puck.
Mrs. Jokeley John, I wish you'd take
down a book and see what's good for
keeping those penkv flies away.
Hrr Husband .What book, dear?
Mrs. J. Oh any book 'will do. . They alt
have fly leaves, you know. Bostou
Transcript.
"Why dirt you select Charles Instead
of Oeorge?" asked Maude.
"Well," replied Maymie, "George said
I had eyes like violets, cheeks like wild
roses, shell-like ears and lips like cher
ries." "Very pretty."
"Yes. But Charles said I had eyes like
diamonds, teeth like pearls and Hps like
rubles. It seemed to me that bis Ideas
were much more practical." Washing
ton Star.
WORDS.
Adelaide A. Proctor.
Words are lighter than the cloud foam
Of the restless ocean spray;
Vainer than the trembling shadow
That the next hour steals away.
Bv the fall of summer raindrops
In the air as deeply tlrrl:
And the rose leaf that we tread on
Will outlive a word.
Yet on dull silence breaking. ,
With a lightning flanh, a word.
Bearing endless desolation
On Its bllshtlng wings I heard;
Earth can forgo no keener weapon.
Dealing surer death and pain,
And the cruel echo answered
Through long years again.
I have known one word hang starlike
O'er a dreary waste of years,
And It only shone the brighter
I-ioknd st throus-h a mlat of tears:
While a weary wanderer gathered
Hope and heart on life's dark way.
By Its faithful promise shining
Clearer day by day.
I have known a spirit calmer
Than the calmest lake, and clear
As the heavens that gaze upon It,
Wtlh no wave of hope or fear:
But a storm had swept across it.
And Its deepest depths were stirred
Never, never more- to slumber,
Ouly by a word.
I have known a word more gentle
Than the breath of summer air;
In a listening heart It nestled
And It lived forever there.
Not the beating of its prison
Stirred It ever night or day.
Only with the heart s last throbbing
r-.iil(l It taAck liL'-V
Words are mlfthty. words are living;
Serpents with their venomous stings,
Or bright anKels crowding 'round us,
With heaven's lipht upon their wingsj
Every word has Ita own spirit,
True or false that never dies;
Every word man's Hps have uttered
Echoes in God's skies.
Winter Tans
Smart Young Fellows,
and particularly tho Col
lege Man, will wear Tan
Shoes this Fall.
We arc showing some
very swagger styles high
or low cut.
Several sew colorings la
leathers that are swell.
-Perforated Tips, Bsavy E.
teaaion Boles, High Ueela, the
Mew Ulgb Toes.
Button, X,aes or Bluchers.
$3.50, $4.00 to $5.00
For Winter Tan Shoe
swellness, we ask the undi
vided attention of the
Young Fellow who knows
what's what in Shoes.
FRY SHOE CO.
THE SHOERS
16th and Douglas Streets.
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