THE'oMAILV SUNDAV BEE:.JANUAEV H.1912.
The Omaha Scxday Bee.
FOUNDED BY EOWARO BOSK WAT
1 VICTOR KOSEWATKR KD1TOK.
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Americans as Beaders.
Arnold Bennett's- article oa "Tha
Future of the American Novel," (n
tie current number of the North
American Review, was. the editor
says, written in 1903 and is only now
published, but It Is atill quite up to
date In the main. The English writer
paints a bright future for the Amer-
1910 returns than there were In
1900, and more farm acreage by 4.5
per'cent. in 1S00 the average sUe
of our farms was 14a acres, wblle in
1910 11 was IIS acres. More than
that, tho improved acreago bad in
creased In these ten years 10-2 per
cent, one-third more than the num
ber of farms and more than three
'"J'Ji: SErlS'lean novel. Basing bis predictions on tlmus as much as the total acreage.
two conditions, first, mat we are a, m-.-prodigious
set of reader, and, sec-ling propaganda is producing tangible
oadthat we have a wealth of raw (results. H follows thr.. tiia largor
material to work up. j Portion o,". c:r asricitltiTa! land Is
"What." asks Mr. Bennett, "would ! Improved, and this flu veil into the
J-.L.lVr-Kt.U lit L.lflr.is-n.
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Address all comnla:ni "5 4rrer iian.,e
ln'de;very to City c:''V:ton Dtp..
REMITTANCES.
favahl'e to The Peerf iibilsh-ng company . jnot . Balzac have
mty J-eem stamps rerrnen i
f small eeeouius. personal chec-K. ex
reot on Ocnli and eastern ex-Jiani-i. nul
art ept-i
urr. and thns back In the channels
of commerce.
Nobody is so rasa now as to say
that the postal savings bank is not
a good thing, or, Jo advocate Its
abandonment. It Is teaching thou
sands of people the saving habit,
bringing millions of idle money into
circulation, and will go on re
doubling its benefits from year to
year. ' ' -:
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Kljtortal matter ahoulil I s-lhressej
Omaha Bee. Editorial Depart""1-
' DECEMBER CIRCO.ATIOK. '
v 50,119 . .
f tate of Kehra'ka, Count" ft lX'.'g'i". as:
Dwlght Williams. clicj!a:k!i roaesjrer
ft the Ba Puotinhiiu. ewmitsnv. tei.i','
duly awora. says 4:1m Ilia average liallv
ireuletlon. lwa i iitu, unnurd and if
ttinwd copIm. for iha ir.o;nh of lot"m
bir, 1911, was .!'. . ..
('noiiiatirti Jlanar.
8abacr1bl In mv nNit tud worn to
txfora ma this 4th tar of .Ihtioi-.-. 13U.
tScal) KOCEltT lU'NTKR.
taiarawllr kara The
MBltrd !. Adrfraae
artll h kaaa4 Na aa re.
aaalad. r
Getting rattled never helps to get
results.
Girls, the jcr
along; better1 hurry
Js leaping
right
"Mr. Bryan may decide to use Folk
and! Champ In Jockeying for (tart.
L-j. .jv.
Whatevaf -change comes In the
weather, do- not ralkH "warm
wava,'
Franoa'sipTeuiiershlp la about-to
Co begging, Why not leader the Job
to cat young Mr. ShusterT
Disappointment Ust toe mercury
did, ao drop low enougli. t? makf a
new- racerd eaneosily be btrne,'';i !
Seaator . Cat I mef 'mar 'niake IwU' a
dosen similarly' Situated senators be
lieve It. but not the people-at-Iarge.
w ' '
The lady who make mboey by ac
cepting proposals and cash bonuses
from men In dlfferetrt cities believes,
lit least, la the tasb talue of love.
Do not tell-the,-wrftaer man he
made a "good gaess that time" un
less) yon are prepared to stand your
ground.' ' V -.
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J. Ham Lewis having declared for
Champ Clark, we may expect at least
on candidacy to get hot enough to
have whiskers on It. 1
doue with Pitts
burgh, the slxteen-hour express be
tween New York and Chicago, Wall
street, Mr. Pierpont Morgan, and the
wbea: growing Cates? He would
have said: 'This country is simply
steeped in romance; It lies about in
heaps. Give me a pen, quick, tor
heaven's fake!" "
The American noiel's future is so
eared, then, because there Is an
abundance to write about and there
are' abundant readers for what has
been written. We are a "nation of
convinced. Inveterate, Incurable read
ers," Mr. Bennett allows, snd book
sales ' ran up to prodigal figures,
which would never be possible In
England. This is certainly very
charitable and very remarkable criti
cism to come from a British literary
critic, "It was less than a century
ago that jibe sarcastic question, 'Who
reads and American book?' was posed
In the Edinburgh Review," observed
Price Collier a year ago In Scrlbner's
Magaxine, adding: "Tho Review was
yoang, light-hearted and careless of
the feelings of others In those days
When It was about to be Issued Syd
ney 8mlth (sn Englishman) sug
gested as an appropriate motto the
line from Virgil: Tenut Musam
meditamur . arena,' translating It:
'We cultivate literature on a little
oatmeal.' "
Evidently times have changed and
the British critic along with them.
We are a reading' public. We fairly
devour books snd books are turned
out' upon s fn deluge fashion. Many
aathors. wftb rery little literary tal-
est.' are amassing fortunes, while
psMUBers 'are - rolling In wealth.
EvervjhiHg is written about, from
tho'standpolnt of fact, .part, fact and
whole fiction, and as the mills grind
out. their- mass of stuff the discrim
ination of - the 'reader ; grdws ' less
definite and exacting. But herein
Ilea the peril of pur yoracloua appe
tite for reading. We fall to read as
well as, w read much. We are not
sorting oat the things we should resd
from those wa should not read aa
thoroughly as we should. Quantita
tively "speaking, we ar most prodigi
ously literary, but how4lt Iroaj-the
Standpoint of quality? Yet.' It is ar
gued by some that the bablt Is well.
that once' one has learned to read at
all, there la hope of -his finally read
ing well. Perhaps, but the process of
discrimination cannot begin too soon.
Coot-of-LiTing Commission.
The plan for an International com
mission on the hlgh-coat-of-Iiving
other fact thui our per acreage yield ! probleni suggested by Prof. Irving
Is also oa the lucres.. j Fisher of .Yale to. the American Eco-
An to population, the general in-jnomic assoetatioa Is being favorably
crease for tho country from 1.300 to) received. It contemplates the ap
1910 was !l per cent., wblle that in pointmeclt of men from varloua eoun
the rural district alone was about! tries with capacities tor expert serv
10 -or It pf.-r cent. This, of course, ice and ability to render It without
Is far from indicating that the back--compensation, thus eliminating the
to-thc-farmers have puihed the pen- element of personal benefit,
dulum over to the other .side, but That a problem exists in the unl
they have really not been at work for versally high cost of living and that
i?n years. .nrourageuieni may oe;iua lunrui uu uui vnu icavuw ,j
found In tho fact that our rural pop- admitted, while scientists ana mcn
ulation has grown as rast as the
number of our farms. - But in the
ensuing decade thia rural population
must show a decided Increase, or tho
situstloB in this country, whose total
manufacturing output amounted to
about $11,000,000,000 In 1910 will
be serious. Indeed.
Ufa Insurance me report condi
tions as being very prosperous, and
no on has a bj,te chance to Judge
Ihan'tfra IhswTaaee agents.'. ' . K
TVkm&& at'iaarf Ulndly.
consented to-let their books come
Into .court,' having: been bealen at
cvervtuni U keep them-out,. a
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John B. MoLesaa Cincinnati 'En
qulrer saa of President Taft, "The
Job look good to- htm,", and It wight
have added, ,An -b Joeks' gooH
toit.r;-:"--xr " t:.! l -..j ,
Prof, Jlotden,; running for tot
amor of )rwa,-l, reauinablyi select
ing hla aeetthview. ot making
two Madet grow Here bat on,e grew
before-..- "
... ".. ? , '
That Wkes-parr Jaiiorer who
went to New York to live like a mil
lionaire on I3.S00 said he did not
know bow long be would remain.
Not long, that Is certain.
A Perverted Moral Sense.
Man's physical and nervous sys
tems Jsound crslu warnings when
be has gone aa far as Is safe with
bodily Indulgence. Ills moral nature
does the same.. '. It revolts at ex
cesses. One way by which a- man
may know hirt he- has reached the
limit of safety alnug a certain line of
moral conduct Is for him no longer to
feel the sensitive prick of self-reproof
of j-einorse. When he comes to. the
itagewhere he can do, without a
qualm or compunction of conscience,
What 'once be fairly shuddered to do
at all, then he-may be assured that
has gone, tod tar.
Sometimes men boast that they
practkajcerlala. .habits or Bursas cer
tain conduct, which, whether Tight or
wrong, they are not ashamed o( and
act '"openly and above board,' and
npon that they rest the pitiful self
defense that they are, therefore, bet
ter than the fellow who does; the
same 'thing in secret, never allowing
hla neighbors to And it out But
what a false notion of moral courage
and dcportmenl. Deceit and deccn-
jtloo hriiocrisi- -arc; Indeed, abom-
modcrailnable aa traits of character, but
lie 1
Another French Cabinet Upheaval
" French cabinets come and go in
such quick succession as to occasion
little serious comment In this coun
try, and sometimes it appears that
they cause not a great deal more in
Franca Little more than the life of
one , American administration Is
spanned by the ministries of Combes,
Clemenceau, Brland, Monls and Call
laux. But the conditions underlying
these recurring transfers ot political
leadership In Frsnce are very grave,
whether the changes, themselves,
seem so or not, and they are. giving
official France a good deal of auxlous
concern.
Premier Calllaux, who has Just re
signed, was very successful as a
Hnaucler, but waa not . schooled In
politics or statesmanship. . Naturally,
his financier Instincts, and- training
asserted themselves when he took up
the government's work, too much so,
it Is now said, for the good name of
the republic. Charges of questiona
ble dealings negotiated along "high
finance" lines in the course , of set
tling the Morocco question with Ger
many follow the premier -, out .of
office. They are questions which, re-'
liable authorities seem to think will
demand further airing, calling. It Is
believed. Sot as full and free Investi
gation is s required q the Dreyfus
esse.' -Tbeae reports Aave it that
after the dictates of diplomatic Inter
course were compiled with In the
Morocco affair that certain other pri
vate transactions were entered Into,
and that as a consequence Calllaux,
when called on for an explanation of
things,' denied, but did not offer to
defend, his action, preferring to lay
aside the onerous duties of official
authority.
It Is little wonder that President
f alllerea finds It difficult to induee a
man of his choice to accept this port
folio. Three Have declined It It Is
likely tbft.tbo one who accepts will
join In the demand for a complete
opening up or the ugly charges pre
ferred sgalnst the preceding adminis
tration France cannot afford to rest
under them. The world has never
been quite content to believe that all
It should know about the Moroccan
settlement bad beea published. Of
course, these sensational reports may
be wildly exaggerated, but France
probably will find that they ran be
proven so only by further airing of
the facts.
not so scientific of all countries have
advanced theories ot causes and ef
fect as well aa remedies, the cost of
living continues high. Evidently we
are on the wrong track, or, at least,
not sure we are on the right track.
Aa authoritative Inquiry and
finding ought to help rectify condi
tions. . 'It surely would discount, if
not put to an epd, political claptrap
out ot which cheap demagogues- are
making capital. ' With -the facts ac
cessible It would become less popular,
surely, to deal in. fiction. But more
Important than that. It might lead to
a readjustment of economic-conditions
npon a better basis:
Of course, such a' plan is not with
out its obstacles. . It would encounter
many, no doubt; There are countless
theories as to what causes high prices
and bow to prevent them. It probably
would not be easy to bring' Into har
monious contact comparisons of con
ditions Id various countries because
local conditions "do not- govern,
though. necessarily bearing vital rela
tions to the problem.' But the cost-of-living
problem has become so acute
of late that-it calls loudly for the'
best study we can give It.1 It Is time
now for something beside Were talk'.
Its solution. If such a thing be pos
sible, Vould have a tremendous in
fluence toward simplifying other at
tendant problems.
Mr. Carnegie believes a
lawyer ahould be able to. iniproi l tbelr Herr preface is evidence that
the code handed down from filnul. j self-respect bss not been destroyed
And yet some folks are sufficiently j ind that there !s, therefore, reasona-
old-faskloaed to believe "that that ble hope for better things. .
code is still a good one. ' j When one finds himseir callous
. -- ;and indifferent to criticism, io ron-
"I aever received anything direct jtciei ilons erran'eis ho out?ht to lake
from, the. White Hous. The presl-j warains. lie has coma to his peril,
dent had no Interest In me person- j Jt is not eoureae tie: ijykes hint no
ally. says Mr, Carnegie,. No. ev. j longer ashamed to do Hie t ic thing;
dently sot" even enough U rt' upoBjit is an nsgravatcd cls tf lurrllude.
aia argesi auvire iu m me rump-. moral acDasemen-. II needs
plaea alone, . ., .- 1- . 1 1 only the prodding n-I'.k.'sm cf
. I friends hi needs their d-v;1
. " J - . .' M.UIB1
conception of what
Pulling- Out the Hoards. t
What has been accomplished by
our postal savings banks may now
be gathered from the figures cover
ing the first year of operation. The
first postal savings depositories fin
ished the year January 3.
Has the postal savings bank proved
a failure or a success? According to
the postmaster general the experi
ment Is an unqualified success and
will be Immediately extended. The
system wss inaugurated with one ex
perimental bank in each of the forty
eight states and territories. Wlthlu
four months the work ot extension
began snd the year closed with 5.1S5
I banks. Plans arc now under wsy to
not i designate as savings
ms, tee 40.000 fourtn class offices doing
rm-' a money order business.
a-ace. - h! j So much for the number. The totsl
r:Ut end j deposits at the end ot the first
num ino moriu amounted to tSO.252. "Postal
Meteorological Extremities.
Habitually folks Joke about the
weather. It It la extremely hot or
extremely cold, they Joke, neverthe
less. And, while westhcr Is not al
ways entirely a Joking matter, It Is a
compliment to one's optimism. If not
to. his sense of humor, to laugh In
stead ot cry when his nose nearly
freeies off or bis blood bolls with the
beat of a summer sun.
Well, -this much can be aald for
the weather of late It has fur
nished the baals for many a rich
Joke. Last summer, when from
June to September the country, with
little exception, sweltered In un
precedented beat If weather Is a
thing to laugh at we might bava
spent our annual vacations In con
vulsions of laughter and then not
got the thing thoroughly laughed at
So this winter wo sre thus again
graciously accommodated for the ex
ercise of our risiDles. We have Juat
about completed our run of tho
gauntlet, gona from one meteorolog
ical extremity to the otbur, at least
every prudent nisn will hope so".
And we feel reasonably safe in
saying that there was many a man
in Omaha, aa well as other places.
who, when the mercury got down to
17 below zero or 47, ss the case may
have been found a whole lot be
sides fun and Jokes In It But one
part of the country hss little chance
to vaunt over another part, for tha
extreme cold, like the extreme beat
last summer, appears to be general.
Now we know what Halley'a comet
really meant. At any rate, the
weather seemed to run amuck soon
after thia heavenly visitor bad made
his call.- Whether It bad anything
to do with tho disturbance, many
people will insist on believing it did.
And why not? They must have
some explanaton, and that Is as good
as any other.
"faithful party servlco and lovable
personal character.
reward ftalthrul party m lu and Uta
fcta neraoaal crar:tcrUivin Cour-1 coucepuoo or Wliat x
v-r -Journal. j rosg. needs reconatruc
But aven being V good Cnited ; ground cv He U losine hi iv vL"!. ' .." .
State, senator .require, more than ( aaw aensibilltles and eelf-re.peet. If. J : r,,a.f nee. at the rate of .1,
indeed he has not already lost them. M.00,0i) a week." say. Postnisster
pal 5 hU m' V" IT b"t :Cn'1 ,,i,rhc0f k -
part of hla manly ch.rseter. ! rarn, ln te Nt w Vork Ttm(8 M
' " - - ; :'unh-r declares that by the end of
fara Growth and Population. ; tee fiaeal j-car, Juno so. lsu, u Is
Research in connection with the ; expected taat SIO.OOO.OOO will' havs
oack-to-the-f arm agitation recently j beea takci into these postnl banks.
developed ttc information that la t The total reeclnt wi 11 -. ac.a
"Oh, for aa boar of Aadrew Jack
MB," laments Governor Harmon.
And here la Omaha the Old Guard
rare so llttte about their erstwhile
. patron saint as to ignore his birth
dsy, which formerly they celebrated
with much eclat
Dr. MacCraa ot Council Bluffs, in
suggesting that some churches In
cities keep opea house for the way
farer during cold days where he can
get a anack to eat and a warm rest,
is being practiced In some places.
depositories ! Omaha among them, and is a mighty
good way of showing that the house
ot God Is a bouse of godliness. Dean
Tanrork has been carrying on Just
such a refuge for the needy In Omaha
and other churches would do well to
emulate tho good work. Why keep
them closed to mercy of this kind six
days a week?
Wb.a am airaaed refuses to take I01 tbo ,Brn had Increased
tne staaa in his a iwaau jt in
variably raiasTa presumption against
some of the mid-western statea, par- it the end of .he firrt calendar year.
i.. yian; iowa ana Missouri, tne sixe January 3.
In the. More significant ?.!r. tiitchwv
teat deesd- and th3 camber dimln- declaim fiat the bulk of this money
uueu. uui mis condition is not : now satelr deaoslted
If you would rect a tablet, place ln the
Mock exchange this quotation of mine
"Stock awmblera are Balanites feedin. on
values and creating none." Andrew Car.
nerie.
Mr. Carnegie can coin wise epi
grams as well as money, It appears.
When business if it ever does gets
so it can shake off this blood-sucking
parasite It will be that much ahead.
Thirty Xeara Ago . ,
: Masonic hall was crowded 10 suftoca
tlon for the wtndup ot tha Land league
fair. Tha treat event of the evening waa
the award ot the prises that had beau
voted fort . Tho masntf leant green atln
banner designed, completed and presented
by Charles McDonald, to be voted to tha
meet popular lrtnh organization m
Omaha, went to the Emmet Monument
association, in competition wltb the
Ladles' Land league vote of CT to SIT.
Tho beautiful silver tea set presented b
A. Huberman was captured by John A.
McBhane over Colonel J. J. Picker, vote
1.S3 to Lilt ' The elecant easy chair
presented by Dewey Stone went to
Major J. B. Faray. who beat oat Hon
orable Jamea E. Boyd and Superintendent
J. T. Clark. Other prises were carried
off as followa. Horence Faron. -silver
butler dish; C. Woodman, prise doll:
Bishop O'Connor, chair: . H. Kent,
lace scarf: Mr. ' Mills,' easier: Thomas
Dunn, jurdinere; Thomas Tallon. camp
chair, caster stand and cake basket:
Mr. Hannlgan. a new opera bonnet, con
tributed by Atkinson: -Mr. Lansman. an
Iowa drummer, a while opera bonnet
contributed by Miss Dacey; Patrick
Ford, pair ot allpperS: Christian Ander
son, gloves: P. Manning, silver caster:
Jamea Price, hand-painted sofa pillow.
work of Poor Clair sisters. ,
The Toung Men's Christian association
has Issued an appeal -to the baaineaa men
and cltisena of Omaha for liberal con
tributions to the work of the organiza
tion. ' - - - -
Sack coats have aupercetled frock la
the police uniform. .'.'.-
The pool lines have announced tlieir
annual agreement. not to lrsue any more
paaaea to shippers.
Air Omahs firm has Just manufactured
a line saddle to be sent to England for
which was ordered.
Mary Boukal; aced t Tears, died to
night at her resident. Ul Bomb Four
teenth street. - . r '.
Dr. Mercer rrseivad s dispatch from
Naples, Italy, saying tliat Mrs. J. D
Brown. who has been some time la Eu
rope, with Mrs. J. D. Hults. is danger
ously III. and not expected te live. Mrs.
Brown la the. mother of. Mrs. General
Uanderaon.. ...
. ttoavabls S. K. Jackson .has purohaaed
a beautiful residence location In Idlewlld
in North Oman, where he hi erecting a
Vary pretty eottage. ' Idlewlld -la -owned
ox John G.. Willis, our Dodge atreot rom
mlaaloa merchant, and '.contains about
eleven aore. ..:-, -; -
Twenty Year. Ago ' ' '
Mrs; K. A. Cudshy entertained a com
pany of friends at luncheon and high
five at her residence. Twenty-sixth and
Kt. Mary's avenue. Mrs. Llninger won
the first prise, a aet of books, "Princeae,"
by Tennyson; "Luetic." hy Meredith;
"Songs of Summer," by James Whltcomb
Riley. Mrs. T. J. Rogers won the second,
a bonbon spoon.
Mr. snd Mr. F. W. Gray had for their
dinner guests Mr. snd Mrs. T. Fwobe.
Mr. snd Mrs. 8. P. Horse snd Mr. snd
Mm. M. A. Hall and. In honor ot their
sons, Richard and Herbert Cray. Msaters
Ed and Dwlght Swobe and Herbert and
Sam Morse.
Messrs Norrls and Wlkxrx returned from
New York, where they had been for
two weeks.
A large snd enthusiastic meeting of
members of the people's Independent
party was held at the Labor Wavs office.
It waa for the purpose of arranging for
a large mass meeting to take steps to
land tho national people's party conven
tion In Omaha. A committee on promotion
was composed of these: Alfred Fswkner,
chsinran: J. w. Eds-erton. w. u. rai-
cuner, Charles Btevensonu. J. W. Kvans.
W. 1. Weishins. Frank Hlbbai'd. Harry
t. Hasten, E. Stodrtard. Dr. C. W. Cram,
John Thomaa. Jamea Kenney. J. W. Orff,
A. A. Perry, L. J. lhm. . P. O'Nell.
Elmer E. Thomas, Alfred llralnard, A.
IL Bigelow. T. B. Mlnahsn, E. Overall. T.
C. Kelsey, B. C. 8taney. This committee
waa named aa the committee of the
cillsens' alliance: Alfred Fawkner, chair
man: V. O. Strkkler. Allen Itoot, John
Jcffcoat, James Taylor.
Tea Years Ago-Tin-
ninth annual banquet of the Com-
-1 -1 . . 1. u h.M amid artnlause far
DKICHll " - -rr j
the prosperous year for the club. C. H. ,
Pickens was the toast master ana inc ursi
.i. - - - h nw tn-saldrnt. J. Frank
Carpenter. John I'tt. secretary, made a
report, which was n-garaea as compu
menury to the year'a work.
An Informal reception waa tendered at
the residence ot Robert Dempster, lit
o..h vintsenth street, to Rev. C. It
Mlnton.- president of the fan Anselmoj
seminary In California ana moaeraior 01
the Presbyterian church, and Rev. . B. !
McCormlck. president of Coe college and
former lr paalor of the First Presbyterian,
church In Omaha. 1
Tha Board of Trade directors met ana 1
elected these officers: President. J. E.
navd: first vice prealdenl, John r. uraay;.
second vice president. V. N. Naaon:
treasurer. H. F. Csdyi secretary.
Lucte C. Harding.
a r mdikiiis s ho bad been chief clerk 1
to Eraatus Toung. general auditor of the ,
Union Pacific and atiiea lines, was
promoted to assistant general auditor,
which moved up several omar
nates In the office.
Ed P. Smith was getting along fairly
weU with hla broken arm. the result of
his trying to learn a new dance a fe
nights previous at the Morand's Dancing
academy.
phi u R Lovrte of the Omaha
TheoloaicaJ aeminary. returned from the
cast with a couple 01 gooo nseu .
tor the seminary
John Rolfaa. who shot Constable Ttmme
when the latter drew a revolver on him
In the course of a discussion ever omciai
na released a tree man. the
grand Jury falling to find a bill against
him.
Steam Roller Joke ta China.
Cleveland PlainOealer.
Once the Mongols same from Montjotls
and gobbled China. Latw the Manchus
came from Manchuria and regobMed It.
Now Russia has gobbled both Mongolia
and Manchuria. This thought of ulti
mate retribution should prove eweettv
consoling to the Chinese ln their hour of
SECTJLAB. SHOTS AT PULPIT.
YTaahiugto'u Post:' An Illinois priest
aaya that married mea ought to be com
pelled to wear a tag. What, ta addition
to the musxJe? ; , . ...
- Chicago Pest: A clergyman suggests
that married men wear wedding rings
that flirts mar distinguish them. Some
women claim to be able to spot a mar
ried man -merely by looking at hlra.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: A New Tork
preacher says the Ten Commandments
need revision as out ot touch with the
times.' iSome ot them do seem to Impinge
upon modern methods ot big business.
New Toi-k Bun: Rev. Mary U Medley
has accepted the call to the pastorate of
tue Voiveraallat and Concregatloaal
churches at Lempster. N. It. Though the
two churches sre distinct In organisation
ther work together as one. For several
years Mra Mad ley has been pastor In
charge of tbo. Methodist Union mission
at Gardner.
Baltimore American: The oldest offi
ciating preacher In London Is Rev. Rob
ert Brandon, Baptist, who recently cele
brated his nlnetr-fitth birthday anniver
sary. He preaches a boat once a month
at a place in Chelsea, where he has mln
HereJ for sixty-four years. He baa to
be carried to bis church ln a bath chair,
for he has been a cripple since he was 7
years eld.
DOMESTIC PIXASAKTiHS.
People and Events
.There Is room st the top of the mer
curial bulb, , , ; .
The bust of "Sunny Jim' Sherman now
radiates a marble stare In the Valhalla
ot vice presidents in tha senste chamber.
t-' peaking about the wea'ther wltb re
spectful restraint remember that morn
ing of January 12, 111!, when Medicine
Hat transferred Its lid to the banana
beltT
It is not necessary to be a weather
prophet or a eon of a weather prophet
to boldly predict that the official record
at winter will-classify one section of it
ss "mean temperature." Telling the truth
la the weather bureau's long suit.
By the merest accident a San Fran
cisco girl discovered that her husband-to-be
Is the father of eight huaky chil
dren. There waa something doing on the
snot aa she handed a -cold mitt to the
deceiving father. I doa'l want to marry
a family! I don't need exerclss," re
marked the wise one as she made con
fetti ot the license. ...
-Tha very latest vehicle of current art
Is "Cartoons," a magastna reproducing
tlte keenest' and brightest caricatures
frbra ail Avar the. world on subjects of
current Interest. No comment or ex
planation ts nsea or required to Impress
the event pictured. H. H. Windsor ot
Chicago, the publisher, enters a hitherto
unoccupied field of magaslne work, and
promises a monthly crop of surpassing
pleasure to hla patrons.
"Why did Bangs change bis l.on-siay
air to black T"
T ku n thnurht lha array
In bis hair made him look too old fur
i her. and he thought it waa bis duly to
rey hts eweeineana "s
ltt.lt traora American. . -
'"Inspector, that woman I said wss ai
waya listening n lay pert)- line snuft
have qutt."
-What makes yoo think soT'
Why. my wife baa been listening tor
thre araeks and hasn't caught her jet.
-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
' "Well, what ts new for VET"
'1 understnd It la going to be a fad
to lake an Interest lis one's eblWren.
Sanaa of our beat Deoola are taking It up.
Lotusvtlla Courier-Journal. ,
Mrs. A.: Tour husband always dresses
so quietly."
.1 r, . , 1 jtr Tiul mi.m la
hesr him when he loses a collar button."
alliwausee -eiri.
Xewrlcb-How far back does my fam
ily run? , , ,
Genealogist-That's for you to deckle.
Wa ll go as far back as you wish to pay
for, sir.-Judge.
Mrs.' Crawford-Why don't you try the
new paper bag cooking?
Mrs. Crabahaw I would.' dear, if 1
thought It waa aa easy aa getting the
in - naiwr ha at tha dellcaLesrea
store. J udge.
'What's your missis kicking about r'
Inquired the house maid from next door.
"This la bar night out.' but I totd her
f had an engagement myself" Kansas
City Journal.
i s-i.iHi,li- l ms th Installment
coilectur going; la next door, today."
Mr. rTatouah: -ooa 1 nope u ins
phonograph:" Yonkers Statesman.
Maud But bow oa earth dM )ou get
him to proposa? ...
Kthel Oh. easily enough. I told Mm
vou ware crazy about him and reminded
him tliat tbis wss leap year. Boston
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TO ONE C0JOS0 OF AGE.
Toutb'S Companion.
A thousand minds for yon hare thought,
A thousand hearts more kindly grew:
For you a thousand hands havs wrought
To make you wise and brave and true.
Within your eyes there shines that Ught
Of stars that long ago have set:
As. deep within their happy night.
Are aplendid stars unrtsea j et. '
For you the cloudy battle roared
Along the plain of Marathon:
For you the Roman Eagles soared
Against the thunder and lha sun.
The fenltlea of averv race.
The noble deeda ot every age
Are yours to teach you knightly grace:
Are your hereto heritage.
O loyal friend, with eves so true. ,
By gemiemanhood treasure fast
The trust of those who died for you
Far in the dim and shadowy past.
In their proud giving they were glad
To brave the desert, dare the foam:
They willed to you tha best ther had
To make your world a sweeter home.
O friend, the latest and the best
Of nature's plan and man's desire.
You. too. must labor and not rest:
Must pass, perchance, through flood and
fire.
Where honor leads, there boldly charge
Into tbo fiercest of the fight:
And your bright memory shall emerge
To glorify some future night
Precisely what the doctor ordered!
That is what wa return to you for tha pra
scription yon laava at any oho of oar ttortt.
Our Immense proscription business has been built up to Its present larga
rroportlons due directly to tha fact that we ae ao. suss tit at.
Too much uepends or. the accuracy neosaaary In compounding prescrip
tions for you to carelessly aelect your druggist. We employ an efficient
and lialned corps of Pharmacists at each of our etorea and keep them
apsr: from the rush of the main atore that they may not be annoyed, Ihua
concentrating their mind on roar praecrlptioa,
Sherman & McConnell Drug Co.
Fioa Good Storat in Omaha.
Good Opportunity for
Investment in Substantial
Horn Industry
and broueht
hla, and fhen aa alliance or cor-pai iae country over. Statistics u,ck into circulation is monev that
portUOTS," pn trial light for days to l v the census bureau show aUd been hoarded, whereas now It
keep iteir.fesska out of court It matil bt,r situation. ' They show. distribute! among 4,090 national
. for instance, that there are more and state banks secured by bonds
farms by lots per een. nn5er the placed with the United States treas-!5,
well, it doe. not strengthen faith
theirs- Innocence.
Myate-ry of Ike Mass.
Houston Post.
A careful examination of the debris on
the stairway leading from the democratic
national committee room reveals no hair.
teeth nor shirt remnants that can
fled as besHurlng to Colonel Jim
of r;5i;vaiis.
Masallag; the Jlnaors.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The fear that the arbitration treaty
will land us In an 'entangling alliance"
with Great Britain evokes the inquiry it
we have tntangUng aniance with all
posrers who are ready to make similar
treaties who will be entangled, except
the Jingoes?
The condensed milk and Canning
Factory that I am erecting at Papil
lion, Nebraska, is rapidly nearing com
pletion, and I am now offering a lim
ited amount of "Waterloo (Veaniery
Co. preferred stock at $100 per ahare,
drawing interest at the rate f
7 Per Cent Per Annum
We will guarantee to cooTeTt all
outstanding stock into caei at the end
of threw yean.
This investment is bound to be prof
itable for the investor and will result
in great benefit to the milk industry
in Douglas, Sarpy and Washington
counties. Thia is the first "Evapo
rated Milk" factory in tho state of
Nebraska. Our brand will be the "13k
born Evaporated Milk."
If you are interested send for list of
men who have already subscribed and
such other information aa you may
desire.
Reference, First National Bank,
Omaha.
Waterloo Creamery Co,,
LEROY C0RU88, Proat.
Omaha, Neb.
1 Ton are cordially invited to inspect
this plant at any time.
Papillion Interurban lino terminal.
