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' Sobscrffcera leYna" thm " ey
temporarily should : 'siava ; The
Bee , Balled to thepi, AddniM '
will be ekamced mm eftea m' re
j ' Cuba has permitted our marines
Jto land.' . So' kind la Cuba. '-
It 1 really touching the war little
jpuba ts warming up to Uncle Sam.
June cane In shedding sweet tears,
JPerhaps at the naughtiness) of May,
i i The Winter Garden In ' New rTork
v, Vs trying, to hold 'Anna Held tor a
ii contract next reason. , ; ' ,.'
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Know Omaha better and at the
f tfe&ma time help to make It both bet-
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ter and better known.
It's dollars to doughnuts that, the
VJune wedding record will also this
year be beaten to a fraitle. '
Champ Clark's victory , In Ken
tucky call to the mind Governor
Wilson's aversion to mint Julep.
The vice president can usually
prove that , the office actually " did
seek him.
Carter Lake has got Its first boat
ing season victim. Would that the
first were last
Los Angeles must be a very un
comfortable city tor certain distin
guished gentlemen 'Just ncw.
Clean journalism, eaya Secretary
Knox, is1 the crying need for Latin
America. Make it Pan-American.
Senator Root may strike the key
dote at Chicago, but' securing" har
mony In the chorus will be the real
usk.j ' . r
it is te be noted that John Sharp
"Williams has not Issued a second
, edition of oli parody oa the Apostles'
iCreedV " "" .' .... . . :. ......
It Is reassuring to learn from the
weather man that it still ean rein la
j Nebraska upon sufficiently ' urgent
Invitation.
" That Indianapolis woman who has
pniarrled a thirl oil man evidently
finds smooth sailing on the sea of
! matrimony.
The British Titanic Investigators
Evidently were seeking only the eold
pacts, as they have laid the blame on
the Iceberg. .-.
' Our visiting musicians In their
national convention entertained the
jj Big Dogs. jiivtT notice how a dog
:'llkea music? .
l f.f "Few die and none resign" must
4 iJt equally, applicable in Omaha to
f khe 'inmates of the city hall; likewise
Ifew are fired.
Eugene V. Debs becomes more
candid with age. He' now admits he
loes not expect to be elected presi
dent this 'time. ' .
" The world will wait eagerly to aee
the result of the Operation on a
xdan'e brain to cure him of gambling.
He must have lost
I Only a etout heart can bear to
I drop" a spoonful of cream Into a cup
I of coffee these days, and still the
coffee combine la weeping for larger
profits. '
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. In spite of ' our wide atreets,
Omaha, will some day have to dete
mlne whether they are intended to
carve as free space for automobile
garages rather than as highways kept
clear for publle traffic,
. Just the same. when the Water
board , comes to cell the remaining
11,250,000 water bonds of the issue
authorised, along with the $7,000,
000 already disposed of at private
sale. It Is not unreasonable to pre
aumj that competitive bids will be
naked for,'' , . . ' . " .'
V Mobility of labor.
One of the distinguishing marks
of new countries, and particularly of
the United States as compared with
the old world, is the free movement
of population, and noticeably the mo
bility of labor. In olden days, and
to a great degree In the various
countries or Europe today, it was
the rare exception that anyone lived
or died very far from the place where
he was born. The roving workman
might wander about for a short
while, but always with the intention,
and usually fulfilled purpose, of
eventually settling down as a perma
nent inhabitant of his native town
or village.
Where, as with us, an unoccupied
wilderness must be won to civiliza
tion, the pioneers naturally have to
come from somewhere else, and the
proportion of newcomers remains
large for a long time. Only In the
older portions of our country, the
original 1 colonies and their posses
sions, do we . find a condition of per
manentpopulation; anywhere ap
proaching that, of ,Eurppe.
It goes without saying that we
could not if we would, and would, not
if we could, put any limit inour free
land to the free movement f people
from one city or state 'to the; next,
or from one section .of the country,
to another. All regard it !a good
thing to permit every American; clti-
sea to try, to better his condition , by
seeking1, employment or. by locating
any place he pleases, i or ' even' to
leave the country; temporarily or. for
good. Complete mobility ;; of ' labor
within the country, leaving , unim
peded his effort to get away from a
place that offers Only enforced Idle
ness, and to 'a place tM at. promises
self-supporting work, is looked upon
as a safety-valve - and equalizing
utvwr. j i
When It comes to mobility of la
bor between the countries, however,
the disposition, is manifested by
marly to ralat objections. It has
come about in recent years 'that a
large portion of our immigration, es
pecially from Mediterranean; coun
tries,' is attracted by' the opportuni
ties for common labor, and ot
back to sunny Italy or classic Greece
when the seasonal or general demand
for such labor ceases. These Immi
grants are, of course,' the less intel
ligent' who come to our 'shores or
they would not take up with common
labor, ' And' most of them would be
shut out altogether by the proposed
literacy test. But shutting them
out would make us devolve this com
mon labor upon our native-born peo
ple, and would also shut off the re
turn of those foreigners already here
when nonemployment overtakes
them, and thus force the labor mar
ket down still further. , v .
While there are other serious ob
jections to applying the literacy test
to Immigrants, this question of the
mobility of labor, especially common
labor for that our American skilled
workmen have nothing to fear from
foreign artisans coming here -deserves
careful attention rather than
precipitate action. ' :
Kailroad Ships and Terminals. '
The house has Included in its
Panama bill a clause, barring railroad-owned
ships from the canal,
but the provision fails as yet to meet
general satisfaction. The purpose,
of Course, Is to prevent railroads
from stifling all competition by dom
inating trafflo rates in their own be
half. Some contend that. this pro-,
vision should not be in this bill, but
form a separate measure, for the
reason, since it la made general, ap
plying to all railroads subject to
water competition on any part of our
coasts or rivers or lake. It would
prevent control or ownership In any
steamship lines, for instance, be
tween any two places by railroads
with which they compete for trafflo.
Canadian sLlps and railroads would,
of course, be affected by this pro
vision, as Canadian ships are gener
ally owned by Canadian ' railroads,
three of which . have but recently
voluntarily filed ' tariff schedules
with the Interstate Commerce com
mission because parts of their lines
touch American territory. Why, it
is asked, could not the Interstate
Commerce commission be depended
on to handle this matter- of canal
rates and enforce - competition be
tween Its ships and land routes Just
as it enforces competition between
railroads?
.. But another Important matter to
be settled before merely excluding
railroad ships from the canal Is that
of railroad-owned water- terminals.
It is not to be denied that water ter
minal facilities are already too much
restricted for the good of the ship
per. So long as the railroad owns
or controls the terminals and is free
to permit a vessel to deliver its
freight or not as It chooses, the prob
lem is not solved by denying admis
sion to the canal of railroad-owned
boats. If intermediary transfers
are to be made, the cost of transpor
tation will fall much heavier on the
shipper, and we are worse off than
before.
Senator Nelson of Minnesota has
proposed, with rare timeliness, that
the War department be authorised
by congress to inquire into the sit
uation to find out Just what grip the
railroads have on water terminals
with a view to action by the govern
ment to Improve conditions. IIj
proposal that the, rivers and harbors
bill carry such a .demand upon the
secretary of war is a good one and
should be accepted..
Personal Influence'
Tolotoi says when Batendoff, the
Russian nihilist, was imprisoned for
preaching his vagaries his, guard
overneara mm laugning, ana, ap
proaching his cell, demanded to know
the cause of his mirth.
'It Is so funny," exclaimed the
nihilist, "they have put me here in
these irons, behind these bars, where
I can't get out,- but my ideas they
have failed to catch. They can't im
prison them. They are absolutely
free, flying out yonder In the streets,
further to the fields, soon to cross
the seas."
What a homily on personal inflU'
ence! Where is the standard that has
ever measured the power of the
spoken word, or the uttered idea re
duced to writing. - Prison walls will
not confine it.-Persecution only
seemed to accelerate it In the olden
days. They burned William Tyndale
and a few copies of his "open Bible,"
but a little while atferward the King
James version came out, and a year
or two ago 600,000 copies were
reeled off the presses of China, the
oldest pagan empire.
'a Not only do the great have influ
ence, but so has the smallest No word
or; deed s entirely lost, happy as It
would b if some were. Yet the In
fluence for evil is far Outbalanced by
the' influence for 'good. When jnV
pelle'd to thoughtless : deed or' word
we should remember, that the influ
ence it may exert is irrevocable. ' . ;
Watering' the Qmi:, , -
It is apparent to -eteryVobservier
that watering the grass r from the
garden hose, no matter ' how regu
larly and long continued, is a very
poor substitute for having It watered
Lby nature's rains.. About the best
the artificial moisture will do Is to
keep the grass from dying out Jhn a
prolonged dry spell. The difference
is often explained on the theory that
the rain beats into the ground bet
and perhaps . it does, , but probably
the greatest difference is the water
itself.' The water from. the hose,
with its lime or ajum or other ingre
dients, is not as beneficial to vegeta
tion to make it thrive as heartily as
It would under the irrigation from
the heavens. By the same token, it
may be assumed, whether rightly or
not, 'that dandelions thrive with or
without watering, for they seem to
do much better during dry seasons,
when the grass Is drenched only with
the hose.
Self -Government at College. V
The best authorities agree ' that
the largest measure of self-goVefft-ment
compatltye with the students'
welfare should be the rule for' In
stitutions, of higher learnings; Our
colleges and universities should,- by
precept and example, inculcate the
principles of democracy, it would
certainly seem easier to, commend
self-government more strongly - by
putting it into effect than by merely
advocating it theoretically, while de-
aying all semblance of it in practice.
I Discipline and order, of course, are
to be maintained in college, but if
ever young men and women are to be
put upon their own honor and re
sources, it is time when they get into
college or, university. Rules are not
to be thrown to the winds in order
to maintain a system of self-government,
but neither can self-government
be best taught under inflexible
rules, which leave no initiative or
freedom of judgment between right
and wrong to the student.
Here is a small western university,
for Instance, which believes in com
parative self-government for the stu
dents. The president hauls up a
young man for a misdeed on a col
lege campus so palpable as to be ab
surd, and the student explains that
he did not know it was against the
rules. He is Informed there is no
rule on the subject, except the rule
of common sense, which ought to
teach every one that such a thing is
not permissible. The young man is
the very type of those who need to
learn lessons in self-government, but
he had been living by rules and it
never occurred to him to decide for
himself what he should and should
not do. Of fcourse, any measure of
self-government in educational Insti
tutionswill always provide an ap
pellate power vested in the faculty
or other authorities.- Such a system
with just as few "don'ts" as possible,
it seems to us, will be more effective
in the end than the one that defines
and describes every move a student
may make and limits transgression
to a fixed rule. :
' Women and Athletics.
"Women Will Contend for Davis
Tennis Cup." 1 '
"Women's Golf Tourney at Phila
delphia." ' The race today and tomorrow
reaps the' reward of this. It is not
of the slightest importance who wins
the prizes In these feminine athletic
contests; the important thing is that
vomaukind, and therefore mankind,
is strengthened by physical improve
ment. The vim with which our
women are going into clean, health
ful athletics Is doing much for them
and it will do more hereafter. This
age must not relax its hold upon the
athletic girl and woman.
Very few athletic games in which
men engage are now daunting the
fair ones. B&se ball and foot ball,
perhaps, will not become typical
pastimes for the girls, and yet some
manage to engage in them with bene
fit But tennis and basket ball and
other" contests are quite as popular
among the feminine athletes as the
masculine, and- golf particularly so
Girls' schools and colleges are de
voting time to athletics just as men's
colleges are.
We are giving little heed to the
old notion that women are naturally
of the weaker sex -and therefore
should be treated as hothouse plants
or wall flowers. And we are losing
none of our finer regard for woman
kind in admitting her into man's
field, of sports. . The whole tendency
and influence is toward physical im
provement. Woman naturally makes
a good athlete. Her muscles are flex
ible and capable of developing to
great agility and speed. Nature evi
dently intended' that they should be
developed for the woman as well as
the man. ' '
Fruits of the Spirit'
The recent Men and Religion For
ward Movement has gone down 1a the
records as one of the sanest and moe
practical enterprises the church has
ever promulgated, its had a very
wide, human swing to It. It got but
of the rut of formula shd -walked
along the street of the every-day
man's most common wants. Here is
a program the "team" of experts left
with the people of Martinsburg,
W.Va.:
!. A systematic study of conditions that
are injurious to the health and morals of
lbs people of Martinsburg. ' ; ,
t Immediate plans for tbs installation
Of, a modern underground 'sewerage -eye-
a Compulsory registration or contagious
diseases,; quarantine of diphtheria,
typhoid fever, smallpox and other dan.
gerous contagious diseases; a health de
partment with financial appropriation te
make It effective.
4. Proper instruction In sex hygiene.
5. Protection of the milk supply.
6. Elimination of the common drinking
eup. 1 ' r " ; v ' .. .
7, Campaign against file and mosqui
toes. . ; '
8. Use of school buildings as recreation
centers at night and during vacation
months. , '
9. A system, of parks and playgrounds.
10. Provision for industrial and voca
tional training In the public school sys
tem.- ' v .
11. Organization of a social service In
stitute to meet Sunday afternoons at 3
p. m. in the Toung Men's Christian asso
ciation building immediately, v'
Now, this program shows Martins
burg to be a little behind other pro
gressive communities, but It also
shows that the Men' and Religion ex
perts were 'the exponents of a Very
useful ystem of religion. If is giv
ing :to; the gospel that' saves men's
souls . a definite grasp also upon'
their, temporal needs, a social service
which the church, above all other
agencies, should be willing, prepared
for and know how to administer, thus
fixing for it a place down in the
street of the world which no other
power can pre-empt.
" As manager of the Roosevelt na
tional campaign, Senator Dixon has
appealed by wire to the Individual
members of the republican national
committee with reference to his re
quest for a ticket allotment. For
some strange and Inexplicable reason
Senator Dixon's telegram to the na
tnonal committeeman for Nebraska
was addressed to and received by
present Incumbent instead of the
one who expects to be, and pretends
ho is.
Judging . from later transplrlngs,
ho may have been attorney general-for-a-little-whileT
but there Is no
limit to his desire to stick to the pay
roll' by stretching It to the limit as
special assistant to the attorney
general.
Suppose our next Nebraska legis
lature should amend the primary
law and provide for the election of
national committeeman every two
years; or, better yet, every year.
"Aw, quit ypur foolinV .
That vacant presidency, of Doane
college ought, to' "he a sought-after
place by our, ambitious young edu
cators eager .for a chance to make
good in a promising field of work.
If during the late commission plan
city campaign anyone had auda
ciously or maliciously dubbed them
"big dogs" l would doubtless have
meant a dog fight"'"'
WavUtlnsJ;ne Desert.
Minneapolis Journal.
Nebraska reports the organisation- of
the new "Benevolent and Protective
Order of Camels." They ought to be able
to cross the Great American Desert with
out much trouble, "'' ' ' ' "' '
("necking the Flow of Water.
St Louis Republic.
A recent supreme court decision -ts
likely to establish a dangerous precedent
by. making It. impossible for .promoters
to. get more than an honest commission.
National Nine Follows the Flat;.
, .n Boston Transcript .
It was once a Jocular remark that, one
great use of the United States navy was
to carry the American game of base bait
around the world. The Joke has almost
became a reality. Ten thousand Filipinos
were at a recent game In Manila, where
cock-fighting is the national game. Base
ball may yet drive bull fighting out of
Mexico and Spatn.
. . Dolasr the Right Thins.
Indianapolis News.
The senate did the right thing In voting
a medal for the captain of the Car
pathla for rescuing survivors of the Ti
tanic and In adopting. a resolution of
thanks from congress to him and to the
crew of the ship for their faithful srv.
Ice. Amid so much that ts to be. Justly
blamed In this relation there comes the
fact that all the help that could be given
this ship was forthcoming.
looking Backward
TnbB$ inCmalia
COMPILED FROM BEX riL,l
JL'JUS 2.
Thirty Years Ago
Nat Goodwin and his first wife. Eliza
Westhersby, held forth at the Boyd,
opening with "Hobbles."-
restaurant and Ice cream saloon
near Hanseom park Is one of the fruits
of the new street car line out there.
Preparations are making for the high
school -commencement, which will turn
out nine graduates, the largest class but
one in the history of the school. The nine
are, Misses Alice Rogers, Clara Roeder,
Josie MoCague. Lizzie Sharpe, Hattie
Brewster, Maggie Read, Mary Fitch,
Susie Phelps and Master D. W. C. Hunt
ington. . -.
Brownell Hall will graduate , a class
of four, including Miss Florence Ware of
Nebraska City, Mls 8usle Hager of Bt
St. Paul, Minn.; Mle LUxle Andrews of
Omaha and ' Miss Mary Wagoner . of
Omaha! - ' - ' .
Dr. Mercer has moved bis office to the
southeast corner of 'Harney and Elev
enth streets. .
vThe fifth anniversary of the pastorate
of Rev. J. jW, Harsha over the. First
Presbyterian, church, and also his mar
riage, was celebrated In the new resi
dence into which Mr. Harsha and , his
famyyMhave Just moved.
Mrs. A. jr.' Po'ppieton has gone east."
Mrs. 3. II. Millard is visiting in Daven
port. Rev. J. W. Shank arrived home from
Washington and Philadelphia.
tia Nora Fordyee, "daughter of Hon.
J. W. Fordyee of Wyowegoda, Wis., la
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. Sorenson.
W. A. Redick has resigned as cWef
clerk of the Internal revenue office to
practice law with his brother, C. W. Red.
iflk, and H. A. poud is promoted to the
vacated chief clerkship.
Twenty Years Ago
W. N, Nason,- secretary of the Omaha
Board Of Trade, and Mrs. Nason. with
Miss Jessie Nason, daughter of Dr. A.
W, Nason. and Miss Nellie Vandagrlft of
Mount Carroll, 111., left for a week's
visit in Colorado.
City Superintendent of Schools FUs
patridk returned from West Virginia,
where he was interested in some coal
mines. . f-
Mrs. jfancy E. Wilbur, 65 years old,
wife of Colonel a E. Wilbur, died a the
family home, B19 South , Twenty-eighth
street. ' '
Frank H. Boyd had to contribute $5
toward maintaining the government of
the city of South Omaha for "speeding"
on the Q street viaduct, not with an
auto, but a fast horse, in whose speed
kr. Boyd took much more than $5 worth
of Interest. . ' r
Blanche Eunice Edwards, ( years ot
age, daughter of Mi, and Mrs. L. J.
Edwards, 2021 Grace street, died.
ten Years Ago
Mordecai Brown held Kansas City to
seven hits and Omaha pounded Jake
Welmer for eleven, winning from the
KKaws 6 to 5.
Word was received that Joe Trusky,
son of John Trusky, employed at the
smelter and residing at First street and
Poppleton avenue, fell from the third
floor of a Sioux City packing house and
broke his neck. , ' -
Mxs., Margaret Brennan, who was
struck by a street car a'ni' killed, was
burled at Holy Sepulchre cemetery,
funeral servlles being held by Father
Bmlth, assisted by Fathers Jennette and
McCarthy at St Patrick's church at 8:30
In the morning. The pallbearers were
James Leary, John Rush, Daniel Mc
Millan, Michael Ryan, J. W. McMahan,
William Mcelroy and Peter McCann.
The Wabash went into its new city
offices In the ground floor room of the
Board of Trade building at lftth and
Farnam streets, moving from 1415 Far-
nam street.
The city council held up the May ap
propriation until it could determine
whether Fire Chief Salter was working
for 11,000 a year as the ordinance pro
vided or $3,000 as fixed ' by the Police
Board. His predecessor, John Redell, had
received $3,000. . ''..
People and Events
Weather note: Areas of disturbance
overlying Various seotlons of the country
are now moving on Chicago, with Indica
tions of three weeks ot hot high winds.
A genuine Earl. Duke assists in guard
ing the portals of the house of representa
tives.' The youngster halls from Tezai
and is the only one of the doorboys who
Imparts a regal tone to a temporary dem
ocratic institution.
, To guard against complete separation
from, the federal vple counter through, the
failure of th noun' dawg boom at Balti
more1, Speaker Champ Clark has decided
to file for the-' nomination for congress
in bis home district. .
Three husky ple-blters in Chicago, an
gered by the pernicious activity of an
automatic timekeeper in the city hall,
smashed the face of the clock and put it
out of business. Short-arm reform in
Chicago radiates as much joy as th
Justly celebrated lake breexeia midsum-
ter. , .......
Walter B, Griffin, a Chicago architect.
captured a purse of $8,750 by submitting
the first prise design for the national
capltol at Melbourne, Austratlla. The de
sign Is said to- be a near copy of the na
tional capltol at Washington. European
architects objected to the conditions of
the contest and refused to compete.
A new and graceful twist Is given the
familiar three R's by a Unitarian minis
ter at Newburg, N. T. Religion, recrea.
tion, rest are. his favorites for Sunday.
"Go to church In the morning," he urges,
"and in the afternoon go to the country
side, see a base ball game, piy tennlt
or go fishing. In the evening rest, read
and get acquainted with your . family."
What minister can iMt It?
A possible dark horse for the demo
crats presidential nomination is being
groomed at Charleroi (a modification of
Charlehorse), Pa. Hon. Edward Calla
ghan Is the party's hope. Mr. Callaglian
U taking no chances, having already ar
ranged for an orator and two seconds,
one of whom Is Colonel W. J. Bryan. In
ease the unexpected happens it is plead
ing to learn from Mr. Callaghan'a note
in the Charleroi . Mall that, though he
was born In Maryland, his family tract
their ancestry back to a side partner of
Moses, from whom the kings of Ireland
drew their inspiration and their spears.
The roots might have been traced back
to Adam, but Moses ts considered suf
ficiently remote to give locomotor ataxia
to a republican competitor.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Houston Post: The Presbyterian general
assembly concluded not to undertake the
evangelisation of the Roman Catholic
church. As there are something over
M,000,09 Catholics -in- the country and
about 2,000,000 Presbyterians, it seems
that the proposition was rather loaded
with difficulty.
Springfield Republican: Has religion
failed in England? And can a substitute
be founa a rather pessimistic nete ap
peared in a recent -volume to, which a
number of bishops and other - eminent
religious workers contributed. The dis
tinguished author John Galsworthy, In
a series of articles contributed to the
London Dally Mall, is quite as gloomy
In bis account of the actual situation,
but thinks a remedy may be found
in broadening and elevating education.
Brooklyn Eagle: The characteristics
and work of Dr. Buckley, retiring In his
seventy-Bixth year, occupy, indeed, a
large place in the history of Methodism
In America. His impression on the church
of his faith Is unparalleled m the ex
perience of any other thinker and or
ganiser in this country, save, perhaps,
(Edward Bright, who was called the
"Baptist pope." and had to deal with the
congregational form of church govern
ment as Dr. Buckley did not Bright
seemed much less tactful than Dr. Buck
ley, but was almost as much of an in
fluence in his time.
Boston Transcript: The general con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal church
seems to have dealt wisely and kindly
with a vexed, debatable question by pro
viding for the automatic retirement of a
bishop at the general conference nearest
his seventy-third birthday. Hitherto, and
even at the present conference. It has
been left to a committee to canvass and
report upon the effectiveness of each
member of the board, and such a com
mittee has frequently faced the unpleas
ant task of superannuating a leader
who believed that his mind was still alert
and his bodily strength was not per
ceptibly abated. Painful scenes have
sometimes followed. It is to be added",' to
the credit of the clergymen and laymen
who have had this matter in charge In
previous years, that events have" seldom
failed to Justify their decisions. Tet the
responsibility of settirg aside a superior
who baa won the love and esteem of, it
may be, the whole nation, is one that
no man would cheerfully undertake, and
they who may be members of the general
conference of 1916 and future quadren
nial years are to be congratulated on the
prospect of avoiding it
FIFTY YEARS OF FREK HOMES.
Tremendous Results Flow From the
i
First Homestead Law.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
When, on May 27, 1562, President Lin
coln placed his signature to the home
stead bill, the United States made a new
departure among the nations in land al
lotment among the people. Under that
act citizens of the United States, heads
of families, widows or aliens who had
declared their intentions to become citi
sens could enter upon 160 acres of un
appropriated public lands ot the class
rated at $1.23 an acre, or on 80 acres of
the $2.50 an acre variety, paying only the
cost of survey, or from $6 to $10, and,
after occupying and cultivating it for
five years, they would receive a title
of ownership from the land office. The
class of lands rated at $2.50 an acre were
the alternate sections reserved by the
government in the grants to railroads.
Here, for the first time in history,
lands ' In the public domain, in stated
quantities were handed over free by a
government to its people, the sole
conditions being settlement and culti
vation. The law went Into operation
on January 1, 1863. With modifications
which have been made at long intervals
that act is still on the statute book, but,
of course, the area of the desirable lands
which can be obtained under it has now
shrunk to comparatively small dimen
sions. The free lands act of 1862 was
supplemented by the national irrigation
act of 1902, which is bringing large areas
of arid lands under cultivation. Re
clamation under the latter statute ts
being pushed . in half a dosen. great
localities, and it will aid ia the peo
pling of vast regions hitherto only
sparsely Inhabited.
Ia the half a century which has
elapsed since the tree homes act was
signed many states have been cre
ated west of the Mississippi. In the
order of . their advent these are: Ne
vada, Nebraska, Colorado, North Da
kota, South Dakota, Montana, Wash
ington, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Okla
homa, New Mexico and Arisona.
That act of May 27, 1862, was one of
the most beneficial pieces of legislation
ever placed on the statute book of any
nation. Galusha A. Grow of Pennsyl
vania, who first proposed that measure,
his fellow republicans who helped In push
ing It tbroug congress, and Lincoln, who
signed it deserved well of the.ir country.
Improvements In Fourteen Years.
Indianapolis News.
The rejection of 26,000 pounds of beef,
intended for Guantanamo, because it was
bad, is another thing that shows the im
provement of the government commissary
department since '98.
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THESE GIRLS OF OURS.
Mrs. Scrapp-Whenever my husband and
I get Into an argument I send the children
out of doors. ' . , ,
Mrs. Rapp-Thafs right. Fresh air Is a
good deal better for the children than
hot air. Boston Transcript
"Pa, I am going to marry William."
"Then you'll make a bad bargain.
"But I want him. Tomorrow he Is
coming and I am going to send him t
y("ir you do. I'll treat him as I have
to do the rest of your bargains."
"How's that. Pa?"
"I'll foot your Bill."-BaltImore Ameri
can. -:''-
Pretty Miss "Is this the license bureau,
please?"
Clerk'Tes. ma'am." ., .
Pretty Miss "Well. I ve Just finished
my first book of poems and I want to
take out a poetic license how much win
it be?"-Judge.
"Do girls do as well at college as boys?"
. "As well, or better,'
"Indeed! And how do you account for
' 'They have more opportunities to study,
for one thing. A girl doesn't have to put
In a lot of time coloring a meerschaum
pipe." Pittsburgh Post.
"My daughter says I have a good ear
for music." , , '
"What does she mean by that?'
"I don't know exactly. I'm afraid She
refers to the fact that I can Usten to
some of the things she plays without
getting the earache.'VWashington Star.
j
Peggy Playne In talkin about the
beauties of the ball the other nlghf Mr.
WHklns paid me quite a compliment;
Sarah Sharp That is very unlike Mr.
Wilkins. I never heard before of his
paying anything before it was due.-?Bos-ton
Transcript
THE BOYS.
Homer McKee in Chicago Post.
As a stub of sweet havana
Smoldering in your ashes tray
Somehow makes you half remember
Fragrance of another day.
So the memories that linger
In the ashes of our Joys
Conjure up departed faces
Of our old-time pals The Boys
Faces bright and ever laughing,
Eyes that sparkle, hands that clasp,
Boundless volumes full of meaning
In their warm, impulsive grasp
Though the touch of time may mar them.
Fate may claim them for her toys,
Yet to us, who used to know them, .
They are still our pals The Boys.
i-
Some have rubbed the lamp of maglo
And their wares have turned to goli
Some have failed, but in their bosoms
Beat the same hearts as of old,
You and I- But what's the purpose
Touching here on pains or Joys?
Let us hope we still are numbered
With our old-time pals The Boys.
And when time shall end our striving
Ami th- hnnds we've clasDed are still.
When the silence of Hereafter
Holds us helpless in its win,
Who can say but o'er the silence
We may hear familiar noise
And across the span of ages .
Catch the laughter or The uoysT f
Fill your goblets, brimming, sparkling,
Raise them hlgn, ana wnn acciaim
Drink to those we erstwhile cherished,
Anil as rises, name on name,
Feel again old thrills of gladness,;
Feel again fraternal joys
Clink your goblets in a greeting
To our old-time pais xne jaoys.
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