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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1912.
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JULY CIRCULATION.
51,109
State of Nebraska, County of Douglas,
Dwlght Williams, circulation manager
of The Bee Publishing company, being
duly sworn, says that the average daily
circulation for the month of Ju y, U13.
was 51.109. DWIQHT WILLIAMS.
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to before me this ad day of August, 1911
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1 ' Notary Public.
Subscribers leaving the city
temporarily eoald kave The
Bee mailed to them. Address
will be chanced aa often as re
ejvested. ' 1 - ;'.
, Robert Marion La Follette is also
a stubborn little cub.
So, we are not to have an extra
session of tho legislature to revise
the election lawi. Oh,' very well.
Pa Rourke's boys are reaching .out
' for that pennant In good earnest, and
all Omaha la backing them up In the
endeavor. "
Henry George's followers are to
meet at a dollar banquet. Here will
be a rare flow of soul, not to speak
of a feast of reason.
Archbold might have anticipated
being put up at the Ananias club,
but his resentment at the distinction
la none the less natural.
The bull moosers are finding out
what a lot of folks already knew
it's mighty easy to start something,
but not so easy to finish.
Prices on "killers" at South Omaha
broke 75 cents to $1 per hundred last
week. This ought to get around la
time to the retail meat trade.
The bankers have a better Idea of
Omaha by this time, but they do not
know it all yet. The longer they
stay here the better they'll like It.
Whey should anyone want to kill a
congressman' wfcose term will soon
be over? This is one Question the
gentleman from Kentucky has left
open.-,.. -.: ' ' "
Prof, Willis Moore says hail guns
will not break up hall storms, and
'v that a cdpl wave Is coming this week
Hope he's right on the second propo
f eitioa. ' ' : ' " .
x A reduction of 9 mills in the tax
levy will be gratefully accepted by
I the citizens. The Water board and
i the school board alone will have no
: claim to credit for it. y
Not So Urgent.
A letter in the Century magazine
insists that the place where we need
a governmental reform more than In
limiting the presidency to a single
six-year term or changing the In
auguration to get out of the bad
weather, is in moving up the meet
ing of congress so that newly elected
members do not have to wait thir
teen months before they begin to
serve. Such a reform, we are told,
would bring congress closer on the
heels of the popular will, and make
it more responsive to public needs.
To keep our lawmakers so long on
the waiting list may be a hardship,
yet if so, It is a hardship with some
compensating features, and the rem
edy is easily within reach. The date
of convening congress . in regu
lar session is fixed by the constitution
as the first Monday in December,
subject to the action of congress
fixing a different date, and, irrespect
ive of that, the president has author
ity to call each new congress together
In extra session at once if there is
any business to do that warrant! the
expense. - .
. The general feeling throughout the
country, however, if we mistake not,
is not for congress to meet earlier
and oftener, but to delay as long as
possible and cut off at the earliest
moment. ' ; - .
Forestry for Nebraska.
Restoring a part of the North
Platte forest reserve In Nebraska to
the public domain open ' for settle
ment will revive Interest In a project
that was mooted several years ago,
but apparently abandoned. This is
the forestration of the sand hills by
the state. , It has been amply proven
that the jack pine will grow on the
Nebraska sand hills, thrifty and
prof lllc, and that it has a commer
cial value beyond that of any other
crop that Is likely to thrive there.
It is not beyond the realm of pos
sibility that the great area that ii
now generally condemned under the
name of "sand hills" may be made of
much value to the state, It a little at-
tentlon is given to It. The early set
tlers found both pine and cedar
growing on the ridges north of the
Platte in the western part of Ne
braska. The federal government has
shown that these ridges can be re
forestrated, ' The state should take
the necessary steps to acquire the
land from the United States, and
then by proper planting bring these
bare spots back to usefulness. This
will not Interfere with agriculture,
will actually help grazing, for the
grass will grow better under the
trees than on the open sand, and will
In time turn a large profit back to
the state. The course is feasible, and
means practical conservation.
iooWBaiiwarii
This Dav f ia Omnlia
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COMPILED P5K5M BE.E flLfcd
AUGUST 2T.
J
T. R. will have to wait till next
month before he can face the Inves
tigating committee, but the delay
will give him time to coin some new
phrases for the occasion. ' ,
Worse and more of It. A German
savant has announced that the mod
ern Btyles of dress are developing X
legs among the women. "X-legs"
done into plain English, - means
knock-knees. ,
, The heads of the penitentiary and
the asylum are arguing as to Which
shall have the charge of Painting
Bertha. The public will not be dis
appointed, ao long as either keeps
her ' securely locked up. V
' President Taft Is also some signer,
when the bills come to him In proper
form, as he proved when he promptly
gave his executive approval to sev
eral of the biggest bills sent through
by congress at its long session.'
Congressmen are op. the way home
to tell their little tales to thelf eon
stltuents. Our own Charles Otto
ought to have a really thrilling one;
be has so far escaped doing anything
that would entitle him to fame or
ignominy. - '''.
Aa Entirely Proper Procedure. '
Secretary of . State Walt has received
official notice of the nomination of W.
H, Taft and J. . Sherman. , Ths notifi
cation came from Elihu Root, permanent
chairman of the republican national con
vention, and Lafayette B. Gleaaon of
Delhi, N.'Y., secretary of the convention.
It is supposed that the notice was sent to
the secretary of state for Ms Information
in making up tne form of ths official bal
lot In Nebraska this fell, but as ths
names of candidates for president art not
permitted on ths ballot, the notice will
not be of any use to secretary Walt
Lincoln Journal
If our secretary of state will read
the election laws closely he will find
that the filing of notice of nomina
tion of presidential) candidates is an
entirely proper procedure conveying
Information for which he will have
real use.'' - . v'v :
It Is, true that the names of candi
dates are not permitted on the ballot
in Nebraska, but we have a voting
machine law In Nebraska by which a
mechanical device may be substituted
for the paper ballot. This law pro
vides for putting the names of candi
dates for president and vice president
on the ballot label of the respective
party levers for presidential electors
without carrying the names of the in
dividual candidates for electors, so
that every vote registered for Taft
and Sherman or for Wilson and Mar
shall, for example, "shall operate as
a vote for all candidates of such party
for presidential t electors and be
counted as such."
Under this law voting machines
have been used in Douglas county,
and were used in the presidential
election four years' ago when the
names of Taft and Sherman and of
Bryan and Kern and of the other
presidential runners appeared on the
ballot label, in 1908 the votes were
registered in this way for the respec
tlve presidential electors. So far
as we know there is nothing to stop
the use of voting machines again,
and official notice of the names of
presidentlsl nominees is quite in
order for that purpose.
Thirty Years Aro
An open-air concert by the Fourth -Infantry
band, followed by dress parade,
was the Sunday ; attraction at Fort
Omaha.
A serious runaway on Bark avenus
played havoc with the occupants of a
buggy, Ed Lanlnsteln and Miss Hutton,
and It la feared the aocident may force
postponement of their marriage, which
was scheduled to occur In a week.
Father English performed a double
christening at fit. Phllomena s, Mr. Pat
rick Folsy presenting his daughter Agnes
and Morris Sullivan his son Eugene.
Charles Turner has sent the Board of
Public Works, a fine sample Of granite
from Monticello, Wla
Miss Mary Lake Is back from Chicago.
Miss Maud Ifoteware of Cedar Hill,
near Fremont, is visiting at Charles W.
Hamilton's. .
Miss Wood! McCormlck Is back front
Rye Beach and Atlantic City and Is so
journing In the Alleghafties.
Jerry Mulvlhill has gone to the St
Louis exposition.
Prof. CI. F. Sauer, the violinist, has re
considered his determination to make
Omaha his home and has returned to
New York. . ' ,
Dr. Durham and family of Crete are
newcomers locating in Omaha.
Twenty Years Ago -
Mrs. F. C. Whlley of Lancaster. O.,
was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Charles
fi. Williamson. 1740 Howard street.
Mrs. 8. Michaels, wno had been ths
guest for ths last month of Mrs. A. D.
Brendels, left for her home.
John P. Williams took, out a building
permit for ths erection of a t5,00O two-
story frame dwelling at Thirty-second and
Dodge streets. Emma H. Thayer took out
a permit to build a three-story .brick
warehouse at 131 Jones street.
The Board Of Education announced that
the new feature of kindergarten work
would be added to the public school
course at the opening of school in Sep
tember. It decided to open two kinder
gartens, one at Ketlom and the other at
Mason schools. Miss Belle Shields of St.
Louie was employed as director for one
and Miss' Annie B. Smith of La port,
Ind., for ths other.
Rev. C. W. Savldge, who had decided
to give a balloon ascension and exhibit
some fireworks as an additional attraction
to his cafhp meeting In Anson's grove.
near Springfield, said he had dispensed
with these trimmings and would open and
conduct hi meetings with nothing mors
lurid than a few graphic portrayals of
ths place a man would land in If he
did not walk the straight path.
Ten Years Ago
A conference of the various congres
sional candidates on the republican side
was held at the Office of W. F. Our
ley, On of Dave Mercer's sponsors,
to frame up some sort of agreement
that would reduce the competition for
the nomination, but without result
Those present were E. J. Cornish, John
Paul s Breen, Nelson p. Pratt, candi
dates; Tom Blackburn, representing Mer
cer, Gurley and Charles A. Goes, county
chairman. ;
Dr. a R. Towns left for a trip through
New England. He was to meet Mrs.
Towpe, who has been In Boston sines
June, In Vermont and after visiting his
Alma mater, Dartmouth college, In New
Hampshire, Dr. iTowne and Mrs, Towns
would return by way of Philadelphia and
Lansing, Mich. ,
Omaha shows ' up second In packing
for the Teek, with 1,030,000 head, aa
against Kansas City with 880,000 head.
Dr. Kerr, president of Bellevue col
lege, expressed the belief that the street
car company would aoon extend Its
Thirteenth street ,11ns from South Omaha
to Fort Crook, giving the college the
benefit of transit Into Omaha
B. J. Jobst got back from ' Indian
apolis, whers he had made a visit He
said many people asked him all about
Ak-Sar-Ben.
. THE CIGAEMAKERS' UNION
Maybe Johnny Magulre can by this
- time explain to the. voters of the
First Nebraska why he sat silent in
.. the house during the excoriation of
: the Peerless , by Oscar Underwood
last winter. It can not have been so
long that Mr. Bryan's friends have
I forgotten the episode, and Johnny
f will need their votes.
Getting settlers on Nebraska lands
ought not to be such a hard task,
" with the present crop prospects as an
'i advertisement. But the discovery
! of large areas of unoccupied territory
are not especially creditable to some-
body. , That so much good land
should remain unclaimed during the
tt wild search for hemes of the last
;; few years almost suggests that some
vone has been careleer
A Chicago Judge has won distlnc
tlon by ruling out a new brand of
insanity oirered as a derense In a
murder case. If this keeps up, the
time may come when the courts will
deal with murderers as murderers
and not as victims of "social in jus
tice." - "- V
Washington Is being stirred by the
report Of a congressional committee,
charging that the millionaire owners
of real estate at the capital are dodg
ing their taxes, as If that practice
were peculiar to Washington.
Judging from the yelps rending the
atmosphere, The Bee's antmadrer
6ions to the pitiless persecution of the
late Chief of Police Donahue must
have hit the mark.
People Talked Abot
By F. J. Halett, President of No. 83 of Omaha.
Pioneer and l'ermsnest Unions.
The Clgarmakers International union
No. 93 of Omaha was organised In the
fall of mi, and received Its Charter Octo
ber 2, Just one day before the printers
received theirs. Of the charter members
but three are still in the city, W. F.
Schnoidtr,.-who wa our first president
F. A. Kosters and A. T. Sigwart, who la
now sergeant of police.
Omaha had a Clgarmakers' union
twice prioi to 1881. The first one was
organized in 1870, and lived for several
years. The second was short lived; It
was organized In 1378. and died the same
year. The Only member of the first
Union sUll in the, city Is Joe Beckman,
who conducted a small factory and re
tall store n Farnam street.
Substantial reforms have been achieved
by the Clgarmakers' International union
In the cigar-making Industry that the
public knows little of. The union haa re
duced the hours of labor, which used 'to
be from twelve to fourteen hours a day,
and also Improved factory ' conditions.
Before the advent of the clgarmakers'
union, cigar factories were run in dark
and unsanitary buildings or rooms, the
workman's pay was Small, and in many
cases he , had to take cigars for his
wages, which he had to sell to saloon
keepers or ! grocery story at a heavy
discount, which made his wagss , still
smaller.
These conditions have ail been obliter
ated in union shops. The shops in which
union men are now employed are well
lighted, and the cigars made under sani
tary working condition. '
Observing; Labor Day.
Clgarmakers L'nlon No. 3 of Omaha
was the first union to observe Labor day
in Nebraska, which was in 18S6. It cele
brated the day by playing a game of
base ball. The Clgarmakers' Interna
tional Union was the first trades union
to adopt the union label, so as to distin
guish Its goods from such as were made
under poor and unfavorable conditions.
Today the drgarmakers union spends
hundreds of thousands of dollars per year
advertising and educating the public to
patronise the Union label, which Is the
Only safeguard against go6ds made In
sweatshops by child labor, and poor
Wages and working conditions.
As a beneficial union, the clgarmakers'
International Is the greatest In America
It has life insurance for Its member!
which ranges from 150 to 5M per mem
ber a weekly sick and non-employment
benefit, and also a loan system, wntcb
enable members out of employment to
borrow money from one city to another
While In search of work.
in the future, as in the past, the ct
garnukers' International Union will al
ways be on the alert for the moral, ma
terlal and intellectual welfare of Its
members, , and of the general public, by
devoting Its energy In combating the
Sweatshop, the child labor employer, ani
the unsanitary workshop, and help in the
uplifting of the wage-earner In order to
bring about the Universal brotherhood of
man. ' v " i
AUTOMOBILES AND THE RAILROADS
Western Boads "View With Alarm" Loss in Passenger Traffic.
) Republican.
When politicians fall out, the people
get some mighty Interesting reading.
William Winter, the veteran dramatic
Critic, is putting the finishing touches on
a message of 500,000, to be Issued In book
form. For president of the United States:
William Winter.
Sammy Schepps, paymaster of New
Tork's Gunmen, Is about to tell his Ufe
story .for $1,000 cash. "Glp the Blood"
and "Lefty Louie" are passing up good
money by prolonging their vacation.
Police ' Commissioner Waldo of New
York coolly insinuates that his Job Is
worth 115.400 a year Instead of 17,500.
Judging from his cool and deft way of
dodging newspaper hammers, the exer
cise is worth the money. - .
Nats an Franko, leader of a New York
orchestra, on a recent trip to Boston was
touched for two stickpins valued at tl
123, which were found later tucked away
In the icebox of the . buffet car. - The
porter of rha car was awarded a vaca
tion of eighteen months in the Boston
workhouse. 1 ; ,
Harry F Nightingale, son of the first
superintendent of the Omaha High school,
Is the bull moose candidate tor the Illi
nois legislature in the Kvanston district
of Chicago. Mr. Nightingale, according
to political biographers, possesses all the
virtues and high Meals a man of 35 can
safely carry. But won't he be lonesome
in a Jackpot assembly t
The famous Swedish explorer, Sven
Hedin, has been expelled from the Rus
sian imperial geographical society, of
which he was an honorary member, as
a punishment for writing a pamphlet, of
which a million copies were circulated.
warning Sweden and Norway that Rus-'
sta was planning to seise territory on
the Norwegian coast -for the sake of an
Ice-tree coast.
Senator Boles Penrose knows Bill
Fllnn. Also, Bill knows Boles. They
have done team work in Pennsylvania,
politically and otherwise. What Boles
says about Bill, and when BIU says to
Boles, "You're another," depend upon It
they speak from exact knowledge. Read
ers know what Boles said about Bill, but
Bill's retort was partly smothered by
the explosion of larger bombs. It was
in reply to the charge that Bill offered
Jl.Ott.OOO or a dead man's shoes. "Any
one famlllsr with the parelmomons rep
utation of Flinn,' says Bill, with fine
Hibernian sarcasm, , "knows that he
wouldn't let a man who made an offer
like that s get away from him." . Bill
knows Bolea, Boles knows BUL '
v Springfield (Ms
, At a summer place not long ago one of
the older generation was amazed to hear
a little girl of S years or So confess re
gretfully that while she had seen rail
road trains she had never Journeyed In
One. Her parents were nervous about
germs and distrusted public conveyances.
So, while she had traveled more than
most young people of her age, It was by
motor car. The automobile had been her
cradle, from which she had googobed at
the passing landscape. Efrery summer
she had Journeyed from the city to the
shore and back, but by private convey
ance. One winter she had been con
veyed to the south, but by private yacht.
Hotels she knew, but only as private
suites. Of the trolley car she was a Ig
norant as of the railway train, and It
happened that she had no experience of
horse-drawn vehicles either. Will her
children and grandchildren, It may be
wondered, gives the germs of the com
mon .folk a still wider berth by being
taken Invariably from ens sanitary home
to another In an aeroplane, through the
undefiled upper ether? Will they know
ths earth only as a checkerboard of green
fields criss-crossed by highways Where
the humble toll through germ-laden dust
clouds In their automobiles!
Such a case as that of this oversheltered
child may be exceptional, yet the number
of people who seldom have occasion to
Journey by rail must be considerable. The
western railroad are reporting a serious
losa In passenger traffic due to this cause.
Not only has local bulness shrunk, but
the number of. tourists who travel by
motor car Increases, many Of them hav
ing changed their summer quarters In or
der to be brought within a reasonable
distance. Others stay at home and devote
the vacation to short automobile, trips.
Trains which used to be Jammed with
straphangers, a pleasanter sight to a cor
poration than to the public, now run half
empty, while the parallel country roads
look like the way out of New Haven after
the boot ball game. It is to be hoped that
this account of the woes of the railroads
has been exaggerated In Its transmission
east, for while agricultural prosperity is
a great thing for the country, the rail
roads ought not to be forced Into bank
ruptcy it may be hored that what they
lose In hauling farmers they msy make
up In hauling a Bumper croo. ;
, the Burlington road has been making a
fresh study of the transporation situation
Ss affected by the boom In automoblllng,
end finds that Nebraska has at least
30,000. cars, or about one to every forty
eight persons, which is slid to be a larger
ratio than In any other state. The case
grows worse rather than better from the
railway point of view, for 14,500 of these
cars were purchased since January 1,
1M1, and the erase increases. Lucky Ne
braska! . Lucky thought, Is the railroad
that runs through a dense population of
poor people who can Just squeeze out the
price of an nccaslonal railroad ticket.
At tor . the western railroads, it their
case Is as bad as they would -have us
believe, what have we left to hope for
but. a .Slump.,. . ;.' -.!.. .
THEODORE PARKER
Br Gregory. '
? " ; By Ker. Thomas
Theodore Parken, -whose memory Is
still one of the very noblest of our coun
try's assets, was born in Lexington,
Mass., 102 years ago, August 2J, 1S10.
Parker came Of splendid stock. His
father, John Parker, son of the other
John Parker, who fired the first shot at
Lexington, was physically, mentally and
morally, aS sound as "heart Of oak." and
his mother wis a "woman of a thou
sand1' possessing, along with an .unusu
ally powerful, intellect- the most perfect
womanly purity and gentleness, .
From the farm young Theodore, with
the moral training that naturally came to
him from such parentage, entered Har
vard, meeting his .expenses by his own
r
earnings. ... '. r.. - ...v
Taking the divinity course later on. he
began, in 1S37, his famous career as Uni
tarian minister, end when In June of that
year he preached his first sermon he
was probably the best informed man on
the American continent
His knowledge : was phenomenal. H
knew Hebrew, Syria , ChaldeS, Arabic,
Coptic, Ethiopia, as well as the classics
and tha principal modern languages. He
knew practically everything and knew It
Intelligently and well.
' From the start men felt that a giant
was In their midst and that they Were
listening to a man of massive brain power
and uncompromising honesty.
In 184 Parker preached at Boston va
sermon on "The Transient and Permanent
In Christianity," which made the old sys-1
tem of things theological ' rock s -. if
shakes by an earthquake.
The clergy, Without regard to denomina
tion, denounced Parker and declared that
he "must be silenced!" But It was one
thing to denounce him and quite another
thing to put him down. When the clergy
denounced Parker the laity took Urn up,
put him in the music hall In 1842, and for
the remaining fourteen years of his life
hls.pulplt.was the center of the largest
Intellectual and . moral influence In
America. By his voice, his Rn and his
utterly frank and fearless action In social
and political matters he made himself the
greatest power In Boston and the country.
, People knew that his sincerity was on
a par with his clearness of mental vision,
and his pulpit became like the old Athen
ian Bema when filled by the great De
mosthenes. He revolutionised VnltarianiBm, turned
the whole system, of historic theology
upside down, made ' every preacher in
New England preach and pray along
new lines and for new objects, struhjfih
ened the weakened knees of the lovers
of freedom of every sort, and by his
powerful sermons mightily Inspired every
worker for human progress from Maine
to .Texas. : -' . ' ,". 1 "
Absolutely devoted to what he believed
to be the truth, caring all for the cause
and nothing for himself,' Parker wore
himself out at the age of 60, dying In
m of sheer exhaustion. But the spirit
of his work survived him, V and from
Lexington and Boston the "lines" of
that spirit have "gon out to the ends
of ths earth." ' . , ' ,
HOW EDITORS SEE THUTGS.
St. Paul Pioneer Press: A St. Paul
church worker says the automobile has
don more for sin than any one thing.
However, the seltstarters have materially
reduced the output of cusswords.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: No matter what
may be the outcome of the Archbold-Penrose-Flinn-Roosevelt-$2a,000
contro
versy, it makes what a newspaper editor
of the olden time called mlghty in
terestln' readin'. u ,
Indianapolis News: It hasn't been so
very long ago since the cost of the
Panama canal was estimated at 1376,009,
000. Later .the figures were increased to
$400,000,000. Now a dispatch from Wash
ington announces that ths cost Will be
about $456,000,000, and the 'end, w may
very well fear, Is not yet , , .
New .York Sun: The Hon. Angelo
George Washington Perkins of Bull
moosla will be- greatly- Interested in- the
conditions of woman labor In the Auburn
plant of ths Oshorn Twine company, a
branch of the International Harvester
company, whereof the Hon. George Wal
bridge Perkins Is a director. '.. . '
Philadelphia. Record: Senator Borah,
who followed Roosevelt till he went out
Of the republican party, la not pleased
with the project of Increasing the presi
dential term of six years,. with no re
election. It Is too much for a bad pres
ident and not enough for a good one.
There is great force In this observation,
and as to repeated terms,, we do not be
lieve a constitutional amendment Is
needed te prevent them. After, next No
vember a third term will never be heard
'Springfield' Republican: A venerable
source of waste has finally been stopped
by the agreement of the houses to abolish
the eighteen pension "agencies In the
United States. All pension reformers for
years have proved that the disburse
ments of military pensions could be made
directly from Washington with an annual
saving of some $260,000 In the salaries of
pension agents and the maintenance of
their offices. But the offices have been
maintained for the purpose of providing
easy bertha for veterans possessing po
litical pull. To say that the system has
been, a form of graft Is none too sever."
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
' "Mlbbe, (t seems, has gone into bank
ruptcy. What Was the trouble 1"
"Overconfidence. About six months
ago h got a new wife, and a hew auto
mobile. He could have pulled through
with either one alone, but the upkeep .
of the two . smashed him." Chicago
Tribune.
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"Nobody knows how 1 nave suffered,"
she complain d. I
"Does your husband abuse you?" her
friend asked.
"No. but he can sit for hours without
hearing a word I say." Chicago Record
Herald. ,
"I saw you digging in the garden at
daybreak."
"Yes," replied Fanner Corntosael, "I
have to be up bright and early so aa to
get the tomato cans hid from the sum
mer boarders' Washington Star. -
"Oh, I can't promtee to be your wife,"
she said. "Why, you are old enough to
be my father."
"Yes, but why should you care? None
Of your women friends would believe It."
-Chicago Record-Herald.
LATE IN AUGUST
Late in August when the boughs of the
apple trees are weighted;
When the small boy eats his fill, and his
pockets all are freighted:
When the fruit comes plunging down, as
the breese the branches toss,
well we know what this portends,
. Tls the time for spi'le sauce.
Late In August, when the sun on the
road Shines warm and yellow,
Whers the dust all sifted fine tempts the
small bare-footed fellow;
When the sun shines on the fields with
all the power that It can summon,
Well I know what this portends.
We have some watermelons comln.
Late In August, when (he sun on the gar
den slope iS resting;
When the corn gets tussled out, and the
blades look Interesting;
When the ' bean is bulging in the pod,
then guessing is not rash;
For well I know what this portends,
'Tis time for succotash.
Late In August, when the grass and weeds
are ail alive with hoppers,
When butterflies make the, garden gay,
and alt the fish we catch are whop
pers; When the mercury has climbed to 'its
highest figures
Used to be when I was small,
Then the time was ripe for chiggers.
Late In August when the days shorten up
and life looks sunny;
When among the flowers the bees reap
their bumper crop of honey;
When the borders of the walks flame
with Summer phlox and asters;
Then I know the time is ripe
'Tis the season of mud plasters.
Late in August, when the trees reek with
fussy caterplllers; '
When the tree toad pipes his lay, and we
swat the big moth millers;
When the Insistent katydid argues on In
tones contrary
Then we know the time Is ripe
To buy school shoes for John and Mary,
BYOLL NB TRELE.
The Old
Oaken Bucket
Filled to the brim with
cold, clear purity no such
: .-'V ' r. s-3k water nowadays.
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It makes one think of everything that's pure
and wholesome and delightful. Bright, spark
ling, teeming with palate joy it's your soda
fountain old oaken bucket. n
. Whenever
- you see an
Arrow think
of Coca-Cola.
Delicious Refreshing
Thirst-Quenching
' Demand the Genuine
as made by -THE
COCA-COLA CO., Atlanta, Ga.
Prsva Our new booklet, telling-
.r of Coca-Cola vindication
st Chattanoogi, for the Biking.
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MISTAKEN IDEA OF CHURCHES
Services Not to Be Classed aa loelal
' ; reactions. .-.'
Philadelphia Public, Ledger. ' "
Frequently men and women who are
new arrivals In a great city, complain
of the lack of cordiality In the welcome
of the churches they attend. Their
comings and goings are all but unno
ticed. They feel that it makes no dif
ference to anybody but themselves
whether they attend or not The Churctt
seems to them a close' corporation run
for the benefit of the pew-nolders. They
find the atmosphere chilly, and they have
the uncomfortable sense of Intruding
where they are not wanted, by a social
organisation that Is sufficient unto itself.
The exclusive principle "of the blue book
or the social register seems to be im
ported into what is supposedly, the house
of God. In their resentment they men
tally register a vow that they will not
venture again where their room Is evi
dently preferable to their company.
But Is the fault entirely with the min
ister and the members of the congrega
tion? In any other form of popular as
sembly Is It expected that the members
of the audience wftl instantly fraternise
with each other If such were the uni
versal custom, many , unworthy person
would take advantage of the artificial
Intimacy. It la not expected that a man
goes- to church primarily for the social
advantages accruing and for the purpose
of making friends. He goes, presumably,
to worship,' to take part in . exercises of
devotion whotie purport Is to satisfy the
hunger - of the soul He does not at
tend to let it be known that' he la a
..... , . . , ...
person of social consequence, that ho
wears fashionable attire, that he s
worthy to fraternise with the "best"
people. '
Moreover, most churches do make a
particular effort to reach and to hold
the stranger within the gates, realising
that the handhold means eventually the
foothold, and that if they can attract
a casual attendant the first time It may
lead to a permanent affiliation.
THE
ILLINOIS
CENTRAL
Irritation ef Warrior Moeae.
, Kansas City Journal.
Governor Stubbs is greatly Incensed be
cause the republican leaders of Kansas
will not submit passively to the theft of
the republican electors. ' The governor
was sufficiently peeved already by the
popular majority against him for the sen
ate, and now domes this new outrage to
annoy him. "Let the people rule" and
"thou shalt not steal" are all right whea.
used on the right tide, but most exasper
ating when employed by the opposition.
It ought to be stopped. - :
Offers - exceptionally low round-trip rates to
many points east. Summer Tourist tickets, lim-
- ited to 60 days for return and permitting ot
liberal 6top-overs at practically all points both
V ' -' going and returning, are on sale daily, and we
. . . 4uole the following rates to Some of the most
' principal points: - :
1
V, Astetaer Anerteaa Invaalora. .,
Philadelphia 'Record., , '
American automobiles are selling in
England at a rate that is disturbing the
equanimity of the British manufacturers.
The American manufacturers pay higher
Wages than the English, and yet they are
able to meet British competition In Eng
land to such an extent that the English
men are beginning to cry for a duty to
protect them from American competition.
They are resorting to all sorts Of ex
planations of their Inability to make ma
chine as cheap as our but the fact is
not explained away, ad it Is highly sig
nificant - . : .
Boston,' Mass!
Atlantic City, N. J. . . . . . . .
I Buffalo, N. Y..;..;.....
Detroit. Mich.'..-.. ..
Montreal, Que. ... . . . ...... . . .
$42.00 $45.00
..... 40.60 45.00
..... 43.90 44.25
..... 32.00 34.00
. . . . . 32.00 34.00
25.00 26.00
. . . : . 35.00 38.85
..... 29.60 29.60
..... 42.00 42.00
Norfolk, Va.
Tickets are also on sale to various other points at
proportionate rates. Descriptive ; literature furnished
, free, upon request." For tickets, reservations and de
tailed information, call on or address
Illinois Central City Ticket Of fke
409 South 16th Street 1 Telephone Douglas' 264.
I? W. S. CLEWELL, 0. P. & T. A.
; S. NOETH, District Passenger Agent.
