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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 8, 1912.
IThe Omaha "Sunday Bee.
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Have you got everything ready to
start Johnny on his way to school?
Summer ends, by the calendar,
two weeks from today. Don't forget
the date."'.. ; ". ;';- ,,''
Well, a man named Grubb ought
to know all about the, meek and
Sowly potato. V'w i-vl''-'!"
-SA
Never mind tbat tbjreatened, gen
eral strtia. ar& all a!t3 will
W tO dO WlthOUt It :'l
Governor Aldrich, could not come
to Omaha on account of hla hay
fever. Him for the hay.
Ak-Sar-Ben's circus is up to Us
last performance. Stop your crowd
ing there at the ticket wagon! !
The revival of the train robbing
industry is one jevldence of good
times that might .'be dispensed with.
Omaha needs several things more
(than It does an ordinance to divide
jthe streets between J' rival taxlcab
cftmpapf
rt. Cutting ratsronTthampagne may
be all right jtor the railroad, but
aothicg like that 'happens In the lob
!ster palaces. 4-'' ; ';
Neglecting a Bare Opportunity. -Although
perhaps entirely obliv
ious of it, our seven councilmen
elected to Inaugurate the commission
plan of city government In Omaha,
are letting opportunity pass by their
door, or at least not barkening to Its
knock. For doe's not each and every
one of them know that the country
is hungry for knowledge and Infor
mation about municipal reform and
that the long-felt want for orators
and lecturers on the subject Is wholly
unsatisfied?
Here Is the Short Ballot Bulletin
printing a list of speakers on com
mission government ready to en
lighten the ignorant on reasonable
terms. Disregarding the free adver
tisement, we reproduce the list as
follows:
Mr. John McVlear, formerly commls.
loner of streets In Des Koines, Is open
to lecture engagements. ,
Mr. John J. Hamilton, Pasadena,' Cat.,
secretary of the Los Angeles Charter
Revision commission, Is open to engage
ment for lectures or expert assistance
to charter-making bod'es.
Mr. George T. Rudlslll. Columbus, O.,
announces himself as available for an
address on commission government un
der the title: "A City's Needs and
Deeds." .
Mr. Frank Harmon Garver of the de
partment of , hlHtory, Montana State
Normal college, Dillon, Mont., Is pre
pared to speak In hla section.
Mr. Charles Frederick Adams, pro
fessional lecturer and an advocate ot
various reforms, hi prepared to speak It.
the east on the subject of commission
government ';
Mr., J. R. Hornaday, managing edltot
of the Birmingham Ledger, la prepared
to speak In southern cities. He has
already spoken . successfully In various
parts of the south.
Wouldn't the names of our com
missioners shine on the billboard as
brightly as any of these? They may
not boast themselves much as talkers,
but they certainly can speak by the
card as well as these others, and
prove equally expert at gathering in
the, gate .receipts. All we have to
say, is that if our Omaha councilmen
do tot enroll themselves forthwith in
a Jcture bureau, and start on the
circuit to spread the commission 'p),an
gospel, they will never get credit for
their, jBelf-sacrince.
Whiskers are coming into style
again, say travelers returning from
jUurope. ; Wonder if the safety raxor
,a responsible for this?
1 After; k the. returns from Ohio,
'credit the (suffragist sisters at'east
with possessing the -courage that
takes defeat cheerfully,
If. 1 . -V r. ;".
. When ii Woman Oldf
What booteth it to start a discus
sion as to whether a woman Is old
af 23?
i All the Young Women's Chris
Man associations In the country can
establish house rules fixing the age
for admission of young women to
their dormitories without changing
the traditional law that governs in
this matter without appeal and with,
out recall.
All the Old Ladies' homes, wher
ever maintained, may set up a dead
line below which women must not
fall to avail themselves of their
benevolent atmosphere without de
termining more definitely when
youth gives way to advancing years.
The case of "Youth versus Age"
has been docketed, pleaded, argued,
tried and decided over and over
again always with the same verdict
ever since Adam and Eve played hop
scotch In the Garden of Eden. v
"A man Is as old as he feels,
"A woman as young as she looks."
I Total attendance at the Nebraska
'state fair la. given as 1S6.964.- That
.'.a Just; about, the population, of
Omaha" and its strturbs; "
j Knowing ,h has until October to
,thlnk it over and get ready to tes
tify, he ought to have a real good
story ready by that time. '
I Aviation is creating almost as
much havoc aa war among army of
ficers. So tar the airship has only
'proved fatal to its friends. " ' ?
i A Black. Hills farmer advertises
for a wife who can pitch hay, plow
and , dig potatoes,- That is one way
'to keep help on the farm. ;
j Prof. Wilson has abandoned that
: front porch plan of campaign, but
e will have to go some if he equals
the mileage of the bull moose.
I The state fair having made a new
'record for attendance, the board of
managers will ask . the legislature
for a few more new buildings.
When It comes time to move into
the new court houee - the district
eeurt clerk is going to bridge it
Who will take the airship route? v
j , Oh, well, maybe we can wait a day
Or two for the decision in the South
Omaha ouster case. , The matter has
: Hen hanging fire a little, over a
rear. . , . .
i The Bee remarked at the outset
.that it saw po real need for a ns
, niclpal picnic when city officials and
i employes are supposed to have
! picnic every day. r
Secretary MacVeagh Is going right
'ahead to reduce the ize of the bills
j Uncle Sam puts out as money, as if
the present Bize .were not hard
enough to get hold of.
j Douglas county comes home from
Lincoln with first prie for collective
; exhibit again.. This is getting to be
so regular that it is only referred to
to prove that we raise something
! here in Douglas besides that crop
vhich Bill Allen White advised Kan
sas to drop in favor of corn.
more than one such important new
departure been carried through
under a single administration. -
Waste in the Fuel Bill.
It Is not specially creditable to us
that foundation exists for the charge
of a government expert that millions
annually go up in the smoke of the
factory chimneys and from the fires
that warm bur homes. It has been
known for many years that a ridicu
lously small percentage of the en
ergy of fuel consumed is actually
put to use, but, with all our boasted
discoveries and inventions, this con
dition still persists and grows worse.
The smoke clouds thatt obscure
and pollute tl5e atmosphere of large
cities are an indictment of economic
inefficiency.' r The soot flake" that
smuts the passing nose upon the
street Is an evidence of the waste
that goes on In every furnace. This
much of the problem is obvious. In
vention hss made possible the use ot
fuel that not so vry long ago was a
waste and a nuisance at the mines,
but it has not yet solved this 'prob
lem. ' "V' V" '
The man wbn will dfiylae some
practical means for tie utilization of
the vast forces that now escape from
the most elaborately designed power
plants will be a benefactor beyond
expression. Even he who will show
a way to avoid the smoke nuisance
will be of.untold help. Till the com
ing of these men, though, we will
have to helplessly watch the elusive
90 per cent of our fuel supply pour
out of the chimney top, and wish
for some way to get a rebate to that
extent from the coal' man who 'col
lects for it all. 1 .
, Poitoffioe Progress, ,
The rapid progress which the
postqfflce has been making of late
in laklng'on neflf forms of service to
tne public is , not generally under
stood and appreciated. following
close upon rural free delivery and
postal savings banks, a complete sys
tem of parcels poet transmission and
delivery will be inaugurated before
the first of the coming year. '
But the Jump from the old pony
express to the pcstofflce of , today
with all its ramifications is compar
able only to some ot the miracles
wrought' by Aladdin's lamp. At the
outset , the malls were moved only
once or twice a week, weather per
mitting, and had to be called for at
the local postof flee, where the rare
ness of a letter drew an assembled
crowd to hear it read. The advent
ot the steamboat and steam railway
in time made dally and almost
hourly mall deliveries practicable, so
that letters from the most remote
sections ot $e country, ; and from
all corners of the earth, now find
their way to their destination with
promptness and precision.
Rural free delivery was a revolu
tionising innovation, whose far-
reaching Influence in bringing rural
Inhabitants , into : as close commer
cial and social contact as the city
dweller, has only begun to touch the
rim of Its future possibilities.
The postal savings bank, stimulat
ing thrift by provldfog absolutely
safe depositories within reach ot one
and all, and " supplementing the
money order service, is sure to be
epochal. The addition) of parcels)
posts ranks our postof flee system
along with the most advanced postal
administrations of the
world powers.
The only place where European
postotflces will still render a service
not available to us, will be in those
countries which have taken up' the
postal telegraph or postal telephone,
and thus combined the transmission
of messages by wire and mall
. It Is to be noted also that two of
these momentous steps In our pos
tal progress 4he . postal savings
bank and the parcels post -have
been taken since Postmaster General
Hitchcock took charge under Pres
ident Taft, whereas never before has
foremost
i .
The "Coaxed-Over" Immigrant.
Explaining his position on th-im
migration question, Woodrow Wil
son declares that he would shut out
all who are "coaxed over," arid leave
the door open onl&to those who vol;
untarlly come to this countrywith
the Idea pf making a home and , a
career " for themselves. Governor
Wilson, of. course, knows that. our
immigration laws, as they now stand,
exclude the so-called "assisted" im
migrants, as also those who.' come
under contract to labor.
The reason for prohibiting "as
sisted" immigration is to prevent
this country from becoming a dump
ing ground for undesirables sent over
here from foreign countries to get
rid of them, before they become de
pendent upon communities where
they belong.
The reason for barring contract
labor is to prevent employers here
lowering. American standards by re'
placing well-paid labor with im.
ported low-priced substitutes.
When ,he .talks about "coaxed
bver" immigration then, Governor
Wilson must be. proposing to put the
bars up against those now (awfully
admitted unless they can 'show af
f irmatlvely1 that they have come
wholly of their own motion, and
without coaxing. '
Everybody knows that few immi
grants have ever come here without
some coaxing. It tnay be encourag
ing letters from friends already here,
or tempting literature ot land agents
or colonization companies. A large
number ot American states maintain
immigration bureaus at public ex
pense for the very purpose of induc
ing newcomers to settle among them.
The natural inertia of people every
where roots them to the ground, so
that It takes an effort to move'them,
or some unusual calamity or perse
cution to drive them out to bar
"coaxed-over" immigrants in the
broad sense of the term would shut
the doors almost completely, while if
the phrase refers only to what la
know nas "assisted" or "contract
labor" immigration, Governor Wil
son's declaration is wholly mislead
ing and no new legislation nor
change of rule whatever la needed. ;
ton less than the charge at Suez,
which canal belongs to English own
ers. Prof. Johnson's preliminary
estimate ? Is"? "that " 10,000,000 ' tons
traffic for the canal at $1 per ton,
will produce a revenue that will de
fray the expense of operation and
maintenance, and the Interest on the
cost, and leave a slight surplus for
the sinking fund. If so, this rate
will permit the British ships, as well
as all other ships, to 'use the canal
at a reduced rate compared with
what they pay at Sues.
The Agricultural College.
In the glamour that surrounds the
other activities of the great Univer
sity of Nebraska, the wqrk ot the
Agricultural college is too often lost,
eight of. But the state is gainer in
a material way,, to the extent that it
feels the effect of the presence of
young ; men who - have been scien
tifically equipped for the work of
the farm, and in time the school
that trains them will get the atten
tion it deserves. t r
Scientific agriculture has passed
the .experimental stage:; . It la still
carrying on experiments, but it has
demonstrated its usefulness. Farm
ing in all its phases has been bene
fited by the presence of the scien
tists who "have wrested from nature
some of the secrets of life, both of
animal and plants, and the end is
not yet Difficulty has been encoun
tered In the matter of Inducing the
farmers of the old type to give over
some1 of the practices that have the
support of hoary age, but even these
may be convinced by the example of
the yields returned to the effort of
their more enlightened neighbors
who have taken up with thenew
ways, :
Nebraska has scarcely begun to
realize the possibilities of its soil
and climate. Phenomenal yelds of
certain grains have been so easily
attained that the farmer here has
not felt called upon , to practice the
intensive methods urged by neces
sity upon his less fortunate brethren
in the older sections of the country.
But the boys who have .been re
turned to the farm from the Agri
culture college of the university are
taking home with them the message
of better ways, and the gross yield
of the state is showing the effect of
the training. The productivity of
Nebraska soil has no limit, and the
scientifically trained farmer is fast
becoming the state's best asset. ,t
Omaha banks make a showing
that must be gratifying to those who
are interested in the city's prosper
ity, It has long been a matter for
comment that the banking business
here is In excessive proportion to the
city's population, .but the last state
ment '' may . explain ' tnla somewhat.
The ten national banks show a comr
bined'total of deposits of more than
$63,000,000, a most eloquent evi
dence of their growth and prosper
ity. :". '
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Eerenue from the Canal, a
The protest of r Great Britain
against American coastwise shipping
being permitted to use the Panama
canal toll-free is based on the as
sumption that this course will im
pose an unfair proportion ot the cost
of maintaining the canal on English
shipping. It Is estimated that the
American coastwise shipping will
amount to 10 per cent of the total
tonnage passing through the canal.
Prof. Emery R. Johnson, special
commissioner ot Panama traffic; and
tolls, has already complied for the
use of the secretary of war a vast
array ot statistics bearing on the
probable traffic that will use the
canal. , He is now giving attention
to the matter of probable. tolls. His
estimate Is , that the coastwise ship
ping, free ot tolls, will be about
1,000,000 tons at the opening, ot the
canal, and this will be increased to
a maximum of 1,414,000 tons; but
he also sets out that the other ton
nage will Increase in proportion, so
that the ratio f 10 per cent will
likely be maintained. ' This 10 per
cent will fU on the shipping en
gaged lq foreign traffic, and as the
American owned vessels so engaged
will about equal the British ships en
gaged In the traffic through the
canal, they will share in the added
burden ot which Great Britain com
plains.,'",";- . :. , .
What seems to stick most in the
British mlndr although it has not yet
been brought to the tore, is that the
Panama canal is likely to be oper
ated at a toll rate of 25 cents per
In the' Fourth California district,
for whose ' delegates at Chicago the
Roosevelt faction made such a fuss,
the bull moosers did not even offer
a candidate at the primary. Does this
fact bear out the assertion that that
district was misrepresented when its
delegates voted for Taft?
Champ Clark complains that Presi
dent Taft's vetoes prolonged the late
session of congress. They certainly
did, and they also saved the country
from a lot of half-baked legislation
purposely put up for political uses by
Clark and his democratic and bull
moose confreres.
It ought to be known that those
striking miners in the West Vir
ginia coal regions are the ones to
whom Mr. Bryan made his class ap
peal during his second battle. They
are not organized, but have not for
gotten what the peerless told them
In 190 J. . .. "V .
Crelghton university, with an en
rollment of 1,000, is entitled to a
place among the "prominent" seats
of learning, even, by the gauge of the
size of Its student body. But Creigh
ten has quality as well as quantity,
and its growth Is ample proof.
Government figures indicate that
Canada's- wonderful wheat crop . is
almost as much as that raised by
Nebraska and Kansas this year.
When you are looking for real crope,
this is the country to seek out
Sixty thousand attended Ne
braska's state fair on Omaha day,
and only 50,000 turned out to hear
the bull moose at Minnesota's.
Which is the better attraction, just
from'a box office standpoint?
Holding packers responsible for
the quality of meat they sell may be
a new doctrine in court procedure,
but it will be mighty .popular with
the folks paying present prices, for
packing house products. '
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.The Board of Regents of the, Uni
versity of Nebraska is usually a dig
nified body of gentlemen, but when
It becomes necessary to come back
at a critic,. It can make the opera
tion very complete. , ' "
Thirty Years Ago J -
The democratic county convention
selected delegates to state and congres
sional eonventnons. Among the familiar
names are John A. McShane, George W.
Shields, John D. Crelghton, Julius Trelt
schke. Robert Patrick and Dick CKeefe.
The Odd Fellows entertained a delega
tion from Council Bluffs, speeches being
made by Brother Jones and Brother
Riley. . ..." ' . . .
Officer Frank Kasper has been Ap
pointed sergeant of the police force.
The county commissioners have begun
laying a sidewalk In front of the court
house block on Farnam street
H. A. Forbes ha been appointed by
Mayor Boyd as special policeman.
Elder George Medlock, the well known
sexton of Prospect HUI, was badly hurt
at the ball game by being struck In the
mouth by a foul ball.
Judge Elmer S. Dundy Is In the city.
Nat Brown. ' traveling agent of the
Chicago, Burlington & Qulney, Is at the
Paxton. . .
, Homer Stull, president of the city
council, has returned from Idaho.
C. E. Whitmore' of Lincoln .has been
engaged as assistant to Manager Thomas
F. Boyd at the opera house."
Twenty Years Ago
The Press club celebrated the opening
of its new rooms in "the Patterson
block, Seventeenth and Farnam streets.
W. S. McCune, baritone ot Trinity cathe
dral; Charles McDonald, tenor of All
Saints', and Mrs. Percy Ford rendered
some beautiful vocal music and J. E.
Butler, organist at Trinity, and Bert
Butler added instrumental selections.
Mrs. F. W. Bechtel, who had spent the
summer visiting her sister, Mrs. J. B.
Pruner, returned to ber home in Potta
ville. Pa- .
David Holbrook, captain of the foot
ball team of the University of Iowa, was
Jn town arranging for a game with the
University of Nebraska In Omaha on
Thanksgiving day.
Branch & Co. shipped the first carload
of grapes from the Council Bluffs vine
yards for the season. The grape crop
was late. . ...
The grading of Hamilton street from
Twenty-fourth to Fortieth was being de
layed, owing to objection on the part of
some councilman to the proposition of
the city paying half the cost of the
work.
Ten Years Ago '
Mrs. Paul Charlton, whose health had
been 'poor for a year, died at the family
home, leaving her husband and three
sons, Porter, Hobert and Dennleton. Mrs.
Charlton was 43 and had lived in Omaha
since 1888.
Mayor Koutsky of South Omaha was a
guest of honor at the city council meet
ing and occupied a chair beside President
Karr.
; George J. Gould, president of the Mis
souri Pacific, spent two hours In Omaha,
looking over the Gould properties. He
declined to talk of Rockefeller merger
deals and the Union Pacific Btrlke. He
was,net by president Burt and General
Manager Dickinson of the Union Paciflej
Cplonel E. H. Crowder. was. .-visiting
friends here previous to his return to
Washington, where he had been assigned
duties In the Judge advocate's office. ' :
Myron D. Karr, pres'dent Of the city
council, with his wife and daughter, re
turned from a trip to the Pacific coast
George W, King and daughter were also
with them. ,
Phllo Rumsey. 91 years old, one ot tht
early settlers of Omaha, rounded out hla
life at his home, 2016 California street,
after only three days illness. Mr. Ram
sey came to Omaha In 1868 and became
proprietor ' of the famous old Co; Jens
house at Ninth and Harney.
CHURCHES AND CHUBCHG0EHS.
William B. Bailey; .assistant professor
of political economy at Tale university;
writing in the New York Independents,
briefly surveys church growth In the
United States as follows ;
Of our total population of about
2,000,00, almost 33,0:0,0CO are communi
cants or, church- members. Of these
20.JO0.C0O are members . of Protestant
bodies and 12.000.COO members of the Ro
man Catholic church. The Latter Day
Saints reported In 1908 a membership of
about 26P.CO0, while there were a Uttle
over 100,000 heads of families who were
members of Jewish congregations. The
average else of the Protestant church
membership is lot, while that of the
Roman Catholic churches is 86j. The
membership of all bodies reporting over
600,000 was. In 1906 and 1890, aa follows:
WO.- 1800.
Roman Catholic... 12,100,000 6.240,000
Metl-odlst 5.76000 4,600,000
Baptist M0,000 $.712,000
Lutheran .a....;;.'...... 1,112.000 l,231,no
Presbyterian '?...-. 1.830,003 1,278,00ft
O'Sdple 1.142.COO S41.050
Prctestant Episcopal.... 88600 ' 632,000
Congregational ......... 700,000 612,001
All of .these denominations have shown
a growth duiln;' ne fifteen years cov
ered by t!"ee figures, but the member
ship of the Roman Catholic church has
almost doubled.
In the Protestant churches 39.S per
cent of the members were males, while
In the Ronian Catholic church almost
exact, y half of-the membership was com.
posed of males. The seating capacity of
the Protestant churches was. In 19:6, a
little over CS.00.000,. while their member
ship was about 2?,o:o,0CO. The seating
capacity of the Roman Catholic churches
was about 4.6OV.O0 for a membership of
over 12,050,00). T. e total capacity of the
churches rufflces to seat at one time 70
per cent of the population of this country.
The value of the church property is
about $1,2:O.OCO,9C0. Of this $935,000,000 be
longs to Protestant bodies and $292,000,000
to the Roman Cat!icl c church. One hun
dred and sixty-four thousand eight hun
dred and thirty ministers are reported.
148 451 by the Protestant bodies and 61,177
by the Roman Catholic church. The
average sa'ary paid to these minister
was $663 per capita.
8eventy-one Nebraska banks have
indicated a willingness to accept
Campaign' contributions. The real
question is, however, how many of
them are ready to make campaign
contributions!
People and Events
Be merciful to the weather man. How
can the poor man send "a tender cool
wave" whi'i the politicians are "burn
ing up the highways ?"
During August the mints coined $226,000
worth of 1-cent pieces. With ample
change at hand, the fall and winter bar
gain seaiion can turn ths Steam on at
once. - ,. -' ' '",
Something more than $1,000,000,000 will
be paid in Interest and dividends by the
corporatlone of the country this year. If
your share does not come up to expecta
tions, whisper to the paymaster. ,
While Roosevelt and "Wilson and John
son are actively spouting at defenseless
crtwds, J. Ham Lewis and A. J. Bever
tdge have subsided Into a r?etful mood,
appreciating the danger, of exceeding the
limit.
A marrying preacher doing business on
th wholesale plan In Arkansas reports
a record run four couples Unci up at
the same time and spiicvl by the same
ceremony. Omaha's marrying parson
must look to his hum's.
A Washington belle who had pianist
an operatic career for herself, In a spirit
ot fun sang Into a phonograph rece'ver.
The reproduced voice so fascinated a
Bostonlan that he sought the original
and lnduoed her to give up an operatic
career and take a flier in matrimony,
Chlcago'a prise artist knew what he
was about when he ket -hod the hurky
Miss "I Will" aa a native type. One of
her class, finding burglar In her room,
promptly locked him In. telephoned . the
police, turned the Intruder over to the
officers and broke the record by refus
ing to faint at the finish.
Reno and Sioux Falls, even Chicago,
with their superb facilities for divorce
execution, are real standpatters in the
business. Fes has 'era all "beaten to a
fraasle." In leaving the country's capi
tal a few weeks ago Sultan Mulai Hafld
of Morocco divorced his 383 wives and
hastened away before the . harem girls
could grab a lock of his hair. As an evi
dence of sympathetic good will the re
tiring sultan warmly commended the di
vorcees to his successor. '
In some way or another the ungodly
persist In profaning the temple Of right
eousness. Down In Kansas the- state
pure food Inspector reports elevator mea
and threshers mixing sand with wheat
and selling the mixture as high gra4
wheat. In one instance the inspector
discovered a secret spout leading from
an elevator to the cars. Through , this
secret spout spoiled grain was mixed with
first class grain in nice proportions and
billed as No. wheat- That such crimes
should happen la Kansas fills the un
righteous of neighboring statea with un
holy glee. They know Kansas. -.
BACK TO THE PTJLPIT.-
Some Remark on tbe Rctorn of
' Pastor from Vacations.
'.Baltimore American.
' Who can, measure the worth of the
work that la being put again Into full
operation by the return of pastors to
their churches and the renewal of the
enterprises that make for righteousness
in the full swing of asgr$3r!ve and fa'th
bred effort? Who can enter Into the
lives of the lowly comforted by rellsion,
into the problem of shr met and solved
by the agencies ot salvation, Into the se
cret places of dlsconeolacy and loss where
the divine riches are beitoired? Who
can estimate the worth of the work that
makes for the training of children Into
the ' moral and religious precepts that
form the stable basis of character and
achievement? Who can estimate the
value; of the church as a police agency
for the correction of crime and vice?
Who can estimate these things that work
out tangibly into the truest value of life
and society and yet that are as Imma
terial as the essence ot a prayer, as the
melody of a hymn, aa the emotions
stirred by a sermon? No one can esti
mate the value of religion It Is the pearl
of great price, finding which one Is war
ranted in .selling-. all else, If needful. In
order, to. make the purchase.
;Yet Who would say that the opened
churches and the vigorous and sympa
thetic pastors and the worshiping and
working congregations accomplish a tithe
of their possibilities? When one with the
Lord may chase a thoueand and two put
ten thousand to flight. -what excuse may
be found for the failure of religion to pen
etrate the darkest patches ot earth and
to light the lowliest and most neglected
and sin-darkened lives of the great cities?
What excuse can there be except the fact
that organization and enterprise have
their limits and the church needs con
stantly to remind itself of the reserve
forces of faith that are held out In the
words of Scripture: "It Is not by might
nor by power, but by My spirit, salth
jha Lord." ' i ' -; ; '
TUDEPEKDEirr PHILOSOPHY.
Did you ever read about a heroine you
would like to marry? . ; . ,:'" -
Josh Billings said : "Things is mixL
He was a philosopher. .' ,
"Heaven lies about us in our infancy.'
The world does it tor . the rest ot our",
life, - ...-i.v. -..".', .;- ),
It commends itself to my reason"
may generally . be interpreted as "It
agrees with my taste." v,
There are those who think that the
only way to preserve the language is by
making a mummy of it. , , &-
When a woman wants a vacation she ':
shifts the furniture about and does up
her hair In a different way.'- J ' ,
. Fashionable society is occupied la con
tinually searching for the bisarre and,.
continually converting it into the com
monplace, i . . . ,.-'
What we cannot understand Is why.''
people can complain about the Increased; .
cost of living when almost every store-;
window we pas is filled with goods '
marked down from former prices. : '
The way to enjoy life, the only way, i
to enjoy each moment of It at the time'
If you are shaving, enjoy that If you.;
are combing your hair, enjoy that For '
life is equal fo the sum of - its parts.
' ,1
SUNDAY SMILES.
"1 should think the women voting in
the new suffrage states would strike one
obstacle. " , , ,-
"What Is that?" " ' '.
"How can the matrons of a party cast'
their maiden vote?" Batlmore American.
"What was the matter With George
Blrple. the other day?" , V
"His wife had Just come home from
the country." ; . , - - ,;
"But he seemed all right today." ' .
"Yes, the home team is winning again."
Cleveland Plain Dealer ..-
"What will I do with the man who Is
complaining he ha been stung?" '
"Oh. give him a pacifier, if you can
find one." . ,;
"But pacifiers are only for babies."
'"Well, aren't men but suckers of a ,
larger growth?" Boston Transcript .
Woman at the bottom of steps) I want
to see you Just a minute, but this skirt
is so tight 1 can't climb the stairs. Tou
come out, won't you?
Woman (inside) I would If I could, but
this new hat is too wide to go through
the doorway. Philadelphia Bulletin. ... :-v
"What makes you think that man has-:
a me;ancholy disposition? His remarks.-,
are always highly optimistic." v
"That's the point" replied Miss Cay-1' "
enne. 'Oniy a person of melancholy v
tendencies would have to go to so much . J. .
pains to cheer himself up," Washington
Star. ' , - . ' -
"Wealth has Its penalties," said the :
ready-made philosopher. -
'Yes." replied Mr. Cumrox. "I'd rather
be back at the dear old factory- than '
learning to pronounce the names of the
old masters in my picture gallery." r
Washington Star. ,
"Your beau," remarked the first sum
mer girl, "doesn't seem to care to spoon.
In secluded nooks."
"No," responded the second summer,
girl, "the poor gink only has four days
in which to acquire a coat of tan."-r-V-Loulsvllle
Courier-Journal. - ' ,!. ,
She I'm going to give you back our -':
engagement ring. I love another. , . -
He Give me hie name and address.
She Horrors!-, Do you mean to go and
kill him? ! .' .
He-No, I want to sell him the ring.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"Now, Butch," cautioned the New Tork
wife, "don't get gay and kill anybody
at the Dicntc today." -
VDon't do it, Butch. Remember, I ain't v
got no clothes suitable tor a murder , .
trial." Louisville Courier-Journal, ; ,
"I thought you 8 aid she was very par.. !.
Ocular about' her dress?" (.;,
"So she-Is. 1 i
"I can'f understand that. I saw her !V
yesterday'; In ' a gown that a particular :-
woman would be ashamed to wear." De-
trolt Free Frees. , 1 , ,
"That aviator expressed himself rather . '
queeily about his financial success In hla , v.
profession." i .:, .,
"How so?" ' J:.X
Said his trips in the air put him on ..
I his feef'-Chicago Post. - -
MY CHILDREN. ''
A Resrajatr Indmstry. . ? ;.
Pittsburgh Dispatch. .
Without being unduly cynical, a' study
of the task Xt the government in per
suading the populations of Central Amer
ica to limit their regular Industry of
revolutions, suggests the pertinence of
the precedent afforded by the Justly fa
mous case of the Kilkenny cats.
What' the Vse?
Brooklyn Eagle.
v What's the use of talking about thf
price of beef? Fancy steers are quoted
at only $10.40. In Wall street fancy steers
are often a thousand times more expen
sive. .
A Panama Essential.
Washington Star.
Having had the services ot a highly
efficient " engineer. what the Panama
canal now needs is a first-class business
manager.
J. J. Meehan in St. Louis Globe-Democrat ,
"I should think the woman voting in
The house Is closed; .the windows snut- -tered
down; . i ' , , ' ,
The chairs stand empty and the place
Is still; '- -
Far from ths glare and struggle of the
town -..
My children dance upon the sylvan hill. ;
" ' .' M ; :- x'.-.i" x-ii
The yellow shine fades from the summer '
-day,; - , ... i '
An elm trunk rears aloft Its Ivy ic.d;
The purple aster swings- across the .way ,
And golden rod. o erhangs the sandy
road. :..;,.
Long mils are flapping In a distant
breeze.
High cliffs make shadows on the. whit
ened sands; ' '
I see the vales where grow thev wonder
. lng trees
On picture post cards sent by Uttle ,
bands. ' . :' ; '
I may not seek them; yet I hold It well ,
When mother brings them home so
tanned and fair, . ' .-.
That I may listen to the tales they tell..
As high they clamber on my evening
chair. , , -x
" i
I eee, through baby eyes, dim meadows
grow, v. ,-
" And hear my long lost collie bark tor
. . Joy, -
Adown the vanished lanes of long ago,
Where I, too, romped and. played, a
little boy!
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