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-Iliera lenTlnar the
emornrilr "lionlH liovo Tlio Bre
innllrtl tn them, Atlilrcx -rtlll lie
rlinnceil na often n rcqueiteil.
Kvery little wenthor prophet haa a
ready explanation nil hta own.
Ylio popular dotnnnd in for lower
water rates, "not noxt year, jior noxt
month, hut now."
Just underneath thla heavy coating
of snow you will find a thick layer,
of monoy--ln wheat.
Nebraska nfealn has aoven living
ox-governors, JielnB. oiiourIi to war
rant an occasional rQ'inloti.
Tho weather moii's Now Year' gift
of a hoavy snow to tho farmer could
not have been Improved on -
It la a suro sign of greatness whan
people begin to ponder over tho pro
nunciation of a innn'B name.
"Oh, why flhottld the aplrjt of. mor
tal bo proud?" And Joo llalloy In
the distance whisper's, "Search tne."
One difficulty about -unscrahihllng
eggs In thnt gcntloincu try to cat tho
eggs and have thotn at tho same tlmo.
In splto of tho udmlttod disadvantage-
of wealth,, but few men nro
found dodging It when thrust nt
them.
Prlmftlvo mon7 s'cle'ntlstB " say,
could think, "but' not tnlkw, Which
means thoy could havo had no poP
ltics then.
Judgo Colt of-.nhodo Island will
now trot Into tho' United States sen
ate "with tho toga Senator Aldrjch
once wore.
"Things are not as bad as thoy
acorn." Of courso, that seldom ro
fers to a man's mall at the first of
tho month.
Mind thoso . good old daya when
you washed your faco in lco water
out of a tjn pau, with tho mercury
below zerq and still falling?
"Every man has a chance nt the
cabinet," naively remarks tho Phila
delphia Record. Yes, mid most of
us have a long chance, haven't woT
A Philadelphia policeman named
Murphy recently whipped eight men
in a freo-for-'all fight. Hundred to
one none of tho eight was named
Murphy.
Utah's electoral voto will bo cast
for Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri
for vice prcsldont, a compliment to
which no good republican, will mako
objection.
The Commercial club baa Intro
duced a rotating ballot In tho elec
tion of Its directors. Tho next Inno
vation will doubtless bo tho rotation
of directors.
Kansas City housewives have or
ganized to combat blgh-cost-oMlvInE
prices. How long will Omaha house
vivea continue to look pleasant whllo
taking what the local Grocers' trust
hands them?
Everybody In Lincoln with city
lots to sell In tho neighborhood of
the down-town campus Is opposed
to tho removal of tho university to
the state farm whero no more land
will have to be bought.
The methods pursued in Omaha
and South Omaha Justlco courts havo
long been a disgrace to all concerned,
to cay nothing of the Injustice con
utanMy perpetrated on poor people.
It Is a bad system that neods com
plete reformation.
Talking; about burdensome taxes,
the enforced installation of 11,000
water meters at an avcrago cost of
IIS is equivalent, to a tax burden
upon Omaha householders and prop
erty owners aggregating il30,000,
for which some offsot ehould be had
in the form of rate redaction.
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The Threatened Flood of Laws. !
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The political philosophy attributed'
to Jeremy m-nthatn. thMt "Ihut gov-j
ornment l best which xovrro lutrt."1
stem to have been long mo dl-!
I car (Iw), If it wan evsr generally ac-
ccpted. With a national roIlgr; arrwit tne moM in-rious attention 01
and from thirty to forty state l.gis-;men everywhere and tend to
Saturos simulUueously In mm)0, ! "trcnRtlum tho Halm of the Inalittt
competing with one another to c tl0" represent!!! Itself a. the' hotly
which can a.Id the most pages to thoof ,ho ,IV,,H on oartl
alatuto hooka, the question la no! Th" Ma" methods of procedure
longer how little Kovorninont, biitjwro "0- ,I0W disclosed, hut they must
Imu- miicii nv..riinint ! h" 'cii In a rather literal sens If
" -. n v - - . v....
The multiplication of laws and reg
ulations which people are prosutned
to know, hut which they cannot pos
sibly know, overwhelms law-enforcing
officers and clogs the courts,
while the accumulation of unobserved
and dpad-luttor laws tends to weaken
the force of. and destroy popular re
spect for, law altogether. Most of
our proposud laws are designed to
put brakes on people tempted to ex
ceed tho speed limit In various activi
ties of life, but thero seems to be no
way yot devised to put on brakes that
would restrain our legislators in
their speed-breaking mania for en
acting new laws. Here In Nebraska
we havo undoi'taken n first small step
by hnlvlng the number of days for
tho Introduction of new hills, but wo
vonturo to predict that tho number
of hills will not bo cut In half.
Home day In tho dim and distant
future the statesman who will save
us from being Inundated by legisla
tion will jiave monuments built to
his memory and his praises sung in
song.
Petty Prejudice.
A man whose calling Is to help In
tho redemption of men onco said In
tho presence of many thnt he would
not bellovo anything he tnlRlit read
In a cortatn publication, which had
contained comment unfavorable tn
him personally. On the basis of n
personal grievance ho whoso life mis
sion is to lift up tho most holy In
fluence In tho world that It might
"draw nil men" unto it hazarded such
a declaration.
How many of us run the risk of
doing violence to truth nnd Instlcc
by just such unbridled outbursts as
tho result of Irritation which Is a
pnrt of life? Wrath, hat,o, prejudice,
malice, nro all bnso and sordid emo
tions which rino must pot only con
trol himself, but tench othors o con
trol. Was this man consumed by n
passion for a principle or a pnaslon
of personal vongoauco? IIo wns per
sonally offended and not largo
enough to rlso above It, to sink his
own grlovnnco, which may or. may
not have been Justified, for tho sake
of hia influence and example.
And of all tho passions to which
ho surrondored, what was worso than
that of projudlco? Humor projudico
far enough and It will develop all
tho othors. Projttdloo Is Incorrigible,
tfhfi man' Who says, "I dlsagreo with
you; I, think. I nm right; but I nin
op(!rclo conviction," Is n reasonable
man, worth talking to, but tho man
y,-iot shys, "I am rlghtnnd nothing
you or anyone couiu' say would
chango ray mind," 1b tho man to bc
waro of. , ,
ItlfThtoous.causos tho most, right
eous aro- often Impeded In their
progress because their chief votaries
aro sometimes men so blinded by
their own porsonnl grievances that
thoy cannot soo beyond them.
Shorter Christmas Vacation.
Now that tho ChrlBtmas-Now Year
holiday vacation hna como and nono.
it might ho pormlsslblo to ask if It
Is best to havo two full weeks' Inter
mission of Bchool in midwinter? Do
tho children need It, or tho teachers,
or tho parents?
If tho decision were loft to tho
parents wo fancy It would bo livrgoly
In favor of ono week's vacation. In
that tlmo tho child, if In nood of
rest, Miwly, can got Bufflclont, nnd
have time to onjoy .tho diversions of
tho to.if.on, . A long school vacation
at n period whon the children must
bo kept Indoors, la 'often. a sourco of
annoyance to njl concerned- , .'
Two weeks at'5h'ilsmaH Tlmo, In
addition to tho spring vacation week,
really seem to be a little moreShan
ncti.tjlly required.. The multlpllca
tlon of school holidays for various
occasions promises soon to present n
real problem and -mako nccsssary u
rearrangement of tho school calendar.
Chufoh Unity.
rho proposal of a world confer
ence on church unity coming from
tho ultra-couservntlvo Church of!
England may bo regarded as most
significant. In tho United Statoa
evangelical churches have engngod authority to say whothor human bn
In various plan? of co-operation ln-j'nR9. howovor afflicted, shall be put
volvlng of faccmont or denominational '"t of mlsory by bolng put beyond
lines nn'd some renl hoadway has! recovery?
uoi-u uiuuu. mil me announcement
by tho archbishops of Canterbury
and York of tho appointment of a
committee of twonty to represent tho
I Church of England in the prepara-
' tlnri nf nlnna nn v-lilfti w.il.l t,.,ii..'
.., VM uinw artists to got noia oi lana ami ox
may be accomplished cannot but lm-,0lt It, regardless of ultimate con
jpross mon with, tho Intense oarnost-; B;ouono8. This resultsd In somo ro
jnoss of the .movement. tardlnir of western dovolonmunt. b-
Tho Edinburgh conference' hrfsl cause It shook poople's confldenco In
profoundly inspired churchmen to land soiling. Rut a marked lm
tho need of closer unity of action and provomont has taken place in rocont
joss uevouou to sectional troeds.i
uvuiontiy tne accumulating forces of
this conviction crystallzed in that
groat convention, which drew man
from all quarters or the globe. What
an Impulse It must have bad it it
disturbed ihf lntmihrnei.fs of the
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rndld Mitemrlw of nnlty In which
,WeMl' l-,"ntlorHi have engaged
tremendous Impetus by the
' co-operation of thin uhurch. It inuit
Judgment Is to he formed from what
has thus far bcon done or attempted
In our own land. It Is natural that
such a climax should come in the
llfo of tho church at a time when the
whole tendency of human activities is
toward conserving and concentrating
power and onorgy. Kvery Intelligent
churchmnn must understand that,
without extra aggrandizement to tin
cause of religion, tromendous waste
of spiritual and tempornl eloments
filters through the coarse screen of
multiplying denominations.
Vagaries of a Popular Vote.
Tho vagaries of a popular voto aro
again Illustrated by tho fato which
hns ovcrtnkon the component parts
of the pretentious plan for public lm
provomonts In Kansns City ombraced
In an Issue of bonds for different
purposes. At tho election hold Inst
week tho pcoplo of Kansns City wore
rsked to approvo nine bond proposi
tions aggregating ?2, 950, 000, but
only two measures carried, ono pro
viding $750,000 for flood' protection
and anothec providing $ 100,000 for
a tuberoulosls hospital, whllo n third,
to raise ?500,000 for a garbage dis
posal system, hangs In the balance.
Tho list of bond propositions lost In
clude: Ilrldgps. and viaducts. $150,
000; municipal farm, $150,000; traf
fic ways, $:t0,000: Swopo park,
$250,000; playgrounds and other
parks, $ 150,000.
To an outsider the strange part
is thnt tho utilitarian projects should
havo received tho big vote, whllo the
plans for porks, playgrounds nnd via
ducts, supposedly popular, should fall
to rally tho nccossary support. Kan
sas City's experience Is a counterpart
of Omnha's when our park bonds lost
out In tho last election.
Jlecogmling the Chinese Hcpublic.
Some who arrogate to themselves
A sort of Intuition as to the motives
of tho present ndmlnialratlon assert
thnt tho government's failure to
recognize tho now Cklncso republic
la a purt of nn attempt on Its pnrt to
coorco China into certain terms for n
loan of many millions, which it hns
boon trying for nomo time to obtain.
Tho government's oxplunatlon of Its
delay Is that It had entered Into an
agreement with certain other great
powers not to accord formal recogni
tion to tho now republic until it
finally passes out of tho provisional
Into a permanent status. It has been
rocnlled In this connection thnt Eng
land, as tho best frlond of Portugal,
endured unfair criticism for its re
fusal 'nt onco to recognlzo tho
Portugese republic.
Tho United Stntes used to act
moro promptly In mattors of this
kind, but, In concert with other na
tions, it determined upon tho wisdom
of a policy of deliberation, giving no
ypreforenco to republics over other
forms of government. In any event,
tho government's word for Its action
In tho enso of China ought to hnvo as
much weight as that of thoso pro
disposcd to discredit nearly every
thing tho -government has done under
tho prosont administration. Perhaps
Sonntor llucon's resolution demand
ing recognition is not premature, but
tho criticism for dolay should rest
upon n fairer basis.
Euthanasia.
Those who bellovo In euthanasia
for tho hopelessly afflicted may find
satisfaction in tho reports of the
wholesale slaughter of lepers in
China. And in the proceduro there
Is also a suggestion of the now spirit
of progress prlnglng,dp In tho hearts
of the Chlneso. Tn lepers are
driven Into a trench dug for tho pur
pose and filled with kcrosono-soakod
fuel, shot and burned to nshos, and
after tke oxecution a chargo of out
lawry Is filed to clothe tho act In tho
garb of legality. Hut this subter
fugo would not be dontHndod by
ultra-advorates of outhanasla, who
would find In their theory of human
ttarlunlsm sufficient JuBlificnOon.
Tho practical sido of the systom lies
In the possibility thiiB of roducing
tho spread of loprosy. Hut is the
world ready- to trust to any official
t
Abuse in Land Selling.
The west has suffered from tho
off pots of fake land booms. It used
to bo easy for professional gold-brick
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years and, whllo tlmo Is required to
uvercomo all tho 111 offsets formerly
inflicted, the country Is showing the'
rosults of elouner ways of dealing.
Yet the lack of cash as well as of
confidence deters many h man from!
squiring a farm of his own The
'Denver lterrubllcnn undoubtedly Is
correct In asserting that "there are
thousand of tenant farmers In the
country wanting to secure land of
their own." Owners and agents of
land on the market can have them
for purchasers any time they mako
terms they can meet. They are un
like the city man who has to be first
persuaded toward land, at all. Ac
cording to the Republican, a com
pany In a southwestern state has
seemingly provided a profitable ar
rangement In selling tho laud, erect
ing the houses, taking the purchaser
on merely as a leaser for four years,
letting him pay a fair rent, which
applies on the cost price, then begin
his regular Installments, receiving
title to his land in six years more, or
a total of ten years from tho tlmo he
occupied It. Such a plan might
meet both the lack of cash and con
fidence and benefit all concerned.
American Homes and Architecture.
Time wns when Europe decried the
suggestion of American literature,
Just as It also decried our architec
ture or, us It appeared to Europe,
tho ahsenco of architecture. l)ut In
both relations European criticism has
undorgono revision. As Price Col
lier observed some two years ago:
"It was less than a century ago that
tho sarcastic question, 'Who reads an
American book?' was posed In the
Edinburgh Review," adding that no
Englishman at that time dreamed
that well within tho century two
hooks, at any rate, by American au
thors, dealing directly with the Hrlt
Ish empire, would be given a promi
nent place In tho library of every
serious-minded Englishman vol
umes which no Englishman cares to
neglect."
Just so now with American archi
tecture, tho mention of which a short
tlmo ago provoked only mirth In Eu
ropo. M. Achlllo Duchen, one of tho
famous French architects, recently
mado a professional tour from coast
to coast in tho United Stntes with re
sulting nmazement at our architec
tural beauty. "Tho progress since
my last visit four years ngo," says
he, "is distinct and admirable. It Is
an architecture horn of necessity nnd
based on a knowledge of'.ovcry archi
tecture tho world has known."
America already is a land of beau
tiful homes. Onr pcoplo in village
nnd city, as well as nt summer and
winter resorts, In proportion to their
.monns, arc cultivating tho artistic,
combined with utility, in their resi
dences, nnd still further progress
may he confidently counted on.
Mayor Dahlmnn offers personal
assurance that the now Civic league
m nui imri. oi any political macninc.
If .tlio, mayor says(eo, that goos.j
Wondor" how anyone acquired the
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nuniwuiuii miii mi -.organization
manned by so many different kinds
of reformors could over bo .mndo a
.political machine.
The lawyore nro trying to put on
tho lnw-makcrs tho blnmo for tho
laws' dolay. Digging below tho sur
facn would disclose that tho lawyers
and law makers are ono nnd the
same. Wore It not for tho lawyers
thero would bo no laws' delays nor
delays In laws.
Coventor Morohend stepped from
tho position of president pro tern of
tho senate- Into the executive chair.
Still, that lino of promotion never
happened bofore in Nebraska, and
may nover hnppon ngaln.
Do Wolf Hopper's fourth wlfey
wnnts a dlvorco. It is a fast three
cornered raco between Hopper, Nat
Goodwin nnd n distinguished fenii
nlno member of tho profession now,
temporarily at least, occupied.
Ono can never tell what a Jan
uary will bring" forth. While oranges
"and lemons aro destroyed by un
! prccodontly. cold weather for Call-
fornla, Alabama Is having the warm
est January on rocord.
Spenkor Kelly of the Nebraska
houso of legislature, we are pleased
to note, takes up his gavel "In tho
fear of God." It Is to bo hoped ho
fears no other power In the dis
charge of his duty.
Our Water boarders may set the
hot air gauge for tholr meetings any
where they please If they will only
pull tho water gaugo down to what
they pronilsod consumers boforo tho
plant was bought.
What to do with our ox-presidents
Is evldontly not eo burning a ques-i
tlon In Nobraska as what to do with
our ex-stato supreme Judgoa to sate
them from the necessity of becoming
railroad lobbyists.
Tho inforonco is uncscapnble that
tho ontonto cordlalo between
"Hrothar Charley" Hryan nnd our
democratic United States senator Is
not warm enough to counterbalance
this cold wcathor.
Mr. Patton may think lie can do
as bo plensos with his money, but ir
corniuing cotton or foodstuffs with
It Is utin of his pleasures, thon hu
canuot t-eoso himself with Impup
IfJ. If tho stroot car company could
only he convinced that there are
enough owl birds in Omaha to make
It pay. tho owl cars would bo forth
coming without further pressure.
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life
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Thirty om
The departure of G. T. Housor. secre
tary of the Y. M t A., for his new
field In Chicago Is tnmll! by a fare
well endorsement from the pastors of the
Protestant churches of Omaha. The
nniiiea slKneil re William M. McCand
llsh. .f. V. Harris. V. 8. IMayny, Crfnrles
W. Savase. J. W. Shank, Frank If. Hoys,
A V. Sherrlll. O. K. Stelllng. W. J.
Harsho.
Information comes of the wedding nt
Wlntersot. la., of Charles T. Ilunce of
Omaha 'and Miss Clara Hardy of that
city. .Mr,- and Mrs. Ikincc will be at home
nt their residence on Nineteenth street.
A real Nebraska blizzard struck the city
In the eA-enlns with the wind blowlnir ft
Kale. v
.1 ud Be Hencke Is on the sick list again
from rhoumatlsm. 4
Mr. J. J. Tans has been euKaRrd tern,
pornrlly na secretary of the Y. M. C. A;
The condition of Hon. Joseph W. Oan
nctt Is still critical, nlthotiRh hopo of
his recovery arc expressed by the at
tending physicians.
A distinguished party of Third house
officials came .up from Uncoln. Includ
ing Squatter Governor l'enrtnan. Hon.
Pat O. Hawes. the chief Justice, and .Mr.
II. T. I.eavltt. tho postmnstor.
Tho Bwedlsh Library fair Is In progress
nt their bnlldlnK on Parnam street.
T"enlv Veai's A ro ,
It was announced at the court house
that part of the VM.W voted, last sum
mer for paving would be used to Im
prove some of the most popular Of subur
ban roads near the city.
City Knglnecr rtosewater, replying to
the complaints of Inefficient water press
ure to enable tho fire department to com
bat flames properly, said It would take
time to mako the necessary Investigation,
but ho could fie. offhand, no reason why
the water company should not furnish
tho necessary high pressure.. Numerous
recent fires Incensed people over the
matter' and remonstrances were becom
ing acute.
tfrir Arthur C. Smith gave a reception
.... hv IMIss Yates. Miss
Konntze. Sirs. Will Poppleton and Miss
Hherwood.
The K. W. H. Whist club wns enter
talned tn tho evening by Mr- attd M
Arthur BhKllsh. T'rlzea were awarded to
Ml?s Alice Tlromc and J. A. Hake. These
members of-tho club were, present: Mr.
nnd Mrs. C. tl. Tlalllett. Mr. and Mrs. J.
H Dlanelmrd. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Kpss
ler. Mr. and Mrs. J. n. Livingston. Mr.
nnd Mrs. J. A. Hake. Mr. and Mrs. T. C.
Shelly. Mrs., H. W Whitney, Miss Alluo
Hrome and Miss McCunc.
1r Years A'.'t)
William Ilarrett, a young man residing
nt Florence, fell from a wagon nt Twenty-sixth
street nnd Ames avenue and
BUtrtlncd a fracture nt the base of tho
'ukull pronounced to be fatal. Harrott, K.
I Itnsrell and Charles Phelps, all of
Florence, wero driving home In a spring
wagon and the whlffle-trce broko aH they
reached this corner, Harrott being hurled
tg the ground forcibly.
Tho following were chosen directors of
the street car company at the annual
meeting of stockholders Ouy C. IJarton.
G. W. Wattles,, W. V. Morse, W. A.
ftinlth and Frank Murphy of Omaha;
Randall Morgan. Albert Htrnuss, Hugh
McGowan. C. R. Tyler, tho last of CouncJl
Bluffs. Tho directors elected Mr. Mur
phy president, Mr. Harton vice president.
Sir. Smith treasurer and general mali
nger, nnd n. A. Iussler secretary.
C. f. Wllhclm, W. S. Jardlne and H.i
J. Peiifold were re-elected to the Hoard
of Governors of Ak-Har-Ben.
Mrw. H. V. Burkley, who has been sick
nt tho home of her parents at Council
Bluffs, returned to her homo In Omaha
recovered.
Omaha con I dealers announced that
they were so affected by the coal short
age as to be unable to supply demands.
People and Events
Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston promises to
extend the glad lulu 1 to the poor rich on
four wheels by dispensing gasollno from
city tanks at wholesale prices.
According to the Philadelphia standurd,
tho real Joy of Independence Is possessed
by tha man "who l.i iwt married, en
gaged or living with his sister "
Tho failure of a manufacturer of
"galluses" In Chicago, owing to decreas
ing demand, proclaims tho triumph of
the safety pin over the old reliable nnll.
Although the now governor of Missouri
Is a lightweight of 1(0 pounds, the execu
tive department has fet to tho legisla
ture the "heftiest" budget In tho history
of the state, amounting to fl2,71t.43S.C for
two years.
A wave of Indignation threatens tp
overflow tho bounds of prudence should
the courts jerslst In their attempts to rob
New York of Its horse cars. These relics
of the simple llfo In Gotham aro rever
enced only a shade loss than Pete Min
uet's memory.
A steo! worker in n Pittsburgh suburb
went off to work last Monday without
his dinner pall. A few hours later tho
fchadows of a dluuerless Jiy was) banished
by it telephone message from his wife:
"Uo to the iKwtoftlce and get your din.
ner." The loaded pall was there, deco
rated with parcels stamps.
About Motor or Wife
It Isn't the Initial cost; it's the upkeep
that counts.
Kvery man tldnks his own the best or
pretanCs he does.
Thert' H something about having one
that makes h man feel, mighty lmtor
tant. When the country hotel keepors see
ou coming ulth one (hey put up the
price of everything.
Anyone can get one. but It takes a
master hand to manage one the right
wa
When it man gets a new oiia he can t
talk about anything else.
Often thw're efficient and dependable
on a level road, it's the uphill times
that count.
If the people stopped to think what
the extra supply bills would be. they
wouldn't be so crazy to get one
I Mia of people think u sevnd hand ono
Is just aa good. Carolyn Wells In Ufe
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Detroit Free Press: The klliE of Hns
liml nays he prefers short sermons. In
this respvet almost any man Is every- Inch
a kmt:
t'ldladelphla Itlgc!'. You doubtless
have noticed that the man who expresses
the wish to meet you In heaven nearly
always wears n face clouded with doubt
New York Post: At first sight It Is no
extraordinary feat to have read the Dlble
from Cover to cover in 'twenty-seven
hours. That Is only tho equivalent of a
couple of Sunday iapcrs. Hut then the
Ulble Is not such Interesting reading.
Cincinnati llnqulrer: Rev. Alfred .Mor
timer, recently unfrocked by the bishop
of Pennsylvania, says his cachlngs were
sound and that the mantle of charity
should cover his iiersunat eoncUi?t. The
minister who falls to ptactlce what fit
preaches places Himself In an Indefensible
position. The charity plea Is barred.
BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN.
Tho only r.-al giver Is the cheerful one.
Reauly In the heart shows Itself on
the face.
Stoino folks never look up as long as
they can stand up.
Ixive Is blind, but vain regret has good
eyesight. v
Somo very sweet music comes from
organ pipes thnt arc unseen.
The Lord made sumo laws to show how
much He hates Idleness.
Take the nails out of the church and
down goes the stteple.
You can't measure n ntan's religion by
tho length of his face in church.
The world pays much closer attention to
what a man (Joes than to what he says
In most enses we look In the wrong
dlrtctlon for our happiness.
The preacher who calls the devil by his
right namo seldom has IiIm salary raised.
As long as prize fighting pays so much
belter than preaching the devil will have
plenty of hired help.
YOU CAN'T LOSE 'EM.
Btooklyn Hagle: Mrr. Robinson, the
only woman senator of Colorado, doesn't
object to tobacco smoke. Her safety and
sanity cannot well be doubted by her
male colleagues.
St. Louis Republic: The eternal femin
ine bobbed up again in the opening words
of the- first speech mndo by the first
woman senator In Colorado when she
nald, "This Is no time for oratory, but
for lunch."
Philadelphia Bulletin: When the Colo
rado legislature met In Us opening ses
sion, Hon.' Agnes Ulddle, republican mem
ber of the lower house, formally greeted
Senator Rolen Ring Robinson, democrat,
with n enibrace' and a kiss, Iluf we
thought the equality of sex was-tho basic
principle of feminine participation in
political rights. Where were the rest of
the legislature?
WHY suffer days and
nights of sleepless tor
ture from eczemas, rashes,
itchings and irritations of the
skin and scalp? It is needless.
A warm bath with
Cuticura Soap
and one applicatipn of Cuticura
Ointment will afford immediate
relief, permit rest and sleep and
point to permanent skin health
in most cases when all else fails.
This is strong language bat easily proven by use of the foes
fiamrles of Soap and Ointment winch will be mailed postpaid
to any sufferer. Address Potter Drug & Chefn. Corp., Dept.
39, Boston, London, Paris, Sydaey, Calcutta, Bombay, TokW,
Hong Koag or Cape Town.
Important
Changes in Time-
via Rock Island Lines
, Effective Sunday, January 12th.
ROOKY MOUNTAIN LIMITED to Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo, will leave Omaha at 11:17 p. in.,
instead of 10:47 p. ui.
ROOKY MOUNTAIN LIMITED to Chicago will leave
Omaha at 3:03 a. in., instead of 12:20 a. m.
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS EXPRESS will leave
Omaha at 4:15 p. m., instead of 4:40 p. m., arriving
Fort Worth 7:45 p. in., following day, instead of
8:30 p.m. ,
0HI0AGO-NEBRASKA LIMITED, will continue, to
leave Omaha at 6:08 p. in., arriving Chicago 8:09 a. m.
J.
SUNDAY SMILES.
TIks little one waa crying lustily.
'Mother," said the superior smallltioy,
"won't you please let sister hold tho
baby."
"Certainly not. She Is very careless and
might drop him."
"I know. But don't you think he do
nerves It r Pittsburgh Post.
"John. I wish you'd make a complaint
I at the !Kstofflce."
"What's wrong?"
"Why. somcbodj set a keg of nails on
'that mince pic your Aunt Maria mailed
us." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
' McQuIrk Flddsey Grogan hs been ar
i rested for stealing a suit of clothes and
' Is llitble tn co tn lull fur it.
Donovan Flddsey 's ii blanvo fool. Why
didn't he buy the suit On credit and
then ferglt to pay for It?" Yonkcra
Statesman.
"Kvery cloud has n sliver tinging for
pome one." remarked the optimist.
"That may lie bo," replied the llter.it
pessimist, "but the silver stays there."
"Our sins are sure to find Us out,"
quoted the Wlw? Guy. , '
, "'Tea, .but they have an -Unpleasant
liablt of calling again," ridded tho Sim
ple, Mug. Philadelphia Record.
. Gernldlno Did you eveV play kissing
fames?
Gerald Yes. and I remember them as
games that didn't have to bo called on
account of darkness. New York Times.
"Iln lnnu- nil Ihn 1ii-t riminli 1,1 tnn'li "
t "Why doesn't he associate with them
inen7
"They know him." Cleveland Leader.
"I understand you luive bought an
automobile?"
"Yes, I saw seven of them cliaslrig one
pedestrian the other day and I decided
that 1 was on the wrong sido of tho
port." St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A SONG OF LONG AGO.
James Whltcomb Riley.
A song of long ago
Sing It llghtly-slng It low
Sing it sortly-tllk.) the lisping of the Hps
we used to know.
When our baby laughter spilled
From the glad hearts over filled
With muslo glad as robin ever trilled!
l.ct the fragrant summer breeze,
And tho leaves of locust trees
And the apple buds nnd blossoms and
tho wings of honey bees,
All palpitate with glee.
Till the happy harmony
Brings back each childish Joy to you
and mc.
1
I;t the eyes of fancy turn
"Where tho tumhleil nlnnlns burn
I Like embers In the orchard's, lap of
tangled grass ami rem . .
Thero let tho old path' wind
.In and out and on behind '
The elder press that chuckles as we
grind. (
Blend In song tho moan
Of the dove that grieves alone, ,
And the wild whir of the locust, and the
bumble's drowsy drone;
And tho low of cows that call
Through the posture bars when all
The landscape fades away at evqnfall.
Then far away and clear,
Through the dusky atmosphere,
It the walling of the klldee bo the onlv
sound we. hear;
O sad and sweet nnd low
As tho memory may know
Is tho glad-pathetic song of long 'ago!
S. McNALLY, D. P. A
14th and Farnam Sts.,
Omaha, Neb.
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